*Concordia; June 16, 2021; 4:45 PM*

"My Emperor, I acknowlege the strategic value of taking the island, and defeating the Concordians, but I cannot condone wholesale slaughter." The High Commander explained.

"THIS IS A WASTE OF TIME, HIGH COMMANDER! OUR ENEMIES ARE STILL DOWN THERE!! WE COULD FINISH THEM OFF RIGHT NOW!!" Julius roared.

"The firing of the Hyperion Cannons on civilians won't bode well with-"

"I DON'T CARE!" Julius insisted.

The High Commander and Julius had been in a heated debate over what to do with the Concordians, both the High Commander and The Emperor having their own reasons for wanting to do as they would.

The High Commander simply wanted to keep the pressure on until either the Concordians surrendered or they all starved to death. Figuring this would be the easiest way to go about this, and if anyone died, it would be the fault of the Concordians.

Julius himself personally just wanted the Concordians gone. Dead. Out of the picture. Mainly because he had bigger fish to fry. Mainly the rest of the Armies of Remnant, the fuckfest that was currently the North American Continent, and the Inquisitors.

Besides, fuck those guys, right?

"Sir, with all due respect, we have them completely surrounded. If we play our cards right, the Concordians should surrender with as little as 100,000 casualties. We've practically won already-."

"They find a way. THEY. ALWAYS. FFFFFUCKING. FIND A WAY!" Julius shouted.

"The Concordians are LITERALLY SURROUNDED. With all of Remnant's Armies, and HALF THE DAMN ADENIENITE ARMY, how could they possibly come out on top?!" The High Commander incredulously demanded.

'This is Captain Alex Walker of the Auroran Fleet with an urgent communique for the Throne-Emperor of Adenien, Rex Julius Crux.'

Julius coldly glared at the High Commander.

"Aim the Hyperions at the Main Base. Fire when I give the order." Julius ordered.

"Y-Yes, my lord..!" The High Commander bowed, running off to give the order.

"This is the Emperor. I will commend you for showing the proper respect as such, Emphas." Julius coldly spat.

'So it is true. I must say, I have no clue how you managed to pull off such a power play. Couldn't have done better myself, honestly.' Alex stated.

"Erm... Thank you..?"

'Also, I was kinda shocked when you killed your own brother like that.. Kinda reminded me of myself there...' Alex commented.

Julius slammed the communicator.

"I AM NOT LIKE YOU... I NEVER WAS... I NEVER WILL, EMPHAS GARBAGE..!" Julius growled.

'I can see the truth in that. I really can. First off, I would never... and I mean NEVER..Do business with those fucking Inquisitors. They're untrustworthy as fuck. Same deal with the Illuminati. Learned the hard way with both.' Alex stated.

"Indeed... Wait, how did you..?"

'Also, there's that whole bit about working with a certain disavowed CIA Operative that kinda bugged me from the start of your reign... Why would a professional soldier-slash-spy-slash-executioner take out both the acting Monarch as well as his successor... unless to aid... Yeah, I think you get the point by now.. Lord knows you've been thinking about this for a while.'

Julius stared off into the distance, fairly certain he could see, just across the horizon, portals.

"Cut the shit, Emphas. WHAT DO YOU WANT?!" Julius demanded.

'So I've finally reached the point where I can stop kissing ass now? Perfect. First off, get your men the fuck away from Concordia. I'm certain you have other shit you may want to deal with, like the fucking Inquisition, for starters. Let the adults handle things here while you play soldier somewhere else.'

"AND WHAT DOES THIS DOOMED NATION MEAN TO YOU, ALEXANDER?!" Julius shouted.

'Nothing much, except most of my friends are there, as well as a large number of starving refugees. By the way, that's just bad P.R. Also, I kinda need them for one last gig, so kindly get the fuck out of there.' Alex demanded.

"I'VE STAKED TOO MUCH ON CONCORDIA, AND ONCE I'M DONE REMNANT IS NEXT!!" Julius shouted.

'... Alright. Just don't say I didn't warn you.'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmxbV_ChHgk

Three Warships, all of them larger and more heavily-armed then a Korian flew in near the Adenien Fleet, immediately laying down fire on the Korians, all of them scrambling to defend against the sudden attack.

