NOVEL NEXT Book 17: Chapter 5: Part1
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Chapter 5 – Total War
Part 1
“HAAAAAAAAAAA!”
Kazuya swung his bandaged weapon at the mechanical knights.
At that moment, countless glowing swords appeared behind Kazuya and sliced through the mechanical knights one by one.
“Burn!”
Next to him, Akane-san created a huge fireball above her head and smashed it down on the army of mechanical knights.
The heat of the flames was tremendous, and in an instant, the bodies of the mechanical knights around them melted away.“Akane! With this amount of heat, we won’t be able to collect the resources later!”
“What are you talking about! If we defeat all the enemies here, we won’t have to worry about collecting the resources, right?”
“You’re right…!”
While Kazuya and Akane-san exchanged light-hearted banter, they worked in perfect unison to destroy the mechanical knights one by one.
After Sein-san’s speech, we quickly moved to the surface to intercept the mechanical knights.
And then, at a point about ten kilometers from our base… we finally clashed with the mechanical knight army.
But…
“Damn it, damn it, damn it! Don’t come here! Gyaaaaaaaaaaaahhh”
An awakened person, like Akane-san, created a flame and fired at the mechanical knights, but the mechanical knights, taking advantage of their numbers, gathered around the awakened person like ants and overran him.
“The mechanical knights that appeared poured in with numbers and momentum that seemed to fill the entire ground.
“Uooooooooooooo!!!”
In this seemingly hopeless situation, the leader, Sein-san, emitted light from his body and charged around the battlefield at a tremendous speed.
“Explode!”
Every time Sein-san moved, the surrounding mechanical knights would explode at the same time.
According to the story I heard from Kazuya, Sein-san’s superpower was the glitter of holy light.
This ability was quite extraordinary, as it allowed him to move at the speed of light.
What’s more, he could also unleash powerful beams of light on his enemies like a laser attack, and he could also bathe his allies in soft light with healing effects, making it a truly special ability.
However, even with such a powerful ability, Sein-san was still struggling against the huge number of mechanical knights.
“Damn it! Where the hell are all those things hiding?!”
Sein-san cursed as he defeated the mechanical knights, but no matter how many he defeated, more keep coming out.
And except for the special class awakened and the first class awakened, the other awakened are gradually being overwhelmed by the enemy numbers and swallowed up like before.
If things continued like this, it would only be a matter of time before the underground city was invaded by the mechanical knights.
Under these circumstances, I──.
“HAAAAAAAAA!!!!”
I took out the Heavenly Whip and swung it with all my might.
As a result, the tip of the Heavenly Whip branched out more and more, tightening around the mechanical knights’ bodies in one fell swoop.
“Windstorm!”
At the same time, I used the magic I had used on Rikuto in the mock battle to create a powerful tornado right there.
The tornado rolled up the bodies of the mechanical knights one by one, tearing them to pieces.
And with my Heavenly Whip, the bodies of the mechanical knights were crushed instantly.
Kuro, who was inside me, watched this with a pleased look on his face.
“Hahahaha! That was pretty fancy!”
“If I don’t do it like this, the battle will never end, no matter how long it takes…!”
Without pausing, I continued to destroy the mechanical knights.
“A-amazing…”
“This is Yuuya-san’s true power…”
Anyway, when Kazuya and the others saw me rampaging around, they were stunned, but Sein-san raised his voice.
“Look! The savior is destroying the enemy one by one! We can’t afford to lose, can we?”
“Oh!”
Sein-san’s voice raised the morale of our allies, and we pushed back the mechanical knights.
If we keep going like this…!
That was the moment I thought that.
“Sein-san, watch out!”
I suddenly sensed a bad omen coming from near Sein-san, so I shouted.
“Wha? Gah!”
Sein-san was startled by my voice and stopped moving for a moment, and at that moment, something tore at Sein-san’s side.
Sein-san immediately jumped back, and the room right next to where he had just been was distorted, and a golden-colored mechanical knight appeared from inside!
“W-what the…?”
