Girl in the Box: Please tell me why I was reincarnated as a mimic monster!

"cough?!"

“Sevi!?” Seria exclaimed.

Zanobá struck hard, grabbing Sevi by the collar and slamming him to the ground. But instead of pursuing, he pointed the tip of his gun at Sevi's head.

“Your Majesty, join us,” Zanobá proposed. “A man like you should not be king; you are not fit to be king. You are a warrior.”

"You're so long-winded, uncle...!"

Savi rolled to the side, dodging Zanob's spear tip. As he rolled, he picked up a sword left behind by a soldier from an unknown side and threw it at Zanob. Zanob didn't dodge; instead, he caught the sword with his bare hand and swung it at Savi, who was charging at him. The two swords clashed, sparks flying.

"I know I'm not fit to be king...! But that's not for you to decide!" Savi forcefully swept away Zanoba's sword, took a step forward, and his crimson eyes lit up, "'Rage Blast'—!"

He concentrated a large amount of magic power into the sword, then pulled it back, channeling that magic power into a raging inferno that erupted forth. Several fiery lion heads roared and burst from the sword, knocking Zanoba down before exploding.

“Hahahaha…”

This move was originally a secret skill, but because it was incomplete, Sevi had never used it. However, now was not the time to hold back; he had to defeat the enemy before him and reclaim the future of the duchy.

This move almost drained Sevi's magic power, so he couldn't use magic in the following battle, but... did it really work?

Saiwei looked into the rising black smoke and saw that damned old man emerge laughing.

"Hahaha! Beautiful!" Zanaba laughed loudly. "Isn't that incredibly capable?!"

"Tsk! Why don't you just fall down already!" Saiwei retorted from the bottom of his heart.

Aside from his uniform being burned and some of his hair being singed, Zanoba was only blackened by smoke. Unharmed after taking the attack head-on, Zanoba's complete recovery filled Sevi with a sense of despair.

Zanoba, who had just recovered from the dizziness, also saw it. He was also feeling very heavy-hearted. He personally believed that he would not be able to escape unscathed after taking Sevi's attack.

“Are you a monster…” Celia said bitterly.

"Oh, oh, I'm just an old man, bah, I'm not that old, am I?!" Zanaba chatted without any tension. "Tch, whatever, do you have any other tricks? Bring them on, or I'm leaving. The kids are already far away."

"..."

Savi stood up straight without a word, assuming a fighting stance. To be honest, he was at his wit's end. He knew very well that his troops were suffering defeat after defeat, but he couldn't leave this place, because letting this man pass would only make things more dangerous.

Moreover, he was also concerned about the situation at the side gate, but now was not the time for them to be distracted. He gave Seria and Wu Ke a wink, reaching a certain understanding, a subtle gesture that Zanaba, of course, noticed.

He looked quite interested, stroking his stubble and smiling.

"Then, try and see if you can stop me!"

Zanobá happily began trying to break through the three men's blockade.

“Aye—”

The fairy Serena, acting as a messenger for the Demon King, is searching for Aye, the leader of the vampires, because just now, the Demon King determined that the side gate had been breached by accident, so he wants to send out some of the fighting forces from this side.

But now Serena couldn't find Aye anywhere, even though he was a very conspicuous person. She grabbed someone and started asking him questions.

"Hey—! Did you guys see that! A very promiscuous blue-haired female vampire?!"

"Vampire...? No, no. Sorry, I have to go now, there are wounded people waiting for me."

"Okay, sorry to bother you."

"It's alright. If you're looking for vampires, I just saw them fly into the city."

"Huh?! Is that so?!? Thank you for telling me all this!"

"You be careful too."

Serena watched the person leave. He was from the Duchy and seemed to have come to help voluntarily. Judging from his words, Aye seemed to have already gone there, and just as the Demon King had wanted to convey, they had gone to help at the side gate.

Now that she knew Aye had gone to the side gate, Silena began to fly back to the main camp, telling the Demon King what she had seen along the way. This was the only thing she could do; as a petite fairy, unable to fight, she could only do this insignificant thing.

Please—you absolutely must hold on!

Chapter 13: Assemble! Akihabara!

"Cough cough...Are you alright, Chu Chu?"

Finoer pushed away the ice blocks that were hitting them and pulled up Chuchu, whom she was protecting beneath her.

"I'm alright." Chu Chu breathed a sigh of relief. "I was so scared... I thought I was going to be blown up. But..."

Chu Chu looked around at the desolate scene: all the defenses that Finoer had built had been reduced to ashes in the shelling, and the barrier behind them had shattered like shards of glass. High-temperature steam continued to rise, soaking the clothes of the two of them, while the ice around them was extremely cold.

