Volume 9 - Chapter 33 – Strategy #2 (1/2)

09-33 Strategy #2

“Wha, what’s, that…”

This was the feeling of fear both attackers and defenders held.

“Friend, or foe?”

This was the question both sides were asking. But it was soon answered.

A loud voice came from the gigantic golem.

“Both parties, lay down your weapons!”

Because the wind magic used to amplify the voice made it echoy the original speaker’s voice was unrecognizable, but they could somehow tell that it was the voice of a woman.

“War is unproductive. It impoverishes nations and hurts the people. What the world needs right now is peace.”

From inside the golem, Reiko was reciting the speech that Jin had given her.

“The population is scarce, and the lands are vast. If you have spare energy to do war with, use it to develop your country. Use it to enrich the people.”

These were the words of persuasion Jin had frantically thought up last night.

“Why is it that the hands which clasped each other during the Great Magic War are now wielding weapons?”

It was as if time had stopped on the battlefield. Everyone was carefully listening to the giant golem’s speech.

“The past is in the past. It’s something you can never reach. Instead you ought to be reaching for the future.”

Some of the soldiers and knights took the advice.

“Use your strength not to go back to the past, but to build a prosperous future. Live not for the sake of destruction, but for the sake of creation.”

Hmph, someone snorted. Pretty words alone couldn’t convince the person.

“Whether or not to heed my advice is your choice to make. However, in the case that you do not you will be stopped by force.”

Before the speech was over, a [Flame Lance] was fired from Frantz Kingdom’s army towards the giant golem.

The gigantic golem caught the [Flame Lance] with its similarly gigantic hand and crushed it.

A short while later, the first and second companies started to move as if they had come to their senses. They were heading towards the opened castle gate.

Then magic was fired from the gate’s direction as a counterattack.

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Jin who saw and heard what was going on through the Mana Telecam built into the Titan sighed.

“So it’s no good after all, huh.”

It appeared that in the special place known as a battlefield Jin’s words had no persuasive power.

“Reiko, as planned, execute strategy #2. Also deploy the Raptor and Falcon teams.”

“Yes, Father.”

“Yes, master.”

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In the battlefield once again filled with noise,

“How unfortunate.”

A voice resounded.

The giant golem then moved.

The way it moved was comparable to how humans moved. That meant it appeared to move ten times faster than a human.

Just like that the golem drew near the walls of Tetrada.

“U–uoaaah!”

The walls were eight meters high, while the golem was 15 meters tall. The castle walls only reached to its hips.

You could say that being afraid was inevitable when a golem that large neared you.

Then. The gigantic golem raised its right arm overhead.

A huge smashing sound was heard. More than half of the castle wall in front of the giant golem crumbled. Under the rubble was also the wreckage of the golem that had come down from one of the flying balloons.

Yes, the giant golem had, along with the wall, pulverized the yet-rampaging golem in one blow.

“Ho-how could…”

Nicholas Fahlheit leaked out a moan filled with surprise and awe.

After pulverizing the castle wall the giant golem turned to face Frantz Kingdom’s army, then held out its right arm as if it was about to use magic.