I Became the Golden Sun That Steals the Academy’s Aircraft

65. Attack on the Academy

As the Academy was attacked just as the improvement ceremony was over, Gilbert led the dark horse and quickly headed to the hangar. The black horse, which was smarter than an ordinary horse, seemed to understand Gilbert’s urgent mind and galloped according to the rider’s intentions without being swayed by the sudden gunfire. There were a few dangerous moments on the way to the hangar, but he was able to get there safely by making full use of his horseback riding skills.

Gilbert took the core of CT-777 that he had prepared in advance and then loaded himself into a general-purpose giant soldier standing on one side of the hangar. When CT-777, which was in standby mode, was mounted on the artificial spirit core, the giant soldier immediately activated, and CT-777 also woke up.

[CT-777 release from standby mode.]

[Checking the status of the Giant God Soldier.]

[Giant Soldier status checked.]

[Giant Soldier maneuver completed.]

[Article. An accurate briefing on the current situation is needed.]

At the words of CT-777, which maneuvered in an instant, Gilbert grabbed the control stick and raised his mana. I was planning on giving a detailed explanation as I left the hangar.

“Currently, raiders have occurred at Demeia Academy. Our ultimate goal is to protect the academy cadets and ensure the safety of the subjects who visit the academy.”

[Starting to determine the current status according to the entered information.]

[Understanding completed.]

[Set the final goal of the mission.]

[The ultimate goal is to protect academy cadets and ensure the safety of citizens. The secondary goal is set to completely destroy the Demeia Academy attackers.]

[Is this the correct article?]

Although no secondary goals were specified, CT-777, which had superior performance, independently derived goals that Gilbert had not set using situational information. In this respect, a high-level artificial spirit was needed.

“That’s right. We need information about the current raiders.”

[The total number of Titan Soldiers that attacked Demeia Academy was 120. It is difficult to make a judgment due to the lack of information on the specification of the Giant God Soldier, but it is believed to be a higher-ranking Giant God Soldier than the general-purpose Giant God Soldier deployed at the Academy.]

“Is that so… What is Master Brianna’s location?”

[Brianna Tefeo Malkirav. Tracking. Tracking complete. Currently, the target is encountering and fighting with the attackers.]

CT-777 instantly dug into Demeia Academy’s information system and figured out Brianna’s situation. All of this was possible thanks to Gilbert, who had a level 6 knighthood.

Of course, in normal times, even Gilbert, who had a level 6 knighthood, did not have access to the academy’s information system. This was to prevent academy information from being passed on to outside parties.

Nevertheless, the reason why Gilbert had access was simple. The special circumstances of the academy attack made it possible.

The Demeia Academy had a special provision whereby only those with knighthood could obtain access to information in the event of an emergency. Although this provision was not made for the situation of attacking the academy, it was intended to be used in case the knights came to provide support in an emergency.

However, even within the special provisions, the detailed conditions were divided. The identity of the article requesting access was one of the representative detailed conditions. This was because if a spy planted by an enemy country gained unauthorized access to Demeia Academy’s information system, it could cause even greater trouble.

But Gilbert was free from those detailed conditions.

Was he just a level 6 knight?

He was Professor Brianna’s previous student and the only priest of Princess Serafina, the closest person to the throne.

Furthermore, since he was the eldest son of the Hart family, one of the three earls of the empire, even if there were complicated details in the special clause, it had no meaning to Gilbert. Because the person whose identity was more certain than anyone else was Gilbert Lionheart.

However, no matter how accessible the information system was, it was impossible for an ordinary artificial spirit to analyze information so quickly. Just receiving and processing a large amount of information was beyond the performance range of a general-purpose artificial spirit.

However, it was an easy task for CT-777, which was developed as the next generation artificial spirit.

“For the final goal, joining Master Brianna is the top priority. Marking the shortest distance is necessary.”

[Setting the highest priority goal. Joined by Brianna Tefeo Malkirav.]

[The priority goal has been set.]

As Gilbert intended, CT-777 displayed the shortest distance to Brianna in the upper right corner of the screen.

