179.Big Time Sensuality
「どこかで見た顔ですね」
「ウゥウ......」
風魔法の刃で首に切れ目を入れた魔人族の側頭部を鉄扇で思い切り殴りつけ、その首を千切り飛ばしたオリガ。
ふと近くに、自らと同様に魔人族を相手に戦い、力まかせに無骨な剣を振り回し、手に掴んだ魔人族の頭を石畳へと叩きつけるバールゼフォンの姿を見つけた。
同時に、バールゼフォンもオリガを視認したらしく、互いの間に一定の緊張が走る。
「何かと思えば、広場のお飾りですか。こんなところで仲間割れをしていて良いのですか?」
槍を繰り出しててきた魔人族の攻撃を斜めに歩いて躱し、額が陥没する程、鉄扇の柄で殴る。昏倒した魔人族は、混乱の中で味方に踏まれていずれ絶命するだろう。
一二三と違い、オリガは殺すことを最上の目的とはしていない、殺すことを戸惑いはしないが、それは手段でしかない。手段は目的のために。今の目的は、一二三を封印できる状況を作り、なおかつその時点で一二三の一番近くにいること。
「貴方は、お飾りの割には戦えるようです。一二三様と私の記念すべき時に、余計な邪魔が入るのは看過できません。先に始末しておきましょう」
魔導具で魔物化した時点のバールゼフォンをオリガは見たことがあり、一度撃退しているのだが、彼女にとって些細な情報だったせいか、すっかりそのことは忘れているようだ。
「一二三様の狙い......魔人族が異形を引き連れて城を襲おうとした、いえ、襲ったという事実はできました。もう、貴方は不要です」
倒れた魔人族を蹴り飛ばし、別の魔人族兵の男にわざと踏ませる。味方を踏みつけ、驚きも合わせてバランスを崩して前のめりになった男は、オリガに襟首を掴まれて引き倒され、畳んだ鉄扇で鉄兜を付けた後頭部を殴られた。
石畳に広がる血を確認することもなく、オリガはバールゼフォンへ迫る。
「ウゥアアア!」
迫るオリガに向けて、近くにいた魔人兵を蹴りで押し付けたバールゼフォンは、魔人兵ごと貫くように剣を突き出した。
だが、手ごたえは一体分。
「ある程度は知能はありますか。限界はあるようですが」
こえはすぐ横から。剣を抜く時間は無いと判断したバールゼフォンは、剣を手放して薙ぐように裏拳を放つ。
だが、それは虚しく空を切るのみ。
「存在を感知させる“気配”。それは空気の流れ、匂い、音、命の圧力......」
今度は背後からの声。
苛立ちを叫び声に変えて、バールゼフォンは足元に落ちていた魔人族の剣を拾いざまに振るった。
だが、そこにもオリガの姿は無い。
「わずかなヒントだけを探ることができれば、明らかな誘いに惑わされることも無い......。やはり、凡人には難しいということでしょうね」
今度は自分の耳元から声が聞こえる。すぐに目玉を動かして敵を捉えようとするが、そこには誰もいない。
その時に気付く。視界の端に映る、背中に剣を生やしたまま立っている魔人族の男の姿に。男は死んでいる。それは間違いない。だが、何故立っている?
