CH 460

“Hyahahaha! Take that!”

“N-Not yet!”

“N-No, Basleigh …… It’s impossible wIth the way we are right now …… We’ll retreat …… Hitzrite, take the young ones ……!”

“I don’t think we can get away, though……”

“Yeah! There’s no way I’m going to let you escape …… Anybody who saw me in form has died!”

“Impossible …… to think we’d be defeated by just one ……!”

“Don’t say it, headmaster, this guy is too strong ……!”

Basleigh attacked Akzeryus with exhausted power, but Ryuuze and Tigre were on the verge of annihilation due to the attack by the main body that escaped from Basleigh’s brother.

“It’s a shame, I’ve been saving this form as a trump card, you know. I get stronger, but …… I don’t think that’s necessary! Hyahahahahahahaha!!.”

“Kuh ……”

“Get your feet off Ryuuze-kun’s head!”

“I’m not sure about you either, but you fought well. Uraaah!”

“Guh ……?”

Basleigh was hit by the fist in the stomach and made an expression of agony from her face as she fell to the ground, while avoiding the golden hammer.

“I-I didn’t expect it to be like this ……”

“Well, I guess it was the wrong guy. Now, It’s regretful, but I’ll kill you one by one. ……”

Akzeryus, with his eyes narrowed and licking around with his tongue, holds his greatsword to Ryuuze …… no, he pointed it at Naru, who was lying on the ground.

“…… You’re awake, aren’t you? Hyahahaha! You thought you could take advantage of it, but I can’t let you do that. I’ll kill this little girl first and — Huh ……?”

Ryuuze broke out in a cold sweat when his plan was discovered.

However, Akzeryus looked to the sky and questioned. He wrinkled his brow and opened his mouth.

“They’ve been beaten…? If that thing comes out, it means they revealed their true form …… and there’s someone here who can defeat them?”

“H-Heh …… I-I’m sure it’s Lars …… but I don’t know what your friends are like, but …… Geho …… it means that they couldn’t win against him ……”

“……”

“Guah!?”

In order to draw attention from Naru to himself, Ryuuz coughed up blood and spoke mockingly to Akzeryus, and then Akzeryus thrust his sword into Ryuuze’s thigh.

“Who the hell is Lars? Oh right, I think that’s the name they said that when Retzel and Albatross were beaten.”

“Gyaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!?”

“R-Ryuuze!? You bastard ……!!”

“So you can still move! There’s a lot of dead people here, you know? My skills are at their peak! You can’t possibly win!”

“T-This is nothing!!”

“You’re so persistent, aren’t you!”

“Oh no ……!?”

Tigre slashes at him, his knees trembling, as they attack at each other. However, he hadn’t regained the strength he had lost and his knee was broken.

“It’ll be the same when you’re surrounded by that mist anyway, but …… you can die first!!”

“Kuh …… Verna, Tilia!”

As the sword swings down over his head, Tigre closes his eyes as he knew he’s dead. But no matter how long it took, he never lost consciousness, and when he slowly opened his eyes–

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“Take this!!!”

“What!?”

When I saw the greatsword swinging down on Tigre-sensei’s head, I accelerated and kicked him from the sky. With my strength boosted, the kick slammed the man known as Akzeryus into the building, leaving a crater in the house.

“La, Lars, is that you!?”

“Tigre-sensei! And Ryuuze! I can’t believe you two got beaten this bad …… And Basleigh-sensei!?”

I was astonished as I applied my healing and saw Akzeryus coming towards me, so I prepared to counterattack.

“So you are Lars! I didn’t know you were the one who sent me flying! You’re the one who killed Kemuda and Sherida, huh!”

“It’s tough for me alone, though. But I know your true identities, Akzeryus! No, Asmodeus!”

“Y-Youuuuuuu, where did you get that name–“

“Asmodeus ……?”

He was about to be attacked Akzeryus, when I hit him with what I assumed to be his true name, and sure enough, he began to suffer. From the way Headmaster Libre said it, it seems that the names of the demons have not been passed down to the rest of the world. If that’s the case, I should assume that they came from my world …… It’s not surprising that other demons have come to this world since I exist, but something doesn’t feel right …… For now, I’ll stop thinking about it and told everyone that recovered.

