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The White Dragon God and Platinum Apostles

The huge floating island was probably ten kilometers.

Grasslands and forest, brooks that branch at intervals, they are connected with the upper reaches of a verdant mountain.  The floating island of the largest scale compared with the surrounding floating islands was also even more beautiful.

A white obelisk was enshrined in the floating island's grassland area.  A huge tower that was around fifty meters, it was different among the grand nature.  Together with the artificial white, it seemed to stand out strangely.

However, even more different than it, a silver colored man was sitting cross-legged on a shining magic square further past the obelisk.  Hair and wings of silver fluttered in the wind.  The skin was white as if it were transparent, and it seemed even the color of the eyes shone silver.

The garments were like some sort of pure white priest clothing.  Together with a calm and composed state, it made one feel divinity somewhere.  If seen by a person who didn't know anything, they might think that it was the descent of a messenger from Heaven.

That man, to the first impression of Fried Bagua, Hajime who faced him cracked a joke while laughing through his nose.

"Is it a new method of fashion?  If that was the case there is no other way to say it but having no sense.  Even at that age, because accepting as it is the thing that the parent(god) prepared, it becomes such an embarrassing thing.  Was your former red hair and dark skin more handsome?"

To that speech, Shia and Tio at the side spouted out a "Bufu".  Clothes prepared by the parents are usually embarrassing, and perhaps there was also an experience with the two of them.  Cam and Adoul, what kind of clothes did you present your daughters?  And, the kind of complicated expression they must have shown at that time...... it comparatively became this mood.

Although, Fried, who was obviously made fun of, only made his eyebrows react with a twitch, while his composed attitude was not destroyed.  Then, as if to say he did not intend to go along with Hajime's frivolous talk, he spoke with a cool voice.

"......Certainly, you really were alive.  Aruvuheito-sama did not return.  When Master informed me you were coming I thought what kind of joke was that......You are a stubbornly tenacious man.  If a noble death is desired it is a fine thing."

"Hee~, the shitty asshole Ehito predicted it.  Well, it might be so.  It might be understood about my feelings regarding Yue.  So?  What about you? Were you told to come and defeat us?  Like coming to commit suicide, a cruel order was made.  That is, you must have become pure white from the stress."

Once again, from Hajime's side a spouting sound "Buho" was heard.

Fried, who ignored the gazes mixed with sympathy turned toward him that seemed to say "Fried-kun, serious man of the world", continues.

"You are also a man who persistently screwed around.  A man whose beloved woman was stolen isn't seen at all."

"Because Yue is the most excellent woman.  It can't be helped that she's popular.  I just have to dispose of the fellows one after another who put out their hands towards her.  I'll kill the master that you boast about too, after I carve in plenty of agony and regret."

"That insolence, it will be crushed immediately.  Master has already completely seized that body.  Ten thousand to one, your woman will never come back."

In order to throw despair, in order to show when it is the truth, Fried, without haughty feelings, informed him indifferently.

However, the appearance of shaking on Hajime's face that was opposite him was nonexistent.  Rather, a fearless smile floats in return.

"Aren't I called Irregular?  Whatever boring scenario the likes of you prepared I'll mess up and wreck."

"......"

Hajime and Fried exchanged gazes in silence for a while.  Suddenly, the wind of murderous intent began to blow.  It brushed against the skin like smoothly coiling about it.  It was certainly an explosive situation.

The moment Hajime's finger touched Donner, Fried opened his mouth to forestall him.

"The question a little while ago."

"Ah?"

The question "was I told to come defeat you?" -- it is about half right."

"Half?"

With the hand that touched Donner, Hajime, who was able to draw it out and shoot at any time, scrutinized him with a look of doubt.

Fried, who slowly stood up from where he sat cross-legged with his silvery wings made to flutter as they floated in the air, opened his mouth.

"From the Lord -- Ehitorujue-sama, at the time you came to here, the fate of passing through as you are is given.  It is most vexing that I cannot strangle you to death by this hand, but it is an unavoidable destiny."

"Hou~.  So?  In the meantime you are going to keep Shia and Tio company?"

