I Became the Golden Sun That Steals the Academy’s Aircraft

035. You were so cool

Gilbert gave up on joining Angelina and Hans around noon on the fourth day after coming to the uninhabited island. He briefly considered waiting until night, but it was already late and there was no time to delay.

Okay, I gave up.

I was constantly feeling regret, but I didn’t care about the past.

Gilbert left the coast and climbed the largest tree nearby. Looking around him, he found a place with the largest tree on the uninhabited island. In terms of distance, it seemed to be about 10 kilometers.

After coming down from the tree, he headed towards the large tree he had seen a while ago and started moving at a fast pace.

There was a reason why Gilbert was in such a hurry.

The first comprehensive evaluation in Tactical Combat is conducted without any problems until the third day. In the meantime, you could fight with the cadets you encountered while feeling the atmosphere of a survival game, or you could also build bonds with characters who would become your party mates.

But starting on the fourth day, the atmosphere of the game completely changes. Previously, cadets who had sustained excessive damage or were judged to be unable to proceed with the comprehensive evaluation were automatically forced to return to the academy, but at some point after the fourth day, the forced return magic did not work properly.

This meant that the cadets’ bracelets stopped functioning properly, and the situation became more serious as cadets lost their lives as the function to protect against fatal injuries stopped working. The Academy also realized the fact belatedly and attempted to dispatch personnel, but this was after teleportation interference magic had spread throughout the island.

In the end, when the island was isolated, the culprits of the incident appeared as if they had been waiting for them, riding a giant soldier. This unidentified group was a resistance group that was dissatisfied with the Empire and the Academy. Their goal was to show their revolutionary ideas to the empire by killing academy cadets who were the core of the empire.

At this time, the main storyline of the comprehensive evaluation was for the player to find hidden giant soldiers or join forces with cadets to defeat enemies using magic weapons.

Gilbert, who was already aware of the story, planned to join Angelina and Hans to overcome the situation, but the situation did not work out. In the end, the moment came when I had to defeat everything on my own.

Gilbert, the main character in the game, knew all the locations of the Giant God Soldiers hidden on the uninhabited island. The reason he had found the biggest tree earlier was because near that tree there was a doorway leading to an underground hangar.

Since we already knew where the Colossus was hidden, all that was left was to secure the Colossus in time.

As Gilbert headed toward the entrance of the underground hangar, he thought about the enemy that appeared in the scenario. If he remembers correctly, there were a total of five giant soldiers that appeared as enemies, depending on the game difficulty, but based on the highest difficulty level.

Considering that the game scenario was wrong, he thought that the margin of error would not be seven at most. If there were more than that, it would be impossible to invade the island without being detected.

In that case, it was calculated that he would have to deal with up to seven giant god soldiers, but Gilbert was himself. The worst situations I faced while playing games or experiencing war were often more serious than this.

In the end, what he had to trust was himself, and finding a way out was the basic attitude an experienced pilot should have.

In that sense, Gilbert was a veteran on both sides.

It doesn’t take long for Gilbert’s highly trained body to cover a distance of 10 kilometers, but if it’s a forest road, it’s a different story. No matter how good one’s sense of direction was, it was almost impossible for a human to move straight to a given place in the forest.

The same was true for Gilbert, who was trained. As he moved to the large tree where the hangar entrance was located, he had to continually climb the tree to correct his misdirection. He couldn’t help but naturally increase his arrival time. This was the fastest and most accurate way.

‘I think time will be a little tight… !’

Unidentified reactionaries begin their activities at random times starting from noon. Considering that the average time was within three or four hours, there was nothing strange about them showing up right now.

Fortunately, I was able to reach the large tree I was aiming for before any signs occurred. As Gilbert was examining the surrounding land, just as he remembered from the game, he was able to find traces of the soil being turned over relatively recently.

I suddenly have a very ominous feeling.

Gilbert frowned. Of course, this was not a hidden place that only the cadets knew about, so it was a place that cadets could find as many times as they wanted. Still, it’s been quiet these past few days, so I thought no one would have found the giant god soldier hidden here, but maybe that wasn’t the case?

He hurriedly removed the dirt and opened the doorway to the underground hangar.

Quaaang!

The moment I was about to jump out of the underground entrance, a huge shock wave and a dust storm blew up. It was as if a huge object had fallen to the ground and the surrounding area was swept away by a sudden gust of wind.

