Elsword – Time Trouble - a chinese web novel
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| Elsword – Time Trouble |
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《엘소드 타임 트러블》 BY NZSynopsis
Add (a Time Tracer) is trying to steal Eve (as a Code: Exotic)’s core for his own use but was found out by Eun. Much to his surprise, Eun offers Add help with stealing Eve’s core. Though there seem to be other reasons behind Eun’s support, Add still decides to let the fox help.>>Go to the chapter list of Elsword – Time Trouble to read more!
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Chapter 1
It hurt.I’m kneeling with both of my hands on the ground breathing unsightly.
There’s sharp pain searing through my entire body. Blood continues to flow out of the wound that
pierced through my chest. There’s no point in calculating, I’ll certainly die of blood loss like this.
Dynamos won’t move anymore. Dammit.
"Kugh....."
I lost completely. A perfect defeat, a miscalculation. Once again, I was defeated.
"Don’t joke with me...."
Blood spewed out of my mouth each time I spoke but I couldn’t stand it. I couldn’t accept this
conclusion.
Then I’ll just have to turn it back. No matter how many times it takes.
I raised my head after making my decision. A throne could be seen far away. It didn’t have even a
speck of dust on it amidst all this dust storm.
And a beautiful queen sat on that throne. Mechanical doll ever so close to a human being.
"Just you wait...!"
Still shaking, I stood up. I might die if I tried the jump with this body but it didn’t matter.
If I lost this time, I just have to win next time.
"I’ll come and get you for sure Eve!!"
Countless, innumerably.
To the point where there was no point in counting anymore.
I fight again,
Is defeated again,
And fail to reach her.
Even so, I start again.
A fight that I’m sure to lose.
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1. Climax from the start
He must have fallen asleep without realizing.
Add opened his eyes and habitually scratched his eye patch. He could feel the midday sunlight
through the hood that covered most of his head.
"How much time has passed?"
"You were asleep for around one mealtime."
Add removed his hood to look up towards the source of the reply. The intense sunlight made him
squint. Add saw a silhouette standing high above him. He was slightly taken aback but didn’t let it
show.
"Why are you standing up so high?"
The girl standing gently on top of tip of the spear smiled amiably.
"You never know when enemies might appear right? I’ll be able to see further if I’m up higher."
Was her name....Ara? The girl showed such an innocent smile towards Add even though she had
only known him since yesterday.
Just with a single glance you could tell she was a good natured and innocent girl. Those traits would
probably make her likeable by most people. But Add wasn’t too fond of her.
"I’ll be able to see inside your skirt if you’re up so high."
"Huh.....?!"
Ara’s face reddened after hearing Add’s remark. She hurriedly tried to pull down her clothes. But of
course, she would lose balance if she tried to do that while standing on end of a standing spear.
"Kyaaah!"
Flustered, Ara fell towards the ground. But contrary to her scream, she quickly performed a single
somersault in mid-air and landed safely on the ground.
Still, she looked quite shocked as she was blushing and breathing fast. Ara’s face reddened even
more when Add stood up as if nothing happened and started wiped the dust off his clothes.
"T, that was so mean Mr.Add! I was keeping watch while Mr.Add slept!"
"Why are you making such a fuss when you’re wearing shorts?"
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Receiving Add’s blunt remark, Ara confirmed her own attire then breathed a sigh of relief. Her
moment of relief didn’t last long because she quickly pouted and asked Add.
"Were you making fun of me just now?"
"I said I’d be able to see inside your skirt, I never said you were wearing one."
Annoyed, Add replied accordingly and started to walk forward. Ara recovered her spear and
followed Add as she diligently scouted the surrounding area.
They shouldn’t need to go out of their way to be cautious since the two of them were standing in an
open field.
‘Well, you never know...’
Add let fly forwards one of his Dynamos. It was to scan the surrounding area.
Seeing Ara become amazed as she watched the Dynamo fly around made him feel a bit better.
His mood wasn’t too great after waking from a good nap. But seeing Ara become so amazed at his
creation gave him some pride as a developer.
