Chapter 137 – V8 Chapter 12. Cheering
—I’ll have Izel die here.
With that in mind, I take a look at Avid.
To be more exact, it’s the giant battleship that Avid has rged with.
Its surface is in tatters, and a part of it has exploded after being pierced through.
Inside the cockpit, red alarms are ringing incessantly, telling that most parts are in a critical state.
They’re being repaired automatically as I speak, but they can’t keep up with the damage.
In other words, they’re in an extrely precarious situation.
“How dare you.”
Does he have any idea how much the maintenance cost is for Avid’s reinforced parts?
One could prepare a fleet with that amount of money.
It’s a huge battleship made of rare tals, not to ntion the transformation chanism that it has.
With how damaged it has beco, repairing it would take a few years.
Avid’s engine roars.
At the sa ti, requests for certain parts to be upgraded start appearing on the monitor.
I raise my eyebrows after going through the content of the requests.
“Is this because of the Machine Heart? —Do whatever you want. I’ll help you.”
It seems Avid is angrier than I am.
It’s probably because Izel is boasting about what a great weapon he has.
Avid appears to be more pissed off than even .
Having obtained my permission, Avid disconnects from the giant battleship.
The hatch opens, and Avid appears from inside.
There, we see the figure of Izel and his mobile knight still attacking the huge battleship which is ant to be Avid’s add-ons.
The knight is twice as large as Avid, standing at 48 ters tall.
Izel notices Avid as well.
‘So, you’ve finally co out.’
How annoying, he seems to be having a lot of fun.
What does he think he’s doing to soone else’s toy?
Avid’s joints are discharging excessive amounts of energy.
“You’re Izel, right? I was thinking of dealing with you myself, but I’ve decided to make way for Avid today.”
‘Who are you talking about? Your secondary pilot?’
Well, he’s not wrong in calling Avid my secondary pilot.
“Yes. I’ll be acting as Avid’s support this ti around.”
‘Are you trying to run away from the battle?’
I laugh at his attempt at provoking .
“If you were the type of enemy that can make flee, I would’ve fled at the first notice. Now, why do you think I’m still here and confronting you? —It’s because I’m confident that I’ll win.”
I have been promised victory, and I have everything that’s required to achieve it.
Cracks appear on Avid’s armor the mont I hold the control stick.
Red lights are being emitted from the cracks, and the armor is threatening to blow apart.
A ti limit is displayed on the monitor screen.
“Three minutes. I’ll kill you in the next three minutes.”
I have three minutes as my ti limit.
One of the weapons held by Izel’s mobile knight is pointed at .
It’s a spherical weapon, and it shoots out hundreds of lasers with homing abilities.
The lasers land on Avid’s armor, but they only cause the armor to glow red without doing much damage.
That said, it’s impressive that they managed to pass through Avid’s defensive field and reach its armor.
‘So, you can withstand this level of attack? As expected of my prey!’
Izel charges towards .
Let correct one misunderstanding though.
“It’s not who’s being hunted, it’s you.”
A magic circle appears on Avid’s right hand, and a sword handle reveals itself.
Holding the handle, Avid pulls out the special sword that has been prepared for it.
Izel’s mobile knight, which has eight arms attached, points two of its weapons at Avid.
One appears to be a sword, and the other a staff.
‘That’s the spirit! Then I won’t hold back either! This sword can invalidate all force fields while this staff can control the army around us to crush you!”
The blade of Izel’s sword shines, scattering the defensive field around Avid.
Then mobiles knights, from both sides that have been floating about in space, begin to line themselves as if they’re under Izel’s command.
A sword that can cut through everything, and a staff that can force destroyed mobile knights to move.
Without a doubt, they’re both great weapons.
—But it’s all for naught.
Avid swings its sword, blowing apart the mobile knights that have gathered, and surprising Izel who’s watching.
‘You took an instance to slice them to pieces?’
“I thought you weren’t going to hold back. What’s with you using only two of your weapons?”
Izel finally becos serious and readies all eight of his weapons before heading towards .
The 48-ter-tall aircraft closes in on Avid in the blink of an eye.
It certainly feels very big—but that’s it.
Avid avoids Izel’s attack by a hair’s breadth.
‘You’re reading my attacks? Unfortunately for you—’
“Your aircraft can predict the future, is it?”
With its advanced computational power, Izel’s mobile knight seems to be predicting Avid’s movents.
It’s either that, or it’s being done through so sort of magical ans.
“Have you only fought against enemies that would lose to this kind of trick?”
Predicting how the other party will move.
That’s the basic of the basics for One-Flash.
Avid kicks away Izel’s lance and chops down the other weapons with its sword.
However, the fra of his mobile knight liquifies the next instance and latches on to the parts that have just been cut, restoring them to normal.
“Self-restoration huh.”
‘Indeed, my mobile knight will regenerate no matter how many tis it’s cut down. Half-baked attacks can’t even leave a scratch!’
All eight of his weapons regenerated as well.
