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

===Part 5===

「Kuh……!」

Lux moved to the position of the wall where Hayes vanished while fighting the three Drag-Rides.

Fortunately the unmanned Drag-Rides weren’t that strong.

But, their movement patterns were clearly different from humans. Their movements were hard to read.

「How long are you planning to run away?」

La Cruche asked with a robotic tone that was unique to a puppet mixed with a sadistic smile.

Most likely she was controlling the Drag-Rides using her thought in place of pilots.

「It looks like you are getting pushed back, but you still have composure. Are you not defeating them because you are waiting for the chance to bring them down with certainty?」

「…………」

Lux didn’t answer La Cruche’s question.

If he got serious then he could destroy his opponents with Critical Hit, but if he did that there was the possibility that La Cruche would call for fresh reinforcements.

「I see, you are quite clever. You are pretending to avoid your opponent’s attacks continuously──while aiming at me.」

Lux shook off the unmanned Drag-Rides. Then when he fixed his aim at La Cruche,

「──But, that’s your fatal mistake.」

*bachi-……!*

「-……!?」

The Wyverns that he had completely dodged until now shined and accelerated.

The three Drag-Rides made a strange noise like creaking metal and they swung down their large sword.

「Nii-san-!?」

When Airi’s voice resounded in the surroundings, the blades from the three smashed the solid floor.

「This movement──!?」

Lux barely reacted and dodged, but he was amazed with the three Drag-Rides.

Their driving force was clearly different from the performance of a normal Wyvern.

Was that because they were controlled by La Cruche and not by human hands, no──

「Did you misread? Or else, did you not understand? The true form of these Drag-Rides──」

Right after that, light flickered and countless letters and images that looked like small windows were floating around La Cruche.

The three Wyverns were also tinged with light as though in alignment. The string of letters shined faintly orange and flowed from above to below in high speed.

*bashun!* Countless frame parts changed construction and their lock was taken off.

「That’s, don’t tell me──!」

Lisha who saw that from a distance raised an amazed voice. La Cruche muttered at that time.

「Release all safety devices. Maximum output──<Over LimitLimit Break>」

Instantly, all the floating letter strings vanished and the three Wyverns shined.

Bluish white beams of light wrapped around them like vapor, right after that,

「Sayonara.」

The unmanned Wyverns La Cruche controlled broke the sound barrier.

「Kuh……!」

It was high speed movement that was incomparable with everything until now.

Blades of large swords were swung down, surpassing every estimation of movement range limit.

The dagger and barrier that Lux reflexively prepared were severed without difficulty, and his neck was assaulted.

The slash that came flying with speed that the naked eye couldn’t follow was about to cut Lux’s neck altogether with his barrier, it was then,

*GIIN!* Lux repelled the slash with the blade his other hand was equipping.

「Hee……?」

*clang* A part of his armor that was cut diagonally fell on the floor.

「Ku……!?」

Lux had instantly touched the handle of his Sword Device and activated Quick Draw.

It was a hidden technique that used perfect alignment of body control operation and mind control operation to execute only a single action with godpseed.

Lux used that technique reflexively, matched the sword and barely avoided a direct hit to himself.

「It’s amazing that you could avoid that. For someone to survive it on the first time seeing it, it’s the first in my memory.」

La Cruche smiled with an admiring voice.

At that moment, fresh blood splattered from Lux’s shoulder.

「Lux-kun!」

Relie screamed. Lux’s face grimaced a bit and he backed away.

「Lux. Are you okay──!? Uah!?」

Lisha who was wearing Tiamat was caught by the Pile Anchor that Typhon fired from the side and she was sent flying.

Celis, Lisha, Krulcifer, and the Triad, a total of six Drag-Knights were facing Philuffy simultaneously. And yet Philuffy was more than a match against them.

「It can’t be helped. Let’s give her a shock temporarily to dispel her Drag-Ride, then subdue her!」

Celis who saw their unfavorable situation gave instruction to everyone.

They held back their attack in consideration to Philuffy’s body, but such leeway was gone.

「Then, I’ll start.」

Krulcifer nodded in response, immediately after that she flew her Fafnir and moved above Typhon.

Originally she was more suited to support from long range with precision sniping in conjunction with her comrade’s cooperation, but she dared instead to approach near in order to read the movement of Philuffy who was controlling her Drag-Ride peculiarly.

「──Wise BloodWisdom of Fortune Calamity」

She activated the Divine Raiment that Fafnir possessed.