“That’s… an elite mechanical knight!”
“An elite mechanical knight?”
I tilted my head at the existence I’d never heard of before, and Kazuya told me.
“Elite mechanical knights are more advanced than mechanical knights. They’re quite troublesome, and even a first-class awakened person would have a hard time against them.”
“To think that something like that exists…”
The elite mechanical knight unleashed countless gun barrels from his back while I was still in shock.
“This is bad! Evade!”
Sein-san, who had immediately noticed the elite mechanical knight, shouted.
But… it was a bit too late.
“Whaa… Gaaaahhh!”
Countless lasers were fired from the barrels of the elite mechanical knights.
The power of the lasers was far more powerful than the lasers of the ordinary mechanical knights, and many awakened humans were unable to dodge them and were hit.
“All awakened humans of the second class and below, take on the ordinary mechanical knights! All first-class and above awakened ones, take on the elite mechanical knights as your top priority!”
While using his own superpower to heal his wounds, Sein-san gave these instructions.
Following these instructions, the awakened people somehow managed to start moving, but it didn’t go as smoothly as they had hoped.
On top of that, the elite mechanical knights were extremely annoying, and just when you thought they were about to attack, they would disappear again using their stealth function.
“Damn it! I can’t find them!”
We still hadn’t found a way to deal with the new stealth function, so we had no choice but to deal with the invisible elite mechanical knights.
…I don’t have a perfect understanding of the situation either, but I’m the only one who can deal with it right now.
That’s what I thought, just as I was about to move,
“What?!”
I felt a strong killing intent and immediately moved away from the spot.
Then, a huge block of ice fell from where I had been a few moments ago!
“W-what is that?”
I was confused by the appearance of the mysterious ice block.
After all, the main weapons of the mechanical knights were laser cannons and laser swords, and they should not have the ability to shoot ice.
I thought it might be a stray projectile from someone’s superpower, but I could still feel the killing intent.
…No, wait a minute. What does this ‘killing intent’ mean?
It’s something you can’t feel from a mechanical knight, which is an inanimate object.
Then, similar confused voices began to rise from all around.
“Wha! Where did that flame come from?”
“Gah! I-is that lightning? Who is targeting our comrades!?”
While everyone was confused by the sudden situation, there was a reaction to my Presence Detection skill.
“There it is!”
At first glance, it was an empty space, but I relentlessly thrust out my Absolute Spear.
At that moment, I felt something pierce through my hand.
And then…
“What…!”
Like the elite mechanical knights, I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the machine that had appeared from the distorted space.
“N-no way…?”
“W-what’s going on…?”
“Whoa!”
In front of the suddenly appearing being, even those who spit out things appeared.
The one that appeared from space was a red mechanical knight.
However, the difference between the other mechanical knights was not only in color.
What’s more, inside the capsule attached to the red mechanical knight’s head, a human head was floating.
While we were stunned, the red mechanical knights that appeared began their battle actions once again.
To our surprise, the red mechanical knights began to use superpowers.
“This is impossible! How can mechanical knights use superpowers?”
“That ability is… that guy’s…?”
“Could it be that they’re using the awakened people they’ve captured?!”
“That person… that person!”
There was probably a familiar face on the head of the red mechanical knight.
Some of the awakened people shouted at the figure as if they couldn’t believe it.
But… no matter how you looked at it, they didn’t seem to have any life in them.
With their inorganic eyes, their heads were floating in the eerie liquid.
Amidst the chaos caused by this impossible scene, a red mechanical knight attacked me.
“Target acquired. Commencing data analysis…”
“Wha!?”
I instantly jumped back, but when I saw the superpower the red mechanical knight had used, my eyes widened.
That red mechanical knight was… because he was covered in red lightning from head to toe.
“That superpower…”
If I’m not mistaken, the superpower used by the mechanical knight in front of me… was Rikuto’s.
And inside the red head capsule of the mechanical knight… Rikuto’s head was floating.
Sein-san, who was the first to regain his senses, shouted at us, who were stunned.