"Kuku, there’s no bandits around this area. We should move ahead."
"Others will be moving as well. Let us hurry so we don’t fall behind!"
Ara tried to hasten her pace but Add gestured his hand to stop her.
"They are mere bandits. Others will be fine fighting on their own."
"Hmm? but.."
Ara looked surprised but Add was serious. Bandits here were all weaklings; there was honestly no
need for everyone fighting together.
Even Add by himself. No, even this clumsy girl alone could defeat all the bandits in this area and
complete their mission.
"All we have to do is look out for any that try to escape."
Ara naively believed what Add said and nodded. Then she returned to diligently scouting her
surroundings again. Add assumed that the entire mission should have been resolved by now but
didn’t bother to tell her.
These bandits were weaklings that he could take care of with just one hand. That was why Add was
lazing around and even finding the leisure to take a nap.
‘Hm?’
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Why did I assume bandits in this area would not be a problem again?
Add looked around the area to see if he had missed anything but only arrived at his original
conclusion that he wasn’t mistaken.
"....Well everyone is strong."
"Pardon me?"
"I was just talking to myself."
After replying bluntly to Ara, Add moved forwards while pushing away the tree branches in his way.
Even this empty headed girl was an individual with exceptional skill. You could tell even without
having to fight her. Her aura and her ordinate posture... she was a person you couldn’t
underestimate.
Bam!
"Ow, owowow..."
Ara cried out when she was hit by one of the returning branches that Add had pushed aside to get
past. She must have been too immersed with scouting the area that she was not aware of things in
front of her.
"....I, I’m fine! This is nothing!!"
"...."
.....She is strong... right?
Add stared at Ara impersonally for a moment then turned around to continue moving forwards. It
hasn’t even been a day since they were formed, and this kind of mission meant nothing for him. But
there was a good reason for Add to include himself in this group.
They were the El Search Party.
They were right now in the middle of their first mission to defeat the Ruben’s bandits.
Just as Add had predicted, the bandits turned out to be bunch of pushovers.
"Haa, Hiya!!"
Ara had gone in front. Each time she swiftly swung her spear she sent three or four bandits flying.
Even though the fight was 1 versus 15 and she was surrounded by bandits from left to right, Ara
dodged all of their attacks smoothly like the flowing water all the while effectively counterattacking.
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Such elegant movements that looked as if she was dancing. Most people wouldn’t be able to avert
their gaze at such a spectacle.
"Yawn....."
But her teammate Add was watching her fight while yawning. It was 1 versus 15 because Add didn’t
join in the fight.
"I defeated everyone!"
In the end bandits’ advantage in numbers didn’t matter at all. They were all defeated before they
could even graze a piece of Ara’s clothing. Ara withdrew her spear and looked around with a
troubled expression.
All of Ara’s attacks were non-lethal attacks utilizing only the shaft of her spear. So these bandits
were merely unconscious.
"What should we do about these people?"
"We can’t move around with all of them, just leave them be."
"But our mission was to defeat the bandits.... Would it really be okay to leave them be?"
"Vermin tend to all scatter when their leader falls. Kukuk"
Ara nodded although she was still unsure what Add had meant. It almost seemed like she didn’t
realize how Add had left her alone to fight by herself.
‘....Huh what’s with this boring reaction?’
Her skill with the spear was astounding but she was way too naive. Just in case, Add decided to
purposely bring up the issue.
"So how did it feel to fight by yourself? Kukuk."
"Oh, it’s been a while since got to move this much so it felt refreshing! It was quite thrilling and fun!"
"...."
She’s not getting the point.
Add had purposely tried to get Ara riled up but only ended up getting an absurd response. This
wasn’t going to be very cool but let’s try directly provoking her.
"I was resting comfortably while you were fighting. Kukuk."
"Were you able to rest well Mr.Add?"
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"....."
Add’s head started to ache after hearing Ara’s innocent response. Wasn’t it normal for you to get
angry if your squad member did not do anything while you did all the fighting?
But Ara continued to retain her peaceful expression.
