All units, including me, who were about to launch an assault on a giant pillar going up into the sky unwittingly stop.
The pillar of light was strengthening its light with slightly particle-like grains scattered around it. And while I looked up at the pillars of light, I saw a strange movement of enemy aircraft on one of the increased monitors.
The aircraft that just left the base are all lying on the ground at once.
The moment I saw it, I felt a cold sweat dripping down my spine.
"Everybody down! The shock is coming!!
I shook my throat in agitation and let my fuselage lie on the ground screaming with a voice of limitation.
Batis, who was around me, or the Abnomulet unit that Elexia was leading, reacts to my voice and squeezes the fuselage.
But the troops that were farther away than that and the pilot's fuselage, which was seen in the columns of light, remain stubborn without being able to move.
And just after a moment of goofing and wondering if a strong wind had blown, an intense shockwave hit the surrounding area.
The exterior walls of the base are blown in turn from the top, and the aircraft that was standing protruding are shaken and tumbled hard by its impact. There, fragments of the outer wall jumped in and crushed the fuselage.
"Whoa, what the hell!
Batis raises his voice to the sudden event.
That pillar of light in this explosion. If my predictions are correct...
They blew up a storage tank of concentrated magic liquid.
"Hmm!?
Shock waves subside and the tranquility returns around. There is already no pillar of light, and its remnants shine in the morning sun.
"Get back on your feet immediately for a safe flight! We're going into the base at once!
While I wake up the fuselage, I rush out at once under Crouching guidelines.
Batis followed after that. If you check on the back monitor, the other airframes are moving gradually.
In the meantime, he jumps into the center of the enemy's forces, pierces the cockpit of Abnomule with a sword in his hands, and destroys the enemy aircraft.
And Batis, who has fallen a little behind, rendezvous and sweep Abnomulet troops at once.
"Hey, what do you mean! Why would the Empire blow up a storage tank?"
The storage tank for concentrated magic fluid (Hymagia Liquid) is a lifeline at the base.
Without it, the Armunale will cease to move and the base will be controlled by the enemy.
Therefore, it is important to know how to control the storage tank that the opponent has when attacking the base.
But this has the major premise of 'between those who are willing to fight'.
"They're willing to abandon this base and retreat to the Empire. We blew up the storage tank to ensure exit when we retreated and to prevent pursuit."
If they destroy the storage tanks here, we can't chase them from here further back to the buffer zone with the Empire.
"So what about these guys!? Why did you come out of here? If we were to retreat, we'd gather at the East Gate."
"To draw us here. A death squad, put in to reduce the eastern battle power a little bit. Don't be alarmed, I hear the people who decided to die suck."
I've never actually fought those guys, but I hear them a lot in the story.
Soldiers prepared to die said they were more horrified than any army.
Coming at me is a total of five abnomulets. Every fuselage holds a sword and a shield in their hands and sticks straight at me.
There are no feints or maneuvers. It's a pure assault.
I step into one of the leading planes and get into that nostalgia. Then, pierce your left knee with a sword and disorient yourself, thrusting it all you want toward the rear plane.
In the meantime, the other three are approaching. He receives one sword, the other with a shield attached to his left arm, and releases a fire to the rest of the aircraft.
Firence shot through the opponent's cockpit, creating a cavity in his chest.
And then the sword-drawn fuselage rebuilds and slashes me.
I threw down the sword I had, eagled the head of the fuselage I had taken with my shield, and quickly repositioned the fuselage.
With a small scream, the fuselage is slashed by an ally abnomulet. upset by it, the hung up fuselage stops moving.
At that moment, I was sticking out my left hand sword and piercing my cockpit.
"Kill him. It's most troublesome to be scratched."
"Nonsense, you don't have to tell me!
Batis breaks off the three planes that flew up with a blow from the Great Sword.
But only one of the three planes broken seems to have missed the cockpit. While his torso was only on his upper body, he caught sight of the legs of Batis' fuselage.
"I will, we will stop!
"If you're ready to die, just die!
Batis stabbed the sword with the aim of its fuselage.
I can't hear them anymore and they let me know that they're desperate.
"Chip, bad aftertaste."
"Absolutely."
When we're done sweeping the enemies around the gate, our allied Abnomulet unit finally arrives. That's apparently Elexia's unit. I guess I didn't eat much of the damage from the first shockwave, thanks to being on the ground.
With many other troops, it's finally time to get up, almost all of them are up and running. You're an excellent trooper. Did Elexia even train you?
"Elexia, we'll take the troops and take control of the base. You must be running almost from the east side, so there must be no heavy resistance."
"Got it. What's Captain Eldo gonna do?
