"Damn it..."
Although she wasn't exactly a good person herself, the woman holding the submachine gun couldn't stand the goblins below!
Because the goblins down there were treating those women like livestock!
Some were used as replacements for mules and horses, some as dairy cows, and some as...
Armor.
Although she had grown up among mercenaries, where morals and ethics were as fleeting as clouds to her, she wasn't anti-human!
When it came to betraying and robbing other scoundrels, she showed no mercy mainly because most people were just like her: bastards, maggots, scum, and the like.
But, this...
She couldn't just stand by and do nothing after seeing this!
And if she felt this way, then the woman beside her, dressed in what looked like a gymnast's uniform, felt even more strongly.
Right now, this woman who could make Revy, someone armed with heavy weapons, instinctively obey had eyes full of killing intent. Although she didn't consider herself a good person either and had even joined forces with her companion to suppress the entire human world, reshaping it into something else entirely.
Although her motive was for her younger brother to succeed, she didn't care about the morality involved.
But undoubtedly, as long as her younger brother's personal safety wasn't at stake, she was, at her core, a fundamentally good person.
So, she stood up, pressed the bracelet on her wrist, and her tone instantly reverted to what she considered her youthful, impulsive self.
And it became quite cold.
"Revy, go contact that Seven Shields Alliance quickly. Even though it's our mission, we must find a place to settle these women. Be careful; you've seen how cunning these beasts are."
The woman called Revy knew the woman in front of her was about to go on a rampage. So, she nodded without any hesitation.
"Understood, Ms. Orimura. But don't worry, although these beasts are cunning, they're still far inferior to humans."
Thinking about her recent experiences made Revy's eyes tremble with fear.
She had thought she was despicable enough, but these monsters were even more despicable and filthy. The other woman named Chifuyu Orimura took a deep breath, trying hard to suppress her anger, and spoke again.
"Just be careful. Also, if possible, bring more troops... Do your best. Stay safe. If they capture you, tell them that no matter what they do to you, I will return it tenfold!"
Halfway through her sentence, thinking of the nobles and officials in this world, Chifuyu held little hope for how many reinforcements Revy could bring.
She had thought her own world was rotten enough but after meeting the officials of this world, she realized just how rotten they were!
It was outrageous!
Even sending this female mercenary, Revy, to warn them about the dangerous monsters might not guarantee Revy's safe return!
But there was no other way. With such a large scale and these suffering women, relying solely on themselves without official help was simply impossible!
Revy chuckled at Chifuyu and gave her a thumbs-up.
"Don't worry, I won't let those lowlifes catch me. You're the one who needs to be careful, Ms. Orimura. You're the one fighting them."
Chifuyu nodded. She didn't reject Revy's concern. During this time, she had come to understand that although Revy was rough in her actions, she was not a bad person at heart.
"I will. But don't worry, this isn't the first time I've encountered something like this. Besides, my friend gave me a specialized combat IS unit..."
She revealed her bracelet and with a thought, strange armor pieces, reminiscent of Gundam armor, unfolded from the void, covering her curvaceous body completely.
Not only that, behind her back, countless objects resembling swords or floating cannons formed her wings, making her IS unit look more like a mechanical angel!
White Knight.
That was the name of this IS (Infinite Stratos) unit. It was crafted by her close friend after Chifuyu's first journey to another world, specifically for her to traverse different worlds. It was also why she wore clothing resembling a gymnast's uniform.
Because ordinary clothes couldn't protect the pilot's internal organs or facilitate the IS unit's deployment as effectively; only the IS unit created by her friend could!
However, within the fully deployed IS unit, Chifuyu's expression wasn't very good. Looking at the 10% energy value, she sighed.
In this world, the energy core of the IS, which should have been near-infinite energy to some extent, was practically rendered useless. If her friend hadn't considered such situations and prepared several backup hidden energy sources, her IS wouldn't be able to activate at all.
But even so, the only remaining methods to replenish energy were through electrical input and solar panels.
But where could one find a power station in this era? As for solar energy recovery, it was a joke.
Leaving this thing out in the sun for a year or so might barely provide enough energy for this IS to fly for ten seconds.
Originally, she hadn't planned to summon her IS mech this time, at most limiting it to deploying the mech's weapons.
After all, their main purpose this time was reconnaissance because their mission was to investigate the anomalies in this world and then resolve and retrieve them.
So far, these goblins coming from who-knows-where were the most unusual thing.
