Chapter 503: Pursuer

Chapter 503 Pursuer

The three disciple girls plus alpha are running on the barrier path that’s extending in the air. Led by Chinatsu, who is in charge of defense and making the path, Touko, Haruna, and Kira are heading toward the imperial capital. Since they are moving at a fairly high altitude, it seems that there has been no obstruction by the Elderado Great Empire since the first border fortress. Even if there was, it would be nothing more than a faint clamor from the ground. Perhaps they were attacked, but nothing could reach them, so they didn’t mind about it at all. However, it’s not that they don’t have any problem at all.

「■■■――!」

「Hah, taah!」

In the back row of the group, a sound of fierce battle resounded. Since the start of the trial from the border, Haruna and Kira have been clashing with each other weapons. Haruna’s marching speed is much slower than usual because she has to run backwards while fighting.

「Haruna, it’s been about an hour. Even if you are just parrying attacks, it must be tough to deal with this guy. Switch with me and rest while you still can.」

「Eeh!? I still, can do it, you know!?」

「Idiot, what I want to say is that it’s dull for me if I just run. Besides, it’s about time for Elderado to prepare their forces to deal with us in the sky.」

「If that’s, the case, okay! Let’s count, to three, and switch places!」Findd new stories at novelhall.com

「Okay. One, two――」

「――Three!」

Touko switched places with Haruna at the perfect timing, and she repelled Kira’s long sword with her Pulverizer. After that, she continues to repel Kira’s barrage of attacks and begins to fight dexterously while running backwards, just like Haruna did.

「Phew~, I worked up a good sweat~!」

「Good job, Haruna. Here, use this towel.」

「Thank you! Fuwaah~, I’m coming back to life~!」

「Hahaha, you’re so energetic, aren’t you!? Where’s that voice coming from when you don’t have a head!?」

The shouts of Touko and Kira could be heard from behind them. No matter how many times they heard it, they couldn’t catch Kira’s words, and all they could feel was the creepiness. However, Chinatsu could somehow grasp the source of the sound.

「...... It’s coming from the neck, I think?」

「Huh?」

「No, just talking to myself. Unfortunately, I can’t understand what he’s saying. Even if I try to talk to him, he doesn’t seem to respond to our words. By the way, how strong is Kira-san?」

「He’s very strong. Maybe it’s because Vakala-san has instructed him to do so, he only launch simple attacks form the front... but I know that he’s strong. At least, I don’t think he’s weaker than me.」

「I guess so. After all, it was almost evenly matched when you fought the undead whose ranking was 31st.」

「Uhh. I should have asked to fight him in the castle. Yesterday, I was looking for Kira-san while I was cleaning, but I couldn’t find him at all.」

「Is that so? Come to think of it, he didn’t even appear during the swap battle. Even today, he only appeared when we were about to leave.... I wonder if Vakala-san wanted to hide Kira-san’s existence from us?」

「Maybe he wanted to give us a surprise?」

「In this case, the surprise was awful, though. Now I understand why Nell-shishō muttered that he would be a hindrance.... Oh, Haruna, it seems that we have a guest. Can I leave them to you? Of course, killing is prohibited, okay?」

「Okay! I will do my best!」

「Oi, Haruna! If we’re going to get in your way, should we step back and keep our distance!?」

「No, it’s okay! I won’t let them go all the way there!」

Purple lightning approached from the front. On the other hand, Haruna put her Doggan Staff in her pouch and concentrated her magic on both hands.