< and collide head-on.

The waves collide with each other with a spray of water.

At the same time, the magic causing the waves also collided and canceled each other out.

The waves disappear, and the battleship is at leisure on the sea.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * *

The old man, the brains of Horai Island, looks satisfied.

And he ordered more attacks.

<<<<

［What a surprise!]

The central brain of <> grits his teeth.

Then, an attack from Hotaka landed.

［What the hell?]

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

The battleship <>'s <> can handle almost any kind of magic.

This time it was gravity magic.

The barrier of < is also gravity-piercing. This was the target of the attack.

The structural material of creaked as the gravity of 100G was generated locally.

Then two more shots were fired.

The hull of the <> was ripped open and seawater poured into the ship, though it was only a small amount compared to the whole.

The barrier became unstable for a while.

The old man will not let such an opportunity pass him by.

The battleship "Hotaka" fires a full volley of guns.

Then, the cruisers <, , and , which had retreated to the rear, unleashed their magi cannons at full power.

<'s main gun, in addition to six 46cm caliber Magikanon cannons, was armed with six 30cm lasers. Then, 27 magic cannons (Magikanon) from the cruiser were fired in succession.

The unstable barriers succumbed to this onslaught.

And the barrier, which had become even more unstable, finally collapses.

>

Not wanting to miss this opportunity, lasers and magi cannons are fired.

The light weapons and live ammunition literally chip away at <>, destroying it.

.

After two minutes, the old man has them pause their attack.

< is still floating, albeit slightly tilted.

About a fifth of it was destroyed.

<

It is still sailing towards the Laurentian Continent.

The old man then gave a renewed order to the Mermaid squadron.

The Mermaid Unit's combat power is low.

Their raison d'etre is underwater exploration, and combat is an afterthought.

However, once in battle, their capabilities are unparalleled.

Regardless of their fighting ability, their true value is revealed once they have a weapon in their hands.

Sent by transporters, there is no shortage of supplies.

Hundreds of mana bombs are placed on the bottom of the .

They are ignited simultaneously by a magic signal.

［Oh, oh, oh, oh!]

<.

And this time, it was at the bottom of the ship.

The bottom armor is breached, and seawater flows in at once. The emergency bulkheads were not enough to stop it, and the <> tilted further.

［Hurry up with repairs!]

The central brain orders the various golems under his command, or rather under his command, to repair the damage.

[What is an underwater attack? ......]

< was unfinished. It was completely defenseless against underwater attacks.

During the repair work, another explosion occurred and half of the 20 propulsion units were shut down.

And again.

All of the propulsion units were shut down and the <> was left adrift at sea.

>, pursuit!

The battleship 's laser cannon makes a new hole in the Disaster's hull.

< is not responding, and calls off the bombardment.

* * * *

That was awesome.

"......, indeed."

Bina's words were followed by sighs from those who were watching the scene from in space.

"I think it's amazing that the didn't sink even after being hit by that many attacks."

Jin analyzes his opponent.

"But I think it would be a waste to simply let it sink, or perhaps we can get more information out of it."

Reinhardt offers his calm opinion.

"That's what I'm thinking. The question is whether it is possible."

At this point, the old man called.

<

"Oh, that's good news."

<

Please do so."

The sub-magic projection window brightened, and the interior of the Disaster was projected on it.

"This structure is a little different."

The original < was the one we entered, so we can see the difference.

"Is it because it was designed by the Hailians?"

Elsa also expressed her doubts.

"I doubt it. < was originally Haelian.

Jin cannot help but wonder if there is a reason for the oddly shaped golem.

Then, the image showed a magi-machine.

"This is ......."

"It's a mana driver.

Jin determined that it was a mana driver.

"So you don't use the Magi Reactor so that you can use the Mana Tank if you don't have free magical element (ether). That's an interesting idea.

"If we detach this, will <> stop completely?"

Jin thinks for a moment before answering Reinhardt's question.

"Well, I don't know.　But is it worth considering?

The battle against was about to reach a decisive stage.