Chapter 326
Chapter 326
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Chapter 326 – A Hero Without a Heroic Spirit
Stopping behind a barrier, I inspected the body of the car while keeping a watchful eye on our surroundings. The damage seemed worse than expected. The rear wheels are tilted to one side, like a lowered car. There is a spare tire on top of the rear, but it is not enough to change the tire. The axle was bent, so it was impossible to repair it on the spot.
“No, don’t worry. I’m sure the boss of this wild pig will fix it.”
“Yes, please.”
Whatever we do, it will be after the battle with the invisible enemy. As soon as I got out of the Casspir, the homemade bombs started raining down on us. I quickly stowed the entire vehicle and flew over the walls with Myrril in my arms.
“Do you know where the enemy is?”
“I can’t say. I think they are in the upper levels of the castle. I wanted to use “keppibui” to flush them out, but I’ve only killed the lower ranks that have shown their faces. We are wasting ammunition at this point. We need to change our strategy.” [T/n: KPV.]
Myrril-san pulls what looks like a leather belt out of the pouch on her shoulder. Or rather, it is a belt itself. It is too long for her to use, though.
“I got this leather belt because I thought it could be used to carry a big gun. I have a good idea, so let’s try it here. Bend over a little, will you?”
She tied me to her like a mother holding her baby, then tied me in several places with a thin cord to keep me from slipping.
“Oh, it looks pretty good.”
I felt strange as I heard her voice echo in my ear, smiling with satisfaction. What are you doing?
“Now I can fire my weapon while moving! You see, if I shoot with both hands while shifting, no matter where they appear, I’ll kill them instantly! Except for changing magazines, Yoshua should concentrate on storing and switching. I will defeat any enemy that appears in front of us.”
Wow, it’s an automatic turret. When I saw the two PPShs being pushed onto both shoulders from behind, I involuntarily turned around and yelled.
“Oh… Isn’t that a Nojaloli cannon?”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about, but could you please go to the boxes in the back on the right?”
Although I understand that it is not going to work, I feel a little sad when she completely ignores me. By the way, the “boxes” Myrril mentions are watchtowers placed at regular intervals along the castle walls. I have used them as hiding places before. They are made of stone but coated with a white plaster-like material, and the walls and ceiling are covered with some kind of magical barrier. I fly to the side of the building and examine what’s inside.
“No threat.”
“The enemy is not moving. There is no sign of them coming towards us.”
At the moment, the enemy is not taking any significant action other than detonating IEDs. It is indeed hard to believe that someone who has sacrificed and summoned civilians from all over the world has no ability other than scattering objects, so the other side is probably watching us to see how we do it.
Myrril looks around and points to the watchtower on the far right.
“Once we’re past that one, please go straight to the next one.”
“Got it.”
I agreed, but I still didn’t understand what was going on. Myrril hugged me from behind and whispered in my ear.
“There was a magic core in the arch of the entrance to the watchtower. They seem to know our location from the core.”
Myrril nudged me from behind and pointed in the direction of the entrance.
“Look, they’re moving.”
A group of people came around the back from the front. They were coming right at us.
“About 20 of them came out. Are they Piemusi?”
“Probably.”
I could not see their faces and equipment well because the distance was still about 300 meters, but from the uniformed clothing, they did not seem to be Imperial soldiers.
“What, just the minions and not the leader of the group?”
Myrril’s exasperated voice had a certain charm to it, as if she was trying to get the boss who was watching us to listen to her.
“It would be ridiculous if a person who can only hide his appearance and distribute bombs is a summoned hero!”
“As for me, I welcome the spineless coward. If they continue to hide like this, we can destroy the whole castle and win the war easily.”
I join in the provocation, but I’m not good at acting, so I keep a low profile.
As I look, the PMC coming toward us stops about two hundred meters away and hides behind a building.
“So the homemade bombs are going to rain down soon.”
“It looks like it.”
I don’t think they should have just not come out if they were going to show such blatant evacuation behavior, but there must have been some pushback from the client with the slave collar. It was like, “Don’t come back until you check the Demon King’s body.
“Since it was seen storing them earlier, there should be more than one this time, and they should explode as soon as they appear.”
“Wait, where is it…?”
“It’s a countermeasure because they think you’re going to store them. There’s no need to go along with their stupidity. Move up as soon as it comes down, okay?”
“The moment it explodes, we’ll be off the radar, right?”
Behind my back, Myrril snorts happily.
“That’s right. The question is, how far can we go without being detected?”
“We can always keep going. But…”
If the bomb explodes as soon as it appears, it will be the end of the world if the timing is off. What do we do with it? We don’t even know where it’s going to appear.
“I think they will be scattered in such large numbers all at once that they cannot be stored or moved. If I were them, I would aim for the blind spots behind us, to the left and right, and above our heads.”
At that moment, more than a dozen IEDs appeared in the exact position Myrril had described. I ignored them all and shifted. The aftermath of the explosion hit me lightly, and my stance collapsed. I landed on the roof, almost hitting the steeple wall.
“…Whoa, that was close.”
“The first stage was a success. From the looks of it, we’ll be considered dead for a while.”
Turning around at the sound of Myrril’s voice, I saw that a whole section of the Imperial Capital’s walls had been blown away.
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