Editing Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut:Volume 5 Episode 4 (section)

===Part 22===

「What is happening!? Why is she not defeated even with this much battle strength!? The enemy is just a single Drag-Ride!」

On the other side, at the plaza in front of the castle gate, it was a battle between Philuffy’s Typhon versus the swarm of Abyss and fifty Drag-Knights of the Rebel Army Ragreed was leading.

It was a battle that started in a condition that should be advantageous for the Rebel Army Ragreed was leading.

The battle that seemed to be all but a victory for them was disturbed by Typhon that Philuffy was driving with control technique that was interweaved with martial arts. The battle situation was gradually inclining to her side.

Against the enemy’s long range sniping, Philuffy would use Pile Anchor to pull in the Abyss and made them into a shield, or she would throw them and reduce their numbers. Furthermore if she was surrounded, she would shoot her wire into the ground or the castle wall and moved herself at high speed.

Furthermore her straight punch with all her weight behind it and her various kicking techniques that would suddenly come flying would smash apart the enemy along with their weapons without giving them any time to react, burying them into the ground.

「──Biting FlareDragon Bite Bursting Fire」

The last Abyss, a Chimera was seized by Typhon, and with its special armament the Chimera was blown up while still being seized.

The remaining Drag-Knights of the Rebel Army who saw that raised fearful voices and backed away.

「──This, bunch of dullards-!」

Ragreed was enraged seeing his fearful subordinates and spat out in irritation. But even the few who escaped were seized by Typhon’s Pile Anchor and they were easily shot down.

「How, how can you fight like that!? You fight alone continuously using a Divine Drag-Ride, why aren’t you breathing hard!?」

「Because, Lu-chan taught me.」

Philuffy told the yelling Ragreed the answer seriously.

「I became tired from fighting, because I put too much strength.」

Even in the academy, Philuffy was among the top class powerful people there, but her unique fighting style that incorporated martial arts consumed a lot of stamina within a short time.

Therefore through mock battles Lux taught Philuffy the way to relax even in the middle of battle──she would constantly tense a part of her consciousness while also looking for timing to rest her body. She learned it and carried it out in actual practice.

「Hah, just a pointless struggle! You think making such effort would actually bear fruit? If your true shape as someone who has a part of an Abyss inside you is brought to the open, you won’t have any place to belong anywhere in this country! Your solitude fighting won’t be rewarded at all!」

Right after that, Ragreed took out a horn flute from his pocket and blew into it strongly.

The discordant chord resounded through the plaza in front of the castle, right after that Philuffy’s face grimaced slightly.

「-……!?」

「You get it now, damn monster! Become skewered meat just like that!」

Philuffy split her focus in order to oppose the domination effect from the horn flute. In that moment Ragreed’s EX Wyvern soared, then swooped down with his great sword at the ready.

He fully used the flying device on his back wings that he preserved until now and violently assaulted Philuffy who couldn’t take her stance, at that moment──

「──Missing Faith.」

Philuffy’s eyes were dyed jet black with slight tinge of gold light.

*GAUNN!* Typhon’s armor shined and a jet black wave was emitted to the surrounding.

「……Wha, aattt!?」

It was Typhon’s Divine Raiment that neutralized other Drag-Ride’s Divine Raiment and lowered the power output of the Drag-Ride itself.

The output of Ragreed’s EX Wyvern decreased the moment that wave of howl dashed over it and its speed fell.

Right after that, Typhon’s straight punch that was lying in wait struck the EX Wyvern.

「Gu, GAAaaAH!」

The impact pierced the barrier and crushed the armor.

Ragreed spat out blood and he was sent flying far away behind, crashing into the closed castle gate.

「Gehoh…… ho, how……can you maintain your sanity? My horn flute, certainly──」

「Because, I keep training. Since then, Lu-chan and Airi-chan always, trained me with that.」

The eyes of Philuffy who was whispering that indifferently had already returned to her usual eyes.

「It’s not pointless. Because from here on, I’ll protect Lu-chan.」

It was a training to accustom the body, in order to endure the horn flute’s control.

Although there was a limit to the time and number she could endure, the training was continued periodically so that she would at least be able to maintain herself as much as she could.

Therefore, it was possible for Philuffy to Abyssificate herself by her own will although it would only be for a short period of time.

Of course it was a trump card that would put a burden on her body, but in that short time she would be able to activate Typhon’s Divine Raiment that originally she was unable to use while her physical ability would also increase by leaps and bounds.

「That’s, impossible……! Something, like hope, for you is……」

Ragreed’s head dropped down and he fainted.

Philuffy who saw that leaked out a relieved sigh, but at that moment, a strange voice could be heard.

『Kukukukukuku──how admirable to defeat two bodies of the facility’s Gear Leader who is my compatriot and resist until this far. But, don’t think that you are in the advantage with this, you lowlifes.』

「……What’s, this?」

The shining powder flaking off from the EX Wyvern Ragreed was wearing took the shape of a human face and started talking.

It copied the expression of the strategist Hayes grinning fearlessly.

「This──don’t tell me」

Airi who was hiding together with Noct’s Drake near the castle gate saw that and groaned reflexively.

『I’ll at least show you the prize for resisting my plan until this far. The destruction of this country that is!』

*UUUN!* Instantly, Gigas that was visible far away at the capital’s townscape radiated light and the ground was starting to shake like an earthquake.

「Lu……chan?」

Philuffy whispered anxiously, at the same time she fell on her knee from exhaustion.