Book 8: Chapter 12: Cheering

Book 8: Chapter 12: Cheering

I'll have Izel die here.

With that in mind, I take a look at Avid.

To be more exact, it's the giant battleship that Avid has merged with.

Its surface is in tatters, and a part of it has exploded after being pierced through.

Inside the cockpit, red alarms are ringing incessantly, telling me that most parts are in a critical state.

They're being repaired automatically as I speak, but they can't keep up with the damage.

In other words, they're in an extremely precarious situation.

How dare you.

Does he have any idea how much the maintenance cost is for Avid's reinforced parts?

One could prepare a fleet with that amount of money.

It's a huge battleship made of rare metals, not to mention the transformation mechanism that it has.

With how damaged it has become, repairing it would take a few years.

Avid's engine roars.

At the same time, requests for certain parts to be upgraded start appearing on the monitor.

I raise my eyebrows after going through the content of the requests.

Is this because of the Machine Heart? Do whatever you want. I'll help you.

It seems Avid is angrier than I am.

It's probably because Izel is boasting about what a great weapon he has.

Avid appears to be more pissed off than even me.

Having obtained my permission, Avid disconnects from the giant battleship.

The hatch opens, and Avid appears from inside.

There, we see the figure of Izel and his mobile knight still attacking the huge battleship which is meant to be Avid's add-ons.

The knight is twice as large as Avid, standing at 48 meters tall.

Izel notices Avid as well.

So, you've finally come out.'

How annoying, he seems to be having a lot of fun.

What does he think he's doing to someone else's toy?

Avid's joints are discharging excessive amounts of energy.

You're Izel, right? I was thinking of dealing with you myself, but I've decided to make way for Avid today.

Who are you talking about? Your secondary pilot?'

Well, he's not wrong in calling Avid my secondary pilot.

Yes. I'll be acting as Avid's support this time around.

Are you trying to run away from the battle?'

I laugh at his attempt at provoking me.

If you were the type of enemy that can make me flee, I would've fled at the first notice. Now, why do you think I'm still here and confronting you? It's because I'm confident that I'll win.

I have been promised victory, and I have everything that's required to achieve it.

Cracks appear on Avid's armor the moment I hold the control stick.

Red lights are being emitted from the cracks, and the armor is threatening to blow apart.

A time limit is displayed on the monitor screen.

Three minutes. I'll kill you in the next three minutes.

I have three minutes as my time limit.

One of the weapons held by Izel's mobile knight is pointed at me.

It's a spherical weapon, and it shoots out hundreds of lasers with homing abilities.

The lasers land on Avid's armor, but they only cause the armor to glow red without doing much damage.

That said, it's impressive that they managed to pass through Avid's defensive field and reach its armor.

So, you can withstand this level of attack? As expected of my prey!'

Izel charges towards me.

Let me correct one misunderstanding though.

It's not me who's being hunted, it's you.

A magic circle appears on Avid's right hand, and a sword handle reveals itself.

Holding the handle, Avid pulls out the special sword that has been prepared for it.

Izel's mobile knight, which has eight arms attached, points two of its weapons at Avid.

One appears to be a sword, and the other a staff.

That's the spirit! Then I won't hold back either! This sword can invalidate all force fields while this staff can control the army around us to crush you!

The blade of Izel's sword shines, scattering the defensive field around Avid.

Then mobiles knights, from both sides that have been floating about in space, begin to line themselves as if they're under Izel's command.

A sword that can cut through everything, and a staff that can force destroyed mobile knights to move.

Without a doubt, they're both great weapons.

But it's all for naught.

Avid swings its sword, blowing apart the mobile knights that have gathered, and surprising Izel who's watching.

You took an instance to slice them to pieces?'

I thought you weren't going to hold back. What's with you using only two of your weapons?

Izel finally becomes serious and readies all eight of his weapons before heading towards me.

The 48-meter-tall aircraft closes in on Avid in the blink of an eye.The source of this content nov(el)bi((n))

It certainly feels very bigbut that's it.

Avid avoids Izel's attack by a hair's breadth.

You're reading my attacks? Unfortunately for you'

Your aircraft can predict the future, is it?

With its advanced computational power, Izel's mobile knight seems to be predicting Avid's movements.

It's either that, or it's being done through some sort of magical means.

Have you only fought against enemies that would lose to this kind of trick?

Predicting how the other party will move.

The arms attached to his aircraft gets torn to pieces the very next moment, turning into liquid and starting to gather back together.

In the meantime, I have Avid hold its sword.

It was fun while it lasted, Prince of the Kingdom of Dominion.

