So I became a witch

"Is it for Katerina and the others?"

"...That guy is notoriously hard-working, and he probably slipped away before us. I just don't have the confidence to escape that guy's pursuit, so I chose the method with the highest survival rate, that's all." Audrey said lightly.

"Then it's impossible," I said.

Originally, our planned route was to follow a straight line away from the city, so as to maximize escape velocity.But after obtaining the coordinates from the woman, we had to change our original route, moving forward in an arc instead of a straight line.Fortunately, after leaving a certain distance, the speed of the fireball falling and the spreading of the magma slowed down significantly, so that we would not be chased by those terrible monsters.The tear in the sky in the distance is getting bigger and bigger, presumably it won't be long before that terrible guy will descend on this planet.Although I haven't seen my real body yet, my instincts have started to sound the alarm crazily. Even when facing that S-rank disaster beast, my body has never been so tense. It seems that Audrey said The "Judger" is indeed an extremely terrifying existence, if possible, it is better never to meet each other.

After flying for a further distance along the given coordinates, our car landed in a small forest in the middle of a wilderness. This landmark was not even shown on the map, and we don’t know how those two people found this place of.The magma sea in the distance seems to have finally stopped. It seems that at least this period of time should not spread here.

"Now that we're here, what do we do next?" I asked.

"...I don't know, she said that when we got here, we would naturally understand what to do. Ah, there seems to be a signal here, let me try it." Audrey directly controlled it in the air.Because of wearing the mask properly, I can also see the virtual panel she touches, so I don't completely understand what happened.

"If you send this information code... Heh."

After completing the operation, Audrey was about to say something, but saw a huge dragon knight popping out of nowhere in the open space in front of us.

"So that's it. The one just now is the 'revealing key' of this dragon knight. Indeed, if it is this kind of large dragon knight, it will usually be equipped with a small coordinate platform to facilitate teleportation through time and space..." Audrey looked up Looking at the huge dragon knight like a tall building in front of him, he sighed softly.And I had a strange expression on my face. Obviously, this is indeed the first dragon knight I met in this world when I was in the underground factory, but it should have been discarded by us in that abandoned city. , Why did he suddenly run to this small jungle in the wilderness, and it was also used as a coordinate platform setting.

(At present, there are 450 monthly tickets, that is, nine double changes. Excluding the previous two, there are still seven times. The double changes can be paid off within the next seven days. If there are more than 500 monthly tickets in the future, the remaining part will be in the next Months will be supplemented~~)

Chapter 29 Selection

Could it be that the couple?No matter how you think about it, they are the biggest "suspects".In this way, what the woman said about coming here for vacation was purely deceitful. In all likelihood, they came here to recover this dragon knight, but they didn't expect bad luck. Encountered the event of the disaster beast attacking, so I failed to complete the recovery, so I was forced to go to the main battlefield.

Although I'm not sure if I guessed it right, I should still have a good guess about their purpose.Since the activation of this dragon knight can indeed call people from the federal government, it is not impossible to use it to send signals.

"As long as you enter this string of start keys... it really came down." Audrey didn't notice anything unusual about me, and investigated the matter of the giant dragon knight on her own.Although not as fanatical as Katerina, they also showed considerable interest. No wonder the two became friends, even the tastes are so close.

Having said that, it is a key that can be opened without the consent of a qualified person. Sure enough, there are certain back doors in the dragon knights created by the federal government.Although it is a matter of course, I still feel a little uncomfortable, like a toy that I have kept for a long time, but it is snatched by others. Although it did not belong to me from the beginning, but after two times After synchronous fusion, my heart may also be changed by it.

"What's the matter? Aren't you going up? It's very dangerous down there." Audrey urged me.

I shook my head, threw my thoughts out of my mind, stepped on the elevator again, and slowly entered the interior of the Dragon Knight.Because of the string of "activation keys", Dragon Knight's internal facilities have been fully activated. Although it is unable to fight due to the lack of drivers, it can at least be used as a fortress.

"Hmmm, it seems that those two people have already set up the prerequisites for building the platform. Next, you should just press here... and you're done." Compared with my blankness, Ao On the contrary, Deli quickly entered the role.I saw her input various commands on the console at high speed, and after pressing Confirm, a beam of light shot out from the head of the dragon knight and disappeared into the other side of the sky in an instant.

"Who was that just now?" I asked.

"Teleportation coordinates through time and space. With that, the person who receives the signal can use the method of teleportation through time and space to come to this star field."

"Since this place used to be the civilization of human beings, why don't we just use the previous coordinates? Do we have to send it again?"

