1692 - - 46-03 The beginning of a long night






"Hey, hey, what's going on? What happened!"

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 The entire , aka the , the tallest ...... building in the capital city of Maharigu, was literally shaken.

 The whole building shook.


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 There are almost no earthquakes on the planet Ars. Jin and Lao-kun guess that it is because the star itself is small and the mantle convection is very small or almost nonexistent.

 Therefore, the people were terrified when the earth shook.


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Golem is attacking!

"What? Which golem is it? ...... No, we need to intercept it. I want my soldier golem out too!

Yes, sir.

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 From the basement of the , which is even more heavily guarded than the Kouou Castle, twenty soldier golems were unleashed.

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 They are mass-produced autonomous machines with performance equivalent to that of Groma's prototype Golem No. 2. They boast considerable performance.

"Go! Defeat the enemy Golem!

 The 20 soldier Golems, unable to reply, raise their swords (...) in their hands and scatter into the town, not ...... to protect the <>, but to protect the <>.

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 It seems that they are only protecting <>.

 However, the soldier golem was still strong. Even though they are using swords, a weapon that is not suitable for fighting golems, they are barely defending the <>.


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"Wind ....... Now I can breathe a sigh of relief. Where the hell did these guys come from?"

 Pegin Borntov looked up at the sky through the window. His eyes widen in astonishment.

 Silhouetted in the dusk sky was a huge floating object. Yes, it was the flying squadron led by Guillermo Marchitas's .

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 Two 100-meter class in the center, and two 30-meter class . 4 ships.

 Floating against the red sky, they were enough to break the hearts of those who saw them.


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The sky was reddish and the sky was reddish.



"-Hmmm, it's not that easy."

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 Guillermo Marchitas snickered as he looked down from his flying boat at the scene below.

"A civilization that relies on matter is fragile. When there is no more material to rely on, there will only be decline and destruction.

 A civilization based on the spirit will not be so fragile, Guillermo Marchitas thought to himself.

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 The darkness of night has fallen, and small fires are still burning here and there in the city.

Master, something is flying this way!

 A golem, a member of the flying ship's crew, reports.

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"It must be from the World Guard. They're here after all!"

 It's been about an hour since Guillermo Marchitas began his assault.

 A flare ......<> was released, illuminating the night sky.

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Two airships, sir.

"What are airships of those who rely only on technology and despise magic?"

 Guillermo ordered his small airships to intercept.

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 Now, an hour before that.

 The westernmost garrison of the Laurentian Continent is located in Recode, the southernmost town of the Principality of Mimaka. 

 Unlike the three bordering countries of Norway, Jaguz and Dalat, the Principality of Mimaka is not expansionist and is relatively calm.

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 However, its power is much lower than those of the three duchies. However, because of this, they are willing to cooperate with the , and the <> has been able to establish a garrison there.



 The garrison received a call.

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"Mysterious airships and golems have appeared on the continent of Pandor and are laying waste to the inhabitants. We need to mobilize!

"Ha!"

 So, two airships were dispatched. They are carrying five battle golems each.

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 The news was also immediately announced to the headquarters of the World Guard.



"A mysterious airship? That sounds fishy. Let's dispatch a squadron just in case.

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 Each of them will use a warp gate that was installed about 200 years ago for emergency transportation.

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 This is a huge warp gate that was developed without the Horai Island (= Jin) lineage, and the gate is 50 meters in both length and width, large enough for the airship of the <> to easily pass through.

 The exit from the Pandor continent side is cleverly hidden on the coast of Lihot Village.

 There is also one entrance, naturally, in <>. The entrance was located on the southeastern island of Mimaka.

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 Using this, an immediate rescue is possible.

 It is rarely used because of the huge amount of mana it consumes, but this time it was decided to use it because of the emergency situation.


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 The observation satellite orbiting in Ars orbit.

 The satellite provides the <, a magical brain dedicated to the satellite's management, with all the information on what is happening on the surface of the earth. < selects and chooses the information, and then sends what he judges to be necessary to the .

 And this situation was immediately conveyed to the .

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 The Old Man was a little surprised to know that Guillermo Marchitas had been hiding on the continent of Pandor ......, which is called Pandor continent in this time and age. But I soon guessed the reason.

< once mined for resources. Perhaps there is a base left over from that time and they used it.

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 But the important thing now is that Guillermo Marchitas has shown himself.


 For the first time in years, if not a hundred or so years, the old man activated the magical brain under his command, the <>, and the <>, Jin's surrogate, which the <> was piloting.

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 At the same time, they contacted Jin and together they decided to see what would happen.



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"What mobility!

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 The enemy airship was almost the same size as theirs, but it was more than twice as fast and could turn more than twice as fast. They attacked us with magic attacks in torrents.

 Although they were protected by wards, it was obvious that the Tsuga squadron, outnumbered, was going to be outnumbered.

"Don't hold back. We will fight back!"

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 Of course, they are equipped with anti-aircraft equipment, namely, highly straight-ranged . The arrowheads are made of steel and are short in overall length. And the mechanism is designed to rotate.



 The structure is as follows.

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 A string is wrapped around the arrow, which is enclosed in a metallic , and the arrow is rotated at high speed in the same way as a spinning top. It is then shot out with .

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 The range is about 500 meters. Because of its high straightness and penetrating power, it is a medium to short range weapon against airships.

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 The disadvantage is that it does not fire in rapid succession.

 In the first place, the does not have a killing weapon. Therefore, they are inferior to Guillermo Marchitas's fleet in every way.

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"Arrows don't work?

 Some of the arrows they fired were definitely hitting the enemy airships, but no helium seemed to be leaking from them.

 That's because they are not floating on helium.

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 On the contrary, the attack from the side of MARQUITAS was so strong that it overtook the warding of the TSUGA squadron.

"Rise! Gain altitude!

 Unable to resist, Gaju Tuga ordered the airship to ascend.

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 Airships, which are air power, have a lower cabin, so they have poor upward visibility and are less armed. In other words, it is more advantageous to take the upper side.

 ...... in general.

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 Guillermo Marchitas' flying boat is not floating on helium, but a so to speak. I mean .......

"What about ......?"

 Just when Gaju Tugga thought he could breathe a sigh of relief after taking the upper berth, he was hit by a storm of anti-aircraft fire that left him pale.

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 So far, no holes have been made in its air sacs. The air sacs are divided into many chambers, so even a small hole in the air sac will not cause the aircraft to crash.

 However, the enemy was so much better armed and more powerful that it was impossible to see any way to win the battle.

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 The long night of the Principality of Mercana had just begun.