Arc 27: The Reverse World

Chapter 310: Reginleiv, and the meteor swords army

Although I was deeply moved by the completion of my long-awaited personal

frame gear, now was not the time to dwell on it.
I soar into the sky and open the cockpit hatch. The seat smelled brand-new, I sat
down, closed the hatch, and placed my smartphone on the console in front of me.
A low-rumbling startup sound echoes, the various gauges awaken inside the
Reginleiv. A wide monitor, which offers a considerable field of vision, projects what’s
happening on the outside, but it cannot cover my entire surrounding still.
When I grasp the joystick and pour my magic power, Reginleiv starts moving its
head according to my will, changing the view. The thought-alignment control is working
without any troubles.
As one would expect, confronting an advanced-class on my own is a severe
venture, but if I have this fellow, the Reginleiv…

「Alright, then shall we do it? First… activate Fragarach!」

『Fragarach, activating』

Alongside the voice from my smartphone, the folded back wings of Reginleiv open
up, and board-like crystal feathers come off and line up in rows. There are, in total,
twelve long crystal swords floating around the unit.

「Mode Change ・ Sphere」

『Fragarach, switching to the Sphere mode』

The longboards transform into spheres in an instant, and now are floating like
satellites around Reginleiv. This is possible thanks to the 【Modeling】 magic and also
applied 【Program】. In short, they are the same as those which Brynhilde has.
…Alright, there are no problems. It should be fine.

「Go!」

Like bullets, twelve crystal spheres soar toward the mutated advanced-class.
Having transformed several of its limbs into swords, the variant tried to cut them down.
However, the spheres effortlessly smashed those limbs, and explode on the contact
with the variant’s main body of dark gold.
Each Fragarach, which had turned into spheres, had a diameter size of more than
a meter. Additionally, they had the effect of 【Gravity】 applied to them as well. As
expected, they didn’t have the power of “Brionac” drill bullets, but the variant’s limbs
were still no match for them.
 Like a sandbag being hit by a boxer, the grotesque-looking variant is floating in
the sky while being pummeled by twelve crystal spheres. Its body dented, it started
bending just like a car after an accident.

「Mode Change ・ Crystal Blade」

『Fragarach, switching to the Crystal Blade mode』

The crystal spheres immediately alter their shapes to swords. Now those blades
are flying around as they please and chop both the feelers and limbs of the variant.
While it’s being occupied, I thrust half of the swords into it, but it seems they
were unable to reach the core. Without the transparency of the regular Frazes, it
becomes troublesome to locate the core.

「In that case!」

I recall all of Fragarach back, turn them back to their original board-like forms,
and make them float in a circle around my right arm.

「Mode Change ・ Lance」

The twelve crystal boards pile up on the arm one after another, forming a great
lance before long.
While that’s happening, Reginleiv leaps to the sky and flies towards the advanced-
class. Unlike Linzie’s Helmwige, this frame gear is able to fly without transforming its
body. It’s possible to soar freely as if I used 【Fly】.

「【Accel】！」

With one word, I produce an even more explosive charge with acceleration magic
and deliver a blow with the lance to the advanced-class. The charge of Reginleiv was
like a bullet, I pushed my way through the golden advanced-class, shattering it and
making a large hole all the while without any slowing down. The cracked body collapses
with a clattering sound.
Amongst the golden fragments of one of the collapsed parts, I find the muddy,
blood-colored bare core.

「Mode Change ・ Blade!」

 The lance instantly changed to twelve swords, and, like guided missiles, they
pierce the core which is approximately three meters in diameter one after the other.
A big crack settles in, and the core shatters into many pieces. The next moment,
the metal-like fragments of the advanced-class melt into a gooey liquid.
I gaze at how the metallic golden fluid starts spreading through the desert from
high up.
There is more to Reginleiv than I thought. I can move it just like I move my own
limbs.

『Oh, wonderful. How was it, this Reginleiv?』

「It is pretty good. I like it」
『That’s excellent. I’ve implanted many things that were first cultivated in other
“Valkyrie” units, after all. I’ve also included a function that will make Touya-Kun
surprised』
「… I will ask just in case, but you didn’t put a self-destruct system, right?」
『I thought of implementing it, but I stopped. It would be a waste after I spent so
many efforts making it』

Hey, what about me who’s piloting it? Something like self-exploding for duty, I
have zero intention to do something like that.
Oh well, I was done with the advanced-class anyway. All that’s left is the cleaning
battle.
I display the remaining enemies on the nearby monitor. There are many in the
north and east. My elder sisters, umm……. they’re going toward the east? Then, I
should probably clean up the guys in the north.
The Fragarach change back to the crystal boards, and dock one by one into the
back which also serves as a stabilizer, reverting back to the original wing-like state.

「Yumina, girls, please deal with the remaining variants. I will clear up the group
to the north」
『Understood. Please take care』
「Ok」

Reginleiv makes a thumb up as I reply to the girls, and then I start dashing
through the sky toward the group gathered in the northern part of the desert.
The knights of the Rynie kingdom and the Paluf kingdom are fighting against the
Fraze on the northern side.
Compared to the knights of the Paluf kingdom, the knights of the Rynie kingdom
were slightly better after all. Though Rynie were fighting while skillfully supporting
them, it seems they are overwhelmed with the large numbers, which could be
expected.

