The branch manager also gave me some advice on how to run the Battalion. He said that signs should be made and put out properly. He said that once the Battalion has a full resource room and other facilities, it will attract a large number of members and may need a kitchen cook and staff for that occasion.

"Grim-kun, why don't you go for the ten-layer coiled peach?"

We are trying to get there, but we haven't succeeded in breaking through the slug meadow yet. But we haven't succeeded in breaking through the slug meadow yet.

You mean the method used by Mr. Ishibashi is too difficult to use solo? Then, flying in the sky and ...... alligator flies are in the way? That's a tough one to contemplate."

Which is more numerous, the running slugs in the slug meadow or the alligator flies in the air?"

From what I've heard reports, it's an alligator fly."

Then again, would it be better to break ground?"

If there was some kind of life magic that could range attack alligator flies, I'd be happy to fly through the air, but is there such magic?"

So far, no.

　Alligator flies seem to have decided that their territory is airborne, but from how far up do they recognize that they are airborne?　I asked the branch manager about this point.

I don't know that much about it."

I see. I'll look into it myself."

　I left the branch manager and went to the reference room. When he was sure no one was there, Metis spoke to him.

'As for the alligator flies, they seem to think that anything floating in the air above an altitude of four meters has invaded their territory.

Four meters, that's a subtle height, and when you're flying with the D-particle wing, you're going to get about four meters of altitude just by dodging the slightest obstacle."

You once talked about developing an amphibious vehicle using the characteristics of "repulsion (earth)" and "repulsion (water).

　Metis proposed a vehicle with substance, not magic. He had been thinking of making one, but the necessary situation had not arisen, so it had been put on hold.

But it's going to take time to develop."

I think the slug meadows should be made because you're going to be going back and forth a lot."

　I let out a sigh.

'Are you saying that once you built that, you didn't have to develop the tracking feature?'

You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story.

'No, I think we will need a tracking function in the future. No, I think we will need a tracking function in the future. And I think 'Guided Blitz' would be useful as a magic to kill running slugs that are in your path.

　Even with the improvised armored car used by Ishibashi and his team, there were apparently a couple of running slugs that successfully hit the body, so I think magic to kill running slugs is necessary.

　Wait a minute. If a running slug hits you, shouldn't you just rise a little bit?　I'll check with Metis about that.

Running Slugs can stand tall upward."

"Oh, it's a slug, isn't it? I've seen caterpillars grow tall and bend over backwards, but a slug would be impossible.

But it's true.

　I frowned as hard as I could. If I rose to avoid the tall running slug, I might go over four meters.

"If I avoid it on either side, does it matter?"

'......What will the propulsion system for that vehicle be?"

　I'm thinking of airboats used in shallow water or marshy areas. An airboat is a small boat that is propelled by something like a large fan.

With that kind of propulsion system, I think it would be difficult to make small turns."

　A large turn of the rudder will change the boat's direction, but it will probably move forward while skidding, Métis said.

　I felt the need for slug-killing magic when I imagined the multitude of running slugs in front of me running toward that vehicle. However, the vehicle would not be ready anytime soon. It would probably take about two months to procure the materials and begin development.

First, I want to secure the coiled peach, so let's practice until I can shoot 'Guided Blitz' fast enough."

　After that, I spent a few days practicing "Guided Brits" and headed for the Narukami dungeon.

　We traveled up to the tenth layer by the transfer gate and descended to the tenth layer. I noticed an expansive grassy field and noticed running slugs and alligator flies here and there.

　However, there seem to be surprisingly few alligator flies in the sky.

Are there really more alligator flies?"

　Métis confirmed the number of alligator flies through Elmore's eyes,

'I don't think the branch manager's words are wrong, but what I see is less.'

　Metis and I talked it over and decided to give it a try. We decided to fly in the combat wing and see how many alligator flies we could attract. However, if we were about to be surrounded, we would run for the stairs.

　When the "Boomerang Wing" is activated and the battle wing is formed, he gets in and flies up. It is immediately spotted by an alligator fly, and a glo-lo-lo engine-like cry echoes through the air.

　Then, out of nowhere, what must have been over fifty alligator flies appeared and flew toward me.

　All of those alligator flies began to emit a glo-lo-lo sound all at once. I started to turn back at full speed, my face tense, wondering if there might be more of them.

　I managed to escape into the stairwell and elude the pursuit of the alligator flies.

I still can't fly through it."

As the branch manager says, we're not going to get through this without some kind of ranged magic."

　Me and Elmore started moving through the slug meadow. After about five minutes, we encounter a herd of running slugs. Huge slugs were coming at us at the speed of a man running.

　This speed seems unreasonable, but I prepare to intercept. Elmore is holding a trishula and a magic gun, glaring at the running slug.

　The battle begins and "Guided Blitz" is activated to lock on to the head of the running slug that is running in the lead and fires a D-particle guided missile.

　The D-particle guided projectile flew toward the giant slug, hitting it in the head and radiating spatial vibration waves. A destructive space of 20 cm in diameter was formed, and the brain of the running slug inside was crushed.

　Elmore fired his magic gun and attacked, but it was difficult to accurately shoot him in the head and he was unable to finish him off.

　After that, five running slugs were closing in on me, so I activated the "Guided Blitz" with a quintuple parallel activation, locked on, and then released a D-particle guided missile. This method of attack takes time to aim and lock on, so the attack is delayed for a moment.

　That delay is the price to pay for an accurate attack, so I don't blame them. But in a fight against a quick silver ogre, for example, the delay may lead to danger.

　Five D-particle guided bullets hit and killed five running slugs in the head.

'At this rate, we could wipe out this whole herd.

"Yes, but there are many herds here in the meadows, so we can't be too careful. But I hear there are a lot of herds here in the meadow, so we can't be too careful."

　I kept defeating the running slugs with my multiple parallel activation "Guided Blitz" and annihilated the whole herd of them. But I felt it was a very tiring battle.

　Elmore used a trishula to take down a running slug that I had missed shooting, but he had a hard time finishing it off without stabbing it in the head.

　I took a short break and started to move deeper into the slug meadow.