The legend of Tiga

Chapter 2278 Method
"what's the situation?"

"The laser was swallowed?"

From their vantage point atop the Victory Eagle, Ryo Yumimura and Tsutomu Nakajima could see clearly that the laser beam, powerful enough to destroy a large area of ​​the city, struck the monster—or more precisely, the tangled vines covering its body—without exploding or scattering debris.

It was like punching a pile of cotton. No, at least a punch to a pile of cotton would dent it, but when the laser beam of the Victory Eagle hit these sweater-like vines, it was as if they had vanished into thin air, without the slightest reaction.

However, while it is surprising, it is not shocking. This is mainly because among the monsters and aliens that have appeared from the past to the present, although there are not many that can absorb energy, there are still some, so it is not worth making a fuss about.

What's unusual is that in the past, when monsters and aliens absorbed energy, they always showed some outward signs. But this one had a kind of "heavy sword without edge, great skill without artifice" feel to it, silently absorbing all the laser beams. If you didn't look, you probably wouldn't even know what happened.

But there was no time to think about it, because the vines on the monster's body stood up, which made Yumimura Ryo's heart skip a beat. Although nothing had happened yet, he had experienced a lot and could roughly guess what the monster was going to do next just by seeing its movements. So Yumimura Ryo quickly pulled the control lever and slammed on the rudder, making the Victory Eagle turn sharply to the right, and its speed also increased rapidly, all in order to quickly increase the distance between himself and the monster.

Sure enough, as soon as the Victory Eagle moved, the monster, whose body was still half-sunken in the deep pit, had its vines transform into cannons, releasing beams of light.

呲——

Thin beams of laser light shot out from the ends of the vines, swirling and sweeping around like stage lights. Wherever they passed, trees that took one or two people to encircle were instantly cut in half, toppled over, and collided with each other, their branches snapping and crashing to the ground with a 'crack! crack!' and a 'bang! bang!'.

From the air, the towering trees looked like harvested wheat, falling one by one, with branches and leaves flying everywhere and soil flying in the air. The once shady forest had large gaps, with only broken branches and leaves scattered on the ground.

Yoshika Yumimura had no time to pay attention to the destruction of the forest, because she was completely focused on maneuvering the Victory Eagle, constantly flipping and soaring back and forth, just to avoid the beams of laser light shooting from the ground.

It is as thin as a hair, yet its destructive power is terrifying. It will injure you if you touch it, and break you if you hit it. Moreover, it is unpredictable. You can only keep dodging randomly and pray that your luck won't be too bad.

Once, twice.
Several times she narrowly dodged the attack, which gave Yumimura Ryo a fright, but she had no time to be afraid, because the monster below was still releasing lasers. The vines were like venomous snakes, spitting out deadly tongues. What was most terrifying was that the monster could make countless mistakes, while she could only make one.

"Oh no, the Victory Eagle is in danger."

This scene was witnessed by the three on the ground, and they immediately realized that Victory Eagle was in danger. Without thinking, Gosuke quickly raised the Victory machine gun and aimed it at the monster, while Kohei Kariya used the Victory Galaxy Sniper with a scope to aim at the monster's eyes.

As for Koda Toshiyuki, looking at the two's big toys, he could only reluctantly pull out his small pistol. Although it wasn't as powerful as the two of them, it was better than nothing. He couldn't just watch the two of them having a good time while he watched from the sidelines.

The situation was critical; there was no time to devise tactics, so we aimed and fired.

Although Kariya Kohei had a scope, Kibi Gosuke's Victory Machine Gun was the first to fire. The reason was simple: the monster was so big, it was like a mountain, so there was no need to think too much. In addition, the gun in his hand was an energy weapon, not a physical bullet, so there was no need to consider wind speed, humidity or anything like that. He just aimed and fired.

Therefore, Kibi Gunsuke repeatedly pulled the trigger, and "whoosh! whoosh! whoosh!" disc-shaped light bullets flew out of the special barrel, like frisbees, towards the monster, landing on its body, and then...
There's no after that.

