Before waking Gigantes up, I'll jump to Isengard first to check out the area. It wouldn't be good if someone had started living there without us knowing.
　The place where Eisengard's capital, the industrial capital Eisenburg, was located was still in ruins. I looked it up with [Search], but there were no humans. There are no humans, but........

[Search: demon golem].......no response, huh?

　I wondered if the demon golems and the woman in the iron mask that Yakumo had mentioned were still around, but they weren't in this vicinity.
　Did they miss Yakumo and were afraid that the investigation team and others would come?
　Well, if no one is here, it's convenient. There would be no damage even if there was a little rampage here.
　First of all, I'm going to call everyone here and have them board the special plane "Valkyria". After that, I will return to the underground city of Agartha alone, and transfer Gigantes to Isengard with a wide range of 【Gates】.
　After that, I will also be transferred to Isengard, and I will participate in the battle with the Regingrave... well, that's pretty rough, but here's what the plan is.
　I called everyone to this side immediately, and each of us got into our frame gear. It looks like Ende's guy is going to join the fight too. Well, the purpose is to follow up with Alice, I guess.

The visibility is high!　'Wow, I definitely feel like the movement is heavier than normal frame gear!

　That Alice was being swung around by her first ride, the Ortlinde Overlord. She wandered around, perhaps to check, and raised and lowered her arms.
　Underneath, Ende's riding dragon knight, the Dragoon, is watching over her with a languid and worried look. ''Calm down, father.

''Yes!''

　On the other hand, Gerhilde, who was riding Linne's ride, borrowed from Else, was unleashing a frantic pile bunker from her arms. This one doesn't seem to be so uncomfortable. It's moving well. It's a bit rougher than Else's maneuvering, though.
　This one, too, was watching Linse, the mother, watching Linne, but unlike Ende, she was calmly watching over her. As expected of my wife, she's different.
　Normally, only the person in question would be able to ride a special machine, but it seems that parents and siblings who have a similar quality of magic power wouldn't have much of a burden on them. I guess there would be no problem for Linne to board the aircraft of her mother's twin aunt Else.
　Alice's is probably a trait of her father's race, but since she can completely change the quality of her magic power, it's not a problem here either.
　Well, I'll just go back to Gandiris for now.
　In the underground city of Agartha, everyone had gathered in front of the monitor we had prepared. Inside the monitor, Oltrinde Overlord and Gerhilde were still checking the movements of the monitor.
　The one who was watching them as if devouring them was the king of this country, the Steel King.

''This is the huge golem that the Duchy of Brunhild possesses....... As I recall, it's called a frame gear, right?
'It's not exactly a golem, but ... well, yes. We'll take out Gigantes with those.
'Are you sure it's safe now?　That is a weapon of war. It's one of the things that once destroyed civilization on this continent?
The only thing I can think of is that he's stronger in his own way, but I don't think he's stronger than the evil one, so he should be fine. It's a good thing that they have the tools to do it when the time comes. Then, I'll transfer Gigantes, okay?

　In this case, though, the secret move is to use the full power of the divine to annihilate Gigantes with my 'Divine Release', which has become a senior god.
　Gigantes will probably turn to dust, and I'm sure Gandiris, Kuhn and the other doctors will complain about it. I'd like to avoid that if possible.
　Well, since everyone is probably waiting for us over there, let's just get this big guy off to a good start.

[Gate]

　A [Gate] spread out under Gigantes' feet, and the large amount of dirt and sand and rock walls that were buried underneath it all fell away. In the instant that they fell, a light flashed on Gigantes' armored surface. Probably they took this as an attack and restarted from hibernation (sleep) mode.
　I close the 【gate】 that Gigantes fell out of, open a new small 【gate】, and I also jump to Isengard.
　Gigantes had fallen down, buried under the dirt and rocks that he had called in, but he quickly raised his huge body and stood up from the rattling and crumbling rock pile.
　The plane was smaller than the Evil God, but it was as huge as Hecaton Cale. That meant it was as much as the advanced species of Frays.
　Its form is a giant. However, instead of the sophisticated design of the Flame Gear, it has a somewhat retro-chic and rugged appearance.
　It has parts of various shapes and sizes that are all over the place, and it's not as stylish as it might seem.
　There were a number of pipes protruding from its back, spewing out glittering magical vapors.
　It had long, thick arms and thick legs, yet its head was small, giving it a rather unbalanced impression.
　The head didn't have a face or anything like that, and it was shaped like an Ahmet Helm. The light of a camera eye was peeking out from inside what looked like a long and narrow slit on the side.

