Episode 147: Strange events (7)
“I reported it to headquarters, but of course you know that it takes time. “We’re not that relaxed.”
“Now is not the time to say things like that, Commander. “Infectious agents evolved in contaminated areas!?”
“That’s not it, if it can’t be done, it can’t be done. Troops, supplies. Did rainwater fall from the sky because of those things urging and squeezing?”
The person on the other side of the screen frowned as if he couldn’t understand Lloyd. In a way, Lloyd was speechless at those realistic words and kept his mouth shut. It’s not that the higher-ups didn’t want to give support, but it was a situation where they couldn’t give it.
“First of all, we will provide supplies such as ammunition and firearms as soon as possible. Notify the headquarters as well. But it’s better not to expect too much. “It is said that there are quite a few useful mines, but there is no way that headquarters, a money demon, would spend more money than necessary on a remote planet like this.”
“I understand for now.”
Lloyd clicked his tongue and cut off communication. I guess I should be glad that we were able to get at least a little bit of support. We haven’t received military support to mobilize ships to bomb the inside of the contaminated area, but if we can hold out anyway, that’s enough for now.
“What happened, Warden?”
“The answer is that proper support is impossible. It’s worth it. “There is no reason for the headquarters to spend a lot of money to clean up this place.”
Immediately after ending the communication, Lloyd shook his head and complained at his subordinate’s words.
“Don’t worry too much. “But we’re not completely without support, so that should be enough to stop them.”
His subordinates tried to reassure him. It was not without foundation. Although it was a short conflict, they had already proven that their weapons were effective against the black-shelled monsters and the Demon Lord’s army.
No matter how strong it is, it is difficult for a body made of bones and flesh to handle the firepower of a firearm as it is ultimately a single living thing.
The only variable was that the unique entity mixed in was magic, a special power they called ether, but with the help of the dark elves, they were able to neutralize even that by using ether weapons.
“You’re not wrong, but I don’t understand why I have to live with such monsters right next to me.”
Lloyd sighed and left the room. The city that spreads out in front of you is still peaceful despite the emergency decree. A very quiet rural city. Even the majority of the residents are dark elves, a different race.
But Lloyd was already familiar with this kind of scenery and wanted to protect it. He looked completely different from when he was first assigned and was angry that he had been demoted.
‘For us, it’s okay to just shake our hands and leave, but what about them?’
He looked at the city’s residents with a dark face.
When they first arrived on this land. The dark elves who had fled to the western edge of the continent were dying from the power of the corrupted World Tree, which continued to expand its territory little by little, and from the attacks of rampaging infectious agents.
After many twists and turns, they worked together to get this far, and unlike the Cartus headquarters, which only cares about money, they had a greater desire to protect this place.
‘okay. Just fight. It won’t be a big deal. Infected entities, they are nothing more than beasts.’
He worked hard to control his mind. He misunderstood the Demon King’s army as a type of infection and thought he could fight well even without ship support. In any case, the infected were ultimately a group of beasts or monsters that just attacked without reason.
They decided that if they used their superior intelligence, there would be no problem even if they were infected entities that had overcome the light of the sun.
“… … uh?”
However, Lloyd’s thoughts were ultimately just a fragmented and narrow view resulting from a lack of data.
Unable to understand that the being who rules and commands the Demon King’s army is a higher being that cannot be compared to the giant caterpillars that lived on the World Tree, he freezes when he sees a huge group flying towards this place from the distant sky at sunset. .
It was such an overwhelming and unpredictable sight that thoughts stopped momentarily.
“So, so, warden! In the sky, unidentified black battleships!”
It wasn’t a mistake. As he was rubbing his eyes in a daze, an employee who hurried over showed him the enlarged video.
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“I can fight too!”
“Carl, it is true that you learn quickly, but you are still young.”
At that time, Lloyd was arguing with the command center for support.
In cities where emergency orders were issued, residents were responding accordingly. Meanwhile, Cassel chuckled at the sight of the young human boy holding onto his trouser legs.
“You have a lot of time. “Just evacuate with others today.”
Cassel glanced at the sword the boy was holding and pointed to the shelter where other civilians were taking refuge.
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The boy’s name is Karl. The child of a Cartus company employee, but became an orphan in an instant when the employee died in an accident.
Cassel recognized the talent of such a human child, awakened the magic that was sleeping inside him, and became his teacher. Although he clearly has outstanding talent, it is also true that he is still immature.
“Go quickly.”
“… … .”
He spoke sternly, and in the end, Carol had to turn around and head toward the shelter. From Carol’s point of view, he wanted to take revenge on the monsters who harmed the dark elf guards he knew, but he did not give him the chance.
