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Published at 1st of November 2023 07:35:28 AM


Chapter 13

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Rinho, who was on Eins, the first of the Amaryllis, was fighting on the battlefield where light constantly flashed about.

“There are enemies everywhere! This is the best!”

Contrary to her neat and docile appearance, Rinho was a wild woman, and her bloodshot eyes darted about, cutting down a mobile knight that approached her.

Her weapon of choice was a katana, which was longer than the blades that Fuuka preferred, and she was cooking up a storm with her singular sword.

There were lenses within Eins’s eyes that moved in response to the enemies’ movements.

An aircraft that was sneaking up on her from behind was cut down as she turned around and slashed, causing it to explode.

Sweat dripped down Rinho’s forehead as she continued to deal with the enemies that rushed up to her.

“If I was fighting with my actual body, I could’ve dealt with them all in one go!”

The Amaryllis were copies of Avid, and they could reproduce the One Flash.

 

However, unlike Avid, their self-repair function wasn’t as powerful, and vigorous movements put a lot of strain on their joints.

 

Hence, despite containing plenty of rare metals, Eins couldn’t keep up with a serious Rinho.

Eins and Zwei were destroying nearby enemies one after another, but their white armor plates were full of scratches.

An enemy battleship appeared before Rinho.

“Down with you!!”

Rinho unleashed a One Flash as she shouted, bisecting the ship.

The ship consequently exploded, and the space debris created hit Ein’s armor.

 

There was a lot of debris floating about in space on the battlefield.

 

They were constantly colliding with said debris, so troops from both sides were covered in scars as they fought one another.

Having said that, the scratches on Eins’s armor were mostly due to enemy attacks.

Previously, someone had managed to land a powerful blow on her, but even so, it wasn’t enough to destroy Eins.

The problem was, there was no end to the enemies.

Immediately after the ship was destroyed, another one appeared in its place.

The new arrival aimed its main cannons at Eins, and Rinho was blown away by the subsequent attacks.

 

Eins had deployed an energy shield, but it had been pierced and the attack had hit its armor.

 

Rinho was unharmed as Eins’s armor was made of rare metals, but it nevertheless annoyed her.

“Bastards!!”

Fuuka’s Zwei passed by Eins while Rinho screamed.

Wielding two swords, she was destroying enemy ships as they came.

Against multiple enemies, Fuuka had an edge over Rinho.

‘You should just lie down and sleep while I take care of everything.’

 

Rinho clenched her teeth hearing Fuuka’s provocative words.

“Shut up, or I’ll kill ya too!”

Rinho swung her sword horizontally, cutting down the mobile knights that had gathered around her.

Explosions were constantly happening around Eins and Zwei.

Fuuka, who was on Zwei, had a sword in each of her hands.

‘Who’s afraid of who? We can settle this here if you want.’

 

They spoke as if they were going to start killing each other on the battlefield, but this was considered part of their sisterly conversation.

The two of them had grown up in the back alley after being abandoned by their parents, and they considered such conversations normal.

They were careful of what they said when they were before Yasushi and Liam, but there was little to be done about their foul mouths.

Even as they bickered, they continued to cut down enemies that swarmed around Argos.

That was when a mobile knight with a distinct appearance showed up before them.

Its body was adorned in shades of brown, giving it an earthy hue, and although it had a humanoid form, there was something about its aura that felt different.

It was roughly 18 meters in size, which was typical of a mobile knight, but it had 8 arms and no legs, looking as if it had come out of an ancient ruin.

Rinho sensed that something wasn’t right and immediately had Eins take a step back.

“Where did this creepy thing crawl out of?”

Fuuka was equally wary of this new foe.

‘Senior brother once mentioned that the kingdom owns an ancient mobile knight. I heard it’s absurdly strong.’

“Heh~ in that case, if I defeat this guy, won’t Master praise me?”

Rinho immediately unleashed a One Flash at the earth-colored mobile knight.

Sensing danger, the mobile knight avoided destruction by sacrificing four of its arms.

Fuuka was puzzled to see this.

‘Is it just a lookalike?’

It was too weak for an enemy that they both considered dangerous.

Rinho, however, was furious that she had failed to take down the enemy with her One-Flash.

“Identify yourself.”

Even though it had lost four of its arms, the earth-colored mobile knight answered her question with composure.

‘How lucky of me to encounter a swordswoman from the School of One Flash. I’m Aluna, the Crown Princess of the Kingdom of Dominion.’

Rinho fixed her gaze on the opponent who claimed to be the Crown Princess.

She could certainly sense a strong presence emanating from the mobile knight.