No matter how many attacks it’s hit with, it’s all aningless in the end.
I must admit that the ancient weapon’s performance is exceptional.
No matter how much power Avid puts into kicking and slashing Izel’s aircraft, our opponent would ultimately have the advantage.
Avid hacks at the fuselage, but it gets regenerated imdiately afterwards.
The attack definitely tore through the cockpit, which ans it should have reached Izel as well.
— So, his body’s been tampered with.
“You were consud by it.”
Izel’s mobile knight strikes a pose as if it’s so sculpture of a divine being with multiple arms.
‘Wrong, I’m the one who did the consuming. This aircraft has consud and killed many pilots in the past, but I’ve made it submit to .’
Apparently, he’ll also regenerate whether he’s slashed or shot at.
He’s basically beco a part of the aircraft.
—Not to ntion he’s pretty powerful himself.
There’s less than two minutes left until ti runs out.
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The Guide was cheering with his arms spread out in support of Izel, who was controlling the ancient weapon.
“Go! Right there! Finish him!”
Gudwar, who was next to him, was also cheering while swinging its octopi legs.
Together, they looked like they were old n watching a boxing tournant.
“IZEEEEEL!! PUT MORE STRENGTH INTO IT!!”
Gudwar was lending its power to Izel, allowing his mobile knight to further increase its power output.
Izel’s mobile knight, which was at a disadvantage until just now, suddenly started to overwhelm Avid in terms of both power and speed.
Avid was gradually pushed back, exciting Izel greatly.
‘I’ve never felt stronger before! So, this is what it ans to have your heart pumping before a powerful enemy!’
Izel, who was feeling high, demonstrated power that exceeded what he was normally capable of showing.
Nevertheless, it was still a step short of being able to defeat Avid.
The Guide’s hands were getting sweaty.
“Just a little more! Liam’s death is right around the corner! I refuse to give up on this hope!!! I’m counting on you!”
The Guide channeled what little power he had remaining to Izel, bringing about a noticeable change to Izel’s aircraft.
The multi-ard mobile knight was exuding an aura of the divine, and the weapons in its hands beca even stronger than before.
The mobile knights that tried to rush in to help Liam were all blown away, and the attacks from nearby battleships got dispersed before they could reach it.
No one was able to interfere in the battle between Avid and Izel. They were only allowed to watch over as they fought.
Izel had taken a step beyond the boundary of humanity.
Gudwar was also thrilled to see this.
“OOHHH! A transcendent is about to be born! And it’s a work of mine no less!”
Delighted to witness such an occasion, the Guide cheered until his throat was sore.
He was fine with anything as long as it could destroy Liam.
“Pleaaaase! End Liam!!”
—However,
‘Avid, there’s less than a minute left. It’s ti to switch.’
Liam was about to get serious.
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A prompt showed up on the monitor inside the cockpit, refusing to switch and saying that it could still go on.
It probably doesn’t wish to switch places with , but—
“I saidswitch. Don’t make repeat myself.”
Avid obediently hands over the command after hearing speak in a lowered voice.
“Now then, ti to deal with them.”
The ancient weapon is giving off light, its appearance was looking truly divine.
‘Save it. It’s too late for you to get serious now. —I have gone beyond the realm of humans.’
He’s brought up so unpleasant mories that I wish to forget, but since he’s got no future left, he can say whatever embarrassing thing he wants.
Heck, he can take his ti to bask himself in the mont.
“Are you saying that you, a human, has gone beyond the realm of humans? Are you ntal? What do you even want to be after giving up being human?”
Izel’s aircraft vanishes from its spot, to which I jump back and swing Avid’s sword sideways.
The next mont, the sword clashes with a lance, giving off sparks in the process.
Avid’s sword shatters, but it quickly gets regenerated.
The chanism for the blade is like that of a cutter knife, which can get its blade replaced one after another.
‘Beyond the realm of humans. A War God, that’s what I wish to beco.’
I snort at his words.
“A War God?! You? With your skills?! Is the title of War God that cheap in intergalactic nations?”
Angered by my taunt, Izel hurls attack after attack at .
I avoid them and cut down whatever’s sent my way before I spread Avid’s arms out.
“You can’t call yourself a War God when you can’t even surpass !”
‘I’ve already surpassed you, both as a pilot and in terms of aircraft performance!’
To correct his misunderstanding, I place Avid’s sword on its shoulder.
Izel becos confused because of all the openings I’m showing.
‘Are you admitting defeat?’
“You think so? Even after hearing everything I said? —The title of War God doesn’t suit you after all. Your aircraft’s crying.”
The ancient weapon is great, don’t get wrong.
But—it’s not so great that I would desire it.
‘What are yo—’
The arms attached to his aircraft gets torn to pieces the very next mont, turning into liquid and starting to gather back together.
In the anti, I have Avid hold its sword.
“It was fun while it lasted, Prince of the Kingdom of Dominion.”
