◈ 224. [STAGE 9] No Option
Reina, commander of the magic corps.
And 4 members of the direct control unit. Codenames Fox, Rabbit, Kitty, Piggy.
Of these, Fox and Rabbit were elites who had been assisting Reina for a long time, but Kitty and Piggy were new recruits assigned to Reina’s party from this crossroad dispatch.
Of course, even if you’re a newcomer, you’re in the magic corps.
Like a magic wand wielded according to the needs of the imperial family, it has killed people on a large scale without blinking an eye.
Because it is a public service.
Because it is an order given to them by the state.
That’s why there was no emotional shake even after installing a human sacrifice magic circle that could annihilate tens of thousands of citizens here at once.
“… … Eh?”
“… … omg!”
But now, Kitty and Piggy are embarrassed and spit out weird noises.
The work site was discovered by civilians.
Demian, a sniper on the frontline here, and a red-haired young man with crutches who are lame on one leg.
Kitty and Piggy confirmed the two and quickly exchanged glances.
‘The evacuation is complete?! Shouldn’t there be no one in the city?’
‘What do you know, it always happens during the operation anyway!’
Contingencies always happen.
And to the opponent who witnessed this kind of work, there is only one response.
‘Murder and extinction!’
Kill him and shut his mouth.
Dig-!
Kitty and Piggy fired their magic at the same time as if they had promised.
Naturally, the target was Damian.
He knew that Damian was an excellent sniper.
It makes sense to leave that redhead with uncomfortable legs and deal with the more dangerous Damian first.
“Sorry, Mr. Sniper!”
“I have no personal feelings-!”
The magic shot by the two wizards rushed at Damian.
Damian keeps his round eyes open until the end. It was just spitting out the same sound.
***
“If Your Highness cannot judge correctly… … I have no choice but to decide at my own discretion.”
Reina said that in front of me and put her finger on the switch in her hand.
“… … .”
My mouth came dry.
correct judgment? to make an accurate judgment?
Does that accurate judgment mean killing the Crossroads to protect the world?
“It takes about an hour from preparing the magic to activating it. If you’re going to hit this switch, you have to hit it now.”
“… … .”
“Do you find it difficult to make an accurate judgment, Your Highness? then.”
Reina’s fingers tightened.
I screamed involuntarily.
“Raina, wait-”
But Reina didn’t press the switch. instead.
swish
threw that switch at me
“… … ?”
Reluctantly accepting the switch, I looked at Reina with a bewildered face. what?
Reina smiled bitterly.
“Then, please act even if you force it, Your Highness.”
“what?”
“As a soldier, what I need is cool judgment. But, as the leader, what your Highness needs is the will to carry out your will.”
“… … .”
“Even if the road in front of Your Highness is a narrow and steep cliff, even if everyone dissuades you that it is impossible to cross, it is Your Highness’ duty to establish a road and lead people there.”
Although I couldn’t understand this old wizard well.
“majesty. What would you like to do, Your Highness?”
I know what you want to say.
slap!
I threw the switch out of Jormungandr’s body.
The switch flew away and fell to the ground and shattered.
“This is my conclusion. Sir Rayna.”
“… … .”
“Continue the operation. Neither the Crossroads nor the world give up. It protects both.”
I chewed it up and spit it out.
“From the beginning, this was my only path.”
From the moment I came to this world, the road ahead of me was a single road.
No other options exist.
“thank you. majesty. Thanks to you, the delusion in my head is gone.”
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Reina clasped and opened her empty hand, then smiled and nodded at me.
“Then, let’s quickly squeeze out the rest of our strength and go smash that last nerve center!”
I nodded and turned to the nerve center and started walking. I asked Reina, who caught up behind me.
“Why did you do this, Sir Reina?”
If Reina had made up her mind, she could safely activate the Shutdown Protocol and defeat Jormungand.
Or even if I decided not to activate it, there was no need to inform me of the existence of this magic.
It didn’t matter if it continued to be kept a secret.
But Reina informed me of the existence of magic, handed over the decision to me, and left me to dispose of it.
Thanks, but why?
“… … well. Maybe I’m too old.”
Reina answered vaguely.
“Burning innocent people… … They must be tired of heating the empire with that firepower.”
Reina’s gaze was on Junior, who was lying down and resting next to the nerve center.
Junior, who slept with his head cut on Evangeline’s lap, was wheezing with a pale face.
Reina looked down at the young wizard, expressionless, at the mistakes of her past.
“I want to prove that the Empire can be defended in other ways as well.”
“… … .”
“Go away, Your Highness. There is no time. Rest is a luxury now.”
Rayna was right 100 times.
Tsukakak-!
The last 10% of the part destruction gauge.
The nerve center that received the hardening buff was bouncing off all the drill blades.
The punishment squad was shouting and screaming, and Kelly Bay was right beside him fixing the drill with bloody hands.
“Lucas, Evangeline, join the scene.”
As if they had been waiting, Lucas and Evangeline stood up.
Reina smirked as she lifted Junior, who was struggling to blink.
“Now, wake up, daughter Jupiter. Those head horns were in charge of us from the start, right? We have to do one last thing our mage team did.”
“… … Now, you can’t tell me to use [Dismantle Element] one more time, right? Then I die… … ?”
“Don’t die, don’t die.”
Holding onto Junior’s shoulders, Reina muttered as if she had promised herself.
