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

===Part 7===

At the north of holy capital. A battle began against the army of Abyss that appeared in the battlefield in front of the cathedral.

The noble believers who came to offer prayer evacuated in panic to inside.

The outside was surrounded by the defense force and a barrier was laid out to protect the outer wall along.

At present, the variety of Abyss that could be seen was only Abyss that could fly like Gargoyle, Chimera, and so on.

Thus, excluding Philuffy and Yoruka, only Drag-Knights handling flying type Wyvern headed out to intercept.

The enemy was a mix of around three types of Abyss, they numbered around thirty in total.

What was troublesome was the existence of around three powerful Abysses called Diabolos among them.

No matter even if it was a user of Divine Drag-Ride, taking on that number simultaneously would be harsh, there the experience and skill of the girls who had continued fighting until now won out.

「Divine Gate.」

Celis wearing Lindwurm entered the range of the Abyss at the sky instantly using the Divine Raiment of instant movement.

Without delay, she unleashed a thrust of Lightning Lance and easily pierced the core of a Gargoyle.

That splendid performance caused the noble believers inside the cathedral to leak out cheer and stir.

It even triggered Lisha who saw that to smile.

「She is powerful as usual but──I too cannot lose!」

She pulled out the Sword Device of Tiamat that she was wearing and sent in the thought of mind control operation into it.

At the same time, the supplemental armament of throwing weapon, Legion appeared in countless number, they were fired simultaneously aiming at Abyss.

「GUaaAAH!」

The Abyss of mixed animals──Chimera was hit hard by the countless throwing weapons.

The moment the enemy showed opening when it tried to dodge, a huge flash from the main cannon Seven Heads struck it into pieces.

The Drag-Knights of the theocracy who were carrying out covering fire became even more roused up seeing that offense.

Celis was charging into the swarm of Abyss alone and annihilated Gargoyle one after another.

By all rights it was a situation where she was surrounded by Abyss, but due to the instant movement ability of Divine Gate, it was as though it posed no problem at all.

Lisha controlled Legions freely and not just attacking, she even carried out disturbance action to enemy’s rank.

Thanks to that, the covering fire of the theocracy’s Wyvern user and the Cannon bombardment from the ground force had easier time to connect.

But, as expected the enemy was also preparing the stance of counterattack.

One Diabolos that should be at far in the rear of the enemy swarm came flying with speed that eye couldn’t follow.

「GURURURURUooOOOOAAAH!」

The jet black powerful arm that was three times larger than Gargoyle was swung down, assaulting a Drag-Knight of the theocracy wearing Wyvern violently.

「UWAAAAH!?」

A barrier was automatically laid out, but it was broken through forcefully.

The moment the young Drag-Knight of the Sanctuary Knight Order screamed, Diabolos’s figurew was reeled in at high speed to below.

「Pile Anchor.」

The land battle type Divine Drag-Ride Typhoon that Philuffy was wearing.

The wire weapon that was fired out from every part of that armor caught Diabolos that stopped moving just for a moment, and pulled it toward the ground in front of the cathedral where she was.

「──Wait, be careful airhead girl!? That thing can spew fire and also self-detonate! The cathedral will get swallowed!」

「There is distance so no problem. Take care, of the other two.」

Philuffy unleashed a spinning kick at the Diabolos she reeled in and she brought the battle into a one-on-one duel with the enemy still restrained by Pile Anchor.

Celis who saw that also approached the remaining Diabolos using Divine Gate and succeeded in pining it down.

「Wai-, I’m the commander of you guys, so even though I told you not to move carelessly──」

Based on her status, Lisha received the role as the commander. But now she was flustered and already about to regret it.

『Oi, listen ero woman! You do something about the last Diabolos──』

Unable to see the figure of Yoruka, Lisha called out using Dragon Voice, it was at that timing her face’s complexion changed.

At the same time, a Dragon Voice from unfamiliar Drag-Knight was sent toward her.

