Chapter 118

CHAPTER 118: THE POWER OF THE FIVE AND THE GIANT THAT ARRIVES

「What is this…… . 」

Dianeia looked at Karen’s unfamiliar state with fear .

It was no surprise with how Karen was walking slowly towards the town with unsteady footsteps . Her body was half enveloped by blackness .
The blackness continued to overflow from the pendant on her chest .

「Karen!」

Athena stepped forward and cried out…but Karen didn’t respond . Her consciousness was already gone . Not only that but…

「GUUOOOOOOO…!」
*PICTURE*

Black magic light began gathering in her mouth .
It was light filled with powerful magic .

「… . . Breath!? We need to defend!」

As Dianeia shouted a greyish black light fired from Karen’s mouth .
The light filled with magic power produced a huge shockwave as it shot forward .

「Kuu! Multiple Barrier Shield!!」

Dianeia placed her defensive magic in front of them .
Even so, the shockwave from the collision cut and burnt them .

「……A-are you two ok?」
「I am, fine . Thanks to your, magic barrier . 」

Hesty said without a scratch on her .
However, her clothes had been burnt and her expression had turned severe .

「But that, is dangerous . Wind and Fire, Earth and Water, many things are mixing together . If we’re not, careful, we’ll get hurt badly . 」

Hesty said while looking at Athena .
Athena had several wounds on her body which were bleeding .

「Athena, those wounds… . . 」
「Th-this much is still fine . I-I can still go on . 」

Her fighting spirit hadn’t weakened with just this much…however, she was a Princess .
An existence that would cause many problems if she died here .

「……Athena, I’ll leave the rear backup to you . 」
「Eh… . . bu-but?」
「It’s an important role . If worst comes to worst, you’ll have to use emergency teleport to tell everyone what happened . So please, I’ll leave it to you . 」

Dianeia said seriously .

「n…… . . ok…… . !」

Athena held in her pain and nodded her head .
All that was left was to continue fighting .

「But…Hesty-dono, how are we supposed to deal with such a state of affairs?」

Dianeia asked while watching the slowly approaching Karen, and Hesty calmly answered .

「This is originally, a condition that only occurs, in lower rank dragons, where spirits hijack their bodies . Right now, Karen’s body has been taken over, by the spirits, who are using it as a vessel to, utilize their powers . To deal with it, we need to shave away the magic power, and cause the berserk power, to dissipate . 」
「I see . 」
「……for that, we need to, weaken Karen, and remove the pendant from her, causing the spirits to split from her . That would be ideal, if it’s possible… . 」

Hesty said with a grim light shining in her eyes .

「If it’s possible……?」
「Karen is the 「Superior」 Dragon King . All of her, base abilities are very, high . So, if we don’t weaken her, severely, I don’t think we’ll be able to split, the spirits away . 」

Certainly she could feel monstrous power from the ominous form of the Dragon King in front of her .
She was honestly frightened when she was told to face her and make her ‘vent’ her power . However,

…… . ‘He’ was even stronger .

That’s why Dianeia could still stand here firmly .

「If she continues like this then the town will be endangered, we have to fight… . . !」
「Guuuu……Ah!!!」

Perhaps sensing Dianeia’s will to fight, Karen began running towards her .
Her body was completely enveloped in magic with each step crushing the ground beneath her . She dashed with incredible speed…but,

「I will, help you too . This power, is dangerous… . so I will stop her as a fellow Dragon King… . . !」

And using her body, Hesty stopped her .
Blood flew out of her body and arms, but even so, she had stopped her . In addition…

「Let’s fire, together……!」
「Yeah! —Burn and Pierce, The Great Spear of the Flame King! 「Prominence Charge」—!!!」

Hesty gathered white flames within her mouth and fired .
From behind her Dianeia’s burning spear enveloped them .

「Guuuuuu…!?」

The two Dragon Kings were burnt by the heat .
Of the two, Karen took the majority of the blow and was sent flying meters away .
But, they couldn’t stop yet .

「Not yet!! —「Prominence Charge」—!」

The scorching spear once again flew out .
It hit Karen’s stumbling body and exploded .

