The poisonous gas-spreading flowers fell.
Next, the verdant leaves fell.
The branches twisted and intertwined, becoming two arms.
A face appeared on the trunk.
“VAAAAAAA!!”
Rayos was surprised to see Patch and the others appear from Brain.
He hastily shaped the face of the possessed corpse into Nine.
He requested a video communication with the observer unit, “Alexy.”
Unsurprisingly, the first person to get the image was…
“King Nineeee♥♥”
Sharie rubbed her cheek against the crystal tablet, looking as if she were about to kiss it, in a fit of excitement.
Suurl, who had anticipated Sharie’s actions,
quietly regretted not being able to get the image first, thinking he could have shown her up.
“Sharie! Is this a time for joy?! Your Majesty! I’m so glad you’re safe…sniffle.”
“Patch, you can shed tears of joy later.”
“Lord Gira, the enemy is pursuing us!”
Patch was useless.
Gira interrupted the video communication
and confirmed the situation with Nine.
“The poison gas has disappeared. That’s wonderful…♪ It’s a pincer attack, I understand ♪”
He could replace Isaac.
Moreover, on the other side, there were many Alexy series units controlled by Brain.
Gira looked at the Forest Giant that had appeared and the armed forces behind it.
He grinned with a very, very wicked smile, the kind he had before he became an important figure, thinking he could carry out a flashy revenge.
“Isaac, did you hear that? ♪”
“Yes, Lord Gira.”
Gira proceeded to restock his weaponry.
“Ah, that’s unfair! Me too! Me too!”
Suurl also began to restock his weaponry.
“Grrr…”
Vegeta found Rayos and the others to be an eyesore enough,
but now Patch and the others, plus an extra, appeared on the other side.
He cursed the hours before when he had turned the Royal Capital into a city of death.
He had his subordinates face Patch and the others, and the extra,
while he took on Rayos and the Alexy series alongside the Forest Giant.
“Guaaaaaaa!”
He abandoned his human form
and transformed into a tentacled beast.
“Brain!”
“To all units from the Observer Unit: a tentacle monster is approaching. Attack it in parallel with the Giant.”
“Understood.”
“Understood.”
“Understood.”
DODOOON!! DODON!
Concentrated artillery fire was unleashed on the Forest Giant.
They retreated while firing.
They moved out of the Forest Giant’s attack range.
When its arms extended, they shot at its shoulders to slow its reach,
and Rayos and the others easily slipped out of its range.
Patch and his group were on the pincer attack side.
Their numbers were few.
As the subordinates closed in,
they continued to attack the Forest Giant.
Patch, Sharie, and Suurl merged with Gira and Isaac.
“Patch? Why are you coming this way?”
“It’s a new enemy! We’re going to be pincered like this!”
“Weren’t we supposed to be the ones doing the pincering?!”
“Then you switch places with us!”
“This is not the time for infighting!”
“Isaac is right. So, Patch, what’s the plan with this merge?”
“We retreat north or south! We’ll be crushed by their numbers if we stay here.”
“Even so, you guys decide which way to go?! We’re busy showering the bastards chasing us with bombs!”
“North.”
“South.”
The disagreement in the retreat direction for Patch and his group after merging.
“Which way is it?!”
“Lord Gira! Reinforcements!”
“UOOOOOOOOOOO!”
The armed forces were right in front of them (within attack range).
The monsters that had been chasing Patch and the others were now behind them.
“Take cover!”
“Eat this!”
They threw bombs without holding back.
They braced themselves as the explosion caused their machines to sit back on their rear ends.
“Now’s our chance! Go wherever you want to go!?”
“Hurry!?”
“Let’s fly!”
“Ah, hey Suurl!?”
“Just leave him be.”
Patch and the others also retreated.
Rayos heard the news from the observer unit.
“Alright, send a few units as reinforcements.”
“Understood.”
“Reinforcements will be dispatched from the Guard.”
“Support artillery fire, commence.”
DODON!! DODON!! DODON!!
“Here comes the monstrous Vegeta! Annihilate him!”
“Understood.”
“Understood.”
“Understood.”
This was the preliminary battle between Rayos and the others, and Vegeta and his group.
The main battle was yet to come.
“Damn you!”
“Ugh, Brain.”
“Guard, advance.”
“Understood.”
“Now, fire, fire!”
