Editing Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut:Volume 3 Episode 5 (section)

===Part 9===

「GUOOOOooOo!」

In the practice ground that was half destroyed, the Ragnarok was rampaging madly.

It swung around several hundred tentacles, spewed out smoke screen that was like mist from its mouth, and it was gradually increasing its method of attack.

Lux continued to defend and dodge against that, but he really couldn’t shift into counterattack.

Critical Hit that returned the opponent’s destructive power back as it was had little effect against Poseidon’s soft body.

Thus, if it was seen from the side right now, Lux was devoting himself to evasion that could be seen as buying time.

But,

「Lux Arcadia. I order you to take shelter. Your strength is unnecessary for me.」

*BASHIiiI-!*

Celis cut apart tentacles using Lightning Lance that was clad in electricity while muttering that suddenly.

At first it sounded like a statement that was obstinately rejecting 『the male Lux』, but──.

Lux guessed Celis’s intention from those words.

「──Understood. Be careful.」

Right after replying, Lux escaped to high in the sky outside the attack range of the tentacles.

At that moment, Celis moved.

「Divine Gate.」

She whispered quietly, and at the same time the Lindwurm she wore was wrapped in a halo of seven colors.

And then, the moment several hundred tentacles assaulted Celis, her figure disappeared.

「GIiIIH!?」

When Poseidon raised a bizarre cry, Celis was already in front of the enemy.

「Starlight Zero.」

The super compressed light bullet was fired from zero distance into the ugly mouth that was opened wide like a hell hole.

Right after that, Celis retreated to the sky and flew higher than Lux. She then readied her Lightning Lance that was clad in intense electricity.

「The finishing blow.」

「Celis-senpai! Don’t tell me──」

Without even any time for Lux to stop her, Celis charged towards the Ragnarok below at the same time with the explosion of the light bullet.

Hitting the opponent with two types of attack simultaneously by oneself, 『Double Attack』.

Celis commenced it, aiming at the instant when the enemy was blasted from inside.

While the area was shook by explosion blast and shockwave, Celis deeply stabbed Poseidon’s torso without even balking at getting damaged by her own bombardment.

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「──GIiIAAAAAAAAH……!」

–

It spread out a shriek that was unthinkable to be something of this world while splattering blue blood to the surroundings.

It acted violently for a while and threw all its tentacles to the surroundings. And then it stopped moving completely without even a twitch.

It seemed that Celis grasped the position of the core through the process of stabbing her spear on it many times.

Using her last two special armaments, she executed the double attack with the resolve of getting bombed.

She really defeated the Ragnarok by herself alone.

That fact that was like a dream stole Lux’s gaze for a while.

「Uu…… aa」

As expected, she might be considerably exhausted. Celis pulled out her stabbed lance while her body shook unsteadily.

「Celis-senpai-!」

Lux approached beside her in panic and supported her, it was then,

「……I should have told you, my order already. Worrying about this me is──」

「It’s necessary.」

「Eh……?」

Celis tried to shake off Lux’s hand with an obstinate voice, but Lux stopped her with few words.

「Why did you do something that reckless? If you are hurt, the students here will all be sad. What am I going to do if someone won’t worry about a person who pretends not to feel pained when it’s painful?」

「…………. You are──」

Lux’s lonely voice caused Celis to open her eyes wide in surprise for a moment.

Her beautiful jade eyes shook slightly, but she immediately shook her head and made a resolute expression.

「I’m all right. More importantly, I have to go save everyone who is being attacked by the strange force──」

Saying that, she tried to fly towards the girl dormitory and school building, it was at that moment,

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「HA-HA-HA-HA-HAA─!」

–

A shrill loud laughter came from the spectator seats of the half destroyed practice ground.

「……-!?」

When Lux and Celis looked at one area of the seating, a small silhouette wearing a jet black robe was there.

Vibrant silver hair and sharp eye glint were peeking out from under the hood that was snugly covering until the figure’s head.

That hair color──was the same as Lux and his little sister Airi, the color that was inherited by the imperial family of the Old Empire.

The moment Lux saw that, his heart thumped heavily.

「That’s──don’t tell me!?」

「As expected from the mighty duke’s daughter, the so called Academy’s strongest. Splendid, splendid, how strong. ──But, don’t tell me. Don’t tell me that you are having a thought, even for just a tiny bit, that it will end with just this much? You aren’t riiight?」

The figure who narrowed their eyes under the hood put a golden horn flute on their lips, and raised their voice loudly.

「Now, entertain me quickly! How all you lowly maggots get eaten, your despairing face, the end of the road of the traitors, show me and satisfy this thirst of mine!」

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*iIiiIIIIIII!*

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The moment the black robed figure murmured, a discordant sound rang out.