Under my eyes, I could see a frame gear of Paluf lying down, it was about to be
fired at with lasers by an the intermediate-class mantis and its pair of sickles.
 「Mode Change ・ Reflector」

The twelve crystal boards separate from Reginleiv, fly before the frame gear of
the Paluf knight and join together to form a big wall.
The laser hits the wall, gets reflected at randomly chosen an angle, and
disappears in the sky. I would reflect it toward the opponent if the shooter wasn’t a
Fraze though.
The mantis intermediate-class that shot the laser, I cut it in a single stroke in two
with the katana hanging on my back. I cut the core in half even without aiming, and the
intermediate-class crumbles in the desert with a clattering sound.

「Mode Change ・ Dagger」

Once again the wall that was made of the crystal boards split into twelve parts,
with each part splitting into four more pieces. Each one is then changed into the form of
a dagger. In the end, the twelve boards change into forty-eight daggers.
The daggers are circling around Reginleiv. Alright, here we go!

「【Gladius】」

The forty-eight meteors flew in the sky while drawing tracks in every direction,
piercing the cores of nearby Fraze one after another. Penetrating then seeking the next
prey, the swords glittered like a meteor shower.
An omnidirectional simultaneous attack by a great number of Fragarach, that is 【
Gladius】.
Originally, I would have to manipulate all Fragarach swords by myself. Although
there’s a support system to some extent, the upper limit would be four to six swords.
The accuracy drops with bigger numbers, the swords could hit each other in the worst
case.
However, Reginleiv is capable of utilizing the thought acceleration granted by 【
Accel】. As a result, I can operate forty-eight swords at the same time and guide them
to their targets.
Of course, I could miss if I lost focus. At first, I intended to use the “Target Lock”
function of my smartphone, but this would make possible to adjust the course of just
one sword at best while it’s flying, and feints would be impossible to include in the
attacks or react to what’s happening in real time.
Therefore it’s quite troublesome, but honestly, I feel like that even forty-eight
swords are too much. In addition, it would be seriously bad if I neglected to pilot the
main body while in the middle of using the swords. Well, I suppose it should be fine to
reduce the number depending on the situation.
A lower-class’s core is smashed with just one sword, while an intermediate-class
requires multiple swords to fuse into a longsword to penetrate its defenses.
 The meteors are freely flying across the battlefield and defeat almost 500 or so
Frazes in the vicinity before I know it.
All of the “Star swords” return to me and start once again start orbiting around
me like satellites.

「Fuu……」

“Uooooooooooooooo!” While hearing the cheers coming from the surrounding

knights, I relax in my seat and breath a breath of relief.
It was quite tiresome, it really was…
However, it’s not over yet. The battle is still going on. I have to go and provide
support in other locations… When I thought that, I heard the sound of something
shutting down. What’s happening? As I’m wondering about that, the lights in Reginleiv
gauges in front of me gradually weaken.
“Kyuuuuuuuuuun….” Along with the tone down sound, Reginleiv starts to
descend. The “Star swords” return back to the crystal board form and store themselves
in the back.

「What’s going on!? What’s wrong!?」

『Don’t panic. You’ve just exceeded the operation limit』
「Operation limit?」

To the words of the professor whom I hear through the smartphone, I

unintentionally let out a funny voice. What operation limit?! It’s the first time I heard of
this!?
Reginleiv kneels on one knee in the desert and stops moving so that I could
manually open the hatch and get out. The suffocating heat of the desert enters the
cockpit.

『Reginleiv is different from other frame gears, it moves by absorbing your magic
power directly. However, Reginleiv is still not able to endure the full amount of your
magic power. It will forcibly stop before it becomes like the Dverg. Well, this part still
has room for improvement』
「Eeeeh…」

So I cannot operate it for more than ten minutes! Nah, it’s much better than the
engine blowing up like what happened to Dverg. I couldn’t laugh at an exploding myself
by causing it myself.
I wonder, if it can move with saved magic power, could it last for a longer time to
some degree?
Oh well, the others should be able to defeat the rest of the Frazes together, but it
might’ve been dangerous if the operation limit was reached before the advanced-class
appeared.
 This is the type of frame gear whose activation has to be thought upon carefully.
It’s quite likely for the following scenario to happen: we expect an advanced-class to
appear so we prepare for it and then it just doesn’t appear! Likewise, it also possible
that even if two advanced-classes are to appear like today, things will be troublesome if
there is a time lag between their appearances.
I remove my smartphone from the console, come out from the cockpit, and get
on the Reginleiv’s shoulder. The blazing sunlight is as severe as ever.

「At any case… Thanks, Reginleiv. Take care of me from now on」

I look at the profile of the frame gear that became my partner. Oops, I should
move the now free frame gears piloted by Rynie and Paluf knights to other locations.
I place Reginleiv in 【Storage】 for now and send everyone to another battlefield.