◎ Great Dragon Palace, In Front of God Dragon Emperor's Throne Room
「Guaaaaaaa!!!」
Jinrai's scream resounded . There was no longer a right arm beyond his shoulder .
「 . . . Ma, master . 」
Naoki woke up spitting up blood and groaned as he watched Jinrai's state . Lamenting that Jinrai's right arm was missing . . . was not what he was doing .
「Are you kidding me?」
The young boy's voice changed to fear . The battle situation had changed . It had become a unilateral battle . Yes, it had changed to Jinrai's『overwhelming offensive』 .
「OooOh!!」
That shout wasn't due to pain . It wasn't due to fear . It was a war cry . The current Jinrai didn't stop . He couldn't be stopped .
(It's no more than a single arm, right?)
Up until now he was simply lucky . In a battlefield, losing something like a『right arm』was a natural thing that could happen at any time . So Jinrai didn't regret it .
(More importantly, now . . . )
He could see . Everything about the devil in front of him .
The surprise attack that ate his right arm was splendid . But he had also counterattacked . He had kicked up the spear that was stabbed into the devil's torse and cut it up . Moreover, he had already『seen』the big mouth that ate his arm . When the big mouth was used against him again, he sliced it to pieces with his dragon fang spear .
「What are you? What is this!?」
Jinrai understood after seeing his frightened eyes . In front of him was an ordinary child . A devil with both the purity and cruelty of a child . That knife handling was probably not his own . There was no reason a master would lose against a person who was simply capable .
Therefore, he couldn't deal with the several feints and was sliced up .
Right arm sent flying, left hand cut off at the wrist, right foot joint crushed, head cut off; but he didn't die . However, it seemed he was taking damage . Naturally . The dragon fang spear could damage even an Astral Body .
(If that's the case, increase the number of attacks?)
「Hii!?」
Tears were floating in the boy's eyes, but that simply made Jinrai laugh . He was filled with an「it serves you right!」cheerful feeling . And with a ferocious smile, he turned his gaze filled with murderous intent towards the devil .
What was subsequently fired at him were simple continuous thrusts, but all of them were the fastest, most powerful spear technique『Flash』that was taught to Yumika . The ultimate rushing version called『Thousand Flashes』 . They reliably sliced up the boy, destroyed the souls inside him, and in the end, when it was about to destroy everything . . .
Jinrai collapsed .
「Master Jinrai?」
Naoki was filled with disbelief when he saw that .
Jinrai had such a large advantage, so why? . . . Naoki thought, but it was understandable . Jinrai had lost too much blood from his torn right shoulder and could no longer move . His limit as a human being had come .
「Ha, hahahaha . 」
While the boy had succumbed to fear and was watching with wide eyes, he roared with laughter .
「Amazing . This person is amazing . Ahahahaha, I was scared for the first time in a long time! He was truly amazing!」
That was probably pure praise . But the following words were:
「Well then, shall I eat?」
The moment he heard those words, dread ran through Naoki . And when he picked up his Operator magic sword, he maneuvered all his magic swords at once and aimed them at the boy .
「Oh, Onii-chan . You were still conscious?」
The boy's eyes twitched as he said that, but that wasn't towards Naoki . He simply couldn't get Jinrai's previous attack out of his head . There was no way the likes of Naoki's current magic swords could defeat a top-ranking devil .
(Skewer!!)
In accordance with Naoki's thought, all the magic swords pierced the boy . Naoki reflexively said「All right!」but the boy looked at Naoki with a stagnant smile . Then he said「Bu」as he put forth effort, and all the magic swords he was stabbed with were destroyed . Uneventfully, entirely destroyed .
「Such a . . . 」
Naoki became speechless at that situation .
「You're stupid, aren't you? Even though you're so weak . Even though you're a player . 」
While saying so, the boy jumped to Naoki's side and immediately kicked him .
「Gu!?」
He crossed his arms and managed to protect his stomach, but his arm bones creaked, and Naoki rolled across the ground from the momentum .
「Weak . Really weak . Isn't you being with that Ojii-san stupid? A simple burden? Baggage?」
He was kicked once again . Naoki's consciousness almost flew . His body bounced as he was thrown down the passage .
「Gu . . . . . u」
There was pain . But his consciousness slightly returned . So while groaning, he was about to stand up
「Age . . . . . . finished?」
When with his faint consciousness, those words reached Naoki's ears .
