Chapter 45
※ A bit longer than usual to make up for the break last week .
Satou here . A game freak friend of mine told me last bosses not simply being strong is what makes Computer RPGs different .
When he almost got me to believe him, I recalled how boss characters being unbeatable without the correct strategy had always been popular since the days of Yamata-no-Orochi, and it snapped me out of his trick . I admit it's a pretty apt gimmick for RPGs though .
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"I guess they're not sending any more?"
After defeating three gigantic demons and their mist disappeared, the demon god's castle stopped sending more reinforcement .
"Yeah, now's our chance . "
I can't exactly use Meteor Shower or anti-god magic to erase the entire castle whole since there should be other purple little girls inside .
The best action to take here is me infiltrating it on my own .
"You're not thinking of going alone, are you Master?"
"No you won't, Ichirou-nii . "
Arisa and Hikaru read my mind and gave a warning .
"We're fully aware just how strong master is, but you might still fall behind Demon God if you get yourself exhausted over a series of battle . "
I wonder about that?
I feel like the me now can beat even a demon lord with one punch like some certain bald hero .
"Besides, who knows if Master's level up might be part of Demon God's scheme . "
"--scheme?"
No no, I don't think so .
"Geez! Did you forget already?"
"Remember how he was trying to absorb you, Ichirou-nii?"
"Now that you mention it--"
Oh yeah, that did happen .
There were no more news after that one time, and the purple little girl here said Demon God had attained perfect form using the dummy those gods prepared, so all that stuff had completely slipped out of my mind .
"Milord's attained perfect form, you know?"
"But that doesn't mean he won't try to absorb more, does it?"
Arisa responded to the purple little girl .
The little girl who had been keeping silent up until now couldn't help but to join in the conversation since it involved Demon God .
"We'd like you be at your best if you really had to purify Demon God's [Impurities], Ichirou-nii . "
I felt the nuance, "Please don't go if you could" from Hikaru's words .
"--I got it . "
I gave in to the pressing Hikaru and Arisa .
Thanks to my level ups, I have full confidence in my chance against Demon God, but I'm not going to deny the very small possibility of me losing due to exhaustion .
Besides, the girls now should be able to easily beat the heck out greater demons, and even put up a good fight against Unique Skill-ed greater demons and demon lords .
"I'll be counting on you girls . "
"That's what I'd like to hear!"
Arisa snapped her fingers and urged everyone to take their seats .
"Our target is Demon God's castle inner part! We got no time to engage in petty combats! Charge forward to where Demon God's at!"
A very Arisa-like daring strategy .
It's obvious where since the tallest building has very thick miasma on the same level of Black Sludge gushing out of it .
"Yes Arisa . Spaceship's main engine at full throttle so I report . "
"Zena-tan, bring the small side ships' main engines at full throttle too!"
"Affirmative! Main engines, full throttle!"
"Garuda, push forward . "
The spaceship flies toward the center of Demon God's castle at a velocity not even inertia control unit could fully cancel .
"Incoming!"
"Bombardment . "
"Deploying 『Paladin Domain』 so I declare . "
With warnings from Tama and Mia's Sanctuary Guard, Nana deployed multifold barriers .
Laser beams and missiles hit the barrier created by [Paladin Domain], scattering them into sparks and explosions .
A shock that exceeds Inertia Control's processing assaults our seats every time sparks fly .
Even so, the spaceship's barrier powered up by Unique Skills hold steadfast, it can defend against thousands of these attacks no sweat .
"T-this is bad . "
The once sporadic bombardments are getting more intense by the minute .
Demon God's castle itself isn't equipped with many artillery, but there's quite a lot of cannon-type and beam-type demons prowling out there .
"I-it's so intense . "
The amount of those demons exceeds hundreds, thus Nana's decided not to block with Paladin Domain but to skillfully evade or parry with Phalanxes .
Lulu helps with shooting the enemies down, princess Sistina and her floating gun fort golem units block the barrage of fire, and magical shields created by Hikaru's force magic along with Arisa's space magic assist Nana taking evasive maneuver .
They told me to preserve my power, but a little help won't hurt, right?
I wrap our spaceship in space magic <<Physical Reflector>> to reflect enemy's attacks .
Unfortunately, the reflected physical bullets didn't reach back to their shooters, but the beam ones did, killing many beam demons at a stretch .
"Shield Reflector, the real deal! My magic could barely do that on a single point, so this is quite a sight!"
Arisa got into high spirits at the spectacle .
It's pretty convenient for sure, but adjusting it to follow our large spaceship is a pain, so I'm switching to Divine Dancing Armor .
But it can only cover limited areas and is incapable of dealing with attacks that snipe through gaps .
The defensive power doesn't have to be as high as the original, so I'm gonna make some adjustment to the code here and there--done .
"Master, we're suffering no more damage so I report . "
"I've wrapped our ship in a slightly adjusted Divine Dancing Armor . Like this--"
I put Pochi in the new magic--Divine Radiant Armor .
"Nyu!"
"Pochi is shining like platinum nodesu!"
