「Kuh, fuu!」

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Alfiris is desperately trying to keep in time while dodging the Archfiend’s outstretched hand.
She is shooting arrows as she runs away in a different direction from Lisa.
Alfiris decided that it would be dangerous to let Lisa go in such a dire situation, since she is still blind, even though she is light.

Therefore, she instructed Lisa to run in a straight line to her destination, while Alfiris ran in a zigzag pattern to attract the attention of the Archfiend.
And every time Alfiris was about to fall into a pinch, Lisa would sent out a signal to draw its attention.

The Archfiend has many eyes, so whenever Lisa sends out a signal, it reacts and turns its eyes, which momentarily distract its attention from Alfiris.
She took advantage of this ans kept her distance.
It was good coordination for an impromptu event.
This was also due to Lisa’s superior ability.

「(Alright, keep going…)」

It opened up a bit, and she could see where she wanted to go.
Less than 50 meters to go.
Lisa had already reached the front of it.
At that moment, the Archfiend’s eyes turned to Lisa at once.

「W—what?」

The Archfiend must have thought that she would not be able to get away from thia.
In order to deal with Lisa first, it ignored Alfiris and started running towards her as fast it could.

「Lisa, run!」

The Archfiend leaped and rushed forward.
It then spat out acid at Lisa in midair.

Lisa, too, had sensed the movement and was already running toward the squa, jumping in front of it and rolling away.
She just barely managed to avoid the acid, but it took her a while to get back up to her feet.
It only took a few seconds, but by the time Lisa stood up, the Archfiend had caught up to her, less than ten meters away.

「She was less than ten meters away from the rendezvous… Lisa!」

Alfiris was about to shoot an arrow, but Lisa raises her hand to restrain Alfiris.
It was a guess that she’s trying to take care of it herself.

It is true that if the Archfiend rushes again to Alfiris, who is behind it, she will be in danger and assistance may be ruined.

「I don’t care!」

Despite Alfiris’ concern, Lisa remained calm.
Even though she was face to face with the Archfiend, her breathing was almost unsteady.
She is a woman of great courage.
The Archfiend gradually closed the distance, but did not make any sudden moves.
Lisa, too moved back slowly as the Archfiend moved.
Eight meters to go, seven meters to go… five meters to go…

At this point, the Archfiend made its move.
It went to catch Lisa with its hand, but she dodged.
But there was a tree in the direction she had dodged, and the Archfiend, perhaps anticipating this move, spat out acid in the direction Lisa had jumped.
But Lisa remains calm.

「I’ve already detected it.」

She then used her robe to block the acid and hide herself from the Archfiend’s sight for a moment.
She also took off her robe and kicked the tree well to gain distance at once.
The frustrated Archfiend rushed forward witb a strange voice.
And the moment Lisa and the Archfiend entered the square…

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「Lisa! Jump to the side!」

With Anorn’s sharp voice, the entire area around them was enveloped in light.

「What is this? A light bomb?」

It was designed to deprive the opponent of vision by creating a flash of light instead of an explosion.
It is mainly used when you want to take your opponent alive, but Alfiris had never heard of a bomb with such strong light.
It may have been a special product of Anorn, but Alfiris could not see anything either.

And then the Archfiend, caught off guard, stopped moving for a moment.
Taking advantage of the gap, Anorn uses the sacred magic of the anti-magic system.

【I am an obedient servant of the Lord of the Light, and an enforcer of Her Laws, and I am about to capture an evil soul and place it in Her Hands.
Here’s a glimpse of your miracle.】

《Blaze Prison!》

The light became a captive net and entangles the Archfiend.
This is the first time Alfiris have seen it, but it must be a pretty high ranking magic.
After all, there is no doubt that Anorn is a high-ranking priestess.

The Archfiend, having lost its freedom struggles in the web of light, but it does not come off easily.

「Go on, Albert!」

「Ohhhhh!」

Without a moment’s hesitation, Albert slashed it.
With his first blow, he sliced.off one of the Archfiend’s hands at once.
He spun around, using the space created by his fidgeting to slash the Archfiend, who loses its balance and falls down, with his full power.

「Mmhn!」

The sword that Albert raised to cut the body into a circle.
The Archfiend was helplessly cut in half and fell down with a thud.
At the same time as the Archfiend fell, blood spurted from the cur, the open mouth and eyes gradually closed, and the hands rotted away as if they were melting.

After witnessing the scene, Alfiris ran up to Lisa.

「Lisa! Are you okay?」

「I’m fine, Alfie.
It’s just a little scratch.」

「I’m sorry, I couldn’t pull it…」

「Don’t worry, but they took care if all but a few more steps of the retreating process.
Lisa was prepared to do half of it, depending on yhe situation.
Well, apparently, it would have been impossible for Lisa to get away with a few dozen steps.
Not bad for a big girl.」

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「Goodness, you’re really mouthful for a child.」

Alfiris tried to hit Lisa in the head, but she ducked.
She tried to hit her again, but she dodged again.
This time, she tried a series of feints, but they were all avoided.

「…I—It’s not cute!」

「I’ve already detected it.」

Lisa giggled and smiled.