Gilbert was also caught up in the storm. The moment I did that, my body was already floating in the air, and the moment I made a mistake, my body fell into a tree. Fortunately, he protected himself with mana and was not injured.

I looked around and was able to find the culprit that created the situation a little while ago. The giant legs of a giant god soldier, the size of a giant tree, were visible.

Damn, I almost got stepped on and run over.

Gilbert spit out a curse.

Looking at the giant soldier right near the entrance to the underground hangar, it would have been nice to say that it was just a small difference. I couldn’t help but feel a chill in my stomach.

Gilbert slipped and jumped into the underground hangar before it was too late. It was a bold move he made because he knew that the height was not high. He landed on the floor and ran straight to the end of the hangar where the giant soldier was.

As time passes, the number of cadets killed by the Giant God Soldiers will increase. I didn’t really think about it in the game, but now this was the real world. Although most of the cadets did not know their faces, they were not people who could stand by and watch people die in front of their eyes.

After running at full speed, Gilbert was finally able to reach the hangar where the giant soldier was located. Now, all you have to do is hurry up and kill the terrorists who are running rampant outside in the giant army and saying that they are right, and the whole situation will be resolved.

Drur.

A passage has been opened through which giant soldiers can eject from underground. It seemed like someone had already boarded the Giant God Soldier and was ready to sortie.

The giant soldier went out to the ground through the ejection passage. Gilbert, who could do nothing but watch, chewed his lip.

What should I do now?

Gilbert’s head spun. I don’t know who the guy who rode out on the Giant God Soldier was, but there was no one who could deal with the Resistance at the level of the current freshman. This was the same whether it was a companion character or the main character.

Gamers who tried countless times to beat this part were able to improve their skills that much because there was a next opportunity. Additionally, the fact that his life was not at stake made him bold.

But now that it has become a reality, will they, who have never risked their lives before, be able to fully demonstrate their outstanding skills?

Gilbert didn’t think so. Even as a veteran, he initially had to face the fear of death. Only after overcoming the danger of death so many times was he able to become calm.

It was unreasonable to expect such things from new cadets with little experience. If I had to pick someone I was familiar with from the beginning, it would probably be Princess Serafina.

After thinking for a while, Gilbert decided to leave here first. I felt like I could only decide on my next plan by looking at the situation outside.

I quickly went back the way I came. I ran down the hallway leading to the hangar entrance and arrived at the entrance I first entered. After climbing up the ladder, I opened the lid and came out.

Boom!

The sound of the titanic soldier clashing with the titanic soldier felt like it would tear my ears. Two aircraft, one that had been ejected a little while ago and one that appeared to be a Resistance giant, were facing each other and engaged in a fierce battle.

The cadet riding the ejected giant god soldier must have been quite skilled and was doing quite well against the resistance’s giant god soldier. There must be a limit to the general-purpose giant god soldier, but he was moving one beat faster than his opponent.

“One beat?”

Gilbert, who was analyzing the battle situation, muttered unconsciously at the familiar movements of the giant god soldier. It was in my memory of that pattern of behavior. To be exact, it was the pattern I saw in the admissions mock competition.

Response faster and more flexibly than your opponent.

A giant soldier that moves one beat faster than its opponent.

It was impossible to show such movements without the assistance of characteristic skills. Even Gilbert couldn’t make a move like that. Even his superior piloting abilities only shortened the gap, and he was unable to demonstrate actual body-moving maneuvers.

It is best to simply make predictive maneuvers to mimic that movement.

It was only then that Gilbert realized who the person who had sortied from the hidden underground hangar was.

Ian, the main character of Tactical Combat. It was definitely him.

***

Ian found the giant soldier in the underground hangar, found drinking water and food, and waited for his moment to act.

The main character’s appearance was spectacular. He was always the main character in the finale.

He was leisurely measuring the time in the underground hangar, and when he heard a sudden explosion outside, he finally realized that it was time for him to step out.

He threw down the meat he was eating and boarded the Giant God Soldier. After signing a simple contract in an instant, he opened the hangar’s ejection port and emerged in style. It seemed to him that there was a cadet who found the underground hangar, but he did not look carefully to see who it was, thinking that he had a place to play..

Okay, now it’s time to sortie.