"Indeed.  While you are receiving divine punishment from the Lord, the women you love will be thoroughly tortured to death."

Immediately after Fried said that, the obelisk started to shine brilliantly.

Hajime drew out Donner and shot as the dialogue was ending.  The fired bullet approached the middle of Fried's forehead with a red flash.

However,

Giin!

And, the blow was halted making a hard sound. If you were to observe, the bullet stayed in the air smashed against an invisible wall before Fried's eyes.

"It is a big mistake if you think my Space magic is the same as before."

Apparently, Fried seemed to have spread a space interception type barrier around himself beforehand.  Because it could not be sensed by Hajime's magic eye stone, exactly as Fried said, the level appeared to have risen.

Preventing the first attack, the moment a little time was gained, the obelisk shone and threw out a powerful radiance like it had exploded.

White light dyed the entire field of vision.  However, Hajime's magic eye stone, which the intensity of light has nothing to do with, accurately caught the phenomenon of what was being intended.

Before long, in the opened field of view where the light lessened, the scene where the gathering of a large crowd of demonic beasts that covered everywhere they could see jumped into it. There were surely thousands.  It seemed to be a place where there were roughly 2,000 bodies or so?

All of them:  power was felt from the lowest level of the worst hell.  Though there were also demonic beasts they had seen up until now, all of them had evolved from the appearance.

The black wolf had four dark red eyes.  The hell-hound’s head increased to two.  The black panther that had tentacles.  The chimera that possessed a combination of a dragon's claws and a snake's tail while the surrounding space was made to flicker.  The horse-headed demonic beast Achtod increasing two more arms, furthermore it was clad in the dark red magical power of "Vajra".

Especially, the crowd of ash dragons that covered the sky, they generally seemed to have a power of an equal level with the white dragon they faced in Guryuen Conflagration Mountain.

And then, the white dragon that was the boss and also Fried's partner, threw an unusual pressure easily surpassing all of the demonic beasts.  The physique was already a large figure of nearly twenty meters, and the pure white scales give off a radiance of steel.  The wings on its back were two sets of four, and pure white sparks gushed out of its mouth every time it breathed.

The wound on its breast engendered ferociousness and dignity, and the magnificent body that shone brilliantly gave off divinity.  A white dragon that comes out in myths -- dragon god of white, or should it be called white dragon god?  At any rate, it probably had power easily surpassing the divine beast Leviathan they encountered before.

While Hajime and the others were being surrounded by several hundred or thousand uncommon demonic beasts that were hurling violent blood thirst from every direction, Fried calmly lined up near the side of the white dragon god while fluttering his silvery wings.

"Now, Nagumo Hajime.  It is fine to advance ahead leaving the women who love you dearly to this despair."

If you want to meet your beloved woman, then Shia and Tio cannot go on from inside this crowd.  To Fried who elaborated this detestable plan, Hajime turned a sneer.

"Are you an idiot?  Why do I have to do what someone like you says?  It's fine if everyone advances leisurely after instantly killing you."

The threat was not especially necessary to divide the war potential.  To Hajime who talked quickly about what to do to everyone, Fried sent a look that became cool.

And then, he declared.

"No, you will advance ahead.  Alone, towards despair."

"Huh, saying that for your own convenience!?"

That moment, a golden light rained down towards Hajime.  The angel's ladder that appeared suddenly from the break in the clouds looked like that torrent of light that captured Yue before.

"Hajime-san!"

"Goshujin-sama."

Shia and Tio also may have remembered that time as they reached out their hands to Hajime with their voices a little hurried.  As thought, their hands were repelled.

Hajime who received the same hand again, tried to take out the pile-bunker.  However, before that, Fried opened his mouth.

"That light is the light of transition.  It leads to the location of your 'beloved'."

Because of that, Hajime's hand stopped for a moment.  Certainly, now, there was no effect of injuring him from the light pouring down.  It seemed to connect to a space somewhere.

However, immediately pulling himself together he tried to break the torrent of light.  Exterminate Fried along with the demonic beasts together with Shia and the others, then it is fine if they go to Yue's location together.  As expected, he was reluctant to go on and leave only the two people in this place.

However, having stopped such a Hajime was none other than Shia and Tio.

