Chapter 196: I’ll mince you into meat paste in a moment

Right, that’s more like it.

Just as Gendo Ikari was confused about what was happening above, Shinji was enjoying a spectacular fireworks display.

Countless missiles exploded against the A.T. Field; mountain peaks were pulverized under N2 bombs; the sky seemed to be burning.

He had finally brought the script back onto its proper track. Never before had he heard of a city facing an enemy of the world while the majority of humanity acted as cheerleaders.

The UN forces—that is, the PDF—were simply too outrageous. For instance, when dealing with the Angel Sachiel, it took an incredible amount of effort to even mobilize the anti-aircraft units, and they were stingy even with nuclear attacks against the Angel itself. It made one wonder why they were hoarding so many ICBMs—to kill each other?

If this were the Empire, every single general in the UN forces would have to be shot. They were mere mortal auxiliary forces, yet they dared to harbor jealousy toward NERV and subvert orders at every turn. That Second Division, in particular, should have been sent off for penal labor in its entirety. Storming NERV headquarters? Where did they get the audacity?

As consumables, the Astra Militarum and the PDF were much more grounded. The world only sees the Angels of the Emperor saving the world, but they do not know that every victory in battle is built upon the corpses of the mortal auxiliary forces—piled up by the tens of millions.

Within the vast war machine of the Empire, every unit has its duty. The mortal auxiliary forces are the skeleton, cannon fodder whose corpses add percentage points to victory. It is no different here on Earth; it was just that the previous UN forces were too outrageous.

Except for the elite units influenced by him, they would crumble at the first touch when facing the Angel Zeruel. This was a direct challenge to Shinji’s worldview.

But now, it was much better. Various units were firing violently, the military-industrial complex was operating at full power to produce ammunition, and while the weapons might be primitive, they had to fulfill their duty.

[Third wave of N2 bombs arriving] [Hypersonic missiles diving for direct impact]

Dozens of consecutive shockwaves unfolded in the air. The polygonal patterns formed by the A.T. Field defense flickered incessantly. That’s right—these antiques had low lethality, but as long as the quantity was high enough, they could still inflict damage. As for rewriting the map or anything like that, it wasn’t even a consideration.

“Has the Angel’s energy level been predicted?”

“We have results. The peak is Level 11, already exceeding Zeruel.” Misato’s voice was hurried. The impression Zeruel left was too deep—that ability to carve through everything like a knife through melon—if not for the fact that Shinji could move freely on Earth…

“What are you panicking about? NERV is not what it used to be. Even if Zeruel came back, it would be difficult to break through the outer defenses.” Shinji saw a pale beam of light rise; the ray released by the Angel sent an artillery position tens of kilometers away flying into the sky.

He didn’t even twitch an eyelid. Shinji respected these soldiers more than anyone, yet he was also more ruthless than anyone.

“Continue. Is that Fourth Tank Division eating in the back? Feed them in! The Angel actually knows how to hide its power.”

“Shinji, maybe we should let the EVAs go.”

“Every Angel has a unique power; that is their most dangerous aspect. How can we risk the EVAs? Feed them in!”

Under Shinji’s strict orders, more units were committed to the battlefield. Considering the UN forces lacked harsh laws—making them charge at the Angel with bayonets like the Death Korps of Krieg was impossible—but with hundreds of tanks, self-propelled artillery, and anti-tank missiles maneuvering on the plains, and shells pouring onto the Angel like a storm, the scene was still terrifying.

This was many times more powerful than the initial firepower of Tokyo-3. Even if the S² Engine could provide energy, it felt the pressure. There were too many targets; if the Angel had wisdom, it would probably be bewildered.

What happened to the giant biological brawl? Where are the EVAs?

A group of ants was constantly throwing excrement at it. No matter how primitive the weapons were, they weren’t fire-poker sticks. The essence of an A.T. Field is energy cancellation; a warhead of a few hundred kilograms of TNT equivalent certainly couldn’t break the defense, but when hundreds of warheads exploded at the same time, it couldn’t be ignored.

Besides, the A.T. Field was focused on defense, making the Angel’s movement speed slow, and Angels had never had ‘morale’ settings anyway.

[Angel generating abnormal energy] [Morphology changing]

Is it coming?

Shinji leaned forward, seeing those halos decompose like a pile of swaying seaweed. This Matarael (Uterine Angel) clearly had no patience left and was starting to use its true power.