"Is she stupid? Or just really strange....?"
"Pardon me? What did you say?"
"It’s nothing. We move forwards. Their boss should be deep inside the forest."
Dynamo he had sent flying earlier was informing him of the surrounding terrain. Add quickly stole a
look back at Ara while moving forwards through the path that looked like it had been used by the
bandits.
Ara was still looking around the surroundings nervously. It seemed the issue of Add letting her fight
alone was completely erased from her mind already.
‘.....is she an idiot?’
Her skill with the spear was great but she was unbelievably naive. Add had tried to peer into her
mind to prepare for a case when she became an obstacle in the future....but it was futile.
"Still, something bugs me..."
"What do you mean? Did more bandits appear?"
Add ignored Ara who hurriedly tightened the grip on her spear. He got a strange sense that
something was off whenever he stared at Ara. It made him uncomfortable to face her.... he still
couldn’t figure out why though.
For now let’s just remember that she’s an idiot who doesn’t even know how get angry.
"Found them. They’re fighting."
"Where? We should hurry up and go help!"
"We don’t have to hurry for those weak opponents."
Ara tried to hasten herself but Add’s steps didn’t get any faster. Ara staring confusingly at him
annoyed Add so he gave a reasonable reply.
"There might be other ambushes so we have to be careful."
"Oh. I see! I’ll be careful too!"
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Seeing Ara scan the surrounding trees with such serious expression was a bit funny but Add turned
off all his attention towards her.
His main interest was right in front of him.
When Add and Ara leisurely moved forwards for about 50 meters, they finally came upon an open
field. There were tens of bandits on the ground groaning in pain. In middle of those bandits, there
stood a girl with the impressionable silver hair.
She stood expressionless in the middle of all the fallen bandits. It almost felt like she was void of any
emotions. Even Ara who had tried to run over to her was startled for a moment.
But to Add that girl was an existence more beautiful than anything else in the world.
After walking up close to her to the point where he could tell the emotions from her eyes, Add
stopped. Despite knowing that Add was approaching she just stared blankly.
"Kukuk"
"...."
An unpleasant expression passed through the girl’s face for an instant in reaction to Add’s laugh. But
this reaction made Add even more thrilled.
An ability to read other person’s emotions or intentions just from a laugh and output an appropriate
reaction instantaneously...... in a machine!
This machine was so infinitely close to a human. The ultimate Nasod!
"Ms.Eve! Are you hurt?"
"...."
While Add was feeling joyous inside, Ara who had been startled earlier hurriedly came running and
asked the girl. Anyone could tell with a single glance that bandits weren’t able to touch a single
strand of this girl’s hair. But it seemed Ara acted faster than her ability to examine the situation.
"There’s no problem."
The girl called Eve, a target that Add had praised as an ultimate doll replied to Ara with a practical
voice.
While Ara was letting out a sigh of relief, Eve suddenly turned her head and looked over to the
other side of the field.
"But there seems to be a slight problem over there."
"Huh?"
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Upon closer look.... Two people were facing off in the middle of the field. One was a boy with red
hair and another was a one-eyed man with the large build.
They both looked extremely exhausted because they were both panting heavily without making a
move.
"Y, you’re not too bad old guy!"
"Y,you too brat!"
They were taking a slight break from their intense fight to recover their stamina. But the boy’s
shoulders were bleeding compared to the large man who had no visible injuries. It looked like the
boy was at a disadvantage.
Ara quickly determined the boy’s disadvantage and charged in front with her spear gripped tightly.
But even before she could take three steps, gears that were floating around Eve flew in and blocked
Ara’s path. Shocked, Ara stopped and turned towards Eve to protest.
"Ms.Eve?! Our comrade is in danger! We have to go help fast!"
"He said he wanted to fight by himself."
"But he looks exhausted."
Eve was silent to Ara’s protest and continued to watch over the faceoff. Add gave his input after
seeing Ara hop in anxiety.
"Leave him be. He said he wanted to fight alone. That brat will give up too if he loses here."
"But....!"
"What do you mean ‘but’’? Kukuk, That brat is weak."