「一二三様なら、私がここから動いていないことなどすぐに見抜いたでしょう。......いえ、風魔法で送った声に惑わされる以前に、この死体ごと改めて両断したでしょうに」
オリガは鉄扇で支えていた死体を払いのけると、血を払うようにして鉄扇を開き、嘲笑を浮かべた顔を隠した。
「思い出しました。貴方は混ぜ物、紛い物。力も速さもあるけれど、全部が全部、貰い物。今となっては身体ですら借り物ですね」
シャキ、と音を立てて鉄扇を畳む。
「一二三様の相手としては不足も良いところ。やはりここで始末しましょう」
踏み込むオリガ。魔法の詠唱をしてはいるが、攻撃は鉄扇によるもの。
剣を振るい、迎撃を狙うバールゼフォンは、高速で狭まった間合いに剣を割り込ませるのを諦め、鉄扇の攻撃は腕を犠牲にして防ぎ、オリガの頭部へ剣を叩きつけることを選ぶ。
「咄嗟の判断はできるようですね。ですが、それだけです」
剣は空を切る。
オリガが振るった鉄扇は、バールゼフォン本体ではなく、剣を持つ腕へと添えられて軌道を逸らしていた。
攻撃の本命は魔法だった。
「ゴバッ......!」
突然、大量の水がバールゼフォンの頭部を包み込む。魔法で作られた水は、オリガが維持する魔力によって重力を無視し、顔の正面に貼りついて離れない。
狙いは窒息では無い。頭部だけでも生きていられるバールゼフォンが呼吸を必要とするとはオリガも考えていなかった。考えていたのは、バールゼフォンを変質させた魔法薬と魔導具の効果を知悉する一部の者だけが知る方法。
突き刺すようにして鉄扇がバールゼフォンの首を抉り、バシムの身体から頭部が引きはがされる。
地面へと落ちた頭部に、しつこく水がまとわりついていた。表面に見える水の量が減っているのは、鼻や口、目を通じて内部へと水が入り込んでいるからだ。
「強化兵や巨人兵が持つ不死性は、その“血液”に入り込んだ魔法薬の効果が大きい、と私は色々と実験したので知っています」
だから、と石畳に転がるバールゼフォンの頭部を風魔法で斬り裂く。
飛び散る血が、水で薄まって石畳を広がっていく。
「薄めて広げてしまえば、大した効果も出なくなる。
何
度
小分けにされながらも動いていたバールゼフォンの目や舌も、流れる血の色が薄まっていくと、次第に力強さを失い、やがて洗い流された肉の色を晒すのみになったころ、完全に停止した。
「そろそろ......ですか」
ふと周囲を見る。広場の出入り口はアリッサ率いるフォカロル兵によって完全に固められ、どこから運んできたのか、戸板や手押し車でバリケードが構築されている。
魔人族の数は減っている。まだ広場全体で彼らが人数的には多いが、損耗の速度は人間側の比では無い。主に先ほど死んだバールゼフォンと一二三が原因ではあるが。
転移がある以上、オーソングランデの主力が存在し、魔人族たちの王がいる王城方面が主な攻撃対象である。町の方へと突破する理由が無い魔人族たちは、それに気づかない一部の愚か者がフォカロル兵に悉く射殺され、今や一二三を包囲する者たちと騎士隊と乱戦をしているかどちらかだ。
そして、騎士たちは騎士たちで、ミダス率いる騎士隊の戦力と、ヴァイヤー率いる近衛騎士隊の戦力が、魔人族との戦闘を続けながら押し合いをするという状態に陥っている。
冷静に戦力配置を見ていたオリガは、その中に彼女の瞳には輝いて見える人物を見つけていた。
今も一人の魔人族兵を串刺しにし、敵も味方もわからぬような乱戦を続ける中、悠々と笑みを浮かべて刀を振るう。
状況は整った。
乱入したらしい虎獣人の少年と向かい合っている一二三の元へと、軽やかに、まるでステップを踏むかのように走り出したオリガは、一瞬だけ鋭い視線をバルコニーの上に送ると、再び満面の笑みを浮かべて、最愛の人へと向かう。
鉄扇を握りしめる手が、彼を見つめる顔が、その腕に抱かれた感触を思い出す胸が、身体のあちこちが熱い。
「今、参ります!」
鉄扇の一振りで二人の魔人族兵を薙ぎ払ったオリガは、最短距離で一二三を目指す。
「ミダスさん! これは女王陛下の命令ですよ、なぜ邪魔をするのです!」
「如何な命令とて、自国の民を攻撃するのはおかしい! 私たちの剣はは守る為に振るわれるものではないのか!」
「綺麗ごとを!」
ヴァイヤーはミダスの剣を弾いたが、剣を飛ばすには至らなかったことに歯噛みした。ミダスを殺すつもりは無いので手加減をしているのもあるが、ミダスの技量が思ったより高いのと、騎士たちの戦いよりも冒険者のやり方に近い戦い方に、ヴァイヤー自身が上手く対応できない。
今や、魔人族を出しにして一二三を押えるという作戦は崩壊しつつあった。魔人族が王城側に集中したために圧力が増したことと、ミダスたち町側の騎士が一二三を守る為の防御ラインを作ってしまったためだ。
あちこちで魔人族を放って騎士同士が剣を交えている光景が広がっていた。
「なんたる無様な姿か! 騎士として作戦遂行を邪魔するのはおかしいでしょう!」
「作戦そのものに問題があると言っている!」
