章節 34: Chapter 9
Shockwave that was like an explosion crushed the street's pavement. And then, the cars around were blown away like paper. The walls of the buildings distorted, they were being pushed down by the pressure.
Kizuna stood in front of Himekawa and Aine and deployed a large Life Saver. The terrific shockwave was assaulting him as if trying to crush his hands.
'Shi, shit-! What is this? A bomb!?'
Mysteriously, the fragments of the cracked sphere were floating still in the air as if time was stopped.
However, a few seconds later it was like time began to resume once more, the fragments suddenly flew.
"――!?"
The radiant clumps that was like crystal rained down on the surrounding surface.
Those fragments caused large explosions the instant they touched buildings and the ground. The main street was enveloped in crimson flame in a flash.
"Wh, what kind of power this is!"
Kizuna put strength inside his hands and supported the Life Saver that he deployed in the front.
"Himekawa, Aine, you two okay!?"
"Ye, yes. Kizuna yourself, you okay?"
He could hear Aine's worried voice from behind.
"Yeah! You don't need to worry about me...wait, Himekawa come on, give your reply too!"
However, there was no reply.
"Oi! You're okay right!? Hime――"
At that time, the explosion of fragments stopped.
And then from inside the sphere, a figure of an object wrapped in a flame that looked like magma appeared.
"Wha...what's, that?"
While dripping with flame that was like magma, a round mechanical neck elongated, and a folded up pair of shining wings opened.
"Dragre? ...No."
Kizuna recalled a category-A magic weapon, Dragre. However, this thing was obviously different with that. No matter how he saw it, it had the appearance like a legendary dragon, however――,
It had three necks.
The left, center, and right neck, each was making their own movement as thought studying its surrounding.
Under its feet, there was Aldea who was protected by her shields.
When the shields opened, she displayed a wide smile.
"How is it? I wonder if you all are pleased?"
{Kizuna! That thing looks dangerous. It's better to withdraw from here!}
Yurishia's warning came from the floating window.
"I totally agree. We are retreating for the moment. Withdraw."
"As I thought...the one from that time..."
Himekawa murmured deliriously.
"Himekawa?"
"What's wrong, Hayuru?"
However, the voices, whether it was Kizuna's or Aine's didn't enter her ears.
"...The three headed, magic weapon!"
Yelling such, Himekawa flew out.
"Hime...!?"
Readying her Sword with both her hands, she rushed forward with all her speed.
"UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
Looking at her appearance, Aldea clapped her hands cheerfully.
"That's the spirit. Now, kill each other cordially okayy~"
"Himekawa! Come back-!"
Blades flew out with incredible speed, attacking straightforwardly at the three headed dragon. And then, they pierced the head and the neck of the magic weapon.
She did it!?
However, the three headed dragon didn't even twitch. The Blades ignited light particle trying to cut apart the magic weapon, but their blade couldn't break through the armor.
Kizuna was watching over that situation with held breath.
'――That's impossible.'
No matter what kind of enemy it faced, the Blades would defeat it in an instant.
"HAAAAAA!"
In the opening while the Blades were attacking, Himekawa was sliding in below the three headed dragon. She thrust the Sword that she gripped with both hands to the stomach of the magic weapon. Sword's light particles scattered sparks against the armor of the magic weapon.
'――Himekawa's sword, doesn't work?'
The armor of the three headed dragon repelled all of Himekawa's swords.
That was a shocking truth for Kizuna.
Until now, those swords had carved apart magic weapons really easily. That was an obvious truth, he had never even thought that a magic weapon that Himekawa's sword couldn't cut existed.
The mouth of the three headed dragon opened.
Instantly, sharp beam of flame was fired from that mouth.
"-!!"
Opening her thruster, Himekawa escaped from the flame. Chasing after Himekawa's movement, the flame drew a line through the street and buildings. When the flame impacted something, explosion occurred from the inside of the street and building. The impact disturbed Himekawa's movement. There the other neck attacked with gushing flame.
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
The flame blown away Himekawa.
Although she deployed Life Saver, the moment the flame impacted, it caused an explosion in the Life Saver. That shockwave threw Himekawa to a wall of a building.
'Damn it! That magic weapon is just too dangerous!'
Kizuna rushed to Himekawa's location.
"Oi, Himekawa! You okay!?"
"U...kuh."
"I'm going!!"
Aine faced the three headed dragon and jumped.
"TAAAAAAAAAAA-!"
The dragon ate a flying kick that was like a missile on its flank. Shockwaves spread to the surroundings and the armor of the three headed dragon distorted.
However――,
"It doesn't go through!?"
If it was another magic weapon, that kick would have definitely pierced through the body, yet――.
It was as though there was no damage at all on the three headed dragon, the long neck turned and directed sharp fangs at Aine.
"Chih!"
Aine kicked the armor and took distance. She twisted in the air like a gymnastic athlete, landing beside Kizuna and Himekawa.
"My my, I never thought a movement like that will come from a magic armor...I think my interest is tickled a little."
Aldea acted as if she was watching a sport.
'――Shit, that woman, she has a screw loose in her head!'
Kizuna cursed inside his heart.
"Kizuna, what is that magic weapon? My attack doesn't work at all!"
Aine asked while still fixing her gaze on the magic weapon.
"All members retreat! Himekawa, can you stand!? We are pulling back!!"
But, when Himekawa stood up, she shook off Kizuna and once again she headed towards the three headed dragon.
"Wai-! Hayuru, what are you doing!"
