Chapter 157 — Part 1

In the lowest level of the facility, faithfully following the orders of the man obsessed with research, the homunculi armed with defensive weapons and equipment attacked Dran and the others as they approached closer via the shortest path, toward the section of the road where the man was waiting.

In addition to the quadruple defensive weapons that they had just taken care of, small fighters the size of ravens and designed to operate within the facility appeared, relentlessly unleashing maximum firepower without causing damage to the facility.

Inside a huge warehouse piled high with a mountain of empty containers, Dran and the others were engaged in combat with the defensive weapons, their numbers totalling nearly a hundred.

The homunculi were armed with laser rifles and high pressure blades from the facility, as well as armored suits that greatly increased their physical abilities.

Four armed homunculi jumped out from within the shadows of the containers, and pulled the triggers of their laser rifles in a single, fluid motion toward Yao, firing red lasers from their muzzles.

Since there are countless magic letters inside the muzzle, and a magic converter inside the barrel of the gun, these lasers were effective even against spiritual existences.

Yao himself wasn’t able to react to the lasers in time, but the countless floating talismans around him automatically became his shield, catching the four lasers and continuing to suck them in without burning down.

Yao slipped out new talismans from within his sleeve, and his fingers quickly drew several progressions, absorbing energy from all the things dwelling in heaven and earth.

「Forty-two Talismans of Destruction, Explosion and Lightning Talismans of Scattering!」

From the letters drawn in ink on the yellow talismans, pitch black lightning burst forth, attacking the armed homunculi, and moving as if they had a life of their own.

Depending on their armor, the armed homunculi should have had greatly strengthened reflexes and agility, but they were no match for the speed of the lightning.

The strengthened clothes immediately activated their anti-magic defensive functions, deploying a semi-transparent protective membrane to combat the lightning, but the power of Yao’s talisman magic was so tremendous, it broke through the membrane like it was just thin ice, and struck the bodies of the armed homunculi directly.

The flesh of the homunculi’s bodies are made of synthesised organic materials, and were now charred through to the skin, muscles, organs, and bones by the lightning, which was born from the yin and yang energy of heaven and earth. Completely unable to resist against it, they were carbonized.

As there were few users of talismans in the Arkrest Kingdom, Dran was honestly impressed by how perfectly Yao used it.

「Fumu, Yao, so you are genuinely a user of talisman magic. Are you perhaps a Toaist, or a mountain mage?」

Dran was the one praising him, but Yao was the one who was impressed. Dran was undaunted by the barrage of railguns and the rain of small missiles, facing them head on while breaking them like pieces of clay.

Yao smiled stiffly at Dran, who had just split one of the heavy armored defense weapons, which was twice as big as the regular ones, into four pieces.

「No, no, compared to you, my talismans are nothing more than an imitation of the Taoists.

Well, I know the Professor trusts in you, so I figured you would have the skill to live up to that trust, but it seems I underestimated the two of you.

Especially that Black Rose Spirit over there, I certainly could have never imagined that she possessed that much power. Yes, this is true, very true.」

But even though she was powerful, for Yao, Dran was still more preferable. It was true that he possessed skill that would make anyone begin to doubt the true meaning of strength and common sense, but Diadora was even worse.

There were two entrances into the containers inside the warehouse, and through the other entrance opposite from the one Dran and the others had entered from, the defensive weapons and armed homunculi were coming in one after another.

Diadora’s enemies were bursting forward in swarms, but she walked toward them calmly, as if there were no one standing in her way.

So naturally, more of the firepower was concentrated on Diadora rather than on Dran and the others, but all the lasers, the missiles, the railguns, and the heavy metal particle guns were completely absorbed by Diadora the moment they touched the blue mist and black light surrounding her. Her clothes remained unharmed, let alone her soft and fair skin.

Diadora did not hide her annoyance as she fixed her glare upon the scrap metal and the human-like machines.

When the enemies got exposed to the blue mist and black light emitting from Diadora, their life force was completely drained away, whether they were organic or inorganic creatures, and Diadora didn’t even move the ivy of her black roses.

It was the very embodiment of offense and defense in one, and she was absurdly invincible.

「They’re annoying, those things. Seriously」

In a gesture of pure annoyance, Diadora flipped her hair, and around her, over 70 defensive weapons and armed homunculi lay collapsed and motionless.

In addition to the earthly power that originally made her the strongest flower spirit, after she fought with Lafrasia and became a teacher at the Magic Academy, she temporarily started to receive the life energy of an Ancient Celestial Dragon from Dran, so just like Selina, Diadora also surpassed beyond standard flower spirits.

「Yes, truly, I don’t know of any flower spirit who is as amazing as her」

In response to Yao, who was in a state of shock and surprise, Dran could only smile wryly.

That was because he was usually the one to elicit such a reaction from Selina, Diadora and everyone else.

Thanks to Yao’s high level of skill, which was as expected, but also Diadora’s swift extermination, the battle at the warehouse was over in just four minutes.

「Edward, we’ve gotten quite close to the Leyline. Maybe we should be seeing the face of the idiot who controls these useless pieces of junk by now」

Diadora looked down in annoyance at the collapsed armed homunculi lying on the floor around her. Edward, who was sweating lightly from Diadora’s rampage, held his bundle of whips in one hand as he answered.

「That’s right, with this type of underground structure, it wouldn’t be strange at all if we did.

Wow, thanks to all of you, there’s mostly nothing in the way to block us, and we can reach our destination in the shortest amount of time possible, so we have more time and room to breathe than I expected」

「Is that so? Then I want to at least see him, as a souvenir. I want him to tell us how he’s controlling those things, without any choice to refuse to answer, and then get the hell out of this place. No, that’s exactly what I’ll do.」

「Hahaha, if you do that, then he’ll be too pitiful! You don’t seem like you’ll forgive him unless he has a good reason, after all」

It seems Dran agreed with that, and felt a small amount of pity for the recipient of Diadora’s anger.

However, Dran also felt that his honeymoon with her was interrupted because of this, so that pity quickly disappeared.

The armored suits and laser rifle which were still working were taken care of and set so that only registered users could use them, so we left them here, and Dran and everyone continued to move forward again.

The frequency of the attacks and the number of enemies were increasing, but since they were exterminating them so quickly without getting a single wound, the strength of the facility was beginning to fade.

They continued onward for a while, but no new enemies appeared. However, the five of them were not holding any celebratory thoughts such as thinking the enemy had given up already.

It would be more natural to assume that they must be preparing their forces for the situation, in order to make sure they can take care of themselves.

Dran and Diadora both could sense the flow of the Leyline and the life force underground, and Dran could grasp the flow of the Leyline being supplied to the facility, including the whole general layout of the structure. So they won’t get lost, and they also know where all the defensive weapons are waiting for them.

On the other hand, the enemies were unaware that their ambush had already been seen through, while the artificial intelligence running this facility gathered the remaining forces, selected the most suitable location for battle, and made calculations in order to guide them to that location.

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  1. ranomeinon

    New character that appeared from seemingly nowhere.

    Let’s hope that since Tsukimichi got licensed by Hanashi Media, Alphapolis allows someone else to license this.

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