It's really surprising, this surprise, Caiyue Pleiades is a little unbearable.

The red eyes that sparkled and tore through the night forest—there were too many of them to count, all looking from behind the trees in front of them.

I don't want to count how many, but even the fingers of my hands and feet are definitely not enough.

"Hell yes!"

Aware of this, he stood in place with his hands outstretched.

It's not about surrendering to the countless points of light - it's about sheltering the girl behind you.

“——”

The beasts didn't feel his wordless consciousness at all.

The red dot of light ignored Pleiades' will and rushed towards him at the same time.

"Oh, come, come, come!"

When he came back to his senses, the Pleiades' throat was screaming, a roar that could not be given up.

Only this one cannot be lost to the point of light in front of you! Only courage cannot be lost!

As the literal meaning is, this roar is just a paper tiger that is strong on the outside and dry on the outside, and Caiyue is just to give himself courage.

The fangs of the monster bit towards the throat of the screaming Pleiades, and stopped abruptly at the moment when it was about to bite.

"Smack!"

Caiyue saw the head of the demonic beast in front of him, bursting like a fruit, exploding into countless pieces, and flying away from his eyes.

The extremely close culling caused blood to erupt, and the Pleiades standing directly in front of him were drenched with blood from his head.

After that, the body of the demonic beast that lost its head only had its speed to maintain its inertia and rushed, so it hit the Pleiades hard. Natsuki was knocked and flew backwards and rolled a few times, and in the pain and stickiness of the blood, she shook her head and stood up.

A dazed face.

What's going on? Why is this happening?

- What the hell happened?

"The children have returned to the village safely, and you have worked hard to gain time, Pleiades. ”

Elegantly flipping her skirt, gently pulling the white apron dress in one hand, and carrying a vicious iron ball in the other, the blue-haired girl descended on the forest battlefield.

This was the first time that the blue-haired girl had spoken to him in such polite language, and it could be said that until now, she was finally impressed by him.

"Rem, ——! in danger"

The long-awaited reinforcements finally arrived, but there was only a moment of joy, because the two demonic beasts in the Warcraft group were rushing towards the resounding iron Rem and the thin body.

In front of the Pleiades, who immediately screamed, Rem turned around with what seemed to be a slow pace.

"-Danger!"

It wasn't until this moment that the second half of Caiyue's words were spit out with difficulty.

He froze.

Rem's slender arm had tremendous strength, and her right hand holding the iron grip swept sideways, and the chain and iron ball kept up with the swirling motion.

A weapon of destruction that should be heavy, spinning at a rapid pace, with a radius of a waving arm, smashing everything in its path into powder. The trees were swept down, and the power of breaking the trunks hit the beast's body. The body just split in two and flew out, quickly turning into fertilizer for the forest.

Then, the other beast that had been killed in an instant infused with rage infused its fangs and struck Rem unsuspecting on the left half of his body - before its nose was struck from above by Rem's left fist.

The power of the fist caused the monster's skull to dent, and the head died immediately after it was stuck in the ground.

Skillful. Although he has personally experienced the destructive power of Rem, he now feels that it is just "mercy".

"Okay, so strong, ahh

"What do you want to say to a girl, Pleiades. ”

"I can only say this with very few words!

Reem's unimaginably reliable posture made the Pleiades jump up and hug the girl. Then jump behind Rem like this and observe the horde of monsters surrounding the two.

The monsters, who had lost their two companions, slowed down, spied on the attitude of Pleiades and Rem, and their strong hostility and vigilance could be seen in their pupils.

“...... By the way, Rem you can actually annihilate them alone, right?"

"Outnumbered, they won't be able to parry if they use the beast sea tactics to overwhelm them. ”

"What a brilliant explanation, so ......"

Before the horde of demonic beasts waited impatiently to pounce on them, the eyes of the two Pleiades and Rem glanced at the same location—three less demonic beasts, the weakest part of the encirclement net.

"Over there!"

Rem echoed the cry of the Pleiades with a blow.

pierced the atmosphere and roared for the killing. The iron ball shattered the earth directly in front of the dense horde, kicking up clods of dirt and dust. In the earth and sand waterfall, there is the breath of a demonic beast shaking.

"It's ——! now"

Then came Rem's shout, and the Pleiades' body ran as if it had been kicked away.

Ahead is the gap in the encirclement network that was blown up with the blow just now, as long as the point that breaks through the dense area-

Chasing the Pleiades who escaped while there was a gap, the demonic beasts that had just made a way began to roar, but the demonic beasts that wanted to chase after them became bait for the iron snakes that were approaching behind them.

