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

Ah, I suddenly feel sorry for this enemy known for its powerful attacks. This being called the embodiment of violence is now being stopped by a mere mimic, a mimic whose defense has been reduced to gibberish.

These two are really incompatible...

Li had a slight advantage, because the opponent was a berserker who had lost his mind and would only attack whatever was in front of him. If this person still had a little bit of rationality, he would probably have avoided Li.

However, it's about time this farce ended. At least this time, we need to completely incapacitate this guy.

“Reason,” Finoer unleashed her full power, “help me restrain him, and you will leave when I tell you to.”

Whoosh whoosh whoosh—!

Suddenly, a fierce blizzard swept across the battlefield, and everyone felt an unimaginable cold, as if it were a once-in-a-century snowstorm. Even fighting became difficult, and everyone focused on keeping their feet firmly on the ground.

But things were different on Li's side. The stick figure remained completely unmoved, continuing to frantically swing its giant sword at Li. Li, who had been too lazy to retaliate, was also getting annoyed, as the constant beatings were starting to make the areas being hit feel numb.

But the stick figure had no idea that he was about to say goodbye to this world for the time being.

"The truth should come out now."

"Okay, sure."

Li jumped up decisively. Although the blizzard blew her off course slightly, the stick figure's giant sword still hit her precisely and sent her flying. Of course, Li was unharmed.

As the stick figure tried to continue chasing after it, the icy blue roses had already climbed up his body from his feet, taken root in him, and then froze everything around him.

"Blue Rose".

Chapter 17 Seizing the Ship!

A blue rose took root and bloomed on the stick figure. When it fully bloomed, the stick figure had become an exquisite ice sculpture. He remained in the same pose, the only flaw being his expression.

The blizzard subsided, and Finoir temporarily shut down her powers. In such a short time, the snow here had already piled up to half a meter deep, and even Li was shocked by Finoir's power.

But this alone was not enough to quell the fighting. After confirming that the sudden blizzard had subsided, the kingdom's commanders reorganized their troops and launched another attack. Akihabara, not to be outdone, started making snowballs for ranged attacks. Hey, how did you manage to make such huge snowballs in such a short time?! Can you even throw those things?! This is no joke!

Then, this enormous snowball was thrown out by the muscular group of Akihabara, led by the construction workers... Wow, it actually worked...

Snowballs rained down from the sky like a barrage of arrows. The largest snowballs were about a meter in diameter, while the smallest were the size of a fist. Some hit their targets squarely in the head, while others were neutralized by the magic launched by the kingdom's resistance. Of course, when they made direct contact, the enemies dutifully drew their weapons and fought. Seriously, snowballs really do kill people… At first, I was worried they were just playing around… but now it seems that's the case…

They're such a group of people who don't seem nervous at all...

Li smiled bitterly to herself.

Turning her attention back to the ice sculpture, Fino stopped channeling her magic and breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing it, though her face was still somewhat pale. Meanwhile, Rie quietly approached the sculpture and extended her pincers.

“Reason, don’t touch it, and don’t get close,” Finoer said weakly. “Otherwise, you’ll end up like that too.”

"Huh? Whoa!? That was close, that was close."

The magic eye showed her the current state of the stick figure.

"Blue Rose: The Frost Dragon King maximized his power; with enough power, he could freeze everything."

Just like the literal meaning, the stick figure was frozen. Everything about him was frozen just now, including time. The stick figure can't do anything now, just like the hibernation technology in science fiction novels.

If Finoir hadn't intervened in time, Li's pincers would have touched the ice sculpture.

She had intended to take this opportunity to seize the giant sword, which was undoubtedly the Holy Sword and the source of the stick figure's power. By taking the Holy Sword, she could complete the retrieval of the first Holy Sword and deprive the kingdom of a powerful fighting force.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. With such powerful abilities, there must be areas that cannot be covered.

“I know what you’re trying to do,” Finoer said apologetically, “but this is all I can do; otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to stop him.”

"Yeah, I know. I also think it would be troublesome to leave this guy unattended."

The Duchy currently lacks any means to harm this monster or control its rampage. While it's possible to use Li to draw its aggro and restrain it, this would also distract Li from the treasure chest.

The current battle is like a game of chess, with both sides trying their best to weaken or restrain the other's fighting power, and finally seizing the opportunity to win.

Fino was right. Rather than letting the stick figures continue moving, it was better to just control them. That way, the two of them would be free to help others.

But what is the price for the stick figure empowered by the sealed holy sword? Li looked worriedly at Finoer, whose face was somewhat pale. Finoer noticed her gaze and waved her hand with a wry smile.

“Don’t worry, I just used up all my magic,” Fino explained.

"oh……"

Although she said that, Li still glanced at it with her magic eye. Just as Finoer herself said, only the MP bar was empty, and there was no other change, which reassured her.

