-- The moment she regained consciousness, Sakura almost screamed from the intense pain that assaulted her entire body.

　Only the sensation of pain is clear, and everyone can't even examine where exactly it is hurting and how it's hurting.

　I feel like I'm bleeding quite a bit, but I don't even know how much blood I've lost.

　The only thing that was clear was that he was lying face down on the floor of the burning Great Capitol building.

"(I believe ...... I, is ......)

　With my severely fuzzy head, I recall the events before I passed out.

　In the midst of confronting Algernon, a girl-shaped automatic doll suddenly appeared and became engaged - yes, that's right, after slicing and dicing with all of my deadly force, I fell behind and allowed a direct hit from a decisive slash.

　It's not luck or the enemy's carelessness that they haven't been stabbed in the back even though they were defeated.

　That slash was so deadly that it was understandable to himself.

　It was a wound that I can assure you that if you don't have a powerful self-regeneration skill, you will surely die, and it's only natural that they were convinced of the resolution.

　So why am I surviving like this?

　The answer was immediately understood.

''(It's this magical power that flows through the floor ...... Luke-dono's [Restoration] that is ...... healing the entire Great Tree, although the magical power pouring into me is only a small part of it...'' ...Still, that's more than enough to hold your life together. ......)

　Sakura grasped the hilt of the sword with her sensory-depleted right hand, moving her face slightly to raise her gaze.

　The light red sword blade was snapped in the middle, and although it was not in the shape of a proper sword, it was still enough to slice through a throat flute.

　Sakura, who was looking for an opportunity while breathing, heard Algernon's dumbfounded and impatient sounding voice jumped into her ears.

''What's this?　Oh, come on, what's the point?
Algernon!　What the hell happened!
That's what it looks like. I punched a hole through the middle of Fraxinus, and it's starting to fill up.
'What I'm asking is why the rebirth began!　No matter how much of a Fraxinus there is, there is no way that he would have this much spare energy left!

　A large burnt hole has been drilled into the farthest wall of the Great Capitol, and in front of it, Algernon and a girl-shaped automaton stand in front of it, with their backs to Sakura and looking up at the large hole.

　Such a large hole should not have been opened a moment ago.
　How could they have allowed a murderous act to take place while they were unconscious?

　The flaming giants with only their upper bodies are still alive and well, but they seem to have lost a bit more fire power than before.

　Apparently, neither of them are aware that this is due to Luke's [Restoration] skill.

　It's unlikely that they haven't been able to get information via Bran: .......

　Perhaps they don't have enough information and don't think they can do such a large scale [restoration].

'(I've recovered enough to visit a single sword, but which one of us should target ......?　Algernon's invisibility defense still shows no limits ...... if the threat level is higher for the girl if it becomes a frontal combat ......!

　Sakura carefully raised herself up so as not to make a sound, while piling on the calm thoughts, and caught the floor surface firmly with the sole of her shoe while supporting herself with the hand that wasn't holding the sword.

'...... No, we can get to the cause later. Algernon, hit maximum power again.
"Don't be ridiculous, Hadary. Muspel's output is in the gutters because you squeezed the firepower out of him earlier.
Then let it self-destruct. I've still got a spare medallion in Muspel's medallion. A fight with Fraxinus is a lot cheaper.

　Algernon cowers his shoulders with his back to us.

　At the moment when the girl doll (Hadary) was about to return on her heels (Kibisu), Sakura kicked the floor from her ground-crawling position and activated 【shrinkage】.

　--Flesh-thin, and then a flash.

　The sword, which was broken in half, caught Hadaree's neck without aiming too hard - and then shattered.

"Nah ......!
'Oh, are you feeling better?　Then again, good night.

　Hadary spun her body with the grace of a dance and slammed a kick into Sakura's abdomen so fast it was invisible.

　Sakura was blown backwards at a tremendous speed and crashed into the wall from her back, unable to pass on.

'...... gohha!'

　Fresh blood gushed from his mouth.

　The blade definitely arrived. It also sliced through the flesh of the neck.
　The slash was prevented by the skeleton (frame).

　I'm not going to be able to say that I'm not going to be able to do anything about it.

'Hey, Algernon?　As you can imagine, I can't take it anymore. I don't mind if you kill him.

　Hadary gave Sakura an almost impersonal look as she nervously touched the deep cut in her neck.

'I take your silence as an affirmation. If you resent it, you should resent Shiranui Claude's lack of discipline.'

　Sakura glared back at Hadary, who was turning the dagger to play with it, while letting go of the sword that had lost a large portion of its blade, and put her hand on a wakizashi made of the same material.

　The faint 【Restoration】 magic that comes through the wall barely gives me the strength to move my body.

　The sword can be [repaired] later.

　The question is whether to continue the battle until reinforcements arrive, or to see an opening and flee with [Shrinkage].

''(The interval in which you can jump on one foot is within the range of vision ...... one activation is limited to the exit of the Great Capitol, although you'll need to activate it again from there ......)''

　I didn't have any feeling that I would be able to get away with it for sure.

　My gut tells me that it's a complete gamble whether or not I'll succeed - and that's a pretty poor choice.

'(There's no time to hesitate!)　(If you're mistaken and become a prisoner, you'll only be dragging everyone (everyone) down!

　Hadary moved herself waveringly and showed signs of running.

　Sakura immediately kicks the floor and activates 【Shrinkage】, jumping across the space to the doorway of the Great Capitol building and transitioning.

　My vision is interrupted for a moment, and immediately switches to the scene near the doorway.

　At the moment I was about to activate [Shrinkage] in succession, my vision dimmed slightly.

''Yes, I'm sorry.''

　-- right in front of my eyes and nose, I saw Hadary jumping at me.

　In the space of a moment that felt long and drawn out, an eerie smile and the glint of a two-handed dagger could be seen.

　It was being read - in the midst of her running, accelerating thoughts, Sakura understood that she had lost the bet.

　Perhaps Hadary, from the effects of the [shrinking ground] that he had shown a few times and Sakura's wounded body, had read that his next move was to escape.

　Rather than the legs that were about to run out of strength kicking the floor, Hadary's dagger was much faster to close in on his neck--

"...... d*mn it!

　-- but even faster than that, another dagger flew into Hadary's face.

　Hadary quickly dropped his attack on Sakura and flicked off the dagger ...... technically a stick-shaped hand (...) back (...) sword (...) that was closing in on the eyeball.

　At about the same time, someone who ran through both sides of Sakura at a tremendous rate of speed launched a slash at Hadaree almost simultaneously.

''Iyosh!　I made it in time!
I got one, Agat Ram!

Hadary catches two mithril alloy swords with daggers on either side.

　However, he couldn't resist the forceful push of the two men, and Mithril's sword barrel flew backwards in a big way with the momentum of being swept out.

''Garnett!　Ezell!

　The two swordsmen, both named by Sakura, looked powerfully over their shoulders as they held their swords at the ready without caution.