Chapter 20 – NTL-001
One.
“Karen. Wouldn’t it be nice to just leave the under-aged kids here to die?”
Netoru’s voice was calm when he said that.
In a tense situation, there was even a feeling of relaxation somewhere. Karen thought it was strange to her, but she was able to realize that she once had a similar experience.
No, she seems to have heard exactly the same thing.
“… Netoru. What are you going to do?”
“I’m going to open the way for the kids to get out.”
I will open the way. It simply means to draw the attention of the bugs so the kids can get out.
“You mean we want to be the bait?”
“That’s it.”
“… “
Is it because I’m an adult?
Whether it’s their appearance or personality, they’re all different.
—Karen. Leave this to the adults. I don’t intend to ask non-adults to die in a place like this.
Why are you saying the same thing?
It is an unforgettable memory.
So you can’t refuse
When she got to that point in her thoughts, Karen felt that she was glad her face wasn’t visible to Ne Tohru.
He seems to be making a strange expression for some reason. You can’t even know yourself…
Karen grumbled with her wry smile.
“… Aren’t I an adult yet?”
“Anyway, it’s your birthday in a few days. So just be an adult from now on.
“What is that. It’s too shameless.”
“So what are you going to do? What is the answer?”
That’s it, of course…
2.
“… You want to be bait?”
Rien Frost, who was observing the movements of the bugs inside 〈 Aegis 〉, inadvertently let out a moan.
The situation is not good. It will take time for the other platoons to arrive. So she somehow found her way out, and for Rien, who was calculating, the story of Netoru could only be sudden.
“Now, wait a minute… It’s dangerous! To be bait! Do you know how many bugs are around right now… “
-Commander, we don’t have time. If you wait any longer than this, you won’t be able to get them out even if you want to. Or can you come up with a plausible way in less than a minute?
“… It’s okay.”
Really, he was still a rude man. Should I say it was a voice scolding the commander for his incompetence? But Lien couldn’t say anything.
It was the commander himself who sent them there,
It was the commander himself who observed the bugs belatedly.
Of course, all of this was due to the fall of the observation tower, but it was Rien’s fault that they were killed anyway.
─Ah. I’m just saying this just in case, but I’m not blaming the Commander. Because this was just unfortunate.
“… “
Is there room for jokes in this situation?
While holding onto her forehead, Rien constantly cast search magic within 〈 Aegis 〉 to confirm the location of the bugs.
And soon came to a conclusion.
As Netoru said, it is impossible to break through that siege unless someone serves as bait.
In fact, Lien knew this from a while ago. But she just couldn’t speak.
Perhaps, deep down, she was hoping that someone would tell her to be a bait.
Feeling guilty for her own cowardice, Rien took a long breath in her, she asked insinuatingly. As a commander, she couldn’t be more swayed than this.
“… Would that be possible?”
─Well, yes. I’m not sure. But I don’t want to die, so don’t worry too much.
“… “
Normally, shouldn’t we say that it is possible here with confidence? Even in this situation, there is nothing but admiration for his unchanging smirk.
“Is Karen okay?”
─Yes. It’s okay.
“But it must be an unreasonable coupling… ?”
─Well, in the current situation, it can’t be helped. I’m prepared enough, so you don’t have to worry too much.
Karen’s voice through the audio channel was resolute. For some reason, Lien was heartbroken. In the next few days, her birthday will pass, and Karen will officially become an adult.
But for this to happen…
For the Holy Trooper pilots, birthdays didn’t simply mean getting older. On the battlefield, she was close to the consciousness that she had survived this much longer.
“All right. As soon as the safety of the 5th platoon is confirmed, we will contact you right away, so please hold on until then. Is there anything else I can help with?”
—Ah, Commander. Do you have tactical magic bullets prepared in your troops?
“… You mean tactical magic bullets?”
Netoru’s words shocked Rien.
Tactical magic bullets. It was a sealed warhead with great magic for mass killing bugs.
One warhead has the power to destroy dozens or hundreds of bugs at once, but it was a tactical weapon that was not easily supplied by the headquarters because of the difficult manufacturing method.
This was especially true for units in Area 39.
