"..."
"(smiling)"
"Gohon... well, that's why we're going to capture the ruins in front of us."
In the early afternoon of the next day, I cleared my throat in front of the two who had returned from the Harpy-san's village, but neither of them showed any signs of moving. Rifana is just staring at the real person who hugs me with jito eyes, and she's just smiling when it comes to Elmina-san. Her eyes aren't smiling Forgive me.
"Or rather, wait. An infinite loop is scary, isn't it? This is an infinite loop of two people sulking in real life, and two people sulking in real life, right? Shall we put the spear back now?"
"Ch"
"I thought I could go one more time."
"It wasn't that easy."
"Hey guys"
When did you become involved?
"Because, Taishi-kun, if you don't do this, you're going to keep pushing forward without a break."
"You're living too fast"
"Even if you say so..."
I'm worried about Marle and others who are left in clover. It's been a long time since I left Clover. It's the first time I've been away from my wife for such a long time.
"It's hard not to be able to touch, hear your voice, or see your face."
I don't think it's okay for me to say this in front of two people, but this is the only one. I don't think it will be rare soon, but I'm worried and lonely.
"That's right. I would think so too if I was separated from you for a long time."
"But that's why. Don't be hasty and unreasonable. At times like that, step by step, steadily."
"I agree"
Admittedly, you might get a little impatient. I just want to hurry home, and there's no clear reason to hurry. It's not like during the Great Flood, the more time passes, the more human lives are lost. No, I'm tormented by a sense of impatience because I'm not necessarily in that kind of situation.
"Let's go for now, quickly."
"No, it's not going to be quick, is it? Machine soldiers are strong, you know?"
"No, I'll go quickly. I'll rush in, so please step back."
"Are you going alone? No matter what..."
"It's all right, there is no problem"
I walk alone to a building that looks like a security gate, and confirm that the distance between the three of us is clear.
"I'm sure it was like this."
I swung the sword I stole from the old man while pouring magic power into it. That movement became the key, and the aurora covered the white blade.
The rapidly heated air turns into a heat wave, turning the grass underfoot into ash in an instant. I'm not affected by the heat wave myself. The user protection function installed in this sword seems to be working properly.
"Huh, this is cool"
"Viiiip! 』
I don't know if they were wary of the sudden amount of heat, or if they were just wary of me approaching, but the two mechanical soldiers guarding the security gate emitted something like a warning sound.
"- Huh!"
He exhales, closes the gap at once, and unleashes an all-out thrust. A kicking leg strengthened by magic combat arts caused the ground to cave in, and the scenery changed in an instant. A heavy response and a breaking sound announce the hit of the attack.
"GUIGAAA! 』
A machine soldier pierced by a sword emitting aurora emits a noise and stops. It was a pretty hard response, but it seems that this sword can pierce through unusually hard white pottery-like materials.
The other mechanical soldier seemed to have lost sight of me for a moment, and after a beat's delay, turned back to face me. But then it's too late.
The aurora sword pulled out from the first machine soldier is fired at the machine soldier who finally turned around. A full-power kesa slash cut the machine soldier's body in two. Since it would be a problem if it exploded, I quickly put both of them in the storage.
Well, compared to when I hit hard with a long gun type magic gun instead of a blunt weapon, it's a mess. I never thought that this sword would be able to pierce and cut mechanical soldiers. This is a huge increase in strength.
"ViiiiiiP! ! 』
A warning sound resounds, and the mechanical soldiers come out from the white dome in the back. Hmm, I'm sure there are many more. All of the machine soldiers that came out had the same appearance, and as soon as they caught me, they would point their weapons at me.
"No, Taishi-kun! Get out!"
"quickly!"
Behind her, Elmina-san and Rifana are making noise in a panicked voice. However, I stepped forward while concentrating my magic without looking back at them. With the same explosive acceleration as before, he closes the gap at once and strokes the lead machine soldier with a slash.
"Voooom! 』
Some of the mechanical soldiers transformed their arms like blunt weapons and attacked. And the other aircraft continued shooting without worrying about misfiring. Apparently, the magic bullets fired by the mechanical soldiers cannot penetrate their own armor, so they prioritize suppression without worrying about accidental fire.
I was afraid that the mechanical soldiers would be less likely to be shot by mistake, but I guess I was wrong. light magiclight shieldlight shieldand jump into a group of mechanical soldiers.
"Ola ola ola ola ola ola olaa!"
