Editing Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut:Volume 13 Episode 4 (section)

===Part 20===
Furthermore, at the watch tower in front of the fortress where Magialca was fighting.

A few hundred ml in front of it, two battles were progressing side by side.

At the right side was Heiburg Republic’s Rosa Granhide.

Holding out at the left was Turkimes Confederation’s Soffice Xfer.

It was less than a few minutes, but against the strengthened and rampaging Ragnarok as the opponent, they were performing a deathly battle where they couldn’t lose focus for even an instant.

Although Soffice defended against the brainwashing through sound wave and light from Iblis using her Divine Raiment of trajectory control, she was unable in pure exchange of blow using strength. Soffice was caught in a disadvantageous one-sided defensive battle.

「……This is really an irony. A Key’s Supervisor who originally has the position to manage Ragnarok now meet this kind of experience──ua!」

Soffice was grumbling expressionlessly even while breathing hard. In front of her Iblis was approaching and struck with its powerful arm.

She barely offset the attack’s power by leaping behind, even so the frame of Vritra that she was wearing got warped from the impact.

「If you have the leeway to grumble than use it to fight. This side is also unmanageable you knoow」

On the other hand Rosa too was having difficulty with Poseidon after its rampage despite being in advantage at the beginning of the fight.

Poseidon increased its tentacles even more using its life force of infinite regeneration, dragging on the fight endlessly.

Even if it was hit with concentrated bombardment like before, it would regenerate even while getting hit.

There was only one way remaining to defeat it for Rosa, but he was lacking the piece to make it reality.

No matter how much she used the unmanned Drag-Rides Twelve Vice as decoy and confused Poseidon, the countless tentacles would constrict them all simultaneously.

「I wondeer if my estimation was a bit too optimistic……」

The unmanned Drag-Rides were entangled and crushed by tentacles one after another. She was getting cornered step by step.

「It has been a long time eeh, since I taste this feeling.」

Rosa was sweating while smiling in this situation of absolute desperation.

『Don’t show any weakness, especially when you find yourself in a predicament.』

Calensia, the King of Vice who ruled over her taught Rosa like that.

If one believed that they were unrivalled and put on a mask of a powerful person, they wouldn’t be scared of anything.

Accepting the rule of someone as absolute and filling one’s empty shell with it was truly comfortable.

It was also──truly terrifying.

Not having a thinking of their own, but simply acting the villain role that was prepared for them.

For Rosa who had experience unhappiness until now, it was a salvation, but at the same time all the sin was placed on her and she was treated as a tail that could be severed anytime.

(But that person, broke my shell for me.)

Lux didn’t try to rule or control her, he simply let her alive.

He was trying to look at her other than the mask of villain that she was donning.

In that case right now her duty was to repay her debt to him. When she thought like that and tried to raise her spirit, a voice came from behind.

「I heard about your story from Magialca. It looks like you are the same like me, you were also saved by Lux. That means, we are in fact friends──perhaps?」

Standing behind with her back facing Rosa was Soffice Xfer wearing Divine Drag-Ride Vritra.

She was facing Ragnarok Iblis while approaching until a distance of a few dozen ml apart from Rosa.

「You are really leisurely if you still can invite me for a chat aren’t you? I’ll put it into consideration so can we postpone it for later I wondeer.」

Rosa replied like that with a tight tone.

Soffice was fundamentally expressionless so it was unknown what she was thinking, but Rosa thought that she was a really strange woman.

「We will be defeated at this rate. Don’t you think it’s unsightly if we lose here?」

「…………」

Rosa tried to turn away Soffice with her usual thorny attitude, but she was taken aback and gasped hearing Soffice’s serious voice.

「We too are fellow people who were done in by Lux, we should look back and──……-!?」

In the middle of conversation, Soffice was enveloped in the hell fire that Iblis blew out and she leaped back.

Her armor’s endurance and her body’s exhaustion already didn’t allow her any time to talk leisurely.

Rosa didn’t have any wish to believe in other person, but right now the situation didn’t allow that.

