Vol 4 Chapter 86 (2/2)

After throwing the God of ith Jizuri Suzaku, Naomasa heard it call out to her

He had been reacting in theways, but he definitely faced her as he flew in a parabolic arc

“W-e see each other again!?”

Mal-Ga: “Is he asking for a re hiood, so you can deal with him”

“That’s right,” agreed Naoood match for me, so I’ll take you on”

“R-really!? We’re a good match!? Th-then…”

This guy ht as the weird God of war fell toward the end of the land

“U-until we ain!”

“Sure,” she replied as he dropped below Novgorod’s edge And…

Asama: “So, um, Masa? What was that enemy God of war?”

S Girl: “Hmm To be honest, I don’t really know”

She tilted her head The other Gods of war seemed to have split off from that one and they were still active They could not take control of eastern Novgorod until she crushed them, so she took a breath

S opponent…”

With that, she waved toward the Date Gods of war and the assault unit reinforce to the north

“Anyway, I’ll clear away these obstacles! And after that…”

Skeleton warriors were rising fronored theroup would be in trouble So…

“We’d like to go on up now, but I’ve got to deal with these things first!”

Just as she and Jizuri Suzaku prepared to fight, an uh the sky

“Is that…?”

She recognized that light

Novice: “Novgorod’s defense barrier was broken! shi+bata’s warriors are going to attack the city for the Battle of Tedorigawa!”

“And yet Novgorod and PA Oda orking together for the Battle of Nanao Castle”

Novice: “Aoi-kun’s group is getting close to the city, so PA Oda ant to orod hasn’t opened up the city, so they had to go for ato do the history recreation of the Battle of Tedorigawa in Novgorod’s city while treating the Volkhov River as the Tedori River”

Meaning…

Novice: “shi+bata’s forces are finally arriving”

It happened just a fewbodies of the coescale barrier had see into the white birch city walls as it surrounded Novgorod in a dome shape

But the barrier was perfectly vertical near where it reached the ground The control line producing the barrier could not reround, so it was ht So…

“Fall back!”

Soate

It was Fuwa

She had a reason to run

She saw a shallow valley in front of her The city was located a little bit lower than the ground at the top of the hill The difference was about 2 ate was a valley with a view of the night sky

And she saw soate

…shi+bata’s fleet!

They had a siorod’s defense barrier

The fleet concentrated its fire on the vertical portion from a horizontal position

Froonally, the curved portion of the barrier would divert the power and the bombardment would not be as effective

This strategy was only possible because Novgorod was a floating city and thus the fleet could take up a position directly horizontal or even lower

Fuwa’s calculations said 27 main cannon class shots focused on about the same point would neutralize a portion of the barrier Then the engineering students only had to secure a 15 meter space that would not receive an ether supply

It was a simple task, but the setup was far from easy But luckily…

…Novgorod doesn’t rotate at night!

A floating city this large would be affected by the earth’s rotation, so it would be quite troublesome if it rotated as well

But it was night The orod rotated was to distribute which areas were in the sun, so that did not apply

Just to be safe, they had let a lot of Sviet Rus’s landing fleet arrive at the northern land port and they had orod did start rotating But now only one thing remained

“Fire!”

Before she could run out of the valley, Fuwa covered her ears while tripping and scra back to her feet

I the sides of the valley

It was an explosive tremor It knocked her butt into the air, but she still saw the bright light of the powerful impact

“————!”

The defense barrier at Novgorod’s southern gate shattered

“So they’re here …I thought they would use a spell or so, but they’re using their ed”

In the city hall’s dark central hall, Marfa crossed her legs in a large chair and viewed the situation outside on a sankt okno

“So they’ll expand the hole in the southern gate, secure a bridgehead, and then make their attack”

She opened a sankt okno and perforin invading the city in about four minutes

“In that case,” she said “I’ll defend using our warriors …The bearers of the coe aren’t the only ones that can set the battlefield in s across right now And I’ll prove it”

Marfa sorod

“Was that shi+bata’s Kamewari? Leave it to Demon shi+bata to pave the way all at once like that He’s so forceful it’s gonna make me cry …Cry tears of joy, that is”

Now

“It’s time to enjoy history as it unfolds!”

Katsuie ss near the southern gate and he walked forward through the scattering white birch fragments

His feet were light, but each step was long

“No, then Should I head straight there, or should I have some fun first?”

Great Upperclassawa here, but how far does that let us go?”

