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跳躍してレッドワイバーンに迫るバルバロトは剣を振るうがレッドワイバーンには届かなかった。
先程と同じ結果にバルバロトは歯噛みするが、諦めることはない。剣さえ届けば首を断ち切れると確信しているからだ。
レッドワイバーンはバルバロトが振るう剣を警戒しているようで上空から降りてこようとはしない。安全圏から火を吐いて騎士を燃やし尽くそうとしているが、魔法使い達に阻害されて苛立ち始めていた。
しかし、魔法使い達に近付こうものならバルバロトが脅威になる。たかだか餌である人間だと思っているが、中には自身の命を脅かす存在もいるとレッドワイバーンは知っている。
だからこそ、バルバロトには最大の警戒を持って相手している。
(ちっ......どうにかしてレッドワイバーンに一撃を入れなければ......数の上ではこちらが勝っているが負傷者が増え始めている。
このままだとジリ貧で負ける......なら、戦況を覆すにはレッドワイバーンに一撃を入れることだ)
バルバロトはレッドワイバーンから目を逸らさずに戦場を分析していた。
時折、襲い掛かってくるワイバーンを軽くあしらっている。騎士の中でも頭一つ抜けているバルバロトだからこそ出来る芸当だ。他の騎士なら、あっさりとワイバーンに倒されてしまうだろう。
そんなバルバロトも上空にいるレッドワイバーンには手を焼いていた。跳べても空を自在に動き回れる訳ではないので決定打に欠けているのだ。
バルバロトが攻めあぐねていたら、戦況は大きく傾き始める。
「うわぁぁっ!!」
今まで持ち堪えていた騎士がワイバーンに押し倒されてしまったのだ。他の騎士が駆け付けて助けようとするものの、ワイバーンも一人でも多く殺そうと邪魔をして騎士を助ける事が出来ないようにしている。
死者を出す訳にはいかない、とバルバロトがレッドワイバーンから騎士を押し倒しているワイバーンへと向かう。
レッドワイバーンはここが好機だと判断して、邪魔ばかりしていた魔法使い達へと襲い掛かる。
「怯むな! 撃てえ!」
レッドワイバーンを撃ち落とそうと魔法が放たれる。しかし、レッドワイバーンは器用に魔法を避けて魔法使い達を襲った。
レッドワイバーンにより魔法使い達は一気に数を減らす。死者こそ出てはいないが、戦闘が可能な魔法使いは片手で数える程までに減ってしまった。
戦線は一気に崩れてワイバーン側が有利となってしまった。これには騎士達も冷静ではいられなくなり、無謀な攻撃を仕掛けてしまう。
結果、更なる負傷者を出してしまい騎士側の敗北が決まってしまう。
かと思われたが、バルバロトが三頭ものワイバーンを一撃で斬り伏せた。
「まだだ!!! 我々はまだ負けてはいない! 立ち上がれ、騎士達よ! 我等が敗北すれば民達はどうなる! 我らの勝利を信じて帰りを待っている民達のためにも我等は負けてはならぬのだ!」
『おぉ......ぉぉぉおおおおおおお!!!』
ワイバーンの勢いに敗北を免れないと思われていた騎士達は、バルバロトに発破を掛けられて闘志を燃やす。ここで負けてはならないのだと。ここで負ければ自分達を信じてくれた民達に顔向けが出来ないのだと。
そして、何より守るべき大切な人達がワイバーンに傷つけられてはならないと。
ならば、立ち上がるのは至極当然の事。
最早、我等に敗北はない。
これより先は死してなお剣を振るうのだ。
「俺に続けぇぇぇえええええええええ!!!」
襲い掛かるワイバーンを斬り伏せて、血濡れになりながら鬼気迫る表情でレッドワイバーンに向かって駆けるバルバロト。
バルバロトに触発された騎士達も勢いを取り戻して、ワイバーンと戦う。ワイバーンは突然強さを増した騎士達に困惑していた。
先程までは自分達が勝っていたのに、と。
なのに、今はなんだ。
どこにこのような力があるのだ。
そう思いながら、必死に抵抗していたワイバーンも首を刎ねられる。切り離された首が最期に見た光景は次々と仲間達が殺されてゆく光景であった。
ワイバーンがアレは手を出してはいけない相手なのだと本能で理解してしまう。もうここにはいられない、と逃げ出したい気持ちが出てくるが逆らう事の出来ない存在は他にもいる。
レッドワイバーンだ。
巣のボスをしているレッドワイバーンにはワイバーンは逆らえない。レッドワイバーンが逃げ出すか殺されない限りはワイバーンは死に物狂いで騎士達と戦わねばならない。
故に両者とも決死の覚悟で戦うことになる。雌のワイバーンは幼体を見捨てて生き残る事を決めた。子はまた作ればいいのだ、と本能が告げたのだから。
「ここが正念場だ!!!」
戦線に加わっていた隊長の一言で騎士達は残りの気力を振り絞る。既にワイバーンはレッドワイバーンを含めて六頭にまで減らした。
唯一の問題は未だに無傷のレッドワイバーンだ。だが、しかし騎士達にも希望はある。ゼアト一の騎士バルバロトがレッドワイバーンに剣先を向けている。
「叩き落としてやるぞ......!」
鎧を返り血で真っ赤に染めながら、上空にいるレッドワイバーンを烈火の如く燃え盛る闘志が宿った瞳で睨み付けていた。
Ch 24
Leaping towards the Red Wyvern, Barbaroto swung his sword, but it failed to reach the Red Wyvern.
