It must be due to myself trusting the attack power of the next Great King besides me. Absolute destructive power which is different to Rias’s power of destruction—. I know because I tasted that myself. —With Sairaorg-san and my punch, we can overcome this guy! Grendel lessens his creepy smile, and after he bends his neck while making a noise—he comes at us! He’s attacking head on like usual! He comes hitting at us directly, stubbornly! We also start our assault! Just before both sides were about to clash head on—he jumps and leaps above us! Grendel who went up into the air releases his fireball at us that are right below him! Sairaorg-san and I ignore the fireball and jump to the sky! This heat is nothing! What can this fire even do! I can’t show it! I can’t show myself backing away while I’m standing next to this man called Sairaorg Bael! —I’m not allowed to show my pathetic side to this man who had a brawl with me! We overcame Grendel’s fire and punch his stomach at the same time! I release my giant arm of that Solid Impact punch! Sairaorg-san releases his touki punch! The moment it hits him, it makes a sound so massive that it may have echoed through this whole region! So much amount of blood comes out of Grendel’s mouth! This time, he received critical damage! No matter how solid he is, no matter how hard he is, that attack just now definitely worked! —This time, we can finally defeat this guy! It happens when I was screaming in joy inside my head for our victory—. A giant fire pillar appears next to me—. A purple flame. It has a shape of a cross—. When the fire disappears, I see Sairaorg-san who is burned all of his body and has smoke coming out of him. “…………”
Sairaorg-san falls at the spot silently. ……He was attacked!? Why!? Why did that purple fire appear here!? I become shocked at the sudden attack. And it seems like this was an unexpected turn of events for Koneko-chan and Nimura-san as well, so they don’t know how to respond! I look around myself! I then hear loud laughter! From the sky! When I look up—I see someone above the magic-circle above the air! “Ohohohoho, I’m sorry for that. I couldn’t help but to use an even stronger cross.”
Walburga of the Purple Flame!? Why is that Magician here!? She should be at the Southern region—wasn't she supposed to be fighting Rias and others!? I have so many questions, but the fallen Grendel stands up and criticise Walburga who is in the air. [Oioioi, don’t butt in! Damn Magician!] “Oh my. But, weren’t you having a hard time? I sure would like some gratitude.”
……Jesus Christ! To be in a verge of danger at a place like this! Sairaorg-san who is on the ground has smoke arising from his body and he doesn’t show any sign of moving. ……This is bad since that cross of fire is a relic! It’s not simply a venomous poison for us Devils but more of an instant kill weapon! Though he avoided being extinguished thanks to his touki, there’s no doubt he has serious damage even if his armour has strong resistance towards projectile weapons since he got hit by it directly! And he most likely got hit by the cross of fire which is more powerful than the ones surrounding the region. If we don’t heal him immediately……this person will……! Then something which is black appears within my sight! I become alert thinking that it’s a new Evil Dragon, but it’s actually Gasper who became one with darkness! 《I’m sorry, Ise-senpai! She started flying around the battlefield causing disruption!》
Gasper says that. What the. So this witch has been moving around in the air on that magic-circle of hers! If she goes around to each location where my comrades are fighting and uses that cross of hers, our duty of protecting this place will fail! Well, that must be that woman’s plan! “Ufufufu, I’m here, cute looking Vampire-boy. The big sis is over here♪”
Walburga leaves this place as if she’s provoking Gasper! She escaped while doing some skip in the air! I then say it to Gasper. “Gasper! Since Sairaorg-san and I have our hands full, you will be the one who needs to take her on! So stop her!”
《I know! I don’t know whether they will be any help to you, but I will leave several beasts here! Stop, Holy Cross user!》
After Gasper leaves several beasts of darkness over here, he goes after Walburga and leaves from here! Grendel complains as he fixes his posture. [Ke! Never mind. The annoying speed of you two is gone with this!] He jumps up carelessly! He—stomps on the fallen Sairaorg-san! “Damn yooooou!”
I rage, but he continues to stomp on Sairaorg-san with disgust! [Killing each other in a brawl is good—but I love torturing people to death even moooooooooooooooore! Guhahahahaha! What’s wrong!? Show me your punch you are so proud ooooooooof!] I can’t keep down my anger so I try to close our distance and kick Grendel, but he responds to my move immediately and jumps up! I run to Sairaorg-san’s side. I become speechless seeing him…… He has horrible burns on his face, he has both of his legs broken due to getting stomped, he has his left arm bent the wrong way, and he has blood bursting out from his whole body. ……Critical damage. He can’t fight any more. ……Shit. For this man to become in this state……with a cowardly attack like that……! I embrace Sairaorg-san and I have tears flowing out due to the frustration. “……Don’t cry.”
When I look at his face after hearing his voice, I see Sairaorg-san has his eyes open. —! Sairaorg-san leaves me and tries to stand up. His armour is shattered, his whole body is burnt, but this man tries to stand up gradually with his shaking body even though his pride was shattered—. Blood burst from all of his body, and while he spits out the blackish red substances from his mouth, the heir of the House of the Great King moves his body slowly,
That’s because there is an Evil Dragon he must defeat standing in front of him—. He stands with his heroic eyes where there isn’t a slight shadow in them—. I then remember the discussion I had with Sairaorg-san. —This huge, rough and ugly fist of mine was something I trained in order to come this far. “I must not fall……!”
—But, while I was teaching hand-to-hand combat to the children, I think I finally came to realise it. Grendel laughs seeing him. [Is that building that important? For the next heir of the House of the Great King to protect a single thing called school with his life…… You are just showing how foolish you are!] Sairaorg-san walks ahead step by step even if blood is spouting out from his whole body. He then says it with a voice that carries his will to fight. “—There’s a school which has a value of risking my life……!”
—Yes, I, who was born without the power of destruction, must have been born in order to teach them this. “……I……have come this far while having sacrificed many things. ……But that’s enough…… I will be fine with the only one who couldn’t learn.”
That man who finally stands in front of Grendel makes a stance with his fist. “My days of punching through loneliness are over.