Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken (WN) - Chapter 330

Chapter 330

The Murder Dogs were not going to wait for Zaza and Beretta to finish their conversation, and they moved to attack any in sight .

However, Beretta acted as if he had predicted this very thing .

And the fang attacks were no use against Beretta .

The Murder Dogs had advanced artificial intelligence, and so they analyzed the reason . But they did not find the answer .

No, before that…

The Murder Dogs weren’t even aware of their situation, because they were destroyed too quickly .

–And that was more than enough for the people monitoring the scene to determine that Beretta was a threat .

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The Murder Dog’s master–Lieutenant Hiragi of the Mechanized Empire of Almsbine’s southern security force, was very shocked by this sudden event .

Recently, or as far as he could remember, even, no surface weapon had been able to go against the Murder Dog .

They were mobile weapons on four legs that moved three times faster than the speed of sound . Even the forty meter Monster Tank: Mammoth, which had once been the strongest weapon, was no match for it .

It had a 200mm Railgun as its main weapon, but it was difficult for it to target the small Murder Dogs, which were 1 . 5 meters in size .

And while they could have equipped them with the incredibly expensive super computing machines in order to auto-target them, the Murder Dogs were capable of dodging bullets that that moved at mach 7 speed .

All they would see is a rare reaction speed and amazing detection ability .

–But that wasn’t the only reason the Murder Dogs were valuable .

While they could not fight for quite as long as the Monster Tanks, they outstripped them in many other ways .

The Blasters they were equipped with could easily tear through the armor of the Monster Tanks .

Once you allowed them to get close, the Cyborgs that protected the tanks would not be enough to deal with them .

After all, all it took was for their fangs to rip the armor open, and then the internal machinery would go haywire and become inoperable .

The Murder Dogs were not equipped with engines, instead, they were rechargable . That was their one weakness, but it did not affect them much during combat .

They only had an ultra small output amplifier that could run for 72 hours on a single charge–however, not if they went all out during combat .

As resources were currently very valuable, it was the development of weapons that were small yet deadly that became the key to becoming dominant in this new age .

The unbeatable Monster Tank had used a thermonuclear fusion engine which allowed it to move almost forever–but when ten Mammoths were destroyed by just one Murder Dog, the world’s rules of weaponry were overwritten .

The age was now about miniaturization .

And for the last twenty years or so, the Murder Dog had remained the strongest of all .

It wasn’t just against humans, they were known as the strongest weapons on the surface, period .

And yet…

This ‘thing’ had three of these high-performance Murder Dogs in front of him–determined they were hostile–and then ignored them in order to have a calm conversation with their prey .

It was a huge blow to Lieutenant Hiragi’s pride, but there were more important matters to deal with .

“Hey! Do you have the results for the analysis of that fight? Are you sure that the Murder Dog bit into that thing’s arm?”

“Yes . There is no mistaking it! However, we cannot confirm that it had any effect on the enemy…”

“I have completed my analysis as well . No abnormalities have been detected in the Murder Dog’s abilities . The system is normal!”

Ohhh . Lieutenant Hiragi groaned .

If there was nothing wrong with the system, then there was only one answer .

–The enemy had nullified the Wave Blast from the Murder Dog’s fangs .

(Impossible . But, who even…is this person? Could it–what if it is one of those Bionoids, who put a lot of importance in the utilization of life forms? But only a few people even know of that technology . And I have never heard of anyone being successful with it…)

Lieutenant Hiragi was troubled .

If he was correct in his guess, if the enemy really was a Bionoid, it would explain why the Wave Blast was ineffective .

After all, Bionoids involved a modification technology that took the human body and raised the power of the cell to the very limits .

It was a new technology that allowed you to convert all of your cells to be identical and repair any part that had been destroyed .

It would be possible to adapt to any environment, turning you into a new type of human with evolved cells .

As these cells were all given individual roles and could calculate independently, an immense amount of data could be processed at once .

This meant incredible performance .

In spite of having the same capacity as the human brain, it could calculate at the same speed as the super computers on 100 meter battleships . Another way to look at it would be that it usually required a battleship of that size to maintain such a computer .

Aside from the abilities, it also came equipped with the still very secretive space dilation technology . And with the ultra miniaturized thermonuclear fusion reactor, it became a bio-weapon with extreme firepower .

It was like a dream . Like a lie .

–It went without saying, that Bionoids were a top secret within their country .

Lieutenant Hiragi shook his head in order to dismiss this suspicion .

Bionoids were really just a rumor . And there was no way that one would exist right here .

But then, what was that thing–

“Lieutenant Hiragi! The analysis of the enemy is complete! But…”

“What is it? Tell me!”

“Yes sir!! I have detected a change in the enemy’s energy levels . It seems to be quite low usually, but it increased dramatically and at great speed when the Murder Dog attacked it . This is not possible according to what we know of thermonuclear fusion reactors!!”

“A-and how much power are we talking about?”

“From what was measured with the graph, it exceeds 100,000 kilowatts…”

“Impossible!!”

Lieutenant Hiragi said in shock .

That was two-hundred times more than the Murder Dogs–it was unbelieavable .

In the first place, if it was using a thermonuclear fusion reactor to move, then it did not make any sense for the power to change like that .

It didn’t make any sense .

The enemy must be a super weapon that used unknown technology–that was the most plausible .

Lieutenant Hiragi thought as much before giving his subordinates an order .

“Prioritize the study of this mysterious enemy’s abilities . We can kill this rebel scum any time we want . But first, we must capture that thing that has technology even we are not aware of . And steal it for ourselves!”

“Yes, Sir!”

His order was promptly put into action .

And like that, this mysterious enemy–in other words, Beretta, had three Murder Dogs set on him once again .

Even if they did not get their answer this time, just watching the battle should give them a lot of combat data .

And so it had been decided that three Murder Dogs were not too much to lose .

And with that, Beretta and the Murder Dogs entered a true state of battle .

The result of which was that Beretta killed all three of them in the blink of an eye .

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As the three dogs charged at him, Beretta prepared by thrusting both arms outward .

Immediately after, a sharp slab of ore shot out of the ground and pierced the first dog .

Simultaneously, Beretta’s arm stretched out like a tentacle and skewered the other two dogs with its spear-like tip .

It was an attack that used ‘Mineral Manipulation’ from Beretta’s Ultimate Gift, ‘Deus Ex Machina,’ and the Chaos Metalloid favorite, ‘Liquid Metal . ’

The Murder Dogs had been feared as the strongest weapons on the surface, but they were no match for Beretta .

And so the first contact on this world which they had visited without invitation, came to a close .