Chapter 480 (1/2)
16-74 Saga Empire, Battle at the Imperial Capital (4)
※This is not from Satou's point of view
“Ugeeh, it's a huge one”
An earthquake is shaking the imperial capital
Buildings are swaying hard like they're made of clay
“Rock n ro~ll~?”
“It's dangerously perilous so I inform”
“Arisa, Tamchan, Nansan! Please take shelter here”
Lulu beckoned the girls to her Floating Fort
Nana carried Arisa and jumped out, Tama slipped out s Fort
Surrounding houses are collapsing doard the Floating Fort
“We're on!”
“Got it!”
After getting Arisa's confir Fort forward
“Nana, please guard the Floating Fort I'll put up Isolation Walls and–”
“Order accepted, so I report”
Nana and her stacked Flexible shi+elds block out all the s objects and dust cloud, while Arisa parries away big ones with space ic [Isolation Wall (Deracinator)]
“Cru don~?”
“Oh no! The castle!”
Tama points ahead
The i down
“I'll see how it's going over there”
“Understood Taer debris Is it okay, Tamchan?”
“Aye”
Lulu uses the Floating Fort's antiaircraft artillery to break down huge debris into pieces, and Tama uses her Wind Release technique to blow those away
Normally, Wind Release is a technique to whirl up sand as a diversion at most, but this feat must have been made possible by the superior ability of Cat Ninja Tama
“E-earthquake?”
“Not even japan ever got a quake this intense!”
Hero Seigi and Hero Yuuki look around while screa out loud
The ra like it's going to fall apart anytime
“So nanodesu”
Pochi nodded at her Dragon Steed's call
“So?”
“Nn, escape”
Mia tapped the quizzical Liza on the feet before riding the winds and took a seat behind Pochi on the back of the white lesser dragon, Lyuryu
“Lyuryu, ta~ke off nanodesu”
The white dragon flew off at Pochi's command
Liza also leaped off and caught the aron extended out
“Follow me”
Mia's voice got swept away by the roaring sounds of collapsing buildings, but it still ed to reach her summoned Artificial Spirit, Lesser Fenrir
Lesser Fenrir skillfully hops over the falling debris, following after Mia
“You guys too, fly off”
Having their hands pulled by Hikaru as floating in the air, Hero Seigi and Hero Yuuki recalled the Flying Shoes they had on and put mana into those
The raet in the sky, along with several other structures in the site
“Geh, the castle's”
The volui's shout didn't lose out to the thunderous sounds
Beyond the dust cloud, the castle in the center is sinking in
“Seigi, look at that! Down, on the ground!”
Hero Yuuki pointed at a huge shadow of humanoid beyond the dense cloud of dust
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“I-I-It's shaking”
“We-we've got to get away from here”
“H-H-Has the Divine Punishain for us?”
“Ey, stop that nonsense!”
“Indeed! Such a thing as Divine Punisha Empire!”
Ministers and servants couldn'tas they fell on the floor, panicking while latching on nearby pillars and people
“Y-Your Majesty! With the power of Imperial Capital, the earthquake–”
“Now that the de the capital–”
The place greatly shook vertically as the aides were saying so
People screaain hard
Only the erabbed on pillars were safe
“W-what just–”
Before the e the City Core, the entire place sunk in vertically
Everyone in the audience hall screa for their reputation as the floor sunk down at a speed that fooled even bodily sensation like it was experiencing a free fall all the while shaking violently
“O Guardian Spirit of Saga Empire–”
While trying not to bite his own tongue, the eripped the Monarch Bell in his hand and shouted out loud
“Protect my loyal subject! ■ Absolute Shell”
The floor suddenly stopped sinking, perhaps they had hit the bottom
Right before the people crashed on the floor, the City Core ic the eot protected by spheres of blue light
The e a down due to the intense recoil
Spheres of blue light protected the people here fro debris before it broke into pieces
“U-Uuu…”
A howl that felt like it brought about dreads from the depth of hell aroused the emperor from his momentary blackout
Groaning and sobbing voices of people mixed with a low frequency sound from afar informed the emperor of their survival
“S-Someone–”
None of the aide was here to answer him
With a huge roaring sound, the audience hall's wall got torn apart, and the naked upper half of a woman with bull-like horns showed up from there
The wo the horns There's a race of carnivorous bipedal cows called Minotaurs, but those have cow heads
The emperor has no idea about the race of this female human with horns in front of him
Besides, she's too huge Just her upper half al No need for precise nu the audience hall is er than the giant race that boasts big frames
Her eyes clad in purple light caught the emperor
There is only madness in those eyes
“D-demon lord”
The e
He had no basis in that, but he could sense the wo terror e from her
“O Guardian Spirit of Saga Empire–”
The e voice
Dark purple light circulates on the wo hair
Her hair is split into three braids that then raise up as if snakes
Snake-likedark purple lights forward
“Take me to safety to the Sanctuary! ■ Return Master Room”
Right after the eht sed up the entire audience hall
The emperor was saved by a hair's breadth, but were he used any other City Core ic than the [Return Master Room] in order to save his aides, he would have been turned into cinders along with his aides, or perhaps he would end up like the blackened burnt remains on the floor
“Oh he got away, Lao after him I'm the only one allowed to look at Lamiko-san's naked body”
A boy wearing a shabby robe was standing close to the bullhorn woman's ear before anyone realized
“H-Hero Fuu! Why would a hero!”
“Hee, you survived through Laood”
The i one of his ar out of his head