Sharshar Kingdom.
Tartarus Kingdom.
The two countries are in an uproar with the information that the King of Tartarus Kingdom has been taken prisoner.
The royal capital of Sharshar Kingdom.
A conference room where King Nine’s five important figures are gathered.
“King Nine has finally done it! We’ve taken the entire west now!”
“Toushi Engineer. That’s a bit of a misstatement.”
“What?! Director Patch, what do you mean? We captured the enemy king. Surely the enemy soldiers’ morale is low now.”
“Hey, hey, Toushi Engineer.”
“Nothing has changed.”
“…”
“What’s going on, Gira Treasury, Suurl Merchant Captain? And do you have anything to say, Zappa Second Private?”
Instead of Information Officer Patch.
Gira, in charge of pickpocketing, and Suurl, in charge of decoys,
explain to Tōyashi, in charge of picking, along with Zappa, who failed his duty as Watcher.
The enemy king has.
Two princes. If one of them declares to the citizens that they are the next king.
The captured king is just an old man. A title of former king.
It’s no different from the self-proclaimed king and the people playing roles.
“Hmm… Just an old man then.”
“That’s right.”
“Think more carefully.”
“…”
“Both of you, that’s enough.”
Information Officer Patch calms the room and moves on to the main topic that gathered the four.
“The war situation with the enemy country in the north is bad.”
” ” “Hey, hey, who’s the general leading them?” ” ”
“…”
Zappa, the Watcher, is silent due to his low rank and recent mistake.
The other four ignore him and focus on the war in the north.
“I’ll go! My speed-specialized machine (Golem) unit can get there quickly!”
“Suurl Merchant Captain, if you’re going, I’ll go too.”
“Gira Treasury, I’d prefer you stay here if possible.”
“What about me?! You called me, so you must have something for me to do, right? Right, Director Patch?”
Squawking, arguing back and forth.
“…”
Feeling uncomfortable.
Zappa, the Watcher, clutches his stomach and waits for the conversation to end.
Grrr. I should be on equal footing with all of you…
Hurry up and finish!
Please finish…
My stomach, my stomach…
“Well then.”
” ” “Leave it to us! ♪” ” ”
” …Please. ”
The five dispersed.
Quickly heading to their destinations to fulfill their respective roles.
Information Officer Patch is at the Intelligence Agency.
” ” “Director.” ” ”
Upon returning, a backlog of reports is coming in one after another.
According to them,
as expected.
A new king has risen in the western Tartarus Kingdom.
And fierce resistance against King Nine His Majesty’s invasion force.
A beachhead has BEEN secured, but
the resistance is fierce.
The forces deployed to the north, center, and south cannot be separated.
Their progress is slow, like a turtle.
“Good grief.”
Information Officer Patch shrugs and
clicks his tongue at the worsening war situation in the north.
He trusts that the three reinforcements, excluding Gira Treasury, will do a good job.
He organizes three bureaus to smoothly handle rear support, considering any contingencies.
“All right, gentlemen, the death march has begun.”
” ” “Yes, Director! We will fulfill our duties with all our might!” ” ”
Gira Treasury, who was told by Information Officer Patch to remain in the royal capital.
He starts gathering supplies for rear support by drawing funds from the national treasury.
“I hope the national treasury doesn’t run out. Hurry up and gather the supplies. The fastest delivery from the Intelligence Agency will be soon. Hurry, time is money.”
” ” “Yes! Immediately!” ” ”
Sigh… My… His Majesty’s and my money will be gone.
After accumulating so much.
How much effort did it take to accumulate this much?
Ahhh, the gold, silver, and treasures are dwindling.
“…”
Whispers, whispers.
The subordinates are trembling as Gira Treasury’s eyes sharpen.
They begin to fear transporting the gold and silver right in front of them.
They push the task of carrying it to each other.
“What are you all making such a fuss about?”
” ” “No, nothing in particular.” ” ”
“Then hurry up and go.”
” ” “Yes!” ” ”
The three heading to the northern reinforcements.
Each boards their machine (Golem).
“Toushi, Ōgane, departing.”
“Suurl, Idaten, departing.”
“Zappa, departing.”
The two, excluding Zappa, are accompanied by nearly fifty subordinates.
“You’re late, Second Private (Zappa).”
“My apologies!”
Zappa is urged by his squad leader.