After all she was at least able to understand that feeling of losing to Lux’s persuasion and returned back to Seven Dragon Paladins.

「And, what are you planning? I also have no time over here you knoow.」

「I know the power of your Divine Drag-Ride. If your firepower is lacking, it will be fine if we just increase it until the limit. I already gathered the materials for that.」

「────」

Rosa looked around her surrounding in respond to Soffice’s words.

The surrounding was full with certain things that should be scattered about, buried with the rubbles of smashed buildings and stone paving.

In a glance, those were just things that were nothing but trash, but for Rosa it was different.

Until now she overlooked them because the tentacles of Poseidon were cornering her, but certainly the requirements for victory had been gathered under her.

No, most likely Soffice was fighting while readying the preliminary arrangements.

「I will buy you the time until then. That’s why, I ask you to hurry.」

「……Hah, okaaay. We too have to show off our good side here after aaall.」

Seeing that, Rosa’s lips slackened and she nodded naturally.

Then Soffice drew out her Sword Device from its sheath and lifted it up while raising her voice.

「──Full Connect – On.」

Vritra that she was wearing flashed intensely and vibrated.

The armor was disassembled and miniscule machines combined with her flesh body, assimilating into it.

Silver lines were drawn on Soffice’s brown skin, and her eyes were shining.

「VAaAaaA……!」

Right after that, Poseidon’s tentacles crawled out from the ground along with a roar that shook the ground.

「──Mahapurana!」

But, Soffice activated Vritra’s Divine Raiment at the same time in that instant.

The tentacles’ movement was manipulated by the trajectory control, and they were made to entangle the body of great demon Iblis that was nearby.

「VAaaaaAASUH!」

Iblis whose movement was sealed and constricted stopped moving and struggled.

Originally she used her trajectory control to block the sound wave and light ray of mental pollution. Because of that she had to move to dodge other attacks, but──.

「As I thought……just as predicted. Even Iblis’s mental pollution will weaken while it is being attacked. Next is──」

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Soffice was relieved like that was only for a brief moment. The tentacles of Poseidon that were restricting Iblis were torn apart by Iblis’s strength.

「Perhaps, that was being too optimistic……」

Soffice sweated from her forehead and tried to retreat, it was then the torn apart tentacles were instantly connected to become like before.

「──!?」

The regeneration ability that surpassed the imagination caused Soffice’s eyes to widen. At that time Iblis roared.

The mysterious sound wave of mental pollution. In order to prevent it from influencing Rosa, she used trajectory control to divert that oscillation, but in exchange Soffice was entangled by Poseidon’s tentacles and then she received Iblis’s ferocious blow from above.

「Ga, hah……!?」

The barrier in maximum output was pierced and fist that was unleashed from a powerful arm was rained down from across the tentacles.

Because she was assimilated into Vritra using Full Connect, the impact was transmitted from the armor until it reached her bones.

The strength was too fierce, her consciousness was getting farther every time she received an impact.

(This is bad……at this rate I’ll die. I won’t hold for even ten more seconds.)

Her armor was squashed, and Soffice’s expression distorted in pain.

But, at that time a giant shadow suddenly grasped Iblis’s whole body from behind.

「VAaaASU!?」

The demon that boasted a body size that surpassed several houses combined was put in an eagle grip by an extremely gigantic armored arm.

The whirling dust was cleared and a figure appeared. It was Rosa Granhide who was clad in Gorynych that had transformed into a super gigantic size.

「Tartaros Frame – Devil Machia Mode. Good work buying timeee.」

「Haa, haa……」

Soffice was gasping and was unable to even nod back.

But, that figure that came from gathering more than a hundred Drag-Ride and combined them into one using the shape change of Tartaros Frame, boasted enough majesty to make Soffice felt relieved.

「Va!? AaAA……?」

The two Ragnarok that witnessed a figure that surpassed even their large body stiffened for a moment in agitation.

In contrast, Rosa grinned fearlessly and constricted Iblis tightly with her armored arm, breaking both its arms.

