Volume 5, Chapter 25
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Translator: Manga0205
The Invasion Coast that was in the western region of the Dark Continent was the place that was said to be where the Hero Ryuuya arrived in the legends that were left behind.
Beyond this coast……what was beyond after passing through the Sea of Farthest Ends, mankind’s territory was there.
Having had a ship of the Metalio of mankind’s territory drift ashore not too long ago, it’s a coast with a deep destiny to it.
Right now, at that coast, the castle that caused anxiety throughout the Zadark Kingdom was enshrined there.
The information that the Mazoku that had attacked the occupying force of the east’s Lulugal Forest had called that castle the 「Dimensional Castle」 was already circulated.
The Dimensional Castle would appear then vanish, but for some reason, it currently continued its stop in the vicinity of the west’s Invasion Coast.
It seems that the enemy appeared in the east and the south, but here in the west, there is no information on the appearance of the enemy.
For that reason, the Western Army headquarters was split right in the middle between the opinion that it was a trap and the opinion that the castle became unable to move from running out of magical power.
If it had run out of magical power, it as a chance to attack, but if it was a trap, the army wouldn’t be able to escape receiving damages in the case that they do attack.
However, the opinion that even if it was a trap, to let the chance to attack the Dimensional Castle that had thorough ran about escaping them would be the truly foolish thing to do made up the majority, it was decided that there would be a sortie done through the elite forces of the Western Army.
And then, right now, the Western Army completely surrounded the Dimensional Castle.
The places that they could rush into the inside of the Dimensional Castle was the front entrance only.
Right now, the Western General Sancreed was standing before the tightly closed front door.
「Sancreed-sama, the deployment of all forces has been completed.」
「Yeah, good work.」
After replying like that to the adjutant’s report, Sancreed looked up at the Dimensional Castle.
It was a different kind of castle. Most likely, all of it was made of stone, but he was unable to imagine what kind of stone it was.
The entrance door itself was clad in powerful magical power. The lock that was placed on it was undone, but it didn’t open with just that.
As if chasing after the end of Sancreed’s gaze, the adjutant also looked up at the door, and muttered.
「……I wonder just what kind of techniques were used to make something like this.」
「Who knows. I don’t know anything but the fact that we can’t reproduce it as we are now.」
The adjutant nodded at Sancreed’s words.
It certainly was just as he said.
The seamless walls that made it look like the castle itself was shaved down from a single stone, and the powerful magical power that cover the whole structure.
And then, above all, the function to be able to freely Transfer here and there.
The Dimensional Castle, which might vanish at any moment even now when they had it surrounded, could be said to be endowed with the best ability as a point of attack and defense.
If possible, she wanted to obtain the whole castle……and, if she were to speak her greed as well, to do it without any damages to it. That was the adjutant’s honest feelings, but thinking that was impossible, she gave up on the idea.
It was because Sancreed, her superior, was totally thinking of breaking through the front door with brute force.
「Um……」
「What is it?」
However, the adjutant betted on a sliver of hope and tried asking Sancreed about it.
「On second thought, won’t you try searching for a method to obtain this castle without damaging it?」
She couldn’t imagine how they were able to move the entire castle, but if for example there was the transfer condition was for the whole castle to be uninjured……that wouldn’t be strange at all.
That is why she tried asking that to Sancreed, but his reply was not surprising to her.
「I can understand your way of thinking. But, we can’t waste anymore time than this. As long as we don’t know when the castle transfer, we should make our way through even if it has to be through force.」
「……Yes.」
The adjutant quietly nodded.
That’s right, there was no guarantee that the Dimensional Castle wouldn’t transfer anymore. Thinking about its movements in the east and south, instead, there was a higher possibility that it would transfer at any moment now.
If it were to transfer, there wouldn’t be a time to be making an uproar over obtaining the castle.
「……If you get it, then get out of the way.」
Sancreed suddenly carried the adjutant in his arms, got away from the door, and raised his hand giving the signal.
「Yosh, start.」
At the same time as Sancreed’s words, a soldier holding a gigantic Red Iron hammer stepped forward.
The Red Iron hammer that had a splendid gem fitted into the handle emitted an imposing aura that made it look like it could easily break down the door.
With the honor of being given the duty of pulling the trigger to rush in in his chest, that soldier stood in front of the door while receiving somewhat envious gazes of those surrounding him.
「Well then, I will get started.」
The soldier readied the hammer at a place at his waist, and struck at the door together with a loud scream of fighting spirit.
With a gigantic *goon* sound resounding, the soldier felt a definite response in his hands.
「ORAAAAAA!」
A thunderous roar resounded once again, and the hammer was struck on the door.
Going “just one more attack……”, the soldier raised the hammer overhead, and as he did that, Sancreed called out to him.
「Wait, put your hammer down for now.」
「Ha? No, but……no, I understand.」
Thinking “even though I needed just a bit more……” and feeling a bit dissatisfied, the soldier, after putting the hammer down, noticed the reason why Sancreed stopped him and was astonished.
Even though he had given it that much impact on it, there wasn’t even a small scratch on the door.
「Wh, what does this mean……」
「……It’s reinforced with magical power. That’s probably what it means.」
「Eh? But that’s……」
Reinforcement Magic was literally magic that reinforced physical ability.
