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

===Part 8===

「Ku-ku-ku! As expected from the military academy where the new kingdom’s ojou-samayoung ladies are gathering. Quite a lot of pretty things are here en masse, ain’t that right!?」

Inside the Academy’s ground──.

On the narrow path continuing to the girl dormitory and school building from the practice ground, several Drag-Knights were blocking the path.

「Wha, what are you people!? Whi, which unit do you belong to!? Something like this──」

「Ri, right now there is a huge Abyss nearby don’t you know!? This isn’t the time to jest around!」

Two second year female students who were running ahead were raising their voices like that.

They were returning to the school building after finishing their match in the campus selection battle. But midway they noticed the existence of the Ragnarok and hurriedly tried to go back to the practice ground. It was then that these mysterious male Drag-Knights surrounded them.

Each of the men were clad in a Drag-Ride with greatly different armaments, but for some reason their frame’s paintings were uniform.

They were the same like the Drag-Knights using Wyverns to bombard the Academy from the sky.

「Hee. That’s scary. We gotta guard these ladies politely then.」

But, even when the men saw the tentacles that could be seen at the practice ground in the distance, their complexion didn’t change and they cackled loudly instead.

「Oi oi? Is it okay for us to stop by in this kind of place? We are going to get scolded by those Cerberus bunches yeah? Our objective is looking for the headmaster and that thing right?」

「Who damn cares. We are usually worked like dogs in dangerous missions. What are we gonna do without this kind of special reward? While we are searching for that thing, we got into battle with these girls who stood in our way and captured them. There are plenty of ways to make use of them later y’know.」

「……-!?」

The words of the men that were filled with malice caused the two female students to go pale.

「──It’s useless even if you talk to them, my cute juniors. These guys are probably mercenary Drag-Knights.」

The one who said that from slightly behind was Sharis who was lending her shoulder to Philuffy.

「Are you guys employed by Heiburg’s military? Must be troublesome to go as far as the New Kingdom.」

「Sha, Sharis-senpai……!?」

Sharis showed a smile to the two students who ran towards her in a panic, then she whispered.

「Leave this place to me. Also──take her and run, if possible call for help.」

Sharis’s own Wyvern was already in a greatly damaged state, her stamina was also at the limit, but in front of her defenseless juniors, she could only say that.

She would attract their attention while the others escaped. Sharis thought that it would be great if she could do such a thing.

「Ye, yes-!」

「You think we are gonna let you-!」

The moment the two second year students answered, a man before them yelled.

At the same time, he unleashed one of a Drag-Ride’s basic techniques, Howling Roar.

*GOU-* The air whirled and a shockwave shot through in radial shape.

「KYAAAAAH……!?」

The four people there were all blown backwards, Sharis too struck her back hard on the tree behind her.

「Kuh…… uu……!」

*Cluck* Sharis and the two second year students fainted with their necks bending down.

「……nn」

In that place it was only Philuffy who barely held on to her consciousness, she was standing up even while staggering.

But, the impact from getting blown away caused the sword belt on her waist to slip. The Sword Device of Typhon fell into a thicket that was out of her reach.

「Oops, was the power a bit too weak? Well doesn’t matter. It will be a waste even if you die now.」

「Ah, uh……」

Philuffy pressed her head while groaning listlessly.

Light was already vanishing from her eyes.

「……Even so, this girly is really a quality good even among these bunches huh. It’s unthinkable that she is still a brat with that body of hers.」

The male mercenary crawled his gaze on the chest of Philuffy who was still wearing a pilot suit while licking his lips.

「After we have a lot of fun, we will let you go home when your family pays the ransom for you. With your body chopped into pieces though.」

「……ill us?」

「Haahn……? What’s up, huh, Ojou-sama? Your voice is too feeble we can’t hear anything y’know?」

The male mercenary asked back with a vulgar grin.

They didn’t notice while standing in an overwhelmingly superior position in front of a good quality prey.

That the girl before their eyes was clad in a terribly hollow aura.

「You will──kill us?」

「Yeah, tough luck but that’s whats gonna happen at the end. My bad, but just give up. You have totally lived well until now and made a lot of good memories right? This, too, is the fate from god.」

「……That’s, no good. Such thing. Because──」

Suddenly, the eyeballs of Philuffy who was showing a hollow expression were dyed with the color of darkness.

Just one point, it was only the pupil that snapped open, tinged with sharp golden light.

Philuffy lightly pulled back her arm that was dangling down limply, and took a stance of punching.

The men laughed without noticing anything from too much leeway.

「Hahaha! What are you gonna do? It’s dangerous you know, so stop it. You will get inju──gobah!?」

The men noticed the bizarreness after it was over.

There was the sound of destruction of metal crumpling and cracks spreading.

An instant later, a scream and blood surged out from the man’s mouth.

「Wha……ah!?」

The remaining mercenaries who saw that scene opened their eyes wide speechlessly.

「I, impossible-……!? No way!? A bare hand, against a Drag-Ride──!?」

The girl pierced through the barrier of the Drag-Ride using a fist of flesh and blood, destroying the Drag-Ride’s armor really easily.

In front of that impossible reality, the men’s face were dyed with fear.

「……I cannot, die anymore.」

Philuffy faced the next man along with a smile that was dyed with bottomless darkness, and she pulled her fist.