“This is…… No way, a black magic stone manufacturing factory?”
We broke through the strict security and surveillance sensors and successfully entered the tower.
I involuntarily gasped at the scene I saw.
There are a number of huge glass tubes, and men and women who seem to be researchers and workers are busily coming and going between them, but the thing floating in those glass tubes are all black magic stones.
“That seems to be the case.”
“……I can’t believe they’re producing so many of them at the same time.”
Even one of this is dangerous enough, but they are now being produced in large quantities.
“Do these guys understand the dangers of this thing?”
“Probably not. I guess only the higher-ups know about that. These lower-level staff members are just doing what they’re told.”
But this was not all.
When we moved to the next floor, we saw a number of giant-shaped weapons that were over three meters high.
『They are giant magic soldier, right? 』
『Yes. But they are not your normal magic giants. This one can probably use the Five Senses Link technology that I developed. It’s clearly not designed for people to ride in….. 』
Originally, a magical giant soldier refers to a weapon that a person can get into and manipulate. The thick armor neutralizes most magic and physical attacks, and it has the power to lightly crush an average dragon, so many countries around the world have been manufacturing it.
What made my invention so revolutionary at that time was that it made it possible to completely link the pilot’s five senses with the magical giant remotely.
If that had worked perfectly, there would be no need to master difficult piloting techniques, and the magic giant can be controlled at will from a distance.
However, I had designated this technology as taboo. This is because I found out that this five-sense link technology can cause fatal mental damage to the pilot. The effect was especially noticeable for those who were mentally weak. Of course, some people can operate it without any problems, but the negative effects of continued use over a long period of time are unavoidable.
“To think that they would mass-produce this….…”
At the back of the Magic Giant was a cockpit for control operation. Although it was said to be a seat, there were no chairs or anything like that, the pilot enters the large box to operate it. This is to ensure that the senses of the bipedal magic giant and the pilot match.
“……Somebody’s coming.”
“That’s……”
At that moment, a group of several people appeared from the depths of this large room, which seemed to be the hangar of the Magic Giants. They were people who looked like researchers and a group of boys and girls who seemed to be only ten years old or so.
Prompted by the adults, the children entered the box cockpit on by one.
“Don’t tell me…. those kids can’t be the pilots, right? It’s true that children have more flexible brains and are easier to adapt to the sense link, but that also means that their immature minds are even more in danger than adults!”
『It’s pretty disgusting that they’re willing to sacrifice even children for the sake of research. 』
The child pilots were probably about to start pilot training as the magic giants began to move, preparing to leave the hangar.
It was then—
“U-Uaaaaaahhhhh!!!”
Suddenly, one of the children started letting out a strange cry.
“No. 5, not qualified.”
“I can’t believe he panicked over something so simple.”
“Hey, drag him out and take him to District X.”
The researchers didn’t seem to panic and were even very casual. The way they looked at the children was the same as the way they looked at the lab rats.
But they also miscalculated.
The giant magic soldier controlled by the boy who screamed just now starts attacking them.
“Uh! W-what are you doing!? Drag him out quickly!”
“No, it’s too late! Kill him!”
Soon after that shout, one of staff members unleashed a spell. A powerful explosion occurs that blows up the entire control box.
“Who told you to destroy the entire cockpit!? We should have just killed No. 5!”
“I didn’t have the time for that!”
“Whew. Anyways, I’m glad were saved….…”
The rampaging giant magic soldier had stopped moving.
They had just breathed a sigh of relief but soon notice something strange.
“T-the cockpit…… it’s unscatched?”
“No. 5 is still there too! And there’s something small next to him…”
They shouted at the same time when they saw me after I interrupted the attack and protected the boy from the explosion.
“““B-baby!?”””
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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