ミダスの前蹴りを鎧の腹に受け、たたらを踏んで下がったヴァイヤーは、それでも剣を下げるようなことはしない。
一瞬ぶれた視線をミダスに戻すと、彼は割り込んできた魔人族を叩き斬っているところだった。
「今やるべきは魔人族どもを撃退することだろう!」
さらに魔人族の兵が剣を叩きつけ、ミダスは両手で剣を支えて受け止めた。
その魔人族の背中を、ヴァイヤーが斬り裂いた。
「今攻めてきている魔人族は......」
捨て駒だ、と言おうとして、ヴァイヤーは口を噤む。
それを周りの魔人族に聞かれた時、この状況はさらに混乱し、怒り狂った魔人族たちの攻勢がさらに王城へ迫るのではないだろうか。
「とにかく、一二三殿の封印を成功させるためには、彼の動きを多少なり制限しなければ!」
「封印だと!」
三合ほど剣を打ち合わせた二人は、息をつくために距離をとった。
「どういうことだ? イメラリア様は、彼を封印するつもりなのか!?」
「その通りです。この広場のどこかで一二三殿の足を止めさせ、結界へ閉じ込め、封印をする。その最初の条件を作る為、魔人族の攻撃を利用するのです」
ヴァイヤーの説明に、ミダスは声も出せない程に驚いていた。
目の前や周囲に敵がいることを忘れ、兜を脱ぎ捨て、バルコニーを見上げる。
そこで戦場を見下ろす女王の表情は陰で見えなかったが、動揺は見えなかった。
「何を考えておられるのか......」
ミダスには、イメラリアの決定を受け入れられなかった。騎士として、命令に従うべきだという事は頭では理解しているつもりだが、心がついていかない。彼の中にあるイメラリア像は、懸命に人々のために考え、失敗を重ねながらも良い国へとするために奔走する少女だった。
誰かを使い捨てにするような決定をするとは、ミダスには俄かに信じられなかった。
呆然と見上げていたミダスの背中に、叩きつけるような衝撃が走る。
どうやら背中を切られたらしいことを、ミダスは石畳の感触で頬を殴られた時点で気付いた。鎧を貫通したあたり、斧あたりだろうか、と妙に冷静な頭で考える。
ヴァイヤーの掛け声と、魔人族のものらしい悲鳴が聞こえる。
「ミダスさん、しっかりしてください!」
ヴァイヤーの呼びかけに、ミダスは口を開いた。だが、言葉を紡ぐことができない。小さく開いた口からは、空気が漏れるような呻き声だけが流れた。
「隊長!」
「しっかりしてください!」
部下たちが走り寄ってくる足音を聞きながら、ミダスは「みっともなく狼狽えるな」と怒鳴りつけてやりたいと思いながら、気を失った。
「お前たちは、ミダスさんを抱えて城へ行け。その程度の怪我なら、プーセ相談役であれば治療ができるはずだ」
彼女はバルコニーにいる、とヴァイヤーはミダスを囲んだ騎士たちに指示を出した。
だが、彼らはすぐには動かず、ヴァイヤーを睨むように見つめる。
「......文句があるなら、後で聞く。それよりもミダスさんを早く連れて行け! 時間を無駄に過ごして、お前たちの隊長を失うつもりか!」
怒りを叩きつけるように、近寄ってきた魔人族を叩き斬る。
お互いの顔を見て頷いた騎士たちは、三人がかりで鎧姿のミダスを抱え上げ、城へと歩き始めた。
「後送している者たちを援護しろ! 道を作ってやれ!」
命令を受けて、数名の騎士が運ばれていくミダスの周りを囲む。
「......貴方の言いたい事もわかる。でも、これも王として成長した、と考えましょう」
ヴァイヤーは、以前からイメラリアを知っている者ほど、今回の作戦に戸惑い、乗り気ではないことを知っている。宰相も一二三を危険視する立場ではあるが、イメラリアの在り様に戸惑っている。
「優しい人たちだ。良い国だと思う。私は、この国を誇りに思いますよ」
だからこそ、ヴァイヤーはイメラリアの目指す形に命をかけて協力するつもりになっていた。それでこそ騎士の姿だ、とヴァイヤーは信じているからだ。
「広場中央へ向けて突撃する! 援護しろ!」
一瞬だけ動揺を見せた部下たちだったが、すぐに彼の左右について道を開くように魔人族たちを押し返してくれた。
人数で押し込んでくる魔人族たちの向こうに、一瞬だが敵を蹴散らしつつ一二三の元へと向かうオリガの姿を見つけた。
ヴァイヤーも、彼女に遅れまいと剣を振るう。魔人族からの攻撃が、鎧を叩き、や腕に傷をつけた。だが、止まるわけにはいかない。
オリガが動けば、イメラリアの策が発動する。その策を確実にするために、成功を間近で確認するために、ヴァイヤーは進む。
Chapter 179: Big Time Sensuality
"It's a face I have seen somewhere before." (Origa)
"Uuh..." (Balzephon)
Striking the temporal region of a demon, whose neck had been cut by her wind blades, Origa tore off their head and sent it flying.
