126 [2-60] One of A Kind (1/2)

Come on, come on!

In the city of Teirakainen, where the screams and the sounds of battle had diminished considerably, the dozens of survivors who had barely managed to scrape together were staggering forward.

Escorting and guiding them were the survivors of the Second Order. They were escorted and guided by only a few knights commanded by Kaya, a survivor of the Second Order.

”Forward alert!　If anything other than Bloodsuckers appear, try not to deal with them on your own, I'll deal with them if they're dangerous!

If the Rose Princess of Hell appears, evacuate as fast as you can.

”Understood!

While protecting the rescued citizens, the two of them scouted ahead to be on the alert for encounters with Blood Suckers.

I'm sure we all want to get out of the city as quickly as possible, but if we rush, we'll neglect our attention. A frustrating time was passing.

The Second Order had applied a simple ”sanctification” spell to all of their weapons beforehand.

Thanks to this, they could take down a bloodsucker with a single stroke, but even the bloodsuckers would only take a bite out of an unarmed citizen.

Above all, the opponent is a horde, and we are a small army, though it sounds like an elite few.

A moment's slackness could have resulted in death.

”Oh, ......?

The knight who was almost ahead of you raises a questioning voice.

A white tiger with golden ornaments all over its body appeared from the shadows of the building in front of it. Two of them.

Holy beast!

Holy beast!

Thank God you're here to help us.

The knights and citizens alike shouted in relief.

The Noachurian Holy Beast had become a familiar face to the people of the city, as it had been waiting like a figurine in the city for a while now.

To defeat the undead, you need to use holy air. Even a layman can understand that.

Moreover, this holy beast, despite its beastly appearance, can hear and understand people.

It understands complex commands and can think and act flexibly on its own. In addition, they are summoned beasts, so they are loyal to orders. She will fight for her life.

Kaya, as one of the commanders, has been given the authority to give orders to the holy beasts.

”Holy Beasts, we're moving to evacuate the survivors out of the city. We will be escorting them along the way. ......

Kaya was about to give the order.

The Holy Beast in the form of a tiger ignored Kaya, approached the citizens, and bit them.

”...... What?

What?

”Ssshhhhh!

Several times in one stride, Udanosuke struck with his famous sword, Douchou Atziryoku.

The katana, wielded from all directions in a slow and steady manner, sparked with Zeft's sword.

At first glance, Zeft was on the defensive. But Udanosuke understood that this battle was a toss-up.

By being on the defensive, Zeft was able to withstand Udanosuke's attacks, and if he were to slow down for even a moment, Zeft would be watching vigilantly for a way to counterattack.

In other words, this is a battle like controlling a runaway buffalo car: ......

--You can't beat me in such a passive fight. Two grains of Sansho are twice as hot as one!

He could no longer remember who had taught him this, but the words had taken root in his mind as a lesson.

”Zeft, look out!

A female grappler named Chancey shouted.

A large man, half-mechanized, with an enlarged claw-like blade bared, attacked Zeft.

He was Brent. ”He's an adventurer who belonged to a party called the Ties of Blue and Silver, and was found by Rene. Rene had found him and Everis had transformed him into a mechanized undead.

It's not enough to just turn the best of the best into ghouls. Rene and Everith agreed that it was time to expand the range of undead, and Everith created this new undead that could be created even if the evil spirits of the ritual field were thin.

Chauncey intervened with a blow from Brent, and clawed up the claw with his cuirass.

He then stepped in and hit Brent in the back with an inverted spinning kick that sent him sprawling to the ground.

But then, in Brent's mask-like face, an eye that looked like it had a glass ball in it flashed.

”What?

With a slamming sound, Brent's eyes flashed with heat.

If you've got a lot of time and energy, you're going to want to make sure you've got the right equipment. A thin heat ray burned Chancy's side.

Brent followed up.

His mechanical arm blew out air like a dragon's breath, and his fist sped up from its awkward position to strike Chauncey.

Chauncey, who was out of position, was barely able to catch it, but was knocked away and sent flying.

It's a good thing I'm not the only one.

Yikes. ......

In an attempt to save Chensie, Zeft reaches for her.

”Douchou!

I'm not sure what to do.

You've got to be careful not to get caught in the air.

Udanosuke controls the attack by hitting Zeft's small hand while letting Chancy take the attack.

And then.

”Atryoku!

As if sliding the blade, Udanosuke stabbed Chancy in the white belly.

And the blade went through.

”...... Nun!

”Yeah, .......

The blood-soaked blade was stopped by Zeft's sword as it pierced Chenshi.

The skewered Chen Shi coughed up blood and looked at the blade with a look of disbelief.

”Chauncey!

Zeft exclaimed.

Strange things were happening around them.

The holy beasts that had been fighting the undead army and occasionally taking the place of Zeft and the others were abandoning the battle and moving towards the city.

They reaped, trampled, and jumped over the undead in their path, fugitives at full speed.

Normally, the holy beast would have taken the wound and fallen instead of Chen Shi.

But that was not to be. Udanosuke's katana pierced Chen Shi.

Why ......

I'm not sure what to make of that.

The priestess in the rearguard was wondering, still unable to comprehend the situation.

Udanosuke doesn't know what's going on either. Losing the spear in this situation would be a huge blow, so why did the holy beast abandon them and retreat?

”...... Zeft, secure Chen Shi!

I'm not going to let you.

I'm sure you'll be able to figure out what's going on.

I'm sure you'll be able to understand why.

”......

Zeft grits his teeth.

When an adventurer has had a companion killed, he or she will attempt to reanimate the corpse.

This place is near the city, so you can try to revive a freshly dead body with a relatively high success rate.

However, Udanosuke and his team are also tasked with securing the corpses. Strong adventurers produce strong undead, so this is a valuable resource. Even if they were asked to return it, they couldn't just hand it over.