Chapter 8
Godly and Heavenly Knights
Seina and Kaguya engaged each other in simulated combat
"Woah... ... Is this really ZINV?"
Kaguya was overwhelmed by the sight of ZINV.
the mechs of her country were often dressed in flashy ceremonial decorations. they were in a sense also works of art. but zinv was rugged and daunting. It's grey exterior gave it the appearance of a megalithic statue with a tremendous presence.
"so this is it... the top level royal tree...its amazing..." Souren was impressed too.
"... ... chh..., Ahahaha"
And while Sajyu was overwhelmed by its presence she tried to remain calm and laugh it off.
"ZINV, please begin." Zinv moaned and Seina was transferred aboard.
"That Voice!" ...
""Oh!?"
Souren's people were puzzled by the fact that the impression zinv gave off changed so quickly. After transferring Seina, ZINV now gave off a gentle and friendly atmosphere.
"...... I see, Seina must be good with children."
souren had imagined it was a brutal god of war. But now it seemed like an innocent child.
(... the impression it's giving off has changed considerably.)
kaguya felt the same thing from zinv she felt from her own knight but much stronger. she felt zinv's presence was lovable in a sense and it made her feel a sense of disgust for how renza's countries treated the trees and pitted them against each other. there was a gap between the pure child like innocence she felt in zinv's personality and the war machine they wanted to use it as.
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Souren and Sajyu, along with Hakuren, headed for a meeting with the main fleet and the five house auditors, Kaguya Kaguya transferred to the cockpit of her mech. Behind the transfer gate there was a beautifully decorated gate and steps. Kaguya who dressed in a formal outfit looked like a shrine maiden. she sat down in what appeared to be a throne in a temple but was actually her cockpit.
"Link"
a tremendous number of monitors were launched, they scanned Kaguya's personal data, and disappeared.
"Kaguya-sama. Thank you very much for renting from us today. "
"You sure are really enthusiastic about business." Kaguya bitterly smiled at the staff of Racepshi who was on the monitor.
"You're good to go, don't worry about it getting damaged, we have a rescue crew on standby."
Racepshi had leased them a satellite planetoid for battling on, it was half the size of the moon and had for some reason been impacted here and there giving it a fairly distorted shape.
"give us a good show"
"its just practice don't expect an all out fight"
"Well, I'm off, I don't want to keep seina waiting... move out!"
When Kaguya moved the moonlight night to a cargo ship for transportation, ZINV had already been loaded there. they took the ship to avoid causing a stir with the ships outside.
"Wow kaguya, moonlight night is beautiful" seina said she blushed.
"Thank you." Kaguya's armored cavalry the "Moonlight Night" was a beautiful female type knight. it was covered in red cord with gold decorations on it lke Japanese warrior armor, the height was about the same as ZINV, but it seemed far more delicate. The additional armor seemed like a pure white kimono, that looked like a traditional bridal costume.
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seina watched her mech board the ship
( the first time I saw a heavenly knight i thought it was gaudy but seeing the on the flower passage, makes it look pretty nice.) soon the cargo ship arrived at the satellite.
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The stage satellite confronted ZINV and moonlit night.
"It is truly a training match, it will be powerful when it comes to production."
Kaguya rushed into battle mode at a stroke to the tremendous pressure ZINV encompasses, which is confirmed by confronting it.
"Although I said that there is no attack from ZINV, I still want to experience a little, can you do it as a fight without weapons?"
"I understand"
An immediate response came from Seina. Even in live simulated battle, Seina did acknowledge it if he could not even knock on Kaguya.
"Please get started."
"roger that! "
Seina responded and ZINV rushed at the moonlight at the moment.
"Fast !?"
I avoided the left straight at the moon and night, pulled out from ZINV which came before my eyes without preparatory motion. The simulated battle with yesterday 's Seina was done with armored knights, but everything is even orders of magnitude.
"Here it is!"
Kaguya hurriedly corrects the orbit of the sensation as to whether it is different so far. Anyway, Just because ZINV 's Spade and Power were added, Seina' s fighting ability has been ramped up steadily. Battle data that ZINV will accumulate also joined, and Kaguya could not afford at that time, thought acceleration by her magic was automatically activated.
(I was licking a little ... but ...)
Still, the difference in experience of the operator is still large. Kaguya gradually got used to ZINV 's Spirit and power, and ceased accelerating thinking with his own will.
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"So what do you think?"
"You're still using Jurai's fighting techniques."
"Doesn't it just make sense to?"
Long ago, along with Tenchi, he learned some of the basics as a self-defense technique from Katsuhito, which was tremendously helpful in avoiding crisis and he had relied on it since joining the GP. he mostly knew how to avoid and escape and that was all that was needed with pirates.
"No it's not the best strategy. if you use better techniques you can overwhelm your opponent at a much earlier stage."
"Do you think it will make me lose?"
"It shouldn't be a problem unless it ends up a rough battle, things are going to be one on one after all. However, your self defense abilities are expert level. So you won't end up in trouble on that end. "
"I see, your right I don't have any real offensive training, I feel a bit like you've pulled the rug out from under me..."
"It's ok I'll teach you in the future as we train."
"In the light-knight class, the performance of the operator depends on the physical ability of the operator. In other words, fitness is important. being beaten by it is like being beaten by the pilot's body itself."
