128 – Chapter 41. Lower the gate shutter – 3
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The tanks advanced over the body of the melted slime.
The rift in the cut-off space has now become quite wide enough for Arumanan and aircraft carriers to enter and exit with ease.
“Wow.”
The cut off area that occupied the entire mountain range was literally a huge natural fortress.
The place we struggled to enter was near the beginning of the mountain range, but it was only one of the ends of the numerous mountain ranges that stretched out in all directions.
The entrance was not very wide and the terrain was all mountains, so it seemed difficult to operate the tram.
The role of the aircraft carriers that came with Arumanan will be important.
“Enemy reaction in front! I checked a lot of sacks in the production area! All crew members, please go to battle deployment!”
A few seconds after the broadcast aired, artillery fire poured over the ground forces just entering the entrance.
The ground forces counterattacked with all their might, but it was difficult to even determine the positions of the enemies.
“Miss Fire!”
“I know. Tell the helicopter squad to go immediately.”
I have no time to rest.
The body flew over the railing covered by the red cannon.
The silver light that escaped from the dog tag turned into a helicopter and sat me in the cockpit.
When I drove the main body and flew high over the mountain range, I could see the defensive positions located all over the mountain.
“Scan the positions of the enemies and send them to Arumanan’s command room.”
[[Aye, Sir.]]
I was flying towards a battery that was firing at an ally, but a shiny object was caught in the nearby bushes.
Beep-
And the sounding lock-on alarm.
“Wow!”
A missile fired from an anti-aircraft weapon flew straight toward my body.
I quickly raised the altitude and turned the nose, but the missile persistently pursued me and turned, so I was hit directly by the main body.
“Block everything down!”
The windshield was hit by a missile.
Rumble. The impact was so great that the cockpit chair floated for a moment.
One of the spirits turned to the shield was about to go into emergency recovery, so if the shield had not been hit, the body would have been cut in two.
“Why are these guys so old?”
Even when attacked by the enemy captain level, it did not collapse easily.
After flying the Hellfire to the place where the attack came, it retreated.
“Confirmed many enemy ambush in the mountainous area. It has powerful anti-aircraft firearms. Be careful.”
「I understand.」
I raised my altitude, warning the helicopter corps behind me, and saw the missiles I had just seen fired from a different place than before.
The missile was heading straight towards me, ignoring the other helicopters below.
「Be careful!」
A helicopter flying near me intervened between me and a missile.
“You idiot! If you get it right… Uh?”
It was not a strange scene even if the helicopter was oxidized as it is, but surprisingly it survived the missile.
“This is Hawk 2. I am okay. Operation can continue.”
“Uh… …. Lager.”
Think about when the defense ability of the Spirit Army helicopters improved so much later, and let’s focus on clearing the enemies first.
“Sheesh.”
The necromancer Fir, who was hiding in the forest, waved his hand.
Hellfire struck the area while the demon corpse soldier put down the manpad he was holding.
It wasn’t directly attacked because it was far away, but just looking at it was a shaky sight.
Last time I lost my arm, I analyzed a few drops of Misfire’s blood and applied a curse to the missile. The effect was good, but it seemed difficult to drop the helicopter due to the limited number of ammunition.
Reluctantly, Fir retreated as he touched the dagger in his arms.
I was able to subdue one of the ridges leading up to the fortress along with Arumanan and helicopter units, struggling with the missiles that were chasing me relentlessly.
I was sighing, but a communication came from an unfamiliar channel.
When I connected the channel, I heard a welcome voice.
“This is the Gold Dragon. Hurray! Can you hear Erif?”
“Chermia?”
「Me too.」
“There is Shane too. Oh, is the helicopter complete?”
「Then. We were the ones who created the crack in the disconnected space earlier.”
「No one can break it.」
The attack from a place you couldn’t see before was the work of your friends.
Breaking the disconnected space where there was almost no way to attack.
I don’t know if the weapons are great or the heroes who are friends are great.
“It’s a way to break through other disconnected areas nearby. We’re almost there, so let’s go together.”
“Okay.”
I decided to wait for them because I wanted to be reassured if I was with my friends and to watch the helicopter.
