"f*ck!

　The airflame shoots out a 'scattershot' and does its best to distance itself from the mangled dragon.

''There's no time to lose........Dragon King!
Gooaaaah!

　The dragon roared and approached the Qi Flame.

　'Mujo, Dragon King Manifestation'. It is the highest-ranked secret art among the jutsu handed down in the Mizukami family.
　This jutsu, which has elements of ceremonial divine arts, is able to temporarily manifest and use the Dragon King. However, its duration is too short.
　Even with Junkanai's extraordinary spiritual power manipulation and all of his spiritual power, the time it can manifest is limited to one minute. But -

Hey, hey, what the hell is going on here...

　ーーThe destructive power was exactly what was worthy of being called a one-hit kill.
　The place where the airflame had just stood was obliterated without a trace by the dragon's rush. The impact made the entire ward tremble.

''Hai. Hinoyama-chan, you're out~

　A tense voice echoes in the hall, but no one is there to hear it. This is because the Dragon King's overwhelming presence keeps everyone from being distracted.

''That guy can't be defeated by me now, but he'll disappear if the sorcerer gets hit!

　The airflame tried to approach Junkanai, but the Dragon King rolled his maw to protect his master and prevented him from doing so.

''d*mn. But it can't last long. Come on! I'm going to avoid everything!
You don't have to tell me, Dragon King!
Guoaahhhhhh!

　Already, the dragon's tail is about to disappear. There was not much time left for Junkanai.
　But Junkanai, who couldn't fully control the Dragon King, couldn't catch the air flames.

''I'm at my limit.......''
''I'm sorry, sis. If I could just give you my spiritual power...

　Since Junkanai and Junna have similar wavelengths of spiritual power, they are able to share each other's spiritual power. However, this is a skill that can only be done with her sister Junkanai's spiritual power manipulation, and Junna, who is not good at manipulating spiritual power, cannot pass it on.
　Of course, Junkanai, who is manipulating the Dragon King, doesn't have the luxury of time to do so.

''Don't worry.......with the next blow......I'll change the situation!

　Gritting his teeth, he desperately kept his consciousness and gave the translucent dragon king his final command.

''Guoaaaah!!!!!

　As if in response to his resolve, the Dragon King also made a final assault with his disappearing body.

''Ah? You're just getting louder.

　Kiirou had a boring expression on his face and effortlessly ducked the Dragon King's rush. However, despite losing his target, Ki-itis noticed that the Dragon King did not stop advancing despite losing his target.

''Bakki! Avoid!
'Gah! Gagaaah!

　The bomber is blown out of the field and the substitute tag crumbles away.

''Hai. Bakki-chan is out too~

　Then, along with the wall of flame, the Dragon King's figure disappeared.

''Tch, you were aiming for the flame wall and the bombshell from the beginning. You've been beaten.

　With that said, the airflame with a satisfied expression on his face, he continues to say more.

''You guys can't fight anymore. Keep quiet there. I'll go to Mitsuru Castle.

　As he finished saying that, the Qi Flame noticed further anomalies. The audience, who had been distracted by the Dragon King's figure, also noticed the anomaly.

''That... who is that...?''

　The words were uttered by Junkanai, who barely kept his consciousness despite exhausting his spiritual power.

　The wall of flames disappeared ahead of him, a masked sorcerer on his buttocks and a kneeling Mitsurugi Youkai. And a white-haired little girl standing there, holding the head of a chopped off three-sword statue.





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Are you ... my shikigami?
....

　The little girl, carrying a dagger at her waist, nodded silently and coyly, and ran over to her cute little girl... holding the warrior's head.

''Wait, I'm scared. Throw that away.
....

　With a regretful expression on her face, the little girl threw her head away.......scary.

''Oh, it's gone.''

　The warrior's torso and neck disappeared, releasing something like particles of light. A shikigami disappears like that when it's knocked down?

''My three sword statue... in an instant? What the hell is that ceremonial God!

　The bespectacled suit shouts, but I don't understand it either.
　I was born imitating a warrior's technique in the first place, I want to hear this one.

"Oh, and the wall of fire is gone.

　Before I knew it, the wall of fire that separated me and the water sisters had disappeared.
　And the scattershot person and the water sisters were looking at me with astonished expressions.

''I'm the one who's astonished, though...''

　After generating a wall of fire, I completed the technique with my trembling hands. However, just before I was about to summon it, the wall was breached and a large sword was coming at me. At that moment, I was so scared that I fell on my ass.
　However, the loud roar that suddenly echoed out suddenly distracted my glasses suit and I was able to summon the shikigami in that moment.

　I don't know whose roar it was, but I'm grateful.

　After that, I said to the shikigami before the figure appeared, "Defeat the warrior! He shouted, and the next thing he knew, the warrior's head and body had parted ways.

''Three Crane Castle!
'Ha, what you did with me I'll aim directly at the surgeon! Airflame, you must attack from the air!
Roger that!

　The voice of the scattershot person woke up the freezing glasses suit and the two of them rushed in.
　I mean, the scattershot person, he's flying! I didn't know you could use it like that. I'll try it sometime.

"Ha, this is not the time to think about that! Shikigami! Take them down!
....

　The young girl nodded with a cocoon and put her hand on the dagger at her waist. And then...


"Caw!
Everybody run! Evacuate!
The emergency exit is this way! Now!


ーーー A bell-like tone rang out, and the roof of Tsudumu collapsed down.