[That’s right, it’s Grendel-sama who can’t help but slaughter all of youuuu!] He emits his wave of evil intent which hasn’t changed from before towards us. [Since they said I can fool around for a bit, I came here to continue from where we left off last time! Guhahahahahaha!] ……We ended up encountering someone I never wanted to see ever again! As long as this guy is my opponent, there’s no point in staying in this armour. I have no choice but to use promotion! “Ise, you still can’t promote to True [Queen] yet.”
Rias stops me right before I was about to say the chant. “But, Rias! I know very well how strong he is! There’s no way I can go against him head on without using that form!”
“You should use your power against Crom Cruach or Rizevim Livan Lucifer who may be waiting for us after this. ……We have no choice but to fight him as a team.”
……Having this guy appear was outside of my prediction. Well, the Vampires of the Marius-faction may be connected to the Khaos Brigade, but I never predicted that this guy would come here since the impact that Crom Cruach and Lilith had towards me was too strong! No, maybe I should have predicted it. This guy is a crazy Dragon whose only purpose for existing is to fight. So it isn’t weird for him to be in places where it would turn into a battlefield. Rias gives her signal to everyone with her eyes. ……She must be saying we have to fight him as a team. Yeah, we should go at him as one. Or else, we probably can’t win! [JET!] The one who goes ahead first is me. I head towards him at high velocity by spreading out my Dragon wings. [Oh, oh, oh! Yeah, that’s it! I can’t help but be happy since you simply come at me head on!] Grendel laughs happily. There is someone who catches up to my speed and lines up beside me. —It’s Kiba. Several dragon-knights appear near him. The things the knights are holding onto are the demonic-swords Kiba took from Siegfried! Kiba puts his right hand into another dimension and takes out a single sword which happens to be a deadly dragon-slayer. —Demon Emperor Sword Gram! A sword which is called the most powerful dragon-slayer! My Ascalon didn’t give this guy that much effect, but what will happen if it’s Gram? Xenovia and Irina come after us as if they are following us. An attack by the four of us conducted at the same time! “Haaaaaa!”
“Toryaaaaaa!”
Xenovia and Irina make a powerful swing with their Durandal and mass-produced holy-demonic sword respectively, but—. [Too light!] They can only make a mere scratch on Grendel’s body! “……So it’s not enough unless I use that huge aura of Durandal to damage him……!”
Xenovia is biting her teeth hard due to the fact that her attack didn’t work on him. No, there’s nothing wrong with Xenovia’s attack! This guy Grendel’s defence is insanely high! Even now—
“Oryah!”
[BoostBoostBoostBoostBoostBoostBoostBoostBoostBoostBoostBoostBoostBoost!!] I hit him on the face but he doesn’t even budge. It won’t work if it’s the normal Balance Breaker! “Haaaa!”
Irina spreads her white wings in the air and creates a huge light in her hand. She then shoots it like that. The torrent of light hits Grendel—. [Guhahahahahaha! It merely burned me!] He only received minor damage where he simply burned a bit of his skin. It had quite the output, but it merely has that much effect since this guy is the opponent! Kiba who found his blind spot unleashes his Gram! “Take this!”
His sword that is engulfed by the wave of evil aura gets slashed towards Grendel! The dragon-knights that are following Kiba’s command also have their demonic-swords in their hands which they use to swing at the same time as him! The dragon-knights’ demonic-swords slash up the Evil Dragon’s body and Kiba cuts Grendel head on where he cuts him from his shoulder to his flank—. But there isn’t a wound that you can call critical. Blue blood bursts out from his body as well as smoke, but Grendel simply laughs fearlessly. “—! You are saying that he only receives damage of this degree even with Gram! ?”
The one who is the most shocked here is Kiba. Grendel makes a disgusting laugh when he sees that. [Guhahahahahahahaha! That hurts! You are pretty good, sword kid!] “……This is bad, even though I can’t use it to its fullest; Gram which happens to be a dragon-slayer can only damage him that much.”
Even Kiba is putting on a bitter smile. “That bastard is over-powered in terms of toughness. Like I thought, I need to become the True [Queen]……”
While I say that, arrows made from many attributes start to pierce through him. If I follow where it came from with my eyes, I witness Rossweisse-san who has many magic-circles activated in the air. —But she can’t inflict that much damage even with these magical attacks. “Even the different sort of attributes don’t show any effect. ……No matter how much resistance Dragon’s scales have towards magic, this is too abnormal. He must have received an enhancement against magic on top of his original resistance.”
It must be like what Rossweisse-san said. This guy’s scales are too hard! The fact of how I had to become True [Queen] to finally be able to punch him proves how insane this guy is. “……Even though Ise isn’t fighting seriously, I sure hate having someone with a defence who doesn’t even flinch against our fire power.”
It seems like Xenovia is also in confusion. Irina then sighs. “I’m sorry, but I don’t think I can give effective damage to him since his hardness is too tough. Though it seems like the only thing in that Dragon’s eyes is Ise-kun……”
Yeah, that guy seems really interested in me. That’s because he is directing those dangerous looking eyes at only me. [What’s wrong, Ddraig!? Come at me with full power! Turn into that crimson state of yoooooours! Or else you can’t even compete against meeeeee!] ……So he wishes for my True [Queen]. Oh well, I am starting to think that I should use that. If he’s this hard, then we can’t inflict a decisive blow to him. I can promote to that form and create a path for us in order to retreat together with everyone! When I decided on what I’ll do, Rias says this. “There is one move in which we can deal critical damage to that Dragon.”
Akeno-san responds to Rias’s words. “Rias, you must be planning on using that.”
“Yes, Akeno. I’m sure that is the only way. However, I need some time in order to use that. The chances for our victory will increase if we can buy time in order for me to increase my demonic-power.”
She must be speaking about that huge sphere made up from the power of destruction she showed in that training space before! That certainly did seem like it had an outrageous destructive power! “That will be a piece of cake if it is what you desire, Rias.”
I respond to her. Kiba also lines up beside me. “Yes, we can buy as much time as you desire.”
“Yeah, if Buchou has a plan, then we should entrust this to her. We can’t afford to waste our strength so recklessly here.”
“Let’s do this, Rias-san!”
Xenovia and Irina also agree to it. “Then everyone.