Chapter 385: Bring Down the Ancient Aerial Fortress! 8<ol> <li><strong> Bring Down the Ancient Aerial Fortress! 8</strong></li> </ol>
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<em>ZGYAAAAAN!!</em>
The red-illuminated, silvery cleaver swung down by the steel forest sage, Gori Dragon, shed with the jet-ck 【ck Arm】 swung up by Emi, a strange shing sound spreading along with the shock wave!
“…!”
That… sensation.
Emi felt a sense of dissonance from the impact of shing her 【ck Arm】 against the cleaver.
Therefore.
“Rah… Yah!!”
When the other cleaver swung horizontally, she didn’t try to block it, but lightly jumped up, dodging the blow.
And then, step by step, she retreated, escaping the giant cleaver’s attack range.
Emi, checking the condition of the 【ck Arm】 that blocked the cleaver, was shaken, despite her emotionless expression.
Her 【ck Arm】…
Her giant fist, which had mercilessly crushed countless enemies…
…Was almost severed, up to about halfway through the fist… revealing a gruesome scar, despite blocking the cleaver.
<That cleaver, it’s enveloped in mana. In other words, it’s the same as your 【Mantis】… !>
Hearing Extra-sama’s instant analysis, Emi’s sense of danger intensified.
【ck Arms】 are something… made of mana.
She doesn’t feel pain even if they’re sliced apart, and they can be repaired as many times as she wants, by consuming mana.
But that’s not the problem.
That Gori Dragon’s cleaver can prate her 【ck Arm】’s defenses.
Which means, it can also prate the defenses of the jet-ck armor she’s wearing.
Beads of cold sweat ran down Emi’s forehead!
A moment of hesitation…!
“【Dragon Fire Breath】! UOOOーーー!!”
“!!”
But that hesitation allowed Gori Dragon to take the next initiative!
As Gori Dragon let out an electronic roar, a cylindrical structure emerged from its head, and then a fierce jet of mes was unleashed!
“Tch!!”
What Emi did, clicking her tongue, was to dodge to the other side of the magical cable.
Emi, using the technique her master taught her, 【Silverfish】, can walk on walls and ceilings, defying gravity.
She escaped to the other side of the magical cable, and was nning to approach Gori Dragon’s feet, upside down, andunch a surprise attack.
But…!
“UOOOOOOOOOHーーー!!”
Here, Gori Dragon took an action that Emi hadn’t anticipated.
It spun around, with a ‘gurun’ sound, using the magical cable as an axis!
It turned upside down, chasing after Emi!
“【Dragon Storm】!!”
And then, shouting that, it deployed a giant fan from the mechanism extending from its back, which resembled dragon wings!
What it generated was, of course, a powerful gust of wind!
“G-Nuu!?”
Emi couldn’t withstand thepletely unexpected wind attack.
Her small, light body was blown away from the magical cable and thrown into the air!
“U-RAAAAAAAAAGH!!”
Of course, Emi wouldn’t make the mistake of falling headfirst to the ground.
She immediately extended her 【ck Arms】 and gripped the magical cable.
And then, she swung her body around powerfully, like a trapeze artist, and returned to the upper side of the magical cable!
But!
“【Gori Machine Gun】!! UOOOーーー!!”
Gori Dragon was, of course, already back on the upper side of the cable!
And seizing the moment Eminded, Gori Dragon exposed the machine gun mounted on its chest and unleashed a volley of bullets!
What’s so gori about that machine gun!?
“Guh, guh!?”
<em>RATATATATATATATA!!</em>N?v(el)B\\jnn
A shower of bullets, firing horizontally, with enough power to probably pierce even a steel wall!
Even Emi couldn’t take that head-on, so she ced her 【ck Arm】 fists in front of her, creating a shield, and focused on defense!
“【Gori Missiles】! UOOOーーー!!”
But the rain of attacks, instead of stopping, only intensified.
Towards Emi, who was unable to move, Gori Dragon continued firing its gun, and then, opening the hatches on its shoulders,unched ultrapact missiles!
What’s so gori about those missiles!?
“AAAAAAAAAAHーーー!!”
<em>BOOM, BOO, BOO, BOOOOM!!</em>
A total of four missiles urately hit Emi’s 【ck Arm】 shield and exploded!
An explosion engulfed the surrounding area!
Emi… taking those powerful, consecutive attacks… fell silent, after her scream before the missiles hit.
A few secondster.
The aftermath of the missile explosions still filled the air with smoke and heat, obstructing the view, but…
…Gori Dragon… or rather Megzam, from the fact that Emi wasn’t moving, and remained silent… became convinced.
That he won.
“UOOOOOOOOOHーーー!!”
<em>Thump, thump, thump, thump!</em>
And Gori Dragon, still gripping its cleavers, expressed its joy at defeating its powerful enemy… by drumming its chest!
