Editing Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut:Volume 7 Episode 4 (section)

===Part 17===

*PAKIN-!* The warhead that froze instantly fell on the floor of the old sanctuary site.

Before the Ground Buster that Mel fired impacted, a Drag-Ride prevented that from happening.

「Krulcifer……!? You──」

The father Stiyl noticed her, but he was astonished by her appearance. The eldest brother Zain was also speechless.

Lux and Alterize held their breath at the same time.

「……Is that your true appearance I wonder?」

Mel who was looking down from above wasn’t perturbed. She showed a belligerent smile.

Krulcifer looked down quietly toward her and told the answer.

「I guess. This is the proof that I am related by blood toward the first clan──the ancient race of people who brought the Ruin into this world.」

In respond Krulcifer answered the question indifferently.

The obvious answer was right there.

The shape of Fafnir that was covering her body wasn’t any different from usual in a glance.

But looking closer, the machine and the body were glued closely to each other even deeper compared to the appearance when she was wearing the armor normally.

──No, it wasn’t at the level of being glued closely, her arms and legs were assimilated to the machine itself.

Above Krulcifer’s white skin, red lines that resembled the pattern carved on the surface of Sword Device were flowing like tattoo.

「Full Connect. The form that accomplished fusion with Drag-Ride, that can only be used by XferKey’s Supervisor, the caln that was the one who developed Drag-Ride and possessed greatest Drag-Ride aptitude value. With this strength that was sleeping in the archive of Ruin, I’ll drive you away, Mel.」

「Krulcifer-san!?」

Lux who was breathing hard gasping for air called out to her uneasily.

Krulcifer who noticed that smiled calmly toward Lux.

「Let’s talk later. You go to save the princess and others. I’m fine already, that’s why──I’ll show you, that I can protect my family.」

Seeing that smile that was filled with deep affection, Lux was convinced.

She wasn’t losing her sanity or anything like Mel.

She was standing here once again with the confidence and pride that she had built up, just like her usual self.

「──I’ll leave it to you.」

Lux said that and made Bahamut skated in the sky.

His figure instantly became far away with a speed that was several level above when he was crossing swords with Mel just now.

After seeing that off, Mel stood up on the broken ceiling of the old sanctuary site and glared at Krulcifer.

「I won’t let you get away for sure this time, I will without fail──crush you.」

「I myself──will teach you. The thing that I’m actually wishing for, and the thing that you have to obtain.」

Mel who was sneering with shadowed expression, and Krulcifer who was staring straight to her.

The two’s Drag-Rides moved simultaneously and the battle began.

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