41 – Chapter 15. Dancing with the Blood Monster – 2
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The chariot covered in blood-stained beast skin slowly entered the square to show off its leisure.
It seemed to be more than twice the length and almost ten times the size of the ordinary tanks that followed it.
A turret with two huge barrels and small guns hanging on all sides all aimed at this side at once.
“You look scary.”
“Be careful. I don’t know if he’s going to start after us.”
If I fire enough to be shot down in one shot at this distance, where even Hellfire loses its power, there is no answer.
Fortunately, the specs weren’t that deceptive, so the enemy sent them from general tanks.
The enemy, who spread their academics around the enemy leader, was advancing slowly.
Allied tanks also form and advance.
The square is very wide.
Even if there are 20 or so tanks facing each other, it looks empty.
The enemy’s huge tank stopped and the rest of the enemies started firing.
The allies also fought back with counter-fire.
Because the only cover was the fountain in the middle of the square, a merciless melee battle ensued.
“Let’s go help too.”
“Yes.”
As if the enemy boss was targeting us, the gun barrel was aimed at us as we returned to the side of the square.
First, clean up the enemy tanks on the edge one by one before he attacks.
“Hellfire”
The magic of fire has gathered.
And at the same time the Hellfire was fired, the enemy’s attack flew in this direction.
“み.”
I was preparing in advance and soared into the air.
Chermia and Shane stumbled a bit out of balance, but managed to dodge the attack.
“The bullet speed is not as fast as I thought. By the way… ….”
Slightly lowering the nose, we could see the path of the bombardment we had been avoiding.
After a few seconds, there was a distorted space different from the surroundings on the path.
“What will happen if I touch it?”
When I muttered a little, an unexpected reaction came out.
“I’ll find out!”
A low-level wind spirit, roughly drawn from the instrument panel, jumped out and bravely jumped under the helicopter without stopping to dry it.
“Hey!”
I shouted out late, but the spirit had already reached the space and disappeared with a small explosion.
“Oh my God… ….”
Chermia covered her mouth in her terrified voice.
Damn, do you not know how precious your life is to these spirits?
“That doesn’t mean you’ll risk your life.”
“Oh, don’t worry too much. Because this is ‘in a dream’.”
To my dissatisfied sanctuary, the commander of the lower elemental squad spoke as if it was nothing special.
“It’s like Sila, I’ve been told that I’m in a dream so don’t worry, what does that mean?”
“We will be resurrected at the headquarters as long as the commander is safe. In the first place, even intermediate spirits are like a kind of colony, so it doesn’t mean much because they can be reborn in a new body.”
“Oh.”
I learned about the ecology of spirits that I did not know about.
According to the additional explanation of the squad leader, if you are born with a new body, you will lose some of the experience or proficiency you have accumulated so far.
Is it a feeling of reincarnation that only inherits memories?
Anyway, I ordered you not to risk your life again.
“The trajectory of that bombardment remains about 20 seconds.”
In the meantime, the intermediate wind spirit who analyzed the information began to teach Chermia something else.
Now that I see it, Cermia is learning and applying very well.
Would something be helpful this time as well?
The battle in the square seemed to end with a victory for the allies.
None of the enemy tanks moved properly, including the one we destroyed.
The enemy who was left alone began to move.
The guy, who was holding his allies in check by spinning his dreadful twin guns, aimed small guns at this side and fired a surprise shot.
It was an attack at the level of normal artillery that could not leave the same trajectory unless it was the main gun, so I avoided it with ease.
“Let’s attack slowly too. Shane. Are you ready?”
“Yes. Shall I use what I wrote earlier?”
“Yes. I don’t know if the spread mode will work for him, but maybe it can break a small gun?”
I made the observations as hopeful as possible, but it was hard to think that the attack would work on the enemy commander.
Still, there’s nothing like a wide-ranging attack to determine the level of defense or to find a weakness.
“Hellfire Spread-Chaser Mode.”
“I am ready.”
While preparing to attack, the enemy captain advanced and fired at the friendly tank.
Kwaang-
On the spot where the main gun passed, only fragments of the tank remained.
“Do not approach the trajectory of the bombardment. It lasts about 20 seconds, so when the space returns to normal, it will pass.”
「I understand.」
After sharing information with the tank unit, I approached him right away.
Hellfire exploded over the huge tank while the friendly tank units moved around and attracted attention.
Aiming for that moment, the friendly towed artillery and the tank unit launched additional attacks at once, and the enemy’s tank was engulfed in high smoke.
“I couldn’t have been hurt like this. Prepare for an attack.”
As soon as I could finish my words, a bombardment flew through the smoke.
I was already avoiding the aircraft sideways, so I wanted to dodge with plenty of room.
Jeing-
Suddenly, one more gun was fired.
“Ugh!”
The shield held up and there was no major damage, but the aircraft started spinning again.
This experience has already gone beyond counting with one hand, so I quickly regained my balance by operating the lever and pedal accustomed to.
“Are you okay?”
“Oh, it’s okay.”
Chermia used to say she was fine, but looking at her complexion, she didn’t seem to like it very much.
“I think the main gun was fired one by one.”
Shane was in the midst of this, analyzing her situation in a cool way.
She made a big turn and soared high, looking out over the whole square.
The smoke was lifted, and a huge tank appeared through them.
