08-14 Ultimatum
The furious Jin sent orders to the Ninja Unit through Reiko.
“Once there’s no one inside contact me.”
“Goodbye.”
Left behind were Jin, Elsa, Reiko, Dahlia, and Canna.
Elsa wanted to know and she asked.
“Ninja Unit?”
“Yeah. Basically, they’re golems that protect me usually without showing themselves.”
“When did you make them?”
“Eh? Where? I didn’t see you build them anywhere.”
“On Hourai Island.”
“Yeah. Once all this has been finished I’ll explain it to you properly, so please hold on for a bit longer.”
“Father, report from Ash. Excluding their leader, everyone has been successfully neutralized. Currently they’re being carried out.”
Then Jin looked at Elsa and,
He said and began to walk. Elsa gripped the sleeve of his coat.
“Are you sure you’ll be okay?”
“If it’s with Jin-kun I’ll be alright. …More importantly, don’t leave me alone.”
“Alright, let’s go together.”
“Reiko, Dahlia, Canna, let’s go.”
Jin began walking accompanied by three golems.
He created a ball of light which floated midair. The Light Ball would light the way until the Magic Energy it was charged with depleted. He created ten of them and had them float around the stronghold. The area was then as bright as day.
Furthermore he deployed a Magic Barrier that enveloped Elsa and himself. They walked on without pausing and set foot inside the stronghold.
“…Mm.”
While walking, Jin heard the general details from Elsa.
Jin said, and Canna who was following him went ahead and kicked in the door. The ornamental door looked heavy, yet it was blown away like leaves in the wind.
A panicked voice. If you looked, you could see a slim man dressed in white robes in the corner of the room. He was protected by two pitch-black golems on both sides, while he himself could be seen holding an excessively ornamented long cane.
Jin didn’t miss the fear that ran through Elsa’s eyes when she saw the man.
“T-that’s right. The branch head of the eighth subdivision of the Unifilers, Purcell Marces D’Canagerion! Y-you are?”
“I’m that Nidou Jin you’re so interested in.”
“I-I see! I see that taking Miss Randol hostage was effective indeed, eh? Co-come now, pledge allegiance to us Unifilers!”
“Don’t screw around.”
“I didn’t particularly care whatever you called yourselves, or whatever you planned, as long as you didn’t drag me into it.”
“But, this time is unacceptable. You kidnapped Elsa. You made her cry. You hurt Elsa’s nanny. You are…My enemies.”
“I’ll spare only your lives. Go back and tell that to your comrades. If you make any more moves on my friends, that day will be the day Unifilers get destroyed.”
Even this late in the game, Purcell acted tough.
“By myself? I’m not by myself, am I? I’ve got companions I can trust, and friends I must protect.”
“I’ve also got children I can rely on.”
“Y-you were a Magi Craftsman, right eh? You think those dainty golems can bring down my imperial guards?”
“Repel them!”
“It’s okay to use your full power.”
It wasn’t the stun mode that wouldn’t give humans permanent damage, but mighty lightning-type magic. Under that might the golems’ exteriors partially melted, and through the created hole jumped in and easily pierced the golems’ Control Cores, destroying them.
“E-eeek!”
“If that’s what happens to golems, what would happen to a person? Dahlia.”
“Eeek! Eeeeaaaaaah!”
Seeing that, Jin sighed and turned to look at Elsa next to him.
He said. Elsa smiled just a bit and nodded,
She replied.
“Ah, that’s disgusting. Dahlia, drag him along as we go out, but take care that you don’t touch his wet clothes.
Then Dahlia grabbed Purcell by the collar and dragged him out of the stronghold. Jin and Elsa went ahead of her. Because they didn’t want to walk through a hallway dripping with urine.
Outside the fortress the Light Balls Jin had lit were still floating.
Jin took out a Magi Crystal from his pocket and got closer to the unconscious Purcell. Then,
He copied the information relating to the Unifilers. By analyzing this he would surely get to know all sorts of things about the Unifilers.
“U…uuuhh…”
Because he had crashed into things all around while being dragged, his robe was worn out and his cloak too was torn out in places.
“Eek!”
“Good grief, so they mean people like you when they speak of an ass in the lion’s skin.”
“Father, the units from Sky-71 to Sky-75 are in the skies, ready for your command.”
Jin turned to face Purcell and the black-masked men who had woken up and,
He told them. The men listened to him silently.
“Reiko.”
Immediately afterwards, pillars of light poured down. There were ten of them. It goes without saying that they were [Laser] lights.
Exposed to ten laser beams, in an instant the granite composing the stronghold evaporated. Because the light came from flying vehicles, moving the beams’ target point took less than a second.
“Wha-whawha–wh…”
“Listen, this is final. ‘Do. Not. Get. Involved. With. Us.'”
This time everyone replied together.
“Elsa, will this do? I could also kill them all but… That’s a little much, no?”
Elsa suddenly nodded.
Seeing that, Jin said,
He then gave a pat on Elsa’s shoulder and they began walking slowly. The moon was shining in the middle of the sky.
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