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

===Part 19===

North east of the holy capital──old sanctuary site.

The attacking Abysses were already dead. In the sky above the snow field and abandoned building, two Drag-Knights were battling.

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「You finally get serious. My suffering won’t settle down with just venting my anger!」

Mel who switched Ddraig Gwiber into Wyvern Mode sharply skated in the sky and charged.

She lightly wielded the Halberd that was a heavy weapon and struck. That aggression was like a storm.

But, Krulcifer wasn’t perturbed. She saw through it and dodged with the smallest movements.

She wasn’t just simply fast, because the senses of the Drag-Ride were connected with her reflexes nerves, her reaction speed was superhuman.

Thanks to being linked to her Drag-Ride using Full Connect, she was able to move with far more precision compared to before.

With her evasion that came from the mobility that was the trait possessed by Fafnir, she glidingly dodged the attack of Mel who came striking with her Halberd coming from all directions. She didn’t miss the instant of opening and took it.

「──Freezing Cannon.」

The flash that was fired from the rifle-shaped special armament hit, freezing the armor of Ddraig Gwiber. ──But, even though Mel was hit from the back, that ice instantly melted.

「The ice melt even when it’s frozen from the back──as I thought that ability isn’t a type of special armament isn’t it?」

The true nature of Mel Gizalut, the strongest and youngest Drag-Knight in Ymir Theocracy.

It was doubtlessly her prodigious sense that was able to freely control the Divine Drag-Ride that she possessed, Ddraig Gwiber which had land battle form and flying form.

She was able to freely control the special mechanism of Divine Drag-Ride that was already difficult to handle even at the best of time, and she created tactics to put it to practical use using her flexible imagination.

Then, it didn’t matter that the function of her Drag-Ride was drastically increased on the whole, it was still inadequate to defeat Mel.

The mystery of Ddraig Gwiber’s Divine Raiment.

She would be defeated if she didn’t expose the secret.

「You’ve become a bit better. But speed of that level won’t catch up with my strength!」

Mel bared a wicked smile and her Ddraig Gwiber skated in the sky once more.

However, at the present where the Fafnir’s mobility was superior, she should still be able to evade somehow──but,

「-……!?」

*GOU-!* Intense squall pushed Mel’s back and she approached with a speed that surpassed Krulcifer’s prediction.

Fafnir’s Auto Shield quickly activated and narrowly blocked Mel’s Halberd attack, but Mel instantly let go of the Halberd and punched with both of her armored arms.

「──!?」

Although she was taken by surprise, this time her barrier blocked the blow of the armored arms.

Seeing that right now was a good chance with the opponent’s attack staved off, Krulcifer quickly readied her Freezing Cannon. In that moment, Mel’s flesh and blood arms let go from the armored arms and gripped her Sword Device.

「──!」

「You should have used Future Sight beforehand. ──It’s impossible though.」

By causing the Auto Shield to be spread in front of Krulcifer’s eyes, it also stole her field of vision in reverse.

Mel released a blow using her armored arms in a flash, then she slashed using Sword Device through the gap.

The tip of the Sword Device pierced the barrier and cut Krulcifer’s upper arm.

「Kuuh……!」

She grimaced from the pain, and the strength of the hand that was holding the rifle dropped.

Mel grinned fearlessly and she swooped down to pick up the Halberd she let go.

「Even though you are a machine human, but your blood is red isn’t it?」

Mel flew within inches from the snow field before she swooped up and attacked once more.

「──Ojou-sama-!」

Altterize yelled with two swords in hand but──.

「Don’t interfere, this child’s opponent is me. ──You protect Tou-sanfather and others for me.」

「You are still planning to put on air like human family?」

Mel ascended once more and attacked with Halberd in hand.

Krulcifer reflexively fired her Freezing Cannon, but this time it passed through Mel’s afterimage and didn’t hit.

Furthermore heavy fog that was rising up before she realized was covering the field of vision in the area.

「This is the end Krulcifer. Orphel’s revenge──!」

The Auto Shield activated and blocked the Halberd’s attack──but, for some reason the seven shields that moved automatically were repelled and without stopping the attack hit.

「Ku, u……!?」

The barrier was scraped off and the impact pierced through the armor and ran through the body. Perhaps because of the Full Connect, she could feel the damage to the armor more strongly.

But, thanks to the armor and her body being assimilated, she noticed the existence of high temperature on her whole body.

「──I understand now Mel. The true identity of your Ddraig Gwiber’s, Divine Raiment……!」

Right after she barely muttered that, Krulcifer was thrown to the ground, breaking through the ceiling of old sanctuary site that was still remaining.

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