GXP 16 Chapter 10

10 "Couch potatoes appreciation"

On Jurai's main planet Seto 's Mikagami floated around 30 meters above the sea floor on the ocean, about 10,000 kilometers away from the main continent.

Today, the sea water was being drawn into the water mirror part from which the name came. And two marine reptiles like sea serpents, about 50 meters in size, were drifting in a form like a tuna roll.

They were Seto 's pet that she normally kept in Mikagami, they were an ancient species designated as an endangered species that once inhabited in the sea of Jurai. She kept them in protective custody in the Mikagami, but she occasionally let them play in the sea.

"Seems like Seina , as usual, but it is surprising that the second generation who fought ZINV survived." Azusa , Funaho , and Misaki who gathered in Mikagami seemed quite surprised when they heard Seto's report.

"From Kuisu 's report, they think that it was a result of the dimension integration, it appeared in front of ZINV and soon after ... they started to battle ... ... And there were six third generation cavalry with it, The Kamidake destroyed some of them and the wreckage but collected from that is now missing."

"But first off what about the matter of Seina 's life or death situation?"

"I'm sure he's all right, Seina is probably just busy."

"Hey ... ... Misaki."

"I agree with you, I'm sure we'll pick up something from him son."

Both Misaki and Funaho came together and were convinced of Seina's survival, they had no anxiety on the issue.

"He is a Masaki now after all. It's just like one of us to go into battle and then disappear for a bit."

"It's becoming a bit of a tradition isn't it?"

"Well the video cuts out at this point but Ms. Makihi sent us battle images, shall we look at them now?" Seto launched a slide show video.

"Wait before we get started!"

She began putting candy on the table. Misaki and Funaho were entertained and enjoying it. It felt like they were watching a TV program with family even though it was an important meeting, this was becoming the norm for the girls, Azusa only breathed a small sigh.

"Ok let's get started."

It was a digest of battle between the Godly Knights that began with a strange opening sequence then came the encounter between Kiriko and Renza. It continued to a Sacred Mechalord relay they showed at their last meeting. and then to the trial with Kiriko and the Battle Ethics Committee that happened in the morning. It finally continued to the actual battle.

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"Okay! Go to automatic battle mode as planned! "

"Great rainstorm! "

a rain of flames began to fall. three armored cavalry surrounded the Charon wolf.

"The aftermath of the energy is overwhelming. I can't sense what's going on with the enemy. "

The sensor of one of the cavelry linked with the rest of the cavalry and the whole battlefield was made visible from the other cavalry, but the power of the attack was too strong, the sensors had difficulty dealing with seeing past the energy released.

"There's no moving body reaction .... Haha! I knew it was overkill. but I wanted to end it in one shot."

"Truly we have holy equipment. I was planning on showing restraint. "

"Such a waste I though she was a nice girl."

" It;' not confirmed over yet. Don't get distracted. "

"The energy value has drooped ...... sensors have recovered... What!? No? Where did it go? "

"It's a cavalry is made of a strange living body type substance right. wouldn't it evaporate? "

"Even so, some kind of reaction still remains ... ... on your guard! It's close! "

The cavalry reacted, as Kiriko moved into action.
"Guaaaaaaaaaah!" However, the next moment, like they were hit by a lightning bolt, all three of their cavalry had their limbs pierced  through.

"Aaaah! The sun sword is ... ... AAAAAAAAAH !? "He was too distracted by being pierced to notice right away that his own weapon, the sun sword, had been taken from him. in the next moment the Charon wolf took the sword and cut off  the head of the cavalry that wielded it and pulled it off the cavalry's body. They had a chance to escape if they had moved but instead they were distracted by their missing sword.

"His head! You, cut off his head! You bastard! "

A tremendous metal rupturing noise of echoed into the nearby pilots cockpit, it sounded like a construction site. All of his monitors became full of static and cut out one after another. only a few emergency monitors remained to convey the danger of the situation.

"Stop it! Stop! Please stop! Not my head ...... "

Kiriko had asked Kaguya what the most humiliating situation for the pilot of an armored cavalry unit was, and that was to take he head as a trophy and steal their main weapon.

The next of crown was begging in tears, but communication functions had become useless already, his request never came to Kiriko. Even if it had she wouldn't have stopped. Kiriko 's anger wasn't going to be sated so easily.

"are you using his mech as a shield? coward! "

"I'm going around! "

The dark butterfly turned around. However, it didn't find the enemy it was looking for there only the remnants of the lightning thunder, the cavalry that kiriko had just taken out.
"AAAAaaaah! "
"The enemy is behind us !? 　How did we not notice it !? "
"What ever the dark butterfly is faster then it!"
"Hey! " the dark butterfly swung it's giant ax behind itself.  the thruster it used to do this caused a big earthquake. But it wasn;t firmly fixed in place. There was a force field generating device in the legs of the cavalry, but both of the knee joints were destroyed and it wasn't usable.

