"The weather is so nice today......"

The young ashigaru stretched lazily, and then leaned against the wall, tilting the hat on his head slightly, ready to squint quietly for a while. The other older foot beside him was smiling on a cigarette stick, swallowing clouds and spitting fog.

Obviously, the two ashigaru who are responsible for guarding the large magic cannon "National Collapse" are obviously lazy, but these militiamen in the outermost line of defense are like this, and the law is not responsible, and the lower-level samurai in charge of patrolling can only turn a blind eye.

After all, these low-ranking samurai also thought that it was impossible for anyone to sneak up on this place.

"Did you hear that, Inomaru?" Knocking off the cigarette ash casually, the older Ashigaru whispered in the younger Ashigaru's ear.

“…… What's wrong? Uncle Kojiro? The young ashigaru, known as Inomaru, raised his face, and his slightly open eyes were full of puzzlement.

"Isn't it rare to start a fire yesterday when the country collapsed? I heard that pirates were coming. Uncle Kojiro narrowed his eyes slightly, and there was a faint flash of light in his eyes.

"It's impossible, the Kyushu Navy is a powerful fleet second only to the Shikoku Navy Army, how can there be an eyeless pirate running here." Inomaru suddenly closed his eyes in boredom. "What's more, we still have a national collapse here! It doesn't matter how many pirates come. ”

"However, I heard Kogoro who was patrolling the harbor say that yesterday those bigwigs deliberately put those pirate ships only 500 meters away from the port before firing their cannons, but they only sank a ship!" The corners of Kojiro's mouth turned up slightly, "And this thing." Don't you think it's a little strange that those big guys are strictly forbidden to discuss? ”

"Not really." Inomaru suddenly came to his senses. "That's weird, Uncle Kojiro. What do you think? ”

"There must be something strange about this!" Kojiro shook his head and said, "Hmm! I suddenly felt a little uneasy, so let's go hide for a while! ”

"Here we go again." Pig Pill suddenly snorted, "Every time there is no tobacco, uncle, you always use such an excuse to sneak away!" It's because you always run away that you haven't found a wife when you're nearly thirty years old! ”

"What do you say, it's real this time!" Kojiro's old face was a little unbearable, "If you don't leave, then I'll run away by myself." ”

"Go, go, go." Inomaru waved his hand lazily. He casually put the hat on his face again, "I'm the man who wants to be the lord of a city!" How can you run away like you, uncle? ”

"Cut." Kojiro pursed his lips with disdain, and walked to the nearest market with a bamboo gun rather bored.

"Alas......" walked halfway, and seeing that there was no one around, Kojiro took out a small amulet from his arms, and his face suddenly became very complicated.

“…… I can't die no matter what! He closed his eyes suddenly, and when he opened them again, a glint flashed in Kojiro's eyes.

A shadow enveloped him. Kojiro immediately raised his head, and then left his original position in time with a crisp and neat tumbling.

"Howl ......"

With a hawk's chirp, a large griffin slammed to the ground, and then stared at Kojiro not far away.

"White feathers...... It's a royal griffin. And it is also an elite of sixth-order strength. Throwing away the bamboo spear casually, Kojiro quickly pulled out a small knife hidden behind his back, and stared at the griffin in front of him with a solemn face. Can a mere pirate have such a strong royal griffin? I can't think right! ”

"Whoa!"

The royal griffin, who was born in the mercenary kingdom, could not understand Kojiro's Yingsu language, but after feeling the murderous aura of Kojiro. The royal griffin roared, its huge wings flapping violently. Directly kicked up the dust on the ground.

The wind and sand were coming, Kojiro suddenly narrowed his eyes slightly, and his already heavy heart was even more depressed: to be able to understand the advantages of using the environment like this, this royal griffin could only be more powerful than he imagined!

Taking advantage of the fact that the enemy was blinded by the wind and sand, the royal griffin suddenly pounced silently, and the beak of the eagle with cold light pecked at Kojiro's shoulder.