With the ability of future prediction activated, she looked for an opening in Typhon.

At the same time Lisha flew high above and activated the Divine Raiment of gravity load, SuppressorHeavenly Voice.

Then at the end Celis activated Divine GateRuler’s Sanctuary and instantly took the stance to shift into offence. It was at that moment,

「──<Missing FaithFruit of Heartlessness>」

Philuffy whispered with shining golden pupils.

Right after that, the whole body of Typhon shined faintly and its Divine Raiment activated.

 

*GAUuuUUUUUNN!*

 

Instantly jet black wave motion was generated with Typhon as the center, spreading outward in a spherical shape.

The three girls put up their guard thinking that it might be a type of shockwave. When the wave reached them, the gravity load of Suppressor disappeared.

「Wha-……!?」

「Too, slow.」

Not letting go of the opening when Lisha’s body stiffened from surprise, Philuffy fired Pile Anchor from the ground. The tip that was modeled after the jaw of a large snake snapped at the right arm part. Typhon then ran at high speed on the floor and pulled Tiamat before throwing it towards the wall.

The aim of the throw was toward Krulcifer who was also in midair.

「-……!?」

Krulcifer who was aiming to snipe with her special armament, the gun of freezing bullet─Freezing CannonFrozen Breath Projectile, couldn’t evade Tiamat that was approaching before her eyes.

「Why, did my foresight vanish──!?」

The two Drag-Rides collided before she could grasp the answer and they were sent flying to the back.

「Why is this……. My Divine Gate’s teleport barrier is……!」

Lindwurm’s Divine Raiment could do instant teleportation within a fixed distance.

A domain of light was deployed in order to create that teleportation range. That light was now dispersed without any trace behind.

Celis used her lance to barely block the huge arm of Typhon that was sent towards her──but, the electric attack that should be dealt to the enemy wasn’t generated for some reason.

「Lindwurm’s output is falling drastically. Don’t tell me, this is──」

「Be careful! Philuffy right now can use Typhon’s Divine Raiment! It neutralizes the Divine Raiment of other Drag-Rides and also lowers their performance──」

「Ku……!」

Everyone who heard Relie’s voice was shaken and nervous.

Until now Philuffy had never used Typhon’s Divine Raiment that was called Missing Faith in a real battle.

The reason was because of the problem of concentration and burden.

Because Philuffy was performing a special movement that was called martial arts using a Drag Ride, the majority of her concentration was poured into Drag-Ride control.

Therefore, if she used her Divine Raiment that demanded powerful concentration at the same time, the burden would be too large for her and her Drag-Ride would rampage.

That was why, she was unable to use it skillfully and she also had no intention of using it in a real battle in the future.

According to Relie that was what Philuffy told her.

That was why until now no one had witnessed the might of that Divine Raiment that ought to be called as anti Divine Drag-Ride specialist, but,

「So this is, because of the Abyss’s power……」

Lisha muttered along with a bitter expression.

Even Philuffy’s brain function was improved by the strengthening of Yggdrasil’s Ratatoskr.

That Philuffy became able to use her Divine Raiment must be because of that.

「At this rate, we won’t have any chance of victory……」

Noct who was guarding Airi and Relie using her Drake whispered in a daze, it was then that Airi slowly put her horn flute inside her pocket.

In exchange she took out a pocket watch and watched its second hand as though praying. It was then that the door at the inner part opened.

「……Haa, so it’s still not over yet here. Troublesome.」

Hayes who was showing a fearless smile slowly stepped out from inside.

Most likely she had already finished with what she was doing at the innermost room.

「I also want to play around a bit more, but it’s not like I got a lot of free time. I also finished using Grand Force, I gotta go soon. I’ll give the command to that woman through Yggdrasil to strengthen her until she becomes ash!」

「Stop it! Please!」

Relie yelled when she saw Hayes taking out her horn flute once more.

Hayes who saw that responded with a wide smile.

「Now, get serious monster! Fight until you die, make those guys──!」

The thinly smiling Hayes’s face stiffened.

「LordCreator-sama!」

The moment La Cruche raised her voice in panic, a Pile Anchor was fired from Typhon with speed like a bullet.

「……!」

Because there was quite a distance in between, Hayes managed to dodge at a hair’s breadth.

But,

「Why……!」

*PAKIIN!*

The Origin Variety horn flute in Hayes’s hand was smashed apart and golden fragments danced in the air.

