Chapter 10 – Second Coupling
One.
It is as if the devastation that no living person can find is conveyed through the wind.
The kingdom of Frangia was currently in a state of losing most of its territory due to the invasion of bugs.
Is that why?
The abandoned city we arrived at was creating a desolate landscape.
Perhaps because it had not been touched by humans for a long time, overgrown weeds and vines were eating away at the city buildings.
Broken buildings often stand out as if they were in the middle of a battlefield.
There was a large pit with black burn marks on the brick-paved road, as if it had been shelled somewhere.
There must have been a few battles here as well.
Although the appearance of the city was horribly damaged by repeated battles, it was not difficult to imagine what it would have looked like in the past.
The landscape of the city here was similar to that of pre-modern cities in Europe. Thanks to that, there are no buildings with dozens of floors that he often saw in reality,
There are low-rise buildings scattered here and there that are large enough to hide bugs and sexual cavalry without difficulty.
Netoru took notice of those buildings.
‘… It looks good enough to use as cover.’
The buildings remaining in the abandoned city were good shields for the holy cavalry. Even if it was a heavy machine gun, even if it was a holy cavalry, it was dangerous if it was properly hit by the spider’s shells.
In particular, if you get hit directly in the cockpit, you will die instantly along with your coupling partner without any way to do anything. You could say that the entire cockpit was torn apart by blood and carnage.
The armament of the bugs is so threatening that it is not enough to warn them several times.
From the point of view of modern people, it was like facing an armed robber holding a gun with only a sword and shield.
No, it’s not a feeling, is that reality?
For hundreds or thousands of years, this side lived in the age of swords and magic. In such an era, monsters with guns and artillery suddenly appeared.
Honestly, I don’t think this is too overbalanced.
In that respect, it was for this reason that there were no regular soldiers in all holy cavalry units, including the 393rd unit, and only pilots who controlled only holy cavalry.
Ordinary soldiers with swords and shields attacking bullets fired by bugs? It was literally like people in the Middle Ages rushing in front of a chariot weighing several tens of tons.
Dozens or hundreds of people would be turned into chunks of meat in a matter of seconds at the lightly scraping machine gun. Knights, wizards, and commoners were all equal in front of the bullets that spewed out.
That’s why only the holy cavalry can fight against it.
‘… It’s a relief that there aren’t even fighters.’
Fortunately, bugs did not have the concept of provision rights. If they had ruled even the sky, this would have been a world without dreams and hopes.
However, the fact that it is still a hopeless world remains unchanged.
A world where human growth has been distorted by magical beings
Thanks to this, the main armament of the holy cavalry is literally an anachronistic cold weapon.
The reality here is that if there were no holy cavalry in this world, it wouldn’t be strange to be conquered in the first place.
2.
The purpose of this operation was simple.
Each platoon was to ambush the bugs near their infiltration routes and then annihilate them in a surprise attack. Fortunately, they were moving along the target path Rien expected.
─Now the bug cluster will reach the expected point. I will command the timing of the attack, but I will leave the field command to the platoon commanders of each platoon.
In the screen projected in the air, the movements of the bugs were being recorded in real time.
Before the battle, Netoru confirmed the enemy’s information.
‘There are 13 bombardment spiders. Are all the rest just penetrating centipedes?’
It’s like looking at a mini-map in a strategy game.
On the map, even the information of the enemies is kindly displayed, so Netoru has no choice but to be comfortable.
This must be one of Rien’s abilities.
Careful and accurate data links across a wide range were one of her strengths.
Being able to detect enemy movements in real time in this way in a world without radar or satellites was purely thanks to the commander’s magic.
All the information of the interface mounted inside the holy cavalry was collected and processed by the commander using magic.
For example, a screen recording the location of bugs and platoons in real time right now,
A detailed map of the surrounding terrain.
Even the ability to trace back enemy positions when long-range artillery fire is observed.
All of this could be said to be a pure ability that the ‘Commander’, a wizard, could provide.
Therefore, the wider the commander’s observation area, the safer and easier the pilots can fight.
The core of the commander who operated the holy cavalry unit was not only operational command, but also the ability to use these magics.
“… Hmm. Great.”
“What?”
Karen received the muttering that flowed involuntarily. Netoru honestly praised Rien.
“Our commander is competent. At least I have nothing to say except that the qualities of a mage are useful.”
“… What is that arrogant way of talking to the commander?”
At Karen’s words, Netoru shrugged her shoulders.
Looking at the four Toru, she said with a self-deprecating sigh, as if she had gotten used to Karen by now.
“Anyway, as you said, Commander Rien is a competent person. He’s at least more reliable than the previous commander.”
“The commander you were before?”
The former commander…
Considering Rien’s age, he must not have been appointed as a commander for that long.
“Karen. Who was the commander before?”
“He was incompetent.”
It’s a no-brainer answer.
Looking at Karen’s voice, who was sitting coldly somewhere, she seemed to have a lot of bad things going on.