His ears moved slightly, and the corners of Kojiro's mouth suddenly showed a smile: "Underestimating people will suffer a big loss, stupid bird!" ”

Turning slightly to one side, avoiding the sharp beak and deadly talons, Kojiro turned around sharply and slashed, and the sharp little Tai knife instantly cut through the royal griffin's right wing!

"Huh?"

As the blood flew, the royal griffin panicked and wanted to turn around, but Kojiro, who was clinging to the huge body of the royal griffin, had already stabbed the small knife in his hand into the fragile abdomen, directly cutting open the griffin's belly.

The limbs that had been strong and powerful suddenly weakened, and the royal griffin fell to the ground on its side, and blood splattered on the ground immediately.

But the royal griffon, who was not yet dead, still glared at Kojiro unwillingly, and his eagle eyes were full of fierce light.

With a low sigh, Kojiro waved the small sword in his hand again, and the sharp blade smoothly cut the neck of the royal griffin, and the fierce light in the eagle's eyes slowly turned into godlessness.

"Whoa!"

"Howl ......"

Two more eagle chirps came, and Kojiro, who was wiping the sweat from his forehead with his head down, stiffened suddenly, and subconsciously dodged and hid in the shadows.

Two large figures swept across the sky, and although the two royal griffons had clearly seen the corpses on the ground, they continued to fly towards the fort without any hesitation.

"Such a well-trained ...... It's really a big problem. Shaking his head helplessly, Kojiro put away the small knife in his hand, threw away the hat on his head, ripped off the hairband that tied his hair, untied the foot light on his body, and then reached out and picked up the mud and sand on the ground and wiped it on his face.

It's just that in the blink of an eye, the original ashigaru who was a little flowing has become a very ordinary ...... Beggar.

"Ask for more blessings, Inomaru." Looking at the royal griffins that were constantly passing in the sky, and the forts that had been surrounded by hurricane elements and heavenly thunder elements, Kojiro sighed in a low voice. Then he lowered his head and ran out of the city.

At this time, Inomaru is facing the most fearful and unsettling moment in his life.

"What is this?" While drinking. Inomaru stabbed out the bamboo spear in his hand with great force, although the crude weapon that did not even have an iron spear head pierced through the enemy's body. But Inomaru's face was not full of joy, but was full of fear.

The hurricane element that was pierced through the back by Inomaru's bamboo spear slowly turned his "face" around, and the three circular shadows that looked like faces made Inomaru's heart chill for a while: he grew so big, he had never seen such a strange thing.

The hurricane element pumped at Inomaru with a backhand, and in order to save his life, Inomaru simply let go of the spear in his hand, and then ran to the side with a rolling belt, picking up a stone from the ground as his weapon.

As a result, the Hurricane Elemental didn't look at him again, and flew straight in the direction of the fort with the bamboo spear stuck in his body.

"I ...... My bamboo gun! Inomaru was very sad to see his bamboo spear go away from him. Although it was only the most rudimentary bamboo gun, which did not even have an iron spear head. But that's the most important weapon that Inomaru has as an ashigaru!

You must know that for the people of Yingzhou, the sword is equivalent to the second life of a samurai. Inomaru, who targets the castle lord, must enter the samurai class first, but if he loses his weapon on the battlefield now, then Inomaru's dream is to use hemp rope to carry tofu.

Surely no daimyo would want a samurai who could lose even his own weapons! A samurai can die, but he must not retreat!

So, I don't know where the courage came from, Inomaru boldly took a stone and chased after the hurricane elemental that he had feared like a ghost before.

However, the more he ran with the hurricane elemental, the more frightened Inomaru became.

The National Collapse Magic Cannon is the most important weapon of the country. Nature also has corresponding strict protection measures. The magic cannon itself is placed on the tall turret in the very center, and there are four slightly lower arrow towers around the turret, and there is a tall fence around the arrow tower, and the outer side of the wall is where Ashigaru and other Ashigaru such as Inomaru stay every day.