Because in this world, although goblins existed, such a ferocious variety absolutely did not!
If she hadn't seen those miserable women, she would have actually considered retreating.
So, looking at the remaining energy, Chifuyu's eyes were extremely sharp.
"This time I need to keep the energy consumption below 2%. Otherwise, we won't be able to protect ourselves from those greedy nobles."
After confirming her goal, the white knight instantly soared into the air. The wings on her back spread out the moment she flew out, continuously charging into the densely packed horde below, relentlessly killing the ferocious goblins.
But she didn't use any beam weapons. Instead, like a swift wind, she rapidly weaved through the goblin army, cutting them down before they could even reacted!
"So cool..."
Revy glanced enviously at Chifuyu, who was mowing down enemies effortlessly. She touched the sword on her back and sighed.
She had originally accepted a mission to hassle a Japanese merchant ship. But the moment she and her teammates kicked the door open, she found herself in this world and met Chifuyu.
She had immediately pointed her gun at Chifuyu's forehead without any hesitation. And, the next moment, this white knight armor appeared on Chifuyu's body. After disarming her, the woman named Chifuyu Orimura engaged in hand-to-hand combat with her.
She could tell the other party was a professional, but she wasn't bad either.
However...
It was useless. She was knocked to the ground and her opponent explained why she had been brought here. And she did perceive a vague message in her mind.
But this made her want to curse. Because the message was quite vague; if you didn't deliberately think about it, you couldn't find it at all!
And the moment she got distracted by anything else, she would instantly forget it again, which made her quite resentful towards whoever sent her here.
But since this was just another kind of mercenary life, she didn't complain further and chose to accept this combat mission.
However...
Things quickly became bizarre. Not only were the common people here more unruly than her own world but the nobles and officials were also far more corrupt, to an utterly unbearable degree.
To put it bluntly: both she and Chifuyu had almost fallen for their traps. They had nearly been kidnapped and sold off.
Compared to the tricks these people used, the dirty tricks of those goblins really weren't much!
Just thinking about having to seek help from that kingdom with the so-called 'Reincarnation of Goddess' gave her a head ache.
Based on the temperament of the officials here, she'd probably have to offer up her treasures and her body just to get them to listen about the goblin invasion!
"Damn it... Doing good deeds is so fucking frustrating!"
Revy spat fiercely on the ground. Her hand instinctively went to the pistol at her waist.
This world couldn't supply her with bullets, so she mostly relied on cold weapons for combat. But today, it seemed she would have to go all out!
As long as she beat up a few nobles and then lure the pursuers to the goblins, everything would be fine!
She wished she could use other methods to contact the people of this world, but unfortunately, the most suitable method she could think of right now was this one!
"Worst case, I'll just survive in the wilderness for a while! After all, if what Ms. Orimura said is true, there should be other mercenaries in this world."
As she thought this, Revy felt her plan was feasible!
"That's right, Let's do it this way. I can even pull off a heist while I'm at it!"
The smile on her face grew wider. She rushed straight into the city gate.
Meanwhile, Chifuyu, who stayed behind, piloted her IS continuously cutting down the enemy. Due to energy and ammunition constraints, she couldn't clear the field on a large scale, so she could only keep using the floating wing-swords on her back and the dual swords in her hands to slash at the surrounding goblins.
Her swordsmanship was extremely precise. Even when goblins with women tied to their boides charged at her, she could accurately pierce their throats with her swords without harming the women on them.
But the goblins kept increasing in number and seemed to be surrounding her!
"Damn it... There are so many!"
Looking at the densely packed goblins and the women they used as weapons and shields, Chifuyu's strikes became faster and faster.
But just as she was about to reach a cage, a piercing scream came from one side. She quickly turned her head and saw a dozen or so scrawny goblins holding knives to the throats of a large group of captive women, roaring at her and constantly gesturing with the knives at their necks!
She couldn't understand the goblins' language, but this was undoubtedly a threat to her, a threat to kill these women immediately if she didn't stop her actions.
She also saw the source of the scream: a woman whose chest had been pierced by a goblin. With several other goblins were continuously stabbing her body with their knives, making her scream even more.
"You beasts!"
Chifuyu was furious beyond measure. The wings on the White Knight's back suddenly all shot out. The next moment, countless laser beams covered the battlefield, precisely piercing the head of every single goblin present!
The goblins fell like wheat. But Chifuyu's expression turned even grimmer. Although this move was powerful, it consumed about 2% of her energy each time. If the energy core were still functional, it wouldn't be a problem. The issue was that the energy core couldn't be used.
