CH 385

“Are you okay, old man?”

“Y-Yeah …… Who are you?”

“My name is Reiss. We came here to see King Afmand, but it looks like we’ve got a situation here, so we came to assist you.”

“Don’t worry about me! You’re going to get caught up in this too, little girl …… Goho ……”

“Oops, I shouldn’t have let you talk. So it’s the stomach ……”

In the middle of the castle square, Reiss rushed to Dibit’s side and got down on one knee to talk to him. A few moments later, he heard Rikam shouting in annoyance nearby.

“What the hell is going on!? I’m on your side! …… Are you insane ……! This is the perfect opportunity, and you’re getting in my way ……!!! !”

“You’re not so lucky, are you? Your luck has dropped since I came here, you know..”

“……What!? T-The magic dispersed!? Uoooh ……!?”

When Reiss threw the vial at the Freeze Lance, the Freeze Lance disappeared like a mist, and Rikam looked astonished, and the misty wounded soldier attacked him and separated the distance. Reiss quickly turned her eyes to Dibit with an expression of disinterest and took out another vial and removed the lid.

“Tsk, you’re wound looks deep. Can you escape with your magic power for now?”

“…… Yeah, I’ll figure it out.”

“Drink this and I’ll close the wound in your stomach.”

She hands the green vial to Dibit and pours the red vial around his stomach, Dibit’s eyes widened.

“Uooooooh, i-it stinks!? What the hell is this medicine!? And I feel a terrible pain in my stomach!? Ooooohhhhhhhhhhhh …… It hurts!?”

“Huh, you looked like you were ready to die just a moment ago, and you’re like this from just this.”

“Nevertheless, it stinks too much …… Oh?”

“I’ve healed your wounds, and you’ve recovered some of your magic, right? They’re really getting in the way, aren’t they?”

Dibit wakes up with tears in his eyes and tilts his head as he feels the magic flowing through his body. He should have been dying, but his eyes narrowed as he wondered who this was.

“You’ve got a “who are you?” look on your face. I’m not suspicious!”

“You’re very suspicious, but …… thank you for now!”

“Now, I’ll help the others, so I’ll leave the rest to you–“

Just as Reiss is about to leave, something falls from the sky. It’s–

“Ahahahaha! Qliphoth, I don’t care what you do, just please kill them all, okay? Ah …… my body fills up with human’s [Anxiety] …… It’s nice that it’s easy to manipulate them with [Unstable] and make their friends attack and make them anxious. I’ve recovered a little, so I guess I’ll manipulate them all.”

Aiatsubus in the sky licked the closed wound and smiled with narrowed eyes. Reiss clicks her tongue and opens her mouth.

“Tsk, what bad tastes. I’m going to go heal the others. You’ve recovered your magic power and wounds, but you still lost blood and stamina, so don’t push yourself.”

“You, too! If I knock that woman down, the trees will probably stop too …… Oops, I’ve ran out of cigarettes, can’t be helped .”

Now that he’s recovered, Dibit soars into the sky and aim for Aiatsubus.

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“Ahhh! What are you doing? Woah!?”

“Darva-sama, our ally is attacking!?”

“I see that, you idiot! That Aiatsubus, I thought that she caught up with us, and now you’re getting in our way ……! N-No, Is this a chance? I’m going to head into the castle and rescue Geiri-sama! We’ll get through them in one fell swoop!”

“Ooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh”

“Oh, no!? They’re in the castle!”

While many of the soldiers were confused, Darva, who had been watching from afar, saw an opening and began to ride his horse through the castle gate. The black haze wasn’t moving very fast, so he dodged it with some trepidation and charged into the entrance while still on his horse, causing Afmand, who was watching, to shout.

“Well, this can’t be helped.”

“You’re right. Since we’re at it, let’s let the former king go.”

“R-Retzel-dono ……?”

“What the hell are you- ……?”

“I’m sure it will be interesting. Now, let’s go back to the castle before Aiatsubus finds us. We don’t want anything to happen to this Helena girl.”

