As Operation Shock and Awe moves forward without a hitch, Tanya and the 203rd prepare to go read the Republic its last rites. For a moment, the Empire's victory seems close at hand--but the Commonwealth's strongest mage is waiting there to give them a rough welcome when they arrive...
With the foolishness of continuing the campaign obvious to everyone, Lieutenant Colonel Lergen heads to the Kingdom of Iloda to initiate peace negotiations. As the possibility of failure still looms overhead, Deputy Chief Rudersdorf prepares his contingency plan. His comrade, Zettour, disagrees and instead places his faith in the goddess. In this all-out war where right and wrong has ceased to exist, and friendships and responsibilities are abandoned, who can claim this fight is what's best for the future of their nation?
After surviving the Commonwealth's assault, the 203rd Battalion advances toward Parisii, the capital of the François Republic. Mocking the Republican Army's feeble attempts at resistance, Tanya assures herself that there's no way the Empire could get Dunkirk'ed like its equivalent from her previous life...
Despite victory after victory, the Empire advances towards its inevitable fate. Having seen what merciless reality has to offer, Zettour's gathers what remains of his love for his country and begins working toward the best possible defeat he can afford to bring the Empire. And to do that, what he needs is not rhyme nor reason. Zettour will do what he must to shock the world. All that is left is to become the source of all evil...