Chapter 77 – Prasion
One.
────Kwaaaaang!
Gunfire rang out and buildings around it shook. As pieces of broken bricks fell from above like rain, the fleeing citizens screamed and moved their legs even more busily.
Most of the citizens had never heard the sound of gunfire until now. Is that why? Citizens shuddered in fear whenever the gunfire sounded. The fear of dying cast a dark shadow on people’s faces.
The sound of a fierce battle showed no sign of ending.
Something was dying, and the sound of the killing was spreading throughout the city. Not far away, a familiar type of holy cavalry could be seen fighting bugs.
He was a member of the 393rd unit.
One of the members of the unit who helped transport the critically ill patient who could not move inside the hospital looked at it blankly and muttered.
“How did the bugs get here? Could it be that the other units wiped out the bugs?”
“Don’t bullshit! It can’t be!”
“Ha, but! Otherwise, the bugs wouldn’t be able to invade the city like this! No, why did our unit come all the way to the city alone to fight the bugs in the first place!”
The members of Unit 393, who were hospitalized in the city hospital, did not know how the current situation was going. Just when I woke up, the bugs arrived right in front of the city. It was a series of chaos.
And it was the same for Natsuo.
‘What’s going on in this city right now?’
Natsuo was very frustrated with the current situation. Please could someone please let me know the current situation.
Why is Chandler alone with his men guarding the city?
Who is Ceres’ sister? What about Rin and Ran?
No— Karen, where is he now?
Did something happen during the battle?
All kinds of worries clutter your mind. But nothing can be done. That fact drove Natsuo crazy now.
It seemed as if the stuffiness and helplessness that had piled up since he had been discharged alone had exploded here and now.
Damn it
If I had known it would be like this, I would have been discharged with him even if it was forced. I even heard that kind of regret in an instant.
Is that why?
“… Karen.”
It was at that time that she muttered the guy’s name as her heart was pounding.
Suuuuu—
Suddenly, there was a sharp, piercing sound that broke the air as something flew. And as soon as it reached my ears, a nearby building collapsed powerlessly with an explosion.
Spider’s shell fired from somewhere hit a nearby building. Coincidentally, the window of the hospital next to it could not withstand the storm created in the aftermath of the explosion and shattered.
“Ugh! What, what!?”
The unit members inside the hospital freaked out and threw themselves on the floor. So many shards of glass flew over my head, and the floor in the hospital hallway turned into a mess in an instant.
And then the screams of the citizens were heard.
─Aaah! It hurts! Sick!
─Sa, save me! Who please!
─Kyaaaaagh! No! Honey!
The sound of that sound gradually empties the complicated mind. It felt like the blood was running cold. Natsuo groped to get up and checked her outside through the broken window.
“·······”
It was hell.
Remnants of a collapsed building. Beneath it are countless people. The group heading for the shelter had no luck getting crushed by the collapsed building due to the previous shelling.
A huge amount of blood, mixed with several people, flows on the floor, and the arms and legs of an unknown person protrude sparsely among the rubble.
Most died on the spot, but a few were lucky enough to survive among the wreckage.
But···. That was all.
─Please help me too!
─Nu, someone take it out…! Get me out!
Those who luckily survived the disaster were terrified and were busy running away. Only a few people with friends and family ties are helping those under the rubble.
Natsuo looked at him and bit his lip.
It’s dangerous here too. The previous shelling was not simply unlucky. Rather, it was a sign and a warning that bugs had reached this place.
So, you have to head to the shelter.
Anyway, there is nothing that a holy cavalry pilot without a holy cavalry can do here. The soldiers guarding the unit had long since fled.
But······.
“… Karen.”
She didn’t want to show him her ugly side. That’s why Natsuo killed the hesitation that had risen from the depths of her heart.
“Brother Natsuo! Now let’s go to the shelter too! As for the elderly, the nurses just took them all away!”
“…No, you guys go first. I’m going to help them out.”
“Oh no! We are in danger now too…!”
───Kwaaang!
“Kyaaaaah!”
Another shell flew in and landed near the hospital. The building shakes. A hot wind blew through.
However, Natsuo once again told his men to go to the shelter and kicked himself to the ground.
2.
─Damn it! Perah, stop the spider from going that way! You can’t just let it go there!
─Yes, four? All right!
─Listen up everyone! Never let bugs access your shelter!
─Ugh! Ha, but, Chandler! Too many bugs!
“·······”
It seems that the situation is not good.
The urgent voices of the troops resound. The situation in the city was constantly being conveyed through the voice channel. Netoru carved the sound into his ears with a calm face.
