episode_0026

Fuuuk.

Lavender thought while dealing with the blade collie.

‘This might surprisingly suit me?’

I thought the most suitable weapon was a great sword.

As she cut down Magnolia Bugs with a great sword, she thought that the great sword was the right weapon for her.

But you are wrong.

No, you got half right.

There was a weapon that was more suitable than a great sword, and that was the ‘Arm Blade’.

He thought that attaching blades to both arms and swinging the arms to cut down the enemy was the most optimal fighting method for him.

If you have an arm blade, you can immediately respond and cut down enemies that sneak up on you from the side.

But even more than that, here is a weapon suited to a pilot named Lavender Whiteley.

“Wow-ah!”

Lavender let out an exclamation.

The moment the light indicating ‘enemy’ flashed on the radar, she immediately moved her hand.

Phew!

“One more!”

It is no different from a mock battle.

In fact, it is more stable than a mock battle.

“Blade Collie… easier to deal with than the instructor’s…!”

The opponent is an ether monster.

It is an AI that has lost its ego, and even its behavior patterns are simple.

-You will mainly deal with ether monsters, but if you are going to deal with them, you should deal with enemies more appropriate to your level.

The instructor had Lavender engage in mock battles several times.

-The data of those riding the Blade Collie you will fight is AI created based on A-class pilots participating in the colony war. Do your best to survive.

-yes?! The four A-class people, hehe!

-Shooted down. end. The training will continue until you survive and defeat the enemy without getting hit even once. Today and tomorrow too.

-Ahhhh!!

Although it seemed like a bit of extreme training, Lavender was definitely able to master the weapons along with Harkon during the mock battle.

Pierces the head from the front before the enemy’s weapon touches it.

Increase the distance back slightly so that the ether blade, which vibrates like a single molecule cutter, does not touch your body.

The inertia itself of running cannot be suppressed, so just attack it diagonally and you’re done.

Phew!

Once again, stab the claw into the lower jaw of the blade collie that charged at you from the front.

Kwazijic!

With the sound of the rusty and rotten fuselage breaking, the Blade Collie’s head rises upward.

“I didn’t just stab Cller!”

I stabbed my nails and swung my fists at the same time.

Of course, Harkon, since he couldn’t put a load on the aircraft, the thing that caused the blow was the heat energy released above the fist.

“Flare Punch!”

Kwa-euang!

An etheric flame erupts from the glove over the hand underneath the inserted claw and explodes.

Kigi geek!

The thing that flew like a fighter plane raised its head upward without even scratching its front paws, and Lavender twisted the aircraft’s hand and used the recoil of the explosion to bend down.

“Profit…!”

The aircraft extends its feet forward as if sliding with a tackle, and leans down as it slides down due to the recoil of the explosion of the claw-equipped gauntlet.

It only lasts for a moment, but the blade collie floats over the lavender harkon lying horizontally and passes by.

Passs.

There was no need for additional attacks.

“Huh….”

The instructor said.

-The Blade Collie’s weak point is the cockpit.

…I wonder where there is a mecha that doesn’t have a cockpit as its weak point, but the instructor showed me the Blade Collie’s blueprint and told me the location of the cockpit as if brainwashing me.

-The location of this cockpit is on the head where the blades are located in the case of the sphere. The skull is the cockpit.

-Isn’t this the most dangerous place?

-Isn’t that why you said it was an old model? The new model has a cockpit near the spine. Safety has improved, but attack power has decreased significantly.

The human eye is intuitive.

Having eyes on the Blade Collie’s head or on its back made a big difference, and although it made the pilot safer, its combat power was significantly lowered due to perspective issues.

For this reason, quadrupedal animal-like robots are not often used.

Unless an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is initially designed to resemble a fighter jet in the shape of an animal, quadrupedal walking is mostly just a façade.

-It’s just a plane full of bravado. Mostly AI. Don’t hesitate to aim for the cockpit, Lavender.

“As you said…!”

One more time.

Buh-uh!

Without warning, the Blade Collie runs through the black sea of space and moves its aircraft sharply to evade the attack.

“Ah…!”

I quickly moved my hand and stretched out my nails, but my nails barely touched the cockpit.

The nail almost grazed the blade collie’s chin, almost grazing the space.

-One degree and two extremes are not necessarily true. In the end, wouldn’t it just be a matter of cutting?

“As the instructor said…!”

Training situations come to mind again and again.

The combat situation learned through the mock battle, the mistakes I made in that situation, and the instructor’s guidance and solutions immediately come to mind.

“Clue, etheric energy…!”

The moment I finished thinking.

Buuuk ㅡㅡㅡㅡ!!

The etheric beam was already shining on the fingernails, and the blade collie’s lower body was cut into long nail marks from the chin to the groin.

“……Me, really.”

