Bring Down the Ancient Aerial Fortress! 3
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<<<Ah Ah Good morning, good morning, good morninngg! Can you hear me, you foolish primitives on the ground!! My name is Engee! The Great Inventor of the Century, the Discoverer of the Divine Realm! Furthermore, the Worlds Weakest, and yet, the Worlds Only Calamity to Have Escaped from the Gods! I am the Great Evil Spirit, Engee Albitt!!>>>
The Ashgo Kingdoms royal capital, just before dawn.
A high-pitched, jarring voice echoed throughout the town, illuminated in red by the light emanating from the aerial fortress, Soul Conqueror.
Its a one-sided announcement from the Great Evil Spirit, Engee Albitt, who possesses Soul Conqueror.
<<<This might be sudden, but this land, where you guys are currently squatting and building your filthy houses, is the property of Albitt Companyyyy! In the old days, my companys factories stretched all the way to the horizon, a truly beautiful sight!!>>>
And then, he spoke of a scene that the citizens of the royal capital could never know a scene from the distant past.
A landscape that spread out around here during the end of the super ancient magical civilization.
Engees words arent lies.
Indeed, this area was once a factory zone owned by him.
Thats why the aerial fortress Soul Conqueror was manufactured here and before it could be activated, the Day of Ruin arrived, the world was destroyed and it remained dormant until this very day.
<<<And yet, you guys! Illegally occupying my land! A country? A royal capital? Who gave you permission to build such things, huh!!>>>
But as I said, thats a story from the distant past.
Roughly 5,000 years ago.
So theres no such thing as illegal occupation.
In short, Engee is just picking a fight.
<<<Ihihi! Thats why I have the right to exterminate youuu! Thats why Im going to kill you all! If anyone has any objections, file a complaint with the relevant court later! Ihihihihihi!!>>>
And as Engees utterly unreasonable claims echoed, Soul Conqueror finally began to move.
Clank, clang, clang, kiiiiiiii
With such creaking sounds, scattering dirt that was clinging to its exterior, one of the protrusions on the aerial fortress extended and transformed!
<<<If you want to blame someone, blame those incompetent gods who didnt confiscate this Soul Conqueror like they did with Saikanedon and Neverfall! Well, the essential core for activating this, Soul Devourer wasnt completed during my lifetime! So I can understand why those incompetent fools mistook it for a useless hunk of junk! Ihihi!>>>
The protrusion, after extending and transforming, finally took the shape of a gun barrel.
Its aiming at the royal castle towering in the center of the Ashgo Kingdoms royal capital!
<<<Ah!? Wait, wait, Partner! Thats no good! The Soul Absorption Barrier hasnt expanded that far yet! Aim lower!!>>>
But its aim was forcibly changed by Engees panicked intervention.
The gun barrel, moving with a gurin sound, was now aiming at the residential area in the eastern part of the royal capital.
An area where many innocent ordinary citizens live.
A town where, until yesterday, people lived their unchanging daily lives, with good things and bad things happening, joys and sorrows.
And towards that town.
ZWIIN!!
With such a high-pitched sound.
A red beam the Red Magical Beam Cannon was fired.
It lasted for only about a second, but
It sliced through the residential area in the eastern part of the royal capital in a straight line!
And thats not all.
The damage inflicted where the Red Magical Beam Cannon struck
Didnt stop at just being destroyed by the impact.
To put it simply, what happens next is.
A red, spherical Magical Explosion!
ZBOBOBOBOBOBOON!!!
A beat after the Red Magical Beam Cannon landed, an explosion occurred, instantly destroying the beautiful gray cityscape of the royal capital!
<<<Ihihihihihi! Massacre!!>>>
Seeing that, Engee laughed joyfully!
<<<Now, come, souls! Become my sustenance!!>>>
And he shouted!!
But, however!!
Here, something that Engee had never anticipated, happened.
<<<Huh?>>>
What he was seeking.
What he should have reaped plenty of with the Red Magical Beam Cannon just now.
Human souls.
Werent being absorbed by Soul Conqueror at all.
In other words, that attack just now
Didnt kill a single person
<<<Why, why, why!? Why isnt anyone dying!?>>>
The Great Evil Spirit, Engee Albitt, cried out in confusion!
Day of Ruin
The day when the super ancient magical civilization, which boasted far more advanced magical technology than the present, was suddenly destroyed.
It was mentioned in Arc 15.
Saikanedon
An ancient ruin located in the Tezonka Kingdom.
Its currently called Saikanedons Tower and is the home of the Silver Dragon, Herensia.
It seems it was the stage for the hero Torch and his partys adventure, but the details are unknown as it hasnt been described in detail.
Its name only appeared in Arc 9.
Neverfall
Details unknown as it hasnt appeared yet.
However, this is not Engees other masterpiece.
Its scheduled to appear in the first half of Part 2.