“U-Umu.”

Afmand and Abol head into the castle, while controlling the attacking soldiers very easily, and feeling the chills of Irumi and Retzel, who say with cool faces.

And then–

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“There’s so much black haze!”

“Is that Aiatsubus in the sky? The gates are breached, are we too late?”

Makina shouts as she looks up at the sky, and I open my mouth to see what’s happening on the ground. The gates were shattered and several soldiers had fallen. I called out to Ornob-san that I had to go for now.

“Ornob-san, keep pushing forward, it looks like the Aiatsubus are spreading black haze, but I want to check the situation. There are not many soldiers outside, so they might be fighting inside. Be careful when you go in.”

“I understand!”

“Makina and Fath-san, you two work together, and Radia and Schneider, can you protect Ornob-san?”

“Grruuu!”

“Woof!”

I nodded when I heard their energetic replies, and I looked up at Aiatsubus with Sephiro on my shoulder, and saw a figure heading towards it.

“Dibit-san!”

“I was worried when you ran off by yourself. But it looks like you’re okay …… Hm!”

“The situation looks strange.”

Fath-san raised her voice nervously, and Basleigh-sensei narrowed her eyes and muttered. It’s not hard to see why, because right in front of us, a soldier with a black haze was attacking a soldier without a haze.

“I don’t know if it’s because the equipment is so similar, but don’t they look confused ……?”

“I mean, there’s a Qliphoth wandering around, though!?”

“We’re going in!”

“Neigh!”

In the midst of Basleigh-sensei’s shouting, the carriage plunged into the castle, bumping into soldiers with black haze as it went to the middle and stopped.

“There’s a lot of Qliphoths, okay, I’ll go after Dibit-san, and then–“

Just as I’m about to say “I’ll leave the rest to you,” I see magic flying towards the carriage, and I intercept it with my fireball.

“You prevented it ……?”

“I’m not sure if it’s a greeting …… or not, but we’re in a battle, after all.”

“Since you came knowing that, you’re here to help Afmand, right Well, whatever. I’m very irritated right now. I’m really pissed off right now, so I’m going to let you guys take the heat off me for not being able to kill Dibit! !”

He just unleashed a spell on us, and I’m ruminating on what he said. So he’s been fighting Dibit-san? 

“ What do you mean you couldn’t kill him?”

“What ……!? Kuh …… He was able to escape, but I was so close to making a name for myself. When his magic power ran out, he stabbed me in the stomach and inflicted a fatal wound! But now I know what he’s capable of, I’ll definitely kill him next time ……!”

He was stabbed in the stomach when his magic power ran out? I see, so he hadn’t recovered from the large-scale transfer and then further transfer to come here. But now that I see that he is flying, he seems to have recovered.

However, this man in front of me is saying that he is going to go after Dibit-san again. If that’s the case–

“…… I’m sure that the fully recovered Dibit-san will not lose to a guy like you ……”

“What? Are you taunting me?”

“No, I’m not. I just thought I needed to defeat you here.”

“Defeat me? You’re going to defeat me? Me, who almost defeated Dibit the Impetuous? Don’t make me laugh! !”

“That’s my line! There’s no way you can defeat a not-exhausted Dibit-san! Before that, you can’t even beat me! !”

“T-That magic is!? U-Uoohhhhhhhhhhhh!?”

Drowning out the Explosion, flames that resembled a dragon engulfed the man and set him ablaze. I shot him with less magic, so he’s not dead. 

At that moment, Radia and Schneider roared.

“Grrrr ……”

“Aoooooooooooooon!”

“Shaaaaaa!”

The Qliphoths were gathering here to attack us.

“Lars, go to Aiatsubus!”

“All right! I’ll leave it to you, Makina!”

I quickly flew up and headed straight for Aiatsubus. When I arrived, Aiatubus, who was facing Dibit-san, smiled and opened her mouth. 

“Kuku …… So you managed to catch up, Lars.”

“I’m going to beat you this time, Aiatsubus.”