Being Life Element Magic, Reinforcement Magic completely relied on talent, and there was hardly anyone that used it.
It was said that Hero Ryuuya used it, but its authenticity was unknown.
While being magic, it was a special skill different from magic──That is what Reinforcement Magic was.
However, since Reinforcement Magic couldn’t be used on inorganic substances, that meant that what was cast on the door was a different magic.
Most likely, its defensive power was raised with magic that applied the theory behind Magic Sword.
But, they had never heard of that sort of magic. In other words, it meant that this door was protected through a new magic technique.
「Wh, what should we do. Being up against this sort of thing is……」
「It’s not a problem.」
After Sancreed said that, he turned to the soldier and gave an order.
「Use a Magic Sword. Pour magical power into the hammer and pound it.」
「Eh?」
Being told that, the soldier noticed for the first time.
The gem that was fitted into the Red Iron hammer that he was currently holding in his hand wasn’t a mere gem, it was a Magic Stone meant to make Magic Sword usable. And then, Red Iron was also material that made Magic Sword usable.
In other words, this hammer itself was a Magic Sword……no, it was something that could be called a Magic Hammer.
The soldier tightened his expression, kneaded his magical power, and poured it into the hammer.
The Magic Stone that was fitted into the hammer had a dim brilliance, and the soldier chanted the words of invocation.
「……O Water!」
Water Magical Power covered the Red Iron hammer.
Since he was covering a hammer that was far bigger than a sword, the magical power consumption was intense, and the soldier felt a bit of fatigue and staggered……however, he held out.
This was a task that he was generously given to him by the Western General he held respect and affection for, Sancreed. He had no intention of showing his pathetic side and allowing anyone else to take the task.
The soldier readied the hammer, and struck the door with all of his strength.
「OOOO……UuARAAAah!」
Going *bon*, a sound as if something had exploded resounded.
Even so, without minding it, the soldier continued flowing magical power into the hammer with all his strength.
「Break……dowwwnnn!」
He struck it. Bring it back, he struck it. He struck it even more.
With every explosive sound that resounded every time, as if going in a rhythm, the soldier swung down the hammer.
「GUoAH……OoGIAARAAH!!」
Piling on several more strikes after that, the soldier mustered his remaining magical power, and drove a final strike into the door.
And then……together with a *gagoon* sound, the door was thrown open going inwards.
「……It’s open……」
「You did well.」
The adjutant muttered that in amazement, and Sancreed showed his appreciation to the soldier.
Hearing Sancreed’s words, the soldier let go of the hammer and collapsed looking satisfied.
Seeing his figure, the surrounding soldiers were surprised and carried the collapsed soldier to the back.
And then, turning to the Western Army soldiers that were awaiting orders, Sancreed announced to them.
「……Storm in.」
The soldiers raised voices that were similar to war cries, and rushed into the Dimensional Castle one after another.
Although it was a gigantic castle, the whole picture of it would immediately become clear with the wave tactics done by the Western Army.
While looking at Sancreed’s profile, the adjutant felt an unexpected doubt.
Certainly, the door opened. Moreover, there wasn’t any destruction other than the door.
This could be said to be the ideal result, but if it wasn’t a soldier but Sancreed himself who swung the hammer, she felt that it could have been done much faster and more reliably.
「……Um, Sancreed-sama.」
「What is it?」
She understood that Sancreed had his own deep thoughts about this, but the adjutant wanted to know how far those thoughts went.
「Um, why……didn’t you do this all yourself, Sancreed-sama?」
「What, so it was about that.」
After Sancreed said that, he turned his gaze to the adjutant.
「I could understand your way of thinking, you could put it that way.」
「Eh?」
「If I were to do it, I would definitely end up breaking the area around the door as well, but putting it the other way, if it was done by anyone other than me, the possibility of things turning out like that was low. I merely tried betting on that possibility.」
In other words, he demonstrated an understanding of the adjutant’s thought of “wanting to obtain the Dimensional Castle with as little damage as possible……”, and adopted it.
Although she felt that it would have been fine if he said that from the start if it was like that, the adjutant silently nodded.
Having seen the adjutant’s state, Sancreed muttered with a small voice that could only be heard by the adjutant.
「……Well, what. It’s just that I couldn’t say it when I thought about if it was still destroyed nonetheless. Sorry.」
The adjutant reflexively burst into laughter at those words.
Sancreed was said to be a perfect superman by the people, but in fact, he had this kind of part to him. Being seen as ingenious, he was awkward in strange places. Being seen as a cool-headed pragmatist, he was always thinking about someone else.
It was because Sancreed was like that, the adjutant──Sheela felt like devoting all of her strength for his sake.
「Fufu……Thank you very much for your consideration, Sancreed-sama.」
Saying that, the adjutant returned to having a serious face.
The storming in had started.
If the Dimensional Castle wasn’t going to move away from here, with this momentum, it was only a matter of time before they gained total control.
Even if they were to meet with the mastermind within the castle, it wasn’t a problem whatsoever.
What they had here at this place was a force of the elite even among the Western Army.
And then, above all, as long as the Western General Sancreed was here, it was impossible for the Western Army to be defeated.
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