episode_0111

There was no explosion.

The White Lancer’s charge, piercing the heart of the black storm, was like a thunderbolt.

Crackling, crackling.

[Did it fail?]

Beyond the screen, someone wearing huge brown armor, looking at the White Lancers, speaks in a mechanical voice.

[I never imagined that a paladin would pick up a spear again.]

Every time the mechanical sound flashes, the face of the large figure in brown armor sparkles red.

[What are you going to do, Mr. Scorpion?]

Beneath the armor, on another screen, a person wearing a double mask asks.

[We’ve been providing support for a long time, but if this happens, only we will be in trouble.]

[There is no need to worry about you being caught. Rest assured.]

[Really?]

[of course. This was, after all, an arbitrary surprise attack by the Scorpie Colony.]

The brown armor speaks calmly as if to reassure you.

[The black storm has collapsed. Paladin destroyed it himself, so now they don’t have a powerful SS-class aircraft.]

[There is a shrine.]

[Even if there is a shrine, he is only one person. An individual cannot defeat a group.]

[If your opinion comes true.]

As if sarcastically, the two-faced being laughed.

[Paladin is not dead. We succeeded in pulling out one Genesis Beast Rider from Starlight Colony, but we ended up seeing another possibility in their lives.]

[iced coffee. Me too… that was unexpected. I never thought a paladin would ride on Fenrir’s back.]

Beyond the screen, the paladin is still riding on top of Fenrir, who has become a quadrupedal mobile weapon.

The combination of lancers and wolves was completely unsuitable, reminiscent of horsemen on ancient Earth, or as if they were the standard bearers of wolf-managing monsters in movies set in medieval fantasy.

However, the strike stopped the black storm.

The purple electricity that penetrated inside instantly calmed the black storm.

[What are you going to do? Aren’t the scorpions deployed there going to die if things continue like this?]

[It’s just a humanoid. They are artificial life forms that think they were born in a Scorpie colony. Those who are believed to have been abandoned by the Sagittarius Colony.]

[You’re trying to take over the Sagittarius colony by manipulating memories. Hehehe, do you really want to eat the colony?]

[……It would be the same for you too. Aren’t the images overlapping for both goats and sheep to exist?]

[Kihihi….]

Inside the sheep’s head, a blue light flashed momentarily.

[Anyway, be careful. If you get caught by the chairman, you will disappear without even making a sound-]

Pajik.

[……What’s going on?]

[Oh, no, definitely, uh-]

Pop.

Contact was lost.

The brown armor stood up and cut the wire directly.

Cheezy.

Darkened interior.

There is nothing connected to the outside –

[found.]

[……!!]

Still, the screen showing the Paladin was on.

The White Lancer Paladin riding on top of Fenrir was staring at him.

[Next, it’s you.]

The Paladin’s spear was pointed directly at him.

I know it’s clearly beyond the screen, but I also know it’s clearly in a different area in orbit.

The brown armor’s telegraph cable began to tighten, as if the tip of the spear was aimed at his neck.

[iced coffee.]

Fazizik.

After all screens turn off.

[Is this tension?]

With the sound of “push,” the brown armored body opened and smoke rose.

[That’s scary. What is an alien?]

Inside the brown armor revealed through the smoke was a human being made of metal.

[But you can’t stop.]

Although it has the appearance of a human, what flows through its body is oil, not blood.

[After occupying all colonies, including the Sagittarius colony, to turn all organisms into our power source.]

The cyborg, wearing brown armor in the shape of a scorpion, stood up.

Ku-ung.

He’s a Scorpie dog.

The aircraft itself was moving like a person.

[Tell this to everyone.]

The moment Scorpy Dog changed his line to a different direction, countless red lights began to twinkle beneath Scorpy Dog.

[For the day when organisms are subdued.]

[[[HailㅡㅡEtherㅡㅡㅡㅡ!!]]]

There, tens of thousands of scorpion-type AS and Scorpie Dogs with identical brown armor were standing in line with each other.

* * *

[Instructor? What are you aiming your spear at in the air? Are there any drones over there?]

“It’s similar.”

I guess I was curious about lavender.

After piercing through and shutting down the black storm engine, he turned around and suddenly aimed the tip of his spear at the empty space.

[Hmm, I don’t think I can see anything…]

“It’s true that there is nothing to see. Because we will be looking at this direction through an excellent observation device dozens of times larger than the Humble Telescope.”