At the same time, *zun!* the ring of the practice ground caved in and deep cracks entered the ground.

「Wha……!?」

The moment Celis’s eyes opened wide in shock, it showed its figure.

「Gu……──GUaaAAAAAaaAAAA!」

Poseidon that got its core pierced and had completely fallen silent for a moment raised a howl that sounded like a shriek and it was resurrected once more. The several hundred tentacles that were burned to a crisp and dangled on the ground limply were getting regenerated in the blink of an eye.

「This is, that time’s──!?」

When Lux went on an outing with Celis, the Chimera showed the same transformation like this.

Dark red lines were running through its whole body, and ominous killing intent was filling the whole practice ground to the brim.

The eyeballs dulled darkly, its pupils opened and shined.

「VAaaaAAAAAAAAAAH!」

The Academy’s ground was shaking fiercely along with Poseidon’s howl.

「This is bad……-!」

At this rate, the academy itself would be destroyed.

Celis who thought that readied her Lightning Lance. It was at that timing,

*DOoN!*

Lindwurm was blown away by an explosion blast and Celis crashed on a mountain of rubble.

「Wha……-!?」

When Lux turned to look behind in surprise, over there was──.

「As expected from Celis-neesama. You aren’t defeated yet.」

Saniya who was smiling calmly was looking down on Celis from the sky.

Completely different from her usual intellectual appearance, her long curly hair was disheveled. Her appearance looked wild.

Furthermore she was wearing a Wyvern that was covered with a bizarre dark red pattern, the same like the Ragnarok.

「What are you doing, Saniya……?」

The girl who idolized her since their time meeting as first year students. That girl was shooting a Cannon at her. Celis was unable to accept that fact right away.

In contrast to the shaken Celis, Saniya readied the Cannon in her hand and grinned fearlessly.

「Aa, you mean this? This is called a B-blood Wyvern. A new weapon that was recently introduced into our unit, it’s a little bit risky, but it’s a strong frame that won’t lose even against a Divine Drag-Ride.」

「What are you saying, you are……」

Celis who was helped to stand by Lux asked with a shaking voice.

At that instant, the black robed silhouette on the collapsed spectator seats laughed loudly.

「Really slow aren’t you, as expected from the muscle-brained duke’s daughter-sama! You were just dancing in our palm you know! Saniya over there is a spy that I sent in here! A spy from the Heiburg Republic where this me is acting as the military strategist you see!」

「-……!」

The words of the robed figure made Celis speechless.

On the other hand, Saniya was directing a dubious face at the robed figure.

「Is that fine? To say out that name here?」

「Hahn? What’s with you? Don’t tell me you are feeling like letting go even one of this bunch huh? Make them forget everything in this place. That’s your job, Heiburg’s dog.」

「Understood──and so because of that, it’s a shame, but please die. Celis-oneesama.」

「……Wh, why!?」

Saniya was looking down with a cold smile. Even so Celis still called out to her.

「Was everything a lie!? Even the things that you told me……. Even the poor treatment and terrible acts that you received from males that I heard from you, all of those──」

Her voice and expression were pleading. Saniya answered her with a smile that cut down all of those.

「Celis-neesama. It’s thanks to you, you know? Thanks to you being incompetent, I could progress until this far smoothly. It’s thanks to you, that I can destroy this country. Thank you. I’m grateful to you. I will properly spread that foolish reputation of you in my country, that’s why──sayonara.」

*GOO-!*

At the same time when Saniya finished talking, she brandished her large Blade and slashed at Celis.

Lux blocked it with his Blade. At that instant, a sharp crack ran through the Blade in Saniya’s hand.

The special move that combined a Barrier Blade with the defense to counterattack, Critical Hit.

Saniya who saw it once more showed a fed up face and spat out.

「Haa……. You again? I really owe you from the mock battle. Rather than that, is it fine? That you are covering for your grandfather’s enemy?」

Lux frowned hearing the incomprehensible words Saniya suddenly said.

*GOU-!* Saniya’s Wyvern unleashed Howling Roar.

Lux who came forward to protect Celis got hit fully by that and he was sent flying.

「Kuh……!」

Saniya’s Wyvern looked mostly the same outside as a normal Wyvern, but its power in all aspects had increased by several times.

That output that wouldn’t be left behind even against a Divine Drag-Ride shocked Lux while he,

「What do you mean? The words just now──」

He glared at Saniya who was grinning fearlessly midair and asked her that.

「What a clown you are, chore prince. Don’t you know anything?」

「Saniya! That’s──, it’s only you that I……!」

Saniya answered while sneering at the voice that Celis squeezed out pleadingly.

「That woman was the one who killed your grandfather. That girl once told your grandfather about the rotten politics of the Old Empire, because of that he made that counsel which caused him to get imprisoned and die.」

「────」

Lux who heard that stopped moving. Celis’s face paled.

