I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship, so I Became a Space Mercenary

Grappler's coming out!

How about proximity air support!?

It's full of hands!

The ground shakes with the sound of a thud!, and a monster with a height of 5 m jumps out from the back of the sand.

Rock-covered arms, plenty of feet that can easily trample a person, an eyeless face, and a mouth that draws saliva, with a glimpse of teeth that resemble humans, and a feeling of disgust rising unreservedly.

"Hiro, we'll do it."

"With a sword? Are you crazy?"

"A creature dies when it falls off its neck. Attract attention on the front."

"Hey....!

Lieutenant-Colonel Serena holds his sword with both hands and pushes it into a large offensive prototype, hypothetically Grappler. I'll catch up with you in a hurry. You can't just push the Commander against the boulder.

Gieeeeeee!

Lieutenant-Colonel Serena's white combat armor stands out - I don't know how he senses it even though he doesn't have eyes - and Grappler shook up his rocky arms thinking he raised his voice of intimidation. It would be bold to turn Lieutenant-Colonel Serena, who is rushing towards him, into ground meat with a single blow.

The shaken rocky arm hit the ground and the ground exploded and Lieutenant-Colonel Serena disappeared into the dust and smoke. It would not be funny if it had been crushed with a single blow, but I saw Lieutenant Colonel Serena, who was alive beyond the earth smoke, disappearing beyond the rocky arm.

Driftstone is a high-tech device. No dust, no soot, nothing.

"Yes!

Run the sword around the boundaries of rocky arms and regular meat that remain stuck to the ground. In front of a single-molecule blade that even tears apart the armor of a power armor, it's just like a thin piece of paper, like meat or bone.

Giyaaaaaa!?

Grappler leaves his amputated arm bleeding with Doss black blood. At the same time, he slammed the other arm, the right arm, down diagonally towards me.

"─!"

At the same time as I hold my breath, the world becomes extremely slow. It feels like time is stretched. Move your body through the heavy dusty air and escape the trajectory of the approaching rocky arm. Then I decided to put the blade on the rocky attack arm and scratch the arm for each solid rock.

The sword is likely to break if the blade muscle is not firmly held and cut to match the movement of the opponent's arm. Grappler stepped on his feet again, screaming in agony as he bled from the cut area.

Well done. Full score.

Commander Serena's voice is heard over the universal mask. Wherever she was, she was on Grappler's shoulder. Probably ran up Grappler's body from somewhere.

Ha!

A flash of temper. Lieutenant-Colonel Serena shook the sword on Grappler's shoulder - the proper name seems to be Monomorecular Sword - and flew Grappler's head with a single blow. Then Grappler suddenly stiffened his body and fell to the ground.

I mean, in my direction.

"Oh, shit!

I managed to escape Grappler's body, desperately retreating and falling. Lieutenant-Colonel Serena landed gorgeously next to me. Damn right, there's no such thing, this guy.

"It won't be the last time, you."

Unlike Lieutenant-Colonel Serena, the Duchess, this is a mercenary to a muddy civilian.

"It's not that humiliating. You are undoubtedly a warrior capable of overcoming fear and exposing yourself to mighty enemies. It deserves respect."

That said, Lieutenant-Colonel Serena smiled supremely.

I just feel like I'm being put on a ride, yeah. Well, if you're praised straight like that, it irritates you.

"Ah, yeah. So what's the status of the war?"

Looks like it's settled.

The only big thing that came out was this grappler we took down, and dozens of other twisted ones. It looks like the Marines took care of this.

"The barrage is thin. What are you doing?"

"I'm sorry, I missed the shot."

Elma's apology is heard from the other side of the comms. Well, it's not really happening that way. It seems like there are a lot of them, and if only one of them came out, I think they are doing well.

Well, it's not just Krishna, who Elma's piloting, who's up there supporting Melee Airlines. The Imperial Space Force dropship and the small battleship must be on a mission together. Lieutenant-Colonel Serena beside me has warned the airborne support aircraft not to let large individuals out.

"It's a little wasted, but you can also use shotguns. It's better than coming out."

"Oh, I'll have it here if you charge me for ammunition."

"That's right. Bam bam bam bam."

"Copy that. I'm going to do something big."

I'm losing contact with Elma's Krishna pilot.

"Now, for the time being, let's lower it..."

Yes, for the time being, that's fine.

Behind our gaze, before the dusty strong winds blow - no, I can see something that is clearly not a natural structure.

We've finished investigating the suppression, and we're back in the army following the trail of the scouts. This is the structure that leads us to this place after engaging the twisted people and the attacking protozoa, including the boxers we have destroyed many times.

"I wonder. Anthill?"

"I'm sure it's their nest. As we get closer to this place, we're raiding more frequently."

The seemingly anthill-like sole was a very large structure. According to the display of the HUD of the universal mask, the height is more than 300 m. The shape is like a convex mountain. Is the structural material soil? It does not resemble the color of the surrounding soil. Overall, it looks red and brown.

"What are you going to do? I think it's easy to smash it."

No matter how big it is, it is a lump of dirt. They will be powerless in front of laser cannons that break their shields and evaporate and explode the battleship's rugged armor. It's literally a sandy pavilion.

"I don't want to do that anymore...."

"Do we have to catch him like that? I wonder... Yes, Gerritz."

"That's what it is. Well, it's not just me, it's also my superior intention."

"But as a matter of fact, I don't think it's possible to push them into their nests without air support at this point in time."

With fire support from battleships and dropships, we are somehow outpacing the assault of the offensive protozoa. Victims must continue to suffer if they interact properly with large offensive protozoans, including Grappler, without air support.

Well, unlike the colonists, who still only have weapons like laser rifles, the Marines are the regular infantry force of the Graccan Empire. The strength, abundance, and skill of the army are incomparable to those of the colonists, so if we are prepared to sacrifice it, we may be able to do something about it.

"That's okay. Reinforcements are coming. We are a scorn to find our home. And then it's going to be a real force."

I see?

I'm sure the Marines here are quite capable of fighting, but more than that? It appears that Commander Serena received a transmission as he leaned his neck. Looking up at the sky, I wondered if I had been interacting with you in a whisper for a while.

"I'm coming, I'm coming."

"From above?

I also looked up at the sky, imitating Lieutenant-Colonel Serena, and I saw battleships and dropships waiting in the air. Beyond that, you can see a lot of stuff coming down from the sky.

"Hey, orbital bombing?

"No, I need reinforcements."

Something descending from space falls around the structure while wearing a flame generated by thermal compression. It shattered the earth relentlessly, rolling up a lot of dust and shaking the ground where we were standing.

"It's so powerful... and it's..."

It's a real ground power.

"I see...."

The piercing on the ground was like a metal pile. From that metallic pile, a run-down and something descends into the earth and begins to deform.

It's metal, no blood, no tears, no fear of death. Those who combine metal skeletons and metal armor that are much more robust than humans and have muscles made of special metal fibers that transform humans into ground meat with a swing of their arms, swinging lightly heavy firearms that are unbearable to carry in living humans.

We've picked up everything from humans to heavy combat bots about five meters tall.

"Military combat bots."

Tao Tam Fall! Driven by the urge to scream, I'll hold back for a while.

"That's how it is. Until we're done exposing ourselves to our destiny, let's take a look."

Metal engineers build robust outposts in an instant. After Major Serena walking toward the outpost, I also headed toward the outpost that the engineering bots were building.