And yet now. Inomaru followed the hurricane elemental all the way, but he didn't see a single living person!

Ashigaru, who was guarding the outermost periphery, either ran away or died. And the low-ranking samurai who were responsible for guarding the gates and the key points on the road. The corpses were also on the spot, and the death was extremely miserable. As if torn apart by some beast, flesh and blood flew sideways, and all kinds of body parts were scattered on the ground.

Inomaru, who had never seen such a terrible scene, suddenly vomited. But he only spit out two mouthfuls before stopping. The food of the ashigaru is just a little, and the second bite of the pig ball is actually only sour water.

However, when he passed by the samurai, he dropped the stone in his hand and took a sword from a corpse.

In normal times, if you suddenly get such a samurai sword, you will definitely be able to make Inomaru happy. But now, although he already has the weapon in his hand that he dreamed of before, Inomaru still can't feel any sense of security, and he still cautiously follows the hurricane element quietly with two trembling waves.

Pig Ball, who followed the hurricane element from afar, quickly walked to the arrow tower, and the four arrow towers that originally guarded the turret were no longer moving at this moment.

A drop of liquid slammed onto Inomaru's head, and Inomaru, who looked up cautiously, saw only one arm hanging from the outside of the tower. To be precise, only half of the arm that was still dripping blood hung empty on a protrusion outside the tower, and that arm was still tightly holding a longbow.

"Gurgle, cluck, cluck......"

Inomaru, whose teeth began to fight in his mouth, suddenly turned his head and left, at this moment, only the hurricane element that scared him now could give him a hint of security: at least that hurricane element hadn't killed him before.

It was as if the surroundings had suddenly fallen silent, and the whole world seemed to be left with itself. Inomaru cautiously groped towards the turret. But the speed of the hurricane element suddenly increased for some reason, and it disappeared from Inomaru's sight in the blink of an eye, so Inomaru had to walk carefully along the route of the hurricane element alone.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, a behemoth hit the turret headlong and rolled down. It just fell in front of Inomaru.

It was a royal griffin.

The griffon, with more than a dozen feathered arrows stuck in its strong body, was still not dead, but the feathers that had been stained red with blood also showed it. This heroic griffin didn't have long to live.

"Huh?"

The griffon, who couldn't even open his eyes, screamed at Inomaru, who was not far from it, and Inomaru, who was terrified to the extreme, suddenly exploded.

"Ahhhhh......h

Shouted loudly. Inomaru waved the sword in his hand and slashed at the griffin in an orderly manner, and the splattered blood stained Inomaru's whole body, but Inomaru just slashed with his fate regardless of it.

"Boom!"

It wasn't until the already damaged sword broke from it, and Inomaru, who was awakened by the sound, stopped, gasping for breath, casually discarded the broken knife in his hand, and then didn't look at the royal griffin, which had long been silent, and walked into the turret as if sleepwalking.

He was already frightened.

The turret is not very high, only three floors. Inomaru staggered into the turret, and all he saw was corpses.

In the past, the low-ranking samurai (5th order), the iron cannon ashigaru (4th order), who was not low-paid, and the same ashigaru as him. The head of the Ashigaru group (third order), which was much better equipped, all fell together and became a cold corpse.

Perhaps, the usual Inomaru would be envious of the equipment on their bodies, but at this time, Inomaru just quietly picked up a Japanese knife, and then continued to staggered upstairs.

Although Inomaru himself doesn't know why he wants to go further.

Passing through the second floor, which was also full of corpses, Inomaru slowly stepped up the stairs to the third floor. Before he could get to the end, Inomaru heard a shout full of excitement.

"Okay, okay, get out of the way! Of course, I was the one who fired the gun! ”

It's a woman. Inomaru subconsciously pursed his lips. Then his face changed suddenly.

