f*ck!

　As we passed each other, I cut the flying flames with my nuke. The second one that flew straight at him was cut in half as well.
　The third, then the fourth, and then the third, then the fourth, and so on, I cut down every single one of the flying flames one after the other.
　A group of flames runs underneath the flying type I'm dealing with, sending up a cloud of dust as it runs past. We'll have to leave that to Rain and the others. My role is to annihilate the flying types first. I was lucky that there were no intermediate flying types like the manta ray.
　After flying through the air with my 'fly' to cut down all the flying types, I immediately descend and charge at the flying types on the ground. Go through the huge intermediate species and focus on the lower level species.
　Always keep the map in view and keep track of the flames' movements. The flock that was farthest away also began to move towards us. They're coming straight at me, many times faster than their normal movement.

It's about time for the battle to start at point A. The sooner we get to point B, the better. We need to get to point B as soon as possible.

　If this is the case, all the Frays in Euron will go towards Rain and the others.
　I open the Gate and exit to Yae and the others who are waiting at point B. The combined forces of Mismid and Lamish greet me.

They will now call the Frays here. Scatter yourselves, prepare for battle.
I will.

　Send a telepathic message to Amber. It should be transmitted through Yae to everyone here. I crush the preppalat I took out of my pocket with a snap as I watch each frame gear begin to get out of the way of wielding their weapons.
　Of the flames that were heading towards point A, about half of the total split off from the flock closer to point B and come towards us. The flight types are already gone, so they were coming towards us at roughly the same speed.

''Search. Show current number of flares.
Copy that. End of search, 12017.

　The number displayed dwindles to 1,2016, then 1,2015, and so on, until the battle begins at point A. The battle has begun at point A. I mean, I'm sure it was a little over 13,000 when I first searched for it. I mean, I'm pretty sure it was a little over 13,000 when I first searched for it, right? The one in Ende, he took down a thousand of them by himself........
　''Fly'' to jump up and stand on the shoulder of the octogenarian plane.

The next few minutes, a group of flames will be coming here. Take care of the rest.
"All right, that I do. Leave it to me.

　I opened the 'gate' again and this time I headed to Else's place at point C.
　Else's crimson fuselage with transparent-colored gauntlets, vermilion-colored Monica's fuselage with the crystal pipe wrench she asked me to make, and Nicola's fuselage, the black knight in her base color, greet me.

《The battle has already begun at point A. The battle will begin at point B soon as well. Let's call the rest here as well.
I will.
Roger that.

　As I listened to Coral and Kuroshio's replies, I cracked the prepalaat three times, and some that were heading to point B began to change direction towards us.

''Hmmm........I guess they didn't disperse like I thought they would.

　It seems that the timing of dividing the preparations was not right, or it didn't work out neatly in thirds.
　As far as the map is concerned, the proportions of the dispersion heading to each point were 50% at point A, 30% at point B, and 20% at point C.

''If it continues like this, Rain-san and the others will have a heavy burden...''

　We'll send some of the planes from this point C to point A, where there are only a few headed this way.
　I stand on the shoulder of Monica's plane and raise my voice.

I stand on the shoulder of Monica and the Knights of Brunhild and send twenty of them to point A. "I'll send them to the rear, but they're already in combat. I'll send them to the back, but be careful, they've already started fighting over there.
"Heh, my arm is beeping. That's okay, Master. Let's do it.

　We open the gate and I take Monica's plane and the others to point A. We arrive at point A and a fierce battle is already raging. At point A, a fierce battle is already taking place.
　I kicked at the swarm of lower-tiered species and used my weapon to reappear, while firing at the approaching intermediate species. Due to the numbers, I feel a little pushed.

''Let's go!''

　I'm going to be the first to say that I'm not going to be the only one. I'm sure you'll be able to find out what's going on in the world and what's going on in the world.

"Move out of the way!

　The pipe wrench swung down by the Monica machine slammed into the torso of the intermediate species that was slashing with the heavy knight. The nucleus that tumbled out of the shattered and crumbling intermediate species, baaaah! I stomped on it, and then kicked the lower-grade species around it with force.
　I also put away the lower-grade species while keeping my distance from the frame gear so that I don't get kicked by mistake. Looking at the number of flames on the map floating beside me, I saw that it was 10852.
　The battle began at point B as well. The battle would begin at point C soon. I've got to get rid of all the fishes in the meantime. As he was thinking about this, a telepathic message flew out from Red Jade.

