The flying fleet of the Marquitas began to spread out. The old man did not miss the opportunity.
"Yes. ,<> point and shoot."
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But in that one second, the flying fleet was disabled and forced to make an emergency landing.
"That's good. We don't want to cause unnecessary destruction.
Both Jin and the old man think that they can do nothing about Markitas.
Jin wanted to keep what could be a valuable sample of technology.
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"In the blink of an eye, we're all gone..."
The screen went black. Even the aircraft that had been left floating a short distance away for the photo shoot had been shot down.
Now, the air power of the MARQUITAS side was almost zero.
The enemy's combat power is formidable.
A support golem analyzes the situation.
I think they could probably obliterate even this mountain.
"Umm......<...... no, Jin Nido? Who is he?"
As expected, the support golem did not have an answer to that question. However.
The people who made me ...... have technology that rivals some of the , as you and Malchitas call them, and exceeds them in combat. I don't think they would stand a chance in a head-to-head fight.
"If you say so, then I guess so."
But if we can lure that something into this base, we might have a shot.
"I see. If I could see the enemy's true face, that's what I'd like to do."
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"I guess we'll have to go into the base."
If < throws in all her weapons, she might be able to obliterate the whole mountain, but Jin doesn't have that kind of destructive impulse.
"Or we could use <> to get into the base."
<> is specially made.
Originally, the doppelgänger was specially made, but there was a reason why the old man said so.
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"I see."
Jin understood what he had just done.
"He made it at least half as good as Reiko's, didn't he?"
"I see."
It seems that Jin, as a human being, could not handle that much power. Still, it is more than enough.
When Jin does something that he has never done before, in other words, when he has to do something strenuous or in battle, the old man will move him according to his will.
"Okay, so you can jump down from the Pegasus 2?"
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"That's amazing."
There is no more problem to get into the enemy base with Reiko.
Reiko, let's go. ...... Hope, I'll take care of it."
Yes, Father.
I'll take care of it. I wish you good luck.
After a brief exchange of words, Jin's (= Jin D) and Reiko jumped down from .
Jin D. and Reiko offset their fall from an altitude of about 100 meters with a force field generator, and landed without a sound.
"Oh, wow!"
Jin was impressed by Jin D's movements.
"Father, from the looks of it, there seems to be no problem with the operation, is there?
"Yes, the old man's support is excellent. I can go on like this.
Then let's go.
Reiko takes the lead and heads for the base of Markitas. We already know the entrance and exit of the flying fleet, so that is our target.
It is about 10 meters above where they landed.
Hitoshi D. and Reiko climbed 10 meters with a single leap.
"Here it is."
The cliff face is somewhat flattened. The flat part is the door.
"Okay. There must be a human doorway nearby.
The old man reports.
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"Okay."
The competent old man had already identified the entrance and exit.
Jin D. went to the right toward the cliff. There was a large rock towering high above the cliff.
There seemed to be a doorway for human beings near the base of the rock. A red stone the size of a fist is lodged at eye level.
"Okay. Thank you."
Jin D casts magic power to the red stone as instructed by the old man, and without making a sound, a part of the rock moves downwards and the entrance opens.
"Oh, it's open! Reiko, let's go.
I'll go in first.
Reiko jumped into the opening as soon as she said so. Hitoshi D. followed her.
It was dark inside. It seemed to be lit only by emergency lights.
"This must be the base of the too, right?"
Jin D muttered as he looked around.
"It's very different from Onogoro Island and the moon.
"It must reflect the thoughts of the that created it."
Reiko expresses her own thoughts at his mutterings.
"Maybe so. was an individualist, so this must have been a special base.
Jin recalled the scarcity of resources on the continent of Pandor, since the base must have been built by the , who had a tendency to dig up all the underground resources on the surface.
"Father, I hear footsteps."
At Reiko's words, Jin D. stops and looks at the end of the passage.
From that dimly lit direction came the sound of multiple footsteps.
"Oh, security personnel?"
It was five golems. They looked like the battle golems that Elena and the others had just been dealing with, but they were not the same.
"Is this one more powerful than the other one?
"Yes, it seems so. Perhaps the one outside was a mass-produced one, and this one is for the purpose of guarding the base.
Reiko measured the total amount of mana the other party possessed and came to a conclusion.
"For security, then I guess we can't discuss it."
As soon as Jin D. said that, the five units rushed at him furiously.