''Gaga gaga gaga.......''

　With a squeaky roar, Gigantes raises both fists in the air.

''Huh?　Front!　Yae, Hilda, please avoid it!'
'?　I understand, that I do!
"I understand, sir!

　The octogenarian Schwertrite and Hilda Sieglune, who had been in front of Gigantes, retreated from the front to the side, obeying the sudden order of Umina.
　The next moment, with a squeezing of the long arms, Gigantes' two fists slammed into the ground.
　A moment later, the earth seemed to shake violently, and then the ground in front of Gigantes flipped up like a tsunami.
　As if the edge of the carpet had been deflected and rippled, a tsunami of rocks and sediment struck the front of Gigantes.
　If they hadn't reacted to Yumina's words earlier, Yae and Hilda would have been caught in the rock tsunami now.
　Probably Yumina's military trait, 'Future Vision', was activated.

''You use a technique similar to the Earth Magic's [Earth Wave]........ Is this the golem skill of this plane? Or is it the function of another magic tool?''

　That's the kind of voice that leaks out of Lean on the Grimgelde. Let's do the analysis later. I'm sure Kuhn will do it without asking.
　Oops, I can't do this either.

【Regingrave】!

　I called my beloved Regingrave from 【Storage】, I jumped up with 【Fly】 and went straight into the cockpit. It's been a long time since I've fought with this thing.
　When I jumped up into the air with the Regingrave, a communication came in from Linse's Helmvige, who was flying in flying form as well.

''Fuyao-san. Can you let us do this on our own first?''
'What?　I don't mind, but... are you okay?

　In this case, 'Are you okay?' is not aimed at Linse and the others, but mainly against Alice and Linne. It's difficult to face an unknown enemy in an unfamiliar aircraft. I was going to follow up on that.

'You can do it without the help of Oto-san!　I'll handle it!
"Lynne was right!　You stay right there!　And so is your father!
'What?　Wait, Alice!''

　Ende's panicked voice leaks out. Ummm, well........is it okay? Linze and the others are now God's family members, and that's seven of them in this place, as well as the support of Grandma Tokie, who is a senior god. This alone is too overprotective, right?

''I get it. But I'll interrupt you if you get in danger, okay?
''Yeah!''

　I hear Linne and Alice's cheerful reply from the speakers. ''What?　A little winter night! I could hear Ende's impatient voice, but I ignored it.

''Alright!　Then I'll go...!
''Wait. It's the height of folly to rush into an unfamiliar opponent without a plan. First of all, wait for your opponent to make a move and think about how to attack him.
"Yes, sir.

　As soon as Linne was about to rush in with Gerhilde, Hilda stopped her. That girl said, 'Attack for now! I'd better do something about the idea that........
　As I was thinking about this, Gigantes' shoulder armor opened up like a gullwing. There I saw a line of missile pods.

"M

　BASH!　And all at once, hundreds of missiles are fired at us. A rain of missiles flying towards us, shelving the glittering magnesium smoke.

''Leave it to me!　[Stardust Shell]!

　Alice's ride, the Ortlinde Overlord, stood in front of everyone and held her left hand out in front of her.
　In the blink of an eye, small star-shaped lights gathered together to create a large defensive barrier.
　The missiles were blocked by the star defensive barrier and exploded repeatedly. The deflected missiles destroyed the ground and the blast blew away the debris.
　That's quite a destructive force. If such a thing had been released in the underground city of Agartha, it would have definitely fallen down.
　When the rain of missiles stopped, the Overlord swung his right arm at me, as if he'd exhausted his shots.

''Payback!　[Cannon Knuckle]!

　The Overlord's right arm is detached from his elbow and flies to Gigantes. It's a special rocket punch, 【Canon Knuckle】.

''Ka-la-la-la-la-la!　[Crystal Armed]!

　The right arm that flew away was immediately covered in crystal and took on the shape of a vicious arrowhead.
　From Gigantes' massive body, even an overlord over thirty meters tall looks small.
　If Gigantes is the size of a human adult, then the Overlord is only the size of a baby.
　But what if a stone the size of a baby's fist flew at him? It would be quite painful, wouldn't it?
　Gigantes caught the rocket punch that flew from the front with his chest without avoiding it.
　The arrowhead of the crystal arrowhead that struck with great force seemed to go straight into Gigantes, but it was unable to penetrate the armor.

