Two days after "Witch Grocery Store" received the supplies.
According to the plan, the "Mistettin" departing from the Miami base is heading straight south with the Amazon as its target.
In the briefing room inside the ship, Xion and everyone related to the battle were summoned by Ajid.
Since night fighting is unfavorable to our side, the arrival time has been adjusted and the battle with the invaders in the Amazon is scheduled to begin tomorrow morning.
A briefing on operational plans for that campaign was imminent.
"...Everyone is here. Let's get started."
Following Ajit's words, the lights in the room were turned off, and various information was displayed on the central table with a monitor embedded in it.
"In advance, we invited bases in South America to provide intelligence, and found that there was a weak dark cloud reaction in the center of the Amazon jungle."
"Is it weak? Listen to me, it's a strong kind of luck, right?"
"I think they should suppress their reaction as much as possible. They are doing the same thing as the invisible intruders who didn't react a few days ago."
Misty did not hesitate to express her opinion on Lambda's question. On this point, Theon had no objection.
If it was a month ago, you might have missed it, but now sensor sensitivity everywhere is smoothly improving, which is better than anything else.
"Based on the investigation of the South American base, this is the only confirmed response. ... Even the information obtained from non-facilitators cannot confirm suspicions other than that one, so I think there is an error in the number of responses."
"Having said that, we shouldn't take it lightly, because there might be followers like the monsters on the artificial island, right?"
Anna looked at him, as if to confirm, and Theon nodded.
Aki and Mist didn't ignore this possibility. He didn't look particularly surprised.
"Istar, I want to confirm, is it possible for the invaders this time to obtain some kind of magic power like the artificial island?"
A large invader fighting on an artificial island, creating endless minions by collecting the magic power of energy quartz used to generate electricity.
Aki seemed to be very concerned about whether the other party would be so troublesome.
"As far as possibilities are concerned, it's quite possible."
"…specifically?"
"There is also magic in nature such as trees, water, fire, etc., so we can collect magic from the nature of the Amazon."
Especially according to the intelligence beforehand, it is said that the target diving is an intruder with a strong nature.
Not to mention water, it would be impossible to collect magic power from the trees and the ground in the dense forest.
Moreover, the Amazon gathers elves and goblins from all over the world, and it must be a land more magical than the forests there.
"Amazon is home turf for them."
"Since it is full of magic power, it is also beneficial to me...but it has nothing to do with the other members."
EC drives using energy quartz may increase power slightly, but that's within the margin of error at best.
"If the opponent can obtain magic power from the surroundings, it will be impossible to predict the number of enemies in the first place. You may be faced with a considerable number of ghosts. Please be mentally prepared for this."
In response to Ajit's words, Lambda, Halma and others who were about to conduct shelling or direct combat nodded seriously.
"... Next, regarding the main target this time, the individual named 'Ghost'. ... Regarding this 'Ghost', please explain to Sion Istar."
"……Is it me?"
Theon was stunned by Misty's words, which were suddenly called and who definitely didn't want to rely on Theon.
In fact, Mist always felt a little dissatisfied when he saw Theon, so it can be inferred that he did not mean it.
"Mist and I thought we had a rough understanding through the information on "Witch Grocery Store"... But this is too far away from our common sense. I think it is more reliable to let you, who understands common sense between people, explain it more reliably ,What do you think?"
"...Indeed, this may be better."
It is the witches who prepare the information in the first place, and there is a danger that things that humans absolutely do not understand will be omitted from the record on the grounds that "it's natural, so it's okay not to write them down."
It would be best for Xion, Achid and others to get to know each other first.
"Do you have any information?"
"Ah, this is it."
He took the stack of paper handed over by Aki and started reading it.
This was the first time I took a closer look. Apart from the slightly special abilities Miranda told me verbally, they were probably just ordinary large intruders.
"The Annie this time is the semi-spiritual Annie that this 'miniskirt' has ignored until now."
"What kind of luck exactly?"
"Because it is a semi-spiritual body, its shape is not fixed and it is very free... Ah, there is just an example."
Fortunately, there happened to be a semi-spirit beside Theon.
Actually showing that is the quickest way.
"Hoo, ho, mi!"
Three shadows jumped out of Theon's shadow immediately after the summons, and were neatly arranged on Theon's head like a totem pole. By the way, this scene made Lambda burst out laughing.
"Then, one of the properties of a semi-spiritual body is that because the body is made of magic power, it can easily change its body shape."
The first meter to hit the ground inflated like a balloon on the spot.
Then the second "Hu" that landed turned into the silhouette of a crow, and the last "Xion" reproduced the image of "Xion".
At best, it only changes the shape and volume of the original black body. If you are a semi-spiritual body, you can do this easily.
"Just changing shape?"
"That's it for half-spirit bodies. If you use illusions, you can see more clearly."
He pointed at Xi, who was still imitating Theon's silhouette. Color appeared on the black silhouette, and in a few seconds it became exactly like Theon.
Having said that, it's not very useful in combat, so I'm afraid it won't come in handy.
It can be said that this is an ability that you don’t need to pay too much attention to.
"The second nature of a semi-spiritual body. Because the body is created with magic power, it can pass through matter as long as it wants."
When Theon reached out to Theon who was still imitating Theon's appearance, his hand passed through Theon's body.
Facing the rather shocking scene, the Yaqi and others began to commotion, but Xion walked towards Heat calmly, and just like that, his whole body passed through Heat's body.
"Both people and things can pass through like this."
"...Will our attack work?"
"The physical equipment of the human army will not do."
If Theon answered right away, the others would start to stir.
Since he was told that the weapon was incompatible, it was a natural reaction to say so, but Theon stopped the commotion with his hand.
"Physical military equipment won't work, but optical military equipment will be fine. Moreover, if it's the special bullets sent by my wife, physical military equipment will also work."
Since ancient times, the existence of the soul has been afraid of strong light.
The semi-spirit is no exception. If it is an optical weapon that collects light, the effect will be better. Miranda also gave him a large number of effective bullets based on the opponent's characteristics.
At least you don't have to worry about this battle.
"This is the third nature of semi-spiritual beings, possession of objects."
He tapped the shadow next to his feet like a tap dance, and after a beat, a deformed big cat puppet jumped out of the shadow.
Then Fu, still silhouetted as a crow, pounced on the puppet and melted into it.
So the puppet stood on the floor with its own feet and turned around magnificently to show him.
"Oh, isn't this cute? Is this controlled by the kid who looks like a black bun just now?"
"Yes, you can freely move the possessed object as your own body... And in this battle, it is most important to make everyone aware of this ability."
According to the prior investigation, it was learned that gran diver has the ability to be assimilated and manipulated by the earth. This ability can be said to be an advanced version of this possession ability.
If it were a simple semi-spiritual body, it would not be able to control things that are too large, or things that are not clearly established as one thing, such as earth and water.
This stroke of luck proved he was capable of doing just that.
"I've said something to the captains, simply put, to treat the Amazon jungle as the enemy."
Not only the earth is directly assimilated by the invaders, but the plants that take root there will also show their fangs to us as the bodies of the invaders.
