Chapter 29 (1/2)

29.LITTLE GIRL CUTS IN PIECES

Though the leader of the mercenary company Deyunan Ordosold had once been a knight, he had a decline in the politics, and had his knight t.i.tle revoked.

Since then, he became a mercenary through the intermediation of the people he met in the time of his many battles. And then, going through many battlefields along with his machiini [Zahanain], he build up a mercenary group.

It has been just a month ago. He was appointed by the general Koujin to partic.i.p.ate in the territorial battle for the Diliard mountain range. He owed a lot to the general, and since he also believed defeat was impossible if the general was there, he quickly agreed to it.

It seems there were various problems in Paroma´s governance. Though it seems that the general Koujin had been driven out from the royal capital and was sent to this place, Deyunan knew well about his strength. It was Deyunan resolve for him to win this war so that the general Koujin could once again ascend a second time.

And so, Deyunan continued to fight this war. He captured the fort at the foot of the mountain range on Ruuin´s side of the mountain, and also recaptured the mining town. Besides that, he got in his hands information from his spies that told Ruuin was gathering reinforcements and was planning to attack the fort.

After hearing that, the general Koujin thought up of a surprise attack by impersonating themselves to be the reinforcements, giving the task to Deyunan. Although it was a dangerous mission, the general Koujin knew of Deyunan´s strength. Because of that, he believed he had more than enough chances of victory and sent him. In fact, Deyunan´s crew succeeded in their surprise to the point of surprise.

The place Deyunan aimed for was for the most part the encampment the n.o.bles were staying at.

Although there were a great amount of knight model machiinis, it seemed that they were the same as Paroma on the point that most of the people piloting them were weaklings. In the end, they were decoration. Deyunan and his mercenaries prioritized destroying the machiinis so that they wouldn´t get surrounded. On the other hand, Ruuin focused on stopping their attack that was aimed onto lord, restraining the movement of Deyunan´s crew.

That wasn´t a fight anymore. It wouldn´t be a problem to describe this as a hunt.

It was very chaotic, and many died. Besides that, there were soldiers coming from Paroma´s fort. If both troops were to merge, Ruuin´s front line wouldn´t escape annihilation. At the same time, Ruuin would lose the strength to recapture the mine.

Or so was it supposed to happen.

The plan was going well. But that was until that existence came into the war.

[Hyahya]

Presently, before Deyunan´s [Zahanain] stood a red machiini.

[Isn´t that nice?]

The young machiini holding a war hammer and that had picked up the strange sword was calmly looking at Deyunan. And then, cold sweat started running on Deyunan´s back.

“”What… is that thing?””

Deyunan felt the gaze coming from inside the other machiini.

The gaze being shot at him before his eyes told him he wasn´t being recognized as an enemy. The first thing it came to Deyunan´s mind when he thought what was being he seen as by his opponent was that he was just a practice dummy for training.

Deyunan used to use a wooden doll whose armor should now be beyond repair for practicing in his childhood, when he was still part of the n.o.bility. For some reason, that practice doll, that ragged training dummy he would cut and thrust under the guidance of his father, who was on active duty at the time, became his role.

There was only one thing it could mean.

[Do you think you can play around with me, you b.a.s.t.a.r.d!?]

Denying that a.s.sessment of him with all his strength, Deyunan charged.

There was no way he could accept that. Rather than an enemy, the opponent before his eyes only thought of him as anything but a nice target for practice. His pride as a warrior, and his honor as a machiini pilot were being sullied. That was the way he felt.

Because of that, he needed to refute the bigmouth with his own sword.

[Hyahyahyah]

Seeing Deyunan angry, a strange laugh leaked out from the red machiini. Dyunan felt that voice was just like that of a child. He received the impression of a clown laughing in a high-pitched voice it was impossible to know whether it was of a man of a woman.

[Clown. I will kill you in one strike.]

As if to cut those illusions, Deyunan thrust his claymore with all his might.

[Chesssst!]

[Hya!]

Sparks scattered.

“”Impossible!?””

The red machiini [Iron Dinna] deflected upwards the head-on thrust of the claymore of [Zahanain] with its war hammer.

[Gh]

Deyunan clenched his teeth due to the impact. Then, he started thinking about his current situation.

His sword hadn´t been even blocked. Instead, the war hammer hit the incoming blade. It had such a terrifying and minute precision to the point even Bal, who was watching the battle, had his eyes wide-open in surprise.

“”Very skilled. But it can´t be helped if you are using a machiini like that!””

[Kuooooooh!]

Clenching his teeth, Deyunan held the control stick, and brought his sword that had been sent upward back under his control. Then, stepping onto the foot pedal, he fixed the stance of his machiini, getting ready for his next attack.

[Go to h.e.l.l!]

Stepping forward, he swung down his claymore.

[It gotta be like that after all.]