Chapter 7

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Note: Stay with this chapter, no winding up, let's go!

Chapter 7 The Mobile Fortress.

"Destroyer Alert! Destroyer alert! Civilians evacuate the city. All adventurers gather at the guild!" Luna speaks through the megaphones of Axis City.

Haruka and Kazuma dress quickly and run to the entrance of the mansion. Haruka puts on her coat and Kazuma puts on his green cape. The dais go out the door to find Aqua and Megumin getting ready to leave the city.

"What's going on?!" Kazuma asks, looking very frightened.

"What were those tremors?!" Haruka asks looking anxious.

"Kazuma Haruka!" Aqua approaches pulling a cart full of their belongings. "We need to get away!"

The boys are confused by Aqua's haste to get out of town.

"Didn't you hear? The Destroyer is coming." Megumin says, hoisting her backpack onto her back. "Fighting her would be a suicidal act, to say the least."

"I'll ask you again! What's a Destroyer?!" Kazuma says, sounding very angry at not knowing about the Destroyer.

"The Destroyer is an ancient weapon that got out of control." Darkness says as he approaches the group. "They say that where it goes there's nothing left, not even grass." Darkness says in a serious tone of voice.

The boys are startled and look at each other. They both nod in agreement.

"Okay guys, let's go! Let's go to the guild." Kazuma says with a stern tone in his voice.

"Why?" Aqua asks whining.

"It's not like I'm going to let the house we've finally conquered be destroyed after so much work!" Kazuma shouts to the winds.

PAUSE

(In the guild)

All the adventurers are gathered in the guild discussing what to do about the Destroyer situation. Luna is trying to encourage the adventurers.

"You are the last hope of this city." Luna says, looking at all the adventurers gathered in the guild. "We are humbly asking for your help."

Another receptionist approaches holding a crystal ball. "At the moment, the Destroyer mobile fortress is coming towards us invading from the northwest. It'll only be an hour before it gets here."

The receptionist shows the crystal ball, showing a recording of the Destroyer moving towards the town of Axis. All the adventurers are startled to see the size and firepower of the Destroyer as it launches a laser at a bird.

The ball shuts off and all the adventurers sigh at the situation.

A mage steps forward and raises her hand. "Excuse me, the Destroyer was created by a very ancient magical kingdom, wasn't it? Did the people who created it think of any shutdown measures?"

"That magical kingdom was the first to suffer from the Destroyer." Luna said with sadness in her voice.

"What an impossible game, a creature like that shouldn't appear in a beginner's town." Kazuma thinks, making a disgusted expression on his face.

"Why create something you don't even have control over?" Haruka thinks, trying to understand the situation.

An adventurer speaks up. "If Mitsurugi had been here, this wouldn't have happened." Another adventurer says. "I wonder where he ended up." Kazuma looks away from the conversation.

"You should all get out of town." Chris says to the adventurers.

"No, they can't. They'd lose their stores and their homes." Darkness says to Chris.

"Ahhh you're no good, Darkness." Chris lowers his head in acceptance of the rider's statement.

"Hey, you." Chris tugs on Haruka's jacket, bringing him out of his thoughts. "You're from Kazuma's group, aren't you? Do you have any suggestions?"

"Well... I'd try to attack her from the most sensitive parts, but it looks like there's a barrier around the Destroyer..." Haruka looked thoughtful. "Aqua, you have divine magic, don't you? Can you break through the Destroyer's barrier?"

"I don't know, I could try, but..." Aqua tries to speak, but is interrupted by Luna.

"You can break her barrier?" Luna is amazed. "Please do. Besides, we'll need powerful spells." Luna says, calming down a little.

"We already have." An adventurer says. "If we need destructive power, we can count on the madwoman." The adventurer says, with everyone else nodding in agreement.

"Crazy?" Haruka thinks, but realizes that everyone is looking at Megumin. "Are you crazy?" Haruka asks without understanding.

"Don't call me that!" Megumin is ashamed of Haruka calling her that. "And you'd better not call me that, otherwise I'll show you how crazy I really am right here and now." Megumin threatens with an angry expression on her face.

