Chapter 27 (2/2)
When all the spirit weapons disappeared, what fell from the sky, was one beautiful sword
As Hiro kicks the ground below and leaps forward, he grabs 「Excalibur's」 handle
「Haa!」
He tore through the , the tip of the sword pierced into the ground
A thunderous roar shakes the air, and at the saround trembles
The monster's body is blown to pieces as if it had exploded The pieces scatter in all directions and sink into the mud
At the center of it all, a young boy is fighting for breath as he looks up to sky and takes in oxygen
The rain stopped Frorey clouds, the sun shi+nes warmly on Hiro as if to bless his return
「Hiro!」
The cri boy and embraces him
Having spent all his strength, Hiro is unable to catch her and falls onto his back
Although he wants to say soen and he's unable to move his mouth freely
「There's a lot I want to say to you… but I'lad you're okay」
While she grabs Hiro's face with both hands and plays with it, Liz let's out a sigh of relief
As always, the young boy is unable to say anything while she has her way
As she does, Cerberus coainst his shoulder
In the corner of his eyes, Aura was staring at hi supported by her soldiers
Alfred was yet to regain consciousness and was receiving treatment from the medics
Tris and Margrave Grinda approached with signs of excite on their faces
「Y-You're a To think you would exterminate a monster like that all by yourself…」
Margrave Grinda pinches his own cheek to see if he had seen a dream
And next to him…
「Hmm… Boy, just who are you exactly?」
Tris mumbles
As if that were a starting signal, a explosion of joyous screa out from behind
『A… That attack… Were you able to see it?!』
『Eh, y-yeah, of course I could』
『Don't lie There's no way you'd be a private if you could see that』
『H-Hey… huh?』
『What the hell—?!』
The excitement of the boisterous soldiers soon came to an end
A ground shaking, thunderous roar of hooves shook the air and inundated everyone's eardrums
There is a feeling of oppression which tightens their chests each tiap closes
『The Fourth Imperial Army…?!』
They ht have run away if they weren't allies
While letting off such enormous aura of intimidation, the entire army, which stretched out as far as the eyes could see, came to a uniform stop
Two horses at the head of the large army approach Hiro
The Sixth I
They were all looking at the general with cautious eyes
The general can guess why They probably want to question him as to why they appeared at this particular time
No e their questions evasively
Loring gallantly dismounts his horse and put his hand to his chest He then knelt before the Sixth Imperial Princess
「Your Highness Celia Estreya, I truly apologize for our late arrival The rain which fell until a while ago slowed our army's advance and it seems we did not make it in time」
As he lifts his face, he looks at the young boy being held by the Sixth Imperial Princess
Even if he was a failure, to think he would defeat a <warlock>…
If there was one capable of defeating hiht it would have been the Sixth Imperial Princess, the possessor of 「Laevateinn」
But that's only if it were a group effort
He never would have iined anyone could destroy the monster alone…
And the young boy looked about the sae as the Sixth Imperial Princess at that
(This is…interesting)
The young boy's battle lit a fire within the commander in chief
He wants to test hi he is with his oo hands
But Loring squeezes his hands tightly enough for blood to seep out and he resists his urge
It wouldn't be any fun to defeat a weakened opponent
Defeating the young boy right noould be as si care of a chore
(I'll save the fun for a later tiht now)
And then, he noticed it There was a bloodlust e from beside him
「… You're a dangerous one」
The one who quietly muttered was First Imperial Prince Schtobel
He looked like a supre presence
His ruffled golden hair resembled a crown
Without hiding any of his intent to kill, the sharp glint in his eyes pierced through the young boy
(This is bad…)
Loring's face stiffens
「… He ht become a nuisance」
「Please wait In this current situation—」
A lightning strike surged out from Schtobel's hand
It was impossible to folloith the eyes
By the ti boy's body was thrown into the air
Everyone looked on du boy who flew up like a scrap of paper
「Hiro…!!」
The first one to scream out was Liz
She rushes after the young boy who caround
Schtobel ju strides In his hand is one of the Five Imperial Spirit Swords, the battleaxe 「Mjölnir」
「Elizabeth Get out of the way」
「Don't be ridiculous! Why did you do this?!」
As if resonating with Liz's anger, flames spiral up from 「Laevateinn's」 blade
「Mjölnir」 rages with electric shocks in response to a worthy opponent
「… To think you would point your blade at me You don't actually think you can beat me, do you?」
「I don't care if I can't win I won't let you lay a hand on Hiro!」
This is what you call an explosive situation A fight to the death could begin at any moment
No— Liz would likely be one sidedly made sport of and killed
There is that th of the two
「All I' my dear little sister around」
「You're saying Hiro is a pest?」
Although Loring thinks this to be a bad situation, he's unable to think of a way to stop them
If he ends up killing Liz here, it would be impossible to hide it from the Emperor
There are too many witnesses
If the possessor of 「Laevateinn」 were to die here, the throne would surely move further away
He should be aware of this So why?
(Does this mean he sensed that much of a threat from him?!)
Schtobel opened his mouth annoyed
「Is that man that important to you…? Or is there a reason he has to be so desperately protected?」
「Yeah, there is If you kill hiive you」
「What did you say?」
It may have been a difficult decision for her
After glancing at the young boy lying on the ground, Liz's face was dyed in a deep sadness
「He— is a descendant of the Second Emperor」
—The die was cast
—The world begins toboy
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