Volume 8 - Chapter 29 – Hourai Island’s Troops, Mobilized (2/2)
“Yes, there’s the destroyed Schwarz Ritter.”
“What!?”
Jin was surprised. According to the report he was lying around with his limbs torn off.
“So the opponent is able to destroy Schwarz Ritter that badly.”
There was a remarkable difference in power compared to the enemy golems he had faced until now.
“Oh well. Anyway, can you carry Schwarz Ritter here?”
“Yes. If the two of us overlap our Stealth fields I think carrying it will work out fine.”
“Alright, then please hurry. Rendezvous in…”
They met with Sage and Cosmos ten kilometers away from Dali, upstream along the river Azul. Of course, stealth was operational at the time of the landing.
This area across the river was visible from the Celuroa Kingdom’s ramparts so there were no villages. Jin wanted to ask if this was a defense plan or what.
Ten minutes after Falcon-1 landed Sage and Cosmos came. They were indeed fast.
“Good work, Sage, Cosmos.”
“Chief, apologies for being unable to protect Reinhardt-sama.”
The moment they arrived the two apologized, but Jin just told them not to worry about it.
“More importantly. Schwarz Ritter, he’s really done in, huh…”
Because the limbs had been torn off forcibly, there had been Magic Energy leakage and he had ceased operating.
“However, that’s unrelated to the Control Core.”
Jin muttered while taking out the Control Core from Schwarz Ritter’s chest.
“Alright, this should be enough to recognize Reinhardt’s Magic Energy pattern. Sage, take Falcon-1’s Warp gate to Hourai Island, and hand this Control Core to Laozi. Then have him look for Reinhardt’s whereabouts. There hasn’t been long so there’s no way he’s that far away from Dali.”
“Understood.”
Sage took the Control Core and passed through the Warp Gate to Hourai Island.
Jin simply waited contact from Laozi. While waiting he thought.
“I should install Magic Energy detectors on the Falcons and Raptors too, huh.”
Then he realized something.
“Oh, right. To raise the position calculation’s accuracy I should install them not only on Hourai Island, but on Kunlun Island and the aircraft carrier I’ll complete afterwards.”
If location was far away from the measuring instruments, adding another set of measuring instruments would increase the precision as if the target was closer. This would also be effective when loaded on the Falcons which could come to a stop midair.
While thinking about that Laozi’s contact came.
“That’s fast. So, did you find him?”
“Yes, My Lord. Reinhardt-dono’s Magic Energy is great so identifying him was simple.”
At the same time Laozi being familiar with this must’ve speeded up the process.
“So, the location?”
“Yes. Ten kilometers north from the location My Lord currently resides in, just by the river.”
“Got it. Good work.”
Nearly at the same time as he hung up Sage came back. She was holding a simple map.
“Chief, I’ve brought a rough map from Laozi.”
“Sage, good work. Alright, Falcon-2 and 3, land!”
While stealthed the two planes descended. Unlike jet engines, Magi Jet Engines didn’t make a sound. They kicked up some dust, but that area had a lot of gravel so it wasn’t a problem in particular..
Even if someone noticed, as the landing would be brief by the time a patrol came around they’d probably have already taken off.
“Units from Land-41 to Land-60 go on land. Sage and Cosmos too. Lower down Hydro-5. Me, Reiko, and Marine-5 will go there by boat. Falcons from one to three will provide protection from above.”
“Understood.”
It was a land, sea, and air encirclement tactic. The preparations were completed in three minutes. Jin and Reiko boarded Hydro-5 while Falcons from one to three took off to the skies.
“Alright, sally out!”
At Jin’s command the Land units broke into a run. Once they had neared the enemy base Sage and Cosmos would handle the stealth equipment so that they could spread out for the encirclement.
Jin continued upstream in Hydro-5 piloted by Marine-5. He no longer cared about being seen.
“This time, I’ll make those damned Unifilers regret it.”
The self-identified eighth subdivision’s branch head Purcell didn’t have any important information. Apparently he had in truth occupied a lower position. A small fry who had gained status in the Unifilers using money.
They weren’t stupid enough to share important secrets with some upstart newcomer like him.
Jin was worked up and thought that this time for sure he would extract major information.
Hydro-5 continued on the river at a speed of 50 kilometers per hour, or at nearly 27 knots.
Meanwhile, the Army golems also dashed at nearly the same speed.
After traveling on foot the distance of ten kilometers in a little over ten minutes, the base they had headed towards was right in front of their eyes.
It was one of Celuroa Kingdom’s abandoned lookout forts.