Even while he’s exchanging blows with Xenovia, he’s still paying attention to me and Rossweisse-san so we are in a situation where we can’t break his guard down. Xenovia shouts. “This slash! It’s something learnt by an Exorcist. ……You must be a warrior from the Church, are you not?”
The man makes a cold smile at Xenovia’s question. “Indeed, though it’s more precise to say “former”.”
Irina who took her dad to the rear shouts as she makes a stance with a mass-produced holy-sword. “Hey, you! Why are you after papa! ?”
He makes a creepy laughter, “kukuku”, when he witnesses Irina’s white wings. “……So your daughter is an Angel, huh? Seriously, this must be a mercy given to you from Heaven. Are you telling me this is the reward you received by killing me and her……!”
The man’s murderous intent—his hatred, increases. ……Killed him and her? What does he mean……? Irina’s dad seems like he understood something hearing that. “Don’t tell me the one who killed Smith and Todoroki……and the members back then was you……! ?”
The man blurts out in laughter. “……You are the only one left, Office-Chief Shidou.”
Even though he’s fighting Xenovia, his attention is aimed towards Irina’s dad. I can feel a very strong aura of hatred coming from him. No, what’s coming out from him is his anger itself. You can say his whole body is enveloped by it. Just how much hatred does he have towards Irina’s father? I stand between the two and ask the man. “Hold on! I don’t know what’s going on but what’s your reason for attacking another person all of a sudden! ?”
“……Can you step aside? This is revenge. If I kill that man I can finally lower my hatred by even the slightest.”
……Revenge? Irina’s dad also puts on a sad face and didn’t deny it. The man moves his eyes at me and puts on a serious face. “Sekiryuutei, huh. Looks like I have no choice but to release the power of this sword. ……This whole surrounding has been turned into an isolated area after all.”
Saying that, the man concentrates his thought at the sword he’s holding onto. That instant, the ominous aura coming from the blade increases drastically and changes the space around him! The rain pouring on the man evaporates before touching him. From the sword held by the man, the enormous and very black evil thing starts to take physical form. What appears from the sword is –— a large eight headed Dragon! It’s shedding tears of blood from its eyes and its large mouth which is wide open is showing its sharp fangs. ……A Dragon grew out from a sword……! It only has eight heads coming out from the sword but even so, it’s still gigantic! Even if it’s only eight heads, it’s over ten metres in length! Each of the heads moves as if each of them has a mind of its own. Irina’s dad becomes speechless. “——! ……Yaegaki-kun, t-that sword……!”
The man, the swordsman called Yaegaki, strokes the blade which has eight heads growing out from it. “……Divine Spiritual Sword “Ama-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi”. Well, right now it’s been altered and looks like this now.”
— Ama-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi! I’ve heard about it! I’m sure it’s the Japanese holy-sword. From what I heard the sword was currently broken and it was in the middle of being repaired…… But it’s my first time hearing that a Dragon is residing in it! Rather, this ominous feeling isn’t that of a holy-sword but more of a demonic-sword! Ddraig who has been quiet till now tells me. [……Partner, that’s an Evil Dragon.] —Evil Dragon! I guessed so. That evil aura is so dangerous that I can only think of an Evil Dragon. [The Evil Dragon resided in that sword. And this poisonous aura……]
Looks like Ddraig is familiar with this aura……
Irina then shouts. “Ama-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi was supposed to be broken and was in middle of restoration!”
“That’s why it was repaired. Though it has changed a lot…… The sword which appeared from Yamato-no-Orochi to be possessed by the said Dragon itself…… Don’t you think this is sarcastic and is wonderful?”
Yaegaki then says it at us. “My hatred and the evil intent of the legendary Evil Dragon, “Venom Blood Dragon” Yamata-no-Orochi, possessed in this sword— I shall use this to give punishment to all of you!”
Saying that, Yaegaki slashes the sword possessed by the Evil Dragon with all his might! The eight heads come at us! Maybe it’s because each of them has a mind of its own, so each head stretches out from the sword and comes at each of us! “Ku!”
Rossweisse-san activates the defence magic-circle to block the Evil Dragon’s head charging at her but she gets pushed back after she couldn’t withstand its power! The head which is after Xenovia is trying to attack her violently by showing its fangs to bite her to death! “Ha!”
Xenovia crushes the head with a single slash of her holy-sword by jumping to the rear—but the head regenerates immediately! “—! The head regenerated! ?”
I didn’t have time to be shocked as there is another head coming at me at highspeed! Ddraig shouts inside me! [Partner! The poison of Yamata-no-Orochi is dangerous! At all costs, do not touch its fangs or poison!] Poison—. Samael flashes back in my mind but I doubt its powerful as his one. But it’s a poison of an Evil Dragon. There’s no way I can just simply receive its attack head on! I gather aura to my right arm and shoot the mass of aura at it immediately! —A massive Dragon-Shot! Several heads of Yamata-no-Orochi get blown away immediately by being hit by my attack made up of demonic-power. –But it regenerates as if nothing happened! There’s no end to this! Should I aim for the wielder!? When I look at the enemy I can see the Evil Dragon’s head around the man as if it’s protecting him. ……So he already predicted we will aim for him huh! Well, with the endurance of these Dragon’s heads, we can easily blow them away! I simply need to blow all of them away in a single shot! “Fairies!”
I make Dividing Wyvern Fairies appear from each of my jewels. When I give my command to them, the Wyverns fly in random directions in the air and surround the man. The Wyverns will attack the enemy at highspeed at times. Well, they usually dodge it though. But the preparation is set. With this I can reflect and boost my Dragon Shots to defeat the enemies instantly! “Ise-san!”
Asia shouts out my name. I know why. ……She’s telling me to not push myself. Yeah, I did unlock the Longinus Smasher in my previous fight with Euclid. That effect is still remaining in me. ……Due to that attack being too powerful and dangerous, I used up the majority of my Dragon’s power that is inside me. In other words boosting up my power by using the Wyverns will put too much stress on me. Using boost during Balance Breaker state would be fine for my stamina but using Wyverns on top of boosting would be hard for my current state. According to Ddraig I would need to wait a month for it to be fully charged. So it means using Wyverns in my perfect condition and also using Longinus Smasher would still take time. One shot per month. Should I say this is an expensive deal or a cheap deal?