Hundreds of rays lengthened, flying towards the aircraft formations in the air and the armored units on the ground. For a moment, there was chaos; they executed evasive maneuvers

quickly, but it was all useless. The rays had tracking capabilities and ruthlessly pierced into the steel vehicles one by one.

There were no explosions, no fireballs. Warplanes froze in mid-air, tanks stalled halfway. The thousands of rays diffused by the Angel were like dense, fine threads, connecting the steel vehicles together.

Shinji raised an eyebrow. He didn’t quite understand what it was doing, but it didn’t matter; MAGI had already collected data through countless terminals.

“Third Aviation Brigade, biological signals lost.” “Tank regiment detecting no life signs.”

If it was just for slaughter, using that ray would be more efficient, wouldn’t it?

Shinji found it hard to understand this power. The speed of decomposition and piercing was extremely fast and almost impossible to dodge, but the lethality was too low.

“Shinji-kun, it seems this is an erosion-type Angel.” Akagi Ritsuko’s voice came through. She didn’t explain much, just magnified the collected data and images.

Oh?

Shinji immediately saw dense, vein-like things appearing on the surface of the pierced armor, spreading like some kind of parasite. The pilots controlling the warplanes hadn’t died; even without life signals, their veins were bulging all over, struggling violently as if possessed by demons.

Perhaps because humans and these antiques were too fragile, the erosion only lasted a few seconds. The steel vehicles that had just been frozen everywhere immediately reacted.

BOOM!

A tank turned its turret and blew up a friendly unit with unbelievable accuracy, then flew close to the ground as if ignoring gravity.

Controlling everything—is this your power?

It was quite miraculous. The Angel was like a puppeteer, holding thousands of threads to control everything. The resulting ‘friendly fire’ circle immediately caused the UN forces to collapse.

They could endure being annihilated by the Cross of Light, squad by squad, but they couldn’t endure this kind of attack outside of their cognition. How did their perfectly fine comrades inexplicably become accomplices to the Angel? For a long time, humanity had focused too much on the magical A.T. Field, forgetting that the Angel’s unique power was the most terrifying thing.

“Let them withdraw. Replace them with the First Cavalry Division and other new units; they will provide outer cover later.” Shinji ordered emotionlessly. The greatest role of the UN forces was to lure the Angel into revealing its power, and they had already done that.

“Understood. Shinji, be careful; this Matarael is very eerie.” Misato also let out a sigh of relief. She didn’t want to be held a grudge against, but she couldn’t blame Shinji for treating human lives as grass.

If they hadn’t figured out Matarael’s power, it wouldn’t be these old antiques being controlled later—this was clearly aimed at the EVAs.

“I know.”

Shinji couldn’t afford to be careless; gathering intelligence was only the first step. He only felt that the Angel was becoming increasingly tricky. If his expectations were right, this Matarael was a perfect counter to the EVAs. As long as they were hit by that thing, they would immediately be plunged into the trolley problem of whether or not to shoot their comrades.

“Crushing it with an A.T. Field?” Yui Ikari had been watching the battle.

“The risk is very high. Matarael’s A.T. Field is not weak, and besides, I can’t find where its core is. If I concentrate all my A.T. Field power to pierce it, even Unit-01 cannot block it for long.” Shinji didn’t rush to attack. While listening to the artillery fire on the outskirts of Tokyo-3, he repeatedly watched Matarael’s attack from just before.

It was extremely fast, had built-in tracking, and was as winding and unpredictable as a viper catching prey. After hitting a target, it would immediately unfold a strange field, using the body as a medium to extend into the soul, eventually turning it into a puppet.

“Is it troublesome?”

“Indeed troublesome. But I enjoy the feeling of hunting powerful aliens more. If they couldn’t even make me use my brain, this story would be too boring.”

Yui Ikari found it hard to understand her son’s strange values. He was like a hunter, untiringly chasing aliens, finding pleasure only in taking the heads of the strong.

“Let’s do this: Unit-01 will lead the assault with heavy weaponry. Unit-03 will provide cover using the Positron Cannon. Unit-02 will deliver the Spear of Longinus.”

“Understood!”

The giant robot stood up from the bunker and picked up the sword and shield beside it. Through the dense dust, Shinji observed the distance with his eyes, and the style had indeed changed once again.

It was like two legions facing off. Matarael controlled hundreds of vehicles with its light bands. These ‘marionettes’ were firing at full power, forming a dense barrage that intercepted the incoming missiles and shells.

