Bzzzt—
Bzzzt—
Bzzzt—
Before the Chaldea group could recover from the terror of realizing that they might already be the last humans, the alarm inside the vehicle blared again. The piercing sound made every Chaldea staff member's already-racing heart tremble once more.
"Wh-what happened now?"
"Do we really have to die?"
Seleshela clutched her head and crouched in the corner of the vehicle, crying as she muttered to herself.
[Emergency report from the computer room!]
[Emergency report from the computer room!]
This time, it was no longer a voice forcibly patched in from outside, but one coming from within the vehicle.
"Lawrence da Vinci?"
Fujimaru Ritsuka raised his head and looked toward the speaker.
[That's right! You got it! This is the all-purpose Lawrence da Vinci, personally overseeing every function of the submersible!]
[We're only two kilometers from the coast now, but I need to tell you something—we've got trouble before we get there!]
[There are a huge number of magical energy signatures directly ahead of the submersible!]
[I'm sure you can guess what we're about to face, right? You should be able to see it with your own eyes any second now!]
Fujimaru Ritsuka and Goredolf rushed to the front of the cockpit and looked into the distance. Their eyes widened at the same time.
"Th-that is—"
Goredolf's voice trembled.
"Those soldiers that attacked Chaldea!"
White-clad Valkyries.
Black-clad Slaughter Hunter Soldiers.
And bronze-bodied machines.
The three types of enemies seemed countless as they wandered across the vast, empty snowfield.
"They were waiting for us! Are they trying to wipe us all out?!"
Munier clenched his teeth and slammed his fist against the wall beside him.
Yet it was clear that his body was trembling as well.
Fear—
The fear that had never stopped from the very beginning was now