The <> and the others had noticed that despite firing their most powerful anti-aircraft guns in rapid succession, not a single scratch had reached the <>. ...... or even reached them.

After two minutes of futile attacks, the brunt of their fire was directed at the cruisers that flanked their fleet.

"You may think you have our ships surrounded and captured, but you are making it easier for us to destroy them individually!"

barked.

"Alright, let's open fire on the enemy ships in front of us!"

< is centered around the 150 meter class flagship, with 100 meter class ships on either side of it. The flagship of the 150-meter class is in the center, and 100-meter class ships are running parallel to it.

In other words, it would be easy to take concentrated fire from the three ships if they were facing back and forth.

The three ships of the <> fired a total of 14 guns, including main and secondary guns.

Since these guns were not designed for anti-aircraft use, they were larger in caliber, with a diameter of about 20 centimeters.

From there, they fire magi stones that incorporate <>...... fire magic, advanced level.

<<> is a magic to hit an opponent with a mass of flame, which causes an explosion at the moment of impact. Since the power of the Flame Buster is inversely proportional to the distance, it is activated at zero distance as long as it is built into the Magi Stone, and its power is high.

However, it was ineffective against <> who had <> and <> deployed at the same time.

All of them burst in the air 30 meters in front of <>. Naturally, <> is unharmed.

"Nun-nun, as one would expect from the ship of the and the !

lets out a frustrated cry.

"Then try the !"

shouted. agrees with him.

"Oh, yes, yes!　Let's use that!"

He then gives instructions to the remaining sailor golems.

"Uh-uh, the number of golems has decreased. ......"

blurts out.

"There used to be 500 of them, but now there are only a little more than 100. ....... And of the 200 combat golems, there are only 50 left.

It was all their own fault, but the word "remorse" does not seem to be in their thoughts.

"Nuh-uh, it's going to take a while to get ready. ......"

Meanwhile, the two ships flanking the flagship continue to fire. It hasn't worked at all, though.

(...... taking no notice, huh? (...... Jin Nido, you should be afraid.)

In the midst of all this, only Larva was calmly analyzing the situation.

"As long as we are firing at them, they can't break the wards.

This was a mistake, but no one, including Larva, noticed it.

After about three minutes, the <> was prepared.

The two ships on either side of the flagship are still firing.

"We don't have much ammunition left. ......"

"It's okay, we're finally ready."

aims the .

"At this distance, it won't miss."

The sighting machine is not very accurate, but the distance is only about 300 meters, so it can be sighted in almost visually.

"Five seconds to fire. ......4......3......2......1......"

* * * *

The entire gun battle is being observed from the sky above.

"Ummm......<> fleet, fearless."

Rokow b. Shiharo feels threatened by the three ships that are continuously bombarding, but the Minister of War, Buena Haiti, is not.

(......The defenses of the deus ex machina ships are terrifying, even after all that bombardment.)

And Niestor, Duke of Jagus, added

"Lord Machina, they don't seem to be firing back, but isn't there any concern that that bombardment will break ...... the wards?　Is there any danger that the wards will be breached?"

He asked a penetrating question.

(Your Majesty, ...... ask a straight question about such military information ......)

(Your Majesty, , you ask such a straightforward question about military information)," military minister Buena Haiti worried, but deus ex machina answered in a casual tone.

"That level of bombardment can be defended against forever."

Jin D. also said,

"Looking at that kind of bombardment, I think it will be okay even if it is 10 times stronger.

Jin D adds, "I think we can defend against that kind of shelling even if it is 10 times stronger.

In fact, it is safe even at 1,000 times, but he does not go into that much detail.

"Ten times ......!"

This means that the concentrated fire from 30 ships, not 3, can be prevented.

Both the king and the minister of war gulped.

"Well, it looks like they're going to do something!"

Deus ex machina said, looking down.

"Look, only the flagship has stopped firing."

The two ships on either side continued to fire, but the flagship in the center was quiet.

* * * *

On Horai Island, the old man was observing the flagship of the <> with his <>.

"Huh?"

Saki was the first to show interest.

"Hmm... ...... Jin, Reinhard, take a look. That's ......."

"Oh ......"

It was a huge reflector.

"A parabolic reflector, huh?"

Jin says to himself.

"I guess so. What about ......?"

<

"Yes."

Is it light or heat?

Visible light can be blocked by < warding, and heat can be blocked to some extent by .

If it is something very powerful like a laser beam, there is even a <>.

And the answer came immediately.

"Is it heat?"

It was probably more like infrared radiation. The parabola would be directed at the target, using some kind of magic similar to , and the heat would then be radiated to the target.

The diameter of the parabolic reflector is about 20 meters. The area of effect of , which can be handled by an individual, is equivalent to 2 meters in diameter, so if the power is proportional to the area, it would be about 100 times stronger.

"It's quite a thought, but ...... that's a product of science, isn't it?"

Saki quipped.

"That's right."

Jin replies.

"It uses magic, but it relies on an object called a <>, doesn't it?"

Reinhardt is also puzzled.

"I guess they're more flexible now that they have the new object.

Jin muttered sarcastically.

In the meantime, a weapon called the <> was activated.