Manowa 316

 Chapter 316 - Let's Make Them Do as They're Told


The Dragon Boat will crash. Anyone who heard such a thing wouldn't be able to avoid falling into a panic.

However, the passengers didn't do so.

The reason why: that short, tiny girl declared that she would do something about it. And they couldn't dismiss that statement as a joke. When she pronounced that, they were overwhelmed by her king-like dignity. And the passengers moved as if they were loyal subordinates obeying their king's order.


Thus, it was decided that for the time being, the passengers on the deck would be assembled in the only place inside the ship with enough room, the cargo hold. The deck was already violently shaking, so there were passengers who almost fell off, but Tiara's Flame Knights; Kazane's Rokuten-kun and the Tatsuyoshi-kuns; and Yumika's Demon Wolf Kuromaru and her Silver Wolves somehow managed to guide and stow away everyone.

Furthermore, people not of the White Party, like the staff and other adventurers, also moved to help the passengers, so even though it was temporary, their safety was quickly guaranteed. However, if the fall continued as it was, their deaths would be inevitable. The Shorty and the others were currently working to deal with that.



◎ Hyvern's Skies, Dragon Boat Deck


「... Will they become like Matthew-san?」

Kazane unconsciously sighed.

The passengers had fallen into a state of confusion a short while ago, so Kazane had used the Skill『Devil King's Intimidation』to forcibly make them obey, but she had felt something not all right in the eyes of the people she used the Skill on. Something resembling adoration, like what she felt when she casually looked up while she was reading the monthly magazine Muscle Spark and saw her own face reflected in the window. Scary.

(Well, there was nothing else I could have done in that situation, right? Ah, jeez, let's forget that now!)

While thinking so, she shook her head and switched focus.

Kazane was in that state, but right now she was ahead of the wing. Its membrane had been destroyed, so only the frame was left. The deck was shaking, but Kazane's position was anchored by her Skill『Wall Walking』, so she wasn't thrown into the air by accident.


「Nevertheless, this is complicated.」


And the work Kazane was doing was gradually pouring down the Muscle Clay in her hand to restore the wing. If it was only forming the wing, she could have done it immediately, but the Dragon Boat's magical control formula was directly connected to the Muscle Clay. After all, only fixing the shape without connecting to the Dragon Boat's control system was meaningless, since the wing wouldn't be able to move. Therefore, the work Kazane was doing was rewriting the Dragon Boat's control system little by little to connect with the poured Muscle Clay to reconstruct the wing, which required extremely high mental strength due to the bad environment on the swaying deck. Furthermore, simply rewriting the controls wouldn't improve the situation.

The present situation was beyond the scope that could be covered by autopilot. Therefore, while Kazane worked, she needed the cooperation of a person who could actually control and pilot the Dragon Boat. And since he had experience piloting the miniature Dragon Boat, the only person who could do that was Naoki.



◎ Dragon Boat, Cockpit


「Uwaa, we're really able to enter.」

Clark, a staff member of the Dragon Boat Administration Bureau, looked around the cockpit with a surprised expression. The Dragon Boat Administration Bureau was ostensibly the organization that managed the Dragon Boats, but they didn't have a means to enter the Dragon Boats; the organization simply managed the passengers and luggage that travelled on the Dragon Boats as they regularly went back and forth between cities.

Therefore, this was the first time a staff member had entered the Dragon Boat since the formation of the Dragon Boat Administration Bureau, and his surprise was understandable. However, they currently weren't in a situation where they could go along with Clark's surprise.

「Ah, please don't touch anything around there.」

Naoki looked highly strung as he surveyed the surroundings while saying that to Clark. Clark stifled the amazement and curiosity welling up inside him and nodded with a nervous expression. The lives of the passengers and themselves were on the line. Failure wasn't allowed.

「Well then, Yumika, please support.」

「Anything we do is fine as long as it keeps the fuselage from shaking, right?」

Yumika sat in one of the pilot seats, and Naoki gave her instructions.

「Well, you probably can't do any difficult operations, so it's fine to do whatever's supported by『Intuition』.」

「Alright.」

Yumika sulked a little at being told that she couldn't do difficult operations, but true things were true. Naoki then inserted the『Highest Authority Keycard』, which was entrusted to him by Kazane, into the slot next to the pilot seat.

This『Highest Authority Keycard』was the reason Naoki and the others were able to open the locked door and enter the cockpit without any problems like being hindered by the guard Automatons. Kazane's Infinite Key could be used as a substitute, but Kazane was the only one who could use it, and she couldn't move while she was busy repairing the wing.

Moreover, the『Highest Authority Keycard』they obtained on the floating island was known about and acknowledged by both Hyvern Dukedom and the Dragon Village, so Kazane and the others judged that there would be no problems with giving an explanation about it to the Dragon Boat Administration Bureau. They also allowed Clark to accompany them to prove that they actually used it.

