A trap must hide its dangers until it falls. It is only after the trap has caught its prey that it reveals its cruel beast.
Because of that, Sikhlund's trap had several needs.
The lighting that fills the control room is the best trap for trapping the vampire's ancestors, but it has no physical power in itself. After all, it is the weakest and most sparse net in the world. Tyr is not the only one in our group, so if any of them respond, we will tear it apart in an instant.
So, Sikhlund prepared two things to completely subdue us.
One is a thousand Aimeders. An artificial angel who protects the military. The incarnation of light that becomes most powerful under colorful lighting.
Another was the troops that were hidden throughout the labor camp.
The fact that it is a trap should not be discovered. So we can't leave our troops outside. If you think of the smelter as the middle of an enemy camp where you never know where your troops will come from, it will be difficult to fall into a trap.
So Sikhlund hid the elite troops inside the smelter, where the laborers were locked up. He was easy to hide. All I need to do is lose my strength and pretend to be a laborer.
The operation was successful. The trap was activated, and they ran straight away. It was a very difficult time for us.
However, they were in trouble now as much as we were in the trap.
“Did the annihilation sequence work?! This wasn't in my plan… !”
If left as it is, the entire smelter will evaporate.
But now is the only chance to defeat the enemy.
If you let the smelter evaporate, you will fail to achieve the strategic goal, but if you go to stop the annihilation device, you will have no power to face this side.
The military dilemma.
Are you aiming for a tactical victory or achieving a strategic goal?
When those who have to choose between the two are confused.
As if to add confusion to them, Historia stood in front of them with a determined determination. The soldiers' feet stopped.
“Director of Historia… !”
A murmur spread from the midst of the troops as the Six Walls blocked the narrow passage.
Those troops were sent directly from the headquarters. It is common sense to dress up as the daughter of the military and the generals' idol Historia.
However, the agitation was short-lived, and they were also elite. They quickly formed their ranks and faced Historia.
The commander who was leading the troops, Captain Toruk, clenched his fists and stepped forward.
“is it. Historia Director. I didn't know you would betray the military.”
“… Step away. I don't want to get hurt.”
“Aiming for a smelter? From treason to terrorism. Rancart and you both are desperate to go to Tantalus. Are you sane?”
“It was meant to reduce combat. If the smelter had not been attacked, there would have been an all-out war. then.”
“Did you believe we would lose? The army of the military state!”
Historia shut her mouth. Enraged, Captain Toruk took a few deep breaths to calm his mind.
“To protest, to desertion, to treason. An immediate decision should be taken, but the current situation is urgent. I will make a suggestion to you.”
Captain Toruk raised his chin upright, as if they had an overwhelming advantage, and suggested.
“Surrender immediately and subdue the enemy of the military. If so, I'll spare my life. Not only your life, but also the lives of those you want to save.”
To choose the most efficient method at the most fatal timing. Should it be called the military?
Now the returner is tied to Eymeder. In the pouring light, Tyr's strength weakens and his range of activity is greatly reduced. At this moment, if Historia sticks to the other side, the situation will turn sharply.
But it's not hard. Could Historia betray us? .
“Is that the captain’s arbitrariness or the command’s judgment?”
hey. history. Why are you worried? Why are you asking?
“It is the command’s decision. I'm against it, but I'll follow the command's orders. Because I am a soldier of the military.”
“… .”
Historia slowly looked away and turned to Shiati. A cold calculation was contained in his gaze.
No, isn't it? Aren't you worried about betrayal in such a short time?
“Don’t gossip! I will die if I surrender!”
Shiati's cry was ferocious, but it had no power. And it was completely contrary to my opinion. I will surrender to death. Because life is precious even if you roll in dog poop.
Oh, of course not now. It's not dangerous enough to die. If Historia is attached to it, it becomes a bit dangerous, but… .
“Leah.”
“day off. worry… .”
“Are you going to take our bodies with you this time?”
A single word was enough to turn the spirit back there.
Historia trembled heavily, as if she had been electrocuted by lightning. Whether languid or sharp, of different kinds, her eyes, which had always sunk, widened. Her tightly clenched hand trembles painfully.
