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

66. Attack on the Academy

When Gilbert realized that the world he opened his eyes to was the same as that of Tactical Combat, and that he had become a custom character created to play the concept, he used his characteristic skills. I decided to seal it forever.

That was because, although the performance of the characteristic skills was good, the penalty set as a reward was too inappropriate to endure in reality.

In a situation where titanic soldiers have become the center of the world, it was natural that characteristic skills that can only be activated by riding someone else’s titanic soldiers were not received well. According to the modern concept, riding someone else’s giant soldier was an implicit taboo.

Generally, a Colossus pilot could enter into a formal contract with only one artificial spirit. If you wanted to make a formal contract with another artificial spirit, you had to break the contract you had previously made.

That’s why there was a fatal combination of having to tie down one friendly giant soldier pilot with an official contract, saying that your aircraft’s characteristic skills are only activated when you ride a giant soldier with an official contract.

No matter how excellent Gilbert’s Colossus piloting skills were, unless he had two bodies, giving up one Colossus pilot and activating his characteristic abilities was a loss in the overall sense.

The current situation on the continent is such that a single person can change the course of the war, but the only way to win the war is to minimize damage. It was not the right decision to give up one Colossus pilot in order to activate Gilbert’s trait at a time when only one Colossus pilot was needed.

For that reason, Gilbert decided to seal his characteristic skills. In the process, it was a bonus to curse that it was a useless skill.

However, Gilbert changed his mind after taking away Ian’s Giant God Soldier, who had signed a formal contract in the comprehensive evaluation. The characteristic skill that was revealed for the first time showed superior performance beyond his imagination.

It was not possible to express it in exact numbers, but in his experience, it was enough to be evaluated as superior to Integration, which is the unique skill of the original Tactical Combat protagonist Ian.

After the comprehensive evaluation case was concluded, Gilbert began to think deeply about the reason. It was because I was curious as to why I felt that my flawed body, which was full of flaws, was better than Integration, which was the strongest characteristic skill in the setting.

After pondering the reason for a while, Gilbert was finally able to recall one setting of Tactical Combat that he had forgotten.

That is, the stronger the penalty, the better the characteristic abilities are expressed.

It was not a setting incorporated into the worldview, but a kind of hidden element determined by the game company. It was similar to content prepared for when a user who cleared all achievements appeared in the future and that user enjoyed custom play.

In fact, even if the penalty of the characteristic skill was high, the output of the characteristic skill did not particularly improve. The penalty attached to the characteristic skill was nothing more than a flawed skill. In that sense, integration without any penalty was established as the best characteristic skill in the game world.

However, Gilbert was receiving a backup of the system, which means that the penalty of the characteristic skill increases the output of the characteristic skill. As a result, his flawed characteristic skill had the potential to become a better characteristic skill than Integration if the conditions were met.

After Gilbert found out, he gave up the idea of never using the trait skill. Instead, he thought a lot about how to use these defective characteristic skills…

And the conclusion reached at the end was the same use as now.

If it is a loss to steal an ally’s giant soldier, it is better to steal an enemy’s giant soldier.

Of course, it was a bigger risk than stealing an ally’s giant soldier. Not only is it not as easy as it sounds to steal an enemy’s giant soldier in a life-or-death situation, but it was also common to engrave self-destruct magic in order to avoid handing over the strategic weapon.

Because there were too many risk factors, it was not a method that could be used often.

But in an urgent situation like now, it was the best move.

The moment Gilbert activated his characteristic skill, Niagara Illusion, he felt as if his body was being sucked into a giant spirit bottle. It was a feeling that could not be compared to the last time he awakened his abilities. As expected, he seemed to have not been able to perform properly due to his characteristic skills not being fully implemented.

Gilbert pulled the control stick of the giant soldier. The series of actions he took to raise the fallen giant soldier were as natural as if he were moving his own body. Before, he felt like he was moving with very heavy sandbags on his arms and legs, and now that his characteristic skill was activated, it felt like he had become one with the giant god soldier.

[What, what is it? How do you move a giant god soldier?]

[Surely Pelto didn’t even sign a formal contract?]

[You idiot. That can’t be possible! What kind of nonsense is this…!]

When the unexpected situation of controlling someone else’s giant god soldier with whom he had signed an official contract arose, the attackers… No, the members of the New Resistance were taken aback.

The members of the New Resistance were made up of people who served under the military or wandered around as war mercenaries. Since there were members from the Academy among them, most of them learned about the Giant God Soldier systematically compared to the old Resistance members.

That’s why they also knew that other people could not move the giant god soldiers with whom they had signed a formal contract. It’s not that there was no way, but it was impossible in the middle of a battle.

At the start of this academy attack operation, all formal contracts were signed with artificial spirits, so it was normal for the giant soldiers left unattended to not be able to move unless they were their escaped comrades, Pelto.

However, for some reason, the man who was riding the Academy’s general-purpose giant soldier came out of the cockpit and just as his comrade made an emergency escape, he climbed onto the abandoned giant soldier and moved without difficulty.

The New Resistance could not understand the bizarre situation.

[How on earth does that guy move?!]

The leader Satyr, who was leading Team 1, shouted. The guy who was riding the giant god soldier had become even more of a monster than before. He grabbed the square and attacked, aiming for the inevitable gap, but all his attacks ended in failure.

Even if they tried to take the hostage, it was no good because the giant soldier he was originally riding disappeared with the people who could not evacuate.

Meanwhile, Gilbert, who displayed his characteristic skills, roamed the battlefield like a fish in water. CT-777, which had not yet reached its maneuver limit, changed to autonomous mode, evacuated people, and began running wild without any worries.