Amongst the current El Search Party members, that boy was the youngest and consequently the
weakest. Everyone already knew this fact even though they had just formed yesterday.
"Or could you possibly be saying that that brat is strong?"
"T, that’s...."
Ara’s words trailed. She also seemed to realize that the boy’s skills were nothing to brag about.
Martial artists could identify other martial artists. Even though Ara had such naive personality, she
was a trained martial artist. She could tell the difference between strong and weak.
"But what if he gets hurt badly...."
"You don’t have to intervene."
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Even Eve agreed with Add for some reason. Oh, she’s rather easy to talk to? Add felt uplifted
because Eve had agreed with him.
"Because I don’t think he’ll lose."
"EH?"
Ara looked honestly surprised but Eve just continued to stare at the boy with an unwavering gaze.
"That boy will win."
"Kukuk, really? That’s totally not how I see it."
For her to make this kind of judgemental mistake... Add was displeased thinking that Eve had made
a flawed judgement and proposed a counterargument.
"Anyone can tell he doesn’t have much stamina left. Look, he barely has any more strength to hold
up his sword."
Eve stiffly continued to watch despite Add’s cynical remarks. Add was slightly irritated by Eve’s lack
of reaction so he sneakily sent his Dynamo forward.
Eve’s gears came flying instantly to intercept the Dynamo.
"I told you to observe."
"I was just trying to help because he’s going to lose like this."
Provocation that hadn’t worked on Ara worked on Eve. Eve turned her head and stared at Add
coldly.
"I don’t think he will lose."
"If you honestly think that way, shall we make a little bet?"
"What kind of bet?"
"If that kid loses....."
Just when Add was about to bring up the terms of his bet, the boy gathered his breath and stood up
straight while holding his great sword.
"Alright! That’s enough break! Come at me Banthus!!"
"Don’t make me laugh brat!!"
The boss of the bandits, man called Banthus, also gripped his weapon and fixed his form. The break
was now over; they were both gathering their final strength to finish this fight.
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"It wasn’t me that defeated these bandits."
Eve’s gaze averted from Add and returned to the red haired boy. Red haired boy didn’t realize that
Eve, Ara and Add were watching him. His gaze was solely focused on the enemy in front of him.
The boy looked tired but he had a smile on his face.
"He said he will defeat them all by himself, and then defeat the boss by himself too."
Ara and even Add was slightly surprised. That young boy defeated the tens of bandits lying down
here? But he clearly looked like he lacks the skills.... How did he?
Eve told them while still staring at the boy.
"He will win."
Add looked at Eve who continued to stare at the boy.
"He promised he will beat them all."
"Here I come!!!"
The red haired boy, Elsword charged at Banthus with a shout.
"Bring it on!!"
Responding to Elsword’s charge, Banthus shouted as well and swung his sword down with a
powerful force. With their difference in size, even getting grazed by Banthus’s attack will be fatal for
Elsword.
"Ha!"
But Elsword continued to charge forwards without any fear of the sword falling above him. The
moment when Banthus made a victorious smile.....Elsword changed the beat of his steps and threw
himself forwards deeply.
Thud!
Because of Elsword’s miraculous front roll, Banthus’s sword hit nothing but the ground. His
expression now shrouded in fear, Banthus hurriedly tried to pull his sword up and turn around. But
Elsword was faster.
"Flame Geyser!"
With a shout, Elsword’s blade hit the ground; the ground cracked and crimson flames gushed out.
"Uwooh! T, this is? magic?!"
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Banthus had expected to defend against a sword attack. He widened his eyes and tried to back up.
But his reaction was too late to completely avoid the attack.
"Kuu kaagh!"
Banthus screamed as his body was roasted by the flames. Then he kneeled on the ground and
panted. Elsword also looked very tired because he just performed an overburdening front roll
maneuver with a bleeding wound on his shoulder. But he was still clearly standing on his two feet.
It was clear who had won.
"See, I won!"
"Don’t make me laugh. I was just playing around and got caught off guard."
