Do Your Own Revolution

#140

Click… Click……

A silence so profound that the ticking of a pocket watch could be heard.

Standing in one corner of the operations room filled with tension and fear was Erich Hartmann, the chief of staff of the Special Magical Power Unit.

“Chief of Staff.”

Breaking through the suffocating tension was the voice of the soldier in charge of magical power communications.

Seeing him nod in his direction, Erich took a deep breath and looked at Lieutenant General Beckier, the front-line commander-in-chief.

“To all forces of the Southern Army Group. This is a direct order from the Commander-in-Chief.”

Lieutenant General Beckier’s voice, holding the communication device, echoed throughout the Imperial Army’s stationed areas.

After a brief moment of silence to build the atmosphere.

“Advance into the Republic.”

Boom-!

Along with the sound of massive footsteps, dozens of Intelligence Department agents seated around the operations room frantically issued orders.

“Operation [Goliath] commences. I repeat. Operation [Goliath] commences.”

“77th Division, advance forward. Then rendezvous with the 21st Division and occupy the target……”

“Armored train battalion, maintain current position. Hold fire until further orders…”

“Prioritize response to biochemical weapons……”

The single order transmitted to all fronts of the Southern Army Group was simple: advance.

As hundreds of pieces on the operational map were simultaneously moved forward, the staff officers’ voices grew more urgent.

Their eyes were fixed on the frontline of the southern front where the major offensive had begun.

Specifically, on the black piece symbolizing the Special Magical Power Unit placed right in the center.

“Communication from the Special Magical Power Unit that advanced first!”

At one agent’s shout, all commanders’ eyes turned to him.

“Contact with enemy Colossus confirmed! Will be led to the operational area within an hour! That is all!”

“Good. We’ve managed to set the first piece in motion, it seems.”

Lieutenant General Beckier, clenching his fist, immediately issued orders.

“Ambrosia, to operational position.”

Rumble-!

Like awakening from a long slumber, the heavy engine sound filled the operations room.

The Empire’s great cannon, Ambrosia, slowly revealed itself as it moved.

Seeing it, Lieutenant General Beckier and the staff officers swallowed hard.

“We have only one chance. If we fail, this war is ruined.”

“And if we succeed, we will win this war, won’t we?”

With those words, Erich moved the enemy piece to the center of the operational map.

A massive piece painted in red.

Facing the black knight symbolizing the Special Magical Power Unit, it seemed to stare at its opponent with fierce, lifelike eyes.

***

Vrooooom–!

“Speed up! Maximum velocity!”

“The engine will blow if we go any faster! Want to get stomped to death by that giant?!”

“We’ll get stomped either way if we don’t speed up! Run-!”

Southern front center, Portelgraf Plains.

Racing across the rough terrain of the plains were mountain motorcycles produced by the Imperial Arsenal.

Three bikes rushing forward as if in a race.

And pursuing them was a steel giant the size of a castle.

Boom-! Boom-! Boom-!

– Aaaaah–!

“Target point reached!”

“Fire the flare! Quickly!”

Ortega shouted while frantically working the accelerator.

Hearing his voice, Guille slowly rose from the back seat and pulled the trigger of the flare gun he was holding.

Fwoooosh—!

A signal for non-awakened ones, not mages.

The moment the red beam cut vertically through the sky, creating a line.

A few seconds after the flash appeared.

The pre-positioned Imperial armored trains’ bombardment mercilessly pounded the Colossus’s body.

Boom boom boom—!

– Kuh?!

The armored trains racing along the tracks fired their cannons like mad.

Though the thunderous roar and smoke filled their view, Petrenko, controlling the Colossus, waved his hand as if annoyed.

– You insects!

Along with those words, the large-caliber magical power cannon mounted on the Colossus’s shoulders moved.

Connected in series with the mana core, this was equipment that hadn’t been installed on any Colossus they’d faced before.

“Lavrenti, you bastard?!”

“In such a short time, a new weapon……”

Woong–!

As the imprinted spell formula activated and luminous particles gathered at the barrel’s end.

—–!

The beams fired from both of Colossus’s shoulders instantly melted the armored trains continuing their bombardment.

“Armored trains 1 and 2 destroyed! No survivors!”

“Rails unusable! The mountain has completely melted!”

“These crazy Republic bastards, what the hell did they create?!”

Firepower that changed the terrain itself – overwhelming was too weak a word to describe it.

Truly monstrous power.

However, receiving the report, Lieutenant General Beckier and Erich gritted their teeth and issued the next orders.

“Trains 3 through 7, launch sequentially! When its barrel turns, continue firing from the opposite side. Distract it as much as possible!”

“Train 8, use the emergency rails. Continue providing fire support! Don’t back down!”

Boom boom boom–! Boom–!

When one train disappeared, another appeared.

When that one was destroyed, another from the opposite side.

Though the Colossus kept destroying the armored trains, the Kalhyram Army continued to deploy artillery forces in waves.

To make matters worse, countless artillery shells rained down from above along with airship fleet bombardment.

As if intending to expend all the shells the Southern Army Group possessed, the Imperial Army was pouring all their firepower at the Colossus.

In that moment when the Colossus’s attention was divided by the bombardment exploding everywhere.

Whoosh-

– ?!

The Colossus, belatedly noticing the magical power reaction, looked up above its head.

