Vol 7 Chapter 3 (1/2)
Chapter 3 - Laugh Maker
Around the same time Ouka and the others finished their meal
The Fantasy CultValhalla, the Pureblood Party set up a camp in a subway station and has occupied the central part of the Grey City The Valhalla's borderline invasion had an advantage only at the beginning Although suppression of the Grey City was easy for theinally a lawless area out of Inquisition's reach, it didn't go so well after passing the Border Inquisition sortied rapidly, it was as if they appeared froe Moreover, Inquisition hadin urban battles
The aradually reduced and only half was remained
In the subway ca shoulders to one another
Currently, they were short on supplies There was no relief goods co from any of the transfer device There were ru has happened to Elizabeth in the inside world who has been sending the Pureblood Party outside
A single wo the depressed soldiers
She was young Her cream-coloured hair stood up on their ends, and a bitter expression floated on her face as she orried about the wounded soldiers
A the Pureblood Party ave off a kind impression
”Mimulus-sama”
”It's Mimulus-sama!”
The soldiers who called the woman 'Mimulus” discarded the blankets they were covered with and stood up
Mimulus drew closer to the wounded soldiers and healed their wounds one after another
Although it was a sie Tears appeared in the soldiers' eyes after just being touched by her warm hand
”It's definitely a malfunction in the transfer device After the supplies come you will receive proper treatment Make do with this for now”
”II'm sorry to bother Mimulus-sama like this I'm ashamed of myself”
When the young soldier wiped his tears, Miently
”You did ith the soods and forces We, Ancient Property HoldersAncient Wizards should be the ones apologizing but we're struggling to prepare Magical Dragoons and we can't participate in combat properly”
As Mimulus said so, the soldier lowered his headtears
Gently patting his head, Mimulus stood up
And, once again she called with a stretched-out voice to the worn-out soldiers
”The weapons have been prepared! We will launch a full-out attack on the enemy in a few days! Everyone, have a little more patience! If the next attack is successful we'll be able to completely take over Grey City and then, the empties will understand we are a real threat!”
The soldiers raised voices of admiration and hope appeared on their faces
Then Mimulus placed a hand on her hip and spoke to everyone as frozen in their spots
”Elizabeth-saer number of troops from the European shelter After the battle for Grey City is settled, you all should be able to go home The day of our victory is close!”
Cheers have resounded fros and the soldiers have rose up
Mi the cheers
”Mimulus-sama can I speak with you”
And, one of the sub-officers have moved closer to her, then whispered
”What is it?”
”I thought of consulting so with you, I have a report to make”
Looking at the cohtly steep
”Tell me then”
”Yes, as yousoldiers in particular have accu them, there ones with PTSD”
”it can't be helped No one in here has any war experience, killing e one can be used to let's meet with those people and speak with them directly”
No that's not it Actually”
When she heard the story from the sub-officer, Mimulus' expression turned even more steep
In the subway's staff room, a painful strike has resounded
Mimulus was taken by three soldiers to the station's staff room and opened its door with abandon
”What are you doing!”
When Mi voice, the soldiers raised their faces
The station's staff room was filled with blood
It could be see at a glance that four elites were beating up a young soldier
Mirasped the boy's collar and swung his fist
”M-Mimulus-sama what is it?”
”You bastard! What are you doing!”
”Please cal out this deserter”
The elite released his hand froly upset
”Because of the cowards like the around Norht?”
”What are you doing cutting down our forces! Killing soldiers who are scared?! Don't joke around!”
”H-however, Pureblood Party uys left their allies and ran away you know?! Their blood is no longer pure, it has clouded over!”
As the er and despise towards him
”Who cares about that Pureblood or whatever, get rid of stereotypes like that”
”n-no way”
”On the battlefield everyone is together The flowing blood mixes and you can't tell the purity Do not you understand that if you waste a single ht?”