Hibiko and the others could see it clearly: the laser disc did indeed land on the monster, but it was even more useless than throwing a meat bun at a dog. At least when you throw a meat bun at a dog, there's a process of the dog carrying the meat bun away and eating it. But this one, when it hit the monster, simply disappeared. If they hadn't been watching closely, they would have thought they had missed.

"This"

Hibiki looked at the gun in his hand. The small display screen clearly showed that the energy battery icon was missing a section, indicating that the energy had indeed been consumed, meaning it had indeed been fired. Looking up at the area around the monster, there was no explosion, meaning it hadn't landed around the monster. So it must have definitely hit the monster, but why was there no reaction at all?

At that moment, Kariya Kohei next to him also fired. His high-performance sniper scope allowed him to target the monster's eyes. For any living creature, the eyes are a weak point. No matter how thick the skin or how soft the flesh, it cannot enhance the eyes' defense.

The reason is simple: the eye is an extremely precise and complex thing. It not only needs to form an image, but also to transmit the image, and it needs to have extremely high resolution, and so on.

Therefore, the eyes are always the weakest point, many times weaker than the back door. So in a real life-or-death struggle, stabbing the opponent in the eyes is the most ruthless and critical attack. If both eyeballs are blown out at once, it can directly cripple the opponent, no matter how strong they are. Unless they can pinpoint the location by sound, they are absolutely doomed.

This method is equally effective against monsters and aliens, which is why the Victory Galaxy Sniper, equipped with long-range sniping capabilities, was created to carry out precise strikes outside the range of monsters and aliens.

As a marksman trained for precision shooting, Kariya Yukihira aimed at the monster's eyes immediately and pulled the trigger the moment the crosshair was aligned with the monster.

call out!
A thin beam of light shot out from the Victory Galaxy sniper, and before everyone's eyes, it shot towards the monster like a rainbow piercing the sun, landing on its eye, and then...
And that was the end of it.

The laser beam that had struck the monster's eye vanished right before everyone's eyes.

"what happened?"

Now it was Kariya Kohei's turn to have a question. He could see clearly through his sniper scope that the shot had definitely hit the target, striking the monster in the eye, but the laser had simply vanished.

this.
Koda Toshiyuki, who was about to pull the trigger, lowered his finger and frowned, saying, "This monster must have a special barrier on its body."

Although it's just speculation, that's probably the case; otherwise, it's impossible to explain why the laser disappeared so mysteriously.

Just like the Specia chimera that appeared on Mars, it possesses a subspace barrier, which nullifies the laser attacks of the Victory Eagle.

The problem has been identified, so how do we solve it?
I racked my brains, but couldn't think of a single thing.

The scientists at TPC still haven't figured out how to deal with subspace barriers; they're more like blind men trying to describe an elephant than anything else, and are still exploring aimlessly.

Even though TPC has mastered the energy barrier, it relies on electromagnetic principles, while the subspace barrier, as the name suggests, follows a spatial approach and is almost decoupled from the four fundamental forces. It is a rather advanced device.

To use an imperfect analogy, a one-meter-thick energy barrier, in terms of defensive power, might not even be as effective as a one-centimeter-thick subspace barrier, which shows how vast the difference is between the two.

“Weakness, there must be a weakness.” Hibiko's eyes shone brightly as he peered over the treetops, his gaze fixed on the monster's belly. “Below, attack the monster from below.”

Reality is not a game. Barriers are like armor. Unless there is all-around defense from top to bottom, left to right, front to back, even if there is a small gap, the defense at that gap will still be zero.

Therefore, after looking around, Hibiki Gosuke concluded that the weak point might be below the monster.

The principle is simple: there are legs there.

Just like heavily armored cavalry, no matter how thick the armor on the knight and the horse is, the legs are a weak point. This is because if you want to run, you can't cover them with too much armor, otherwise it will greatly hinder your movement.

Similarly, if the monster wants to move, unless the subspace barrier is flexible and can deform with the movement of the monster's legs, its legs cannot wrap around the subspace barrier, and it will be unable to move and will only be able to stand still.

Even if we take a step back and assume that your legs are covered by a subspace barrier, what about the soles of your feet?

Are the soles of your feet also covered?