It saved them effort, actually; they were too lazy to even use their A.T. Fields.

Unit-01 raised its arm. This was already the absolute defense perimeter of Tokyo-3. Behind it, dozens of positions had raised their artillery muzzles.

Fully automatic Gatling guns, dense missile nests, railguns—these newly built firepower points were several times stronger than when Shinji first arrived in Tokyo-3. All equipment was connected to MAGI. With the assistance of AI calculations, this place had become a true fortress.

Not only that, more than a dozen artillery regiments were lined up, their dark muzzles pointing at the sky. Several strategic air wings also approached the airspace, hanging heavy N2 bombs under their bellies.

“I want to see if you can block this. FIRE!”

[Received, all artillery batteries firing!]

BOOM, BOOM, BOOM…

The dense artillery fire connected into one, the resulting barrage earth-shattering. What the Angel had encountered before was merely outer probing; this was the fortress’s full-firepower coverage.

Did you think Astartes were primitive warriors, jumping out to duel you with nothing but courage?

This is not a duel.

Shinji couldn’t see the impact points clearly; it just felt like a rainstorm falling on a lake, with countless fireballs kicking up dense ripples. He took a breath; the entry plug seemed to be filled with the smell of gunpowder.

This is war.

After the Second Impact, the negative universe will gave the Angels blessings, but likewise, Shinji had not stood still. Integrating human resources was also a kind of blessing.

In the end, Her blessing came too late. The old Angels were few and far between, and the newly sown seeds had not yet taken root and sprouted.

BOOM, BOOM, BOOM…

This was a rainstorm of steel. After controlling SEELE, no country cared about ammunition reserves. Like breaking a seal, they poured tons upon tons of ammunition onto the Angel. Changing the terrain wasn’t even a consideration; it could be said that Tokyo-3 had become a true steel fortress.

Matarael, having experienced the blessing, had arrived full of confidence, only to be blasted by these antiques before it could even see an EVA. The A.T. Field was unsolvable, and the power was indeed terrifying, but this storm of steel was not just for show; it had to pay a price to break through.

“The most wonderful thing is that before the Second Impact, it happened to be the Cold War. Both sides produced countless ammunition and equipment. No one knows a war of attrition better than I do.”

Shinji watched the sea of fire ahead. The Angel was controlling puppets to exchange fire with them, but after the firepower was increased tenfold, it was submerged within seconds. Then came the flickering A.T. Field; the Angel was hard-headed, struggling to move forward through the wind and rain.

Very impressive. It deserved its Level 11 field strength. If it had been weaklings like Sachiel or Shamshel, they would have long since been blasted into minced meat by this rapid fire.

A powerful A.T. Field is nearly unsolvable, just like the cheating Void Shields in 40K, but how should I put it? Humans have this cheating gadget too.

When a strong light flashed in the distance, Unit-01 jumped onto the hilltop.

DOOT—BOOM!

The A.T. Field unfolded, and the Angel’s ray was directly deflected. Unit-01 protected the position. Seeing their commander enter the battle, the morale of all units soared.

The artillerymen stripped off their shirts, shoved shells into the breeches, and pulled the firing cords. With a ‘BOOM’, 152mm shells streaked across the sky. They didn’t care if they hit or if they could break the defense; they just kept throwing crap at the Angel.

[Angel generating special field]

“Coming for you, Shinji!”

Shinji didn’t need a reminder. He already saw slender beams of light knotting together like ropes, then detaching from the main body and winding towards them along the ground.

The more concentrated it is, the stronger the erosion ability?

The beam pierced through the barrage. The further-condensed A.T. Field was not something these antiques could penetrate. Shinji narrowed his eyes, picked up the long spear from the side, and threw it hard after sprinting a few steps in front of the hill.

WHOOSH

The dust kicked up was pierced with a hole. Two A.T. Fields met head-on, the light formed by the struggle flickering. But after a split second, a deep blue torrent shot from further away joined the struggle.

BOOM!

The MK.III Positron Cannon accurately hit the center of the field. This shot wasn’t as intense as when they annihilated Ramiel, but through constant optimization, its power had reached 55%, and it didn’t need the trouble of having the whole of Japan provide electricity.

“Second shot loading.” Rei Ayanami said coldly, controlling Unit-03 to pull the bolt, loading the second high-energy projectile into the chamber. She specialized in shooting; Unit-03 had also been modified, packed with a large number of auxiliary targeting equipment.