Clenching his teeth, Banthus tried his best to get up but he no longer had any more strength left to
fight. Elsword shook his head in annoyance while leaning his sword against his shoulder.
"Give back the El you stole and reflect on your actions."
"Do you really think I’ll hand over the El to you guys after all the trouble I went through to get it?"
"Kahaha, it ended up like this today because I was careless. But just you wait next time.... That is of
course if there is a next time."
"Where do you think can run off to? The match is already...."
"Go!!!"
With Banthus’s shout, something popped out from the forest and charged towards Elsword.
Surprised, Elsword instinctively swung his sword to hit the target.
"W, what?"
Elsword was sure he defeated all the other bandits! But... the target wasn’t human. He had first
thought it was a Phoru.... But that wasn’t it either.
It was a Nasod.
"What? Why is a Nasod..."
No time to think. He must dodge the Nasod’s attack. Elsword quickly moved out of the way but the
Nasod continued to track and charge recklessly at Elsword. This Nasod’s main method of attack was
tackling.
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Elsword dodged left and right while swinging his sword. But Elsword was too exhausted to deal
significant damage to it.
"Kahahahaha!!"
Banthus was using this chance to run away. That coward! I had him beat!
"Stop right there!"
Elsword’s attention diverted to Banthus and the Nasod didn’t miss this opportunity. The Nasod was
already in front of Elsword by the time he noticed it charging full speed towards him.
I’m going to get hit!!
"That was pathetic!!"
Just when Elsword shut his eyes to prepare for the upcoming impact, gears suddenly flew in and
struck the Nasod multiple times to fling it away from Elsword. The Nasod convulsed and exploded
after hitting the ground. After narrowly avoiding the danger, Elsword muttered grudgingly
"I could have beaten it by myself."
"You would have lost like that."
Eve, who had just saved Elsword gave her cold evaluation. Elsword was about to protest that he
could have won by himself but closed his mouth after seeing Ara and Add come towards them.
Others also saw him getting helped out of danger. It was embarrassing.
"Mr.Elsword, that was impressive! Predicting the enemy’s movement and dodging like that!"
"It was nothing."
Elsword responded bluntly to Ara’s honest compliments. He had beaten Banthus but couldn’t win
against the Nasod that appeared afterwards.
The joy of victory had already left the boy’s heart.
"No, it was really impressive! You’ll become stronger in no time like this!"
"I still have ways to go...."
Ara and Elsword were having this kind of conversation. But Add wasn’t listening.
His attention was solely focused on the Nasod that just attacked Elsword.
Add squinted his eyebrows while picking up the Nasod’s fragments.
".......What’s this Nasod doing here?"
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"It’s a Nasod miner but I’m not sure why it’s here."
"Strange. A mere bandit commanding a Nasod? That should not be...."
Add was about to say something to Eve but stopped. He had all his Dynamos with him right now.
That was clearly a mistake.
It should have been standard procedure to scout the area for additional enemies whenever a new
enemy appeared. He could already feel various presences on other side of those bushes.
Around tens of enemies. They were surrounded.
"Kukukuk, it doesn’t matter. I’ll figure out after destroying them all."
Eve was already mobilizing her gears. Ara also noticed the situation and fixed her spear. They
couldn’t expect anything from Elsword who was already too exhausted.
"Ara, protect the brat."
"Who’s a brat?! Don’t look down on me!"
"You messing about will just get in our way. Know your place."
Furious, Elsword tried to get up but he had no strength left to do so. Add didn’t give an eye to
Elsword panting in vexation and spoke to Eve.
"What will you do? You can stay with the brat if you want."
"That’s not for you to decide."
Judging by her cold response, Eve must have realized Add was making fun of her. But that kind of
response made Add even more delighted.
A normal machine, a normal Nasod could only make singular simple decisions. However, Eve
clearly had a will of her own.
"Then come with me. Let’s enjoy sweeping through them all. Kukuk."
Nasods charged towards the group soon as Add declared the start of battle.
Add wasn’t even slightly startled when enemies appeared out of the bushes. He instead increased the
output of his Dynamos. A shockwave created from bending and cracking of space swept over the
Nasods.
