The battlefield, with its dust flying around it, was a horrible place to be.
　The place that should have originally been a mountainous area had been transformed into an uneven earth, as if it had been excavated.

　The nature that should have surrounded it was frozen and withered away.
　It was a scene of despair and death that denied the existence of the living.

'Did you do it?'

　The first person to speak was Shtel.
　But those words would have been the feelings held by all of the participants in this battle.
　In the silent battlefield, it was the moment when Shtel floated a V-sign and was about to shout a victory cheer.

''--!　Stell, not yet!

　A ghastly carcass, countless snakes crawled out from deep inside Yamata's body, which looked like a lump of meat.

''Geez, that's disgusting--Oh no, don't come here!

　Tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of serpents gathered together in vast numbers to form a huge sphere.

　The source of the Yamata was a single race called the king snakes.
　They multiplied their numbers to the point that they could not fit into their own domain.
　One of them, which was about to be chased out of its territory, stuck its fangs into a companion beside it. The cannibalism spread so quickly that the Yamata was born as if it had fused together.

　In its essence, it was just one race made up of one animal, a snake that seemed to exist infinitely, all of which were Yamata.

　The red mass was there.
　The red of blood soaked into the air is also very noticeable, but even more than that - a great number of eyeballs were looking at their prey with eyes that seemed to run with blood.

''--The Tachibana style sword technique--Senbonzakura--''

　Kensei tore through the oncoming snakes.
　With the two swords at his disposal, dozens or hundreds of corpses were piled up.
　But it was the earliest wave.

''G--g--''

　The violence of the overwhelming numbers swallowed Kensei up in an instant.

''Kensei-san!

　Each time it bites, Kensey's movements slow down, and that's when he's about to be kidnapped by the waves. The storm that blew through the air momentarily dismissed the group of snakes.
　Kensei didn't miss the momentary opportunity and retreated, dropping his sword.

''I'm sorry, Aisha-chan or.........''

　Even though he succeeded in retreating, it was still snake, snake, snake, in front of him.
　After Aisha overused her magic power to the limit. She took a potion to restore her magic power, but even so, her magic power was diminishing.
　At this rate, even spirit magic will soon become useless.

''Ugh.......this is.......quite a pinch......I don't want to use it too much, pumpkin pumpkin....

　A pumpkin-headed little devil (Pumpkin Devil) manifests in front of Aisha, who feels conflicted about her airy skirt.

Besides, if you look at those red eyes, you will slowly but slowly slow down, be careful..........

　Kensei's warning that he's about to collapse. But he couldn't look away. The other side is a group of tens of thousands of animals.
　You can realize that your body's movements are gradually slowing down. Even if you succeed in resisting the cumulative state abnormalities once, each repetition of the conditional abnormality will eat away at your body.
　Aisha's body is also nearing its limit.
　This is the moment when the pumpkin-headed little devil (Pumpkin Devil) slipped through the cracks and Yamata's swarm was about to attack.

''I'm going to put out my daddy, Naaaaah!

　After desperately reaping the crowd of Yamata, Shtel threw his spear at them.

''Ha!　Stern--

　The flock of Yamata that was in front of me flew apart.

Daddy, are you okay?

Yes, thank you. Thank you, Shtel.

"Heh-heh-heh.

　Shtel alights at Aisha's side and leans against her, just to pat her on the head.
　Aisha also responds and strokes Shtel's head, but she doesn't have the time to stay still.

(-- How can I defeat it.........?)

　They've been lashing out at Aisha and Kensei with numerous snakes, but the giant spherical snakes still don't seem to be reducing their numbers.
　There is no doubt that they are definitely weakened as well, as they haven't launched a chase, but I'm more exhausted than that.
　I put all my energy into stopping them. The remainder of our strength is just a scrawny little thing.

"Can you still fight, Shtel?

I'm not Yoo-Yoo... but I can still fight...

　A strong and calm Shtel said to Aisha.
　The main body of the enemy is the center of that swarm of spherically writhing snakes. Tens of thousands of snakes in their armor, and the magical power beyond that is moving the entire swarm.
　I can't help but wish I could use at least one more shot of dragon magic (dragon magic).

''Pop...?''

　But more importantly, time was the problem.
　There are only a few more minutes left until the ten-minute time limit.
　If that happens, the dammed up magic element (mana) will heal Yamata and the defeat of Aisha and the others will be confirmed.

　What to do.

　What to do.

　Aisha tries desperately to find an answer, but she can't.
　Only frustration fills her mind.

　Will I have to use the last resort now?
　The last option that will surely not make anyone happy.

