Chapter 173: Crush the red ones preferentially! The ones using Red Cliff are the red-colored! (1)

Kazui also going out to the passage started walking following Clio.

Walking the passage with speaking tubes and mana supply pipes touring the ceiling and walls, Clio arrived at stairs.

"There is elevator but only around bridge tower and hold, so from other places better use stairs earlier."

While saying so Clio went up the stairs with quick steps.

The two were around no elevator.

From one of several entrances on the deck Clio went up to the deck.

Even though lighting on, daytime with sun shining, so deck brighter than inside the ship.

The two came out around the middle of the hull right hull.

Unlike inside the ship with air conditioning working, temperature on the deck high, but navigating so air flowing as if wind blowing, so not feeling heat that much.

"Deck crew like us while managing containers watch surroundings, but escort adventurers also handle watch role, so work places same as us."

While explaining Clio walked close to containers.

"Kazu treated as escort adventurer, so like us handling watch on the deck, if monsters or thieves come out will fight."

Kicking the deck Clio casually jumped on the three-tier piled containers.

Without making the body shine, using only Aura inside the body used Aura Speeder.

Kazui also activated Aura Speeder with only Aura remaining inside the body.

Lightly jumping on the containers. Then a wide wilderness scenery appeared in Kazui’s eyes.

"Scenery good."

Kazui unintentionally said impressions.

"From on containers better view and easy to watch."

Pointing at the two crew in work clothes already on the containers, Clio continued.

"Front direction watch handled by bridge navigators, so deck personnel handling watch left right and rear. Those two respectively watching left and right."

The two crew not work clothes but wearing combat uniforms.

Both shouldering swords stored in scabbards, so known swordsmen.

Following Clio faced rear and pointed at the part with many windows at the very top of the left bridge tower.

"Rear watch done at the watch room on the top floor of the left bridge tower or observation deck. Kazu when becoming on-duty time anywhere fine so take watch role."

"Understood."

"Then..."

When Clio was about to say, a clamorous siren echoed.

Immediately from speaking tubes here and there such as deck and bridge tower Uraka’s loud voice echoed all at once.

"Something appeared front! All hands alert!"

To confirm the "something" Uraka said, the four on the containers looked front all at once.

Then an unbelievable scenery appeared in Kazui’s eyes.

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The ground in Gabalda Roja’s direction of progress suddenly started rising.

Moreover the ochre ground color changed to red as if dyed with blood.

Within mere seconds a small mountain of width over three hundred meters and height over one hundred meters appeared.

A mountain of steep slope to the degree of near right angle, and the face facing Gabalda Roja side like a steep cliff.

Uraka’s sharp voice echoed through the speaking tube.

"Red Cliff! Colliding! Grab something!"

Even before the voice heard, that collision with the red mountain unavoidable clear to anyone’s eyes.

Before hearing Uraka’s instruction the four on the containers lay prone on the spot and grabbed the containers.

Containers had many unevennesses, so no trouble with parts to grab.

(Ah! Shall I try using Bentosa.)

The skill Bentosa just obtained that could adsorb limbs to something like suction cups, Kazui tried using.

Probably hard to master, but to the degree of sticking to containers even now not mastering might be possible, Kazui thought.

(Oh seems going well!)

As if using powerful adhesive, limbs stuck tightly to the containers, so Kazui was relieved.

When mastering Bentosa whether adsorbing or not became able to operate as thought.

If so walking around ceilings and walls also became possible.

Even current state far from mastering, if only sticking possible.

Right after Kazui stuck to the containers, at Gabalda Roja’s bow with a roar intense sparks occurred.

Adjusting jet flower jet direction Gabalda Roja had applied sudden brakes, but not in time.

The powerful defensive barrier deployed at Gabalda Roja’s bow collided with the red small mountain Uraka called "Red Cliff."

Normally terrestrial ships defended the whole with low defense ability defensive barriers of about Common Shield degree.

Preparing for collision with Red Cliff, the mage who was Gabalda Roja crew hurriedly deployed a powerful defensive barrier limited to the bow.

Deployment in time, so the defensive barrier damaged and almost vanished, but Gabalda Roja’s bow and hull almost not damaged.

But the hull shook intensely with impact and became a state as if a major earthquake occurred.

Many of the crew who were grabbing something also ended up falling or being blown away.

Containers tightly fixed with metal wires and such did not collapse.

But Clio and such crew who were on the containers had hands separate from the containers and rolled on the containers.

But the three crew who were on the containers did not fall from on the containers.

While rolling somehow grabbed the cables fixing the containers.

Kazui who was using Bentosa even in the shaking like a major earthquake remained stuck to the containers.

(Thought not usable much, but Bentosa might be surprisingly usable.)

To Kazui reevaluating Bentosa Clio called out surprised.

"Well not blown away by that."

"Have a sticking skill."

"...Have a strange skill."

"More than that what is that Red Cliff?"

"A skill monsters use for anti-terrestrial ship, Red Cliff used! Rare one not many guys use!"

Clio simply explained about Red Cliff to Kazui.

"A magic skill that makes a red small mountain with steep slope like a cliff and obstructs enemy advance!"

The ones who first created and used terrestrial ships were actually the Twelve Heroes.

To stop the advance of terrestrial ships the Twelve Heroes operated, the magic skill said the Demon King created was Red Cliff.

In the era the Demon King lived unlike now few terrestrial ships.

Maybe because of that monsters given the power to use Red Cliff few, and the skill itself also a rare skill.

Making a red small mountain with cliff, so the skill name and the mountain made also called Red Cliff.

Never experienced work escorting terrestrial ships until now, so Kazui did not know Red Cliff.

"Monsters coming! All hands prepare to intercept!"

From the speaking tube Uraka’s voice echoed.

Red Cliff only for stopping terrestrial ships, and monster assault starting after that, so Uraka ordered intercept preparation.