I got into school for nothing-303
I got into school for nothing (303)
Lesson 59. Trap - 3
Lilyth's voice, though in a desperate situation, was absolutely thrilled.
"This is the second time Abel has performed today! At this rate, it's only a matter of time before I reclaim Big Sister Eve's spot!"
"Shhiss, hiss, hissssh!"
Provoked by Lilyth, even Eve reacted with rare intensity.
Where exactly was Eve's spot? Could she possibly be referring to Ban Yuwon's own right hand?
He sighed at the trivial competition for status among his familiars and was about to maneuver Abel again, when he heard Aire, who was still sitting on his lap, draw in a breath with a soft "Hwaaah."
"Uncomfortable, Aire?"
Aire replied in an unusually tense and subdued voice.
Of course, with two people crammed into a not-so-spacious cockpit, it would naturally feel stuffy.
Despite saying she was fine, Aire pressed herself even closer to Ban Yuwon's chest.
If they weren't in the cockpit of a combined robot, this situation might have been considerably more erotic, but the rapidly unfolding battlefield, with the enemy's massive flagship visible below Abel's monitor, prevented any such misconception.
"You have a good relationship with your familiars... Interesting. We must, without fail, equip our Dragon Fang Soldiers with sentience too."
"If you do that, they'll just become my familiars... No, seriously, are you really okay? You sound out of breath."
"The air is... so sweet...! I never imagined... this..."
"...Huh?"
There was no diffuser in the cockpit.
However, Ban Yuwon didn't have the luxury of pondering Aire's odd remark.
Soon, he would be charging into the flagship of the S-7 Dimension, teeming with Prominence Family elites—he might have to face not the half-baked Ulrike, but a true direct descendant of Prominence, or perhaps even the family head itself.
As if reading Ban Yuwon's thoughts, Eve, who had been listening intently and glaring beyond the monitor, suddenly made a clicking sound with her tongue.
"Shhiss, hissssh."
"Right... You think the family head isn't here? Well, they might not have come out to the battlefield directly. But if we push hard enough, they'll have no choice but to appear."
No, they *must* appear.
If the family head came to Fairytale, their main base at Prominence would be empty.
It was a sudden assault, but as Ban Yuwon had forewarned, the Level Force mercenary group, who had been training and waiting instead of undertaking mercenary missions, and his older sister were already fully prepared to infiltrate Prominence.
Replying with a hand sign for 'mountain' to his sister's message, which in her usual domineering tone had demanded, "Hurry up and finish here, then come help!" Ban Yuwon closed his communicator. He clenched his fists, glaring at the enemy flagship, now within 20 kilometers.
"When we hit 5 kilometers, I'll give the signal. Let's begin. I'll combine, and you'll add to it, Aire."
"Haaah... Understood."
Her condition seemed to have suddenly worsened. Was it really okay to proceed like this?
Perhaps merely being in such close contact with a man, something she wasn't accustomed to, was too much for her.
But there was no choice.
Her ability to enhance the ice shield when fighting the mech dragon back in Camelot had been too outstanding.
Her power would shine even brighter against the flame-wielding Prominence Family.
And since he couldn't have her ride on Abel's shoulder like before, the conclusion was to have her board the cockpit with Ban Yuwon, and he had hastily contacted her to rejoin him before breaking through the atmosphere.
Of course—Dokgo Yeon's expression when Ban Yuwon had made that decision had been truly terrifying—
"Are you enjoying yourselves? A lovey-dovey combination robot charge?"
Just as he thought of her, Dokgo Yeon's telepathic message flew in.
It was hardly surprising for her to radiate such venom, seeing the man who had been acting as if they would break the moon together and charge into Fairytale, suddenly telling her to go ahead while he called another woman to ride a robot with him.
Still, a "lovey-dovey charge"? You were usually the type to stick to your Murim concept and not use much English.
"No, Yeon. Listen. You'll understand my choice once you see the results."
"Of course, I would. But I could have achieved some results if I had ridden with you too."
"You're right. My thoughts were too shallow."
He genuinely apologized, yet still recorded it.
Because Dokgo Yeon's jealousy, even if only in her voice, was a rare treasure.
"Hehe."
Suddenly, Aire laughed.
She leaned closer to Ban Yuwon, pulled out her mirror-like device, and took a selfie, something she never did.
Ban Yuwon had no intention of developing a romantic relationship with Aire, but the photo she had just taken looked undeniably like a couple's selfie.
Aire probably didn't see Ban Yuwon as a romantic interest either, so her reason for taking that selfie was...
"I have to show Asha and that woman."
Perhaps she just wanted to tease her friends.
"Did you eavesdrop on my telepathy?"
"A simple feat for a master of magic, a descendant of dragons."
Putting her mirror away, Aire appeared much calmer than before. She summoned the Eye of the Dragon Orb and began to unleash her magic in earnest.
Ever since absorbing the ice mana crystal in Diabolo, the cold energy had transcended simple magic and reached the realm of Authority, now concentrating within the orb.
They were 5 kilometers away from the enemy flagship.
"Shall we?"
A combined attack was an indispensable part of combined robots.
Having Aire in the cockpit was a form of combination, but the core of this combined attack was to add the cold energy of the ice shield to the drill-sword!
To pierce through the powerful flame barrier still protecting the entire Prominence fleet, even with the Crimson Moon shattered, and inflict a fatal blow—Ban Yuwon violently clashed Abel's left and right hands in the air!
It was the moment a function, the weapon and shield combination, which he had designed into the robot from the beginning, manifested—!