「Are you two wondering? It’s really simple you knoow. This girl was just gathering the parts when she had the chance. Several hundred Drag-Rides of world alliance that got crushed by you monsters──she gathered about half of those wreckages, that’s why it’s amaziing.」

「Gu, goh……GAaAAaAAA-!」

Rosa moved the armored arm and then crushed Iblish within its grip.

Even a Ragnarok in rampage state was helpless when it was caught by a giant Drag-Ride that was made from the combination of more than a hundred Drag-Rides.

Its core was pressured and broke, and then the body disintegrated like an old rag.

That body quickly crumbled into ash.

「aAaAAH……!」

Even so, the remaining Ragnarok, Poseidon sent its tentacle to entangle the armored leg of Gorynych.

It aimed at the joint part of the combined armor to constrict it but──the squid shaped body of Poseidon that was hiding underground rose to the surface, and that torso was exposed in front of Rosa.

「AaaA!?」

「A comrade is something good isn’t iit? I can also understand the strength of Lux-sama who is able to make so many comrades.」

「……Rather than something like that, shoot quickly. I’m also at my limit.」

Soffice squeezed out her last strength and with Vritra’s Divine Raiment, the trajectory control she dragged out the enemy.

Right after that torso where the core was sleeping got exposed, Gorynych in Devil Machia Mode unleashed all its gunports.

「U, AaAAAAAaAaaaAaaaAAAaAaAa──!?」

It was a concentrated bombardment from dozens of Cannons that were integrated into the armor’s chest.

Poseidon raised a shriek of death agony and its core was burned down.

Right after accomplishing that, the armor Rosa was wearing was dispelled, and her body was sweating like waterfall.

She was breathing hard with heaving shoulders, and she stood still for a while with opened mouth.

It was as though she couldn’t make any movement, but it was lucky that she didn’t collapse and her Drag-Ride dispelled.

Creating a combination of more than a hundred Drag-Rides and then controlling it was just that exhausting.

「──Somehow, we win.」

「Yes, I owe you one theree.」

In the past Soffice challenged a lonely battle as a Key’s Supervisor, while Rosa was simply Calensia’s puppet.

The two who didn’t understand about cooperating with someone else could combine their strength in this critical moment was thanks to their common circumstance of having been saved once by Lux.

「You, I don’t understand what you are thinking from your outside look but, you are unexpectedly capable huuh.」

「You too, somehow your character is different but, you are quite strong.」

At that time when Rosa and Soffice were looking at each other’s face, an earth termor could be heard from nearby.

「──!? That’s, Singlen and Deus ex Machina」

Just as Soffice said, a mechanical large body was dancing in their sight.

Singlen was a preeminently powerful person with his blue Divine Drag-Ride Leviathan and his battle technique that put Drag-Ride tuning into practical use──{{furigana|Senjin|Battle Array}}, but even he was at disadvantage against Ragnarok as his opponent.

Besides, the enemy Ragnarok was equipped with absolute offense and evasion ability due to its grasp of space, and its high defensive ability with its body that was created from thick Mythrildite.

Furthermore, Deus ex Machina now was even stronger than when Lux and Soffice fought it due to its rampage state.

Even Singlen couldn’t avoid a hard fight against it.

At present Singlen was only dodging the enemy’s attack and didn’t move to attack at all.

「Even that kind of haughty and fiendish man is still our vice captain, it will be bad if we don’t help him.」

「I guesss……, at least if I can just breath easily──」

The instant Soffice and Rosa muttered that, abnormality occurred in Deus ex Machina that was unleashing consecutive attacks until now.

「……GI, iOoOooo!」

There was a dull sound of metal getting squashed. Along with it Deus ex Machina’s movement became terribly sluggish.

Looking very carefully, there was an absurd amount of vapor rising up from that large metallic body.

「That’s what in the world──?」

『Chih, how boring. Both of you, there is no need to worry about that sleazebag. You two retreat behind me right away.』

The moment Soffice was tilting her head in puzzlement, a Dragon Voice transmission came from Captain Magialca.

It seemed that she was astill in the middle of battle against Phoenix too, but it looked like she had quite the leeway.

