Editing Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut:Volume 12 Episode 6 (section)

===Part 4===
「Shit, what is going on from some time ago!? The enemies’ positions are changing constantly!?」

Below the Moon where Lux was fighting inside.

A deathly battle against Dragon Marauder was continuing in the Academy’s practice ground.

Perhaps it was difficult for Iblis to activate its ability to only specific targets, because it wasn’t really attacking with its mental pollution.

But, its attack using its six arms that was unleashed when it was approached was sharp and heavy.

In addition the scorching heat breath attack it blew out couldn’t be blocked with Drag-Ride’s barrier, so it was extremely dangerous.

Thus, Celis who possessed outstanding skill even among these members would close in and serve as the Ragnarok’s opponent mainly by using her Lance’s lightning attack from mid-range.

「This is a terrible miscalculation──no, we were careless. The enemies are also deeply knowledgeable about us.」

In order to decrease the effect of mental pollution, Lisha and Krulcifer sniped at Iblis from long range.

──But, the swarm of Abyss that crowded the practice ground became a shield and they couldn’t aim. Because both Lisha and Krulcifer were constantly targeted by multiple Abyss, it was next to impossible to support Celis who was unfolding a high speed midair battle.

On the ground, Vine and Philuffy, the fellow users of land battle type Divine Drag-Rides were fighting.

It seemed that Philuffy was a cut above Vine in skill, but the Abyss on the ground were mostly focusing on Philuffy alone, because of that she was currently being pushed back.

「Strange. Something is odd. The Abyss here are too powerful, there are even some that I have never seen before──uah!?」

Coral was also undertaking the role of facing the Abyss using his EX Wyvern, but he was gradually receiving attacks from all directions.

The Abyss in the air were of familiar types like Gargoyle, Chimera, Diablos, and so on, but their appearances were different from before.

For some reason there was also a Gargoyle that was transparent like a Phantom. In this situation where there was no Drag-Knight using Drake type that had radar, they would fall behind in dealing with such enemies no matter what.

「It’s strange as expected! Strange Abyss that I’ve never seen before until now are among them mixing in!」

Lisha was also using Legion and hit back the Abyss, but while she was defeating her opponent, she was bewildered when she discovered things like slime floating in the air.

Due to the appearance of things like chaff slime that would restrict a Drag-Ride’s movement, the strength of her special armament was damped.

「Calling them strange──that’s a bit rude. Fusing them like that was really hard you know?」

「……What-!?」

Lisha showed an opening from feeling shocked. At that instant, Gatouhan’s Divine Drag-Ride closed in and slashed.

「Watch out-!」

Coral immediately cut in and blocked it, but that Blade vanished.

「……What!?」

「──Hmph」

Gatouhan didn’t overlook the opening of the shaken Coral and swung down his Blade.

Lisha who saw that immediately threw her Dagger and dealt an impact from the side, diverting the slash’s trajectory.

But, right when the dagger hit Gatouhan’s armor, the Dagger was absorbed into the armor as though it was melting.

「-……!? What the hell with this guy’s Drag-Ride!? It’s taking in the very weapons of Coral and I……!?」

「So you noticed. Well, it’s a trick that will get exposed sooner or later anyway.」

「So that’s, the power of the Divine Drag-Ride you’re wearing……!」

Coral who took distance pointed that out. Gatouhan responded with a bold smile.

「My Divine Drag-Ride’s name is Hydra. Its Divine Raiment’s name is {{furigana|Re-Alive|Sacred Eclipse Toxin}}, the power to 『fuse』 fellow things that are in contact with this armor and weapons.」

「Fuse──then, these unfamiliar Abyss too, don’t tell me!?」

They weren’t just new types that were refined with the Ruin’s power, but combined creatures that were made by Gatouhan’s Hydra in large quantity.

「It’s impossible to fuse living things and inorganic matter though, but it can take away your weapon and break them down──haah!」

Hydra brandished its Blade right overhead, and then unleashed a sword flash along with a breath.

At that moment, fragments of broken Blade and Dagger were fired at the same time. The buckshot of metal fragments made Lisha and Coral to falter.

The weapons that were fused and absorbed just now were shot out as metal fragments.

「U, guh……Legion-!?」

Unable to endure, Lisha intercepted with Tiamat’s special armament──the projectile weapon Legion.

「Hahahaha! Do you feel like giving me strength?」

*Pakii!* The weapon was taken in by Hydra’s Divine Raiment as soon as it came into contact.

But at that moment, Gatouhan was struck down instantly from midair to the ground of the practice ground.

「Nuuh!?」

Purple gravity field──Tiamat’s Divine Raiment Suppressor.

「Just now was only bait you idiot! The sin of stealing two of my important weapons……I’ll make you pay for them in full! Seven Heads!」

Lisha aimed at Gatouhan right below and fired the thick beam of her main cannon.