"After all, the universe is changing all the time. The precise work of teleportation through time and space cannot be used if you don't know the information status of the current star field. It must be updated from time to time. And due to the second catastrophe Because of this, the guys from the government haven’t been to this remote galaxy for a year.”

I can't understand what this guy is saying at all, but if I press this button, rescue should be waiting.

"Well, how long will it take for rescue to arrive?"

"Who knows, maybe three to five minutes if it's fast, or three to five hours if it's slow." Audrey shrugged and said.Although she had completed the task, she didn't seem to intend to leave just like that, and began to investigate the interior of the dragon knight with great interest.

"That, rescue, will there be time?"

"do not know."

"Don't we have to leave?"

"The interstellar teleportation device is only available in another city, but it should have been surrounded by magma. With our existing tools, if we can't leave this planet, it will be the same no matter where we go. How about It's safer to stay among the Dragon Riders."

"...That's right."

I sat down on a chair obediently.In the center of the screen, tens of kilometers away from us, the dragon knights driven by those two people are still fighting fiercely with the magma disaster beast.The number of these disaster beasts seemed endless, and they rushed towards the dragon knight in the sky tirelessly, constantly preventing the two of them from advancing towards the torn space gap above the sky.It can be seen that although the two are powerful, they are still somewhat reluctant to face so many enemies.At least, if there is one more dragon knight...

——As for the Dragon Knight, isn’t there one right here?

For some reason, this thought suddenly popped into my mind.

——As long as I have this dragon knight, even I, who is incompetent, may be able to do something.

No, that's not the case!I yelled in my heart to the "other me" in my mind.

I have decided that no matter what, I will never get involved in such troublesome things again, and I will definitely live happily and peacefully as a person.

—Did you really, just think so?

Isn't it natural?Anyway, even if I don't do it, there must be other people who will do it, why must it be me?I've had enough of this kind of thing!

……

The voice was not speaking, but there seemed to be a faint sigh.The discomfort in my mind gradually faded away, and I breathed a long sigh of relief, only to realize that I had been drenched in sweat at some point.

...That's fine, after all, it's not in line with my character to appear on stage like the main character and save everyone.Rather than being the protagonist, being a shivering passer-by should be more suitable for my identity.

"That..." I couldn't help talking to Audrey who was looking around for something.

"What's wrong?" She answered me without turning her head.

"You seem to be quite familiar with Dragon Knight."

"...It's nothing, it's just that for a while, I was quite enthusiastic about dragon knights. That idiot Katerina should have told you that she once wanted to be a dragon knight pilot, right?"

"Like that idiot, I also thought about becoming a master designer of a dragon knight. When we were young, we made a promise to each other to achieve our dreams together... As you can see, that guy didn't become a driver in the end." instead of being a clerk, I became a mercenary, and instead of becoming a design master, I became a doctor in an underground clinic. Is it ironic? But this is the status quo of this world. Few capable people, most of them It can only be like us, living a life of doing nothing and waiting to die." She stopped the movement of her hands and looked at the two dragon knights on the screen, which were small but burning like the sun. Like Icarus in the myths and legends, he dreams of being able to fly to the sky one day, even at the cost of his own death."

"...Isn't it good to eat and wait to die? Is it not allowed to be a waste?"

"There's nothing good or bad, it's just different people's choices. Once you make a choice, don't regret it because of what happened, 'Oh, if only I made another choice then' kind of It is impossible to do things. Life cannot be repeated, and it is impossible to choose again, I just hope you can understand this."

"So what does that have to do with me?"

"...Did you know? After the second cataclysm, the people who survived in this world are not because of how powerful they are, but on the contrary, because of our weakness." Audrey took out a piece of paper out of nowhere. An electronic cigarette gun, took a deep breath, "The people who fought bravely as the strong died, but we survived as the weak. Don't you think it's ironic? But it's not the case. Those who have power The person who died, but protected everything he cherished; as the weak, we survived, but at the cost of losing everything. Which side do you think is right?"

Before I could answer, she had already continued on her own: "The answer is that there is no answer. In any case, human beings cannot start over, nor have the ability to choose the past. The only thing we can grasp is this little now."

My heart moved slightly. Although she said "it's okay, it's okay" on the surface, she must still be worried about Katerina's safety, right?Whether it is the joy of reunion or the slight reluctance of parting, it is definitely not a lie.But she didn't do anything because she knew she couldn't do anything, so she could only pin her hopes on the two dragon knights and the government army who didn't know if they would be able to arrive smoothly.