“You, uh… .”
military taboo. Historia's Nightmare. Hameln's case was significant. At least it left an indelible mark on those who witnessed it.
“You can't solve anything just by getting it out of the river. Historia, it was the mind, not the body, that sank at the bottom of the river.”
And one of them has now become the sixth general, and has become a person who shakes the fortunes of the military. The deaths of those children only changed me and Historia a little, but in the end they changed the military.
Will the dead children be satisfied with that? I don't know.
“… Stay out of the way. Don't leave me alone when I die.”
“Then, good luck.”
Historia, who looked at me with terrifying eyes or eyes full of fear, quickly avoided my gaze. In the end, the driven Historia took a step forward. Rather than she was charging towards the enemy, it felt like she was running away from me and Shiati.
'Chi. Things have become difficult.'
Captain Toruk, who sighed inwardly, spoke to Historia one last time.
“How can a person like you make a foolish choice, swept away by trivial feelings. Is he confident that he will not regret your choice?”
It's not a choice. The world does not call the path that one has no choice but to choose after being driven.
Just because it's strong doesn't mean it's hard to be sensitive. Historia was so strong that she felt lonely. The world seemed like a handful of clay. In a daily life that seemed to be crushed even if held too tightly, I had to live by controlling my strength every moment. She wanted her friends to get close to her.
But no one listened to her wishes. The girl didn't know at the time that in order to get close to her, she had to approach her first.
“… As long as you have regrets, you have no regrets for new ones.”
Now all that's left is an all-out war. Captain Toruk realized that.
However, he did not tremble in fear even in the face of the military supremacy in front of him. It was because he was a soldier, but he had no reason to fear.
'The plan has gone awry, but this is an assumption. The sijo was incapacitated. When Cheon Tong cuts the boy, and Young Kwe binds the Musketeer. The rest can be easily overcome. If you subdue them, both the founder and the Musketeers will surrender.'
“In a situation where the counterweight is more tilted, there is no need to even negotiate. Just this was your last chance. I'm sorry, Major Historia. Everyone, attack… !.”
“Hey there, generals. You seem to be misunderstanding something.”
There was the sound of something collapsing.
The sound wasn't that loud. It was enough to stand out a little in the noise-filled control room. But the visual effect was awesome.
The light is tilting in one direction.
The color shown at sunset was being reproduced indoors. Gradually, the obliquely slanting colors became dark as if night had come.
“What… !”
“It’s true that the balance weight is tilted, but it didn’t lean that way, right?”
Even if I was confused about what annihilation devices were, I read that the type of trap in Sikhlund's mind was light. And that there is going to be a stomach ache.
Then there is no reason not to be prepared. You just need to turn off the lights.
The principle of lighting is simple. When alchemy steel is cut thinly and made hot, light comes out of it. Most officers didn't know how to use combat alchemy, so it would have been easy to produce lights in the Alchemy Steel smelter.
But if you say that's enough, it's not.
“It was a terrific number to rush the lights. But whatever it is, what if you put it on a barbed wire in an emergency?”
Shortly after I finished speaking, Aji ran from my left side of my sight to my right side.
Behind them, Regressor and Eimeder are fighting fiercely, and on this side, Historia is confronting many humans in front of them. But, as if it had nothing to do with her self, Aji walked with her carefree movements as if for a walk. Humans were speechless for a moment at the absurd sight.
“Hey, tea! Woah, tea!”
Dozens of barbed wire were stuck in Aji's mouth as he walked.
“What if a dog on the street bites me?”
squeaky.
Only one dog is breaking the barbed wire. The size of the barbed wire that Aji was pulling was absurd compared to the size of Aji. It was an absurd sight, as if a fish was swimming with a whole net.
With every step, the building rattles, and the lights hanging from the barbed wire explode. Aji shrieked nervously every time the taut barbed wire caught his foot. The torn barbed wire swayed wildly and the lights dropped to the floor. Lights from all directions exploded.
Behind him, a princess with a tool in her hand followed with a trot of black soot.
As she was walking, the princess, startled by the troops, stood tall. Then the time that had stopped passed again. Captain Tor Luke looked at Aji and the princess alternately, then held out his long sword towards Aji who had bitten his barbed wire.
“Stop that right now!”
