Bab 89: The Messiah And The Cockroach [Kolme]

"The Zenon Squad is doing their job well," Ratatoskr says her eyes are fixated upon the gigantic Calamity that slowly crushes every shrines and arcane towers she built with the M.A.D. "Obrez, has Blast positioned himself?"

"Nyet," replies the gunman, scanning the battlefield with binoculars.

To hunt Megiddo Carmlan, the Moose Squad employs a hidden and crippling tactic with the minimalistic use of mana activity. Even though the beast itself only got enhanced by the amount of killing intent it received, the beast will increase its aggression when its attacker uses any sort of Mana. Which is why Blast is currently trying to flank the beast to aggro while keeping the ballista manned by Woez hidden within the arcane tower.

There is no communication to each side from Lues, to Blast. and to Ratatoskr. Everything is done with pure instinct, initiative, and synchronicity.

And it's shot. The ballista fired a bolt imbued with multiple chain reactions of explosives, travelling its destruction to the Megiddo Carmlan two times throughout its whole body.

19 shots left.

Blast takes his initiative, hurling a vial containing condensed azidoazide azide with superhuman strength 100 meters away from the beast to amplify the chain explosion from the bolt. 1-Diazidocarbamoyl-5-azidotetrazole is the most stable nitrogen explosive found without much tempering with mana. The compound is wildly—ridiculously endothermic, with a heat of formation of 357 kcal/mole, all of which energy is ready to come right back out at the first provocation.

The dust is churning and mingling in the sky in a large mushroom cloud. Black smoke permeates the air made by the heavy physical damage that can take a whole city ablaze with dead souls and ashes. The combo is successful, reducing the required bolts by 5.

14 shots left.

A smile etched onto Ratatoskr's face. "Plan A is a success, I didn't know that it would end faster than I thought."

Just as instantly the protocol was given by her leader, Woez skips the bolt for her ballista into the seventh bolt.

13 shots left. Another explosion ensues, and the Calamity begins to get hostile, creating a sandstorm the size of the Citadel itself.

The Megiddo Carmlan hasn't been triggered. As for why it should never ever be met with a killing intent from more than 30 sources, the beast will erupt and transform into a hazardous Singularity of Grade Ten Immortal Enigma. It took 30 years for it to calm down; the last record the beast had was sinking a whole continent for 6 months before moving the tectonic plate beneath the ground itself to lift it again. The reason was unknown but there is only one truth that is obvious.

A single mistake can cost 9 civilizations within this continent to crumble into dust. But survival? The mortals of Neamh are capable of such a feat. They are molded by it, living in constant fear and grudge against the void and the Angels. After the fall of many civilizations, Dyaus Pita has trusted the 'Last Ark' into one peculiar squad.

The Moose Squad is shouldering the life of many; Ratatoskr has gone through thousands of simulations within her mind and she trusts her squad more than ever.

9 shots left. A blizzard of highly flammable substances engulf the storm. By the command of Ratatoskr, each order of bolts have their own uses.

8 shots left. The ignitor set the blizzard aflame with hellfire, the Devil would feel like at home with this much heat. The shrines and the arcane tower are not affected by elements, as they keep crippling the gigantic beast

7 shots left. Blast begins to use mana to balance the aggro, as the giant bolt that was shot sucks in all the flames as it pierce deep into the Calamity's heart and set the hellfire free from there.

6 shots left. Right at the terrifying head, a bolt with a sealing formation. The rest of the bolts till the 20th are the same.

5 shots left. The upper body.

4 shots left. The right limbs.

3 shots left. The left limbs.

2 shots left. The ground.

Within the document of Vagant, Ratatoskr was a mere A tank Tactician, but in reality, she was the most capable mortal ever to execute any kind of mission

100%, that is her success rate for every mission she accomplished. The Moose Squad believes in her, she can turn a ragtag volunteer army in need of a shower, into a global superpower. The very reason why she never ranks up, it's to hide her reality bending capabilities.

Nobody other than Dyaus Pita knows this.

"Why, why Ratatoskr?" said the Ferrakhian within the churning realm. "You only pick her up for no reason like a stray cat in need of a shelter."

"Wanna know why I give her the codename of Ratatoskr?" Dyaus closed her eyes, leaning her head onto her appendages "Ratatoskr, is a squirrel who runs up and down the world tree Yggdrasil to carry messages between the eagle perched atop Yggdrasil, and the serpent Níðhöggr, who dwells beneath one of the three roots of the tree."

"What does it have anything to do with this?"

"She is a messenger from the seams of reality, running down to the face of Neamh, holding the information of truth without the squirrel even knowing it. My Ratatoskr, I use her to change the future and reality."

"Sometimes, I feel like you're omnipotent, someone who can see through everything and achieve anything."

"Heh, ya daft Ferrakhian. I'm not God, if I was, the Dodeca War wouldn't happen, I would prevent tragedy, spread famine to my enemies, give my people bread, and become the next Jesus."

"A cockroach would never be the Messiah."

"Of course, because I'm the one who picks them."

Dyaus shove one of her tokens to the middle of the table, representing Ratatoskr.

At the same time, Ratatoskr channels her mana into each and every sealing bolt to activate the formation. "May there be light!"

The last shot is the seal activation.

Rumbles, the surviving shrines and arcane towers dissipate into golden particles, gathering onto the damaged surface of Megiddo Carmlan.

"And may there be judgement!"

Tremor erupts, the good kind.

Megiddo Carmlan, an SS-rank Calamity, has been subdued.

"Ahahah, now it was up to the Zenon Squad to find Laum before the dusk." Ratatoskr then taps into all members of the Zenon Squad. "You two have one hour left to neutralize Laum, that's all, godspeed."