𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟗𝟖: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫 (7)
Tododododo! Tododododo! Tododododo! Tododododo!
The quad anti-aircraft machine gun spewed out a torrent of shells emblazoned with fireballs and explosions, in a ratio of ten fireballs to one explosion.
In any case, the quadra anti-air machine gun was fiercely unleashing its firepower into the air. It was unclear whether it was having any effect, but it was certainly succeeding in diverting the attention of the aerial battleship. Especially since it was mounted on a jeep, allowing it to easily evade enemy fire and magic barrages.
“With this much firepower, an ordinary non-aerial battleship would be torn to shreds.”
However, it lacked the firepower to tear apart the elves’ aerial battleships. After all, it was a monstrous warship that had withstood Oswald Cannon’s bombardment in the first place. . . The quad anti-aircraft machine gun was probably not going to be enough to take it down.
Even so, it was providing enough firepower to keep the enemy at bay. This was because the Tiger tanks had led the charge and broken through the trench line, and the troops were now seen entering the city. Gunfire and magic could be seen flying everywhere, but. . . To deal with a heavily armored Tiger tank, you would need something like a magic cannon that could unleash high-level magic.
Moreover, the current, previous, and new officers were all part of the so-called golden generation and had demonstrated their incredible skills at the Imperius Academy. And their skills were now being fully displayed on this battlefield.
A huge flame shot up from one of the buildings, and a figure slowly emerged from it, enveloped in a floating magic aura. . . It was Captain Kaiser Igneel, a draconian. Thanks to his dragon bloodline, he was skilled in handling the aura of flame, and his flame magic was also more powerful than that of ordinary wizards.
TL: Apparently there’s two named Igneel, we’ll adjust our terms.
I heard that he had recently advanced to the 5th circle, which would allow him to cast even more powerful magic.
Soon, Balkan Revolver, holding two revolvers, appeared and fired two Aura Blade bullets at the magic cannon position.
BOOM!
The magic cannon that had been hit by the Aura Blade rounds was instantly destroyed, sending a blast of magical energy in all directions, which also swept away the surrounding elves.
One of the weaknesses of magic cannons and magic guns was that when they were destroyed by a large impact, the magic stone would explode along with them, causing secondary damage.
In addition, master swordsmen, who were also officers, were raiding and clearing out hidden magic cannon and magic gun emplacements here and there, allowing the imperial troops to advance smoothly through the Perpignan city streets.
Just then, someone climbed to the top of the tallest building in Perpignan City and created a huge Aura Ball. The Aura Ball was created by superimposing thousands, tens of thousands of Aura Rings, which could be deployed during the master swordsman era, to form a single large sphere.
Tens of thousands of Aura Blades rotated inside the sphere, creating an Aura Ball with powerful cutting power, which someone launched at the aerial battleship.
SWOOSH!
The Aura Ball flew quickly through the air and soon hit the rear of the aerial battleship.
CRASH!
A huge spark flew as the Aura Ball gradually began to eat away at the rear of the aerial battleship. Eventually, when the Aura Ball had eaten away half of the aerial battleship, the aerial battleship exploded and pieces of wreckage began to fall.
“Solar Beam!”
At the same time, one of the strongest 7th circle magics, a beam of sunlight, descended from the sky and struck the top of another aerial battleship. At first, the aerial battleship’s shield and reinforced armor seemed to hold up, but the extremely hot beam of light eventually melted through the armor, and when the magic core inside was attacked. . . it finally exploded.
BOOM!
With the emergence of the empire’s superhuman officers, the republic began to be pushed back with no way to resist. Although the republic’s master gunners and master swordsmen had also joined the street fighting, it was difficult to reverse the tide of battle that had already been turned against them.
In the end, the allied forces, having ceded Perpignan back to the empire, began to retreat. The Tiger tanks pursued the allied forces closely, inflicting as many casualties as possible.
Having thus retaken Perpignan, the imperial forces pressed their advantage and immediately began to march towards Barcelona.
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Imperial Maesterium.
Thanks to Oswald’s efforts, the design for a 28,000-ton battleship was completed, and work began on manufacturing the test components. In addition, designs for weapons such as monoplanes and mortars were also completed, and production began after development was complete.
In particular, the monoplane had high maneuverability and was equipped with two Type 1 Empire machine guns (K6 machine guns), and was able to carry more than three times the ammunition thanks to the use of spatial expansion magic. The ammunition consisted of shells emblazoned with fireball and explosion magic, as well as armor-piercing shells, which were sufficient to deal with non-aerial battleships.
“Now, let’s start working on the Gigant.”
Oswald gathered the researchers and presented the Gigant to them. He visualized the ‘Valerian’-class Gigant that the Imperial Maesterium would produce in the future, rather than the present.
Its overall appearance resembled that of a knight clad in full plate armor. It held a shield and a sword, and these were intended to be exclusive to knight Gigants, with magic circles engraved on the sword to allow the casting of offensive magic.
With the Gigant, the knights who were currently in decline would once again be revived. Of course, the Gigant would not be able to defeat a Tiger tank weighing 40 tons by pure strength alone. However, if the Gigant was equipped with a magic core and augmented with magic circles, it would be possible to add an aura to the Gigant’s huge sword, which would be sufficient to tear through the Tiger tank’s armor.
It was 6m tall, weighed 25t, and had a 3.5m shield and a 4.5m long greatsword. To operate this machine, it was necessary to equip a core made of two Grade A magic stones, and if a magic regeneration circuit and magic accumulation circuit were added to allow for real-time magic recovery, the price would certainly skyrocket.
If additional reinforcement magic circles, anti-magic defense circles, and spatial expansion magic circles were engraved on it, it would become a monster that was more than ten times more expensive than a Tiger tank.
It meant that one could produce ten Tiger tanks for the price of building a single Gigant.