204 # 204 Runaway, and the red destructive god.







What do you think?
''The balance is a little uncomfortable, but it doesn't interfere with your movements. You react faster than the Black Knight, and it's easier to move.

 Else replied as he moved the new frame gear he had completed, the Gelhilde.
 Gerhilde's armor is coated with crystal material. If all of the armor is made of shining metal, it will be completely transparent, making it very difficult for allies to see it. I tried mixing the paint with the crystalloid, but "modeling" didn't mix it, it just trapped the paint in the crystalloid. Modeling" is a "transformation" magic, not a "fusion" magic. If it was the same material, they could still manage it.
 That's why I've attached a thicker crystal material on top of the special armor, making it a multi-layered armor. Gerhilde's red color shows through the color of the underlying armor.

''Huh!''

 Gerhilde thrust her fist into the huge rock wall that was in the wilderness and shattered it into pieces. Instantly, a spear-like stake was shot out of the pile bunker equipped on his arm with a roaring sound.
 The stake crushed one of the huge rocks that flew into the air with a single blow and was immediately stowed in the arm. The other side of the stake shot out from the tip of his elbow.

''Hmm, the pile bunker is no problem. I can shoot it right where I want it. With this, even an intermediate species could take it down in one hit.''

 It dances like a butterfly and stings like a bee. Such words flashed through my mind. Just finish it off with a single blow. Gerhilde's movements were summed up in that. Of course, it is a plane that is superior to the Black Knight in both power and speed.

''Boost!''

 Remnants of magic power overflowed from various parts of Gerhilde's multi-layered armor. It looked as if the bonny fuselage was covered in red phosphorescence.
 Gerhilde, who activated her body strengthening magic, increased her speed even faster, and her outstretched fist and pile bunker blow crushed the remaining rock walls into tiny pieces.

''How's that? Are you feeling any physical changes?
It's not a good idea to get rid of them. It's not a release type of magic. It's not a good idea to use it continuously.

 There seemed to be no problems with the aircraft. When Else released the boost, Gerhilde's phosphorescence also disappeared.

''Master, data collection is complete.

 In Babylon above, we received a call from Rosetta, who was monitoring it. This is the reason why we went all the way out to the wilderness far from the castle to do a test run.
 Now we can use this data to make adjustments and utilize it to build the next plane.

The rest of the time, we can adjust the data and apply it to the next plane. Good work, Else.

 The stopped Gerhilde's hatch opened and Else jumped down from inside.

'Well, that completes Else's plane for now.
Who's going to make the next one?
The first thing I want to do is to get a plane that's mainly for combat. I think Yae and Hilda. Both of them use swords as their main weapon, and their fighting styles are relatively similar.

 Yae's is an attack, and Hilda's is slightly better at defense. Else's Gerhilde turned out to be a bit trickier, but these two aircraft would be the legitimate aircraft of the samurai and knight types.
 As I was thinking about this, a telepathic message flowed out from Beniyu in the castle.

''Lord. We have received a call from the Governor of Rhodomeer's Hill Province.
''Oh, Red Jade. Has Frame Gear been allowed to enter the Central Province of Rhodomere?
''No, we are asking for help. I'm told that Central Province has suffered quite a bit of damage due to the outburst of armed wood golems........
What did you say?

 The armed golem is the one created by that young bald Dr. Bowman! How could I do that again? At a time when, of all things, the Frayze could be attacking tomorrow or the day after!
 I immediately returned Gerhilde to the 'hangar' and we headed towards the castle.
 I'm glad I gave the gate mirror to the Governor of the Hill State, Audrey-san, in case something goes wrong. It's a letter, but I can contact her in real time.
 Reading that letter that arrived at the castle, I didn't know why, but it seemed that several armed golems were definitely on the rampage in the Central Province, although I didn't know why.

'Let's go to the scene anyway. Else, it might be Gerhilde's first battle, is it okay?
No problem. That's the one from the pruning ceremony, right? My Gerhilde would be a piece of cake.

 Hearing what a powerful reply, Else and I hurriedly transitioned to the capital of the Central Province to see what was going on for now.

''What's this........''

 Beautiful baroque buildings were smashed to pieces and people were fleeing.
 Here and there, fires were going up, and black smoke was rising high into the sky. All over the city, huge armed golems were destroying buildings, waving their fists in the air. It's like a monster movie from a long time ago.

''Hey, can't that thing transfer to somewhere else!
"Somewhere! Wherever you send it, it's going to be a nuisance to that country!

 I reject Else's proposal. And of course, no sending it to Brunhild. I thought about going into the ocean, but I don't think that thing would die like that. We don't want it to land in the middle of nowhere. We should have gone to the volcanic crater or something.
 Anyway, it was not good to go on like this. Let's move them to the plains a few kilometers away from here. Even if we defeat them, the damage is too great in the city.
 I searched my phone and found a dozen of them, a dozen in all. I transferred them all at once to the plains. In an instant, the golems that had been destroying the city disappear.
 This will buy us some time. All that's left is for me to go out to the plains from here and crush them.

