Chapter 23: The Jobber Jailer Reflects
The day of the decisive battle had finally arrived.
The Regular Army soldiers were lined up in an orderly fashion, awaiting the signal to begin their attack.
Meanwhile, I was wielding the Anti-Material Beam Rifle, thoroughly destroying the large ballistae on top of the ramparts.
It was so easy to hit them that I couldn’t help but enjoy myself.
After destroying all the large ballistae, Katiana was about to give the signal to attack—
But Eret dutifully raised her hand to offer her opinion.
“Why don’t I just go and flatten the Royal Capital? Wouldn’t that solve everything?”
Eret had begun to say something terrifying.
Katiana, looking flustered, tried to stop Eret.
“P-Please wait, Lady Eret!! We can’t have it flattened!! My father is imprisoned in the Royal Capital, and more importantly, there are civilians who haven’t joined the rebellion!!”
“I understand, but you see, Katiana-something-chan, rebellions are troublesome. The will of the rebels can be passed on to someone else.”
“T-That’s…”
“It’s like a plague. Those infected and those close to them must be quarantined. Those who harbor rebellious intentions, and those who hear their voices, should be mercilessly annihilated.”
…Eret’s words do have a point, I suppose.
Katiana seemed to understand the logic, as her expression darkened.
“However, a massacre is still unacceptable. The Rebel Army is our only enemy. We cannot involve innocent civilians.”
“…Hmm. Well, if you insist, then so be it. I apologize for taking up your time.”
“No, I appreciate your understanding.”
Then, Eret suddenly beckoned me over.
“Now, Rugasussu-kun, you come aboard as well.”
“Huh? W-Why Lugas-dono?”
“His lap is reserved for me. I can’t concentrate on piloting the Ultimate Golem without him.”
“Eh, are you serious about me riding?”
“Hurry now. Be quick about it.”
Urged by Eret, I climbed into the cockpit, and Eret sat on my lap.
Ugh, I can still feel the sensation of her bottom…
As I was pondering these things, the main gate of the wall surrounding the Royal Capital opened for some reason.
“Oh, it seems the enemy has come out.”
Just as Eret said, armed rebels poured out of the gate in droves.
There was no strategy, it was like a suicide charge.
“Hmm. It seems their tension reached a breaking point and they couldn’t help but rush out.”
“Um, what should we do?”
“There’s no need for our army to meet them head-on and suffer casualties.”
With that, Eret skillfully manipulated the pedals and the steering wheel, causing the Ultimate Golem to float.
The boosters fired, and it accelerated rapidly.
At the same time, the bit weapons deployed, and the pencil missile pods attached to the Ultimate Golem’s thighs opened.
DODODODODODO!!!!
A ground-shaking roar echoed as countless bombs rained down on the Rebel Army.
It was a scene of hellish chaos, with screams of agony and mountains of corpses.
“Hii, w-what is that!?”
“R-Run away!! There’s no way we can win against that!!”
“I didn’t hear anything about this!!”
“Wait!! Don’t run away!!”
“F-Fight!! Shoot it down with arrows!!”
The Rebel Army desperately retaliated with bows and arrows, but of course, the Ultimate Golem’s armor was not so weak that it could be pierced by such attacks.
Eret grinned.
“Hahaha!! Is that all the Rebel Army has? My Ultimate Golem isn’t even using its full power yet!!”
Then, the bit weapons vaporized the Rebel Army.
Not stopping there, Eret unfolded the cannons that had been folded like wings on its back.
Tremendous magical power converged on the cannons.
“FIRE!!”
Eret gleefully pulled the trigger, and thick beams of laser were fired from the eight cannons.
They vaporized a portion of the Rebel Army.
The earth was gouged out, the atmosphere carried the heat, and the Rebel Army was terrified.
U-Uwaah.
“E-Eret-san, isn’t this a bit too much…?”
“What are you saying!? There are still so many things I want to test!!”
“A-Ah, okay.”
This is bad.
Eret seems to see war as nothing more than a place to test the weapons she has created.
“Now, next is—”
Just then, something glowed on the ramparts of the Royal Capital and flew straight towards the Ultimate Golem.
There must have been a high-ranking mage among the Rebel Army.
While the armor could withstand arrows without a scratch, it was unclear how much damage it would take from magic.
However, the magic was quite fast, and an emergency evasion seemed impossible.
It was going to hit—
“A◯ Field, deploy.”
It didn’t.
A transparent barrier appeared in front of the Ultimate Golem, blocking the magic attack.
It easily defended against the magic.
“Hahaha!! With that level of attack, you can’t defeat the Ultimate Golem, a collaboration between me and Rugasussu-kun!!”
“No, I didn’t make anything…”
“Now, let’s continue—oh. It seems the Rebel Army has decreased. Did they run away?”
“Over ninety percent of them were annihilated by the Ultimate Golem’s attack.”
The Rebel Army, which had been so numerous, now had only a few hundred survivors.
Those few hundred survivors had lost limbs or were trembling in fear of the irrational death they had witnessed.
How did it come to this?
No, I know the reason. It’s the result of me talking to someone I shouldn’t have talked to.
I’m sorry, Rebel Army.
Even though it was to prevent Katiana from suffering, I ended up making you suffer.
I won’t regret it, but I will reflect on it.
“Hmm, there are still some functions I haven’t tested.”
“Still…? What other functions are there?”
“Of course, there are many. It’s designed for close combat with other Golems—hm?”
Suddenly, there was a rumble.
I thought it was an earthquake, but the rumble was rhythmic.
It was as if something huge was walking…
And then, I remembered. The biggest reason Katiana lost to the Rebel Army.
It wasn’t because the Rebel Army was numerous.
“Oh, is that… a Dragon?”
A huge dragon poked its head out from the top of the Royal Capital’s wall.
It was a dragon far larger than the ones we had shot down along the way, probably hundreds of meters long.
The Guardian Dragon Baurnout.
The dragon that protects Katiana’s country, awakened by the executives of the Rebel Army.
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Afterword
A trivial side story
Author: “Overkill”
Lugas: “It’s not my fault.”
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