Holy Britannian Empire - Homeland
The... The capital Pendragon's been annihilated?! Holy Britannian Empire - Homeland
The... The capital Pendragon's been annihilated?!
Is it really true?!
Looks like it was a F.L.E.I.J.A. Warhead.
The thing that wiped out the Tokyo settlement?
Was it an accident?
But I've heard all the F.L.E.I.J.A. S they manufactured are gone.
Stop spreading wild stories!
Even if it's just rumors, it's imprudent to discuss the capital's destruction!
No, I'm afraid it's true.
What?! You!
Please... Take me to Master Lelouch!
At the end of the world Sekai no owari de
The light that's born Umareta hikari
Now blows in the wind Ima kaze no naka
Pretty words alone won't sustain you Kireigoto dake jaa ikirenai
Kindness alone won't heal you Yasashisa dake jaa iyasenai
What is it that was stolen from you Ubawareta nowa nanda
In this unchanging world Kawaranai sekai de
What is it that you hear Kikoetekita nowa nanda
A song of color Shikisai no uta
Everything is bright
Let our crumbled dreams resound Kudakechitta yume wo
At the edge of tomorrow Asu no hate ni hibikaseru you ni
At the end of the world Sekai no owari de
The light that's born Umareta hikari
Becomes one with us Bokura hitotsu ni
Now blows in the wind Ima kaze no naka
SCHNEIZEL'S GUISE
N-Nunnally... You're still alive!
Yes, thanks to Brother Schneizel.
Schneizel...
Nunnally... Do you understand what Schneizel has done?
Yes. He's attacked the capital, Pendragon, with a F.L.E.I.J.A. Warhead.
If you know that, then why?!
Are you saying using Geass is better?!
You and big brother have been lying to me all along, haven't you?
You've kept the truth from me all this time.
But I found out.
Big brother, you were Zero all along, weren't you?
Why?! Were you doing it for my sake? If that's the case, then I-
For your sake? I see my little sister is as presumptuous as ever!
Do you think it's natural for people to always help you out of pity?
All you do is criticize the actions of others while your own hands remain undirtied.
You are the very embodiment of the aristocracy which I have rejected.
You... don't...
I do this for no one! It is for my own benefit that I take the world!
If you choose to ally yourself with Schneizel and stand in my way,
I have no choice but to crush you without mercy!
Big brother!
Are you all right, Nunnally?
That must have been hard for you.
I thought showing him the power of the F.L.E.I.J.A. Would lead him to surrender.
Schneizel... Are the people of Pendragon really all right?
You needn't worry. We gave warning for them to evacuate beforehand.
Of course, the damage was significant, but we tried to minimize it.
But, now... Now we'll have to use them on people. On big brother, right?
If they stand in the way of world peace, we will.
Brother Schneizel...
Will you let me have the F.L.E.I.J.A. Firing switch, please?
I can't fight or protect anything myself.
That's why, at the very least... I want this sin to be on my shoulders.
Brother, may I have a word with you?
C.C., why didn't you know about Nunnally?!
I'm not a god. I can't know about anyone unconnected to Geass.
Damn you, Schneizel! You kept the truth from me all this time!
Just so you could play this card when the time was right!
Still, the way you shuffled your deck was extraordinary!
So masterfully... So masterfully!!!
Lelouch.
Our strategic objective remains unchanged.
We can't stop this just because Nunnally is still alive!
What's the point of the Zero Requiem, then?!
Remember your promise!
Suzaku!
I am his sword. I rid him of his enemies and his own weakness.
So, C.C., you must become his shield!
Protecting him is your duty.
That's only what you think.
Lelouch is your accomplice, isn't he?
My accomplice, huh?
Compared to the F.L.E.I.J.A. Used on the Tokyo settlement,
the one used on Pendragon had ten times the effective range.
If they haven't manufactured a new model, then...
They've removed the limiter from it.
I'm sure of it.
Removing the effective range and detonation time limiter...
Prince Schneizel, how could you?
What about it?
You mean the people of Pendragon were!
