62 Rondo of light and darkness (1/2)

Dark Knight Kroki

It was a close call. I had to save her.

She tried to kill me once before. She might try to kill me again.

And I saved her.

'Chiyuki-san!　Are you okay?!

A girl with short hair comes over to us.

'Yeah, it's okay, Nao. ...... He helped me out.

The girl called Chiyuki looks at me.

Her slit eyes are staring at me. They are beautiful but tight eyes. For some reason, I feel like I'm being blamed.

I turn my eyes away from her and look at the girl who was called Nao.

I have to say something to her.

I hold out my hand to her.

'What is it?'

”Can I have my people back?

'If we come by the information, she should have Nat.

'Oh, I see your brother has come for Ruby. Ruby, we're here for you.

She said and pulled a nut out of the bag at her waist.

Apparently, she realized what the nut was.

'Master Dihardt~!

Nat jumps on himself.

'What?　Does that rat talk?!

Chiyuki let out a surprised voice.

She didn't seem to notice anything against Nao.

'I didn't expect you to come to my rescue, Yansu!

Nat cried into his face.

'Of course I'll help you. And then I want you to stay back, Nat, because I'm going to fight the evil one. I'm going to fight the evil one now.

I take Nat away from his face and place him on the floor. As long as they're in range of their defensive magic, Nat will be safe.

'All right, Jans.'

As Nat leaves, I see myself looking at Lavrus.

The fallen Lavrus is up and looking at you. He's not coming closer, as if he's wary.

I'll cover you.

Chiyuki offers to help, but stops him with his hands.

It's okay. You look tired and stay back. I'll take care of the rest.

I said to myself and headed towards Lavrus.

'Why is the Dark Knight here?　Why would you help a brave man?!!!!

The evil god Lavrus shouts.

I'm not going to help Rage.

This is just going to happen.

Why should I help Rage in the first place?

This fire is a distraction: ......

I let out a black flame to counteract the red flames that filled the room.

'Nonsense! You put out my Moloch fire!

Lavrus is astonished.

'I'm sorry, but the god Heybos has asked me to do something for you. He wants me to defeat you. ......

I hold my sword at the ready.

'Wait!!!!'

We are approached from behind.

A recovering Rage comes over to us.

'What is it? ......'

”We can win without your help!　Let's get you out of the way!

Then he holds up two swords. One of them is broken.

'I'm not going to help you in any way. ......

You can do what you want.

It's possible that they would have been saved without me in the first place.

And I have no intention of ingratiating myself.

I ignore Rage and point my sword at Lavrus.

''Why are the brave men of light and the dark knight both coming towards me!　What does that mean!

Lavrus holds his axe.

Myself and Rage go to Lavrus.

A three-way battle between the dark knight, the brave men of light and the evil gods has begun.

The black-haired wise man Chiyuki.

Hey, Chiyuki, what's the situation here?

Reno asks me.

'I don't know what's going on with me either when you say that: ......

In front of me, Rage and his Dark Knight are fighting Lavrus.

I'm not going to cover them.

Because, obviously, Rage and the others are pushing them.

Lavrus is being pushed by the two attackers.

It seems like we won't need to cover them in this one.

And we don't have time to spare either.

If we don't rest, our magic power won't recover.

Sahoko's burden was particularly heavy.

The whole time she was chanting healing and defensive magic, it's not unreasonable.

Now she's lying down. I want to say thank you for your help.

'I don't know what's going on, but I'm saved. ......

Yeah, yeah. ......

The situation has been reversed with his arrival as a dark knight.

Lavrus attacks him with fire and lightning, but it doesn't seem to be working at all.

He attacks with axes, spears and swords, but they are easily swept away.

Also, his raging attacks are not being defended by his shield.

He's overwhelmed Lavrus. He's ridiculously strong.

And then there's Rage.

Rage is attacking Lavrus with his dark knight.

Rage's sword of light and his black flames dance like a dance.

It was a circular dance of light and darkness.

◆Kuroki the Dark Knight.

Flashburst!

Rage's sword attacks himself and Lavrus.

I avoid Rage's sword as I turn my body around to avoid it.

Rage's attack doesn't take into account the fact that I'm there.

Well, from Rage's point of view, he's not even a friend, he's just attacking the same enemy.

That's why he uses a wide range of magic without a care in the world even though he is in front of you.

I know that Rage only protects girls, so I don't mind.

The problem is that you have to fight while watching your back.

To be honest, it's hard to fight.

I duck and duck Rage's slash that comes from the back.

The slash goes straight to Lavrus.

It seems that I was too late to respond to Rage's attack because I was standing in between.