The torrent of dazzling energy was going to swallow Gatouhan along with Hydra, it was then his figure vanished instantly from the ground.

「Chih──don’t tell me!?」

「Behind you! Be careful!」

Krulcifer yelled, at the same time she sniped using her Freezing Cannon towards Gatouhan who was teleported behind Lisha.

The freezing bullet splendidly hit Gatouhan’s Hydra using the future prediction that was Fafnir’s Divine Raiment, but the frozen part was immediately fused and changed into ice that covered the armor’s skin.

「……So even coagulation of water fluid is treated as inorganic matter. That’s troublesome.」

「Hahaha, it’s you girls who cannot be underestimated. It would be dangerous without our employer’s backup there.」

Gatouhan took a distance for the moment. Then his figure suddenly vanished at the same time with his bold smile.

「……-!?」

Right after Lisha lost sight of Gatouhan’s figure, Hydra with its Blade readied was falling from above as though it was stabbing its fang.

「Ku……! It’s strange since just now! Strange teleportation is happening in timing that is disadvantageous for us. Someone is teleporting these guys!」

「Instant teleportation……Deus ex Machina! The other Ragnarok is helping them from the Moon above! Most likely, Lux-kun and Soffice are also there──uah!?」

Phantom──the invisible Abyss attacked Coral midair and staggered him.

For a moment, Lisha thought it strange that Coral could guess the situation right away, but she had no leeway to think deeper about it.

Right at the beginning the battle situation looked even, but the advantage was gradually leaning towards the enemy.

「──Haah!」

*BASHIiIiI!*, Lindwurm that Celis piloted thrust her Lance with the momentum of her flight behind it.

The great demon with huge six arms──the Ragnarok Iblis could only be held back by the Academy’s strongest, Celis right now.

If she looked at Iblis’s eye, she would receive mental pollution from its flickering eye glint, so she could only measure its movement from the motion of its limbs and wings──or from the wind pressure after it moved.

The opponent was a monster that was too much to be faced alone even when fighting normally. Against such enemy, Celis raised her fervor and displayed a battle where she didn’t take even a step back, but even that was rapidly approaching the limit.

Each time Celis received the bizarre sound wave that Iblis would emit sometimes, her brain would be stirred up, threatening the heart of Celis who had amassed tenacious disciplining.

──Terror, anxiety, hatred, rage, grief.

The mental disturbance that was induced by the sound wave caused the listener to imagine various negative emotions and gave birth to disorders in the mind.

The strengthened resistance from Elixir was also in the process of running out.

There weren’t many chances remaining for her.

She had no choice but staking all her strength in the remaining offense and defense that she could only execute several more times and bring down the enemy.

『Lizsharte, is it possible for you to back me up?』

『I can anytime! Right now Krulcifer is facing the big man. The airheaded girl is facing the boy while Coral is taking on the female bandit.』

Of course, they were doing so while also defeating the Abyss that were being manipulated by horn flute sound that was played by the Divine Raiment of Drakkhen’s Asp, but they were finally reducing the number of the Abyss until dozens of them were left.

They perseveringly whittled the hindrances one by one while holding back the three Dragon Marauders.

In order to crush the Ragnarok Iblis, they preserved the stamina of Lisha who possessed the greatest firepower in long range while the other members shouldered the burden.

「What a terrifying bunch, to persevere in a situation that is this disadvantageous. Vine! Can you back me up here?」

「It’s impossible. Unfortunately, even the petrification of my Basilisk is defeated by Typhon’s Divine Raiment. It doesn’t look like I’ll be able to hold out that long.」

Vine who wielded a Blade to fight was avoiding lethal damage also due to the reinforcement from the Abyss, but due to the irregular attacks from Philuffy that was weaving fists and kicks together, his armor was starting to be broken in some places.

「If you’re going to surrender then do it quickly. We’ve no leeway, to go easy after all.」

In order to use Typhon’s Divine Raiment, Philuffy activated her Abyssification and amassed fatigue. She closed the distance with Vine and declared so.

Each fight was approaching the conclusion. It gave the premonition that the end of this battle was near.

Celis who saw her comrades’ exhaustion resolved herself to settle the battle here.

Divine Gate would be effective in offense and defense, but here she suppressed her strength and didn’t use it as much as possible.

「The enemies’ instant teleportation isn’t happening since some time ago. Surely Lux is holding back the Ragnarok that is in the Moon. Then──!」

Celis faced the great demon Ragnarok Iblis and closed in.

The Ragnarok spewed out hell fire and consecutive attacks from its six arms. Celis fired her own armor like a buckshot in a counter.

「Break Purge!」

The technique functioned as a smoke screen as well as creating an opening. It threw away one’s own defense and transformed the Drag-Ride into a shape that was specialized for offense.

The thrust of Lightning Lance that was unleashed from the minimum frame motion was sucked deeply into Iblis’s chest.

「──U, UaaaaAASU!」

Iblis that only emitted sounds of roar until now raised a pained scream for the first time.

