223 - - Episode 22: Is there a C?

Summon!　Acid Bee!　"Armor Bee"!　The Explosion Bee!"

The enemy, Miki, a dainty looking girl who reveals herself, summons a series of monster bees in front of us.

We - me, Nazuna, and Ice Heat - surrounded her and tried to escape using a transition item, but she must have been hungry when she realized that she could not escape due to the transition inhibition.

She summoned "Acid Bee," which, instead of needles, sprays a liquid that melts things like acid.

Armor Bee" is a bee in hard armor, which is highly defensive and attacks us with its sharp jaws.

The most troublesome of the bees is probably the Explosion Bee.

Burn crimson!　Firestorm!"

Ice Heat waves his right arm and a storm of flames engulfs the bee monsters.

It burns not only the "Acid Bee" and "Armor Bee," but of course the "Explosion Bee," .......

DON'T!

The "Explosion Bee," burned by Firestorm, explodes. The explosion was surprisingly powerful, and Nazna, who had been slashing at the bees and jumping at them, was blown away by the explosion and rolled around on the floor because she was not keeping her feet on the ground.

She was blown up and rolled around on the floor, so there was no damage, and she immediately jumped up and yelled loudly.

You!　How dare you, bee-woman!"

I'm sorry, sir!　Nazna-sama!"

Ice Heat, which exploded at an inopportune moment, hurriedly apologizes, but Nazna does not care and directs her hostility only toward Miki.

Miki, who was being yelled at by Nazna, continued her efforts to escape while looking at her with reluctance.

The "Explosion Bee" is stuck to the wall!　Detonation!"

The "Explosion Bee" clumps on a part of the wall and explodes.

Because of the close proximity of the explosion, the wall of the "Giant Tower" cannot withstand it and collapses.

Miki sees hope in this scene.

Yes!　If we repeat this and make a hole that Miki can fit through, we can get out!　If we can get outside, we can escape with the 'Magic Card, Wings in the Sky'!

But her hope is colored by despair and astonishment at the sight of the walls being repaired like living creatures.

What?　Why is the wall repairing itself?　We broke it, but now we can't get out!"

There is no such thing as a "transfer technique, item" countermeasure.

As was the case in the previous battle against the White Knights, the strongest in the Queen Elf Kingdom, Ellie, the Witch of the Forbidden, linked her magical power to inhibit transference and repair damaged parts of the "giant tower" in order to keep the enemy from escaping to the outside.

A half-hearted attack could damage the walls of the current "giant tower" and it would be repaired immediately.

Incidentally, Mei is on standby as a reserve force, and Aoyuki is monitoring the area around the "Giant Tower.

The others are on standby to move at any time, making it almost impossible for Miki to get out of here alone.

I once again make the recommendation to surrender.

I recommend that you stop wasting your time and surrender. If you surrender now, there may be a small chance that there will be extenuating circumstances.

I'm like, "...... worst, really worst. You guys are really something. I heard that the master of the dragon race was messing with them, so I broke in to check it out and all I get is irrationality. ...... I wonder if they were intentionally leaking information to set Miki and the others up?

"Dragon race side?"

Huh?　I don't know what you mean by "I don't know what you mean by "I don't know what you mean by "I don't know"!　Kaiser, Hey, Bomber, and Uncle Fish, who have bad taste, can't come up with this kind of thing, so it must be Hiro, who only has a good face, or that's exactly what you're proposing, a sly, narrow-eyed hissomi, right?　It really sucks!　I never should have run for office if this was going to happen."

Like a muddy stream, Miki keeps raising names that seem to be the names of people.

The names of "Kaiser," "Inky Black," "Bomber," "Uncle Fish," "Hiro," and finally, "Hisomi," are all listed, although the meaning is not clear in some places.

HISOMI is already known to us, but it seems that there are five other "masters" on the dragon race side.

Moreover, from Miki's tone of voice and the sound of her voice, it seems safe to say that the "masters on the dragon people's side" and the "masters on the demon people's side" are enemies.

I involuntarily narrowed my eyes.

I had thought it might be the Master, but it seems they know more information than we thought. It seems we need to take him into custody and extract information from him.

Huh?　What's that?　You are subordinates or collaborators of the master of the dragon race, aren't you?　......, I wonder if they really don't have anything to do with it?"

I don't know. Well, either way, I'm going to take you captive and extract all the information I can from you.

"...... really aren't you related to or subordinate to the master on the dragon race side ......?　Ugh, you're kidding, right?　Are you sure?　That means ......"

Miki, who had been frowning grimly, makes a delighted smile as if rippled by my response.

I was surprised to see her smile. "Does ...... mean that there are strong people like you here who can do 'long-distance transfer inhibition' and repair walls even though they have nothing to do with them?　Then I guess that means Master 'C' is here after all!"

"Shhh?"

Yes, Mr. C!　It's because of Mr. "C" that you can do such great things, isn't it?　I think we had a little misunderstanding, but Miki and the others are on "C's" side and are his friends. If that's the case, why didn't you just say so? So, is Mr. C in the tower after all?

Shhh" is the name that HISOMI mentioned, as I recall.

HISOMI detested something she called "Shhh.

She was a subordinate or worshipper of this "Shhh," since she was wearing a "Sama" (a title)?

Miki's expression, which had been made into a delighted smile, gradually cooled.

She seemed to have realized from our reaction that this "shi" was not involved.

She said, "Eh...... wait a minute, why are you reacting like that?　Huh?　I wonder if Master 'C' isn't here?"

...... First of all, what the hell is that 'shhh'?"

......?　No way!　Then how is it that you have all this power without the power of Master "C"!　It's crazy!"

Miki looks at us as if we are some unknown monster.

Who the hell are you people?

Before I could answer that question, I was hit by a shock that shook the "giant tower" itself.

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