It looked fine except for the tanned blood-red leather on the surface.
“I think some of the small guns have been neutralized.”
Chermia tapped the hologram plate she took out before she knew it.
Is it new magic?
If you look closely, you can see that the barrels of the small turrets scattered all over the place were broken, just like Zermia said.
I don’t think it worked very well.
In the meantime, allied tanks were scattered around and were being hit one by one.
Now there are only three tanks left, including the commander’s tank.
“Hellfire is ready.”
“How is the enemy’s defense level?”
“It won’t work with spreads anymore.”
“Then to the Explosion.”
Explosion has a shorter range than other modes.
You’ll have to be pretty close to get this right.
While the friendly tanks drew attention, I lowered the altitude and approached from the rear, but I guess he was still vigilant about me, so he turned the main gun and fired.
I barely evaded and hid on the roof of the nearby enemy headquarters.
“Load it here, fly and shoot, and that’s it. Oh, can you hear the commander?”
「Chijik-」
Did it happen?
As they flew up quickly, they saw friendly tanks that had been hit by the enemy commander.
All the tanks, except for the smoke-breathing command tank, turned into particles and disappeared, and the enemy was preparing to deliver a final blow to the commander.
“Shane!”
“I’m ready!”
It almost fell and rushed towards the enemy’s tank.
At the same time as he fired at the command tank, a Hellfire with condensed fire energy was fired.
Kwaang-
With a huge explosion, a huge tank was engulfed in a pillar of fire.
As he ascended, he glanced back and saw that the command tank was taking refuge in an alleyway after avoiding shelling due to a sudden acceleration.
I’m glad you’re safe.
When the tanks were hit, the friendly towed artillery and armored vehicles were also scattered.
Now, the only battle left is our one-on-one battle with the enemy commander.
When the pillar of fire disappeared, the warm, well-baked chariot stood motionless.
“Did you get rid of it?”
“Ah.”
As Shane said the forbidden word, the chariot started moving.
But the movement is a bit strange.
[[hahahahaha!! It’s pretty fun!! Let’s dance in earnest.]]
The shape of the tank began to change with the cry that resounded in the air.
The turret with the two main guns split in half and went down to the side of the caterpillars on either side.
And a hemispherical black sphere appeared in the place where the turret was.
The gun barrels on both tracks raised the angle towards where we were.
“Be careful!”
Jeing-
The two shells swept past the aircraft left and right, leaving a rippling trajectory.
When trying to climb because it was difficult to maneuver due to the trajectories extending on both sides, a beam was shot from a hemispherical sphere.
It was an attack that swept up from the bottom, aiming for a point where it was difficult to move left and right.
“Wow!”
I hurriedly turned the aircraft diagonally up.
As if the tail was slightly caught in the trajectory left by the shelling, there was a loud explosion sound and the body floated in shock.
“Erif! Come again! Share!”
“Okay!”
Cermia read and shared the enemy’s attack path without even taking a breath.
This time, a path that cuts the aircraft in half along the diagonal path we are moving.
Manipulating the lever, he quickly descended, evaded the beam attack and attempted a counterattack.
“Hellfire”
Sane prepared an attack instead of me, who was too busy to control.
The gnome’s main gun fired once again, creating a distorted space on the left and right.
Just before the beam was fired from the black hemisphere, after firing Hellfire, it quickly ascended and turned its nose to the side.
Kwaang-
“That’s right! Ouch!”
As soon as it was confirmed that the Hellfire hit the black hemisphere, the aircraft shook with a great shock.
“Captain! The tail is on fire!”
A valid hit was allowed.
He spit out abusive language and headed to the tall building opposite the alley where the commander was hiding.
[[Hey! Are you running away?]]
After sticking out his tongue slightly towards the furious enemy, he landed on the roof of the building, avoiding the flying shells.
“I need to put out the fire soon.”
“Do you know the magic of digestion?”
“No. I haven’t learned it yet.”
When we got off the helicopter and we were rolling our feet, the lower level spirits on board appeared.
“We will put out the fire.”
As the lesser fire spirits stuck together, the size of the fire became smaller, and the lesser water spirits raised water in the air to extinguish the fire.
Fortunately, there did not appear to be any major abnormalities in the body.
I glanced at the square and saw a chariot with a broken black hemisphere running around.
The guy approached and opened fire on our building.
He seemed very angry.
“Chermia, Shane. I’ll drop you off at the back, so join the commander.”
“What are you talking about, Erif?”
“If we fall out, it will be difficult to deal with alone.”
Shane and Chermia stopped me, but I had an idea.
The main characters were dropped off in a safe building in the back, and then a few lesser spirits were attached to them.
“See you later.”
I smiled at my friends and then boarded the helicopter.
It just came back to normal, but the cabin was too sluggish.
In just a few hours, I think I got used to the scenery with the main characters.
Calm down.
Now you have to make a decision with the enemy chief.
I’m not sure what’s going on with Sila, but I’m sure she’ll be fine since this place hasn’t collapsed.
It flew toward the sky covered with red clouds.
“That’s… ….”
From afar, a biplane that had not even illuminated its nose was flying slowly.
It was so slow that I thought there might be a final decision before I got here.
But at least I’m not fighting alone.
With such a foolish thought, I entered the square.
Now it was time to make a decision.