We live at the foothills of Dragon Peak.
Full-scale participation.
The top floor had no walls, only pillars.
Looking back, I realize this was also Aster’s consideration.
A mysterious girl who is connected to the world.
You might think, if she’s connected, why not just talk to people in the heavens or underground? It would be the same, right?
But that’s not how it works.
You can’t experience the atmosphere that can only be felt on-site.
You can’t convey the sense of presence that can only come from being in a familiar place.
Lady Revalia and the others want the girl to share these experiences more than anything else.
And Aster, to let the girl feel the world firsthand, created this room without walls.
The first to burst out of this room without walls was Mistral.
Mistral, who had transformed into a human-dragon, sprouted beautiful wings on his back and took off.
He was going all out from the start!
He launched a surprise attack on the gargantuan demon with the head of a crocodile turtle, which was attempting to break through the thinly defended front line, leaving a trail like a shooting star.
Mistral brandished the jet-black one-handed club in his right hand.
“Haa!”
With a surge of spirit, Mistral swung down the one-handed club.
At that moment, the jet-black one-handed club began to gather light particles from its surroundings.
It was as if a magnificent meteor shower was converging on the club.
The one-handed club, clad in the radiance of a meteor shower, fell towards the demon.
“!!”
Mistral’s merciless blow pierced the body of the giant demon with the crocodile turtle head, which was the visible, dense miasma.
The demon with the crocodile turtle head, struck by Mistral’s attack, let out a scream.
The miasma that formed its body dissipated explosively. The ape’s arms, now without a body, thudded onto the ground. The crocodile turtle’s head, along with its snake-like neck bundle, also fell with a earth-shattering rumble.
However, the demon still glared at Mistral with its densely packed teeth-filled mouth. The ape’s arms writhed on the ground, trying to grab Mistral.
“How revolting.”
Mistral flapped his wings, easily evading the eerily moving ape’s arms. He then flew around to the shoulder of one of the arms and casually grabbed its coarse fur with his left hand.
With all his might, he threw the ape’s arm away.
The ape’s arm, flung towards the fortress, crashed to the ground in the distance with a thunderous roar.
He then threw the other arm in a different direction and, with his one-handed club, sent the head flying off in yet another direction.
“You’re merciless!”
Had he been accumulating frustration from only supporting from the rear?
“No, it’s because I couldn’t be with Elnea-Onii-chan that I was frustrated, nyan.”
“What!”
The demon, its body of miasma obliterated and its materialized arms and head thrown in separate directions, apparently could not reappear in the same place.
Having confirmed the demon would not reappear, Mistral soared into the sky in search of his next prey.
“Lady Revalia, we’ll do our best too!”
Lyra, standing proudly on Revalia’s back, pointed to the ever-multiplying horde of demons.
“Lyra, take us with you.”
“Lyra, take us with you.”
At that moment, Yufilia and Nina climbed onto Revalia’s back without permission.
“You brats!”
Revalia bared her fangs, expressing her displeasure.
But such threats held no power over these free-spirited twin princesses.
“We want to go to that chaotic battlefield over there.”
“Fly us close and then let us down.”
Unperturbed by Revalia’s intimidation, Yufilia and Nina drew their Ryūhōken, specifying the area of fierce battle overrun with monsters and demons.
“Hahahaha! Lady Revalia, please.”
Lyra, too, could not contend with the forceful nature of Yufilia and Nina. She then implored Revalia with a troubled expression.
“If you take us, Elnea-kun will give us a reward later.”
“If you take us, Elnea-kun will play with us later.”
“Yufi, Nina, stop offering me as a reward!”
My schedule is already packed with promises to the Spirits, and I can’t handle any more than this!
“Tch. You’d better be prepared later.”
Revalia glared at me with her four pupils and, carrying the three of them, flew away from the tower. Then, with a fierce flap of her wings, she headed towards the battle zone designated by Yufilia and Nina.
As a terrifying crimson wyvern rapidly approached from the sky, those fighting in the fierce battle zone hastily fled.
Revalia descended towards the hellish landscape, now populated only by monsters and demons.
“Yufi and…”
“Nina’s…”
As Yufilia and Nina leaped from Revalia’s back, they overlapped their Ryūhōken.
Two pairs of Ryūhōken, glowing golden.