The original Divine Dancing Armor is purple colored because it's Demon God's personal color, but my version is platinum colored due to the code modification I did to it .
Probably because it's deployed over her golden armor and the added beam reflection function .
"We can do this! Master, can we launch attack out from this side?"
"So long as it's not a forbidden spell or anti-god magic . "
Unfortunately, it's not versatile enough to let anti-god magic and forbidden spells to slip through .
"That's good enough! We can escort Master quite deep inside with this!"
Arisa declared with a pumped fist .
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That aside-- .
Less barrages are assaulting us now after flying all over the place above the castle .
"Think it's a good time to charge in?"
"Yes, Master . It's possible to make a forced landing if we switch our destination to this point, so I report . "
Nana drew a clear circle in a corner of Demon God's castle displayed on the monitor .
The spot looks like a giant hanging garden .
We're still getting bombarded left and right, but it should be fine now that we've got Divine Radiant Armor .
"Alright, let's get landing on that short-staffed looking spot . "
"Yes, Master, after burner at full throttle so I report!"
The mechanism is actually unlike that of a jet plane's afterburner, but since it holds ultimately the same meaning, I choose to keep silent .
"I-incoming cannonbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalls"
Arisa screamed out loud as our ship made its way through a rain of cannonballs .
Our pilot, Nana's heart rate is increasing as well .
"Liza . "
"Yes--Hero Heart!"
Liza who's next to me brought forth courage in everyone's heart with her Unique Skill .
"Hyahha~?"
"Pochi and co . have become the wind nodesuyo!"
Tama and Pochi who've got their courage boosted are twirling around in front of a monitor showing the approaching cannonballs .
This skill could end up mass producing berserkers with just a slight error .
The ship is approaching fast toward the barrier protecting Demon God's castle .
"--Brace for impact! 3,2,1, impact!"
With a loud boom, the ship's naval ram and the barrier clashed, sending sparks everywhere .
Looks like Demon God Castle's barrier is made of a similar mechanism as Divine Dancing Armor .
"Now's the time for that line! Fight barriers with--"
"Decoupling the naval ram, activating Dragon Fang Pile Bunker . "
"--Wut?!"
Arisa who was about to shout out a parody was interrupted by Zena-san .
The pile bunker itself is not made of Dragon Fang in entirety, there's simply a coat of Dragon Fang powder over it . I imitated the technique used on Weasel Empire's white swords .
"It came off~"
"It broke off nodesu!"
And yet the authority of Dragon Fangs, [Pierce All], worked on the barrier, piercing and breaking it off .
"Warning! Miasma density is 128 times higher than outside level!"
"Detecting abnormality on Sacred Stone Furnace . The output is decreasing . "
"Miasma Barrier is overloaded! We're in a pinch! It's gonna fail to neutralize the miasma at this rate . That's really really bad! It's true!"
"Satou-sama, incoming high density cannonballs and giant rockets!"
Whoa, we're in a pinch .
"O-oh no! What should we do Master!"
"It's all right . "
--Miasma Barriers, multiple deployment .
"Miasma density decreasing . Lowered to four times . "
"Zena-san . "
"Yes, permeating [Saint Prey] onto Miasma Barriers . "
"Sacred Stone Furnace's output is still decreasing . The ship and propulsion system will stop functioning at the rate it's going . "
"Unable to take evasive action so I report . All hands to brace for emergency landing so I report . "
"Fine then, I'll use Over Boost here and teleport us away!"
"It's okay, no need for that . "
Our destination is in a clear view from here .
--Unit Arrangement .
I made our space ship land at our destination .
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"We ended up getting saved by Master's cheat after all . "
"That's not true . "
Thanks to everyone's effort, I have barely done anything .
"This place is so quiet . . . "
The spaceship's external monitor shows us a well cared garden with rose-like flowers growing in it .
"Master, we're not getting bombarded anymore so I report . "
"Satou-san, the Sacred Stone Furnace's state is still getting worse . It's still enough to supply 『Miasma Barrier』 and the ship's circuitry, however we don't have enough power to restart the ship . "
"We are getting warnings from the spaceship's main body as well . Maintenance golems have been dispatched, however the repair is expected to require from a half to two hour time . "
The girls reported our ship's condition .
"Incoming infantrymen . "
"Responses on the radar . Dots that appear to be demons are drawing near from all directions . "
Lots of demons, but they're all of lesser demons .
"Satou-sama, please leave this spot to us Silver members and proceed ahead toward Demon God . "
Princess Sistina made that suggestion as a representative of Silver members .
"But--"
"It will be fine desuwa! We shall annihilate anything that comes close to our ship . "
"I'll do my best too!"
"It's just Karina-sama and Zena-san said . Please entrust this ship to us . "
"We will finish the repair by the time Satou-sama and the others return . "
"Master Satou, leave the ship to me while Nana's gone . "
Lady Karina, Zena-san, Sera, princess Sistina and Core two spoke .
I could get them with Unit Arrangement if push comes to shove anyway, and the inside of this ship is of course safer with how dense the miasma outside .
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