She lay there on the high ground on the other side of the city. After hundreds of ventilation systems cooled the barrel, she immediately pulled the trigger.

“Second strike arriving.”

Another torrent that made the sky dim broke the balance completely. It was like countless pieces of glass shattering; the A.T. Field unfolded by Matarael collapsed immediately, and the long spear that had been frozen in mid-air instantly broke free of its shackles.

SWISH

The Angel’s reaction was also extremely fast. The thick beam rolled like a giant snake, letting the long spear brush past its body. Just as it prepared to pierce forward rapidly, like an umbrella being blown away in a storm, the dense rain of bullets fell on it all at once.

“See? Without an A.T. Field, no biological entity can ignore the impact of kinetic energy weapons.”

Shinji saw the giant snake instantly surrounded by countless fireballs. Anything in the real world has to obey the laws of physics, even the terrifying Angel, which is as small as a bacterium. Energy diffused in the explosion, and that light band immediately became pitted and riddled, thinning by more than a circle.

[Angel mass reduced, attack effective]

Listening to the cheers from headquarters, Shinji remained expressionless. Who said the UN forces were useless and only wasted tax money? There is no difference between the war on Earth and the war in the galaxy. Angels, just like those Great Demons, could crush a quantity advantage with overwhelming individual strength, but with EVAs and Astartes of the same rank, it was different.

Unit-01 picked up the second long spear. At this moment, the light bands remaining in the distance, which looked like messy branches, all surged over. It was clearly switching from ineffective assaults to an all-out attack.

More A.T. Fields unfolded in layers. While holding up the protective shield, they condensed into four beams to detour from both sides. The convergence point was entirely Unit-01. As they approached, they fired rays.

“Automatic turrets, MAGI assigns targets. All other firepower, pour it into the left side. Unit-03, provide direct cover for me. Asuka, what is your position?” Shinji swept his gaze and gave the order directly.

“Already retrieved the Spear of Longinus. Ten minutes to the battlefield.” Unit-02 was running wildly on the earth, holding a huge, crimson spear in its hand.

“Good. After arriving, support me with Unit-00. We’ll defeat them one by one then.” Shinji drew his power sword, held the great shield, slid down from the hilltop, and immediately launched a counter-charge.

As soon as Unit-01 moved, the four light bands adjusted their direction and converged. Shinji didn’t even look; he charged headlong toward the right side of the battlefield. Almost at the same time Unit-01 descended the mountain, the earth trembled violently, and even the LCL liquid inside the cockpit became warm.

RUMBLE—

Twenty-seven N2 bombs exploded violently on the left flank of the battlefield, kicking up a huge mushroom cloud. Hundreds of thousands of tons of equivalent released massive amounts of light and heat. The light bands that had been charging forward stopped abruptly, forced to set up an A.T. Field for defense.

This pincer offensive was instantly broken on one side. At the same time, countless ammunition streaked over Unit-01’s head, all concentrated on one light band, making the remaining one stick out in front.

Precise.

DOOT—

The great shield met the incoming piercing light band, and the A.T. Field unfolded along with it. It was like a giant snake slamming into it. During the momentary struggle, Matarael, which had concentrated its entire field at the front, finally broke through the defense.

There wasn’t much feedback from the collision. It was like an earthworm drilling into the ground, adhering to the surface of the shield. Starting from there, countless ‘blood vessels’ spread on the shield, but the erosion stopped at the shield.

Unit-01 dropped the great shield, stepped out from the side, and raised the power sword in its hand high. Shinji caught a glimpse of the other light band lunging forward, breaking through the suppressive fire.

But the next moment, a torrent of azure energy grazed Unit-01’s back and slammed into the front of the light band, knocking it back hard.

In sync.

The great sword swung down, slicing the light band in front of it like a noodle. After a split second, the light band disintegrated, turning into hundreds of chains that bound themselves around Unit-01.

“Splitting the body, and the field disperses with it. With this kind of power— Seeking your own death.”

Unit-01 didn’t dodge, nor could it. It raised its head and roared as if it had gone berserk.

ROAR!!!

The A.T. Field spread with the sound wave. The ‘chains’ that had already touched the armor vanished into thin air, melting like snow.

One-quarter eliminated.

Shinji turned his head and saw the light band that had just been knocked away by the Positron Cannon recovering quickly. The Angel clearly realized it had been tricked; with this intensity, it couldn’t penetrate Unit-01’s A.T. Field and would be defeated one by one.