As Mi soldiers fell to their knees
”Miive us”
”You don't have to speak up I'll heal your wounds right now And after that, I want you to fight together with us once again”
When the healing ic has started to work on the soldier, his lips trembled and his expression turned into a mess
”I-I don't want to fight any more”
When the soldier spat out softly, the elites behind raised an angry voices
Mimulus stopped the elite, and smiled to the soldier
”Me neither Anyone in here thinks that the faster this ends the better”
”uuuuu”
”But in order to survive and go return, your power is necessary That's why, try telling me what happened to you”
After Miently, the soldiers who escaped started talking one after another
Forpupils of the killed enemies wouldn't leave their heads, and even as they slept they heard gunshots, they couldn't forget thethem have been wiped out and such, it was a typical after-battle trauma
While listening to one after another, Mi them
The soldiers' treradually subsided after hearing her words
Even the elites were struck with her words, and have listened in silence
The soldiers have crowded around Mimulus and bowed to her with tears in their eyes
”I'er hesitate! For Mio to the frontline and anywhere else!”
”Me too, I have opened er run away!”
A dozen of soldiers has closed on and lowered their heads to Mimulus
Mily and placed a hand on her hip
”I's, but the wounds of heart aren't healed that easily You all should rest here Currently we're in a stalee-scale operation”
In response to her benevolent words, the soldiers shed more and more tears
She faced towards them with a smile on her face and said
”Harbouring fear is nor to be ashamed of That's why, at the very least when you are with your coh Noas you smile——”
Mimulus said 『Smile』, it was then
”Hi-hiiiuuhiaaaaaaaaaaAAAaAaaAAAA!!!”
The e of the room stood up and tried to distance himself from Mimulus
He put fingers on his head and started tu all around the room
In response to Mimulus' surprise, one of the soldiers made an expression full of pity
”That guy is probably done for already He's been completely broken”
”What happened?”
”That's his troop seeh Maker”
Hearing 'Laugh Maker' Mi the desks and chairs all around, curled up the man bit his own arm
”L-l-l-laughshe said a-an-and web-both enehe-everyone laughedlaughing crying vo, l-la-lau-haeha-ehaehahahahahahaha”
Seeing the h, Mimulus was speechless
”Ehahaahaha noo ahahahaha I don't want to I don't want to laug eha, hahahahahahaha”
Unable to look at the hed like a doll, she looked away
”were you able to find Laugh Maker's whereabouts?”
Miht her to the station's staff room
”She is the only one not allowed to participate in the plan and act alone No one has actually seen what she really looks like Other than the fact that she has Eliza-sahts”
”As soon as you find her whereabouts, report to me Why did Eliza-sama allow a fellow like that accompany us”
Looking as if she was to chew on her nails any ot onto a trackline running straight
”You guys, please go back to the cah Maker secret from others”
” ”As you say” ”
As the two soldiers and sub-officer saluted, Miently
”Sorry to , report it to h”
Leaving that behind her, Mi behind saw her off
After seeing her leave, the expression of one of the soldiers has finally broke
”That's soht be ilad that Mimulus-sama has taken over after our previous captain”
”Right gentle, warm, cool and above all a beautyI wonder how old is she She looks even younger than me”
Seeing the ena off Mimulus cleared his throat
The two soldiers hurriedly stood upright
”Are you two idiots lusting for your superior?”
” ”N-not at all, never!” ”
”Unlike you carefree bastards, Mimulus-sama's heart is in distress in the battle earlier, she has lost the troop she was responsible for We are supposed to support that person, and yet you come and”
As he said so, the sub-officers expression was unlike that of other Pureblood Party members, a mild one
While starting at Mi, the sub-officer quietly closed his eyes
I thought that this battle is pointless buter to take control of Pureblood Party, she alone is sane She's a respectable person
Even a the Pureblood Party not everyone was like Elizabeth and wanted to weed out all mixed breed and empties Certainly, because of karma born from the Witch Hunt War there'sthem there are those who believe that 『The pure-blooded noble ones must protect the weak, only then the world will be corrected』
Although there's only a few of the this war But because of their bloodline they had no other choice but to join the West Side
The sub-officer was one of them
Even if that person suffers defeat, she ht the best way to protect her comrades
E a pale hope, the sub-officer took the soldiers and went back to the camp
In meanwhile, the screah Maker continued to resound throughout the subway
One week later, Ouka and the others frohtsSpriggans
”Ootori! At 3 o'clock! A Sniper is ai from the clock tower!”
