While Professor Marino and I clung to the panel and endured the roar and tremor, the princess-sama did not move an inch from the spot. She just stared straight at the spider with a somewhat smug look on her face.
Not a single pebble came into the pilot’s seat, which was protected by the barrier deployed by the escort soldiers but the school principal and the nobles who had rushed here since morning must have been covered in sand by now.
I could only imagine what had happened before my very eyes and try to escape reality.
If two of the legs broke, I would have to rebuild that gigantic monster from scratch.
I was in such a mood that I wanted to forget everything and start singing.
「Ara ara, amazing cloud of dust. Sorry, everyone.」
「Aha………haha………」
「Ah, look at it brother in law-kun. It was totally fine as expected.」
「Eh……really!?」
I regained my composure hearing the princess-sama’s comment as she smiled in a good mood. I jumped out under the panel to get a better look at the ground, which was still clouded by a cloud of dust.
The Arachne flew so high that its backside could be seen even if it was blocked by a small hill. As the princess-sama had said, it landed with its five body pieces still intact while completely destroying the cleared ground.
What a relief……even so, I think my lifespan has shortened a bit……
Perhaps in response to the earlier explosion, the fastest white dragon knight of Torquiva’s chivalry was circling in the sky as if worried.
「Then, it’s time to put it on the hole!」
When the cloud of dust finally settled, the princess-sama said this with no malice in her voice.
She made the magic construct move smoothly that one would not expect because she’s a first time pilot. It stopped before the hole that had been dug about 30 meters down.
「Ooohhh, brilliant!」
The pricess-sama glanced at me with a proud face as I praised her.
「Ah, there’s a dent on that leg over there.」
「Ah, that was when a student made an operational mistake and dropped a giant boulder it dug out on its leg. It’s not really a problem and you can control it as you want.」
「Hmmm, it’s so big yet so fragile.」
The exoskeleton was only dented by a dozen ton boulder dropped for a height of about 50 meters.
It’s hard enough……
It was also proven just a few minutes ago that it is strong enough to jump dozens of meters without any problem……
I think it’s just that mages(like you) are too powerful to easily flatten an entire mountain in an instant.
「So, what do we do next?」
「yes, please pull that lever with the tag.」
「This one」
When princess-sama pulled one of the many levers on the pilot’s seat, the Arachne grabbed a gigantic shovel fixed to the spider part and held it in her hand.
The movements that are often used are automated this way.
Compared to the heavy machinery of the previous version, there are far more places to move the shovel so it is easier to automate and accidents are less likely to occur.
「You dig dirt with this?」
「As mentioned in my report, you can use the control lever on that arm to move………」
「Ah, I couldn’t find that document but isn’t there an easier way to move the arm easily?」
Well, it has come to this huh.
There is but……
At first, we made a control system for each arm and hand considering safety……
Eventually, it became too much trouble for two people to operate each, so we built an additional control device that allows a single person to operate the upper body.
However, of course, we were going to leave that out when we delivered the product.
「It’s still under development so we’re not sure how safe it is……」
「You are worried about safety but that is not something that was made yesterday or today. For the past month, there have been reports of people using something like an upper body armor to control the magic construct.」
Geh!
With so many secret agents in Torquiva, there are about to be reports for it.
How the princess-sama knows about it is a mystery but it can’t be helped since she already knows its existence……
「……so, professor, the control device……」
「……affirmative」
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