180.Get The Party Started
一二三を睨みつけているマルファスは、身長こそ左程変わっていないが、身体つきは一回り大きくなり、爪は鋭く、分厚くなっていた。
「中々頑張って鍛えたみたいだな。よしよし、それだけ殺気を抱えてかかってくるなら、ちゃんと相手してやろう」
そう言いながらも、一二三は鎖鎌を収納したが、かと言って刀を抜こうとはしない。
無手となった両手をブラブラと下げて構えようともしない一二三に、マルファスは苛立ちの表情を見せる。
「うああ!」
真正面から飛びかかってきたマルファスの頭を右手で叩いて軌道をずらした一二三は、隙だらけの脇腹を前蹴りで押し返した。
「掛け声やら雄叫びを否定する気は無いが、攻撃のタイミングを教える必要が無いなら黙ってやれ。声を出さないと攻撃もできないなら帰れ」
邪魔だ、と魔人族の兵の頭を掴み、地面へ叩きつけながら冷静に指摘する。そして、ため息と共に決断を述べる。
「お前はこれが限界だな。もう少し身体ができてきたらやりようもあるだろうが......相手との力量差を知ろうとしない猪武者は、あっという間に命を落とすのが末路、か。まあ、可哀想に、と思わなくも無いからな。有効に利用してやろう」
遮二無二爪を振り回してくるマルファスの動きを鼻歌でも歌いそうな程に軽やかに、余裕を持って回避する。
「アリッサ! ちょっと来い!」
ちゃんと聞こえたらしく、広場の出入り口から魔人族の間をすりぬけるようにして、アリッサが走って来た。
「今から最後の授業をしてやる。ちゃんと見ていろ」
「えっ......うん!」
最後という言葉に引っかかったアリッサだったが、すぐに返事をする。無かったはずの交流。その時間を無駄にしたくない。
「ところでアリッサ」
「拙速は巧遅に勝るという言葉があってだな。簡単に言えば、素早く判断し、行動することは多少の粗があっても遅れるより良いという意味だ」
アリッサは黙ったまま、一二三に睨まれるままに立ち尽くしている。顔中に大量の汗を流しながら。
「策があるならまだしも、戦場に遅れる奴があるか。フォカロルに帰ったらカイムにでも正直に白状して、反省しろ」
小さく肩をすくめているアリッサを見て、一二三は小さく笑う。
「じゃあ、始めるか」
改めて、マルファスに向き直る。
その後ろに、オリガが背中を合わせるように滑り込んできた。
「私は邪魔が入らないようにします」
「アリッサ、しっかり見ておきなさい。貴女がこの場で見聞きしたことは、必ずフォカロルの兵士たちに、そしてこの世界の戦う者たちに伝えるのですよ」
「うん! ありがとう!」
アリッサのの元気な返事に、オリガはにっこりと頷いた。その姿はするりと移動し、複数の風の刃を撒き散らしながら、周囲にいる魔人族の兵を鉄扇で切り刻む。
「というわけだ。教材としてしっかり使ってやる。......死に物狂いでかかってこい。すぐ終わっては勉強にならん」
話の間、適当にあしらわれていたマルファスは、相当頭に血が上っているらしいことが、荒い呼吸と唸り声で伝わってくる。
爪を前に出すように構え、今までと同じ攻撃を繰り返そうとしているらしいマルファスを見て、一二三は少し落胆した。
「獣人族はどいつもこいつも......そういう意味では、レニがいたのは僥倖か」
獣人族にとっても、一二三にとっても。
イメラリアは、自分のやろうとしている事の結果を自らの目で確認する事を決めている。
グレーの肌に大粒の汗を浮かせて様子を見ているウェパルと違い、イメラリアは全ての感情を押し殺したような瞳で、冷静に広場を見下ろしていた。
ミダスが魔人族の攻撃に倒れ、後送されていく様子も、無言のままで見ていた。
イメラリアの後ろで、同じように様子を見ていたサブナクが声を漏らした。
彼女がその声に振り向くと、ウェパル同様に冷や汗を流しながら、戦況を見ているのがわかる。その様子がどこか可笑しくて、戦闘開始から初めて、イメラリアは口に手を添えてそっと笑った。
女王の笑みに気付いたサブナクが、顔を歪めた。何と表現して良いかわからないが、困惑が多分に含まれていることは間違いないようにイメラリアには見える。
「ああ、笑ってしまってごめんなさい。サブナクさん、貴方はわたくしの護衛なのですから、眼下ばかりに気を取られていてはいけませんよ」
「これは、失礼いたしました」
汗を拭い、サブナクは姿勢を正した。それでも、視線は広場から離せずにいる。