The adventurers look away, while Haruka remembers nights spent in the mansion.

"Your explosion magic is the strongest in the city, do you think you can do it Megumin?" Darkness asks as he approaches the mage.

"I don't know, I don't think even my magic can take down that huge thing in one blow." Megumin nods with sadness in her voice.

"Ah, sorry I'm late!" Wiz raises his hand from the crowd. "I'm the owner of the magic item store, and I'm also a qualified adventurer so I've come to help you."

The adventurers start gossiping and praising Wiz, saying "Poor store owner." Haruka watches Wiz with a suspicious eye.

"I just hope this plan doesn't go to shit." Haruka mutters to herself.

"That's it folks, the emergency mission starts now!" Luna says, encouraging all the adventurers in the guild.

(Emergency mission.)

(Protect the city from the Destroyer Mobile Fortress.)

PAUSE

The adventurers are organizing themselves and preparing a small protective barrier. Haruka is sitting on a rock looking at the horizon. Lost in thought, he remembers the past.

"Do they miss me? I ended up dying and leaving them both behind..." Haruka remembers a grown man with black hair and a suit, a woman with long brown hair and... a girl about 10 years old with short black hair wearing a gray dress with a yellow jacket.

"She really loved that jacket." Haruka gives a slight smile.

(Flashback.)

Haruka, 13, and a 7-year-old girl are in a room, the girl anxiously opening a box. "What's in here, little brother?!" The girl is very excited.

"Open it and see." Haruka nods at the girl.

The girl opens the box more quickly, takes out a yellow jacket and gives Haruka a huge smile and hug.

"Thank you very, very, very much!" The girl hugs the young man tighter.

"Look, I know it's not very nice and..." Haruka is embarrassed by the hug.

"It's very nice, because my little brother gave it to me!" The girl gives Haruka a big smile.

Haruka hugs the girl feeling very happy. Everything starts to turn white Haruka sees a woman with long brown hair looking at him, but he can't see her face.

"Live the good life... my little boy..." The woman starts to fade away.

(End of Flashback.)

Haruka comes out of her thoughts after hearing Luna's voice calling for the adventurers, as the Destroyer is approaching.

"I think it's time." Haruka gets off the rock and runs towards the adventurers.

The adventurers gathered in front of the entrance to Axis. Haruka watched the horizon and saw Darkness ahead waiting for the Destroyer.

"Everyone get ready, the Destroyer is approaching!" Luna speaks into a paper megaphone.

All the adventurers begin to feel the ground tremble slightly and the tremors increase with each passing second.

A giant spider starts to become visible to everyone, it looks like a giant spider castle, with towers on its back, its eight eyes glowing red and its belly spewing lasers.

The adventurers tremble with fear at the sight of the gigantic Destroyer. Haruka looks a little terrified at the Destroyer.

"I didn't expect it to be so big!" Haruka thinks, still watching the gigantic spider.

"I wonder..." Haruka looks at the wall and sees Aqua, Wiz, Megumin and Kazuma on the ramparts preparing for the attack, but Megumin seems to be trembling. "I'll go."

Haruka picks up her Driver, puts it on her waist and clicks the left lever, making the Driver say "OMEGA-" Haruka starts walking towards the walls and says "Amazon." Haruka is engulfed in green flames, while the adventurers cover their eyes because of the heat the Driver starts chanting "EVO-E-E-EVOLUTION!" Haruka jumps between the adventurers and goes to where Megumin is.

"What do you hear with her?" Haruka lands where Kazuma and Megumin are standing and turns to Kazuma.

"She's delirious with nerves." Kazuma replies, crossing his arms

(Play fantastic Dreamer here.)

Aqua summons his staff, causing it to fall from the sky and land in his hand. Aqua turns the staff on its head and prepares a spell.

"Holy charm!" Magic circles appear around Aqua, then five giant magic circles appear in front of Aqua. "Breaking!" Aqua fires five beams of holy magic through the magic circles.

The adventurers are amazed to see the magic beams heading towards the Destroyer.

The beams hit Destryer, but a barrier prevents the magic beams from hitting her.

