Chapter 88: Camouflage (2/2)
That was a Basilisk, according to what was written in the record book.
In other words, it seemed that the barrier stone had been destroyed like the prediction had said.
The birds resting by the lake were startled by the basilisk and scattered.
With just one glance, the basilisk turned the flock of birds into stones.
The petrified birds fell into the lake.
If we just let it go outside like that, the damage to the people living outside of the lake would be heavy.
We couldn’t let it go.
At first, we planned to land the airship outside the lake today.
Then we would go to Woodcastle and inform Lyss of Luna’s safety the next day.
However, since the barrier stone had been destroyed like the prediction stated, we decided to fly straight to the castle.
In that case, the basilisk would probably notice us.
If we didn’t somehow take it down, we couldn’t get close to the castle.
Lyss was probably in danger, so we couldn’t waste any time.
This was where Chrisse came into play.
She held the M700P in her hand and jammed in the magazine with 5 7.62x51mm high-explosive magic stone rounds.
She stood at the nose of the ship, letting the wind play with her hair.
“Chrisse, preparation complete?”
My wife nodded, and looked forward.
Dead ahead of the ship, the basilisk was about to charge in.
“Piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!”
An ear ringing neigh.
Maybe the basilisk felt as if the ship was picking a fight with it, because it charged in at full speed.
It was so big that it could swallow Chrisse with ease.
Even though that basilisk was approaching at full speed, she didn’t look perturbed at all.
She heightened her focus and sang the Rifleman’s Creed that I had taught her.
『これぞ我がライフル。世に多くの似たものあれど、これぞ我唯一のもの《This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine》』
《This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine.》
『我がライフルこそ、我が親友、そして我が命。我は己の命を統べるかのようにそれを意のままとする《My rifle is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life》』
《My rifle is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it, as I must master my life.》
『我がライフルは我無くしては無意味。ライフルを持たぬ我も無意味。我は正しくライフルを解き放つべし。我は我を殺めんとする敵よりも正しくその身を射貫くべし。我は敵を撃つべし、敵が我を討つその前に《My rifle, without me, is useless. Without my rifle, I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will……》』
《My rifle, without me, is useless. Without my rifle, I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy, who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will……》
『我がライフルと我は知る、この戦争にて大切なものは、我々が放った弾丸、我々が起こした爆発音、我々によって作られた煙、その何れでも無いことを。我々は理解する――それは数発の命中であるということを《My rifle and myself know that what counts in this war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, nor the smoke we make. We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit……》』
《My rifle and I know that what counts in this war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, and the smoke we make. We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit……》
『我がライフルは我と同じく人である。それは我が命そのもの、そして我が兄弟。我は、その弱さ、その強さ、その部品、その付属品、その照準器、そして銃身――それら全てを知るであろう。我は我自身をそうするように、ライフルを清潔にし万全に保ち、我らは互いにその一部となる《My rifle is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its barrel. I will keep my rifle clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will》』
《My rifle is human, just like me, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn about it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its parts, its accessories, its sights, and its barrel. I will keep my rifle clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will.》
『神の前に、我は我が信仰を誓う。我がライフルそして我は我が家の守護者なり。我々は敵を打ち倒す者、我が命の救済者なり《Before God, I swear this creed. My rifle and I are the defenders of my family. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life》』
《Before God, I swear this creed. My rifle and I are the defenders of my family. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life.》
『そう、勝利は我々のもの。そして我々の勝利の後、敵なき世界が訪れるであろう《So be it, until victory is ours and there is no enemy》』
《So be it, until victory is ours and there is no enemy.》
While standing at the nose of the ship in the night sky, hugging her deep black sniper rifle, Chrisse recited the creed with her angelic voice, her golden hair dancing in the air.
Her cheeks were flushed due to the cold air.
Everything was so beautiful, it was like a masterpiece of a painting.
“Suuu…”
The faint sound of her breathing in.
“Haaa…”
Chrisse readied her M700P.
The distance to the basilisk was probably under 500m.
―BANG!
The 7.62x51mm high-explosive magic stone round traced the line Chrisse had drawn in her mind and pierced the eye that the basilisk used to petrify.
The impacted bullet’s inertia caused the firing hammer to hit the detonator, thus destroying the magic stone, and made it explode!
“Piii!………iiii”
The basilisk was killed by the explosion inside its skull, which made blood spurt out from its eyes, nose, and mouth.
Its wings stopped flapping, and it fell into the lake.
A large amount of water shot up.
“So coooooooooool! As expected of Luna’s hero-sama!”
Luna, struck with awe, ran over and hugged Chrisse.
Being praised and hugged by Luna, Chrisse blushed.
“Alright! Well then, we’re going straight to the castle, like this! Meiya, won’t you please carry out the preparation for the aforementioned insurance? Snow, please help Meiya out.”
“Got it, Lute-kun!”
“Fu, fu, fu! Finally, it’s time for THAT, which was mainly developed by me, to debut!”
After hearing my instruction, Snow replied cheerfully, but Meiya laughed ominously and went back inside the ship.
The ship just kept storming straight towards the castle.