"Hajime-san, please go."

"Umu.  It is the long awaited invitation.  We are enough just for here."

Hajime was slightly wide eyed.  Not caring about that, the two of them piled up their words.

“Go ahead and leave here to us!  That, I wanted to try saying it once."

"Wha~t, we will catch up immediately.  Fufufu."

To the pitiful rabbit and dragon that raised death flags while even deciding to wink with a *pachin*, Hajime took on a stunned expression.  And, though joking around, he guessed that they were telling him to go ahead seriously.

That was scolding to not miss the following chance to pursue the location of Yue even if it was the stage prepared by the opponent as well.  As for fighting Ehito, they were determined to not allow those other guys to become hindrances.  Always trusting that he will save Yue if it was Hajime, as for this level of situation to them, nothing could be done but to make expressions of confidence.

Hajime's form faded.  He has started transitioning to a different location.  Hajime, although he hesitated slightly, turned a look loaded with the utmost trust at Shia and Tio, and resolving himself, nodded his head strongly.

As a matter of fact, the interior of the Sanctuary, it was unexpected that it would contain various spaces until here.  Because there was the compass, they would never lose their way in the matter of Yue's whereabouts.  However, if for example, Ehito could rearrange the spaces like a block game, if it were possible to make movements without restriction, there was also concern that it would become a game of cat and mouse.

With that sort of meaning, that the occasion they broke into the Sanctuary with the degraded Crystal Key came to nothing, it was honestly painful.  The wost thing, because when preparing the degraded version Crystal Key it was necessary to divert the small amount of god crystal used for artifacts. it was a godsend if an invitation is given from the other side.

Shia and the others also understood that, so they proposed what would certainly be called a poor move of dividing their war potential.

"I got it.  Shia, Tio......"

"Yes."

"Umu."

Just before transferring, Hajime who floated a ferocious smile, left words for the two in exchange for his body.

"Restraint is not needed.  A woman of mine...... must kill everyone."

"Aye, sir!"

"Fufu, leave it to this one!"

Shia and Tio also returned smiles completely like wild animals.

At that moment, the light dispersed and vanished together with Hajime's body.

The two people who remained behind:  Shia was glaring at the demonic beasts of the surroundings while tapping the war hammer Viredoryukken on her shoulder.  Tio floated a somehow bewitching smile while cracking her neck.

"Now, tormenting and killing among other things were said to us somehow......"

"Rather, even until now, after this too, the master might be the one to be tormented.  It is a man with no learning ability."

While being surrounded by several hundred,  several thousand demonic beasts of an abnormal level, they did not destroy their composed expressions at all.  To Shia and Tio who were turning a look like seeing a fool at him, Fried quickly narrowed his eyes.

"I, don't think that I am the same as before.  This power granted from my master -- that monster aside, I am confident that it surpasses your level.  Resign yourselves.  The bitterness I experienced, in its entirety, no, it will be returned two-fold.  An agonizing death that ends while you call out that man's name is good."

"That's enough annoying talk.  Clubbed to death, beaten to death, struck to death, death by explosion, the status of death is similar, but I'll make your extermination a method you like."

"This talking big.  It is good to learn something like the difference in status."

The caustic words were mutually terminated.

One instant.

Murderous intent flew out from each of their whole bodies.

Then,

"Kill them!"

"I'll beat you to death!"

"Annihilate!"

The battle had begun.

A torrential rain of aurora poured down from the sky, the three headed wolf spat out an immense flame, a violent shock-wave spouted out from the six armed horse head, and a silver flash and innumerable feathers poured in from the front.

They were fatal attacks from every direction.  Shia's and Tio's field of view was completely covered by death.

However,

"Tio-san, two steps to the right, then three steps ahead while dropping a little."

"Umu, this one is saved."

With Shia's murmuring, Tio moved with conditioned reflexes.  The aurora poured down on the spot where she was until a moment before.  Additionally, impacts passed through where her height was lowered.  She dodged the silver feathers oppositely by stepping ahead.

Simultaneously, Shia also stepped as if she is dancing in the air, as though the appearance of the attack was avoided by Shia who went through the gaps in the offensive from every direction.