In close proximity she discovered Balzephon who's bashing the head of a demon he had grabbed into the stone paving while clumsily swinging his sword with full power as he fights against demons just like her.
Apparently at the same time as Balzephon and Origa confirm each other by sight, a certain amount of tension travels between them.
"If I recall, you were the plaza's decoration? Is it fine for you to have a falling out with your friends at a place like this?" (Origa)
Dodging the attack of a demon, who thrust his spear at her, by stepping sideways, she counters so strongly with the hilt of her iron-ribbed fan that the demon's forehead caves in. The demon, who fainted, is being stepped on by his allies and will likely lose his life sooner or later.
Unlike Hifumi, Origa's priority objective isn't killing, and although she's not shy to kill her enemies, it's no more than a means. A means for the sake of her own objective. Her current goal is to create a situation where Hifumi can be sealed. And on top of that, being as close to Hifumi as possible at the moment of the sealing.
"It looks like you can fight rather well for a decoration. I can't shut my eyes to unnecessary hindrances getting in the way when it should be a commemoration for Hifumi-sama and me. I shall get rid of you first." (Origa)
Origa happened to watch the moment when Balzephon transformed into a monster due to the magic tool, and she repelled him once already, but probably because it was a trivial matter to her, she had totally forgotten about it.
"Hifumi-sama's aim...the reality of the demons trying to attack, no, having attacked the castle while bringing along grotesque-looking monsters has been accomplished. You're not needed any longer." (Origa)
She kicks away a fallen demon, making another male demon soldier deliberately step on his comrade. The man, who pitched forward after losing his balance in combination of getting surprised due to treading upon his ally, had his nape grasped by Origa and was pulled down. Next the back of his head that was covered by a steel helmet was struck by her folded fan.
Without even confirming the blood that spreads on the stone paving, Origa approaches Balzephon.
"Uuaaaah!"
Balzephon pushed a nearby demon soldier with a kick towards the approaching Origa, and thrust out his sword in order to pierce her alongside the demon.
However, he only got feedback from one body.
"I guess you do possess a certain degree of intelligence. It seems to be limited, though." (Origa)
Her voice comes from right next to Balzephon. Judging that he doesn't have the time to pull back his sword, Balzephon lets go of it and releases a backhand blow to mow her down.
But, that attack fruitlessly cuts through empty space.
that allows one to sense someone consists of the air flow, smell, sound and the pressure of life..." (Origa)
This time her voice comes from behind.
Changing his voice into a scream of irritation, Balzephon picked up the sword of a demon that was lying at his feet and swung it right away.
However, Origa is no longer there.
"If you can search for the faint hints, you won't be misled by obvious lures... As expected, I guess it's too difficult for an ordinary man." (Origa)
This time he can hear her voice right next to his ear. Balzephon immediately tries to seize the enemy by moving his eyeball, but there's no one there.
At that moment he notices, reflected at the edge of his sight; the male demon who's still standing while a sword grows out of his back. The man has died. There's no mistake in that. But, why is he standing?
"If it had been Hifumi-sama, he would have immediately perceived that I haven't moved from here... No, before I could even mislead him with a voice transmitted through wind magic, he would have bisected me alongside this corpse." (Origa)
Once Origa flings away the corpse she had propped up with her fan, she unfolds it to clear away the blood, and conceals her face that reflected her sneering.
"Now I remember. You are that hybrid, that fake. You possess power and speed, but all of has been given to you. Even the body you're using right now is borrowed, isn't it?" (Origa)
She folds the fan with a metallic click.
"You have too many shortages to serve as opponent for Hifumi-sama. I will get rid of you here, after all." (Origa)
Origa steps forward. She's casting magic, but the attack is performed with her fan.
Balzephon, who intends to intercept her by swinging his sword, gives up on trying to wedge the sword between as their distance shrunk very quickly, choosing to block the fan attack by sacrificing his arm and slash the sword towards Origa's head.