A moment of stiffening. In that opening, Saniya’s Blade that was destroyed by Lux’s Critical Hit was tinged with dark red light, and it was restored in the blink of an eye.

「It’s over already for you guys. My subordinates are occupying this Academy! Even those two Divine Drag-Ride users are currently facing guys at the same level as me. At this rate, you all will become fodder for the Ragnarok!」

And then, Saniya readied her Cannon that had a dark red carved seal on its surface and fired.

A huge beam of light attacked Celis who was shivering from fear.

At that moment, black mist spread out along with the Ragnarok’s howl and blackened out Lux’s field of vision.

–

「──I’m sorry.」

The surrounding was enveloped in jet black darkness. The wall crumbled from explosions and rubble was falling down. Amidst such a situation, Celis’s disappearing voice could be heard.

「I was, unable to say it……. About the matter of Wade-sensei──your grandfather……」

It was a depressed dark voice that couldn’t even possibly be imagined coming from the usual Celis.

That voice was merely audible to Lux’s ear.

「When I was little in the Ralgris House, I accidentally heard about a bad story of the Old Empire. At that time I didn’t think of anything thoroughly, I was merely thinking, that it would be fine if I just did the right thing……」

「And then, you talked, to my grandfather──?」

Lux asked towards the direction where Celis’s voice came from.

「……Yes. And then, Wade-sensei who made his counsel towards the Old Empire was imprisoned. Simply because I said an unnecessary thing, even you got chased out of the imperial court──even so, at the end sensei said 『you are not mistaken』 to me.」

Inside the darkness where even her figure couldn’t be seen.

That voice that sounded like crying made Lux’s chest feel pained.

「Since then, I kept thinking all this time. Because of my fault, sensei who did the right thing died. That’s why, I have to do the right thing in his place. Protecting all the girls in the New Kingdom, keeping you away, too, because of the danger. Those are what I should do. That was what I was thinking all this time, and yet──」

「That’s why Celis-senpai, tried to fight the Ragnarok alone, without receiving my assistance……?」

In the past, she killed Lux’s grandfather with the words of herself who was still a child.

Exactly because she was regretting it, that she tried to become stronger and more righteous than anyone in the New Kingdom. She was also trying to keep her teacher’s grandson, Lux, far away from the battlefield because of that.

「And yet, I was unable. I was, tricked……. I also betrayed everyone’s expectations, and I also involved you into this……」

「…………」

She mourned her actions in the past that she did because she thought it was right.

She shouldered the burden and fought alone.

Just like the current him who was unable to accomplish his duty as a prince in the past, she was fighting to protect this country and Lux.

「I’m sorry. You resent me right? But it’s fine. I swear I’ll protect you, even at the price of my life……. I swear, I’ll absolutely save you, that’s why──」

*Slither*, the sound of a tentacle crawling could be heard.

It weaved through the gap of the rubble surrounding the two to assault Celis who was trying to stand up, it was at that moment──

「You’re wrong! I’m──!」

*Zashu-!* That tentacle was cut down. In front of Celis, Lux was standing in the way of that tentacle with his sword lifted before her eyes.

It was that black Sword Device, that saved Celis when she was attacked by the Chimera.

「Black, Sword Device……!? That’s, the sword Luno carried──」

Celis opened her eyes wide and raised a shaking voice.

In response to that, Lux smiled quietly.

「I’m sorry for staying quiet. I’ll receive any scolding properly later on, that’s why──」

And then, he readied his sword toward the black space that hadn’t cleared yet, and yelled the Passcode.

「──Manifest, the violent dragon devouring the gods’ flesh and blood. Sever the sky of black cloud, Bahamut!」

Right after that, faint light particles converged in high speed and a huge black Drag-Ride appeared.

「Jet black Divine Drag-Ride……!? Don’t tell me, you are!?」

「Please don’t worry. I don’t resent Celis-senpai or anything. After all, I like you who are a strong, gentle, but really awkward person.」

Lux didn’t answer her question and told her that with a gentle voice.

「That’s why, please wait just for a little bit. I will protect you, without fail. In the place of my grandfather who you respected.」

Right after that, Bahamut flew up, breaking through from the collapsing ground.

「──So you came! Black Hero! It really helps to save time and effort that I can even kill you here!」

The instant Lux wearing Bahamut appeared, Saniya floated an evil grin and swooped down towards him.

But,

「Sorry.」

Lux said that with a voice that sounded completely disinterested, then he dealt seven consecutive flashes in super high speed toward Saniya.

「Right now, I don’t have any free time to look after you.」

「-……!」

Countless slash lined ran on Saniya’s B-blood Wyvern──and it crumbled.

