'What?　You are....

　Acknowledging Arios' appearance, Iris looked a little awkward.
　He looks like a kid who's been found naughty.

　Arios, on the other hand, seems to be in a bad mood.
　He tells Iris unabashedly and bullishly.

'We've met before, haven't we?　I think it's called Iris?
....
Why are you here?　I thought you were still in River End, but...?
....
All right. You better turn back now. I'll let you off the hook now. Otherwise, I'll let you get hurt a little like you did in Pagos, okay?
Huh.

　At Arios' words, which did not lose his strong stance, Iris returned a dismissive sigh.

　That attitude seemed to be unexpected, and Arios scowled slightly.

''Hey, what's that attitude?　Maybe you think I won't touch it?　If that's the case, then you're mistaken. I will do whatever it takes to protect the villagers.
Then you'll have to fight me.
...what?

　Arios showed a dumb face with a plop.
　Iris chuckles at Arios.

I'm not sure how much you have freed me, but I'm still a human being. And he's a brave man. Do you think I'd follow such a person forever?
You are...　That's not what you said.
'In return for releasing me, I'll cooperate with you... that was the promise I made, but I'm tired of it. I mean, I thought it was time to kill the survivors of Pagos so let's take our cooperation to the end.
"Wha... you... you ungrateful bastard!　How dare you? I set you free, didn't I?　And now you're going to betray me!
Promises are meant to be broken.
Goooooooooo...!

　Arios seems to be very angry and his face turns red, but.....
　I don't want to hear what you just said.

'Hey, Arios. Is it true what Iris is saying?
'Well that can't be ... it can't be. You're just spouting bullshit to try and discredit me.
Bullshit, hey...

　I can only assume you're telling the truth...
　It looks like we don't have time for questions and answers about it right now.

'Well I guess we should get started.

　Iris made a gesture as if she were embracing herself.
　Then, eight wings sprouted from its back.

''Could it be........celestial tribe.......?''
Come on, let's go kill each other.



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　The magic Iris unleashed turned the entrance to the village into scorched earth.
　Flames curled up and blew away the plants and trees.

　The villagers, who had been watching the scene in the distance, screamed and ran away.
　As if to signal the start of the battle, Iris rushed in.

''Arios, cooperate!
What? Why are you with me?

　While complaining, Arios pointed his palm at Iris.
　I'm going to focus my magic power too.

''Fireball!''
GigaVolt!

　Oversized fireballs and purple electricity head towards Iris and bite her like a living thing.
　Explosions.
　And then a storm of thunderstorms broke out.

　My vision is blocked by dust.
　I can't see anything.
　But.........Iris's evil presence was closing in on us without disappearing.

''Rain!
Huh.

　He was pushed from the side by Kanade.
　Immediately after that, Iris appeared from the dust and swung her hand like a sword.

　Schnung!

　A sharp crack appears in the earth where it had been standing a moment ago.
　Perhaps it was an invisible attack, weaving magic power into it like a blade.

''Arios!''
What does this mean!

　I saw Aggus and Mina come running in.
　Behind him, Leanne is also there.

'Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, why are you fighting that guy?　I thought that guy was supposed to be our pawn.
Have you betrayed them?
d*mn, I knew it was going to come to this and that's why I was against it.
Come on. You guys help!　We're fighting them off!

　Apparently, Aggus and the others knew about Iris.
　There were more targets to question.

　However.........
　We can't talk about it or question it if we don't get through this.
　I'll have to do something about it.

"My God, why did I do this...
Well it's no use, now that it's come to this. Let's go, Leanne, Mina.
Yes!　Holy Arrow!

　Mina moves first and shoots an arrow of light.

''Red Crimson!''

　Continuing on, Leanne unleashed her magic.
　Their magic was different from what I saw before, the power of the two of them had increased by an order of magnitude.
　The magic they were chanting was advanced, but in effect, it might be as powerful as a super grade.
　Somehow, it seems that he had been training since they parted ways.

''Hmph.''

　Even with their magic in front of her, Iris didn't break into a smile.
　Not to intercept them.
　Not even to avoid them.
　She is exposing her body defenselessly against the magic.

　.........Speaking of which, it seems that me and Arios' magic earlier didn't work either, but how did they prevent it from happening?

　I was wondering...
　I didn't dare touch her to find out what the moment was, and I watched to see what happened.

　Lean and Mina's magic landed on Iris.
　The Red Lotus' karma fire enveloped Iris.
　Light floods in to envelop it, purifying everything.

　But.........Iris was still alive and well.

''Nah!''
Wait a minute, what is that?　What kind of magic trick did you use!

　Mina and Leanne are surprised.
　It can't be helped.
　The advanced magic should have been a direct hit for sure.......but Iris didn't even get a graze wound.



　Everyone else doesn't seem to notice but....
　I saw the moment.

　The magic that Mina and Lean released seemed to explode before it could touch Iris.
　It's a good idea to have a thin weld around Iris's body.

　If that's the case, it's tricky.
　Being able to put up wards while fighting, that would be a hell of a lot of power.

'If magic doesn't work, how about this one!

　Using the two magic blasts as cover, Aggus approached Iris.
　He swung the huge great sword down from directly above.

''Oh?　Will you be playing with me this time?
What?

　Iris caught the great sword with one hand.
　Iris was unperturbed by the fact that she had caught the huge mass.

　How is that possible?
　I'm sure Kanade could do the same trick but....
　His body would be pushed by the mass and power of the great sword.

　Looking at Iris, he didn't even have to look at it.
　She didn't move slightly, as if she had caught the bird's wings.

'Come on, dance for me.'
'Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

　Iris, pompously, put her hand on Aggus' abdomen.
　Gently, it looked like he just touched it.

　With just that, Aggus's huge body was blown away like paper.
　It flew more than ten meters and ripped down the trees before finally stopping.

　What did you just do...?
　It looked like you just touched it and then...

I'm going to give you all this as a gift.
This is....
Kyah!

　The moment Iris snapped her fingers with a snap, Mina and Lean were blown away.
　They weren't chanting, so I don't think it was magic but....

　What the hell is this all about?
　I broke out in a cold sweat as I saw Iris's inexplicable abilities.......and the overwhelming power that I couldn't see the bottom of.