「(I think we’re getting to know each other a little better.)」

But still, through this series of battles, Alfiris felt as if she became a little closer to Lisa.

***

「Did we do it?」

「I don’t know.
But it’s a lot of damage, isn’t it? We’d better burn it to the ground without a trace.」

「Then prepare for that.」

Anorn and Albert are looking at the body of the Archfiend that has stopped moving.
Just because someone cut the body in half doesn’t mean it’s dead, but at least it doesn’t seem to be moving right now.
If that’s the case, Anorn instructed Albert and Alfiris to burn the body completely while it’s still alive.
Since the Arnelia Church sometimes deals with moving corpses(zombies), they carry a certain amount of fuel and holy water for cremation.
Tbis time, of course, they were prepared.

The luggage that was in the way of Albert’s slashing attack was placed in the shade.
When Albert and Alfiris turned their backs to the Archfiend to get the fuel in bag,

「! Not yet! Don’t be foolish, Alfie!」

From the direction where the Archfiend’s corpse was supposed to be, something that looked like arrows flew at Alfiris.
She was completely caught off guard and could not react to avoid them before turning around.

Lisa hugged her to protect but the lightweight Lisa could not push Alfiris down in time.
And then—

Boom! Bo-boom! Boom!

A sound that clearly pierced the flesh echoed dully.

「(Ehh…? I, am I dead…?)」

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But Alfiris felt no pain.
Fearfully, she opened her eyes ––

「No…way…」

Anorn was standing in front of them, facing behind as if she was protecting Alfiris and others.
There was something protruding from her body.

「…Anorn, I don’t remember you wearing this kind of equipment.」

「…You’re not hurt, are you guys?」

「Anorn!」

Alfiris comes back to herself at Lisa’s words.
She holds Anorn as she falls, but blood is spurting from Anorn’s mouth.

「I, can’t believe… this… *cough*」

Anorn is spitting out a lot of blood more.

「Anorn! Anorn! Oh, my God, I can’t stop the bleeding.
Alfie, what are you blubbering about! Stop the bleeding!」

「Why… why is this thing sticking out of Anorn’s chest?」

Several arrow-like objects are piercing her body, and there is an arrow sticking out from where her heart is.
This was… not going to save her.
Alfiris is calmly analyzing the unrealistic scene somewhere in her mind, while Lisa is in a complete frenzy of panic.

「I don’t care what it is, just get something to stop the bleeding quickly!」

「This is… a fatal wound, right…?」

「Alfie–!!」

「Why… You’re strong, Anorn, right…? Why…」

「Her pulse… her pulse is weakening rapidly… This is not…」

Lisa was doing her best to call out to Anorn, but her voice faded into the distance as if it were a distant world, and Alfiris’ eyes went dark.
She could see the figure of Albert re-holstering his sword, but it seemed as if it had happened in a dream.

「(Albert… where the hell are you pointing your sword at?)」

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And where Alberto’s sword was pointing…

The Archfiend had begun to regenerate, but not exactly.
Something flesh-like was crawling out from the two pillars that had been cut into rings.
Then it transformed into a human shape.

One of them had a large eye on what looked like its face.
On the other, small eyes appeared all over the body.
They all had one thing in common: a large mouth opening vertically in the middle of their bodies.
They also have five and six hands, respectively.
There are no fingers on the ends of the hands, but claw-like things groe irregularly.
And when their eyes recognized Alfiris and others, they started laughing and giggling.

「Alfiris-dono, we must retreat! Take Sister and hurry! I’ll buy us some time!」

「Get out of my way, Albert.」

「Alfiris-dono!」

「I said, get out of the way!」

At that moment, Albert felt a tremendous killing power coming from behind him, and he winced.
He had been holding a sword for about 20 years, and had already been on the battlefield for 10 years.
He had felt fear and cold sweat at times, but he had never once been stuck under pressure.
Albert was unable to take a single step, let alone look back.
And Alfiris walked leisurely forward beside him.

「You, did you do this to Anorn?」

The Archfiend and the others continued to laugh without answering the question in a voice so low and intimidating that it was hard ti believe it was from a woman.

「… Stop that annoying laugh!」

Alfiris shouted, and the air in the area trembled softly.
Even the Archfiend were surprised and stopped laughing.

「Even if I cut you in half, you won’t die… Okay, I’ll wipe you out without a trace.」

Alfiris utters a dark and deep voice that they have never heard before.
Then Alfiris tore off the sleeve of her right arm, revealing the spell mark underneath her clothes.
It wriggled and squirmed like a living organism, and at the same time, some kind of black liquid oozed out, forming a small jet-black puddle at her feet.
It resembled blood, but it was too black for that.

Alfiris, the sight of such a black thing (curse mark) writhing on a woman’s body was physiologically repulsive to Albert, who was watching.
But Alfiris didn’t care at all.
She was probably too angry to care anymore.

【Release】

With that one word, the words on her right arm appear in the air.

【The ancient seal that swore an oath to me, grant me power for the price of my flesh and blood.
The master of your pledge is Alfiris.
By her cause and law, devour all of my enemies!】

It then recombines in midair and returns to Alfiris’ right arm.
And then, from Alfiris’ body, a visible amount of magic power began to spill out.

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