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C441: Rain of Arrows
Arleo-2 and Garuda-2 soared high into the sky. They aimed at the densely-packed Elysian Imperial Army, and delivered a powerful ranged attack.
“Feri, calculate the damage to the enemy when the four-element cannon is fired at the indicated attack point.”
“Yes, there are about 3,000 magicrafts within the attack range, but it is estimated that less than 1,000 will be seriously damaged. The impact on the ride carriers will be minor, and the number of ships to be destroyed is expected to be limited to about 20.”
Considering the power of the four-element cannon so far, I felt the effect was weaker than I expected. I honestly asked Feri about it.
“The effect is a little weak, is it perhaps due to the long-distance flight?”
“The Elysian Imperial Army’s magicrafts are equipped with shields, which considerably suppress the power of the four-element cannon.
“I see. If there are that many shield-equipped magicrafts, we can’t be too careless with them, can we?”
“The number of aircraft in the Exlander class has also increased, so their strength is quite large. It will be hard to fight them with the actual Arleo-2 so please refrain from pushing with foolish force as much as possible.”
She said in a slightly sarcastic way, but I can’t refute it because I have a lot on my mind.
“What shall we do then, perhaps we should not use the four-element cannon?”
“I suggest a wave attack with Garuda II’s Arrow Rain. First, the Arrow Rain attack will cause a wide range of enemies to deploy their shields, and if you release the four elemental cannons while the shields are on cooldown, you can more effectively destroy the enemies.”
“I see. You heard that Farma?”
“Yeah. I’ll get the Arrow Rain ready to launch.”
I haven’t seen the performance of the enhanced Garuda II yet, so I don’t know the details, but I heard that Arrow Rain is not as powerful as the four-element cannon, but has a wider attack range and is quite an impactful attack.
If it and the four elemental cannon attack in waves, it should be enough to boost the morale of the allies. And if we could inflict maximum damage, there was no reason not to do it.
“Ludia, concentrate
 ether filling
 laser arrow embodied
 Arrow Rain ready to fire.”
Farma’s fairy-like, clear voice chanted the preparations for the attack in a matter-of-fact manner. And when the preparations were complete, Garuda II held the bow it was holding diagonally upward.
“Arrow Rain!!!!”
A dozen arrows of light were released from the bow that Farma shot. Immediately after being released, the arrows of light split into a dozen or more. Each arrow further split into a dozen or more arrows.
The arrows repeated this process four or five more times, and the number of light arrows multiplied to the point that they could not be counted.
The arrows of light that filled the sky rained down on the Elysian Imperial Army. However, the Elysian Imperial Army reacted in a way that I have never seen before. With a strange “cuing-cuing” sound, rings of light were emitted from several magicrafts.
The arrows of light raining down on the rings of light are stopped. However, the number of arrows is too large for all of them to be stopped. About 30% of the light arrows hit the enemy’s magicrafts and pierce their armor.
“The enemy magicrafts shields are on cooldown. Arleo-2 will now move to fire the four-element cannon.”
Saying this, Feri began to prepare to fire the four-element cannon.
The shields deployed by the enemy’s magicrafts began to flash. The thinning shields disappear one after another. At the time when most of the shields disappeared, the firing preparations were ready.
“Ludia Core, access──Start chanting the spell “Agni Gladia,” start chanting the spell “Earth Titan,” start chanting the spell “Sheer Tritone,” start chanting the spell “Zeus Weapon,” start chanting the spell “Heroic Boost” simultaneously──select range, correct position, prepare sight. Ready to fire the four-element cannon.”
“Four Elements Cannon, fire!”
Due to the cooldown, the enemy can no longer deploy their shields and a merciless blow was fired at the defenseless enemy.