"I'll check the storage tank. Batis secures the gate here. And maybe the troops will come later, so tell them about us. I can't wait to meet someone and attack them."
My fuselage is mixed with imperial parts. If the encounter sees it at once, it could be reflexively attacked.
I would judge you fine, but I want to take care of you as little as possible.
"Aye."
"Shall we go then?"
"The Abnomulet squad continues to me!
"Ha!"
Me, Elexia, and the Abnomulet troops will enter the base at once.
It was a terrible misery there. Most of the buildings are going to collapse and so will the few that remain.
The hangar etc is especially bad. I guess the cavity inside was affected by the shock wave for a large amount of time. The ceiling blows up and the wall collapses. It's beautifully peppered as if it's been folded.
"How far is the facility alive?"
The Princess's plan incorporates this as a series of streams until she builds a fort in the buffer zone after taking control of this place. But depending on the state of this base, we need a change of plan.
I see, was the princess rushing the attack in anticipation of this?
With that in mind, I'm going straight to the area where the storage tank was.
As it progressed, the building gradually became more sophisticated and the ground became terribly rough.
And we get there.
You can't do this.
The storage tank had completely lost its appearance.
The blast site has a crater, and there's not even a shadow left over where the base was.
If we were to use this base, we would have to rebuild the storage tank from scratch. That makes a lot of time for L.A.
The princess's plan is going to need a lot of change. You might want to let me know about this early.
It's about the princess, and she'll be here anyhow.
I flipped the fuselage and headed to the west gate of the base.
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Elexia's troops breaking up with the Elds and exploring the base. I thought survival near the blast site would not be possible first, and I was hitting the exploration of the area furthest from the blast site first.
When we get to this area, many of the buildings also keep the prototype, which at best fits to the point where the walls are filled or all the windows are blown away.
"You're in terrible shape."
Elexia snapped unexpectedly when she saw a building that even gave rise to an atmosphere of ruin, unlikely to have had people until earlier.
"Captain Elexia"
There, one abnomulet approaches.
"What's up?"
"We found a survivor nearby. Probably a prisoner."
"The prisoner is alive!? Okay, show me around."
"Ha."
Elexia was surprised by the report.
I had no idea the prisoners were alive at a base that had been occupied for so long.
Even if he lived until yesterday, he thought he was killed when the retreat was decided or caught in an earlier explosion.
Led by Abnomulet, Elexia arrives at a small building in the corner of the base.
There was a collection of several Abnomules there, guarding their surroundings.
"In this?
"Yes, there was an underground inside the cabin, where he was imprisoned. Currently under confirmation, there are five women surviving. Four are conscious, but one is losing consciousness."
"Okay. I'm sorry about you, but I need you to call the medical team outside. The others ask for continued vigilance. A woman would rather have me on her side than a man"
Anyone can tell what kind of eyes a female prisoner had on a suppressed base.
The other pilots figured it out, and instead of trying to rescue them immediately, they called Elexia and they were on perimeter alert to ensure safety.
Elexia comes out of the fuselage and enters the building.
The ground floor part is badly rough inside or under the influence of the shock wave, and every time I go one step further I hear the sound of stepping on the broken glass.
And there was a staircase stretching from the aisle behind it to the basement.
"Captain Elexia, I think there's a staircase in the back, so it's okay for you to stay down. I've checked the safety all the way, but be careful."
"Oh."
It's not necessarily that there are no enemy soldiers hiding near the prisoners.
Elexia assumes an indoor war and moves a knife into the back of her hand that is easy to take around, not the usual sword.
The stairs weren't that long and ended up descending for the first floor.
It's a camp. There were a number of rooms lined up with iron lattices, one of which was the figure of the women.
The four men, who looked frightened with shoulders in the corner of the room, were only dressed in one piece like a borough cloth, and the wounds that looked bare were painful.
And in the center of the room, the girl who stays lost.
"You guys."
"Hih."
When Elexia called out, one of the women raised her voice like she was frightened.
But when I find out that Elexia is a woman, I can only see that tension coming out of her shoulders slightly.
Elexia approaches the iron lattice to see if the door is locked. Then the iron lattice door opened softly and easily.
"It's Elexia, the Knight of the Faithful Kingdom. Are you the only prisoners?
"Yes. Others are already..."
"Right... I'll get you out of here right away. Don't worry, the men won't let you near them."
"Okay."
Exhale as if the four of them were relieved. Elexia enters the iron lattice as she sees how it is, checking on the girl who remains unconscious.
I don't see any blue bruises or cuts that would seriously injure me.
"Do you know why this kid is losing his mind?
