Chapter 7-19: Volume 7 - Chapter 19 – The Super-technology of the Past
07-19 The Super-technology of the Past
“*Huff*, *puff*, *wheeze*, *gasp*”
After finally arriving at the location where Reiko had found the footprint, Jin and Reinhardt looked at the ‘footprint’ and were surprised .
“Isn’t it over ten meters tall judging from the size of this?”
It was that gigantic . However, Reiko shook her head and,
“No, according to Ann’s information it appears that its feet are large to keep it stable . And therefore…”
She said and was about to continue when .
“You guys! Why are you here!?”
A voice yelled at them from above . They looked up, and for some reason it was Rucall who had come missing .
Jin and Reinhardt hurriedly climbed up there . Reiko jumped there in just a single leap .
“You disappeared so we came to look for you!”
Jin said . It wasn’t a lie . Rucall scratched his hairless head and,
“Well, sorry about that . After having breakfast I went to take a little look at the ruins . And then on in the middle of a passage’s wall there was a cave, where a sealed box had been left . ”
Rucall explained the particulars .
“It was securely sealed but by giving it Magic Energy it opened by itself . I noticed that a black Magi Crystal tumbled out, but then it began taking in surrounding rocks and grew very fast, I ran away in a panic, that guy trampled my cabin, then went towards the mountain . And so I stealthily chased after it, that’s about it . ”
He said and finished explaining .
“So, where is it?”
Reinhardt asked, and Rucall silently pointed towards the direction of the sun, namely the eastern mountainside .
“It went and climbed up there . ”
“Alright, let’s pursue it . ”
Jin said and Rucall got nervous and,
“H-hey, don’t tell me you’re planning to stop or destroy it?”
He said . Jin gave it to Rucall straight .
“That’s right . Apparently it’s a secret weapon from the Great Magic War called Gigantes . Moreover, I hear it’s faulty and goes around destroying things without discrimination . If it’s not stopped now, it’ll be too late to prevent damage to the surroundings . ”
“Bu-but, can you beat it?”
“I don’t know, but I’ll have a go at it . ”
Reinhardt said . Reiko and Jin went to continue climbing the mountain ridge .
The footprints did indeed point towards the east along the ridge . The two kept began walking up following it . Reiko once more was both the scout and the vanguard .
Rucall didn’t move from the spot and,
“…Can they really beat a monster like that…?”
He just whispered .
The path on the mountain ridge was easier to walk than the one until now . Furthermore, the parts where Gigantes had walked had been flattened as if it had been graded, they were even more easy to walk on .
“Ah, the wind feels nice . ”
“It dries the sweat . ”
The mountain wind dried the sweat they had perspired during the climb . The two increased their pace .
After continuing for about ten minutes, Reiko motioned with her hand for them to stop .
“Beyond this point…it’s there . ”
After this the mountain ridge sank and formed a so-called double ridge, and the gap between the ridges was wide .
Looking closely, a part of it was moving .
“So that’s Gigantes!”
It was a gigantic human shape with body completely covered in rock . The very shape that Ann had described .
It was walking slowly, moving towards the summit ahead .
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“Can we stop it?”
Reinhardt said worriedly .
“Let’s try at the very least . Reiko, try tossing a stone from here as a test . ”
“Yes, Father . ”
Reiko picked up a rock of a perfect size for her small hand, faced towards Gigantes and threw the stone at 20 percent power .
“Ooh?”
The thrown stone smashed into the rock that composed Gigantes’s body, the stone smashed into small pieces and a part of Gigantes’s body was also smashed up . However, it took in as much rock from the surroundings as it needed, and in the blink of an eye the damage portion was completely repaired .
“Hmm, now that’s a golem . ”
Even at this point Jin had a thought like that . Reiko launched a second stone as large as a handball .
This time a sound like a clink could be heard, and a a larger piece of rock than before popped off Gigantes, but it too was quickly repaired .
“That reformation ability sure is troublesome . ”
Jin and Reinhardt were both of the same mind . But just how fast could it repair itself thought Jin, and instructed Reiko to throw a large boulder .
Reiko easily lifted up a stone at least five times larger than herself, and tossed it at Gigantes . Rather than in a parabola, the giant boulder flew in a straight line and directly hit Gigantes without error .
“No use, huh . ”
At the shock Gigantes stumbled, the boulder smashed into pieces, its body smashed into pieces, and before you could tell which was which it had completely repaired itself .
“I guess smaller attacks would be useless then . ”
Reiko had her katana Peach Blossom, but even if a piece was cut off it too would probably regenerate . In the first place, this location where there was nothing but rocks was most advantageous for Gigantes .
“In that case, how about attacking with magic!”
Reinhardt took out his Wand charged with magic, aimed at Gigantes and shot off a spell .
“[Flame Lance]!”
Just by inserting Magic Energy to it, with a Wand charged with magic one could instantly fire the spell . The high-level fire magic [Flame Lance] hit Gigantes .
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“So not even that works . ”
The rock warmed by the high-temperature flames melted and dripped off, but soon it was replenished by the surrounding stones, not able to make a decisive blow .
Moreover, Gigantes finally noticed that there was an enemy here, changed its course, and slowly began walking towards them .
“Its reactions are slow, though . ”
Its enemy recognition was too slow . This must’ve been one of the reasons why it was a failed work too .
Yet they didn’t have that much time to take it easy . The ten-meter tall Gigantes who was approaching was rather intimidating .
“I’ll destroy it personally!”
Reiko leapt out to strike Gigantes .
“Jin-kun, Rai-nii, I’m worried . ”
The left behind Elsa was worrying endlessly inside the carriage . In front of her was the Automata Ann .
“Hey, does Gigantes have, no weak points?”
For some reason the two had left without asking that .
“Weak points? If it runs out of Magic Energy it becomes unable to maintain its body . Its reactions are slow . It has no intelligence . ”
It was rather useless information . But, the first thing said, if it runs out of Magic Energy, was stuck in Elsa’s mind .
“Gigantes, how does it get its Magic Energy?”
She tried asking . And thereupon Ann gave her an astonishing answer .
“By touching things, the surrounding air, or cast magic, it can absorb it from many sources . That’s why its use was to be anti-devil race . ”
Against the devil race to whom Magic Energy is an indispensable requirement for living, it was extremely effective, Ann explained . After hearing that an ill premonition hit Elsa .
“In that case, what if a golem or something attacked it?”
“Yes . It would not be useful against Gigantes, I think . Because just by touching it could absorb Magic Energy from the opponent . ”
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Hearing that, Elsa felt the blood draw from her face .
“Then, in that case, would an Automata like you be no good too?”
She tried asking as if clinging to a single ray of hope .
“Yes . If it’s an Automata, Gigantes will completely absorb its Magic Energy . Someone like me would become unable to move just like that . ”
The trump card of Jin and Reinhardt was Reiko . Reiko was an Automata that moved with Magic Energy .
“Jin, kun… . ”
With uneasy eyes Elsa faced towards the mountain where Jin and Reinhardt went .
Reiko was going to strike Gigantes . Gigantes raised its leg to meet its enemy .
Reiko’s fist bashed Gigantes’s leg to destroy it, or so it seemed, but .
In the instant she touched Gigantes’s leg, for just a moment Reiko stopped moving, and immediately afterwards she was kicked flying by Gigantes’s leg .
“Ah . ”
The difference in weight was upwards of 50-fold . And so Reiko sailed through the air in an arc, and just like that fell below a cliff .
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