KK-51/DA01 Ecne doesn't have a single visible weapon on it.
That's because it doesn't need it. Why would it need one when enemies will kill each other in the machine's presence?
It's that simple.
The mech rushed above the Indian Ocean waters before arriving at the first military installation.
Zakus noticed it, looked up, and was about to open fire.
"...What is this thing?"
The pilots hesitated as they saw a KK-style machine. But they had never seen it before. It is not one of the previously documented ones.
Not only that, but it was emitting some sort of red light instead of the most common blue light produced by Ion Technology.
"Does it matter!? Shoot it! Kill it! It has the Anaheim crest on its shoulder!" One of the officers snapped the pilots out of their surprise.
"R-Right!"
As the guy pointed at the mech in the air, the KK-Unit spread its hands into a T shape and said a single word.
"Die."
At that moment, red circles appeared around the Zaku pilot's eyes.
"Yes! My Lord!"
The Zakus pointed their Linear Railguns at each other and shot them without hesitation.
One by one, the mobile suits began to blow up as Ecne overlooked the whole thing.
Just like that, there were no more opposing machines in this location.
All of this lasted less than five seconds.
Such an incident was baffling in the command centre, where the leaders noticed one base had just ceased to respond, as even regular soldiers committed suicide.
Marcus, who is piloting the mech, checked out the systems after issuing the first Geass command.
'All systems seem to be stable, the issue is that I can't spam this. Simply because the energy needs to be generated and spread, it's not instantaneous.'
His eyes went through the first data before checking the GPS to locate the next base.
"Ecne send word—the first occupation force to claim this base.
We shall gain a foothold in Sri Lanka before moving into the main subcontinent."
[Understood, sending word.] A female AI replied as Marcus moved his machine forward.
The next target is the island's capital.
~~~
'What the hell… T-They all killed each other?' Leila's eyes trembled as she saw the whole thing from the sky.
She never considered that the radius of such a thing is the entire base!
Thank God she was a considerable distance away! Otherwise, she could have been in the radius of this Geass!
[We should move away and begin conquering the right side of the tip. It's dangerous for you to be close to the KK-51, my lady] Andraste said to Leila. The blonde slowly nodded as the mech's suggestion was right.
"...Y-Yeah…"
The winged mobile suit rushed off towards the mainland. Making quite a bit of space as they have no idea what Ecne could pull next.
~~~~~~A Bit Later~~~~~~
"M-Monster! G-Get Away from me!!!" The Zakus were dashing away with their thrusters as red energy, like heat-seeking missiles, pursued the machine.
High above the city, a mobile suit with a red halo and wings that looked like a bird with spread hands was floating leisurely.
It didn't look like it was shooting anything, no, the wings would glow and emit energy that would rush into the city and seek out its targets.
But the 'fun' was interrupted when a large railgun blast rushed towards the KK-Unit.
However, instead of hitting the machine, the mech simply moved aside the very last second, missing the whole blast like it was nothing.
'W-What the fuck was that!?'
A Custom Zaku lowered its heavy Railgun and looked at the enemy in the distance.
The mech floating above the city pointed one of its fingers, and a sound of a heavy red beam swooshed through the whole area, blowing up a section of the city and the Zaku was cut vertically in half.
The very next second, it blew up like a massive bomb, the batteries going off like explosives.
The mech simply brought its hand back and continued to fly in its T shape.
"Let us test the mind linkage system."
[Yes, as you wish.]
The machine's red halo and bird-shaped wings glowed in deeper red as the whole city was engulfed in crimson light.
"Sort out the soldiers."
A window bar appeared in the cockpit as the AI began to sort out people's minds.
The red energy is highly invasive when it comes to brainwaves. It can enter through the eyes and ears and can easily influence people. That is the power of Geass Energy that Ecne can wield through its artificial system.
[The city is scanned, My Lord. The soldiers have been selected.]
The bar filled up as a map appeared on the HUD. The soldiers have been picked up.
"Well, in that case, let them die then."
With that said, the soldiers pointed their guns at each other and began to slaughter.
In an instant, the city lost its entire garrison. Without its garrison, the island's capital has fallen.
That has terrified the shit out of the military, as there was no struggle, no signs of conflict, just a simple slaughter of each other.
This is something the military can't understand. What is going on? None of them can explain this, and that alone is terrifying to those who wish to protect their lands.
So when they saw that the island had lost all its defenders in less than 20 minutes, they trembled with fear.
"S-Sir! We have lost Sri Lanka! And Anaheim forces are already entering the southern tip! If this continues, we will lose everything in a single day!" One of the strategists said to the old ruler.
"Hmm… even with the new Zakus… we are utterly useless. I thought we could even out the odds, but then these people brought literal spaceships." The Maharaja commented with a sign.
"W-What should we do?" One of the commanders grew even more terrified as reality began to sink in.
The live map before him doesn't help either, as their territories that are marked green are losing ground to a 'red faction' at a rapid pace.
