Vol 1 Chapter 11 (1/2)
In order to retrieve soels and otheronto Diablo’s territory and we could be killed in an instant if ere noticed
I could feel Ensign Meihowa beco more and more nervous as we approached the Diablo
“Are you okay, Ensign? You can always get off if you’re scared”
The Alter-Ars should be fine somehow There was no need to take her with me to the lion’s den
However, Ensign Meihowa shook her head
“I’m not scared”
“Really? A Minion-class like this will disintegrate in an instant froone before you even feel any pain”
“I-I am scared, but I’m not scared!”
She spat out words thather head to look back at me
“You’re not lying, are you? Fine, let’s get going then! You can’t get off now, Meihowa! My fighting style can ith tande! No! We would die if we don’t pilot a Minion-class in tandem! We must tandem it! Help me!”
“Fine!”
Meihowa’s voice was energetic! Great, let’s go!
—Ie!
The Alter-Arh it was not shi+fting into a different dih it like Phase shi+fting, it just blended into its surroundings
Alter-Armours that had been based off the Letix; hyperspace creatures, had the ability to change the laws of physics while obeying them at the same time
But of course, those built-in skills of the Alter-Armours were useless unless the pilot knew about the skills and kne to bring those skills out However, the pilot as operating this reatest pilot in the history of the Federation, Vice Ader!
I operated the le ahead of us, while staying in this state The jungle had already been reduced to ash because of the fire and I saw a glimpse of some military supply boxes in the ashes
I snuck so attention I opened the boxes with psychic powers to check the contents, and threw out everything apart froels, adrenaline and atropine
I stocked up greatly on the energy-gels in particular, because this was the key element to my plan
“Good I suppose we’re all ready”
I finally finished preparing for the fight after stuffing the cockpit full of medical supplies
Then suddenly, the communication channel opened
[Umm, Lezirth?]
Ad her eyes I was surprised and stared at her, frozen
[Why… why are you with the Ensign? Are you going tandeht now?]
“Ah, you see… because I didn’t have the operational right”
[Wait a ht the Diablo with Federation equipment, then the battle records will reht like that, your combat proill be revealed instantly! I’ll delete the record, so there’s no need to operate it in tandem!]
Admiral Luise really instantly deleted this Alter-Armour froistered Alter-Armour I could indeed operate this without tandem mode noever, I shook my head
“I need an assistant to fight with a Minion-class It would take tin Meihowa to a safer place, and I need an assistant… so I will fight like this”
[Hmm… that may be true, but for a male and a female to be in a small place like that is…!]
“The Tetragrammaton could attack the rescue force, so I think it would be wise to hurry”
I quickly grabbed the cockpit handle I used the nerves in my hand to contact the Alter-Armour
Although the Alter-Ar without any problems, it was still a Minion-class, it would be defeated by the Diablo in an instant
I had to bring out the full potential of this Alter-Armour
I concentrated my mind
—I have to send th Hence, I had to become the heart of this Alter-Armour
“I aer, and a partner to the Kishi+n Dawnbringer Will you also lend th?”
The Alter-Ar to my question I quickly became sorry for this machine
“My ive me?”
The Alter-Ar It did not knohat suffering really was because it was more or less a newborn
Alter-Armours couldn’t feel pain of course, but they could feel suffering And this little one will soon taste it
“Aanism!”
Ensign Meihowa exclaimed Hmm, I felt this all the time, but this must’ve been the first time for her
“I really do feel bad about !”
Even as I said that, I raised e the Diablo!
“Then I shall naer Minion! Activate battle mode!”
At that instant, golden light started to radiate froer Minion’s body, below its dull armour
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The unregistered machine, this small Minion-class machine walked up to the Diablo and boldly stood before it
The htning froround and the seas The Minion-class iant
However, the Minion-class was gloith a golden aura and pointed its finger at the black beast, Kishi+n Diablo
“You, pilot!”
My amplified voice came out not from the communication channel, but from the Alter-Armour’s external speakers
“I will save you, so you just wait there!”
The Minion-class ht, a quarter of Kishi+n Diablo’s height, and its strength wasthis scene, they would think that the Minion-class pilot was out of his mind
But luckily, there were only five people atching this scene
First was the pilot stuck in the Kishi+n Diablo There were two pilots on board the Minion-class; Meihowa and I And finally there were our two supporters, Luise and Aroha
The fate of Azora-3 rested in the hands of these five people
—Kishi+n Arts: Lightning Fire Piercing Fist!
Diablo extended its fist at the sudden challenger No, it wasn’t quite ‘extended’ It was closer to ‘fired’
It ht of 40arm fleards us in a blink of an eye Its speed was faster than the second cosmic velocity!
Air around the path of the fist was instantly ionized and turned to plas within a 300-htning Fire Piercing Fist!