“Never, I will never let you die.”
***
Crossroads Central Square.
Kitty and Piggy were overpowered.
With clear fist marks left on his cheeks and chin, a rope was wrapped around his body. kneeling on the floor
“Where do you cast magic on your friend, magic!”
Standing in front of him, Kureha was admonishing.
“If you try to shoot and kill each other like that, will that work?”
“… … .”
“All right? no? answer?”
“Oh no… … .”
“I was wrong… … .”
Looking at this scene from the side, Damian was breaking out in a cold sweat. Kureha nodded and continued.
“All of them are talking like my younger siblings. You should get along well with your friends. yes?”
“… … .”
“… … .”
As the two mages fell silent, Kureha raised her fist.
“yes?!”
“Yes, yes!”
“Amicably! Because we are friends!”
“good. Come on, apologize to each other and reconcile.”
“Mi-sorry, Mr. Sniper!”
“Sorry for blowing the magic!”
The two wizards bowed their heads and apologized.
‘I didn’t see that… … .’
Damian looked at Kureha with cloudy eyes.
This guy seemed fine at least. He was, unsurprisingly, an idiot like everyone else in the city… … .
“It’s heartbreaking to see these kids unleashing dangerous attacks. They all look like my little brother.”
“Speaking of Kureha-san’s younger brother… … The bandit king, Mr. Kuilan… … ?”
“huh. A cute little boy like you.”
No, your younger brother is 2m tall and has the same amount of muscle… … .
‘Does he look cute because he’s his little brother… … ?’
Damian, who was breaking out in a cold sweat, suddenly saw Kureha’s right arm.
His parched fingers were twitching.
A little while ago, the moment when the two wizards shot Damian with their magic.
Kureha intervened, and with only her right fist, she destroyed the two magics and struck the two magicians in the jaws in an instant to subdue them.
right after that.
shit. damn
The incontinence spread on Kureha’s right arm like an old rock, and the flesh and muscles crumbled like dust.
When the dust fell, only his withered right arm was left inside. Like his bony left leg.
“… … ah. are you okay. don’t mind.”
Sensing Damian’s gaze, Kureha calmly lowered her sleeve to cover her right arm.
“I was ‘cursed’. this body.”
“curse… … yo. this?”
“If you use force, parts of your body become mummified one by one. What kind of trivial curse is that?”
It wasn’t trivial at all, but Kureha smiled and raised her index finger to her lips.
“What I worked hard for today is a secret from others. I get scolded by my brother.”
“… … .”
“By the way, I guess I’ll have to ask what these wizard friends were trying to do here.”
When Kureha looked back with her eyes shining fiercely, the two wizards were startled.
“Well, we were just preparing for the one thing in a million… … !”
“I was only moving for the sake of the well-being of the empire and the imperial family!”
Damian frowned.
“It’s a one-in-a-kind situation?”
“If the raiders who are out now can’t stop Jormungand… … !”
“So I rode the teleport gate back and was preparing Plan B… … Two, two people blocked it! There is no plan B anymore!”
It was then.
coo cooo… … .
The ground began to rumble faintly.
Damian and Kureha shook their shoulders, and Kitty and Piggy started jumping from their seats.
“Wow, Jormungandr is here!”
“It makes the ground shake! It looks like you came very close?!”
“What if the operation fails?! What if the operation fails!”
“We’re all ignorant-!”
Damian turned to Kureha, ignoring the loud chatter of Kitty and Piggy.
“Go over the wall. I need to check the situation.”
***
As the four of them went to the top of the wall, they saw soldiers forming the final line of deterrence.
Cannons, ballistas, and various artifacts were loaded and ready to be fired.
However, the soldiers’ faces were not bright.
It was because he already knew that none of this would do much damage to that huge monster that was approaching from afar.
coo cooo… … !
A huge snake was advancing from the end of the southern plain. There was dust and a roar in all directions.
“Go, get closer… … .”
Unknowingly, Damian murmured. Kitty and Piggy hugged each other and screamed.
“Look at that! That giant snake still won’t stop! After all, they needed our magic!”
“Now it’s over, it’s over! We are all dead!”
Kureha raised her fist to the two who were chattering loudly. The two wizards immediately shut up.
“Damian!”
At that time, Lily hurriedly brought her wheelchair from the artifact launch pad.
“Do you know how much the saintess has been looking for you? What are you doing here!”
“Lily.”
Damian looked at Lily with a hard face.
“… … Please bring me my gun.”
“what?”
“With [the Black Queen], I can stop that snake!”
Lily stuttered in embarrassment.
“His Highness the Prince and the raid members are still carrying out the operation. enough to stop When we get in range, we’ll fire our cannons too… … .”
“You know that’s not enough, Lily!”
“… … .”
“If I get a gun, it will be enough insurance. You know my skills!”
“… … .”
“Lily!”
If you give the [Black Queen] to Damian, you can shoot it at your allies.
In the worst case, you can destroy the walls alone.
That’s why even though I was ordered never to give it back.
Ku-goo-goo-!
The intimidation of the gigantic Jormungandr that came right in front of them was greater than the threat to their allies.
Lily shouted at the alchemist team.
“Bring Damien’s horse gun! right now!”
and-
The black magic gun with a jet black aura was delivered in front of Damian.
“… … .”
Damian slowly stretched out his hands toward the [Black Queen].
