Vol 4 Chapter 77 (1/2)

Chapter 77: Dragon Owner of the Riverside

Without hesitation

I choose

That which

Everyone surely wants

Point Allocation (Parting)

Suzu advanced through the raging wind The Date warriors raised spell shi+elds around her

“Musashi+ Ambassador!”

“…Right!”

She answered their question by pointing her finger

She indicated where the dragon’s poeakest But…

…Where they can reach…Masamune-san

“Do your…best!”

“Sure thing!”

They all held their spell shi+elds forward to part the wind, but the wind had the force of water now and each step foras like trudging through a bog

It was bad enough for Suzu under all their protection, so how reater was the pressure for them outside it? She mostly knew the answer thanks to her senses, but…

“Please…!”

They had to secure Masamune If the Seiryu came out and took her away, it would all be over

Narurab Masa, but…

“…Watch out!”

The Seiryu would abandon its pressure in other areas in order to protect Masa attacks which were taking fora and Naruet close

That meant Suzu and the Date warriors had to do it

Their plan was to split into three groups once they ithin twenty a would support them, and…

…W-we see who can…get there first!

They continued on

“Hurry! The Vice Chancellor is protecting us!”

That was exactly right Urquiaga and Naru attacks The Seiryu used violent pressure, roars, and lightning attacks, while those two…

…Cancel it out with their swords and strikes!

They likely intended to secure soroup arrived within the violent wind

Urquiaga’s front ar and Narumi summoned several mandible swords in quick succession to shatter and slice any that tried to circle around

As for the Seiryu…

“…!”

It pushed everything aith a roar and tried to move forward But…

“An excellent voice! But you can cry louder than that, can’t you!?”

Urquiaga broke through the dragon’s voice pressure with a strike from his front ar bubble and it tore into the ceiling, floor, and walls But…

“Execution Site Transformation!!”

Urquiaga placed Holy Spell charms in the explosive pressure

The charms were carried away by the wind, but they were double charms that included a defense char air To Suzu’s senses, they felt like pieces of wood that were not shaken by the wind

By letting the, they were pasted to the walls, ceiling, and floor And…

…They’re solidifying?

Their surroundings were indeed “set” in place The cru appeared

Urquiaga had used a siarden the night before Since the dragon would destroy its surroundings with its ht back unless they sealed it away as soon as possible But…

…This puts a big burden…on Urquiaga-kun, doesn’t it?

Just as Suzu thought that, soh the great pressure

It was one of Narumi’s mandible swords

The threeused to attack Several of the They emitted heated ether as the spell carved into the blade activated And…

…It’s hardening…the floor?

That was the saa’s was a Holy Spell while Narumi’s was a Far Eastern one The h heat as more and more of them were stabbed into the hall like fasteners They were primarily placed in front of Suzu, as if to create a path to the Seiryu

After the previous night’s battle, Naruainst the Seiryu And…

…They’re similar

Suzu could not guess why Urquiaga had prepared this when he was an outsider, nor could she guess why Narumi’s was so similar to his

But it did tell her that nothing that had happened had been for naught

Her group was about to reach the twenty meter mark

And just as she was thinking they needed to prepare to split up…

“Get down!!”

Narun frame that appeared in front of them And a moment later…

…Wah!

Suzu sensed a thunderstor and rain, just like when the Musashi+ entered a thundercloud along its path

It rushed in

More than gather together, the lightning attacks created a multi-layer curtain as they swept across the hall

As the Seiryu’s roar cascaded out, the bluish-white lightning rushed out from above Masamune who sat unconscious in the throne

It instantly formed several dozen side-by-side rows and collided one after another with anyone who approached Masamune

The light never faded, the roaring never ceased, and countless light sources shook the hall as they burst endlessly The charaps had already burned away and the centipede’s blades were mostly broken

As a result, the hall lost most of its fastener spells

“—————!!”

The Seiryu’s voice shook the hall like a physical blow

Sendai Castle’s hall was permeated with vibrations

The stone walls shook and began to crumble

“Stop that, stupid!!”

After Katakura’s shout, a straight line of sign fra through the floor, ceiling, and air, so the distorting room snapped back into shape

The distortion began anew due to the Seiryu’s roar, but…

“I can stop half of it! So go!!”

Defense barriers, vibrations, and lightning collided along every surface and in the air It all burst into light, but they were all immediately replenished for another collision

Every last part of the hall was filled with scattering light

But two people were breaking through that light

In the lightning-filled air, Unturning Centipede and the half-dragon were protected by multiple defense barriers like they were heavy armor The centipede drew several e escale spiritual hazards

“Where did you even pull those from?”

“God’s hand can be found anywhere You didn’t know that?”

The half-dragon calmly answered the centipede’s question and raised the three-meter metal rods like they were tords And…

“Mukai and the others have arrived down below Let’s end this”

“As a holy rant us victory?”

“I could indeed Listen up, everyone!” said the half-dragon “We arethat”

“——————”

“Don’t you have so to say?”

He received a response from below

“Testa this!!”

