EP.258 The Country of Steel and Faceless People –
7 Ah, it was a pretty good play.’
‘Carofald’ returned to Sieghrund. In my mind, I wanted to fit in a little more on this stage, but unlike ‘Carafald’, Sieghrund had a mission.
‘If the smelter evaporates… it’s a big deal. Operation failed. Everyone won’t stay still.’
Originally, this was not his plan.
A trap was set in the middle of the control room. Improvised, but performance is a surefire kind of trap. An impressive lever with a red handle was the trigger for the trap.
Originally, the regressor and Historia should have argued and eventually activated the trap and fell into the trap prepared by the military.
However, having read Sieghrund’s thoughts, I skipped the trap and activated the real annihilation device.
‘Did I have to get rid of the obliteration device in advance… No, I didn’t have time to do that because time was running out. Although traps can be improvised, the obliteration device was designed from the time this smelter was built.’
Thinking that far, Sieghurund looked at me with a suspicious look.
‘By the way, how did the Pied Piper know that it was an obliteration device? I even put an impressive red handle on it, but I can’t believe I just touch it like a medicine.’
While Sieghurund was lamenting as he escaped from his immersion, the regressor who realized my atrocities urgently shouted.
“You madman! What the hell are you doing?!”
“Can’t you see? The wheel of fortune has turned!”
“Give it back right away!”
“No. This is the same as dropping an object that was hanging on the edge of a cliff, so once it works, it won’t come back even if you put it back!”
“Then what are you going to do?!”
“Why should I worry about that?”
The regressor seemed stunned by my answer. But I was serious.
“The military government created the law and the military government punished those who violated the law with forced labor. It is the military that created the smelting plant and also created the obliteration device! All I did was press the button right in front of my eyes. But is that all my fault?”
“Sophistry! In any case, they will die if they continue like this. And even if they die and slow down the military’s plans for a while, that doesn’t lead to better results!”
“You want to save them? Then you can go and save it. Save Mr. Shay himself before this smelter leads them to their deaths!”
“What?”
[Stop.]
Tyr interrupted the regressor and stepped forward. Tyr looked at the regressor with a sigh for a moment, and soon walked towards me with a warm gaze.
[Hugh didn’t play the villain for you guys. I can’t thank you, but I’m rebuking you. Know the shame.]
“How can you thank me for this?!”
[It’s something that can’t be concluded easily anyway. Before meaninglessly wasting one’s strength, the vacation took on all the sins and got off. Shay At this point, what you must do is not blame Hugh. It is to think of what to do next and do it.] After
scolding the regressor sternly, Tyr approached me and comforted me by holding my hand with a cold hand.
[Okay. None of us were disappointed in you. Don’t beat yourself up. Even if Shay says something to you, it’s just an expression of regret, doesn’t it mean you’re bad?]
“Yes? I’m not really blaming myself.”
[okay. Let’s do something like that.]
Tyr smiled and maintained a comforting position. I don’t mean to do it like that. In the first place, I have no guilt whatsoever? It’s a device created by the military, so why should I feel responsible?
Well, it’s not such a bad feeling to be comforted by an older person who is only kind to me. Although a little far older.
“There was no need for you to take over.”
Although the strategic goal she suggested was achieved, Historia grumbled at me as if she was still not feeling well.
“I should have done it. I didn’t mean to entrust it to someone else…”
“You don’t have to thank me. It just turned a cog.”
“I’m a six-year-old. I have the authority to operate the military facilities at my own discretion.”
“Who is entitled to entrust? Whether I have permission or not, it is my will that moves my body in the end.”
“Even so.”
Ah, since it was a device made by the military, it would have been a much better picture if it was operated with the authority given by the military. However, Historia didn’t know what the annihilation device was, so there was nothing she could do about it.
“By the way, Huey. How did you find the obliterator…”
Historia was speechless. It was because he saw someone stepping out of his way and moving forward.
“Carofald?”
It wasn’t Carafald. Because Sieghrund was already out of the role.
Sieghurund strode forward and at one point stood in front of a lever with a red handle. His expression was mysterious. He squeezed the handle with a multidimensional smile as if he was regretful but aloof.
When everyone sent puzzled glances at him who appeared in the center of the stage, he let out a big sigh and lamented.
“I didn’t mean to do this.”
“Wait, Carofald! What are you…!”
Right after the words were over, Sieghrund pulled the red knob vigorously.