High-pitched sound resounded inside the dome and time stopped for just a few seconds.

「U, aa…………」

Right after that, Philuffy’s eyes suddenly closed and the red pattern vanished from her whole body.

And then Typhon’s armor was dispelled and she collapsed limply on the ground.

「Philuffy……-!」

Relie who ran close to her caught her body firmly.

「──What’s this!? How could she go against the order Yggdrasil gave──」

Smile vanished from the face of Hayes who saw that.

When Lux turned his face towards that voice with bottomless darkness and cold anger,

「It’s something like this.」

Some distance away Airi held up the horn flute she held.

The horn flute that was possessed by the Captain of the Rebel Army’s leader Velvet, and which later on was managed by the academy.

「──How did you son of a bitch know how to use that?」

Airi faltered for a moment when a gaze filled with hatred was directed towards her.

But, the Triad members stood in front of her to protect her, so Airi tightened her expression.

「You didn’t notice? Something like your stupid scheme, it had been seen through by us──by Nii-san right from the beginning.」

「…………」

Hayes smiled once more in response to Airi’s resolute expression and voice.

「I see…… so it was seen through. By temporarily erasing the command given by the Abyss or the Ragnarok using the horn flute──」

The effect of the flute that controlled the Abyss only worked within a certain time after its user played it.

They confirmed the sound of the horn flute repeatedly used when the Abyss attacked was because of that.

If the horn flute could put an Abyss under a human’s control permanently after playing it one time, they wouldn’t hear the flute’s sound that often from nearby.

As for the way to use the flute, Airi deciphered the ancient text from the Ruin of the Garden that Krulcifer opened, and when they came to this Ruin, Airi had tested it several times.

Therefore, it could be predicted that even the 『command』 given to Philuffy would wear off as time went on.

Hayes purposefully trying to play the horn flute once more was because of that.

Therefore, Airi took advantage of that opening where the command had cut off, played the flute in between the battle, and gave Philuffy a new command. That was the instruction that Lux gave to her.

The command was 『Dispel your armor and fall asleep』.

「──Manifest, the violent dragon that devours the gods’ flesh and blood. Sever the sky of dark clouds, Bahamut!」

When Hayes was taken by surprise, La Cruche turned the three Wyverns into defense in order to protect her lord Hayes. Lux switched Drag-Rides at that moment.

Lux who was clad in the violent black dragon that was the symbol of destruction rushed in for a counterattack and divided apart the three Wyverns right away.

「────」

「It’s only you and that piece of junk puppet left. Are you prepared?」

Lisha who had rallied herself and landed down pointed her Sword Device towards the two.

「I guess. It looks like you possess a strange authority in this Ruin, but the distance is too far to run away from here to outside. ──You’ve dug your own grave here.」

Krulcifer also landed quietly from behind.

「It’s over already for you. If you surrender we’ll at least guarantee your life. There’ll be no mercy if you refuse. We’ll execute you here together with that Automata too. This is your last warning──arms dealer Hayes.」

At the end Celis pointed the tip of her lance to Hayes and declared so.

「──Fuh. Fufufufufufu」

Surrounded by Syvalles, a small voice leaked out from the mouth of the looking down Hayes.

It wasn’t her usual foul-mouthed tone that sounded like a man, but a voice that was appropriate for a girl her age.

Dark shadows dwelled around Hayes’s eyes and her expression changed.

And then, her hand took a small gem that was inside the broken horn flute and she lifted her face.

「The last warning you say? So you haven’t noticed yet, these fools.」

Instantly, the Dome’s ceiling cracked.

「The one who fell into a trap──was you all.」

And then, a strange giant tree with dark red veins running on its surface fell down from the ceiling.

「Don’t tell me, this thing is──!?」

「One of the Ragnarok, Yggdrasil……!?」

The Ragnarok that was the main culprit who tormented Philuffy following Hayes’s order.

That thing appeared as though to blanket the vast dome.

「It’s true that I cannot give out any new order to that woman. ──But, as long as I’m holding the gem of the horn flute that was played last, this Ragnarok will protect the owner and destroy the enemy standing against it.」

Thick tree trunks with skull-like shadows on its surface was supported by countless roots creeping on the ground, it adjusted its stance like a single animal and roared.

 

EEEeEEeeEEEAOOooOooOOOOO!

 

A thunderous roar that human language couldn’t comprehend shook the atmosphere like an electric shock.