"It appears you're capable of making decisions on the spot. But, that's all." (Origa)
The sword cuts air.
The fan swung by Origa didn't aim at Balzephon's body, but the arm holding the sword, and made its trajectory go amiss.
Her real attack was magic.
"Gobaah...!"
Suddenly Balzephon's head is wrapped up by a large amount of water. The water, which had been created by magic, ignores gravity due to the mana provided by Origa, and doesn't stop clinging to the front of his face.
The aim is not suffocation. Origa didn't consider if Balzephon, who can survive by just being a head, needs to breathe. What she considered is a method known to only a few people who possess full knowledge of the magic tool and potion effects that caused Balzephon to transform.
Stabbing with the fan, she gouges out Balzephon's neck, causing his head to be torn off Bashim's torso.
The water persistently clung to the head that fell to the ground. The amount of water visible on the surface decreasing is owed to it having permeated inside the head through the openings such as nose, mouth, and eyes.
"The trait of immortality possessed by the reinforced soldiers and giant soldiers has to be greatly accounted to the magic potion that entered the "blood flow." I'm aware of it since I experimented with it in various ways." (Origa)
"That's why," she cuts Balzephon's head that's rolling around on the stone paving apart with wind magic.
The scattered blood has been diluted by water and spreads on the ground.
"If you dilute and scatter it, it won't be able to show any significant effect either. It's a scene that I observed many times." (Origa)
"A
presence
Balzephon's eyes and tongue, which moved even while having been divided, gradually lose their strength once the color of the flowing blood thinned out. Before long they completely ceased moving once they only exposed a washed-out flesh color.
"Any time soon now...I guess?" (Origa)
She casually looks around her. The plaza's entrance area has been barricaded with handcarts and doors, seemingly carried in from somewhere, and was completely manned by Fokalore's soldiers under Alyssa's command.
The number of demons has decreased. They still have big number if looking at the whole plaza, but the speed of their losses is faster than that the humans. The main reasons being Hifumi and Balzephon, who died moments ago.
Seeing as she possesses the gate magic, the demons' main target lies in the direction of the royal palace with the demon ruler and Orsongrande's main force being situated there. The demons are either in a melee combat with the knight order and the people surrounding Hifumi now, or some foolish ones among them, who haven't realized that there's no reason for them to break through towards the city, are shot to death by Fokalore's soldiers.
And the knights, or in other words the knight forces led by Midas and the royal knight forces led by Vaiya, have fallen into a state of jostling with each other while continuing their battle against the demons.
Origa, who calmly observed the deployment of the combat forces, discovered the person among them who shone brightly in her eyes.
Even now turning a single demon soldier into a skewer while continuing a melee combat as if not knowing enemy and ally, he calmly swings his katana with a smile on his lips.
The stage was set.
Origa, who started to run towards Hifumi, who is facing a tiger beastboy who apparently barged into the battle, as if performing light dance steps, sends a sharp gaze towards the balcony for just an instant, and heads towards her beloved while smiling all over her face again.magic
Her hand grasping the iron-ribbed fan, her face staring at him, and her chest that remembers the sensation when she was held in his arms; her entire body is on fire.
"I'm coming to you right now!" (Origa)
Origa, who mowed down two demon soldiers with one swing of her fan, heads towards Hifumi using the shortest distance.
"Midas-san! This is His Majesty's order! Why are you standing in our way!?" (Vaiya)
"No matter what order it might be, it's strange to attack one's own countryman! Aren't our swords wielded for the sake of protection!?" (Midas)
"Stop with the pretty words!"
Vaiya repelled Midas' sword, but gritted his teeth in vexation as he didn't manage to send the sword flying. Since he has no intention to kill Midas, he has to go easy on him, but with Midas' ability being higher than expected and his way of fighting being closer to that of adventurers than that of knights, Vaiya himself had a hard time.
At present the strategy of suppressing Hifumi while using the demons as pretext was in the process of falling apart. The pressure had increased because the demons were focusing on the royal castle and because Midas' knights in the direction of the city had created a defense line to protect Hifumi.
The sight of fellow knights crossing swords while ignoring the demons was unfolding all around.
"What an unsightly state! It's ridiculous to hinder the success of the strategy as knight, isn't it!?" (Vaiya)
"I'm telling you that the strategy itself poses the problem here!" (Midas)
Receiving Midas' front kick to his armored abdomen, Vaiya stumbled back. Even so he doesn't lower his sword.
