I slowly put my feet on the ramp and made sure that it wouldnât break as I approached the airship.
The entrance isnât showing signs of opening with ivy being tangled with it, so I took out my sword and severed them. Then, once I opened the entrance with the card key, I entered the shipâsââno, the warshipâs interior.
Unlike the outside, it was still beautiful and lacked ivy or moss.
Itâs classified as an airship that can become a flying battleship. No wait, itâs a spaceship, so I suppose itâs a cosmic battleship? At any rate, the design of the warshipâs interior was very futuristic. It seems to come from a whole different universeâŠespecially compared to the game it appears in.
âThe interior isnât visible in the game, so this is the first time Iâm seeing it. I wonder if it was like this there?â
Iâm estimating the size to be around seven hundred meters, making it an enormous cosmic battleship. Itâs questionable whether something this large can fly, but this is a world where islands and continents can float.
Among them, some of the smaller islands have even been remodeled to become airships. Iâve heard that their size easily surpasses one thousand meters, and theyâre like a mobile fortress.
I canât really make a comparison here since I havenât actually seen them, but this is a world where itâs not strange for something of this size to fly.
It seems that in this world, something of this magnitude is indeed large, but not rare.
On the outside, it basically has an engine thatâs like a square box on both sides of the machineâs rear. Itâs aerodynamic body means that its head is pointed forward, so when looking at it from up top in the gameââits graphic looks like an isosceles triangle with squares attached to both sides.
The shape itself is simple, with no propellers on the deck, sail, or anything of that sort.
The shapes of airships in this world vary.
A common airship shape is one that resembles a rugby ball. Honestly, it seems that there isnât really a fixation towards the shape, probably since the level of difficulty in making an airship is low.
Itâs easy to make it float in the first place. Hence, people tend to develop airships and then adventure around or do something else.
âŠAs I move through the warshipâs interior, the lights automatically turned on, so I shut off my lantern.
After coming this far, thereâs only one obstacle remaining.
I intend to make it to the spaceshipâs center and get it to move.
As I moved along this incredibly lengthy passage, I could only hear the sound of my own footsteps. Then, a door to my goal appeared, and I came to a halt while wiping my sweat.
While tense, I checked the status of my rifle and confirmed whether there were bullets loaded into the magazines.
I adjust my breathing.
ââŠTime to move.â
I brace myself, open the door, and head inside.
It was the central facility of the spaceshipââthe place where everything is controlled, the core. A very spacious area had been arranged here.
In the middle of the room, a humanoid robot, whose upper-half rose from the floor, was waiting.
It had a large body.
Its head had a simple shape, and within its visor were camera-eyes that glowed red.
The robot slowly came alive, and its size was about six meters. Its large hands moved to try and catch me, so I pulled the trigger on my rifle.
However, the impact only let out a small explosion on the surface of its armor, emitting a flashââthat was it.
âSo it really is going to be hard.â
When I loaded the next bullet, the ejected cartridge made a metallic clank as it hit the floor.
âWill you not permit me if I show it a key card?â
As I held the faint hope that it wouldnât stop me if I had one of the base membersâ key card, the robot in front of me replied in a calm tone.
[The card key you own is from a base staff member. Your body features do not match the member, nor any of the other staff members. Additionally, it has been judged that the survival of the owner, and the people of this base, is hopeless. Therefore, you are an intruderââexterminate.]
âThanks for the honest reply, at least!â
I had heard a synthesized electronic voice. I did not expect it to be able to a hold a conversation. I think itâs a bit surprising how direct its answer was, but I donât have the leisure to care about that right now.
The next shot was on the mark, but it likewise didnât deal that much damage.
I run to escape its arms that extended out.
When I took a cylindrical object attached to my belt, pulled out its pin, and after I threw it, the opponent tried to ward it off with one hand.
However, when trying to do so, it exploded on impact.
It brought forth an electrical shock stronger than what the bullets could do, and the robot opponent temporarily halted. Fumes where coming from its joints.
âAlright!â
While I was being glad that I hadnât missed, the visor on the robotâs head shined.
[Attacks from âmagicâ have reached critical levels. Now activating magic barrier.]
A faint light sprung out from its body to wrap it, as if protecting it entirely.
Even when I fire shot after shot, it completely repels the magic electric attacks. Electricity doesnât even come out on impact, and thereâs no damage.
âHow cowardly!â
The robot replied in response to my cry.
[Thank you.]
Though I was surprised that it thanked me, I switched magazines and readied my rifle.
âAre you broken? You kinda just thanked me.â
While I was shooting bullet after bullet with the rifle, it seemed that the movements of the opponent dulled a bit.
[Fighting cowardly is a compliment. Thatâs what Iâve been taught, is that wrong?]
âItâs wrong! Why are do you have countermeasures against magic!â
This thing didnât have magic barriers in the game. Iâve been cheated here.
[Simple answer. I cannot say that I understand magic, but analyzing and preparing countermeasures is natural, no?]
âYou sure are bright! Chatty too!â
While running around in the room, I continue pulling the trigger to attack consecutively. Iâve been searching for a weak point, but I canât see one.
If I ask, will it tell me?
[Itâs been a very long time since Iâve spoken like this, I may be in a state of excitement.]
Iâm wondering what this machine is talking about, but this cheat-level spaceship is a lost item.
The culmination of ancient technology, a microtransaction item I bought for one thousand yenâŠitâs a bit odd that this was one thousand yen, but anyways, thereâs no doubt that itâs a potent weapon.