Usagi yelled into the radio while running The clock tower she indicated was a blind spot, and normally one absolutely wouldn't have seen it, but what she said was accurate
《”Roger that!”》
Ouka turned her body around and shoot Vlad's stake into the clock tower Even if it didn't hit the sniper, through the rapid fire of physical-attack specialized Wallachia, Ouka destroyed the clock tower itself
The tiles from the roof and debris froh they didn't die since they used protective ic, it was impossible for them to return to combat
《”Nice, Usagi”》
While listening to Ikaruga's praise, Usagi pushed up her transparent goggles with a finger and spat out a sigh that welled inside her
”My field of vision increased three ti”
《”It can't be helped, it takes tiet used to it I'm used to it ame before”》
”G-game you say”
《”Theyou know? Don't look down on them”》
While her face turned pale as she felt ill, around her there were three spheres floating while letting out a buzzing sound The spheres circled around Usagi time after time like fairies
Their appearance was that ofin the sky Truly, creepy
It was an UAV created by Ikaruga Although it had no co it compact it was hard to spot by the enea's brain, a did an inhu three sentry bots at the same time
《”Ito Nikaido's 『Fool's FireWill o' Wisp』 fufu, cute aren't they”》
Buzzing, the sentry bots started to i
Mainly, they started to poking into her breasts
”Stop this at once! What's with these sexual harassing robots, shoo shooo!”
《”Ahn, they're very frail so don't hit theth Since they're quite sensitive don't hurt me?”》
”Eh your senses are also connected?!”
《”There's no way I'd do that, obviously it's a joke”》
”Whuattt?!”
Usagi's voice as she was being teased resounded in the wireless
《”You two! We're in combat, be serious!”》
Ouka's angry voice echoed through the intercoi concentrate on the battle in a hurry
While in the i and Ikaruga ere in high spirits acting like usual Although it was a good thing that they have fa over-faes in the platoon roo at them
In any case, it was the truth that this kind of atth
By covering the Spriggans while not endangering theree of safety They didn't i a rearguard and Ikaruga took care of reconnaissance s out somehow, the three of them
Although Inquisition was supposed to mount a total attack in order to annihilate the eneh she was anxious because of Kyoyua asthem, like this they were able to properly participate in the battles and he wouldn't have anything to report to the Chairman
we ht I can see hope
However, that hope was immediately shaken
A e came to all the troops
《”Enemy mechanical weapon confirmed——it's an HeroEinherjar! I repeat, at Point D3 an Einherjar has appeared!”》
She could hear Usagi and Ikaruga ere having a coue catch their breath loudly, Ouka herself as ensuring air superiority squinted while looking at a grouping of ruined buildings
This silence is unpleasant, why aren't there any gunshots resounding? She thought, and at that time
The barely standing buildings collapsed with a roar
Ouka's face paled The place building has collapsed was near Usagi's location
”Vlad!”
《”There's a wave of strangeby the shape, it's different fro the convoy operation It would be adequate to call hi Arthur-class”》
Ouka released i was
When the buildings on the street she was defending collapsed, Usagi, as covering the Spriggans was dumbfounded
They died again Their lives were lost in an instant
The Spriggans ere right in her field of vision were now buried under the buildings
Starting with Usagi's feet, suddenly a fear and remorse have erupted
That's when from the place her allies were supposed to be annihilated in, a voice has come
”shi+t, what's happening dammit hey, you alive?! Can you move?!”