And the twin sisters, with their identical appearances, spoke in unison with powerful words.
““Dragon Race Summoning!!””
“Huh?”
What did those two just say?
My eyes widened in confusion.
And before my very eyes, something incredible happened!
From the golden light emanating from the Ryūhōken, multiple dragon races were teleported into existence.
Earth dragons, wyverns, winged dragons. Eventually, even water dragons, with no water in sight!
The numerous dragons summoned by Yufilia and Nina descended upon the area teeming with monsters and demons.
“Uhoho. It’s going even better than expected.”
“What, you guys were contracted with those twins too!?”
“Hmm. Being summoned isn’t so bad either.”
The dragons spoke their thoughts on being summoned, glaring at the surrounding monsters and demons.
“Hmph, you insects!”
Previously, they had been frustrated by the Great Labyrinth’s techniques spread throughout the fortress, unable to reach their intended destinations as they pleased. They had lost sight of their companions or missed their intended prey.
But now, it was different.
The numerous dragons summoned by Yufilia and Nina were called for a single purpose and were surging with dragon energy for the same objective.
“Hahahaha, this is terrible!”
Lyra, who had been watching Yufilia and Nina’s grand dragon summoning from above, panicked.
And in her panic, her eyes glowed blue.
“Everyone in the Dragon Race!”
As Lyra’s voice rained down, the dragons turned their attention to her. At that moment.
“It’s a simultaneous attack!”
Lyra activated her ability of domination.
The dragons fell under Lyra’s control.
Accepting her domination and obeying her commands, the many dragons unleashed their dragon arts simultaneously!
A flash of light dyed their vision, and a tremor violently shook the tower. The air roared, and waves of shockwaves spread across the sky.
“Ah… what have I done…”
I felt dizzy on the tower’s top floor.
Yufilia and Nina’s Grand Dragon Arts, which summoned the dragon race itself.
I had suspected they were plotting something with the dragon race recently, but it seems they had made a summoning contract.
Even Yufilia and Nina couldn’t forcibly summon dragons to their side. But what if they had the dragon race’s cooperation?
First, Yufilia and Nina’s technique served as the starting point. Then, the dragons who had made contracts would also join forces to answer the summoning.
It wouldn’t work with just Yufilia and Nina holding Ryūhōken. Nor would it work with just a few dragons. By cooperating under a contract, they achieved spatial transfer in the form of summoning!
As usual, Yufilia and Nina constantly surprise me.
But I wasn’t surprised by them alone.
Lyra, what is this about you joining in too!?
Even though they were summoned, Lyra managed to organize the dragons who were about to attack selfishly!
Lyra, exercising her ability to dominate dragons to its fullest, issued commands to the many summoned dragons.
The dragons, without resistance, accepted Lyra’s ability and unleashed their dragon arts in unison.
Revalia also joined in with her dragon arts, but if I pointed that out, she would definitely get angry, so I’ll pretend I didn’t see it.
“Now, we’re off to the next one.”
“Now, we’ll look for the next one.”
“Lady Revalia, we’ll go too!”
“Hmph, don’t give me orders!”
Lyra, your eyes are still glowing blue!
Revalia complained about the compulsion from Lyra.
But she didn’t say “no,” did she?
Even without Lyra’s influence, Revalia was, in her own way, cooperative.
Revalia dived down, snatched Yufilia and Nina, and soared into the sky. Then, she took off fiercely towards the next battlefield.
“Sigh… I can’t keep up with my sisters.”
Sefina, who remained on the tower’s top floor, watching Yufilia and Nina’s astonishing Grand Dragon Summoning, let out a deep sigh.
It can’t be helped. Really, what is it with them? When did Yufilia and Nina come up with such absurd techniques?
However, I think Sefina, who can freely manipulate the techniques of others, is also quite something. I didn’t say it out loud, though.
The princesses of the Armēdo Kingdom are all amazing people.
As expected, they are descendants of the first hero.
Now, Sefina was about to make her move.
With renewed determination, Sefina did the unthinkable and leaped from the top floor of the tower.
“Sefina-san!?”
Surprised, I rushed to the edge of the room and peered down.
Then, Sefina, with no apparent ill effects, waved back from the ground.
“Elnea-kun can do this much, can’t he?”
