15:30. I mounted the KLS and set off.
There’s less than two hours until sunset. We have to enter Milond Fortress within that time. A short decisive operation. Well, not exactly a decisive battle, though.
The KLS can carry two people, so I had Bisha ride behind me as we drove toward the fortress.
「Bisha! There’s a group of goblins one kilometer ahead——no, it’s a wall! It’s extremely dense」
「Yeah! I can smell the goblins all the way from here!」
I can’t smell anything myself, but I can sense an aura like when they go into a frenzy.
「Bisha, scatter the buzzers!」
We spread a large number of personal alarm buzzers to alert the goblins of our attack.
This is to draw their attention to us. We’ll act as decoys so the others can move more easily.
The goblin horde noticed the sound and started moving toward us.
I drove the KLS off to the side of the road and cut the engine. It would be a waste to abandon it, so I’ll retrieve it later.
「Bisha, carve a path through them!」
Expecting close combat this time, I switched from the VHS-2 to dual P90s and started firing with both hands.
Reloading is a hassle, but being able to fire one hundred rounds at once is worth it.
You might say I should use a MINIMI instead, but the five MINIMIs were sent to the fortress. They’re for base defense and covering fire.
Aiming toward the fortress on the mountain, I fired both P90s, unleashing one hundred rounds.
As soon as I emptied them, Bisha charged forward and began cutting through with the kukri knives in both hands. While she fought, I swapped magazines.
Even rushing, it takes fifteen seconds to reload a P90. With two guns, that’s thirty seconds. By the time I finished, the goblins were already right in front of me.
But gunfire from the fortress blasted away the goblins that were about to attack me.
When I looked ahead, Ladarion, back in her giant form, was firing a MINIMI.
This is heavy machine gun-level firepower!
「Takato!」
Oh. This isn’t the time to stand there stunned. I cut down the goblins gathering one after another.
I fired into the ones that slipped past Ladarion’s barrage and pushed forward toward the fortress.
In no time, the magazine pouches at my waist were empty. Four hundred rounds were gone.
I drew the Glock from the holster on my plate carrier and sprinted the remaining fifty meters while shooting down the goblins blocking my path.
Passing through a gap in the barricade that the adventurers had left open, I reached the fortress.
「Bisha, use the P90!」
I removed one P90 from its sling and handed it to Bisha, then summoned as many loaded magazines as I could.
I swapped magazines myself and cut down the goblins surging toward us.
They seemed to be in a frenzy. Even as others died or screamed around them, the goblins didn’t stop. At this rate, we’ll be worn down.
「Takato! We’re running out of magazines!」
「Fire everything you have!」
Bisha raised her voice in concern as more goblins gathered, but I felt no panic. The final weapon hasn’t been deployed yet.
When the goblins closed to within ten meters, flames suddenly swept in from the side.
It was like a flamethrower, mowing them down.
During that opening, I summoned an MP9 and a Scorpion along with their magazines, and shot down the goblins burning alive.
「Takato! Mebi and Mishinie are coming!」
I stopped firing and provided cover for the two as they rushed in.
「Mebi, if you still have stamina, head to Kainzel-san! Mishinie, hold this position!」
「Got it! I’ll take what’s left!」
A reliable, booze-loving elf.
「Bisha, I’m going to Home. Cover the others」
「Leave it to me. I still haven’t earned enough yet!」
Such hardworking girls.
I chose a spot with no foot traffic and entered Home.
Even though I resupplied ammo during the day, the MINIMI box magazines were gone, the P90 ammo was completely depleted, and even the assault rifle rounds had vanished from the pallet.
「The 416D is gone too. Did Miriel take it?」
Even the Benelli has no ammo left, aside from one gun. I still have two spare VHS-2Ks, though.
「Are bullpups hard to use?」
I find bullpups easier to handle, though.
I grabbed the tablet and checked the reward money.
「It’s passed seven million yen」
Even after working that hard, it’s only a four million yen increase. Well, I’m about to spend it on guns and ammo and go into the negative anyway. Sigh.
「As always, I start wondering what I’m even doing this for」
Earning and then losing reward money. Ah, how futile…
I used a fifty percent off sticker to buy box magazines and loaded assault rifle magazines by the pallet. I bought P90 ammo in bulk and stuffed it into a utility bag.
「I really need to find someone to handle work inside Home」
I don’t want to take on more responsibility, but without someone in Home, resupply can’t keep up when facing a large force. I’ll think seriously about it after this battle.
I loaded ammunition onto the now-empty handcart and went back outside.
Even though I stayed in Home for about thirty minutes, the gunfire hadn’t decreased much, and the number of goblins hadn’t dropped either.
——Piroon!
That electronic sound rang in my head again.
——We’ve surpassed twelve thousand! By the way, there are about one thousand eight hundred goblins surrounding the fortress. Keep it up!
「…………」
I went back into Home once more.
To buy the revolver-type grenade launcher I had been planning to get…
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