It would put a lot of strain on Avid to reproduce a One-Flash in its current condition, but I trust it'll endure somehow.

One-Flash.

Immediately after I mutter it, Izel's aircraft experiences a distortion.

The space around it gets slightly distorted. The aircraft which was near it, ends up in a distorted state as well.

Because of that, it fails to go back to its previous state, and ends up all twisted and warped.

That said, Avid's joints are screaming too.

The Machine Heart is trying to heal them, but its speed couldn't keep up.

All this after one swing. No, should I be thankful that it was able to reproduce even a single swing?

Unable to regenerate properly, Izel's aircraft begins to collapse.

An error must have occurred somewhere in its body because of the incomplete recovery.

A small window appears on my monitor, and a man who appears to be Izel looks at me while spurting out blood.

A wonderful slash. It is my loss. Let's have one last talk.'

Whatever suits you.

I check our surrounding and notice that the morale of the Kingdom of Dominion has dropped tremendously after General Izel's defeat.

In fact, they've stopped engaging in battle and are backing down.

They're surprisingly clean about it.

The universe sure is wide. To think there's someone as strong as you.'

Naturally. My Master's even stronger.

Is that so. It would've been nice to meet him once.'

From how much blood Izel's coughing out, it's clear that his wish won't come true.

Now that his mobile knight is destroyed, it seems he will share the same fate.

Why weren't you serious from the beginning? Wouldn't it have been better to fight in that form without having to merge?'

Izel has noticed that Avid is better off without the giant battleship, which is meant to reinforce it.

I've got many reasons, but the biggest of them all would be

It was for fun.

For fun? Hahafor real, the universe is wide. I didn't think there'd be anyone that would fight against the Kingdom of Dominion for fun'. Next time, let us fight with our real bodies'

Izel's speech gets cut off there, and his mobile knight becomes liquified before being dispersed around us.

Until the very end, he wanted to fight. I wonder, how do people like him view their lives?

But since he was a battle junky, he should have no qualms about dying on the battlefield.

What a troublesome person.

That said, he was determined until the very end and remained honest to his desires.

I don't know whether he was an evil lord or not, but just for that, he is a man worthy of praise.

Avid's barely able to move at the moment, and as we've reached its time limit, fighting anymore would be impossible.

Nevertheless, despite all the creaking sounds Avid makes in the process, I raise its sword up in the air.

The enemy general, Izel, has been slain by Liam Sera Banfield!

With that information quickly spreading within the entire army, the Kingdom of Dominion begins retreating.

I'd love to give chase, but the fleet under me is too small.

The Banfield Family's guards gather around Avid to protect us.

Lord Liam, are you alright?'

You're late! Take Avid back quickly, and collect all the liquid from Izel's mobile knight. I'll have the Seventh Weapons Factory analyze it.

U-understood!'

It's all destroyed now, but I'm sure there's some data to be gained.

Izel had been defeated.

Gudwar, who watched as this happened, fell into a daze.

On the other hand, no one knew when, but the Guide had run out of energy and reverted back to his hat form.

The Guide shook in anger.

Distorting dimensions? That's cheating!

He destroyed an ancient weapon by distorting the dimensions!

The Guide was unwilling to accept such an absurd ending.

Izel was arguably one of the strongest people in the world.

His skill as a pilot was top notched, not to mention that his aircraft had higher performance than Avid.

Gudwar was even more furious than the Guide.

It grabbed the Guide, who was in his hat form, with its octopi legs before giving it a tight squeeze.

Hey, what the heck was that?

W-what do you mean?

How did you raise someone like that?!

E-even if you ask me, I'd like to know how this is happening myself.

Gudwar threw the Guide to the side, causing the hat to become all crumpled.

T-that was mean.

Wriggling its octopi legs violently, Gudwar didn't hold back in expressing its anger.

I'll kill him. I'll kill him! Mark my words, for I will take revenge for killing Izel! He was my favorite!

Gudwar was now serious about having Liam's life.

The Guide couldn't physically smile at the moment, but he was smiling in his heart.

(Fufufu, we failed this time, but with this, Gudwar has become serious. Liam's now bound to die eventually.)

Liam wasn't aware of Gudwar's existence, meaning he didn't feel any gratitude towards it.

Unlike the Guide, Gudwar didn't have to worry about receiving Liam's gratitude, making Gudwar a strong enemy for Liam.

Avid (): I got scolded.

Wakagi-chan (): M-must have been tough.

Wakagi-chan (): That aside, Volume 6 of The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs' is now on sale! Chapter 23 and Volume 4 of the manga will be released this week as well, so please check them out!