“Don’t panic! We have to think about surviving first!”
Under these circumstances, it’s dangerous to show any vulnerability.
However, no one could remain calm in the face of such a tragic situation.
Because──.
“No way… Because of that superpower… That face…”
“Aren’t those the things of our comrades who have disappeared so far?”
Yes, the heads floating in the pods of the red mechanical knights were none other than those of the awakened people who had disappeared until now.
“Damn… They were able to use superpowers because they were using the bodies of the awakened. They must have analyzed their brains to find out where our base was…”
According to Sein-san’s guess, the mechanical knights obtained the technique to activate superpowers by using the heads—no, brains—of the awakened.
What’s more, while analyzing the superpowers, they also discovered the location of our base, which is how this attack began.
In other words, the awakened people who were missing until now… were no longer in this world.
And even though they were already extremely troublesome, now that the mechanical knights can also use superpowers, they are nothing but unorthodox, powerful enemies.
However, perhaps because they used human heads, the Presence Detection skill was still effective, and that was the only thing that could be called a saving grace.
In any case, the mechanical knights’ devilish deeds brought the morale of the awakened people to its lowest point.
In the midst of this, the mechanical knight clad in red lightning charged at me once again.
I took out the Omni-Sword from my Item Box and prepared it against the approaching mechanical knight.
And then…
“Haa!”
I cut down the mechanical knight that possessed Rikuto’s superpower.
“Yu-Yuuya-san?”
Kazuya looked at me, who had attacked mercilessly, with a puzzled expression.
…Indeed, the brains of the awakened humans who were his comrades were used in those mechanical knights, and it must be painful to defeat such mechanical knights.
But… no, that’s exactly why we have to defeat them.
“Can we just let it end here? If we don’t defeat these guys, tomorrow won’t come for everyone, right?
“That’s right…! For the sake of humanity… we have to win…!”
The other awakened people around me opened their eyes wide at my words.
“Besides, our comrades’ bodies are being toyed with like this! In order to prevent our comrades from being further injured, we have no choice but to defeat them!”
I shouted as I cut down the other red mechanical knights.
Then, in response to my words, Sein-san destroyed the nearby red mechanical knight.
“That’s right… we can’t let these guys do whatever they want anymore! We’re going to destroy them no matter what!”
“Oooooooooooooooooo!”
The human race, having regained their morale in an instant, launched a counterattack!
“Come on, let’s go!”
I grabbed my Omni-Sword again and charged into the army of mechanical knights.
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“I never thought that I would go to school…”
Yuzuki Koumyouin, wearing the uniform of the Ousei Academy, stood in front of the mirror and looked at herself.
“The family of the strangeness slayer…?”
Yuzuki had received an order from the head of the family to transfer to the Ousei Academy to get in contact with Yuuya.
“Well, the Koumyouin family is known as a famous family for exterminating supernatural beings, but I never thought that there was a similar family in the past. And that the descendant of that family attends a certain school…”
Yuzuki paused and smiled slightly.
Yes, school life was indeed a new experience for Yuzuki.
“From what I’ve heard, it seems to be a place where young men and women study and spend time together… If I had been born into a normal family, I would have studied there as well.”
The supernatural beings that exist in this world.
Supernatural beings are not limited to Yokai and evil spirits but also include unknown beings that modern science cannot prove.
And the family that defeats them… As the next head of the Koumyouin family, Yuzuki has received special training in fighting supernatural beings since she was born.
However, all of this training has taken place within the Koumyouin family, and she has never attended school like an ordinary person.
However, this is unavoidable due to the Koumyouin family’s business.
The Koumyouin family, which has been secretly defeating supernatural beings without being known to the outside world, has been forbidden from having any contact with the outside world.
However, this time, she was ordered to contact a boy even though it was against the rules, and this was a shocking situation.
It was only natural that Yuzuki was very interested in this boy, Yuuya Tenjou.
“I wonder if this descendant of the family of the strangeness slayer is better than me… I’m looking forward to it.”
After saying that, Yuzuki left her room.
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