「So then, shall we fly?!」


『Wait. Make sure to save the autopilot macro first.』


After Naoki's cry, Kazane's voice came flying through『Information Link』.

「Ah, that's right.」

Naoki operated the Window and saved the route behavior of traveling back and forth between Minshiana's Wombard City and Hyvern's Resurrect City. It would be bad if it couldn't return to normal when everything was finished.


In any case, Naoki finally started piloting.

(Dragon Boats fundamentally move by using Floating Stones, but attitude is controlled by the wings.)

Even if things continued as they were, the ship itself probably wouldn't be damaged that badly by an emergency landing, but the human beings inside would likely be violently shaken and turned into minced meat. Naturally, even if they were on the deck, the fate awaiting them was being thrown off and hitting the ground hard.


「OK, the switchover from automatic to manual control is complete.」


Naoki pressed the button on the opened Window to switch it over.

Then Naoki grasped the yoke and started piloting. The Window UI display integrated the rangefinder, speedometer, altimeter, etc. It was basically the same as the miniature Dragon Boat, and in fact, the numbers displayed on the needle gauge next to the yoke was the same.


The left wing that was being repaired by his older sister gradually recovered. He could also see the Wind's Divine Protection, which dragons also used, gradually return to normal.


「... We were in time.」


And after taking a breather, Naoki grasped the yoke again.

Since there was nowhere to land along the way, they would be manually piloting until they arrived at Wombard City. It seemed like a flight where they couldn't be negligent, but still, getting out of the situation where no future could be seen was mentally important.


After that, Naoki and Kazane took turns piloting through the night, and they arrived at Wombard City after about 10 hours. And when Kazane and the others had arrived at the city, some of the staff had already vanished.

According to later investigation, they were people who'd had contact with Nazare, so they were likely devil minions.



Name: Yuihama Kazane

Occupation: Summoning Fighter

Title: Ogre Killer, Dragon Slayer, High Beast Summoner, Rea King

Equipment: Staff 『White Blaze』, Two Handed Sword『Black Fang』, Draghorn Tonfa x2, Dragonscale Breastplate, Drake Gauntlets, Silver Sheep Clothes, Sylphyn Skirt, Plasma Pants, Dragon Eating Ogre King's Greaves, Indestructible Cloak, Mysterious Pouch, Crimson Saint Coffin, Heroic Spirit Summoning Ring, Circlet of Wisdom, Aim Bracelet, Magic Accumulator, White Magic Accumulator, Rainbow Necklace, Rainbow Dragon Ring, Angel Bracelet

Level : 36

Health: 145

Magic Power: 304+420

Strength: 67+20

Agility: 71+14

Endurance: 38

Wisdom : 72

Dexterity : 47

Spell : 『Fly』『Torch』『Fire』『Heal』『Firestorm』『Healer Ray』『High Heal』『Golden Dusk「Dragon Exclusive」』『Mirror Shield』

Skill : 『Kick Devil』『Warrior's Memory: Lv2』『Night Vision』『Crushing Blow』『Dog's Sense of Smell: Lv2』『Golem Maker: Lv4』『Aegis Shield』『Fire Principle: Third Chapter』『Healing Principle: Fourth Chapter』『Air Jump: Lv2』『Killing Leg: Lv3』『Fear Voice』『Invisible』『Tiger Eye』『Wall Walking』『Intuition』『Cheat Death』『Nimble』『Charge』『Material Shield: Lv2』『Information Link: Lv2』『Optical Camouflage』『High Dash』『Bloodsucking Blade』『Dragonization: Lv2「Dragon」』『Regenerate』『Soul Breaking Blade』『Stealthy Hand Placement』『Thunder Chariot: Lv2』『Sturdier Teeth: Lv2「Dragon」』『Crystallization: Lv2「Dragon」』『Devil King's Intimidation』『Stone Minotaur: Lv2』『Mega Beam: Lv2』『Space Expansion』『Pseudo-Silver Creation』『Poison Claw』『Fireball「Dragon」』『Cuticle「Dragon」』『Arms Creation: Black Flame』『Ingredient Connoisseur』『Dragon Pheromone「Dragon」』『Boost』『Monkey's Strong Arm』『Two-sword Style』『Boobies Plus』『Living Armor』『Alarm』『Six-sword Style』『Mental Attack Complete Protection』



Kazane:「We were able to escape the pinch.」

Yumika:「Well, putting that aside,『Devil King's Intimidation』is dangerous.」

Kazane:「I know that, but almost everyone would have panicked as it was, and I think some people would have been thrown off the deck and died.」

Yumika:「Well, that's true. Kuromaru and the others were able to guide the passengers because they were calm.」

Kazane:「Anyway, I'll certainly have to be careful about using it in the future. It's seriously scary.」