Wait, what did she just say? Fire?

Because I've always dreamed of becoming a samurai, Iimaru has learned the lingua franca of samurai, although he doesn't know much. But the words "activation" and "magic cannon" are exactly two of the words he knows!

"Nine dogs!" Inomaru rushed up to the third floor in three steps and two steps, and then saw a little girl floating in mid-air out of thin air. Just "snapped" and pressed the firing button of the magic cannon.

"Boom ......"

The magic guide cannon immediately began to accumulate elemental energy, and Inomaru hurriedly turned his head to look at the direction of the magic guide cannon. That's another turret for a magic cannon!

"Soena ......" Inomaru collapsed to the ground at once.

What this scene in front of him means, even Inomaru, who is a civilian, understands. These sudden "pirates" didn't just take a magic cannon. I'm even planning to use this magic cannon to destroy another magic cannon!

These guys are not trying to loot at all, but to destroy the city! Inomaru understood it at once, but unfortunately, it was meaningless.

The magic cannon next to Inomaru is engraved with a fire-based magic array, so what the charged magic cannon shoots out is a series of huge fireballs. And in the eyes full of despair in Inomaru, a series of fireballs pierced the sky and accurately hit another turret in the distance.

"Boom Rumble......

The turret, which had not been attacked by the Hurricane Elemental, the Sky Thunder Elemental, and the Royal Griffon, was completely destroyed in the attack of the Magic Cannon. Even, due to the strong impact on the magic crystal on the destroyed magic cannon, it also exploded directly. As a result, the four arrow towers that had only been injured by the aftermath of the magic cannon were also destroyed by this powerful explosion.

A series of explosions rolled up a large amount of smoke and dust, mixed with various debris, forming a mushroom cloud in the position of the original turret, and Wendy was very happy to see the cannon fired: "Oye! It worked! Now I think they dare to underestimate me! ”

Seeing Wendy floating in the air and dancing with her hands in the air, Inomaru felt like she was dreaming: "Well, I must be dreaming!" Otherwise, how could there be such a ridiculous thing! ”

"Eh! Such a strong elemental reaction? Wendy, who was spinning in circles, stopped suddenly, and then turned her head to look in the direction of another turret, where the turret on the third floor of the turret was gathering a large number of qi elements at the moment.

"Tsk, the reaction is really fast, it seems that this magic cannon can only give up." Glancing at the oversized toy with some pity, Wendy waved her hand: "The air raid troops obey the order and retreat!" ”

Wendy's words were accurately transmitted to the Air Elemental Legion and the Royal Gryphon Force under the effect of the heroic evidence on her body, and all the Air Elemental creatures and Royal Griffons immediately began to evacuate.

"Eh, why is there a living Yingzhou person here?" At this time, Wendy noticed Inomaru who collapsed at the top of the stairs, "Forget it, it's not a big deal." ”

Immediately, Wendy flew straight out of the turret.

Inomaru, who collapsed to the ground, had tears in his eyes, and when Wendy looked at the other turret just now, Inomaru followed suit, so he also knew that this turret was about to be destroyed.

However, Inomaru can't fly, so he can't escape from here before the magic cannon fires.

As he was about to close his eyes and wait for death, Inomaru's eyes suddenly lit up: a hurricane elemental was about to fly, and it was sticking a bamboo spear into its body!

It's the Hurricane Elemental!

Inomaru immediately felt that his whole body was full of strength, and he jumped up from the ground and rushed towards the Hurricane Elemental, and then jumped up with the Hurricane Elemental that flew away from the turret, and grabbed the bamboo spear stuck in the Hurricane Elemental's back before falling.

As if favored by fate, the Hurricane Elemental still ignored Inomaru and flew into the sky with Inomaru instead.

However, Inomaru's luck didn't last until the end.

"Smack!"

A crisp cracking sound sounded, and Inomaru held the bamboo spear that was only half left, and tears flowed into the air. (To be continued.) )