The place Shia moved to, and the place Tio moved to on Shia's instructions.  There it was the location where the lowest density of attacks were received.

Inherent magic Future Seeing's derivative Revelation Seeing -- an ability able to catch a glimpse of several seconds ahead in the future by free will.  Shia, who predicted the trajectory of the attacks with this ability of hers, calculated where the safety zone was just as quickly.

That being said, the density of attacks made was at a level you might say was practically a wall.  Comparatively, even if you say it was a place where it was difficult to receive attacks, it did not mean that there were none at all.

Therefore,

"Uryaaaa-!!"

"This degree-!!”

Shia retrieved the kendama with azanthium system seal stone coating taken from empty space, and launched it overhead in an instant.  A terrific roaring sound resounded as Viredoryukken struck the metal while the kendama was rising in the sky with a violent force the same as a rocket flying to space.

The seal stone coating on the surface reduced the downpour of aurora, amply demonstrating its special characteristic.  Afterward, it was repelled in the day after tomorrow's direction by the pure destructive power of the kendama.

Then, the ash dragon who was defenseless because it had fired the aurora, was shocked the moment the mass of metal appeared beneath its eyes like a joke.  In the next instant, with a "Mekyo!" a vivid sound was heard while the kendama, made to sink into the dragon's belly, was blown off into the sky again.

The bones of its entire body were pulverized, and in the place where the ash dragon who had vanished into the distance had been a moment before, Shia appeared like taking its place.  As it was, using chains to swing the kendama, like this she created a whirlwind that swallowed the surrounding ash dragons, beating them to death.

To such a Shia, Fried who narrowed his eyes slightly, if he turned his gaze to the form of Tio who was left behind, there Tio's appearance was swallowed by light and flame and impact as she crossed her arms.

Although they were comparatively few, if you consider the power of the attacks then the amount of attacks she received was quite capable of sufficiently becoming a fatal wound.

However,

"That appearance......"

"Hmph, compared with Goshujin-sama's reward, the level is too halfhearted."

Along with such words, Tio floated a daring smile without the slightest trembling.  Her appearance has completely changed in comparison with a moment before.

At any rate, the color of her skin was different.  The skin that was beautiful like porcelain was covered in jet black, and only the golden eyes are piercing from the inside.  If one were to observe it well, they would notice that the source of the jet black was dragon scales.

It was the characteristic magic Dragonification's derivative Partial Dragonification.  She was wearing dragon scales like chainmail armor, which originally could not be put out by anything but the dragon form, so as to not obstruct the movements of the small person form.  Furthermore, because of Dragon Scale Hardening, the dragon scales' hardness increased depending on magic power consumption, and all attacks were firmly withstood.

Of course, in reality if all attacks were received simultaneously damage might have gone past, but with Shia's help the attacks that hit were remarkably few, so it seemed to not be a problem if it was a level of one or two of each attack.

Incidentally, not changing into a complete dragon, in the state of simply having human form the maneuverability showed its effect, since it was difficult to be able to hit a small target too.  Although specs fell in regards to the level of strength in comparison to complete Dragonification, because the level of defensive power was not that different holding Partial Dragonification, the circumstances were sufficient by this setting.

If you were to name this mixture of Dragonification and Transformation magic -- would it be Dragon Scale Armor or some such?

"The return gift!"

The moment a gap in the attacks was made, Tio turned to counterattack.  When she set up both hands stretching out horizontally, focusing a huge magic power within a moment, in the next instant a breath compressed to the very limit was fired like a laser from the end of both hands.

The breath fired straight left and right like a black thread easily pierced the demonic beasts shooting in a line.  The horse head that seemed to excel in defensive power was also no exception.  It was a blow enhanced to the limit that packed in and refined power.

Moreover, that was not the end.  Tio, with both hands spread horizontally, did a sudden turn there.

Naturally, with the superfine breath piercing everything, cutting it in two, the battlefield was trampled mowing down horizontally what was opposite of Tio.

With her Japanese style clothes along with her long, beautiful black hair fluttering gently, gracefulness like dancing was shown on the battlefield.  The splash of blood from the demonic beasts cut in two that fell to the ground colored Tio completely; similar to a blizzard of cherry blossoms.

