Part 12
——When I saw Brad down in the castle town posing, I was a little worried.
However, it is a relief to see him defending the castle town from the seed monsters.
“He can do it if he tries.”
When I gave him a rare compliment, Luxion was also impressed.
[It’s a single piece of armor that can take on a lot of opponents, but it also requires a lot of skill from the pilot. It may be a matter of compatibility, but Brad is doing very well.]
“Leave the rest to the five idiots, and we’ll deal with the magic equipment.”
Speaking of being able to focus on dealing with the magic equipment, Finn, swinging his sword and slashing through the seeds, confirms to me about securing the Holy King.
“The king is trying to escape, is that okay?”
“I leave him to them, it’ll be fine. Now let’s see how we can take this down first ——”
It is a demonic device that produces a giant plant that looks like the flytraps from the lake.
I think about how I can drag it out.
“Let’s burn down all those creepy plants and see what the enemy comes up with”
The rifle was stowed in a container and a battle axe was taken out instead.
When Arroganz holds a one-handed battle axe in its right hand, Brave makes a disgusted voice.
[Uwh, I hate that axe. It makes a nasty noise.]
The battle axe is made with a high-speed blade, making it a weapon that specializes in sharpness.
It is a noisy weapon because it inevitably produces a high-pitched sound.
Still, it would be the best way to deal with the current enemy.
“If I cut them all down, will they come out?”
[Cannot assess due to lack of information.]
As Arroganz speeds toward the giant flytrap, the enemy reacts by spreading its bivalve-like leaves and attacks.
I accelerate Arroganz to avoid it, but it causes my body to be pressed against the seat.
Intense movement is still a heavy burden on the pilot——.
“First, one down!”
——Cutting off the flytrap when avoiding it causes the bivalve-like leaves to fall into the lake.
The stalks wiggled and flailed around like tentacles, spraying black liquid from the cut ends.
The other flytraps, perhaps rooted to the spot where they were slashed by Arroganz, begin to move. As they come toward Arroganz with their sights set on it, Finn slashes one of them down.
Finn, showing off his beautiful swordsmanship with the longsword, was also cutting down other flytraps.
Finn’s magic equipment, Brave, which spreads his wings and flies freely, slashes through the flytraps and tentacles one after the other.
“Magic equipment isn’t bad either. If I consider only the armor, that one is better, right?”
[Why don’t you stop saying stupid things and do your job? And if you want to compare the performance of Arroganz, judge it by its overall strength. With a wide variety of optional parts, Arroganz can be flexible and adaptable to any situation. There is no way it can be defeated by magic equipment.]
Because I praised the magic equipment, Luxion, who had become displeased with me, began to talk fast.
“Sorry, don’t be mad.”
[I am not mad. ——Master, it’s coming from below.]
As Arroganz rose in response to Luxion’s warning, tentacles and new flytraps appeared.
They emerge one after another from the lake.
From the looks of it, I realized there was no point in defeating the plant that came out of the lake.
“This is meaningless, no matter how hard I tried.”
[I have confirmed regeneration and multiplication. It appears that the enemy has activated the magical device using a method that Master does not like.]
“That I don’t like?”
I feel my eyebrows furrow. I guess I was more uncomfortable than I thought.
“What should we do?”
[——Arroganz does not choose the battlefield. Einhorn will eject equipment for underwater warfare. Please refit them in the air.]
“I have no experience in underwater combat.”
To my displeasure, the tentacles swarm Arroganz.
I fired missiles and burned them down, and those enemies that still could not be defeated were slashed to pieces with the battle axe.
Finn is also being chased around by tentacles.
“In the water? I’ve only experienced it once.”
“If you have, then good, right. Can I leave it to you? I’d like to go back now.”
I don’t want to be fighting something like a tentacle-controlling demonic creature in a lake.
When I try to push it to Finn, Brave is the first to respond.
[This is your war! You’re not forgetting that my partner is just helping you out, are you?]
To Brave’s response, Luxion was cold.
[Even if you don’t participate, Master’s victory will not be shaken. It would be more accurate to say that I let you help.]
[You’re a disgusting piece of iron scrap even at a time like this!]
[I have no intention of getting along with the demonic core. Or, as the humans say, “Tuck tail and run”. If you are scared, it’s okay to run away.]
[Aaahh!! I hate this guuy! Let’s do it, buddy!!]
Brave is so cute when he gets teased by Luxion and shows his motivation in a heated manner.
Finn was stunned.
“Calm down, Kurosuke. Then again, if we go underwater too, we won’t have time to deal with those plants. I mean, after all that daring, why don’t you take care of it yourself, Leon.”
After promising to Karl-san that I would end the war relatively peacefully, I had no choice but not to fight.
If I throw the whole job at Finn, Karl-san will grow distrustful of me.
No, Karl-san hates Finn, so would he rather be pleased?
‘I’ve been annoying the bastard Finn!’ If I report back to him, I’m sure he’ll be overjoyed.
When Luxion began analyzing the forces, it seemed that Finn’s prediction was correct.
[The five guys are currently also busy. We are the only ones who are capable of destroying the magic equipment.]
“As expected, I always play the most troublesome role.”
As I was flying around in the air to escape from the tentacles and flytraps, a conversion part launched from Einhorn approached me.
It is very difficult to do the transformation in the air, but it is even more difficult when being chased by the enemy. The parts for transformation follow the flying Arroganz, but there is no time to do it.
“A little tough, isn’t it?”
Cutting down the tentacles extending to Arroganz with a battle axe.
However, it regenerates from the cut surface and attacks again.
“Let’s take a distance——”
As I try to take my distance, Brave appears between Arroganz and the tentacles, spreading its wings.
He slashed away the tentacles with his longsword, which then became a shield for Arroganz.
“Finn!”
“I’ll take care of this. You better finish up quickly.”
“Great! I’ll thank you when we get back.”
“I’ll wait and not get my hopes up”
The tentacles that had been chasing Arroganz were slashed apart by Brave’s longsword.
As I distance myself from the enemy, Luxion performs the transformation.
“Purge the container backpack and legs”
The legs are purged from the knees forward, and the speed of Arroganz decreases as the container is detached.
When the leg parts that were prepared instead are docked, they are thicker than usual, perhaps for underwater use.
The backpack is like two rockets side by side.
As soon as both docked, Luxion checks them.
[The modification has been completed]
In Arroganz’s right hand was a spear gun.
As we descended, leaving ourselves in free fall, I let out a deep sigh.
“If things like this were going to happen, I should have tried it out in the water.”
Since the main battlefield is the sky, I’ve avoided this so far, thinking I’d never fight in the water.
‘No use regretting it now’, Luxion says as soon as Arroganz hits the water.
[Have you reevaluated the performance of Arroganz a little?]
“You’re still upset about it? You’re a little persistent.”
It is a persistence that one would not expect from an artificial intelligence.
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