Vol 2 Chapter 15 (1/2)

Under the clear blue skies, two figures were dragging their feet as they walked through the Laihiala Academy campus It was the twins, Chid and Ady The two of the with their elder sister by their father, were also warned by the teachers after returning to school Battered all over, the two of the the corridor of the campus renowned for its sizeThey were out on a walk to change theirand just lie down on the ground They were pushed forward by the need to ‘check on Eru’s situation’ Squeezing out their last ounce of strength, the two made it to the pilot faculty’s workshop, and rushed at the Boss when they saw him

“The silver boy? He should be educating the Duke… Cough, cough, explaining to the Duke right now”

“ Eeeerrruuuu…”

The Boss looked at the exhausted twins, who collapsed onto the floor with a mix of sympathy and pity The two of them realised that if they had asked the Boss from the start, they wouldn’t have blown thedryly, too

“And, so, the boy won’t be back so soon Ara, what a rare sight The Duke even cried…”

The Boss said as he stroked his beard, and the twins just round The Boss didn’t really s decided at Casadesus The Boss thought of the twins as people related to the developation to inforly

“Just sit there; it’s fine The new e of the Duke now This means the develop on their progress, the craftsht be sent to the NTR Lab, or some factory to manufacture the new model”

The tired Chid lifted his head in surprise

“Are you going to leave, Boss?”

Chid couldn’t conceal the loneliness in his voice For Chid and Ady, the senpais in the pilot faculty weren’t playmates like their friends in class, but comrades on the same team, an existence si to leave, it hurt them a little

“I was going to graduate next year, anyway, so don’t show such an expression”

The Boss poked Chid’s forehead, wanting to disloomy air But, the power of a dwarf’s fist was so powerful that it made Chid fall over

As Ady pulled away, the Boss cleared his throat and went back to the topic

“Ah— there’s oneThe reason why the boy has yet to return… is probably due to the over how to handle him”

“Handle… Eru?”

“Yup The boy said he wanted to stay in the acade, the circumstance doesn’t allow this We also did our best to develop the new model, but the ‘essence’ of the boy was different from us It’s impossible for hi”

The twins spent a bit of ti what the Boss said They just heard the Boss was leaving, and adding in this dire news reen

“Eh… Nee, nee, Boss, do you o to the NTR Lab, too?”

“Eru… Will leave!?”

This was a possibility they had never considered With the introduction of the new ht But, they had always assuraduated This wasn’t a one sided wish, the three of them were classmates with the sae to the situation, stopping this path they had always taken for granted The shocking contenttheir heads in silence The Boss wanted to call out to them, and at this moment—

Chid lifted his head, his body e a steel resolve

“I have decided I will find Eru immediately”

Chid’s soft words stunned the Boss and Ady, who turned towards him

“da do you think it would take? It’s not so sio, if you want to! And, the boy will be back sooner or later, there is no rush…”

“I don’t care! I want to find him now!! And, ask him face to face!! I won’t allow him to stay there by himself!!”

Chid as usually lazy beca the others his determination

“Calet to somewhere so far away?”

“Silhouette gear! With that, we could move faster than a horse!!”

Ady raised her fist as well,the Boss hold his head with a headache He knew the tere the pupils of Eru, so they could actually do it, if they wanted to But the trip to Casadesus was easier said than done Dodoer Only those with experience and adequate preparation could survive the trip No ood the tere, they were definitely underesti all that he could to stop their recklessness

But, the one who stopped the agitated tas a calm voice that came from behind

“And, of course, on’t let you do that”

Edgar grabbed the twins by their ar them

“Edgar-senpai!? Unhand me!”

“No Both of you listen up, the journey to Casadesus is dangerous! Even with Silhouette gears and your skills, I won’t pero I understand… how you feel, but we can only wait for now”

The tere still cal their ar physical boost It beca of war Helvi and Dietrich alked towards them from behind watched them with a troubled expression

“ Oh right, Di, that thing isn’t repaired yet, right?”

An aard at over the workshop because of the intense debate, when these untiaze of everyone present, the Boss sestured behind hie in topic, but they still looked in the direction indicated

Before the repaired was seated on the Silhouette Knight repair platform at the end of the room It was customised with strand crystal tissue with the primary armour, the outer skin had not been installed yet One ly to the armour that was painted red

“It’s Guyale! I remember it was only half finished when you all set off for Casadesus Ara, it is almost complete… Nee, Boss, isn’t the construction of the new model under the purview of the Duke and had been stopped? What are you planning?”

Guyale’s pilot, Dietrich, turned from joy to troubled, an expressive face

“Well, on’t be building new ones, but it would be a shame to stop those that were half done So, ill finish this one”

Dietrich asked gleefully, while the Boss nodded his head while explaining The others ignored the tere chatting harmoniously and was puzzled

“The new e of the Duke, so we can’t just leave this one here in Laihiala We can’t trouble the Duke over such a sht?”

