Jidou Hanbaiki ni Umarekawatta ore wa Meikyuu o Samayou
Author: Hiru k.u.ma
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Carrying out the Plan When we slipped into the darkness and went down to the ground, we went around to the rear of the Hunters a.s.sociation and headed south from there. The giant hole that"s our goal is on the west side, but heading straight there is far too reckless.
We proceeded along a route with few pa.s.sersby that the Big Eaters Brigade had investigated earlier, concealing our footsteps while hunching over.
We spotted a number of monsters, but it seems that they really are just resting in this period of time, so there weren"t just a few individuals lying on their stomachs and sleeping. We disposed of monsters that we were able to defeat in an instant on the spot, but as we continued on, the density of the enemy"s formation increased.
"So it"s impossible to go on from here without being found out, huh?"
"It is. It might be possible if we scatter them, but the enemy will find us out if we do that. We"ll have to wait it out."
President Bear and Grandfather traded whispers in the rear, then turned their eyes towards the direction of the Hunters a.s.sociation.
So until the monsters" all-out attack began, we have no choice but to wait for a while?
"Will everyone … Hyurumi be alright?"
"Welcome."
"Ah. They"re not just relying on luck, over there."
When she heard the words she was used to hearing, Ramis" expression relaxed just a little bit.
They"re definitely alright. They have the reliable gatekeepers, and Hyurumi isn"t going to be standing on the battlefield. They know when to withdraw. If worst comes to worst, I"m sure they"ll withdraw inside.
I distributed drinks and food to everyone, and as we took a break while being cautious of our surroundings, sounds of violence resonated from afar. It looks like they"ve started, no doubt.
"Gotta move-"
"It"s no good to be in a rush. I understand your impatient feelings, but we should wait a little while longer."
Grandmother placed her hand on the should of Ramis, who seemed like she would leap out, and smiled gently.
Ramis opened her mouth to object, but likely remembering the bitter circ.u.mstances of Grandmother, who had left her daughter and granddaughter behind, she gave a small nod and sank back.
"Let"s keep to the side of the inner wall for now. It seems that side is a bit lacking in numbers."
According to President Bear"s instructions, we proceeded to walk along the wall.
"Oh my-."
When we encountered a dead-asleep alligator-man demon in the back of an alley, Sherry swung her whip and sealed off the opponents" long mouth, and Mishael leapt out swiftly and stabbed it with the point of his sword through the crown of its head.
"The Bewitching Shadow in the flesh."
"President, please stop with that embarra.s.sing nickname."
Patting her cheeks, Sherry was unusually embarra.s.sed. For President Bear to know about it, was she a hunter previously? With those skills, I could believe it.
"Let"s raise our speed a little and push in. I want to do something about that hole before the monsters start falling like snow towards the wall."
"Go in g."
Then shall I take to the skies as well? I"ll have to become the and fill with balloons, huh?
Ramis put me on the ground and stared at me. As expected, she"s probably dissatisfied with me taking independent actions.
"Hakkon … do your best."
"N n."
I had a strange reaction to her unexpected words. Even though I had readied myself to be restrained or scolded.
"Grandmother said that forceful women who try to restrict people are hated, so I"m going to believe in Hakkon. And so, definitely return without being broken."
Ramis is also growing up. I"m honestly delighted that she has confidence in me. It"s also something to be thankful for that she"s slackening her restraints on me, but the fact that it"s also a little regrettable is the complexities of a male heart.
"Le ave it to me."
After I produced balloons, I became the and ascended. Below me, Ramis waved her hand widely. I wish I had an arm to return her wave, but she"ll have to pardon me from it.
Adjusting it so that it would fall where her hand was, I took out a milk tea. Will she properly receive it? Then, I"m off.
Flying off into the darkness should be something that gives me a feeling of dread, but right now it"s no problem.
The monsters are marching along the ground, but they have torches in hand, so I"m able to get some degree of light. So they"re proceeding directly along the main street, huh?
Ahead of them is undoubtedly the Hunters a.s.sociation. It seems like they"re pretty much all proceeding in an orderly manner along the main street without leaving it, but … how is it managed, I wonder? It"s possible that the frogman demons and alligatorman demons are comrades in arms with mutual interests, but even if that"s the case, is it something that could make them march precisely in lines?
I understand that it"s instigated by the Ruler of the Netherworld, but I can"t imagine that it was possible for him to mobilize all the monsters on all the levels to take independent actions. He might be able to send out simple instructions, but from what I can see from above, they"re taking direct orders.
It would fit if a companion of the Ruler of the Netherworld was lurking among them, giving out orders. But finding out where the commands are given from within that huge army would be a next-to-impossible task. It would be nice if I could figure it out at a glance.
Well, I was thinking it when I saw it, but there isn"t much time left; first our objective is to seal up the hole, and then afterwards we can smoke out the commander, if there is one. Right now, I just have to do the things I can.
I can tell that the frogman demons are sticking themselves to the Hunters a.s.sociation, climbing up the wall. The alligatormen demons have clubs and stoneaxe-like things in hand and are beating the a.s.sociation"s wall. The defenders also seem to be having a tough struggle, but even if they can keep the terrace from being occupied, it"s over once the outer walls are broken.
