Wow! It's a Flying Boob Elf!
Brrrrrrr—
With a sound like a tiller engine roaring to life, the V1 rocket launched. Hurtling at six hundred kilometers an hour, we shot skyward in an instant. The full-body assault of wind pressure and kinetic force hit me at once, and I yelled toward Bok-soon.
“Don’t you dare throw up!”
“You absolute lunatic! Who else but a total maniac would call this insane plan an actual plan—aaaaaah?!”
I’d boosted her stamina plenty, but she was still our only rear-line dealer while the rest of us were frontliners, so I’d been worried. The armor seemed to be helping her hold on, at least.
Relieved, I started to turn my gaze back toward the target—only for Seo-rin, who clearly found the whole experience just as novel, to speak up.
“I heard these things have terrible flight stability, yet it’s flying far more steadily than I expected.”
“That was the old early models. Modern ones must’ve gotten a lot of upgrades. Looking at this, it feels like something rich people built just for fireworks shows. Right, Bok-soon…?”
“Sh-sh-shaking!! I never should’ve come along, sh-sh-shaking!!”
“Hmm… she looks busy.”
Anyway, the original versions were so unstable that a propeller plane merely tapping a wing mid-flight was enough to send them tumbling out of the sky on their own. Watching this one carry four fully geared hunters and still maintain stable flight proved once again that money really could make anything possible.
As we tore through the air at that blistering speed, the Carrier Whale beneath us—having clearly heard the V1’s roar—began to stir.
“What’s it doing?”
“Can’t see properly! Every time I try, the headwind—!”
“Ugh, m-my eyes…!!”
Something was happening, that much was clear, but the constant blast of wind pressure slamming into our faces made it impossible to make out the details. While A-rang and I squinted down at the Carrier Whale on the surface, Bok-soon—who’d been screeching the whole time—started yelling something at us.
Thanks to the head visor protecting her eyes, she alone had managed to get a clear look at the giant whale below.
“A-a-a-a-a…!!!”
“What? Can’t hear you!”
“Why are you two doing a game-show bit right now?!”
A-rang tackled us for the pathetic excuse for a conversation, but I refused to give up. I leaned in close to Bok-soon’s head visor, determined to catch the answer.
“Say it again!!”
“A-a-a-a-anti-a-a-aircraft g-g-guns!!”
“Anti-air guns?!”
“Yeeees!!”
So this was what they meant by understanding perfectly even when someone spoke like complete garbage.
I pulled the trembling Bok-soon into a hug while she desperately tried to give a thumbs-up, then shouted the news to A-rang and Seo-rin, who were staring at me waiting for an explanation.
“That bastard’s pulling out anti-air guns!”
“You actually understood that?!”
“We’re at the drop point anyway! Everyone—unhook and jump!”
Thududududu—
The moment Seo-rin raised her shield toward the whale and began her descent, massive shell fragments and rocks came screaming our way. Startled by the V1’s flight noise, the Carrier Whale had begun laying down anti-air fire.
“Seung-yong! Stick your cock right up against this unnie’s pussy and follow me!”
“How close are we talking?! More importantly, Bok-soon—you need to ju— ah, shit.”
“Sh-shaking!! Kyaaaah?!”
Click—!!
There was no way this kkanf, who couldn’t even manage a proper thumbs-up, was going to unhook herself. I snapped her line free and dropped with her.
“Honestly, what riches was I expecting when I agreed to this insane operation?!”
“Looks like you’re finally finding your voice again. Hate to interrupt right as you’re coming to your senses, but…!!”
“Huh? Kyaaaaaah?!”
In that instant, debris came flying straight at us. I shoved Bok-soon forward like a shield and ducked behind her.
Kagagagang—!!
“Kyaaaaaah?! R-rocks and weird lumps are hitting me over and over♡”
“You’re getting off even now? Impressive.”
“H-how dare youuuu!! Using me—me, the young lady of House Silvanel—as a human shield♡ How can you do something so trashy so casually♡”
“Think I’m the only one? Look over there!”
“What? Where…?”
Bok-soon trailed off as she followed my words.
“Hey! You’ve got a shield anyway, right?! Might as well take me along while you’re at it!”
“The only one allowed on top of me is Master!! G-get down this instant, Cheon A-rang!!”