「Kuh! Shut up, this──!」

Lisha immediately flew, and the moment she swung her Sword Device, ──a flexible branch flew towards her like a whip.

「Ku, ah……!?」

It sent flying the Legions Lisha were controlling and hit Tiamat several times.

Tiamat was blown away along with its barrier that should possess tough endurance.

「Lisha-sama!?」

The moment Lux called out, the giant tree trunk creaked and countless holes opened on it.

What showed up from those holes were countless gun muzzles.

They were tinged with the light of CannonDrag-Ride Breath Gun that was a Drag-Ride equipment and fired them all at once.

「Kuh……!」

When Lux barely evaded them, blades grew from the countless tips of the branches and they were tinged with the same light as BladeDrag-Ride Fang Sword and attacked him further.

Lux used his large sword to sever the tentacles and blades that moved at speeds his eyes couldn’t even follow.

Although he barely managed to at least defend against direct hit, he was pushed back by the force and then he got thrown backwards.

The slashes of the blades that were filled with energy would deal lethal wound if he mistakened how to block them.

The advantage of that being the only weapon that could win against the Abyss was now possessed by the enemy too.

「How can a Ragnarok, use Drag-Ride armaments──」

After Krulcifer whispered in amazement, Hayes’s ridiculing laugh resounded.

「I’ll teach you something good. Yggdrasil’s basic ability is controlling and strengthening through its parasites. It works on both organic and inorganic matter. I made it eat several dozen general-purpose Drag-Rides and armaments. In other words──you get it already?」

「…………」

Lux and the others were at lost for words, at the same time that tree trunk and branches moved, and they could see countless iron lump wriggling from inside the dark red surface.

It wasn’t merely just a powerful monster.

This main body of Yggdrasil was able to incorporate all the Drag-Ride’s abilities and armaments and controlled them like its own limbs.

What’s more, it controlled them with the number and power several dozen times that of a normal Drag-Ride.

When Krulcifer fired the bullet of light of her RifleSniping Dragon Gun, a barrier emerged instantly from its surface and repelled the bullet.

「Looks like it’s also meaningless to simply aim and shot it……」

「It’s futile! The attack of the likes of you all won’t work against this guy!」

Yggdrasil moved at the same time as Hayes’s insult.

The air in the surroundings whirled and a tremendous shockwave burst out.

Howling Howl.

Perhaps because the number of Force Cores that generated the shockwave was off by a digit, it caused a storm that swept over not just its surrounding but the whole room.

Several hundred Daggers grew from the tip of its branches like leaves and poured down like rain to further strike everyone who lost their balance.

A mortal combat against Yggdrasil that had been turned into a Drag-Ride fortress began.

「That’s a terrifying opponent. But──! We cannot lose!」

Celis didn’t even flinch against the difference in strength that was despairing even from a glance and she raised up her spirit.

Following after her who took the role as vanguard, Lisha and Krulcifer also threw their bodies into the battlefield.

Against the overwhelming number of attacks and the might of the Ragnarok that was said to be able to destroy even a small country, the girls were devoting themselves to defensive evasions for a while.

「So this is a Ragnarok, I thought that it’s unbeatable unless we use the whole force of the New Kingdom but──it’s a total disappointment!」

After a few minutes passed, the flow of battle suddenly began to change.

Lisha who was starting to grasp the enemy’s movement gradually controlled her Legions, while conversely she dodged the whipping branches the enemy stretched out and the armaments it fired.

The moment she finally entered the enemy’s space, she activated her Divine Raiment.

「Prostrate under the name of god! Suppressor!」

The moment Lisha pointed at the grotesque giant tree with her Sword Device, a wide range gravitational field was generated and the trunk creaked.

Her objective wasn’t just to seal the enemy’s movement, she put super heavy pressure on it aiming to flatten it.

Countless branches made sounds and snapped off, while the many armaments loaded inside the trunk were creaking.

「GU, OooOOOOOOoOOOOH!」

Yggdrasil raised a roar that sounded like a scream.

But, there wasn’t any sign that the essential part, the trunk would also snap.

「Do you think you can kill Yggdrasil with just that much?」

Hayes that was inside a cage made from countless branches muttered mockingly.

But,

「Naturally, no one here think so.」

Krulcifer answered while at the same time she pulled the trigger of her Freezing Cannon.

「The endurance contest is starting from here you know?」

Her aim was the countless Force Cores that moved the great amount of armaments loaded inside its trunk and branches.

She froze every part where the Force Cores were loaded, then used normal bullet of light to shot through them one after another, destroying them.

