Day 501-510/Day 504

Straight GT

"Day 34" / "Fifty-four" is the one who gets ready and prepares the situation faster.

There was no reason why the opponent did not know this thing yet, so the preparation was done before dawn.

He goes around the facility where the rescuers need to be, and hides and places five types of golems in the attic or intentionally made blind spots.

The golem to be placed, the first is a painted wall golem that blocks the back alleys and hidden secret passages if signaled. The second is a surveillance golem that serves as a remote eye. The third is a captive golem that captures members. The fourth is a protective transport golem that helps rescuers and transports them smoothly. And last is the bee golem for control.

The most important of these five is the bee golem. The size of the bee golem, which is the mainstay of the raid, is about 5 cm. The whole body is made of red-black metal, so it's heavy. Metal wings have the sharpness of cutting steel like paper, so mere flying may be sufficient for treating small fish, but bee golems have a bee-like model and poisonous stings. Poison needles such as violet crystals are equipped with [paralysis poison] and [sleeping poison] that neutralize the target, as well as nightmarishing [hallucinatory poisons] and blood coagulation [clotting poisons]. In addition, when destroyed, the torso contains a [high-performance explosive] that kills nearby enemies and doubles as an improvised bomb.

Although it is a high-performance bee golem that can be easily disposable, it is more efficient to be a group than a single body.

Therefore, beehives were installed near each facility, as well as beehives that supply, repair and manufacture bee golems. Each nest can carry up to 100 nests, and ten nests were prepared per facility. In other words, a bee golem alone becomes a thousand. The enemy base that has blocked the escape has turned into a hunting ground, and the action after control will be smooth.

After preparation, I kept watching while preparing, and waited until the evening when the sun set.

And when the demon is, the strategy begins.

Golems lurking near each facility moved in unison, exacerbating their violence. Achilla was also wary of the attack. He increased the number of bouncers and laid a tighter watch over. But he wouldn't have expected a horde of bee golems.

Ordinary members can control a single bee golem, and even a fighting cadre will end up in dozens of bee golems. A few bee golems have been destroyed by some fighting cadres, but bee golems are exhausted in the first place. If he judged that it had been destroyed and had to deal with the rest, the shards exploded from the blind spot at his feet and the battle cadres were killed or injured. There are few people who can avoid deadly attacks from outside of consciousness, so it will be inevitable.

Despite being destroyed or destroyed by a deadly bee golem, its members managed to detain almost all. It is only a matter of time before each facility is completely suppressed.

In addition to the countless bee golems in the commander's mansion, I and a ant boy equipped with [Horraemon], and two men and one woman tuned for combat while rescued, are on board.

Only in its headquarters have 2,000 introduced bee golems. Number violence and coordinated coordination. We progressed through the shouting of the nose.

The raid ended shortly after, without any problems. Although some may have been overlooked, the capture of madmen, key cadres, and key members on the premises, including the commander, has been completed. The rescuers at each facility were also safely secured, from gold and silver treasures in the underground organization (Ia Depardos) to hidden property, excellent gear and expensive furniture.

There was a possibility that some might attack the fisherman's interests, so if you were careful and cleaned up in various ways, the day had changed by the time you settled down. It seems that cleaning up is longer than the time spent on the raid.

By the way, the [Ghost Soul Stone] that I had in my pocket had changed to the [Devil's Pure Stone] when I noticed. According to the female combatant who rushed together, [Stone of Devil] seems to be a valuable item that gains high resistance and attack power against undead monsters. It looks like a crystal with silver light inside, so its value seems to be high as furniture. I was a little confused about what to do, and eventually ate.

[Learning completion of ability name [Devil's Pure Stone]]

And I was able to learn without any problems. When I tried it, my body glowed silver light. There is some pure air. I felt that the dead smell filled around was being purified from the side where I touched the silver light. It looks like an air purifier, but it's not.

Even if the members become revenge as ghosts, it seems that they can return without any problems. I personally want to test if I can eat ghosts, so if you come to revenge, I will welcome you.

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“三十四日目”　／　“五■四■目” 勝負はいち早く準備を済ませ、状況を整えた方が勝つものだ.

相手がまだこちらの事をよく知らないこの機を逃す訳も無く、仕込みは夜明け前から行った.

要救助者達が居る施設近くを密かに巡り、そこで屋根裏や意図的に作った死角などに五種類のゴーレムを隠して配置していく.

配置するゴーレムだが、一つ目は合図すれば路地裏や隠された秘密の抜け道などを塞ぐ塗り壁ゴーレム. 二つ目は遠隔の眼となる監視ゴーレム. 三つ目は構成員を捕らえる捕縛ゴーレム. 四つ目は要救助者を助け円滑に移送する保護運搬ゴーレム. そして最後は制圧用の蜂ゴーレム.

