"Are you sleepy?"
Rose felt like she was about to fall asleep when she heard Efergan's voice. They are on the owl, heading from Chiata, a hot spring resort, to Jade Castle. The moon is not full, so the surroundings are dark. However, the starry sky looks beautiful. Rose and the others fly through the sky with ten Chiata's guards.
"Yeah, I'm a little sleepy."
"You can lean closer, put your arms around me, and sleep. I'll call you if anything happens."
"Yes, thank you."
As told, she put her head on Efergan's chest while straddling the owl. She heard the sound of Efergan's heartbeat, and in an instant, she felt a sense of relief and fell asleep.
"Rose, wake up."
Rose doesn't know how long she slept, but Efergan woke her up.
"Hmm."
"The enemy has appeared."
"Huh?"
Her eyes widened in response to the word enemy. She linked Rinka, Haintz, Olefa, and Kerzek. Efergan can cast magic on his own, so there's no problem. And she cast barriers and supported magic on herself and everyone linked.
"I'm not sure, but are there many?"
"There are about 10 giant owls over there, so I think there are about 20 enemies."
"It's pretty bad."
"And there's also an archer and a magician."
"Ugh, that's tough. I've never done an aerial battle."
"Hold on tight because you're about to experience it."
"Okay!"
Rose closes her eyes and focuses, searching for the enemy's location. This is because the long-eared owl race has an advantage on dark nights. Rinka can't fly, but she has cat eyes, so she's strong against the darkness at night, just like Efergan and the others. The wind suddenly feels strange.
A lot of arrows are flying!
"Barrier Shield!"
A wide barrier was deployed. The flying arrow was blocked by a magic circle floating in the sky.
"Go!"
A loud voice was heard from the enemy side. Several people separated from the owl and charged at it, holding swords and spears. Efergan skillfully manipulated the owl and exchanged attacks, but it was clear that he was in a very disadvantageous situation. Kerzek and the soldiers fly from the top of the owl and shoot at the enemy.
"Fly!"
Rose realized that she could fly and jumped in front of Efergan.
"Rose what are you doing!"
"If you keep this up, you'll be defeated. I'll become a wall, so Efergan, shoot the enemy in the back!"
"I understand! But don't push yourself too hard!"
"I won't do anything impossible!"
Rose said, getting ready.
"Don't kill that woman! Capture her alive!"
I see. Am I the target this time? , Rose looked at her enemies.
"Nature! Rose commands: Give me your power!"
Bang!
A tremendous power appears and envelops Rose. His entire body was glowing, and both enemy and friendly soldiers seemed surprised. The shining girl floating in the air is the rumored princess of the Dragon God!, she thought, looking around her.
Rose took out a whip on her palm. A dry sound rang out. It is a long whip full of thorns.
"Fire attribute enchantment!"
She made the whip have the attribute of fire. Come on, come on! , Rose thought, holding her stance in the air.
"Ring of fire!"
The Rinka and Olefa pair hit the enemy with range attack magic. Several enemy soldiers were consumed by the flames and were panicking. There were also enemy soldiers falling to the ground, dead. One step away, the allied soldiers, Kerzek, and Efain fought back against the attacking enemy, resulting in a fierce swordfight in the air. Haintz and Hattie are placed next to Efergan, solidifying Efergan's defense. Efain gives a giant owl string to Haintz and attacks the enemy alone.
Following Efain, Rose also attacked the enemies in front of Efergan. Move the whip quickly and attack the enemy. She saw a magician trying to cast a spell from behind.
"Lightning!"
Rose chanted a lightning attribute magic towards the mage. She didn't know if he was knocked unconscious or paralyzed by the direct hit on the other mage, but I made sure that no magic was coming from that direction.
Rose was worried about the enemy's rear guard, and just when she let her guard down, she felt the presence of a sword from the side. Efergan's magic blew her opponent away from behind when she tried to dodge.
"Thank you!"
"They'll come!"
"Yes!"
When Rose is dealing with the enemy in front of her, Rinka jumps out of Olefa's owl, and with a quick movement, she uses the assassin-type weapon that she always wears on her arms, the movable swords, to rotate. While doing so, she cut the enemy on the other side. She hit her opponent's head with a heel drop, then quickly used it as a springboard to spin backward and unleash attack magic from the palm of her hand.
"Flame cannon!"
