All of Grendel’s fireballs which went heading towards my comrades have perished! He did take us by surprise, but he shouldn’t look down on my comrades! But the action right now is such a cowardly act! “You! You said this was a one on one! Why did you attack my comrades! ?”
I punch his face while shouting that out, but he wipes the blood from his nose with his hand and then puts on an evil grin. [My bad, I just like killing after all. I can’t maintain my tension if I don’t kill every now and then. But, looks like I failed. They are strong, your comrades that is. —So I will kill all of you! Hit! Torment! Stomp! Bite! Then I will make all of you into asssssshes!] ......He’s pissed to the max! His silver eyes are glowing so brutally with hostility and killing intent! Grendel’s hostility is directed towards me—and my comrades. “Hyoudou-kun! We don’t have to tag along with fighting him one-on-one anymore! Let’s attack him together!”
It’s just like Kaichou said. It’s a different story if that guy doesn’t want to fight one-on-one. We will beat him together! “Roger!”
……Even though I said that, I’m at my limit at maintaining this crimson armour. It’s a form where it’s hard to stabilise its power to begin with. And since Ddraig has just come back, it seems like it won’t last long……! [Then let’s start the second round, the red one. —No, the crimson Ryuutei-chaaaaaan!] It happens when Grendel spreads his wings and was about to come at me——. His body stops. We come to know that reason right away. ——That’s because something that looks like a black shadow is wrapping around Grendel’s foot. I became suspicious, then I look towards the shadow, —no, I look towards the place where the darkness is coming from. ……Gasper is standing there who has creepy shadows appearing around him. He has his red eyes glow bewitchingly, and his body looks powerless. The darkness wriggles, and is heading towards Grendel. ……So that’s Gasper’s hidden power…… He’s emitting a very terrifying aura. The darkness spreads even further, and it seems like it's trying to devour this whole space. [……What is that? Never mind. Is it okay for me to kill that as well? It’s okay right!? There are so many strong shitty brats here! This is a good era! It’s worth destroying it!] Grendel is taking this situation with great joy! Shit! Damn battle-maniac! I won’t let you lay a finger on my junior! It happens when I try to get Grendel’s attention back to me. “——No, Grendel. Please stop right there. It seems the experiment has been a success. We could have had a better investigation if Kiba Yuuto was also here, but this should be enough.”
The man wearing the robe stops Grendel. Grendel then makes a shout of dissatisfaction. [Don’t stop me! It starts from here! I will slaughter them all! The real thing starts when both sides become high to the max! Let me battle them! I’m going to discard my regret from back then! This time I will finally eat, get eaten, break, get broken, and kill!] ……He really is brutal. So there was a Dragon like him huh. It’s my first time seeing a Dragon who is attached to battling this much. It makes Vali look innocent instead! Not just to me, but he is also giving out hostility and killing intents to both his enemies and ally. The man wearing the robe then says it to Grendel with cold words. “—Do you want to return to being a corpse? You are still in the tuning stage. If you overdo it……”
Grendel makes a noise with his tongue when he hears that, and he puts his fist down. [……Chi, damn, can’t help it then. Since you brought that up. Then I only have the option to stop.] ……He put his fist down. ……“Corpse”? What does that mean? Tuning stage? There are so many questions……
A communication-type magic-circle appears immediately near the ear of the man wearing the robe. The man listens to it, and then nods his head. “……Good news, Grendel. It seems like they are having a really tough time against the white one. Let’s go to their side this time.”
[Oho! So it’s Albion this time! I can’t get enough of this!] Hearing the man wearing the robe, Grendel puts on a grin. Albion? White one? It’s Vali! Don’t tell me the reason why Kuroka wasn’t at my house is because—. Grendel points at me. [Ddraig the shit, Vritra the gloomy, and the panty-bastard. My playtime with you will be on hold. Next time. Next time, it’s that. I will kill you all. I will kill all three of you together, okay? Guhahaha!] The Dragon Gate opens, and it envelops Grendel while having the circle emit dark green colour. When the light stops—the giant Dragon is gone. Confirming that, the man wearing the robe takes off his hood. The one who appears under it is a youth with silver hair—. But, the youth’s face looks familiar. ……It seems like I saw him somewhere before…… I then remember the face of the strongest [Queen] who always takes care of me. The silver-haired man then says. “I am Lucifugus. Euclid Lucifugus.”
——! L-L-Lucifugus……!? What’s that supposed to mean!? No, that’s right! It’s natural for him to look similar! He looks like Grayfia-san! “You aren’t their boss, right? Then, who is unifying the remnants of the Khaos Brigade! ?”
Saji asks. The man just narrows his eyes. “You will come to know the identity of the current boss of the Khaos Brigade very soon.”
It seems like Kaichou realised something after hearing the man, Euclid. “……I see, so the one who intruded into this town and brought the magicians inside is you, correct? If it’s someone with the same aura as Grayfia-sama, then it may not be weird for you to pass through the barrier.”
Hearing that, Euclid says it with a cold voice. “Please tell this to my elder sister, Grayfia Lucifugus, who went so low as to become a servant of the Gremory. —If you are living as you like by abandoning the role of Lucifugus, then I also have the same right to do so—.”
……Elder sister……? T-Then, this guy is—
The man who named himself as Euclid Lucifugus disappears within the teleportation magic-circle—. ——At the same time, this field starts to collapse as if it has fulfilled its duty. The space crumbles as if a piece in a puzzle is missing. The kaleidoscope view which is a trait of the dimensional gap becomes visible. This place won’t last long. Gasper who unleashed his mysterious power has collapsed on the floor. “It looks like this place will collapse! Let’s evacuate through the teleportation magic-circle!”
Under Sona-kaichou’s command, Akeno-san activates a magic-circle which will let us return to that underground space. Everyone gathers at the centre of the magic-circle after retrieving Gasper. Then Ravel activates a small magic-circle to her hand, and releases it towards the capsule. The magic-circle which was released hits the capsule, and then disappears after making a single glow. “……I will at least have myself do this.”
She mutters something which I couldn’t understand. “I see. So that’s what you mean.”
It seems like Kaichou notices something when she saw that.