”no can do s are crushed”
”Same here, my arms are done for”
She confir their injured bodies out of the rubble
One of them as intact lent a shoulder to the one who had injured feet
clang a heavy sound of footsteps reached her ears
In the front, ure has appeared It's inorganic jet-black arrainy like tombstone On the armour's stone-like surface there was a red pattern which was the evidence of a ical erosion
The HeroEinherjar——the eneoon'
It had no ego, it was a remnant of a hero whose name once resounded loudly in this world
——UUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
After getting on top of the rubble, Einherjar roared
There was none of the forer and hatred
It wasn't a simple roar, the wave of sound emitted by Einherjar assaulted stroke fear into everyone in this location
”hiii”
Usagi's body cringed in fear The three Spriggans also lost the will to fight and gave up The Einherjar'sreminiscent of blood vessels appeared on its ans
”Nneed torun”
She stepped back while saying that in fear
Unexpectedly, the words she spoke brought her back
I want to proudly fulfil ainst my family I want to become respectable I won't let anyone call me a bastard child Wasn't I supposed to proudly confront the Saionjis?
At this rate, not just my family——I won't be able to face even Takeru
”Haaghh!”
Usagi clenched her teeth, stopped her feet that carried her away, then stepped forward
Holding the anti-materiel rifle she started to run towards the Einherjar
《”W-wait Usagi?! What are you thinking——”》
She shook off Ikaruga who tried to stop her and squeezed the trigger Even as she was being bloay by the gun barrel, Usagi forcibly adjusted her weapon and aimed
Another shot And at the sai slid towards where the three Spriggans were
And after expanding the bi-pot on the debris, she fixed the barrel and fired again
Seeing a sans made a dazed expressions
”Y-you”
”Hurry up, take your comrades and run! I shall take care of this!”
Unable to say anything after seeing a girl coan left while shouldering his cos
”Sorry I owe you one!”
While the Spriggans turned their backs to her with just that, Usagi checked on the dae enemy has taken
There was not a single scratch on the armour of the Einherjar who stood on top of the rubble
Even the i its body has received didn't hurt it, and everything was nullified
”Nh, it didn't work at all!”
《”If I only had a day more, I'd be able to complete a neeapon, even so, it has quite abnoruns from supplies are even able to penetrate the armour of armoured vehicles”》
Seeing the video froa analysed it
Usagi determined that any more attacks would be pointless and tried to withdraw at once
And with the exact saun was directed towards her
I' away is pointless, even if she thought so it couldn't be helped She did soly
Usagi kicked off the ground with all her strength and ht Help will surely come
I need to take as much distance as possible, if so, then surely——
”《Count's Fang》!!!”
——Surely, her reliable comrades will rush to her help
Over the Einherjar's head So as to penetrate its brains, a huge crimson stake pierced it and burst
The surrounding rubble was bloay by i aas almost bloay by the wind
Ouka who shot the 《Count's Fang》! has landed on the ground a small distance away from the Einherjar
”I ht to stay nearby after all!”
《”It's not time to act relieved Look”》
Just as Vlad said——the enemy was intact
Despite taking on such destructive force, its body wasn't even shaken
”It shouldn't have that ical defence”
《”No, it's closer to curse than ic it's characteristics are sii Kiseki”》
There were countless Einherjars with immortality characteristic, but there weren'tcapability or absolute defence to such degree
If it's not defensive ic, Vlad's specialized stake 『Tepes』 won't work
There's no such thing as absolute defence there has to be some kind of weakness
Einherjars are said to have been invincible once, but they are already dead
Just like it was in King Arthur's case, without a doubt there's a gap to exploit in this enemy's immortality
——First, reveal its identity!
Ouka expanded piles on the elbows of both her ar
By ejecting round hovering and entered the Einherjar's bosom
For another blow, she has struck the ene is as the afterle scratch, let alone a recession
Ouka continued to rapidly fire the fangs, as if usingto ascertain if there is a weak point in its body
The enemy's ical Dragoon was still a machine
Ouka's speed was overwhelher——
”———!!”
When she clearly felt a killing intent and sunk down, a few centih The sunset-coloured hair was divided into two and danced in the air
I in far distance was cut in half and collapsed
”ha?”
As expected, a dry laughter leaked fronore distance