"DIVINE BE DAMNED, WHAT IS HAPPENING?!" Julius gasped in shock.

Fire and smoke bellowed out the barrels of the Auroran Anti-Air cannons.

'This has been Captain Alexander Gabriel Walker. Goodbye, and get fucked.'

'''SIR, WE'RE TAKING HEAVY FIRE--!''' One of the Captains yelled before his ship was destroyed in the first volley.

Julius growled to himself.

"ARMIES OF REMNANT, AID IN THE COUNTERATTACK!!!" Julius ordered.

The Korians quickly formed a line, all of them firing upon the ships.

Wave after wave of Bullheads poured out of the Airfields on the Amity Colosseum, hundreds at a time regrouping into fighter and bomber formations.

Tracer fire ripped through many of them, sending the burning wrecks of airships and VTOLs pummeling the ground.

****

Cade stared in shock at the aerial carnage above.

"Are... They on our side..?" Weiss asked.

"Who the hell cares? They're breaking the enemy air superiority..!" Oreonna retorted.

"You would not know about this, would you, Fräulein?" Yang S 1-14 wondered.

"I'm technically married, and yes." Alex B 0-12 answered.

"CHARGE!!!!" Vanoss yelled as his crew, as well as the Primis Crew, and the remaining Infantry charged towards the legions of Extremis troops.

"We have an opening. Let's not waste it." Auburn nodded, charging into battle alongside Cade and Oreonna.

"NOW! GO! GO! GO!" Jaune ordered as Teams RWBY and JNPR followed suit.

"Is that..?" Saisho gasped in shock, lowering his weapon, if only for a moment.

"I knew he'd pull through." Jason smirked, raising dual tesla-revolvers.

"EVERYONE! AIM FOR THE COLOSSEUM!!" Twilight shouted as the Elements gathered their energies, aiming for the center of United Remnant operations.

With this unforseen opening, The Concordian Army made one more charge.

****

Hundreds upon hundreds of Hussar VTOLs poured out the landing bays of the Auroran Flagships, directly engaging Bullheads.

V-Shaped waves of Hussar Is dropped Dust-infused carpet bombs directly onto the main Korians, horrendous ripping sounds filling the air as the bombs exploded, milliseconds after eachother, sending plumes of flame into the skies.

From the deck of the Aurora, Alex and Osiris stood, watching the carnage above and below.

"T-This is war..?" Osiris asked, clearly shocked.

"This can't be your first time, kid." Alex scoffed.

"Yeah, I saw you and the others fight the Inquisitors, but this..." Osiris gaped.

"Alright kid, hold it together. The last thing you want to do is freak out.." Alex turned, putting a mechanical hand on Osiris' shoulder.

"W-What do you need me to do..?"

"Tell you what, You probably won't be used to giving out orders, so I'll let you shadow me and help out once we actually fight, Ria?" Alex raised his wrist as a small hologram of a young woman faded in over the emitter.

"Yes, Captain?" Ria, the new A.I commanding the Auroran Fleet, asked.

"I need some pointers as to how to handle those ships. We're doing well, but that's mostly because we had the element of surprise. Any ideas on what to do once the enemy has their shit together?" Alex asked.

"Of course. While our ships are able to soak up damage and hold a greater fleet, the Korians we're dealing with have more maneuverability, and more firepower." Ria explained.

"Firepower?"

"My scans indicate presence of Weapons of Mass Destruction onboard the ships." Ria stated.

"Excuse me, weapons of mass destruction?!" Osiris gasped.

"How many?" Alex asked.

"All of them." Ria answered.

"That sounds bad.."

"'Bad' isn't how you say 'fucking awful', kiddo. What are our options?"

"Do you want the tactically sound option or dangerously stupid one?"

"...I'd go with-"

"Why not both? I just want to imagine the look on Julius' smug fucking face."

"Ah, i see you're a man who enjoys the finer things in life. I'll surprise you later, How about you two go down and help your friends."

"Alright. Kid, come with me. Careful though, first three rows are a splash zone." Alex joked, raising his sword and powering up to his Enlightened Berserker form.