Oawa has us retreating before we actually invade Nanao Castle”

Great Upperclassman: “C’ I’ll reach the edge just by walking at this rate”

Oorod’s city hall as Nanao Castle, then we can’t take control of the city hall and we can’t complete Hashi+ba’s request to deal with the remains of the Divinely Ordained Prayer Acadee Which means…”

Great Upperclassman: “Which means?”

“Shaja,” replied Toshi+e

Oe this battle to the Battle of Uozu Castle which comes next The Testa the outer citadel, so we can easily interpret our way into attacking the inside of the city hall”

“Huh?” said Fuwa just after stepping inside the gate

She stood behind the PA Oda defense unit and the MHRR warriors ere using with defense spells

Fuwaa: “Wait a minute! If we do Uozu Castle, it’ll lead to our master’s assassination!”

Omaeda: “But if we don’t do it, Hashi+ba can’t make her next move”

Fuwaa: “Eh? YouHashi+ba’s movements?”

What did that ht about it and looked up

Fuwaa: “Youher invasion of Mouri, don’t you!?”

Lily Flower: “Huh? What do you mean by that? Explain it, Toshi+”

Great Upperclassman: “I don’t want an explanation! Who needs explanations!?”

O12: “Oh, dear Don’t say that, Katsuie”

Great Upperclassman: “Let’s hear that explanation! I’m all about explanations! Cause I’m not an idiot!”

Thus, Toshi+e began explaining

“Listen,” he began while Fuwa heard to the sounds of gunfire gathering in the distance

Omaeda: “In the Battle of Nanao Castle, Hashi+ba withdraws in advance, but she’ll still send us supplies as logistical support The Azuchi Castle will drop by, give us some of the supplies loaded on in Kantou, and then…”

Fuwaa: “After waiting back at the Lake Biwa base, Hashi+ba will begin her invasion of Mouri? …What about Tottori Castle?”

“Well,” said Toshi+e while opening a lernen figur He checked a e board that acted as a PA Oda communication board

Omaeda: “It seems to have fallen bloodlessly She see the Reine des Garous the naa, a commander of the Mouri clan The Reine des Garous is certainly trouble, but now the invasion of Mouri can e But once that happens…”

Lily Flower: “Our master’s assassination, huh?”

Oest we do Uozu Castle, don’t you? And what it means to not restrict Hashi+ba’s movements?”

It meant…

O that she can rush back from her invasion of Mouri for our master’s assassination But…”

But…

Omaeda: “What happens if we meet resistance from Sviet Rus at Uozu Castle and can’t head back? In fact, the Testas are different now and that is not what Hashi+ba wants Hashi+ba is saying this…”

Great Upperclassman: “Every last PA Oda warrior needs to finish their preparations and go running to Honnouji?”

Oht Hashi+ba thinks that Musashi+ and the other nations are bound to interfere with our master’s assassination, so we all need to head there to protect PA Oda”

Fuwa heard Maeda ask, “How about it?”

O PA Oda’s future We are protecting PA Oda’s foundation so it will not break apart with our master’s assassination and can continue under Hashi+ba and Mitsunari And to do that, I suggest we recreate Uozu Castle here”

“I see,” said Katsuie as he caorod street

The street had grass growing in it, the sidewalks werewhite birch created walls on either side

It was a dead city, but…

“We’ll be using it for the benefit of PA Oda”

It was true that co the Battle of Uozu Castle here would allow thea’s assassination But thatthe Battle of Uozu Castle

…The other nations and the Testament Union will tell us to hurry up with our master’s assassination

Great Upperclass off our er?”

O12: “Katsuie”

Great Upperclassman: “Yeah, Lady Oichi, I know I really do know Once our master is assassinated…we’ll be forced into a civil ithin the Oda clan Meaning…”

Meaning…

Great Upperclass the end of these fun times”

Toshi+e heard someone say “hey” on the last slope up the hill

Down below, he could see and hear the Sviet Rus assault unit reinforce the skeleton warriors, but one voice reached his ears most clearly

Great Upperclassman: “Hey, Toshi+e, small fry, and the other one”

Omaeda: “…What is it?”

Fuwaa: “Wait!”

Fuwa’s voice reached him

Fuwaa: “Maeda! Cals the way they are now!? We’re plenty strong the e are!”

“That’s true,” said Toshi+e with a bitter smile But…

Fuwaa: “Don’t give me that! …You know better than anyone that it would be best if things could stay like this! So why are you saying it has to end!?”