It's the same result as last time, and Barbaroto bites his teeth, but he doesn't give up. He knew that if he could just get his sword to the Red Wyvern, he would be able to cut off its head.
The Red Wyvern seems to be wary of the sword that Barbaroto is wielding and doesn't try to come down from the sky. He was trying to burn the knight by spitting fire from a safe distance, but the mages were blocking him and he was getting frustrated.
However, if they tried to get close to the  mage , Barbaroto would become a threat. The Red Wyvern knows that some of the them are a threat to his life, even though he thinks they are only food.
That's why he deals with Barbaroto with the utmost caution.
If they don't get a shot at the Red Wyverns, ......  they will be outnumbered, but the casualties are starting to mount.
(If we continue like this, we'll lose the battle ......, and the only way to turn the table  of the batle is to give the Red Wyvern a shot.)
Barbaroto was analyzing the battlefield without looking away from the Red Wyvern.
He lightly brushed aside the wyverns that occasionally attacked him. This is something that Barbaroto can do because he is one of the best knights in the world. If it were any other knight, he would have been easily defeated by the wyverns.
Even Barbaroto was having a hard time with the Red Wyvern in the sky. It's not as if he can jump, but he can't move around freely in the sky, so he lacks a decisive strike.
If Barbaroto  is unable to attack, the battle situation will start to tilt.
"Aaah! "
The knight who had been holding on until now were  pushed down by the wyvern. Other knights rushed to help , but the wyvern also tried to kill as many as possible, interfering with them so that they could not help the knights.
"We can't afford to have any more deaths," said Barbaroto as he went from the Red Wyvern to the wyvern that was pushing the knights down.
The Red Wyvern decides that this is an opportune moment to attack the mages who have been standing in his way.
"Don't be afraid! Fire!"
Magic was unleashed in an attempt to shoot down the Red Wyvern. However, the Red Wyvern dexterously avoided the magic and attacked the mages .
The Red Wyvern has reduced the number of  mages to a trickle. Although there were no deaths, the number of capable of fighting was reduced to a handful.
The battle line has collapsed and the wyverns have the advantage. The knights could not remain calm and attacked recklessly.
As a result, more people were injured, and the knights were defeated.
However, Barbaroto cut down three wyverns with a single blow.
"Not yet! We are not defeated yet! Arise, knights! If we are defeated, what will become of our people! We must not lose for the sake of the people who believe in our victory and are waiting for our return!"
"Oh, ......,!
The  knights, who had thought they would be defeated by the momentum of the wyverns, were motivated to fight by Barbaroth. They knew that they must not lose here. If they lose here, they will not be able to show their face to the people who believed in them.
And most importantly, they must not let the wyverns hurt the people they are trying to protect.
So, it was only natural that they would stand up.
(There is no defeat for us now.)
(From now on, we will wield our swords even in death).
"Follow me.
Barbaroto slashes down the attacking wyverns and runs towards the Red Wyvern with a blood-soaked expression on his face.
Inspired by Barbaroth, the knights also regain their momentum and fight the wyvern. The wyvern was bewildered by the sudden increase in strength of the knights.
A few moments ago, he thought, they were winning.
But now, what?"
Where does this kind of power come from?
As he thought this, the wyvern that was desperately resisting was also beheaded. The last thing that the severed head saw was the sight of his  kins being killed one after another.
He knew instinctively that this was someone he should not mess with. He feels like he can't stay here anymore and wants to run away, but there is another being that he can't resist.
The Red Wyvern.
The Red Wyvern is the  head of the nest, and no wyvern can stand against him. Unless the Red Wyvern escapes or is killed, the wyverns will have to fight to the death against the knights.
Therefore, both sides must be prepared to fight to the death. The female wyvern decides to abandon her young and survive, because her instincts told her that she could make more  kins .
"This is the moment of truth!'
At the words of the captain, who had joined the front line, the knights mustered up the rest of their energy. They had already reduced the number of wyverns to six, including the Red Wyvern.
The only problem is that the Red Wyvern is still unharmed. But there is still hope for the knights. Barbarotp, the best knight of city , is pointing his sword at the Red Wyvern.
"I'm going to knock you down, ......!"
With his armor dyed red with blood, he glared at the Red Wyvern in the sky with eyes filled with a fiery fighting spirit.
Eroge Reincarnation, Struggle of a Golden Pig Aristocrat Against Fate
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