''Lord. Regulus 15 aircraft wrecked. We're leaving the front lines.''

　Huh? I did a map search and headed to the location. There was a heavy knight lying there with his right arm cut off from his shoulder and his left ankle destroyed. His head is also half-turned over.
　I approached and opened the chest hatch to check it out. There was no one inside. It looks like it's been properly transferred to the main camp.
　Storing the broken frame gear into "storage". And, another telepathic message arrived.

''Master! We are ready to return to the front lines of Regulus 15, sir!
What's the status of the pilot?
No problem. He says he can do it, too.
All right. Hold them in the transporter corps.

　I am reassured by Rosetta's voice that came through Cerberus in the main camp. It seems that the rider is safe.
　I opened the gate and called the heavy knight on the transporter squadron at the main camp to this battlefield again.
　The heavy knight of the spare aircraft that appeared was the same as the one we just retrieved, but the paint on the shoulder was different. The left shoulder was painted in purple paint with a scrawled character "15" on it, and the right shoulder was splattered with that purple paint.
　The situation is the situation, and it doesn't matter what it looks like, as long as we can identify the individual aircraft.
　Regulus 15 bowed slightly to me and immediately returned to the front lines.
　Soon, all of the mid-grade species were defeated, and a sweeping battle for the lower-grade species began. Basically, the lower class breeds are about the size of a medium-sized dog if their frame gear is human-sized. Each time they wielded their weapons, many flames were shattered into pieces.

''The next flock will arrive in about five minutes. Whoever can rest now should rest.
Yes, sir.

　I told Benidama, who was with Rain-san, and this time I opened the 'gate' to point C and headed to the scene.
　He hoped that he could take the lead in defeating the enemies at point C, which are less in number than other places, and turn the strength here to other points.
　The battle had begun at point C as well. As expected, they were kicking out the lower-grade species and chasing down the intermediate species with several frame gears.
　I also jumped into the middle of the crowd and slashed at the mainly lower-grade species one after another. Slash after slash, they keep popping up one after another.......

''Lord. Ramish Unit 11 is wrecked.''

　I can hear the amber voices in my head. You're busy! God! He just came to point C.
　I flew to point B, retrieved the broken heavy knight, and sent Ramish Unit 11 out to the battlefield again.
　I checked the number of flames on the display and saw that it was down to 9,243, which is less than 10,000.
　Now comes the critical moment.



　Slash and slash and slash. Running through the battlefield skies, I crushed the flames that swarmed one after another.
　In the meantime, we recover the wrecked aircraft and send those who have switched to spare aircraft back to the battlefield.
　Fortunately, no deaths have been reported yet, but there were quite a few people who had suffered concussions due to the impact of falling down from a blow to Frazeez, and others who were injured after being attacked near the cockpit in the same way. The main camp is patching up the wounded, but it's clear that the numbers are decreasing little by little as well.
　As expected, everyone was starting to get tired of having to deal with 50 of them by themselves. More and more of them are getting wrecked.
　Checking the map, I saw that there were still a number of Frays heading to the three points. The number has already dropped below 5,000, but this one is nearing its limit in many ways as well.

''Haha!

　Else's fist crushes the body of the intermediate species, shredding the popped-out nuke to pieces with his swinging foot. Beside her, the spear of Leafreath's knight commander (the captains and vice-captains of the various countries have the weapons of Frayze) brilliantly skewers the other intermediate species with their nukes.
　I climbed onto the shoulder of that Leafs captain's plane and called out to him.

''Excuse me, this place has been reduced considerably, so I'm going to transfer the Leafreath Knights to point B.''
Okay. One moment.

　When the voice coming from the external speakers was cut off, the aircraft of the surrounding Leafs Knights walked over to us.
　A total of 17 frame gears were transitioned to the rear of point B. I also transitioned with them, riding on the shoulder of the captain's plane.
　At point B, the combined forces of Mismid, Lamish, and Brunhild were engaged in a fierce battle against the Frays. Then Leafs further entered the fray.
　Receiving the crystal arrows being shot out with his shield, the heavy knight struck the war cudgel 《Mace》 with his momentum. Although the blow was only a crack, the rain of the mace rained down on the opponent from the other heavy knights in succession. From an objective point of view, they are beaten up as a group, but in this case there is no choice. If you're not careful, you will be killed.
　In the meantime, a crowd of lower class species are pouncing on me one after another. While striking them down with their weapons, the heavy knights carefully crushed the nucleus of the fallen flames.
　They seemed to have gotten used to the way they were defeated, but their fatigue seemed to be building up because of it. Their movements seem to have become somewhat sluggish.

