Volume 5 Chapter 18 (1/2)

~Procell's point of view~

I had received a report from R'lyeh Diva.

It seemed like that they had somehow won the fight in the other dimension. I was also relieved to hear that they had not suffered any casualties.

It also seemed like that after taking a short rest so that the potion they drank could take effect and have their injured allies recover, they were going to keep moving forward.

For them to win against the allied forces of several old Demon Lords with such a small number of people, it was a windfall.

However, things didn't go off without a hitch. According to her story, she had used [Shrine Maiden of the Malevolent God], the skill she had sealed.

It was an ability that doubled her stats by having her receive the malevolent god's blessingcurse.

But the price for such power was great.

Each time she used it, the more the malevolent god's power took hold of her it turns her into another monster.

According to her, the next use was probably still be safe but on the third use, she was definitely going to lose herself. In response, I told her to never use it again.

”…I have to apologize later for sending her into a battlefield that she had no choice but to use that. And, after she returns, I'm gonna have Aura take a look at her to know if some kind of treatment can be done.”

I decided that it was imperative to strengthen the forces fighting in the other dimension to improve their chances of winning without any trump cards besides R'lyeh Diva.

Also, I thought it was possible for Aura to treat the corruption that had stayed with R'lyeh Diva. After all, she was able to treat even Kohaku the Byakko after the latter was affected with the Black Dragon of Death's miasma. There is hope.

”Oto-san, are you properly watching Kuina's fight?”

”AH, hey! Kuina, don't look away!”

”Fel-chan, when you become an adult like Kuina, everything will be fine even while you're looking away for a moment.”

Right now, my regular forces, the ones in this dimension, was in the middle of a battle.

Up until this point, we had avoided risks and injuries by using the golems as shields and firing from behind them.

However, save for the ones transporting our trump card, all golems were now out of commission.

For that reason, Kuina the Celestial Fox and Fel the Celestial Wolf, who both had excellent capabilities to break through the enemy lines, were delegated to be our front-most vanguard.

When Kuina was finally able to rampage to her heart's content, she was ecstatic.

Each time she pulled the trigger of her shotgun, a number of enemy monsters were blown to pieces.

Speaking of, her shotgun had gotten larger by one size. It was a new model made from the orichalcum alloy developed by Rorono. Its performance had greatly improved compared to when it was made of mithril.

It was named the EDS-05 Curtana-Avalon

Aura's new anti-materiel rifle was equipped with twin golem cores but doing the same for Kuina's shotgun would make it too heavy for optimal use in close range combat.

Because of that, it was instead outfitted to have Kuina's tail fur to be used as a lightweight battery. The gun was also designed so that a whole lot more magic power could be put in into an attack, thus increasing the damage it could deal.

Additionally, its large caliber shells that made use of mithril powder had undergone technological innovations and as such, its performance had been also increased.

If the offense was increased though, then naturally, the recoil would also be increased. However, thanks to the excellence of the material used, the orichalcum alloy, and the new mechanism for absorbing the recoil, the shotgun's muzzle could handle it.

Furthermore, it had the [Explosion] enchantment which the previous model also had. In the moment the shots within the shell was going to scatter, [Explosion] would activate and thus result in in an increase in attack power without worsening the recoil.

In addition, due to the growth Rorono had experienced, she became able to add another enchantment to the shotgun.

The new one was called [Softening].

Normally, whether a bullet had been deflected or it was able to pierce through, upon impact on its target, its kinetic energy would be dispersed. Such wasn't the case for [Softening] though. The shots within a shell would be able to transfer all of their kinetic energy to their target without shattering or being deflected.

As a result, its destructiveness went up at least twice. Moreover, like [Explosion], it did so without worsening the recoil.

With the EDS-05 Curtana-Avalon, each simple attack was deathblow that could take down even A rank monsters.

”Master, the present Kuina is amazing. The amount of magic power and her movements; everything is on a whole other level compared to before.”

Rorono, who was beside me, uttered so.

She had already put on her trump card: the [Mechanical Warmaiden].

It was an equipment that was made thanks to her [Materialization] which awakened when she became one of my Monsters of the Covenant.

As for what [Materialization] was: by expending half of her total magic power, she was able to create a material that contained any one of the magic spell she could use.

It was an ability she got through the influence of my [Creation].

To eliminate its weakness of each material containing being only capable of containing a single spell, Rorono had assembled together scores of parts to form the strongest and most versatile equipment she could think of: the [Mechanical Warmaiden].

Equipped with the [Mechanical Warmaiden], she could display excellent fighting prowess despite the fact that her status wasn't particularly geared toward battle. As she was, she could match up to even against Kuina or Aura.

The [Mechanical Warmaiden]'s primary weapon, an ultra-large caliber coilgun, was then fired.

Its ultra-fast bullet pierced through every enemy in its path and made them vanish.

Its power was so absurd, rather than calling it a soldier's weapon, it was more fitting to call it a tank's gun.

Rorono wouldn't use her trump card unless things were getting dire so her using it now only proved how deep in trouble we were.

After all, just by looking, I was able to tell that the enemy forces were composed of more than 200 units, with a lot of them being A rank monster. Worse yet, many of those were A rank monsters with progressive levels.

It was a situation where we absolutely could not afford to be negligent.

Presently, Rorono was standing by here and guarding me while providing support via bombardment.

We were currently dominating the battlefield so apparently she could afford to give priority to protecting me.

”Yeah, she sure is. …I'm not so confident I can win against the present Kuina-chan.”

Aura the Ancient Elf said so as she tirelessly fired her anti-materiel rifle from the sky. The latest revision of her rifle was dubbed the Durandal-Avalon. Because it was equipped twin golem cores, it was able to spit out high-powered bullets that didn't consume the user's magic power.

An anti-materiel rifle, to begin with, was powerful enough to pierce through armored vehicles but this model surpassed that power many times over. Combining it then with Aura's stats and her [Shooter of Magical Projectiles]—the skill that gave the strongest bonus for long range attacks—any A rank monster would be taken out by just a blow, if not slaughtered outright.

Moreover, with her [Jade Eyes]—the best magical eye—and her ability to freely control the wind, missing was impossible.

One would absolutely not want Aura to be their enemy. There was nothing more terrifying as an opponent in the battlefield than a sniper that had extreme firepower.

And yet, she herself had commented that even she wasn't confident she could win against Kuina.

”Oto-san, this is amazing. Ever since Kuina became an adult, Kuina became even stronger”

With dance-like movements, Kuina easily rampaged in the center of the enemy formation.