Chapter 92: Corps Assassination ③
“Be careful, Scarlet Poison.”
"Don't make me say it again and again. I understand."
The magical power increased, and the inside of the headquarters tent was filled with a blood-red mist.
If Shu is a spiritual monster and is in a state of spiritual form that can pass through matter, Glore's magical equipment will not work. However, Gloa did not stop using the magic equipment. He thought it would be a bit of a check.
(Tsk...I knew about this weakness, but it's still bothersome.)
Gloa clicks her tongue so that it won't be noticed. If the other person was dependent on substances, the poison would work. Of course, it is also effective against monsters that materialize with magical power. However, it is not effective against spiritual monsters that can switch between spirit and real bodies.
Even Great General Groa was well aware of this fact.
Of course, there are countermeasures.
All you have to do is increase the density of the poison.
Magical power gathers in Gloa's right hand, and a crimson sword materializes. It is a weapon condensed with scarlet poison.
"Then let's do it, Scarlet Poison. Follow my lead."
"Huh... who are you talking to!"
As expected, he is strong as a general and an awakened magician.
Shu had previously assassinated General Schmidt Aliur of ``Prison Flame.'' However, the situation was different this time as he was relaxing at his home. It was surprising, but at the same time understandable, that Glore, who was keeping his guard up on the battlefield, noticed Shu's attack and dodged the first attack.
He observes the approaching golden giant and reads its movements.
(There are more gaps than I thought)
The distance between Shu and Undefeated Golden Gardross is not that long. However, Hades Shu Arklight had enough time to think about it.
Human thoughts are executed in the brain by physical signals.
Therefore, there is a limit to speed.
However, there are no limits to magical thinking. Since there are no physical limits, magical power can even surpass time. Monsters built with magical power have higher thinking abilities. That's why Shu can use Forbidden Spell and Divine Spell class magic on his own.
And after thinking a lot, Shu constructed a means to kill the invincible Golden Gardross.
(straight is fine)
There's no need for extra magic.
Confront the undefeated Golden Gardros head-on and kill him with minimal movement. There is no need to think about the absorption and reflection of attacks, which is the power of the undefeated Golden Gardros. On the battlefield, he absorbs attacks from both enemies and allies with his golden armor. And all the attacks it absorbs are loaded with the magical power of the undefeated golden Gardross and released.
Attacks have no effect on the undefeated Golden Gardros.
Therefore, undefeated.
At least you'll never lose.
However, there is a power that can kill him, who is golden and undefeated. That is magic that interferes with concepts. Repaint the world itself with new magical laws.
"Dangerous element, monster of the 'King'! You will die here!"
Perhaps the plan is to use his invincible armor to capture Shu and finish him off with Groa's Scarlet Sword. However, an attack that only had the intention of capturing him from the beginning has no meaning at all to Shu.
The undefeated Golden Gardros tried to cover Shu with its huge body.
However, Shu squeezed his right hand and pierced his heart with the acceleration of his magic.
The undefeated Golden Gardros's arrogance leaves a large hole in the center of his chest.
"stupid!"
“Your death will not be in vain, the undefeated Golden Gardros!”
Without wavering, Groa thrusts the scarlet sword into the heart of the undefeated Golden Gardroth. This was a bold move, considering that there was no way to save him.
She is called the Empress, and is ruthless but efficient.
However, it still doesn't reach Shu.
("Death")
At the same time as he pulls his right hand out of the heart of the undefeated golden Gardros, he releases death magic with his left hand. Its target is Gloa, who is in the back with the giant golden body in between.
Groa, who was just a human, could not withstand the power of death and died instantly.
At the same time, the magical power disappears, and the red mist also disappears.
"It's over. I had a harder time than I expected."
All assassination targets were killed.
The golden armor that symbolizes the undefeated Golden Gardros disappears, and a large white-skinned man appears. Because he always wears magical armor, he doesn't get sunburned. He looked even paler from the loss of blood, and there was something eerie about him.
On the other hand, Gloa, with the momentum of running towards him, pushes down the undefeated Golden Gardros and dies.
(Now then)
Shu, who materialized, grabbed the fallen Glore and rolled him over, laying him on his back. Then he uses her deadly magic hand to rip out her heart. This allowed the main assassination targets to all have the same method of death.
If you reach your goal, there is no point in staying here.
He deploys a magic circle of acceleration, transforms into a spirit again, and heads for the meeting point with ``Takame''.
It passed through all substances, so it returned in a straight line.
The way Shu accelerated, ignoring even air resistance, seemed like instantaneous movement.