''Huh?''

　I could see a red plane running through the battlefield at great speed over there. It's not Else. Else is at point C and this is point B. So, it's Ende.
　I was expecting them to disappear quickly once the battle started. Are they surprisingly righteous?
　I'm not sure how many times I've seen it, but I'm sure I've seen it before. With that speed, he was accurately aiming at the core of the flames, thrusting, dispatching and slashing. It's a true warrior state.
　As he flew towards Ende, he opened the chest hatch and Ende came out of it.

''Hey, Fuyu Yoru. I think it's time for me to leave, if that's okay?
I could use some more help.
'No, no, it's just a matter of time. I can't do it on time. One piece of advice instead.

　With a mischievous smile, Ende holds up one finger. My advice? What is it?

The senior species will be in the northwest from here in about five minutes. You'd better get everyone down once.
Wha...?

　Advanced species! Frazee's!

Why?
It's probably because of the fact that so many of them have escaped from the wards that the tears have temporarily grown larger. Probably, the fissure will return to its original size after just one of them escapes, so I don't think we'll have to worry too much about it after that.

　Don't worry about it. No way!

Well, have a good day. Bye.
Oh, hey!

　Suddenly, Ende disappeared from in front of my eyes along with the dragon knight like a ghost disappearing. I knew he could also use transference-type magic. That's not the point!

Amber! Get everyone in the northwest out of there! The advanced species is supposed to appear in five minutes! Quickly!
''Huh? Wha, I understand!

　The communication was transmitted, and the flamegears that were to the northwest were evacuating one by one. In the meantime, while shattering the flames around me, I looked at the number of flames displayed on the map and saw that it was down to 2517. They were almost there!
　We've already fought for nearly three hours and everyone's fatigue is at its peak. Can they be able to deal with an advanced species or something in this state?
　Suddenly, a vibrating sound rang out, shaking the atmosphere. In the shivering of the chattering air, the sky in front of me cracked.
　The sky, or rather the space, must be cracked. It spreads in the blink of an eye, part of it cracks with a snap, and a giant key nail appears from it.
　With a crunching motion, it crushed the sky, and from the distorted space seen behind it, the huge body appeared in this world.
　If I were to compare its appearance to a crocodile, it would be a crocodile. However, the crocodile does not have six legs, nor does it have such long horns on its head. There should be no projections at the end of its long tail, nor should it have such a dorsal fin on its back.
　It had the same crystalline body as the previous Frays, but while the lower and intermediate species had simple body lines, this advanced species had a complex structure. Three red cores could be seen through the crystal body carved with jagged, rough lines.
　If I had to describe it in one word, it would be a monster. Their size is not half bad. It was far bigger than the intermediate species, and its frame gear looked smaller. It might be a bad analogy, but if that was the size of an actual crocodile, a 1/144th plastic model robot would look right at home next to it. That's about the right ratio.

'That's too big................'

　I gulped and my throat cleared. You want me to defeat this guy?
　As I was stunned, the crystal crocodile opened its jaws with a gasp. Light began to gather at the core at the back of its throat, gradually increasing its strength. ''Oh no! That light is the same as the manta ray...!

Amber! Evacuate everyone in the front of his mouth!
Eh?

　I'm going to scream, but no, I'm not going to make it!

d*mn!

　Using the "Gate", I force several frame gears that were in that position to drop to the ground. And the moment I transitioned them to the rear of me, a roar rang out and a torrent of light shot out of the crocodile's mouth.
　DOGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGA! And while gutting the ground, the light ran in a straight line to the far side and disappeared. When I noticed, everything in the line of fire had disappeared.
　How powerful is that........ It's like the "charged particle cannon" seen in cartoons or something. I guess it's not electricity that's produced, though.
　The fact that it takes a long time to charge is similar to that of the manta ray, but its power is far greater than that. If that thing hit, not only would it not be a wreck, but it would disappear, leaving nothing behind.
　........This is the advanced species.