It seems that we weren"t wrong to execute the plan today.
I wander through the sky, letting out the gas from the balloons within while adjusting my position, but I"m about to reach right above the place I was aiming for.
Man, there"s an uncountable amount of monsters outside the walls. Furthermore, I can see fireb.a.l.l.s approaching here from far away, but if those are lights held in monster hands, it means they"ll increase further, huh?
These numbers; the outside has more numbers than those inside the community. As I thought; if we don"t do something about the wall, we won"t have a chance at victory.
Now then; Ramis and the others… looks like they haven"t been found out yet. The plan is for me to drop from directly overhead, stop up the whole, and my comrades will jump out. And, as they clean up the enemies, with earth magic and Ramis" super-strength together they"ll hurriedly restore the wall. That"s how it is.
And so, I"d like to aim for a time when the monsters on the community side have left the wall, if possible. It"s frustrating, but I must see through the most ideal time.
The monsters on the outside of the wall aren"t moving. Pretty much all of the monsters in the community are heading towards the Hunters a.s.sociation, but even so, close to 100 of them are remaining around the hole.
This amount is still dangerous, but I gotta do it before the monsters outside move, huh? In my indecisiveness I looked down, and a single monster running the opposite way down the main street caught my eye.
It"s returning? Even though not a single other monster has turned back, is that one in charge of communications?
When I carefully observed it, it stop in front of the monster herd that was standing in front of the giant hole. It seems to be saying something, but at this distance I can"t make anything out at all.
The individual that came back didn"t move for a little while, but when it set off again, it returned towards the main street. It really feels like a messenger, na.
When I determined that the degree of danger had slightly abated, several individuals in the herd inside the community moved towards the hole. Is this to give directions to the guys outside to march!?
One of these several might be a commander, but I can"t tell from here.
The stopped dead in front of the hole, right there, and when they did something, the monsters outside the wall began to move.
I don"t have any time to hesitate, huh? Confirm the landing spot! Location, okay! Angle, okay! Height, okay! Let"s go, touchdown!
When I changed into the biggest j.a.pan can brag about, I dropped directly downwards.
I was aiming just off of the community"s wall, so I was too close a sc.r.a.ped off a bit of the wall, but if I wasn"t practically against it, there"d be no point.
The reverberations that shook the ground and the shockwave when I crashed down blew away the monsters in the surroundings. The monsters that were directly underneath were crushed without being able to retain their original forms, I guess.
Bewildered by the giant vending machine that suddenly fell from the sky, the monsters outside the wall were thrown into a panic.
Huh? Aren"t the frogman demons fleeing quite splendidly? I know that they"re original cowardly and cautious monsters, but the ones aiming for the Hunters a.s.sociation challenged the battle with a do-or-die att.i.tude and wouldn"t pull back even if their comrades died.
Could it be that the shockwave right now disrupted whatever the method was that manipulated and gave them orders? I still don"t know if the control was from brainwas.h.i.+ng or magic or whatever, but either way, it"s convenient.
If the enemy"s command has been removed, then now is our chance. Let"s get to work at once.
I"ve been constantly thinking all about how we should seal up the hole these couple of days. Like, if I look over my products, isn"t there something I can use?
Cement is the most suitable for covering a hole in construction, but I haven"t seen a vending machine that sells it.
Since that"s the case, then is there no other product that exists that is suitable for filling in walls? Thinking so, I searched like a madman, but I couldn"t find such a product.
That"s when I changed my line of thinking. Like, isn"t there an ability for some function that looks like it could repair walls?
Alright, this is the first time vending machine is challenging it, but I"ve practiced everything else. I believe I can do it, and all that"s left is to put it into action!
I activated the newly taken function, .
Just as this function"s name says, it"s a concrete slab that"s laid out underneath when installing a vending machine. Originally it"s an item used to anchor a vending machine so it won"t fall over, but I"m going to use it differently today.
Suddenly, underneath the gigantified , a concrete slab appeared on the ground, a little bigger than the part that I"m standing on.
Alright, alright, just as I thought. So far, it"s the same result as when I experimented with vending machines of various sizes. It"s proven that the will meet the size of the vending machine used when I activate it.
The problem is from now on. Originally you bury anchors in the concrete board and fix the vending machine in place, but I don"t do that and activate once again.
Vrm - my field of vision moved a little ways up. And then, again, activate ! More and more, we"re not ending this yet! The third -!
And, while my opponents were confused about just how they should be reacting to this, I continued to stack up concrete boards. When the next appeared right after I left the previous , the points would be consumed anew.
In this gigantic situation, the point consumption each time is 1,000, an expenditure that can"t be called cheap by any means, but if it"s to this degree, with all the contributions I got from everyone, it"s worth the effects.
These concrete boards are originally around 10cm, but in order to support this giant body, the thickness exceeds 1 meter. The hole"s diameter is at 10 meters, so it"s a story where I"m done after piling up 10 of them.
I"m going to pile them up in one go!