Episode 144: Strange events (4)
“leader!”
“Die, die!”
Cassel pulled the trigger without realizing it. I couldn’t help it. It was even more strange that I didn’t feel threatened by the strange creature I had never seen before, which I had encountered right in front of the contaminated area in the first place.
However, the thick metal bullets that flew out with fierce fire were all blocked by the magic shield that the enemy had wrapped around his body and bounced off.
[This attack, fired from an unknown firearm, does not contain any magical power.]
On the other hand, Lucy could only gauge her opponent’s strength by looking at this blow, which did not make a dent in the magic shield.
[Catch it.]
And Lucy, who judged the level of the dark elves, immediately ordered Raon to capture them alive.
‘The dark elf I just listened to. ‘Those who were enemies of our clan.’
Raon used the power of Titania, which absorbed all of the power of the strong heart. Once again, on the shaking ground, the automatic turrets collapsed or broke and the dark elves rolled on the ground.
At the same time, when Raon drew his sword and attacked them, the dark elves also quickly took out their weapons and fought back.
“This bastard, ah!”
“Wow.”
Raon’s sword, engulfed in magical energy as if on fire, instantly tore the two dark elves to pieces, including the equipment and weapons in their hands, and fell to the ground.
Anyway, capturing only one individual with the highest status is enough.
“You bastard!”
Enraged, Cassel rushed forward with the dark spirit helping him and drew his sword. When the swords collided, a strong shock wave erupted, and Raon’s defense shield began to be damaged by the magic waves.
‘I’m skilled, but it doesn’t seem like much.’
‘How on earth is this happening?’
And at that moment, our evaluations of each other intersected.
Raon felt that Kassel was no big deal. Because he read Cassel’s attacks with the strength of his body, which he had honed to the limit, and struck all around him with a sword so powerful that even if he knew it, he could not block it.
On the other hand, Cassel was astonished to see Raon like that.
This is because Raon’s swordsmanship was close to a state created by combining the experience he had accumulated with his extremely modified body.
“Answer me. “Who are you?”
Cassel, who was pushed to the floor, gritted his teeth and glared at Raon. He landed on the ground with his sword in hand, and after hearing those words, he attacked Cassel once again.
“Isn’t it an infectious agent? If not, how on earth!”
[Communication is prohibited at this stage. Until you subdue him and bring him back.]
Cassel frowned as if he was going crazy in frustration, but Raon did not mention his identity at all.
It was because Lucy had restricted his actions at this moment. This was to prevent them from becoming even more bothersome by torturing them after they were captured alive and receiving information from them.
“Khahahaha… … .”
In the end, Cassel and the dark elves had to fight to the death with this unknown monster. And that put a lot of pressure on me.
Even though Raon did not raise much strength for security purposes, the dark elf guards who attacked together were suppressed one by one and fell.
“Headquarters, respond. headquarters!”
It was then that one of them hurriedly contacted the headquarters. Thinking that allowing support would only make it more troublesome, Lucy had Raon’s body cast a spell, which was a spell that dispersed powerful interference waves using magical power.
Just as they were arresting members of the religious sect who communicated using walkie-talkies brought in from Earth, the same attempt was made today.
“Oh, this can’t be happening. “Communication has been lost.”
And the experiment was a success. They were on the verge of being killed without any time to contact headquarters.
“Captain, please continue like this. It will buy us some time, so we need to tell the city about this. “About this monster.”
“Tsk.”
Embarrassed, Cassel grabbed the sword in his hand. What the subordinate said was not wrong. Since communication was cut off, someone had to spread the information about this place anyway.
“You guys, take cover. “I will stop this monster!”
He gritted his teeth and stepped forward. Because of my personality, I couldn’t run away and leave my subordinates alone.
[Capture him alive. It doesn’t matter what happens to the rest.]
The problem is that Lucy also tried to capture the leader, Cassel. Lucy seemed to be able to achieve her goal as she secretly took a member back and rushed at her with a spirit that was almost like a scream.
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‘Is it a dream?’
In a scene full of gunshots and screams, Cassel could not understand the sight of his men being brutally cut to pieces one by one.
That’s how strong the opponent was. With a single sword strike, the entire protective equipment was torn into pieces, and even when a gun was fired and a grenade was thrown, the magic shield was not even scratched by a minor bullet.
Raon’s specs, who have leveled up and received Lucy’s modifications, are the strongest among the entire Demon King’s army.
It was not impossible to annihilate a single dark elf guard.
[96% chance of capture.]
Lucy was confident of victory and approached Cassel step by step.
“Go ahead. “We’ll take care of this!”
It was then that some of the dark elf guards who had left the scene just before heard the noise and rushed to the scene. They gritted their teeth and attacked Raon. They cornered Raon by firing artillery shells from portable equipment.