"That complicates things." Haruka worries and looks in Aqua's direction.

The Destroyer continues walking towards the city of Axis. The adventurers worry, Aqua gives a shout, accumulating more magic. The magic beams get bigger and more powerful.

The Destroyer stops walking trying not to fall, and with a huge impact the barrier is broken.

"This is it!" Kazuma shouts excitedly.

Wiz prepares to cast the explosive magic, but Megumin is still shaking, thinking she won't be able to do it.

"Hey Megumin, what's wrong?" Kazuma worries, but he has an idea. "Is your love of explosions that weak?"

Haruka understands what Kazuma is getting at. "Yeah, the mighty Megumin with the most powerful explosive magic can't take that thing down?" Haruka says with a tone of mockery in her voice.

"What?!" Megumin resumes her stance. "You've just told me something that should never have come out of your mouths." Megumin slams his staff on the ground. "I'll show you what real explosive magic is!"

Megumin and Wiz start preparing their explosive spells at the same time. Haruka watches the light show, impressed by the magical power of the two magicians.

The mages cast their spells at the same time towards the Destroyer. The spells hit the gigantic spider, causing a huge shockwave. The spider falls to the ground, sliding towards the city. The Destroyer begins to stop, coming to a halt right in front of Darkness.

(The music ends here.)

"You did it Megumin!" Kazuma says very impressed

"Man, what a huge explosion!" Haruka whistles, putting her hands on her waist.

Megumin falls to the ground having used her explosive magic. "Because she's a Litch, her level is much higher than mine. How frustrating!" Megumin mutters, lying on the ground.

"Stop it Megumin." Kazuma crouches down next to the mage. "You did a great job."

The adventurers celebrate the Destroyer's defeat. Kazuma stands stunned, begging for nothing bad to come back for the celebration.

"We did it guys, let's go back and celebrate, I'm already thinking about the size of the reward!" Aqua says in a debauched pose.

"You idiot, are you that mercenary?" Kazuma scolds Aqua, even though she's on the other side of the wall.

"That's not good..." Haruka senses a threat coming from Destroyer.

The Destroyer's eyes begin to glow and flash red.

"That's what I'm talking about!" Kazuma is startled by Destroyer's blinking.

"Due to the high amount of damage, the self-destruct session will be activated. Please all evacuate the Fortress." A female voice comes out of the Destroyer's speakers.

Everyone is startled to hear the warning. Everyone despairs at the threat.

"Is it serious?!" Kazuma shouts in disbelief at what he has just heard.

(Emergency Super Mission.)

(Stop the Destroyer Mobile Fortress from self-destructing!)

"Not that one, run!" An adventurer shouts and the others follow him trying to get back to the city.

"Not that one!" Kazuma says, seeing that Darkness is still near the Destroyer.

"Come on Kazuma!" Haruka takes Kazuma by the shoulders and carries Megumin on his shoulder. He jumps off the wall and runs towards Darkness.

"Darkness, come on!" Haruka gets close to the knight and places Kazuma on the ground. He is now holding Megumin in his arms.

"Darkness, don't come with your stupid pride, come on!" Kazuma shouts, drawing the knight's attention.

"I'm sorry. I can only back off when this is over." Darkness says, looking at the gigantic spider lying on the ground in front of him. "A true knight doesn't run away and abandon his companions."

Kazuma and Haruka are impressed by the knight's speech,

"Besides, knowing that I'm close to a bomb that could destroy my little body..." Darkness sighs slightly, looking excited. "I wonder what all the excitement is about?"

"No such talk now!" Haruka shouts at the knight. "Leave that inner fire of yours for later!"

"How dare you talk like that!" Darkness turns to Haruka with a red face. "I-I'm not that kind of woman!"

"Then let's go!" Kazuma shouts at the knight.

"No!" Darkness shouts, raising his sword with his face still ashamed. "I'll go with everything!" Darkness runs towards the Destroyer laughing like a maniac with excitement.

"You crazy woman!" Haruka and Kazuma shout in disbelief.

