Volume 9 - Chapter 32 – Battlefield (1/2)
09-32 Battlefield
“Father, goodbye.”
“I’ll leave it to you, Reiko.”
“Yes!”
“Condor-1, Titan-2, takeoff.”
Reiko got on the piloted Titan-2 and Condor-11 took to the skies. Immediately afterwards, it headed behind the research laboratory to where a giant Warp Gate had been built on Hourai mountain’s side.
“I’ll send orders from here, huh.”
Jin moved to the control room inside the research laboratory.
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“Your Majesty, Your Highness, over here!”
A fierce battle was unfolding in Asunto castle’s third floor.
Aiming at the royalty, the three golems pushed on.
The Imperial Guard knight troops and the Imperial Guard magi knight troops rushed to defend against them.
Lotte had the tray and the mop in hand as she stood in front of the prince to protect him.
“[Wind Blow]!”
Continuously firing wind-type spells, Airi Soluz of the Imperial Guard magi knight troops was keeping the impending golems at bay.
Because fire-type and lightning-type magic would affect allies while inside, she was heavily using wind-type magic. But the reality was that wind-type magic didn’t have much effect on the golems.
At least [Wind Blow] was effective against the massive opponents, but even so the best it could do was keep them back.
Outside the castle, half of the soldiers were being driven to deal with the attacks launched from the flying balloons.
“Laila, help me!”
Airi’s breath was ragged from the continuous casting of [Wind Blow].
Her colleagues were also attacking with [Wind Blow]s but it was obvious they weren’t powerful enough.
“Bu–but, elder sister, I’m…”
“Listen up! Stop grumbling about and do it! If you’re not helping now then what will you do!?”
Laila hesitated even more, then prince Ernest spoke to her from behind.
“Laila, I’m relying on you. Father and I can’t use powerful attack magic. Although I do think it’s shameful to rely on a girl, right?”
“Your Highness…”
Now that the prince had said that much she could no longer hesitate. Having her spirit invigorated, Laila took a step forwards.
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Before dawn. It was too early for the sun to rise and the surroundings were filled with darkness.
At the giant lake Azul on the border between Celuroa Kingdom and Frantz Kingdom. Its longest diameter was over 100 kilometers and it was about 300 meters deep at its deepest. From its depths a man-made structure surfaced.
It was a spherical building with a diameter of 70 meters.
Coincidentally with surfacing the huge dome in its top part opened. A similarly huge Warp Gate was enshrined in its heart.
The Warp Gate was active. What warped there was a likewise huge golem and an aircraft carrying it.
“Father, I’ve arrived at lake Azul as planned. I’ll be heading from here to Tetrada.”
From the heart of lake Azul the distance to Tetrada as the crow flies was around 120 kilometers. While carrying Titan-2 Condor-1’s top speed was at most 100 kilometers per hour, so it should take a little over one hour.
Almost simultaneously, the Raptors and Falcons also arrived as planned.
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A life and death struggle was unfolding on top of Tetrada’s walls.
On one side, there was the Cline Kingdom’s third order of chivalry who were defending Tetrada to the last and fighting hard. On the other side, there were the mysteriously mighty golems who had been sent in.
“[Flame Bullet]!”
The magi of the chivalric order restrained them with magic, but the two mystery golems used the small shields in their left hands and easily defended themselves.
“Guh, anti-magic shields, huh!”
This was on top of the walls, and it seemed like it would take several more minutes for the magi knight troops to rush there. If in the meanwhile either of the two golems took the gate they would lose.
“Attack! Stop the golems no matter what!”
The deputy leader Nicholas Fahlheit yelled. Following his orders, five knights charged. But.