Editing Masou Gakuen HxH:Volume 14 Chapter 1 (section)

===Part 9===
Aine, Hayuru, Yurishia, and Sylvia each equipped their Heart Hybrid Ger and flew through Pacific Ocean.

Even the sea that was pitch black when they departed Ataraxia was gradually becoming clearer that they could see the shape of the waves. The starry sky receded and the sky ahead of them got brighter.

「I can see it!」

A black silhouette emerged from the rising sun. The form of the upper body of armored knight attached on the back of a large winged dragon.

「There is no mistake! It’s a Dragre!!」

Aine yelled in excitement. In contrast Yurishia was smiling leisurely.

「It’s true~. Somehow it feels nostalgic.」

「To think that we will fight it one more time……」

Hayuru muttered with a disbelieving face. However from her there was no wariness from her like in the past. Dragre was once a powerful enemy, but against their current self it wasn’t their match. They had that conviction.

Their interest instead lied in where did it come from and why did it exist.

「Yosh. Let’s capture it without destroying it for the investigation.」

The instant Kizuna ordered that──,

Dragre’s mouth opened and its inside turned bright.

──It’ll breath flame huh.

Should he defend with barrier or dodge?

If it was in the past this was where he would feel anxious, but now he could deal with it calmly.

Bright red flame was breathed out from the largely opened mouth of Dragre. The flame approached them with a roar like a dragon.

──But, its speed suddenly increased, turning into a streak of bright light that drew near.

「!? Be careful!」

Kizuna yelled that. At the same time he deployed his barrier. The barrier of light appeared in front of Kizuna and others. Dragre’s beam crashed on it.

「UOOOH!?」

Light burst.

The barrier creaked and an impact that made it felt like Kizuna’s arm would break was added.

「Wha……what!? This power!!」

──It’s different from Dragre in the past!

「Everyone!」

Everyone understood with that single word.

The five of them scattered at the same time when Kizuna’s barrier broke.

「Mode Neros!!」

Kizuna yelled. Heart Hybrid Gear, Eros’s light changed from pink to Neros’s red in respond to his voice.

It was ability copy of a partner’s Heart Hybrid Gear through Heart Hybrid. This was Eros’s other special ability that matched Heart Hybrid.

「Sword!!」

Kizuna lifted his hand and yelled, then a sword’s hilt appeared at his fingertip. When he grabbed that, a sword was created in the blink of eye.

Kizuna took a stance with that sword and assaulted Dragre.

However the knight on its back aimed its gunsword at Kizuna to protect the dragon. The particle bullet that was fired hit Kizuna’s arm that was holding the sword.

「Guuh!?」

Its aim was accurate, its reaction speed was fast, and the bullet speed was also in a different league.

He kicked on the air and changed direction, even so the shots were following him. And then ahead of it──,

「Tsk!!」

The beam shaped flame that was breathed from the dragon’s mouth was waiting for him.

The knight and dragon worked together splendidly. Even though in the past its attack was sketchier──Kizuna muttered that inside his heart while moving to deploy his barrier once more.

「Blade!!」

Neros’s midrange suppression weapon attacked Dragre. The knight prioritized defense and aimed its muzzle toward the Blade.

However there──,

「Hel Fire!!」

Yurishia who took distance showered it with all out shooting of Differential Frame. A bunch of golden light hit Dragre’s neck.

Dragre changed the direction of its neck toward Yurishia with the sound like a lot of gears creaking together. Yurishia switched the Differential Frame from total offense into propulsion force. But, her evasion didn’t make it in time. Dragre’s flame attacked Yurishia as though it was cutting apart the sky.

「You won’t succeed desu!!」

Taros cut in between them.

It lifted its huge right arm that contained its Corruption Armament and blocked Dragre’s flame.

「KyaWAaAaAAAAH!?」

Crimson flame spread in the sky.

Yurishia’s anxious voice resounded.

「Sylvia!! Are you okay!?」

Taros was knocked back by the explosion’s impact, but Sylvia immediately replied with a lively voice.

「Sylvia is fine desu! Taros’s armor can endure just this much desu!」

Sylvia’s Taros halted in midair and aimed the main cannons on its shoulders toward Dragre.

「Ignis!!」

The large caliber particle cannon that rivaled the main cannon of a battleship spat out fire together with Sylvia’s yell. The surrounding’s temperature instantly rose and wind blew violently.

Dragre also deployed barrier using magic power at its front. Enormous flame blast spread in the sky.

There was the figure of Dragre without a single scratch on it at the other side of the flame and smoke.

──Strong.

Kizuna’s eyes became much sharper.

「It’s impossible to capture it alive! We’re defeating it!」

「「「「Roger!!」」」」

Everyone replied back simultaneously.

Sylvia fired up Taros’s rocket engine and went in front of everyone.

「Sylvia will become the shield desu! Use that chance!!」

Without delay Yurishia switched Differential frame into attacking.

「Hell Fire!!」

Differential Frame that was installed with several particle cannons fired simultaneously. Several streaks of light drew a line while heading toward Dragre.

Dragre’s barrier was smashed apart with a sound like glass breaking.

「HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!」

Aine who was looking for an opening until now flew into Dragre’s chest.

A powerful kick that was boosted by her acceleration’s momentum penetrated the knight’s stomach.

「!?」

By all right she should easily penetrate through. But instead her kick was stopped with only her ankles sinking in.

