Manowa

The halo that absorbed all the energy of Koromi Alternative's maximum laser sword self-destructed, and the torrent of light emitted from inside it spread in all directions.

(Ku, how powerful!?)

Inside that destructive light, Kazane put up an Aegis Shield to guard herself; furthermore, the Rainbow Curtain generated from her Rainbow Necklace combined with the anti-magic resistance of Rokuten-kun's armor greatly attenuated that power.

However, even still, she couldn't completely defend against it.

Kazane's Rokuten-kun in Ashura King Mode received that impact and was sent flying far from that place. And that was the same for Koromi Alternative.

『Yuuko-nee, Berserk Ogre!』

And though Kazane herself was sent flying away, she gave orders to her subordinates. The laser sword was now gone, and the railcannon was also unusable. It was an opportunity.

『If we're going to defeat her, now is the time!』

Koromi Alternative had now lost all her weapons. And then, burning with fighting spirit, Berserk Ogre and golden dragon Yuuko-nee simultaneously flew toward Koromi Alternative.

『That's naive, monsters.』

However, Koromi Alternative didn't panic even though it had been thrown to the ground. Then, Koromi Alternative threw something at the two monsters that were flying towards it.

(What are those?)

Kazane had just come to a stop after her momentum was killed from destructively rolling across the ground, so she saw them. They were black grenades. They activated in front of Yuuko-nee and the Berserk Ogre, warping space.

『Funya!?』

Yuuko-nee's『Intuition』activated, so she made the split second decision to dodge. She used『Wind's Divine Protection』to suddenly brake in mid-air. However, Berserk Ogre couldn't act so dexterously and continued charging into the warped space.

「GU, GAaAAAAAAA!?」

Immediately afterwards, Berserk Ogre fell. He was forcibly dropped to the ground at extraordinary speed.

And what Koromi Alternative threw were throwing type consumable items called Gravity Bombs. They were bombs that were particularly effective against fliers, generating a huge amount of gravity that knocked the target down to the ground.

『Berserk Ogre!?』

Kazane shouted, and immediately after, Berserk Ogre crashed into a car on the ground, which caused it to explode; furthermore, the impact created a chasm that he started falling into.

『Nyaaa!』

Meanwhile, Yuuko-nee, who had avoided the Gravity Bomb, regained her posture and charged towards Koromi Alternative with sword outstretched. The current Koromi Alternative had no offensive means. That's what she thought. But Koromi Alternative still had a trick left. That was,

『Killer Technique・No-attribute Mega Beam!』

『Nyagyaaaa!?』

A high output beam was emitted from Koromi Alternative's eyes. That attack critically hit the charging Yuuko-nee. Then, Yuuko-nee was sent flying, her Dragonization came undone, and she started rolling across the ground.

『Yuuko-nee!? Wait, it's coming towards me as well?!』

Kazane's Rokuten-kun・Ashura King Mode was finally standing back up after the halo explosion, but she didn't have time to rest. The Mega Beam that defeated Yuuko-nee was now approaching Kazane.

『Skill・Aegis Shield!』

『Useless useless uselessーーー!』

Kazane activated『Aegis Shield』. However, just as Koromi Alternative stated, the Aegis Shield was passed through and ended up being useless.

『Ku, why!?』

The beams from the missile launcher at the start couldn't be blocked either. She didn't know why. However, the Mega Beam attacked without giving her time to think about that.

「Once more!」

Kazane flew at full speed to run away and fired another Aegis Shield, but it didn't seem to have any effect at all.

(Even though it should be able to defend against both physical and magical attacks!?)

It had no effect. In other words, she had no means of defense. Berserk Ogre had proved that meat shields could defend effectively, but she didn't currently have such a convenient option. And as the surrounding buildings were being further destroyed by the Mega Beam Kazane was avoiding,

『Ku, it's catching u...』

In the end, it reached Rokuten-kun Ashura King Mode and directly hit.

『Blast away!』

Together with Koromi Alternative's monotonous voice, Rokuten-kun's giant body was blown away and crashed into the building behind it like a cannonball.

『Nnn, I won?』

Even after seeing that situation, Koromi Alternative was still expressionless and spoke in monotone. That was Tatsuyoshi's preference. He liked expressionless young girls. He was a man who was honest with himself.

『With this, Onii-chan will praise… mm?』

But negligence was forbidden. The end of the battle had not yet been announced.

「Husband Full Burst!」

A voice resounded from the air. Then, the moment after a huge crystal dragon suddenly appeared above Koromi Alternative's head, countless lights of the seven prismatic colors were fired at her. Naturally, that voice was Kazane, and the thing that appeared was a summoned being modeled after God Dragon Emperor Naga.

Kazane had abandoned Rokuten-kun to escape from the Mega Beam, spread her white wings to escape into the air, then used the Rainbow Dragon Ring. In other words, she had activated God Dragon Emperor Naga's greatest attack,『Sevens Ray・Overkill』.