「ミダスさんが怪我をされたようですね」
「心配ですね......とわたくしが言うのも、変な話でしょうけれど」
「そのようなことは......陛下の御心遣いには、ミダスさんも嬉しいでしょう」
「原因は、わたくしにありますが。それでも?」
サブナクは口ごもった。
認めるべきか否か、彼には判断できなかったのだろう。
「意地悪な事を聞きました」
再び視界を広場へと向けた時、一二三は獣人と思しき少年をあしらいながら、いつの間にか中央近くへ来ていたアリッサに向かって何かを語っている。
「獣人族がなぜ......?」
「あの子はね、一二三と戦いたくて魔人族に加わったのよ」
ウェパルが、獣人の子を見つめながら口を開いた。
「それで、この戦場に?」
「私は呼んでないわよ。流石にまだ若すぎるし、訓練も途中だったし」
バシムなり他の魔人族兵なりに唆されて、予定外の転移組の中に紛れてここへ現れたのだろう、とウェパルは考えられる状況を語った。
「あの男に家族どころか集落ごと壊滅させられたらしいわよ。裏は取ってないけど、私は信じた。......あの子だけは、助けてあげたいんだけど......」
口に出したウェパルにも、それが不可能な事はわかっていた。すでに彼は一二三の前に立ち、明確に敵意を持って攻撃した。
「無理でしょうね......せめて一矢報いることができれば、と願うしかないのね」
イメラリアも獣人族と一二三の動きをしばらく見ていたが、どうやらアリッサに向けて何かを伝えようとしているのか、アリッサを呼び出し、横で立たせたのが見えた。一二三は、彼女の目の前に立ち、改めて獣人を迎え撃つつもりらしい。
「一二三様の動きが止まりました。......良いタイミングです」
「ちょっと待ってよ! それじゃ、あの子が巻き込まれるじゃない!」
「何もこのタイミングじゃなくても......」
「これを見逃して、他に機会がある保証はありません」
イメラリアは、プーセに向かって顔を向けるだけでは無く、その近くへと歩み寄った。
「今、結界を発動したらどうなりますか?」
「......た、タイミング次第ですが、一二三さんだけか、マルファス君も巻き込まれるか......」
「マルファス?」
「あの獣人族の子よ。貴女も彼を知っているのね?」
ウェパルもプーセの前に立つ。多少背の高いウェパルが見下ろすようになるが、プーセは荒野で出会った時と同様に、見つめ返した。
「ええ。知っています。一二三さんとの因縁は知りませんでしたけれど......」
プーセは意見を求めるようにイメラリアへと視線を戻した。
目を閉じて考えていたイメラリアだったが、意を決したのか、しっかりと目を開き、青い瞳がプーセを捉えた。
「“やらされた事もやってしまった事も、結局はやった奴が結果を受け止めるしかない”......ですか」
イメラリアは、一二三が王城を後にするときに語った言葉を復唱した。言葉にすると、改めて自らの心をチクチクと刺してくる。結局はイメラリアの選択がこの状況を生んでいるのが、自覚できるからだ。
「今の状況は、彼の行動が全て自分に跳ね返ってきただけの事。こういう状況になったのも、彼の選択の結果です。......構いません。プーセさん、始めてください」
冷たい意見を言い放ったイメラリアに、ウェパルが詰め寄ろうとするも、間に入り込んだサブナクに阻まれた。
「ここでわたくしたちを止めるつもりですか? ここまで状況は進みました」
イメラリアが右腕を広げ、広場を指した。
「わたくしやプーセさんを止めたとして、その後どうするのですか? 人間と本格的に戦いを始めますか? その先にある、一二三様との戦いを覚悟されていますか?」
とにかく始めるしかない、とプーセは杖を握りしめ、障壁を実体化させるための詠唱を始める。一二三を中心に二、三人が入れる程度の大きさに止め、エリアの大きさよりも障壁の頑強さへ魔力を振り分ける。
杖を通した魔力が流れ、不可視の力が一二三の周囲へと到達した瞬間、プーセはオリガと目が合った。
「......お。もう始めるか」
爪や牙を使う獣人族への対応について、実戦の動きを見せながらアリッサへ説明していた一二三は、足元に不穏な力の流れを感じた。
練習相手として、大した傷は受けないもの振り回され続けたマルファスは、もはや体力の限界だった。
荒い息をして、目だけはギラギラと光らせているが、もう腕を上げるのも辛い程に疲労している。