The trap was improvised, but that made it all the more dramatic. There was no time to react. Not because I lacked ability, but because it was impossible.
Cheer la la rock.
Strange objects were hanging from the walls of the control room. The ornaments, which had not been revealed until now because there was no lighting, moved all at once when Sieghurund pulled the lever.
Truly the speed of light. There is not even a chance to resist. The moment we recognized it, the traps that filled the smelter rained down on us.
However, I, who had read my thoughts beforehand, reacted one step faster.
“Tyr! Here!”
[phew? Suddenly, why?]
I pulled out Tyr and pulled out a card at the same time.
diamond queen. Queen of Heaven. He unfolded a packet of primitive clothes made by compressing alchemists. When combined with other cards, it becomes a spiritual garment used by magic officers, but there is no time for that right now.
A wide cloth that looks like armor or like silk spreads out. The size is unsatisfactory, but it is enough to cover Tyr’s body. Shaking off his hands, he spread the cloth wide and wrapped it around Tyr’s body.
Surprisingly, Tyr was just watching what I was doing. It’s fortunate that Tyr’s personality is easygoing. If I had done the same thing to a regressor, I would have cut them off.
Right after the cloth wrapped around Tyr’s body.
A light flashed.
Thousands of suns flashed. Each of the things adorning the walls were searchlights with bright lights. Thousands and tens of thousands of searchlights emitting high-powered light emitted beams at once.
The light hit the ground directly, hit the ground, bounced off, overlapped with each other, and burned white.
An overwhelming amount of light fills the field of view. I instinctively closed my eyes, but the light that seemed to explode laughed at my thin eyelids and invaded the inner part of my retina.
“Ugh! light?!”
A trap set by the military. It was an enormous number of searchlights that had been placed in advance in the control room. It was to trap none other than Tyr.
The sun is bright enough to shine on the whole world, but from our standpoint on the ground, it is just a small hole in the sky. If you don’t stare at it directly, it’s not harmful.
In contrast, the searchlights made by the military were emitting light in all directions, surrounding us. No matter where you look, your eyes are dazzled and you can’t even open them.
[Now the sun is asleep, but how could this much light…!]
“It’s a searchlight! Because hot metal glows! A smelter that processes metal is also a factory that makes searchlights!”
A book of hardship concocted to deal with Tyr during the night when the sun never rises. If it wasn’t for me, it would have been a pretty effective hit. Darkness would have been consumed like mad to oppose artificial light.
However, unlike the sun, the artificial light of a searchlight is a practical object that emits only the light visible to the human eye. A light less mysterious and less hot than that of the sun could not penetrate my thick hem.
“Tyr are you okay?”
[It’s okay. The one being protected doesn’t feel too bad either…]
Tyr leaned his head as his hand gripped the hem of my clothes. what’s not bad bad enough! Don’t be protected, protect me!
Sieghrund is moving now!
‘Let’s remove the variable for now.’
Sieghrund did not miss the moment when everyone lost sight for a moment. He took out the dagger he had hidden and stretched it towards me in an instant. Tyr was nearby, but he was unaware of the attack, as the outside was flooded with light.
what to do with this Shall I use Tyr as my shield? No, that’s the last word. It would be no joke to consume darkness if the cloth covering Tyr was torn.
Anyway, the other side didn’t recover their eyesight either, they just remembered where I was and attacked. then.
“Tyr! Excuse me!”
[…do as much as you like.]
“There is nothing to do as much as you want!”
I threw myself straight into Tyr’s embrace. My body and Tyr’s body hit the ground hard. Even when the dizzying pain came to my back, I desperately rolled over so that Sieghurund could not pinpoint my location for a while.
The hard floor hurt my back, but it was still better than being stabbed. Sieghurund couldn’t follow my movement in the waterfall of light and missed it.
hey lived I’m glad I can read your thoughts even with my eyes closed. Is Tyr okay?
[Is this the custom called bossam?… When I heard about it, I didn’t say anything because it was ridiculous, but it feels different when I was directly subjected to it…]
Seeing that he was talking nonsense, it didn’t seem to be torn. Tyr is much better. It’s because I’m not a vampire who would get hurt by rolling on the ground in the first place.
‘…Did you see through the trap? And to avoid my attack. It is a level that cannot be explained by intuition or knowledge.’
Chet. Rather, I should worry about myself. The situation was urgent, so I moved first, but I ended up getting suspicious of Sieghrund.