Using that opening, Krulcifer who shook off the pursuit of the Abyss sniped the mouth of the demon that was opened and froze it for the sake of their counterattack.

「Now! Philuffy!」

「……Got it.」

Philuffy’s Typhon kicked away Vine’s Basilisk. At the same time Pile Anchors fired from every part of her armor, entangling Iblis with wires and restraining it.

In addition she skated on the practice ground’s ground and swung around Iblis who had its chest stabbed.

Even if Deus ex Machina that was inside the Moon above tried to use teleportation, it would be obstructed in advance by constantly moving the enemy. That was the aim.

If the target was moved irregularly, the enemy would also become unable to narrow down the coordinate for teleportation.

The plan was for Lisha to fire the finisher in that timing with certainty.

「──UU……UaaAaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSU!」

It seemed Iblis intended to resist. A shriek of terrifying mental pollution thundered while Iblis was starting to struggle.

「Ku……! Airheaded girl! Don’t you dare let go of the enemy!」

Lisha endured that pain while calling out to Philuffy.

So that Dragon Marauder wouldn’t be a hindrance, Krulcifer activated the Divine Raiment of future prediction, Wise Blood, while pinning them in place with her sniping.

And then,

「──Ei」

With a bland voice, Philuffy reeled in Iblis close and kicked it up to the sky with Typhon’s armored leg.

The wire binding was disconnected and Iblis floated in the air with its back facing the night sky. Right after that, Tiamat’s main cannon fired.

「This is the end Ragnarok! Seven Heads!」

An extremely thick pillar of light.

The flash of impact and high heat punched through the atmosphere and attacked with wave motion.

The defending six arms, the chest, and in addition the lower jaw with fangs growing from there were smashed altogether. The core inside its body, the Grand Force was exposed.

「Va, Aa……」

Iblis raised a pained scream with its chest and lower jaw blown away.

Its remaining huge body was turning to ash from receiving the after shock of the cannon shot’s might.

With this everyone in the Academy would stop getting affected by mental pollution for the time being.

It was great they could defeat the enemy’s main battle strength in this timing where the effects of Elixir had run out.

Of course there was still one Ragnarok remaining so they still couldn’t let their guard down, but they were released from the extreme nervousness and a slight relaxedness was born.

Even so they didn’t avert their gaze from the remaining members of Dragon Marauder and kept up their guard, but──

「It’s only you three remaining you know? This will be the last time I permit you all to surrender.」

「That’s really awesome. Defeating that Iblis without the Black Hero here──」

In respond to Celis’s gaze and announcement, Drakkhen clapped and sent them words of praise.

Her armor had been damaged, but despite that she was showing a composed smile for some reason.

「Even though you girls have that much strength, but you all are naïve. We mercenaries aren’t like that. We won’t have mercy even if it’s an opponent who is on the verge of defeat.」

「Can I take it to mean that any consideration is unnecessary for all of you?」

Celis pressured once more. Drakkhen smiled wryly to that.

「Yeah, that ain’t necessary. We are the victors after all.」

「──What?」

Lisha who was far in the back frowned hearing that. At that instant, the voice of Philuffy who was standing on the ground could be heard.

「──Be careful! There is a strange smell from the surroundings!」

Philuffy raised an urgent voice that was unusual for her who usually was following her own pace.

Right after that, the figures of Dragon Marauder who were gasping tiredly from the battle until now vanished one after another.

First Gatouhan and Vine vanished, leaving Drakkhen alone at the end.

「Teleportation!? You are planning to escape to the Moon?」

「Wait! The situation is strange! Certainly there are presences from the surrounding.」

Krulcifer said that and activated the Divine Raiment of future prediction.

At that moment, she was speechless from the sight of a few seconds in the future that was reflected in her eyes.

「For what reason we chose this spacious practice ground as the battlefield instead of near the Academy where we can get the students involved. Can you understand why? The power will decrease if there are obstacles, and in the first place they cannot be led there well with how slow they are. The oil type slime Abyss that can explode, that are fused with Phantoms so that they can become transparent, I mean.」

Right after Drakkhen told that with a wicked smile, intense sparks leaked out from the dying Iblis.

「I’ll also say this, Iblis was purposefully weakened a bit so it could be killed instead. It’s so that it can ignite the fire for us you see. Well then, everyone of the New Kingdom. Adieu.」

Right after she finished saying that, Drakkhen’s figure vanished from there.

The teleportation by the other Ragnarok that was remaining in the Moon.

Lisha yelled when she understood the meaning of the three’s disappearance.

「Everyone! Run away from here! Go to the Academy right──」

*Bachii-!*

Iblis that was floating in the air spewed out fire from its insides, blowing out fire from its bursting and scattering.

Right after that, the great amount of Oil Slime that were crawling between the audience seats so they wouldn’t get noticed caught fire. The practice ground was swallowed by intense light and hell fire.