“True,” agreed the centipede “I’ll at least remember to thank the Testament”

“Very good The Testao”

The half-dragon took a light step in midair

He stepped to the right

At the sa Centipede stepped to the left

They both lightly raised a hand

“Okay”

With that, they used their second step to clash with the Seiryu at full speed

Suzu advanced

She had been walking forward this entire time Her body had been wrapped in tension, her breaths had been deep, and she had focused on keeping her legs e Fro a path forward She was following the path to approach Masamune

“Oh,” said someone nearby “Ohh,” replied someone else

The Date warriors had split into three groups and each one approached the throne along a different path

But the Seiryu was right in front of theer ever since it first became self-aware

That did not matter

It had nothing but power It did not knohat to do about its own existence It thought it could overco its power and it roared But they only had to restore it all to Masamune

There was no need to syon

After all, that dragon had soo: Masamune

The night before, Masamune had taken Suzu’s hand and pulled on it

She had looked up at the cherry trees surrounded by fireflies and told Suzu all about the colors

So if the dragon could be restored to her, she would surely be able to look up at the dragon and tell Suzu all about its power

So Suzu advanced

Ters clashed with the Seiryu up above As Suzu and the warriors worked to retrieve Masa out into the hall And they did it by…

…Colliding with its arms!

Unturning Centipede and Urquiaga each slammed their weapons into one of the Seiryu’s arms

Like blades locked together, sparks and a grinding sound scattered and the two attackers were knocked back several dozen meters

“…!!”

They also blocked the Seiryu’s hands as it occasionally swung the Each time, a metallic sound filled the hall, but…

“Ohhhh!”

The two of the Masamune undefended in the center

“Hurry…!”

Suzuwith the others At the bottoon’s power

She arrived at the bottom of the dais She was only a few more steps away from Masamune who sat slumped in the throne

“—————”

That hen Suzu sensed the Seiryu’s arms spread to either side

Urquiaga and Narumi had definitely pushed the its chest and…

…Breathing…in?

It was the lead-in to a roar of explosive pressure Suzu reain in the ht before Instead of a on cannon

And the one about to be released was most likely especially powerful

“Get down…!”

Then it arrived The Seiryu was clearly focused on her and the others standing in front of it

“—————!!!”

The roar exploded

The air in front of the Seiryu dissipated in an instant The ele appeared, and that very moisture was entirely scattered by the shockwave

All of the motion was controlled by ether The Seiryu’s roar was a lot like an ether cannon and it spread a wave of ion Everything that existed there was hit

The Seiryu’s target was the people who had arrived at its feet

They were too close

They could not escape a direct hit And that seemed to be why the Seiryu opened its throat even wider, as if to catch everything in the blast and erase it all

“—————”

It roared

That roar collided with and destroyed everything

At the sa stood in front of the Seiryu It was not a person It was larger and only a head shorter than the Seiryu

But it was not a God of war

“Hey…!”

It was a collection of defense barriers They were designed to block i They had also been reether, and they foriant humanoid shape

Katakura had constructed this humanoid defense barrier

The huht into the explosive roar The defense barrier arular pillar and it shattered when it hit the explosive pressure, but…

“I’ll block this…!”

The roar split apart The ether pressure burst as if devouring the huh to cover the entire blast, so it struck the surrounding floor and walls But…

“Diiiive!!”

Just as the arht into the explosive pressure

There were as many sounds of irew into a downpour of blows The great nuht and the explosive roar was scattered in every direction along with it As a result…

“…!”

The core of the explosive roar was consumed and erased

“Yes!” someone shouted Now they could move forward They could reach Masamune But…

“Watch…out!!”

Right after Suzu’s shout, the great blue forate

The gate closed behind it

The Seiryu had er run away and it would settle this here It had decided to make Masamune its own

With its mind made up, it shook the floor as it stepped forward It forced its way forward after being pushed back with its arms spread outwards

The dragon roared and placed its feet on the floor

“…!!”

The Seiryu swung its aron away Sparks flew and wind blew as those two bodies of resistance were torn away And…

“————!”

This time, it took a true step

The Seiryu saw its master down below

That was the source of its power as well as the master meant to use its power To acquire that person and complete itself, the Seiryu thrust its arms forward

Its h the wind to forcibly grab Masarab its master in an embrace as if that were the only way

In that moment, the deflected centipede raised her voice as she was slaainst the wall

“Rusu-san!!”

With that yell, the hall transformed

The front wall of Sendai Castle was torn away by an explosion

The night sky came into view and Rusu, Sendai Castle’s control system, spoke

“Ee of external wall and internal armor complete!!”

Urquiaga thought the hall’s air had exploded

The dragon’s roar and the influx of ether had increased the hall’s internal pressure, but now the external wall had been removed The difference in air pressure and ether density threw everything outside

They had planned for this, so it was not a problem for them They had wind-resistance barrier spells and this on could handle Even if someone was blown outside, they had fall assistance spells in place

The Seiryu was no different It was a th needed to resist the explosive pressure

However, the Seiryu had just leaned forward to grab Masamune

The forceful torrent of air knocked the Seiryu forward a step And that caused it to step over Masamune

Urquiaga decided this was an opening, so he raised his voice

“Mukai! Go!!”

