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"They're here. That's the white devil. That's the one in the front."

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"Oh, that's it?　...... beautiful. More like a messenger of God than a demon. Is the name "Shield of God" not too far off?

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　The Balkan army is coming toward us across the Rhine.

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　The army of Barca is accompanied by several other armies of nobles and knights.

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　I know all of them.

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　In any case, the army that was with us just a few days ago is now with them.

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　It seems that the Sults and the other nobles have gone to Barca.

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　But I know that this is a survival tactic in their own way.

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　Because the Royal Army of the Kingdom of Resolute still has the Sults and others in its ranks.

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　Brian Sult, who has joined Barca, is the head of the Sult family, but there are also those in the Royal Army of Resolute who are the heirs of the Sult family.

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　This is probably meant so that the bloodline will remain even if either the army of Barca or the army of the Kingdom of Rizorte wins the battle.

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　By placing the heirs of the Surt family in both camps, the possibility of the succession of the Surt family will be reduced.

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　However, this does not mean that the Sultanate of Barqa and the Kingdom of Rizorte will not cut corners on the battlefield.

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　Both sides will fight earnestly for the survival of themselves and their families.

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　But I did not have time to worry about such trivial matters now.

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　Anyway, I look at the boy at the head of the Balkan army.

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　I kept looking at the boy who was riding a flying dragon and running on the ground as if looking down from the sky.

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　I wonder what it is.

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　Ars Valka was riding a beast of burden called a Valkyrie.

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　However, the Valkyrie he rides is quite different from the others.

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　What is that ......?

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　The other Valkyries have beautiful white fur, whereas the one he rides has a slightly pale sheen to its fur.

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　Also, as if spilling out from their fur, they look like dancing icicles.

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　The dancing icicles, reflecting the glittering light, create a somewhat magical atmosphere.

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　And its head has horns.

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　I heard that Valkyries, the messenger beasts of Valka, originally had horns, and those with horns can use magic.

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　But perhaps they are not the same as the Valkyries with horns.

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　The horns on the head of the Valkyrie he rides are spread out at the base to cover the forehead, but all these parts of the horns feel a terrifying magic power.

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　By the way, on the radio, Ars Varka's brother Kyle Reed said that he has made a contract with a higher spirit.

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　Perhaps that horned man is something comparable to a high spirit.

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　The figure was so mysterious that it was almost as if the other was a larger being than us, even though we were the ones looking down on them from the sky.

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"d*mn! What's the matter with these guys? ......"

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"What?"

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"I don't know, Miss Olivia. It's just that the flying dragons seem somewhat frightened since they saw Barca's army."

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　As I gazed at the messenger beast that Ars Valka rode, one of the dragon knights nearby shouted out.

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　When I looked at him, it seemed that not only the one who shouted, but also the others were calming down the flying dragon that he was riding.

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　Come to think of it, since the Barka army came into view, the flying dragons seem to be somewhat restless.

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　The flying dragon I am riding seems to be a little excited.

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　I wonder why?

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　Could it be that something happened to the flying dragons because of the defeat of the dragon knight unit in the earlier battle with the Barka army?

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　No, flying dragons are not that soft-hearted.

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　They are so ferocious that they only recognize people as food if you don't use [training] on them.

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"...... Could it be that these kids are excited to see Ars Varka?"

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"What do you mean, Miss Olivia?　No matter how much the opponent is that infamous devil, it doesn't matter to flying dragons, does it?"

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"Yes, it is. Their reputation among humans is of no concern to these children. But they do look at their opponents. No, maybe their natural wild instincts are afraid of him. ......

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"No way. ....... I don't think the flying dragons would be this upset, no matter how many Ars Varka they are dealing with."

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"Maybe it has something to do with the equipment he's wearing."

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　I pointed my finger toward Ars Varka as if to indicate to the dragon knights under my command.

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　I had been preoccupied with the high spirit-like messenger beast, but when I looked at the boy again, I was surprised at his strangeness.

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　Perhaps the flying dragons are frightened by one of the pieces of equipment he is wearing, his armor.

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　His armor was something they had never seen before.

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　From a distance, it does not seem to be made of metal.

