Chapter 60: The Knight and the Doll
The institute behind the headquarters of the Church of the Holy King, in the southern Berka Autonomous Region of Midcherda. Eiffel was fidgeting in Aisa's lab, and her face was so imminent that the occasional passerby thought she was afraid that the flames of war would spread here.
However, in fact, what she was worried about was something else entirely, and she was more concerned about whether her teacher, Aisa, would be able to make it to today's concert than Meade's imminent siege.
"Ahh ”
Eiffel looked at the concert rehearsal schedule in his hand, and in fact, Aisha didn't even do the rehearsal, but just asked the band to practice on their own before negotiating. This chaos has already angered the characters on all sides, and if the protagonist doesn't arrive at the end, what awaits Eiffel and Lily, who is the manager, is the endless wrath of the industry.
For Eiffel, it is impossible to say that this is the real end of the world.
"Please, teacher, come quickly. ”
As Eiffel hugged his motorcycle's helmet and shouted in the research room, a phone call suddenly came. The sudden burst of power from the call scared Eiffel so much that she threw up her helmet, and in a hurry, she chose to take the call first.
"Hey, is it the teacher!"
"No, little Eiffel is not so flustered. ”
The voice on the phone is Lily, a companion who is on the same page as Eiffel.
"Sister Lily, what to do, the teacher is still completely nowhere to be seen. ”
"Be calm, this matter has just been resolved. ”
"Huh, did the teacher just go over to you? Huh...... That's great. ”
"No, Eiffel, you can't see the news? Now that there is a mess outside, the announcement of the citizens' refuge should be coming soon, and there is still a possibility of continuing the concert. ”
"What? Is Mead going to die?"
"Not that fast, stupid. ”
Lily's voice conveyed a sense of relief, and on the other end of the line, Eiffel could imagine the image of her trying to throw her phone away.
"In short, there is no need to think about this side of the matter, but one remembers to keep looking, and in this case it is not good for her to run around outside. Contact me again if there is news, I will stay here for a while. ”
Lily explained some of the aftermath details about the cancellation of the concert and ended her conversation with Eiffel, who relaxed and sat down in his chair.
"Teacher...... It's been over. ”
Feeling as if she had finished her graduation exam, she began to brew coffee leisurely. While she was happily humming a song and waiting for the heat to boil up, something happened that suddenly brought her back to a panicked state.
Bang!
A loud reverberation resounded throughout the Church of the Holy King, and shortly after the sound rang out, an earthquake that caused the equipment and sling lights in the lab to fall one by one, causing Eiffel to scream. She dodged the lights and equipment as she ran to the exit of the laboratory, and Eiffel, who stumbled out of the laboratory, saw "the one".
Not far away, the central courtyard of the retreat where the knights were resting was pierced by a white "arrow", and the land was turned over and scattered everywhere, and many of the knights who were nearby when the "arrows" were stuck on the ground were groaning on the ground, looking completely immobile.
"That's ...... But the missile did not explode. ”
Eiffel, who had investigated the quality of weapons to a certain extent and was familiar with the historical civilization of Ancient Berca, was able to recognize the pure white "arrow" in front of her, but in fact the other party did not exert the effect she knew. At the same time, she couldn't help but think about how much of the current Holy King's Church could still be intact if it exploded in an instant.
However, while Eiffel was thinking, a number of knights who had stayed behind in the headquarters had already poured out, and about fifteen regular Belle knights were instantly gathered in this square, and a new stage of change unfolded when everyone was wary of this pure "arrow".
Vapor came out of the surface of the "arrow", which was up to five meters long, and the armor on the surface was shot out less than two seconds after the vapor was released, but it looked more like it was stripped off than it was shot in the eyes of onlookers. Eight gaps were exposed in the circular trunks, and the sound of steel colliding was heard there.