"Impudent...... Uranus.  Making up for the loss before, dispel this place now!"

Fried who saw the appearance of Tio drew his brows together in a wrinkle while he issued instructions to the white dragon god <Uranus>.  The white dragon god, with dark red eyes that shone as if in delight...

Gogaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

... raised an enormous roar.

It was not an aurora fired like a breath; it was just a roar, but just the shock-wave of the sound that occurred shook the very air itself.  If it was an average person, would the body be pulverized with only that?  Even if the violent roar was endured, fear at their roots may cause madness to break out.

Truly, it was a dragon god's roar.

Due to that, even the demonic beasts that were its allies were made to stiffen for a moment as the attack that swept over them dispersed.

Although, just because of that did not mean that Tio was necessarily saved.

"Nuo!?"

While her whole body was strongly hit by the shock-waves, it was grandly blown off because of the lightness of the human type.  She fell to the surface of the ground like a meteorite.  If you were to look, a few tiny glittering black fragments were scattered along the path she took.  Although it was just a small amount of smashed dragon scales that were Tio's pride.  It was only a roar.

The force Tio impacted into the ground with was not able to kill her as it was.  A small crater was created on the floating island while making the ground shake with a rumbling sound as her figure was hidden by the dust that was kicked up.

There, a merciless pursuit was fired.

Goaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

The world was dyed a glittering white.  The aurora is... the white dragon god's breath.

Even the word immense could not describe a fragment of that power.  The torrent of abnormal light, jarring the very space itself, lifted up the ground of the floating island just as an aftereffect.

And, at the place that received a direct hit......the base of the floating island was blown off as it pierced the whole lower region into the distance.

And so, it came out below piercing the ground of the floating island with a diameter of tens of kilometers.  The vast sea of clouds that extended below the island disappeared radially making a hole like the eye of a typhoon.

Awesome power.  Completely the light of divine punishment.  It was a breath of ruin that destroyed everything that stood in its path without distinction.

Before long, the flash that dyed the world disappeared like it was melting in the empty space.

"Tio-san!"

Swallowed up by the aurora, no, to Tio who she would never consider to be be destroyed without leaving behind even dust of the earth, Shia unintentionally called out her name with a tone like a scream.

While beating to death several bodies of ash dragons with the kendama, her line of sight concentrates on the place where Tio was blown off to.  There only the gaping opening of the hole in the ground could be seen, and Tio's figure was not found.

"Hmph, did I go too far?  Though I was intending to torment her.  Completely annihilating in one blow......because it can't be helped."

"Such a thing is the reason--?!"

Fried who was glaring below with a look that was not amused.

Shia, who raged while denying those words.

And, as she turned Viredoryukken in bombardment mode toward Fried...... that moment, in Shia's mind the image was reflected of herself being made into small pieces by innumerable large swords.  It was a premonition of death according to the characteristic magic "Future Sight".

In the instant a chill ran down her whole length, her body was partly twisted unconsciously while her voice was blocked.  The space jumping attack, by perfectly timing the instant of attack -- Shia's rule of experience complained when she was unable to avoid it completely.

That moment, the space of Shia's surroundings rippled, and without making a flash, from there, large swords plunged in, stabbing.

"--Ugh."

While raising a scream that did not become a voice, Shia's limbs made a cartwheel in midair to avoid a fatal blow, as at least four large swords flew to steal a blood spray.

Another large sword approached her head. While shaking her neck as she dodged to the degree that it grazed her cheek, two large swords approached the back of her neck from the left and right.  One was defended by Viredoryukken and another by the chain connected to the kendama.

Pulling Viredoryukken's trigger again, she used the outburst by rotating like a top.  The three large swords that came rushing out to block the means of escape were barely dodged, though the top of her shoulders was gouged.

And then, although a wound was taken, while Shia successfully got out of the future of death and somehow put her feet in the air with Aerodynamic, the apostle whose platinum hair and wings were made to flutter appeared from the space that rippled and released a strong slash with a pair of large swords.

"Kuuuuu."

