Became a tyrant of defense games - Episode 459
◈ 459. [Side Story] Battle of the Imperial Capital (4)
Gooooo-!
The Imperial Air Force ships that were on standby rose into the air all at once..
“The enemy ship is coming from very high altitude! stop it!”
Reina shouted as she ordered boarding..
“No matter what happens, we must stop it! Now in the imperial palace……!”
Reina's eyes glanced towards the imperial palace..
The Palace of Thorns, a palace lined with black spiers, was there. Reina cried out, shaking her teeth..
“His Majesty Emperor Fernández is in the final preparations of the ‘Ark’! Never let it get in your way!”
Fernandez was now directly connected to Everblack, preparing for the final stage of his plan..
I couldn't let them ruin the last one..
“Share thermal scan results with all secrets in real time! Battleship, follow the heat source and spread out a phalanx on the expected path.!”
“Ha, but Lord Rayna! I can't see the other person!”
The wizard on the aircraft next to him shouted urgently..
“The enemy ship is in stealth mode! Thermal detection has limitations in tracking……!”
Scanning magic is bound to be one beat slower than what you see with the naked eye..
And in an aerial battle where the situation changes in a split second, one beat of time is no different from eternity..
Geronimo's hiding function was truly deceptive and vicious..
“……I induce.”
Gritting her teeth, Reyna climbed onto Alcatraz herself, and the imperial flagship lifted up the massive body with a profound engine sound..
“If you hit the first hit, the stealth will be canceled. Then fire a salvo..”
“But how do you hit the first shot?-”
“Shut up and get ready!”
“Oh, I see.!”
Kiiiiing!
Alcatraz soared into the air at once..
“Pfft……!”
The sudden movement of the airship created enormous pressure. Reina gritted her teeth and held on, glaring into space..
invisible to the naked eye.
But - to an old wizard who has lived his entire life on the battlefield,.
To this old soldier who always came back alive from the battlefield where he would die if he was not killed first..
I had a transcendent intuition that could be called a sixth sense..
“……!”
In the deep space, a faint magical light flashed by..
Reina stretched out her arm through the half-open hatch and created magic like a gale..
“Is it there?-!”
taang!
A magical bullet of wind was fired.
just one shot.
Although it could easily pierce a human body, it was an attack of such low power that it would be difficult to even make a scratch on a solid mechanical device..
The magic bullet definitely grazed the side of the enemy aircraft that was hiding.-
Sigh.!
The concealment curtain has been lifted..
Suddenly, a huge void appeared in the air..
It was a non-aircraft ship with a rough appearance and two rotating propellers, completely different from the imperial military uniform - Geronimo..
I love you so much!
Geronimo was falling straight down from the sky to the ground, like a meteor. The end of the trajectory was definitely towards the imperial palace..
「An enemy ship has appeared!」
「shoot-!」
「Shoot it down!」
In a hurry, the Imperial Air Force ships blocked Geronimo's path and fired barrages all at once..
Red bullets filled the air like a shower. But even in the face of a net that embroidered the air, Geronimo did not slow down his momentum..
A siren statue that never breaks - Geronimo descended like a thunderbolt, holding his [Sturdy Superstition] forward like a shield and toughly withstanding the hail of bullets with thick armor and protective magic..
As Geronimo charged forward without even flinching despite a barrage of bullets, Raina eventually had to make a decision..
“Listen to everything! Block his path! Block it with your body!”
「Pfft… … ! All right!」
The Imperial Air Force ships stopped firing, raised their barriers, and stood in the air..
The protective power of an airship in a defensive posture is comparable to that of a fortress wall. If it were a normal ship, it would explode as soon as it hits..
However, Raina remembered Geronimo's attempt just yesterday. Geronimo may have the means to break through this defense..
‘Can you stop it??’
Reina gritted her teeth as she glared at the enemy ship falling with terrifying force..
But if he tries to break through this way,.
This side was at least worth aiming for mutual annihilation..
Reina began casting wind magic. The moment Geronimo hit this way, she was going to give him a super close tornado..
I love you so much……!
And, before we knew it, Geronimo had fallen a short distance away.-
Going to school-!
Suddenly, flames spew out from the side thrusters and change course drastically..
The angle of entry was changed, and the course was changed gently - to avoid the phalanx of the Imperial Air Force Fleet..
“……?”
Geronimo slowed down and flew parallel to the horizon, then changed his course to go outside the ecliptic instead of the imperial palace..
As if I was wondering when I charged so forcefully... … She leisurely took a leisurely route, leaving the sky above the ecliptic and moving away..
“what.”
Reina, who was blankly watching Geronimo's trajectory moving away, muttered in an absurd voice..
“……I'm running away now?”
It was like that..
Geronimo was running amok. As if the desperate charge just moments ago was a lie.
Reina opened her mouth slightly because she did not understand the situation..
what?
What on earth are you doing now??
「Lord Rayna!」
Then a communication came in..
「The enemy ship escapes! I'll chase after you!」
“No, wait…….”
「Now that they are out of hiding, we need to track them down and shoot them down.!」
「Kite One, Kite Two, chasing the enemy ship!」
「Feather One, Feather Two, join us!」
The airships that had formed a square followed Geronimo one by one and flew out of the ecliptic..
In an instant, most of the air fleet left the airspace one after another in pursuit of Geronimo..
“…….”
Reina watched this scene without stopping, but her heart did not calm down..
