Part 70: Mission 38 - In the Name of Our Once-Sworn Peace - Part 2
Enemy Phase!
The enemies are still moving over.
Player Phase!
Off we go.
Parried! Shinji follows up on Asuka, killing the Bong.
Keep with the chain attacks as the Zumezume’s also have support defense.
There it goes, along with their defensive formation.
Rom needs a wee bit more morale.
Very dead.
Ginga and Duke take out the last Bong, while Masato starts working on our next prey.
Enemy Phase!
Hey, Jigura’s also here.
: Duke Fleed! I’ll be claiming your head today, even if it kills me!
: Not happening! I won’t allow anyone to kill me before I’ve destroyed King Vega!
Not the cheapest attack but I had to start taking his shield away.
Most mooks, again, make the mistake of ganging up on Rom. Better for me.
At least Balendos’ Great is beefier than the Mother Burn he usually rocks.
Player Phase!
I could nuke everyone with the Zeorymer but we don’t want to this time.
: Pitting the best of friends against one another… that is unforgivable!
: Are you going to preach above love, friendship and trust? Well, I put no stock into such things! There is only one thing that governs the universe… And that’s power!
That’s everything in there weakened.
Use a few attacks to get rid of Jigura’s support defense (and shields, while at it), then weaken this Great Mazinger here…
Perfect!
Secret Alert! 
: Psyche yourselves up, Nuke, Mucha! We can’t get taken out by these phony Greats!
: You got it, Boss!
: Still… you think we could take one of these back with us? Whaaa?!: Yeep! W-We’re sorry!
: Well, ain’t that a nice idea! Alright, let’s just break one of these down a bit and take it home!
: Yeaaaah, boy! This one’s ours now!And there we go. Have Boss kill any MP Great (Balendos’ doesn’t count, I don’t think) and he’ll steal the thing for us.
No need to hold anything back now. Next turn, it’s MAPW city.
We’ll deal with Jigura in the meantime.
: If you’re going to intrude on my battle with Duke Fleed, Kouji Kabuto, then I’ll simply get rid of you first!
: Shut it! You creeps have really pissed me and Duke off today and you’re not getting out of here in one piece!
: Tetsuya Tsurugi… I am blessed to be able to cross swords with a warrior of your caliber.
: I’m honored… is what I’d say. Problem is, I don’t give props to villains!
: B-Blast you all! How can this be the end for me?!: GWAAAAAAAAARGH!
Enemy Phase!
Masato is still tearing through his side.
Duke gets attacked on his side and weakens the MP Greats.
: Even if you pit the Great Mazinger against me, there will be no stopping my anger!Player Phase!
Maybe I’ll give the ships some love.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkzA4SJp1j8
And now, about 70% through the game, we finally get to see Bright’s MAPW!
Valored MAPW from Ruri takes out the two Greats.
Wreck another one with Boss just for kicks, Tap snipes another one down and Masato shreds the Mother Burn with a valored Meioh.
Now for Balendos. And we need an appropriate song for this:
Sing along with Aniki! DASH, DASH!
: Oh, one who’s drowned himself in power… behold now the mightiest force of the universe: JUSTICE!: Then I’ll take time to educate you on one thing: justice is not mighty… Rather, might is just!
: I’ve got a REAL big problem with folks who force friends to fight each other!
: Hah, don’t you get it? Watching you worms kill one another is our greatest source of amusement. 
: You creep! I ain’t putting up with your sick hobbies!
: Heheheh… Once you’re all gone, I’ll set those Greats as the driving force of our galactic conquest.: Hell, no! I’m not letting you turn our Mazingers into some evil mooks!
: Has King Vega really come to the moon, Balendos?!: Damn you, Mors… you and your big mouth…!: Answer me, Balendos! Is he there?!: I’ve no reason to answer the soon-to-be dead!
: Forcing friends to fight…
: That’s 100% unforgivable!: Hmph… look at these brats, acting like they know what they talk about. How about you try fighting each other to the death first?
: Idiot! I’d never give up on Hokuto even if it came to blows with him!
: Me neither! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9b40U9QqJo
And here’s the combined attack!
Still, let’s rewind because there’s only one person fit to put this guy down.
: Hey, thief. If you wanted to play with your dolls, you should’ve stayed home.
: Play with my—?!: A Mazinger only shows its true power after it’s paired with someone’s heart. These fakes of yours are no better than simple dolls!: Curse you, Tetsuya Tsurugi…! You’ll pay for besmirching me with your life!
: It’s you who’ll pay in spades for stealing my Great, Balendos!!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZUceAjTy04
: M-My Great Mazinger, beaten?! Impossible!: This end serves you right, Balendos! Beaten by the very power you believed in so!: Uuurgh! G-GLORY TO KING VEGAAAAAAAAAAAARRGGH!!
That’s everything down, so Bright has everyone come back to be resupplied. We’re headed for the Spiral Castle right after it’s done.
Duke and Maria now finally know where the Vegan stronghold is hidden but first order of business is dealing with the Gulfer fortress. Inwardly, Duke tells Mors to watch on as he fights to restore peace in the universe; and, as he promised, he’ll strike down King Vega with his own two hands.
Goodies earned today: a Space Alloy Gren, Apogee Motor and Megabooster.
As for convos we missed:
: Sorry… you’re only in this situation because I screwed up back then…
: The least I can do is set you free myself…!--
: Forgive me, Great… No one here is enjoying the sight of you as a servant of evil…: At the very least I will put you all out of your misery…!--
: The Great’s as important to Tetsuya as a part of his own body…: How dare you turn it into a force of evil… I’ll never forgive you for this!--
: I won’t shy away from any foe, not even the Great! You’ve really angered me today!--
: The Great was created to defend peace and you’re using it for evil?! You’ll pay!--
: You’re not getting away today, Balendos!: Nor would I want to, Getter Robo! The only way I’m getting back to the moon is over your carcasses!
: Then I’ll just have to show you the size of the strength that comes from the heart!
Back at the moon, Rubina is looking out to Earth – that beautiful blue world, which Duke is fighting to defend. Zuril walks on over, having been looking for her; he figured he ought to tell her that Balendos has fallen to the Magnate Ten.
More important to Rubina is the fact that Duke still lives, which means she needs to find a way out of here. She still has something to tell him – something concerning his homeland. Zuril can see what’s going on in her head and says that, unfortunately, Duke IS an enemy of the Vegan Empire. As such Zuril will personally have to see that he dies.
Rubina seriously doubts that Zuril’s ilk could actually win that fight and stomps out in a foul mood.
Gandal has a laugh watching one of the greatest womanizers of Planet Vega get scorned. Zuril huffs that Rubina’s heart would be his if Duke was out of the picture. Regardless, there are more pressing matters to think about : with the location of the Skull Moon Base revealed, the next battle is bound to be a big one.
The place is still hidden behind its camouflaging shield, though, so Gandal doesn’t think the earthlings will be able to find it. If anything, they’ll be keeping an eye on the battle at the Spiral Castle: whichever side loses that showdown, the Vegans will come out ahead.
And here’s our shiny new Mass Produced Great Mazinger. It’s exactly like the original, sans flight, the Great Booster and slightly worse stats.
Other than that, it can do everything and hits almost as hard. The kicker that makes this such a nice secret is that, one, any Mazinger pilot can man it and, two, it can still use the Double Lightning Buster with Tetsuya or Duke!
We are entering the age of fatso now!