The two large swords looked like they were cutting bamboo simultaneously.  Though Shia caught the blow with the handle of Viredoryukken, the tremendous pressure and impact of locking weapons pushed her into the ground.

While the large sword and war hammer scattered sparks, to Shia that dropped to the ground by the violent force, the platinum apostle who wielded a strange power opened her mouth from point blank range.

"The first apostle Erste.  Judgment to God's enemy."

Immediately afterward, the large sword shone platinum.  Just then a torrent of explosive power swelled up.  The apostle that called herself Erste drew out and swung the pair of large swords in one go.

"Kua!?"

Shia, whose body was strongly hit by the impact, fell to the ground.  A crater was produced along with a tremendous sound of impact, sending dust soaring.  It completely reproduced Tio of not long ago.

As usual, five platinum colored flashes fired simultaneously, aiming at Shia who was at the bottom of the crater.

"The second apostle Zweite.  Judgment to God's enemy."

"The third apostle Dritte.  Judgment to God's enemy."

"The fourth apostle Vierte.  Judgment to God's enemy."

"The fifth apostle Fünfte.  Judgment to God's enemy."

While the four apostles who appeared unnoticed introduced themselves they carried out the verdict, including a bombardment.  Even if the magic power light is different, if the light of an apostle is fired it is a self evident truth that it has the disintegration ability.

If thinking about the tremendous power that threw Shia to the ground, it might be easy to guess that the bombardment of the platinum apostles, whose specs were obviously above what a normal apostle was, also had an uncommon destructive power.

In an instant, though she tried to make up for a shield by pulling the kendama back toward her, whether or not it was done in time......  Like with Tio, Shia also seemed to vanish into the light.

However, that time,

An extra large black flash that was fired from somewhere approached the apostles, and what's more, a thing that seemed like a rope rushed inside the dust making a sound like it was cutting the wind, twining around Shia's body while it withdrew from there in one go.

The platinum apostles evaded the black flash fluttering their platinum wings.  At the same time, the platinum bombardment pierced the ground that Shia had just been taken out of.  The ground where dust was blown off was pierced until it could go no further, drilling until the degree of depth where the bottom could not be seen.  As expected, it was a power with a remarkable difference to an ordinary apostle.

"Shia, are you alright?"

"Tio-san!"

The black rope -- or more accurately the black whip twined around her caught Shia and pulled her up.  She was stained with soot here and there from before, and although she was carrying wounds of various sizes Tio's expression was relatively calm.

To Shia who unintentionally leaked out a sigh of relief, Tio laughed with a "Ni" while wildly holding a test tube type container in one end of her mouth.

And, while drinking the contents in one go when her mouth moved the test tube container tilting it up, she also got rid of the container wildly with a "Puh" as Shia was released from the black whip.

"......You escaped?  That man's women are tenacious.  How annoying."

Fried threw out abusive language while narrowing his eyes.

"Well, I thought I might die a little.  Although it makes use of Vajra and Rensei, pulverizing Goshujin-sama's carefully made large shield, the thing evolved considerably."

Apparently, the instant that aurora poured down, she summoned the large shield Ideon from the Treasure Warehouse II, using the small amount of time until it was smashed to escape.  In other words, just the after-effect surpassed the dragon scale armor's defense and caused her considerable injury.  As expected, the white dragon god's aurora was not normal.

"Hmph, is it fine acting like you are composed?  In the aurora of Uranus that has reached the territory that should be called dragon god, the power did not only rise.  The additional ability to obstruct healing evolved as well.  Even the Reproduction magic is obstructed, as wounds are made to deteriorate along with the passage of time.  If you carry that many wounds with just the after-effect, does it seem like you will die with your whole body being consumed unable to take it?"

"Is that so?  It is enough with the other demonic beasts, it is enough with the platinum apostles, and this is also troublesome.  Well, that is if it is ordinary."

"What?"

Ahead of Fried's gaze doubting Tio's objection, Tio was wrapped in the light of magic power.  That is proof that Reproduction magic was used.  Like pointing it out, the injuries that Tio carried recovered one after another.

While Fried was staring, he raised a voice of doubt unable to bear it.