''What?!''

　Alice screams in surprise. The Overlord's right arm, which has lost its momentum, falls straight down, and at the threshold of falling to the ground, it boomerangs back down to Alice like a boomerang again, docking with the elbow of her right arm.

''It's not working at all...?''
"The Fist of the Overlord, that is.

　Hilda and Yae look up at the unharmed Gigantes. If it were a simple aircraft's destructive power, the Overlord's blow is the strongest in all frame gear. Instead, its movements are slow and its initial movements are easy to understand, so it's easy to duck.
　Taking it head on and being unharmed?　And even though it's coated with Alice's [crystal armament]?　How hard is it? Don't tell me they're made of crystallized wood?

"When my fist hit it, I heard a strange sound. Something like hard rubber........ Maybe that chest armor isn't metal.

　Such a communication comes in from Sakura on Rosweisse. Was it?　I wasn't sure....
　But hard rubber?　It's not metal?　So it's armored to withstand blows and impacts?

It's not a good idea to have a good time. Sakura-dono, support magic!
Okay.

　At Yae's words, the two loudspeaker weapons on Rosweisse's back, the Symphonic Horns, move to her shoulders and the tips open like a cannon.
　A small melody fades into the wilderness of Isengard. This song is.........
　The cherry blossoms begin to sing. Created as the theme song for a movie in which the protagonist rides a white dragon, the song begins with a fade-in and ends with a fade-out, a composition that has no beginning and no end. It seems to represent 'no end' as the title implies.
　Everyone's planes are strengthened by Sakura's supportive magic.

''Kuju Shinnaru style profound technique, Houfu Flying Slash [Houfu Hizan]!
"Restia-style swordsmanship, one set of wind blades!

Yae Schwertrite and Hilda Sieglune swung their swords and swords down, and a slash that cut through the atmosphere flew towards Gigantes.
　Gigantes was unable to avoid it due to his massive size and took a decent bite of the attack around his thighs and into his side.
　This time it didn't seem to go unscathed, and it sliced through a portion of its armor with great skill. However, due to its size, if it were a human being, it would be akin to an abrasion.

I'm not sure if I'm right. That doesn't seem to be the case, that it's not quite right.
It's just a big, nasty mess.

　Gigantes, whose body has been sliced open, angrily swings his fist down at Yae and the others.
　Both of them ducked it effortlessly, but were exposed to a rain of scattered debris that gouged the ground.
　However, both Yae and Hilda were striking it down with their swords from one side to the other. Outrageous as always........
　Light like a laser is scattered around from the automatic interceptor turrets attached to every part of Gigantes' plane.

''Wah, wah!''

　The Gerhilde that Linne rode seemed to be within range and was under a concentrated attack. Linne used Gerhilde's mobility to dexterously dodge the rain of lasers.

''Linne!　Hold on!
"Hey, mom!

　Gelhilde, who had outrun the laser, was rammed by Helmvige in the flying form that Linse was riding. Gerhilde grabbed a hook that flew out from underneath Helmvige and took off into the sky with Helmvige.
　Gigantes pointed the two cannons on the side of his head at the two planes that escaped into the sky.

'I won't let them.'

　Hundreds of crystal bullets are shot into the face of that Gigantes. It's a lean Grimgelde.
　It didn't destroy his face, but it seemed to distract him, and Gigantes' large plane turned to Grimgelde.
　A large telephone-punch was fired at Grimgelde on the ground, but Lean, who had anticipated it, hovered and ducked the punch by moving his hover.
　Grimgelde is second only to Overlord in weight, so his mobility is low. I cringed a bit.
　Lasers flew again from Gigantes' automatic interceptor turret, and Lou's Valtraute, equipped with Ende's Dragon Knight "Dragoon" and the B "Booster" unit, ran through the battlefield to disrupt it.
　In between, Yumina's Brünnhilde sniped the automatic interceptor turrets one by one and destroyed them with certainty.
　How can you still pinpoint a hit from such a distant place........

''Hm?　The wound you just inflicted is closing up, that it is.''

