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Arifureta After IIThe Meaning of Hero
「PYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!」
Such weird shriek was echoing through the vast sky
The voice's oas Koone Her blonde twintail was turned unruly fro that she was being scared
However, before he could do that, it was proved to hieously light footwork and had energetic spirit like it was a cloth she earing to walk around with to feel scared from this precious first experience in her life
「Ko, Ko-Ko, Kouki-sa in the skyyyy! Koone, has beco a bird!!」
「So, so you are only getting high spirited huh……」
According to the explanation of Lilin as hugging hiht her lips closer to his ear, it seeetting the most excited
「Kouki-sama! Kouki-sama! Just what in the world this aniendarythe soft feathers of the gallant griffon repeatedly Koone wasn't turning her head around, she was looking at up at him from his chest Kouki showed a s to explain
But,
「You see──」
「……Kouki-sath into his side when his body stirred a bit Kouki's breathing was disordered just for an instant fro that, not just Koone, but Lilin behind hi at Kouki with a worried expression
Kouki was about to bluff by saying 「I'riffon's h Kouki's thinking
『Kuee』
「!? ……Since when it can let out a cry like a real griffon like that?」
Froriffon's appearance, it couldn't be seen at all that it was a gole it shouldn't be able to produce an animal cry if he re at the death god that was evolving continuously day by day
Right after that, kashun! there was such sound fros was splitting into two More kashun- sound came from there and three test tubes that were supported by an arm flew out
「──」
Koone stiffened still Until now she was thinking that it was a living thing, but now she stiffened with her eyes opened wide seeing the fact that it wasn't so thrust before her eyes
「This is……I see So even the griic u to chance」
Kouki s that the "farewell gift" Haji fixedly at the strangeness cos
With kashun- sound, the back returned to normal Koone jumped on the spot with a twitch The back's appearance was already back to the fluffy feathers Koone's finger timidly reached out and poked
kashun- It opened for some reason!
「Hiih!?」
Koone screamed and backed away Her face finally turned into a scared expression that said 「This isn't a living thing!」 fro, the special recovery h level recovery hest class of ic medicine healed Kouki's body in the blink of eye
「Tsu, this is intense With this I can recover enough in less than an hour before we arrive」
'Aa, so this is why he provided transportation using griate', Kouki made a wry smile once more at Hajime's detailed consideration
「Ko, Ko-ko-ko, Kouki-sa! Koone believes, that it's not a living thinggg!!」
「Kouki-san Just what are we riding right now? As expected, it's a bit scary that my bottom feels itchy」
Both Koone and Lilin asked Kouki with twitching face
Spike and others ere also riding the sa state where it was completely entrusted to the ride, if they were dropped off then at that point they would lose their life And above all else, the griffons were flying with great speed so the best they could do were clinging tightly
Thinking that it couldn't be helped for them to act like that, Kouki felt a bit of sy
「Actually, these things have body ofthing──they are weapons of slaughter」
「Slaugh, ter?」
「Wea, pon?」
Koone and Lilin tilted their head until their head flopped on Kouki's chest and shoulder respectively The dangerous words caused their speech to beco to explain more, a shadow ca type <Dark Beings> were heading their way Perhaps they were the patrol around the capital's outskirt, or perhaps a squad that chased late after Koone and co
Their nuhly thirty
At the other hand this side had ten griffons The enemy's force was three times more but……
「Kouki-dono! Ahead there is──」
Spike as riding the griffon that was flying parallel with Kouki let out a warning voice, at that instant,
『KUEEE!!』
The griffon's beak opened wide Inside was a large caliber rifle barrel installed……
Instantly, a crih the sky zudon zudon- A sound that sounded like boet of several kilonetically accelerated anti object sniper cannon
Surely even the enemy would never even dream that it would be hit by an attack from such distance that reached them in less than a second It didn't even have tis scattered fro to the desert below
While the speechless Koone and co were seeing that, there was a sound of so kashun fro They turned their gaze at there An ar six rods came out Those rods──e fire trail left behind
A total of sixty missiles became a wall of death that approached the ene in panic, but thethe countless so trajectory sharply……there was feeling of despair that could be felt so profusely in the sky
「Slaugh, ter」
「Wea, pon」
As expected from Koone and Lilin They were co, and their body was tre a thousand-yard stare
「They are, theAn arod's apostles They are called grim reaper」
Kouki addedhiaze
「It ainst that person Koone swear, that Koone won't go against hiainst that person」
Putting aside Lilin who copied Koone's way of speaking because of feeling shaken, Kouki「That's the safe way」
Before long, by the ti mostly recovered from the bad condition, their eyes finally could see the capital and the battlefield
「Aa……」
The one who leaked out that voice that even resembled a moan was Koone Kouki could also feel from his back that Lilin had stiffened
That was only natural The capital of water in the h even with the word nificent had fallen into an atrocious state that was clear frolance
The river barrier that surrounded the capital had ended upThere were even spots where the citizens of the capital were already fighting in an urban warfare
The deepest place of the palace was half destroyed by so all out inthe water current of the oasis around the palace that had barrier effect re defensive wall" due to that