That amazing accuracy and speed caused splinters to scatter in succession.

Due to the Force Cores’ destruction, Yggdrasil’s main method of offense was drastically reduced.

The remained offense method for it was hitting or stabbing with its branches, and also using the horn growing from the skull on its trunk part.

「With this we can finally──attack the main body’s core.」

Celis muttered. She evaded the branches that stretched toward her in counterattack using Divine Gate and teleported right before Yggdrasil.

「You made light of humans, Ragnarok.」

And then, she fired the light bullet of wide range bombing, <Starlight Zero>.

「oooOOOAAA!」

After a few seconds, light and shockwave burst out inside Yggdrasil’s mouth.

Even the dome shook. When the violent explosion blast stopped, there was Yggdrasil that snapped from its burnt black trunk there.

「Fuu……. We somehow defeated it……. However, this kind of disgusting flesh tree cannot even become replacement for firewood.」

Lisha let out a breath in relieve. Seeing the burnt black Yggdrasil, she came down.

But, Celis and Krulcifer didn’t let down their guard.

「It’s still too fast to relax your attention. We have weakened it, but we cannot be relieved until we confirmed the destruction of its core. Without delay──」

「Yes, I’ll foresight the enemy’s movement one more time, so for now let’s deal additional──」

Celis readied her lance, and in response Krulcifer put her hand on the armor part of her head, it was then,

「Aa─a, it’s boring.」

The despondent voice of Hayes echoed inside the dome.

「Even though I thought that you guys will let your guard down and got done in instantly.」

*GOO-!*

「-……!?」

At the same time with Hayes’s whisper, new branches extended out from inside the burnt trunk with speed that the eye couldn’t even follow.

Fafnir avoided getting pierced by a hair’s breadth, but several other branches that came after that hit Fafnir hard and knocked it down.

「Krulcifer! Kuh……this thing!」

「Lizsharte. The gravity load!」

「I know even without you telling me! Suppressor!」

Urged by Celis, Lisha attempted to stop Yggdrasil’s movement with gravitational field at maximum output once more. But──

「What-!?」

The countless branches that were snapped before this now endured with only bending lightly from the gravity effect. Then they sent Lisha’s Tiamat flying.

Without pause she collided on the wall at the back. At that moment Celis deployed Divine Gate and circled around  Yggdrasil’s back.

Right after she carried out the instantaneous teleportation, she stabbed her lance with the shortest motion──but, it was as though her movement had been predicted, a whipping branch quickly flew and struck Lindwurm hard.

「Ku, ah……!」

The flow of battle completely changed for the three. After their offensive, they were now struck down in the blink of an eye.

Krulcifer only barely managed to stand up. She fired at the branches’ joint with her Freezing Cannon, but the spot she fired at only scattered ice beads to the surroundings and didn’t freeze.

「It doesn’t freeze……!? Why!? Before this it certainly──」

Lisha who rallied herself passed through beside the shaken Krulcifer and let her Legion flew.

All the bullets that the Legions fired without aiming were flicked off by the countless branches without difficulty.

「Wha-……!? ──It’s not just the Divine Raiment! Even special armament also became ineffective……! Don’t tell me, this thing──」

Everyone there who saw that sight felt a shuddering sensation, it was then,

「Hahahaha! Thanks a lot you guys. It’s just as planned──you guys made Yggdrasil strong for me.」

The high-pitched loud laughter came from Hayes who was watching the battle.

「Defeating the Ragnarok you said? Don’t tell me that you guys seriously thought that its ability is just high-speed regeneration and parasitic ability?」

Hayes laughed while toying with the jewel inside her hand.

「I’ll tell you something good. The greatest ability that is only possessed by Yggdrasil’s main body is 『high-speed reinforcement』. If it gets attacked it will prepare resistance against that attack, it will also surpass the opponent in speed and power. It will evolve in the middle of battle and become strong endlessly.」

「…………」

Everyone trembled with fear hearing that terrifying declaration.

「Well, although I said that, it has a limit more or less. Even though it can regenerate and reinforce itself, it will be over for it if its life force runs out, but unfortunately it won’t turn out like that no matter how many attacks it received. The reason is──I already made it devour several hundred Abyss in this Ruin’s manufacture area for its life force stock.」

「……Don’t tell me, that there was almost no Abyss coming out in this Ruin until midway was because──」

Celis stood up and whispered with a trembling voice.

