565 - - 17-14 Battle, settlement, and



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(You've already caused a casualty. ...... can't hesitate any longer.)

<, learned that the clan of had been annihilated by the "Aether Stampede", and decided that further observation would be pointless. He decided that further observation was pointless, so he decided to attack.

(First of all, he used light magic.

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Lao Tzu takes aim through the thin ceiling panel.

Without any preamble, he fires a through the ceiling panel.

His aim was sure.

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The only miscalculation is that the ceiling panel is made of the unknown metal. I guess I was in a bit of a hurry.

A metal with a melting point of 5000 degrees Celsius.

Most of the energy of the <> was consumed in penetrating the metal, and by the time it reached <>, it was less than 1/10th of the power of the <>. By the time it reached <>, it was less than one-tenth as powerful.

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"Ugh!"

Even so, the laser beam still hit Negador 001 in the head and pierced his right shoulder.

But that is all. The beam of light, which would normally have vaporized half of the head and the right half of the body, only inflicted minor injuries on the opponent.

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"<>!"

Seeing the hole in the ceiling, , who knew where the attacker was hiding, unleashed an explosion spell.

With a roar, the ceiling board is shattered.

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But Lao Tzu changed his position as soon as he realized that the attack did not bring the desired result.

On the ceiling with a big hole, <> shot another explosion magic.

(whoosh).

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Even though he had a barrier, he was hit by the blast at close range, and Lao Tzu became more alert.

(Even though he is weakened, he still has the ability to act when the time comes.)

Another blast of explosive magic was released on the ceiling. Lao Tzu jumps down, knowing that it is pointless to hide any longer.

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"Intruder!"

He looks at the "Negador 001" whose face is distorted with hatred,

"I have not seen you before."

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Lao-tzu, who kept a quiet expression on his face, met him.

"You are a foolish doll who only knows how to follow blindly."

Lao Tzu says in a disdainful tone, but Lao Tzu does not take it well.

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"I was created by my master (my lord), so it is natural for me to work for my master (my lord).

"I don't like that."

At the same time as he says these words, <> releases an explosion spell.

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"<>!

Lao Tzu avoided it with an amazingly fast reaction time.

Since the power of the magic was limited due to the fact that she was indoors, she was out of the range of the explosion magic if she moved a little. This was an advantage for Lao Tzu.

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"You don't want to destroy the facility, so your means of attack will be limited."

"That's clever."

Then released another spell.

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"<>!"

The gravity around the room increased tenfold.

"This room is not affected by this level of gravity. But you ...... will move slower, if not crumble."

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"......"

Lao Tzu replied with silence.

"I am not so foolish as to take a doll seriously. Farewell."

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The doll tried to shift , but it did not disappear. But it did not disappear.

"Why?

The old man had secretly placed finger golems in various parts of the room.

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And they are equipped with a very weak Magijammer.

They can jam the weak magic power of the transfer markers.

This also blocks the "Aether Stampede". If you use it, you will be caught in the middle of it, too.

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"You did this!"

<>, whose face was distorted with hatred, seemed to have realized that it was Lao Tzu's work, and decided to destroy him once again.

"<>!

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Explosion magic.

But Lao Tzu easily avoided it. He used his built-in gravity-control magic device.

"What?

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Lao Tzu's face contorted as if he couldn't understand .

Lao Tzu hit him with his body.

"GWHH!"

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Due to the difference in size, <> was blown to the edge of the room. It slammed into a wall and fell down.

Lao-tzu was not wrong in his judgment that the doll's physical strength was not so great.

"I will finish here without soiling my master's hands.

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Lao Tzu fired his light magic again.

< evaporated. It was an easy end.

"......I hope this is the end."

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is not a living being. It is a homunculus created by magical technology.

It is impossible to predict what it can do even if its upper body is gone. Therefore, the <> was fired once more and <> disappeared completely from this world.

"......"

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Lao Tzu stands still for a moment, not letting his guard down. He retrieved the finger golems scattered in the room and still remained still.

In the meantime, he keeps checking the movement of the magic power around him.

It would be a big problem if there was a timed bomb ...... that could cause an "ether stampede".

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About 30 minutes passed.

Nothing seems to happen. < might have planted something, but my fears were unfounded.

Thus, <> disappeared.

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Lao Joon, Lao Tzu's main body on Horai Island, used the transporter to send Rand 41 to 50 and Smith 91 to 1 The "Mere Old Man" has decided to send the transporters to the island of Horai. This is for the purpose of suppressing and analyzing the base, as is well known.

Above all, I was curious about the person with whom <> had been communicating.

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He wanted to find out as soon as possible.

Reinforcements will arrive in a few minutes. Half of them are disarming traps and the rest are analyzing the facility.

Lando and Smith, five each, worked in pairs. Lao Tzu was the overall supervisor.

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"The ceiling here is also made of an unknown metal. This facility may be a variant of the or something like that.

< for a reasonable amount of time.

"I wonder if it was useful for atmospheric re-entry."

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The melting point of 5,000 degrees Celsius is an advantage against the high temperatures generated during atmospheric re-entry, the old man thinks back to the former satellite crashes.

"I think we should recover all the equipment after analyzing it.

The old man looks at the analysis status of the equipment with this thought in mind.

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Smith 91 removed the cover of the device.

"That is probably the communication device.

Although it is a product of a different magical technology, it has some parts in common with the manacam, and it turns out to be a communication device after all.

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It functions more like a manaphone than a manacam. It seems to be connected only to specific parties. It seems to be able to locate the coordinates of the other party.

"The other device is ....... Oh, this is the device to see each department here, isn't it?

A monitor that displays in the light outside the visible spectrum. Lao Tzu is again relieved to see that the interior, which he can see through 10 , is unoccupied.

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Another 30 minutes passed.

Magi machines were being analyzed one after another. Seventy percent of the machines were found to have a use, even if the principle of operation was not known.

"Do not carelessly touch anything you do not understand. First of all, let's examine all magi-machines in one step.

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By this time, more than half of the traps had been disarmed.

"That's not so bad, is it?

Lao Tzu was relieved out of the blue.

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The communication device started working.

The mysterious party with whom < had been communicating contacted Lao Tzu.

<...... this is 13.001, what's going on? >>

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