"I'm back."
"It's early as expected, Shinigami-san."
"It's you..."
Shuu was assassinated.
"Takame" is information gathering.
Both are professionals who belong to a dark organization. And then there's the ``King'' monster and the awakened magician. It is natural to say that this degree is natural.
"I completed the assassination of five S-rank magicians and the golden awakened magician."
"We have also captured the coordinates of the 3rd and 4th regiments. We can show you the exact direction and distance on a map."
“Show me right away.”
"please"
``Takame'' quickly unfolded the map and pointed at two places with his finger.
It's a long way south from here. If ``Hawk Eye'' teleported, he could go right away, but Shu didn't want to do that.
“What is the location of the Revolutionary Army Rebellion nearby?”
"Here. And here, and here too."
Even if you look at the map, you can see that the Revolutionary Army Rebellion is being pushed. The Great Empire has a number of supply bases in its rear, and is advancing smoothly and steadily. However, the revolutionary army Rebellion attempts to surround and annihilate the armies of the Great Empire, and seems to have failed.
It's a bad idea to use siege tactics in places where you don't have an advantage.
However, since they are inferior in quality, tactics that take advantage of their numbers are needed. They were particular about their tactics and failed in a half-hearted encirclement, resulting in this result.
"It's quite far away. Did you pull back?"
“It was torn to shreds by the 3rd and 4th regiments.”
"But it's convenient."
“It looks like the Revolutionary Army Rebellion will fall back and join up.Then, it seems like the plan is to hit the 3rd Regiment first, then join up with another detachment and hit the 4th Regiment.”
“It would be better if we did that from the beginning.”
The only way to win for the revolutionary army, Rebellion, is to build a perfect siege with overwhelming numbers. From the beginning, he suppressed the 4th Regiment with his wall troops and retreated, annihilating the 3rd Regiment. Each regiment of the Great Imperial Army had less than 1,000 soldiers. The third regiment has no awakened magicians, and the total number is around 700. If the Revolutionary Army Rebellion joins them, they can gather 10,000 to 20,000 people. It is possible to encircle and annihilate them with ease.
They then marched forward and turned back, trapping the 4th Regiment in a pincer attack.
However, that tactic was never chosen from the beginning. Perhaps out of greed, they decided to annihilate each regiment at the same time. That was a failure.
He had no choice but to withdraw and switch to strategy one by one.
"Well, that strategy won't be in vain either."
“Hello?”
"ah"
Shu turned to the south.
Then he activates vibration magic to manipulate light and see into the distance. He created a lens out of water and assisted it by manipulating light, allowing him to see clearly even from hundreds of kilometers away.
He searched for the coordinates indicated by ``Hawk Eye'' and first found the position of the 3rd Regiment. Since the longitudes are almost the same, there is almost no time difference. The camp was asleep, with only a few guards left.
“Let’s start.”
Shu picks up a pebble while maintaining his distant vision magic.
Then he activated a three-dimensional magic circle in his hand.
The three-dimensional magic circle spreads out, almost enveloping Shu.
(Generate antimatter, protect with high-density magic, promote reaction, magic barrier, complete heat conversion of energy)
Stack the magic circles one after another and connect them by making them three-dimensional. At the center of the spherical magic circle, the pebble was enveloped in magical power, forming a small jet-black sphere.
There is no stagnation even if it is activated for the first time in a while.
The preparations are complete.
A jet black sphere floats above his left hand. Black lightning flashed.
"that is?"
"Ah. My trump card, Gluttony Black Crystal Belze Material."
His left hand is stretched diagonally upwards and his right hand is behind him.
It takes on the appearance of drawing a bow.
Then, the acceleration magic circle is stacked five times, and the falling position is corrected by calculation. Of course, their target was the position of the 3rd Regiment of the Great Imperial Army.
"First thing first"
Shu said that and let go.
The jet black destruction disappeared into the darkness and disappeared beyond the sky.
Furthermore, I manipulated far-sight magic to head further south and capture the location of the 4th Regiment. He picked up the pebbles again and formed a three-dimensional magic circle.
Converts the pebble into antimatter by generating antimatter, and protects it with high-density magic so that it does not react with the air. It appears black due to the extremely high density of magical power. Then, by accelerating the reaction, he corrected it so that the annihilation reaction caused by antimatter was triggered all at once, and then used magic to make sure that all of that energy was converted into heat. Then, using the high-density magic power wrapped around the antimatter, a magic barrier was activated as soon as the bullet landed. The barrier completely confines the energy generated by annihilation.
Then, use death magic to devour the destroyed internal energy.