I made them vanish.
happier for them than a life swearing loyalty to Lelouch, isn't it?
But, you told Nunnally...
Lies are expedient.
No need to tell Nunnally anything...
that would get in the way of her opposition to Lelouch, is there?
Is that how you use people, Brother?
Cornelia, what is it that people wish for?
Starvation and poverty.
Discrimination and corruption.
War and terrorism.
They wish for the problems flooding the world to go away.
People desperately cannot understand each other. And so...
I understand your ideals, but to do this to the civilians!
Yes...
Even civilians who have rejected war depend on the police, don't they?
Everyone understands that crime cannot be stopped...
because people can't help the desires they have.
That's why we don't need to win hearts or use ideology.
Why not bring peace to the world using a system backed by force?
In 10 days, Damocles will enter the airspace of the United States of China...
and then switch over to secondary acceleration.
After that, we're scheduled to ascend to 300 kilometers above the surface.
From that position, we will hit every warmongering nation with F.L.E.I.J.A.s.
Wait! Shouldn't they be used to defeat Lelouch?! This will devastate the world!
You're going to control people through fear?!
Peace is an illusion.
Mankind's history is one of war.
Is not discipline what is needed to make an illusion reality?
And you plan to teach that lesson to the entire human race?!
Only God can get away with something like that!
Then I shall become a God.
If that is what people want me to become to give them peace.
You...
Magnificent!
I knew I was right to come with you!
Surpassing Zero's chaos to a state of perfect nothingness,
followed by a kaleidoscopic transformation!
Prince Schneizel, we've made contact with the Black Knights.
They say if you plan to kill Lelouch, they're willing to help.
Thank you.
The masses who suffer Lelouch's tyranny will have no choice...
but to cling to something slightly better.
Are you saying that's why you've let Lelouch get away with this until now?!
It was the way to minimize the damage.
Even if we lose 1 or 2 billion lives, for a permanent peace...
You're wrong! Peace given by force is no peace!
You make me sad, Cornelia.
Schneizel had another escape plane as a decoy during the battle for Tokyo. And so...
Then the plane destroyed by the F.L.E.I.J.A. Was the decoy.
He's trying to use Miss Nunnally to control Master Lelouch!
You're Japanese, aren't you?
Why come to Master Lelouch instead of the Black Knights?
You devote yourself to chivalry as well, don't you?
Perhaps you're right.
I'm impressed you maintained your mask, even in front of Nunnally.
No matter what angle I attack the problem from, the answer is always the same.
That the conclusion I made then wasn't wrong.
Lelouch, haven't you done enough?
You've done well.
You understand why I'm doing this evil, don't you?
Besides, under the rule of Damocles, people will become lifeless symbols.
But Nunnally is aboard Damocles.
All you've done has been for her sake.
I can't treat her differently anymore.
We can't stop now, for the sake of all those who have died.
Right, C. C?
Yes. You're right, Lelouch.
You sure you want to be fighting with us?
You'll be fighting against Britannia, you know.
Right now...
Right now, I understand your feelings just a little bit.
Um...
You're welcome.
I beg your pardon?
With the destruction of Pendragon, the capital of the Holy Britannian Empire,
their internal administration has been paralyzed.
With them confronting the armies of every Area as well as the Black Knights,
they can't make any false moves.
In short, the only force Lelouch can send against us here...
is just the division he brought to reoccupy Japan.
However, this balance of power can collapse at any time.
To minimize damage, the time to confront him is now!
Now that Schneizel has joined up with us, our forces are evenly matched.
We don't intend to approve of Damocles's use of F.L.E.I.J.A. Weaponry,
but uniting the world has priority here. This battle...
This battle is a showdown with control of the world at stake!
If we defeat Schneizel and the Black Knights, then there will be none left to stand in our way!
The world shall be destroyed...
and then recreated by Lelouch, the one, true emperor of Britannia!
Smash them! Smash Schneizel! Smash the enemy!
Smash the sky fortress Damocles!
We have nothing to fear!
My name is the future of this world!
All hail Lelouch!
Lelouch spreads malice over the entire world.
