Yero's blow, flying through the air, took Adriatic by surprise.
　Normally, you might have noticed the sound of wind blowing in the sky even if you couldn't see him.
　But now Adriatic is dealing with Elena, nicknamed General Hime.
　Using the fangs of the wind of the magic item, he managed to hold the upper hand by the so-called rain of arrows shot from the handle, but he still cannot underestimate his opponent.
　Sure enough, Elena has done so well, and that is why she was nicknamed General Hime.
　Adriatic was confident in her ability, but she still doesn't think she can win.
　That's why they were fighting with the help of a magic item called Wind Tusk.
　In the midst of all this, from the sky... and not as overtly present as Seto, it was very unlikely, if ever, that he would be attacked by something as small as Yero.
　...followed by him, and therefore, given that this place was known, he was the worst match for Adriatic.

"What!"

　He looked around at the wind's tusks, which had been blown out of his hand and rolled on the ground, and at the same time looked around him to see what had just hit him.
　Then, what came into view was a little... a figure of such a young man as I could only think of him as a child.
　Nevertheless, Adriatic was a good adventurer, though he was distracted by Yero, and was able to move at once.
　But... it was only for a moment that he caught his eye, but, given Elena's power, it was a mortal moment.
　The moment Adriatic reaches for the tusks of the wind rolling to the ground and tries to touch the handle, a Mirage operated by Elena is released at a cutting speed.
　Taking full advantage of its properties as a connecting sword, the tip of the blade flies at a distance that is not very possible with a regular long sword.
　The point of the sword, which has increased its power and speed with magic, is struck directly above the handle of the wind's fangs and shattered instantly.

"What!"

　When Adriatic saw it, she took her breath away sharply.
　Now, if my hand had reached out to the handle of the wind's tusks as soon as possible, the handle of the wind's tusks would have been cut off... or broken.

"...I think you want this kind of magic item because you mean Ray."

　muttered Elena, turning Mirage's blade back into a long sword.
　Elena, too, wanted to secure the fangs of the wind, as she knew her lover's tastes. He considered the method of entangling the fangs of the wind with a whip-like blade, a characteristic of the connected sword, but Adriatic's movements were not slow enough to allow it.
　If you had tried to force the fangs of the wind back, they would have been snatched back before.
　With that in mind, the best thing was not to let Adriatic have a magic item.
　As a result, Elena ultimately chose to destroy the fangs of the wind.

"...I'll do it, I'll do it, but I'm sure I'm not famous enough."

　The destruction of the wind's tusks, which was also the biggest factor in her dominance over Elena, must have been a painful blow to Adriatic.
　There was a slight impatience on his face, which had hovered a little before.

"Now, your greatest weapon has become useless. I should be glad if you would surrender me peacefully."

　Elena, with Mirage in her hand, advises surrender.
　While listening to the words, Adria looks around.
　Diaz, who can be called the greatest force among themselves, is fighting even against Vihela using wind scales.
　I'm afraid I won't be able to come to support myself now.
　Continuing to look at them were Sloppy and Paul, who were talking to Ray without fighting.
　Normally, I'd like to say what I'm going to do during a battle, but if Ray is attracting me, it's fair to say that Zuboz is doing well.
　Though highly skilled as an alchemist, he is not fit for actual warfare.
　And we are together, Paul, who is a sturdy but usually manages a magic item store.
　Of course, Paul's physical abilities would be sufficient for a normal opponent.
　But if Ray was his partner, it was a different story.
　There's almost no chance of winning even if you fight properly, so his behavior of keeping people out of the battle by talking is not wrong.

(I don't think you mean it.)

　Adria smiles bitterly in her heart, wary of Elena as she shrinks away from her with a Mirage in her hand.
　Adriatic is a hedonist to the core of his smile, even when he is cornered.
　I don't care what happens if it's funny. Such a feeling should have been called the source of Adriatic thought.

(Come to think of it, one more...)

　Adria suddenly realizes that there was another ally here.
　the man who came to inform Diaz that the Rays had entered the slums
　However, since the battle began, there has been little movement.

(Did you run away?)

　Originally treated as a subordinate to Diaz, there's no way he can keep up with this battle.
　Adriatic thought it would be a good idea to run away if that were the case.

"Oh, my!"

　A sudden outpouring of screams cast one's gaze toward the voice.
　It's no surprise to hear screams as the surrounding area is a battlefield.
　But the screams were in the wrong direction.
　the rest of the world, not the place
　It was probably the same with Elena. With Mirage in hand, he stopped taking steps towards Adria, and turned his eyes to the voice.
　The man, with long needles all over his body, lay on the ground.
　The pain caused some long needles to fall out of the ground, but on the contrary, they pierced deeper into the body, which caused more pain... and caused a vicious cycle of further rolling on the ground.
　It goes without thinking what happened.
　There is only one answer to this, given that a man who has disappeared since the beginning of a series of battles is struggling in pain near a man and a girl who are likely to be less aggressive.