[Magic power is mixed. There is damage to the shield.]
Lucy, who realized that the power they had was different from the previous bullet, had no choice but to pull back for Raon.
[Target escapes. Pursuit and annihilation are possible with a 12% probability.]
Cassel, who overcame the darkness with the help of the dark spirit, ended up running away, leaving his men behind.
[Modify the plan. There doesn’t seem to be a big difference.]
“Ugh?! “aaah!”
“Kill, kill! “Kill me!”
At the same time, Lucy failed to capture the leader, Cassel, and instead forced the lives of those who tried to sacrifice themselves instead of injuring them.
“But I missed it. “Our identity will be known to them.”
[I supervise.]
Raon clicked his tongue at the sight of Cassel running away without a trace, but Lucy didn’t care. It may have already happened anyway, but the other person doesn’t know about themselves anyway.
On the other hand, since he had taken prisoners like this, it was possible to find out more about his opponent.
* * *
“You’re being interrogated now?”
[That’s right. Although they are only low-ranking soldiers, they still know everything we need to know.]
Lucy made a quick decision and began to dig up information without difficulty. When I returned home late at night, instead of sleeping, I heard a report from Lucy.
Honestly, I was curious too. I wondered who on earth they were. There seemed to be a lot of things that were a bit unusual for an ordinary human civilization.
[Those cooperating with the dark elf survivors were also hit by human forces. They introduced themselves as employees of Cartus Corporation and said they first came here ten years ago.]
“Nonsense. Are you from space? Science fiction?”
And the results were shocking. I thought it must have come from another world, but I was more familiar with the portal, and right away Lucy used it to enter that world.
But they weren’t. They said they came down from the sky on a huge ship.
“Well, so. What’s the purpose? exploitation?”
[The company they belong to, Cartus, is said to be a company that specializes in exploration and resource extraction. The reason we came here is to obtain resources, and cooperating with the local dark elves is also for resources.]
“It’s a company.”
I scratched my head after hearing Lucy’s report.
Of course, those flying through space are not just one company, but I guess we should be glad that they are not a huge force.
The dark elves that Lucy had taken prisoner did not know which Carthus company they belonged to, but in any case, they seemed to be a little less than my imagination, which vaguely reminded me of huge ships crossing the universe and transcendent technological power.
[This is a new type of human civilization, so its power cannot be predicted.]
“So do i. “After all, imagination is just imagination.”
[The name of the city we observed was Bern, a city where dark elves and humans who develop mines live together. The reason the city was built near the border was also because of those mines.]
Lucy continued her interrogation. They were literally ready to extract every detail from those they had captured.
Their weapons, equipment, numbers, etc.
[When comparing the firepower and numbers they have. It doesn’t look like our troops will be pushed back.]
And at the same time, he calculated the odds of winning compared to himself.
As if it were natural, as soon as they calculated that it would be smaller than themselves, they started thinking about eating it.
It was so aggressive that even I found it a bit overwhelming. If we continue like this, what kind of enemies will we encounter in the future?
“You need to think a little more carefully. They have a civilization that cannot be compared to that of Earth. “Isn’t it difficult to make new enemies when everything has not been sorted out yet?”
[That’s right. Because we haven’t properly finished off the infectious agents yet.]
I comforted Lucy. There was no reason to expand the front lines by already fighting a new enemy. It will not be too late to fight after making the entire vast area of contaminated land our land.
“From what I heard, it seems like they were trying to fly a drone to investigate anomalies in the contaminated area observed in the photos taken from the sky, but seeing that most of the filming took place at night, they could probably hide it if they did their best. “The technology used by the Fallen World Tree can now be used by you too.”
[Covering the sky with clouds, let’s try it.]
First of all, their ability to acquire information one-sidedly was blocked.
Lucy utilized the power to manipulate the surrounding atmosphere with magical power, one of the abilities she acquired by eating the fallen World Tree, and brought in thick dark clouds to cover the sky at night when photosynthesis was not possible.
Of course, it was only a temporary measure. Since our identity is already known to the enemy, we don’t know what will happen. Before that, we had to clear out the remaining infections as quickly as possible and turn that land into a complete friendly nest.
[The enemy is approaching the border with a large army.]
But in the end, buying time quietly is our own idea. Unless the other person also thinks the same way, it is bound to become noisy.
The next morning, Lucy showed me the screen and showed me that a sizeable number of enemies were rushing towards the border where the automatic turret was.
“I think they know too. “If things continue like this, there will be no answer, so they must be trying to obtain information somehow.”
I felt like I knew their intentions. The goal is to relieve the frustration caused by lack of information.
In fact, they, consisting of many dark elves and a few humans, took out their equipment.
These were all unique pieces of equipment that could be deployed inside contaminated areas occupied by infectious agents to examine the inside, and I was not sure of their effectiveness or use.