If it's not covered, then this is a weakness; if it is covered, then you're standing on a warp barrier instead of on the ground. If you can stand on a warp barrier, why not just fly?

Therefore, Gosuke Kibi quickly made a decision: to attack the monster's leg.

Following Kibi's orders, Kariya Kohei and Koda Toshiyuki immediately changed their target, aiming at the monster's leg facing them, and then pulled the trigger.

call out!
Whoosh!
Disc-shaped light bullets, slender lasers, and egg-shaped light bullets all flew towards the monster, instantly striking its right foreleg.

Bang!Bang!Bang!
Clusters of fire rose from the monster's legs, followed by thunderous explosions.

"Hit."

"effective."

Hibiki was overjoyed and immediately fired lasers like a trigger, unleashing a continuous torrent of tricolor energy that struck the monster's legs, causing even more intense bursts of fire.

Even mosquito bites can cause a stinging sensation if there are too many. When suddenly attacked in a concentrated manner, especially on the legs, even a huge monster will feel it. So, the monster, which had been staring intently at the Victory Eagle in the sky, finally turned its head and looked at its own thick legs.

The armor around its neck made its movements quite slow, only slightly faster than a sloth. As a result, in the short time it took to turn its head, it was shot more than a dozen times in the leg before the monster finally saw the firelight, smelled the rich energy aura, and with its huge eyes, caught sight of several tiny, ant-like figures in the distance, who were running as fast as they could, and even splitting up.

Even as the monster turned its head in their direction, Gosuke Hibi shouted, "Three seconds later, split up and run!"

Three seconds is to buy more time for the Victory Eagle, and splitting up is to maximize the chances of survival.

Running is not cowardice, but rather avoiding unnecessary sacrifice.

Their firepower was limited. They combined three guns and fired a hundred or so energy bullets, but all they managed to leave were bowl-sized dents on the monster's legs. These wounds were probably less than the deepest hairs on the monster's body. Even in a game, they would probably only result in a forced thank-you.
Therefore, continuing the attack is not very meaningful. It would be better to preserve our forces and coordinate with the Victory Eagle air-to-ground attack, which might be more effective.

Therefore, the three of them ran without any psychological burden and ran as fast as they could.

It's not that we didn't want to stop, it's just that the ground was too flat. If there were any dirt slope or something, we could go around to the back and use it as a barrier.

However, this vast forest only had some pits, which were not enough to conceal its figure, let alone serve as a hiding place.

Left with no other option, they had to keep running.

But where can it run to?
The monster's eyes had already spotted them. The three vines changed direction, adjusting their angles slightly as they ran, and their ends began to light up, indicating that they were starting to accumulate energy. Clearly, it intended to wipe out all three of them at once.

Yumimura Ryotsugu caught his breath and saw this scene. He was extremely anxious and didn't even care about making the Victory Eagle fly further. He quickly changed direction, trying to destroy the vines, and shouted into the communication channel: "Captain, the monster has locked onto you. Get out of the way!"

When Hibiko and the others heard Yumimura Ryo's warning, their hearts sank. Then, they stomped their right foot forward, creating a deep pit in the wet soil and making a sharp turn. However, their speed also dropped drastically, and they could only grit their teeth and move their legs faster and faster.

He had only run a few steps when he heard a loud 'bang' behind him. Then, an overwhelming force came from behind, shoving him hard and causing Hibiki Gousuke to lose his balance and fall to the ground. He tumbled several times due to inertia before coming to a stop.

"It hurts!"

Despite being in pain all over, the grimacing Hibi Gousuke didn't even have time to catch his breath. He tried to get up with all his might, but as soon as he raised his head, he saw a vine on the distant monster pointing straight at him.

Oops!

Kibi Gosuke tried to run, but the ball of light at the end of the vine was already bulging downwards, clearly beginning to transform into a beam of light and shooting towards Kibi Gosuke.

At the critical moment, Thor descended upon the world!

Suddenly, hundreds and thousands of lightning bolts appeared, crackling and striking the monster. They hit the monster's body, exploding into dense sparks and instantly engulfing it.

(End of this chapter)