She had no means of confirming whether her opponent was actually the Crown Princess, but she knew that she was facing an enemy that she had to defeat.

“To appear on the battlefield like this, you must be as crazy as Senior Brother. But it was a mistake to appear in front of me.”

Feeling frustrated over her previous failure, Rinho dealt the finishing blow, this time causing the mobile knight to explode.

‘My prey!’ Fuuka wailed.

“First come first serve. I’ll have Master praise me lots. Senior Brother might even reward me.”

She had defeated the Crown Princess.

It seemed as if everything was over, but allied mobile knights suddenly exploded around them.

“The hell?”

Rinho looked over, anticipating a new enemy, only to be met with a surprise.

“You gotta be kidding.”

There it stood, an earth-colored mobile knight identical to the one that she had just defeated.

Moreover, the one piloting it seemed to be the same person as well.

Messages began to flood in from her allies.

‘The Crown Princess has made her appearance on the battlefield. She’s on her mobile knight!’

‘Same here!’

‘Are they decoys?’

‘She’s shown up in various locations! There are more than a hundred confirmed appearances!’

Rinho clicked her tongue listening to the report from the operator.

“Now that I think about it, someone cloned Senior Brother during the previous battle. I guess that’s what’s happening here as well.”

Aluna laughed out loud at the mention of a clone.

‘You’re mistaken. I don’t need the help of others. I’ll give you a hint. The one before you is undoubtedly me, and so are the other aircraft on the battlefield. They’re all me.’

Fuuka, who wasn’t interested in the mumbo jumbo, cut in between Rinho and Aluna.

 

‘Yeah? Well, I don’t care! I’ll destroy you, all of you!’

Fuuka unleashed a One-Flash at Aluna, but this time, she got away with sacrificing only two of her arms.

Aluna sounded impressed.

‘Oh, you still go me. The School of One Flash is unfathomable indeed. If we were fighting with our actual bodies, I might’ve died from that.’

Simmering with rage, Fuuka continued to fire One Flashes at Aluna.

‘—Kill.’

Zwei’s joints screamed under the immense burden.

Aluna giggled when she noticed this.

‘Is that a mass-produced version of Avid? It seems the specs aren’t up to par. It can’t keep up with your abilities!’

Zwei soon reached its limit, and its left arm came flying off.

Fuuka cried out in frustration as her mobile knight now lacked an arm.

Rinho cut off the communication and took off her helmet.

“How troublesome,” she muttered.

The Banfield Family’s advance had come to a halt.

Aluna, riding an ancient mobile knight whose length spanned more than a hundred meters, had single-handedly forced them to stop.

It had the upper body of a mobile knight and the lower body of a spaceship, its appearance closely resembling that of the monster Arachne.

Inside the cockpit, Aluna was wearing a brown visor, and she was controlling more than a hundred offshoots of Arachne at the same time.

Indeed, the 18-meter-sized mobile knights were all Arachne’s offshoots.

“—Hmm, they’ve already destroyed 30 of them. As expected of the Banfield Family. Still, I’m lucky to have encountered someone from the School of One Flash. I’ll use them to practice for my fight against Liam.”

Even if the offshoots were destroyed, it was of no concern to Aluna.

The amazing thing about this ancient knight was that it allowed Aluna to personally pilot all 100+ offshoots without actually being inside them.

Furthermore, whenever one got destroyed, its experience would be fed to Aluna.

This meant she could fight against Fuuka and Rinho as many times as she wanted.

“Oops, there goes another one.”

The Amaryllis had destroyed another offshoot, so Aluna sent in the next one.

Arachne was mass-producing the offshoots, sending them into battle whenever they were ready.

The Amaryllis were destroying the offshoots one after another, but the other knights and spaceships of the Banfield Family were gradually being mowed down.

With Arachne, she could go up against an entire fleet without putting herself in danger.

It didn’t really align with her fighting style, but there was something about it that appealed to her.

“Good. With this, I can grow even stronger. Fight me until your dying breaths, swordswomen of One Flash!”

“GO DOWWWWN!!”

Zwei, with only one of its arms left, struggled to take down Arachne’s offshoots, and Fuuka, its pilot, was sweating bullets.

Inside the cockpit, Fuuka was breathing heavily, and she ground her teeth when she noticed the appearance of another offshoot.

“There’s no end to them,” she complained.

Rinho agreed.

‘Yeah, but if you weren’t so reckless earlier, we would’ve been in a better spot right now.’

“Oh, shut your trap!”

‘Hey, unlike you, I haven’t damaged my aircraft. I wonder how you’re going to explain this to Senior Brother.’

“T-that’s none of your business.”

