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Chapter 288
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Chapter 288 – Giant and Cripple
As expected, the corpse-flesh golem, or rather a creepy-looking object that resembled a scarecrow, bounced out of storage. I was able to retrieve the stick it used as a weapon, but that was it. I only had a quick look at it, but it appeared to be a single-shot bronze cannon. The rear-loading mechanism was crushed, and the barrel bent from swinging it around. That’s right.
I mean, what are we going to do with this thing? Apparently, the mages of the Imperial Army had taken the golem hidden in the Western Territories Keol and activated it, but the golem went out of control and ate them. Well, they got what they deserved. I don’t care about that. The question is what to do with this monster.
“Will it stop if we destroy the power core?”
Myrril shook her head with a reluctant expression.
“I think it will not stop.”
“Is there a problem?”
“The nature… flow and control of the magic power in this golem’s body is all messed up. The golem’s movement and leaning posture are the result of the uneven collection of waste cores being used to generate power.”
Myrril pointed to the glowing parts of the limbs and head.
“There are at least seven power cores piled up. Including the smallest, there are probably several times that many.”
Combined with its erratic and unstable behavior, it would be difficult to defeat it with long-range weapons. I don’t even know if it’s possible to defeat it with bullets.
“If it is a mounted Golem, there is also the possibility of killing its occupants.”
“Well, then you could just cut off its limbs and stop it from moving…”
“I’ve tried that myself.”
I noticed that Ecla-san was standing behind us. She came to see us because she was worried about us. Or perhaps she was driven by curiosity.
“The original was made by stitching corpses together. If you cut it into small pieces, it can come back together again.”
“If it’s going to grow back, why don’t you burn it or blow it up?”
“Burning it is one thing, but blowing it up is another. It is always under the spell of trying to connect, as if it has been pulled out of some forbidden place. In the process, it absorbs nearby creatures. If you get too close, you’ll see.”
So if a piece of flesh splatters from an explosion or something, it could cause widespread damage? It’s not just messy; it’s disgusting…
“Yoshua.”
“Hmm?”
“I left the communicator in the hovercraft again… Is that a ‘message’ from Rinko?”
Looking in the direction Myrril was pointing, I saw a small drone hovering in the sky, sending out a flashing light signal.
“…Is it Morse code?”
“What is it trying to tell us?”
“Sorry, I don’t know. Wait a minute.”
I just tried to get the communicator out of storage but failed. I moved to the shadows, pulled out the Griffon, took the communicator that was left in the cockpit, and stowed only the hovercraft again. I wonder if this kind of processing power doesn’t improve with use.
“Here you go.”
Rinko’s voice came at the same time Myrril picked up the communicator.
“Ah, it’s connected.”
“It’s Myrril.”
“Morse code, did you see it?”
“I did, but I’m sorry, I only know Morse for SOS.”
That’s too bad,” Rinko says and lets it go. It was apparently just enough to let us know that Casemaian wanted to communicate with us.
“We have enough forces over here, so I thought I’d send in the latest special forces from Casemaian.”
“What is this “special forces”? I’m in the middle of a battle, I don’t have time to deal with this.”
“Yes, I can see it. It’s some kind of weird corpse golem, right? That’s probably the plan I abandoned after the initial design and estimation. I tried to make my dream of riding a dragon come true and failed.”
I put my hand to my forehead and looked up at the sky.
“You are the root of all evil!”
“I told you it was a rejected plan. It’s not my fault that they took someone else’s abandoned plan and made it fail.”
Rinko quickly came back to her original point.
“We’re almost over Keol, Yoshua and the others, can you come this way?”
“This way?”
Looking at the sky to the west, I saw a large airship coming at very high speed. Two large catamaran-shaped or oval-shaped air sacs suspended gondolas from either side.
“I see. The idea is to hit a monster with a monster, isn’t it?”
“Yes. Since the deck is open, will you take them over here?”
Hearing Myrril and Rinko’s conversation, Ecla-san and I nod our heads. I guess it’s because I can’t see, and Ecla-san can’t understand. It’s predictable, but I wonder if it’s a solution.
“Well, it looks like the weapons have arrived, so I’ll go get them.”
“What on earth is coming?”
Myrril jumped on my back and told Ecla-san.
“It’s a composite golem, reassembled in Casemaian.”
“…Haiburido?” [T/n: Hybrid]
After telling Ecla-san that we would be right back, I jumped into the air with the teleport. I saw Rinko and the young dwarves waving at me, and I repositioned myself on the open deck of the gondola.
“Hey, where are the old ones?”
“Staying home. The grandpas are crazy about tanks, and this one’s built around the younger guys.”
The riding golem, lying on its back on the open deck, looked very different from the last time I had seen it.
“The magnetic coating has increased the reaction time.”
“No way.”
Rinko and the young dwarves quickly removed the cable, making the old joke that it was hard to believe that it came from a high school girl.
“It is true that the reaction time has improved. Magic power consumption has been minimized as much as possible, and stability should be improved as well.”
The torso is thicker and more armor-like, the limbs are shorter, and the ends are thinner and lighter. This is a complete departure from the trend of anime-style mecha design, but considering the inertia when maneuvering, it is natural to place heavy objects near the center of the body. Not that I’m trying to sell this guy’s plastic model.
“It would have been nice to add a flight unit or something, but it weighs about as much as a tank, so it would look like a manned rocket.”
“Don’t do that. I’ll just use teleportation.”
The hatch opens, revealing the cockpit.
“The controls are still the same, but the monitors are now all compatible.”
“Wow. Any new weapons or anything?”
“The machine gun’s internal weapon arm didn’t work out. Just an improved version of the Imperial Army system.”
The right arm is a handheld shell rod. The left arm is a magic circle that creates a magic barrier and an internal staking machine. It is simple.
“When the corpse golem runs out of magic power to operate, it takes in the creatures around it and supplies them with energy. That’s why it goes to the one with the higher or stronger magic power.”
“…Did they try to make it target the capital?”
“I don’t know now.”
Setting down the Ekranoplan instead of the golem, Myrril and I entered the composite golem. The altitude became palpable as we walked the golem to the edge of the deck, which was unnerving.
I was now in an untethered bungee with several dozen tons of mass, not to mention flesh.
“What? There’s nothing to worry about.”
Myrril-san put her hand on my shoulder behind the cockpit.
“We’ll be together when we die.”