Kuro no Maou

Through the subway tracks for the second time, we finally reach the untouched realm of Lily.

But that's it for today. It took me a whole day to get through downtown. In Avalon's red sky, I forget the concept of day and night, but my feeling is that it's already twelve o'clock in the night or something.

It's dangerous to be on the table. Lily is a sub-gun of the spaceship Shangri-La, which holds a considerable area within range. In the interest of safety, we decided to take the rest at the home of the metro station.

And the next day, the 11th of the month of the first fire.

"First, do a perimeter survey"

As for the mood, I'd like to storm with all my might towards Lily, who is approaching the tip of her eyes and nose, but be cautious.

Instead, the perimeter survey instructions are merely superficial pre-construction. We need to find out something else.

"I'll be back here in three hours to report. Never enter within the range of the cannon"

After just a quick confirmation, we left Solo Solo and Metro Station.

"Really, it's a completely abandoned city."

I know from looking at Vivian's information, but when I see it this way with my own eyes, it's not what I feel again. The ancient city that has come through so far, conserved, is what it is... it was a slightly distant feeling, as if it were in the dream of Last Rose. So much so that there is a theory that that city is not a whole lot of wax left over from ancient technology, but a kind of super advanced illusion, which is actually all illusion.

So maybe the truth is that other places are just as ruined as here. That's what I'm going to do.

At the very least, this crumbling streets must remain exposed, albeit still in the course of time, without concealing anything.

"All right, let's go"

Towards the direction I had decided beforehand, I walked out alone, no, with Vivian and Simon hiding in it.

Our goal is a crucifix cathedral-like building where Fiona and the others stayed overnight - the site.

"Wow, brilliantly without a trace...... really, is this the place?

"Yes, definitely here"

Because Vivian assures me, I guess there is.

Fiona and the others set out to defeat Lily from here, eating the pre-emptive shelling at the timing, retreating to the subway station with a crawling body. So this is already within Lily's range as well.

Lily doesn't want to kill me because she's not a wacko, so I don't think she's going to critically punch in the ailerons... but she needs to be careful. When, stamba the 'Storm Demon King (Oversky)' for emergency exit so you can fly in with cannons, missiles, metheostrikes, etc.

That's how I got on guard, and I started looking.

"... after all, couldn't we do it here"

I found a palm-sized black fragment from the rubble, and I realized it.

Yes, what we're looking for is the beginning of history.

To attack Lily's overwhelming power and range of ship artillery fire, Fiona used the metamorphosis hidden in the Beginning of History (Zero Chronicle). I don't think that Lily will fall for the same operation twice, but we need to look into The Beginning of History (Zero Chronicle). Maybe we can fly like a way out, or we can pull out some other information.

For that, there's Simon.

I'm guessing that "The Beginning of History (Zero Chronicle)" is a super advanced magic information terminal that says that it's not just transportation by metastatic magic, it's also only metastatic.

Usually, in praise of Mia the Demon King floating on the surface, the letters will only be glowing obelisks, but I wonder if this is just a sleep mode with the screensaver running. Ancient civilizations are doomed and left sleeping because no one knows how to use them.

However, the fact that he is glowing means that the function is still alive. If you know how to use it, there are many possibilities.

But no matter how ancient super awesome the computer is, if it's smashed to pieces of wood dust, there's nothing you can do about it. I thought the device here that collapsed after the shelling didn't work, but, well, it didn't.

Adults, let's find something else. If the five of us look around, we're going to find one or so.

And three hours later.

"No, I can't find him."

"Me too, no gain"

"Me too. It's just falling apart, and I don't think this is working anymore."

"I just found one fragment that looked like it. If you're buried under the rubble, you can't even find it in the boulder."

It was sweet. The reality is tough.

"Maybe Lily broke him around."

Destroying the body in the first place is definitely a better way to defend it than by poorly using a security program.

"There are many places I haven't looked into yet. We'll scout around Lily's stronghold once and for all."

It's too early to give up. Wake up, he also spent his afternoon searching for "The Beginning of History (Zero Chronicle)".

But the results remain the same. Speaking of harvest, is it about as good as being able to scout Lily's stronghold in a faraway circle? More than I walked around, I returned to the subway station with disappointing mental fatigue.

"So, what do you want me to do?

"What I don't have, I can't help it. We have to challenge them with a positive approach."

"Oh, there it is!

At that time, there was finally a report of the discovery.

It was no other, Simon, who raised his voice.

"Seriously!

"Yeah. Here, maybe, in the station control room"

Is it true that it is dark under the lamp?

We just had to look around to see if the enemy was lurking on the station campus, and we hadn't looked into it in detail. The room Simon led me to, I see, does look like a management room for station staff to work in. Places where the average user usually never enters.

In a murderous room just lined with metal desks, I paid for one side of the coaled wall...... there, indeed, was an embedded, blackening little 'Beginning of History (Zero Chronicle)'.

"Does this work?

Thirty centimetre square coits have no lettering. The look is really, just a stone slab.

"Wait a minute."

Simon lowered the backpack he was carrying, fished through the inside in a mess, and took out a similar-sized terminal.

"I brought this out of Taurus' cockpit."

Do you want to attempt access by connecting terminals of the same type? Even so, there is no hole like a USB terminal here. I don't even have a cable to physically connect, but...

"Okay, we're connected. I knew this was just out of magic and the body wasn't broken."

