Part 5.
It begins after the silhouette gear troops which led by Ernesti head out in order to rescue the princess for a while.
Silver Phoenix knight order which consists of 3 squads, now, only the first squad remain behind.
They were busy run around the east land of ancient Kshyperuk principality.
Tzendrinble from the third squad split a team to delivered the other two squads, they are the first squad, same the second squad in tow.
The main force purpose is to tell the noble in various place about "A strengthening Leswant draft", and seek their cooperation.
For that purpose, they split up and scatter around for the best efficiency, but the circumstances did not go well and they only achieved a little bit.
Jaroudeku's army began to take serious measures to search and hunt down their Grandmaster(Ernesti)'s silhouette knight.
Up until now, silhouette knight that assigned to their platoon usually strictly limited to 3 machines or less.
But now it escalates to 10 machines at the minimum, and they began to move several platoons at the same time.
On the contrary, this really a dangerous situation for Silver Phoenix knights which now missing its strongest card, the demon(Ikaruga).
[Quite something that does not allow us to take it lightly.]
[That right, rather being careless, we better keep vigilant like this.]
As a result, the main force tries to avoid combat situation as much as possible.
Fortunately, thank Jaroudeku's army began to gather and concentrate their war potential in one place, the chance of contact reduce greatly.
On the contrary,
Once they were discovered, their chance of escape also zero.
The presence of their variant knight's teams now are no longer a rumor, but fully appear with an entity.
(TN: Since the head is already weird one, I guess it can't help that the entire knight order also mutated into weird direction too right? :D)
[Each unit, prepare to take action! begin deployment for "Add on shell"(Outer crust)!]
Jump on Dietrich's instruction, each machine begin to expand the armor plate that had been subsided to the wagon.
Add on shell is a platform structure of war horse-drawn carriage(Chariot) which equipped for solely combat purpose, a simple defense mechanism that added on the transport wagon.
A platform for an attack method that uses silhouette knight as a "Load".
In order to reduce the necessary chariot's function.
TN: At first, I thought it was a stone cannon because Catapult usually uses to throw a large rock but writer use 弾 instead of 砲 , then would mean it not a large rock that we saw in the mid age war movie, the scale should be much smaller and less destruction power.
Originally, It does not hold a power to the extent that able to stop the silhouette knight.
However, It would be another story if use by the flying airship.
After all, flying airship boast the absolute advantage of the potential energy as addition factor.
Even a small powerless stone bullet, may have big destruction power by the time it reaches the ground.
Now, the flying stone bullet begins to cobble the road on the ground together with a roaring sound.
After the return attack, which is just a flying stone bullets came one after another, the Tzendrinble knight runners raise their panic voice.
[This is bad! Second squad! the road already in ruined, if we keep forward at this speed, We may end up trip somewhere!]
[It surely happen-ne... Each unit of the third squad, disconnect the wagon. After become free, enter to the forest, escape from the sling range!]
A rapid breaking sound occurred on the highway.
The detached wagon began to decelerate, sprinkled a furious cloud of dust and spark.
The second squad stand firms their machine, withstand the inertia that caused by sudden braking.
The winding up a cloud of dust which un-intended happen has played the role of smokescreen, cover and conceal their figure from flying airship.
[Haha! try to act like insolent one?, you deadly wrong! all knights, power up! get under the ship, clad your "sword"!]
Gustav speaking while jump out of the bridge and head to the hanger in the opposite direction, his men followed after him hastily.
When the ship's huge hull come closer to the land surface, in the meantime, Air wave of swirling wind blow away a cloud of dust on the highway.
Its rapid mobility moving appearance which makes an illusion that the ship almost fall.
Decelerate by using It sails which received the wind as driving force as an air brake, It lowered the height and advanced thru the addition trees and use it as a friction force.
The next moment, the bottom armor of flying airship open up in a big gap.
From the open hole, Black giant, Tyrantor which has been lifting by a crane come out one by one.
Black knights that landed on the highway cause a vibration and sound while its steel armor with a heavyweight scraping the land.
During deployment of black knights, The airship did not stop moving.
It took out the skim high trees along the highway with its crane and fly away while raising altitude and speed.
An airship is certainly a powerful weapon but, that only truth when it flies in the sky.
For the sake to deploy silhouette knight, it needs to drop its speed and lower the altitude which really creates a vulnerable moment.
Therefore, for an airship to reduce its speed and descent, and furthermore, performing the acrobatic move to drop silhouette knight.
Should say that the skill of this airship's crew was too unreasonable and deserve a praise.
The bulky Tyrantor now line up on the highway.
In order to block the path of Silver Phoenix knight's second squad, four platoons, lined up with a total number of 12 machines.
[Just when you thinking about the attack only came from Airship and then, Next one after that is black one came out, Our enemy really hurry-ne, the opponent is a familiar Silhouette knight. now, our second squad surely in trouble.]
While raising Guyaledy from the wagon, Dietrich grumbled.
TN: he use ore-tachi for call himself and his silhouette knight together.
Before Guyaledy can give a pursuit, A young lively male voice split along with jet black knight made an entrance and intervene it.