The soldier force deployed at the four directions of the capital was constructing encampment, but it could be seen that it was only a matter of time until they were pushed back The reinforce water defensive as barely preventing the collapse of the battle line
The corpses of the soldiers were scattered all over the place
And thecovered by darkness colored miasma, just like【Haltina Sea of Trees】 It wasn't so thick that it should be called as dense fog, but thethe whole battlefield
In the end, it was a matter of how ht that a the collapsed people, especially the people collapsed in the city at the rear there should be some ere done in by the miasma
The capital was almost sed by a thick cloud of despair
The situation was such that could only be seen like that
「Where is Moana-」
「-, Onee-chan……」
Koone returned to her senses fro the battle hadn't ended meant that Moana hadn't surrendered yet In that case, there was enough possibility that she was alive
They gradually approached the battlefield while they looked over the battlefield with eyes opened wide
When the nu up to the sky and noticed the appearance of Kouki and co increased, Lilin yelled
「Kouki-sama! Over there!」
Kouki looked at the direction where Lilin was pointing at
「──tsu」
There Moana was there
Her neck was being grasped by a large <Dark Being> whose body was covered with full ar totally lith to resist because she didn't even look struggling
「Onee-cha──」
Koone was going to yell But, her voice that was about to call at her big sister stopped midway There was a reason for that
「──」
It was because she was pressured by Kouki
The strength of the hand that was circled around her stoht change It was a strange change
──She didn't, feel anything
Yes, Kouki was only being quiet He wasn't showing anger or even agitation The large presence she was feeling on her back was gradually turning tranquil So tranquil to a scary degree
Koone couldn't bear it and looked behind Then she saw it
Kouki's eyes
Koone thought that they looked like the spring inside the forest
「Koone Lilin Don't let go of the griffon I' to save Moana」
His voice was also calm No emotion could be read from that, no, it was so tranquil that it was even doubtful whether there was e saliva could be heard It was unknoas the one that htly, as though he was only going for a walk
After looking on duave instruction to the other guards while tihout the whole body, the pressure on her neck
She was enduring those, however, Moana's heart was feeling pain that broke her heart at the scene ahead of her gaze that was hard to endure
「Your-, -」
「Kuh, only this much-」
Spenser whose whole body was s sith a de like he could fall anyti art with a pale face
Donar was already lying doithout even a twitch with a hole opened in his stouards, the elites of the soldier force and blessing art co tore
However, Moana couldn't do anything
Moana wondered why it turned out like this while gritting her teeth
Was it because the soldiers, the people of the capital loved her ined?
Or else, was it because she was unable to predict the depth of the <Dark King>'s grudge toward the royal family?
Defeat was inevitable When Moana understood that, Moana picked the choice of surrender She would end the war by offering her life
This option was soo It was so she had conveyed to Spenser, Donar, Linden, and all the other top brass
Naturally, such option was fiercely opposed at the time, but by her continuous persuasion that as a queen she had to think about the realistic option, it was an option that they also accepted
There were also people ished to acco> At the very least, she wouldn't allow anyone to wish for death, that was the only thing that was out of question
The reason for that?
That was obvious Because there was her beloved little sister──Koone that was their hope
By launching a diversion that was paid with a lot of sacrifice, Koone was brought to escape through a hidden path that was constructed underground with the bought ti after them, but the one in question here was the clever Koone, Moana believed that she surely would hide herself skillfully
Like that they then negotiated with the co>
But, the result was this
The depth of the grudge of the <Dark King> against the royal fao surpassed the prediction of Moana and others
That was to say, all the people in the capital regardless whether they were soldier or citizen would be slaughtered
The queen Moana would watch that scene while going through agony
Spenser and others were enraged The option of surrender or retreat was casted away from inside their mind Even the people of the capital who knew about the situation decided that this place would be their grave They couldn't possibly turn their back toward their beloved queen no matter the cost
Like that, the ht now even Spenser and others were in the verge of death
If it was her big brother who beca, or perhaps if it was someone else asn't her, would the situation turn out to be better? Would it ended without the situation turning out like this?
Vexation finally eth and opened her hands The last heaven's blessing art that would cause her to die if it was used──<Divine Protection>
The blessing art <Wind Sword> cath into it, she would at least strike back with an attack It le No, nine out of ten, this would only end up futilely
But, she would never despair here She wouldn't stayno matter what!
She was the warrior's, Synclea's queen! If her head had no worth for the eneht to the end and died!
Perhaps noticing Moana's pressure, the <Dark King>'s gaze turned toward Moana The red o froh in enjoyle
「Your majesty-, don't-」
「Moana-sauessed that this would be Moana's last struggle and they raised up sorrowful voice