Bahamut’s Divine Raiment. The magic of compression and strengthening. Lux settled the match right away with the super accelerated Quick Shot that was unleashed by using that.

「Kuh……!」

Shock surfaced on Saniya’s expression, but she instantly changed it into a fearless grin.

「Hmph! But, it’s over already!」

Saniya lost the propulsive power from her back wings and she was starting to free fall, but she yelled victoriously.

「Something like the legend of the Black Hero is just foolish bullshit! Taking on 1200 Drag-Knights alone in reality, who would believe such a thing! You won’t be able to stop the Ragnarok by yourself alone! You also won’t be able to save the girls at the Academy’s school building! This is──your loss!」

At the same time as that voice, Poseidon that finished regenerating all its tentacles caught Lux’s figure with both its eyeballs.

The female students who were taking shelter at the corner of the spectator seats raised screams of terror.

At that time when all prospects of doing anything seemed lost, Lux was thinking.

That Ragnarok would regenerate completely even if it was cut with speed or smashed with strength.

The way to finish it off, existed at the deepest part of that gigantic body. The complete destruction of the core. That was the only way.

Recalling the offense and defense that Celis showed him, Lux racked his brain.

The students at the far away school building who were being attacked by a lot of Wyvern.

The things remaining in the half-destroyed practice ground and spectator seats.

In that place where innumerable mock battles had been carried out and where more than a hundred students had fought, there were countless equipment falling around.

Grasping the terrain and situation.

Recognizing the two 『enemy』 ‘s behavior and capabilities.

His thought accelerated and sharpened keenly like a needle.

And then the next moment──Lux’s scenario was completed.

「Linker BurstResonance Surge.」

Bahamut’s two eyes shined red at the same time with Lux’s voice. The surrounding space vibrated.

The atmosphere was trembling rattlingly. The fallen rubble and countless Drag-Ride’s armaments were caught in it.

「……Floating the surrounding material? ──What are you planning to do?」

Saniya who landed on the ground looked up at Bahamut with a dubious face. Linker Burst was the special armament installed inside Bahamut.

It was an ability that interfered with the surrounding material, produced a special force field, and moved objects.

Its power wasn’t something strong. Its strength couldn’t destroy something or send something flying, pulling little things towards the user was the best that could be done with its strength.

It didn’t look like it would be of any use to defeat the Ragnarok. ──But,

「VaaOAAAAAA!」

Right after that, dozens of muddy black tentacles of the Ragnarok assaulted Lux──

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*ZAN-!*

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「Gi……!?」

All of that was tore apart into pieces instantly, almost at the same time.

「……Eh!?」

The female students who were taking shelter at the spectator seats far away, Saniya, and even Celis too were holding their breaths seeing that bizarre scene.

It started with the strike from Reload on Fire that was unleashed once more as the beginning.

The back wings of Bahamut was tinged with light, then it dashed with a speed that the eye couldn’t follow.

Chasing after it, Poseidon’s several hundred tentacles flitted about.

But, not a single one could touch Bahamut’s frame, the tentacles were cut apart one after another.

A consecutive attack without even a moment of rest, unleashing slashes simultaneously with evasive actions was started.

「……What’s that movement……!? What, in the world──」

Saniya on the ground unconsciously muttered seeing that strange scene.

Lux was moving around at high speed, severing the tentacles attacking him one after another while throwing the things floating around him.

Countless Sword Devices and armaments that the female students dropped everywhere on the mountain of rubble in the practice ground.

They fluttered up due to Linker Burst and pulled towards Lux’s hand. Lux grasped them one after another in the middle of thd fight and threw them with a speed that was like a bullet.

Of course, he did that while evading and severing several hundred tentacles of Poseidon that were approaching him.

「What are you planning huh! Are you screwing around!? By doing that, even if you can dodge and cut──」

Saniya who was gradually shuddering toward that superhuman feat that looked like acrobatics raised her voice. It was then a voice came to her through the communication method between fellow Drag-Rides──the Dragon Voice.

『Sa, niya…… sama! It’s an emergency! We were about to suppress half of the Academy but── Our Drag-Ride forces! They are getting shot down one by one!』

「What are you saying? From where is that kind of attack──……-!?」

There, Saniya finally noticed the truth.

That Lux was fighting the Ragnarok while pulling armaments and Sword Devices towards him in midair, then throwing them far away in the distance and shot down the many Wyverns attacking the school building.

When Saniya panickedly turned her sight towards the sky above the Academy, the figure of several dozen Wyverns who were there had suddenly vanished from the sky.

「You are saying that they were shot down……!? All of them!?」

With a dumbfounded expression, Saniya returned her gaze to nearby.

There, she saw Lux who was going to attack the Ragnarok right at that time.