The shield disassembled, transforming into countless crystals that spiraled down from the tip of the drill-sword, encasing it in the very essence of a true drill.
Then, the familiar Abyss, in its waiting step-drill form, combined, and it was the moment a true drill-sword, merging cold energy and penetration power, was born.
3 kilometers to the flagship.
"Asha, ready?"
"Hwaaaah...!"
It wasn't a proper answer, but the magic had certainly activated.
As if revealing her true Draconic form, Aire's demeanor shifted dramatically, and her eyes, previously veiled by the orb, opened.
Compressing and rearranging to recreate lost ancient dragon magic, the immense coldness that had filled the orb vanished in an instant.
To be precise, it was channeled as a medium to call forth additional cold energy, which was then added to the drill-sword held by Abel.
"Perfect, Aire."
"Hwaaah..."
It must have been a grand magic beyond anything Ban Yuwon could imagine; Aire, completely drained of strength, slumped onto his chest.
As he firmly supported her, Aire tightly gripped his waist with both hands, breathing heavily.
"Look at that Draconian, who used to put on such a high-and-mighty act, flirting, Big Sister. See, leaving them alone in a confined space really is dangerous."
"Shhiss..."
His familiars seemed to be saying something, but Ban Yuwon was too focused on the impending battle to hear them clearly.
Abel, still in its atmospheric-breaching posture, charged vertically downwards, its drill-sword in both hands finally beginning to rotate furiously.
The spiral ice projections encasing the drill-sword, and the whirlwind created by Aire's cold energy within, formed a conical ice shield that enveloped even Abel itself.
1 kilometer, no, 800 meters.
600 meters.
The flame mana spreading through the area was slowly transforming into pressure, attempting to suppress their charge, but the drill-shaped cold wind enveloping Abel's body forcefully tore through it.
—Hm?! What is that!
Perhaps their guard had been lowered somewhat due to the previous skirmish with the fairies and the success of Dokgo Yeon's joined spaceship (Lilyth's clone), but the Prominence fleet reacted with stiff rigidity at the appearance of the colossal robot descending from above, something they never expected.
But there was no time to cheer, "I surprised the Ten Great Families! I can dominate their emotions!"
The flame barrier intensified on the flagship the moment Abel was recognized, and magical bombardments rained down from all sides.
Each one was a lethal spell, easily capable of killing a hundred Irektos.
"It's fine! The reinforced Abel won't even flinch at such weak attacks!"
"I'll... cast... a defensive spell... *huff*..."
Aire, who had been slumped after casting the grand magic, seemed to have barely regained her strength. She took a deep breath, sat up, and gripped the orb once more.
A barrier appeared around Abel, now a charging drill, batting away the magic projectiles from all directions.
Even the cold energy concentrated in the drill alone contained immense magical power, but Aire's magic, revealed in her full Draconian might, was truly beyond Ban Yuwon's imagination.
200 meters.
—So you are Ban Yuwon, you dare, a mere fallen branch family, point a spear at a direct descendant!
Even with all the magic repelled, the enemy's momentum did not wane.
The flagship showed no intention of fleeing, turning its main cannon at the front to aim at Abel.
The firepower concentrated within it—it was absurdly deep, making one truly understand why they were called one of the Ten Great Families.
[Crimson Flame 3,000]
"No, how can it be 3,000?"
Abel's Crimson Flame depth, even with Ban Yuwon and Aire's full power combined with Abyss, was barely 2,500, yet this was 3,000—an increase of 500.
While there would be adjustments in an actual situation, simply put, the power contained in that single strike amounted to Level 300 by system standards.
12 Irektos, no, even more!
'But it's pure Crimson Flame.'
The magic that had flown until now was not only mixed with various other elements within the Crimson Flame but, as magic, the caster's will was strong, leaving little room for Ban Yuwon's Authority to intervene.
But what about this?
A main cannon mounted on a battleship. Of course, human will would be involved in firing it, but the moment it was fired, it became a completely independent concept.
The exact same logic as when Ban Yuwon had once blocked a bullet fired by a Tower intruder.
Of course, the concept dwelling within it was Crimson Flame, and it was probably an artifact created with power directly lent by a Constellation, and they likely believed it was a power that Ban Yuwon, a mere first-year Union Academy student, could not possibly handle.
'But I have Crimson Flame too.'
Now that he had absorbed all the Crimson Flame obtained from destroying the Crimson Moon, the depth of Ban Yuwon's Crimson Flame was a precise 1,000, no more, no less.
And if he added his Authority to it.
—...?!
—It vanished, the Crimson Flame Divine Radiance!
They even gave it such a magnificent name.
The straight crimson beam, launched with a force that threatened to engulf Abel, extending from the ground to space... scattered like a mirage just before reaching Abel.
[By absorbing a large quantity of power of the same kind imbued with deep Authority, the Crimson Flame's depth has reached 1,500.]
"Should I just become the family head?"
Ban Yuwon muttered, licking his lips, having increased the Crimson Flame's depth fivefold in just one day.
100 meters.
—Once again—no, we must act directly! His Authority is more formidable than expected!
—This is outrageous, a mere branch family!
50 meters.
30 meters.
Abel thrust the drill-sword in its hands with all its might.
Ban Yuwon poured the essence of the swordsmanship he had learned from Dokgo Yeon into it.
[Breakthrough]
[Penetration]
And if he had to add one more... Annihilation.
Though it was Dokgo Yeon's unique ability, one he dared not yet wield.
With the versatile Won-gi, which could transform into anything, he dared to imitate it.
0 meters.
—KWA-GA-GA-GA-GA-GA-GAK!
The result was quite successful.
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