"I don't know. He was often taken out of his quarters these days and lost his mind every time he came back."
"Right."
Anticipating how terrible things were being done, Elexia devours her teeth.
If you can do it, you'll still want to jump right out and kill the escaped Imperial Soldiers, but more important than that is the care of the women who were captives.
As one of the few female soldiers, I could not overlook them.
"Can you guys walk?
"Yes, I'm fine"
They look at each other and then one of the oldest snorts on their behalf.
"Then follow me. You don't have to be here forever."
With that said, I take the girl on my back who's losing her mind and get out of the basement.
The women followed, and they went out of the cabin. And the women are stunned by what a changed base looks like.
"Duh, what's going on..."
To the older woman asking, Elexia thought a little about what she had answered and decided to keep talking.
"We blew up the base when the enemy fled. It's about here that I'm safe."
"Who else is surviving?
"I'm searching now, but probably"
It would be hopeless.
"Really..."
Yes. Before Elexia put it into words, the woman softly lowers her gaze, wondering if she had guessed what she had tried to say.
"Are you from a nearby village?
"Yes, she said me and this kid were in the same village, and the other two were together in another village. I don't know because he was brought here alone later."
"Okay. Control of this base should be completed shortly. After that, it will be necessary to grasp the surroundings. It may be hard, but it would help if you could help."
"If that's what I can do"
I just left the cabin and waited awhile as I let Abnomulet protect my surroundings, and the rescue team rushed in.
"Then I'll ask you later."
"Got it. Leave it to me."
Elexia returned to Almunale to resume her search for the base.
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"Please report the situation."
When the sun began to lean and strengthen its redness, the princess, who heard of the withdrawal of the empire, flew away.
I will immediately throw the princess into a tent with a simple command and report the results of the search. The Jade Squad Leaders are in the process of checking equipment on the base at the outpost. I'm desperately searching the base to get some information on what I can use at all, the Empire. Reporting is part of what I found out.
"The storage tank disappears without a trace. Command facilities were also largely destroyed by the impact during the tank blast, and even without it, the system itself appears to have undergone sabotage. Five women were apparently captured from the surrounding villages who survived. One of them has passed out and has not been identified, but four others have already been identified, and Abnomulet is on his way to investigate the village."
"How about the other one? Is it safe?"
Unidentified prisoners can also be spies.
But information from Elexia doesn't seem too worried about that.
"It was roughly a month ago that the girl was brought in as a prisoner. It looks like he was being abused considerably worse than then. Other women had testified that they had lost their minds and been thrown into the barn every time. She looks about sixteen years old and has blue hair."
"Well, for now, I guess we'll keep an eye on him until he wakes up in quarantine."
"Right."
You should keep it under surveillance as long as possible until you can figure it out as absolutely safe.
We have already prepared a tent once and have several soldiers standing at the entrance alternately as surveillance.
The military doctor's diagnosis says he'll wake up by tomorrow morning at the latest, so we should find out who he is soon.
More than that...
"It's what we do with storage tanks. It's almost destroyed as a function of the base. No further advance is possible."
"Yeah, right. I guess the other commander was pretty good, too."
"Well, I hear the retreat was brilliant."
Troops that were controlling the East Gate were largely destroyed by waves of enemy aircraft.
The presence of the Abnomule Troop, the dispersed Armunale in it. That confused this unit, and it seems to have made that gap and allowed most of the Imperial soldiers to retreat.
They chased us all the way to the buffer zone for once, but they decided any further pursuits were dangerous and they came back.
"In this tragedy, it's impossible to build a fort in the buffer zone."
"I have an idea about that. I'm prepared for some of the worst, too."
"What's that?
"We were building a new system for spare supplies and transportation on the δ side. I didn't send a former Kingsguard just to defend myself."
I assumed it was entirely just for defense. I didn't know you even did that. But what's a new transport system?
"It's a system that specializes in mass transit. Lay a rail in a certain section to create a magic guide that passes over it."
"What's that!?
I thought you meant the train!
Indeed, train systems are so effective against large-scale haulage that they come with super. Instead, I couldn't think of invading enemy lands without this in the world of previous life.
In this world, there was no development of the railway itself due to the presence of the Almunale and the lack of output of the normal generator, but the plan itself seemed to have been made.
The generator for the abnomule solved the problem this time, so it looks clear and visible.
This is a tough way to improve your transportation network.
Hey, better than that.
"What is the progress?
"The building from Wang Du to the second line of defense is now over and in operational testing. At the same time, rail production from the second line of defense to the first line of defense is in progress. We'll be done in a month."
"You used to have that thing ready. I mean, that's not military jurisdiction, is it?
