Chapter 155 – 155. The Empress

Fear is contagious.
There was no exception for the special forces members, who seemed to have restrained their ability to feel fear.

A monster that remains intact even when bullets rain down on it. Even if there is a hole in his head, he stands up without hesitation.

In a way, it was natural to feel fear of an incomprehensible monster.

“Shoo, shoot-!”

Members of the Archwitch Special Forces mercilessly poured out special bullets made of silver. It was a great magic bullet consecrated by high-ranking priests and able to break the magic of witches, but unfortunately, this bullet could not kill Hecaterina.

That’s because even the arch-witch agents named paladins, who existed decades and hundreds of years ago, couldn’t do it.

─RK, Uooooo-!!

The monster’s arm sweeps through the troops. The suits worn by the unit members absorb most of the impact, and there are no members who die instantly because of it…… There was no member who could stand up even if he brushed once.

In an instant, close to half of the members were wiped out, and the helicopter that was watching them even conducted support fire.

“All, equip weapons!”
“Equip your weapon!”

Realizing that it was not enough to simply use a gun, the members took out a weapon such as a sword or an ax from their arms, and when power was supplied to the weapon, the divine power stored in advance began to flow through the blade .

At the same time, the suits they were wearing started to make a loud noise, and the crew members who arrived in front of Hecaterina with an explosion that exceeded the sound wall began to tear Hecaterina apart in an instant.

─Kuk, ku-!

However, Hecaterina does not die.
The holy power cold weapon wielded fiercely by the crew was also compatible with Hecaterina.

Hecaterina was such a witch. The nemesis of the Paladins. The shell of the monster she wears is nothing more than a shell materialized by magic.

The real body is protected by several layers. Unless their blades cut through meters of flesh, muscle, and bone and touch her body—Hecate Lina cannot be killed.

—Gurrrrr…… !

In the end, Hecate Lina succeeded in taking down all of her crew her. After transforming into a monster, she must have remained rational, and it was fortunate that no one died.

Having neutralized all of her crew her and even her helmet her, Hecate Lina broke the visor helmet of her foremost crew member to see the face of the attacker.

“…… Uh?”

Seeing the red hair flowing down the other side of his helmet, Yohan let out a startled exclamation. Hecate Rina also carefully let go of her hand her, seeing the face of the member who was holding her hand her.

“…… Elesis?”

Decades in the future.
The paladin who should have died of old age was there.

“What, what… ?”

Upon hearing the name, the red-haired member looked at John and his party as if he was perplexed.

“…… How do you know your grandmother’s name?”
“…… Grandma?”
“Yes, Grandma.”

Hearing what the crew said, Yohan cautiously kept his mouth shut. Apparently, it seemed necessary to talk at length.

* * *

After being healed of all their injuries, the soldiers were stripped of their weapons and confined to a room in a cabin.

Although they were devastated at the fact that they, who had trained for years to catch witches, could be neutralized so easily, they seemed to agree to some extent when they heard that the number of witches here was almost double-digit.

Among the captured captives, the granddaughter of Elesis, who introduced herself as Aris, took the lead.

“So… Are they the witches who disappeared long ago?”
“Do you know about us?”
“… The seven witches who were said to have helped the first emperor establish the country… But there is one more.”
“Ah, that’s Adelheit. She was originally an imperial witch.”
“Ah, Your Excellency Adelheit!?”

Aris, who recognized Adelheit, was started and she quickly stood up and saluted. Adelheit nodded her head embarrassedly and accepted the salute.

Only then did she realize that she was standing in front of the legends of the distant past, and Aris opened her mouth in an extremely polite tone.

“That, ga, why are you and everyone here…….”
“She was blown decades back in an accident while experimenting with magic.”
“Magic…… It’s an experiment.”

Even in this age of advanced science, whether magic was entirely the specialty of witches, Aris looked at her party with a slightly puzzled expression.

After she drool for a while, she realized that this was not a matter for her to judge, so she cautiously opened her mouth.

“Well, it doesn’t seem like it was something I judged. Would it be all right if I contacted headquarters…….”
“Great. Do it.”
“Thank you!”

Aris returned her stolen equipment and attempted to communicate with her headquarters. Before long, she was connected to headquarters, and she began to talk about this and that and relay the stories she had heard in this place.

The other party over the walkie-talkie seemed to have no idea what kind of absurd story they were talking about, but they did not completely ignore the words of the field staff.

[—I will send someone who can judge right now, so you can wait for a while.]
“Yes, I understand.”

I don’t know who’s coming from her her, but looking at Aris, who was relieved by her words her to send her support her, Johann realized that he could now share her private story her with her.

“Did you say it was Aris?”
“…… Yes, it is.”
“She’s the granddaughter of Elesis.”
“Yes. Do you know her grandmother?”
“Bye?”
“He passed away a few years ago.”
“Ah…”

When she is told that she is dead, she begins to feel the fact that she has come to the future. Yes, that’s right. She is dead

John looked at her for a moment with her bitter expression of her, then asked her questions.

“—Elesis, who did you marry?”
“…… Her grandmother has been alone all her life?”
“Alone, granddaughter?”
“Oh, you are a single mother. You never told me who her grandfather was until the end.”
“Yes, I see.”

At this moment, John, who was relieved by Aris’ words of her, felt a bit disgusted with himself. No matter how much he took her virgin her, he was relieved to hear that she had lived alone without a husband all her life her?

It was truly inhumane.

While Yohan was disgusted with me, Aris scratched his cheek and opened his mouth.

“Yeah, actually- when I was little, I was begging to hear about my grandfather’s name…….”
“Okay? Who?”
“John, it is.”

At those words, John hardened. Not only that – the other witches who were listening to this were also started and looked at John.

When Arisman tilts her head as if he does n’t understand her English her, she says “Kwaaang-!” A voice echoed outside the cabin.

“What, what!?”

John looked outside, wondering if a shell had fallen, and saw a long rocket stuck in the garden of the cabin.

A woman jumps out of the locket door. After getting out of the locket, the woman groaned in pain and began to brush the dust off her body.

When her group her was happy to see her face her, Makina, who had escaped from her locket, entered her cabin casually.

“Female! A long time!”

As if she had been forcibly socialized, Makina greeted her expressionlessly and began to look at the witches in the hut.

After an instant, she nodded her head with a humming sound.

“Evangeline, Margaret, Hecaterina, Beatrice, Regina, Rinna, Rinne, Adelheit.”

Naming her witches one by one, Makina called her by name, and after making sure she remembered her correctly, she pointed to the one she hadn’t called yet and said,

“And John.”
“—Eh, eh?”
“Is everything right?”

While Aris was perplexed after hearing John’s name, John cautiously nodded his head.

Seeing that, Makina took out something that looked like a smart phone from her bosom her, and she started calling somewhere.

“Oh, it’s me. I checked. That’s right. Yes. Okay.”

Pop – After hanging up her phone, Makina spread her hands wide and smiled.

“Come on—! To my empire!”
“…… My?”
“What? Didn’t you know?”

Makina said that and touched my eyes. Then she started wiggling, her eyes like the lenses of a camera.

Realizing that what was in front of him was a mechanical doll, goose bumps ran down his spine. So sophisticated Android? There was nothing like this on Earth.

“Machine Witch, Makina Type 33.”

Brother 33, who had finished introducing himself, spoke the name of the current emperor.

“Welcome to the empire ruled by the great Empress Makina! Witches!”

If there is a being that is immortal, eternally beautiful, and terribly powerful—it’s strange that he doesn’t become a ruler.

Clearly she thought so.

But, anyway….

‘She really became an emperor?’

Decades later, the future was already in the hands of witches.