『Obstinate.』

However, Koromi Alternative wasn't flustered and immediately used an item called Ether Flare that scattered highly concentrated ether mist. It was a consumable item that had the effect of dispersing magic. And the attack『Sevens Ray・Overkill』was annihilated by the highly concentrated ether mist.

「There's still more!」

But Kazane had predicted that. That's why something else was flying at the same time the prismatic light was fired. It was a giant black Ogre.

「GUoooOOO!」

『Ogre?』

Berserk Ogre screamed and attacked Koromi Alternative. As a matter of fact, Berserk Ogre was unsummoned once after he fell underground and was now resummoned here.

『But if it's a contest of strength, I have that too!』

Koromi Alternative let go of its railcannon and swung its left fist to intercept Berserk Ogre's full-powered club attack. But Berserk Ogre let go of the club he had swung down toward Koromi Alternative.

『Why?』

Koromi Alternative said questioningly, but its left fist didn't stop. Then, at the same time that Koromi's fist crashed into the club, Berserk Ogre grabbed Koromi Alternative's body.

『Ku, I was grabbed?』

Yes, Berserk Ogre had firmly seized Koromi Alternative. To the end, Koromi Alternative spoke in monotone, but the words that came out were not fake.

Meanwhile, Berserk Ogre understood that he wouldn't deliver the coup de grace. His master, who had flown high into the sky, would come to kill it. Believing that, Berserk Ogre was trying to fulfill the role of support.

「Skill・Killing Leeeeeg!」

And then, a huge torrent of power from the sky was directed at Koromi and Berserk Ogre.

Since the Draghorn Tonfas were sent flying along with Rokuten-kun, this Kazane Bazooka had reduced power due to the lack of Fire Boost, but it was still a powerful attack.

『Ku, are you planning to kill me along with your companion?』

Koromi Alternative said, but that perception was mistaken. Berserk Ogre wouldn't be hit by Kazane Bazooka. Just before it hit, Kazane unsummoned him so he would escape. In other words, Koromi Alternative would be the only one receiving the blow.

『Dangerous!』

And after Berserk Ogre disappeared, Koromi Alternative was free to act and dodged at the very last second. Its right arm came into contact with the Kazane Bazooka, which scraped it off and sent it flying, but as a puppet, Koromi Alternative's actions weren't hindered.

「Shallow!?」

Kazane clicked her tongue. Was the Berserk Ogre's unsummoning slightly too early, or was Koromi Alternative's evasion abnormally faster? Either way, it wasn't enough to bring it down with a single blow.

『You should have just left us as we were and killed us together. Emotion is the cause of your defeat.』

Koromi Alternative said,

『Gu』

「Whose cause of defeat did you say?」

But Kazane's fist was decided.

It was an instant occurrence. Kazane activated Material Shield on herself to use the recoil from Kazane Bazooka to throw a punch, which slammed against Koromi Alternative.

(Tss)

Its power was exceptionally high, but as compensation, Kazane's left fist was also smashed. Despite the fact that she was using『Red Body Transformation』and her hand was covered with the gauntlet of her『Dragon Eating Ogre Army Armor』, it still broke. However, that also showed just how powerful that attack was.

「Berserk Ogre, hold her!」

「GAAAA!」

『It came out again!?』

Koromi Alternative said, but once the summoning was canceled, Berserk Ogre would return to the『Dragon Eating Ogre Army Armor』. In that case, it was natural for him to come out of it. After acquiring the Magic Life Stone, Berserk Ogre became able to directly come out of Kazane's armor, and he firmly grasped Koromi Alternative in front of him.

「Let's do iiiiiit!」

And against that pinned Koromi Alternative, Kazane kicked and punched, trying to clinch the victory with a combo. From an onlookers point of view, it looked like a little girl in the lower grades of elementary school was being held down by a big man while a girl in the upper grades of elementary school was relentlessly beating her. It was very much not the type of scene that could be shown to people.

And because of the『Kick Devil』Skill, that power gradually increased. And as she continued punching and kicking, Kazane noticed.

(My combo can go higher than 10?)

「URYaAAAA!」

Kazane swung even her broken fist to shower Koromi Alternative with blows. The blood that flowed from Kazane's hand stuck to Koromi Alternative, making the scene even more gruesome. And at the 15th combo, she activated a technique.

「Shine scarlet『Exploding God Palm』!」

As befitting a finishing blow, Kazane's glowing bright red palm strike landed on Koromi Alternative's stomach. Everything that had accumulated up until then was concentrated and driven into that single point. From the point of contact, a shock of Fighting Spirit blew violently, pouring a vast amount of destructive power into Koromi Alternative.