It should be a perfect response to the King's direct authority or the creation of a special department.
I don't think it's the kind of place where a princess in charge of the military can be screwed.
"It's during the war. And our brothers and sisters are surprised, right?
"Really?"
"That leaves the rebuilding of this base to the Jade Squad Leaders, and my knights and Secret Service will be on their way to the first line of defense in δ. Well, it'll still take a month, so I think we can put up a little break. It's close to the sea, and you can go sightseeing for a while."
"I appreciate that. I haven't even had a honeymoon yet."
Maybe this will do some family service.
"And this."
With that said, the princess offered me a piece of paper.
I'll take it and check it out.
New Machine Development Permit
"This guy."
Development Permit for Armunale. Besides, it's not a modification permit or a new equipment permit, it's the most liberal development permit!
When I first built my fuselage, I said I had a new gear permit available because I was going to be a Kingsguard knight, but this time I went on top of it! I mean, I'm the only one who can prepare an aluminum for me! Plus, the amount limit is much looser!
"Yes, okay!?
"Naturally. My knight will be dealing with worse people in the future. I'd have trouble getting you on such a messy plane forever."
"Huh?..."
I thought I heard a very bad word.
They're worse.
"Naturally, my knight took Kansas, one of the eight knights of the Empire, and became the biggest factor in excluding the Empire's troops from the kingdom. If Kansas hadn't been defeated, this would have never been the place to decide to withdraw so quickly. But that means your threat has been shown to be clear to the Empire. Looks like we're at war with other countries, so I don't know if all of the Knights of the Eight are coming, but we need to be prepared for two or three planes at the same time."
People on that level are teaming up!? You mean create as many airplanes as you can fight against that!?
Sure, that would convince me of the new aircraft development permits, Chisho.
It just blew my mind that I was pure groaning!
"Wow, I get it. I'll think about it as soon as possible."
"I wonder if that's about it for now. It's going to take some time for the base repair supplies to arrive, and we're going to be living in tents for a while."
"No, you don't mind if we go back to Kreutzl, do you? You wouldn't have anything to do if you were here, would you?
"My knight, no, Eldo. It's a very happy thing to have nothing to do."
"Ah. Right."
I saw an indescribable sense of sadness in the princess's smile and decided to stop pursuing it any further.
"Then I'll tell the troopers about this myself. The tent for the princess is ready now, so please wait here for a while, because the pick-up will be here shortly. I think it's going to be Angus."
"Okay. Well, good to see you."
"Yes, excuse me"
After the tent, I quickly headed down to the O'Rail with the princess to consider the draft of the new plane.
In the meantime, I told Mr. O'Rail that I would propose a new development, and after knocking them down to despair, I was returning to a tent that was appreciated for me.
While we are talking about the modifications we originally thought about, the sun is completely dark around the setting. There's no city lights either. Here, if the sun goes down, it's really dark. The star lights look good, and the moon is out today, so it's still brighter though.
In the tent, I go into bed with Angus and exhale loudly.
"Good day, Mr. Eldo. Does this feel like a paragraph once?
"Looks like it. Sounds like there won't be any fighting soon. For now, the princess told me to come out to sea because I could afford a month."
"The sea. You haven't seen it yet."
"Me, too."
Only in this world.
"If this is a nearby town, I think we could have taken an outdoor stroll."
"I can't help it. War."
In this state, fishing villages just along the coast would also be devastating. I don't know what I'd do with a visit from a mushroom and a soldier.
I can't protect a soldier because he buys a lot of grudges.
Better not engage with the surrounding villagers as much as possible.
"Besides, I think it's a lot different just to relax on the coast."
"Right. Anyway, can I go with the troops?"
"Yes, barbecue."
"Good for you, too."
Talking about it, my eyelids gradually grew heavier, sinking into deep sleep at some point.
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Open your eyes. That's an unusual fabric ceiling there.
The girl slowly woke up and checked her surroundings.
It doesn't look like someone is here.
Close your eyes for once, and if you look for signs, you'll see that there's one at the entrance to the tent. But there is no nervousness and vigilance is loose. If this were the case, the girl, who decided it was no problem, quietly got out of bed.
In a tent without light, the girl walks without hesitation and lifts the hem of the tent just slightly opposite the entrance.
And I tried to slip my body in and went outside.
The move is unlikely to be whoever was assaulted by Imperial soldiers until yesterday. No, it wasn't ordinary people's.
Without making footsteps, using the shadow of a disturbing tent, no one finds it and proceeds.
Aim for one thing. It's a tent with Eldo, the Kingsguard of the Kingdom of Faithful.
"Found"
A voice so small that it seems to disappear only in her mouth, the girl tells.