It's a divine curse that causes terrain destruction, environmental destruction, and climate change at the same time.
"Second shot."
A five-fold acceleration magic formation was set up again, and this time it was fired towards the fourth regiment's position.
A jet-black blow, ``Gluttony Black Crystal Belze Material'' disappeared into the darkness of the night.
"It's over. Now only the 1st Regiment of the Great Imperial Army remains."
"That seems to be the case. The second regiment will also be destroyed tomorrow. The Imperial Capital is in a panic due to the moving corpse incident, so the situation has become advantageous for the revolutionary army Rebellion."
"What's the reward?"
"As planned, with items such as gold and jewelry. You will no longer be able to use the gold coins of the Great Empire. I have made sure to get them from the Revolutionary Army Rebellion. How will you receive them?"
*
"Let's go now. I used illusion to disguise myself... oh, the magic power has arrived."
Shu felt a large amount of magical power entering him. The magical power capacity as the primordial demonic spirit Alpha Spirit is still not filled. Evolution was still a long way off.
"Let's go."
The two black cat executives, ``Shinigami'' and ``Takame'' disappeared from the scene.
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A few days later, the emperor shouted in the castle of the imperial capital.
"Idiot! The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th regiments are wiped out!?"
“No, to be exact, the second regiment was routed…”
"I don't care! What does that mean? What's going on? What happened!"
As expected, Emperor Geass couldn't help but be distraught.
As for the second regiment, the S-rank magician and the awakened magician, Invincible Golden Gardros, were assassinated, and as a result, it was destroyed by the revolutionary army Rebellion. It is difficult for an army without a commander to function properly. It would be difficult to retreat, let alone fight.
And the 3rd and 4th regiments completely disappeared, leaving behind a huge crater.
A total of fifteen legions disappeared.
The messenger will explain everything.
“-And judging from the body of the leader found in the second regiment and the situation in the third and fourth regiments, I think it was the work of a monster.”
“Are you saying it’s a monster?”
"In a small country called the Kingdom of Ramza, a 'king' called Hades went on a rampage. The traces left by Hades match the positions where the 3rd and 4th regiments were encamped."
Geass widened his eyes.
I never thought that I would be hit by a natural disaster called the "King" monster.
However, the remaining second regiment cannot be explained. The fact that the S-rank magicians were assassinated was definitely the work of the Grim Reaper.
(However, ``Shinigami'' is too strong. Did you assassinate the invincible Golden Gardros? )
I'm guessing that the ``Shinigami'' is probably an awakened magician. That was a mistake, but Geass and the Emperor and Grand Duke had misunderstood it.
And no matter how much of an awakened magician he was, it was strange that he could carry out an assassination so easily.
Geass has changed its prerequisites.
The achievements of the "Reaper" that I read in the materials, the time of appearance, the location of appearance, and the inferred abilities. When you put them together, a single truth emerges.
(No, you're an idiot...)
Geass denied that answer himself.
However, it is too well established as circumstantial evidence.
"I never expected...'The Grim Reaper' and Hades..."
He whispers and shuts his mouth.
He shook his head and addressed the messenger. To gather information.
“…What is the progress of the Revolutionary Army Rebellion?”
"The main mining highway in the north has been suppressed. Some food areas in the south have also been suppressed..."
Geass exhales, trying to release his anger.
He can't help but yell.
The messenger in front of him wasn't that bad.
"What happened to the first regiment?"
"It's going well. It looks like they're avoiding direct conflict and maintaining the front line by attacking from a distance. It seems that they were planning to gradually reduce the logistics of the bandit army, and then annihilate them all at once when they were tired."
There is no need for the Great Imperial Army to do anything reckless.
All you have to do is chip away at it little by little and annihilate it. But that no longer happened.
(The secret sword saint Hyrein was left behind to defend the imperial capital...but...)
There are other awakened magicians who can be called trump cards. They are Flarous, the Universal Truth, and Cromlia, the Enma Black Blade, who harassed the Holy Grineer.
First of all, we will ensure our national defense without making things unnecessary.
And as Geass thought about Banshoshinri Flarous and Enma Black Blade Cromlia, he remembered the task he had given them.
(That's right. Did you collect information about the moving corpse...?)
If there is no particular progress, I can't afford to let them play around anymore.
Geass heads back to his desk to clean up the accumulated documents. He scratched his head, realizing he wasn't going to be able to sleep tonight. Unfortunately, the Grand Dukes are all working in separate rooms. I can't just slack off.
The Great Empire was also becoming increasingly strained little by little.
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