『Yaa, aren’t you all putting a good fight here, everyone from the new kingdom.』

『You are──don’t tell me』

『Perhaps I should say, nice to meet you for the first time. I’m the one called one of the three bosses of Dragon Marauder, the Human Dragon division commander Drakkhen.』

Lisha made a dubious face that the mastermind of the case this time suddenly sent out Dragon Voice to her.

But, without even any time to ponder about the enemy’s intention, Drakkhen told her.

『Well, that’s enough for the greeting but, did you notice I wonder? While your attention was pulled to the sky, I sent out new type of Abyss to the place of you guys see.』

『What……?』

When Lisha lowered her gaze to the townscape of the holy capital, she saw some black objects were approaching while hiding at the cover of the buildings.

A lump of liquid──it seemed to be slime type Abyss.

But, it was different from the type that Lisha had seen until now, worthy of the name of 『new type』.

Its size wasn’t something huge, a single one had the volume of about an adult male.

『Number is an ironclad rule in battle, but it’s a maxim that is a bit insufficient to defeat you all who can overturn that. ──Then, I’ll teach you all, the tactic to crush that conceit that is drunk on strength and underestimate the enemy.』

「Hah, you said that you are going to expressly teach me──don’t look down on us!」

Lisha swung her Sword Device and controlled Legion──but, the moment it hit the black slime, she felt something out of place.

「──? This is!?」

When the Legion that hit the slime returned to her, the black slime that she thought was crushed was clinging on it like glue.

When she tried to wipe it away using Tiamat’s armored arm, it also got stuck further on that hand.

「It’s not melting the armor……does it not has offensive power? Then──」

It was fine like this, the movement would become somewhat dull, but it could continue battle without any trouble.

Lisha thought that and flew away the Legion. In that moment, its movement deviated and fell to the ground.

「──!? No, this slime’s true identity, it’s something that weaken Drag-Ride!」

The output of Legion itself, and furthermore her control using Sword Device were dulling.

Most likely the slime didn’t only have stickiness, but also the property to obstruct the command signal from the Drag-Ride’s main body.

『Hee, aren’t your instinct sharp? Looks like it’s true that your talent as Drag-Ride developer is also first class……. That thing’s name is Chaff Slime.』

『Fuh, your luck has run out now that I found out. This new type Abyss won’t come off once you touch them and it will weaken Drag-Ride, but accordingly it also don’t have offensive power. If we dealt with it without touching then──』

『Say, your highness of new kingdom. Do you think that I’ll execute that kind of shallow tactic?』

『──What do you mean?』

『Farther north of the cathedral, there is a large hill right? If that snow turn into avalanche, don’t you think it will be disaster?』

『──You bastard, don’t tell me!?』

Lisha instantly guessed it and turned around while cutting off the Dragon Voice communication.

「Everyone! Evacuate the people from the cathedral! An avalanche is──」

The Divine Raiment of Drakkhen’s Divine Drag-Ride Asp was the power to freely control sound.

And then, sound was the vibration of air.

Right after Drakkhen struck the surface at the top of the hill with maximum oscillation wave──, the surface of white surge swallowed the troop formation at the cathedral.

A part of the cathedral collapsed, and all the Drag-Knights of Sanctuary Knight Order who were protecting the area were also buried.

No──, snow was also entering inside the collapsed cathedral.

With this, a lot of nobles of the theocracy were buried alive.

For a moment, Lisha’s head was about to become pure white just like the sight before her, but she immediately calmed her breathing and took command.

『──Can anyone hear!? Informing all Drag-Knights who can move! We will rescue the people and the comrades who were swallowed by the snow. Everyone who can move is to search inside the snow in the cathedral! Make use of Drake’s Radar too!』

Right after she announced that, the members of Sanctuary Knight Order who were dumbfounded started moving.

When they threw their body into the snow in order to rescue the people, the troops noticed something strange.