Aine too was confused at Himekawa's unusual action.
"UOOOOOOOO-!"
Himekawa raised a war cry and slashed at the three headed dragon.
The three headed dragon's neck aimed at Himekawa.
She avoided the spouted off flame with a rough movement.
In the opening when the magic weapon was concentrating on attacking Himekawa, the Blades dashing in the sky surrounded the three headed dragon and aimed at the center neck.
And then the four Blades slashed all at once from four directions, pressing on the neck.
The movement of the three headed dragon stopped.
'――Got you!'
Kicking the ground, Himekawa's body danced.
Heading to the neck of the three headed dragon, she slashed down her Sword.
"TAAAAAAAA!"
Together with a fierce metallic sound, her Sword was bounced back.
"Youu-!"
Over and over, she raised her Sword and struck.
"Youu-! Youu-! You! YOUUUUU!"
In her desperation of swinging down her sword, Himekawa didn't notice that a different neck was aiming at herself.
Flame was compressed brightly inside its mouth, it was going to spout it out.
"Himekawa! Run away-!"
The instant Kizuna yelled, golden light impacted the head of the three headed dragon.
"Yurishia!"
{What are you doing Hayuru! That's too reckless! Kizuna, take her away quickly and withdraw! If she moves around like that, then I cannot even guarantee any covering fire here!}
Inside the window, Yurishia's anger was exploding.
The Differential Frame fired a large caliber beam once more. Explosion also occurred at the remaining two necks. From that impact, the heads of the magic weapon were greatly repelled.
However, the neck that received the attack first was opening its mouth again.
"Himekawa-!"
Kizuna slipped between her and the dragon.
He instantly deployed Life Saver and blocked the flame of the three headed dragon.
"UWAAAAAAAAAAAAA-!"
Together with a fierce explosion, the Life Saver broke like glass.
Kizuna and Himekawa were blown away for tens of meters, they tumbled on the ground.
"Da, damn-"
What attack power.
The level was just too different with other magic weapon, whether in armor or weapon.
When Kizuna stood up, he took Himekawa's arm.
"Oi! Himekawa. Can you stand? We are leaving right away!"
Himekawa shook off Kizuna's arm in irritation.
"Release me! That thing, only that magic weapon, I'll kill it!"
'――Himekawa?'
A flame of madness was residing in her eyes.
The three headed dragon spread its wings largely. The wing's surface gradually shined radiantly, it looked like it was charging in some kind of energy.
It elongated its neck facing towards Kizuna and Himekawa, then it opened its mouth. Painful metallic sound was ringing in the surroundings. Inside the body of the three headed dragon, something mechanical was beginning to operate. That sound sounded like the roar of this magic weapon.
That flame would come again. Furthermore, this time the three heads were aiming at them at the same time.
'Damn it, no matter how low my Hybrid Count consumption rate is, there is still this thing called limit.'
The mouths of the three headed dragon were shining fiercely.
"Blade!"
With Life Saver in the front and Blades stood up behind it, the Blades served as a shield replacement. However, the Life Saver was smashed in an instant, and each time the Blade received attack it was creaking. Moreover, the Hybrid Count was noticeably shrinking down.
"At this rate-...there will be, no way left-!"
Bombardment of Differential Frame impacted the wings of the three headed dragon. The panel that was shining red visibly broke and scattered. In succession, golden flash also exploded at its flank.
The three headed dragon's body tilted.
However, that was all. The broken wing was regenerated in the blink of an eye. The enemy was far from destroyed.
Kizuna turned to Aine and yelled.
"Aine! We are collecting Himekawa!"
Before those words even ended, Aine dashed at Himekawa's position. She grasped the shoulder of Himekawa that was trying to go forward again.
"Hayuru, we are returning."
"Release me! I have to, that thing, that magic weapon, I have to defeat it!"
"Himekawa!"
Kizuna grasped the opposite shoulder.
"We are pulling back. That is an order!"
"...-!!"
Himekawa gritted her teeth audibly.
"...Roger."
"Yurishia! We are withdrawing from Guam from now. Give us covering fire!"
{Roger, leave it to me!}
While Yurishia was opening a full bombardment, the three escaped from the vicinity of the three headed dragon.
"My? Wait, what are you doing? Even though the best part is starting from here―!"
Ignoring Aldea's voice, they fully ignited their thrusters and flew to the sky right away.
And then they headed to Ataraxia as fast as they could.
"Looks like they are not pursuing."
Yurishia who readied her particle cannon and stayed alert to behind was murmuring.
Kizuna also looked back and stared at the shadow of the fading island. Certainly, there was no sign of Aldea or the magic weapon chasing them.
Kizuna breathed deeply in relief. He opened the communication window.
"This is Kizuna. We are returning to Ataraxia from now on."
Looking at the gently swaying sea that was bathed in moonlight, the previous mortal battle seemed like a lie.
So that, was a land under the control of AU....
Guam city that had become ruins.
A self proclaimed person of AU who introduced herself as Aldea.
AU Heart Hybrid Gear that was called magic armor.
Vatlantis Empire that ruled over half of AU.
And then a magic weapon they saw for the first time.
Anyways, there were many things they didn't understand.
However, talking about results, they might be able to consider this result.
They didn't understand the opponent, but they were coming home bringing information.
Next, they just needed to wait for the analysis of Kei and the others.
――But,
Kizuna was staring at Himekawa who was flying with her head looking down.
Did something happen with that magic weapon?
No matter how long he stared, he couldn't see inside Himekawa's heart.
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