Apocalypse Witch: To the Strongests of an Age of Plenty
Episode 18's

A thick ice covered a soft elliptical lake 300 meters long, but the ice was translucent from below.

Exiting from it was a gigantic cannon that looked like a sloping steel tower on the side.

With a diameter of 10 meters, the barrel is large enough to hold a 20-ton haul truck inside. Its length is impressive enough to cover the entire length of the lake. The cannon stared at the wooden house up close so that the scene image looked more like a cue stick moments before hitting a cue ball than a projectile weapon aimed at close range.

"Hee hee☆ I declare you, Persephone, Greek God of Death."

A beautiful woman made fun of him with a cannon connected to his shoulder.

The powerful bullet could reach the moon if fired at the right angle, but it removed the log cabin from the face of the earth.

A terrifying shock spread out in all directions, making it feel more like a tactical weapon that used shock waves instead of a deafening explosion. The moment it crept out, it triggered an avalanche in all the surrounding mountains and an evergreen tree that towered steeply into the sky fell to the ground.

The wooden house completely vanished in an instant.

Thanks to the explosion, countless wood shards served as projectiles as they scattered around at speeds that exceeded the speed of sound. Although the direction of the cannon was slightly off and the target escaped from the cabin and dived into the snow, the sandstorm from the wooden fangs was about to crush them.

There is no escape on the face of the earth.

That's why they go somewhere else.

"Kh! Whatisit? It exploded from the lake!! Is it a mass-mover military application that uses a gradual detonation acceleration!?"

They went upstairs.

Twintailed Marika had blown up the roof with her Crystal Blossom laser beam and then fled into the sky, so now she was clamoring asking while sweating and breathing rapidly.

However, strangely enough, Karuta's heart had become cold.

He worked with his mind while swaying on his hips and hanging down below.

These opponents did not hesitate to destroy their secret base in order to achieve his goal. No matter what memories the cabin held for them, they had destroyed it along with the attacking assassins.

There's nothing in common that's really there.

Karuta remembered the secret base he had built under the heliport of the giant ship. The Student Council had found him while he was away, razed the base, and confiscated the items he had left there. Despite not taking her dorm room or her classmates, the incident still made her sad. He did not even feel like building a new base.

Then he opened his mouth.

The apparent death of his opponent made him feel no guilt.

“This is definitely a powerful genre of his world.”

“You're kidding, right?”

“This is the strongest human mechanize in the world. He's cyborg.”

He immersed Marika into the reality of the situation that occurred with a dry smiling Marika face.

It felt like Anastasia was in control of the world's military, yet would she really be able to draw such a conclusion just like that?

Student Council Chairman Omotesandou Kyouka said Susannia was a monster controlling global agricultural infrastructure, but it was hard to know what role she was actually playing. Civilian satellites only show giant mechanical farms.

This is not a paragraph, please provide me with a paragraph that needs to be rewritten in Indonesian.

That means this could also be Susannia.

"Did he lure us in so he could blow us up and ensure his own safety!?"

Crystal Girl Aine is not with them.

The boy bit his teeth and stared down where there was no more cabin foundation left.

But he had no time for sentiment.

He heard a faint rumble as the giant cannon changed its angle.

"Here we go!!"

"Wait, seriously!? All right, hold on tight!!"

Their ears only felt some kind of pressure.

While dragging a useless load, Marika flew in a complex pattern of eight to and fro to avoid the explosion of the barren cannon. It is not just a matter of weight or air resistance. Rapid changes in altitude bring about changes in atmospheric pressure, rapid movement brings about inertia and air friction, they require oxygen, and their body temperature should not drop too far. He used to provide protection for himself, but he had to provide that protection as well for Karuta this time because his weak barrier was not enough. It puts a greater burden on him.

"He doesn't have a bunch bomb, does he? That would be the worst! We'll get a lot of smaller explosives that fill the air like fireworks!"

"We'd be lucky if that's all he had. We are talking about a Problem Solver - one of the strongest in the world. He might not completely rely on that one giant cannon!"

Just as Karuta gave the warning, they heard an explosion-like sound splitting the steel panel on the surface. A chill ran through their spine when they realized something had been cleaned, and then something stretched out its silver wings from the top of the frozen lake. The device attached to the person's back lit up. They flew at a frightening speed, as if they had transformed themselves into surface-to-air missiles.

