Book 3: Chapter 23
「Take care of that, Reiji!」
「On it!」
Dante-san tried to taunt three automatons, but one slipped past his side. The hedgehog-type automatons were more like a “tank” than a “puppet”.
As it charged towards me with its spiky needles, I threw a branch at it and invoked【Flower Magic】. This branch, which has a strange name of “Six Knot Wood”, grows many vines from each of its knots. In other words, it is most suitable for entangling wheels.
Its wheel stopped rotating, causing the hedgehog to fall sideways due to the inertia. Sliding across the ground, it came to a stop as its needles pierced into a wall. The hedgehog with its ”belly” exposed, rotated the remaining wheels helplessly in the air. One hedgehog is done!
「NUOOOO!」
Dante-san blocked a needle charge with his large shield and swung the mace down on the nose of the hedgehog he was facing. The needles around the face, which also acted as a defensive barrier, could not stop the blows from the vicious iron mace. After cutting it down to size, the automaton finally stopped moving.
「This is impossible, impossibleeeee!」
「Zerry-san, aim at its face!」