As the enemy of peace, he must be wiped out.
I want us and the Black Knights to throw off the fetters of the past and join forces here!
The people of the world are waiting! For our song of victory!
And I pray that this is the last war that mankind need ever fight!
Lelouch...
I'll make both of you into recordings.
Are you sure Anya will be all right?
I know you promised to restore her memory, Your Highness, but...
We need every bit of battle strength we have. So...
Oh? On an open channel, too.
You look well, Schneizel.
Lelouch, if you're going to surrender, now is the time.
We have F.L.E.I.J.A. S here, ready to use.
F.L.E.I.J.A. S? I wonder if you'd dare to fire them.
Considering I have the U.F.N. Representatives aboard the Avalon with me.
He's hiding behind the hostages?!
I can't believe he'd go this far!
I know they're not directly related to you, Schneizel, however...
You're right, Lelouch. They're a small price to pay for world peace.
Don't shoot, Schneizel!
I heard the U.F.N. Members have elected substitute representatives.
We're ready for the worst.
But that doesn't mean their lives are to be thrown away!
Li Xing-ke, the only power we have aside from Damocles is a single Mordred.
If we're not to use the F.L.E.I.J.A. S, I'd like to take command of all our forces, please.
We're facing Lelouch!
Have no fear. I've never lost to Lelouch even once.
Understood.
Deploy the Shen Hu. Transmit the command structure to all forces!
Yes, sir!
Then shall we have at each other?
Indeed.
Kannon, just as you predicted.
Yes. Now the Black Knights are yours to command.
Transmit pattern Sigma to all forces.
Enemy forces deploying into a wide-field aerial formation.
He's coming at me with conventional tactics? Good.
Stretch our left wing! Assume Half-Moon Arhat formation!
Yes, Your Majesty!
The enemy's main unit is undermanned.
Have Gino's unit advance.
Keep the enemy's left wing from extending!
Yes, Your Highness!
Checking my move, huh?
Move our left wing back!
That will break our formation!
Very well!
Gino, halt your advance!
Why? We should strike now while their formation is breaking.
He's baiting us with an opening. I'm not taking it.
Not falling for it, huh?
Switch main battle plan to Big Dipper formation!
Unit 6, follow Anya and move to the northeast, elevation 40 degrees!
Bombardment unit, prep for anti-air combat!
Anya, stop there and climb 200 meters!
What the hell! Nobody's fighting at all!
You're wrong. A battle between two masters is decided in an instant.
An invisible battle is now raging between the two of them.
We have to hurry. The battle's already begun.
They're surrounding us!
Counterattack! Reinforce the front line with Suzaku's Lancelot!
Hold at combat speed 4! Send Ward's unit out as well!
You haven't changed, Lelouch.
You like to attack more than defend.
Which leaves me a small window of opportunity. Xing-ke?
Heh... He's already incorporated our skills into his tactics, has he?
Enemy left wing, advancing!
Give no quarter! Live up to His Majesty's confidence in us!
If we can defeat Lelouch, this all will end!
If we break the line here and turn this into a free-for-all!
They're breaking through!
We're being cut up...
Shall I recall Suzaku?
No, that's what Schneizel wants us to do.
Withdraw the battle line! Regroup our forces!
Enemy fleet falling back.
Don't lose this chance! Press the attack!
Guren, you're too far out! Match pace with us and we'll surround them!
I know, but!
Don't be in a rush! If we defeat their vanguard, the Avalon will be left isolated!
Dreadnought, destroyed! They're breaking through!
So, the Black Knights are this strong an enemy, are they?
However, as for my own troops...
For His Majesty!
It's heartbreaking. Seeing soldiers controlled by Geass. Therefore!
I suppose now is the time. Smash both wings.
Bow-mounted hadron scatter cannon, set!
Move squad 7 out of the firing angle!
Gefjun control, synced.
Ready to fire!
Target both enemy wings. Fire!
Zero, with everyone joined together, we can defeat you!
It seems Lelouch underestimated the Black Knights.
Lelouch!
Right. I'm impressed. You've forced me to use this plan, now.
