Volume 7 - Chapter 19 – The Super-technology of the Past (1/2)
07-19 The Super-technology of the Past
“*Huff*, *puff*, *wheeze*, *gasp*”
After finally arriving at the location where Reiko had found the footprint, Jin and Reinhardt looked at the ‘footprint’ and were surprised.
“Isn’t it over ten meters tall judging from the size of this?”
It was that gigantic. However, Reiko shook her head and,
“No, according to Ann’s information it appears that its feet are large to keep it stable. And therefore…”
She said and was about to continue when.
“You guys! Why are you here!?”
A voice yelled at them from above. They looked up, and for some reason it was Rucall who had come missing.
Jin and Reinhardt hurriedly climbed up there. Reiko jumped there in just a single leap.
“You disappeared so we came to look for you!”
Jin said. It wasn’t a lie. Rucall scratched his hairless head and,
“Well, sorry about that. After having breakfast I went to take a little look at the ruins. And then on in the middle of a passage’s wall there was a cave, where a sealed box had been left.”
Rucall explained the particulars.
“It was securely sealed but by giving it Magic Energy it opened by itself. I noticed that a black Magi Crystal tumbled out, but then it began taking in surrounding rocks and grew very fast, I ran away in a panic, that guy trampled my cabin, then went towards the mountain. And so I stealthily chased after it, that’s about it.”
He said and finished explaining.
“So, where is it?”
Reinhardt asked, and Rucall silently pointed towards the direction of the sun, namely the eastern mountainside.
“It went and climbed up there.”
“Alright, let’s pursue it.”
Jin said and Rucall got nervous and,
“H-hey, don’t tell me you’re planning to stop or destroy it?”
He said. Jin gave it to Rucall straight.
“That’s right. Apparently it’s a secret weapon from the Great Magic War called Gigantes. Moreover, I hear it’s faulty and goes around destroying things without discrimination. If it’s not stopped now, it’ll be too late to prevent damage to the surroundings.”
“Bu-but, can you beat it?”
“I don’t know, but I’ll have a go at it.”
Reinhardt said. Reiko and Jin went to continue climbing the mountain ridge.
The footprints did indeed point towards the east along the ridge. The two kept began walking up following it. Reiko once more was both the scout and the vanguard.
Rucall didn’t move from the spot and,
“…Can they really beat a monster like that…?”
He just whispered.
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The path on the mountain ridge was easier to walk than the one until now. Furthermore, the parts where Gigantes had walked had been flattened as if it had been graded, they were even more easy to walk on.
“Ah, the wind feels nice.”
“It dries the sweat.”
The mountain wind dried the sweat they had perspired during the climb. The two increased their pace.
After continuing for about ten minutes, Reiko motioned with her hand for them to stop.
“Beyond this point…it’s there.”
After this the mountain ridge sank and formed a so-called double ridge, and the gap between the ridges was wide.
Looking closely, a part of it was moving.
“So that’s Gigantes!”
It was a gigantic human shape with body completely covered in rock. The very shape that Ann had described.
It was walking slowly, moving towards the summit ahead.
“Can we stop it?”
Reinhardt said worriedly.
“Let’s try at the very least. Reiko, try tossing a stone from here as a test.”
“Yes, Father.”
Reiko picked up a rock of a perfect size for her small hand, faced towards Gigantes and threw the stone at 20 percent power.
“Ooh?”
The thrown stone smashed into the rock that composed Gigantes’s body, the stone smashed into small pieces and a part of Gigantes’s body was also smashed up. However, it took in as much rock from the surroundings as it needed, and in the blink of an eye the damage portion was completely repaired.