「そろそろだな。......アリッサ」
「最後に良い事を教えてやろう」
力を振り絞り、牙をむいて迫るマルファスを横目で見ながら、一二三は拳を握った。
「生き物は、血を流さずとも死ぬ」
喉を狙って飛び上がったマルファスに対し、一二三は膝を折って潜り込むように相手の下へと滑り込む。
倒れ込むような勢いをそのまま拳へと乗せ、マルファスの心臓をめがけて激しく打ちつけた。
胸を激しくノックされたマルファスの体内に振動が駆け巡り、胸骨と肋骨は深刻なダメージを受けた。
意識したのか違うのか、マルファスは目を見開いて一言だけうめき声を漏らすと、力なく倒れた。
そして、二度と動かない。
「人体は頑丈で脆い。こいつも身体がもっと大きくなるか、筋肉がもっと発達していれば、この程度では死ななかったかもな」
命を奪った感覚をじっくりとその手に味わいながら、一二三はマルファスを見下ろした。
打撲跡はあっても、血は一滴も流れず、切られた傷も見当たらないその死体は、まるで眠っているようにも見える。
「アリッサ、行け」
シンプル過ぎる別れの言葉。
一二三の顔には笑顔も怒りも無い。まっすぐにアリッサを見つめている。
「一二三さん......やっぱり、一緒に......」
「駄目だ。お前には仕事を任せたはずだ」
「でも......うん。我が儘でした。ごめんなさい。あの、ありがとう。助けて貰って、色々教えてもらって......楽しかった! 一二三さんと出会えなかったら......」
「お前が選んだ結果だ。薬をやったときに聞いただろう。好きに生きてきたはずだ。これから先もそうしろ。お前の人生だ。俺は知らん」
最後にもう一度礼を言ったアリッサは、名残惜しそうに何度も振り向きながら、脇差で魔人族たちを切り刻みながら去って行った。
見上げると、イメラリアがじっとこちらを見つめ、その隣でプーセが何やら必死な表情で杖にしがみついている。
彼女たちが何を狙っているのかを既に知っている一二三は、足元に広がる魔力を感じながらも、何も対策をしなかった。いや、黒々と染まっている左手を揺らしている。
周囲には相変わらず魔人族たちがひしめいている。
飛んできた火球を左手で掻き消した一二三は、すぐにオリガの姿を見つけた。
「良く持った方、か。本当なら、あれにも残ってもらった方が都合が良いんだがな」
息が上がり始めているなか、威力よりも範囲を広げる形で魔法による牽制を行い、近い位置にいる敵から鉄扇で斬殺していくオリガ。
彼女が一二三から得たヒントを元に開発した魔法は、結局その資料ばかりがフォカロルに保管されているだけで、伝授された者はいない。まだ若い彼女が、もし精力的にこの世界で魔法についての技術を広めて行けば、戦争の在り様がまた変化したかもしれない。
しかも、それは一二三がいた世界では有りえない方向への変化だ。ひょっとすると、充分に成熟した魔法技術は、一二三すらも簡単に屠り去るものになるかも知れない。
「後は、残った連中に期待するとしようか。だが、俺もそう簡単に閉じ込められるのは癪に障る。さあ、コレにお前たちはどう対策する?」
うっすらと見え始めた障壁。一二三もこれにはエルフの里で見た覚えがある。イメラリアの隣でウェパルが複雑な顔をしているのが見えて、思わず彼は笑ってしまった。
「随分と分厚くて狭苦しい形状だな」
左手でそっと触れると、ずぶずぶと障壁へと指先が埋まった。
そのまま左手を振ると、障壁はざっくりと削り取られた。
さらに、一二三は抜き打ちで腰の刀を抜き放ち、目の前の障壁に向かって逆袈裟から打ち下ろしの二連撃を繰り出した。
先に左手でつけられた穴と合わせて、障壁に大穴が空く。
状況がわかったのだろう。バルコニー上でプーセが慌てているのが見える。
「さあ、ただ閉じ込めようと簡単に考えてはいないだろう。この手と刀に対して、お前はどうする?」
一二三の言葉と視線は、まっすぐにイメラリアへと向かっていた。
Chapter 180: Get The Party Started
Malfas, who was glaring at Hifumi, hadn't changed all that much in size, but his muscles had grown significantly, and his claws had become sharp and thick.