Following Add’s hand gestures and instructions, Dynamos fired a shockwave that destroyed the
Nasods. After making short work of 10 Nasods by himself Add looked behind him.
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"Explosion Impact!!"
Eve shouted and swung her whip. An explosion engulfed and destroyed all the Nasods in front of
her. Ara who was beside Elsword also easily dispatched the Nasods coming up behind her with a
swing of her spear.
"This is too boring..."
20 Nasod Miners that just ambushed them were all destroyed before they could even touch anyone.
Add sighed and examined the remains of the Nasod Miners.
"What are you doing?"
"Examination, kukuk. Shouldn’t we figure out why these things were working with the bandits?"
Eve was staring at him repulsively but Add continued to examine the Nasod remains without any
concern.
He hasn’t encountered any Nasods from ‘this age’ before but machines all tended to follow a
functional structure.
"These don’t have any cogitative abilities. They can only do a simple job, digging to be precise. Thus,
they couldn’t have carried out orders unless someone had instructed them.... Not having cogitative
abilities should also mean they couldn’t carry out complex orders...."
Add was pondering bunch of possibilities then all of a sudden.... he grinned. The ground was
shaking.
"Kukuk. Now this is more like it."
"It’s a giant enemy."
Eve must have realized the abnormally too as she moved in besides Add. While staring at Eve’s
sides Add abruptly asked.
"Isn’t Nasods destroying other Nasods fratricide?"
"They are currently following wrong orders."
He had poked a bit to see if Eve would get disturbed but there was no particular reaction. Come to
think of it, this machine.... Although she displayed high level of decision making, he had never seen
her express any emotions.
"Do you have any emotions?"
"I don’t need something so unnecessary."
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Eve sharply cut off the issue. Add was honestly surprised this time. No way. She can even lie? Add
couldn’t even begin to fathom how similar this machine was to a human.
"Let’s stop the small talk here. Something annoying seems to have arrived."
WRRRRRR!!! They could hear the mixed sounds of caterpillar tracks and rotation of a drill. Pushing
through the forest, destroying all the trees in its path was the culprit that had ordered the ambush
attack earlier.
It was a Nasod Driller.
Add let out a slight laugh looking at the giant spinning drill. There was no reason to be afraid of
such a primitive weapon. Only problem here was that it was commanding bunch of Nasod
miners.....
"I’ll take care of the drill; you take care of the others."
"It’s dangerous, I recommend tactical retreat."
"Stop nagging. Kukuk, There’s no way I’d get beaten by them."
Add declared arrogantly and moved his Dynamos. Nasod Driller’s drill started to spin more roughly
as a response.
"Go!"
Upon Add’s command Dynamos expelled energy to shatter the space and destroyed a portion of the
Driller’s body.
Witnessing that their boss was damaged, all the Nasod miners charged at Add.
"Illusion Strike!!"
Eve made copies of her gears and fired them at the miners. But there were too many to filter them
all for Add. Add was slightly startled when all the Miners ignored Eve and only charged at him. But
Add still managed control his Dynamos in response.
"Void Field!!"
Alternate space opened up around Add and all the Nasods charging at him stopped at once. This
ability to unfold alternate space allowed him to restrain his enemies temporarily and attack safely
meanwhile.
"Hmph..... Small fries."
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Add had expected them to split up since Eve was here as well. He didn’t expect all of them to focus
only on him. Just when Add was about to close the alternate space for his next move, he heard a
strange noise.
Beep. Beep. Beep.
The sound was coming from Nasod miners that got close to him earlier but were stopped by Void
Field.
A chilling sense of danger ran down Add’s spine as he quickly tried to dodge but it was too late.
Booom!!
Nasod Miners self destructed causing a large explosion!! Not just one but 5 self destructed at once
and encased Add with an explosion.
"Mr.Add!!"
Add could hear Ara raising her voice from far away but didn’t turn around to look. He had managed
to fall back and minimize the damage with the Dynamo’s emergency defense mechanism. But the
arms he used to cover his face were still hurting.
