170 169. Escape.txt (2/2)

My body went rigid.

For me, who was not used to exchanging lives, it was not a difficult opponent to fight - but my confusion was elsewhere.

If it was me before, killing them still wouldn't have been an option. I'm sure I would have started thinking of ways to achieve my goal without killing them.

But the current me is different. The first thing I thought was that if the soldiers who were in my way were my opponents, killing them would be inevitable. After being frustrated, I naturally felt the urge to kill.

The change in his thoughts and emotions puzzled him, and he felt lost in his movements.

'Over here, General!'

In the meantime, the Palinclones move farther and farther away. A wall of soldiers formed between them to keep them from pursuing him.

There were no longer any soldiers in the yard to watch over them.

All the soldiers in the garden were trying to escape Palinkulon.

At that moment, a shout came from behind.

''--Ok, ugh, ugh!　Haha, you caught me off guard, Maria!

You're in Dia's body!　Terrible things!

There was a Sith with a big smile on his face.

It was floating into the sky with its white wings flapping while turning the tip of its left foot into extinguishing coals.

From the look of it, it was clear that the Sith had also abandoned themselves and tried to escape.

And it's also clear that Maria, out of concern for Dia's body, had cut corners--

'Hmmm, thank goodness Maria was so nice to Dear!　But I wonder if I don't want to fight Maria again!　See you later!

With one last disgusted smile, the Sith shows his back.

'This, wait!

Maria screams abominably and turns the flaming snake toward the fleeing Sith.

However, she cannot reach it mercilessly.

The Sith soared high into the sky and disappeared into the clouds.

''Kook!''

Maria steps on the ground hard enough to make a crack in the ground.

Then she quickly joins me and apologizes.

''I'm sorry, Kanami-san!''

No, I'm the one who owes you an apology. The original reason was that I was off the hook!

We both thought we had prepared ourselves strongly for this.

However, the reality was still grim. Perhaps because we are both inexperienced, having never even dyed our hands in blood yet, our laxity in filling in the vital areas was exposed.

In that case, we must be even more ruthless--

Not yet, Maria!　I can still manage the Palinkron!

According to the Dimension, Palinclone was heading out of the fort with a soldier on his shoulder. Unlike the Sith who fled into the sky out of reach, it was still possible.

'I understand!　But--!

The soldiers surrounded us as we tried to pursue them.

There were more than twenty of them. Not a single weak soldier was left out.

Bandits!　I won't let you go!

The enemy has many throwing weapons.

If we show our backs to them, we are sure that they will hang us out to dry.

Before we can move, the soldiers attack us without hesitation.

Without thinking about what's to come, they drop their weapons. A soldier builds great magic with the intention of fainting. A soldier who is prepared to dedicate his life to Palinkulon. We flinch at their effortless movements and their desperate spirit.

We are pushed even though they are overwhelmingly superior in ability. Most of all, it hurts that Maria and I are close to empty MPs because we went head-to-head with the Sith and their magic power.

I can't force my way through with magic.

''d*mn, I can't believe you can't even burn out an enemy of this magnitude!

Maria, who has emptied her magic power against the Sith opponent, says things while making small flames dance. I'm also no longer able to 'magic offset' (counter magic) my opponent's magic, and it's getting harder and harder to protect Maria, who has low physical ability.

The all-out assault of the soldiers, without a single thread, continues incessantly.

Every second passes without the soldiers being able to break through the walls.

If you look at The Dimension, Palinclone is on the verge of reaching the outside of the fort. There is a carriage waiting outside. Once they were on it, it would be nearly impossible to pursue them.

In the meantime, the soldiers' suicide attack continues. My frustration is only growing.

So I think.

It would be better to kill the soldiers than to let Palinkulon escape, he thought.

They are soldiers. They are soldiers, and they are prepared to be killed. In fact, I'm the one who's slacking off.

My emotions are running ahead of me, and my hand is tightening as I hold the sword.

My body moves on its own to tell me that if they are soldiers trying to protect Palinclone Legacy - no, if they are people trying to protect the apostles (...), kill them.

They should take a reasonable 'revenge' on their adversaries, he thought.

Impatience amplified the killing intent, the crystal sword extended with 'magic freezing', and then--

-You can't do that, boy. Zeer Weird.

Their killing intent was drowned out by the new intruder.

Before the ice magic sword could be constructed, the soldiers were blown away by wind magic from the side.

Hailey appeared from the top of the ramparts surrounding the courtyard.

Somehow, she pulled Snow's hand away.

''Ka, Kanami, I'm sorry ......''

At the opening, Snow uttered an apology.

All the while, Heili unleashed wind magic on the soldiers. They slammed into the walls of the building, causing them to faint one by one.

''Please calm down. You have held yourself together so well. Don't relax until the end. Be calm here.

For a moment I brace myself.

But there is no hostility in Heili's eyes. The way he spoke, I knew he had come to rescue me, so I relaxed.

The blood on my head cooled as I looked at the soldiers being blown away.

Haili sees me regaining my composure and leaps over the yard with a smile.

''I know where the Palinklons are running to. It doesn't matter if we miss them here. Let's calm down first and take control of this fort.''

She landed behind me and drew the twin swords from her waist.

As it was, Heili tried to protect my back.

Strangely enough, I felt more secure than when I had anyone else on my back. It was similar to the reassurance I felt from Hein, who had protected my back on the day of the Nativity.

I nodded back without arguing with him.

I don't know why, but right now Hailey was very convincing.

It was as if she was a different person - I felt as if she was a different person.

And with the addition of Haili and Snow, the shape of the situation tilts.

Soldiers from all over the fort gather in the yard. But it didn't take more than a few minutes to neutralize them all.

We are the last four people standing. We could call it an overwhelming victory.

But there was no denying that our surprise mission had failed.

Palinkulon and the Sith. We had missed our two targets.