Your body, combined with the three-dimensional mobility skill, made possible movements that were impossible due to the structure of the human body. The movements of twisting the knee joints and bending the waist were done very naturally.

That wasn’t the only thing that changed. An indescribable sensation was created as to what kind of synergy effect was exerted between the unprecedented control ability of 100 and the rare morale characteristic skill, Unity, that exceeded your performance.

I could tell the enemy’s location and actions without looking, as if a switch had been turned on or I had entered a certain area. You have the kind of ability that appears in cartoons and animations.

It was a strange phenomenon he had experienced for the first time, but Gilbert smiled as if he liked it. For Gilbert, who had to find Brianna as soon as possible, this improvement in his abilities was only a pleasure.

[We must stop it! Everyone attack him at once!]

To stop Gilbert, who became the embodiment of the battlefield and went on a rampage, the satyr screamed into his communication port. This was because he instinctively realized that if he could not be stopped here, there was a high possibility that the academy raid operation would be in vain.

But it was too much for them to stop Gilbert in the present.

Specialized giant soldier that is superior to the general-purpose academy giant soldier.

The manifestation of four characteristic skills that can show effectiveness beyond the integration skill.

A special feeling that even Gilbert, the late Tactical Combat veteran, was unaware of.

With all three of these activated, Gilbert was invincible.

***

After cutting down the last giant soldier, Gilbert came out of a state of high concentration. There were twelve giant god soldiers scattered around. While there were giant soldiers that were completely destroyed, there were also giant soldiers that had fallen to the ground using emergency escape magic.

– Being being being being

[This is the maneuver limit.]

The warning sound that had been ringing a while ago stopped. Your aircraft appears to be hot, and the mana battery cannot withstand the output of your sophisticated piloting skills. The problem was that, as we tried to end the battle in a short period of time, we moved a little too flashy.

Gilbert opened the hatch, exited the cockpit, and boarded the Colossus equipped with the CT-777. Although he was already suspended, getting inside was no problem.

[Article. There is a question about the battle data from a while ago.]

“Are you talking about moving a giant god soldier with an official contract?”

Gilbert, who retrieved CT-777, boarded the relatively intact Colossus. CT-777 was not mounted on the giant soldier in order to display your aircraft’s awesomeness.

[As a result of the analysis, it is determined that such an anomaly is possible due to a characteristic skill.]

“That’s right. It’s my characteristic skill.”

[A detailed explanation is needed. Information on characteristic skills is requested for combat assistance.]

“We’ll put that off until later. The mission comes first now.”

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[OK. I will mark the location of Professor Brianna Tefeo Malkirav, which was the original goal.]

Although it was not installed on the Giant Soldier, the highly capable CT-777 approached the artificial spirit mounted on the Giant Soldier, shared information, and displayed it on the screen.

Once again realizing how outstanding this artificial intelligence was, he deployed a magic booster.

There were encounters with attackers along the way, but no one could stop Gilbert, who had already single-handedly destroyed a ten-century-old giant god soldier. Gilbert was able to finally reach his destination after cutting down all the enemies he met.

I could see Brianna riding a dragon giant soldier in the distance.

[Multiple signals of the attackers’ giant soldiers are detected in the front. A total of 23 units were identified.]

“What is the current battle situation?”

[The maneuver limit of the Colossus carried by Professor Brianna Tefeo Malkirav is 58 seconds. Afterwards, the biological reactions of academy cadets who have not yet been evacuated are also detected.]

It was easy to guess why the maneuver limit was reached. It was most likely similar to that. The cause may have been that the magic barrier was used more than necessary to protect the cadets behind.

Gilbert gritted his teeth. In the game’s scenario, Professor Brianna sacrifices herself for the cadets. Since she was the best sword in the empire and a sword saint, it was not difficult for her to survive even if it was a sudden attack. Because she was a war specialist who had gone through worse battlefields than this.

But instead of caring for her own life, she looked out for the well-being of the cadets at her academy. Her warm heart for her cadets, hidden behind her cold and cold personality, is what drove her to her death.

Before the production company’s official announcement was made that there was no route to save Brianna, numerous users, including Gilbert, looked for a route for her survival. I firmly believed that there was a hidden scenario, and I spent dozens or even hundreds of hours focusing on just one.

The final conclusion was that her death was confirmed.

But this wasn’t a game.

It was not a tactical combat with a predetermined outcome.

In that case, it was possible to save Brianna.

Gilbert deployed the magic booster to its maximum. He entered the battlefield in an instant, dug his way through the attackers’ giant soldiers, and blocked Brianna’s giant soldiers, who had come to a halt due to limited mobility.

At the same time, 23 Titans began firing barrages at Brianna’s Titans. A volley of artillery bombardments was designed to leave no room for escape at regular intervals.

Gilbert entered a state of hyper concentration at this moment and stepped into the area he had felt earlier. At that moment the Sith Spear message occurred to him, but he ignored it, and after sharpening his drawn iron sword he took his stance.

A mystery that could not be unleashed because the Winter Sword had not reached its level yet.

Now that I have stepped into the ‘zone’, I feel like I can use the five senses.

Gilbert held the handle of the iron sword and closed his eyes. It was reckless to close your eyes during battle, but the moment you entered the zone, everything started to go in slow motion.

To resolve the sudden cognitive dissonance, he had no choice but to close his eyes.

In an extremely short period of time, no more than a second or so, Gilbert drew a mental image.

The image of cutting through the cold, blue winter sky.

Winter Sword – Iagi

Parting the winter sky

At the same time as his sword struck, Gilbert split the winter sky.