Zappa’s unit consists of thirty people.
The three reinforcements, after decimating the rebels en route with numbers and surprise attacks,
had their numbers reduced to nearly half by the time they finally confronted the enemy army in the north.
“That was annoying on the way.”
“Yeah, totally.”
“…”
The two in their exclusive machines can boast, but
Zappa, riding a mass-produced machine, feels it’s a miracle he’s alive to stand here, gripping the control stick with trembling hands inside the cockpit.
“The formation looks solid.”
“It does.”
“…”
” ” “Go stir things up.” ” ”
” …Huh? Huh? Wait, no…”
Toushi and Suurl order the commander of the unit led by Zappa.
“As you command. Let’s go, everyone! We’re going to break through the enemy formation!”
” ” “Ooooooh!” ” ”
“Ooooh…”
Zappa, now resigned to his fate.
He lashes out at the enemy machines.
His blood was boiling, but
the moment a magic bullet grazed his shoulder.
“I’m going to die.”
Remembering that,
Zappa calmly becomes.
But an enemy machine is before him.
Friendly units are to his left and right and behind him. To escape this death trap.
The only way out is to destroy the enemy machine in front of him and escape to the outside of the friendly units’ encirclement.
Damn it all.
Why am I in this situation?!
On the northern soil of Sharshar Kingdom.
No one hears Zappa’s heartfelt cry inside the cramped cockpit.
Everyone’s focus is on the enemy machines before them, with all their nerves mobilized, and anything unrelated to combat goes in one ear and out the other.
“Nuoohhh”
“Seiyaaaah”
Golem knights clashing head-on.
Unable to fire magic bullets,
the enemy formation moves.
” ” “Now! Charge!!” ” ”
The planned Toushi and Suurl… leading their respective units with their exclusive machines, Ōgane and Idaten.
The enemy formation is further thrown into disarray.
“The enemy is few in number! Crush them with numbers!”
“You must be the commander, right? ♪!”
“Ngh! You damn usurper!”
“You dare call me that. Hey, hey, I won’t let you be captured alive anymore ♪?”
“That’s what I should say to you. You should say that after seeing our numbers. Attack, everyone!”
” “Yeah, right. Can you keep up with Idaten’s speed? All of you — ♪!” ”
Yahha — ♪!
Suurl activates the acceleration device of his gimmick.
Regardless of how many mass-produced machines there are,
Idaten, whose evasion speed surpasses previous performance, can only inflict grazes.
Before they could buy time to consume their possessed magic power.
“Game over.”
“What?”
A small timed bomb attached during evasion.
It explodes due to a forced detonation order.
Dodon!
The impact, like a punch, destabilizes the machine.
“What kind of scarecrows are you all ♪?”
” — Ghaaa– ”
With blades extending from both elbows of Idaten, the machine is shredded except for the sturdy cockpit.
The drive parts and magic power supply circuits are severed.
Most of the enemy machines surrounding Idaten are rendered combat-ineffective.
The commander’s machine, wondering if this was the Idaten after all, matching the pilot’s title, opens its chest hatch and declares surrender.
“Damn it. Suurl beat me to it!?”
“My apologies. It’s due to our lack of ability.”
Toushi, who was deprived of the achievement,
complains to the vice-commander, whom he appointed as the squad leader’s deputy.
The vice-commander apologizes and tries to appease Toushi’s mood, promising that the captain will surely achieve an accomplishment next time.
“Haaー. Oh, right…?”
“What’s wrong?”
Toushi remembers if Zappa was alive.
A few minutes later.
Zappa is found crushed under an enemy machine’s wreckage.
“My communication device is malfunctioning, haha…”
“Really?”
“I just wanted to be rescued…”
“It’s not a lie! Look, look!”
“Don’t open the hatch.”
“This is still enemy territory.”
“Ah, no… sorry.”
Zappa somehow survives.
However, after repairing his machine and replenishing his magic power with enemy supplies, he will be dispatched to a second death trap.
“Well, shall we go?”
“I suppose so.”
“…”
The refueling is complete.
Ah, I don’t want to die. I don’t want to die.
I want to stay here embracing the enemy mechanic!
Damn it!
Suurl must be with the female commander of the enemy machine right now, having a blast from his achievement…
Damn it! If only I had an exclusive machine!
I could have gotten one or two achievements…