Dammit!
Energy reaction, right below us!
What?! Impossible... He timed this to?!
All forces! Raise radiant shields!
Zero!
I was the one who first recognized Zero's... Lelouch's leadership.
That's why this is my responsibility.
But I don't want a new life caught up in this.
I know this is a selfish request I'm making,
but I want you stay here on Horai Island.
Ohgi, please respond! Minami! Rakshata!
It... It can't be!
He used the sakuradite in the mine?
This has destroyed Lelouch's ground forces as well.
I was careless!
That's Lelouch's basic tactic.
But how can he sacrifice his own forces?!
This has left the enemy's strength nearly depleted. That leaves Damocles...
For us to hit!
Unfortunately, it's you who have been checked here.
Nunnally, targeting is complete.
Now that the Black Knights have been smashed, we must use F.L.E.I.J.A.'s power.
Y-Yes...
With this act, I will wipe away big brother's sins!
Incoming! It's a F.L.E.I.J. A!
So, here's where he's fired it. Special equipment division 3!
Yes, Your Majesty!
It's useless. The F.L.E.I.J.A. Went critical the moment it was fired from Damocles.
Avalon will continue to fall back. All forces, charge at Damocles.
Make them keep firing F.L.E.I.J.A. S until they exhaust their stock!
Ohgi! Ohgi!
Ohgi!
Is this any time to be playing dead?!
I... I don't believe it. You two shielded us?
We were only able to protect the bridge, though.
You're on your own now.
Let's go, Kallen!
Oh please, look who's giving orders now.
Now that I've used the Fuji plan, I calculate his remaining F.L.E.I.J.A. S...
put me at a one-move disadvantage.
Meaning I have to depend on Nina now.
Can she do it? I know she hates me.
Hates me for being Zero, Euphy's murderer.
But, to defeat Schneizel...
Lelouch, if you're thinking that you can defeat me,
you've reached the end of the line.
For a man who has not mastered the use of a mask can never prevail.
This corrupt world is filled with demons Dakuse wa oni
What is justice? Seigi wa nanzo to
Resist, don't just question Tou mae ni aragae yo
The flower of evil Akutoku no hana
Dreams of hypocrisy Gizen no yume
Give your gaze to the eyes that see them Mishi me niwa me wo sashi
The line between right and wrong cannot be known Sei mo ja mo wakatareru koto nashi
Light is gone, and you slumber Hikari wa tae taiji no you ni
Like an unborn child in the womb of darkness Kimi wa nemuru yami no shikyuu
Isolation is what you love Kodoku koso itooshii
It will probably be your only ally Yui-itsu no mikata to naru darou
One by one, stained with the tide of blood Hitori hitori chishio ni mamire
You were born into this era Kono jidai ni umare ochita
Oh, chosen princes Erabareshi oujira yo
Battle shall be your banquet Tatakai koso shukuen
Oh, I am graceful omniscience Aa ware wa uruwashii zenchi
The loving mother Ai no haha
Who bore you Kimi wo umu
The ones who were raised on my breast Kono chichi ni hagukumishi mono wa
Are your brethren in hell Jigoku no harakara
The mark of apocalypse Mokushi no in
What is truth Shinri wa nanzo to
A seed of secrecy buried where no one knows Shirimosezu uzumoreshi intoku no tane
A double-edged sword Moroha no ken
Turn its blade upon the unsheathed blade Nuku ha niwa ha wo muke
Believe only in what you must protect Mamorubeki mono dake wo shinjite
And in your own way Aru ga mama ni kimi wa
You'll set yourself free Kimi wo hanate
Suzaku and me. Together, there's nothing we can't accomplish.
That's what I thought, but now...
The fearsomeness of Schneizel.
The truth is, it's his lack of personal desires.
What sort of strategy will come from a man who knows about Geass,
possesses F.L.E.I.J.A., and is determined to achieve his goal?
Can no tactic work now on a battlefield dominated by F.L.E.I.J. A?
There's one last gamble to try, one final card to play.
And it lies within Schneizel's own heart.
THE GRIP OF DAMOCLES