"So should I practice using a light knight?"
"If you have time to spare, that would be best. but for now you better focus on how well you use ZINV. we need to work on your movement and attack patterns. "
fighting skill isn't acquired overnight. it takes long repetitive training and simulated fighting.
"Was I at least okay?"
"You're not the best, but you're pretty good for only one day of trianing. If the experimental fleet goes well, we might be able to get some fourth generation heavenly knights assigned to us so you won't have to fight as much. "
The didn't want to impose a heavy burdon on seina to solve their problem. But for now they had to rely on ZINV's performance.
"But have you encountered it before, or are you nominated by the other party?"
"Now will you do me a favor and deploy your light hawk wings? "
"roger that!"
To be honest, he wanted to learn to attack a first, but this training was for Kaguya not him, he set his sights on releasing the power of ZINV.
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After the simulated battle, Seina and Kaguya returned home.
"Well, it certainly seems to me that there's a small gap in Light Hawk Wings, but still it's pretty hard to get through there."
"In the battle with Tarrant I was overwhelmed with high energy fire from all directions."
"I might have to consult with the tactical staff ...... Zinv truly is a Godly Knight, it has such an intimidating presence."
"yeah but unfortunatly my attack style is still unrefined."
"... ... No,it's not just that... ZINV is weak."
"Eh? But ZINV is a first generation mech." Seina was quite puzzled.
"No, it's not a problem with the power of the Tree, it's about the performance of the mech and it fights."
"What do you mean?"
"In fact, the original Five only had the performance of the current weak knight class over time we added refinements to the cavalry, and as a result, the current armored cavelry was born, but in the era of the great prehistoric civilization ZINV-sama was clearly meant for wide area battle."
"so it's weak in close combat?"
"It has it's issues. it's like using a bow and arrow in a boxing match... it's just a different kind of weapon. a skilled operator could compensate but you personally going to have major problems."
"but can't the LHW's take on pinpointed attacks if i use it as a sheild?"
"of course, but don't forget about the maiden knight."
(oh right it could cancel them)
light hawk wings can be canceled out by other light hawk wings and the first gen can only generate three of them
"zinv is going to have to undergo some major reconstruction.... I can't help but notice though that you might know someone to talk to about that."
If washu hakubi made him the kamidake, there was no doubt that she could make a top of the line knight. he could also ask airi but he got a bad feeling and shuddered at what might happen if he did.
"that's not a bad idea, Philosopher stone, will you tell washu about the situation?"
it was possible to e-mail washu via the philosophers stone. Restrictions ware set so that direct communication was impossible though because that would cause various problems.
"I have done so." As usual it is a brief response.
"My last NB was kind of too chatty, but this one is a bit too quiet ... ...."
"Maybe you can have her fix that too."
"... Well, for now it's OK as it is. Philosopher's stone, please let me know as soon as there's a reply from Mr. Washu."
"roger that"
Although Washu was a busy body,she had a capricious personality, it was unknown when her reply would come.
(Well, the urgency now is a countermeasure against the maiden Knights, so there is no choice but to work with what we have now ... ...)
"kaguya do you think if something happened before then you would be able to pilot zinv for me?"
"I don't want to be zinv's master if that's what you asking."
"you could co pilot, the seats big enough for two people
she smiled a complex smile
"it would be an honor to fight as zinv"
"Is it possible to get a second seat put in?"
"I've heard of doing that for reconnaissance or special aircraft, but it's not usually done for battles."
"Oh, maybe we can link together!"
"What do you mean?"kaguya smiled
"On my planet the mechs in our programs often fuse together to form a bigger mech."
"Hm ... ... well if you have no objections, i may consider the double seat form ... Yeah! Would you like to combine the cockpit cores with me and moonlight night?"
Seina couldn't tell if she was serious or joking.
"it will take some time for remodeling, but it should be easier then building a new cavalry body."
That was the moment when Seina and Kaguya decided that they would like to get to know each other a bit more.
"But if you like i can see if we can figure out a way to link together."
a fairy over heard all of this and miscommunicated it to hakeren's group who can running in in a panic.
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Kiriko who had gone out to the dock of the Kamidake came back to her new office feeling a little dazed.
"Well, where were you? you sure seem busy..."
Amane, who was forced to prepare the office, was a bit mad at being assigned to that task, but Marci's men were actually doing most of the work. It was being called an office but it was actually an entire floor of a luxury hotel in the center of a prime location. The interior was solid wood, similar to Jurai, so kiriko rather enjoyed it.
"I heard that a big package has arrived for us, but from where?"
Erma said while keeping her eyes on the monitor as she adjusted various equipment.
"Maybe it's a gift from someone on board"
"No ... it's from Jurai ...... it's mizuki's exterior parts."
"Why would they send us that now of all times."
"mizuki-chan only has her basic unit, maybe they want to dress it up for the future."
"Well, you are going to have to represent jurai from now on."
Kiriko wanted to stop this conversation she looked into Elma 's monitor.
"You don't need to be working on that, leave it to Marci's subordinates"
"I'm just making a schedule for the party today."
"I guess I should go get dressed."
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There's actually a whole section after this of them at the party... I'm not translating it. nothing happens. literally nothing. there is almost no speaking it's almost all exposition ... it affects nothing. this book is a dumpster fire writing wise.
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