Vegeta charged towards Rayos (with Nine’s face) who was held in the observer unit’s palm.
His charge was immediately slowed down by artillery fire.
Without a moment’s delay, the Guard units moved in to contain him.
Then, a shower of concentrated fire rained down on them, including the Guard.
Even though his main body was unharmed, Vegeta couldn’t help but let out a cry of pain.
“It’s working. It’s really working ♪ Blast them with more magic bullets and live rounds～～, HAHHAHHAHHAH ♪♪”
“Understood. From the Observer Unit to all units, intensify the pursuit fire on the monster.”
“Considering the cannon’s cooldown… complete. Fire.”
DON! DON!
Vegeta wasn’t just a sitting duck to be shot at.
He created decoys using his skills,
forcibly broke free from the Guard’s restraint,
and tore off the head with his tentacles.
“Requesting visual information.”
“Sharing visual information.”
“Gah, so annoying!”
DOOON! DOOON!
He was pinned down, along with the decoys,
and subjected to concentrated fire once more.
“Deal with these guys!”
He requested the Alexy units to eliminate the Forest Giant.
“Don’t let them! What about the ones who went to reinforce?”
“They have safely merged.”
“Alright. Burn Vegeta and the others to death! ♪”
“Magic Bullet Attribute: Flame.”
“Magic Bullet Attribute: Flame Water.”
“Fire!”
“Artillery Fire Commence.”
DODODD BOOON!!
“VAAAAAAA?!!”
“Gyaaaaaa! Stop it!”
Once ignited, the effect was tremendous.
Vegeta and his group’s momentum began to wane.
The armed forces, who had been intimidated by the mountain-like giant, the Forest Giant, gained momentum.
“BUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON”
“Now’s our chance!”
“Go!”
“OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”
“Isaac! Bombs!”
“Give me bombs too!”
“Yeah, yeah ♪ Patch, you’re regaining your old spirit, aren’t you?”
“Stop chatting and get your hands moving! Anyone who tries to kill my beloved King Nine! Be it a monster or a monster, I’ll kill them!!”
“Yeah, yeah… Women are scary when it comes to the person they love, aren’t they?”
“That’s why, move your hands, you idiots!”
“Lord Gira, Lord Patch, here are the bombs.”
Isaac, to appease Sharie’s anger, offered bombs that he had increased in number with his abilities.
“What about me?”
“Of course, there are yours too, Lord Suurl, heh.”
The final battle between Rayos and the others, Vegeta and his group, plus the extras,
lasted for half a day.
Rayos and his group,
especially Brain’s continuous combat without fatigue, was declared victorious.
“Vaa, Vaa…”
“I will do it again and again—”
DOKAN!!
The armed forces also took advantage of the Forest Giant’s collapse in flames.
A fire attack.
As they tried to escape the fire, they were met with dirty artillery fire.
“Gyaaaa!”
“We surrender!”
“You’re demons!”
ZUDOON! BOOOO!!
“Victory cry! ♪”
“Long live King Nine His Majesty! Banzai!”
“As expected of our King! ♪”
“Rebuilding the Royal Capital. This will be a tough job. ♪”
“Now we can attack the Whispa Holy Nation! ♪”
“King Nine ♪♥ Hold me♥!”
Rayos and the others shouted their great victory,
then collapsed from exhaustion.
Brain tended to everyone’s recovery.
The important figure Tōyashi had conveniently slipped away from the decisive battle,
so a Search Party was dispatched.
“Absent without leave.”
“Life or death is their choice. Hurry your discovery.”
Even by the time Rayos and the others awoke, Tōyashi’s whereabouts remained unknown.
“We need to gather people in the Royal Capital.”
“Yes, but before that. If we don’t clear away the corpses, a plague will break out.”
“Ugh, I want to attack the Whispa Holy Nation soon.”
“Suurl, it’s obvious you’re trying to slack off.”
“Lord Gira’s insight is remarkable.”
“King Nine ♪ I am a weak woman. I can only be your bed companion… *glances*”
“Oh, Sharie ♪”
“……”
“Uh, um, ah! I’ll go and make more useful things!”
Isaac, trying to lighten the mood,
went out to search for useful items in the Royal Capital amidst the rubble and corpses.
For their meal, they had steak and ribs from a medium-sized beast-type creature that Brain had hunted and brought to flesh.
