The fort that was surrounded by steep rock formations had a distinctness to it that could be likened to the one from "The Hollow Needle". The parts that were dug out of the rocks and the parts that were made out of wood were mixed together. It's as if a multistoried building had slipped in between the rocks seamlessly.
I can see a man, who's standing on top of a wooden watchtower-like scaffold, looking at us who appeared suddenly with his eyes wide open. A tough-looking door made from wood resembling oak stood in front of the fort imposingly and blocked our advance, but…
"Funn!"
…The tough-looking door was blown away easily by a straight punch from Takeru ojii.
"Couldn't we have, like, dealt with that a bit more smartly?"
"If you're a man, you charge in from the front. All other methods are heretical!"
Should I call that easy-to-understand or… Well, I was going to destroy it anyway so I guess it doesn't matter.
"E, enemy attack! Enemy attac—k!"
The lookout on the watchtower I saw earlier started ringing a bell with a wooden mallet like crazy. In response to that, men wearing black masks began pouring out from all over the fort.
Mu? Although their masks are similarly Chinese operesq, theirs have gold shadings on them. Are they the cadres of [Kurau]?
"Well, doesn't really concern me anyway."
I drew out the gunblade Brunhild, and began shooting down the men in front of me one by one. Of course, with paralysis bullets.
Takeru ojii and Ende also jumped into the midst of the masked group, and began blowing them away.
I could've taken care of them altogether by locking onto them with my smartphone, but in that case I might let someone who's not wearing a mask get away, and it also wouldn't be good training for Ende; as such, I'm sticking to the straightforward elimination approach.
"Bring out the Iron Machine Soldiers!"
N? Large magic circles formed on the ground to our sides, and two somewhat glittering Iron Machine Soldiers appeared within them. Yep, definitely made by those [Gordian] dudes.
The excessively gaudy-looking, gold-colored Iron Machine Soldier took one step out of the magic circles, before it was blown away to the rock walls behind it and smashed into pieces. Are?
When I reflexively looked towards the other Iron Machine Soldier, the only thing I saw was the figure of Takeru ojii with his fist thrusted high up towards the sky.
I followed that fist and looked upwards. Over there was the figure of the other Iron Machine Soldier, becoming smaller in the sky after being blown upwards.
And like that, it fell down after a while, scattering its parts all over the place as it crashed. Rest in peace.
"… Looking at that sure makes you lose your confidence, eh…"
Ende muttered to himself. I understand. That's what I thought every time I have a match with Moroha nee-san. The act of comparing ourselves was a mistake in the first place, though.
"Mo, monster!"
"Ru, run away!"
Futile struggles. I've already casted a [Prison] over this area, so you guys won't be able to escape. Ah, wait, since it's thin an Iron Machine Soldier might be able to break through it.
Since I can feel any breakage in the barrier instantly, though, I can just repair it right there.
"O-tto."
I turned my body to dodge the dagger strike that suddenly came at me from behind. I couldn't sense its presence until the very last moment.
When I turned around, a man wearing a pitch-black mask and holding two daggers was standing there. The others had it too, but from this man, I can perceive a far stronger stench of blood. Without a doubt, his was the presence of someone who lives on killing others.
"I suppose you're the leader of [Kurau]?"
"Exactly… The shadow that lives within the darkness of Yulong—gufuoa!?"
"Ah."
The leader, who was arrogantly saying something, ate a strike from Ende in his side and flew away with his body bent in the shape of the "
Chapter end
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