“I think you can, but if you do it suddenly, everyone will be surprised.”
“Oh, is anyone surprised?”
When she mentioned it, I looked around, and besides myself, no one was surprised.
I see. Everyone here is accustomed to such feats.
“So, what are you going to do, Sefina-san?”
Driven by curiosity, I asked, and she gave me a cool, charming smile.
Well, since the twin sisters put on such a flashy display, I expected Sefina, their sister, to do something equally spectacular.
For some reason, Sefina sat down in front of the old man Sleigsta and began meditating.
“What on earth are you planning to do!?”
“Fufufu. Seeing Mist’s fighting style, I thought, just defeating them isn’t enough.”
“Hou hou?”
Mistral, after obliterating the body of the giant demon with the crocodile turtle head, had thrown its head and arms in different directions. As a result, the demon could not reappear in the same location.
Sefina seemed to have gained something from this.
Sefina entered a deep meditation.
I watched her intently.
However, the fierce battle continued around us.
From the north, a group of demons, exploiting a gap in the defenses, surged towards us.
The moment I braced myself to respond.
“Ah.”
The pack of demons that had been approaching the center of the fortress where the tower stood suddenly vanished. Then, they reappeared, forcibly teleported to the outermost edge of the fortress.
Other giant monsters that had been climbing over the fortress walls were, in the next moment, similarly teleported to the outermost edge of the fortress.
The fortress was protected by the Great Labyrinth’s Spirit Arts, so monsters and demons couldn’t easily approach the center of the fortress.
However, even if they got lost in the Bewildering Technique, they would previously only be sent to “some other location within the fortress.”
Yet, any monster or demon that approached the center of the fortress was forcibly teleported all the way to the edge.
It was like going back to square one.
“My dragon power is small, and I can’t fight like Mist or my sisters. But I can utilize someone else’s technique.”
Sefina smiled, still in her deep meditation.
“Easy to say, but it’s a marvelous technique.”
Lady Revalia murmured in admiration.
I, too, was deeply impressed by Sefina’s technique.
Fighting on the front lines and swinging weapons isn’t the only way to battle. It’s because we have people supporting us from the rear like this that we can fight on the front lines with peace of mind.
And yet…
I can’t believe she even utilized the Great Labyrinth’s Spirit Arts.
The princesses of the Armēdo Kingdom are truly amazing.
“The battle is intensifying. Well then, I shall return to my own battlefield.”
Madrine politely greeted everyone gathered and descended the stairs leading to the lower floor.
Madrine’s battlefield is the medical facility.
As the battles with monsters and demons intensify, the injured and exhausted will be brought back to the main aid station one after another.
Madrine will command the clergy and support everyone from the rear.
Sefina prevents monsters and demons from approaching, and Madrine and the clergy provide healing.
There are no worries from the rear.
“Well then, I’m off too!”
As I was about to dash out.
My clothes were suddenly grabbed.
“Um, is it okay for Purisia to stay with the girls?”
It seems Purisia-chan is okay with girls sleeping. Since they are around the same age, she probably felt a sense of kinship.
When I asked Lady Revalia for confirmation, she smiled and said, “By all means.”
“If Purisia stays, I guess I’ll stay too.”
“Gugugu. Stay… with….”
“All right then, Alicia-chan and Momo-chan, please look after Purisia-chan and Nimia.”
The task of looking after the young girls is entrusted to you!
I made my apologies again and activated Spatial Jump.
In an instant, I was outside the tower.
Nearby, Sefina was in deep meditation.
And then…
“I… I won’t forgive you…”
“Aster!?”
Standing before me was a visibly exhausted Aster.
Come to think of it, the greatest contributor, who created the fortress and tower and prepared a comfortable room for the girl, wasn’t present during the main event.
“To make me work like a packhorse and then not let me be present for the crucial moment, I absolutely won’t forgive you…”
I rushed to support the staggering Aster and began climbing the long stairs of the tower.
At our feet, Sheria, the Black Cat Demon Race, yawned.
“Take me to that wicked Demon Lord and that dark-hearted blond. I’ll get my revenge!”
“Alright, alright. Can I use Spatial Jump?”
“You intend to make me vomit on the tower’s top floor?”
And so, I reluctantly lent Aster my shoulder and began climbing the tower’s long stairs.
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