"It looks like you did your best and trained yourself quite a bit. Nice, nice, I will properly take you on if you come at me while having this much bloodthirst." (Hifumi)
Hifumi put away the kusarigama while speaking, but having said that, he didn't draw his katana.
Irritation dyed Malfas' face seeing Hifumi not even trying to get ready and just letting his unarmed hands dangle.
"Uaaah!" (Malfas)
Hifumi diverted the trajectory of Malfas, who had leaped at him from the front, by hitting his head with the right hand, and forced him back with a front kick towards the completely defenseless flank.
"I have no intention to forbid you to roar or shout enthusiastically, but if there's no need to announce the timing of your attack, then shut your trap. If you can't attack without using your voice, go home." (Hifumi)
He calmly pointed out while grabbing the head of a demon soldier with the words, "You're a nuisance," and throwing him on the ground.
And then he announced his conclusion alongside a sigh, "So this is your limit, huh? You might get a little better if you forge your body, but...a hotspur, who doesn't even try to understand the difference in ability between him and his opponent, will end up losing his life in the blink of an eye. Well, it's not that I don't have any pity with you. I will show you how it's done effectively."
Hifumi evaded Malfas' movements, who was swinging his claws frantically, with such a composure and easiness that it looked as if he could as well hum a song.
"Alyssa! Come here for a moment!" (Hifumi)
Apparently having heard him properly, Alyssa ran over from the plaza's entrance area while quickly slipping through in-between the demons.
"I will give you your final lesson now. Watch me." (Hifumi)
"Eh...? Okay!" (Alyssa)
, but still answered immediately. She didn't want to waste any time on any unnecessary exchanges.
"By the way, Alyssa." (Hifumi)
"There's the saying, done is better than perfect, right? Simply put, it means, deciding swiftly and taking action is better than being slow even if it's somewhat roughly done." (Hifumi)
Alyssa silently stood stock still while being watched by Hifumi.
While her face was drenched in sweat, Hifumi said, "I guess you could say being late to the battlefield is better as long as you've got a plan. Reflect on it and honestly confess to Caim once you get back to Fokalore."
Seeing Alyssa shrug her shoulders lightly, Hifumi laughed a bit.
"Well then, time to start." (Hifumi)
He turned around to Malfas once again.
Behind Hifumi, Origa slipped in, matching her back against his.
"I will make sure that there are no nuisances." (Origa)
"Alyssa, watch properly. Make sure to tell what you've seen and heard here to Fokalore's soldiers and the people fighting on this world." (Origa)
"Okay! Thank you!" (Alyssa)
Origa nodded with a smile at Alyssa's energetic reply. Origa moved speedily and without delay, chopping up the surrounding demon soldiers while scattering several wind blades.
"As you see, I will make full use of you as teaching material. ...Come at me with your life on the line. It won't be much of a lesson if it ends right away." (Hifumi)
Malfas, who had been handled suitable while talking, made it clear that he apparently had lost his cool quite a bit by growling and breathing roughly.
Watching Malfas getting ready by thrusting his claws in front and being about to repeat the same attacks as until now, Hifumi was somewhat disappointed.
"Every last one of the beastmen...in that meaning, Reni having been there was a godsend, huh?" (Hifumi)
For the beastmen and for Hifumi.
Imeraria decided to confirm the result of what she was trying to do with her own eyes.
Different from Vepar, who was watching the situation with big drops of sweat running down her gray skin, Imeraria had been coolly looking down at the plaza with a look that seemed to conceal all her emotions.
She had silently watched how Midas was defeated by a demon's attack and how he had been sent back.
"Midas-san..." Having watched the same scene as Imeraria, Sabnak whispered under his breath.
Once she looked over her shoulder in response, she saw that he was watching the battlefield while sweating in the same way as Vepar. Finding his look comical, Imeraria covered her mouth with a hand and quietly laughed for the first time since the beginning of the battle.
Sabnak's expression warped as soon as he noticed the queen's smile. She didn't know how to express it best, but to Imeraria it looked as if there was no mistake that his expression contained some bewilderment.