「Yeah, Yukito Onii-chan, I'm also finished here . I had an unexpectedly hard time . 」
「Remaining Magic Power, low… those dragons . Set aside . . . . eat . 」
「You're a thoughtful Onii-chan . 」
The boy called Age was no longer conscious of him . Naoki felt like it was already over after those words . Pathetic . I was so weak . I couldn't prevent my sister's tears . Naoki's heart was deeply sinking .
「Sorry, Aneki . . . 」
With that mutter, Naoki closed his eyes
And was suddenly hugged tightly .
**********
It was heard . She could hear it .
The weak voice of the younger brother apologizing to his older sister arrived .
It reached Kazane's ear .
And Kazane hugged the collapsed younger brother in front of her . A smile like it was filled with all the affection in the world was pointed at Naoki as she strongly, strongly hugged him . From his body heat, she could sense he was still alive, and Kazane knew she had made it in time . She wiped his face sloppy with tears and mucus with her Indestructible Cloak and caressed his head, and Naoki smiled with relief and lost consciousness . Kazane was glad . She was really glad he was alive .
She was also barely in time for Jinrai's excessive blood loss . Kazane used High Heal on Naoki, then with the Aim Bracelet she also used High Heal on Jinrai through Yuuko-nee and Crystallized his wounds to stop the blood loss . Then she looked toward the God Dragon Emperor throne room .
「Ah, Kazane-chan?」
Before her was the black haired, dark-eyed young boy . She had heard earlier he was called Age .
「 . . . . . . 」
Without opening her mouth to respond to Age, Kazane glared at him with bloodlust-filled eyes . A creaking sound could be heard from her feet . The Dragon Ogre Greaves evolved in response to Kazane's bloodlust .
(Ah, you also want to come out . That's good)
And Kazane nodded to the voice resounding from her feet .
On the other side, Age was overawed for a moment by the berserk feeling from Kazane's eyes, but his composed smile didn't crumble . He had certainly suffered damage from Jinrai just now and had felt fear . But Yukito was behind Age . The opponent was at most a single player . There was no reason to be frightened . But that composure collapsed after only a few seconds .
「Kill, 『Berserk Ogre』」
A black fist suddenly thrust out from under Age .
「Eh!?」
I don't understand . While so thinking, he noticed he had been knocked into the air .
「Pierce, Yuuko-nee!」
Then Age saw a monster cat approaching from above with a white bone-like sword in its mouth .
「Hii!?」
Age was sliced just after, and his scream resounded . The wound hurt . It didn't regenerate .
「The Magic Killing Sword is effective as expected, isn't that right?」
And Age felt fear at the voice of the girl leaping toward him .
(What is that monstrous leg armor!?)
It was obviously different from when he saw it as Benzel, and that made him more terrified .
Then Age resigned himself to dying there, but death didn't come .
Age thought he heard a striking sound, and he was being held by someone .
「Tch」
Kazane was sent flying from that place, and after one turn in the air she landed on the floor . To her left and right was a giant monster cat and a huge black Ogre with dragon-like claws on his hands and feet .
「That guy made my brother cry . Could you not hinder my punishment?」
Kazane was grinding her teeth as she talked .
「This guy, for me . . . like younger brother . Punishment, no good . 」
Yukito facing her was holding Age . The right arm that received Kazane's kick was billowing smoke .
Yukito pointed at Kazane . The dragon claws on Kazane's leg armor were shining with white light . That was the light of『Soul Breaking Blade』 . That radiance was the embodiment of an old man's final wrath at being deceived by a devil .
『Kazane? . . . You came?』
A voice could be heard from the interior . God Dragon Emperor Naga was there, collapsed with a tragic appearance .
「I'm more or less your wife . Are you okay?」
『No, my Heart has already been broken . I probably won't be able to move soon . 』
Kazane's expression warped after those words .
『Kazane, the child . . . you, at least our child . . . 』
Kazane looked at Naga's left arm . Even though it was probably a fierce battle, that left arm remained clean . It was covered with light, protecting an egg .
Kazane's greaves creaked and continued to change . Her rage didn't stop .
「Leave it to me . 」
With that short statement, Kazane ran .
Name: Yuihama Kazane
Occupation: Magic Swordswoman
Title: Ogre Killer, Dragon Slayer, High Beast Summoner, Rea King
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