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“Whaa …….”
My eyes widened at Andras’ words. The words that Andras had just spoken were the ones that he had often spoken earlier. The words He used when he tried to manipulate the actions of monsters or when he tried to do as he wanted.
I try to get close to Anri, who is at the other end of the line of sight. But–!
“..!”
Anri held her head with one hand and swung her other arm, which was holding an axe. It was not an attack, but a gesture as if she was trying to break free of a noose that was entangling her.
She was clearly influenced by Andras’ curse words earlier. But by the looks of it, ishe does not appear to be completely manipulated yet.
“Anri, I’ll help you right away, just wait for me!”
“—A-a-a-aaaaa……!”
I try to approach Anri again, who is holding her head and letting out a cry of anguish, but–
“I’m not going to let you do that. It seems to be ineffective, but I’ll buy some time until I’m completely in control!”
“Damn it, Andras—”
As Andras slashed at me with the remaining claw of his right hand, I jumped back and gritted my teeth. Then, Andras attacks at a much higher pace than before, not hesitating to cause minor wounds.
Seeing an opening, I tried to run to Anri, but was repeatedly interrupted by Andras, perhaps because my actions had become easier to read.
While I was doing this, Anri is suffering—
When I saw Anri’s face contorted and her body writhing, I swung my sword strongly in frustration.
“Ugh…… get out of the way—!”
“Ahahahaha! Your sword is in disarray because of your impatience! No matter how fast or strong you are, such a sword–“
“Ugh. ……”
My large slash was cut short, and I was struck in the side with strong knife-like claws. As my body drifted away, I was hit with a powerful kick due to his inhuman physical ability. I was blown backwards, bounced several times, and slammed into the ground.
If I had received the kick in an unenhanced state, my internal organs would have ruptured. The physical reinforcement I had trained for prevented me from being hit too hard, but I still took a lot of damage.
I stood up, enduring the pain, but by that time, Andras was out of reach, holding his palm out toward Anri. Perhaps impatient with Anri, who was not responding to the spell, he was about to use the same spell again.
Seeing this, I moved my magical organ beyond its limit and circulated magical power at a speed and volume that made it roar. Spewing a large amount of phosphorescent light that seemed to be chili and hot, I kicked the ground with explosive force and leaped toward Anri.
In a blink of an eye, the distance between the two of us shrinks at such a speed that our vision becomes limited. Then, when I was still some distance away, I swung my sword at Andras, who was about to attack Anri with its poisonous fangs.
The blade of the sword was red-hot due to friction with the air, and while I swung it, I matched the distance I had traveled, and it was supposed to hit Andras just at the point where it gained the most speed.
“–!”
In the sight of the super-speed moving vision, my eyes met with those of Anri standing beside Andras. As I thought, Anri suddenly covered her entire body with purple electricity and started to move at a speed that was so close to me that I could see the white smoke rising from her skin. The trajectory of her sword was right between my sword and Andras’s, and I noticed and hurriedly shifted my sword.
Dragged by the swinging sword, which forcibly changed its trajectory, my stance was again greatly disrupted. I braced myself for an attack from Andras, who was standing right in front of me, but when I glanced at him, he only scowled disgustedly and did not seem to move.
But instead of Andras, there was someone holding a weapon.
–I was looking at Anri, who had become as expressionless as a puppet.
Anri, with her purple electric pulse, raised her battle-axe and slammed it into me.
As I dodged it by rolling on the ground in the nick of time, the ground where it struck me rose up and dirt flew up in a great heap. It was clearly a force beyond Anri’s limits.
“Damn it, ……. Anri, can you hear me?! If you are conscious–“
Without any response to my call, the second blow was struck with a colorless face. The axe that was cleaved horizontally stirred the air, and her hair shook in the heavy wind like a storm.
I grit my teeth as I watch the purple electricity on her body continue to hurt Anri herself.
–If we continue to fight beyond our limits, Anri’s life will be in danger. And while Andras is happily watching us right now, if he joins the fight, I’m sure I’ll lose to them, as I can’t inflict a serious wound on Anri.
If that happens, I will lose not only my own life, but also the lives of Anri, my precious companion, and the lives of everyone outside the boundary.
With no help from outside, the only way out of this one-on-two situation was to somehow knock Anri out or wake her up.
While dealing with Anri, who was firing a barrage of blows at me, I was thinking in between the two and desperately called out to her
“Anri, wake up! If we don’t do anything, we’ll be at the mercy of Andras! Anri’s body won’t last long!”
“……”
“Ugh… Anri—- Remember when I fell off a cliff three months ago! At that time, Anri must have thought I was dead!? If things continue like this, it will be like that time again. I might end up losing a friend!”
“Ah ……Tale …… dead ……?”
I shamelessly talked about my stupidity from three months ago. Anri, who visited me last night, was distraught as she tried to remember what had happened, so I wondered if I could force her to wake up.
And I think my plan worked to some extent. Anri, who until then had not spoken or shown any facial expression, began to look somewhat distressed while swinging her axe.
I continue.
“Next time, Ur and Rietta might disappear. I can’t stand that! So, Anri――!”
“Uuuu…I-I……”
Finally, Anri stopped moving and dropped the ax. Holding her head in her hands, she sank to the ground and began muttering to herself.
I was relieved when I saw that she was going to wake up. Andras, who had been watching from a distance, rushed toward us with a frown on his face.
“—You are a useless little girl, aren’t you? I don’t know why my authority is played this many times ……! But then, I can use it for that!”
Andras then swung his sharp claws at Anri, who was cowering and motionless.
Anri was completely oblivious and showed no sign of evasion. I impatiently took the attack on Anri.
“You, …….”
“Fufu, how long can you hold up against me with all your baggage as the saying goes!”
Andras rains down attacks on Anri, who cannot move. Slashing with claws, fighting with inhuman physical performance, and fast-acting magic.
I managed to prevent all of them, but little by little I was getting injured. I don’t like the occasional attacks that target me rather than Anri. Now that I am focusing most of my attention on Anri’s defense, it will be extremely difficult to completely control the attacks of Andras, who already has great power.
The blood flowing from my body increased little by little, and Andras’ attacks gained momentum and picked up the pace. I still have plenty of magic power, and my movement won’t be slowed down by this many injuries, but the feeling of being at a stalemate in this situation was unbearable.
Anri was still unable to act, her face contorted as if she was fighting something invisible, and she was muttering to himself. If she could somehow come to her senses, I think we could turn the situation around in one fell swoop.
While responding to Andras’ attack, I tried to open my mouth to call out to Anri once again.
And that was the moment.
—Anri’s right hand, which was cowering, glowed faintly.
A platinum glow leaked out from under the glove, as if glimpses of hope were being seen.
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