"Hey look guys, Darness went after him!" An adventurer shouts, drawing the attention of the others. They all watch the rider heading towards the gigantic spider.

"I see, he wants to destroy it before it explodes." An adventurer says. "Let's protect the city." Another adventurer says.

"You guys can leave it to me!" A strong adventurer says, going ahead of the others and remembering the house of the Succubi. "I owe this town a great debt."

"I honestly don't know why I'm still here..." The adventurer remembers the Succubi. "Ah, of course. I've come for the innocent Succubi who look after me with care." The adventurer snaps his fingers.

"After all the hospitality I've received." A blond adventurer remembers the Succubus. "If I can't reciprocate, then I don't deserve my life!"

The blond adventurer shouts, encouraging everyone else.

"Please don't remind me of that day." Haruka thinks, looking coldly at the crowd rushing towards the Destroyer.

The adventurers begin to climb the Destroyer. Haruka and Kazuma walk to safety and Haruka places Megumin on the ground.

"You'll be safe here." Haruka pats Megumin on the shoulder.

"Kazuma, Haruka!" Wiz calls out to the two approaching Aqua. "Boys, if we can find her core, then we can stop her from self-destructing." Wiz says to the boys.

"And why would I believe that?" Haruka says, looking at Litch, who is startled by the look.

"Calm down, Haruka." Kazuma tries to calm his friend down. "Wiz, are you sure?"

"Pretty sure." Wiz says.

"ALMOST?!" Haruka shouts, scaring everyone.

"Calm down Haruka..." Kazuma tries to ease his friend's stress. "All right, let's try this."

The adventurers destroy some parts of the Destroyer, causing several explosions and small earthquakes. Aqua tries to sneak out, but Kazuma pulls her by the collar. The Goddess makes a show of not wanting to go.

PAUSE

An explosion hits a wall, knocking it down and clearing the way for the group to pass.

"What dust!" Aqua starts coughing because of the dust. "I want to go home."

Haruka, Kazuma, Wiz, Aqua and some adventurers arrive in a room with a corpse sitting on something resembling a throne, with a huge transparent tube behind it.

"Look!" An adventurer says, pointing at the corpse.

"Is that one of the crew?" Wiz asks, approaching the corpse.

"He's already dead." Aqua says, looking at the corpse. "He didn't turn into an undead, he just died in peace and without any regrets."

"Regret..." Haruka looks at the corpse that seems to have been dead for many, many years. "He seems to have died well... lonely."

"What's that?" Aqua finds a book and picks it up.

"Is it his diary?" Kazuma asks the Goddess.

Aqua opens the book and begins to read. "The rulers of this country have made an unreasonable request. They asked us to build a Mobile Fortress, how absurd!"

Kazuma looks at the corpse, feeling a little sorry for him.

Aqua continues reading. "They also asked us for a source of power, but what could I do? I asked them to bring me a legendary Coronatita or something. And they did, so what do I do now? Will I get the death penalty if I fail?" Everyone's expressions tighten as they read the diary. "Please work, I'm begging you." Aqua turns to the next page. "All done, this is going to get out of hand. The country has perished, I can't believe IT'S BEEN DIZIMATED! NOOOOOO! Yet I feel relieved, I'm satisfied, I've decided I'm going to spend the rest of my life here. I can't get out of it, I can't stop. The guy who created it must have been an idiot... oh, I forgot, I created it."

Everyone is incredulous at what they've just heard. Haruka is so angry that if you pay attention you can see smoke coming out of his helmet.

Aqua closes the book and just says one word. "The end."

"WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?!" Haruka screams in disbelief.

PAUSE

The adventurers leave and only Haruka, Kazuma, Wiz and Aqua remain in the room to prevent self-destruction.

"Okay, everyone else has left, but what do we do with this?" Kazuma asks, looking at the core in front of him.

"The Coronatita is out of control." Wiz says with concern on his face.

"Can't you do something about it?" Kazuma asks Aqua. "It shouldn't be a common thing for a Goddess to seal away evil power."

"What kind of crazy, self-interested idea is that?" Aqua retorts to Kazuma. "Hey Wiz, can't you do something about it?"