As we were watching the ground forces climb the ridge that we suppressed, avoiding the continuous shelling of other ridges, a huge golden thing flew from the entrance of the cut-off area in the distance.
I thought the altitude was a little low, but when I saw the ‘it’ approaching, it was simply an illusion caused by the size.
It was too big and huge to be a helicopter.
“This is… ….”
This is not a helicopter!
Should I call it a helicopter because it flies with a propeller attached to a tank or battleship?
Of course, among the transport helicopters, there were models that were comparable in size to that, but the monster body was imitating an attack helicopter in appearance.
Isn’t it supposed to be called a propeller-mounted air battleship rather than a helicopter?
“Chermia. Shane.”
“Erif, how about this? I was surprised because it was so big for a helicopter.”
“I was surprised too.”
I shook my head as I saw the golden monster flying by shaking the rider up and down slightly as if welcomed.
When I looked at it up close, it seemed that it was almost twice as long as my body.
If something like that flies, wouldn’t all of the tanks hide on the battlefield?
What engine was used, the speed was as fast as mine.
It was good that my friends received strong weapons, but my notion of the helicopter was a little off.
“Are you able to steer?”
“Yes. I’ve learned a lot so far, and I’ve also taught Erif a lot. When it comes to helicopter piloting, we are next to Erif.”
Laughter came out at their answer, showing their pride.
“Then let’s subdue the ridge over there. To see the weapon performance.”
“Okay. Don’t be surprised to see it.”
The attack that broke the cut-off area we saw earlier was definitely great. I also thought that the artillery was attacking in a group from somewhere else.
The appearance of the warriors’ helicopter, also known as the Gold Dragon, closely resembles my body.
As the name suggests, it is shaped like a dragon and is colored silver and gold. We, like twins of different sizes, moved to the other side of the ridge together.
The demons are attacking in vain.
The Gold Dragon, without even thinking of avoiding the incoming bullets, took it head-on and poured out spheres of condensed magical power.
Yellow spheres with a different level of magic than shooting with a chain gun spread all over the ridge.
Kwagwagwagwang-!
Explosions everywhere swept through everything on the ridge.
I was worried about a landslide caused by an explosion so powerful that the dust piles and the trees of the spirit world poured into the valley to be filled.
When the dust that had risen to the height we were in settled down, nothing remained on the bare ridge.
Tiran. What the hell kind of weapon did you make?
A fortress perched on top of a mountain.
The four colored spires symbolizing the four elements stood high, but they were all painted dark.
After taking a peek at the spire that had lost its light, he scouted the area around the fortress with the warriors and helicopters.
The mountain under the fortress was too quiet.
Even though I drove a helicopter low and went around the big valleys, unlike before, the demons did not even see a proboscis.
Enemy might be hiding between valleys or cliffs, but there was no reaction even though they deliberately looked through the gaps.
“No external hostile reaction. There is a strong jamming in the fortress, so it cannot be confirmed.”
“No external hostile reaction, jamming to the fortress. Copy.”
It was precious to Arumanan, who was hovering above the fortress after patrolling outside.
“Erif!”
Cermia and Shane greeted each other with a light hug.
“How about the physical world? How are the other friends?”
“Well… ….”
Chermia furrowed her eyebrows in embarrassment, and Shane opened her mouth in her place.
“It’s not even a riot. Because of your disappearance, the principal almost resigned from his position as a general, and relations with Canael and the Holy Kingdom almost deteriorated.”
“That’s right?”
It seems that the aftermath of my disappearance is greater than I thought.
“But ‘it was obvious’ means it didn’t happen?”
“Yes. We came forward and testified. Silas too.”
“Ah.”
Most of the high people in the material world know who I am, so I guess I was able to make them understand.
“Then did you tell me about your identity?”
“No. I don’t think it’s time yet.”
“Good job. Seeing that the demons know my secret identity from the outside, you too have to hide it.”
Otherwise, the Demon King doesn’t know what to do.
Cermia and Shane just smiled, whether they knew my worries or not.
“Is this Arumanan’s aerial battleship? Miraculous. I’ve only seen it from afar, but it’s very spacious.”
“It’s a little narrow when it’s a battleship, but it’s because it’s in the shape of a carrier.”