It might be a little more amazing than I thought.

“Still….”

Beep beep.

As soon as something appeared on the radar, Lavender turned around.

“…Ah.”

The direction of the beam claw that has not yet been extinguished is aimed at Harkon of the Colony Defense Force, who is starting to approach.

They were approaching to catch the ether monsters that Lavender had hunted before they flew far into space due to inertia.

“…hu, be surprised.”

Lavender ran a hand over her trembling heart.

“…….”

The distance was far, but if he had come closer, he would have cut the ally with his hands.

“Instructor….”

-You can solve your reaction problem slowly. We have made a plan for that issue as well, so all you have to do is trust the instructor and follow him.

“…Yes!”

Lavender lightly pounded her pounding heart with her fist, then grabbed the control stick again and controlled the aircraft’s attitude.

“As the instructor said!!”

Lavender didn’t know.

The entire line was disconnected though.

[……]

The microphone connected directly to the person involved and the instructor was not turned off.

* * *

‘What is he, I’m scared. Just talk to yourself.’

Am I crazy?

Among pilots, there are cases where wild friends sometimes suffer from mania, but I had no idea that a 20-year-old girl would suffer from such mania.

‘They say it’s their own mind control method, but it looks like someone is there.’

The aircraft does not have a soul, or at least it does not have an AI robot.

‘I wonder if the cause of the problem was that they turned off the microphone to watch what was said during the fight.’

The sounds coming from me do not reach Lavender.

“Recovery team, retrieve the ether immediately!”

“I will tell this to the recovery team! Ether Recovery!”

If I could hear Captain Edmund and the operators raising their voices on the bridge, I probably would have kept them quiet as much as possible.

‘Well, it doesn’t matter.’

Just fight well and that’s enough.

It is the pilot’s freedom whether to recite the Lord’s Prayer, seek God, or sing during battle.

“Lavender Whiteley, you are an excellent pilot.”

The skills and performance were such that instructor Aria next to me was amazed and impressed.

“…….”

“Why are you doing that?”

And I, too, was impressed and surprised that she had written a report that was already filling up the screen in just 5 minutes.

“Ah, this is a habit. It’s been going on since I was a cadet.”

“It’s a good habit. Can I share it later?”

“As much as you want.”

“…….”

“Why are you looking at me so unexpectedly?”

Instructor Aria glared at me with bright eyes.

“Did you think I was such a narrow-minded woman who said, ‘I can’t show you because we are on a different team’?”

“No way.”

“I think so.”

“If you thought that way, it would be a huge disrespect to Instructor Aria. That.”

I reached over the armrest next to Instructor Aria, and then stretched my fingers over her arm.

-I’ll show you the materials after I finish them today.

“……Hmmmm.”

Aria cleared her throat and looked forward.

“The ether monsters that attracted aggro are slowly coming to an end, so all we have to do is recover the resources.”

“Yes. The first task is.”

“…Is it really necessary to do the second work?”

“Um….”

Instructor Aria wanted to see my data quickly, but I have no intention of stopping practical training right away.

‘Maybe now is your chance.’

Training continues.

“Captain Edmund. I would like to make a suggestion.”

“Are you trying to sortie the standby reserve units?”

“…You got it right.”

Aria’s eyes widen in surprise at my suggestion.

“Captain, how can you…?”

“If you pretend, you pretend. That friend and I together… hehe.”

“…It’s just because we know each other well. Captain. Would you please give young people a chance?”

“I think it’s you, not me, who is giving the opportunity.”

“Okay. I have obtained sufficient battle data for Lavender Whitely. It looks like Lavender needs some rest too, so soon-”

“Captain, please look here!!”

One of the operators cuts me off and shouts urgently.

“…I won’t ask you to look at it, but you should report it immediately-”

“A huge ether reaction occurs ahead!!”

“……!!”

Captain Edmund was about to point out the operator’s reporting system, but he soon saw the radar and held on tightly to the handle of the captain’s seat.

“AS troops must withdraw immediately!”

[yes? Ha, but ether mining…!]

“Throw away the equipment and return to the battleship immediately!!”

The moment Captain Edmund’s roar rang loudly.

“That…!”

“Crazy.”

Ahead, a huge wormhole opened.

It opened so unexpectedly and without warning.

“Red…Giant?”

“No, what kind of creation tree is this again.”

A being appeared by opening a wormhole on its own.

“Red giant star, Garnet Dragon…!”

Another beast of creation.

“Red moon, red moon…! Red Moon!”

A dragon with a body length of almost 300 meters appeared.

“…….”

Beyond the dragon’s head.

The stomach of the body is like a round sphere.

“No way….”

A red-armored mecha that looked like it was riding on a dragon’s back was glaring at someone.

“Lavender, h?”

…not me.