In fact, Unit 393 only has one tactical magic bullet. Even this, Rien had to ejaculate somehow, and she barely got it this year.
Because of its value, it has been a valuable weapon that has been saved in case of an emergency.
Asking that too.
“… Can we prepare tactical magic bullets?
─No. Please save it for now.
“Yes?”
I’m not asking you to use it, save it.
Before even solving the question.
Netoru cut off communication.
3.
Netoru briefly explained the situation to his platoon members. Of course, the response was great.
There was a fuss about running away together, but when I told them the reality in a ruthless manner, everyone seemed to nod inevitably.
Still, it was proof that they had become close to each other, so Netoru’s reaction from the platoon members wasn’t too bad.
“… Netoru. Is it okay not to use tactical magic bullets?”
It was time to gradually increase the output of the genital bottle as if heating her engine, so that Karen’s body would be less burdened as much as possible.
“… What? You want to use it?”
What does this young lady fearlessly say?
Are you really thinking of dying with the bugs to become a bait?
“Karen. Just in case, do you know what a tactical magic bullet is?”
“… You know you know That’s very strong.”
“… “
Very strong It is a simple and good expression.
Netoru laughed.
“Exactly how strong is it?”
“That is… Hundreds of times the power of the shells the spiders shoot? They say that’s how it feels.”
“… It’s a feeling.”
Is Karen surprisingly stupid?
At that moment, she thought about it, but she wondered if this could happen if she had only heard about it from others without seeing it in person.
This was a world without developed media. If there was an internet, I would have seen a video of an explosion somewhere, but the limitations of verbal explanations are clear.
How would you explain weapons like nuclear bombs to people in the late 19th or early 20th century with blunt words?
Of course, that doesn’t mean that tactical magic bullets have the power of nuclear bombs,
As usual, the people here were fighting by handing only a sword to the ‘big mobile weapon’. So it’s hard to imagine its power.
“… Wait a minute, why are you so silent? Am I aware of something strange?”
“Well, it’s not… First of all, I want to write, but I can’t write right now. If we did, we’d get caught up in the bugs and die together, right? The firepower of tactical magic bullets is so great.”
“Is it that great?”
“Yeah, great. More than you can imagine.”
If Rien rashly fired a tactical magic bullet, there was a high probability that this side would be destroyed along with the bugs.
I wouldn’t know if the bugs stayed still at the point of impact, but I didn’t want to gamble like that because I was going to play hide and seek with the bugs from now on.
Besides, there was one thing that bothered me more than anything else.
Netoru was very concerned about the large underground space that had been revealed as the ground collapsed.
… To the point where I thought I should save tactical magic bullets as a trump weapon in preparation for the unexpected.
‘I don’t feel good.’
Accumulated long experience warns of danger.
Wiping the blood from the sides of his eyes with the back of his hand, Netoru prayed that the worst would not come.
4.
The sound of shells hitting the ground is clearly audible.
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As if waking up to that sound, somewhere deep underground. Something large tossed and turned in the darkness. Then the mound of earth collapsed and the ground he had built began to distort, but what the monster really cared about was something else.
─Kieek!
─Keeeee!
Information kept pouring into my head.
Like it or not, because they are of the same race, the 〈 network 〉 is always connected to each other. Thanks to this, the situation on the ground was being conveyed to the monster as well.
It seemed that 〈 Corps 〉 in this area was under attack. But what about that? The monster was not part of 〈 Legion 〉 in this sector.
So I just kept quiet and watched.
Besides, the situation was clearly in favor of the same people.
The opponent was one, and the surroundings were completely surrounded by the same people.
… Yes, it must be so.
───?
Surprisingly, the enemy object recognized as an enemy destroyed the line of the same kind by itself, and began to induce a melee while avoiding concentrated fire and artillery fire.
It was like burning death.
I don’t know why I’m fighting so recklessly alone,
Interested in it, the monster accessed the database of 〈 Legion 〉.
And soon I was able to find some interesting data.
Registration code ───NTL-001.
〈 Identified as a high-risk group within Corps 〉,
And at the same time, it was a special object that attracted the attention of 〈 Legion 〉 because of the characteristics of the holy cavalry that rode each time.