“…… Tigre-sensei, I want you and the others to take the wounded to the mansion. I’m not sure what will happen if they get caught in that black mist that’s about to cover the town. Unfortunately, we have no choice but to retreat from the town of Gust.”

“Really!? But if you can beat this thing– then ……”

“I have every intention of defeating this guy. But he’ll probably turn into a black mist and live on. It seems there is a way to defeat them completely.”

“…… Is there such a thing, Lars-kun? No, I think we should retreat here. You can do something about it, can’t you?”

I nodded to the recovering Headmasterr Libre, who staggered over to me and asked me about it, and the headmaster and the others, who understood, heads for the transfer magic circle. 

Hurry up and go, Basleigh-sensei. Tigre-sensei and Ryuuze too. “

When I called out to Basleigh-sensei, who stood beside me and watched Asmodeus change, her shoulder lowered and opened her mouth.

“I can’t do that. I have to take my big brother’s body with me, and he is my enemy. So who is this kid?”

“Later, big sister.”

“…… Don’t worry, it won’t take long.”

“What do you mean? …… Wait, the hell is that ……”

“You little shit …… for you to know this form, where the fuck did you come from?”

“Who knows, we’ve lost, and we’re going to leave the town gracefully. But I’ll take you down!”

Asmodeus, who has turned into a three-headed monster, is glaring at me, and the center head is laughing as it jumps towards me.

“Fool! You’re the ones who will die! You should have just run away, hyahahahahahaha!”

“I’m sorry, but I don’t have time for this …… Please do it, Sephiro! .”

“What ……? ……Guho!?”

“I got you now, Asmodeus!”

“This power …… Sephiroth — U-Uooooohhhhhhhhhhh!? M-My soul!? Get off me!!!”

“Kyaaaaaah!?”

“Sephiro!?”

I catch Sephiro as he is flung away with the short transfer and levitates into the sky. Below me, Asmodeus was still suffering from the black mist. 

“…… Hyaha …… I can’t believe that three of the Ten Chief Priests have been killed …… but it’s not over yet …… and we’ve got this town …… even the Lord Founder should notice something strange. They’ll invade the capital, starting with this town! I …… We will store our powers to revive in the meantime …… I’ll look …… forward–“

“Oh no!? Everyone, run to the mansion!”

“Y-Yeah!”

“Basleigh-sensei, hurry!”

“Big Brother …… he’s still breathing ……! I’m sorry, I’m coming!”

I shouted to Ryuuze and the others who were dumbfounded by the sight, and they turned on their heels and started running. The black haze was clearly aiming at Ryuuze and the others, as if it had the intention of capturing humans.

“Did Makina and the others manage to meet up with Sarge ……?”

In the meantime, the ten chief priests, Kemuda and Sherida, have been taken by Sarge, so there are four chief priests in our hands. If there is a war, the thought that six of them is still unknown sends chills down my spine.

I took a look around, but thanks to Sarge, the knights, and the Everlide soldiers seemed to have headed for the mansion, so I flew to the mansion too.

“……!　Lars!”

“Makina! And everyone too!”

When I got down to the garden, Makina, my brother, Nora, Ryuuze, and Kudelica were waiting for me.

“They’ve gone over there!”

“Maybe Lars is the last one.”

“I’m sorry, I couldn’t beat them ……”

“I’m sorry …… for dragging you down ……”

Ryuuze and Kudelika were depressed, but I told them it was enough that they survived.

“I can’t blame you for that. The opponent was too strong, and I would have been in trouble too if Sephiro hadn’t been there, I’m relieved that you guys are alive.”

“Come on, big brother, let’s go. We’re almost there!”

“H-Huh? Sephiro? I’m not …… dreaming, am I ……?”

“Yes! Come, hurry, hurry!”

“What a cute girl, I wonder whose child she is?”

(T/N: They said the word girl so I’m going to change the way they refer to Sephiro to a she now.)

Sephiro told us to use the transfer magic circle to return to the royal capital. The battle in the town of Gust was over after we destroyed the transfer magic circle on the side of the royal capital to prevent the other side from coming.

As a result, the ten chief priests were not defeated, and the town was taken. What does that mean?

–Yes, we …… lost to them.