"Woo oh, this traumatic sound ——!"

The timbre of the iron chain danced wildly, so that the Pleiades, who was running with all his might, recalled the memory of the left half of his body being knocked away.

The iron ball behind it waved violently, and countless blood flowers bloomed in the forest at night.

Ignoring blood and stepping on unreliable footholds, he rushed into the forest under the pursuit of great hostility. Jumping over the roots of the tree, his cheek slapped by the branches.

"Rem, I don't know the way!"

"Just go straight ahead, as long as you reach the barrier, you can tell the winner and lose, and aim for the campfire in the village!"

Even if you go straight, there is a blur ahead.

The forest was so dark that I could only see the road ahead, but I didn't feel that the sense of direction was so crazy that it was spinning, and even if I wanted to reach out and grope forward, my hands were limited by the weight of the girl.

I couldn't breathe, did I go the wrong way, did I get over, did I get over? I kept feeling uneasy.

The left arm became more and more unconscious, and the unstoppable blood dripped from the fabric of the jacket, and the Pleiades even produced blood droplets that fell to the ground, as if they had left a signpost for the illusion of a tracker.

The same view goes on and on, and I feel like I'm not moving forward at all. The feeling of anxiety burns his chest, and his knees are about to collapse from deflated, but whenever he does this......

- The sound of iron churning behind will cheer up the Pleiades.

Every time he heard that sound, he would grit his teeth and look ahead.

"Ahh——!h

Encourage yourself to step forward with angry shouts and keep running.

Forward, just rush forward——!

Then, the darkness suddenly dissipated before the eyes of the Pleiades.

The field of vision expanded, and the sudden change made him can't help but squint his eyes, and he could see artificial lighting in the distance.

"Rem, there's a light! who's from the village...... It's time for the enchantment!"

As the name suggests, the light appears, and the head turns to the rear of the Pleiades to convey joy.

But then, Pleiades stared at the back with wide eyes.

Behind him, Rem, who was fighting while protecting the Pleiades, had a heroic posture.

The crisp maid's outfit was torn apart by sharp fangs, the white skin underneath was mercilessly cut and cut, and her beautiful blue hair was now messy, and it was impossible to distinguish its original color because of the amount of blood sprayed on her head.

Rem's appearance spoke of the intensity of the battle, they were now close enough to almost breathe, and she held out her hand toward the Pleiades.

"Rem ——!?"

Rem pushed her outstretched hand on her back, and she was pushed faster than she could run, falling backwards and flying out. Although he immediately hugged the girl in his arms to prevent her from being attacked by the impact, he hit the ground like a forward roll, and he couldn't even take a position to protect his body.

It hurts!

"Liar, don't ......"

The muttering Pleiades saw a landslide rushing from right to left with a rapid momentum.

The wind whipped up the soil, sand and mud, the trees were uprooted, and the landscape of the forest changed. Witnessing the violent scene, Pleiades looked at the starting point of the landslide and immediately gasped.

- There is a small magical beast entangled in yellow phosphorescence and emitting magical power.

Pleiades remembered what Rem had said to herself before entering the forest.

- Warcraft, that is, the alien enemy of humans with magical powers.

It's not that it can curse people, but it has magical powers, that is, it can use magic.

"-Ray, Rem!?"

After belated understanding, Pleiades discovers that Rem, who was originally behind him, is gone. Since Rem pushed the Pleiades away to protect him from being swallowed by the landslide......

So relative......

“——”

The feast of earth, sand and quickstone slammed the body of a girl dressed in a maid costume into the high night sky.

Bearing the rough welcome of earth and stone, Rem's petite body fluttered as lightly as a leaf. The gesture of spraying blood and flying into the air unsuspectingly is obviously taking more damage than is allowed.

Rem's body fell directly to the ground, and the only fortunate thing was that the earth, which had been ploughed by the landslide, did not smash the girl's head.

"Thunder...... Bastard! You're ...... I'm ...... now!"

The moment he shouted for something, his back was cold.

I'm afraid I tasted the same thing, whether it was the small demonic beasts that released the earthslide, or the hordes of demonic beasts that caught up, all of them stopped moving.

He had a hunch, he could be convinced, only a strong smell of "death" wafted in this area.

- Rem's body slowly rose to her feet.

Obviously suffering such a tragic injury, Rem who stood up could not see that she was injured. It's better to say that the wound that should be there is blocked in the blink of an eye.