[Article. Multiple enemy giant soldiers have been detected between the current point and the target point.]

“What is the number?”

[It is exactly the tenth century. Additionally, signals from academy cadets and subjects who were unable to evacuate are also detected.]

Professor Brianna needed to quickly join her in order to survive, but she could not turn a blind eye to the academy’s cadets and subjects attending the ceremony. After thinking for a very short time, he drew an iron sword and deployed a magic booster to protect the academy cadets and subjects who were unable to evacuate.

Not long after deploying the booster, we were able to arrive at the place where the enemy giant soldiers were carrying out a sabotage operation. Cadets and citizens could also be found fleeing frantically to avoid the ruins of buildings collapsing due to indiscriminate shelling.

“Going. CT”

[Don’t worry. Article.]

With those words, the spectacular battle between Gilbert and the CT-777 duo began.

The attackers, who were working hard on sabotage, were surprised by their sudden appearance, but they responded quickly. Making good use of their numerical superiority, they immediately surrounded Gilbert. At first glance, there was no hole to escape as the enemy was surrounded in all directions by giant soldiers, but this was a normal case.

Gilbert, who was already second to none in terms of piloting skills, began to show miraculous evasive maneuvers by using only a single iron sword to block all the barrage of magical weapons coming at him, or with just a fraction of a piece of paper.

The attackers, who were obsessed with the control of the giant soldier that only existed in theory, tried to somehow penetrate Gilbert’s blind spot. It was judged that his defense and evasive maneuvers could not be overcome in a head-to-head fight.

But unfortunately, such efforts had no effect on Gilbert. Even in the original world, Gilbert had the best spatial perception ability in the world.

What’s more, isn’t he currently receiving limited backup of his game system?

The abilities displayed in the status window were not just a quantification of his abilities. He presented objective indicators and at the same time provided support commensurate with the numbers through a system.

The reason why Gilbert was able to perform acrobatic maneuvers that were only possible in games was not only because of Gilbert’s natural piloting skills and experience as a player, but also because his high abilities received system backup.

And there was one more thing that gave wings to his abilities.

[High mana response detected at 12 o’clock. It is judged to be a magical armed wind cannon.]

It was the existence of CT-777 that supported his battle in real time. CT-777, which was created based on the data of the final artificial spirit of Tactical Combat, began to provide more complete support by accumulating Gilbert’s battle data that far exceeded the normal knight specifications.

Although the giant soldier that Gilbert rode was a general-purpose giant recruit from the academy, CT-777 took that into account and briefed only the necessary parts to help Gilbert in the fight. As time passed, CT-777 became more sophisticated, and Gilbert also realized that as he continued to interact with CT-777, his control of the Giant God Soldier became more sophisticated.

And at a certain moment, when CT-777 and Gilbert’s judgments coincided, they began to break through the specification limitations of the general-purpose giant soldier. CT-77’s battle prediction and Gilbert’s spatial perception ability began to make up for the Giant God’s specs, which were insufficient compared to the attackers.

After parrying the Wind Cannon aimed at the back with a stab, Gilbert turned his control stick and used the reverse booster to approach the giant soldier who attacked him. Gilbert, who accurately grasped the opponent’s location even though he was not looking behind him, held the iron sword overflowing with golden magic upside down and stabbed the giant soldier’s cockpick accurately.

After tearing down the magic barrier with just one stroke and dispatching the attackers inside, he identified the positions of the cadets displayed on the screen in real time, moved his position to avoid the aftermath of the battle, and took out the attackers’ giant soldiers step by step. Processed.

[You monster-like bastard…! Request support right now!]

[No, that’s impossible! Teams 2 and 3 are currently in a situation where they have all volunteered to deal with Brianna! The other 4 groups do not have the capacity to support because they are blocking other academy professors!]

The raiders were astonished to see Gilbert handling the giant soldier as if it were his own body. Hazard, the leader of the first resistance raiding group who judged that they would not be able to deal with Gilbert on their own, ordered support from other groups, but only received a report that there was no raiding group that could come here to provide support right away.

