◈ 368. [STAGE 15] Suicide Squad (2)
Before the rescue unit enters the forward base.
Carly-Alexandre had already found an emergency teleport gate on top of the battery.
I found it by chance while standing on top of a battery because I enjoy looking at occupied areas from the highest point.
The magic stones of the teleport gate skillfully mixed between the bricks that make up the turret.
Originally, he tried to destroy it right away, but the Goblin God King’s intuition, forged through countless battles, stopped it.
I had a hunch that I could use this gate in reverse.
The battery was left empty on purpose, and the surroundings were tightly packed with troops. And he told me to monitor the use of this gate.
I thought it would take a day at the earliest- but I didn’t expect the humans to return in just a few tens of minutes.
《The human soldiers work in groups of 5.》
A decoy unit fighting loudly in the north of the outpost.
And, the rescue team escaping from inside the outpost.
Callie-Alexandre muttered calmly, standing on the wall and looking down at them in full view.
“We killed two fallen people. It is reasonable to expect that there will be more members of the same group remaining.”
It was just as Carly-Alexandre had hoped.
More fallen personnel were hiding, and to save them, the human side was conducting an unreasonable rescue operation.
“This side lost 2,000, but the other side only lost two, so the exchange cost is too much.”
Carly-Alexandre waved her hand. The goblin amirs who understood his orders saluted in unison.
Human heroes rushing towards the battery, and a goblin army surrounds them like a whirlpool.
Watching this, Carly-Alexandre lightly flicked her fingertips.
《Shall we try to adjust the ratio of the exchange of troops to each other more rationally?》
***
The Holy Grail Exploration Team, Shadow Unit, and Lily ran towards the battery.
Meanwhile, goblins were densely packed around them.
Outside, the decoy troops were luring out a significant number of goblins, but there were still a lot of them inside the outpost.
“Let’s see… … .”
Standing at the head of the party, Belldandi’s green eyes radiated a clear magical light.
“It’s a goblin-!”
Scattering light green afterimages, Belldandi rushed forward at terrifying speed.
Behind her, moving like a flash of light, all the goblins collapsed with blood spraying from their necks.
As an SSR-class assassin and a combatant from a fairy royal family, her combat power was terrifying.
but,
“Ha, ha, ha!”
As the goblins flocked endlessly and the battle continued for a long time, Verdandy quickly became tired.
An innate shortcoming of the Assassin class.
Although powerful in one-on-one situations and short fights. Vulnerable to one-on-one situations and long-term battles.
The conditions were also unfavorable, and it was a burden for her, as a pure dealer, to take the lead.
The remaining members of the Holy Grail Exploration Corps, who had made their way in front of them, were consumed in an instant.
so,
“Haaaaaaaaa!”
Lily suited the situation.
Roaring-!
Lily’s 2nd skill [Fire Wall] exploded.
A huge wall of flame rose up on the right flank of the group, and all the goblins that rushed toward it burned at once.
The true value of the wide-area flame mage, the natural enemy of the mass offensive corps, was revealed without regret.
As the goblins burned to death with unbelievable efficiency, Belldandi unknowingly blew a whistle.
“Is your girlfriend a bit hot?!”
“It is too much for me!”
“In the face, ha ha, don’t say it! ha! It’s embarrassing!”
As she moved in God Hand’s arms, Lily poured the stretching magic potion into her mouth.
Since he is a flame mage with the worst fuel economy, he had to keep drinking in the current situation.
The party finally reached the battery.
At the entrance of the battery, the corpses of goblins were piled up in a hill.
Then I saw Thorkell, who was covered in goblins and his own blood, striking down and killing another group of goblins with his shield and greatsword.
“Thorkel!”
“Go up, come on… … !”
After bringing the Holy Grail Expedition Corps, Shadow Troops, and even Lily into the battery, Torkel followed up while blocking the goblins from the last place.
On top of the battery, the rest of the lepers and the goblins who had climbed up were fighting fiercely.
The top of the battery was also a mess as if it had been attacked on a large scale.
But relief flashed across everyone’s faces.
Now all you have to do is escape through the teleport gate.
“To succeed in such an absurd operation, really… … .”
Belldandy, who was about to say something, stopped his mouth.
Piing-
An ominous sound rang out,
Wedge love!
Kwagwagwang!
The entire battery vibrated with the explosion.
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The goblins started shooting and grinding the captured cannons at the battery.
Most of the cannons left at the base were extremely damaged after being set on fire by human soldiers, so they often exploded on the spot without firing properly.
But the goblins didn’t care. He ignorantly continued to hit the shells.
The battery shook continuously, and the flames of the shells soared right next to it. Belldandy shouted.
“Activate the gate! Escape immediately… … !”
It was then.
thud-
A heavy vibration rode up from the bottom of the turret,
Kwagwagwang-!
There was a huge explosion accompanied by a huge explosion.
After waiting for the rescue team to enter the battery, the goblin suicide bombers that had been waiting were put in at once.
Although the power of individual explosions is poor, the number of goblin suicide bombers that Kali-Alexandr sent to blow up the battery exceeded one hundred.
The battery, weakened by the previous artillery fire, could not hold out.
The lower part of the battery melted, and the entire battery collapsed.
All of the rescue team standing on the top floor of the battery also fell helplessly.
***
“Um… … .”
Lily blinked blankly.
When I managed to hold on to my flickering consciousness and raised my upper body, I saw a landscape that was somehow familiar to my eyes.
The battery had collapsed all the way down to the first floor of the building.
The remnants of the collapsed batteries formed a wall around it, and it felt like being trapped in a well.
‘This… … .’
1 year ago.
When fighting the black spider army here, it looks exactly like the appearance of the battery that was loading the last bullet… … .
“From the east!”