The mechanical soldiers are indeed tough, and their attacks are accurate. But that's all there is to it. If even strong armor can be pierced with an aurora sword, it's just an accurate attack. If you don't have speed or skill, you won't be my opponent.
It bisects the attacking machine soldier faster than it can hit, and kicks its upper body away to destroy the machine soldier who tried to fire. While concentrating his magic power, he crouched down to avoid the machine soldier's fist that attacked him from the side, and cut it in half backwards. I swung around the lower body of the machine soldier that I grabbed and knocked down all three of them at once, and then threw my battered lower body with all my strength to further destroy multiple machine soldiers.
When I did that, all of a sudden the machine soldiers joined forces and took a gap from me all at once. A volley of fire rushes at me, but the next moment my vision switches. Back, back, back of the machine soldiers who were shooting all at once in front of the short-distance teleportation.
"Huh!"
He let out a short breath and attacked the machine soldiers from behind.
After a few minutes of fighting like that, the reinforcements from the white dome stopped, and as a result, the wreckage of the white machine soldiers was scattered around me in countless numbers. Some of them are still moving slightly. Destroy it completely and store it in storage.
Three people walked into the plaza in front of the dome where there was no one to move but me.
"I can't believe it. Machine soldiers are nothing more than scraps of paper."
Looking around the plaza where the wreckage was scattered, Elmina-san gave a wry smile. Yeah, I wonder if it was good for a shoulder break-in partner.
Collects all debris in the surrounding area into storage. If I disassemble it, I might be able to get the power to keep them moving for thousands of years. If some kind of energy can be extracted constantly, there will be many ways to use it.
"Shall we break in?"
"Yes.
"That's right. I don't feel like I can beat Taishi-kun right now."
"You don't need to win."
A wry smile involuntarily wells up. Since Elmina-san is a serious fighter, she looks rather seriously frustrated. Rifana looks a little happy, or rather, she looks like she's reconsidered.
"Then I'm diving in Taishi again."
The real world disappears in an uninteresting manner. I don't feel anything coming in, but as you said, it must have returned to me. If you look at it realistically, it feels natural to be able to do this much.
"Do you want to disturb me then?"
"Yeah"
"Okay. Let's go carefully."
We nodded to each other and turned our feet toward the white dome-shaped structure.
☆★☆
"Hmm... what is this place?"
I ask them to unlock the locked doorway realistically, and I tilt my head while exploring the interior.
I knew that the hall immediately after entering was probably the entrance hall. It was like a visitor counter. The entrance was quite large, and there was something like a sofa for resting. There was also something that looked like a flowerpot with something that looked like a gigantic withered foliage plant.
The problem comes after that. If you think there was something like a laboratory, there is also a room like a training room. On the other hand, there was also a room that was locked so tightly that only ash-like things remained. If there was a place like a dining room, there was also a place like an office. There was also a room that looked more like a doctor's office than an infirmary, and something that looked like a hospital room.
"I have no idea what kind of facility it is."
"We're refreshing, too."
"It's good that there's nothing dangerous at the moment."
"There's not much harvest though."
Since Real sensed the waves of pseudo-divines, there was no doubt that pseudo-divines existed somewhere. I haven't gotten any cool items so far. Weapons, armor, and useful items.
Come to think of it, there was also a food storage room in a place like a dining room, and I received food that looked okay inside. There weren't that many, but there was a lot of variety. I'm looking forward to not only canned food but also retort food.
After exploring for a while, I found another point protected by strangely strong security. It's a place like a security station with many automatic machine guns that I saw in the Prison Tower of Sorrow.
"Is this the destination?"
"Security is tight."
Hiding in the shadows and watching the situation, I consulted on how to deal with it. That said, I'm the only one here who can stand against the mechanical weapons of the old world. A solution was quickly determined.
"That's right!"
Destroy the automatic machine gun by throwing the wreckage of the machine soldier destroyed outside with all your might.
"Limited to this hand"
"It looks like your brain is full of muscles..."
"It can't be helped because it's actually shockingly effective."
The mysterious material like white pottery is absurdly hard. However, strangely enough, when two objects made of the same material collide, they break relatively easily. Moreover, at the time of collision, there is a joint where the stronger force unilaterally destroys the stationary object. I honestly don't know much about physics, but I do know that it's kind of a bullshit substance.
"By the way, that substance is called Chronomics."
Hey Chronomics. All right, let's move on.
