06-28 Start of the Counterattack
Jin surveyed the scene around him.
However, now that the disorder was settling down and only a small handful of people were left standing, as long as he made sure no one was in the line of fire he could use them without hesitation.
“Huh, huh, huh? What are you planning, Jin?”
He aimed at the golems that were swarming Elsa.
So that this time too evidence would be left behind, he avoided the parts that contained the Magi Devices. In other words, he focused on destroying the lower halves of their bodies.
Beana who was next to him was more than surprised, she was astonished. That’s because every time Jin’s bracelet shone, a golem’s lower half evaporated into nothing.
After repeating that several times, finally the golems surrounding Elsa were eradicated.
With eyes wet from tears, Elsa had been looking at the golems get defeated. That was due to Jin’s magic.
She moved with trembling feet, rushing towards Jin,
“Ow.”
“Elsa, you have to cancel the barrier, see?”
Jin wanted to comfort Elsa who was like that, but,
“Eh, Jin?”
“Barrier.”
“I’ll go assist Reinhardt and the others. You two go to that wall. In that case at least you can’t get attacked from behind.”
She had numerous complaints, but even Elsa understood the current situation. With legs that still shivered a bit, she retreated to the wall along with Beana.
Turning back time a bit, in the state guest house. Reiko was house-sitting. She was visible.
Reiko felt a powerful surge of magic flow over her.
Reiko calmly began to walk.
The Royal Secret Maid Laila who was left behind asked Reiko, who only gave a brief reply,
She muttered and rushed out of the room.
Laila came rushing after Reiko, but,
Her breath was taken away when he saw the disastrous scene in the hallway.
“Awawawawa!”
“W- what on earth?”
There was no one to answer her.
The other party, Reiko, increased her output even more and sped through the hallway. She went to the usual 20% Jin permitted.
“You’re on the way.”
“As I thought, it’s the magic from earlier.”
The first one was weak, while the second one was strong. Jin didn’t probably feel the second one, but Reiko did. It was near the place where golems were on standby.
That’s to say, all of the golems kept in the reserve, whether they were for war potential or chores, were under the effects.
One word describes the scene Reiko saw after leaving the guest house’s premises: chaos. Everywhere golems and knights or soldiers battled.
Although, the attacking golems were so numerous that it was impossible to disregard them. So inevitably Reiko had to destroy many of the golems there.
“W-, what is that girl?”
Perhaps Reiko seemed like a lifesaver to the wounded soldiers.
While slaughtering a large amount of golems like them, Reiko continued on.
In the middle of it all, Reiko noticed an out-of-place white bird-type golem mixed in with the others, but as Reiko’s current priority was rushing to where Jin was, she didn’t take a detailed look.
Finally Reiko finished crossing the courtyard, and she arrived at the gate to the heart of the royal castle, the inner palace. However, that area was closed off by a massive iron gate.
Namely, destruction.
“Surprisingly durable, aren’t you.”
It was expected, as the door was ten centimeters thick. However, this was enough to let Reiko pass.
Through the gate’s gap, there was more chaos.
The typical golem in this castle used bronze as a material. The melting point of bronze with five percent tin in it was around 1050 degrees Celsius. When mixed with lead or such, it was lower.
Having said that, spells like Fireball or Fire Bullet were no good, at least Flame Ball was needed to have an effect.
In the middle of such chaos, Reiko advanced towards the hall while repelling the hindrances.
Furthermore, no one who was fighting there had any leeway to notice the small girl running towards the royal palace at a staggering pace.
Inside the royal castle, more chaos reigned. Golems lunged at Reiko wielding swords, fists, even mops, brooms, and other household implements.
Even though they couldn’t wound her, they could be a very irritatingly hinder movement. So, Reiko found a broken household golem lying nearby, grabbed its foot and brandished it as a weapon.
Although inside the five meters wide and three meters tall hall the golem Reiko waved around scraped the walls and splinters and pieces of it scattered, the approaching golems were knocked down.
Reiko didn’t stop walking while she thought such things. Beyond the open doors she could see what was surely Jin’s magic’s, [Laser]’s, light annihilating golems.
Reiko increased her speed even further.
Reinhardt and Schwarz Ritter, and the groups of Imperial Guard Knights had somehow managed to gather the survivors into one place.
“There’s a lot of them!”
“Schwarz Ritter! Behind you!”
“T-thank you…”
“Come, there’s relative safety here.”
Reinhardt explained and again dispatched Schwarz Ritter.
The Imperial Guard knight teams then battled with all their strength and rescued two more wounded people. And then one more.
“Got it.”
His face was swollen, and his nose broken. His right arm and left leg were twisted into a strange shape. To make matters worse, blood poured out of his mouth as if his ribs had been broken, he was on the verge of death from his wounds.
Elsa used healing magic to give him emergency first aid.
“Hey! That’s His Majesty and… His Highness!”
The two were protected by a makeshift wall of unmoving golems and a bronze-colored golem maid.
Even though it could be called a wall, there was no way it could defend them completely.
Her arms were covered in scratches and some of her fingers were torn off. There was no trace of the maid outfit she had worn, and her beautiful was also dented and chipped here and there, and each time she moved her joints made creaking noises.
Prince Ernest asked worriedly.
While saying so, Lotte took on an attacking knight golem’s sword with her arm to, defend the Prince.
But it had a high price, as finally her right arm broke off from the elbow down.
But Lotte said calmly,
“Agh!”
“I won’t let you!”
Lotte’s chest caved in a great deal, but without minding it she slipped her usable left arm past the opponent’s extended right arm, and grabbed the golem’s head.
“Y…You’re amazing, Lotte”
“Yes, that’s because Father made me this way.”
The King who was listening tried to say something, but,
This time a sword brushed against the King. It was a knight golem. The opponent was a rather heavy load on Lotte’s shoulders as she had lost an arm. Even so, Lotte didn’t draw back a step, and challenged the golem face-on to protect the King and the Prince.
Lotte’s advantages were speed and flexibility. Facing the knight golem directly was a bit harsh. However, if it was necessary Lotte would do it, that’s how she was, with her motherly nature from Malloum and movements from Rianna as basis.
With her remaining left hand she gripped the sword, and twisted it using the principle of leverage. The dumbfounded knight golem’s right hand was cut off by the wrist, and just like that Lotte was left with the sword in hand.
The sword bit about halfway in, and the knight golem’s movements became slow. Lotte then finally had the time to adjust her grip, and with the sword in hand drove in another blow.
With the destruction of the Magi Device inside the golem’s body, this time for sure the knight golem was stopped.
“Lotte! Are you alright?”
However, the fight just now tore off three of the fingers in Lotte’s left hand, and she was no longer able to hold the sword and it fell. Seeing that they were sure she was nearing her limits.
“Your Majesty, Your Highness, there is no longer need to fear.”
“What for?”
“Because Elder Sister has arrived.”
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