''Your Majesty, my lord!

 When I turned around at the sudden voice, I saw State Governor Audrey and Knight Commander Limit-san with his escort knights coming down the long staircase leading to the gate of the royal palace.

''State Governor, what in the world is going on here! Why were there armed golems destroying the city!
''It's a runaway. It must have been very frustrating to lose to His Majesty's frame gear. It seems that Dr. Bowman made a reckless modification to the armed golem. As a result, it seems to have failed and lost control of the golem.

 Huh! Idiot, that young bald man! What the hell are you doing?

And where is this Bowman?
He's missing. The governor of all the provinces is desperately looking for him, but he may be dead already...

 I called up the map on my phone and searched for Bowman. It was alive or dead. Then a red pin stoned into one place. Where am I?

There he is. He's alive.
'This ... is an unused warehouse. Why is it here...? And, for now, go and get yourself into custody!
Ha!

 Under Limitt-san's orders, several knights ran through the city in a hurry.
 The city has regained some composure with the disappearance of the golem, but the fires and other things are still going on. Let's put out the fire for now.

'Rain, rain, pure grace, Heavenly Rain.

 I spread my magic power towards the heavens. Then the rain began to fall with a flurry, even though there were no rain clouds. It's a water attribute, one of the ancient rainfall magic. To prevent us from getting wet, we put up a "shield" above our heads and use it as an umbrella. This will put out the fire.
 But suddenly, with a thud, a squall-like rain fell. Oh no! It's too much!
 It's my first time using magic, so I didn't have the right amount of power. When I stopped the rain, the whole area was flooded. Aaaaaaaaah. I stopped it immediately, so it wasn't that bad.

'I think the fire is out now. We just need to rescue the injured. We're going to take care of the golem we transferred.
Oh, yes. Okay, sure. Have a good day.

 The Governor of Audrey saw us off and we transitioned to the plains outside the capital. In front of us, we see a group of armed golems trying to make their way back to the capital. They are advancing towards us with heavy footsteps.
 When I looked closely, I saw that they were carrying something suspicious on their backs. It's hard to tell from the front, but it looks like the same plant.... It looks like they're fused together. Is that Boman's modification?
 Opening the 'gate', he called Gerhilde from the 'hangar'. With a shudder of the earth, the crimson aircraft descended into the land of Rhodomeer.

'Are you okay on your own?'
I'll take care of it. It's just a prelude to a good game. I'll give you a quick twist.

 After saying that, Else ran up the fuselage with a whimper, opened the chest hatch, and climbed into the cockpit.
 Well, I have escape magic built in, so it should be fine.
 With a quiet driving sound, Gerhilde starts up.

'Let's go, Gerhilde!

 Boom! Blowing the vernier on his back, the crimson frame gear shot out at once towards the crowd of armed golems. The recoil of the vernier recoil caused a huge cloud of dirt smoke to rise up in the air. Hey! You didn't forget that I'm here, did you? Pepe, you've got sand in your mouth!

"Hitotsu!

 Gerhilde's fist, which she unleashed while leaping up, exploded at the armed golem's throat and crushed the nuke there with a pile bunker in one fell swoop.

''Futatsuka!''

 Without even bothering to take care of the crumbling golem, Gerhilde gave the other golem next to her a spinning kick, splitting her upper and lower body in half. He firmly stepped on the nucleus of the upper half of the body that was stuck.
 The third golem, who was watching, stretched out an ivy-like object from both arms and bound each of Gerhilde's arms. With a pinch, the right hand and left hand of the two bodies, two strands of ivy were stretched between each of them.



 When Gerhilde waved her arms around without regard to it, the obviously larger golem was pulled and thrown away with centrifugal force to the other golem, gaining momentum as it was. What power, dude.

"Boost!

 With red phosphorescence all over his body, Gerhilde, who raised his gear even higher, smashed the golems one after another. The pile bunker that was released certainly shattered the core of the golems, and their bodies rotted into pieces.
 Amazing, pile bunker........ I think I understand how people call it a romantic weapon. The overwhelming power and destructive power to smash anything from the front. There's no need for tricks. There's no need for tricks, just pure, straight-up power.

'Crush, crush, crush, crush! If you're going to stand in front of me, you better be prepared to fall apart!

 Wow. You're getting excited.
 The crystal stakes that pop out of those arms are unbreakable. A crimson god of destruction that shatters everything that stands in its way. The armed wood golems are crushed one by one, crumbling into decaying remnants.

''Powder........crush!

 As the last remaining armed golem is blown to pieces in the wood, Gerhilde raises her right fist high into the heavens, as if to show off her victory. It's a monopoly.
 It seems that Boman had modified it somehow, but he didn't even bite his teeth. Well, he did say that the modification failed.
 But it's even better than I expected.... And it wouldn't be at full power with that.
 I had a reassuring ally in the battle against the advanced species.
 With that thought in my mind, I looked at the glowing red fuselage.