Helmets hid their faces, but the lack of any further reply made it clear: right below us, A-rang was trying to use Seo-rin as a human shield while Seo-rin fought her off.
“Still feels like shit, though!”
“So I’m supposed to take those hits myself just to spare your feelings? Shut up and do your job as a proper shield!”
“Aaaah♡ This pervert againnn♡”
We kept descending with Bok-soon as our shield until we reached parachute altitude. Below us, the bickering pair’s canopies began to bloom.
“We open ours too!”
“What? Kyaah?!”
Fwoooosh—!!
I shifted to Bok-soon’s front and deployed her parachute, then opened my own just in time to follow A-rang and the others.
Kuuuuuuung—!!
As we drifted steadily toward the Carrier Whale, a massive, ear-splitting bellow suddenly rolled out. The whale opened its mouth.
The V1 rocket that had made it so uneasy had vanished beyond the horizon. Maybe the relief was what did it—the Carrier Whale, which had kept its jaws tightly shut until now, slowly began to part them.
Seo-rin, in the lead, shouted back to us.
“Lucky break. The thing opened its mouth! Everyone, that way!”
“Straight for the maw!”
“W-wait, this armor’s so heavy I can barely grip the parachute lines—kyah?!”
“Wow! It’s a flying boob elf!”
“If you were going to strip the armor off, you could have at least warned me first!”
Now that the armor was useless, I stripped it off Bok-soon on the spot and followed Seo-rin toward the Carrier Whale’s mouth. Between the enormous jaws lifted like a drawbridge, instead of pink mucous membrane we found a cold metallic oral cavity—and the familiar fish-head creatures we’d seen yesterday.
—Kirrrrrr?
—Ki, kii?
—Kiiik? Kiik-kiik?!
“Fuck, we’ve been spotted?! Why the hell are they there at this hour?!”
“It’s not that they’re there at this hour—when the whale opens its mouth, these sentries are ordered to patrol and stand guard! If we don’t take them down now, we’ll have to face them without any time to get ready!”
“Bok-soon!”
“My gun! Give me my gun this instant!”
I tossed the holster to the only one among us capable of proper ranged damage. Even in midair she caught it neatly, yanked her revolver free, and opened fire.
“Die! Die already!”
Bang-bang-bang—!!
—Keeeeek?!
—Kya, kyaaaah…
—Kihiiik…?!
Without the slightest hesitation, Bok-soon’s fanning shots punched through the sahagin that had been scrambling deeper to report the intruders. They sprayed blood and collapsed where they stood.
“Oh, not bad.”
“Hmph. Unlike a certain washout marksman who can’t land a single shot of his countless sperm into my eggs, I am a perfect sharpshooter!”
“The way you talk! Who are you calling a sex maniac here?”
“Have you never considered that I turned out this way because of you?!”
“Alright—landing!”
Ignoring Bok-soon’s protests, we touched down on the Carrier Whale’s cold tongue, quickly shed our parachutes, and began strapping on the gear we’d brought.
Seo-rin addressed Bok-soon and me in a stern voice, almost like a warning.
“Gear up properly. From here on it’s the real thing. I heard Master and Kim Bok-soon have been coordinating for some time already. I’ll be expecting results.”
Unlike A-rang, whose eyes were already glazing over with bloodlust at the thought of the slaughter about to begin, Seo-rin—my flesh toilet and my senior—was offering encouragement.
I answered with a touch of worry in my voice.
“I’m more worried you and A-rang are going to start fighting each other…”
“It’s fine. We bicker, yes, but we’ve never dragged personal feelings onto an actual battlefield. More importantly, Master.”
“Yeah?”
Something else to say?
I tilted my head at the even more solemn tone she used to call me.
Seo-rin’s face flushed faintly.
“D-do you happen to need to piss? My ass-hole toilet is ready right here, so if you need to go, say so at once♡”
And here I thought it was something serious.
I chuckled at the lewd Female Knight, the corners of my mouth twitching.
“Oh? Perfect timing. Let’s put it to use right now, then.”
“Aaaah… I offer my gratitude, Master♡ Then I shall prepare the ass-hole toilet immediately♡”
“W-what?!”
Whether she’d overheard us or not, A-rang—who until a second ago had been staring at the thick iron door leading deeper into the whale—whipped her head around with wide eyes and came charging straight toward us.