Book 8: Chapter 7: Part2


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    <b>Part 2</b>


    (Wha!? This is!)


    Instead of the usual view of the city, we were in a strange space with an indescribable color, as if various colors of paint had been mixed together.


    As I was stunned by the unusual sight, a distortion appeared at a part of the space.


    And then


    Wha


    (The Dragonias!)


    From the distorted space, arge number of spaceships with dragon emblems appeared. The number of them was muchrger than thest time they attacked.


    In the center of the ship stood arge, dragon-shaped spaceship.


    (Ive isted your dwelling ce in this subspace. Think of it as a ce with no escape.)


    As I stared up at the group of spaceships in dismay, I heard the voiceing from thergest of them.


    (Hou? I never thought that the Amelian was really still here It looks like my men have been defeated after all.)


    (You are)


    As Merl-san stared at the group of spaceships, a hologram was projected from thergest ship.


    There was a figure of a Dragonia alien with long hair pulled back in a single bun, with simr features as the ones that had attacked us before. I dont know if hes male, middle-aged, or if these features even show in their appearance like how it is for us on Earth, but his appearance alone gave him the dignity of a man in a period drama.


    The middle-aged Dragonia opened his mouth in a somewhat irreverent manner.


    (Im Drade, the proudmander of the third unit of the Dragonia.)


    (Cmander!?)


    Merl-sans eyes widened at the words of the Dragonia Drade.


    U-um Merl-san? I dont understand. Is it so great to be amander?


    (Yes. The ones who attacked the other day were so-called low-ranking soldiers from the Dragonias end. But even among the Dragonias, who are known for their martial prowess, amander is a position that could only be held by those with a high level of ability.)


    I-I see


    In addition, the fact that themander hase directly to us means that the soldiers here this time are probably far more skilled and capable than the soldiers before.


    To that extent? But if Merl-san uses that armament youve been using, it will be


    (With the energy crystals leftover from the repair of the spaceship, the battle mode can now be used safely. However it wontst more than a few seconds against the divisionmander)


    How strong is themander? And on top of that, I dont think I will be able to win against a whole fleet of these enemy ships.


    W-why dont we just run away somehow?


    (It seems to be impossible to escape This space is a subspace that they have developed In other words, it is a ce that is isted from Earth. In order to get out of this space, we have to bring down their ship that deployed this subspace. Considering the scale, the ship that is deploying this space is probably thergest gship with themander on board. The fact that we dont have to worry about damage to other inhabitants or manipting information is helpful, but theres nothing else we can do under the circumstances)


    It seems like we really are stuck on all sides.


    And why is my house even involved in this again?


    Fortunately, Night and the others are also here, groaning against the spaceship floating in the sky. Night is a species that has the potential to be as powerful as Ouma-san, but at this stage, there is too much of a difference in size for that to be true.


    As I was thinking about this, somewhat escaping reality, Yuti asked me.


    Confirmation. Yuuya, are you sure they are enemies?


    Yeah. They are likely to be from the Dragonia aliens, Merl-sans enemies This space is also the work of those people, and it seems that they isted us from the Earth.


    Understood. Thats why this space is so strange. But can you defeat them? Even with my arrows, Im not sure I can damage that ship.


    Even Yuti showed signs of weakness facing the spaceship fleet.


    In any case, it was even more so because she had seen how Merl-san repaired the spaceship and other technical aspects. It seemed that even a slight damage would be repaired just like the guardian of that. As for the nanomachines, I thought they would be useful considering that I had seen Merl-san use them and that they had fixed my house, but they would be extremely troublesome if used by the enemy.


    Then, Merl-san operated the terminal on her arm.


    At that moment, something that looked like a translucent soap bubble appeared from Merle-sans spaceship. The membrane grewrger andrger until itpletely enveloped my house.


    Merl-san, this is


    (I extended the defense mechanism of my ship to the entirety of Yuuya-sans house. Thanks to the energy of that, I was able to cover it somehow, but it wontst for long. But for a little while, we should be able to fight without worrying about the house.)


    I-I see


    As I nodded at Merl-sans words, the holographic Drade snickered.


    (Hmph. Impudent How much longer can you hold out with that kind of trickery?)


    (I wont give you the blueprint.)


    (Then youll regret it in the afterlife.)


    Ah! Yuuya!


    The moment Drades mood changed, Yuti shouted sharply.


    Then I can see the energy concentrating one after another on the gun barrel part of the spaceship that was floating in the sky. This is a sign that we are going to be attacked all at once, no matter how I look at it!


    Kuh! <b>[Rising Dragon Piercing]</b>!


    I immediately took out the <b>[Absolute Spear]</b>, and unleashed the <b>[Magic Armor]</b> and Evil power, together with the Spear Saint technique. In the next moment, the technique became a dragon that was much more massive than the one used by the Spear Saint, and was released towards the spaceship fleet!


    Whoa!


    I was surprised to see that the attack was much bigger than I had expected Is this the power of the <b>[Holy and Evil Creation]</b> that Argena-san was mentioning?


    Even though I havent used the <b>[Holy Kings Authority]</b> yet, my attack with the <b>[Rising Dragon Piercing]</b> turned into a huge dragon, with the white light of the Holy and the ck light of the Evil mixing together.


    (Wha!?)


    In the face of my technique, the hologram of Drade had a look of surprise on his face. My technique just swallowed up some of the spaceships.


    As expected. Yuuya is so strong. But Im getting stronger too.


    Yuti looked at me, but her bow was firmly pointed at the spaceship.


    <b>[Death Comet]</b>.