Omaeda: “Because of the Genesis Project”

Even over the divine trans all of their reactions had frozen

So he took a breath and scattered some silver coins from his coin roll sword

Omaeda: “If we don’t continue with the Genesis Project, the Apocalypse will arrive At the very least, that’s the foundation of what binds us together”

“Listen,” he said

Omaeda: “The Far Eastern forces are just about settled Hashi+ba has already made her preparations in shi+koku and Kyushu, so once she conquers Mouri, the ill be alland and the MHRR Protestants, but they won’t be able to do much since they’ll be surrounded by PA Oda forces However…”

However…

Omaeda: “In the east, Oushuu and Sviet Rus have sided with Musashi+ That just leaves Tres España and Houjou which are o either way”

Lily Flower: “So once those are settled, a clear line will have been drawn between the PA Oda and Musashi+ forces?”

Oht be lost causes, but between Tres España and Houjou, I think we can use Tres España’s Far Eastern history recreation to work out an alliance or a neutral standpoint That leaves Houjou, but if we can control the into the Apocalypse”

So…

O in our way as we stop the Apocalypse To put it another way, there’s nothingHoujou and having Hashi+ba conquer Mouri Delaying things too much will cause two problems: it will leave us with less time to deal with the Apocalypse and it will allow our eneth And if we have no time or power to spare, the other nations can use their cooperation as a powerful bargaining chip”

“So,” said Toshi+e again

He took a breath and viewed his surroundings He was on top of Novgorod’s hill, he was surrounded by skeleton warriors, and they were battling Sviet Rus’s assault unit down below shi+bata’s fleet floated in the southern sky to his right and they were inter beyond the hill to his left

After seeing all those actions, he spoke

Omaeda: “Let’s have fun with it”

Lily Flower: “I wholeheartedly agree”

Fuwaa: “Well, I don’t”

Fuwa spoke quietly

Fuwaa: “I knoe have our reasons, I knoe benefit fro run, and I know stopping the Apocalypse is the s are now”

“Probably so,” said Toshi+e with a bitter smile

Since Matsu pulled over the lernen figur displaying Fuords and gently stroked it, she must have been worried for Fuwa too But…

Fuwaa: “Isn’t there some other way!? There has to be Don’t make that decision here on the battlefield We need to hold a ether!”

If they did that…

…I expect everyone froree with us

Fuwa likely knew that

She e their iven the time, but she was mostly driven by a refusal to accept it so suddenly and a desire to reject it

…Soa major conference would work

But as Toshi+e considered that…

Great Upperclassman: “Hey, Fuwa”

Fuwaa: “Eh? Wh-what is it?”

Great Upperclasset married”

Fuas just inside the city’s southern gate

“Ehh!?”

She shouted louder than the surrounding sounds of gunfire, so everyone turned back toward her

Uh, oh, she thought And…

“…”

Those who had been viewing the conversation on their insha kotob bowed toward her and returned to the battle

…Wh-as that weird sign of concern for!?

Fuwaa: “Um, shi+bata! Why would you say that all of a sudden!?”

Great Upperclassman: “Because it makes every day so much fun”

O12: “Oh, Katsuie I can’t believe you”

Fuwa started wondering what to do when her superiors were insane and also a couple, but then she asked a question while tiress

Fuwaa: “I’ll admit it can be fun to watch you two, but I’m not sure I’m ready for-…”

Great Upperclassh joke material to last us until the Apocalypse”

Fuwaa: “I don’t think you could find a ruder way of estion!”

Oirls”

Fuwaa: “And now you’re being rude to me!!”

Why was it everyone around her averted their gaze?

At any rate, Fuwa took a breath It was true that had taken care of her gloo a fuss here would not convince anyone So as at fault here?

…Is it Mori!?

He packed too much of a punch for a new recruit But…

…That’s just how it goes with the shi+bata group…and the Hashi+ba group too…

That may just have been hoas, so…

Fuwaa: “U to shi+ft froawa to the Battle of Uozu Castle? Don’t we have to retreat once and head back in for a counterattack?”

Oht? Have them step outside of that and head back in That means we crossed the enemy’s boundary e left and e returned”

Fuwaa: “Wow, that’s pushi+ng it…”

Omaeda: “Well, Hashi+ba has control of KPA Italia And retreating and returning is fine, but I hear Nient in for healing So…get to it, Michi!”

