"Magic Squad, fire!　Fire away!"

The 6th Branch Chief, Intact, gives the order, and the Magic Squad fires flameballs one after another.

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"...... But there's no such thing as a strategy. Are all branch managers idiots?"

Jin thought as he blocked the magic with the barrier he had deployed.

"Well, let's wait and see. Eventually the magic power will run out and we won't be able to shoot.

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The magic power required to maintain the barrier is small, but the flame ball requires a lot of magic power.

As if realizing that the Flame Balls were not going to get them anywhere, three Flame Lances flew at them this time.

However, they were easily stopped by the barrier.

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After that, no more magic came.

"Branch chief, everyone is using too much magic. ......"

The captain of the magic squad reported with a blue face, but Intact was still in a rage.

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"Yeah, they're all useless!"

At that moment, the ship they were on was hit by a shock.

"All right, Reiko, now fire five steel balls at their ship!"

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This time, Jin did not intend to use any special means of attack.

The railgun, despite its power, is in principle the same as a catapult or slingshot, something similar to what we have in this world.

However, it is impossible to fire a railgun at speeds exceeding Mach 20.

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"Yes, father."

She temporarily released the barrier and readied her railgun.

"Yes, that's right. You don't have to go all out. I'll give you five percent."

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"Yes, sir."

There was no way to stop the steel ball, which was traveling at the speed of sound even at 5 percent.

The booming sound is a sonic boom. If the railgun did not have an absorption barrier, it would have been powerful enough to damage Jin, let alone Reiko.

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Five shots echoed.

The recoil caused Hydro-5 to fall back about 10 meters, but it quickly regained its footing.

Meanwhile, the Unification Party (Unifiler) ship was on the other side.

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The hull shook with a dull thud. I saw a girl in a small boat holding a long tube and pointing it at me.

"Are you sure this is a magic tool?

Marcello, the vice director, opened his eyes in astonishment. But Intact, the branch manager, was in a panic.

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"What the heck is that?　What was that?　Somebody say something!

"Two of the four power golems were damaged by the mysterious attack!

Multiple holes in the hull!

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That's not what we want to hear," yells Intact. At that moment, the ship lurched.

One of the shots had hit below the draught line, and the ship had begun to flood.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!

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Intact calls out to the all-powerful golem in dismay.

"Hi, Shibucho."

Hold me!　Listen, don't let go until I tell you!

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Hi.

Unable to stand on the rocking ship, Intact uses his only remaining trump card, the all-powerful golem, to support himself.

"Well, that's a relief. What is the damage?　What the hell was that attack?

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Marcello began to think that it was time to give up on Intact, who was still blustering away at this point.

"You people!　Who would stand idly by and take an attack of this kind?　Shoot them with your bows and spears!　And if the magician has recovered a little, fire some magic at them!"

Intact ordered.

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In response, two archers stood on the edge of the ship and took aim at Hydro 5.

The archers are reasonably skilled, and two arrows are fired from the rocking and tilting ship at Hydro 5 without warning.

But before they could reach Hydro-5, they were blocked by the barrier and fell on the water.

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In return, three steel balls are fired, two of which hit the bottom of the draft, and one of which pierced through the cabin.

"The hull is damaged!　It's beyond repair!　Water is coming in!"

A report comes in from the cabin below. Marcello gives orders while Intact is screaming.

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"This ship is no more. Everyone get off the boat. Get a board or something to hold on to and jump in the water!

"Baba baba baba baba, Marcello, you're abandoning this ship!"

Intact was about to storm Marcello in a frenzy of excitement.

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At that moment, two more steel balls hit him, one of which destroyed the right leg of the all-powerful golem. The golem loses its balance and falls into the river, taking Intact with it.

"Ohhhhhh......"

After the scream, the sound of water was heard.

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The all-powerful golem obeyed orders and did not let go of the intact even under water. And Intact, or rather humans, are not designed to speak underwater.

Therefore, the all-powerful golem sank down in the river with Intact firmly supported.

"Everyone get out of the way!　Get out of the way!

