Keigo in particular had the light of a boy in his eyes despite being such an old man
That was why his anger had faded Being with this woman was much more important to him than the threat of having the facility’s secrets revealed or the wounded pride of having his security taken advantage of Lilith continued drinking her wine
This is good wine Made from excellent grapes The ones I grew were rougher going down
She viewed that red liquid with fondness in her eyes
Times really have changed Where is this from
She turned toward Schwarze
The woman felt her heart skip a joyful beat at having those angled eyes viewing her but she managed to view the label of the wine bottle she held
It is from a place called Nagano
I seeNagano I like it Once I receive flesh I will partake in their grapes on a daily basis
O-of course I can buy up every vineyard in Nagano right this instant
Keigo interrupted as if to beg for her attention
Lilith ignored him and glanced over at the monitors
The man knew what that meant so he raised his voice while it cracked like a child’s
Kill them
Six metal pillars stood atop the main hall’s roof like decorations but now they spewed fire
Capsules large enough for a single person to lie down in were launched toward the helicopter waiting 100m overhead
The cylinders were too large and heavy so they rapidly lost their propulsion and stopped their ascent at 50m only half the distance to the helicopter
But the six people who emerged from those six capsules made up for the other 50m
They were not carrying any special tools They simply leaped with the strength of their legs
They were all Enju Six Bioroids copying Enju had been sent out
Miss B I will be unable to assist you for the time being Ensure Fujita ’s safety
Machina calmly watched those six from atop the helicopter
Beginning operation Destroy all targetspositive
Just as the six took aim at the helicopter and gathered together she kicked off the edge and threw herself into the air
At 100m above the ground she jumped out as if skydiving
And she charged right through the center of those six
They must have expected her to intercept them instead of zoom right past them so they had to turn their bodies horizontal to stop their ascent using the air resistance Their upwards energy quickly lost out to gravity and they all descended after her After landing on the ground ahead of everyone else Machina looked up at the six again
The two problems concerning a fight against the Kurosaki family had been their location and these Bioroids Kurosaki had artificially modified a demon body made from the body of Jiyuuni Ange the strongest angel These demons could neutralize angel fire and use FeTUS technology Just one had immeasurable combat power but at least 12 of them had been produced However their weakness was exactly what Machina had expected Whether there were 6 or 12 of them their thoughts were based on those of the girl named Kagari Enju
So their actions would be nearly synched
Dimensional Transition
Machina opened a golden magic circle in the sky toward the six falling toward her
They reacted in shock but it was too late They were all preparing to land and they could not change their stance now
All six hit the magic circle
After being deflected they were all as white as marble statues
It had already been proven that not even Kurosaki’s ultimate weapons could survive having their body temperature reduced to absolute zero The six crashed into the ground
They were so brittle that they did not just shatter like glass they burst into something like dust
Machina checked her surroundings again
This appeared to be a golf course She was about 20m from the main hall She could detect several body temperature readings from the main hall so she could tell it was filled with people
But fortunately there was no one on the golf course
No one other than the 18 Enju Bioroids surrounding her that is
A total of 24 That is more than predicted
They had predicted there would be more than the 12 they had already seen but the production rate seemed to be faster than expected
Ah ha ha ha ha ha
All 18 laughed simultaneously and charged at her with giant swords at the ready
Extracting dimensional transformation tool Expanding phase variable space to 147 for immediate use within Euclidian space Setting combat range to a radius of 10 meters
Machina drew a golden circle on the neatly-maintained grass
The 18 charged toward the center regardless
Slahh
The Enju that arrived first made a slash
Machina caught her with the gold thread but the charging attack was too much for her and she was knocked back
But she had expected that She skillfully flipped through the air and landed back on the ground And in that instant
Blinding light shined from the spot where she had just been standing In other words from the grass below the Enju who had knocked her away
A pillar of heat appeared and enveloped the Enju A redheaded body with both legs blown off flew a few dozen meters into the air
Machina had lost the direct clash but only a few of her golden threads had snapped and they were still plenty strong She had twisted the threads together so they were highly resistant to slashes meant to cut them Tchh
The next closest Enju cut at her
She caught that on the threads as well and let the force of the slash send her flying Again the ground erupted into flames immediately afterwards
Ghghsuch a cheap trick
The first one to step on the mine and lose both her legs had gotten up Smoke was billowing from the stumps of her legs but they would regenerate soon enough
Even when they outnumbered their opponent 18-to-1 the Enjus did not grow cocky They quickly realized what Machina was doing and stopped moving
By staying on the move Machina could keep this battle against 18 isolated to 1-on-1 battles They overpowered her even then but the landmines prevented them from staying in place for long and their attacks grew much more sporadic They could not deliver a finishing blow during those short 1-on-1 battles She was still slowly losing but
Are you hoping to buy time
The 18 laughed
FeTUS had a maximum of five Witches so they could work as a team If today’s goal was to rescue Fujita Mutsuki it was natural to assume Machina was here to buy time
Then it’s too bad
The laughter of Enjus reverberated eerily across the golf course
It echoed across that vast space
There were more than just 18 A quick look suggested more than 100 were surrounding Machina
Your time has run out So die
They all charged at her at once
Even if Machina could plant enough mines she could not detonate them until she was outside of their range The enemy had used their numbers to eliminate the space she needed for that
In a way forcing your way through with pure numbers was the ultimate strategy Machina had nowhere to run
Although she had no intention of running
I am not here to buy time
The grass rose up below her feet and surrounded her Each blade rapidly grew white and frozen
I intend to eliminate you all
Hah Let’s see you try it
The hundred Enjus continued their charge
Each blade of frozen grass was made by using Dimensional Transition to burden it with a heat-eliminating nature Thus anything that touched it would be frozen
But it was still no more than grass Anything that touched it would be frozen but if that frozen flesh crushed it only the first five or six needed to be frozen to act as shields for the rest This could not prevent their human wave attack How are you supposed to eliminate us like this
The lead Enjus prepared to attack They were starting with 7 More than 10 followed after that so they were prepared to attack in waves
They all gathered around Machina
I never said I would personally be doing the elimination
What a pain
Back on the helicopter Ange waited for a beeping signal while peering down from the opened cargo door like Machina had earlier