Captain Toruk exclaimed. Generals and officers, including him, took the lead and charged toward Historia.
Since they knew the subject in the first place, they did not think that they would defeat Historia with their own power. Instead, they rushed in, planning to break through the narrow gap between Historia and the entrance.
But they did not know my fountain. Because they thought that they would be able to break through Historia without problems.
“Uh-huh!”
“Suck!”
“Great!”
It was just one breath. Historia stepped on the wall, ceiling, and floor in order. Rather than stepping lightly, it resembled a rubber ball bouncing wildly and hitting her in all directions.
When Historia, who had left her mark on the walls and ceiling with explosive qi, fell to the floor again, there was not a single general standing on her two feet in front of her. The officers who jumped in were hit by something one by one and slumped to the ground.
The general, who had been kicked in the chest and rounded, sharpened his teeth.
“damn… ! I don't have time… !”
“Don’t say nonsense! Tie the two of you together!”
The lights go off every time Aji puts her claws into the ground and walks. The more you do that, the darker it gets inside the control room. No, before we knew it, the night had already faded as if it were wet.
For that, I gave an additional 10% of my stake. The time has come to think about defaulting because of you.
“Cheontong is over there, all we have to do is join forces and fight!”
It's the same with us.
As the light gradually disappeared, Aimeder stood out more in the control room. Eimeder, who had been pushing the regressors with no leeway, became clearer as it got darker.
ruler. The twinkling light moves dazzlingly. And here are some animals that delight in seeing such toys.
“Nyaan!”
An unbearable butterfly jumped over Aimeder.
It was a secret and powerful surprise. It was even more lethal in that it came from pure curiosity and hunting instinct, not hostility.
The butterfly's front paw pressed down on Eymeder. If he had rather scratched it with his claws, Eimeder, who was made of light, would not have suffered much damage. But the butterfly's goal was to catch the halo, and because of its romantic action, the halo was scattered for a moment.
Thanks to the butterfly, the returner was given a moment to catch his breath.
“Okay, if this is… !”
The returner pulled out Jizan. After grabbing her round and round, the regressor lifted her jizzan over her shoulder and tossed it. Toward the light on the other side of Aji, who hasn't fallen yet.
The barbed wire hanging over the solid concrete wall is no different than a spider's web in front of Jizan's weight. Jizan struck the barbed wire, and the walls of stone and steel swayed like waves. Stones and pieces of steel fell like rain, and many of the lights were broken or broken by the impact.
Before the returner retrieved Jizan, Aimeder, who had thrown away the butterfly, aimed at the gap and pierced the blade of light.
[It ran well. Yes, it's a trap using light. It was the discomfort I had been experiencing for a long time.]
A ray of light was sucked into the darkness. The movement, which was like a beam of light, was noticeably slower. The light had disappeared, and the remaining darkness took on a shape and grabbed the angel's blade.
When it gets dark outside, the vampire opens its eyes. Tyr, having regained her senses again, stood in front of Eymeder. Tyr tilted his head as he saw Ai Meder, who had become much faster and more powerful than before.
[However, it is a strange thing. Even the Holy Angel of Seonghwangcheong cannot be revived so easily. What the hell did you sacrifice?]
Aimeder did not answer. Instead, he stretched out his arm.
The light emanating from the light was sucked into Aimeder's body. The shape blurred by the attack of the butterfly was reconstructed in an instant. Tyr muttered calmly as he looked at Aimeder's appearance, which had become completely normal in an instant.
[Even not answering is the same. okay. Now, I won't ask any more.]
“Annihilation.”
“Tyr has been released, and Aji and Nabi are doing their part. Come on, fellow soldiers. Are you getting out of your mind now? Now this is no longer a trap. It is the grave where you will be buried.”
Already this is much more advantageous. Even if Yeong-gwe, who is looking for an opportunity, participates in the war. The tilted weights have now reached the point of rolling on their own.
If you are a commander, you must be deeply aware of that fact. Although he will not show weakness in front of his enemies.
“But do you think we can give in?”
“no! No need to succumb! Instead, we can all be winners! Let me make an offer for you!”
I shouted, raising my hand and pointing to his back.
“If you turn right now and save the laborers who are still dying! On a humanitarian level, we will help you!”