There is no appearance of a soldier on the lookout, rather it is an easy state to enter thanks to the lack of tents nearby.
Close your eyes again and explore the signs.
One in the tent. I can't feel any other signs.
Opportunity.
Decide so and take a step forward.
So, all of a sudden, I felt like killing myself from behind.
He flies forward and looks back as he rolls his body.
There was one girl standing there.
As tall as I am or a little. She's a blonde and dressed in maid clothes.
"Support Made"
"Correct. Who are you? The girl who was a prisoner."
"You were aware?
"Yeah, but I knew right away someone was getting close. Walk away the sound specific to the assassin. Step on the surrounding grass so it doesn't make any noise, so we can have a strange space that won't shake with the wind. It's something you'll get used to."
With that said, Angus, the blonde girl, approaches the prisoner.
"So I don't have the answer to my question yet. You are. Is that it?
The response was a throw of an iron pen thinner than a finger.
Angus takes it with his fingers. And frowned slightly.
"I was hiding this smell in the girl's hole. I'll have to tell the watchman to check the hole."
Angus tosses the pen down with a poi and steps in all at once.
The assassin girl also moved.
The two fleshy in the blink read the next move as they play each other's fists, building their defenses and counters.
Pay your feet and aim the other way. He wraps his arm around his opponent's arm and tries to determine his joints, but then escapes.
If I tried to use the throw, I switched positions in the universe like a light contractor and landed beautifully.
And Angus whines small with his mouth.
"Flame Accelerate"
Shortly afterwards, Angus moved several times faster than earlier.
The assassin girl could not accompany the sudden acceleration, and when she noticed, she was poking her back on the ground. And a knife that can hit you in the throat.
"Yeah, quite strong. It's obviously different from the people who've been here before. Is it an Imperial assassination unit? But that's when I decided to protect you, Eldo. So, Eldo, I'm never gonna let you wear one of those scratches, am I?
"I don't talk about anything"
"It's not okay."
That being said, Angus took the knife off the girl's neck and moved himself off the girl's top.
The girl opened her eyes as surprised, and slowly woke up her upper body.
"What are you gonna do?"
"If he was an assassin around there, he would have killed him. You know quite a secret. Yes, and I'll keep you alive. You can always come and attack me. Sure, I'll screw everything down perfectly"
Angus told him so with a smile. With Eldo, I might have said angel laughter, etc., but the assassin girl was overwhelmed by the atmosphere of the mighty overflowing from Angus.
And the mind understands.
I need to beat this guy.
And one emotion sprouted in the girl.
"I belong to the Obard Empire Special Assassination Unit, Ace."
"You were bigger than I thought."
To the words, Ace, the assassin girl, shook her head to the side.
"The mission failed. I'm just an ace anymore. Yours."
"Hmm?"
Am I mishearing you? and Angus, leaning his neck, was going to sweat cold in a different way than the crisis of his life in a few minutes.
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The next morning, when I woke up, they were driving me to the edge of the bed.
My bed should be using double sizes, thanks to the original assumption that Angus and I would be using it, but what the hell happened during the night? Angus' sleeping minister should be pretty good.
If I woke my body up with that question, there would have been two excitements besides me.
One is Angus. The expression has a distorted eyebrow as if it were done on something.
And for another exuberance, a girl with blue hair slept in the form of a hug from her back to Angus.
"Uh, what do you mean?
He was a prisoner, wasn't he?
"Hey, Angus, get up"
Waking up Yuzusa and Angus, Angus grins with a smile as he says good morning while rubbing his lid to sleep. Yeah, you're an angel in the morning.
But now is not the time to be dusted by that smile.
"Hey, there's some strange girl in what condition?
"To?"
I point behind Angus and Angus looks back. And solidified.
The hardened Angus is gradually pulling and trembling, and he shakes his arms high. There was a knife gripped out of nowhere.
"Hey, Angus Stop!?
Keep Angus's arm in check and stop the assault. And the noise woke the girl up.
"Good morning. Sister, sir."
"Huh? Sir?
"Yes, I have become your sister's property. So your sister's husband is my husband to serve."
"Sorry, I have no idea what that means"
"No problem. It would be enough for you to understand that me and your sister are love lovers."
"I don't know what extra means!?
"So you said I didn't like it!? Why are you being a love lover!? Mostly, I don't cheat! Same sex in the first place, right, us!
"It's not cheating because it's the same sex. We're just a little too close."
"Help me, Mr. Eldo!
"Yeah, let's just get an explanation from scratch"
I have no idea what's going on here!
I felt like I was going to have a tiring day, but I got out of bed.