I'm Quitting Heroing Vol.1 Part 3 by Quantum & Hana Amano

Author:Quantum & Hana Amano
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: KADOKAWA

2 — A Good Warrior Isn't Always a Good Boss

"H-holy crap! Retreat, retreat!"

Thud.

The white giant, big as a house, took a step forward.

The heavily armored goblin troops dropped their broken swords and spears and scrambled away like bugs under a rock. Just as I wanted them to. That was a foe far greater than an arch chimera—not something they could take on.

I was floating far above with a Levitation spell and remaining unseen with the light-refracting spell Aurora Robe while I watched the scene. I provided subtle aid to make sure no one died, but was otherwise hands off. The whole point was to have Edvard defeat the giant.

He sure is taking his sweet time...ah! There he is!

A large figure strode into view, scolding his fleeing underlings. He had red dragon scales which were told to be the strongest. And that massive sword Caladbolg, the unbreakable holy blade of the dragonfolk, was strapped to his back. He was the guest of honor. Dark army Great Guardian and source of Julietta's recent troubles, the Dragon General Edvard.

"What do you think you're doing?! You run from the enemy and call yourselves soldiers in the Demon Queen's army?!"

"It's too powerful, sir! It...ahh, here it comes again, get down!"

The giant's eyes glowed and a strange, violet beam shot out—crap!

I quickly chanted a spell and drew a small magic circle with both hands. It had been a while since I'd used Reflection Ray, a defensive spell made solely to counter beam weapons like these. I made it in the nick of time. The magic circle appeared in the beam's path for a microsecond, changing its direction to an unused lookout tower. The brick structure offered no physical resistance to the violet beam as it was sliced in two. An instant later the tower caught fire. As I watched the hellish crimson flames spread, I started to regret my actions a little.

Damn...did machine golems always pack this much firepower? Maybe this wasn't the best idea.

Reactivating that monster might have been going too far, even to give Edvard a change of heart. I'd sworn on my hero's honor I wouldn't let anyone die, and so far no one had, but the machine golem was far stronger than I had anticipated.

To come clean, it was Julietta and myself who turned the golem back on. Not for a joke or anything, either. I was trying to solve Julietta's problems by making Edvard see the error of his ways and reducing the burden on his troops, but...I hadn't planned for the thing to be so strong!

I used Reflection Ray to send the next destruction beam elsewhere. It evaporated a cloud and left a big hole in the sky. Apparently, this hunk of junk's safety mechanism had broken after spending several millennia underground. Normally, they weren't this aggressive, but it started shooting beams at high enough levels to almost melt its own barrel the second it woke up.

It would run out of energy eventually, but it didn't look like there was any way to turn it off.

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