If the punch makes contact with this Minion-class Alter-Armour, it would disappear without a trace
However, soantic, 40-meter tall black Kishi+n, Diablo, fell into the sea
A gigantic pillar of water rose from the sea and caused a small tsunami on the shores
“Wh-What?! Can you really save me?”
The pilot stuck inside the out of control Diablo realized so at that moment
That the Minion-class Alter-Ar to save him; not some Kishi+n from the Federation!
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“Wouldn’t this do?”
I opened a pack of energy-gel as I said that Ensign Meihoas in the process of pouring the energy-gel into the ey slot under the cockpit
“H-How did you throw the Kishi+n aith a Minion-class? Was it Kishi+n Arts?”
“Dawnbringer-class telekinesis”
I answered Ensign Meihowa as she looked back at me in shock
“What is this warning noise from the cockpit? I’ve never seen this before”
Red light was flashi+ng inside the cockpit like lights in a nightclub
“Ah! That’s just a sign to say that the Minion-class was stepping out of its li dizzy fro excessive insulin”
That e were squeezing energy-gel into the machine
My plan worked, for now
I used round
After round, I used the opening to land a kick on its leg
Would the Kishi+n-class machine even be affected by a kick from a Minion-class?
But thanks to the Kishi+n losing its balance after theforwards
“I’ll show you how to really use a Kishi+n!”
“This isn’t a Kishi+n-class, but a Minion-class!”
Ensign Meihowa retorted, but I silenced her retort
“I aer!”
—Martial Arts! Yama Arashi+[1]!
I had kicked Diablo’s foot and planted Diablo straight into the sea
However, the Minion-class Alter-Armour fell into a state of confusion because of the explosive ay I forced it to attack the Black Tyrant with
The warning light in the cockpit flashed like the lights at a nightclub on a Saturday night! What a great beat!
“Argh!”
The screa to either Diablo’s pilot or the Kishi+n itself exploded out Diablo swung its fist into the sea and raised itself up
Its neck and li rather quickly
I would’ve secured the victory at an opportunity like this, but our Alter-Ar the technique
Diablo charged at us again It spread out its ared like a wild aniiant net
A norht, but Diablo had to do a lot more to scare me
I perfor deep without giving it a chance to respond
As expected from an inexperienced pilot, it left its side wide open
“Here I go!”
I threw a power fist onto Diablo’s body With the clear hit, I let out an explosion! Activating the Coil Rifle, the punch accelerated and pierced through Diablo’s armour!
Unlike the Kishi+n Diablo that was already blessed with strong abilities, lower-ranked Alter-Armours were equipped with Colion Rifles and electrically-powered power fists
Although I wasn’t sure howwhen supplemented by my psychic powers
—Kishi+n Arts! Is what I’d like to call it, but just Martial Arts! Lightning Fire Piercing Fist!
The Cherenkov radiation seeped through the Diablo’s body with the attack
Although this Lightning Fire Piercing Fist was just a psychic-powered one, its strength still couldn’t be ignored I could probably take down a Minion-class Alter-Ar it with an Alter-Arthened the attack by a fair amount
If the Diablo was just an ordinary 40-meter tall robot, it would’ve been reduced to dust by the punch
However, Kishi+ns possessed defensive ability that could disperse soe into hyperspace The punch wouldn’t have been enough to deal a great ae to a Kishi+n
But what if I attack in a chain combo?
I continued to attack Diablo’s body The pilot inside still didn’t knohat to do and was taking the beating
But it was as tough as I expected! Diablo’s ar fro itself at the saet its head straight and tried to counter attack
“Look out!”
I could hear Ensign Meihowa screa loudly And at the saer Minion!
“I’ve been waiting for that!”
As soon as the Diablo attacked, I escaped to the area under its armpit
I knew of course that the Diablo possessed a hidden arm under its armpit and that it could slice apart a Minion-class Alter-Armour instantly
But I dealt a strong blow to its hidden ar around to Diablo’s back and stood on the back of its neck And a kick!
—Kishi+n Arts! Is what I’d like to call it, but just a normal kick!
The kick was er froy was behind the kick Air ionized and plasma bounced off Diablo’s head with the kick
The 40-iant was kicked on the back of its head, fell and rolled across the sea Pillars of water shot up and tsunaainst the nearby islands
“The difference between our skills is like heaven and earth! Now, I’ll end it here!”
I supplied y to the Alter-Armour to finish off the Diablo
But suddenly, the cockpit beca in an to fall
“Kyaa!? What’s going on?!”
Ensign Meihowa yelled I protected her from the shock with my psychic abilities as I shouted
“damn, it turned off Meihowa, pass me the atropine shot!”
“Ohwith an Alter-Arency ward here!”
Ensign Meihowa poked the atropine needle into the inner wall of the cockpit and the Dawnbringer Minion sprang back to life
I quickly spurred Dawnbringer Minion fro into the sea and slowed down in mid-air
“Whew, this guy can’t handle it when I use too uess it’s too much for a Minion-class”
“Will it be OK? The Alter-Ar addict at this rate!”
