CH 457

C457: Emina’s Report

I don’t know what kind of orders they received, but they were far more troublesome than when we fought earlier.

They were not as desperate, or rather, they attacked me with a deadly fury. I wanted to go help Nanami as soon as possible, but their persistence was getting in my way.

Just as I was getting frustrated, I received a report from Emina, who was looking for the Marquis Deer Grafful in the enemy camp. It is good news, but I am a little annoyed at the timing.

“I have found the ride carrier of the Marquis Deer Grafful, the location is on the right flank of the enemy position. I will give you the detailed coordinates now.”

Emina conveyed some sort of numerical sequence, and Feri displayed it on a map.

Emina’s information was conveyed to Farma at the same time. She was ready to move as soon as she heard the location of her father’s killer.

“Yuta, I’m sorry, I’m heading off to take revenge on Marquis Deer Grafful!”

“Wait a minute, Farma! It’s dangerous to rush into the middle of enemy lines like that! I’ll go with you after I’ve dealt with the enemy who’s fighting with Nanami.”

“What if he escapes in the meantime……”

It would definitely be troublesome if he escaped and went into hiding, but I can’t let Farma do anything reckless.

“Unless the Elysian Imperial Army is completely overwhelmed, they won’t run away, so there’s no need to force them to do so now!”

“But……”

Farma was still not convinced, so she made a preemptive move to prevent me from arguing with her and instructed Emina.

“I’m sorry, Emina, but I need you to keep an eye on the Marquis Deer Grafful, and let me know if he makes any moves.”

“I’ll hide out in this area and stand by.”

Farma had no choice but to be satisfied with this response, and she gave up on the idea of going to take revenge on Marquis Deer Grafful now.

Even during the conversation, the fierce attacks from frantic enemy flying magicrafts and other machines continued.

As we were doing this, Nanami was fighting two powerful enemies and I was getting even more worried because she didn’t respond to Emina’s reports, as if she didn’t have time to talk in the midst of battle.

I made Arleo 2 soar high into the sky to avoid the ground attacks but three flying enemy magicrafts followed me just like I hoped.

I fired a volley of magic light bullets from above at the enemy magicrafts that were chasing me while avoiding the optical weapons they shoot me with.

I predicted that the elite riders who had survived this far could not be defeated by a barrage of magic bullets and anticipating the movement of the evading enemies, I swung my sword while plummeting down from above and using my falling speed.

The enemies, perhaps anticipating a firefight with ranged weapons, could not follow my attack and with that dive attack, I destroyed two enemy magicrafts.

The last magicraft fired its magic optical weapon at close range, but it avoided it and hit its head. The enemy magicraft, which had stopped functioning, fell powerlessly from the sky.

‘Okay, now I can go save Nanami. ‘

Just as I was thinking that, I received an unpleasant report from Emina.

“Marquis Deer Grafful ride-carrier has begun to move, and there is movement in the magicraft squadron under his command as well.”

Damn it, wait a little longer…….I cursed the bad timing and tried to figure out what to do.