『UaAAAAA!』

「UGaA!」

And due to the excessive power, the hands Berserk Ogre was pinning with were also knocked back, and Koromi Alternative was blown away.

「UGAaAAA!」

Berserk Ogre shouted in victory, but there was no carelessness in Kazane's eyes. She understood that declaring「I won!」now would be a flag for defeat.

「Not yet! Berserk Ogre!!」

Then, Kazane instantly activated the Spider Web Skill and sent it flying toward the fallen Koromi Alternative. The target destination was its remaining left hand.

『Ku, you comprehended that much?』

Kazane's spider web fastened down the『Energizing Injector』it was holding in its left hand. It was a full recovery item. Its effect even extended to equipment; it was a forbidden recovery item that restored anything and everything to its original state when activated. For Kazane now, it was like a devil's injector.

「Berserk Ogre!」

Then Kazane shouted, and realizing her intentions, Berserk Ogre picked up Kazane and threw her.

「URyaAA」

Kazane accelerated further with the『Boost』Skill,

「And for the finishing blow, Skill・Killing Leg!!」

『GAFU』

And the Killing Leg with her armor's attached dragon claws unleashed stuck into Koromi's neck.

『Ku, you're strong, aren't you, Onee-chan.』

But that was all. The dragon claws stuck into Koromi Alternative's neck, but they stopped there. They didn't pierce or slice any further.

(Hard. It's impossible?! No...)

As a puppet, Koromi Alternative's defensive power was strong. However, the next moment, Kazane felt the activation of a Skill for the first time in a long time.

「DEYaAAAA!」

And with a subsequent roundhouse kick from the left made possible by『Nimble』and『Flexible』, Koromi Alternative's head was sent flying.

It was a full-body blow. Skill『Crushing Blow』. The low probability instant death attack Skill was Kazane's final blow.

Name: Yuihama Kazane

Occupation: Dragon and Beast Ruling Tenma Monarch (Apprentice)

Title: Ogre Killer, Dragon Slayer, High Beast Summoner, Rea King, Liberator, Guardian

Equipment: Staff 『White Blaze』, Draghorn Tonfa x2, Dragon Eating Ogre Army Armor (True), Indestructible Cloak, Mysterious Pouch, Crimson Saint Coffin, Heroic Spirit Summoning Ring, Circlet of Wisdom, Aim Bracelet, White Magic Accumulator (Revised) ×2, Rainbow Necklace, Rainbow Dragon Ring, Angel Bracelet

Level : 40

Health: 156+20

Magic Power: 378+520

Strength: 81+45

Agility: 83+39

Endurance: 45+20

Wisdom : 75

Dexterity : 53

Spell : 『Fly』『Torch』『Fire』『Heal』『Firestorm』『Healer Ray』『High Heal』『Golden Dusk「Dragon Exclusive」』『Mirror Shield』『Rabbit Speed』『Flare Mirage』

Skill : 『Apprenticeship Cancellation』『Nil Principle』『Skill Hand (１)』『Halo: Lv2』『Evolution Hand (１)』『Kick Devil: Lv2』『Kick Decapitation Wave』『Warrior's Memory: Lv2』『Night Vision』『Crushing Blow』『Dog's Sense of Smell: Lv2』『Golem Maker: Lv4』『Aegis Shield』『Fire Principle: Third Chapter』『Healing Principle: Fourth Chapter』『Air Jump: Lv2』『Killing Leg: Lv3』『Fear Voice』『Invisible』『Tiger Eye』『Wall Walking』『Intuition: Lv3』『Cheat Death』『Nimble』『Charge』『Material Shield: Lv2』『Information Link: Lv2』『Optical Camouflage』『High Dash』『Bloodsucking Blade』『Dragonization: Lv3「Dragon」』『Regenerate』『Soul Breaking Blade』『Stealthy Hand Placement』『Thunder Chariot: Lv2』『Sturdier Teeth: Lv2「Dragon」』『Crystallization: Lv2「Dragon」』『Devil King's Intimidation』『Stone Minotaur: Lv2』『Mega Beam: Lv2』『Space Expansion』『Pseudo-Silver Creation』『Poison Claw』『Fireball「Dragon」』『Cuticle「Dragon」』『Arms Creation: Black Flame』『Ingredient Connoisseur: Lv3』『Dragon Pheromone「Dragon」』『Boost』『Monkey's Strong Arm』『Two-sword Style』『Boobies Plus』『Living Armor』『Alarm』『Six-sword Style』『Mental Attack Complete Protection』『Spider Web』『Wire Cutter』『Flexible』『Magic Power Absorption』『Red Body Transformation』『Friendship Tag-team』『Battleship Tonfa Summoning』

Yumika: 「Your Level didn't go up?」

Kazane: 「Yeah. Defeating her doesn't grant any experience points. My Skills were strengthened because Skills level up through a different system.」