A tall woman with long braided red hair.

He wore a special, tight-fitting combat outfit that resembled black wetsuits, but various "components" it must have been torn from the inside because its soft skin was visible all over its back and limbs were like it was covered by torn stockings.

Karuta.

He had seen his picture before.

"Susannia Evans!?"

This is in contrast to Crystal Blossom which is controlled using a printed circuit board that is smaller than stamps and wires that are thinner than hair. They had to start an air battle against Problem Solver using four steel wings and several jet engines the size of a water bottle.

The Flower Crystal uses magic to ignore inertia and air resistance while flying, thus allowing dimensions of flight that are impossible with a fighter aircraft. In simple words, they can create right-angle bends at supersonic speeds with no risk at all.

However, this Trouble Solution seemed to be able to do the same with his old form of magic. How much was that beautiful silhouette modified? An ordinary pilot would faint because blood flow did not reach their brain. In fact, they may have all their blood vessels bursting due to the pressure, but she flew through the piercing cold without an oxygen mask or even sun-fading glasses covering her eyes. Any air official or even UFO researcher who sees this will probably give up.

And no matter how advanced the technology is, the basics remain the same.

Unless they wished to start close combat using a sword or spear, direct attacks were extremely rare during dogfights. The standard in aerial combat is to take positions behind your enemies while avoiding them behind you. Since Marika is being chased now, she constantly has to dodge the attacks of the red-haired Susannia Evans. He can rotate his rapier and target from behind, but being behind your enemy still provides a huge advantage.

Both arms of Susannia opened from within.

The next thing they knew, both of his arms were gone, something like a fan frame spread out, and the skeleton turned out to be several cannons of various sizes. The volume does not seem appropriate.

"!!!???"

A red beam of light pierced through the white sky, either as a tracking round or as a form of intimidation. And not just a little; it was like rain. Marika somehow managed to avoid it by twisting and turning her body like a spring or coil, but it made her unable to fly freely in the sky. As in a game of chess, every step he took was gradually directed to a position where he could be incapacitated.

"Marica!"

"Be quiet, you fucking carrier! Let me focus!!"

"Then can you set it up if you drop me?"

"~ ~ ~!! What have I told you about not leaving me here?!"

His kindness might be one reason why he could not make any progress in this battle. Not only did he have to fight one of the Problem Solvers, someone he couldn't afford to give even the slightest gap to, but also as he tried that by carrying this weight hanging on his slender waist. He didn't have a chance like this. Both will be shot at some point and it will all be over.

In addition, Susannia Evans' transformation is not over. He must have been impatient since he developed even more weapons stored in his body. His four wings grew to eight, the number of jet engines grew, and the area around his ribs trembled before several small supporting arms exploded like shrimp legs. In addition, each of those arms held the grip of a Gatling weapon made of multiple cannons or a laser beam cannon with an open excitation rod.

Each new component further tore off her wetsuit-like combat attire, but no longer looked like a woman exposing her soft skin. This could only be described as a strange collection of machines.

“This what!?” Marika's eyes widened as she flew in the sky, throwing shock waves as she left. “Is it really following the law of conservation of mass!? How do you fold everything to fit inside that body!?”

Susannia had already adjusted their speed while gradually gaining a favorable position, so they did not have time to waste.

After some thought, Karuta made a sound.

“Marika, we know that we cannot escape, so can you slow down to bring us closer to her?”

"We're 300 to 400 meters away. It was 'right in front of him' as far as aerial combat was concerned. Even if I 'return' the air resistance parameter to normal as a special maneuver to brake quickly, getting a distance of 50 to 100 meters from it is the best I can do. And with the way he moves, I doubt even his surprise will make him surpass us. But!! The closer we get, the harder it is to dodge his attack!"

"He uses a laser beam that travels at the speed of light, so distance doesn't really matter."

"Of course you didn't plan something suicidal like deliberately punching it to damage it with the Crystal Blossom shards you scattered behind us."

“This is not a heroic act, but you are already close to that target," he replied casually which left him in shock.

His relaxed response left him saying nothing.

He hesitates like an ordinary person, but his ideas tend to be more extreme than others. And he gave advice while holding the waist of his childhood friend.

"We only have one chance for this. We can shake his assumption that he's safe if he follows us."

"What do you mean?"

"There is no security here. Because we're the real Avengers fighting to the death."