“…The situation is not good.”
But unlike Netoru, Ceres muttered with a restless face. Every time the gunfire rang through the voice channel, the screams of the troops were also heard, so Ceres’ body trembled as well.
Although only voices were conveyed, it was not difficult to picture in my head how fierce the battle was going on in the city without even looking at the scene.
Fortunately, there are no casualties so far.
But how long can that be? There were too few Holy Troopers to stop the bugs infiltrating the city. Only two platoons were currently defending inside the city.
It seems that Chandler is using the buildings inside the city to prolong the time as much as possible against the bugs, but that has its limits.
Netoru checked the map.
‘…Is there another platoon yet?’
Apparently, the other Holy Troopers were still tied to the bugs that were bait.
It seems that a few platoons are coming out late, but the bugs are persistent. So it will take time for them to join the defense of the city.
Netoru folded his arms and quietly closed his eyes. Then, even without being aware of it, his long-ago memories came to mind.
It is a memory of the early days when I wandered aimlessly, unable to adapt to the world of animation that suddenly fell away.
Everything was confusing then.
The only information I know is the world view briefly introduced in the anime PV. There was no information that would help solve the reality in front of us.
It was a past where the main story didn’t even start in the first place. That’s why Netoru couldn’t help but despair even more.
If what I saw in the last PV is correct, the kingdom I am in now is a place where it is certain that it will be destroyed by bugs in the not-too-distant future.
When I realized that, I felt like I was on death row. So at first, I denied the reality. But when that didn’t work, then he got angry, and when that didn’t work, he eventually compromised with reality.
No, he had no choice but to compromise.
Even if I get angry at the reality, when I come to my senses, all that remains is a ruined city and countless human corpses.
Bugs do not discriminate against humans. A human-to-human war might have spared women and children, but the bugs had no such mercy.
So everyone died equally.
It was impossible not to compromise with reality even after seeing the horrendous scenery. Moreover, if it is a disaster caused by one’s own mistake.
In that respect, Netoru’s first memory in this world in a true sense was.
The now-disappeared city—Warberg.
It was a scene of a city captured by bugs.
—Netoru. We’re almost there, so get ready.
At that moment, Asuna’s voice awakened her consciousness.
Did you finally arrive? As if waiting for those words, Netoru opened his closed eyes, got up from the cockpit, and opened the cockpit.
Just then, I saw a transport vehicle approaching from not far away, and on top of that vehicle, a white holy cavalryman was sticking out his head.
It was Karen’s sexual cavalry.
Netoru descended from the holy cavalry’s cockpit to the ground. No, he was just about to go down.
Ceres spoke from behind to Netoru, who was about to leave.
“Go carefully. Don’t fight too hard with Karen.”
“I’m sorry, but I don’t think I can do that favor.”
“…Then don’t act like a hero like you did just now, come back safely somehow.”
“I’ll try to do that, so don’t worry and cheer me on from behind.”
Netoru joked lightly with Ceres and then jumped off Ceres’ holy cavalry. It’s quite tall, but it’s no problem for a well-trained holy cavalry pilot.
It was an easy landing. Fearing to descend, he ran toward the oncoming transport. As she closes the distance, she sees Asuna in the driver’s seat first, but she doesn’t have time to leisurely say hello.
So he ignored and passed her on her straightaway, and headed for her genitalia, which her vehicle was transporting. It wasn’t difficult to get to the cockpit without the structure, as Karen’s cavalryman was sitting there just to make it easier to climb.
Netoru opened the cockpit.
Then I saw Karen lying on her back in the cockpit, ready to connect. As her cockpit opened, she slowly lifted her head to stare at Netoru.
“·······”
“·······”
Netoru’s face was illuminated by black eyes that were not as dirty as a speck of dust.
Is this what obsidian-like eyes are like?
In brief silence. As they exchanged glances, Netoru smiled at her and said to her.
“Somehow, it seems like it’s been a while since I’ve been coupling with you.”
“… What a long time ago. It hasn’t even been a week since I last coupled with you.”
“Is it?”
“Are you feeling better than that? He must have used a lot of mana while fighting the Death Worm alone.”
“It’s okay, don’t worry.”
“…That’s the sound again. Don’t worry every day.”
Has this become a habit now?
Repeating a familiar conversation that he had already had once before, Netoru sat in the cockpit. Soon after, Karen and the magical path were connected, and a coupling was formed.
Netoru said as he gripped her control stick.
“I’m going to have a hard time today.”
“When have you not?”
Then the bold answer came back. It was a very Karen-like courageous answer.