Wiz is startled by Aqua's request and thinks for a few seconds.

"I can teleport the..." Wiz tries to speak, but Aqua interrupts her.

"Yeah, try that!" Aqua says, liking the idea.

"But I've already used up a lot of magic," Wiz says nervously. "And the teleportation is random, I won't know where it will land... Ah, Kazuma."

"All right, do it." Kazuma says.

"Are you sure?!" Wiz asks incredulously.

"Yes, we'll both take responsibility." Kazuma says, indicating Haruka beside him.

"What?!" Haruka shouts, startled by his friend's statement.

"Don't worry, Haruka," Kazuma puts a hand on his friend's shoulder. "My luck is very high, so we'll be fine."

Haruka hesitates for a moment, but eventually accepts.

"All right, but if that sucks..." Haruka says, sounding threatening. Kazuma, Wiz and Aqua shiver a little.

"T-all right..." Wiz says nervously. Placing her hands on Kazuma's face, she looks into his eyes. "Kazuma, will you let me suck you?"

"Go all in," Kazuma says without hesitation.

"Okay, now that was fucking weird." Haruka thinks, watching the two of them.

Kazuma stands up straight, thinking that Wiz is going to kiss him, but a purple glow comes out of Wiz's hands.

"Drain on touch." Wiz starts sucking out Kazuma's mana and life energy, making Kazuma groan in pain.

"Wiz, I think that's good, Kazuma..." Aqua says, worrying about Kazuma.

Kazuma falls to the ground looking like an empty bag, seeming to be just skin and bones. Haruka goes over to her friend, crouches down and takes him in her arms.

"You look pretty bad, don't you?" Haruka asks, mocking Kazuma. Kazuma can only let out a small moan because he can't speak.

"All right, let's go!" Wiz says, turning to the core. He begins to prepare a magic circle. "With that, the core will stop somewhere random." Wiz finishes the magic, a huge glow appears in the room and the core disappears.

"Is that it?" Aqua asks, seeing that the core has disappeared.

The room starts to shake and everyone realizes that the Destroyer is starting to fall apart.

"We have to get out!" Aqua shouts, very frightened.

Haruka quickly puts Kazuma over her left shoulder and runs to the girls, picking them up. Putting Aqua on her back, she picks up Wiz with her belly and carries her under her right armpit. He runs through the corridors of the Destroyer, heading for the exit.

Kazuma regains consciousness and realizes that the atmosphere has started to get hotter.

"It's too... hot..." Aqua begins to sweat and breathe heavily from the extreme heat.

"Not that one..." Kazuma thinks, feeling his sweat begin to fall from his body.

"Let's go!" Haruka sees a passageway and begins to see the light from the side. Accelerating further, he jumps and falls out of the Destroyer.

Haruka lands on the ground and lets his companions down. Kazuma, Wiz, and Aqua stand breathing heavily from the heat inside the Destroyer.

"What's going on?" Kazuma asks, seeing that the Destroyer is starting to glow red.

"Guys!" Megumin shouts, running along with Darkness to the group.

"What's going on?!" Aqua asks frightened.

"It looks like the Destroyer is getting hotter and hotter, the temperature is too high." Darkness says to the group.

"But how?!" Kazuma shouts. "Didn't we take out the core?"

"Apparently, it's releasing all the heat it's built up" Wiz says nervously.

"So it wasn't necessary to teleport the core?!" Kazuma shouts angrily.

"That's for later." Haruka says angrily. "Wiz!" Haruka shouts at the girl, scaring her. "Blow that thing up!"

"I-I can't." Wiz says nervously. "I don't have any more magic."

Haruka clenches her fist and grunts in frustration, realizing that if the Destroyer releases all this heat, Axis City will be gone.

"I can fix it!" Megumin says, approaching the boy.

"But you've already used your explosive magic today." Haruka says as Megumin approaches.

"I know!" Kazuma has an idea and approaches them both. "Haruka, I can use drain on touch. That way I pass on your life energy to Megumin."

"Does that work?" Haruka asks Kazuma.