They had an enormous defensive line at the Bengal river, but it was smashed through by Cornelia and her KK-Unit Morrigan. It was a one-sided slaughter!
"Call Anaheim… we are surrendering." The old man sighed for a second before ordering one more thing.
"But before you do that. Send all the data we gathered to Rakshata."
"Understood!"
~~~
The capitulation of India has spread worldwide like wildfire. It was less than an hour ago that the invasion started, but the sheer force of Anaheim's invasion has caused the recently reborn country to surrender.
The sheer difference in technology has terrified the soldiers, who had no idea how to fight these things.
The rumours of soldiers killing themselves spread throughout the whole nation in a matter of minutes.
How are they supposed to resist that!?
The surrender has quickly reached the ears of the Britannian Royalty, who were waiting patiently for any information about the war.
They were more than surprised by how quickly the war ended.
"My Prince… India has fallen." Prince Schneizel's secretary spoke in a sombre tone. This was worse than they had anticipated.
They expected at least a few days' time, based on what they had seen before in Indochina and China. They expected Lelouch to take his time in conquering.
Just as he did before, they expected him to be meticulous.
But this was not so.
"Yes, well. This was unexpected. However, such a swift defeat could mean either thing either way.
My little brother could take his time consolidating his control over the subcontinent, just as he did in previous conquests.
He took his sweet time." The blonde tried to motivate himself more than anything.
"That could be a possibility." Kanon slowly nodded as, in the very next second, the comms in the room began to light up.
It was from the Emperor and other generals who were watching the conflict closely.
"Excuse me. It would seem there is a meeting that I have to attend." The Prime Minister frowned while saying that.
~~~
A short trip later, the blonde Prince was in the meeting room with an array of Generals and the Emperor at the helm.
The moment Schneizel was there, Charles started his meeting.
With Geass Order gone and his Secret Service in disarray, the Emperor has to rely on his regular military to compensate for the shortages.
However, that's the issue… they can't compensate!
"You all know why I called you here." The Emperor started the meeting.
"India has fallen, and all of our investment in them is gone." The burly ruler said in a deadpan tone. He didn't have much hope in others that were not his Empire, but it was worse than his original, barely passable expectations.
"However. The intelligence operators and India itself shared their data before their capitulation." Charles motioned to one of the officers to show it.
The massive screen lit up, showing videos of the front lines.
Schneizel's eyes widened in surprise. It was worse than he had expected!
"Anaheim used all of their Knightmare Killer machines… except for one…" The Emperor said while looking at the blonde Prime Minister.
"...Tiranis is not there. It means Lelouch was not at the frontlines."
"....Wrong. He was piloting a different machine."
The Emperor used a remote and literally changed the channel like it was a TV.
It was a live broadcast from Delhi. Lelouch was shaking the hand of the old man, Maharaja. Behind the Exiled Prince was a completely different mech.
"...A new model…"
"Not any model. This machine can wield THAT power we have discussed, Schneizel."
"!"
Charles switched back to the previous channel and then grunted at the officer to show what he meant.
What they saw was this white and red machine with yellow eyes floating in the air without weapons, but it had a sinister-looking red halo and wings from strange energy.
It was different from plasma emitted by Ion Technology.
This was a different and strange new technology.
"Look at this."
The Emperor showed video footage from cameras in a military base where soldiers were slaughtering each other!
Then, it showed them how Zakus were pointing railguns at their companions and shooting.
It was a slaughter without even lifting a weapon!
"...Holy…"
"How?"
"Impossible."
The generals began to panic and mumbled to each other. Charles frowned as he looked at his son.
"This is what I was worried about."
'He did this way before we were able to do it! He has completely synthesised Geass and added it to a mobile suit.
Not just any suit, but he made a KK UNIT!'
The Emperor clenched the armrest of his seat as he was shaking with anger. This was the worst-case scenario.
Such a machine could fly over to Britannia, and all of them would kill each other! There is no need to do anything!
"...What should we do, Your Majesty?" Schneizel asked, he was out of ideas! For the first time in his life, he was feeling hopeless.
"..."
The Emperor sighed; he was slowly resigning himself to a fate in which his dream would never succeed. Lelouch was like a butcher who was bit by bit chopping his dream down with no sign of stopping.
"I can't say that I have the means to fight him. Lelouch has destroyed all of the research we were doing in this… power.
However, I have… suggestions."
A bit of hope appeared in front of such unfair power.
"This energy enters through the eyes and ears. If one wants to counter it, we need to develop a form of cover."
Schneizel nodded when he heard it. The bright light the machine emits makes sense to him now.
"This should not be hard to develop." One of the Generals commented, he has recovered…somewhat from the previous trauma.
"Yes. But that machine has affected the newly developed Zakus." The blonde Prime Ministers pondered. It would seem that Zaku's interior is not that good against this strange power!
"I shall speak with Rakshata about this."