Chapter 413: Let's Counterattack

『This thing's a genuine monster.』

Jin Bahar murmured. The mass of meat Marie before his eyes had increasingly revealed her true nature. By now, the only human-like part of her left was her head, with the rest transformed into a figure like a cluster of monsters.

Parts of monsters that had been seen before, like an Ogre's arm, a dragon's mouth, a Brutuza's cranium, etc. had also appeared. She looked completely like a Chimera in a runaway state, but all those parts moved in a controlled manner, not arbitrarily. It was a fearsome thing, but even though she was in that state, it seemed all of them were under Marie's control.

(Though it's doubtful that thing has a proper head in the first place.)

While thinking that, Jin Bahar avoided the sickle-like monster arm that popped out of the mass of meat Marie, pierced the joint, and cut it off from her body. Marie screamed「Pugyau」in response, but she looked at Jin Bahar with a smile.

「Wait. Bone-chan, kitty. Let's plaaaay!」

『Ehhh. Disgusting!』

Marie didn't show any signs of minding the desperate counterattacks from Jin Bahar and the others as she single-mindedly chased them. She spit fire, shot poison needles, spurted out spider thread, and blocked their movements with ultrasonic waves.

In the past, Jin Bahar was a Dragon Knight with a long military career, so with his experience from countless monster subjugations, he was able to cope, but it was still dreadfully difficult. Her appearance was ugliness itself, but Jin Bahar felt her way of fighting was just like their White Party's leader.

『Shippuu, you absolutely must not get close. Since you're not a summoned being, if you get eaten, that's the end.』

「Naago」

Shippuu obediently followed Jin Bahar's words and focused on attacking like a Kamaitachi while moving at high speed. However, since it was assumed that Shippuu would fight together with Jinrai, he was born as a cat specialized in high speed maneuvers. There couldn't be much expectations for his attack power when he was by himself, and it looked like the only thing he could do was attract the attention of the monster in front of them.

Also, Tiara had combined all the Flame Knights with the Flame Power for maximum output and was now only fighting with that. The power of Flame Lance was high, so it was causing a reasonable amount of damage. However, Marie didn't show any signs of suffering from it.

『However, this thing... I thought it couldn't be, but...』

Jin Bahar muttered while carefully watching Marie's state. He had been thinking it was strange, but Jin Bahar concluded that it was now definite.

(She's regenerating!)

Jin Bahar had been thinking that something was odd.

Even with using the White Bear Gora as a shield and using the monsters in her body to absorb and defend, he had thought it was strange that she had been able to completely withstand Louise's Judgement Bolt. Even without the bonus damage against devils, it was impossible for a monster below Dark Forest-class to survive that. Even a dragon might end up on the verge of death if they were directly hit.

On top of that, she was now moving as if nothing had happened. Although it was camouflaged by her peculiarity as a Chimera, when Jin Bahar saw that even the eaten monsters had regenerated and been used for attacks again, he was convinced.

(It looked like that bear had the ability to regenerate, but this thing as well?)

There was no sign that the damage they had caused thus far had accumulated. Jin Bahar realized that his way of fighting was incorrect and clicked his tongue.

(But even so, the problem is what I should do about it...)

There was nothing Jin Bahar could do other than keep attacking until her regenerative power declined. The pillar of flame he saw a moment ago. That was probably fired by Lyle, and if he were able to burn things away with that degree of power, he may have been able to defeat the monster before his eyes. However, Jin Bahar was a spearman and had no technique to annihilate an opponent like that.

『Jin-sama. Incoming.』

As Jin Bahar was pondering, Tiara's Flame Power started talking to him.

『Incoming? What is?』

As Jin Bahar said that, something passed just above his head.

『An ally.』

It was a humanoid golden dragon.

『Gooo!!』

Yumika, shrouded with golden Dragon Spirit in her Complete Dragon Transformation, was surrounded by a windstorm as she charged forward to attack using the wide-area damage spear technique『Wind God Spear』Jin Bahar taught her.

「I also love dragonsss! BugyaPooOO!?」

And the left shoulder of the mass of meat Marie was completely scraped off.

『As ever, you've stopped being human. Yumika.』

Jin Bahar said earnestly. As a Dragon Knight, Jin Bahar had noticed that Lyle gained the power of a dragon when he saw him earlier, but Yumika was completely a dragon itself. Then Yumika landed on the ground, raising a cloud of dust.

Moreover, immediately after something could be seen shining in that cloud of dust, a spear surrounded by lightning was thrown. It was a『Thunder God Spear』using an Adamantium spear.

It penetrated Marie's body. And Jin Bahar wasn't just sitting around and watching.

『Take this!』

Subsequently, Jin Bahar charged and fired a『Wind God Spear』that directly hit Marie. Her right half also popped off, and Jin Bahar rushed forward until he was in front of Yumika.

『You were slow!』

After Yumika's words, Jin Bahar shook his head.