The sar and Helvi, ere starting to understand what the Boss was saying had a complicated expression

“It’s not safe for Guyale to travel alone, Edgar, bring your Earlecues, so we can ht have extra passengers on the way back”

Understanding what he was trying to say, Chid and Ady stared at the Boss ide eyes The face of the Boss covered under his beard had a wide grin

“Hey, Boss, even if you want to help them, you shouldn’t spoil them like this”

“Oh—? I a this for them, it just so happen that I have ‘soo so smoothly”

Edgar who heard this couldn’t help but shrug The Boss was definitely going out of his way for the twins But, Edgar could only hold back a wry smile

“Hee— I didn’t think you would be so nice to kids, Boss”

“Hmmp, those who have wielded a hanore a brother in trouble… The boy is their friend, right? There’s no better time to help them”

The Boss puffed his chest out righteously, and the others could only give a bitter sar wanted to stop the twins, but he understood hoas to part with friends, and wanted to aid thear understood the io of the twins’ hands

The two children happily buainst the Boss This scene warmed the hearts of thethe purposefully

“The outer skin is about eighty percent complete! Just a bit more!”

“We can use the spare parts for the delicate areas Get the crane over here, install this quickly!”

The warained its vigour of fire and iron, operating as usual With the noise of rollers as the background, it overlapped with the noise of the crisp sounds ofhammered After their experience in the recent days, the skills of the rown even ht became closer to completion

“ Sob, are we taking Guyale away? It is finally repaired… Should I ask Casadesus to hire me directly?”

“Di, well… Cheer up”

In the hot and stea the redfinished in sadnessThe Red Rabbit Knights saw the se The squad comprised of nine Karrdator and one command Karrdialia As the distance was relatively near, the Silhouette Knights travelled at a pace faster than normal

All villages in the kingdom of Fremmevira have walls that could repel Dees won’t be able to erect walls that surround itself coe centre, building reinforced walls there and erecting a er When they were attacked by Deers would seek refuge there, raise the shts stationed nearby to help them

The stronghold was small, but as the last line of defence for the lives of the villagers, it was built to be very sturdy But, the s duel level De est weapon of huhts, the fortress couldn’t hold on indefinitely The Knights suppressed their anxiety as they rushed to the Dallier village

There was quite a number of duel level Demon beasts in the nation, so, such attacks were coe, the Demon beast weren’t just one or two— there were e, with nue had been round of the Demon beasts

The scene before them made the cavalry scouts shi+ver in disbelief They could see arer and all sorts of Demon beasts Each of these Demon beasts lived in the area around here, but they all have their own territory and wouldn’t act in concert It was unfathoathered here like this All of the a themselves

The scouts advanced cautiously, and found so Reflected in their eyes was the ruins of the sturdy walls that was supposed to protect the villagers An arhold, savouring ‘so the Karrdialia issued his order without hesitation, once he received the report from the scouts

“All units, charge into the village centre at full speed Wedge shaped formation; take down all the Dehold at all cost!!”

Charging into the centre of the Demon beast encircle froed fire for speed, kept their shi+elds and equipped their Silhouette ar their offence over their defence With the coan their assault

The sprinting giants were as loud as thunder, drawing the attention of the Delowed brightly fro Overed spell and blasted at the De their ownthe shortest path to the centre of the village with brute force

Although the Dee in numbers, they were scattered all over the place The squad repelled the Dehold in one push

The sound of explosions finally grabbed the attention of the arhold Lifting its head slowly, the beast growled unhappily for being disturbed in the middle of its meal, turned its head back— and lost its chance to put up a fight A roar of thunder cae fro at it en masse

“Die! bastard!!”

The vanguard of the wedge for forth with the momentum of the Karrdialia and struck with its spear

Although the arainst the rae of the Karrdialia The strike hit the ar its insides, killing the armoured bear instantly The Karrdialia did not slon and crashed into the carcass of the armoured bear

In order to protect the squad commander, who took care of the Deed their for themselves in a semi-circle outside the hole They had an aura which screamed ‘You shall not pass!’ The other Demon beast became more ferocious when they smelt the scent of the ar the tsunaround

The first wave of the attacks had reduced the Demon beasts’ numbers, so, that they were about on par with the squad, but the reckless charge into the roup left them in a crisis The assault earlier depletedtheir roaned with the intake of air, but it couldn’t keep up with the depletion rate theto evade the Demon beasts’ vicious attacks

Blocking the fire of the fla the tail whips of the blunt dragons, taking on the charge of the arence of huht overcame the crisis with teaer, just like walking on a tight rope

“We will never retreat! Exterht here!!”

Breaking the staleh perfored in the assault of the ared him Before the mana of the machine was completely exhausted, it delivered the last burst of attack

The battle ended shortly after that The Knights who gained the advantage in nued into the ene down the last duel level Demon beast, the mid-sized Demon beasts were all repelled

All ed Three of them were half destroyed, another tere total losses It was a close victory, but they completed their mission

After the long battle ended and the area was secured, it was already dark The support units on stand by outside entered and provide relief to the survivors Bonfires were set up around the stronghold and tents were erected to tend to the wounded It was a disaster within the stronghold; the arh the walls killed half the population of Dallier village

The surviving villagers expressed their thanks to the Knights for ht ‘if only the Knights cahbour who passed on’ But thewas that they were still alive Everyone congratulated each other for living on This was the unique thought process of citizens who lived alongside ‘Demon beasts’ Their cold and extre force supporting them in this harsh environment

Apart froreat, too The Knights weren’t just tasked with driving the Demon beasts out In situations like this, when the Dehts would be stationed there te with restoration works Only in eht be used as extre construction machines It won’t be used in this way norh the benefits The scene of tenthe houses would carry on for quite some time

As the repairs of the village began officially, two Karrdators capable of walking by themselves were dispatched to fort Casadesus to report the safety of the village and the start of restoration works They will need to request reinforceed machines