Volume 1 Chapter 25 (2/2)
“Now that its wind protection’s gone… I’ll snipe it.”
After shortly saying so, she carefully shot at the enemy.
Due to the use of the high-powered breath attack, the armor of wind was no more.
Aside from those covered in scales, its vital spots could be pierced.
And so, that bullet directly hit the Emerald Dragon’s right eye.
Despite bleeding from its right eye, however, it didn’t stop moving.
“The bullet only gave it a shallow wound!? What a monster.”
“GYUAAAAAAAAAAA!”
Elder Dwarf then placed her hands on the ground. And when she did so, a wall made of stone was built.
Not giving a care about it, the dragon slapped the wall with its right hand. As though it was made of paper, the stone wall crumbled.
And then, something under my feet rose.
“Master, that was dangerous.”
“You’ve saved me, Elder Dwarf-sama.”
Yes, Elder Dwarf built the stone wall as a distraction, carried Wight, and then went under the ground.
“Master, we won’t be able to damage it with our current equipment. I ask for more firepower.”
“Understood.”
I activated my [Creation].
“I’ve given this to you before for your research so you should know how to use it.”
“I do. Leave it up to me.”
I had given this weapon to Elder Dwarf back when she was just born.
The weapon I made was the most in-demand anti-tank rocket.
USSL RRG-7
Overall length: 950mm
Weight: 6.3Kg
Caliber: 85mm
Magazine size: 1
Muzzle velocity: 115m/s
It was a weapon that arguably gave the highest firepower a foot soldier could have.
Its appearance was that of a simple iron rod and only becomes aerodynamic in shape at the tip.
The mechanism called rocket booster that launches the Highly Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) rounds was, at the time, ground-breaking.
The HEAT rounds could penetrate even armored vehicles.
It was disposable so I made three of it via [Creation].
The Emerald Dragon looked our way.
It had already put on its armor of wind again.
Elder Dwarf placed the USSL RRG-7 on her shoulder and fired it.
I don’t know if it was carelessness but the Emerald Dragon didn’t even try to avoid it.
The HEAT warhead accelerated by its rocket motor continued to fly in the air.
And flew it did on a perfectly direct course as if it was sucked into the center of the dragon’s belly.
But I grinded my teeth instead.
The HEAT warhead then hit the dragon. The fuze activated and a directional explosion happened.
The overwhelming energy that could pierce even through tanks assaulted the dragon.
Such was the Munroe/Neumann effect. A HEAT warhead would converge the blast energy into a single point and then punch a deep hole into that point by means of the ultra-hot and ultra-fast jet of metal particles.
“GYUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!”
The Emerald Dragon screamed.
Around a third of its right arm was ripped off.
However, conversely, it could be said that the damage it received was only that much.
“How!? That power should have pierced right through it!”
Elder Dwarf raised a voice of surprise.
“Two reasons. First, the warhead deviated from the target because of the wind. So instead of the center of its body which we aimed at, it hit its right arm. Second, that guy’s wind armor is just too thick. The fuze activated way before it hit the body and caused the blast energy to dissipate.”
Yes, those were why I grinded my teeth.
With those reasons, no matter how much we fired at it, we wouldn’t be able to inflict any fatal wounds.
Elder Dwarf quickly shot another warhead.
However, this time, it didn’t even hit the dragon. Despite its large build, the dragon managed to avoid the warhead.
Such was the second weakness of the rocket: the slowness of its projectile due to its construction.
Its muzzle or initial velocity was roughly just a third of the speed of sound and less than a sixth of an assault rifle’s bullets.
As long as there was that much of a difference in their performance, the warhead could be avoided by the dragon.
That guy has known the power of our rockets, we wouldn’t ever be able land one on him again.
“GYUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!”
The Emerald Dragon roared.
The already strong winds blew harder and its thickness grew.
Now, we really won’t be able to hit it.
The wind around the Emerald Dragon grew stronger and stronger, its area of effect expanding further.
Perhaps the dragon was planning to stay in there as the winds grew even stronger and take us all out with it.
In truth, those winds were now like blades, easily cutting the surrounding rocks as though those were butter.
“What should we do, Master?”
“Use our trump card, I guess.”
I didn’t have any other choice anymore.
I had determined beforehand how much of my fighting force I was willing to reveal in this [War].
The Mithril Golems and the heavy machineguns.
Tenko’s shotgun and Elder Dwarf’s assault rifle. The RRG7 too.
I was willing to show this much.
Showing more beyond this, however, was troubling.
“We seem to no longer have the time to hesitate.”
Our chance of escaping the whirlwind of blades was more and more slipping away.
Upon thinking so, Tenko approached.
Her wounds haven’t recovered yet. Her steps were heavy.
“Leave it to Tenko. It might ruin the gun El-chan made but I’ll do it.”
“Tenko, you’ll really use that?”
“Yeah, I can pierce through the dragon as long as I use the true power of the shotgun, El-chan’s ED-01S.”
Tenko smiled.
But her smile was stiff and lasted for only a little while.
…this might just turn out to be a pretty bad gamble.
“Tenko, are you sure you can do it?”
“Leave it to Tenko, Oto-san’s number one monster. I also have sweet El-chan’s weapon so, there’s no way Tenko’s gonna lose.”
Tenko’s words were unwavering.
I then took a deep breath.
And then, I decided.
“Alright, we’re counting on you, Tenko.”
“Okay, Oto-san. I’m off.”
Tenko took out a different kind of magazine from her pouch and loaded it in her shotgun. It was a size larger than usual. She then switched the lever on her shotgun from S to F. (Semi-auto to Full auto)
And so, the assault full of resolve began.