「GUGI……iOoOoooOOONN!」

The two got taken aback and gasped. At that moment, even more intense creaking could be heard from Deus ex Machina.

That body burst open from inside in no time at all, then it crashed on the ground half-destroyed.

「Just, what in the world……!?」

『It’s simple, that guy’s Leviathan has a Divine Raiment to manipulate water──it can also change the water’s state freely. Most likely that guy slip in a lot of water inside the enemy’s body, and then he vaporized them all in one go.』

「────」

When water was vaporized, the mass would bloat until more than a thousand times.

Using that, Singlen put an absurd steam pressure from inside Deus ex Machina and pulverized it in one go.

Water manipulation seemed like a simple ability in a glance, even so its practical use couldn’t be measured.

Singlen had even thoroughly trained tactics using his Divine raiment until the territory of one hit certain kill.

「Soo, his weapon isn’t just his Senjin that use tuning. What a troublesome man……」

「Well, it’s fine while he is an ally perhaps……」

「What are you acting befuddled like that for, you brats, retreat right away. I’m not going to save you two even if you got dragged into that battle you know?」

Singlen turned around and scolded with a haughty tone that was looking down on others as usual.

But, even after getting ordered like that, Rosa and Soffice was bewildered.

「If there is spare strength, we should help that nouveau riche captain. Even like that, she is more or less our leader.」

「Guess soo……. Besides not all the other Ragnarok have died completely.」

Just as Rosa pointed out, the other remaining Ragnarok also hadn’t died.

Even though their core had been damaged and they were in the verge of death, they were crawling on the ground toward the fortress using their tenacity.

And then, they were also reluctant to retreat by themselves while leaving behind Magialca who was in the middle of battle against the still unharmed Phoenix.

『──I can hear you two you know, you youngsters.』

A Dragon Voice from Magialca that was vaguely filled with anger flew toward the three, including Singlen.

『No need for worry. Leave behind the remaining Ragnarok and retreat to behind the watch tower. I can’t display my full strength with all of you there.』

「……Seems like that’s it. It’s better to not force ourselves and let her take care of it yeah.」

「For me it’s unsatisfying to be unable to deal the finishing blow thoroughly though.」

Greifer and Mel who arrived at that timing prompted them like that, so Soffice and Rosa began to retreat.

They were acting strong, but in any case their stamina too was already at the limit.

After they circled to behind the watch tower, they linked up with Lux and Aeril who were also ordered by Magialca to return.

「Greifer……」

「Well, I’ll put aside my settlement with you bastard for later. Right now it’s defeating those monsters first.」

It seemed something was in Aeril’s mind about her betrayal, she was talking hesitatingly, but in contrast Greifer bluntly told her to do it later.

From his attitude, perhaps Greifer had already noticed about Aeril’s true feeling since when she became his aide as Coral using perception manipulation.

「Even so they are really obstinate aren’t they? Even though they have been given that much damage, not a single one of them has died completely yet──」

「…………」

Lux made a dubious face after hearing Mel muttering beside him.

Six Ragnarok excluding Phoenix were already dying. It was only a matter of time until they crumbled into dust, even so something was strange.

Why were all the Ragnarok gathered into a spot even though they weren’t even fighting──.

「Captain Magialca! Be careful! The Ragnarok’s movement is strange somehow!」

Lux spoke a warning right away, but Magialca who was fighting on top of the watch tower in front of them raised her voice in annoyance.

「Eei, noisy, you are breaking my concentration. Who cares about the dying Ragnarok. This grilled chicken is annoying.」

Even after receiving innumerable amounts of Phoenix’s feathers, Magialca still had strength to spare.

But, Lux was feeling a mysterious anxiety.

In order to assist somehow using Bahamut, he tried to calm his breathing. It was then, Phoenix suddenly retreated and took distance.

All the other Ragnarok was lining up vertically as though forming a queue. Phoenxi shook its wings of flame at the lead and came to a stop there.

At the same time, a girl’s voice could be heard from the Heaven palace that had descended until nearby.