Just before Urquiaga urged her forward, Suzu had not understood her current situation

She remembered that the Seiryu had come out and there had been explosive pressure But at the moment…

…I’?

No, it wasinon her back

“Are you okay, Musashi+’s ambassador cutie? …Oh, I-I-I-I-I aetsuna! S-sorry, it’s just so rare forreally excited! B-b-but I’ht? I’m not weird at all?”

He seeht, but compared to everyone in her class…

“I guess you’re…pretty normal”

“Eh!? Noruys!? Jealous, aren’t you!? Musashi+’s ambassador just certified me as normal! Normal! I’m normal! Thatwho doesn’tlooks for!? …Anyway cutie, what a worthless guy says is worthless, but listen up!”

“Wh-what is it?”

“Well, can you see up ahead? Can you see Masamune up on the dais?”

She could not see it, but she could perceive it Masamune was there The Seiryu had lost its balance and stepped forward, but…

“I…can”

Suzu was blind, but Masaht her about the colors

She had been taught the colors of Masa, and eyes So with her senses…

“I can…see her!”

“Good, then let’s do this! You should be able to see the wind You can sense the ether pressure and everything else So I’ll tell you how to get through there …Shut up, all of you! I’onna say a word about her lovely arht they could squeeze so!”

Oh, that sounds like the things they say during the executions in class, thought Suzu That helped calm her a little

“Nn”

So she took a step forward

“Thank…you”

It was likely thanks to Katakura’s instructions that she could remain safe She instructed the people around her and they protected her So as everyone collapsed and tried to get back up, she did her best to show them she was safe as she boldly walked forward as a diplomat

“Please”

Suzu pleaded with Katakura

“Let ht toward her”

Suzu began to walk

She walked forward as if across a windless and dustless plain

There was a slight waver in her stance and in where she placed her feet, but each step allowed her to break through the occasional blast of ether pressure while only tilting her head a little

Her hair whipped behind her The dragon roared as it tried to regain its position overhead It produced more wind, but…

“…Nn”

Suzu broke through it Katakura’s instructions, her senses, and the sensors she ere all used to set the warriors in ht ahead

She placed a foot on the dais

“Nn”

She climbed up onto the first step

Then she continued directly on up to the next step

Urquiaga resuress

The Seiryu was

After its large step forward, it had to recover its position But allowing that would put Mukai in danger It would also let Masamune be taken So…

“Narumi!”

He simply called her name and then collided with the Seiryu

As the Seiryu tried to recover from its step forward…

…The side!

He made a strike from the side to knock it off balance

His thrust-powered collision targeted the Seiryu’s upper arht side He raised his weapons as a shi+eld, and…

“…!”

He hit

Narumi hit at the same moment

A h the Seiryu and they felt a loosening sensation, so they put their hips into it

“Time to carry you away!”

The Seiryu lost its balance

It leaned back and tilted to the left If it collapsed, they would gain plenty of time

…And have the perfect opening to hit it on the throat again!

That was Naru here But…

“…!?”

Urquiaga saw so out of the corner of his eye As the Seiryu leaned back, it did two things

First, it s to forcibly regain its balance

Second, it used its backwards leaning position to throw an attack with its left arht arm

“Narumi!”

Narumi heard the impact

Then she felt herself flying through the air

…I was hit!?

The Seiryu had used its right arm to hide the attack made with its left

It had been too sudden for her to use her instantaneous and consecutive defenses After a an to spin, but…

“…Eh?”

She was unhurt She had spun once through the air, but she had also escaped the Seiryu’s attack range

She was not even scratched But…

“—————”

So the stone

It was the half-dragon

Narumi knehat had happened He had taken the Seiryu’s attack and knocked her out of the way

That was all

…You idiot…

She had a nuhts and several e up It was trying to step back so it could capture Masamune So…

“I’ on you! …Oniniwa-san!!”

A ht-line collision reached the Seiryu from outside

It was the heavily-equipped God of war naetsu

The collision only lasted an instant

As the Seiryu tried to lean over Suzu and Masah the hole in the wall behind it

The God of as unarmed and it simply collided with the Seiryu to hold it back

“Making use of an Oni in the very, very end!? Date is such a wild clan!!”

The breaking and cracking armor sounded like a hit to a brass instrument

Beyond that refreshi+ng sound, the Oni’s God of war and the Seiryu crashed into the back wall together

But the dragon pushed through even that

It tensed its body, lowered its hips, and then let its arainst the floor

It roared

This roar’s reverberation really did begin the collapse of the hall

But as it roared and turned around, so had been accomplished

“Nn”

Suzu had arrived in front of Masamune

She took Masamune’s hand

Suzu realized Masa consciousness

When she grabbed the girl’s hand and held it tightly, Masahtmares Her voice soon left her lips and her eyelids moved

“Ah…”

“Masamune-san!”

The situation was approaching its conclusion The Seiryu’s crazed actions were trying to settle this by force

But Suzu did not fear the approaching Seiryu

Masamune faced her and asked a question

“Who-…?”

Before she could say “are you”, Suzu raised her voice

“Don’t!!”