『That's not the case... anyway, did Lyle do it?』

Yumika nodded after Jin Bahar's question. Then Jin Bahar nodded and said『Good.』Then she turned her gaze to Marie and opened her mouth.

『To put it briefly, she's a Chimera that has the ability to regenerate. We've been attacking since a while ago, but there are no signs of the regeneration stopping.』

And even now, Marie's body was already almost completely done regenerating.

『Uwaa, that's the same as the white bear earlier. It's a type where magical power is sent from outside.』

『What?』

After Jin Bahar raised his voice in surprise, Yumika replied『Louise-san is currently trying to deal with it.』Just like Lyle, in her Complete Dragon Transformation, she could use『Dragon Eyes』to read the flow of power. And she had confirmed that there was a magical Path connecting Marie to the red moon in the sky.

「Crackling dragon, join meee!!」

A mollusk tentacle was released by Marie, but it was blocked by an arrow fired from far away.

「I finally caught up.」

Emily said. Naturally, Emily had fired that arrow just now. Emily had destroyed the tentacle approaching Yumika and Jin Bahar with the dragon archery vibration destruction technique『Destruction Dragon』. And while waving at Emily, Yumika continued talking to Jin Bahar.

『Right now, Louise-san is sealing the white bear after Lyle made it unable to move by incinerating it.』

『Then what do we do here?』

Yumika groaned after Jin Bahar's question.

(As expected, even if I used my Breath, incinerating that thing is impossible?)

Like Yuuko-nee, Yumika could breathe out a golden high temperature gas Breath, but her Dragon Spirit would probably run out before Marie was completely incinerated. In that case, what should they do?

Yumika found the answer in Tiara.

『... Can she do it? No, is there no choice but to do it?』

Yumika looked at Jinrai fighting in a distant place. Although she was looking from far away, it looked like Jinrai was already in a battle outside the realm of humanity, so Yumika couldn't rely on him. In that case, there was no choice but to do it with their present fighting power.

『What is it, Yumika? Did something come to mind?』

After Jin Bahar's question, Yumika nodded.

(She hasn't used it in actual battle yet, but she was able to summon it and use its power. It's the only thing we can rely on right now.)

Yumika thought and decided.

『I will temporarily retreat to the vicinity of the carriage. And after I've joined Tiara there...』

Then Yumika said,

『She'll summon the Ruby Griffon for us!』

Name: Yuihama Kazane

Occupation: Summoning Fighter

Title: Ogre Killer, Dragon Slayer, High Beast Summoner, Rea King, Liberator, Guardian

Equipment: Staff 『White Blaze』, Draghorn Tonfa x2, Dragon Eating Ogre Army Armor (True), Indestructible Cloak, Mysterious Pouch, Crimson Saint Coffin, Heroic Spirit Summoning Ring, Circlet of Wisdom, Aim Bracelet, White Magic Accumulator (Revised) ×2, Rainbow Necklace, Rainbow Dragon Ring, Angel Bracelet

Level : 40

Health: 156+20

Magic Power: 378+520

Strength: 81+45

Agility: 83+39

Endurance: 45+20

Wisdom : 75

Dexterity : 53

Spell : 『Fly』『Torch』『Fire』『Heal』『Firestorm』『Healer Ray』『High Heal』『Golden Dusk「Dragon Exclusive」』『Mirror Shield』『Rabbit Speed』『Flare Mirage』

Skill : 『Kick Devil』『Kick Decapitation Wave』『Warrior's Memory: Lv2』『Night Vision』『Crushing Blow』『Dog's Sense of Smell: Lv2』『Golem Maker: Lv4』『Aegis Shield』『Fire Principle: Third Chapter』『Healing Principle: Fourth Chapter』『Air Jump: Lv2』『Killing Leg: Lv3』『Fear Voice』『Invisible』『Tiger Eye』『Wall Walking』『Intuition: Lv2』『Cheat Death』『Nimble』『Charge』『Material Shield: Lv2』『Information Link: Lv2』『Optical Camouflage』『High Dash』『Bloodsucking Blade』『Dragonization: Lv3「Dragon」』『Regenerate』『Soul Breaking Blade』『Stealthy Hand Placement』『Thunder Chariot: Lv2』『Sturdier Teeth: Lv2「Dragon」』『Crystallization: Lv2「Dragon」』『Devil King's Intimidation』『Stone Minotaur: Lv2』『Mega Beam: Lv2』『Space Expansion』『Pseudo-Silver Creation』『Poison Claw』『Fireball「Dragon」』『Cuticle「Dragon」』『Arms Creation: Black Flame』『Ingredient Connoisseur: Lv3』『Dragon Pheromone「Dragon」』『Boost』『Monkey's Strong Arm』『Two-sword Style』『Boobies Plus』『Living Armor』『Alarm』『Six-sword Style』『Mental Attack Complete Protection』『Spider Web』『Wire Cutter』『Flexible』『Magic Power Absorption』『Red Body Transformation』『Friendship Tag-team』

Kazane: 「... You didn't fart on my back just now, did you?」

Naoki: 「I, I didn't fart.」