Fuuka’s voice lacked the confidence she had before. She dreaded the forthcoming reprimand she would receive for damaging Zwei.

“T-that aside, our allies really are pathetic.”

The knights on their side were having a lot of trouble against Arachne’s offshoots, and they were being destroyed in rapid succession.

Arachne’s offshoots weren’t as high-specced as Avid or the Amaryllis, but they had a higher performance than the regular knights of the Banfield Family.

In addition, all 100+ offshoots were being controlled by Aluna, a monster-class pilot.

Ganging up on the offshoots did little to solve the problem as more kept appearing in their place, and they always returned stronger than before.

Now, it wasn’t possible to destroy the offshoots with a simple One Flash.

‘Your aircraft has reached its limit. Hurry on back and call Liam. You no longer have what it takes to defeat me.’

“Hah! We don’t need Senior Brother’s help against the likes of you!”

Fuuka was putting on a brave front, but she was also aware that Zwei had reached its limit.

(This is bad. We’re really going to lose without Senior Brother. If only we were fighting with our bodies…)

She was confident that she would win if they fought with their real bodies, but saying that was right now pointless.

They received a call from Liam just as they were about to gang up on the offshoot.

‘—What’s taking you so long?’

His voice was cold and unforgiving, as if he was admonishing his unworthy juniors.

“S-senior Brother!?”

‘A-about that!’

Arachne’s offspring used this opportunity to catch them off-guard, shooting beams at them from its eight arms.

As a result, a portion of Zwei’s armor was blown away.

“YOU WRETCH!”

However, before Fuuka could do anything, the offshoot was pierced by a battleship’s cannon.

Argos had come up behind them.

‘Return to the ship. We’ve achieved our goal. We’re now going to forcefully push through the enemy fleet using Argos,’ said Liam.

With Liam declaring that they were going to leave the battlefield, offshoots began gathering in droves.

‘Liam, be my oppo—’

However, Liam had no intention of facing Aluna.

‘—Argos, maximum output.’

—It seems my junior disciples are weaker than I thought.

“They barely held on against Aluna. They may not have lost, but that’s it.”

I express my disappointment while being seated on the bridge.

Eulisia, who’s standing beside me, appears surprised by what I said.

“They fought well enough, did they not?”

Certainly, if they were ordinary knights, I would’ve praised their hard work.

However, they carry the title of One Flash.

—Considering Master Yasushi’s reputation, the performance they put on could only be labeled as miserable.

“I was hoping for a victory. It pains me to do this, but I would have to deliver the unfortunate news to Master.”

The operator informs us of the duo’s return.

“Eins and Zwei of the Amaryllis have returned.”

I extend my right arm forward.

“Playtime’s over.”

Argos’ output increases, and the energy shield becomes thicker until it’s capable of repelling any attack.

With Argos leading the charge, the Banfield Family attempts to break through the kingdom’s fleet.

Eulisia suddenly looks up at the ceiling.

“Why are there shield ships here? They seem to belong to the Second Division. The Fourth Division is rushing over as well.”

“Klaus is being overprotective again.”

A bitter smile escapes my mouth.

I appreciate the fact that Klaus is looking out for his master even in this situation.

“Since the shield ships are here, he must have read ahead. I’m truly blessed to have him as my vassal. I wonder why he was poorly evaluated in his previous workplace.”

Eulisia offers a possible explanation.

“Maybe he was too good, so much so that his employer didn’t know what to do with him.”

“Makes sense.”

It’s a reasonable story.

Anyhow, several mobile knights with eight arms have approached us and are attacking Argos.

‘Fight me, Liam!’

Aluna’s voice reaches Argos.

She must be talking to me on all frequencies—not that I care.

“You seem to have an interesting aircraft, but I don’t have time for you right now.”

‘Wait! Have a match with me—’

“Nope, not waiting.”

The eight-armed mobile knights collide against Argos’ energy shield in an attempt to break through, but they ultimately fail and explode.

“I’ll visit you again in the future. When that time comes, I’ll play with you.”

Enemy knights and battleships that come into contact with Argos are forcibly pushed away—all that stands in our path shall be destroyed.

The ultimate push.

It wouldn’t have been possible with Argos’ incredible defense.

‘FIGHT ME, LIAAAAAAAM!!’

We pass through the kingdom’s fleet with Aluna screaming behind us.

The Banfield Family has managed to come out on top.

“Now then, let us head back home.”

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Brian (´;ω;`): “Volume 9 of ‘The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs’ will be released on the 30th of November. And there’s more!”

Brian (´・ω・`): “‘I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire—Gaiden’ might be posted later this month. Will I make an appearance? Look forward to finding out!”





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