Once he returns his look, which got blurred for an instant, to Midas, he was in the midst of fighting a demon who had cut in-between them.
"What we should do right now is to repel the demons, right!?" (Midas)
As the demon soldier slashed at him more and more, Midas stopped the blows by supporting his sword with both hands.
Vaiya cut open the back of that demon.
"The demon that has attacked just now is..." (Vaiya)
As he's about to say, "a sacrificial pawn," Vaiya holds his tongue.
If the surrounding demons were to hear that, this situation would become even more chaotic. The enraged demons' offensive would press even stronger towards the castle, wouldn't it?
"Anyway, in order to make Hifumi-dono's sealing a success, we must restrain his movements a bit!" (Vaiya)
"Sealing, you say!?" (Midas)
The two, who rallied their swords for three rounds, took some distance to catch their breaths.
"What do you mean by that? Does Imeraria-sama intend to seal him!?" (Midas)
"It's as you've heard. We are going to detain Hifumi-dono's movements somewhere on this plaza, lock him up in a barrier, and seal him. We're using the demons' attack in order to meet the first condition." (Vaiya)
Upon Vaiya's explanation, Midas was surprised to the extent of becoming speechless.
Forgetting that there are enemies around and in front of him, he flings off his helmet and looks up to the balcony.
The queen's expression as she looks down on the battleground from there couldn't be seen in the shadows, but she didn't seem agitated.
"What have you been thinking...?" (Midas)
To Midas Imeraria's decision was unacceptable. He believes to logically understand that he should obey orders as a knight, but his heart doesn't follow on that. The image of Imeraria within him was that of a girl who runs about for the sake of building a good country even while piling up on errors and who earnestly considers the well-being of her people.
To Midas it was unexpected and unbelievable that she would decide to dispose of someone.
An impact as if having been slashed travels across Midas' back who was looking up at Imeraria in a daze.
His back having apparently been cut was something Midas noticed at the point when his face was hit by the sensation of stone. In a strangely calm manner he considered whether his armored had been pierced or whether he had been hit by an ax.
He can hear the scream of what seems to be a demon, and Vaiya's battle roar.
"Midas-san, please keep it together!" (Vaiya)
Midas opened his mouth upon Vaiya's appeal. However, he's unable to form any words. Only groaning escaped through his slightly opened mouth as if leaking air.
"Captain!"
"Please stay with us!"
As he heard the footsteps of his subordinates that rushed over, Midas fainted while wanting to yell at them, "Don't get all flustered up in such a disgraceful manner!"
"You guys, go and carry Midas-san to the castle. If it's an injury at this level, Advisor Puuse should be able to heal it." (Vaiya)
"She's on the balcony," Vaiya ordered the knights surrounding Midas.
However, they don't move immediately, and only glare at Vaiya.
"...If you have any complaints, I will listen to them later. Rather than that, quickly take Midas-san away! Do you intend to lose your captain by pointlessly wasting your time here!?" (Vaiya)
He cuts apart a demon that had closed in as if venting his anger.
The knights, who looked at each other and nodded, lifted up Midas in his armor with three people, and started to run towards the castle.
"Cover the knights who are sending back their wounded captain! Create a path for them!" (Vaiya)
Hearing his order, several knights surround the group around Midas who's being transported.
"...I also know what you wanted to say. But, let's consider it as her having grown up as a queen." (Vaiya)
Vaiya knows that the more someone knows the Imeraria from before, the less eager and the more bewildered they are by this time's strategy. The prime minister also holds the standpoint of regarding Hifumi as dangerous, but he's perplexed by Imeraria's way of handling this matter.
"They are all kind people. I think that this is a fine country. I feel proud of it." (Vaiya)
That's exactly the reason why Vaiya intended to cooperate with Imeraria's objective while putting his life on the line. It's because Vaiya believes,
"I will charge the plaza's center! Cover me!" (Vaiya)
His subordinates showed unrest for just an instant, but at once they lined up left and right of him, and forced back the demons in order in order to open a path.
On the other side of the demons, who were pushing with their numbers, he discovered Origa heading towards Hifumi while kicking an enemy, but he only could see her for a moment.
Vaiya swings his words in order to not fall behind. The attacks from the demons hit his armor and wounded his arms, but he cannot afford to stop.
Once Origa makes her move, Imeraria's plan will be put in operation. In order for that plan to definitely succeed, for the sake of confirming its success from nearby, Vaiya advances.
Summoned Slaughterer
呼び出された殺戮者
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