この五種類の中で、今回最も重要なのは蜂ゴーレムだ. 襲撃時の主力になる蜂ゴーレムの大きさは五センチほど. 全身赤黒い金属製なのでズッシリと重いが、薄く透き通るような金属翅は自ら風を生み出す特性を持つ魔法金属製であり、それを高速で動かす事で重量からは想像できないほど速く飛行する. 金属翅は鋼鉄を紙のように切り裂く鋭さを持つのでただ飛び交うだけで雑魚処理には十分かもしれないが、蜂ゴーレムはモデルが蜂らしく毒針を持つ. 紫水晶のような毒針には対象を無力化する【麻痺毒】や【睡眠毒】を始め、悪夢を見せる【幻覚毒】や血を固める【凝血毒】を仕込んでいる. また胴体には破壊された時、証拠隠滅も兼ねて近くの敵を殺傷する【高性能爆薬】が入っているので即席の爆弾にもなる.

そんな気楽に使い捨て出来る高性能な蜂ゴーレムだが、やはり単体よりも群体である方が効率的だ.

その為各施設近くには蜂ゴーレムだけでなく、蜂ゴーレムの補給や修理、製造を行う蜂の巣も設置した. 巣は一つにつき最大百体まで搭載可能であり、それを一つの施設につき十個用意した. つまり蜂ゴーレムだけで千体になる. 逃げ場を塞いだ敵拠点はただの狩場に変わり、制圧後の行動もスムーズになるだろう.

そうして仕込みを済ませた後は準備しながら様子見を続け、太陽が沈む夕方まで待った.

そして逢魔が時、作戦開始である.

各施設近くに潜むゴーレム達が一斉に動き、その猛威を振るった. アチラも襲撃を警戒していた. 用心棒を増員し、より厳しい監視体制を敷いていた. だが、蜂ゴーレムの大群に襲われるとは思っていなかっただろう.

普通の構成員なら蜂ゴーレム一体で十分制圧可能で、戦闘系幹部の場合でも数十体の蜂ゴーレムに群がられてお終いだ. 一部の戦闘系幹部には蜂ゴーレムが数体ほど壊されたが、そもそも蜂ゴーレムは消耗が前提にある. 壊したと判断して残りを相手にしていたら、足元という死角から爆散した破片に襲われて戦闘系幹部は死傷した. 意識外からの致命的な攻撃を避けられる者は少ないので仕方のない事だろう.

壊しても壊さなくても致命的な蜂ゴーレムに追われ、構成員はほぼ全て拘束する事に成功した. 各施設が完全に制圧されるのも時間の問題だ.

そして首領の屋敷では無数の蜂ゴーレムに加え、【宝殻鬼】を装備した俺と蟻人少年、それから救助した中で戦闘用に調整された男性二人と女性一人が乗り込んでいる.

本拠地だけに、導入した蜂ゴーレムの数は二千に及ぶ. 数の暴力と統率された連携. 阿鼻叫喚の中を俺達は進んでいった.

その後、襲撃は特に問題も無く短時間の間に終わった. 多少は見逃しもあるだろうが首領を始め、改造技術を持ち込んだ狂人や主要幹部、敷地内に居た構成員の大半の捕縛は完了. 各施設にいた要救助者も無事に確保し、裏組織≪イア・デパルドス≫にある金銀財宝から隠し財産、優れた武具や高価な家具まで確保した.

漁夫の利を狙って襲ってくる者がいるかもしれないので警戒しながら色々と後始末していると、一段落する頃には日が変わっていた. 襲撃に費やした時間よりも、後始末の方が長いらしい.

ちなみに懐に入れていた【怨霊の魂石】は、気が付いた時には【破魔の浄石】に変化していた. 共に突入した女性戦闘員曰く、【破魔の浄石】はアンデッドモンスターに対する高い耐性と攻撃力を得る貴重なアイテムらしい. 内部に銀の光を秘めた水晶のような見た目に変わったので、調度品としても価値は高そうだ. それをどうするか少しだけ迷い、結局喰った.

［能力名【破魔の浄石】のラーニング完了］

そして問題なくラーニングできた. 試しに使ってみると、身体が銀の光を帯びた. どことなく清浄な空気が漂っている. 周囲に充満する死臭が銀の光に触れた傍から浄化されているような気がした. 何だか空気清浄機みたいだが、それはともかく.

万が一構成員達が怨霊となって復讐してきても、これなら問題なく返り討ちに出来そうだ. 個人的に怨霊が喰えるか試したいので、復讐しにきてくれるのなら歓迎しようと思う.