The ferocious regeneration force causes a high fever, and the blood evaporates into red vapor.

Suddenly, Rem turned her head to look around, her pupils no longer rational.

The appearance covered in the blood of the beast distorted under the trance smile.

Then, the Pleiades saw it.

"—It's a ghost. ”

He struggled to open his mouth, feeling extremely dry.

Rem was still standing there—however, on her forehead, which had lost the cover of her headband, a white horn had grown, which seemed to be something of light.

"Ahaha, hahaha-"

Laughter. It's like a girl, spitting out naked and cruel laughter.

Turning around, Reem, riding the wind, rushed into the horde of monsters. The leader of the demon beast that stopped was trampled on Rem's heel before he could react. Rem kicked the body of the stomped-dead beast forward, pinned down the other beasts, and then swung the iron ball - and began to mass-produce blood flowers and beast corpses.

"Warcraft!Warcraft!Warcraft!Warcraft!Warcraft!Warcraft!Warcraft!Warcraft!Warcraft!Witch!Hahahahahaha!"

Rem let out a mad laugh and shouted, wielding overwhelming force to slaughter the beasts one after another.

Blood splattered, skulls shattered, and intestines and brains scattered across the forest in an unusual vein.

Kneeling on his knees, oblivious to the pain, he stared at the scene.

Now, he doesn't have the courage to speak out. Obviously it shouldn't be like this, but if you break into the current Rem's consciousness, even the Pleiades may be killed.

I don't think there's anything wrong with this idea, because Rem looks like she's off the rails right now.

The frantic Rem, and the Pleiades engulfed by the status quo.

However, the Warcraft are not waiting for death.

After recovering from the initial impact, the monsters also began to change the siege network, waiting for an opportunity to find the gap in Rem. Although each blow accumulates the number of corpses, the claw fangs scratch Rem's skin little by little.

Originally, it was a battle of outnumbering. The group of demonic beasts at the beginning should have been annihilated, but the number of demonic beasts in the movement increased, and red points of light continued to surge up.

"Even if it's the strongest mode, it's impossible to fight the infinite number of enemies forever......"

The change in the situation is dazzling, but the unfavorable situation for them has not changed.

Objectively understanding this, the skin felt the breath of magic rising again and turned back.

Keeping a little distance from the chaotic battlefield, the puppy demonic beast unfolded the Rubik's Cube, sucking the mana in the atmosphere clean, and the interference that distorted the world was about to be released again.

Reem, who felt the swirl of magic, reflexively looked up and waved the iron ball to make a gap in order to deal with the threat, but ......

She didn't miss the moment when Rem's movements stopped, and the horde of monsters pounced on her back together.

"-uh!"

It happened in a split second, and before he could think about it, his hand reached for Rem's back.

Rem, who was holding her breath under the impact of the thrust, her expression stiffened with shock and consternation.

The feelings returned to the irrational pupils, and the cruel smile disintegrated, revealing a girl's expression.

- Ahh

"-Quack!!"

It flashed suddenly, as if it had just appeared, and then - Pleiades pushed Rem's hand away, and the part of her wrist was bitten by the wolf's beak that pounced on her.

Click!

The sound of bones cracking was clear.

Natsuki let out a miserable scream, and her right foot, left abdomen, and back were touched with fangs at the same time, and her vision was dyed blood-red, making it almost impossible to see.

The pain was so severe that it didn't feel like it hurt at all, the feet were shattered, the flesh of the stomach was torn open, and blood and internal parts flowed out and fell. It's a pity, it's all my flesh and blood.

"Pleiades ——!!"

I heard a voice that sounded like a wail.

Even if you want to look up at the source of the sound, your body is no longer able to move freely, and the whole person loses balance. One ankle was shattered, and the other was torn off in half, which was just right. The body fell to the ground, and in front of him was a mouth with bare teeth. The sharp teeth were close to his throat, but he was smashed in front of him by the iron ball and the ground pinch. Blood splattered, maybe it was your own blood.

The consciousness is about to fly away, and when it disappears, I don't know what will become of it.

His life gradually lost, and even he felt that he had done something stupid, and he had lost the meaning of starting over again.

The pain and depression gradually faded away, unable to see or hear, and life was constantly reduced.

Life slipped from the flank with a hole in it, like the sand of an hourglass.

Gone, over, everything—including me.

"Don't die, don't die, don't die——!"

There was a sound of tears in my ears.

The sound of crying.

Natsuki was confused.

I-

"See you in bed. ”