Chapter 770 – Flamewatch Mansion Defense Battle

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Due to the heat emanating from the top of the Magic Tower, some of the buildings and plants around it began to burn, causing considerable confusion in the village.

However, the most confusing thing in this village right now was not the area around the Magic Tower, but the Flame Watch family’s mansion on one side of the village.

“Our familiar suddenly started to lose control, so we’re all going to the Flamewatch family’s mansion!”

“I wondered what had happened, but I never thought the village would end up like this!”

The madams chatting like that, sitting at a table in the Flamewatch family’s yard.

Even though they were madams, they were in their 50s or 60s, close to 70s. They came outside with heavy buttocks for the first time in a long time, and when they saw their familiars heading towards this mansion, they came in first.

To them, the current situation in this village feels like some kind of festival.

However, they could not send back those who came, and in order to protect the old people, Kuon and Amelia let them into the mansion and gave them a place.

“So, that little girl, Lila, has made such big friends?”

“Oh my gosh, I look like I’m about 20 years older than you~”

“Is that blonde girl over there about the same age?”

… Could it be that they are talking about themselves when they say they are 20 years older?

Kuon felt a little depressed as the words tickled her ears, but she still couldn’t turn her gaze straight ahead.

The legion of familiars that had come targeting the mansion were right in front of us.

One fortunate thing is that most of them were created without the expectation of combat and were given the function of housekeepers or porters, so they were not directly carrying threatening weapons.

Nevertheless, the giant familiars that did not have a human form were threatening just with their moving bodies, and the familiars that could use magic were also attacking the mansion using magic like those familiars.

In such a situation, what Kuon must do is to set up a barrier to prevent attacks from entering the mansion and assist Amelia and Arnia, who are fighting from the front.

Sasha was still riding on top of Gonzales on her roof, flying through the sky and dropping flying familiars from afar.

I have the illusion that the reason the situation isn’t so bad right now is because the tension is relieved thanks to the old people talking carefree in the background.

It was also true that we couldn’t be that optimistic.

＂Lower pressure!＂

When Amelia’s cheer sounds, she smashes the golem-shaped familiar closest to her with her hammer.

The golem’s fragments fluttered before her eyes with a refreshing explosion sound.

“Ha… Of course, it’s not an illusion! I think the golem familiar I just destroyed was also destroyed earlier.”

When Amelia shouts like that, Kuon’s face immediately darkens.

Yes, just as Amelia said a moment ago, the familiars that were destroyed are suddenly regenerating and reappearing.

It’s like having infinite lives, or like infinitely respawning monsters that can only be seen in dungeons.

Considering the direction they are coming from, is it near the fountain in the square at the center of the village?

Moreover, each time he was resurrected, little by little, his durability, speed, and ferocity seemed to increase, so he couldn’t relax.

At that time.

When she thought she heard a clanking sound, Amelia immediately looked behind her.

＂Eh…!＂

That is, the golem-type familiar that she thought she had destroyed a moment ago, despite her torso being broken, moved with the legs and arms that were barely clinging to her empty torso, aiming for Amelia’s opening and destroying her. Because he came swinging his heavy arm.

＂Ugh…!＂

She immediately raises her shield to block, but her posture is not set properly, and if Amelia tries to clench her teeth in preparation for the damage that will come upon her, she must be prepared for one of her arms to be broken -〈 br〉

Bang! When I thought I heard a sound, it wasn’t Amelia’s side that exploded, but the golem’s body.

With an explosion that vibrated her eardrums, and when she thought smoke had flowed from the golem’s body, a large crack and a dent appeared at the joint connecting her arms, and the golem once again lost strength and collapsed.

The one who inflicted such damage on the golem was Arnia, who was guarding her front with Amelia.

It was an intense cannonball fired from a cannon-shaped weapon extending from one of her arms.

＂Thank you, Arnia!＂

＂Nothing to say. More than that, I am glad that the barricade made by the children was helpful.”

As Arnia looked at the boxes piled up near the front door of her mansion, Amelia also nodded her head in agreement.

Isn’t it just an ordinary stack of boxes?

No, what’s inside it is various magic materials and tools imbued with magic, that is, magic tools.

The things contained in some of them had become a kind of fetish due to the magical power accumulated over a long period of time, and were fatal poisons to familiars who were greatly affected by magical energy just by getting close to them.

Naturally, since they don’t know what’s inside, when they feel that energy as they approach, they quietly move to the side to avoid them, and go to a place where barricades aren’t in place.

In other words, they were led to approach the defense line guarded by Amelia and Arnia.