『I’m beaten. Everyone of the world alliance, as well as Captain Magialca Zen Vanfrick of Seven Dragon Paladins. I Listelka, the representative of the Lord here declared my defeat, and my surrender.』

Lux’s surrounding became noisy.

And then, there was a sign that a commotion occurred even inside the fortress.

『I understand that this is a selfish talk after betraying all of you one-sidedly and inflicted so much harm, but I have no other recourse than to do this after our trump card is beaten in this situation. I will surrender Avalon’s legacies and my head, so I ask if you all will at least spare the lives of my little sisters?』

The mournful request of Listelka caused the soldiers who were observing the situation in front of the fortress to be bewildered.

They were surely thinking that first they had to ask for the decision from the countries’ leaders who were evacuating underground.

「Fumu──that’s a laudable attitude. Then in order to save the face of the alliance, there is a necessity to ponder whether to accept that proposal from your side. Lower your altitude slight without showing any strange movement.」

『──Yes. I’m thankful for your generous mercy.』

In a glance, Listelka’s attitude looked honest.

However behind it, the girl inside the Heaven Palace that was floating in the air was making a mocking smile.

「……She is just a mere merchant after all. As a military officer, she is just too dimwitted.」

The remaining Ragnarok that were in the verge of death, but if she gave the command to self-explode in their death, it would produce a terrifying destructive power.

With the self-explosion of the unharmed Phoenix, the remaining six others would be dragged into it and the power of the explosion would rise.

If that happened, not just the watch tower, even the fortress behind it would be annihilated instantly.

Whether it was the representatives of all the countries, the Seven Dragon Paladins, and also Aeril──.

The match hadn’t been decided yet.

The chance to turn the table was still in her hand.

Thinking that, Listelka was going to give the self-explosion command to the Ragnarok. It was then, Magialca’s voice came.

「Nn? Aah, you can stop around there you know? It’s enough distance for firing. ──Die. {{furigana|Hell Tempest|Scorched Earth Calamity}}.」

Right after that, the gigantic installation type armor that Magialca piloted──Divine Drag-Ride Jormungandr’s whole body shined.

A huge magic circle emerged before her eye. A force field whirled like a storm which became a torrent of energy that was liberated at the next moment.

–

──DOooooooOOOGUoOOHN!]

–

A roaring sound that felt like it would break the eardrum was emitted. The after wave assaulted Lux and others which made them felt as though they were punched.

The roar of that overwhelming destructive power blew away not just Phoenix that was remaining at the front, but also the other six dying Ragnarok──and also even the old castle that was far behind them, annihilating them all.

「No, way……, such thing……!?」

The voice of Listelka muttered dumbfounded. It expressed agitation for the first time.

Heaven Palace took evasive action just before that, but it was seriously damaged just by the after wave, and broken transmissions sound could be heard.

「Kukukuku……. Trying to trick me for the second time, it’s still ten years too early for you little girl.」

Magialca who was sporting a wicked smile readied the seven armored arms of Jormungandr and loudly spoke.

Lux and others didn’t understand what happened at all. Beside them, Singlen made an arrogant smile.

「Jormungandr’s Divine Raiment, Hell Tempest converted a part of the damage it received into its own energy and stock it. That energy can be used to enhance all sorts of attack ability. That woman took position on the watch tower was to expose herself to become enemy target.」

「-……!?」

Lux who became aware of that Divine Raiment for the first time noticed Magialca’s scheme and became speechless.

She had calculated it from the beginning.

Even though she possessed installation type Divine Drag-Ride that couldn’t move from its spot, she intentionally took position above the watch tower where she could be targeted easily.

While Lux and others were fighting, she was continuing to get hit with flame all that time, everything was to stock up energy with Jormungandr’s Divine Raiment to be used to consign the Ragnarok into oblivion with one attack.

「And then, because the enemy is the Lord, she also saw through the possibility that this ability is known by them. She deliberately pretend to accept Listelka’s negotiation before firing……was it like that?」

Magialca herself answered back at the question from Soffice who couldn’t hide her shaken feeling.

