Volume 9 - Chapter 28 – The Ghosts of the Past (1/2)
09-28 The Ghosts of the Past
Content warning: death
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Reinhardt was having a talk with Celuroa Kingdom’s Magi Craftsman Donald and the Automata Elena.
Now it was about the structure of golems.
“That’s true, modern golems are simplistic. Their build is crude. Golems of old had more work put into them.”
Elena said.
“I agree. Golems and Automata are modeled after humans. So why not copy the structure of a human’s body?”
Reinhardt whose tongue had unwittingly become loose said, and he could’ve sworn he saw a light glittering in Elena’s eyes.
“Reinhardt-sama. I heard from Donald-sama. That among other things, you’ve become able to build golems with skeletons.”
“Yes, but I was using Soft Magi Resin until lately, you see. Then I realized that’s no good.”
Elena kept staring intently at Reinhardt.
“Was that one of your ideas, Reinhardt-sama? Or did have some sort of a model?”
Once she asked the question, Elena’s eyes slightly narrowed.
“Well, Ji- …Adrianna Balbora Ceci made golems like that, I hear.”
He nearly blurted out Jin’s name, but Reinhardt hurriedly said something negating it. But once Elena heard him her expression changed.
“Adrianna, you say!? …You mean even after one thousand years that woman stands in my way!”
“…Eh?”
Her deep crimson eyes shone like they were on fire. Not only did Reinhardt feel the weak haze lift, the haze that had been clouding his mind until now, but sensing himself in danger he was about to stand up. But Elena was much faster.
In an instant she sent the table flying and closed in upon Reinhardt. Her hand reached towards his throat to strangle him, and at that very moment.
“I won’t let you!”
The SP protecting Reinhardt, Sage and Cosmos made their appearance and stopped Elena.
“Wha–! These movements, this wavelength, they’re Adrianna’s!”
Elena shouted and changed targets from Reinhardt to the two SP golems.
Reinhardt activated Schwarz Ritter ‘Noir’ who was left in the corner of the room.
On the other side, Donald and his golem number 457 were Reinhardt’s opponents.
Facing the two golems Sage and Cosmos, Elena was having a hard fight. Actually, she was slightly superior.
“He-he, so you’re nothing more than this after all. You used to be stronger, Adrianna!”
Elena said to no one in particular, and while throwing out lines like that toyed with Sage and Cosmos.
“What the!”
At that time, having heard the clamor in the room the three military escorts on standby in the hallway rushed in. Seeing them, Donald said,
“Number 457.”
He gave an order without voicing it. That very moment.
“Aargh!”
[Flame Bullet]s were fired out of number 457’s hand. There actually were 60 shots.
The 20 [Flame Bullets] shot at each of the three military escorts hit them and pierced their heads, chests, shoulders, abdomens, and both arms and legs, reaping their lives in an instant.
“You bastard! [Flame Ball]!”
Seeing that, Reinhardt shot a [Flame Ball] at Donald. [Flame Ball] was a ball of flames with a diameter of one meter. It wasn’t a spell you would normally use indoors.
And yet, the fireball of the approaching [Flame Ball] was simply completely erased when it hit number 457’s palm.
“What…?”
“Ha ha ha, how unfortunate, Reinhardt-kun. I wanted to win you over and become one of my colleagues, but as Elena’s become like that it’s impossible. Now there’s only one path for me to take. I’ll have you die for the sake of our future.”
Donald said and then gave orders to number 457.
“Kill Reinhardt!”
“As if I’d be done in that easily! Noir, attack!”
Now the two battles of Schwarz Ritter Noir versus golem number 457 and the SP Sage and Cosmos versus Elena had begun.
Sage and Cosmos were having a hard fight. Even though they were bestowed with the martial arts of a veteran spy, they weren’t a match for Elena.
“How audacious, you pieces of trash!”
Nevertheless, as it was two versus one they were narrowly able to stay even. In addition, the movements of Elena’s left arm were somewhat worse compared to her right one, and because of that they could somehow use that gap to strike.
However, Elena was superior in both speed and strength. The reason Sage and Cosmos were able keep on fighting without receiving fatal blows was simply that being the same type they could cooperate in opposing Elena.
On the other side, the fight between Noir and number 457 kept going as they knocked down walls.
Noir was superior in strength and speed. He was facing number 457 who had a good grasp of fighting techniques and magic.
Just now, the Wind Cutter number 457 had fired had destroyed even more walls.
“Wha-what’s going on!?”
A person in the inn heard the noise and came to the scene but,
“A-aagh!”
Once they saw the unfolding fight of the golems in the cramped room they quickly turned around and escaped.
“Reinhardt!”
Then Matheus came running with ten of his subordinates with him. Three of them were magi.
“Ah, Matheus!”
“What in the world is going on here?”
“I don’t know either. They suddenly attacked me.”
Donald had said he had wanted to win Reinhardt over to become his colleague, but right now having no evidence he hesitated to speak of it.
“Donald Carou Alpha! Rampaging after a diplomat of Shouro Empire, are you insane!?”
Just in case Matheus called out to him, but Donald didn’t appear to liten to him at all.
“I never would’ve thought of it but, is it [Seduce]…?”
The one who replied to Reinhardt’s muttering was Elena.
“You even know about [Seduce], I see! More and more reasons why you can’t be left alive!”