The enemy's giant owl and the enemy soldier riding on it were killed by Rinka's fire-based magic attack. Olefa quickly goes under Rinka and gives her a foothold. Rinka jumps high again and slashes at the enemy. It was a good collaboration, Rose thought.
"Thunders' Storm!"
Leaving the enemy's vanguard to Rinka and Olefa, Rose chanted lightning-based magic. The arrows will fly at her again if she doesn't do something about the enemy's rear guard. Four tornadoes were summoned from the sky, and multiple lightning appeared. The enemy's rear guard unit, illuminated by the light of the lightning, tried to evacuate in a hurry, but she wouldn't let them do that!
"Blizzard Storm!"
She cast a powerful water spell. People within that area are frozen by the rapidly falling snow and ice and unable to move. At that moment, the lightning that was still active hit them directly.
Bang!
Rose thought that the water attribute and lightning were very compatible. She can clearly see the enemy's rear guard unit illuminated by lightning. Enemies emit smoke from their mouths and fall one after another.
When Rose attacked the enemy's rear guard with her magic, Efergan shot down the enemies around him one after another. His accuracy is very high. Moreover, he delicately manipulates that magic. Haintz is also protecting Efergan's back. Hattie activates his barrier many times for Efergan. It's good cooperation. As expected, these people have been working together for a long time, so Rose thinks it's amazing how they play as an efficient team, noting who moves and how.
Only a few enemies remained. The person who appears to be a general is surrounded by several people. While Rose was thinking about how to break it down, she saw Rinka jumping in. She cuts them off one by one and thrusts in. Suddenly, the enemy general shot magic from his palm towards Rinka.
"Gold barrier to Rinka!"
Bang!
Rose applied high-level defense magic to Rinka's body and could withstand the attacks. However, she lost her balance and fell. Seeing this, Olefa let go of the owl's control string and jumped from above the owl, placing his hands on each other and giving Rinka a foothold. Rinka climbed onto Olefa's arm and used it as a springboard for her to jump again.
"Ring of fire!"
Rinka casts her area magic and cuts through the burning enemy from beneath her at breakneck speed as she aims for where the enemy general is. Olefa, who flew in, matched Rinka's movements and cut down the enemy's remnants one after another.
Rinka used the enemy's body as a stepping stone to appear before the enemy general. The enemy general hurriedly brandished his sword and attacked Rinka. However, he couldn't swing his sword like that and was useless in front of Rinka. Then, when the beautiful god of death waved her hand vividly, the enemy general's head separated from his body. Olefa cut off the pilot of the owl the general was riding in, reached out his hand to Rinka as she fell, and caught Rinka's arm. On Rinka's other hand is the head of the enemy general.
Olefa put his fingers on his mouth and then signaled a sound. When he let out a sound, the giant owl returned. It was a well-trained owl. Supporting Rinka's body, the two climbed back onto the owl. Even though these two hardly know each other, they play well together.
The rest are Kerzek's enemies. But most of them lost their will to fight and tried to flee. However, Efain and Kerzek won't allow it. He cut through his enemies with quick movements and did not let a single person escape. Surrounded by soldiers, the enemies surrendered and laid down their weapons.
Efergan checked his surroundings. There was still a moving figure on the ground where Rose had cast a detection spell. Was it the rear guard unit that fell due to the water attribute magic and lightning magic earlier?
Rose hurried down and tried to capture it, but suddenly the other magician cast a spell.
Too bad, this was summoning magic!
"Golden Barrier! Speed increase enchantment! Attack power enchantment!"
Something filled with murderous intent came out from within the magic circle of the summoning technique.
"Eh?!"
What appeared was that monster from Ooramorg's nightmare...
"Rose, are you okay?!"
Efergan shouted and Rose shook her head.
"This is not okay. Why is the Morg's summoning technique here? We have to catch that magician!"
Rose shouted. She knows the situation is terrible.
(I'll catch him. You'll do something about that monster.)
The division of roles was determined by communication from Rinka.
"Yes, I entrusted you the magician, Rinka!"
(Aye!)
"Speed increase enchantment for Rinka! Attack power increases enchantment!"
Rinka threw the enemy general's head she had brought to a nearby soldier. The soldier took it. Then, she and Olefa descended, chasing the fleeing magician on the ground. Rinka's eyes are the eyes of a predator, so it is almost impossible to escape. Then she jumped off the owl she was riding. After a while, Rose received another call.
(I caught him alive. He seems to have passed out now.)