Through the thunder and smoke of the armored trains and airship fleet’s bombardment.

At some point, a single black airship had taken aim at its head.

Screech–!

A massive magic circle unfolding from five airships.

Petrenko, installed in the Colossus, could immediately recognize what it was.

– You-!

The Special Magical Power Unit’s mass formula that had blown away the defensive barrier of Viselgrad, the Republic’s capital.

Heliosphere.

“Fire.”

At Eugene’s command from the flagship ‘Emperor’s Spear’, the Special Magical Power Unit’s mass formula plunged toward the Colossus’s back.

Boom—–!

The barrier shattered with tremendous impact.

But Petrenko wasn’t weak enough to fall from just this.

No, rather, he thought this was perfect.

Because right now, Eugene was above his head.

The Empire’s devil who had taken everything from him was there!

– Eugene–!

The moment the Colossus reached toward the sky with that enraged cry.

Crack-!

A massive hole was blown through the Colossus’s chest.

The armored trains’ bombardment, the artillery corps’ high-explosive shells, and the Special Magical Power Unit’s mass formula.

The moment these numerous attacks neutralized the barrier, the railway gun waiting at the main force was fired.

Whoooosh—!

Only after several seconds had passed since the shell hit did the thunderous roar finally echo.

The Colossus with half its chest blown away.

Eugene, standing on the airship, carefully observed the Colossus’s condition.

Petrenko’s bloodied face was still glaring at him.

“Stubborn bastard.”

Just as Eugene thought about ending it while looking at the dying Petrenko.

Boom-!

“?!”

“What the?!”

The airship Eugene was on violently shook and began to nosedive.

– Eugene… Eugene…!

“Ah, shit.”

Hearing the voice calling his name, Eugene could understand the situation.

The electrical wiring exposed when hit by the railway gun.

The enemy had used that wiring like a whip to snatch the airship he was on.

– Eugene—!

Along with Petrenko’s roar, light began to emanate from the broken Colossus’s body.

The mana core going critical.

Seeing this, Ortega shouted between heavy breaths.

“Why is it still alive?! We already destroyed the main power source!”

“……”

The Colossus’s condition was devastating.

The central power source location had been pulverized by Ambrosia, and the pilot Petrenko’s body was mostly gone as well.

Petrenko, with only his head remaining, was controlling the Colossus to threaten Eugene.

An incomprehensible situation.

But Eugene could vaguely understand the reason.

Those who possessed the qualities worthy of being called a ‘hero’.

One characteristic given to those at the inflection points that would change the world.

“Indomitable.”

Screech–!

The entire body of the Colossus heated up along with a blinding magical power light.

Petrenko’s intention was self-destruction.

Due to the fatigue from previous battles and this current fight, the mages, including the trio, couldn’t escape.

Then.

Woong–!

“Eugene?!”

“Hey, you crazy bastard, what are you doing?!”

Eugene alone deployed a barrier.

Just once.

If he could block the explosion just once, victory would be his afterward.

Through the increasingly whitening field of view, Eugene gritted his teeth.

If I really am that…

If I truly possess the hero’s factor capable of changing the world’s direction…

If that’s why I came here, then show yourself.

[Indomitable]

The proof of heroism that you all love so much!

The moment Eugene concentrated all his magical power with that thought.

‘Huh.’

Someone appeared before Eugene’s eyes.

A man with the same face as Eugene.

But wearing a Revolutionary Army uniform instead of an Imperial Army uniform.

A failure with unkempt beard and hollow eyes, looking at him.

‘Has the time come.’

The moment he said that, the explosion enveloping Eugene and the airship subsided.

An enormous magical power that couldn’t even be compared to seven stroke magic imprint disappeared in an instant.

“What…”

“How in the world……”

While people were still shocked by this, Eugene staggered toward the coffin.

“Eu… gene……..”

“Have you awakened from your dream?”

Eugene pointed his gun at Petrenko’s face, and Petrenko looked at Eugene.

The Colossus was the secretary general’s ultimate weapon.

A devil’s machine that regenerated body tissue with bestial solution and mana core’s magical power to merge with machinery.

Designed to control even emotions to force the destruction of everything in sight.

Petrenko, who became its test subject, had become a murderer who killed everything in sight, having lost his sanity.

“Ah… Aah……”

What he remembered upon regaining his senses wasn’t anger toward Eugene.

The tens of thousands of Republic soldiers he had mercilessly trampled to death.

The hundreds of thousands of Republic citizens who died from the gas he had released.

The moment he entrusted his body to the secretary general, consumed by revenge, he who had been hailed as a hero of the Republic had become the person who had killed more Republic citizens than anyone else. Ṟ𝘢𐌽ꝋꞖĚs

Humiliation and self-loathing enveloped his body.

His conviction to save the Republic had vanished, and he had become a monster caught in his schemes.

As intended, he had massacred countless Republic citizens, contributing to turning the Republic into hell.

Through himself, he had burned the Republic.

And now that it was all over, he had only one choice left.

“Kill… me……”

Begging for death from the very person who had made him this way.

That fact was the greatest humiliation for Petrenko.

“Let me tell you one thing clearly.”

Pointing the pistol at his forehead, Eugene said.

“You were a good person.”

Bang-!

With the gunshot, the Colossus completely ceased functioning.

The Republic’s hero was, with this, completely dead and gone.

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