"Yes, now let's go." Kazuma holds Haruka's neck and Megumin's neck. A purple glow passes through Kazuma's arms, sucking in Haruka's mana and life energy and begins to pass it on to Megumin.

"Wow..." Megumin moans slightly, feeling a warmth run through his body from Haruka's mana. "This magic is so delicious..."

"Concentrate!" Kazuma grins at the magician.

"Bad God..." Haruka sighs internally.

Kazuma finishes passing the mana and walks away, waiting for the explosion.

"Finally!" Megumin slams her staff on the ground and strikes a pose. "With this magic I can finally show the beauty of explosive magic."

Megumin raises his staff and begins to prepare the explosive magic. Haruka stands next to her in case the worst happens to her.

"Go for it Megumin." Haruka mutters to herself. "You can do it, I know you can."

Megumin raises her staff and shouts with all her might. "EXPLOSION!" Huge magic circles appear on top of the Destroyer, an enormous glow appears, a shockwave occurs and a huge explosion erupts, causing several adventurers to be swept away by the shockwave and the smoke.

After a while, the dust and smoke begin to clear. Kazuma and his group worry about Haruka and Megumin, as they were the two closest to the explosion.

Everyone notices someone coming out of the dust. Haruka, who is now without her Rider Amazon armor and her badly bruised body, comes out of the dust carrying Megumin in her arms. The mage is now asleep in Haruka's arms because the explosion sapped a lot of her energy.

Kazuma and his group approach Haruka and Megumin, seeing that they are both fine. Kazuma lets out a sigh, seeing his friend well. Haruka gives a smile to his friends showing that he is still in one piece.

(Super Emergency Mission Completed.)

(Stop the Destroyer Mobile Fortress from self-destructing!)

PAUSE

(Next day.)

Haruka is on the balcony of her room thinking about yesterday. "I arrived in this strange world just over a month ago. And I've already managed to make four great friends, even if they are pretty crazy at times. I still like them." Haruka looks up at the sky, watching the clouds. "I hope I can live peacefully here... with." Haruka's door opens, making a loud noise.

"Haruka!" Aqua shouts as she opens the door. "The knights from the imperial capital are looking for us." Aqua catches her breath as Kazuma also enters the room.

"They've probably come to thank us." Kazuma says as he enters the room.

"Well, if that's the case, let's go. They must be waiting." Haruka puts on his coat and follows Kazuma and Aqua.

PAUSE

Haruka, Kazuma, Megumin and Aqua are in the guild facing two knights and a woman with long black hair, wearing a formal outfit very similar to a suit, the woman wears glasses and is holding something that looks like some documents.

"Adventurers, Haruka Kazuya and Kazuma Satou." The woman looks seriously at the two of them. "You're suspected of attacking the state." The woman shows the documents to the two boys. "I need you two to accompany me immediately."

The group is shocked by the woman's words. Haruka doesn't understand a word of it. "Attack on the state." Haruka wonders.

"The Destroyer core that you teleported according to his request destroyed Feudal Lord Aldarp's mansion."

Kazuma is shocked while Haruka is indignant.

"But that's crazy." Darkness says, crossing his arms.

"Wait, so there's no reward?" Aqua asks confused.

"My next adventure is calling me." Megumin fixes her wizard's hat, trying to sneak out, but Kazuma pulls her by the collar.

The adventurers just stare at the six of them, trying not to laugh at their situation.

"Kazuma, Haruka!" Aqua pulls Kazuma by the collar. "I can't believe you're a criminal." Aqua pulls the boy back and forth, shouting in concern for the boy.

Haruka watches all this, controlling his breathing to stay calm... but he can't.

"Okay..." Haruka mutters. He takes a deep breath and lets out the loudest scream of his life. "WIIIIIIZZZZZZZ!" Haruka shouts angrily, scaring everyone in the guild.

(End of chapter.)

Note: Well, this will be a "last chapter" if you can put it that way. I'm going to write two extra chapters, and then I'll take a break from writing. I have a personal life. The extra chapters will not continue the story. They'll just be extra chapters to give more context or even chapters for fun.

Thank you very much for reading, I'll see you in the next chapters!