If it were Katerina instead of me who had the talent to drive a dragon knight, she would definitely rush to help those two and protect the city without hesitation.However, this is not possible.The person who wants to be the protagonist can only become a supporting role, and the person who wants to be a supporting role suddenly has the ability of the protagonist. This world is really full of irony.

"That..." I was about to speak when suddenly an indescribable invisible pressure fell heavily on my body.The heart was beating wildly at a speed that broke through the limit, I turned my head to look at Audrey, and found that her face had also turned white.

Even without communicating, we immediately realized that the crack that appeared above the city was no longer satisfied with just projecting fireballs.Something beyond imagination is quietly coming to this world.

Different from the previous small fireballs, this time, the fireballs, which were tens of thousands of times larger than before, rushed out of the space-time gap and fell straight to the ground.It is said that in ancient times, when dinosaurs were rampant, the earth was hit by a meteorite with a diameter of more than ten kilometers.It was precisely because of that disaster that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs, and the size of the fireball now seems to be much larger than that of the meteorite. Once it falls, not to mention the terrible temperature, the impact alone can at least Makes the nearby area free of living things.

(The chapters are compressed, so the two chapters are put together to update a large chapter)

Chapter 30 The Judge

The two dragon knights who were the first to bear the brunt rushed forward without hesitation, and opened up their protection with all their strength, but this only slowed down the falling speed of the fireball. With a burst of scorching red light and shock waves, the fireball broke through the barrier of the shield, straight fell into the moat in the center of the city.

Audrey and I seemed to forget to breathe, staring at the center of the screen.My mind went blank, and this was the first time I'd seen this terrible disaster befall me, not in a movie or a TV show, but in real, real doom.

It is hard to imagine how many people died in the aftermath of the falling fireball just now, and all of this is just a signal of the beginning of the disaster.

I saw it.

At the place where the fireball fell, a pitch-black and slender pillar with a height of more than [-] meters appeared in the center of the city at some point, exuding an ominous aura throughout, and seemed out of place with the surrounding environment.

"That's...can't be wrong...that's..." Audrey's face turned pale for some reason, and her body began to tremble uncontrollably.

Even if she didn't say it, I could fully feel the extremely dangerous and terrifying aura coming from that pillar.No, to be precise, it should come from the top of the pillar.Even through the monitoring screen of the Dragon Knight, I couldn't see through the layer of black mist surrounding the top of the pillar, but I immediately understood that it was the culprit that caused the disaster in front of me.

"...It seems that you should have sent the coordinates properly." From the communication device inside Dragon Knight, the voice of a woman who had just met us suddenly came.After seeing the strange pillar, even her voice became urgent.

"That disaster beast, could it be..." Audrey asked tremblingly.

There was a moment of silence on the communicator.After a while, the woman replied to us: "Ah, that's right. That's one of the 72 Pillars of Judgment, the monster ranked 37th, 'Aiwein'. I just can't stand it, why is it just a vacation , but still have to face such a tricky monster.”

The woman let out a long sigh, and the man who had been silent by her side finally joined in the voice: "Is it because you want to be punished for being lazy?"

"It's so noisy! Is it wrong to just want to relax my tired body a little bit!"

"But Captain, didn't you just apply for a vacation a month ago? I remember the reason is still the same..."

"Shut up ah ah ah ah ah ah!"

Audrey and I looked at each other, although the threat in front of us remained the same, but our tricks still made the atmosphere a little more active.

"In short, before those guys from the army come to support, we will try our best to hold that guy back, so you can take the opportunity to escape, as far as possible. There should be a space shuttle near the Dragon Knight that I keep as a spare Device, if you drive that thing, you should be able to leave this planet, it should be considered as a reward for helping."

"That……"

"It's so noisy! This is a battlefield that only dragon knights can participate in. Ordinary people, get out of here!" the woman said viciously, completely no longer the polite appearance before.It doesn't matter whether this is her nature or a ploy to pretend to drive us away.

"...Understood, I wish you all the best." After taking a deep look at the screen, Audrey resolutely pulled me towards the elevator.

"Are you leaving?"

"After all, we're in the way if we stay here. Now that they've said that, if they don't escape successfully, it will only waste their awareness."

"Do people in this world like to do this kind of thing?" I asked.

"...This has nothing to do with morality and rules, it's just an inevitable choice for the survival of the human species."

I can't understand, if I were those two people, I would have patted my ass and left long ago.With the speed of the dragon knight, if he just ran away before the monster reacted, even that guy might not be able to catch up.

But they chose to stay here.Clearly aware of the disparity between the two sides, but still head on to this battlefield that is sure to lose.