It would put a lot of strain on Avid to reproduce a One-Flash in its current condition, but I trust it’ll endure sohow.
“One-Flash.”
Imdiately after I mutter it, Izel’s aircraft experiences a distortion.
The space around it gets slightly distorted. The aircraft which was near it, ends up in a distorted state as well.
Because of that, it fails to go back to its previous state, and ends up all twisted and warped.
That said, Avid’s joints are screaming too.
The Machine Heart is trying to heal them, but its speed couldn’t keep up.
“All this after one swing. No, should I be thankful that it was able to reproduce even a single swing?”
Unable to regenerate properly, Izel’s aircraft begins to collapse.
An error must have occurred sowhere in its body because of the incomplete recovery.
A small window appears on my monitor, and a man who appears to be Izel looks at while spurting out blood.
‘—A wonderful slash. It is my loss. Let’s have one last talk.’
“Whatever suits you.”
I check our surrounding and notice that the morale of the Kingdom of Dominion has dropped trendously after General Izel’s defeat.
In fact, they’ve stopped engaging in battle and are backing down.
They’re surprisingly clean about it.
‘The universe sure is wide. To think there’s soone as strong as you.’
“Naturally. My Master’s even stronger.”
‘—Is that so. It would’ve been nice to et him once.’
From how much blood Izel’s coughing out, it’s clear that his wish won’t co true.
Now that his mobile knight is destroyed, it seems he will share the sa fate.
‘Why weren’t you serious from the beginning? Wouldn’t it have been better to fight in that form without having to rge?’
Izel has noticed that Avid is better off without the giant battleship, which is ant to reinforce it.
I’ve got many reasons, but the biggest of them all would be—
“It was for fun.”
‘For fun? Haha—for real, the universe is wide. I didn’t think there’d be anyone that would fight against the Kingdom of Dominion ‘for fun’. Next ti, let us fight with our real bodies—’
Izel’s speech gets cut off there, and his mobile knight becos liquified before being dispersed around us.
Until the very end, he wanted to fight. I wonder, how do people like him view their lives?
But since he was a battle junky, he should have no qualms about dying on the battlefield.
“—What a troubleso person.”
That said, he was determined until the very end and remained honest to his desires.
I don’t know whether he was an evil lord or not, but just for that, he is a man worthy of praise.
Avid’s barely able to move at the mont, and as we’ve reached its ti limit, fighting anymore would be impossible.
Nevertheless, despite all the creaking sounds Avid makes in the process, I raise its sword up in the air.
“The enemy general, Izel, has been slain by Liam Sera Banfield!”
With that information quickly spreading within the entire army, the Kingdom of Dominion begins retreating.
I’d love to give chase, but the fleet under is too small.
The Banfield Family’s guards gather around Avid to protect us.
‘Lord Liam, are you alright?’
“You’re late! Take Avid back quickly, and collect all the liquid from Izel’s mobile knight. I’ll have the Seventh Weapons Factory analyze it.”
‘U-understood!’
It’s all destroyed now, but I’m sure there’s so data to be gained.
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Izel had been defeated.
Gudwar, who watched as this happened, fell into a daze.
On the other hand, no one knew when, but the Guide had run out of energy and reverted back to his hat form.
The Guide shook in anger.
“Distorting dinsions? That’s cheating!”
He destroyed an ancient weapon by distorting the dinsions!
The Guide was unwilling to accept such an absurd ending.
Izel was arguably one of the strongest people in the world.
His skill as a pilot was top notched, not to ntion that his aircraft had higher performance than Avid.
Gudwar was even more furious than the Guide.
It grabbed the Guide, who was in his hat form, with its octopi legs before giving it a tight squeeze.
“Hey, what the heck was that?”
“W-what do you an?”
“How did you raise soone like that?!”
“E-even if you ask , I’d like to know how this is happening myself.”
Gudwar threw the Guide to the side, causing the hat to beco all crumpled.
“T-that was an.”
Wriggling its octopi legs violently, Gudwar didn’t hold back in expressing its anger.
“I’ll kill him. I’ll kill him! Mark my words, for I will take revenge for killing Izel! He was my favorite!”
Gudwar was now serious about having Liam’s life.
The Guide couldn’t physically smile at the mont, but he was smiling in his heart.
(Fufufu, we failed this ti, but with this, Gudwar has beco serious. Liam’s now bound to die eventually.)
Liam wasn’t aware of Gudwar’s existence, aning he didn’t feel any gratitude towards it.
Unlike the Guide, Gudwar didn’t have to worry about receiving Liam’s gratitude, making Gudwar a strong enemy for Liam.
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Avid (´・ω・｀): “I got scolded.”
Wakagi-chan (；゜Д゜): “M-must have been tough.”
Wakagi-chan (゜∀゜): “That aside, Volu 6 of ‘The World of Oto Gas is Tough for Mobs’ is now on sale! Chapter 23 and Volu 4 of the manga will be released this week as well, so please check them out!”
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