The Branded Female Fencer

At the sight of them, Lisa and Alfiris let out a loud sigh of relief.

'You made it in time,'

That was close.

Why don't you hurry it up a bit? We thought you were dead.

'Having said that, a flashy move would have been distracting. Because the fight stopped once, we couldn't rush in the opposite direction. If you'd stayed in the fight, we could have approached you under the cover of it.

I'm just trying to report the location on sonar, goddammit.

Lisa had skipped sonar while fighting earlier to see if there was anyone else in this mid-level. Then she noticed that Yggdrasil, Stelvese, and Jabberwock were there.

Calling them in was the backbone of Lisa's plan. She had hoped to make it to the battle earlier, but due to the intricacies of the road, she had finished off Ucko before she arrived. Lisa and, in fact, even Yggdrasil had been surprised by that ending, but because of the next situation that had broken out, they were dressed to strike a false note well.

And only Alfiris was aware of Lisa's intentions. When giving orders to the entire mercenary group on the battlefield, if Lisa wasn't by Alfiris' side, she and the girls would communicate by using hand signals or skipping codes with sonar. Rhine even noticed that something was being targeted by Alfiris, but she didn't notice the specifics.

Nevertheless, everyone except Alfiris rolled their eyes as the relief punched Ucko with his back fist. It was the same for Stelvese, the Jabberwock and even Saulka, and even Lisa, who had called for the rescue.

The only ones who hadn't moved were Alfiris and Yggdrasil. And Alfiris was giving Yggdrasil one thing to check.

''Hey, Yggd. If it's that guy, can you fight him?

Hmm.... no problem. I'm not giving it my all.

How soon can you do it?

I can take it down no problem. Does it bother you?

Yggdrasil's reply, and that was exactly what everyone present rolled their eyes at. Even Lifeless and Titania, who knew Yggdrasil, struggled for a moment to understand what he was saying.

''We can take them down without any problems without going all out, you say?　You need to moderate your jokes!

Yes. If we had to fight together, or by ourselves...

All right, join forces with me, but follow the fight level. If you can't, you'll be on the defensive. You'll only get caught in the middle and die if you do something half-assed, and I won't stop a suicidal maniac.

Magic was slowly sinking out of Yggdrasil. A mighty odo, as if the ocean had been swept by a silent tsunami from the sea. There was enough room in Yggdrasil to make him feel that even that wasn't yet at full strength.

His body, composed of lifeless magic, trembled. I knew there was a monster even when I saw the middle level administrator, but it wasn't this far off by an order of magnitude. The difference between the two is enough to make you want to spend a lifetime wondering what it was that made you so good at being called a do-it-yourself spirit or an inhuman being.

The actual Yggdrasil is quietly holding and opening his hands as if to confirm the magic power.

It's a long time since the battle itself. Let's see if I can do well.''

What percentage of that?

'It's not even worth it. Two minutes at the most.

'Two minutes... hahahaha, yeah, right.'

Lifeless laughed loudly. Then he sat down in his seat.

"I suppose you'll at least allow me to watch you fight from a special seat, won't you?

If you don't want to die, go ahead.

Thank God.

Ousama, come on, Hinan!

'Don't be a fool, Blanche. This is just the beginning.

Lifeless tries to stay in place by controlling Blanche, who is trying to stop him. Then Blanche snarled and troubled, but as if she was ready, she sat upright on the spot.

'Jaah, me too!

You don't have to go out with him.

Simobe is a Tsukusu thing for Oh. The skulls were soaked too!

Well, yes. I didn't sign up as a squire, did I?

Jaaaah, Aishaw?

Blanche's eyes lit up, and Lifeless put a hand to her eyes in dismay. Then he glared at Elrich.

'You... what did you teach him?'

Yes, is it my fault?

"The skull of a skull has been hit by a skull.

Yeah, why?

That's your choice!

'That's it, King. Ucko is getting serious. The alter ego is coming again.

As Dortmund pointed out, Ucko rose up with a blazing magic power. A flock of thunder and flame-clad human birds followed around him.

Once again they all took their swords, but their expressions were somewhat sad.

''You're dealing with that one again?''

You're clearly stronger than you were before.

Yggdrasil, can you handle that too?

"...No, you can't. It would violate my restrictions. Oh, I see. It's a coincidence, but it's tricky.

What kind of restrictions are those?

"It is forbidden to fight those with magical powers below a certain level. It is forbidden to fight those who have less than a certain amount of magical power. There is a limit to the number of fights, and the intervals between fights are fixed.

What a pain in the ass.

'That's why I stayed quiet. That's why there's only so much you can do against Ukko. I'd like to leave the attack to you guys, but I'm a little short on moves. The only ones we can manage are Dortmund, Titania and Alfiris. If only the possessor of Levantine would come up.

The possessor of Levantine?

We'll talk to you. Now, I'll hold down Ukko's body and you can take care of the rest. The men I called out earlier will be joining our side of the war. I don't care if it's personal, just attack when it's open.

Yggdrasil announces that and jumps out. And as Ucko and I began to engage, the surrounding altercations came towards us. But in front of that crowd, Blanche stood up.

It goes on