How ironic, now it's their turn to experience the extremes of hot and cold.

Three others were also caught in the shelling—Sarid, Akatsuki, and the Stickman. They're nowhere to be found; they're probably buried under the thick ice. After all that trouble, they managed to stop the Stickman's rampage in this way.

The fleet advanced towards the barrier that had been breached; Finoer and Chuchu were no longer a threat to them. And even if Finoer wanted to do something now, it would be immediately suppressed. Having vowed to protect this place, only to end up like this, Finoer could only laugh at herself with self-deprecation.

"Chuchu, let's go find those two people quickly, and then go back to the city."

"okay."

Since there was nothing more she could do, Fino decided to find the other two first, and then return to the city to make further plans.

Crack, crack, splash...

"...?!"

Very close to them, the monster pushed aside the ice blocks pressing down on him and stood up. His empty eyes stared at the two women, and he grabbed the black greatsword that had been buried with him. He then charged at them, swinging the sword. Chu Chu had her back to him, so only Finoer saw him.

At this distance... there's no way to avoid it!

It was too close. No matter how she dodged, the monster would catch her. Finoer's first reaction was to push Chuchu away. Chuchu looked at her in surprise, but when she noticed the stick figure, her expression turned sad.

boom--!

"—?!"

The stick figure was suddenly slammed into a dark shadow and sent flying. Caught off guard, the stick figure didn't retaliate and was thus knocked away. The dark shadow got up from the ground, and upon closer inspection, it was revealed to be a reserve member of the Akihabara Police Department. This reserve member stood up, dusted off his clothes, and then stared fearlessly at the stick figure.

"Well done, Captain! Hey! You over there! Stop showing off! We're going in!!!"

"Hey! What's this thing?!"

"I will protect Miss Secretary's smile!!"

"Brothers! Charge! Take him down!"

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh————！ ！ ！

The sheer number of residents rushing out of Akihabara left Fino speechless. While she was curious about what the secretary was referring to, what mattered more was why...

The residents of Akihabara rushed out from the side gate. The vast majority of them were young people and middle-aged men from Akihabara, but there were also some children and elderly people. They all rushed out fearlessly with their usual weapons.

"Why are you here?" Fino asked, dumbfounded.

"Of course we're here to help! We've all seen what Fino Ersan has been doing!"

"Guards! Let's go! Don't forget what our chief taught us!!"

Young men in black uniforms surrounded the stick figure with weapons. The stick figure roared, displaying his anger, and then launched an attack. The stick figure skillfully dodged the attacks, and one of them took the hits and used a technique to deflect the force into the ground.

boom!

The force of the blow did not injure the team member; it only caused the ground to collapse.

"Great opportunity! Let's seize it!"

Two of the men who had dodged the attack rushed forward, each carrying a long loaf of bread. They jumped up by stepping on the shoulder of the teammate who had blocked the attack, and then struck the stick figure's head with the bread. Most importantly, the bread did not break.

"Wow, what kind of weapon is that?" Chu Chu was dumbfounded, but she didn't forget to provide support to these people who had suddenly joined the battle.

"I remember that bread was something like the Three-Colored Fantasy bread..."

Finoer remembered that the bread was incredibly hard; it would have been perfectly fine as a blunt weapon, and the landlady had even used it to chase away robbers. Besides, the bread was indeed edible, and tasted exceptionally good… but first, you had to be able to bite into it.

"Wow, the people here are amazing..." Chu Chu seemed to be looking at something incredible.

"Because these people are all descendants of heroes." The captain stepped out from the side. "You and the ambassador probably don't know, but one of the reasons why the upper echelons of the principality can't control Akihabara is the problem residents. Another reason is that the people here are all descendants of heroes. Although the most recent generation is the seventeenth generation and the bloodline isn't very pure, they are still descendants of heroes, so it's only natural that they have one or two outstanding qualities."

"A descendant of a hero?!" Fino exclaimed, making a rude first for the first time.

This was the first time Fino had heard of this, and judging from what the leader said, even Rin seemed unaware of it. What explosive information! The residents of Akihabara are actually descendants of the hero…

"Well, let's talk about the details later." The leader took out his cane. "As a descendant of a hero, I request to join the war on behalf of all the residents of Akihabara."

“Ugh… This isn’t something I can decide, is it…” Finoer felt troubled.

"Ah, you don't need to agree," the group leader said with a wicked grin. "Because Miss Xia Ling has already agreed. So please come and help out. You're also a member of the neighborhood committee, right?"

"Eh, eh? Xia Ling?" Finoer said in surprise, "Even she's messing around with you guys."

"Haha, just consider it a joke." The leader chuckled wryly and extended his hand, inviting, "Won't you come dance with me, Miss?"