An another machine that did not lurk in the back of the black iron wall.
Its intervene attack force Guyaledy to fall back.
It begins to glare unpleasantly along with its sight line,
As a result, there was a machine with the appearance different from the Tyrantor stood there.
The enemy has the height of standard silhouette knight, also look older machine when took a glance at it.
But Dietrich looks at such quirky features of the machine more than that.
[W...what is that? Is that a "Sword"? wearing that many swords, what are you planning to do?]
Right, it is a "Sword" , carry many swords, a standard equipment for Silhouette knight, also equipped a little erratic equipment in front of the machine.
At the head, at the body, nothing present in the shoulder, at the arm, surround the waist, of course in the leg too, the whole body was full clad with various large and small sword.
Even call that "Full Sword" would not be a wrong in the summary,
A very strange silhouette knight stood there.
Dietrich becomes instinctively speechless despite during the fight.
[Hmm? How are you gonna handle this? It obviously right? the side that has more sword is stronger, The strongest "Sword", It's naturally right? ]
[Um, I see, you are a fool is it?]
[You too also have a sword but it clearly not the enough as this "Swordsman" level, not my enemy!!]
With said, Silhouette knight which wearing a large amount of sword---"Swordsman" attack Guyaledy.
(TN: A sword fetish, A perverted swordsman....)
He tries to understand his enemy'word by merging sword together.
In his view, remembered his intensive swordplay and the raging fire of the crimson knight which rising in strength, It's useless, he not able to make a connection.
[...keh, I got it!]
The next moment when Gustav's thought arrive at the answer, it also too late, the game changer already arrived in that place.
Echoing out of the wood, there a sound of horseshoe full of weight.
After escaped the attack from Airship, Tzendrinble of the third squad come back to the battlefield.
[That horse did not only use for transportation? and there was a few of them! this is bad....]
One company (10 machines) of the second squad plus 5 Tzendrinble of the third squad in addition, now have the number than Gustav squad (12 machines) , plus the fighting ability of centaur knight still unknown in addition, he could not maintain the current force ratio calculation.
Encouraged by the horseshoe, Guyaledy pouring its last remaining mana and taking the dealy stance.
The running sound of ether reactor with the maximum output, go punch through with shrilly voice.
Their trump card return and now they don't need to holding back.
Gustav corps are slightly upset, they completely forgot about the horse and now Tzendrinble charge attack coming out from the woods.
The cavalry assault (lance charge) with a speed of 10 times possess a fatal destruction power to the black knight which already got damaged from battle with the second squad.
It causing a thick smoke around the surrounding which blinds the vision in few step range instead.
[A smoke...blindfold? such a nasty tactic! Fall back! We gonna crash at each other if being careless. get out of smoke first!]
Dietrich who lose the sight is wary about enemy's surprise attack, he falls back and strengthened his guard.
Experienced an unknown situation, he couldn't afford to be careless.
Same as the third squad, it takes a risk to keep Tzendrinble's rush while don't see anything ahead.
[What the hell is this...what happen?]
And, even Gustav also retreated while got puzzled himself too.
He never heard there was such a function on the black knight.
Because they were able to escape from centaur knight by this smoke, it was not a bad situation for him.
By retreated together, the distance between two armies was wider.
When he trying to seek the opportunity, a blowing gust came through behind Gustav.
The smoke that was lying on the battlefield went blow away in the wind.
[This is.... a flying ship! did it just come back!?]
The second squad takes caution for its attack.
Instead,
Before their eyes, there was an appearance of an airship which serves as a trump card for the Steel Wing knights.
The airship appeared with low altitude almost touch the tree on the highway, dropped a chain from the open hanger at its bottom.
The intention is obviousness, the surviving black knights and Swordsman grab the chain of a crane that hung down from the airship and soaring up in the sky.
while rise up, a voice came down from Swordsman.
[Tch! seem like we need to re-organize. Oi, You are a good sword holder, Red one, until we meet again in next war, you better not die!]
The airship takes the boarding silhouette knight inside, start to increase the speed and altitude with a loud voice of wind engine.
Of course, Dietrich did not have the intention to let it run away silently,
The second squad immediately release an attack and give a chase.
However, only a few shot manage to scratch the airship.
It was impossible to stop it with their current equipment.
[...so.....they escape?..quite an annoying. anyway, we can't really ignore that airship which is an effective weapon of the enemy. time to asked the grandmaster(Enesti), we need to prepare something about this.]
Dietrich muttered with frustration while send-off the leaving flying airship with a glance.
Part 6.
[...I see, this is your doing is it? just when the hell on earth you in charge!]
While leaving the place by riding on the airship, Gustav asked the person who sat on the captain seat with moody tone.
[Well, before the departure, this is just a little favor, don't you agree? this is my job too, isn't?]
Gerhild who sedately sitting in the captain seat answered with odious tone to his question.
His game got interrupted, Gustav is angry.
But by the girl's interfere trick, they had escaped the predicament which was the fact.
[I will say thank....only this time, but do remember, there is no second chance.]
After only left a word with little thought, he heads to the hanger to see his subordinates condition.
While sending off his back, Gerhild floated a deep smile.