Clearly, Geronimo is a dangerous ship. Now that the hiding has been released, it is of course the right decision to chase him down and finish him off..
but… … What on earth is this unpleasant ominousness??
‘Prince Ash…….’
Reina touched her dizzy forehead and gritted her teeth..
‘What are you aiming for? What's the next move??’
Reina looked down at the panoramic view of the ecliptic..
The city she sought to protect, sleeping in a precarious peace..
“I feel bad…….”
Reina, who was gritting her teeth, looked at the cockpit and shouted.
“Bring Alcatraz down! Going down to the ecliptic... … I need to take a look inside the city myself..”
***
same time.
Inside the ecliptic. outlying slums.
On an empty street, five people dressed in Imperial uniforms were moving slowly..
It was the Party Gambling Club, a gambler who succeeded in infiltrating the imperial capital as a spy just yesterday..
“how… … what's this.”
They looked perplexed at the interior of the ecliptic, which did not show any traces of humans..
“Is this New Terra??”
“There were rumors that the streets were blocked and going out was prohibited.…….”
“Anyway, there are no traces of people at all..”
The city was eerie, as if it had been eaten by a ghost..
The sound of five people's footsteps echoed through the desolate street, where not a rat was in sight. The five gamblers quietly headed toward the back of the slums as if they had committed a crime..
Besides the lack of people, there were many strange things..
“……The door is blocked from the outside.”
Every house on the street had a door that was boarded up and nailed on the outside. It was the same with the windows..
As if they were trying to force the people inside to stop them from coming out.…….
‘why?’
Without knowing why, the five gamblers reached the center of the slums. I saw one particularly large and fancy bar..
It was the home of an organization with a 'back door' through which these five gamblers originally intended to transact..
At first, the Gamble Club heard a rumor that they could only survive by boarding New Terra's Ark, so they tried to get into New Terra in order to survive..
However, at that time, New Terra was already tightly sealed and there was no way to enter or exit..
That's when I got involved with this organization. Those who had been smuggling through the imperial capital's sewers were now among the few who had the means to travel in and out of the blockaded city..
They made a business by collecting huge toll fees from those who wanted to enter and exit the imperial capital..
I heard that in just a few months, this organization has grown tremendously and business is booming.…….
“…….”
Hehehe.
The bar was also blowing in a dreary wind, and the entrance and windows were all nailed up..
The gamblers looked at each other. I was really reluctant, but I had no other choice..
“Rip it off.”
“Damn, I feel bad…….”
Sigh! Hehehe!
The five gamblers whined and tore off the board that blocked the entrance. It took a long time because it was far from the effort of all five..
After finally tearing off the board, an intact door was revealed. Violet, the party leader, swallowed dry saliva and grabbed the door handle..
“Fuck, fuck, now I’m not that scared even if a ghost or two pops out.……!”
It was already inside the crocodile's stomach. What is there more to be afraid of?.
Violet slowly opened the door..
Squeak-
The hinges made a dirty sound, as if they had not been used for a long time, and the door opened..
And inside the biggest bar in this slum…….
“……?!”
there were people.
Stand against the bar or sit at a table. Holding a dry glass of wine. Everyone sat motionless, staring into space with blank eyes..
Why on earth is everyone hanging out like this, like a stuffed doll?.
“Hey, hey! can you hear me?”
“It's hidden. What on earth is this?……?”
Gamblers who looked closely at the people were soon able to come to a conclusion..
“Everyone seems to be hypnotized.”
“To this many people? that's possible?”
“Is there anything an emperor can't do??”
“Let's break the hypnosis first..”
Since all the gamblers were experts in this field, they were able to quickly find a method..
Hypnosis was lifted by applying Lime's clairvoyance, Orange's mind reading, and Violet's illusions..
“omg?!”
The middle-aged man who was the first to be hypnotized came to his senses in shock..
“Four, four, please save me, Your Majesty! please! I don't want to die!”
The man struggled in embarrassment, but immediately his legs lost strength and he collapsed on the floor. Violet approached him while he was out of breath and scolded him..
“Hey, we're from outside the ecliptic. What the hell happened here??”
“omg… … omg… … What, Your Majesty... … ? You were in front of me just a little while ago?”
The man was confused, as if the hypnosis had worn off..
As a result of interrogating the confused man, we were able to obtain approximate information about what had been happening in the ecliptic..
Dissatisfaction was widespread throughout the imperial capital due to the long blockade. Citizens were seething, and suppressing these complaints with military power was increasingly limited..
Signs of uprisings and rebellions appeared, and clashes between the military and citizens became more frequent..
Then Fernandez used his specialty..
The entire ecliptic was subjected to hypnosis and mental control using illusions..
Using thousands of magic amplification artifacts, they hypnotized citizens and forcibly injected them with messages..
And the doors of each house were sealed to prevent them from escaping, even if just by chance..
That's why the streets were empty. Now, all the citizens of the imperial capital were trapped in their homes and were in a state of hypnosis..
“What message did His Majesty Emperor Fernandez send you??”
“‘Now we go to paradise'…….”
The man muttered blankly..
“And ‘there you can find eternal life’…….”
“…….”
“‘So, just wait a little longer.'…….”
It was so absurd that the gamblers were left speechless..
“I'm really going crazy... … By bewitching the entire nation with nonsense like eternal life, they are making it worse than death.?”
Violet grumbled while scratching her purple hair..
“I bet everything I have that this is the only country in the world that does this kind of stupid thing. It's me.”
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