‘I’m suspicious. I need to check this out. Even if it means revealing my transfiguration.’
Regressor and Historia, who had mastered the winding ball, quickly adapted to the light. A qigong master who has reached the realm can blow qigong into the eyes as well. Adapting to the light that seemed to burn their retinas, the two quickly grasped the situation.
“This light is a trap to consume the darkness. A trap to capture Tyrkanjaka! uh? then?”
The regressor who realized something immediately pointed at Sieghurund in the form of ‘Carofald’. He stood in the middle of the light with a dagger in one hand and an alien look as if he was about to stab someone.
Historia quickly grasped the situation. Carafald pulled the lever, and as a result, a number of searchlights came on in unison.
The conclusion that follows here.
“Carofald activated the trap.”
There is no doubt about it.
Historia has a strange attachment to her classmates who survived Hameln, but there is a degree of it. Carafald, who was an aspiring magic officer, was emotionally the most distant from Historia.
So it was easy to doubt.
“betrayal? Or a disguise…?”
“Anyway, you’re saying it’s an enemy? then!”
The regressor immediately, without hesitation, charged with the cherry blossoms. Compared to Historia’s momentary hesitation, it was a natural attack that made one wonder if it was a relationship that they had fought against with swords a while ago.
The transparent sword cut the halo of light in half and severely cut Sieghurund.
“Quaaaaaagh!”
Sieghurund staggered back, bleeding. A weak hand dropped the dagger. The regressor who drove him at once pointed his cherry blossoms and shouted.
“Stop the trap right now…! uh? Are you dead?”
The regressor was perplexed. It didn’t even spread the grass, but no matter how weak it was, it died while shaking.
“What is a doll? No, the feeling until now “
No, that’s acting. The act of pretending to be dead, which Sieghrund has done many times so far.
The regressor was taken aback for a moment in front of the realistic acting that perfectly imitated the stopping of breathing and disturbing the qi gong.
I’d like to tell you that I’m pretending to be dead, but if I do, Sieghurund’s attention will be more towards me. Let’s just keep our mouths shut for now.
Shiati was the only one who couldn’t keep up with the situation here and now. She frowned, but her vision hadn’t recovered yet.
“Ugh… Carofald? Where are you?”
Historia, who clicked her tongue slightly, shouted as she grabbed Shiati.
“Listen carefully! Carofald betrayed us. Because of that, we are now in a trap!”
“Historia? Why are you suddenly alienating us?”
“Listen to me! I don’t have time to pay attention to each and every thing to make you understand!”
Historia shouted sharply and immediately took Shiati to a relatively shady place. Then, Historia suddenly shouted.
“Cutie!”
The regressor reacted immediately.
“Why not! Don’t call me cutie!”
“The trap can’t end with just one. We have to get out of there fast! cut the wall! If I destroy it, the whole building is in danger of collapsing!”
“Cheet…! If we leave like this, this place will turn into a real hell…!”
“Are you going to kill everyone who believed in you and followed you? Think of your comrades more than the wicked imprisoned here!”
The regressor also agreed with that statement. It was because she only worried about it when she could afford it, and she wasn’t the type to put a trivial cause first in the face of danger from her colleagues.
Can not help it. Regressors are not gods either. As long as there is a limit to the ability, you have to solve the accumulated work right away.
Like all normal people, the regressor was flexible.
“The Sky Sword…!”
Right before the regressor swings the cherry blossoms to cut down the wall.
Seeing something, she hesitated, then changed the direction of the angel to hit something flying.
visor!
Apparently, the knife was stretched out into the air, but there was a sound of hitting steel. That wasn’t the end. The regressor stepped forward and fired dozens of sword strikes into the empty air where nothing could be seen. Every time she swung her sword, a loud metallic sound was heard.
It is dazzling everywhere. Just as it is difficult to find a blue flower floating in the blue sea, it was quite difficult to capture the existence of light itself in the dazzling light.
Even the regressors wouldn’t have been able to find it if it wasn’t for the existence of the Mystic Eye. Seven colors flashed one after another, and the regressor managed to catch the being that attacked her right in front of her eyes.
And the regressor expressed disapproval.
“Ah…Meder…! It must be here!”
『Control observation completed. Implementation rate 57%. artificial light environment. Glass.”
The guardian angel of the military nation, whose whole body was covered in light, appeared in the pouring light.
At the same time, a loud sound came from outside. The military forces hidden inside the smelter came directly to wipe out the rats in the trap.