"Ridiculous......  The aurora's corrosion was made to have no effect?  Impossible."

"The fool is you.  How many times do you think Goshujin-sama has bathed in that light?  Rather, one or two countermeasures are always produced."

"......Could it be, the liquid from a little while ago?"

Tio shrugged her shoulders to Fried's guess.  It was the correct answer.

Counter light use magic potion "I Recover J" -- for the aurora's magic power that is accompanied by the ability to obstruct the recovery operation, it was the magic potion that Hajime produced when he comprehended the magic ingredients that hold the property of opposing the magic power contained in the aurora.  To the fine metal powder without a negative influence on the human body, it contains magic that was granted that negates the effect of the aurora.

If there was resilience that exceeded the obstruction effect, it was already proved that forcible recovery was possible with holy water.  In that case, if the effect was weakened by "I Recover J", it was sufficient to heal with Reproduction magic even if it was evolved by comparison.

To the thing where the effect of the aurora's additional ability did not show, Fried showed an irritated expression.  The white dragon god beside him growled in dissatisfaction somewhere.

And, at that time,

"Tch, Tio-san."

"Umu."

Abruptly, to the voice of warning that was raised from Shia, the two of them immediately jumped back from there.

After that, a platinum flash ran through.

"Fried-sama.  Those people are that Irregular's comrades.  Please do not be careless."

"I agree."

Erste gave advice to Fried while using honorifics.  Before they were aware, it seemed his position changed.  Perhaps, it seemed to be Fried's transformation, but now there did not seem to be spare time to learn the details.

The platinum apostles sprang at Shia simultaneously, converging together.

"We will first pass judgment on that rabbit person.  Is that acceptable?"

"Yeah.  I leave that one to you.  I as well, I want to judge that person of the dragon people that made a fool of me before."

When Erste nodded to Fried's words, she jumped out with platinum wings fluttering in order to subjugate Shia herself too.

Shia, guessing that she was all of the apostles' target, raised a fierce war cry while forcibly sending the user as well as the large sword of the second apostle Zweite who swung down, flying.

"Bring it on!  Try doing it if you can!"

Immediately afterward, light blue magical power was emitted from Shia and rose up.  The magic power operation's derivation "Body Strengthening", and additionally by the same derivation "Efficiency Raising III", her physical ability increased explosively.

Then, she wielded the super-heavy kendama like a flail, rotating the chain she held in her hand at high speed with a snap of her wrist.

The flash of the huge mass of metal rotating with an abnormal speed was like a circular beam of light.

To there, the third apostle Dritte attacked from the front.  Shia pulled the trigger of Viredoryukken, firing the explosive slug bullet as a replacement for a constraint.

Dritte kept on going, dodging like it was natural.  However, Shia, who read the trajectory, threw the kendama that was going to fly off with the centrifugal force at any time with perfect timing.  Dritte did not take evasive action at the red kendama released like a wild animal...... though it seemed that way, the instant it looked like a direct hit, Dritte's figure vanished.

Then, the next instant, she appeared right next to Shia.  Furthermore, before anyone was aware, the fourth apostle Vierte and fifth apostle Fünfte approached from the back and the lower region, and swung their large swords to prevent Shia's escape.

"Tch, this."

Shia, who swung Viredoryukken horizontally leaving it to her physical strength, even though the two apostles' large swords were repelled, the last large sword was dodged by somersaulting.

However, this time the movement seemed to have been read by the apostles, as Zweite who was repelled and sent flying not long ago brandished her large sword with timing that was already unavoidable.

Inside of the flow of time that felt unusually slow, Shia's eyes crossed with the inorganic apostle's eyes at point-blank range.  Though something like feelings could not be seen, somehow, "Even though the future can be seen, will you not be able to dodge?" with a mind that was triumphant.  Surely it wasn't her imagination.

Shia, without agitation or uneasiness, returned a straight, clear look.  While the platinum beam of light gradually descended, while the blade approached seizing her field of vision, she did not blink once.

A predicament of this degree was nothing special.  She thought that in that case she only needed to use the new power that she and the others had obtained!  It was an implicit declaration.  And then, as she tried to use the new power...... the black whip stretched and was seen to get wrapped around the wrist of the apostle before her eyes.