「That’s right. I used the usable facility of the manufacture area and devoted myself in storing life force for Yggdrasil. I overlooked you bunch of insipid girls until you arrived here was also all for the preparation period for this.」

「You’re really loose lipped for someone who introduced herself as Heiburg’s strategist.」

Krulcifer stood up and sent a cold gaze at Hayes.

「You will regret it if you get cocky and talk too much you know? When you lose that is.」

「……What enviable people. Not knowing anything is really happiness.」

Hayes snorted in response to Krulcifer’s words and shrugged.

「You guys already lost by the time you came here and fell into my plan! But, do your best to fight back! And then become food for Yggdrasil!」

The giant tree began to move once more along with that declaration.

Lisha and the others also desperately fought back, but their every single move was surpassed.

And then── finally Tiamat’s armor was dispelled because of excessive damage.

「U, aa……!」

「Lisha-sama-!?」

Lux repelled the countless stretching branches while rushing toward Lisha’s side.

He held her body and retreated to the rear.

He lowered down Lisha who was breathing hard from exhaustion. At the same time Lux spoke.

「Lisha-sama. Please let me use it. The other power hidden inside Bahamut──」

「……You, must not. It’s dangerous to use that right now! We haven’t tested it yet using Bahamut, and you are too exhausted already. If you force yourself here, you’ll──」

「Please. We cannot lose here. I don’t want it to turn out like that day five years ago!」

「…………」

That day five years ago──

The last day when the Old Empire perished and the palace fell.

Was Lisha also thinking back about that too?

「I’ll have to send the code from my Chimeratech Wyrm to you. Also, hold out for a minute. If you do that, I’ll send it to you for sure.」

Saying that, Lisha pulled out two Sword Devices.

「That’s why, return back properly! Lux!」

「──I promise.」

Right after telling her that, Lux stood in front of Yggdrasil’s way.

The remaining members were already wounded all over, they couldn’t even fight.

「Now, you’ve resolved yourself, right, false prince.」

Hayes displayed a wicked smile. At that moment, dark red branches approached with speed several times faster than before.

But, from an inescapable situation, Lux’s Bahamut cut the branches with speed that surpassed it.

One of the three hidden techniques, Quick Draw.

Lux let out a single flash with certainty, but against this powerful monster as the opponent, it couldn’t hope to inflict a lethal wound.

(Then first──I’ll expose its core!)

Lux slipped through the countless branches flying about and approached the main body that was the trunk.

At the same time, the right arm of the Drag-Ride that was holding a large sword began to make a strange sound.

It was a gyrating sound of creaking metal. In order to block Lux’s path, several branches formed a defensive wall that looked like a spider’s wed. Then a single flash exploded out.

Recoil Burst.

It was the hidden technique that used both body control operation and mind control operation, by controlling them in opposite to each other instead of harmonizing them, it caused an intentional rampage.

The single attack that obtained the might of several dozen times a normal slash had broken apart countless branches, and gouged a large scar on the trunk.

(Did I do it? But, not yet──)

Although the giant tree was shaved, but it didn’t reach so far that its core was exposed.

The burden from using Recoil Burst was great, but he could only gamble here.

Lux didn’t let the chance to win escape and launched the finishing attack.

He swung his large sword, erased the opening that should have resulted when his action ended, and persisted to shower the enemy with rain of slashes one after another without pause.

Infinitely continuing consecutive attacks, End ActionPerpetual Links.

He shook off the burden and fatigue that was gradually piling up in him and attempted to make his blade reach the core, it was then,

*GAKIN-!*

Such metallic sound echoed. Yggdrasil repelled the blade of the large sword he swung down.

「Wha──!?」

The moment the slash that he was about to unleash was stopped, Lux got hit consecutively by whips of branches and got blown away.

「Why!? Even though it shouldn’t have been given time to even regenerate──」

Celis yelled from behind. Hayes laughed loudly to that.

「Idiot! You thought that Yggdrasil will croak just from a few hundred slashes!? This monster can evolve even while getting attacked! With this, your specialty hidden techniques whatever are all used up!」

Hayes who laughed scornfully got out from in the middle of the branches surrounding her and yelled.

「This is the end! You damn shitty prince pretending to be hero. I’ll send that bunch idolizing you to death altogether──I’ll also destroy the New Kingdom that you wished for. Anything and everything is all your fault! No matter how much you bluff and enumerate your ideal, in the end you cannot save anything. HAHAHAHAHAHA!」