“It should be fine, I suppose There is no scientific report that shows that Alter-Ar addicts Probably Noe’re not that far away! We have to set Diablo free!”
When I grabbed the handle inside the cockpit, I could hear the h it couldn’t feel pain, it was feeling disheartened Its confidence was nohere to be found
As expected! This Alter-Armour probably didn’t think that a pilot as harsh as me existed
But it can’t be helped, can it? This was the only way to fight a Kishi+n-class without dying while using a Minion-class I was pushi+ng this Alter-Arht the Kishi+n, but even a scratch from the Diablo could turn all of us into space dust
—Grrrr!
Diablo the Black Tyrant slowly turned its head It appeared to be extrery
“We’re going straight away! Give it a lot of energy-gel!”
“Ah… I should’ve brought a trench shovel”
Would you have shovelled the energy-gel if you’d brought one? Ensign Meihowa regretted her lack of preparation and threw in the energy-gels while opening the energy-packs half-heartedly
—Roar!!
Diablo let out a war cry and swung its ar that was far too powerful to be avoided, even with Phase shi+fts
A single hit can kill us! So I had to avoid all of its attacks
“You’re slow! Weak! How pitiful! Florid Dance!”
Dawnbringer Minion radiated golden light and ju in and out of spaces, to avoid Diablo’s attacks I was in an Alter-Ar didn’t scare me now!
Diablo turned around to chase my movements but I jumped to the back of its head to attack
[You little pest!]
Suddenly, Diablo crossed its aran to radiate from its body
This is dangerous!
—Kishi+n Arts! Lion’s Roar!
As predicted! An EMP shockwave radiated from its body in all directions I couldn’t avoid this attack!
Lion’s Roar was a relatively weak attack, but that was only in the cases when battling against another Kishi+n A Minion-class can easily be shattered by the shockwave alone
I have to face this one!
—Kishi+n Arts! Lion’s Roar! …Is what I’d like to call it, but just EMP!
I activated the EMP generator on Dawnbringer Minion’s shoulders It was pitifully weak because it was being performed mechanically, not via a Kishi+n Art like the real Diablo
However, this weakened the Diablo’s attack I seized the opportunity to use telekinesis to kick Diablo’s head again
[Argh!]
Diablo’s pilot screamed in pain and was knocked backwards Thanks to that, the Lion’s Roar from Diablo stopped
However, Dawnbringer Minion was briefly nuked by the attack
It was in this state even when I protected it with a psychic barrier and an EMP generator
“This is not good! We’re nearly out of energy-gel!”
I heard Ensign Meihowa screaround relatively well, but Diablo’s regeneration poas far too powerful Won’t I end up in the same state as the Master-class quartet froade?
“Meihowa! Give it some adrenaline!”
I drove the Alter-Ar off the Coil Rifle as it was unsteady fro at my attacks, because it didn’t even bother to avoid them
A series of explosions sounded I quickly ran out of Coil Rifle a at maximum output
This time, I abandoned the Coil Rifle and slashed away at Diablo with the giant sword Trying to avoid the attack, Diablo stepped back, but tripped and landed on a rocky mountain
The mountain was scraped away as Diablo slid off it However, Diablo’s finger moved as it slid
Diablo had flung a boulder with its finger—at the speed of sound, at that It broke as it flew and sprayed plasma trails as it flew
“damn!”
I put up a psychic barrier and took on a defensive pose Even I could defend myself, unarmed, if it was an attack of that level
However, the probleht at its full potential because of fatigue The psychic barrier broke and the plaser Minion
“Kugh!”
—Danger! Inertia control has reached the limit!
The built-in con Meihoith telekinesis and backed off to land on the sea
“Ughh…”
I was left defenceless because I was protecting Meihowa, and I felt the full i beforeinternally inI threw up blood fro slimy fell from my eyes
“Lezirth!”
Meihowa screamed But I shook my head
“I’ quite common back in the days The new cockpits have really improved”
But the differences between the reat The Kishi+n was perfectly fine even after all that beating I inflicted on it My Alter-Armour on the other hand, couldn’t even use Kishi+n Arts and could be instantly reduced to rubble by a half-hearted attack from it
“Hmm?”
My vision started to beco too much?
Brrrrrrrr!
Suddenly, Diablo’s body began to vibrate A tree-like object began to grow from Diablo’s neck as it lay collapsed on the mountain
It was a flora-type fory and nutrients to recover themselves Did Diablo form that to recover itself?
[Now is the tier!]
Admiral Luise suddenly called me via the communication channel
“That’s Dawnbringer!?”
Now that she er Minion, the Alter-Ar, couldn’t move properly because of the Kishi+n Arts attack
“We’re out of energy-gel! There’s some canned coffee, but can we use it?”