"No need," Finoer declined the leader's invitation. "Chuchu, I'm going to help."

"Ah? Oh, oh... Go ahead, I'll support you from here."

Chu Chu still seemed a bit slow on the uptake, because things were progressing so fast that she couldn't keep up with the Akihabara residents' train of thought.

Actions in Akihabara are usually decided on the spot, but in reality they are very organized. On the surface they may seem to be just fooling around, but in fact they have already done everything they can.

The troupe leader sighed with a regretful expression, watching Finoer head to the front lines to fight. Then, as if by magic, he flicked his cloak and conjured up everyone in the troupe.

clap clap.

Chu Chu clapped her hands with shining eyes.

"Let's all do what we can, fellow members of the troupe."

The troupe leader smiled mysteriously, tossed his cane into the air where it exploded, revealing an aerial warship identical to the Kingdom's mothership. This was the troupe leader's skill; simply put, it was just creating an illusion, but for the leader of a theater troupe, such a skill couldn't be better.

When Li found him back then, he said things like, "Isn't this just free special effects?" It's possible that they might not even need the props used in the theater troupe's performance, and they can create all sorts of illusions, but they have no actual destructive power.

So what exactly is this mothership like?

"Fire!" the battalion commander ordered, waving his hand.

The mothership's cannons began targeting the kingdom's fleet. These poor kingdom soldiers must have been terrified, suddenly faced with this thing fighting them. And just as the commander had shouted, the mothership opened fire.

Chapter 14 The Mimic Monster is Here!

"What—!? What is that thing?!"

Ailan sat on the throne atop the mothership, dumbfounded as the mothership suddenly appeared above the duchy. It was identical to the most powerful warship she had summoned with her holy sword. The mothership even aligned all its cannons with them, and magic began to surge towards them.

Ailan had only intended to observe from a distance, but she hadn't expected that the flank, which had received a large number of troops, would be so difficult to conquer, making no progress for a long time. Wanting to serve her king, Ailan led her mothership to the flank.

She hadn't expected so many unexpected events. It took two "Punishers" to break through the flank defenses, and that defense line was only composed of four people. This infuriated Ailan, who decided to storm the city and bomb it, only to encounter this.

"Tch...! 'Queen'!"

Ailan raised her small cane and called it by its true name as the holy sword—'Queen'.

"Queen," this is the "Holy Sword" that Ailan obtained. Responding to Ailan's call, the "Queen" began to emit a faint golden light, attempting to control the mothership according to Ailan's will. But…

“It’s not my child…” Ailan lowered her head, the shadow of her bangs obscuring her eyes. “Unforgivable… Queen!”

Ding--!

The "Queen" sword emitted a clear, ringing sound, and its golden light expanded to encompass the entire fleet, bringing it completely under Ailan's control. Yes, the holy sword "Queen" was the source of this fleet, and Ailan was the instigator. As long as she held the "Queen," she had control over the entire fleet.

She bit her fingertips anxiously, using her mind to control all the ship's cannons to aim at that unwanted child. It was the only one; it had to be destroyed no matter what. It wasn't her and the king's child; it had to be destroyed...! Destroy it—!

"All ships—fire!"

With Ailan's command, all the airships' cannons began to rapidly reduce their magical power and fire simultaneously. At that moment, the extra child was not prepared and had no time to dodge. Ailan was certain that the child would die here.

The full-force artillery barrage, however, passed right through the mothership, meaning... it was an illusion? No...

"what is that……?"

Ailan stared in disbelief at the enormous box that hovered in mid-air, constantly emitting pale blue arcs of electricity.

"Hahaha! We got it!"

Above the giant box, four youths wearing White Knight Alpha-type magical armor were holding onto the ropes connecting the giant box. This armor was hastily made by Neki and put directly into battle.

And this enormous box, radiating violent arcs of electricity that speak of its instability, is the product of the residents of Akihabara's chaotic antics. It was originally intended to be an electrical box capable of collecting enough magic power to power the entire Akihabara, but Neki judged it to be a failure. Rather, it's more like... an enlarged version of the Scorching Heart.

Yes, that's it, the trump card that Li often uses in the labyrinth... although it seems to have only worked a few times. But this is the enlarged version, enough to give these outsiders a hard time.

"Oh no! This is bad! Big Mouse! We need to get rid of this right away!"

"Come on! Swing it around, throw this electrical box out! Throw it into the middle of those things!"

"Let's go-!"

The four men worked together to fling the specially made electrical box out of the air. The box flew high above the ground but didn't fall into the center of the battleship group. Just as this surprise attack was about to fail, a box suddenly crashed into them from a distance, knocking the electrical box into the center of the battleship group.