On the tactical map, the remaining three light bands were gathering at one coordinate. Unit-01 had no intention of chasing them. Looking up, it saw dozens of black N2 bomb thrusters ignite, flying toward the coordinate under MAGI’s guidance.

“Very smart. After probing, you realize that regrouping as one is better. Too bad, you met a war expert.”

RUMBLE—

A more massive explosion echoed. The million-ton equivalent collided with the A.T. Field, twisting the air itself. Then, another dense rain of bullets covered the coordinate point.

Matarael did not regroup in the end. Without deploying an A.T. Field, it would be injured by this mortal firepower, but deploying a field meant losing the ability to move quickly. Even if this rapid-fire assault couldn’t last long, it was enough for Unit-01.

Several air rings unfolded. The purple-painted steel giant pierced through the rising dust, its laurel-crowned head peeking out, and it charged into the battlefield, dragging its sword.

Shinji saw a huge deep pit. With this kind of unbridled firepower coverage, Tokyo-3 would become a city of a thousand lakes in the future. On both sides of the deep pit, the three light bands remained in a defensive state.

SWISH

Without a single word of nonsense, the power sword chopped the light band closest to it into two. This time, the Angel didn’t disintegrate to entangle Unit-01; instead, it split into two paths and flew to the opposite side of the pit. On the other side, those two light bands had already converged, at least as thick as Unit-01’s waist.

Trying to run?

Unit-01 reached out and grabbed it. The A.T. Field gathered in its palm acted like an eraser, wiping it away amidst the sparks of energy collision. The fourth Positron Cannon shot over Unit-01’s head, knocking the other half of the light band into the deep pit.

The A.T. Field was weakened significantly. The thrown great sword nailed it to the bottom of the pit. The latter struggled like an earthworm. Before it could disintegrate and scatter, a pair of large feet stomped it into a pulp.

Half left.

As the dust raised by the stomping froze in the air, the A.T. Field stalled everything, including the light band, which was over ten meters in diameter. Both sides’ A.T. Fields clashed violently; layers upon layers of light curtains surfaced and shattered.

Fighting for your life?

Matarael wanted to run but knew it couldn’t. It simply went all-in with the remaining half of its body, slowly approaching Unit-01’s chest. Facts proved that when a Zeruel-level A.T. Field is concentrated on a single line, it is invincible, and the real killing move lies in the parasitic power upon contact.

Merging into Unit-01’s body, becoming one, a new life would be born from the core.

Shinji clearly sensed this desire, seeing the tip of the light band split open like a sandworm opening its blood-stained mouth. He remained expressionless.

“Ignorant.”

Unit-01 raised its right hand and grasped the crimson blur flying from its back. It was a spiral-shaped spear, its tip split into two heads. But the moment Unit-01 grasped it, it twisted into one like a clockwork mechanism.

SWISH

The fiercely clashing A.T. Fields shattered simultaneously. No, to be precise, they were wiped out. Before Matarael could even react, it was pierced by the spear. As Unit-01 twisted its wrist, it was wound around the tip of the crimson spear just like that.

Unit-01 sprinted a few steps forward and with a ‘BANG’, nailed the Angel into the wall of the deep pit. The dust cleared, and it saw a terrifying scene.

Unit-00, holding the restraint device, jumped down. Beside it was Unit-02, wielding a power axe. Unit-01, which had just given it a beating, leaned over, picked up the power sword stuck in the ground, and walked over with it shouldered.

“You’re good at splitting up?” The giant mecha walked to the side of the Spear of Longinus, looking at the light band that was constantly struggling and writhing.

“No problem, I’ll mince you into meat paste in a moment.”

Hello Everyone sorry for the wait but as an apology there is a New Fanfiction!

Emiya Shiro’s Journey to World’s No. 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer

After replacing the original Emiya Shirou in the fire, with a body created by mud and similar to her older sister Illya, she chose to become the Hero of Justice, Archer Mumei, but at the end of the road, she didn’t accept the contract of Alaya.

But it wasn’t the end of her existence, as she transmigrated into a world of curses.

“What a rare talent. Exorcising a Grade 3 Cursed Spirit by using a cursed technique unconsciously?”

In the blazing fire of a rainy night, a stitched-face woman who happened to be passing by found…

the young girl who had collapsed beside the corpse of the Cursed Spirit that killed her village.

“What is your name? I am Kenjaku. How about following me from now on?”

“Emiya Shiro.”