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Vol 5 Chapter 3 Part 4
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Part 4
“Well then──Operation Roll, Roll, Crash will commence!”
At Lexia’s signal, Luna, Tito, and Selene jumped out of cover.
As they scattered, they ran through the rubble, aiming for the machine soldier.
“Oh, there you are, you rats.”
Swing, swing! Zugagagaga!
A beam of light pours out of the machine soldier’s fingertips, aimed at the three of them.
Luna and the others barely manage to dodge the barrage.
“Hoh, you’re quite fast! But how long can you keep it up?”
Luna slips behind the debris for a moment and bites her lip.
“Crap, it’s no good even if we spread out like this…!”
“Ugh, if only we could stop that ray──Fierce Claw!”
“Fire Slash!”
Tito sends a vacuum wave from another location toward the finger that is firing the beam, and Selene also releases a burst of flames.
However, they are unable to even scratch the stone armor.
“N-not good, we can’t even do any damage!”
“I can’t believe we can’t even take down a finger…!”
“Even Luna and the others are struggling… how annoying…”
Lexia, who had been watching from the machine soldier’s blind spot, suddenly reached into her bag.
“This is it, if we use this…! Eeiii!”
She threw the brightly colored ball as hard as she could at the sky.
As soon as the ball hit the roof, which was about to collapse, red, blue, and yellow smoke spread over Luna and the others.
“Wha, a smokescreen? Why do you have such a thing?”
“We were going to use it to kidnap Luna! Anyway, now she can’t see us from over there!”
“Wow, thank you!”
“Okay, let’s go right now!”
The three of them ran under the colorful smoke screen, avoiding the machine soldier’s eyes.
However…
“Hahaha, that’s useless!”
Swing!
A black beam of light falls from above the smoke screen, hitting Luna’s and others’ feet.
“Kuh!”
The three of them quickly dodge it, but the beam of light follows them right through the smoke screen.
“What! How can it aim at us when we can’t be seen?”
“Awawa, my tail is burning…!”
“I don’t know what method it’s using, but it seems like it can accurately pinpoint our position even through the smoke…!”
“There’s no choice but to do it! Run!”
They somehow managed to avoid the beams and ran towards the machine soldier’s feet.
“Aahh, so annoying…!”
Douglas grimaced, but when he saw the lightning cannon start to glow strangely, his face lit up with joy.
“Fufu, hahaha, it looks like the charge is complete…! Finally, with this one shot, the world will bow before me! No matter how much the insects struggle, they are insignificant! Let the machine soldier fire the starting shot of despair!”
“Ooo, ooooooooooo!”
The black light that had covered the cannon’s barrel converged on the cannon’s muzzle──
Lexia screamed.
“Now!”
“Yes!”
Selene approached the foot of the machine soldier.
She lifted her magic sword towards its heel.
“Fierce Slash!”
As she swung the sword down with all her might, a violent explosion occurred.
Thud, BOOM!!!
The impact was so great that the machine soldier’s legs wobbled.
“Wha…!”
“Shackle!”
Next, Luna released her string.
She wrapped the strings around the lifted leg of the machine soldier.
Whoosh! Swish, swish, swish!
Douglas’ face twisted in disgust.
“You idiot, do you think you can hurt this machine soldier with that thing? I’ll shake it off right now──”
But Luna didn’t waste any time and threw the end of the string to Tito.
“Tito, please!”
“Yes, leave it to me! Eee──iiiii!”
Tito took the string and pulled with all his might.
“Wha, what are you doing?! That is… Could it be you bastards…?”
Her monstrous strength lifted the huge foot.
Douglas, turning pale, clung to the tilting throne.
“Kuh? Damn it, no way… Is this what you wanted all along?!”
The machine soldier, who had lost its balance due to the explosion, fell onto its back, its legs broken.
BANG!
“Ooo, oooooooo…!”
At the same time, a bundle of black lightning was released from the main cannon facing the sky.
Thud… Gooooooooooo!
A fierce light erupted in the sky far above, and the sound was so loud that it felt like it would burst one’s eardrums.
“Kyaaaa!?”
“Ugh…!”
The tremendous explosion shattered the clouds and sent them plummeting to the ground.
The shock of the explosion made the skin tingle, and the few remaining windows shattered.
Luna covered her ears.
“That’s the power of just shooting into the sky…!”
“Kuh…! Damn it! W-what the hell…!”
Douglas sat up from the throne.
When he realized that the lightning cannon had ended up shooting into the sky, his face turned red with anger.
“Wha──Damn you, damn you, damn you! You little bitches!”
Douglas slammed his fist into the throne, but the main cannon still had no light.
Lexia’s eyes lit up when she saw that.
“We did it! Operation Roll, Roll, Crash was a success!”
“Yes! Let’s finish everything before it fires the lightning cannon again!”
“Yeah!”
But Douglas looked down at the four of them, and his lips trembled.
“Kuh, I have no choice but to recharge the lightning cannon! Machine soldier, use the lightning wall! Don’t let them make a single move until the Lightning Cannon is recharged!”
At Douglas’ command, the machine soldier’s chest began to glow with a black light.
Then a transparent sphere spread out around the throne, immediately enveloping the machine soldier.
“W-what in the world is that…?”
Lexia gasped.
Luna’s eyes widened as she saw the black lightning crackle on the sphere’s surface.
“Could that be…──Spiral!”
Luna released a bundle of string toward the giant sphere.
Zap!
As soon as the string touches the sphere, it is repelled by a violent bolt of lightning.
“What? Luna-san’s string doesn’t work…?”
“Just as I thought, it’s the same as this one…!”
“What…? What is that sphere…?”
Douglas’ voice echoes from inside the lightning sphere.
“Haha, too bad! No attack can penetrate this lightning wall! Once the Lightning Cannon is recharged, I will become the ruler of the world… Until then, you can just watch!”
“Lightning Wall… I remember now…”
Tito turns to look at Selene, who is grumbling bitterly with a tense expression on her face.
“Selene-san, what is the Lightning Wall…?”
“It’s like a defense barrier that uses ancient technology. When it’s in that state, no attack will work… it’s just like the legend says.”
“No way…! So we can’t do anything against the machine soldier?”
Lexia turned pale, and Selene replied with a stern expression.
“That is so. But that doesn’t mean we don’t have a chance. To fire the lightning cannon, it needs a huge heat source… the power it uses to maintain the lightning wall will eventually have to be gathered in the main cannon.”
“So that means…”
Selene looked at Luna.
“The next time we can attack is when the lightning wall is broken──when the main cannon is fully charged and firing again. And it should take a few days for the Lightning Cannon to fully recharge.”
Lexia looked up at Douglas, who was surrounded by the lightning wall.
“I understand. Then let’s retreat for now and rethink our strategy!”
“Yes!”
The group retreated, turning their backs on the machine soldier surrounded by the lightning wall.
Douglas watched them from inside the lightning wall and clicked his tongue.
“Tsk, those little girls…! But this machine soldier has a wonderful power that defies legend. With this power, I can take the world into my hands! The time has finally come for the world to bow down before me… Haha, hahaha!”
An evil laugh echoed through the now-deserted royal capital.
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