“How are you now? Did you go to another unit?”
“… No, he is dead.”
He is dead? Netoru tilted his head.
It’s rare for a normal commander to die.
After all, fighting bugs on the front lines was the role of Holy Trooper pilots.
Being a commander is, after all, close to a living command tactical system, so you stand by in the rear.
It is rare to die first in such a position.
“Why?”
“I ran away alone and got eaten by bugs. They probably thought we would be annihilated. Well, actually, it was almost destroyed at that time.”
“Indeed…”
It’s a funny ending. But it was also quite common here. Being a magician was a precious thing, and at the same time it belonged to nobles.
In other words, there are many types of wizards who are selfish and have strong pride, but needlessly have a strong desire for survival.
Anyway, the pointless chatter ends here.
The battle will begin soon.
Then Karen said as if warning.
“You must be bored now, but as a last word, the limit output I allow is up to 1000. Okay?”
“Yeah, I know, don’t worry. Don’t you trust me too much?”
Limit output. In other words, it was the amount of power that a female pilot connected to the Holy Trooper could produce.
Karen’s stretch in her first day’s battle was due to Netoru maneuvering beyond her limit sorties.
‘… Women with high marginal output and good fuel efficiency are rare.’
What happened that day was not a mistake. To some extent, this was also what Netoru intended. It is because I need to know the level of the person I will be coupling with in the future.
In that respect, Karen passed.
She has high marginal power and good fuel economy.
This was proof that the magical nervous system built into her body to control the holy cavalry was better organized than others.
Just like that, Karen grumbled if she thought of the first day.
“You… Did she do that on the first day and then I hear you believe me? If you increase the output even further, I will use your mana in a mess.”
“It’s scary.”
If the female pilot was the engine, the male pilot also served as the fuel supplying power to the engine.
In other words, Karen’s words were that she would make you as tattered as she was.
However, it is a cute warning from the listener’s point of view.
I’m sorry, but Karen had to use her magic in her mess. Netoru smiled and watched Karen from the back as she lay in her cockpit.
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Perhaps due to the fact that the battle was about to begin, the amount of her magical energy passed to Karen from the magic pass connected by the coupling was increasing.
As the RPM of a car increases, Karen is also preparing.
As a result, Karen’s body, which was lying in her cockpit, gained strength little by little, and the fresh sexual energy unique to a young girl who had not yet fully matured began to flow out.
‘… Is this guy doing it on purpose?’
Netoru blinked her eyes and tilted her head.
If this is a talent, it is a talent.
The ability to seduce men.
Dark black hair flowing down, starting from the pure white nape of the neck that could not bear to go down, and the back that stretched straight.
And the slightly raised buttocks seemed to tempt the person watching from behind to pounce on him right away.
As expected, I’ve been starving for women too lately. I’ve been bored for almost a month since I came to the base, so there’s nothing I can do about it.
─One minute from now. Bugs will appear soon.
At that time, Lien’s voice awakened her thoughts. Netoru grabbed Karen’s steering wheel. I hear Karen let out a shallow moan in recoil, but she ignores it for now.
From now on, it was time to focus on the battle.
—As scheduled, I will leave the command of the 5th Platoon to Netoru. Are you okay?
“All right.”
The role of the 5th Platoon in this operation is not very significant.
It was inevitable that the 5th platoon was the place where the pilots of the young age were deployed.
In general, no matter which unit they went to, young pilots were bound to take positions with less risk in operations, and Netoru was assigned to the 5th Platoon because of his unstable coupling.
However, since Netoru’s rich combat experience remains unchanged, he temporarily took over as the captain of the 5th platoon for this operation.
He said that he would evaluate Netoru’s abilities through this battle and make him a platoon commander if he thought he was a good fit. It seemed that Rien saw from his profile that he had a lot of experience as a platoon commander.
—… Brother Netoru. I will leave it up to you.
Slowly, amidst the heavy footsteps of the bugs, a young boy’s voice flew over the communication.
It was a boy named Kanzaki from the 5th Platoon.
He was a good listener, wondering if the efforts he had made over the past few days were worthwhile.
“Yes, please.”
After answering briefly, Netoru looked away.
Just in time, bugs with terrible appearances began to appear with a loud sound.
At the forefront, there was a large centipede – centipede, moving dozens of pairs of legs with its body stretched low.
After that, a spider with a gun barrel mounted on a spider-like body followed and crossed the city road.
However, there is no minimum vigilance or concealment in the movement of such bugs.
I’m just looking straight ahead and moving.
The intelligence of the bugs was rather low.
As a result, the concept of strategy and tactics was blurred.
Pushes the enemy away with quantity and weapons. So far, their strategy has been simple ignorance like this.
And being pushed by this simple ignorant strategy was also the reality of the kingdom.
It was then that the bugs crossed the ambush where each platoon was hiding.
-Battle commencement.
With the commander’s voice, Netoru pulled Karen’s control rod and moved the holy cavalry.