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Marcello shouted and turned around. When he saw that there was no one left to jump in, he grabbed the nearest piece of board and jumped into the water himself.

"Father, the crew is leaving!"

"Yes. "Yes, and the ship is sinking. "All right, let's finish this up."

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Jin ordered Reiko to fire two lead balls.

"Yes."

The soft lead crushed and spread as the bullets impacted, transferring all of their kinetic energy to the hull.

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The result?

"Na, na, na, na."

The ship they were on was smashed to pieces in front of the Unification Party members floating on the water.

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"All right, all that's left are the ones floating in the water. Reiko, give them a baptism of thunder rain with minimum current.

"Yes, Father."

One of the quickest ways to deliver an electric shock to a body immersed in water is to drop thunderbolts on it from overhead.

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Reiko therefore unleashed a baptism of thunder at the lowest value she could control.

For a moment, the surface of the river turns purple. About 10 million volts fell on the floating Unification Party members.

All the Unification Party (Unifiler) members on the surface of the river fainted with a short scream. The heart would not have stopped unless they were very unlucky because they were underwater.

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However, there were two unlucky ones, and two who fainted and sank to the bottom of the river due to the weight of their armor. Including the intact, there were a total of five. Unexpectedly, the same number of people as Reinhardt's guards lost their lives.

"All right, let's get them back."

The Unifiler party members who had been neutralized were scooped up with a fish-catching net that had been provided. There were 28 in all.

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"Let's just get them ashore and tie them up for now."

Lando and the others were placed on the riverbank, and the fainted Unification Party members were handed over to them. Since there was no suitable rope, Jin used his engineering magic to make a wire rope from a piece of golem.

"Well, I'll have to discuss what to do with them with Reinhardt.

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Since he had kidnapped a diplomat of the Shoro Empire, he was afraid to dispose of them on his own.

Or rather, since it was probably Reinhardt who felt the greatest resentment, he decided to ask Reinhardt's opinion first.

Reinhardt came in protected by the army golem Lands 58,59,60.

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"Jin!"

Reinhardt!　You're safe!

Yes, thanks to you.

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Reinhardt smiles at Jin, but Jin notices that his smile has no power. He looked at him and saw a collar around his neck.

"No way!　I'm sorry, Reinhard. I should have seen it first."

He puts his finger on the collar.

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"No, Jin, this is not easy to remove."

Jin then picks up the collar. Reinhardt does not even feel the tug.

"Hey ......, you ........."

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"Hmm?"

Reinhardt smiled at Jin, who looked at the collar he had picked up with a look of disgust on his face.

"Good grief, how can you pick it back up so easily?"

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"I mean,......, the moment you touch it with your fingers, you get an indescribably bad feeling, and when you counteract it with magic power, it softens like clay and you can tear it off, is that right?

This collar has a function to fine-tune the size by using the wearer's magic power. The truth is that the functional part was injected with an excessive amount of magic power,...... more than 10 times the approximate amount that would be expected,......, causing it to malfunction. But Jin will not know this until he examines the collar in detail.

Hmmm, well, we'll get into that later, but Stearina was captured with him. Take her collar off, too.

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Reinhardt says, to Jin's surprise,

"I'm listening. I heard that the place where Reinhardt was attacked was Stearina's house.

"Yeah, I heard it's officially a different house.

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Stearina, on the other hand, is still unconscious in Cosmos's arms.

"Oh, it's probably because of this collar. She must have some kind of magical formula that makes her sick.

Saying this, Jin took off Stearena's collar as well.

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"What?　That's why you've been feeling kind of lazy. Thanks for the help, Jin ......, but what is it?　That's a strange helmet. And can you call it clothing?

Jin wears a helmet that looks more like a sci-fi helmet than a helmet. The night vision visor is pulled up so that we can see his face, but if it were pulled down, we would not be able to recognize him.

"This new equipment I made. It's pretty useful."

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Then Jin turns serious and points at the Unifiler members who are still unconscious and tied up,

"Reinhard, what are you going to do with them?

"Reinhard, what are you going to do with them?

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