I remember that I heard the story about irresponsible guys who weren’t acknowledged by the association and who have been repeating offences by destroying things. But why are the stray magicians here!? During noon at Kuou Academy! This area is within the territory of the alliance of Three Great Powers. A strong barrier was built here, and it’s made so bad guys won’t be able to enter that easily! In order to pass through, you need a certain level of qualification and also by passing the examination! No, to begin with…there’s no way someone would let terrorists come in! I somehow manage to lure these guys into the forest area within the school’s campus while having many doubts. Several magicians and I confront each other. They activate the magic-circle once again, and they have the magical aura gather to their hands. Now, since there isn’t anyone here, I will make my gauntlet appear! “Boosted Gear!”
A red gauntlet appears on my left arm! ……But there is no response from it. The jewel……isn’t glowing! ……Oh man. Looks like I made it appear within the time when Ddraig isn’t feeling well. Oh man. With this, the only way I can use my gauntlet is for defending! The magicians who are looking at me suspiciously because I haven’t used my ability despite making my gauntlet appear. “……Isn’t he going to activate his Sacred Gear?”
“No, maybe he can’t activate it.”
“Hey hey, we came here to challenge the power of Sekiryuutei, you know?”
They were having a conversation like that. A challenge? They came here for a reason like that? “You guys, what is your motive for coming here?”
I ask. They just laugh happily. “The association of the chairman Mephisto has given ranks to you young Devils.”
I know about that. That they have given ranks to the groups of what they are calling “Rookies Four”. Thankfully, I’m also given a rank. And it’s a very high rating. They rated my achievement of taking down the terrorists. ……Well, the real fact is that I’m not the most popular one since the magicians that sent their resume compared my history with the how useful I will be for their research about magic. One of the magicians shows a fearless smile. “That’s why we felt like testing you while going along with the plan.”
Plan? Plan for what? I became filled with doubts and then I hear the sound of an explosion. ……It came from the new school building! The ground also makes a small shake, and it makes me realise how serious this situation is! Does it mean they did quite a large-scale magical attack!? The new school building! Is someone taking on the magicians!? Both the guys and girls of our class are having physical education right now. The guys are at the sports ground and the girls are at gymnasium. So it’s Akeno-san who is a third-year or Rossweisse-san who is a teacher. Or it’s the members from the Student Council. ――! Then a bad premonition came to my mind after I thought about it! ……The first year’s classroom. Koneko-chan, Gya-suke, and Ravel. The magicians……who are after those related to the Phoenix. The plan these guys spoke of……
“You guys! So you are after Ravel!”
Three of them laugh after hearing my shout. “Well, that’s how it is.”
“As a start, I want you to play along with us so that we can make time.”
They activate a magic-circle to their hands, and they release a fire attack at me! I dodged it by jumping backwards, and then leap forward the moment my feet land on the ground! “You can’t be serious!”
I promote to [Queen] right away, I then shortened my distance, and then went attacking towards one of the magicians! I can still beat down all of you barehanded even if my Sacred Gear isn’t activated! My attack is stopped by the defence magic-circle which appears right before hitting him. The hard impact that I can feel from my fist. ……Shit! I can’t break through the defence magic with a mere punch! It seems like I can take them down even barehanded if my attack lands on their face! “You are full of openings!”
From the side, lots of stone-sized ice gets released from the magic-circle! I block them with my gauntlet but……it’s not good! Blocking all of it will be hard! Shards of ice hit deeply and heavily all over my body! My whole body hurts, but there isn’t the time for it! My junior is being targeted! I can’t stay here like this! I……then concentrated my thought to my right arm. Aura gathers to my right fist. No, this isn’t a punch which has aura concentrated in it. My right arm thickens, and it shows itself while ripping apart my jersey. ―My right arm that has dragonified. With my newly tuned body, it is now possible to have a part of my body turn into that of a Dragon depending on how much thought I put into it. Dragonification turns my mind into battle-mode, and I don’t want to use it much as possible because my body gets dull after its use…… But I’m in a situation like this. Since I’m in the situation where I can’t use my Sacred Gear, this is the only option I have! And also by dragonifying, that part of my body also gets enhanced! I can’t dragonify my whole body, but I have learned how to make one part of my body like my arms and legs transform! I made a stance with my dragonified right arm, I took a step to my right, and went hitting towards the magician who is standing there. The opponent activates a defence magic-circle in front of him―
BREAK! ―But it gets destroyed with my strike while making a hopeless sound. Yeah! I can do it with this arm! I used the momentum to follow through and hit the magician squarely in the face! “Guwaa!”
That magician went flying backwards, and he collapses on the ground after hitting his back on the tree. There are still explosive sounds coming from the new school building. ……Looks like I can’t be wasting my time here! “You are quite the thing. I never thought you would attack with a Dragon’s arm.”
“Well, it’s okay. It starts from here.”
The remaining two still have fighting spirit in them. Shit! I can’t take my time fighting you guys! But when I was about jump at them, a small magic-circle appears to the rear of both magicians. ……Is that a communication-type? Both of them are listening to the information being told to them, and break their stances while putting on a disturbing smile. They continue to carry the magician who is on the ground, and activate the magic-circle below their feet. ―They're planning to run away! “Wait!”
I try to capture them, but they disappear within the teleportation light while leaving disturbing words, “Let’s play again!” ――. After my battle with the magicians ended, I went running towards the new school building. Since I need to have Akeno-san scatter the Dragon’s power to fix my right arm, I wrap the jersey around my arm and hide it. ……I can’t show an arm like this to the other students after all. ……I checked while coming here, but several locations of the building have been destroyed. The window-side of the building has been destroyed very badly, and there are holes at the school garden. ……I only have bad feelings about this!