It was Arnia’s idea to put the castings in the box, but the discovery of the castings was thanks to the children who were searching inside the warehouse.

Arnia, who thought they were dangerous objects at first, tried to stop them, but she too was a kind of familiar – an automaton, a mechanical doll powered by magic.

Thanks to this, I thought that such items would be useful to the other party, so I actually tried them out, and it turned out to be a perfect fit.

“As expected, does this mean that human children have a wide perspective?”

＂Ahaha…＂

Amelia’s analysis of Arnia made her think that she had forgotten that she was also a human child, but there was work to be done while the familiars’ attack was in a lull.

That is, to fully recover the magic power consumed in battle.

Then, Amelia went straight to another box next to the door and took the emergency magic potion contained in it.

Of course, these were also things I found in the warehouse of the mansion.

I thought about the expiration date or whether it would be okay, but seeing as it didn’t cause any harm to my body even if I drank it, it seemed like a stockpile of supplies in case my magical power was depleted if I had to stage a sit-in at the mansion during an emergency.

On the outside of the box, it says ‘Emergency Use’ in red letters, but seeing as the handwriting is not Lila’s, it must have been prepared by her grandfather.

If you apologize in your heart for using it arbitrarily and gently put the bottle down next to the box.

As they heard the sound of someone cutting through the air and something approaching again, Amelia, Arnia, and Kuon had no choice but to turn their heads in that direction.

Then, something like three flying objects – red, yellow, and white – fly there.

“I see that too, something I saw a little while ago.”

They looked too machine-like to be called birds, but they seemed somewhat biological to be called the drones I had previously seen in the ruins of the wilderness. They used magical telekinesis in the air or rammed their large bodies directly into the air as a means of direct attack. They were familiars that had been used and almost destroyed the barricade.

That’s why, as soon as I saw it with my own eyes, Sasha riding on Gonzales flew in and rained arrows down on them. This time, as expected, arrows flew in from afar and rained down on the familiars.

They began to evade Sasha’s arrows by showing faster and more acrobatic movements than before.

It was as if he had learned to avoid the first shot after being shot down by Sasha’s arrows so many times.

＂Ugh…＂

Sasha was a little shocked that her own arrow had missed, but she immediately prepared for her next attack, while Arnia fired a cannonball from her own arm like before. So I was trying to shoot down her guys.

Boom! And the explosion that made her dizzy rang out again, but the cannonballs flying towards the aircraft passed through the air and exploded in the air.

＂… It’s fast, I think it would be close to impossible to hit it with my cannonballs.＂

＂Well, then we limit the movement, and at the same time…＂

The next moment Sasha heard Arnia’s words, she immediately came up with her own method.

[The enemy’s threat level is determined to be level 10. Although there is no master’s approval, forced coalescence is starting.]

＂Ha, merger?!＂

When Sasha watches them in confusion at the emotionless voices coming from the aircraft flying in the air.

As they were performing aerobatics, they aligned in a straight line in the air, and then the three planes connected and merged into one form.

Arms and legs protruded from inside the aircraft, and the aircraft at the front seemed to act as a head and landed on the ground, turning into a giant golem a little over 5 meters in size.

The boxes that had been piled up collapsed due to the heavy vibration, but even more than that, the four people who were guarding the mansion couldn’t close their open mouths due to the other person’s large size.

“Oh my. That’s Mr. Zetta’s Zetta Golem from Number 3~”

＂It’s been a while since we’ve seen them unite~ Hohoho~＂

And while I could hear the carefree voices of the madams who somehow couldn’t stop laughing while looking at such shocking familiars, it was the appearance of an enemy that I couldn’t seem to relax this time.

And that ridiculous guy called Zetta Golem pulled out a heavy ax as big as his arm from somewhere and struck it at the front door of his mansion.

Boom! There was only one person in this place at this moment who could withstand the devastating mass of the weapon being swung.

Ta-dat, the sound of moving one’s feet quickly and taking steps.

And, kaaang! And, to think that she could hear the sound of metal striking metal, Amelia had succeeded in raising her own shield to catch the falling axe.

“Ugh…! Haaa!”

Then, if you use all your strength and throw the shield upward with a release of magical energy, the recoil will cause the ax to bounce off and the giant’s posture will collapse.

“You’re falling! Then, in the meantime, shoot an arrow into the joint…!”

The moment when Sasha used her wit and aimed the arrow she had prepared to destroy the giant.

Before Sasha’s arrow was fired, and before Sasha’s arrow could fall, the giant’s body was transformed into three flying vehicles and separated.