　When I turned my attention to Yae's voice, I saw the damaged part that Schwertrite and Sieglune had given me earlier regenerate. Tch, I knew it had a self-repair function just like Hecaton Cale?
　It's a hassle, but it's faster than the repair function can work, and the only way to destroy the interior is to use a single, focused attack. The only thing that will be repaired is the armor, not the contents.

"Otosan!　Give me a weapon!　The one that can kick and punch!'
What?

　Before I know it, I receive a communication from Gerhilde, who is on top of Linse's Helmvige, flying through the air like a surfboard.
　Didn't you say something like 'You didn't have to ask for Oto-san's help' earlier, you........ Well, it's fine.



　The two left and right sides were separated from the twelve crystal plates equipped on Regingrave's back 《Fragarach》 and flew to Linse's Gerhilde while changing shape.
　I was told by Linse that there was no need to mess with it, but this is as good as it gets, right?
　I wonder if crystalline material is also used in Gerhilde's fists, or if she needs something easier to hit, just because she's an opponent.
　The crystal plate, Fragarach, which transformed into a battle gauntlet, was attached to Gerhilde's hands and transformed into a vicious weapon with three prongs.
　Similarly, it transformed into an armor-like structure that covered the legs from the knees down.

''Alright, let's go!

　The Helmvige carrying Linne's Gerhilde rises into the sky above Gigantes' head.
　Gigantes is distracted by Ende's dragon knight "Dragoon" and Lou's Valtraute, who are running through the ground, and seems to have no interest in the two people who are not attacking him.
　This is where I feel the difference between Golems and robots. I feel a strange humanity. I can catch a glimpse of something that feels like emotion.
　Golem is not just a robot. There are machines that fail and rejoice like humans do. This is especially true of the ancient plane 《Legacy》.
　In the case of Hecaton Cale, it's because the inside of him was that cyborg old man, but I have a feeling that Gigantes also has a sense of self-emotional awareness besides following programmed orders. That doesn't mean that persuasion doesn't work, though, and there's no reason to hesitate.
　Gerhilde jumps down boldly from Helmvige, which circled above Gigantes' head.

''Ryusei kudos──!

　Gerhilde's nadir-type kick, which became tremendously heavy due to weighted magic [Gravity], falls on Gigantes' head.
　Meghach!　With a dull sound, the top of Gigantes's neck slipped into his torso.
　Gerhilde's total weight was, I believe, about seven tons?　It jumped up and down dozens of times, so that's what happened. It wasn't like a gold medallion falling down. Is it like a lead golf ball falling from a high altitude above a person's head?
　Gigantes stopped moving and fell forward as it was, with his knees on the ground.


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He...?

　A voice leaked out from someone who was watching the battle on the monitor in the underground city of Agartha.
　I don't know whether I should be happy or surprised by the so-so ending.

That's our daughter on my plane. You have made your decision. But...
I see. I suppose this isn't the end for you.

　Everyone's gazes were turned to Gigantes, who was once again shown in such a conversation between Else and Sue, who was looking calmly at the monitor.
　

''Ahhhh...!　I told you not to break it too much if you could........!

　Only Kuhn was watching the monitor with a sense of urgency as Gigantes was smoldering and smoking. Yakumo and Frey's two sisters were looking at that Kuhn with a dumbfounded gaze.
　Inside the monitor, steam blew out more vigorously from the fallen Gigantes.
　In the next moment, with a dull sound of a gurgle, the fallen Gigantes' right arm came off his shoulder.
　The same gagon, gagon, and more from the elbow. The sound of gagons, gagons, came from the rising white smoke, and when the smoke cleared, that huge body of Gigantes was divided into several parts and broken apart.
　The left and right upper arms and forearms. Likewise the left and right thighs and lower legs. And the head, upper torso and lower torso.
　Although Gigantes was dismembered into eleven parts, it had not been broken by Gerhilde's attack earlier.

'Oh, hey, look!　That!

　Such a voice comes from one of the people watching the monitor.
　One of the separated parts began to transform with a clatter and became a new humanoid golem.
　It's just about the same size as a frame gear. As if to continue, each of the 11 parts that had been broken apart became a new giant Golem, independent of each other. No, only the head part remains tucked away, so the total number of parts is 10.

"Hmmm. That Gigantes has the same structure as the Overlord.
Coalescence separation mechanism!　It's burning!

　The two sisters, Yakumo and Frey, turned their dumbfounded gazes on Kuhn again as he turned his sparkling eyes to the monitor, contrary to Su's bitter face.