The knights began to concentrate on the unknown coming, and at the same time, many non-combatants had already come to the scene to begin the work of moving the wounded, and it was believed that the evacuation work had begun within the department. At this time, Eiffel also took out his magic weapon, Red Lotus, and joined the Clan when the battle broke out.
In front of everyone appeared eight medieval knight dolls that were as fine as works of art, and the perfect flowing armor and exquisite workmanship made everyone present sigh at the craftsmanship of the man. However, Eiffel felt a sense of discord, and the doll's self-discipline behavior did not look like a pure machine-made product, and she had an impression of the knight's shape.
"Yes! It's a case of a coincidental city in the study of the book of the king and the night sky, and that person occasionally appears on the notebook. ”
In other words, those are not ordinary mechanics who are not appreciative of the arts, nor are they ordinary mechanics with armor, but have their own set of weapons that operate in a magic system.
It's also a lost legacy.
"It's coming!"
The knights, who had been on the alert, noticed that the puppets were moving, and they all jumped down from the arrows in unison, and at the same time as they landed, the eight puppets each stretched out their blades on the wrists of both hands, and the blades about one meter long shone with cold light, but this did not give people the feeling of danger.
At least the knights present thought that they could be dealt with so far, even if they were the Belka-style wizards of the Holy King's Church, but distant magic would also be possible. At least four different types of cannon spells had already appeared by the time the puppets fell, and the colorful mana light had lit up the entire courtyard, and the next moment the cannonballs would destroy the puppets whose tips had not yet touched the ground.
At least that's what they think.
The cannon shot four beams of different colors straight at the puppet closest to the gunner, but the puppets didn't dodge or show any other ability, just simply crossed their wrists to receive the shot.
The shelling and puppets came into contact with an instantaneous explosion that created a brief smoke that obstructed everyone's vision.
Eiffel didn't let up even when she saw the bombardment hit, she had activated her magic weapon and changed into a protective suit, holding her swords tightly in both hands and staring at the battlefield.
Soon the dolls appeared in front of everyone again, and as a result, they did not have a trace of damage, and the attack was completely ineffective. And they all approached the knights at high speed after landing, and the knights picked up their magic guides to prepare for white-knuckle combat, which was one of the best ways for the Belka-style wizards, but it was impossible for the enemy to provoke the battle that he was good at.
But reality repeatedly surpassed their imagination, and after about four rounds of fighting with the dolls, they all found out.
"These guys are so strong!"
"Break! Something on the blade and armor!"
The knights' attacks were ineffective during the melee with the eight dolls, and the dolls' armor glowed with translucent white light, as if there was a layer of protective membrane on the surface of the armor. Seeing this, Eiffel knew that it must be the magic circuit inside these Karakuri dolls, that is, their core magic is this impenetrable protective membrane.
"The first thing to know is what the degree of hardness is. ”
Seeing that she was already rushing into the battle without hesitation, Eiffel held her twin swords high above her head with flames in her eyes, and then slashed down at the back of an unsuspecting Karakuri doll.
The swords of the double swords were wrapped around a scorching flame, which was the high temperature that could dissolve the steel, but when the sword slash was on the back of the puppet, it was perfectly isolated by the layer of protective film behind it. Not to mention the sword itself, not even the heat of the flame has been transmitted.
"It's completely prevented, and it's no different from hitting a wall. ”
Just as Eiffel was still analyzing the puppet in front of him, the other party had already begun to act, and instead of facing the knight who was attacking, it turned to look at Eiffel.
"Hurry up!"
Just as Eiffel was thinking about dodging, the knight who had been attacked by the puppet unleashed his restraint magic as the puppet turned around, and the green magic chain shot out from the beerka-like magic array underground, tying the puppet's limbs.
"Received the predecessor!"
Although she didn't know the knight, Eiffel was able to work with him very quickly, and the long swords in her hands formed a small whirlwind of flames. Then she threw the high-speed whirling whirlwind out, and the flaming dragon scroll mercilessly attacked the puppets that were extremely close away, and the knight who saw Eiffel's mover jumped out of the range of the attack.