"Wait... when did that happen ...... when did I get a leg injury !? 　How did I not notice that !?"
His legs couldn't endure the shock of the earthquake he had just cause and he collapsed.
"Stop! Stop! Stop nooooo! "

"Gayaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! "

The Charon wolf stole the black butterfly's equipment Ripped off the black butterfly's arms and head and sent them flying.

"Oh, my God!　Oh, my God!　Oh, my God!　Oh, my God!　Forgive me ! I give up you win!"

The last cavalry turned around and began running away.

"Get me out of here! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! "

it turned around and began to fire all of it's weapon at once at kiriko.
"aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
A full burst of the fire rainstorm attack hit The Charon wolf.

"I won! I won! I won! I won! I won! I'm the winner! "

The terrible energy dissipated in a short time, and the Charon wolf was missing again. However they saw the wreckage of the other cavalry and assumed it to be kiriko's.

"Hahahah... Look at this. This is what happens if you go against me. Who of you dares to go against now? This is how you'll end up. Heh?..... wait.... how long have you been there!? Why didn't I notice?!"

the Charon wolf was standing in front of the flame star rain, as if nothing had happened.

"Ah ............ Oh god, ahhhhhhhhhhhhh.."

The Flame star rain couldn't escape, the Charon wolf ran up to it stole it's weapons and tore off it's head.

"Now, how do you see this! What do you think! I have avenged all the lords enemies! Who wants to face humiliation! I want their names! Whoever has a reason to fight me, come at me!"

Kiriko boldly proclaimed.

A wave of back up came in to avenge the next in line for the crown but they were nothing but cannon fodder to kiriko, They fell one after another in a short time, they were quickly demolished into rubble.

"What ... what is that? Have you ever imagined such a scene happening in front of you? Let's tally up the number of the destroyed, 12 Heavenly Knight class, 16 Aquius Knight class ...... Total number of kills 28. This is definitely a record number of victories  in a day ... ... No, more then that it's a sufficient war record to be able to receive a ranking. Besides ... ... if it's certified as an official continuously undefeated record, it'll be a record that will put her at the top of the top ten strongest pilots of all time... What is this?! I'll tell you what it is! This is the birth of a new legend! "

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"A new legend ...."

Azusa who finished appreciating everything gave a big sigh.

"What a sad thing to hear. They went in unfamiliar with her tactics and unfamiliar with their own weapons. How dare they fight in such a state. Are they stupid?Why would a royal family be proud to raise someone who would do such a thing."
"They thought they had an automatic win. maybe if this was a normal opponent, but not when kiriko is your opponent."

"Their Armaments, and tactics. It is obvious that they barely knew how to use their equipment, so they were probably using an auto battle feature."

"It is the worst option for fighting a Juraian. They got drunk with the power and let themselves get carried away."

"It's like when we first became friends with the Royal trees, there were people who sometimes misunderstood them."

Around the time jurai first acquired Royal trees, there were those who went and did excessively destructive things with them because of the exhilaration of being backed up by the Royal tree that comes when fighting with enemies, and they were arrogant which undermined their power, since people who could oppose them were so rare.

"Even so the others should have been trained in battle, their skills are second-tier at best."

"The lower-class cavalry reacted better, isn't it a sad sight?"

"It's a privileged hierarchy, their coddling held back their skills with their cavalry.  ... but I cant help but wonder why they use giant mechs like that."

"It doesn't have to be huge like that."

"hmm... ... .... Well, if it's a symbol of power,  size can give quite an impression"

Azusa seemed to like the huge robot concept.

"men like that don't they, Seina seems to feel that way."

 "Well ... Well, as you think about the size, The Charon wolf is a bit too powerful, but Kiriko seems to have been able to handle it quite well."

"That's right, but if you think about it, the Kamidake which is comparable to a first generation ship, is impossible to use for such a localized battle."

Wide scale battles happen in outer space with wide areas of destruction, high power was necessary because the ships were heavily armored.  Compared with that, Armored Knights might as well have armor made of paper.

"Wow ...... and to think Washu wanted to give Kenshi one, if Rea hadn't shot her idea down that would've been a catastrophe."

"yes but Kiriko- chan seemed to be able to master it quite easily."

"I think she went out of the way to provoke them so she could get some practice in."
"well she must've realized it was a good opportunity to train in combat. She's gotten quite a lot of experience rather quickly just from being around Seina."
"She doesn't seem to be neglecting her training either. I'm impressed."

"So the their honoring their proposed demands?"

"Yes, we don't have to worry about that."

"Okay ... ... well then that's a step forward. It's smaller then the first one the Galactic Federation saw, but it shouldn't be hard to find a single lost person now."

"Well wherever Seina goes a fuss is sure to break out it's just a matter of time till he makes a bunch of noise somewhere."

"Ahaha ...... That's why I'm not worried about him missing .... It's just a matter of time before everyone knows where he is and what he's doing there."

 Azusa looked up at the air in a puzzled manner as the girls giggled over the latest member of "Seto's victim association".

【 Tenchi useless! GXP Volume 16 - finished】