　--Help me, Nacht-sama, I said.

　If I say so, I am sure it will all be over.
　But it would be a disservice to Nacht's expectations.
　It would make Shtel's actions, his hard work, meaningless.

'I'm sorry, Shtel--'

　Yeah, but.
　Still, it's hundreds of times better than forcing Shtel alone and throwing her into danger.
　So, Aisha decides to make up her mind.

''--Nacht-sama, please help me!

　Papa, I hear him protest.
　Kensei croaks, powerlessly.
　After a heavy silence, the voice heard--

Ah, um, this is, um, this is HIUKI........but, you know, is there a mistake in the address?

《Huh?　Wheeze!







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《Huh?　Wheeze!

　Aisha's exclamation echoes through the air.
　There was no way she could have sent her voice to the wrong place at a critical moment.
　So why was Aisha's voice sent to the wrong place?

　It's obvious.
　It was an interference with Aisha's magic.
　There is no need to ask who, etc.
　There is only one person who can do such a foolish trick of synchronizing magic power and interfering with someone's magic, because there is only one person who can do it.

''Ah, but that's good timing, Aisha-san. I wanted to contact you.

What's that?

''I saw it, so I know that Shtel-chan is in trouble - so let me fight for you.

　The magic element (mana) that is dammed up by the divine prayer technique will be released after a few dozen seconds.
　If that happens, the chances of winning will be zero.

　Therefore, the moment the dammed up mana is released and flows into the Yamata. This time, we will use the mana.
　We will use the divine prayer technique to interfere with the mana and use magic.
　Normally, this would be impossible.
　But...

''-- A new technique was added for that purpose. So it should be possible!

　Hearing Hyuki's words, Aisha's breath stopped in a huff.

''--Nacht-sama--''

　Aisha said her beloved's name in a trembling voice.

''Hmph, I feel like I'm seeing through everything and it's disgusting, but...''

《Something~, it feels like everything is in the palm of my hand...》

　The maidens say so, but as a matter of fact, that's overrated.
　Nacht only tweaked it for such a reason that if the raid boss has a gimmick, it would be a promise to plant one of the tricks against it, right?

《I'll definitely show you that I'll succeed--so let's win!　Please tell Stern.

　After the wind spirit left, the priestesses wiped the sweat off their worn spirits to sharpen them.

'No, it's okay, the grand vision - he's got it ready, it's definitely not half-hearted.

In fact~ I'm dying right now and we're still dying.........................

　The three of them, then, expected it to be a little easier.
　However, just damming up the magic element (mana) for a small amount of time, the uncommon load consumed the body.
　On top of that, the probability of failing, such as exercising magic, was much higher.

''Even so, it's the princess maiden who does it. For the sake of my loved ones - for the sake of Stel-chan, I choose to fight this time.






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　Deep within the earth, the magic element (mana) flows again.
　An immense power pulses through the earth.
　Yamata was convinced of his victory and was about to suck up the mana.

　An overwhelming will was felt with a chill.
　The magick flowing through the dragon vein changed its appearance.

　Like an aftershock, the earth shook.
　It gradually gained momentum. It sent a roaring sound to the sky.

　It was anger.
　The anger of the priestess who had given her life and prayed.

　And it was hope.
　The great magic that carried the hope of the land of harmony, with an extraordinary amount of thought to support the little light.

　--Hand in the light of the shining first class star--

　With the spirit of the word, the light overflows.
　Like a cross, the earth gives birth to fangs.
　It's just like a dragon's fang. A group of Yamata that can be skewered helplessly.
　From the depths of the earth, the fangs of the longest of them all emerge, pierce the spherical Yamata, and are sent up into the sky.

''Mebiusu!

　Beyond the peeling armor of the swarm, he could see a Yamata with an oversized jewel strapped to its forehead.
　Without hesitation, Shtel dives into the swarm of snakes.
　He thrusts his spear and clears a path for the Yamata to escape deep into the swarm. The writhing snake strokes his entire body uncomfortably and his ferocious fangs hurt Shtel, but he ignores it all.
　Shtel simply chases his prey.

(Back right!)　(Aim!)

Mebiusu!

　A conditional abnormality that eats away at his entire body.
　Shtel pushes forward despite being hit by the poisonous fangs.

　His body's freedom is already ineffective, and when he catches Yamata, who crowns the pearl in his field of vision, the only thing he can move is his right arm anymore.
　In the hazy field of vision, at the end of the consciousness that is about to be cut off, Shtel thrusts the crimson spear into the air.