The IS itself was a major energy consumer. Her suit was a specialized enhanced model, but due to the rushed development, energy consumption had increased in pursuit of greater power.
"This is troublesome..."
Looking at the mere 7% energy remaining, Chifuyu also felt a sense of powerlessness.
If only this world were in an industrial age. If only the nobles and officials here had some brains. She wouldn't feel so helpless. But as luck would have it, this world was medieval and rotten to the core.
During her last mission, because she didn't bring the IS unit, just working to support herself was exhausting enough, let alone completing the mission and obtaining the rewards from the world. She had even returned to her own world inexplicably.
This time, she brought the IS intending to showcase her skills, but the energy core simply wouldn't work. If not for the backup hidden energy sources, she wouldn't even be able to operate the IS.
"Damn it... Tabane is just as unreliable as ever."
Chifuyu sighed helplessly but her eyes immediately shifted back to the portal.
Initially, she and Revy just thought the number of monsters called 'goblins' in this world was excessive. But after doing some basic investigation, they found these monsters basically appeared out of thin air and were noticeably more cruel than the local monsters.
Although the local magical beasts and monsters also killed people, they mostly captured women, unlike these goblins who would even use captured women as food.
Moreover, the local wildlife couldn't possibly sustain the numbers of these monsters, let alone allow them to form clustered tribes. According to the mercenaries, the mana of these creatures was also different from the local monsters'.
She didn't understand magic, but she understood ecology.
The way these goblins were spreading like a plague wasn't something that could happen in these human-populated mountains!
That's why she forced herself to endure the disgust and investigated this area and today she finally discovered where these monsters came from.
That portal!
Looking at the portal, which hadn't spawned any new goblins for a short while but she didn't relax. Because in her premonition, something difficult to deal with was about to emerge!
The next moment, as ripples appeared on the portal, her premonition came true.
A giant eye covered with countless tentacles, each bearing its own eye, emerged from the portal!
The moment she saw this monster, a feeling of suffocation enveloped Chifuyu's body. But she didn't hesitate at all; she immediately controlled her IS and launched an attack!
Countless floating cannons opened fire and she without hesitation launched the last few missiles from her back at the monster.
Simultaneously with launching the attack, she swiftly maneuvered her IS to evade.
However, it wasn't enough.
Because the moment her attacks reached the creature's body, the monster saw her!
Her shield was instantly struck by a terrifying attack. Her energy panel plummeted drastically almost instantly!
But fortunately, the moment the monster saw her, she had already fired. A barrage of attacks instantly covered the beholder's face, submerging its flesh in flames. Along with it, the portal also vanished.
Looking at the spot where the portal disappeared, Chifuyu didn't feel happy. Because in that instant, her shield had consumed 2% of its energy, and launching the attack had consumed another 1%.
With only 4% energy remaining, it was simply insufficient for her to complete the mission.
"This is really troublesome..."
Stopping her IS. she didn't immediately rush to rescue the women lying on the ground. It wasn't because she lacked compassion but because she wasn't sure if the enemy had completely disappeared. If she got entangled with these women, it would definitely be a disaster!
But looking at the naked women on the ground and those women whose eyes remained vacant even after the goblins died, she couldn't help but sigh.
"But if I hand them over to those officials…"
Many of these women had clearly been altered, either by magic or other means. Handing them over to those corrupt officials and nobles, who had already tried to kidnap her and Revy as slaves, didn't seem like the right choice to Chifuyu.
But what else could she do?
She couldn't help but think of a church she had encountered after arriving in this world. She had initially thought the priests would be better, but...
When the priest said he only raped one woman per month and considered that benevolent, and the villagers actually agreed, thinking she and Revy were sinners for not cooperating with the rape, she felt this place was doomed.
So, facing the current situation, she really wanted to smoke a cigarette to calm down.
Yes, she did smoke. Previously, it was due to the pressure from her friend. Now, it was because of this damned world.
Overwhelmed with melancholy, she couldn't help but mutter.
"If only this world had a ruler with a strong hand, who wouldn't prey on the weak and whose governance was relatively wise."
At the very moment she uttered this exclamation, on the other side of the continent, Ryuji, who was currently groping Asuna's ass and fondling her breasts, suddenly raised his head.
"Did someone call me?"
Then he shrugged and lowered his head to kiss the lips of the girl in his arms.
Completely unconcerned.
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