“Hey, wait a minute, what the heck is this!?”
Selen shouted so in front of a large, metallic object.
“Our spoils of war?”
I had brought the 4 Giant Soldiers back to the village.
“What did you say? You participated in the war happening in the Loda Kingdom? And they used these weapons there? Why would you do such a dangerous thing!?”
“I went there using a body double, so there was nothing to worry about.”
By the way, ordinarily, I wouldn’t have been able to teleport large objects like these. Teleport was limited to only things that could be worn like clothes or things small enough to be carried. However, for some reason, when I sat inside the cockpits of these Giant Soldiers, I was able to teleport with them without issue. My guess was that teleport regarded it as some kind of equipment.
“…! These are…!”
At that moment, a girl of small stature approached, her eyes wide open as she stared at the Giant Soldiers. It was Dona, the female dwarf who possessed the [Weapons Craftsman] Gift.
“Dwarf ancestor’s…ancient weapons…!”
Dona was usually unemotional, yet she shouted so. A rather rare thing for her to do. What’s more, she rushed toward the Giant Soldiers.
“It’s made of a strange metal…Couldn’t tell what it’s made of just from touch…it looks like it can be ridden from here!”
Still excited, she got inside one of the Giant Soldiers.
“Amazing…! Could I make it move? Village Chief…! Where did you find this…?”
“It’s from the Cranzel Empire. It seems like they dug it up from a country in the south of the continent. I heard they repaired it and made use of it as a weapon.”
“Mm! …? Strange. It won’t start?”
“Seems like it. It’s not just that one too. The others won’t move anymore as well. You think they got too broken when I made them fall into deep holes?”
“……”
“Well, if you want more details, go ahead and ask these people.”
I pointed to the 4 pilots of the Giant Soldiers who were now bound by rope and unable to move. They were arrested after falling into those holes and fainting. I brought them along with the Giant Soldiers.
“Where is this place!? How come we’re tied up right now!? I believe we had destroyed that wall for our invasion though. So, why…”
It would seem they had no memory of falling into those holes.
“More importantly, those weapons. They won’t move. Why?”
“Ha, it’s impossible for you people to use it, no matter what you try! Only those registered as its pilots beforehand could make it move!”
“I see…”
It looked like there was some kind of verification system in place.
“But when you dug them up, pilots from ancient times must have been registered to them, right? That means there’s a way to remove that registration and have a new one be registered.”
“Kukuku, it would seem you have some understanding of it. However, that doesn’t make any difference. Even with our nation’s advanced technology, it took us several years to resurrect those Giant Soldiers!”
“Mhm, registration undone. Restarting verification.”
“….huh?”
With the sound of something booting up, the Giant Soldier began to move again.
“It, it moveddddd!? How could you have!? But that shouldn’t have been…!?”
The pilot shouted so.
Meanwhile, Dona alighted from the cockpit.
“I’d like to study its finer workings. Village chief, may I disassemble them?”
“I don’t mind, but…what do you have in mind?”
“Mm. If we made the effort, I believe we could reproduce them from scratch.”
To her declaration, the pilot raised his voice once again.
“T-there’s no way you could do that! How could you when our empire has been trying that very thing for years but to no avail!?”
“My dwarf ancestors made weapons like this, so surely, a dwarf of today could do the same.”
“Ahh…so you’re a dwarf…! Kukuku, but do you think you people can get away with stealing the Giant Soldiers from the empire!? I am all but certain the empire’s army is coming here at full speed to reclaim them! It’ll soon be all over be for you all! Although I suppose we could spare the dwarves’ lives! Of course, they’d have to work for empire until they die!”
Sorry but I would prefer it if you pilots were the ones working for our village.
“Granny Nema, can you reform these people for me?”
“Eheehehee, it looks like it’s my turn to shine again.”
“Hey, wait a minute, what the heck is this!?”
Selen shouted so in front of a large, metallic object.
“Our spoils of war?”
I had brought the 4 Giant Soldiers back to the village.
“What did you say? You participated in the war happening in the Loda Kingdom? And they used these weapons there? Why would you do such a dangerous thing!?”
“I went there using a body double, so there was nothing to worry about.”
By the way, ordinarily, I wouldn’t have been able to teleport large objects like these. Teleport was limited to only things that could be worn like clothes or things small enough to be carried. However, for some reason, when I sat inside the cockpits of these Giant Soldiers, I was able to teleport with them without issue. My guess was that teleport regarded it as some kind of equipment.
“…! These are…!”
At that moment, a girl of small stature approached, her eyes wide open as she stared at the Giant Soldiers. It was Dona, the female dwarf who possessed the [Weapons Craftsman] Gift.
“Dwarf ancestor’s…ancient weapons…!”
Dona was usually unemotional, yet she shouted so. A rather rare thing for her to do. What’s more, she rushed toward the Giant Soldiers.
“It’s made of a strange metal…Couldn’t tell what it’s made of just from touch…it looks like it can be ridden from here!”
Still excited, she got inside one of the Giant Soldiers.
“Amazing…! Could I make it move? Village Chief…! Where did you find this…?”
“It’s from the Cranzel Empire. It seems like they dug it up from a country in the south of the continent. I heard they repaired it and made use of it as a weapon.”
“Mm! …? Strange. It won’t start?”
“Seems like it. It’s not just that one too. The others won’t move anymore as well. You think they got too broken when I made them fall into deep holes?”
“……”
“Well, if you want more details, go ahead and ask these people.”
I pointed to the 4 pilots of the Giant Soldiers who were now bound by rope and unable to move. They were arrested after falling into those holes and fainting. I brought them along with the Giant Soldiers.
“Where is this place!? How come we’re tied up right now!? I believe we had destroyed that wall for our invasion though. So, why…”
It would seem they had no memory of falling into those holes.
“More importantly, those weapons. They won’t move. Why?”
“Ha, it’s impossible for you people to use it, no matter what you try! Only those registered as its pilots beforehand could make it move!”
“I see…”
It looked like there was some kind of verification system in place.
“But when you dug them up, pilots from ancient times must have been registered to them, right? That means there’s a way to remove that registration and have a new one be registered.”
“Kukuku, it would seem you have some understanding of it. However, that doesn’t make any difference. Even with our nation’s advanced technology, it took us several years to resurrect those Giant Soldiers!”
“Mhm, registration undone. Restarting verification.”
“….huh?”
With the sound of something booting up, the Giant Soldier began to move again.
“It, it moveddddd!? How could you have!? But that shouldn’t have been…!?”
The pilot shouted so.
Meanwhile, Dona alighted from the cockpit.
“I’d like to study its finer workings. Village chief, may I disassemble them?”
“I don’t mind, but…what do you have in mind?”
“Mm. If we made the effort, I believe we could reproduce them from scratch.”
To her declaration, the pilot raised his voice once again.
“T-there’s no way you could do that! How could you when our empire has been trying that very thing for years but to no avail!?”
“My dwarf ancestors made weapons like this, so surely, a dwarf of today could do the same.”
“Ahh…so you’re a dwarf…! Kukuku, but do you think you people can get away with stealing the Giant Soldiers from the empire!? I am all but certain the empire’s army is coming here at full speed to reclaim them! It’ll soon be all over be for you all! Although I suppose we could spare the dwarves’ lives! Of course, they’d have to work for empire until they die!”
Sorry but I would prefer it if you pilots were the ones working for our village.
“Granny Nema, can you reform these people for me?”
“Eheehehee, it looks like it’s my turn to shine again.”
