CH 386

“It’s all a mess now!”

“It’s like they don’t care about friend or foe now, after all. Eii.”

“Gugyah!?”

Basleigh, who was standing back to back with Makina, knocked the attacking soldier unconscious. But the soldier, possessed by the black haze, quickly rises to their feet and comes at her.

“So I have to do something with the haze? Toh ……”

“Master, don’t push yourself too hard because your leg is injured!”

“I know, but we can’t stay long, even though he said would leave this to us. Makina, is King Afmand here?”

“No, he’s not here. Tah!”

As Makina replied to Fath, looking around, a soldier who had not yet been controlled spoke up.

“Y-You, you’re the one I saw at the Reflexion castle! Why the hell are you here!”

“Eh? Oh, you’re the bodyguard who came with King Afmand? Look out!”

“Damn, you’re persistent!? That’s right, you remember me! …… I don’t really understand, but the person affected by this black haze will attack anyone, friend or foe, and we won’t be able to hold if we have to deal with these big trees too. And His Majesty has returned to the castle in pursuit of Darva. So I’m going to retreat back to the castle with the conscious ones. You guys have carriages, so head out and run.”

Makina replied as the soldier pushed back another soldier.

“But there aren’t many of you guys left, and we’re going with you. We have dependable allies over here, after all!”

“Guruuooon!”

“Grrrrr ……!”

“Kuoon!”

“Uooooooh!”

“Ohhhh, monsters, huh! The little one’s doing their best too …… The last person …… isn’t she the minister ……? Well, okay, you guys seem to be strong, so it would be helpful if we’re together. If we close the entrance to the castle, they won’t be able to get in easily.”

“All right, Ornob, drive the carriage into the castle! We’ll be right behind you.”

“Tsuah! I understand!”

“Brrr!”

“Shaaaaaa!”

“Guruoooooon!”

In order to protect the horse, Ornob, who had been handling the branch of Qliphoth with his sword, shouted and immediately jumped on the driver’s seat to starts to move. Radia stopped the Qliphoth from attacking the horse with her body, and the carriage ran straight to the castle.

“Deadly Bear is amazing after all …… Okay, let’s get the conscious ones to the castle, and I’ll take care of the rear!”

“A-All right, guha!?”

“Sei! Hey, can you stand up?”

“Y-Yeah …… Thank you ……”

In the end, it didn’t matter if they were friend or foe, the soldiers who were still able to move carried the injured people and headed for the castle. Makina and Fath, the two humans who can fight, are backing away from the soldiers and the Qliphoths who are slowly chasing them. 

“[Kaiser Knuckle], then ‘Lighting Fang’ here! Fuh …… It’s tiring to fight an opponent who can’t be defeated.”

“Hmph, you’re so weak-willed when it’s just this much. Take that! …… Ugh ……”

“Master!?”

Fath, who laughed at Makina’s words and was about to hit the Qliphoth, lost her balance and fell to her knees. The moment Makina was about to rush over, she was attacked from both sides by soldiers and Qliphoth.

“You ……! Ahhhh!?”

Makina tries to intercept, but she can’t reach the other Qliphoth, who’s heading towards Fath, and she made a puzzled voice. In front of Makina, who was in a hurry to get there in time, then the two Qliphoth were reduced to ashes by a magic that fell from above.

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“……!　Thank you, Lars!”

I jumped away from the scene with my master in my arms and looked up in the sky to see Lars with his hand pointing at us. I said this with a smile on my face as I left my master with Basleigh-sensei.

“Teacher, take Master to the castle! I’ve got to do my best too!”

“Don’t push yourself too hard! Ash-kun, let’s go!”

“W-Wait, Makina can’t do it alone ……”

“Kuoon!”

“Don’t worry, as soon as Master leaves, I’ll run away with Radia!”

Basleigh-sensei called Ash, who was scratching the soldier’s leg, and he followed Basleigh in a trot. He’s as cute as ever, but he’s been on a high spirit lately, isn’t he?

Anyway, after seeing off Basleigh-sensei and the others, Radia and Schneider gathered near me and we fought together, but the sheer number of people was starting to overwhelm me.

“…… Any more is impossible, huh. Radia, I’m going to blow up all the Qliphoth in front of us, then you’re going to put me on your back and we’re going to leave.”

“Grr.”

“Woof …..!”

Well, it was worth the effort to get them to gather in front! I feel like I can shoot Master’s technique now!

“Haaaaaaah! “Thunder Dust Fist!”

I unleash the Kaiser Knuckle as well as the Lightning Dust Fist that I was shown during my midnight training. This is a technique that concentrates Lightning into the fist and attacks with a wider range than the Lightning Fang.

If it hits a human, the area it touches will be charred and paralysis is inevitable.

But when I combine it with Kaiser Knuckle, it became something outrageous.

“Gugyaaaaaaah!?”

“Guoooooooh!?”

“Hieeee!?”

I could have done it with Kaiser Knuckle until a hole appeared in the body of the Qliphoth, but the lightning exploded inside and destroyed it from the inside! I was surprised by this, and the Qliphoth, who was watching, stomped its feet. I wonder if he’s the same as Sephiro that have feelings ……?

“Anyway, let’s go, Radina, Schneider!”

“Guruoooooo!”

“Arf!”

I jumped on Radia, who had turned on her heel, and ran all the way to the castle. Although I was exhausted, I muttered to myself as I looked at my fist on Radia’s back.

“…… I did it. Yeah, I’m getting stronger!”

Lars has learned transfer magic, and he’s getting stronger and stronger. And that’s why I was in such a hurry to become an apprentice, and that’s why I glanced at Aiatsubus in the sky. 

“I guess it’s a good thing that the [Unstable] helped me get rid of all the stuff I had accumulated, huh? You’re in my way!”

I said, blowing away the Qliphoth that had come around in front of us and opening the way to see Basleigh-sensei waving and calling out to us.

“Hey, hey! Makina-chan, this way! Oops, I’m not going to let that happen [Fatal Wounds].”

“As expected of Teacher!”

She took a dagger out of nowhere and threw it at the Qliphoth, which stabbed the dagger into the root it was using to move, causing it to fall, and the Qliphoths, who was following us, to fall as well.

As we slipped into the castle, it seemed we were the only ones left, and the heavy doors closed instantly. 

“Fuh …… I guess we’ll just have to wait for Lars and the others to take care of Aiatsubus.”

“No, I don’t think so.”

Master looked into the back and opened her mouth.

There was–

For the first time, the story is told from Makina’s point of view!

I’ll be adding more from now on, so please take care!

Thank you for reading!

[Afterword Theater]

“Oh my, finally Makina?”

So she got rid of what she’s feeling before because of the reverse effect of Unstable and feeling better now?