Lavrus gets to his knees.

''Why!　Why are the brave men of light and the dark knights working together!

Lavrus shouts.

But I'm not cooperating.

Lavrus is misunderstood.

It may look like we are working together, but I'm simply ducking the attack of Rage coming from behind.

They are not fighting with each other under their breath.

Lavrus lets out flames from his mouth and thunderbolts from his horns.

But neither flames nor electricity will work on me.

Lavrus is coming at you with axes and spears.

The swing is too big.

You can't kill yourself with such an attack.

I catch the axe and spear and slash Lavrus's arm with the sword that returns the axe and spear.

Then he escapes to the side as it is.

Rage comes charging at the position I was in until then, sword at the ready. I almost got myself skewered too.

Rage goes straight to Lavrus.

Lavrus is unable to protect himself with his shield and is blown away by the penetration.

''BMOOOOOOOOOO!

Lavrus rolls on the floor.

But soon the room lights up and recovers.

Lavrus stands up as if nothing happened.

'I'm not going to get hit like this!　I'm not going to lose. ！！！！

Lavrus shouts.

Lavrus's attacks do not work on him. Their own attacks can damage Lavrus and heal him quickly.

They won't lose, but it's too much trouble.

So let's get this fight over with.

I lead them to the side of the room little by little while fighting Lavrus.

''Silone!　Now!

I shout to myself and signal to Silone.

Something flies from the entrance of this room towards the altar at the back of the room at breakneck speed.

It's Shirone, of course, who has come in.

''What?!''

Lavrus notices Silone, but it's too late.

Flying in at breakneck speed, Silone reaches the altar.

''What are you doing!''

I stand in front of Lavrus as he tries to return to the altar and stop him.

'I'm sorry, but I won't let you go!

Suddenly the entire room is engulfed in light.

As the light subsides, the landscape around you changes.

'Where are we?'

Lavrus looks around.

The place where we are now is not beneath the thirteenth level. It's the surface of the labyrinth.

''It's an urgent transference spell. Heibos built an escape device on the thirteenth level, just in case the labyrinth is attacked, and I'm sure you're aware of this. I'm sure you're aware of this.

I say to myself, pointing my sword at Lavrus.

The thirteenth level doesn't allow ordinary transference magic to be used, but there was a way to escape in an emergency. However, there was an emergency way to escape.

If you activate the magic device on the altar behind the throne where Lavrus sits, all of the people in that room will be forcibly transported out of the labyrinth.

''Now they can't recover anymore!　Of course I'm not going to let him go!　You lose, Lavrus!

Shirone the Maiden of Swords

I activate the magic device on the altar and transfer everyone who was there to the outside of the labyrinth.

This was something I had discussed with Kroki beforehand.

As long as Lavrulus is in that labyrinth, he will gain unlimited power.

That's why we have to pull Lavrulus out of the labyrinth.

To do this, Kroki and I decided to use the emergency transference magic device that was in the blueprint.

While Kroki was attracting Lavrus, I would activate the magic device.

It all worked.

The magic device is activated and everyone is forced to transition out of the labyrinth.

The transition destination is the square in the surface portion of the labyrinth.

I make a single turn in the sky and land at Chiyuki-san's place.

''Shirone-san!

Chiyuki calls my name.

'Good! Everyone is safe!

I look at everyone. They look tired, but they look fine.

'Yes, thank you for your help, Sirone. It's all thanks to him.

Chiyuki looks at Kuroki.

The fight isn't over yet.

Kuroki and Reigi-kun are still facing off against Lavrus.

But we've won.

''That's great, Shirone-san!　They breathed so well together!

Nao makes an excited sound.

'You really are. We're supposed to be fighting together for the first time. ......'

I watched them both fight from the entrance of the room as well.

It was impressive to see them both fighting together.

I'm sure this is the sight I wanted to see.

I was thinking that. Suddenly, the sky glows.

We look above us.

There is a huge ship flying there.

There are armed female angels flying around the ship.

And someone is standing at the head of the ship.

Is that Raina?

At the head of the ship stood the armed goddess Raina.

◆Dark Knight Kroki.

A glowing ship is floating in the sky.

At the head of that ship stands Raina with a spear and shield.

She was probably waiting far overhead in the labyrinth.

It seems that they came down because they themselves had shifted to the surface part of the labyrinth.

Myself, Rage and Lavrus both stopped fighting and looked up at the sky.

''It's been a long time, Lavrus.''

Raina laughs softly.

She's far away, but with her own vision, she can see that face clearly. That seems to be the case for both Rage and Lavrus.