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　But perhaps it is much more defensive than metal.

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　My hunch is that the armor was made from the scales of some creature.

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　A creature that the flying dragons would be afraid of just by looking at it.

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　...... I don't think so... Could it be a dragon?

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　The dragons are almost legendary now.

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　They are much larger and stronger than the flying dragons.

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　The most famous description of the dragon is probably the slaying of the dragon by the first King Dorren and his numerous wizards.

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　However, in recent years, there have been sightings of dragon species and stories of their defeat.

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　The one who slayed the dragon, which was said to be a legendary creature.

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　That is the famous anecdote of Ars Varka that is coming our way.

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　At first, the story was that he slayed a dragon that had become immortal.

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　This was initially thought to be a fabrication.

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　However, it became known as a true story when the Church officially recognized the existence of the immortal dragon and his slaying of it, later recognizing him as a holy knight.

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　The next was a recently published book with illustrations.

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　The book was made of thin paper, a different kind of parchment from that which had come to be made in Barca.

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　The book, surprisingly, had pictures on every page.

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　Normally, a book is supposed to be composed mainly of text, with illustrations to supplement the text.

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　However, the book was composed in such a way that the pictures were the main subject of the book.

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　One of the most popular picture books in the series was about a dragon slaying in a western quest.

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　A boy knight flies westward in the sky to a large lake called the sea.

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　On his way, he encountered and fought with a giant flying dragon, the sky dragon.

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　The boy knight confronts the overwhelmingly huge, yet flying dragon with a sword of light.

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　This story is said to be quite popular.

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　However, in our Kingdom of Resolute, it was taken to have a different meaning.

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　It is clear that the boy knight of the storybook is Ars Valka.

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　And the giant dragon flying in the sky does not mean the same thing as it is, but it might be an allusion to the Kingdom of Risorthe.

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　The story calls the Kingdom of Resolute, which utilizes flying dragons and has the strongest dragon knight force, a sky dragon, and shoots it down.

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　Isn't that the best evidence that Ars Valka is aiming at overthrowing the Kingdom of Risorthe?

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　Such an interpretation has been common in the Kingdom of Risorthe since the publication of the picture book.

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　That's probably why.

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　The order to move the army at the moment of the victory of the Barka army over the Reinsatz army was necessary to oppose the Barka army.

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　But maybe not.

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　What if the contents of the picture book did not imply the overthrow of the Kingdom of Resolute?

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　Is it possible that this is a true story that really happened?

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　If it is true, Ars Varka defeated the sky dragon.

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　He slayed the sky dragon, which was much bigger and stronger than the flying dragon.

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　And what if he used the scales he collected from the dragon to make armor?

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　Maybe the flying dragons know.

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　A real dragon, far stronger than their own species, has been turned into armor and worn by that demon.

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　That is why they are frightened at the mere sight of it.

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　...... is no good.

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　This is not right.

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　These are just guesses.

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　Or you can call them wild fantasies.

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　Nothing is certain.

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　I guess I am unconsciously cornered by him when I think of these things.

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　But let's put them out of our minds.

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　That would be a no-win situation.

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　I am about to engage in a battle with the person in front of me.

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　It is no use if I am defeated in spirit.

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　With this in mind, I let out all the air from my body and take a deep breath.

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　After repeating this several times, I shouted out my requirements.

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　I shouted it from the sky so that all the Balkan troops moving on the ground could hear me.

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"My name is Olivia Rizzolte. My name is Olivia Rizzolte... princess of the Rizzolte royal family and commander of the Dragon Knight Corps. To the forces of Barca I say... I challenge the forces of Barca to a duel. Accept my demand and accept the duel before the gods or not.

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　I had tried many times in my mind to imagine a battle with the Barka army.

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　But none of them had given me any clue as to how to win the war.

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　So, we will not fight them properly.

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　We do not fight armies against armies.

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　Instead, they will challenge each other to a duel.

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　He challenges Ars Valka to a one-on-one duel for the southern part of the territory of Rheinsatz, which the army of the Kingdom of Rysolte has so far cut off.

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　He will not be able to refuse.

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　He will not be allowed to escape.

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　Now, let's get down to business!

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