"As expected of Rinka. Thank you."
(Besides, the nearby village will be in danger if we don't defeat that monster.)
Village?! Is there a village near here?!
"Hey, Efergan, there seems to be a village nearby, so please evacuate the residents!"
"Roger that!"
Efergan instructed Haintz. Haintz and Hattie head towards the village with their allies. The remaining soldiers captured the enemy who had surrendered. They then dismounted a short distance away.
"Rose, what is that?"
"It's something that the Morg people often summon. I call it a monster, but to be honest, I don't know its name. It could be a monster, though."
"Its size is quite daunting."
"It's difficult. My magical power will completely go away after that."
"I understand. I'll fight too."
"Be careful because a high heat ray attack will come out of its mouth!"
"Roger that!"
"Tell everyone, when it opens its mouth, run away."
"Roger that."
The enemy opens his eyes. Completely summoned. Rose has a bad feeling. He suddenly opened his mouth.
This is bad!
"Barrier Shield!"
Bang!
A high heat ray attack was released!
"Kyaaaaaaaaa!"
Rose and Efergan were blown away. However, thanks to the barrier, both of them were safe. Her clothes were in tatters, but there were no major injuries. Efergan's mobile owl did not move. Looks like it died.
"I'm sorry, Owl, I couldn't protect you", Rose looked at the owl sadly.
"Rose, are you okay?"
"Yeah!"
Rose cast a recovery spell on herself. Then she reattached the barrier.
"Is everyone okay?"
Rinka, Olefa, Haintz, and Kerzek, who were linked to each other, were informed one after another that they were safe.
"Efergan, support me from behind!"
"Roger that!"
Rose hurriedly flew in front of her enemy. This is already the third time she's encountered a monster like this. This monster she doesn't want to see anymore!
I hate it so much! Rose thought.
"Fire attribute enchantment! 7x stronger!"
This is the weight that Rose can now swing to the limit with one hand. If she doesn't make this monster unable to fight at an early stage, it will hit with a high heat ray attack again.
"Everyone give it as much attack as possible. Make it open its mouth."
Rose said so in the link. And with all her might, she swung the stinging thorn whip at the monster's face, hitting it harder and harder than before. Due to the long and continuous battle that started in the hot spring town, Rose has run out of leeway. But Rose knows she is the only one who can defeat this monster.
Efergan spread his wings and came close to Rose, releasing his power as his arms began to glow. Rose turned around and she felt so much energy.
"I'll attack the stomach. Let's defeat this guy!"
"Yes!"
For some reason, Rose felt very happy. She couldn't help but smile on her face.
Efergan attacks the enemy with both his hands at great speed. His fists are being released one after another. Kerzek and others also join the fight behind the monster, attacking its back and legs.
We need everyone's help to defeat this big monster! Rose thought.
Perhaps because of the pain, this monster started acting up. The tail moved left and right, and the village became a vacant lot. However, most residents were evacuated, so there were probably no injuries. Rose wants them to run away far away. It's dangerous to be around here.
"Gah!"
The monster opens its mouth and intends to emit that high heat ray again.
Let me do it! , Rose flew right above the monster.
"Ice!"
Rose cast ice magic. She thrust into the monster's mouth again, just like at Ooramorg.
"Ice! Ice! Ice! Ice! Ice! Ice! Ice! Ice!"
Put as much ice as possible into this monster's mouth to prevent it from attacking.
"Efergan, stop attacking his stomach and shove this ice down its throat!"
"Roger that!"
Efergan flies to the top of this monster and attacks downwards with high speed while raising his fist.
"Ooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"
Bang! Bang!
Rose heard a dull sound and a large amount of ice went deep into its throat. Efergan quickly retreated from the monster's mouth.
"Giga Bind Rose!"
A large thorny branch slowly appeared from the ground and bound the monster. The thorns dug into it painfully, and it tried to lash out in pain, but it was no use.
"Giga Bloody Rose!"
Many large, sharp thorns emerged from the branches, pointing inward and piercing the monster's body. Blood rained down on this land like scattered red rose petals.
"Efergan, I beg you for the final blow."
"Rose! Got it!"
Efergan cast a powerful spell and fired it at the monster. Rinka and the others followed suit and cast powerful magic from a distance. After a while, it stopped moving completely.
After watching this happen, Rose lost all her strength and collapsed. The last thing she saw was Efergan's worried face. Then everything was shrouded in darkness.