"Ah, sorry for laughing. Sabnak-san, you're my guard, so you mustn't only pay attention to what's happening below." (Imeraria)
"This...excuse me!" (Sabnak)
Sabnak wiped his sweat away and straightened himself. And yet he couldn't separate his eyes from the plaza.
"It looks like Midas-san has been wounded." (Imeraria)
"How worrisome...well, even if I say so, it probably only sounds weird." (Imeraria)
"Something like that is...I'm sure Midas-san will be happy to hear of your consideration, Your Majesty." (Sabnak)
"Although I am the cause?" (Imeraria)
Sabnak faltered.
He couldn't decide whether he should approve or not.
"I asked you something nasty." (Imeraria)
When she returned her eyes to the plaza again, Hifumi was talking about something with Alyssa, who had come close to the center of the plaza without her noticing, while dealing with a boy who appeared to be a beastman.
"A beastman? Why...?" (Imeraria)
"That boy, well, he joined the demons as he wanted to fight against Hifumi." (Vepar)
Vepar explained while looking at the beastboy.
"So, why on this battlefield?" (Imeraria)
"I haven't called him. As expected, he was still in the middle of training as he's too young." (Vepar)
He probably showed up here after sneaking into one of the unplanned transfer units after being instigated by Bashim or another demon.
Vepar talked about the circumstance she could think of, "It seems not only his family, but even his village had been annihilated by that man. ...I didn't collect any evidence, but I believe him. ...I wanted to at least save that boy..."
Even as she voiced out that wish, Vepar knew that it was impossible. He was already standing in front of Hifumi, attacking with clear hostility.
"I think that's impossible...looks like I have no choice but to wish that he can at least retaliate once."
Imeraria also watched the beastman's and Hifumi's movements for a while, but seemingly trying to teach something to Alyssa, Hifumi called her over and had her stand next to him. Hifumi apparently planned to face the beastman again in front of Alyssa.
"Hifumi-sama stopped moving. ...It's a good opportunity." (Imeraria)
"Wait a moment! Won't that boy get dragged into it then!?"
"Even without doing it right now..."
"If we let this pass, there won't be any guarantee that we will get another chance." (Imeraria)
Not only did Imeraria face Puuse, she also stepped up close to her.
"What would happen if you were to deploy the barrier now?"
"...I-It depends on the timing, but it will be only Hifumi-san, or Malfas-kun will be dragged into as well..." (Puuse)
"Malfas?"
"It's the name of that beastboy. You know him as well?" (Vepar)
Vepar also got in front of Puuse. The slightly taller Vepar looked down on her, but just like at the time when they met in the wastelands, Puuse stared back.
"Yes, I do. I don't know about his fate with Hifumi-san, though..." (Puuse)
Puuse looked back at Imeraria as if seeking her opinion.
Imeraria had been pondering with her eyes shut, but apparently having resolved herself, she opened her eyes widely, seizing Puuse with her blue eyes.
""Be it things that were allowed to happen or things that happened, in the end the one who did it has no choice but to accept the consequences"...is it?"
Imeraria recited the words Hifumi said when leaving the royal palace. As she did, she felt a prickling pain in her heart once again. After all she was well aware that it had been her own choice that created this situation.
"The current situation is simply a recoil of all his actions. Even this situation is a result of his choices. ...Don't mind me. Puuse-san, please start." (Imeraria)
As Vepar tried to draw close to Imeraria, who gave her coldhearted opinion, she was kept in check by Sabnak who thrust himself between them.
"You plan to stop us here? The situation has advanced up to this point already." (Imeraria)
Imeraria lifted her right arm, pointing at the plaza.
"Even if you were to stop Puuse-san and me, what will follow afterwards? Are you going to start an all-out war against the humans? Are you resolved to fight against Hifumi-sama, who would await you down the road?" (Imeraria)
, Puuse grasped her wand tightly, and started the chant to materialize the barrier. Stopping at a size of allowing two or three people to be inside with Hifumi in the center, she assigned her mana towards the sturdiness of the barrier rather than its size.
Her mana streamed through the wand, and in the instant the invisible power arrived at Hifumi's location, Puuse's eyes met with Origa's.
"...Oh. They have already started, eh?"
Hifumi, who had been giving an explanation to Alyssa while actually showing her the movements by dealing with a beastman using his claws and fangs, sensed the flow of a turbulent power at his feet.