“Reinforcements from the south too!”
“We need more cover!”
“Damn it, get down!”
Here, the heroes of the rescue team were fighting desperately.
Everyone was hit hard as they fell from the top of the fort to the first floor, but right after that, goblins attacked from all sides, so they had to grit their teeth and fight.
“Lily! You came to your senses!”
God Hand, who came running bloody, smiled like an idiot. Lily struggled to lift herself up.
“why… … Are you all fighting? Escape through the gate… … ,”
“that is… … .”
God Hand looked to the side, blurring the end of his words. Lily looked that way too.
The magic stone forming the teleport gate was shattered. God Hand muttered bitterly to the bewildered Lily.
“It looks like the gate was damaged as it crashed. It doesn’t work.”
“… … .”
“Everyone is fighting, but at this rate… … .”
Waves of goblin attacks continued from all directions. Hope escaped from the faces of the heroes in an instant.
Lily gasped.
Is this the price of a futile challenge?
“… … no.”
Lily clenched her hands, which were still in a daze.
She was one of eight survivors of the battle against the Black Spider Corps.
It reminded me of the time when I defeated the Black Spider Queen with Ash. Then, in the same situation, Ash said:
– Even if you die by fire, you should throw the dice.
okay.
She is an ordinary human being, but to such an ordinary human… … have the right
You have the right not to give up the challenge.
Still, it’s too early to give up.
“I’ll fix it!”
Lily deliberately raised her voice. The heroes around her turned to her.
“I am a senior magician at Crossroads, in charge of artifacts at the Alchemy Workshop. I was also involved in installing the gate.”
After tying her hair tightly at the back, Lily gathered the scattered magic stone fragments forward.
“Please buy me a little time, just a little… … !”
The heroes who paused for a moment looked back at each other. And nodded.
Patter… … !
A fearsome number of arrows flew from all directions.
The battery was in the center of the forward base.
In other words, it was the place where all the goblins around it could see, and it also meant that it was the best place to attack.
The surrounding goblins fired arrows at once. A literal rain of arrows poured down.
“Take cover!”
“Take it off-!”
God Hand made a shield on the spot, and Body Bag kicked it off once with telekinesis, but it didn’t make any sense.
Arrows rained down like showers.
The goblin’s arrows were crude and not lethal, but the problem was the numbers. Before I knew it, several arrows were stuck in the bodies of the heroes.
But the arrow was rather cute.
The type of goblins who rushed over the collapsed battery wall was changing from regular infantry to cavalry.
The mobility and power of goblins mounted on mountain goats were several times that of foot soldiers.
The heroes of the Leper Slayer, who had stepped forward to block the rush of goblins, collapsed one by one, unable to bear the accumulated injuries.
The Holy Grail Exploration Team also fought hard with their stamina, but could not stand it and fell to their knees one by one.
Arrows, potions, and even the barricades to use as cover ran out.
It was a time when everyone felt the shadow of death cast.
Kiyiing!
With a clear operating sound, the collapsed magic stones sprang up and created a magic door in the air.
“Repair completed!”
Surprised, everyone looked that way. Lily was laughing bashfully.
“The connection with the magic core was cut off, so it was just that the power supply was not working. I temporarily connected my magic furnace.”
“Lily… … !”
“Everyone escape! hurry!”
Lily urged. In reality, none of them had the strength to hold out any longer.
Belldandi, who came to the gate while helping the injured party member, asked urgently.
“Then what about Lily-sama?”
“I have to hold the gate, so I will escape last.”
In an instant, Lily and Belldandi’s gazes met.
Biting her lip, Belldandi lowered her head and smiled.
“… … all right. See you later?”
The heroes retreated through the gate one after another. All that was left were Thorkel, God Hand, and Lily.
Thorkell, who was able to catch the arrows pouring down to the end with his shield and body, winked at the two.
“I am the last one… … ! Come on in!”
“I told you. I’m last because of keeping the gate. I’ll follow you soon, Thorkell.”
“Unless you go first, I can’t go either. I don’t want to leave anyone behind me anymore… … .”
slap!
Having said that, God Hand shoved Thorkel’s back.
Thorkel was sucked into the teleport gate with his eyes wide open.
Flash-!
“… … .”
“… … .”
Now there are only two left.
Wait, there was silence.
Lily said in a trembling voice.
“Come on, God Hand. I will follow you right away.”
“… … .”
“Go! Can’t you see I’m having a hard time?!”
“Lily. You know what?”
God Hand, who slowly crouched down in front of Lily, smiled.
“Lily-sama is bad at lying.”
This teleport gate whose magic core was damaged is now operating with Lily’s magic.
The moment Lily releases her hand, the gate will also close.
therefore… … Lily couldn’t escape from the beginning.
God Hand had already noticed this fact.
Lily closed her eyes and sighed.
“I’m doing this to save you, God Hand. please go… … .”
“… … .”
“This is my last request, so… … .”
“no, I do not want.”
God Hand’s hand, which answered lightly, slowly came up onto Lily’s hand.
It was the hand that activated the magic furnace of the teleport gate.
“Swear at me for being selfish. Call me an idiot who trampled on your dedication and consideration. But, in front of you… … I don’t want to lie to myself.”
“God Hand… … !”
“Rather than surviving alone, leaving you behind, regretting it for eternity… … .”
God Hand held Lily’s hand tightly and slowly pulled it away from the gate’s magic furnace.
rumble… … .
The magic stone that formed the gate collapsed like a lie.
God Hand grabbed Lily’s hand, who was speechless.
“It’s good even for a moment. I want to be with you.”
“… … .”
“Lily.”
Covered in blood and ashes, in this place where monsters swarm from all sides.
Looking into the lover’s trembling eyes, God Hand asked shyly.
“Will you marry me?”