"Oh, that's too bad. If I had been able to hold him hostage so well here, I would still have had a chance to turn the tables."
"...that is to say, do you think that we have lost here yet?"
"Well, I don't know," It might have been a chance to win in the sense that it's easy to win, but what I'm trying to say is that it's not fun to give up on winning so easily."

　Words from Adriatic's mouth give Elena both strength and magic in her hand holding the Mirage.
　With magic, Mirage changes its blade from a long sword to a connected sword.

"So, you have to surrender? Don't you know best that you don't have a chance to win now that the magic item is gone?"
"Yes, but... it's not interesting for me to surrender, either." So let me do my best to trouble you."

　At the same time, a dagger is released from Adriatic's hand.
　The dagger, thrown with the sole motion of his wrist, went straight to Elena's face.

"Sweet,"

　If you shake it with the Mirage handle in hand, the edge of the whip-shaped connected sword will easily strike the dagger.

"Which is sweet?"

　What Adria wanted was a momentary gap where Elena wields a Mirage.
　Mirage is not easy to handle compared to ordinary long swords because it is shaped like a connected sword.
　With a long sword, Adriatic would never have seen a path to victory.
　But now in whiplash, there was still a ray of light.
　Of course, I don't think Adria can beat Elena in a proper fight.
　With the fangs of the wind, there was still a possibility, but their dependable magical sword has now been turned into a wreckage by Mirage.
　Still... even if you can't win by force, that's if you fight head on.
　Otherwise, there was still plenty of possibility to do something about it.
　Yes, if you use a method that shields your weak opponent... or your precious opponent, as the man did before.
　Taking a momentary break, Adriatic kicks the ground and quickly cuts the distance with his goal, Yero.
　Realizing this, Yero tries to fly with his wings fluttering, but... his action is one step slower.
　If Adria escapes beyond her reach, as long as she is a human being, it is an absolute safety zone for Yero.
　No doubt about it, but comparing Adriatic's instantaneous power with Yellow's rate of rise, the former has an advantage.
　The stretched out hand gradually approaches him to catch him.
　He flapped his wings desperately to escape from his hands, but Adriatic's hand almost touched his body...

"What!"But at the moment of touching Yero's body, Adria immediately pulls back her extended hand and kicks her in the ground to escape.
　The next moment it became clear why he had done such a thing.
　Elena's sharp Mirage blade passed through Adriatic's place a moment ago.
　If it had not been possible to give up securing Yero, the Mirage blade wielded by Elena would have cut Adriatic's body.
　There was such speed and sharpness in this blow as to make the person who avoided it think so.

"That's too bad. It was almost there."

　Adria muttering, at a distance from Elena, with a different dagger in her hand than she had thrown before.
　He said it was a pity that he could have secured the yellow, or that the Mirage blade that Elena had wielded could not capture Adria.

"I'll tell you,"

　Turning Mirage back into a long sword, Elena glances through the sky at the approaching Yero.

"I understand most of what you were thinking about to secure Yero, but it probably ended in vain."
"What do you mean?" Do you think I'm the one who's... the one whose name seems to be Iro, and who can't attack his lovely figure?"

　If so, I'm underestimating myself.
　Adria wanted to say so, but Elena even smiled at Adria and shook her head on top of it, denying that she was thinking.

"I'm not saying that I'm hesitating to attack Yero. It's no use attacking him."
"...wasteful?"
"Yes,"

　Elena, who once paused, caresses Yero, who came close to her.
　The feel is firm, albeit warm.
　As a child of a dragon, the scales and underlying skin do not penetrate a half-bladed blade.
　Moreover, Yero is not just a child of dragons, but a creature created by Elena by maximizing the power of the Ensent Dragon through dragon language magic.
　Adriatic in front of Elena... she can't do anything about it with a mere dagger.

(Well, where the scales are not covering... the eyes are weak.)

　Understanding it, Elena wielded a Mirage before he was captured by Adriatic.

"…Now, the situation is completely settled. You don't want to fight any more meaningless battles and get hurt, do you? Let's have them catch me quietly this time. Of course, I don't want you to run away like I did before."

　As Elena asks Mirage in her hand, Adriatic thinks a little... and turns her eyes toward him again.
　The battle hasn't even begun there.

(That is to say, there is no possibility that Zuboz's inner hand will break the current situation if he gains time. I don't know how far Zuboz can play against Ray, but he has his inner hand, too.)

　The only weapon he had was a dagger, and yet Adriatic waited for things to move, pretending to negotiate for even a little time.