The aerial battleship Arumanan had changed into the shape of a carrier.
“Misfire-sama. All human beings. Please come to the command room.”
“Okay.”
The call command fell from the dog tag acting as a communicator and went to the command room.
When I entered the bridge through the cluttered deck, I saw the command room that had become quite quiet.
“Welcome, Miffy. Warriors.”
“Hello.”
“Where have all the crew gone?”
“I went outside. The carrier type has a lot of deck missions.”
Drinking water from Aruma Nan, she buried herself in the soft chair next to her commander’s seat.
Chermia stood behind her and straightened her messy hair.
“Can’t we just break it up and finish it?”
“Do you know where the gate is? And there’s a strong ban on that fortress, so it’s hard to break even the outer wall except for my main gun. I don’t know how it is now.”
Well. If the fortress is destroyed and the gate is underground, it will be difficult to dig it up again.
In the meantime, demons can continue to use it.
“In the end, we will have no choice but to enter the fortress.”
“Yes. And your role is important. Because there is no spirit stronger than you, united.”
It is said that a large number of his troops and infantry enter the spirit army commander who acted with him earlier.
“Do I have to go to Erif? What if the same thing happened last time?”
“I’m not alone this time, so it’ll be fine. The escort will also attach strong soldiers.”
Even with Aruma Nan’s explanation, his friends were not convinced.
Shane, with a firm expression on her face, took a step forward.
“I will go with you.”
Aruma Nan turned her body as if waiting.
“Can you please? If you do, you have to blow yourself up for Miffy and Erif.”
“Arumanan!”
Aruma Nan’s words instantly irritated her and made a sharp voice, but she shook her head.
“Miffy. Humans don’t die just because they get hit in the spirit world. I just can’t come to the Spirit Realm for a while. It’s just like ordinary spirits don’t die just because they are hit in the physical world.”
“But.”
“If you are a hero, you must be prepared to sacrifice for someone. Shane. How about trying that determination this time?”
Shane nodded her head without hesitation.
She said belatedly that she would also go to Cermia, but Aruma Nan shook her head.
“It takes at least one of the two to organize the cut off areas of the spirit world.”
At Aruma Nan’s words, Chermia bowed her head countless times and backed away from her.
After the situation was settled, Arumanan manipulated the panel.
A spirit commando unit wearing power armor appeared on the large screen in front.
In the waiting room, they saluted to see if our image was reflected on their screen while checking their personal firearms.
Among them, an intermediate wind spirit with a long scar on its face appeared to be the representative.
「Win. It is an honor to be with the daughters of the wind and the warriors.”
Aruma Nan, who lightly nodded her head in return, spoke to her kindly with a light smile.
“It’s a lot of work. Are you ready to jump in?”
“Yes. Preparation is over. I didn’t know what would pop out of the gate connected to the Demon Realm, so I prepared it as soon as I had it.”
The commando pointed back and smiled fiercely.
The soldiers were carrying various heavy weapons and bombs.
If that’s enough, I’d be able to ridiculously annihilate a battalion of Selmeier’s Gorgon tanks.
It is unlikely that you will be able to concentrate so much firepower on a gate that briefly passes from the Demon Realm to the Material Realm, even where it is installed inside the fortress.
It may detect a crisis and send troops to this place, but it will be difficult to use it as the spirit forces are already besieging the fortress.
“Then let us enter the fortress in five minutes. Oh. Near the Misfire, we’ll have a lot of the best security guards.”
「I understand.」
After the communication was over, Arumanan grabbed attention with one clap.
Aruma Nan, who received the attention of me and his friends and crew, shouted with a determined voice.
“Thank you for your hard work in cleaning up the cut off areas of the spirit world and defending the cradle of water. Now, once the last demon gate is sealed, you can go back to the physical realm, so let’s do our best a little bit more. Now, let’s drill the entrance.”
“Yes!”
With the lively responses of the crew, the guns at the bottom of the carrier Arumanan blew out fire.
There was a large hole in the fortress spire and wall that even a chariot could pass through.
“I will go.”
“Don’t get hurt. Erif. Shane too.”
“Don’t worry.”
After saying goodbye to Arumanan and Chermia, we left the command room for the final operation.