「-……, wha, what’s this!? A strange Abyss is hiding inside the snow──」

「Over here too!? Where are they hiding!? It’s clinging on me……I can’t defeat it!」

「──This is, just now」

The complexion of Lisha who saw that changed.

That new type Abyss that Legion touched just now.

It didn’t have offensive power, but that Chaff Slime that could lower the function of Drag-Ride was buried in large amount inside the snow.

『A message!  The Drake standing watch at the outskirt of the capital reported, that about fifty Drag-Knights of Dragon Marauder are heading here──』

「So, it’s like that……!」

Lisha who noticed Drakkhen’s scheme spontaneously gritted her teeth.

The rescue of the nobles who were buried alive wouldn’t make it in time without using Drag-Knight.

But, the Chaff Slimes inserted into the snow would encroach into their armor each time they entered the snow, by the time the enemy’s main force arrived, their side’s combat force would be drastically lowered.

『It’s great that you understand my aim, if you want to be able to fight my force satisfactorily, then you can forsake those people, the noble believers gathering there without reservation.』

「……Kuh!」

Drakkhen’s voice sounded mocking.

But, she also couldn’t keep hesitating to make judgment like this.

Inside that snow, there were also Krulcifer’s two little sisters.

『Informing everyone once more! The Abysses inside the snow has no offensive ability! Mobilize with rescue as your priority! We will intercept the coming Dragon Marauder right after finishing the rescue! Hurry!』

『……Acknowledged-!』

「I will help, Lizsharte.」

「I also, can do it.」

Right after Lisha’s announcement, Celis and Philuffy who had defeated Diabolos also headed toward her. There should be one more Diabolos remaining, but──]

「I have defeated it already a long time ago.」

When they noticed, Yoruka was standing on the nearby outer wall smilingly. Diabolos’s head fell from the arm of Yato no Kami and rolled on the ground.

She didn’t have any spirit of cooperation at all like usual, but the height of her battle strength was at abnormal level.

「That is to say, with this I have fulfilled my duty to you.」

「Wait! If you still have strength to spare then cooperate with us! There are people being buried alive here right now! It’s our job to rescue them!」

Lisha was actually moving her hands even while talking.

Her hands dug into thick snow to rescue the people, and then the Chaff Slime mixed inside the snow encroached into her armor.

But, Yoruka didn’t move from the cathedral balcony where she was standing. She shook her head left and right with a smile.

「I will decline. If I touch that strange Abyss, I will be unable to move properly. Like that I won’t be able to finish off the enemy of Aruji-sama that will arrive after this.」

「-……!? You bastard! Are you serious!?」

「Lizsharte, it’s meaningless trying to persuade her. Let’s hurry even if it’s just with us.」

Celis prompted like that, but Lisha didn’t give up and spoke up to Yoruka.

「I know that you are that kind of person. However, what will Lux want if he is here, don’t you have the courage to even try thinking that?」

「What does that mean?」

Yoruka tilted her head. Lisha continued while still rescuing people.

「I’m saying, are you scared to make decision by yourself? You don’t think about your master’s wish, you only follow your own rule no matter what, don’t you wish to become even better servant for Lux?」

「──How can you judge that it’s like that?」

「That’s obvious. Because I who have that guy as my subordinate is happy. That guy is always trying to answer my feeling. That’s why I also want to respond back to that!」

Lisha declared powerfully and put even more strength to control Tiamat.

Chaff Slime was gradually clinging on her strongly and her movement dulled, even so her hand didn’t slow down.

「If you say that you are a tool that doesn’t wish for anything, then I’ll teach you! Help us Yoruka! In order to save everyone in this country, share your strength with us!」

「…………, it’s unfortunate but there is no more time for that. ──They are coming.」

「tsu……」

Yoruka stared at Lisha with a serious face for a short itme, but suddenly her lips loosened.

Ahead of where Yoruka’s gaze was turned, the force of Dragon Maruder could be seen marching from the north hill.

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