Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken novel Chapter 153

The war had begun.

It started earlier than I had expected.

The final warning line that Testarossa pointed out was stepped over by the Empire's forces without any hesitation.

At that moment, the Eastern Empire and Monster's Country Tempest fell into a state of war.

As an immediate response, Benimaru's instruction were transmitted to the first and the third corps via Thought Link.

The two forces of the Tempest Military began mobilizing simultaneously.

Since the power of the tank cannon was unknown, it was suicidal to stay in the same position carelessly.

There was still some distance left to traverse before both armies made contact, but we couldn't be careless as the effective range of the enemy's weapon was still not clear.

The most striking difference between the former world's and this world's tank might be its shorter barrel.

Inside the Jura Great Forest where trees grew densely, there existed some trade routes.

The tank corps came invading from the east, passed through the meadows and crossed the large river, but its turret length wouldn't cause any trouble when rotating the gun turret even inside a forest with its dense trees.

It was questionable whether this had any effect on its accuracy and range, but judging from the performance of the weapons they were carrying such as the rifle from a while ago, I thought that this situation was clearly problematic.

The rifle from a while ago was silent and had no recoil.

I could not confirm its silence as it was only a detailed scene projected onto the large screen that couldn't reproduce the audio.

If there was someone on the actual site, they could use a video crystal to transmit the video on the monitor together with the audio, but I couldn't reproduce the audio using surveillance magic.

Oh well, as the magic processes the image's wavelength via a high altitude light source, lag would surely occur if I tried to transmit the audio.

Only, this was not at the level that Raphael could correct.

Is it easier to understand if I use an analogy of thunder?

Since there was a several second lag from the light, it wouldn't be able to transmit if it was also burdened with sound[1].

That was why I couldn't determine whether the rifle from before was silent or not from the image of the large screen, but it became clear that the rifle was silent after the Thought Report coming from Testarossa.

In this case, it could be said that this gun was a magic tool.

It substituted gunpowder with a magic formula.

Certainly, the tank would have the same technology with no recoil, high precision to some extent, and a lack of sound.

What needed to be determined was its range and power.

I was not fighting personally, but it was more worrisome than what I had thought just from watching my companion's fight.

But, the only thing I could currently do was assess the situation.

Let's watch this fight attentively.

Before situation progressed, I stated my opinion of using the improvedˆPhysics Magic‰"Megiddo (God's Wrath)".

But, Benimaru rejected that ideaprobably after he had consulted with Raphael.

There seemed to be a few reasons for this.

First, to begin walking on the road as a country, they couldn't always rely on the Demon Lord that was their king me.

If they were aware that this was their country and didn't have any intention of defending their own country, then they didn't have the qualifications to live in this country.

That was the first reason.

The next one was the weakness of "Megiddo (God's Wrath)".

It was a formidable magic that I could activate while sitting inside the control room.

However, there would be some countermeasures made once its materials are exposed.

Because I exterminated everyone last time, there was no information leaked about "Megiddo (God's Wrath)".

But, Benimaru explained that in this kind of war, if I used it carelessly, there was bound to be a survivor, and it was certain that "Megiddo (God's Wrath)" would be dealt with immediately.

Its real identity was of high temperature rays of bundled sunlight, and evasion by sight was almost impossible.

However, some degree of protection could be acquired if one was coated with materials that possessed a heat insulating effect.

I judged that it was not easy to destroy the tank when the tank corps appeared.

I might not be able to penetrate the tank if I didn't raise the power and increased its temperature to 10,000 degrees.

Also, I could predict that there would be no blazing explosion as it was not powered by fuel.

I might penetrate it, but it might not stop the tank's movement.

I could said that its power was tremendous for anti-personnel magic, but it was a different story when facing such modern weapons.

Perhaps, it would be easier to just blow them all away with a normal nuclear strike magic.

In that case, it was necessary to deal with the magician who put up the barrier first, and in the end it would proceed into a war where we would be dragged into a bog of wars, and this was......

Not a story that would end out well.

Then, should I only aim at the personnel? So I thought, but I could comprehend that this was impossible, even for me.

I was peerless against Farmas Kingdom, it was possible because I had confronted them on the site personally.

If I was going to shoot precisely, I needed to prepare various relay points to utilize the reflection of the light.

That was clearly impossible while looking through a large screen.

Still this was because I couldn't accurately grasp the space withŽMagic Power Perceptionsince there was space between me and the battlefield.

So for long ranged attacks, it will always come down from the sky.

I surely understood Benimaru's argument, because it could be expected that they would take measures against it if I used it hurriedly. It seemed I needed to ascertain the situation before I used it.

Then, my job was to watch, since I gave Benimaru the right to command.

With such reasons, I was watching the battlefield.

Gobuta's corps moved to the flank smoothly with perfectly coordinated movements.

Most likely, the Empire forces would try to grasp their position with monster detection magic.

From here on, it was a match of skill and speed.

Gobuta was going as Benimaru's will, striking the flank of the tank corps with the speed of thunder.

They were quicker than the rotation of the tank turret, and their aim was to slip into the tank from the front.

They withdrew after delivering a blow to the infantry unit which was placed to protect the blind spot of the tank turret.

Their refined beautiful movements were projected on the large screen.

I could clearly tell that their mobility was high, even from the image which Souei's intelligence photography corps sends.

Like a huge monster running through the battlefield as it pleased.

At the same time, a battle had also begun in the sky.

The third corps led by Gabil, which were hidden in the sky, attacked the airships.

The enemy seemed considerably surprised by this and was not able to deal with them immediately. As a result, they succeeded in sinking about three of them in an instant.

It was the result of the repeated hit and run tactic used by all the members to attack in waves without being greedy.

Even Gabil had handled the training of his subordinates considerably well, and he seems to have acquired a remarkable air combat force.

There wasn't much power in the fireballs breathed out by the wyverns.

But, maybe thanks to everyone concentrating their attacks on a single spot, the numerous fireballs that they breathed out penetrate the airship's magic barrier.

However, the original strategy was to attack the ground from the sky.

Even though they never assumed that the battle would become an air-to-air battle, what might be called a great strenuous effort had brought about a splendid result.

Gobuta and Gabil.

Those two showed the great results of their training and achieved result in their first actual combat.

However, not everything would go smoothly.

It would be proved immediately.

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Lieutenant general Gastar, bitterly glared at the approaching cavalry.

(These damned people are getting cocky!!)

He clears his mind which was filled with anger as the monsters approach from the front. This reminded him of the terror planted by the demon named Testarossa with scarlet hair not too long ago.

The monsters who can only do hit and run may not be able to damage the tanks no matter how fast they moved.

He quickly orders his subordinates to prepare the tank cannon.

Along with the shell type that packed magic essence and increased the destructive power, the tanks contained another attack that fired a converged magic essence gathered from the air like a beam.

If it's a shell, it's possible to accomplish rapid fire even if the quantity is limited.

In case it's a beam, energy charge takes time of a little over three minutes but there's no quantity limitation for it.

Because it's possible to alternate between these two types of attacks, the beam type is shot first and the normal shell is shot during the time it takes for the next beam to be charged.

The tank's cannon preparation was completed according to Lieutenant general Gastar's order.