Just to be able to give the people on this planet a chance to breathe.

Really, really stupid.

However, when I looked at Audrey's resolute gaze, I felt that I seemed to understand something.

The elevator fell smoothly back to the ground.Soon we found out that the flying machine that the woman mentioned was completely shiny and new. It seemed that even its original owner had not used it a few times before it fell into the hands of outsiders like us. .

Audrey walked into the aircraft first, and began to check the integrity of the equipment, while I stood outside the door as if nothing had happened, staring at the battle in the distance.Even though they were separated by dozens of kilometers, I still felt the terrifying impact from the frontal battlefield.The colorful lights illuminated the night sky, and violent explosions sounded one after another. Considering the distance between us, the sound that can be heard so far should have happened at least a few minutes ago.

Impossible, there is no way, just a S-level disaster beast almost killed me, what can I do in the face of the monster that is far above it?I kept saying to myself in my heart, as if I was thinking about trying to convince someone.

This is not a story in a novel or anime, and I am not the protagonist of this story. If I am complacent because of the power I got suddenly, I will definitely be killed as an arrogant supporting role one day.Now that the escape tool has been obtained with great difficulty, it is definitely the best strategy to take the best strategy here, and leave the rest to the professional army. Even if it is killed, it will be nothing but a disaster It's the beast's fault, so it's impossible to blame me.

Suddenly, a message flashed in front of my eyes.

"Accept the call? Yes/No."

After seeing the other person's name, I immediately understood.

It's Katrina.

Since the call came at this time, could it be that he had escaped successfully to report his safety?

At least this guy didn't die, and just knowing that made me feel a lot easier.

After choosing "Yes", I thought I would hear the familiar voice of the other party, but in the end there was only a murmur from there.

Is it somewhere with a bad signal?She shouldn't be the kind of guy who foolishly stayed in the city after seeing those fireballs falling from the sky... Soon, my guess was verified by the transmitted images.

Although the picture was also blurry, I still recognized from the background that Katerina was staying in Audrey's underground clinic at this time.

...Is that guy an idiot?Absolutely stupid, right?In the face of this terrible natural disaster that I don't know what will happen, the guy who didn't think about avoiding danger at the first time but went to find someone, isn't it a fool, what else?In this way, doesn't it seem that I am very disrespectful to run away?

Hello, can you hear me?I'm doing well here, and I'm about to leave this planet, so you have to try to escape—it's impossible.That city has been completely covered by that monster's domain, and no one can escape from the cage.Obviously all he needs to do is run away, but he took the initiative to send him to the wolf's mouth. Could it be that he thinks his life is too long?

What's the point of calling now?Do you want to ask for help?I'm sorry I don't have that kind of power, even if I ran to save you, it would just add to the death toll in vain.Although you have saved my life, but that kind of kindness has long been repaid when we first met. From then on, we will go our separate ways and never see each other. Anyway, even if you don’t know me in the original world, I don’t know you. Knowing you, we were just casual strangers meeting in random places.

So goodbye, never see you again.

...why don't you say something?Why did he suddenly put on that expression of sudden relief?In this case, doesn't it look like I am the idiot?

"...Everything has been checked, let's get in the car." Audrey urged me.

Facing her invitation, I silently closed the car door on my side: "Sorry, I still forgot some things there, I have to find a way to get them back."

Audrey's eyes widened, as if she didn't understand what I was saying.

Ahhh, it's really troublesome, there must be something wrong with my brain, right?After going back, you must do a full body checkup.Why do I have to work so hard for a guy I haven't met a few times?It has nothing to do with emotions or interests, it's just that I don't want that guy to die here.

Yeah, so it's definitely not because I'm getting weird, eh.

I looked back at the giant dragon knight behind me, and for some reason I had the illusion that it was also staring at me.We have only fought together twice, but this guy and I are inexplicably familiar, as close as old friends for many years.

"Start." I said softly.

At that moment, Dragon Knight seemed to "come alive".It half-kneeled on the ground and gently put its palm in front of me, as if urging me to go up.

Hmm, didn't you think you could do something like this?What an amazing machine.I stepped on the palm of the dragon knight under Audrey's incredulous gaze, and then it stood up again, leading me into the cockpit on its chest.

Looking at the empty cabin, I just remembered that this seemed to be the first time I entered the interior of the Dragon Knight without being accompanied by others, which gave people an inexplicable feeling.I shook my head, calmed down quickly, and slowly sat in the main driver's seat, imagining integrating my consciousness into this giant machine little by little.

"Connect, sync."

(It is also two chapters in a row, and there are still five days to make up)