The flames engulfed the doll in an instant, and it was easy to imagine that the original bright armor would be burned to black. Unfortunately, Eiffel and the others live in a world that is alienated from common sense, and the puppet is still surrounded by its translucent force and the attack never works.
"Ahh
"Bastard!"
At this moment, Eiffel heard a grief coming from not far away, and she looked a little distracted to find that several of the Guard's knights had fallen, some of them stabbed and lying in a pool of blood.
"Be careful!"
Suddenly, a light flew from the corner of the field, and Eiffel heard the words of her predecessor and turned to look at the past, the sword was only a few feet out of her eyes, and she was lucky that her body had already made a move to retreat before her consciousness was about to dodge. The sword slashed in front of her eyes, and at the same time she could feel the cold sword body on her face, and what warm liquid flowed down her left cheek, she knew that it was not tears, but her own blood.
[Haven't stopped!]
As soon as the puppet's sword blade was unwielded, there was a succession of attacks, and it turned around with the momentum of its freshly wielding sword to give Eiffel another sweep. But this time, she was also wary and immediately raised her sword and fired this blow, but after the grid opened the blade of one hand, there was another hand coming from the opposite direction, fortunately Eiffel was also a swordsman of the double knife flow, and immediately asked for another sword to provoke this blow.
A man and a puppet seemed to dance and Waltz swirled around the courtyard, and the sword dance was also a dance of death, and Eiffel felt as if he were trying to compete with a sword master.
Eventually, Eiffel caught a gap in a sword exchange and kicked the opponent away, recovering a little breathing space for himself.
"Hey, that little imp is fine. ”
"Huh... Ha... The little life was saved. ”
The middle-aged knight, who had just worked together, walked up to Eiffel's side, and he held the gun-shaped magic guide in a position that seemed to want to fight Eiffel side by side.
"There is no better way to form a team to resist. ”
"The predecessor was right...... I don't want to face this lost legacy on my own. ”
"Do you know the intelligence here, kid? ”
"There's no such thing, just that it's an ancient Belka weapon called a Trick Doll. ”
"Yes...... But now you can only get up, and if you pick up one more second before reinforcements come, you will be less injured. ”
"Despair, ......"
Eiffel looked to the other side again, the fifteen knights had now been reduced to only ten, most of them facing the automated dolls one-on-one, although the trained knights were still able to hold the battle line, but I was afraid that the time to hold on was running out.
As Eiffel tried to devote her attention to the fight again, the sound of an engine rang through the hospital at the rear of the church, just as she was feeling bad and thought that the enemy had invaded the rear early, and a large green object appeared from the top of her head.
As a big fan of the rainbow team, she only glanced at it and recognized what the "bird" on her head was, which was the battleship of the rainbow team in Moonlight State. Just when she thought the strongest reinforcements were coming, Moonlight pushed the engine to its maximum and left the place under a strong bang and a strong wind.
“…… Thrown away?"
"Not really. ”
Just as Eiffel's hopes were shattered, a young female voice came from behind her.
Although there was a certain amount of risk, Eiffel couldn't help but look back at the source of the voice. But what she saw was an eleven or twelve-year-old girl in a hospital gown walking into the courtyard, it was a girl who looked so ordinary that Eiffel didn't even dare to be sure that she had just said it.
Until the girl put on her protective suit and held the seven-colored magic light in both hands.
"As a rehabilitation activity after being discharged from the hospital, I have just gotten better, and I also have a few new moves and things that my father taught me to practice. ”
The girl's Nagase deep snow tightened the Caixia feather coat that should have been floating near her body, and immediately turned into a long spear in her hand.
"Rest assured, the best support has arrived. ”
Then the most powerful fighting force in the Holy King's Church now hunted for the spearhead sent by the eagle.