For about the balcony’s width, countless gunports had been deployed horizontally, generated in the air.
Gunports would be a slight bit of exaggeration, but there were no other words befitting it that he could think of. Gunports, muzzles, shooting portals―― in any case, they were openings for firing something, for sure.
The great white gunports, which had been installed through forming something akin to a magic square in the air, had their aims tilted diagonally towards the ground. And――
Shaula: “――Infinitied Hell's Snipe!!”
Subaru: “What the, that’s so cool!!”
The moment Shaula shouted the technique’s name, the white gunports glimmered brilliantly.
The sound of shattering glass then repeatedly echoed through the sky of the Sand Dunes, quashing Subaru’s howl. At the same time, the gunports lost their form and dissolved into the atmosphere.
This was the true identity of the high-pitched sound that had welcomed Subaru and the others upon their arrival at the balcony earlier. And, there was only one reason why Shaula was utilizing them.
――Firing bombardments as much as possible, the coronas approached the ground with the speed of light.
Upon making impact on the sand, they released a violent luster and blew away the ground. Same happened even when they stuck onto the backs of Witchbeasts rushing savagely atop the sand.
The Witchbeasts, which gave rise to a plume of sand as they aimed for the Tower, received the coronas on their backs, their blood and flesh scattering across the sand subsequently. The thirsting sand sipped their flesh, their scattered corpses were trampled by the other Witchbeasts, the coronas’ carpet bombing magnificently and unmistakably reduced the total number of the Witchbeasts approaching.
The number of coronas was close to a hundred, and each aimed for and struck down two or three Witchbeasts.
This was what Shaula had fired in rapid succession within a short period of time. Also considering the interval when Julius went to call Subaru and the others, just how high a number would the total shots fired by her be. - Arc 6 Chapter 63 "Five Obstacles"
