CH 517

“Haaaaaaaah!”

“Damn you ……!?”

Dedite-san’s strike creates a whirlwind, blocking the opponent’s movement while the wind slices through Adramelech. He approached, and swung down to hit Adramelech in the head with his greatsword …… but he twisted his neck just in time to make him slash it into his left shoulder. 

“Damn you, using such bizarre tricks ……!”

“Not as bad as your face, though.”

“Shut up! But this distance is also my distance. A slash to the shoulder won’t kill me, but how about you!”

“It’s fine to look at the enemy in front of you, but is that what demons do?”

As soon as Dedite-san says that, Sarge comes up behind him, reaches his claws into the back of Adramelech, and slams it into his head. 

“Guoh!?”

“Now! “Thunder Penetrating Palm”.”

“I have a bad feeling about this. …… Get away!”

“……! You …… Kyaaaaaaaah!?”

Adrammelech was wary of my thunder penetrating palm and sticking out his fist, so when I hit him like a hit, the recoil sent me back.

“Get out of the way ……!”

Sarge tried to stop his pursuit, but for a moment Adramelech was the one who handled his body and came at me.

“I felt death from you, little girl! I guess I’d better end you first, I’ll suck all that power out of you.”

“Wawa ……!?”

Adramelech, who had shaken off Sarge, attacked me with his spear, thrusting and dispelling it, so I kept my balance, dodged and struck away. His reach is longer, so Dedite-san, who managed to regain his position and picked up his greatsword, turned his hand this direction and shouted out.

“That’s not going to happen! !”

“Tsk ……”

Adramelech stopped and turned around, having been hit in the back by the fireball that Dedite-san had released, as if he were so annoying. I took a step back and opened my mouth to regain my composure.

“Whoa …… Dedite-san, thank you very much! Sarge, the three of us will attack just like this!”

“What, my arm!? Don’t tell me, You’re not the dragon from back then!”

Only Sarge’s right arm changes into that of a dragon, and he swings it down to cover him. Adramelech prepares his spear to counter the huge claw, but it’s full of gaps because he doesn’t take us into account.

“You can’t afford to look the other way. “Blast Sword”!”

“What a quick step!? Tsk, I can only back evade for now–“

“Now, Makina-chan, do it!”

“Yes! This time!”

“Gobu ……!?”

This time, he felt the thunder penetrating palm go in, and was sure they had won.

As soon as Sarge’s words were spoken, she jumped away from the spot, and Sarge’s claws dug into Adramelech’s body, causing the feathers on his back to fly into the air as he screamed.

“Yes!”

It was funny to hear Sarge say with pride as he put his arms back together, while Dedite-san clenched his fists in glee, and I laughed as I approached.

“Good job! Your technique was amazing, Dedite-san, and I couldn’t move because the wind was whipping around me, you horseface!”

“Haha, thank you. As Lars’ brother, I can at least do this. I hope this is the end.”

“What?”

Sarge looked at the figure of Adramelech lying nearby and muttered in a low voice. At first, I didn’t understand what he meant, but then I realized something.

“Come to think of it, there’s no black mist coming out ……!”

“Uhhh …… this is ……?”

“Dedite-san? …… And the knights too!?”

Suddenly, Dedite-san put his greatsword on his knee and supported him in a hurry, and the knights in the area began to struggle.

Sarge noticed something and immediately spat out a huge fireball from his mouth in an attempt to annihilate Adramelech! However, at the moment of the direct hit, Adramelech jumped vertically in a prone position to avoid the fireball, and we were astonished.

“He can jump from that position!?”

“I was hoping to save a little more strength, but you seem to be a lot smarter than I thought. It was a close call, but I’m still alive.”

“That’s the …… core?”

I saw a red-colored, two-thirds chipped gem-like object on Adramelech’s vacant chest, and intuitively I knew it was the core.

Then Sarge called out to Dedite-san, who was being supported by me.

“Feather? …… No way, it’s this ……!? Kuh, I can’t pull it!”

“E-Excuse me too! …… No, it’s as hard as a fish hook biting into it.”

“I can control each and every one of my feathers, and anyone who touches them will have their power sucked out by [Greed]. I thank you for bringing a large number of knights with you. Well, it was a bit of a dangerous bridge for me too, but as a result, I was able to receive the power of the knights …… and that man there!”

“!?”

The moment Adramelech finished, he threw his spear at Dedite-san!

I was lending him my shoulder, and as soon as the spear was about to hit him, I pushed him aside and caught him in my side, and the impact tore my clothes, and I felt a sharp pain in my skin, and my face twisted.

“Kuh ……!”

“Tsk, whatever. The only ones left are the dragon and the one who carries the power of Sephiroth. And my power is amplifying more and more. You’re sure you want to just stand there? Leaving that man aside, those knights are going to die. Fuhahahahaha”

“I-I can still ……!”

“Don’t push yourself too hard, Dedite-san, I will …… take him out with the next blow.”

“Are you going to use that ……?”

“I’m sure I’ll be fine. I’m sure Lars will be nearby, so I’ll be counting on you at that time.”

“…… Yeah, I got it.”

When Dedite-san moves away from me, Adramelech descended to the ground, took out his spear again from somewhere, and thrust it at Sarge and me, laughing.

“What’s the matter, have you lost your nerve? Look, I’m getting stronger!”

I approached Sarge and whispered to him.

“‘Sarge, can you draw as much attention as possible? I’ll finish it with that. He’s right, I missed my shot because I was too timid.”

Sarge shakes his head reluctantly, then turns to Adramelech and snaps his fingers.

“I’ve been listening to you for a while now, and you’re all about horses, horses, will you shut up ……! I don’t have a head like this because I like it!”

“Buh!? …… Stop it, Sarge!”

Sarge’s head turns back into a dragon, and I almost burst out laughing.

“You’re making fun of me! Die, dragon!”

Adramelech, provoked by Sarge, charged at us, spreading its wings!