[Isn’t that something you can see very far away?]

“Okay. It looks like those who attempted to take over the Sagittarius Colony were looking this way.”

Scorpie Colony.

People like Sagar.

“Lavender. The reason I raise my spear is to condemn those who disturb the peace of this universe.”

[…….]

“I thought I would take up arms when I had to protect someone’s life, and in fact, I am now back in AS.”

[yes. You have never climbed there before. that….]

Lavender asks hesitantly.

[How are you feeling?]

“To be honest, I feel like I’m going to die.”

[yes?!]

“Half joking.”

It’s half a joke.

But half means half is serious.

[Aaaah! Teacher, instructor! Now I…!]

“It’s okay. Don’t die. Not yet. All humans die, and it’s just that death is starting to come to me now.”

[No! I still have a lot left to do with the instructor!]

Lavender is crying.

Below the panel, Sapphire is holding her stomach, giggling lowly and setting the sound to 0.

“Lavender.”

[Instructor! You can’t die! I will save you somehow! To Fenrir…!]

“So, I think it should be put in a medical capsule.”

[yes?]

Lavender opens her eyes wide.

Suddenly, Lavender blinks and asks me what that means.

“Hey, instructor…?”

[iced coffee. I will explain the details here.]

With a light cough, Chairman Sapphire joins the conversation.

[As a paladin’s partner, I have made many suggestions on extending the paladin’s lifespan. Among them, of course, I suggested things like androids, etheric artificial organs, and artificial eyes.]

“I refused until now. Until now.”

After retirement.

“I thought that in times of peace, there would be no need for AS pilots, or even combatants. I decided to be forgotten.”

After fighting and proactively responding to numerous crises in other universes, I thought that at least there would be nothing like that in our universe.

“But I guess I was a little complacent.”

[The enemy was waiting for the Paladin to disappear. Rather, if a paladin were to step forward, I hoped that his life would run out and die on this battlefield.]

“I thought I had done enough and tried to back out, but it seems that wasn’t the case.”

I raised my hands to my eyes.

For a moment, thick darkness covered my eyes, and I felt comfortable in the darkness.

It’s easy on the eyes, but not on the mind.

Whenever I looked at the universe, I felt comfortable when the unique calm enveloped me, but now that I think about the horrors of war burning in this universe, I do not feel comfortable at all.

“Lavender, can you leave the line open for a moment?”

[Ah yes. I will just quietly listen.]

“Thank you.”

After asking for Lavender’s understanding, I connected to Chairman December.

“Ah, Chairman December.”

[……okay.]

“If it is due to a black storm, recovery is possible immediately.”

[What?!!!]

The chairman’s voice, which had been down for a while, suddenly rose as if the atmosphere had turned around.

[Is that really true!?]

“Yes. Instead, I think we need to make a proper agreement.”

[Something?! Tell me anything! If only we could restore the black storm…!]

“It’s nothing special.”

I suggested something to Chairman December.

[……what?]

And while the proposal was tempting to Chairman December, it was a proposal that made him turn pale.

[Oh, no. wait for a sec. This is the council….]

“Are the people of Congress still alive?”

[…there is none.]

Chairman December smiled bitterly and closed his eyes.

[good. If a decision is needed, there is no choice but to make it. I will do that. However, we cannot go.]

“Of course. Thank you for your understanding. Then the rest…”

[This is also OK.]

A person who suddenly joins the line.

[If you say you will be an ally in the Sagittarius Colony, there is nothing more reassuring than that.]

Chairman Yggdrasil laughed, openly showing himself off.

[We’ll go there.]

[for a moment. Are you coming now?]

[okay. There’s something I wanted to test, and I also need to retrieve the Paladin and put it in a medical capsule.]

The moment Chairman Yggdrasil finished speaking.

Wi-eu-ing.

Next to the Sagittarius colony, a huge red wormhole opened.

And from the center of the wormhole, green branches seemed to sprout, spreading out in all directions, and the branches pulled the space as if pulling out something.

[Holy moly….]

A surreal situation that cannot be imagined as occurring in space.

[how is it?]

I closed my eyes for a moment and when I opened them, I saw a huge red dragon pulling Starlight Colony out of the wormhole.

[This is Aria.]

Through a wormhole.

[Starlight Colony and Red Moon have joined.]

The colony warped.