    The technique handed down from the Bow Saint was unleashed with more power than when we fought before. The arrow that became a ray of light prated the spaceship and easily pierced the spaceships armor.


    The blow seemed to have hit the spaceship directly in the core, causing the huge ship to explode and crash.


    Yuti, that attack was


    Of course. I aimed for it.


    As I thought.


    Lately, Yuti and I have not been doing much training.


    This is because, ording to her, there is already a gap between us, but looking at the attack she just delivered, I dont think so. Perhaps she had been training in a ce where I couldnt find her. I have to work harder too


    Grrrr gaaaaaaah!


    Fugo! Buhi!


    Night unleashed the same kind of <b>[Magic Armor]</b> as I did, and in an instant, he was closing in on one of the spaceships. And when he swung his ws with magic power, the spaceship was easily torn apart!


    I was a bit skeptical, but then again, maybe Night does have the potential to be as good a fighter as Ouma-san.


    Akatsuki turned into a giant and charged into the groups of spaceships, moving around violently and knocking them down.


    Pi. Piiiiiiii!


    Ciel was covered in blue mes, just as in the battle with Avis, and charged straight at the spaceships, destroying them one by one.


    There are still many mysteries about Ciel, but it seems that there is nothing to worry about.


    (What the hell is that creature? And what the hell is that energy?)


    Seeing Ciel like that, Drade shouted in surprise, but it seems that Ciel is a special existence even from the perspective of aliens.


    (Kuh! What are you doing! Hurry up and aim at them!)


    The sudden dropping of several spaceships may have triggered a sense of crisis, and Drade was sending out instructions.


    But


    (Youre not going to hit anything.)


    Merl-san, as a matter of course, floated up in the air and raised her left arm, which had been transformed into battle mode, and shot a beam at the enemy spaceship.


    The attack was so powerful that several spaceships were caught up in it and exploded.


    (Certainly, your attacks are more powerful than mine. But do you think you can aim at us with such a huge size?)


    (Guh Then all I have to do is hit you directly! My third unit! Show them what youre capable of!)


    The next moment, just as they had done the other day, the Dragonia soldiers descended from the spaceship at once and attacked us directly. The number of soldiers was tremendous, easily over a thousand, and they began to swarm us.


    Wait this number is, as expected!


    (They are certainly many, but thanks to them, the enemy cant use their beam weapons.)


    As Merl-san said, the attack from the spaceship stopped as soon as the Dragonia soldiers descended. I think the reason for this was to avoid involving their allies.


    If thats the case <b>[Thousand Spear Piercing]</b>!


    In order to cope with therge number of opponents, I aggressively unleashed arge number of techniques. Fortunately, there are no soldiers that are that strong on an individual level, so Ive been able to deal with them so far, but I dont feel like Ive reduced their numbers at all.


    As I was wondering why, Merl-san shouted as if she noticed something.


    (This is No way! Living weapons?


    A living weapon? Thats


    (Its what is known as a cloning weapon! Theyre creating cloned soldiers in the spaceship and sending them at us!)


    Eeeh? H-how is that even possible?


    (Yes. Cloning technology is a specialty of the Dragonias. However, as for how this situation is going, they seem to be taking quantity over quality. In fact, each one of them is far from the level of the Dragonia elites. It takes a lot of energy to create a clone soldier, so I guess they dont have unlimited resources, but I dont know how much longer this situation will continue)


    Is this a normal fighting style in space?


    (No, its not normal! Its true that if you think of them as soldiers to be used and discarded here, its very easy to get enough of them because you can just create them and order them to attack. However their energy is finite, and considering that, why would they want to use such a strategy?)


    Merl-san was about to say something when she suddenly turned her attention to the enemys gship which Drade was onboard.


    (Could it be!? Its not good!)


    Eh?


    (The reason they didnt fire isnt to keep their allies from getting involved, they did it to buy time!)


    I also turned my attention to the gship, where I saw a ship with a huge barrel that was gathering energy.


    (That energy cannon is not good. No matter how hard I try, the barrier Ive deployed wont be able to stop it!)


    That meant that an attack would be unleashed that would not leave Merl-sans spaceship or my house unscathed.


    Then the hologram appeared again in the sky. There was Drades figure with a triumphant expression.


    (Hahahahaha! You fool! Theres no way Im going to do anything directly for you lowly creatures, is there? You can disappear into the dust right here.)


    (A-are you sure? You wanted our blueprint, didnt you? If you unleash an attack like that here, the blueprint will disappear too!)


    (Do you think I dont know what protects that blueprint?)


    (Kuh!)


    As I recall, the blueprint that Merl-san and the others were looking for was inside a stone box made of something called <b>[Cosmonium]</b>, which was said to be the hardest material in the universe. Looking at Drade and Merl-san, it must be so sturdy that it will not be destroyed by the attack that was about to be unleashed.


    I wanted to do something to stop that gship from attacking, but the living weapons swarming around us were getting in the way, and I couldnt push forward. This was what Drade was after.


    (Hahahahaha! Now, lets all be obliterated by the roaring dragon cannon, the wisdom of our Dragonia!)


    With a single word from the smiling Drade, the attack was finally unleashed! Thepressed energy was so huge that it instantly swallowed up the nearby clone soldiers.


    In the face of such an overwhelming attack, I desperately tried to think of a way to prevent it, but nothing came to mind.


    If I, Yuti, and the others can avoid it at all costs, we may be able to survive.


    But my house, which was still here, was different. Even the barrier that Merl-san had deployed would not be able to prevent this attack.


    Are we really going to be wiped out like this? Is there anything I can do?


    As I desperately tried to think I remembered the existence of a certain item.