(Oh well, is there no need to use it?  As expected of Tio-san.  It was a perfect follow-up!)

Shia, who muttered that in her mind, changed her plans.  While expressing a smile with the edge of her mouth, she flipped up Viredoryukken from below.

The slowed down world returned to its original speed.

Immediately afterward, Shia's body slipped through the large sword's orbit that Zweite's arm drew.  Simultaneously, from the lower area of the opposite side, the war hammer repelled the second large sword while it flew with great speed.

Gogya!

Making such a lively sound, Viredoryukken that hit Zweite's chin blew her into the sky like a rocket jet.

"Vanish."

To Shia that just flipped up Viredoryukken, with an inorganic tone of voice -- a platinum flash attacked Shia simultaneously with Erste's pronouncement.

Shia who stiffened after the moment of the technique, could not avoid it.

However, the color of impatience was nonexistent in her expression as expected.

Afterward, Zweite who was blown away came back.  It was not because Shia's strike was ineffective and she went out to attack again.  As a consequence of still being tied to the black whip that Tio manipulated, she was brought back forcibly... to the platinum flash's line of fire.

"---Tch!"

Erste unintentionally gazed at Zweite who was brought back, and in the next moment Erste's bombardment had already been defended by the platinum wings of Zweite herself.

And then, the black whip was unfastened from her wrist in a hurry to get out of the line of fire.

During this period, it was only one second.

However, it was enough.

"Seyaa!!"

One yell.

Shia's Viredoryukken caught the platinum flash with a full swing.  At the same time a terrific shock-wave was produced, the seal stone that coated the striking surface dispersed the disintegration ability of the flash.

And then, Tio who restrained the apostles with a breath who tried to commence an attack without pausing against that Shia, to the other party that was not able to be restrained, her body slid to her side becoming Shia's shield with the dragon scales.  The dragon person tribe, although the black dragon scales that boasted of the highest hardness were disintegrated, along with the exceptional endurance energy the platinum magic power was somehow limited to the degree of producing shallow wounds.

"Through considerable coordination, if we are made light of this one will be troubled!"

Tio opened her mouth.  Previously, magical power focused with a violent force.  To the crossed arms covered with dragon scales that caught the large sword, seeing it, Dritte jumped right away.  A compression breath penetrated that place.

Naturally, Tio went back to back with Shia.

"Tio-san, thank you very much.  Excellent breakthrough."

"Well, if rushing in prepared to take damage, this one cannot be stopped unless it is that white dragon."

So, Tio, seeing the apostles' concentrated attack on Shia, while also attacking the the demonic beasts and Fried, came to cross the storm of attacks prepared to receive damage.

"However, Tio-san, those injuries......"

"Shia.  This is fine, this is me."

"......Ah, I see."

Shia and Tio talked together with a degree of volume that reached each other as they were back to back.

In the meantime, starting with Erste in the front, the other apostles encircled the pair.  Next to Erste, Fried came along accompanied by the white dragon god.

"Sorry.  That dragon person seems not to mind damage so much.  A little, the method of fighting that person was mistaken."

"No, we also were not able to bring down Shia Haulia.  In these few days, it seems their abilities were raised again.  ......Though it is unbelievable."

The two people seemed to have amended their analysis of Shia and Tio.

"To continue, we will separate and destroy Shia Haulia."

"Yeah.  Though that dragon person also cannot keep fighting recklessly for long, I will also go at full power."

Shia and Tio, and then Fried and Erste, each exchanged words with each other.  A tense wind blew again.

And then......

"Exterminate enemies of god."

"Receive judgment, you fools."

Erste cut with a pair of large swords, and Fried warped space by pushing out his hand to the front.

At the same time,

"Here I go -- 'Level IV'!!"

"Come, my household -- 'Dragon Army Summons'!!"

Shia's body strengthening that raised by one level, the light of worn magic increased its radiance even more.  Along with Tio's declaration, one hundred armed black dragons appeared from magic gems that were scattered across the battlefield before anyone was aware.

Now, the gong of the second round was rung.

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