Don’t you always have a lot of unnecessary worry on your mind?”
Indeed, whether it’s something concerning the future, anything concerning my nakama, anything concerning oppai, as well as other things, I’m the type of person who always worries unnecessarily about them. Well, precisely because of this, nothing unusual happens to me when I touch these bubbles? “Basically, that’s what seems to have happened.”
…Amidst all this fighting, my eyes were attracted to the oppai of the female swordsmen among the warriors more frequently than usual, which is…
“Ah, this could also be the effect of these bubbles, or perhaps not.”
…Yes, whenever their oppai bounced, my gaze would be directed there more often than usual, is this the reason? “These bubbles…came from their side?”
Rias looked up in surprise. “Yes, that’s right.”
The person who replied to her — was Kiba! Irina was also beside him! What, the battle on the other side has already ended! “These bubbles were made by Joker, and it’s said that it makes the opponent remember things precious to them, thus dissolving their will to fight.”
Irina’s report agreed with Ddraig’s thoughts. But, these were made by Dulio…Hehe, he’s still only thinking about getting things done gently. However, there are still people whose will to fight wouldn’t be weakened in such situations. “Well these…these bubbles are really quite beautiful.”
A smile appeared on Vasco Strada’s wrinkled face. He was holding the replica of Durandal in his hand. We had been fighting against the warriors up until now, yet this jisanhad not directly been participating in the battle…in any case, it appeared as though this jisan had given up before, but he was finally coming now. He definitely wanted the warriors to rampage for a while, allowing them to vent their anger. After that, he would join in — aside from him, the warriors at the frontline had already collapsed after being attacked by us as well as from the effects of those bubbles. Of the warriors who remained, it could be said that only that jisan was left unharmed. He began taking his vestments off. Underneath his clothing was — a body of thick, shiny, armour-like muscles, completely unlike an old man over eighty years old…a truly amazing body. Trained to this extent, it was completely disproportionate with his face which was covered by wrinkles! Coupled with a tall figure, he was reminiscent of a giant. Even Durandal’s replica felt small in comparison. Strada took a step forwards. A piercing cold air enveloped my body for a while…and cold sweat streamed down my back. This pressure…I’ve only felt something like this from the evil dragon Cruach. And this jisan who is a human, gave me the same kind of feeling. His body, was a bottomless pit of horror. He spread his hands out, and with a smile on his wrinkled face he said
“—Well, it’s time for some lecturing. Little Devil children, learn well.”
A dense pressure was released — and everyone gasped. Even Saji and I, who were clad in a full suit of armour, couldn’t help feeling but feel a strong fighting spirit which permeated through our armour. Xenovia swallowed, and said
“…Durandal’s replica. I’ve heard that its power is equivalent to one fifth of the original…but seeing that His Eminence is wielding it, there won’t be such limitations.”
This would become a showdown between Ex-Durandal and the Durandal replica…based on the power of the swords, Xenovia’s genuine one should be far superior to the replica. However—. The first to charge ahead were Kiba and Irina who had just joined up with us. Moving with the momentum of victory from the previous battle, their strides were brimming with confidence. Strada-jisan didn’t move, and he didn’t even lift his sword up. He didn’t seem to be careless, and neither did he seem at ease. Then, Kiba’s holy demonic sword approached him at high speed. —However, using only one hand, he caught the holy demonic sword! Seeing his own weapon being blocked by someone’s hand, Kiba had a surprised expression as he looked back and forth between his sword and Strada’s face. He wanted to pull his sword away, but the sword remained motionless. The holy demonic sword was being held with immense power. That jisan was nodding his head [MmHmm]. “Your swordsmanship isn’t bad. It’s very accurate, and you don’t hesitate against humans. But”
A sharp metallic sound reverberated in all directions — Kiba’s holy demonic sword had been shattered by his bare hand. “It’s too blunt. You haven’t trained enough.”
After Strada said that, he swung his fist at Kiba! In the blink of an eye, Kiba raised the broken holy demonic sword to defend — however, the blow was too heavy, and he was sent flying through the air quite far! “Your Eminence, how rude!”
Following that, Irina slashed at him using Hauteclere — even so, the sword was stopped between two of his fingers, and he then threw her and the sword away using his strength! “We’ll use magic then!”
Rossweisse-san who was in the rear guard created numerous magic circles, which fired out projectile attacks of various attributes! That jisan didn’t dodge it, and just when he was about to be hit by the magic attacks, he simply extended his finger, and rapidly touched them all. The magic attacks which he touched lost their power and dissipated into the air. Seeing the result, Rossweisse-san was extremely surprised! “—Hm!? With that magic — you disassembled it! ?”
“This so-called magic, is a calculation — so, using the theory behind its formula to oppose it, it’s possible to cancel them out or destroy them. Especially the techniques of young magicians, they’re unrefined and not concise. As long as a slight flaw is found, it’ll be completely useless — as long as its structure is known, it can be disintegrated with power.”
Noooooo! I was shaking my head in utter disbelief at this phenomenon! My nakama seemed to be thinking the same thing, and were just as astonished! After all, he only moved his finger around, yet he was able to decompose Rossweisse-san’s magic spells! This jijiwas way too surprising! Even if he understood the structure of the spell, who could possibly decompose spells with a single finger!? From the perspective of other magicians, Rossweisse-san’s spells have been praised and admired! Yet, he glosses over it just by calling her young!? “In that case, I’m going!”
Gasper turned himself into a dark beast, and dashed forth! Perhaps because he was influenced by me, Gasper in this state was particularly militant, and always had the style of charging forward! And because he’s always with me in hand to hand combat, he’s now able to confront people directly! The current Gasper is quite strong! Strada-jisan finally got into a fighting stance, and pulled his right fist back. The muscles on his right arm swelled up to a ridiculous size. “Hmph!”
Exhaling with a breath full of vigour, his right fist moved straight forward!