The laptop battery was dead, is it like that?

When Simon operated the dancing taurus terminal of white glowing letters, ancient letters lit the stone slabs of the walls, as he responded to them.

"Oh, something awesome..."

"Are you manipulating ancient ruins"

"Speaking of which, the Grand Coliseum was followed by a similar one"

"How the hell are you moving it?"

Observe Simon's terminal operations while each leaks his thoughts.

"What do you say?

"In the meantime, it seems to be working properly. I wonder if you know how far you can go on this device... it's my job from here on out"

Right. There's nothing we can do to help, so there's nothing better than leave it to Simon.

"Well, then, I asked for it"

Yeah, I got it.

The swordsman in charge of manual labor should rest heavily so that he can stand in the way of the intelligent alchemist.

On that day, we took a break in front of the control room, even with the escort.

And the next day, the twelfth day of the month of the first fire.

I spent almost the whole day trying to see if Simon could access Lily's base from the station terminal. Simon said that maybe it would end in total waste...

"I've got a map of Mr. Lily's base."

That's when dinner's over, and finally the good news comes.

All of you, gather in the control room and hear a report of the results from Simon with a slightly tired face.

"Yes, this is the whole map"

When Simon touches the station terminal, a hologram-like 3D video emerges in Russia. I've seen something similar in Fortress Galahad.

But the ancient video projection device was unusual, oh, and a little cheered.

"I knew it was a strange place."

There are castles, ships, mysterious buildings. Well, from the perspective of Kai, the otherworldly, it would be an unintelligible place.

"Hey, isn't this, like, where you might be playing?

"That's sharp, Falcius. Correct."

Is it because you are an entertainer named gladiator that you felt something like an atmosphere characteristic of entertainment facilities?

"Do you know Chrono-kun?

"Oh, an amusement park."

Anyone who sees Earth and mankind will understand. Merchant Chick Castle, Ferris Wheel, Jet Coaster, Mary Goland, Haunted Mansion, and many other attractions.

Without even the sky battleship sitting right next to that white castle, it is an amusement park entirely indispensable.

"If it's not a military facility, do you mean it's not built for protection"

Sellis twinkles that there are some offensive eyes.

"But unfortunately, I'm using Shangri-La's facilities to consolidate my protection."

When Simon further touches the station terminal, he now switches from a 3D view to a map of the plane. Each compartment has a name, but by way of example it is an ancient character notation, so it cannot be read.

"This is the main entrance. In the middle is the castle, and this red part is Shangri-La"

Simon briefly explains how to view the map.

"So this is the general distribution of magic."

Now the blue light dots and lines float and overlap on the map.

"This largest blue light is supplying the entire base with magic in the heart. No doubt, it's Shangri-La's power reactor. There won't be even the original 1% occupancy rate, but there's just enough supply to move a better defense than a lousy fort"

By using this source of energy, Lillie fired sub-artillery and allowed the wide area to unfold, among other things. If I move that stuff with my personal magic, I'm out of gas in no time.

"Then what other light points dot things like junction machines?"

"Yeah, from the placement, I think so"

The epitome of the magic device that protects the castle is the junction machine. The same is true of the Fortress of Galahad, but most of the fortifications are equipped with junction machines to allow wide regional boundaries to unfold on the walls and sets. Without this, dragon knights (dragoons) and tenma knights (pegasus nights) can attack all you want from above.

As surrounding the entire amusement park, if you see a light point positioned on all sides connected with a line stretching from the central Shangri-La power reactor, it will only appear to be drawing magic to the junction machine.

"When this juncture unfolds, I think we'll be trapped inside. Once in, there's no escape."

That's right, for Lily, this junction isn't a wall to prevent an outside enemy, it's a cage to keep a target named me from escaping.

"Hey, dungeon. That's a common trick, then."

Kai laughs at the boss room, which is mostly like this.

I know. All of them, they're getting here ready. Even I'm not going to pull until I get everyone.

"So here's what matters... there are a few points in Shangri-La and Castle that, apart from the junction machines, supply some magic"

As noted, the map expands. Sure, a few blue light points shine.

"There's got to be some kind of equipment here that consumes the right amount of magic. For example, a maintenance room for ancient weapons, a production site for man-made humans (homunculus)... they're capturing Mr. Fiona and the others, storage devices."

So this light point is where the hostages are likely to be held captive?

"Okay, if you know where it is, it's an easy win later!

"Um, infiltrate, release only"

"That's our best job."

"Dear Princess Nell... I will surely save you"

Yeah, for this, I recruited a buddy.

I'm the only one who can fight Lily. No, you have to be alone. It doesn't make sense if you don't get Lily on your own.

But if they take hostages at times of need, I'll be sure to pack them.

So I leave it to my people to rescue the hostages.

Lily is strong, but alone. If I'm her opponent, there's no other way around it. "Living Corpse (Living Dead)" and other appropriate protections will be consolidated, but this member can do most of the work.

"Thank you, Simon. If we get this far, it's enough."

"Uh, hey, it was worth following."

The biggest problem with hostage rescue is where they are. Lily's amusement park is huge. If only four of us were exploring that, the sun would go down. If you take that long, even Lily can take some action.

If a prompt rescue operation is not executed, there will be no chance.

But thanks to Simon, my biggest concern was resolved.

"All right, when the night breaks, we're going in. Until then, let's tap the map into your head."