"Well, it was swept away! ? 』
While ignoring the shocking reality in my head, I proceed to the depths of the security station. By the way, I also searched the station, but nothing was found. I thought there wasn't even one corpse lying around, but when I think about it, the old world was destroyed a long time ago. Perhaps it has weathered without leaving any bones. I found something like a baton, but it's too late now. Well, let's collect just one.
"Somehow the atmosphere has changed."
"That's right. There are more shining things now."
"I see. I wonder if the machines around here are still alive."
Beyond the security station, there are quite a few lab-like rooms.
From the overall feeling, this dome-shaped facility may be a super-large research facility. Judging from the security guard, maybe it's the military, or the munitions industry, or some kind of research facility?
"What are you going to do? Explore?"
"If it's a game, you can search all the rooms, but…for now, let's aim for the back."
"Game?"
Rifana was tilting her head at my words, but I went through it and headed back. What we're looking for right now isn't some kind of convenience item or weapon, but pseudo-gods. No, it's better to have it, but it's just to the extent that it's incidental if you can find it. Pass through the rooms that are not even locked, and proceed with the search centering on the rooms that are strictly locked.
"Taishi-kun, it's a place with a somewhat solemn atmosphere."
"What is it? An armory?"
What I found was a large counter and a door that looked really sturdy. When I unlocked the door, which looked realistic and sturdy, and went inside, there were many shelves and what appeared to be weapons lined up in an orderly fashion on the shelves.
The reason why I thought they were weapons at first sight was because they were all roughly shaped like guns. After all, if the user's appearance is the same, the shape of the weapon doesn't change that much.
"Are you going to collect it?"
"Are you okay?"
"Well, for now, just secure it and use it if it looks like it will be useful.
I returned that to the worried Elmina-san and collected the weapon-like objects from the shelves into the storage. Everything was made of white porcelain-like chronomics, and nothing was decaying. I think it must have been very popular when I saw that it was also used for military-like weapons.
"The inspection of the collected items will be after we escape."
"That's right, it's dangerous to use it in an impromptu production."
Rifana nods in agreement. Although it retains its original form, it is a weapon that has been neglected for thousands of years. It hasn't been maintained at all during that time, and it's too dangerous to use it in a real-life event and explode. I should check the operation by myself in a large place.
Dozens of further steps. There is no harvest like a harvest.
There are many living machines, so if you look them up, you may find some useful information, but you can't read the characters used. If it were real, I would probably be able to read it, but at the moment I don't have the information I want. Or rather, I don't know what each laboratory was researching, and even if I did understand, I don't think I would be able to understand the content.
I can't imagine what kind of research they are doing in a military facility and in a high security area. I think that what the military wants is weapons, armor, and food in any era. Even if you just say weapons, armor, and food, the research fields are so diverse that they can be said to be innumerable.
However, if you inadvertently draw biological weapons or chemical weapons and expose them, you can't even look at them. It is said that there is no curse on the god who does not touch, and it is stable through.
"I'm going to touch that god right now."
"Who can say something good?"
"Taishi-kun?"
"No, it's just an evil god whispering in my heart. Please don't mind it."
"That's an amazing word, depending on how you listen to it."
"Kuh, my sealed right arm is aching…! 』
"Stop!?"
Accurately pinpointing the mistakes of my youth, I involuntarily hold my head and scream. It's a disease that every boy gets once! If you pick it up after you grow up, you'll die, so don't do it!
"Again, you still love me, right? 』
A grown man has something to hide! It's different from when you were releasing it with your youthful energy, hoarding it inside and letting it mature and enjoy it! So don't hit it right there, you'll explode and die.
"Are you okay?"
"Fufufu... next time you come out, I'll drop your fist."
I forced Elmina-san, who was looking after me, to smile. It's not like it's mentally polluted or eroded, so please don't worry about it.
"I'm fine with that, but... are you sure you're okay?"
"I was stimulated by an embarrassing memory from the past... something that made me faint in agony."
"Oh, that's a pity."
Elmina-san smiled wryly as if she had guessed the situation. Yeah leave me alone please.
"Shall we hold a tournament to expose your embarrassing memories next time?"
All right, I'll kill you as badly as possible.
"It's really a joke, so stop it. Or rather, forgive me』
In my head, I had a concrete image of what to do with the useless god, but I seriously apologized. Next time this guy plays a practical joke, let's bully him with his own hands.