He came out through the ejection port and smiled at the sense of unity with the giant god soldier that was created when his characteristic skill was activated.

When I came out and looked at the situation, there was a giant soldier right in front of me. Ian, who was about to rush in with his iron sword, wondering if it was a giant god soldier that another cadet had found, was able to discover something strange.

The opposing giant soldier had a distinctly different appearance from the general-purpose aircraft used at the academy. The weapon was not only equipped with an iron sword, which was the basic weapon.

[If there are any cadets who are currently riding the Giant God Soldier, please respond!]

Just as I was thinking this was strange, a communication spell rang through the academy’s common magic channel. Ian, realizing the seriousness of the situation, opened the communication channel magic.

[Cadet Ian Tigris Line Barrel. Answer.]

[Cadet Ian! There is no time to explain the details. From now on, this is the real situation. We will remove the restrictions on formal contracts with artificial spirits, so we can immediately proceed with formal contracts and defeat all unidentified giant spirits!]

[Confirm command!]

It was a sudden order, but the intelligent Ian realized the urgency of the situation. As soon as the restrictions on the formal contract with the artificial spirit were lifted, communication magic stopped working. It seemed that the unidentified giant spirit disease in front of me was probably the cause.

He dealt with the unidentified giant soldiers that rushed in the opposite direction and executed a formal contract with the artificial spirit.

In principle, a considerable amount of time was needed to make a formal contract with an artificial spirit. However, it did not take that long for the general-purpose colossus belonging to Demeia Academy because the magical power patterns of all cadets were recorded.

As soon as he was able to use the sealed magic weapons through a formal contract, he started running wild like a fish out of water. His opponent, the Giant God Soldier, could not keep up with Ian, who used a variety of magical weapons.

It was a moment when his efforts and talent in controlling the giant soldier shined.

In the end, the unidentified giant soldier bowed before Ian’s brilliant piloting skills. It was truly a perfect victory worthy of the protagonist.

Ian Tigris Line Barrel subdued an unidentified giant soldier that appeared during a comprehensive evaluation.

The picture drawn was also good. Thinking that there would be no chance of Gilbert’s name being mentioned in the future, he fully enjoyed the joy of victory.

But did someone do that?

In war, you should never let down your guard.

Tukwaaang!

A powerful attack struck the rear of Ian, who was caught off guard by the thought that the enemy was only a giant soldier. Because the attack came at a completely unexpected time, Ian was unable to react properly and fell straight out.

Ian tried to come to his senses somehow inside the shaking cockpit, but he was unable to even react to the ensuing attacks. The number of giant soldiers began to increase one by one.

Ian was shocked when he realized that the number had reached seven. I didn’t know where so many giant monsters suddenly came out.

This was the moment when Ian, who had little battlefield experience, showed his shortcomings.

As I had little experience, my perspective narrowed, and as a result, I made a fatal mistake. He was caught up in the ensuing attacks and was unable to properly counterattack, so he was hit by an iron sword that struck hard near the cockpit and threw him into a tree where the underground hangar was located.

The tree broke because of the massive giant soldier, and he hit his head hard on the cockpit and lost consciousness.

***

When a giant soldier fell nearby, Gilbert mustered all his magical energy and ran towards the giant soldier. Judging from the fact that there was no further movement, it seemed that Ian, who was riding the Giant God Soldier, had lost consciousness due to the continuous attacks. Fortunately, the resistance guys seemed to be relaxed, perhaps intending to set an example with the giant soldier Ian was riding.

Gilbert had no intention of wasting this golden opportunity. Fortunately, he was hiding nearby, so he was able to quickly reach the cockpit of the fallen giant soldier.

He forced open the cockpit. As expected, Ian lay down with blood on his head. Thinking he had no time to waste, Gilbert grabbed him and threw him outside.

“Hans!”

Ironically, I entrusted Ian to Hans, who had joined a little while ago. Hans, who was hiding nearby, took Ian safely at Gilbert’s call and quickly retreated.

After confirming that Hans was withdrawing, Gilbert closed the cockpit and activated the Colossus.

[You have met the characteristics skill unlock conditions.]

[Acquired the characteristic skill ‘Your body is awesome.’]

[The characteristic skill appears when your body is hot.]

A notification window appeared before my eyes as the Giant God Soldier began to move.

Gilbert gladly accepted the good news that came in this unfortunate situation.