「That sound’s bad to be heard by other people. I was only seeing through the enemy’s strategy. After all just like how Iblis exploded previously, it looked like she was gathering all the dying Ragnarok to blow us up. Thanks to her gathering them all in one spot, it saved the effort.」

「…………」

Lux too thought that Magialca’s prediction was correct.

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In any case, the Heaven Palace was seriously damaged, and he thought whether the battle against the Lord was settled with this.

「────」

Mishis wearing Divine Drag-Ride Azi Dahaka could be seen leaping down from the burning Heaven Palace, and then she skated on the ground that had become burnt field.

Without stopping she started escaping in order to hide in the rubbles of the old castle.

「Planning to escape and hide huh? Well, that’s understandable. As expected in this situation──」

Greifer sighed ‘fuu’ and let those words slipped out. Right after that, angry yells rose from the fortress behind.

「Running away after this doing this much, don’t screw around! Don’t let them escape!」

The Drag-Knights of world alliance who were retreating into the fortress behind.

They fell into Listelka’s trap and suffered damage, but there were dozens of Wyvern users who were relatively unharmed chasing after the Lord altogether.

It was unknown whether it was the command of the countries’ representatives, or their personal decision, but it was undoubtedly am unforeseen action.

「Stop! Right now the priority is to reorganize our force! Either way there is no meaning in pursuing them!」

Magialca who was still wearing her armor gave such instruction, but several Drag-Knights didn’t stop from anger and excitement.

They were gathered here as the elite force, but they fell into trap and a lot of their comrades were killed.

Surely for them there was no option to let go of the chance for revenge that suddenly descended before their eyes.

「They aren’t listening to order only at this kind of time. Even though they just got saved from getting that severely harmed.」

At the side, Mel let out a sigh, while Greifer muttered with his hand supporting his chin.

「However, in reality the enemy is also in dire strait ain’t it? If they are pursued in this situation──」

Lux also agreed with the two’s opinion.

It was dangerous to carelessly step inside the enemy’s camp, but Mishis was also carrying Listelka. Both her hands were occupied. If they could catch up to the enemy and surrounded them, then perhaps…

The moment Lux thought that, Aeril raised her voice beside him.

「This is bad! If we don’t pull them back quickly──! That guy is coming!」

「……That guy?」

At that time when Lux asked back, *thump* his heart pounded.

His blood flow roared inside, his eardrum shook, and his consciousness was wrapped in darkness.

Instantly──Lux saw it along with a hallucination as thought the time stopped.

A jet black large dragon standing in the way of seven Wyvern users.

With a loose movement that was waiting for the enemy, the figure of Fugil Arcadia took a stance to intercept them.

His spine froze.

The special move that he used a lot in that day of revolution, and he also polished up in the tournament after that.

(Quick……Shot)

「──Reload on Fire」

Right after Fugil muttered, the sword he readied danced to every direction.

The seven Drag-Rides leaping from all directions simultaneously, their armors and weapons were instantly cut apart and crumbled.

A trampling down act from the consecutive slashes that were unleashed from the compression strengthening of time.

But, what was decisively different from Lux was the location where that sword tip slid through.

Fugil’s sword didn’t ran to vital spots of Drag-Rides like Force Core, armored wrist, or Sword Device, but to the riders’ heart, neck, side, and thigh, deeply carving lethal wound for them.

In just an instant, seven elite Drag-Knights met violent death. Without moving Fugil kept hovering in the air, blocking the path forward.

It was a stance to prevent pursuit toward Mishis who was escaping while carrying Listelka, but it also could be seen as though he was displaying his own majestic appearance.

「Why──」

But, words slipped out from Lux’s mouth earlier than he could grasp that situation.

「How does Fugil, has Bahamut in his possession!?」

He didn’t understand.

Divine Drag-Ride wasn’t like general purpose Drag-Rides that were created in many number, only one Divine Drag-Ride should be able to exist for each of them.

Niddhog and Azi Dahaka were also recreated, but it was possible only after the old one was completely destroyed.

Even though Lux possessed the current Bahamut, why──.