Then, it quickly rises up into the sky again, merges in a different sorting order this time, and lands again.

This time, it had a thinner body than before and seemed to place emphasis on mobility no matter where you looked. Instead of pushing with force like before, it seemed like it was looking for an opening to get past Amelia and attack the main gate.

＂The form has changed…＂

“It seems like we are responding in a form that suits the situation by repeating combination and separation. It must be an application of technology from ancient ruins. It is a very efficient golem.”

When Amelia sounds tired, Arnia calmly analyzes the situation and puts her judgment into words.

“Well, this is not the time to admire! If we don’t do something with this golem, other familiars will…”

However, even in that situation, Sasha saw other familiars following the giant golem in the air, so she could not leisurely deal with this golem.

“… Then, how about something like this?”

At that moment, when she thought she heard Kuon’s voice, which must have been concentrating her mind to deploy her barrier, she swung her old wooden staff round and round in the air, and then boom. She did, and she hit the ground.

And when she thinks she hears a vibration shaking the ground, something like a tree vine shoots out through the ground and tightly binds the giant golem’s limbs.

“It’s for bondage, but it’s a good thing I learned this magic.”

As a spell using the magic of the earth bound the body of the giant, Arnia and Amelia simultaneously swung their weapons at the golem.

＂Mr. Kuon is amazing!＂

“In the meantime, let’s destroy the golem.”

When Arnia jumps while saying that, her eyes move quickly, and she identifies the golem’s weak spot.

Arnia discovered a bead-shaped core in the very center of her body that was shining with a suspicious light wherever she looked.

Then she swung the sword protruding from her arm towards it, and her orb was easily destroyed, perhaps because it was not as durable as the rest of it.

Then, the crack that started from there eventually spread to the entire body of the golem, and it crumbled to dust.

Arnia landed with a light thud sound.

But she looked a little dissatisfied somehow.

“Why is that, Arnia? Even if there is an injury somewhere on her body…”

Amelia asks that question, but Arnia doesn’t seem to understand. She looks briefly at the place where the golem was destroyed just now, and then mutters.

“… With such excellent physical specifications and integrated structure, why does the nucleus, which is a weak point, protrude from the surface?”

Regarding that part, they probably judged that it was a design structure that reached the extreme of inefficiency.

Then, the carefree voices of the madams were heard again from behind.

＂Jetter, I’m saying that a golem like this must have a weak point~＂

＂I designed and drew it that way with the thought that if my familiar runs away, someone will stop it~＂

“… Indeed. Since it is a golem that was not originally intended for combat, it is said to be an efficient control method in case of an emergency.”

＂Ah, ahaha…＂

Arnia nodded as if her doubts had been somewhat resolved by the explanation.

However, the situation is not over yet.

Looking behind the fallen giants, the familiars they had defeated earlier had come back to life and were approaching to break through the defense line once again.

“Why are the destroyed familiars coming back to life again?”

When Amelia speaks with a slightly bored look on her face-

＂The destroyed familiar appears to be powdered and scattered, but important information is mixed with magical power and absorbed into the ley line. And it will flow through the ground and regenerate near the magic tower. It seems that the Magic Tower is exerting such power.”

A voice was heard that perfectly analyzed the situation and came up with the correct answer.

Then there was Da Capo, wearing glasses, changing his clothes, and walking with a bag full of stolen items on his waist.

＂Da Capo!?＂

“Sorry, everyone. It’s late. I will help too.”

As she said that and took out something from her bag, Amelia realized that it was a type of bomb and immediately raised her shield to prevent the aftereffects of the explosion from reaching them.

And, whee! And the moment the flying bomb lands between the familiars, it causes a powerful explosion and cleanly blows away the surrounding familiars.

Even compared to a typical bomb of the same size, it had significant destructive power.

“This will definitely make defense a lot easier!”

As Sasha spoke while checking the situation in the air, Arnia’s eyes sparkled at such an explosion, and Amelia looked back at Da Capo.

“Uh, how? Lila said that you need to rest for a few days before you can move…”

“It’s okay. As you can see, it is moving without any problem. I just temporarily doped my body’s functions by using recovery medicine.”

When Da Capo said that casually, Amelia seemed worried with an expression like, ‘Isn’t that absolutely bad for her health?’

“… Ruler. There are enough bombs. If it’s not enough, we make it. It is natural for me to do my part to protect the home that you have provided for us.”

When Da Capo speaks while adjusting her glasses, Amelia closes her mouth for a moment and then nods her head loudly.

The battle to defend Flamewatch Mansion was not over yet.