Both Alex and Osiris leaped down, hacking at Bullheads and springing off from Hussar I's before crash-landing directly in the center of the charge.

Alex thrusted his blade into the chinks of Extremis Armor before severing limbs and heads in fluid motions of his blade and fists, sending occasional shockwaves out in the opposite direction. He had seen combat before and knew how to maneuver effectively even without his full powers.

Osiris mainly stuck to charging into the enemy to knock him off balance and obliterate the armor with the Relic of Destruction, following Alex's lead and striking the ground, sending a ripple of explosive dark-purple energy, blowing the enemy to ashes.

Both master and apprentice led the charge below as the Adenienites struggled to regroup or properly counter-attack.

Above Ria smiled to herself as she set her plan to fruition.

Hundreds of Hussars, flying v formations, carved a clear path above three of the Korians as Carrier VTOLS dropped Hellion Tanks and troop transports on the landing bays, wreaking more havok as the drop teams slaughtered any crew on-deck and made for the entrances.

The ships made an immediate U-Turn. at least, the 6 or so that weren't destroyed or on the verge of being taken over by the Auroran Fleet.

"Captain, we have the enemy fleet on the run. What's your next course of action?" Ria asked.

Alex, with Osiris, Yang, and Jason helping behind him, had all but eliminated the remaining Extremis Troopers, who were now retreating to the Amity Colosseum

"They know they've lost against us... They'll be moving down the list.." Alex explained.

"Wait... You're not saying..!" Yang gasped.

"They're going after the forces of Remnant next.." Jason concluded.

*The Overlook; Kai 0-00 Alpha; June 16, 2021; 5:15 PM*

The Oracle watched with eagerness as her plans, her visions came to fruition.

Everything had transpired exactly as she had foreseen; The Great Revival, The Founding of Concordia, The Adenien Empire's formation and subsequent conquering of both the Sunset Union and... Wait... There goes most of the Iron Brotherhood's territory.

She felt remorse that it had to happen like this, though. Both the Concordians and the Americans would suffer greatly before this ended... Before her plans were finished.

But, the future ahead was one where there would be time for these nations to heal.

"Ah, It's good to see you again."

The Oracle looked up to see an old friend of her's: Doctor Monty.

"Monty.. It's good to see you again." The Oracle greeted.

"Is everything going according to plan?" Doctor Monty asked.

"Yes. The Auroran Fleet has arrived over Concordia and they've beaten back the Adenienites. Now the Adenienites are on the run, but not before they leave all of Remnant's armies for dead. Also, guess who just lost most of their territory?"

"Don't tell me: The Brotherhood?" Monty grinned.

"Handing them prototype Hyperion Cannon blueprints was an excellent idea, by the way. Really speeds things up."

"Snagging some power armor from those Mechanicus people also came in handy, though I wonder how that armor was implemented into ordinary people. Usually, one would need some extensive modification to wear that armor.." Monty figured.

"Yes. So.. This 'Alex' you mentioned is an interesting one: He somehow single-handedly wrangled enough equipment and people in such a short amount of time. Faster than I expected, really. I've seen him quite often in my visions." The Oracle noted.

"You want me to bring him over to see you?" Doctor Monty asked.

"Yes. His visit is long overdue. Wait until the battle's over."

"And what of Osiris?"

"Osiris will still have Alex's other friends to deal with. Don't worry."

Doctor Monty nodded, heading for the door.

"Right then. I'll be back shortly."

*Location Unknown; June 16, 2021; 5:07 PM*

Lilith stood alone in her domain, bitter about her loss against Unity two years ago.

"They thought they could defeat us then... They won't defeat us again..!"

Lilith walked though the massive cathedral that was their own castle. Where Salem and the Shadow Man had both planned for the final destruction of Remnant, Equestria, Earthland, and much of the universe at large.

Where the plan they had worked so hard to accomplish had been stripped away.

Luckily, Salem had developed a backup plan should the Grimm fail: Create stronger, smarter, much more powerful versions.

The Furies.

With the Furies basically running amok for the past 2 years, Lilith withdrew every single one back to it's domain relatively unseen. Learning all about what had happened and why it was revived.

Lilith had it's own plans now.

It was time to go to Earth.