"Kukuk. I didn’t think they’d be able to self destruct...."
It was a mistake brought on by lack of information. Did they not use self destruct earlier
because....they wanted to use it as a trump card?
Just who could have come up with that kind of plan?
WRRRRR!
That piece of junk spinning its drill loudly came up with this kind of psychological plan? Add
couldn’t believe his own conclusion but this wasn’t the time to be indecisive. Nasod miners were
attacking again.
The Driller wasn’t standing idly as well. It was periodically shooting spitfire bombs out of its battery
towards Add. There were too many things to pay attention to.
"Tch!"
He’ll get caught up by self destruction if he took out the miners carelessly! Add was focusing on
gaining distance from the miners for now but there were too many.
"Explosion Impact!!"
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Eve must have gotten to the same conclusion as Add because she was handling them from a
distance as she dashed away and took them out with an explosion from her whip. But there were
way more Nasods jumping out of the bushes than the two of them could defeat.
"Just how many are left?"
"I don’t know. We have to retreat!"
Nasod Miners were now numbering roughly over 100. They weren’t much of a problem by
themselves but there was no answer to them if they attacked in such massive numbers.
After destroying two more Nasod miners Add replied sarcastically.
"Retreat? Kukuk to where?"
"......"
Eve who had suggested the idea couldn’t respond. They couldn’t flee to town with all of these on
their tail. Not only that, unlike humans, Nasods didn’t tire and it would be very disadvantageous for
them if it became a long chase.
Suddenly the group of Nasod miners that were attempting to tackle the two of them split into two
sides. Nasod driller charged in with its drill facing forwards through the newly created gap.
Busy with dodging miners’ tackles, watching out for self destructions and all the while trying to
attack... Add and Eve was occupied with so many things that the Driller’s appearance put them in a
desperate situation.
"Ugh?!"
Driller was surprisingly quick despite its huge size. Add quickly got on top of his Dynamos and
attempted to dodge by using low flight but...
Bump!
In a ridiculous turn of events Add and Eve’s bodies collided with one another. It was a disaster that
was brought on because both of them were too focused on dodging the Driller’s attack and hadn’t
watched out for each other’s trajectory.
"Kugh!"
Eve who had the smaller stature couldn’t withstand the impact and was thrown off her feet. Nasods
didn’t miss this opportunity and all jumped towards Eve.
If their tackle worked that was fine. If Eve resisted they’d just self destruct!
"How dare you!?"
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Add instinctively jumped in front of Eve and raised the output of the Dynamos to break the space
in front of him. Some of the miners were destroyed to the point where they couldn’t self destruct,
but others were only mildly damaged and started to make the countdown noise.
I’ll get swept up by the explosion if I don’t dodge.
"Kugh..."
But Eve was behind him right now. Without additional thoughts Add put all the Dynamos in front
of him and raised their outputs.
He’ll be able to mitigate some of the physical shock using the Dimension Distortion mode.
"Uuugh. How dare they....!"
Boom! Boom! Add shouted as all the Nasod miners self destructed in a chain reaction. The shock
was so great that it transferred over from the Dynamo’s barrier and shook his hands.
Other Miners must have thought this was a great opportunity because Add who had been dodging
all their attacks was now stopped in one place. Now even normal undamaged Nasods were charging
in towards Add and self destructing.
They’ll break though soon!
"Hurry! Get up!"
Eve who had fallen earlier asked as she got up.
"Why didn’t you just leave me and dodge?"
"That’s because..."
Of course Add didn’t protect Eve from the explosion out of good will.
Eve was the most perfect work amongst all the Nasods he had seen so far. There’s no way he’d let
such a masterpiece get damaged.
"Kukuk, why do you care?"
Boom! Boom! The barrier was shaking from the explosions even as two of them talked. They won’t
be able to last long judging by how the Dynamo’s output was decreasing rapidly.
Blocking physical shocks wasn’t even Dimension Distortion mode’s main feature in the first place.
Determined, Add looked back at Eve.
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