“The dragon form is almost over…” Fino Er touched her horn. “I probably won’t be able to help much anymore. I’ll go back to the rear to help. Also, Li, look for Salid and Akatsuki. They were caught in the shelling and are likely buried in ice.”

"Oh? Okay! I'll go find it right away! You can go back now!"

Li knew that this place had been directly bombarded by the mothership's main guns. She was setting up a barrier in the center of the main city, so it was impossible that she hadn't seen such a big commotion. She just didn't expect that Salid and Xiao would be caught in the bombardment. She hoped that they were alright.

Magic Eye, search. Salid, dawn.

Searching in progress - Search complete.

The Magic Eye quickly completed its search, displaying Akatsuki and Salid's location in thermal imaging form—under the ice, though their exact depth was unknown. But that wasn't a problem; they'd move the ice first.

He increased the magical output to his materialized hand, pried open the ice block, threw it up, and casually slapped it with his tail. The ice block flew through the air and landed among the kingdom's army. Li quickly found Xiao, who was not buried very deep.

"……dawn!"

Li hurriedly pushed away the ice that was pressing down on Xiao. At first glance, Xiao didn't seem to be injured. However, after checking with her magic eye, she found that Xiao's HP had dropped by about 40% and she was unconscious. In short, she should use healing magic to treat her first.

After using magic to give the unconscious Akatsuki emergency treatment, Li opened a portal and teleported her to Finoel's side, leaving the situation to Finoel and the others. Meanwhile, Salid blasted through the ice and flew out from beneath it.

boom--!

The icy land pressing down on Sarid exploded, and a crimson dragon flew out of the flames. Lava-like cracks appeared on Sarid's scales, glowing with golden firelight, and even the surrounding air became distorted.

As expected of the strongest dragon king, he seems to have nothing to worry about at all, and these stats... tsk tsk tsk.

Li suddenly felt that she should start her life over again...

But then I won't be able to meet Ning...

I don't know why, but I suddenly thought of that close friend who's working so hard behind the scenes... Yeah, I'm always fighting alongside her, and it just doesn't feel right without her. We'll be finishing that soon... and then we can fight side-by-side.

Li eagerly awaited that moment, spread his wings and rushed to the front lines, using the same old trick as before.

"You! Are there any members of the Dragon Riders here?!"

"Yes! I'm here!" "Me too!" "Ambassador, what do you need me for?!"

"Seize the ship!"

Chapter 18 Allah Akbar

Seizing a ship—this tactic was used before. Although Li didn't think he could seize a ship as easily as last time, he was confident that he could suppress all the people on board in one fell swoop as long as he could board any ship.

You must be worried about the self-destruction issue, right? The Magic Eye has already provided a solution for this.

"Enter the control room, locate the control motherboard, and use the Magic Eye skill to hack and modify some functions."

Hey... Demon Eye, I'm starting to suspect you're just pretending to be stupid... I didn't even ask you how you were doing, did I?

She flew over the crowd, spat out several sturdy ropes from her box, bit one end of each rope, and lowered the other end down.

"You guys, grab the rope, I'll take you up!"

"They're really going to capture the ship! That's impressive!" "Leave this to us! You guys go!" "I really envy you guys! Good job!"

The crowd cheered for the Dragon Riders, who, with everyone watching, took a running start and jumped to grab the rope. After feeling the weight, they began to pull themselves up and sought Salid's help.

"Sarid! Help us! Cover our way up!"

However, the Kingdom Army had already noticed such obvious movements. The Kingdom Army soldiers used long-range weapons or magic to snipe at them as they took off. Everyone in Akihabara also tried their best to shoot down many snipers, but there were just too many of them.

Several airships above them had their cannons aimed at them, and artillery fire and all sorts of attacks flew past them. They could theoretically dodge these attacks, but she wasn't confident that she could also get the people she was holding onto to dodge them successfully.

Being targeted by so many people felt extremely ominous. Although it wouldn't matter if all the attacks came at him, he could still feel it. Li could only try his best to protect them with a barrier; there was simply no way to protect them one by one now.

bake--!

A scorching breath swept past them, burning away all the malice directed at them. The crimson dragon king flapped his wings and came to their side, protecting them behind him. The scales on Salid's body developed patterns resembling cracks in lava, radiating scorching magical power.

Li could clearly feel the unusual heat, and quickly isolated the space to keep the heat out. Looking back, she saw that the human she was with was already covered in sweat. This was the Flame Dragon King.

"Hmm... a lot happened while I was away." Salid looked down at the ground.

The well-trained residents of Akihabara were running along the completely destroyed defensive line, engaging the Kingdom's army, and at least for now, they seemed to be under little pressure. But he was more concerned with other things.

"Yes, the stick figure has been temporarily sealed away by Finoer, so there's no need to worry about that monster causing trouble." Rin told him about what had happened during that time. "Akatsuki has been found too; she's alright."