The knight’s eyes shined and the sword tip of its gunsword shined.

「You-!」

Aine kicked the knight’s stomach with her other foot and pulled out her foot. However the sword attacked her defenseless back.

「NUAAAAAH!」

「Kizuna!?」

Kizuna spread out his barrier with his right hand alone and flew in front of Aine. However the barrier that was half way deployed was easily smashed.

「Guaah!」

Aine caught Kizuna who was sent flying.

Drops of red blood were flowing in front of Aine’s eyes.

「Kizuna-!?」

The right arm’s armor that covered Aine was broken and blood was flowing.

Aine’s face distorted in anger the instant she saw that blood.

「How dare you……」

Aine drew back with her thruster working in full while strongly hugging Kizuna in her arms.

「Calm down Aine, this is just a scratch.」

「But-!」

Taros stood in the way of the Dragre that came chasing them.

「You won’t pass here desu!」

Taros’s barrier and Dragre’s barrier clashed.

It was a battle of power now that it became like this.

──I can’t imagine Talos lose, but it will become an exchange of shots the instant the shields of both sides are broken. If that happen then even Sylvia won’t get away unscathed.

Even if they defeated it, Kizuna wanted to just turn it unable to fight and then brought it until Ataraxia. If they investigated it they might understand why magic weapon came back like this.

But, the situation right now didn’t allow such thing anymore.

Now it might get annihilated until no trace of it remained, but if it went well then they might be able to at least bring its wreckage home.

「Hayuru!」

Kizuna called the name of Amaterasu member who possessed the strongest weapon at this time.

「Yes-!」

After all he was doing ultimate hybrid together with Hayuru right before they were called.

That was why──,

「Use Gladius!!」

「Roger!!」

Hayuru unhesitatingly thrust out her hand. Red magic circle spread out on her fingertips.

「Corruption Armament! Gladius!!」

The magic circle roated slowly and became triple layered. The magic formula automatically expanded.

A cylinder that was excessively long to be a sword handle appeared from inside it.

Hayuru grabbed it and pulled it out in one go from the magic circle.

It was a large sword with a handle that was already the size of a normal sword. A sword with strange appearance of three blades in one sword made its appearance.

Red particles were circulating on the blade part and emitted bewitching light. The thing that was touched by this blade would be severed no matter what it was. It severed by rejecting the target’s connection as an existence.

If it was now after they had done ultimate hybrid, it would be possible to deny the enemy’s connection with this world and erased it.

──But,

「Hayuru! Don’t eliminate it completely, we want to recover its remains!」

「Understood!」

「Sylvia! Get away in five more seconds! Start counting down!」

「Roger desu! 5!!」

「Yurishia!」

「Leave the cover fire to me!!」

「4!」

And then Kizuna exchanged eye contact with Aine. When Kizuna pointed below, Aine pointed up, then the two separated to above and below.

「3!」

Hayuru took a deep breath and focused her mind.

「2!」

Neros’s armor opened and the red light at its inner part shined radiantly.

「1!」

Yurishia fixed her aim on the Dragre and adjusted her aiming in detail by predicting the future development.

「Here I go desu!!」

Taros’s barrier vanished.

「Ignis!!」

The large caliber particle cannon that was fired from point-blank range directly hit Dragre’s shield. All the heat was focused into one spot.

「Hell Fire!!」

Cross’s all out bombardment landed on the impact point of Ignis with pinpoint precision.

Dragre’s shield burst in that moment.

Taros used Ignis’s backlash to make a big jump backward. Hayuru charged toward Dragre as replacement.

「HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!」

The speed of Neros that was powered up by ultimate hybrid wasn’t ordinary.

The knight detected Hayuru’s approach and readied its gunsword.

At that time the knight was already severed from the dragon.

The knight’s body crumbled and vanished without even any time to rise the shriek of death agony.

And then its other half the dragon was also going to collapse.

「Kizuna!」

「Aine!」

The nose diving Zeros and the steeply climbing Eros.

「UOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!」

「HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!」

Their aim was Dragre’s dragon neck.

The kick of Zeros that surpassed the speed of sound and Eros’s sword that slashed with all its strength attacked the dragon’s neck from above and below.

Aine’s kick dented the armor and crushed the machine inside.

Kizuna’s sword cut apart the metal and dig in until halfway the neck.

The pressure from above and below that targeted a single spot snapped the Dragre’s neck. The armor was crushed and magic power spurt out like blood. Its internal machine parts flowed out like entrails.

The neck was pulverized midway and the head was cut off.

The effect of Gladius encroached into the dragon’s body at that timing and reached the neck.

And then everything became fragments of light.

The fragments sparkled and flew away with the wind.

In the middle of the magic power particles that danced in the air, Kizuna turned his palm toward Aine. And then Aine also turned her palm toward him. The two’s palm lightly clapped *pan*.

And then Aine entwined her fingers with Kizuna’s fingers to hold his hand.

「But Kizuna……even if it got away from Gladius’s effect, the magic weapon would still vanish wouldn’t it?」

「Normally it will be like that but……if that’s the case, the Dragre’s existence in this world itself is strange. I thought that perhaps we will be able to recover its wreckage.」

「Something like that──」

「Captaiiiin!」

Taros’s huge frame flew up from the nearby sea surface below.

Aine opened her eyes wide in surprise.

「Sylvia picked this up desu!!」

Dragre’s neck was there in Taros’s arms without vanishing.