“Unbelievable. sky! “It’s heaven!”
And that moment. Those in the city also noticed something strange and looked up into the distant sky.
‘How crazy is that?’
Cassel’s eyes widened and he froze. Something huge began to rapidly approach this place and lower its altitude, and it had an elongated body and a similar appearance to the ship that the Carthus humans came on board.
“Ugh, wow!!”
But they were not ships. It was a single creature with a hard carapace and huge tentacles fluttering around.
This ‘fleet’, consisting of one particularly large creature and five medium-sized creatures, took the bombardment directed at them and at the same time began bombarding the ground.
“All right, Captain!”
“Hurry and avoid! hurry!”
Cassel, who was mesmerized by the sight of the city defense ether beam cannon crossing the air crashing into the enemy’s bodies and blocking it with a huge magic shield, shouted at Carol.
Explosions and screams were heard throughout the city where enemy artillery fire fell, and buildings began to collapse or burn.
“Hey, this is ridiculous. A ship? That can’t be possible. “Hurry and shoot it down!”
Lloyd, who was watching this scene from the headquarters building, scolded the employees.
Obviously, its size is smaller than that of a real ship. The largest island, Alpha, is less than 1km long. But that didn’t matter.
For Lloyd and others, the mere fact that a monster resembling a ship had appeared was a huge shock.
“Unbelievable.”
But it didn’t end there. That unidentified alien fleet, which went beyond their common sense, operated the fleet and conducted battles in a completely different way than they did.
“These monsters.”
Cassel, who was evacuating the residents in the city and giving orders to his subordinates, widened his eyes when he saw the things fired from Island Alpha, which opened its huge muzzle, flooding into the city.
They were shot out like wedges and stuck into buildings or the ground, and the things inside the thin, hardened membrane were monsters with black shells.
What happened to fall in front of him was an Orc Beta.
As soon as he saw himself, he saw the Orc Beta running towards him with flashing eyes inside his flat helmet. He quickly pulled out his gun, aimed, and shot.
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[Enemies respond. Expected win rate 66%.]
In an instant, a city was devastated. Those who first encountered the small-scale raids and melees that Lucy enjoyed always did not respond well.
“I never imagined that dark elves were living together with humans. Was this possible because there was an enemy called an infectious agent?”
Lastly, Raon, who remained in Island Alpha, opened his mouth as he watched the large number of troops deployed, destroying the city.
As Lucy expected, they had no idea that the Demon King’s army would attack in this way.
[You can’t let down your guard. We don’t yet know how much potential they have. So we need human prisoners. Preferably at the level of an official with high authority.]
“Is it that much?”
Raon did not understand Lucy’s serious and cautious attitude that created this overwhelming scene. This is because he, who lived his entire life as an elf in the forest, could not have guessed the level of technology required to advance into space and create colonies on other planets.
“Anyway, I figured it out. Human prisoners. “That tall building in the distance looks like where the lord of this place lives.”
Raon pointed with his hand to the management headquarters building in front of him. This was where Lloyd and others were.
[Shoot out and catch them before any unexpected support arrives.]
Lucy ordered Raon to catch them.
In addition to the propulsion created by his strong heart, he attached nano-wings to his back that evolved into huge wings that allowed him to glide across the sky, so he floated his body across the sky.
[Inflict as much damage as possible.]
Lucy was focused elsewhere in the meantime. For example, killing dark elf warriors with outstanding fighting skills and destroying all of the city’s internal defense facilities.
Lucy also decided that it was impossible to slaughter everyone and chose the most efficient course of action.
[Dark Elf Guard Commander, Kassel discovered.]
It was at that time that, after receiving information from prisoners, they discovered Kassel, who had not been captured even in the previous conflict in which flying squads were mobilized.
Lucy, who absolutely wanted to catch Cassel, dispatched an individual with the highest output next to Raon, a special species, in this battle.
Harpy Gamma, who was quickly crossing the sky, rushed towards Cassel and swung his claws at him.
[More data.]
When Lucy saw Cassel blocking the attack by swinging a sword overflowing with blue magic, she attacked him repeatedly.
Although there was ample data about elves, there was little information about the dark elves who drove those elves out. Lucy, wondering if there was any way to make herself stronger, followed her instinct and planned to steal all the data.
[It is said to be a good warrior, but it appears to be at the level of a slightly superior elf warrior.]
Lucy crossed her wings to block his sword and scratched his body with a powerful roundhouse kick, making him bleed. Since she had already fought the elves, she did not think highly of Cassel, who fell to the ground. If anything, I was more wary of the human bombardment that condensed and fired powerful energy.
[human?]
But the moment Harpy/Gamma was about to take his life.
Someone else ran behind them with a sword.