CH 90

[Fierce Fight]

“Take out all the launchers! Mount them on the wall and have several men hold them down, that way, the recoil should be reduced! Absolutely, don’t leave any of them alive!”

The white robed people who received the order take out the same cylinders as the ones that the Abyss Walkers had from the fortress and begin to mount them on the wall.

If the number of those things increases, it will surely become quite troublesome.

Nonetheless, it’s difficult to break through the Abyss Walkers and reach the walls of that fortress.

It’s about time to withdraw, huh…

Although several Abyss Walkers had been defeated, the fighting spirit of the opponent has not diminished yet. On the other hand, I’m so exhausted to the degree that I feel the bottom of my magic power.

Originally, my purpose was only to save Marco; I didn’t start the battle with the intention of purging the lot of the mine.

Therefore, I’m at a loss for a moment as to whether I should continue the battle as is.

“Frick! You’re not thinking of running away now, don’t you!”

The bird, which is Cinzia’s eyes and mouth, perches on my shoulder.

“Cinzia-sama!? Why are you here?”

“What? Can’t I come?”

“No, that’s not it. What happened to Diedur, Marco, and the beastmen who fled?”

“Ah~, I told them to go to Devon Village. Incidentally, I made the beastmen who were guarding old abandoned mine swoon, tied them up and pushed them to those guys who fled. I did the clean up properly y’know.”

“In that case, there is no more reason to——”

“Really youu—, now that it has become such a large-scale battle, do you think they will say, “Then, please go back,” and send you away? That’s impossible, impossible y’know. They are coming with vigor to kill you at all costs after all; they’ll not let you run away.”

“W-wait, Cinzia-sama.”

Cinzia flies away with a flap, perching on her real body that is riding on Dimol, who emerges from the sky onto the walls of the fortress.

“A warrior riding on a wyvern is coming! Don’t let him get close to the launchers! Defend! Defend!”

“T-this guy is also a mage! He summoned a rock golem! Our weapons aren’t working against it!”

“Don’t falter! Fight!”

Due to the entry of Cinzia and Dimol who had dived down onto the fortress, confusion spreads among the white robed people who are moving about on the walls.

Making use of the confusion, the rock golem created by Cinzia knocks down the white robed people, rampaging.

“Frick, I’ll leave the guys below to you!”

“Y-yes.”

There is no option to escape… huh.

It seems that there is no choice but to go all out.

After tightening my grip on Dayle, I decide to challenge Abyss Walkers with my Mirage Body.

“Dayle, I may run out of magic, but let’s go all out.”

[Understood. However, if Master falls down, Dayle will carry Master to escape with the golem Dayle made!]

“But if my magic power runs out, you’ll turn dormant.”

[It will work out somehow, with guts!]

A magic sword is talking about guts…

Maybe, my method of raising her was wrong.

I feel like she doesn’t even have a fragment of intelligence.

While feeling a little uneasy about Dayle, who is showing some signs of a battle maniac, I head for the Abyss Walkers.

The white robed people who gave them instructions are in chaos, so the Abyss Walkers that couldn’t make a decision by themselves just stand still.

“Kishaaaaa!”

An Abyss Walker who noticed our approach attacks with a menacing voice.

A sharp thrust graze my cheek.

The other Abyss Walkers seemed to have noticed me too, as the number of the tips of the cylinders that are stabbing toward me increases.

Kh, the best I can do is evading, huh.

The Mirage Body that I can see with a sideway glance runs past me and mow down the Abyss Walkers.

“As expected of my clone. It helps!”

[Master, you can’t let only your clone play the active part, you know!]

“Y-yeah.”

Having roused myself after being reprimanded by Dayle, I take a distance in an instant and start chanting magic.

“O’ many lightnings floating in the atmosphere, dwell in my sword and become a great flash of lightning. Thunder Sword.”

After lightning cladded my sword, I thrust the sword into the eyeball of an approaching Abyss Walker.

The lightning strike released by the thrusted blade evaporates the eyeball of the Abyss Walker, vanishing it, then it’s head pops and disappears.

Afterward, I continue to fight the Abyss Walkers to the best of my ability, and when the last one was defeated, the Mirage Body ran out of magic power and disappeared; even I, myself had consumed magic power to the point that I was on the brink of collapse.

“Hah, hah, it seems… I defeated them… somehow…”

[Master, your magic power is almost running out. Please take a rest… Dayle will also turn dormant for a while to reduce your consumption…]

Light disappears from the magic stone of Dayle, who realized that my remaining magic power is low.

“Sorry… that was certainly too intense even for me…”

Because I don’t have enough magic power to cast healing magic, blood drips from the wounds all over my body that I received from the Abyss Walkers, and I feel like I’ll collapse at any moment now.

As expected, ten Abyss Walkers were too much…

Thinking what if 100 or 200 of them appears, I feel horrified.

It seems that I have to get stronger in order to prevent the second great invasion.

I see Cinzia who has caught the leader of the white robed people waving her hand over the fortress, but I lose my consciousness there.