Gori Dragon is a gori… and a dragon!
And it’s also… made of steel!
In other words, it’s strong!!
It can’t lose… to a small ck bug!!
But at this time, Megzam was drunk on power.
He mistook the power of Gori Dragon, a terrifyingly strong weapon, for his own…
He became arrogant and overconfident.
His sense of danger… had dulled.
Even though he should know the fear that Emi evokes…
He forgot.
No, it might be more urate to say that he was trying to forget, to suppress that fear.
But that…
That carelessness…
Became a fatal… opening!!
“RAAAAAAAAAAAHーーー!!”
The next moment, a jet-ck figure burst out of the smoke from the explosion with incredible force!
Of course, it’s Emi!
Despite having burns all over her body, she was still standing!
Her 【ck Arm】 shield… had indeed blocked even the missiles!
“UOOOOOOOOOHーーー!?”
Gori Dragon hurriedly swung its cleaver, trying to cut Emi in two, but it was toote!
“AAAAAGH!!”
Emi, slipping into his embrace before he could react, punched Gori Dragon’s chest with all her might!
<em>CLANG, CLANG, CLANG!</em>
Denting its chest armor, Gori Dragon was pushed back dozens of meters by the impact!
“RAAAH!!”
But Emi’s attack didn’t end there!
Towards Gori Dragon, which had retreated, she kicked off the magical cable, leaped towards it, and…
…Punched it again, this time in the abdomen!
<em>CLANG, CLANG, CLANG!</em>
Gori Dragon was pushed back even further by the impact!
“RAAAAAAAAAAH!!”
And Emi, closing in on Gori Dragon, which was sliding backwards from being punched…
…This time, without a break, she jumped up and punched its face!
“UOOOOOOOOOHーーー!?”
Gori Dragon’s electronic scream echoed!
Emi had already made up her mind at this point.
She was afraid of the cleaver before.
Afraid of the cleaver that could kill her, she hesitated for a moment.
She thought about fighting from a distance.
But fighting this Gori Dragon in long-rangebat is a disadvantage, no matter how you look at it.
If that’s the case…
She has to get closer.
She has no choice but to challenge it to close-quartersbat!
She’s afraid of the cleaver?
She’ll die if she’s sliced?
Of course!
People die if they’re sliced!
And if she’ll die if she’s sliced…
…Then she just has to avoid being sliced!!
“UOOOOOOOOOHーーー!!”
Gori Dragon swung its cleaver horizontally towards the approaching Emi!
“RAAAAAAAAAAHーーー!!”
But Emi jumped over it, dodging the blow, and with that momentum, punched Gori Dragon!
“U-UOOOOOOOOOHーーー!!”
Next, vertically!
Gori Dragon swung its cleaver down vertically at the approaching Emi!
“RAAAAAAAAAAHーーー!!”
But Emi dodged this one by changing her running direction and using 【Silverfish】 to run on the side of the magical cable, and with that momentum, ran towards Gori Dragon and punched it!
“UOO!! UOO!! UOOOーーー!!”
Now, it was desperate!
Gori Dragon, to prevent Emi from getting close, started swinging its cleavers around wildly!
“RAAAH!! RAAAH!! RAAAAHーーー!!”
But Emi, sometimes jumping, sometimes ducking, dodged every single sh, continuing to punch Gori Dragon!
“U-UOOO, ZAUO, OZAZA…”
As they continued this back-and-forth, Gori Dragon’s movements gradually lost their sharpness.
Static mixed into its electronic voice, and the speed of its cleaver swings decreased.
And because Gori Dragon was being pushed back with every punch, and Emi was advancing, she had climbed quite high up the magical cable.
Her goal, the giant red sphere… the power source of the aerial fortress ‘Soul Conqueror’… was now right in front of her, glowing.
Destroy that.
And then… it’s over!
Emi, renewing her resolve, was about to punch Gori Dragon again.
But it was at that moment!
<strong><<<IHIHIHIHIHI</strong><strong>ーーー</strong><strong>!!!>>></strong>
That unpleasant, high-pitchedugh, which she heard before, echoed from ‘Soul Conqueror’.
And then, from the lower part of the fortress,
<em>Nyo-ki, nyo-ki.</em>
Several gun barrels extended!
<strong><<<I’m finally readyyyy!!!>>></strong>
That voice echoing from ‘Soul Conqueror’… shouted triumphantly.
And then, the gun barrels, which had been pointing straight down, all turned towards Emi!
<strong><<<Now! You little shiiiit!! Die, die, die, diiieeee!!!>>></strong>
And the next moment, after those words!
<em>BOOM!!</em>
<em>BOO, BOO, BOOOOM!!</em>
With such deafening roars!
The all-out bombardment from ‘Soul Conqueror’… towards Emi… had begun!!