「We must not approach him carelessly……. The Uroboros that man possessed is……!」

When Lux was thinking like that, Aeril squeezed out a trembling voice.

For some reason it felt like he had that Drag-Ride’s name even though this should be his first time hearing it.

「{{furigana|Infinity|Circle of Transmigration}}……one of the special armaments that Uroboros has, can take the form of every Divine Drag-Ride.」

「What did you say……!?」

Greifer raised a stiff voice, furthermore the remaining Seven Dragon Paladins also made a grave look.

If Aeril’s words were the truth, there would be no ability that was more terrifying than that.

An ability that originally should be impossible even for Divine Raiment was possessed by a special armament──was that the thing that was called Uroboros?

「Uh, gu……a」

But, something that wasn’t a simple threat was making the alarm inside Lux’s head to ring out loudly.

Static that was like sandstorm appeared inside his brain, and he could hear a sound along with pain.

–

『Then, three more days. Just as you instructed, I’ll come here again. Decide your answer clearly before that. Will you cooperate using Wyvern together with my Bahamut? Or else──』

–

(Then don’t tell me, the one who destroyed all the Drag-Knights of the empire was……no wrong! There is no way that’s true! I definitely, carried that out with my own will! The one who did that, should also be me!)

He also had the memory of cutting down the Drag-Knights of the old empire remaining in his head. It wasn’t an illusion or dream by all means.

Lux shook his head and shook himself free from the distorted vision.

In that time Mishis leaped to the back and vanished behind the shadow of the old castle’s rubble.

「Infinity, {{furigana|Zero One|Circle of Life and Death}}, {{furigana|Endless|Eternal Recurrence}}……, within the two special armaments and one Divine Raiment, the knowledge that I obtained is only that. I too don’t know that man’s true identity. However, if we are to fight him, it will be dangerous unless all of us clash against him……!」

Aeril was a skilled Drag-Knight with skill that was equal with Seven Dragon Paladins.

Regardless of that, she showed so strong wariness like this. Fugil’s true strength could be surmised from that.

「Uroboros……so that’s the Divine Drag-Ride of that silent guy──but, he was formerly the first imperial prince of the destroyed old empire right? I don’t think he is that terrifying of an opponent though.」 (TN: In the raw, the word that Greifer use to say silent guy was to imply of farting without a sound)

「…………」

He didn’t understand.

In Lux’s memory, Fugil definitely gave him advice about Drag-Ride, but he had never seen Fugil himself riding a Drag-Ride even once──that should be how it was.

(Not even once? Is that really true? That day, in that day of revolution, what did I──)

The uncomfortable feeling of something unknown caressed his back. Lux pressed his hand on his forehead.

What was this memory fragments that he was seeing starting from a certain day?

Was it an illusion that Lux was seeing because of extreme trauma, or else──.

「──Fu」

Fugil left behind a smile and vanished. Right after that, the atmosphere in front of the fortress relaxed, and sighs leaked out from the soldiers.

「Either way we are also retreating now. The deep level floor of Avalon is still remaining right?」

「Yes. If my information is correct, there is no doubt about that. No──moreover if the gate to the deep level floor is opened, no one should be able to enter inside before a whole three days passed.」

Aeril who was questioned by Aeril muttered hesitantly.

「You said that, but you ain’t scheming to trick us again right?」

「Of course, I’ll ask for scout to be dispatched to confirm the situation. After all I completely cannot ask you all to believe in my words.」

Aeril immediately replied to Greifer’s words of suspicion.

Because it was a fact that she had deceived them once and even launched surprise attack out of nowhere, she was resolved to be doubted like that.

But, Lux was convinced that Aeril was saying the truth.

Scout would be sent, and if it was the fact that the gate to the deep level floor of Avalon wasn’t opened, they would have to wait for three days.

During that time they had to make their preparation as much as possible.

After all it would only be a simple competition and scramble after that.

Would they be able to stop the destruction of this world by Sacred Eclipse and controlled Avalon?

Or perhaps would Avalon be stolen by Listelka and others the Lord?

The time for the answer of that was approaching near.


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