"I'm sorry, it's my fault for not protecting this place well," Salid said apologetically.

He felt guilty for failing to hold the line and blamed himself for it. "Who did this kid learn this from..." Just as Li was about to give a lecture, someone below spoke up first.

"Hey! Little Sa! It's you!" Someone climbed up the rope. "What are you thinking about all by yourself?! You've done a great job, haven't you?! Akihabara is still doing just fine, isn't it? Come on, let's take that damn kingdom back together!"

"Hahaha, I never expected that so many Dragon Kings would gather in Akihabara."

"Yeah, I can brag about this to others now."

"Hey? Hey? Hey! What do you mean by bragging? This is the truth, the truth, okay?!"

"You guys...can you please use your brains?"

Li tried to make them a little nervous by swinging the rope a bit, but it didn't work. They were all used to these kinds of unexpected situations with Negi, so Li's little action didn't scare them at all.

"You... already knew my identity?" Salid's eyes widened in surprise.

"Ha! How could I not recognize you with your unique way of speaking!" The man who climbed up gripped the rope tightly. "Dragon King, oops, Little Sa! After this war, we'll take you to a fun place!"

"Whoa! I said! Don't set any weird flags up your sleeve!!"

Li was worried about this person's future in every sense of the word. "Quickly, drop the flag! Something bad is going to happen! This is a mysterious power from the East!"

"……Um."

Salid nodded, then launched a swift and spirited counterattack against the kingdom's army. While rapidly increasing their altitude, they used improvised spatial shields to deflect the artillery fire. They approached an airship at high speed, and just as they were about to board, the airship suddenly accelerated.

The propulsion unit at the stern emitted a bright light, and the warship sped off at high speed. The resulting wind pressure almost swept them in, and Salid, who was still in his original form, was rammed away.

What is this?! A sudden advance?!

Li focused his attention amidst the turbulent currents, watching as the warship crashed into the barrier protecting the main city, and then spectacularly self-destructed.

boom!

"—! Damn it—!" the Dragon Riders clicked their tongues in disbelief. "Playing this kind of trick?!"

"Hey!? Ambassador! Look at this!"

After being reminded by them, Li turned around. As she turned around, three more airships flew past them at high speed and crashed into the barrier, exploding. Moreover, the power of this explosion was significantly stronger than the one they had encountered before.

A suicide bombing?!

Within the Demon Eye's field of vision, nearly twenty such airships were locked onto, accelerating towards this location. Unlike the last time they self-destructed to cover their escape, this time the self-destruction was entirely for offensive purposes, making it far more powerful.

"—! Go back here!"

Ding--!

Li opened a huge portal in the air, intending to use spatial magic to teleport the warships out, but the warships were very agile and avoided the portal, crashing into the barrier and exploding again.

Tsk——

Li could sense that the other side of himself was worried about this matter. The power of the self-destruction was too strong. The barrier that had been painstakingly reconstructed was suddenly weakened by the explosion. Many people who provided magic power to the barrier were drained of their magic power and fell into a coma due to magic depletion because of the self-destruction.

However, at this rate, let alone seizing the ships, even stopping these suicide ships would be difficult. Unable to think of a solution for the moment, Li temporarily constructed a barrier, but these barriers had little effect. Li's magic power had already decreased by 60% due to the main barrier constantly absorbing the self-destructions, and her magic power was being consumed too quickly.

The people here knew they couldn't stop such suicide attacks; they could only watch helplessly as these suicide ships broke through one after another, continuously damaging their last line of defense.

Warning, heavy attack—

The demonic eye flashed a warning light, but it was too late. Rie saw brilliant starlight shooting towards the barrier from the horizon, and then her magic was instantly drained. Losing consciousness, Rie fell from mid-air.

Chapter 19 'The Punisher'

King Serik of Alyas silently observed the battle, then sighed helplessly and gestured to the "Punishers" around him—a signal to go into battle.

He rose from his throne and led the 'Punishers' onto the mothership's deck. On the throne on the deck sat an agitated 'Queen'—Ailan.

"Ahhh...!? The King?!"

Ailan was startled by the king's sudden appearance and quickly jumped down from the throne, kneeling before Serik.

"My king, my king, it's too dangerous here! Please return quickly—"

“No need, Ailan,” Serik interrupted her. “You don’t need to be nervous. The Duchy’s fierce resistance is within expectations, and I have also seen the Duchy’s current limits.”

Serik sat on the throne as if it were his right and beckoned to Ailan, who was still kneeling. Ailan was stunned for a moment, then blushed and stood up awkwardly, walking towards Serik with teary eyes and a burning sensation all over her body.

“You’re still so light.” Seric hugged her. “Come on, I’ll command with you. Peter Pan, go and smash that thing in my way, and rescue ‘Dragon Fang’ Groot while you’re at it. You guys, go help on the main battlefield, and don’t let the Demon King get here.”