It will be good if he can use a darkness that covers the whole sky just like in Romania, but that drains his energy a lot and it isn’t something he can do many times or have it last for several minutes. The number of enemies are far greater than before. Gasper’s power is one of our keys in this battle of defence. Rather than having him unable to fight by having him push himself, Kaichou judged that it will be better if we have him keep on creating and sending his beasts of darkness. Fourteen Evil Dragons come at us right ahead! I change the piece inside me to “Bishop” and have two cannons appear on my shoulders. The huge amount of aura charged in my cannons. —Welsh Blaster Dragon! I will tune it so I don’t destroy the town but defeat those guys! “Alright, here I come!”
The two red auras that come out from the cannons engulf the army of mass-produced Evil Dragons and then blow! The army of Evil Dragons perish with the shot just now! That’s a good sign! Even so, their attack shows no signs of stopping. I spread my Dragon wings and go ahead together with Nimura-san. Roughly ten minutes pass. It happens when there are piles of Evil Dragons that we defeated are lying around. From behind us, an explosive sound which can be heard even from here occurs! When I look that way—I see a purple flame pillar that reaches high up the sky. ……It has the shape of a cross. Walburga huh. That’s the southern part of the school! I’m sure the one in charge over there is Rias and Bennia! I then hear a voice from the magical device in my ears which acts as an earphone. It’s Sona-kaichou’s voice. [……The Holy Cross user has assaulted from the southern region. It will be hard for only Rias and Bennia to take her on. For now, narrow your area you must defend by forming a group of four. Everyone, for now please fall back—]
An explosive sound and a black flame interrupts Sona-kaichou! It isn’t the cross! Then what is it this time!? We then hear Koneko-chan’s scream. [This is Koneko who is in charge of Southwest region. ……Evil Dragons Grendel and Ladon have appeared.] —! Grendel!? At this time…… No, he must have showed up because of a time like this! Longinus possessor from the South and legendary Evil Dragons from the Southwest! Koneko-chan and Saji are in charge of the Southwest region! It’s impossible for those two to take on Grendel and another Evil Dragon! Nimura-san and I look at each other and head towards Koneko-chan after confirming with each other. When we arrived there, the school is in front of our eyes as well as danger. It’s a place where there are many windmills. But several windmills have been destroyed already and there is smoke arising from them. A Dragon who has more evil aura than others realises that I am approaching it. It shows an evil grin and narrows its dangerous and glittering silver eyes. [Hey, Sekiryuutei, it’s been a while! Here I am!] Yeah, I know. It even makes me sick. This is my third time encountering him. And it makes me sick. Where are Saji and Koneko-chan……? When I look around—I catch the sight of Koneko-chan and Saji that are battered already, but are confronting Grendel. Great. Looks like I made it in time. I’m relieved but a tree that has a shape of a dragon appears before me. No, it’s a giant Tree-Dragon—. The part of its region which I presume is its face opens. That’s most likely its mouth. Then the shining red things located at the dent must be its eyes—. It catches me within its sight and then a voice can be heard. [This is my first time meeting you. “Insomniac Dragon” Ladon is my name. I’m mostly in charge of barriers and protection walls…..pleased to make your acquaintance.] ……So this guy is one of the main culprits behind this attack. And the one who covered this whole region with a barrier is this guy. If I remember right, he’s proficient in defending and sealing, right? He was apparently one of the trials the First-Gen Heracles had to face, but I think I heard that it got defeated by having Hydra’s poison thrown in its mouth. Sadly, I don’t carry a useful item like that, and even if I did, it probably got rid of its weakness by the power of the Holy Grail……
Grendel says it to us who are making a stance at him. [I heard, you know? You guys made a thing called school, right?] He points its thick fingers towards there. He then says it as he makes more evil grin. [If I try to destroy that, then all of you will have fun with me more seriously, right?] —! ……This bastard……! Just how much can he……! Saji and I raise our anger at his words that’s trying to play with us! The four of us here which includes me, Koneko-chan, Saji, and Nimura-san, need to defeat him here! No, in worst case scenario we have to hold him here till the Magicians complete their teleportation magic-circle! Of course we will beat him around as much as we can! Grendel expands his wings and roars! [Then, let’s start! Will I destroy that school or will you guys destroy me, let’s see which one does that firsssssst!] He then blows air into his stomach immediately! He’s trying to breathe fire! He—turns towards the school! He’s planning to shoot it out! This bastard is trying to shoot a giant fireball at the school! “No you won’t!”
I try to smash him by moving to his side—but a barrier wraps around me! It feels as if I entered a giant bubble! I look towards Ladon! The Tree-Dragon is releasing a black aura while glaring at me with its glittering red eyes! Ku……! I fell for it! I showed a hole in my defence because Grendel’s fire took my attention! He put barrier on me then! Nimura-san and Koneko-chan jump ahead to hit Ladon! “You!”
“Give Senpai back!”
Nimura-san’s powerful kick and Koneko-chan’s punch covered in touki! Both of them nail the target sharply—but the protection wall around Ladon blocks them as if they were nothing. [It’s futile. A mere attack won’t break my barriers.] It’s not that the attacks of those two are weak. Koneko-chan and Nimura-san’s attacks smash the mass-produced Evil Dragons. However, the barrier created by this Dragon blocks them completely! I try to attack from inside the barrier—but it doesn’t even move! What the, what’s with this solid barrier!? My punch is powerful enough where it can blow away normal defensive magic-circle with ease! Grendel yells at Ladon after seeing me caught inside the small barrier. [Oioioioi, Ladon! Sekiryuutei is mine!] He glares at his comrade with eyes filled with murderous intent. No, they probably don’t see each other as one. After all, I heard that Grendel even went against Aži Dahāka. Ladon says it plainly as if he didn’t care. [It shouldn’t be a problem. You had fun with this person several times already, correct? Sekiryuutei that is said to be focused with raw power as much as possible. I would like to test whether he can break through my barriers.] Grendel glares sharply at him. While it turned into a situation where he would blow up in any second, Grendel steps back as he makes a sound with his tongue. [Chi!