Hazard, who eventually realized that he would have to deal with Gilbert with the personnel here, hid his fear and gritted his teeth. To show them shaking in fear would be to undermine the noble cause they came here for.

Even if it was scary, a new era would begin only if it was overcome.

Hazard quickly shook his head. Now, they were trying to find the only way to deal with Gilbert. But there was one thing they had to take without even thinking about it.

The best way to do this is by being overwhelming with numbers. A long game was the answer.

[No matter how good the guy is, in the end, the Giant God Soldier’s maneuver time is set! Especially if you look at his movements, the Magical Beterrorist won’t be able to last much!]

[I understand!]

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It was an accurate judgment. Gilbert was increasing his output beyond usual in order to quickly end the battle. He was not a giant soldier belonging to a superior imperial corps, and the maneuver time of a general-purpose giant god soldier was not that long. At least he was a training giant at Demeia Academy, so he was able to withstand his current output. If he were a giant god from a weak country, he would have already overheated.

In that respect, Hazard’s decision was appropriate. No matter how good a Colossus pilot was, there was no way to do anything if the Colossus itself was neutralized.

Of course, according to the rumor, a high-level knight could easily take on a giant god soldier with his bare body, but it was dismissed as just an exaggerated rumor.

Even if such a thing was possible, it was highly unlikely that such a person would exist at the Academy. No, to be exact, Brianna, who was the only one who had a chance, was captured by another raiding party, so the odds were converging to zero.

Hazard’s quick judgment made his team members react quickly as well. Instead of blindly believing in numbers and charging in, he widened the distance and began dealing with Gilbert using a fighting method that focused on artillery fire.

Their bombardment using magic weapons and magic guns was definitely effective. For Gilbert, who had to consider the damage around him, it was impossible for him to run wild.

I didn’t know that there might be casualties from the magic that lost its target and bounced.

In the end, as the magical barrier was deployed and avoided with minimal movement, damage was accumulated to the giant soldier. As we used an unnecessary magic barrier, the previously tight maneuver time limit quickly approached.

[Article. There are 3 minutes and 20 seconds left until the Giant God Soldier stops moving.]

“It seems that this is the limit for general-purpose titanic weapons.”

[It is recommended that you use emergency escape magic immediately. I will take my time until then.]

CT-777 presented the most reasonable opinion for the protection of contractors, which is one of the principles of behavior of artificial spirits. Artificial spirits usually had several behavioral principles that were input from the time of design.

The first of these was to complete the entered mission, and the second was to follow the contractor’s orders without violating the first rule. And finally, the third thing was to protect the safety of contractors.

The current situation, as judged by CT-777, was a situation that violated the first and third principles. Even if the mission continued like this while aboard the Giant God Soldier, the likelihood of success was zero. The most reasonable decision was to let him escape and continue the mission.

“I won’t use escape magic. I have a plan.”

[3 Minutes until the giant soldier stops moving. There is no time. This is your last chance, as the Giant God Soldiers have not yet stopped moving.]

CT-777 gave Gilbert another recommendation and immediately prepared an emergency escape spell. It was to maintain his principles of conduct regardless of his opinions.

But Gilbert opened the cockpit hatch before him and jumped out. Due to Gilbert’s unexpected behavior, CT-777 tried to catch him, but even CT-777 could not catch Gilbert, who had already begun to surpass the human limit.

Gilbert, who jumped off brilliantly, threw himself at the giant soldiers of the attackers who had fallen in an emergency escape earlier. This was partly as a result of inducing the opponent to use emergency escape magic immediately after he realized that his maneuver limit was approaching.

The general rule was that ordinary Giant Soldier pilots would follow CT-777’s recommendations. Even if he was a knight-level pilot who could fly and crawl, it was reckless to face a giant god soldier with his bare body.

However, Gilbert was different from ordinary giant pilots. Because he had one way to overcome this situation.

[The characteristic skill appears when your body is hot.]

A system message that appears as soon as you board the raiders’ giant soldier.

For the first time since he woke up in this world, Gilbert was able to like his characteristic skills.