「O-Onee-sama a-amazing . With the Dragon King Karen as your opponent…to be able to fight like that . You’re much stronger than before…… . 」
「Haha… . I trained a lot so of course I’m a bit stronger . 」

She could finally understand and see the results of her efforts .

「…… . but, she won’t fall with just this much…」
「n, that’s right . 」
「Eh…… . ?」

From within the flames of the explosion she emerged… . .

「Guaaa… . . !!」

Her clothes covered with burns, Karen appeared almost completely unharmed .
Her voice seemed filled with displeasure, it seems she was angered .

「Her magic power was shaved off but……her magical defenses are incredible . Everything was blocked . 」
「That is, the power of a Dragon King, mixed with spirits . Doing it with, the will to kill only resulted in a little, damage . 」

Hesty spoke calmly but,

…… . how were they supposed to deal sufficient damage…… . .

Even so, they couldn’t make the choice not to fight .
They needed to do what they could and weaken their opponent…as she gazed at Karen,

「Aaaaahhh………!」

Once more she gathered a dark gray light .
However, this time the size of it was incomparably larger .

The magic power around Karen warped and twisted as the ground shook .

「This power……this is bad… . !」

She yelled and Hesty nodded .

「n, this is, pretty bad . If we don’t, block it, it will reach the town……if we don’t put all our power, into intercepting it then even, we will die . 」
「Aaahh… . . we just have to do it!」

A highly dense and powerful magic power was gathered before them .
However, Hesty and Dianeia were preparing to block it from the front .

「I won’t run from something like this! 「Prominence Charge」!」
「White Flame Breath…… . . !」

The two of them fired their attacks once more . Then,

「GUOOOO…… . . !!」

Karen released her gray magic .
With incredible power and fierceness the two sides collided .

—BOOM!!–

They exploded against each other and a shockwave exploded out .

The plain was mowed down by the explosive power, but that was it .
Somehow, they’d held out .

「A-amazing Hesty-san and Onee-sama! To block that incredible attack!」

They heard Athena cheer from behind them .
Since she was safe behind them, the town should be as well .

She thought, thank goodness and relaxed for a second .
At that moment .

「Dianeia, not yet!」

Hesty cried out . She immediately looked and saw…

「Another one!?」
「GU-O-O-O-O!」

Another gray mass of magic had been charged and Karen fired once more .

「Damn……White Flame Shock!」
「Multiple Barrier 30 「Triakonta Shield!」!!」
「M-me too! 「Shield」!!」

It was repelled by the hastily raised defensive magics, but the clash produced a huge shockwave .

「Ga… . . !」

A feeling like her entire body had been slammed by a hammer struck Dianeia . The power of it hit her and sent her flying and rolling on the ground .

「Ugu… . the recharge…is way too fast……」

Both Hesty and Athena were sent flying as well before rolling on the ground .

「Athena…… . are you ok?」

Athena was bleeding from her head, but it seemed like she was still conscious .

「Y-yeah, I’m ok… . . Onee-sama you’re bleeding…」
「I can…still stand so I’m ok . 」

Dianeia said while wiping away the blood and looked around .
The only ones left standing were her, Hesty, and Karen .

Their side was bleeding and unsteady…honestly they were at a disadvantage . Even so,

「Can you, still do it?」
「Yeah, there’s no way we can stop here . 」
「Guaaa…… . !」

Even now Karen had not stopped moving towards the town .

Behind them were the people they had to protect .
There was no way they could remain on the ground, they stood before Karen once more .

At that moment .

—Boom— —Boom—

A huge sound came from behind them .

And from the huge sounds behind them they felt a huge warm and gentle magic power wrap around them .

「… . . this magic power is……it can’t be… . 」
「… . . yes, it is… . Hesty-dono… . 」

Once she felt that power wrap around her, Dianeia lost all the power in her limbs and collapsed to the ground .
Not too long ago she’d been frightened of this power…but now it couldn’t be any more reliable an existence for her… . it surprised even her but…

「He’s… . come…」

They turned to look at the source of the enormous but gentle magic power, and saw a huge wooden giant running towards them .