Now that he mentioned it, she realized she was the only one She had found soate opened in the defense barrier, but she was the only member of their main force

So from an efficiency standpoint, the quickest route to Uozu Castle was for her to step out through the gate and then back in

Fuwaa: “…Wait, why et in here, leave, and then get back in!”

Lily Flower: If I did that, you’d definitely bitch about it”

Fuwaa: “Of course I would! You have to be good for at least that much!”

Lily Flower: “Are you picking a fight with me…!?”

Then one of their ate

“hello, it’s Mori! My God of war happened to get caught on the edge, so I climbed out and crawled on up here!”

“Stay awayyyy!”

Mori was confused when Fuwa suddenly pointed him away

“Eh!? Wh-ould you reject me like that!? I-I’m still useful without my God of war! Like when you suddenly want a tentacle on the battlefield!”

“That doesn’t happen”

“D-don’t be silly! It has to happen every once in a while! Don’t be so mean!! Pun-pun!”

Everyone looked back for ato the battle

Huh? Huhh? thought Mori as an insha kotob opened in front of him

Great Upperclassirl in front of you?”

“Eh?”

Mori looked in front of him, but Naomasa was nowhere to be found

Mory: “There’s a girl in front of me? Where?”

Fuwaa: “And there it is Today’s extra helping of humiliation…!”

“Eh?”

Mori looked in front of hiain Fuas there Naomasa was not

…A girl

Oh, that’s right Lady Fuwa is a girl, realized the tentacle But while Fuwa had a low body fat percentage, that was due to being skinny not because she wasfor after that fairly aggressive introduction So…

Mory: “Well, um… Hmm, how should I put this? Lady Fuwa, uh, you’re my upperclassman and, to choose my words carefully…you lack a certain feminine attraction?”

Fuwaa: “Try choosing them a little more carefully next time, you tentacle!”

O, Michi? He can’t help it Mori loves busty girls”

Fuwaa: “Yes, yes Shaja, shaja Do you like big ones that much, Mori?”

Mory: “Yes, I ently hold you between her breasts when you sleep is the dreareat if she would kiss me too! And, um, Master Toshi+e, just so you know, s to someone else!”

O12: “Eh? Who?”

Mory: “Eh? W-well, um, I can’t say yet”

Fuwaa: “Quit squir!!”

Monkey Girl: “Oh, hello This is Hashi+ba Sorry for interrupting your fun …Now that Mori has returned to his hoawa to Uozu Castle”

Mory: “Eh? What does that mean?”

Mori looked to Fuho pointed at him with her eyebrows tearfully raised

“It’s all your fault!!”

“Ehh!?”

Just as Mori leaned back, he sensed some darkness

It was not a color It was the darkness of the night The heavens were exposed above him

“The defense barrier…and even the reserve one have entirely vanished?”

“This…is not looking good I was hoping to meet up with Hashi+ba-sama and the others at this supply zone, but…”

In western Novgorod, soside the city wall So twin spears followed her

“Nori-dono, what do you think?”

“Well,” began fukushi+ma, 1 of the Ten Spears “I believe the Sviet Rus forces will arrive from the opposite side So, Kiyo-dono…”

Then she made a leap

She landed on the tall wall ate

After using the acceleration pressure of Caledfwlch, Katou Kiyomasa’s footsteps followed behind

fukushi+ma did not turn back as she took the lead She simply ran forward

“I feel bad doing this to shi+bata-sama and the others, but this is what Hashi+ba-sama wanted …We must destroy the reorod and we e there”

“Only secure him?”

“If we have no other choice, we can also eliminate him”

“Testaiven as the first option, it is our responsibility if we fail and must eliminate him”

“You are always so strict with thyself, Kiyo-dono”

“Well, my ‘teacher’ was too”

With that, Kiyomasa nodded and fukushi+ma did the same

“I am as well”

The two of theate They could see the Jurakudai in the western sky fukushi+ma raised her left hand and received some support fire in return

That support fire hit the area around the western gate and the road leading froate to the city center

The Jurakudai’s captain was currently Koami

“It would seem she has prepared herself as well”

When the light of the shells arrived, the two girls leaped toward the road leading froate

Immediately afterwards, they saw an explosion down the road, but it was not from the support fire

“That was shi+bata-sama’s…Kamewari, wasn’t it!?”

shi+bata had reached the enemy And that enemy was…

“Musashi+’s 1st and 5th Special Duty Officers!?”