Stole It?
(Sun Yao)
Everything happened so suddenly. I only saw Miss Miluno rush out like a cannonball, slamming the Mechanical Witch into the door.
UI-31, following closely behind, threw the flywheel it had picked up in the jungle, which embedded itself in the witch's arms.
Robots shouldn't feel pain.
But the Mechanical Witch let out an angry roar. She struggled to her feet, and several mechanical arms flew over to lift her up, carrying her out of the air-raid shelter through the opening.
Immediately afterward, another round of fierce shelling blasted open the door of the air-raid shelter, causing the door to collapse with a crash. In an instant, lime that had fallen from the ceiling filled the entire passage, and I, who was deep inside the passage, could not see what was happening on Miluno's side.
But surely she won't let the witch escape, right?
With that thought in mind, I ran towards the cave entrance, wrapped in the protective film. Miluno was looking out with a serious expression...
"What... what is this?!"
An old, enormous sailing warship was anchored on the sea. The guns that had just bombarded the air-raid shelter's entrance were the ship's cannons.
They can even construct ships... can that really be considered a weapon?
Perhaps we should thank Betelgeuse's unstable magic for preventing her from drawing an even more powerful modern warship; otherwise, those two salvos might have wiped us out while we were hiding in the air-raid shelter... When Miss Sirius said it was safe here, she certainly didn't expect the other side to pull out a warship.
But if we don't escape now, it'll be too late, because the next round of artillery fire is coming.
I grabbed UI-31's arm and then waved to Miluno.
"Miluno!"
She appeared beside me in a flash, placed her hand on my shoulder, and her Ruby Wand flashed slightly, allowing the Bubble Membrane on my body to cover them as well.
With perfect understanding Miluno activated the Time Acceleration spell.
The incoming gunpowder shells almost stopped, but we, covered by the protective film, were able to move nimbly. Although it was a bit inconvenient, we maintained our hand-in-hand gesture and ran to the beach like kindergarten children playing a game.
Shells exploded in the cave, sending sand and dust flying everywhere, obscuring the sky.
Miluno covered her ears and shouted, "It may be a coincidence, but it seems she can no longer use that invisibility ability!"
Having unleashed absolute firepower, the Mechanical Witch no longer avoided battle. She floated above the warship on her mechanical arm, her dark green cloak nowhere to be seen, revealing her long, platinum hair.
Although it was transformed into a robot, it still has hair... Is it for heat dissipation?
It looks like it's wearing a dark blue bodysuit, but that's just the body paint. However, it has a skirt of armor around its waist and hips, which looks like a pleated skirt made of layers of armor plates.
Only by removing her hood can her face be seen clearly. Although the overall paint job is dark, her beautiful face is clean and snow-white. Her mechanical ears are pointed and long, whether as antennas or imitating elves from fantasy stories is unknown.
She looked down at us angrily, the wing structure on her back tilted to one side, and the flywheels on her shoulders were nowhere to be seen, but her hands hung limply at her sides. Although the UI-31 failed to completely sever her arms, the result was almost the same.
I asked, "She can fly, how are we going to fight her?"
Neither Miluno nor UI-31 seem to have any ranged attack capabilities, and my bubble can't trap the powerful Mechanical Witch either. It seems I can only wait for Miss Sirius, who can also fly...
Although she can't use her arms, she still has multiple mechanical arms to control. She saw six in the jungle before; one was destroyed by Miluno in the bomb shelter. The remaining mechanical arms formed a seat that carried her through the air. She no longer has...
Wrong.
Shipborne artillery also requires personnel to fire and transport shells.
As if confirming my guess, hundreds of mechanical arms poured out of the ship's cabin, forming a defensive line around the Mechanical Witch, each holding a variety of weapons, all of which were derived from Betelgeuse's magic and were more powerful than the conventional weapons that served as their prototypes.
It sends chills down your spine.
Miluno smacked her lips.
"Tsk, there are still so many. I was thinking that knocking her hand off would make dealing with her easy."
Ultimately, with so many robotic arms, what's the point of playing a hunting game?
This ability to fight head-on is probably no match for Miss Sirius...
"That's a witch after all, she's definitely not at the level of an ordinary Monster or magical girl..."
Moreover, she was originally a legend among magical girls, and after becoming a witch, her strength surpassed that of the Shark Princess Witch she had encountered before.
Then, the robotic arms opened fire.
I raised my protective shield to block the attack, but it was quickly shattered by the exaggerated suppressive firepower. I couldn't even hold on for a second. There were no decent covers on the open mudflats on the north bank. In the end, UI-31 picked me up by the waist and ran wildly towards the forest.
As long as we get away from the coast and go to the other side of the mountain, we can avoid the shelling, but how can we deal with this number of robotic arms?
As long as the magic power doesn't run out, that Mechanical Witch can continuously construct these mechanical arms. That's too much of a cheat!
Miluno caught up with them.
"Liu, could you capture her and use the Kraken Thirteen Forms Simulacrum Factor?"
Her voice sounded strange; it must have been that she deliberately slowed down her speech during the accelerated time, which is why it sounded that way.
"Aww!"
UI-31 responded and then tossed me to Miluno to hold.
Then, the Plant Gauntlet on his right hand changed, transforming into a Stone Gauntlet in a flash of light. Purple, glowing runes surrounded the gauntlet, and a hemispherical Crystal was embedded in its palm, making it look very... magical?
Then, he pointed his palm at the Mechanical Witch that was clearly visible above the warship.
Shake hands...
Spread out...
There was a woman's panties in her palm.
We turned and continued running. Miluno couldn't help but complain, "Where did you steal this thing from? Mine is still here... Was it Ceruno?"
"It wasn't me, it must be over there. The witch looks even angrier."
Being held allowed me to observe the situation behind me; the Mechanical Witch even summoned a mechanical arm to shield herself.
"Huh? It's over there? Do robots need to wear these?!"
A new salvo from the ship's guns didn't instantly kill us; the shells flew overhead and landed in front of us... but they weren't shells, they were robotic arms.
The fact that she can use cannons to transport "troops" shows that this Mechanical Witch truly commands a one-woman army.
"Aww!"
UI-31 charged forward, choosing to use his armor as a human shield for me and Miluno. Apart from the weapons made of that black material, other weapons had difficulty hurting him, but the bullets fired at him also contained this material. I could only continuously put protective films on him, but they would be shattered very quickly, so the effect was extremely effective.
There's no other way.
Just as we were about to rush into the rainforest, Miluno left me with UI-31 again.
"Protect Ceruno, I'm going to take care of that guy."
Seeing her turn around, I quickly said, "Wait, you don't have any way to get close to her, do you?"
Unlike the battle against Sirius, that sailing warship was far from the coastline. Even if one could jump from the mountaintop to Past, the Mechanical Witch would be surrounded by scrutinizing mechanical arms as guards.
She slashed down a mechanical arm that had burst out of the rainforest and easily disarmed it.
Bang bang--
She used the stolen gun to smash the other mechanical arm.
"The means to get close, isn't that what we have now?"