And we start the second part of the story, with everybody together in one place!
Enjoy!
Episode 10: Final Battle! End of the Beautiful Fighters! (Part 2)
The Beautiful Fighters answering Nanael’s summon rushed towards the battle with the demonic beast, not even sparing a glance towards the landscape in Maramaks.
“Haah!”
With a swing of her Giant Killer, Cattleya broke the legs of the monster. The sword’s sharpness and striking power made good on its name.
“Oooh, good one there!”
As the beast toppled off balance, Ymir—standing in front of it dressed in a pure-white battle outfit–raised a voice of admiration.
“I’m not about to lose to you! Tooryaaah!”
Wielding the largest greataxe from the Iron Mountain—which boasted of a thick blade and a size larger than the dwarf’s—,Ymir smashed what could be called the core of the creature’s body.
“That’s it for this one! Hm, now’s when my Demon Smasher weapon starts earning its prestige.”
She planted the axe’s butt into the ground and gave a hearty laugh.
“That’s a wonderful greataxe, Lady Ymir.”
“Your Giant Killer is too! How ‘bout it, won’t you be my groom?”
Ymir’s sudden proposal stopped the brunette in her tracks.
“E-Excuse me?”
“You know, becoming my bridegroom.”
“S-Sorry, I already have a husband.”
Shaking her voluptuous body with a tad of a shy fidgeting, the mother crushed the beast’s tentacles with her huge sword.
“Oooh, I expected no less.”
Still, the remaining tentacles started to move; maybe the binding imposed by the Holy Pose was starting to disappear.
It seemed the monster took some time to fully die, heart shattered and all.
“Let’s finish it off before it starts moving again!”
“Right on it!”
Between the Giant Killer and the Demon Smasher, the two very heavy weapons started breaking the demon beast apart. Surely there was nothing the creature could do if they crushed it into pieces until it couldn’t regenerate anymore.
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[It’s difficult to deal a mortal wound with my weapon.]
Being painfully aware of that, Nowa moved her body to stay ahead of the looming tentacles, while at the same time striking at them.
‘Look for a weakness, and strike true.’
Remembering her teacher’s lessons, she dodged an attack by a hair’s breadth, and then counterattacked.
Though they were quite troublesome, the enemy’s movements were never fast.
Suddenly, she noticed something at her back.
[I won’t make it.]
She braced herself for the blow… but the pain never came.
“Your back is unguarded, Nowa. I’m deducting 15 points.”
“Captain!”
The staff of Alleyne, her teacher, broke the tentacle approaching Nowa.
“Always keep an eye on the surroundings. Are we clear, Nowa?”
The demonic beasts’ tentacles approached Alleyne’s feet, even as she began preaching in the middle of the battlefield.
“If you pay attention like that, you’ll receive no surprise attacks.”
She avoided them with brilliant footwork.
However, another tentacle laid in wait in the place she dodged towards.
“Kuh! Dammit!”
[I’ve dug my own trap, and I have no time to avoid it anymore.]
The experienced elf regretted her own ignorance.
[How can I call myself a teacher like this?]
“C-Captaiiin!”
As the orange girl’s cry echoed, Alleyne’s body was tossed high in the sky. It seemed like the demonic beast’s basic tactic, to then smash her against the ground.
[I’m not about to take this lying down.]
…But the moment she pointed her staff at her feet, she no longer felt the pressure of the tentacle restricting her. It was broken.
Looking down, she saw a Beautiful Fighter who had thrown the dagger that did it.
Correcting her posture in midair, she landed next to the newcomer with an amazing agility.
“That’s some amazing skill, breaking the creature’s tentacle with a throwing weapon. It’s worth at least 80 points.”
The other beautiful fighter was a little surprised at the elf’s praise.
“Haha, good going there, Irma.”
Echidna made a grimace as she effortlessly cut through the innumerable tentacles coming at her.
“You got a passing grade and glorious praise from the millennial virgin. You can be proud!”
“A-Are you HER pupil? Here’s some friendly advice, cut all ties with her as soon as you can.”
“Hahah, that’s rich coming from a tutor making such noob mistakes.”
“Guh!”
Alleyne couldn’t say anything back there.
“I appreciate your words of concern, but I must refuse.”
The second pupil got hold of a new knife, and looked around to confirm her surroundings.
“You’re still young. You still have many things to learn from a teacher.”
“Hahahah, you got dumped.”
Alleyne averted her gaze from the wild elf’s grin.
“Sorry to bust your fun, Teacher, but it seems the enemy is still alive.”
“Guess there’s nothing to it then. I’m going to go wild like I haven’t in a while!”
Echidna changed her sight from Alleyne to the demonic beast, and threw herself into the fight.
“Captain…”
“Nowa, take a close look at her. It’s mortifying, but I can’t fight like that.”
In a motion worthy of the name of “legendary mercenary”, Echidna started inflicting wounds to the creature without even flinching before its huge build. Additionally, her pupil Irma threw her knives at the parts that seemed to be the monster’s weak points at a speed rivaling her master’s, daggers that at times managed to pierce deep into it and caused lethal wounds.
“We can’t just fall behind however. Let’s go, Nowa!”
“Yes, Captain!”
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