5-5. Flying Ants 2 (1/2)
5-5. Flying Ants (2)
Satou's here. Shooting games were popular a long time ago, but I didn't play it. But since my work was related to FPS, I did play them in game shows...
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The flying ants formed groups of 8 ants and then start to head toward this wagon.
I pass 4 crossbows to everyone except Lulu who is handling the wagon, and give them a simple lecture for its operation.
Use the lever to pull the bowstring, then put the bolt on the rail and pull the trigger. If you don't think the hitting the target part, it is actually quite simple.
”Take a stance... shoot!”
Matching my signal, the bolts fly. The target is the approaching swarm.
Three ants were shot down. After setting the next bolts, we shoot once again. This time we hit two.
We won't make it for the next volley, but Arisa unleashes Shock Wave as we've arranged before, and shoots down the remaining three.
Because the next group is getting closer than the one before, after shooting one volley of bolts, we decrease their number with Shock Wave, and then, the remaining two ants fall prey to Liza's spear and my zero-distance bolt shot.
”Master, do you have any MP recovery medicine?”
I give three of it to Arisa. After receiving it, Arisa puts one hand on her waist and gulps down the energy drink in one breath.
”The next one is dangerous.”
Yes, for the next wave, three groups are attacking at once. We are already shooting with bolts, but it doesn't look like they're decreasing. The saving grace is the fact that there's still some distance.
”Please give permission for me to use Over Boost. I could somehow do something to half of them.”
During the pause of our conversation, Arisa gulps down another medicine.
”I understand, I permit you.”
”Thank you, I love you.”
Please don't raise a strange flag.
Arisa's light joke is a bit stiff.
”Over Boost!”
Matching Arisa's Command Words, light violet aura gusts forth.
She holds the long cane, and begins to chant orally.
The violet aura are forming great numbers of magic circle on the center of the long cane.
”■■■ ■■■■■■■ ■■■ ■■■■■ Shock Wave”
An invisible shock wave tramples down upon the swarms of ants. The ants who got hit directly, different from what happened until now, die while spilling their bodily fluids from their heads. The other ants who got hit by the aftermath wave are also spinning around until they fall.
Even though Arisa said half, in actuality, all three of the groups become unable to fight. As expected of unique skills.
I gently catch Arisa who blacks out.
”My eyes are spinning~.”
”Round and round~ nano desu.”
”Perhaps this is the effect of Arisa's magic, I feel a bit dizzy.”
”Pochi, Tama, pull the strings of the crossbows.”
”Aye.””Desu.”
The two looks exhausted, but they're doing their best to set up the crossbows.
Whenever I shoot the crossbow, I exchange it with the loaded one from Pochi or Tama.
This feels like Nagashino.
After clearing the swarms up, I fire at high angle aiming at the fainted ants by confirming their position on the radar. I tried to mimic the protagonist from a manga I read long ago, but I didn't think that it would really hit.
Because I have no scope, I shoot continuously at the relative position where the enemies are crowding while learning the fine-tune. Even if the hit rate is no more than 20%, it should be enough.
Several of the ants who got shot down in the beginning are still alive, but it's impossible to hit enemies who are two kilometers away after all. The bolts can't reach them.
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We're taking a short break to quench our and the horse's thirsts.
”It's tiring but it's good that everyone is safe.”
”Tir~””ring nodesu.”
”Arisa still isn't coming to, is she alright?”
”She'd be fine after a night's sleep.”
Seen from the AR, Arisa's stamina and magic power which have became zero are gradually getting restored.
Lulu is wiping her sweats with a wet towel.
”Liza and the girls, please collect magic cores, stingers and poison glands.”
”The stinger is clear, but I wonder which part is the poison gland.”
Since it's hard to explain it, I demonstrate to them by dismantling an ant and show the location of poison gland.
”Put the stingers in this bag and the poison glands in this container. It's enough to just collect 5 of each. Please take care not to get poisoned while doing it.”
The remaining ants far in the distance seem to be withdrawing, the dots are decreasing on the map.
I entrust the wagon to Lulu, while I'm compounding several [Antidote: Flying Ant] from the poison glands as the raw materials. One of them could be made into five antidotes.