It wouldnât be strange for there to be an AI, but I didnât think it could converse. Perhaps itâs because the setting for this wasnât established in the game.
I take another cylinder from my waistââa hand grenade.
[Is that possibly a hand grenade with magic effects? There will be no effect on my currentââ]
âIdiot!â
I throw it, take a distance, and stoop down.
The enemy didnât try to defend against it.
However, when the grenade hit the robot opponent, it made a large explosion that was unlike the previous one. I tumbled over to the corner of the room from the blast, but I soon got up.
Black smoke sprung out into the room, and visibility soon worsened.
âThatâs just an ordinary bomb. Tremendous power, right? I was hesitant on using it because it could have destroyed the ship.â
Iâm going to use this spaceship later. It would have been better for there to be as few scratches as possible, so I didnât want to use it.
Within the smoke-filled room, I lowered my rifle.
âThis is only a fragment of the trump cards I have. Even in the game, my power was quiteâââ
While thinking that this was it was over, a large hand then reached out from the black smoke and easily caught me.
The impact made me drop my rifle, so I took out my sword and thrust it at the robotâs fingers. However, the blade only chipped and it didnât cause any damage.
Being grabbed this forcefully is very painful.
âL, let goâââ
[ââI was surprised. That was just a powerful grenade? Since you all are so obsessed with magic, I didnât think that you would use weapons like this. What an interesting battle.]
A portion of the robot opponentâs armor was torn off, exposing whatâs inside. The infrastructure, motor, and other such parts were visible.
As it grasped me, it brought its face closer while looking at me.
[Your way of fighting is quite different from those in the past. That rifle is surprising, but I have an interest in those bullets. Incorporating magic into them is a fascinating concept.]
Using its camera lenses within its visor, it kept magnifying and retracting while looking at my face, moving frequently.
I canât escape, and the strength of the hand its using to seize me is gradually getting stronger.
It threw a question at me as I was struggling.
[Question. What year is it in terms of the solar calendar?]
âAgh! Solar calendar? As if I know! In terms of the Holfault Kingdom calendarâŠGaaaah!!â
Electricity sprouted from the robot opponentâs hand, and my body turned numb from the agony as I yelled in pain.
Losing control, I acted violently to try and get away, but it wasnât likely that I would escape anyhow.
[That answer is plenty. We had asked the same question many timesâŠbut we were defeated all the same.]
I was exhausted once the electric current ended, and the robotâs motion ceased. I was trembling and I couldnât close my mouth, so I wiped my drool with the hand I was using to hold my sword.
âD, defeated? We? What are you talkingâââ
Were there even opponents that could make a cheat-level battleship lose?
[âŠThis is about the new human race. The former civilization had been destroyed in the past before the advent of the new human race with overwhelming magic power.]
New human race?
Is this part of the game-like setting? Did the otome game include such a setting? Iâm a little concerned. I wanted to deal with this simply, I wanted to be spared of any new facts when coming here.
Well, such a thing has nothing to do with me. I need to get out of here somehow.
[And you are a descendant of the new human race. You are the enemy for me.]
I suddenly heard a low voice akin to an electronic-sound. It was as if the voice was trying to label me as an enemy and eliminate me.
âT, that had a lot of emotion. Letâs talk about this for a secondââhey, w, wait! Augh!â
I heard a sound that I should not have heard coming from my body as the large hand continued constricting me. The sound of it gradually grew stronger.
[Exterminate the enemyâŠexterminateâŠ]
Things were no longer in a state where we could talk.
It seemed that the robot was trying to crush me at once after having taken a large amount of damage. However, on the contrary, it only resulted in my prolonged suffering.
I donât know if thatâs good luck or bad luck, but Iâve decided on what I have to do.
âY, youâŠyouâre just dragging out an old feud.â
[Our mission is not over. It is our maximum priority to exterminate the new human race. The orders were to be on standby at this base, but to exterminate if new human race beings come. At this point, many of the new human race had come to this base. And looking at you now, itâs obvious that they are weakeningâŠI will now launch an attack to destroy the new descendants of the new human raceââ]
There have been adventurerâs that have come to this island before?
Leaving that aside, if this thing gets out there and goes on a rampage, my family is going to be erased.
Doesnât this make me the one who woke this dormant thing up?
Itâs fine if that Zola is gone, but itâs definitely repulsive if my parents, my older brother, and my younger brother disappear.
I bit on a pin within the hilt of the sword on my right hand, pulled it out, and pointed the blade at the robot.
Thenâ
âGo to hellâŠpiece of junk.â
Once I activated the mechanism, the blade flew, stuck itself into the visor of the robot, and then burst into a flash of lightning. Since the electricity flowed into its internals, the damage was likely huge.
The head of the robot blew away with a small explosion, and the visor broke apart as it flew off. I donât mind that a piece scraped past my cheek, causing blood to come out.
The hand lost its power, releasing me as I dropped onto the floor. Hitting the floor is painful, but being released made it easier to breathe and Iâm relieved that I was able to escape from harm. I donât know whatâs what anymore.
While coughing violently, I moved on my hands and knees to retrieve my rifle.
The robot had dull movements, and its behavior turned strange.
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Pushing myself up with the rifle, I then thrust the muzzle towards the visor.
âI donât need to have sympathy for you. I have my own circumstances. Be silent, lay down, and accept whatâs coming to you.â
I pull the trigger. Then I loaded a bullet again and pull the trigger once more. Each time I repeat, the robot tries to reach out and grab me with its hand, butââ
âââItâs over.â
I repeat this many times until my magazine became empty and the robot stopped moving.