Malfas, who had been continuously abused as sparring partner without receiving any significant injuries, was heavily gasping as he had already reached the limit of his stamina.
While he was breathing roughly, only his eyes were brightly glaring, but he was so tired that it was painful for him to lift his arms any longer.
"I think it's about time. ...Alyssa." (Hifumi)
"I will teach you something nice at the end." (Hifumi)
While casting a sidelong glance at Malfas, who had mustered his strength and was approaching while bearing his fangs, Hifumi clenched his fist.
"Living beings can die even without shedding blood." (Hifumi)
Hifumi crouched down and slipped beneath Malfas, who had leaped at him while aiming for his throat.
Using Malfas' momentum of falling for his own objective, Hifumi violently struck his fist against Malfas' heart.
A vibration ran through Malfas' body who had his chest hit strongly. His breastbone and ribs had suffered serious damage. And his heart fell in panic due to the unexpected shock.
Was he conscious? Or was it something else? Malfas widened his eyes and feebly collapsed after groaning once.
And he never moved again.
"A human body is sturdy and fragile. If this guy's body had grown bigger or if his muscles had developed more, he might not have died from something like this." (Hifumi)
Hifumi looked down at Malfas while thoroughly savoring the feeling of having stolen a life with his hand.
The corpse, which lacked any traces of being beaten, any cut wounds, and didn't shed any blood, looked completely as if Malfas was merely sleeping.
"Alyssa, go." (Hifumi)
An overly simple farewell.
There was no anger or smile to be found on Hifumi's face. He looked directly at Alyssa.
"Hifumi-san...after all, together..." (Alyssa)
"No. I have entrusted a job to you." (Hifumi)
"But...okay. I was selfish. Sorry. Umm, thanks. For saving me, for teaching me many things...it was fun! If I hadn't met you..."
"No need for ifs." Hifumi smiled at Alyssa who was frantically looking for words. "It's the outcome of your choices. I told you when I applied the medicine, right? You should live as you like. Keep doing so even in the future. It's your life. It doesn't concern me." (Hifumi)
Alyssa, who thanked him once more at the end, left while cutting through the demons with her wakizashi as she kept looking back, looking reluctant to part.
Once he looked up, Imeraria was intently looking his way, and next to her, Puuse was clinging to her wand with a desperate expression for some reason.
Hifumi, who was already aware of their goal, didn't take any countermeasures even while feeling the mana spreading beneath his feet. No, he shook his left hand which was dyeing jet black.
The demons were still crowding the vicinity as before.
Hifumi, who erased a fireball hurled at him with his left hand, immediately found Origa.
"She kept up well, huh? Originally it would have been convenient to have her left that behind as well." (Hifumi)
With her breathing starting to get shorter, Origa had been keeping the enemies in check with magic while focusing on range rather than power, and slaying the nearby enemies with her iron-ribbed fan.
The magic, which she had developed as her own after receiving a hint from Hifumi, has been only recorded in documents that are stored in Fokalore without anyone having been instructed in it. If she vigorously continued to spread her magic techniques in this world, it might change the way of wars once more as she was still young.
Moreover, it might head in a direction impossible for Hifumi's original world. By chance, magic techniques, which would have been developed extensively, might become able to easily defeat even Hifumi.
"I guess I got to rely for the rest on the guys staying behind. However, even I feel irritated about being locked in so easily. Let's see, how are you going to deal with this?" (Hifumi)
The barrier had become faintly visible. Hifumi recalled having seen it in the elven village, too. Seeing Vepar pull a complicated expression next to Imeraria, he involuntarily ended up laughing.
"It has a fairly bulky and cramped shape." (Hifumi)magic
Once he touched it gently with his left hand, his fingertips sank deeply into the barrier.
Once he swung his left hand like that, the barrier was roughly scraped off.
Moreover, Hifumi drew his katana and attacked in a single stroke, unleashing a series of two downward slashes after cutting upwards against the barrier in front of him.
Matching it with the hole created by his left hand before, he tore open a big hole in the barrier.
Probably grasping the situation, Puuse looked panicked atop the balcony.
"Come on, you're not believing that I will be simply locked in with just that, are you? What are you going to do against this katana in my hand?" (Hifumi)
Hifumi's words and eyes were directly turned at Imeraria.
Summoned Slaughterer
呼び出された殺戮者
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