Part 7
The bridge of the Licorne.
Sitting on the seat provided, Milene’s gaze is caught by the figure in front of her.
“Is this the kind of magic a person is capable of?”
Armor and rifle bullets rushing in.
The person who was guarding against them was Livia, who performed magic on the bridge of the ship.
Livia, standing on a circular device prepared for her, is surrounded by a pale white light.
There were slight golden particles mixed in with the white light.
Perhaps the reason why Livia’s hair spreads out like it’s floating is probably due to the flow of magic power.
Creare, who provides support, cheerfully informs the situation.
[The Field has been successfully deployed. Since it seems to have a holy attribute, why don’t we call it a Sanctuary?]
The Sanctuary —— a pale, shiny, spherical field envelopes Licorne.
The magic-created field has a magic circle pattern on its surface.
Answering the cheerful Creare was Ange, who is in charge of fire control.
“You can decide the name as you like later. For now, keep the enemy at bay! A group of armor is coming from the right starboard side, led by a pseudo-magic equipment.”
[I’m aware of that, but the question is, how do we blow them up?]
“Shooting them down is the least we can do. Stop at intimidation.”
Following Ange’s orders, Creare operates Licorne.
[That’s a ridiculous order, but since Master wishes it, I’m going to follow it.]
A multibarreled machine gun for interception, which was stored in Licorne, appears.
Gatling gun——As the barrel begins to rotate, it sprays bullets one after another.
In this world, machine guns for armor still do not exist.
The reason for this is the high cost of manufacturing bullets.
The bullets for armor are magic bullets filled with magic power intended for anti-aircraft and anti-armor on the battlefield.
Because a common bullet would lose much of its power in the magic field.
As a result, costly magic bullets are consumed like hot water on the battlefield.
Rather than machine guns, it was a natural idea to aim and shoot one shot at a time.
The act of ignoring it and scattering bullets must have made them think they were using ordinary bullets.
The pseudo-magic equipment tries to protect his allies from a hail of bullets by stepping forward to protect the other armors.
Ange was biting her back teeth at the action.
“Those fools”
Creare doesn’t care what the future holds for those involved with magic equipment.
As always, she speaks cheerfully.
[Ara ara, you thought they were ordinary bullets. But it’s actually a first-class magic bullet.]
It was just as Creare said.
The magic bullet damages the magic equipment.
If it had been ordinary armor, it would have been shot through with a single bullet, but the opponent was a magic equipment, even if it was a pseudo.
The armor surpasses that of ordinary armor and is protected by strong magical powers.
Even if it is a magic bullet, it is not easy to shoot through, but after being hit by dozens, or hundreds of bullets, it will be chipped away, even if only little by little.
Soon the pseudo-magic equipment cannot hold out any longer and falls, spewing out black liquid as its armor is pierced.
The other armors that had been following were scattering and fleeing in confusion at the sight of the falling pseudo-magic equipment.
[Hm~m, if it’s armor, it will be fine, but if it’s airships it’s troublesome. If I’m not careful, I might drop it.]
The battle is being fought right above the White City.
If the airship were to fall, it would fall directly on the castle town and cause extensive damage.
Noel, who could not allow that to happen, looked flustered and pointed her right hand at Livia.
The crest of Noel’s priestess emits a green light.
The stored energy of the sacred tree flows into Livia with a pale green light.
What Noel is doing is supplying Livia with magic power.
In order to deploy the Sanctuary, she supported Livia, who consumed a large amount of magic power.
“It would be inappropriate to do that, so I’ll leave it to Olivia.”
When told that she would leave it to her, Livia nodded slowly.
“Got it!”
Livia, looking ahead, pointed her right hand forward and hundreds of magic circles appeared around Licorne.
When magic circles with a total length of several tens of meters appear, they turn around but the magic circles point downward.
Milene looked at the scene and wondered what she was going to do.
(Attack from the magic circle? No, that would burn the capital of Raschel, which is right below us.)
Although it was hard to believe that Livia would make such a choice, Milene’s hunch was correct.
But she could not even guess the use of the magic circle.
Livia pulls back her right hand and swings it down to strike from above.
It’s a gesture like a fist swinging straight down.
“It’s going to be a little shaky, but bear with it!”
Although she probably knew they could not hear her, Livia was apologetic to her enemies.
Milene raises an eyebrow at the soft-hearted——.
“What!?”
—— The immediate aftermath of the scene made her less likely to blame Livia’s naivety.
As soon as Livia swung her arm down, the magic circle began its descent all at once.
The one to which they were headed was Raschel’s flying battleship.
When the magic circle made contact with the flying battleship, their upward movement stopped.
Then the enemy slowly begins to descend.
Milene’s hips had lifted off the seat before she knew it.
Realizing what Livia has done, she breaks out in a startled cold sweat.
“Using a magic circle to hold down a flying battleship from above? That’s absurd.”
Milene was born into a royal family.
She has been trained in magic since she was a child, but even if she were asked to do the same thing as Livia, she couldn’t do it.
In fact, if someone were to ask her to do the same thing, she would question their sanity.
Such an incredible sight was spread out before her eyes.
Ange, who was standing beside Milene, bragged a little proudly.
She must be happy that her best friend, of whom she is so proud, is doing so well.
“What do you think, Milene-sama? About the ability of the special students you admitted to the school?”
When enrolling a commoner as a special student, Milene didn’t object.
She did not go so far as to select people, but she remembers signing a form requesting permission to enroll.
“I didn’t directly select her. I just gave her the green light because she came highly recommended. I never thought it would be possible to find someone as good as she is.”
Milene has a mixed feeling in her heart that she has found a tremendous talent.
If she was just strong, she would have been happy with all hands, but now Livia is so much more than that that she feels it is threatening.
If it weren’t for Leon and Luxion, Milene would have been wary of Livia.
Ange looks at Livia’s back.
“Livia, just hold them off. Leon and the others will do the rest.”
Livia, who received the voice, replied while looking ahead.
“We will buy you the time you need to get things done, Leon-san.”
We. It’s a line that understands that they are not fighting alone.
Milene feels dizzy because the results of the collaboration between the three of them —— and a single artificial intelligence are so amazing.
“I must have underestimated you guys too. No, I didn’t properly evaluate your abilities.”
“Milene-sama?”
“——Ange, you grew up strong. I really regret losing you.”
Milene said she regretted the talent, but Ange shook her head.
“Rather, it’s Livia and Noel who are amazing, not me.”
When Angel says she is inferior to the two, Milene smiles and tells her.
“It’s also strong proof that you can recognize the strengths of others. And the bonds that allow you to accomplish so much by working together are hard to get. Cherish it.”
When Ange nodded silently, Milene said the last thing.
“I don’t have anything left to teach you. Before I knew it, you were already ahead of me.”
She mocked herself, but Milene’s voice was drowned out by the sounds of battle at poorly timed moments.
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