Chapter 20.3
Episode 20 — Red Winged Devil～ Part 3 ～
“(Kyousuke, be careful not to be misled by your opponent’s words.)”
Akira’s warning resounded in his head. Kyousuke silently showed his a.s.sent.
There were certainly many points to think about in the opponent’s words. A remark as if he knew the circ.u.mstances here. Or, there was even a possibility of him being involved in the transference disturbance itself. However, there was no rooms for discussion at the moment. For the time being, they had to repel or possibly worked hard to capture him.
Kyousuke stood up and looked at the red winged devil, who slowly walked up.
He realized his ability was probably to amplify the power of monsters in contact with himself. Kyousuke was then making full use of its power. The devil in front of him said that state was Phase 2. However…
“(Kyousuke, don’t be deceived, I said.)”
“(Uu, sorry…)”
“(Ahh, scolding from his wife…)”
Kyousuke took a stance and moved to intercept the devil. The red winged devil had a fearless light in his eyes.
The two people’s eyes flashed and fists of lightning speed crossed.
Full Cross’s fist, against the devil’s fist, found its mark on his face again. There was surely a response, and with his other fist, he struck the abdomen from above the armor. Cheers were raised from surrounding students. Firmly clenching his fists, he delivered several more attacks toward the devil’s face.
Kyousuke thought it was an unpleasant feeling. It was the same as when he had hit Kogane before.
However, it is different from that time. I don’t plan to hold back my fist here. When Kyousuke pulled his right fist, one of the six wings that grew on his back stuck to the gauntlet and covered the whole arm in flames.
“Bu~urning!”
Kyousuke made a signal, Rin and Akira synchronized their breaths.
“””Blo~ooww!!”””
“……!!”
A fist clad in flames aiming at the devil’s face from the front was unleashed. The devil wiped his mouth, then took it with his left gauntlet. The arm that was by no means thick emitting absolutely unbelievable power held down Kyousuke’s fist. He tried to pull back his fist but ∗pikuri∗ it wouldn’t budge an inch, right afterwards, the red winged devil grabbed Full Cross’s right wrist as it was.
“…Kku!”
“That’s quite an interesting way to use it. However…!”
The devil twisted Full Cross’s right arm. Since he had no joints it didn’t hurt that much but his movement was greatly restricted.
“Himemizu~!”
“Uoryaa~!”
From the armored joint, Rin stretched her body and attacked. A sharp blade-shaped tip cut through the devil’s cheeks, but even so the devil showed no sign of faltering, reached to the back of Kyousuke.
“Uu…!?”
The devil grabbed hold of one of the six bone wings in which Akira dwelled. The flames of Akira gained momentum and made a counterattack, but the devil plucked off the bone wing without any trouble at all. The bones what were discarded rolled on the floor with clattering sounds. Screams rose from among the students.
Someone started chanting support magic. However, when the devil reached for the 2nd wing he also grabbed it straight and threw it toward that student. The 3rd one, then the 4th one, from the body of the struggling Kyousuke, bone wings were being peeled off one after another.
“Eh, eeii! Thiss! Stop that movee!”
Meanwhile, th
e fierce counterattack of Rin and Akira continued. As expected, did he think that Rin’s attack was annoying, the devil stopped his hand that once held the bone wing and gather black energy on his right fist. A lightning-like effect ran through his palm. Rin who was desperately cutting his face stopped moving for a second to the new ability which the red winged devil demonstrated.
“Eh, wh–what…?”
“Be quiet for a little bit.”
Rin hurriedly retracted herself into the joint part of the armor, but the fingertips of the devil clad in black lightning thrust into the joint part as it was. Then, ∗pakin∗! There was a sound and dull pain ran through Kyousuke’s body.
“Hiyaun!”
At the end of that scream, Rin’s telepathic link was interrupted. The connection that wrapped his whole body was canceled and there was a feeling of the weight of the armor bore down on his body. From the gap of the armor, a blue colored semi-liquid form started flowing out. It was the body of the unconscious Rin.
With just a glance it could be understood that the students were shaken. Kyousuke tried to stand up, but the armor’s weight interfered and he was unable to move. Akira moved the bone wing and tried to take off the armor but that one bone wing was also caught and only one remained.
“Fu~a, 《Fireball》!!”
Right then, a high-density fireball landed on the back of the devil. It exploded on the armor, and the heated flame reached his head. For a moment, the red winged devil turned around and covered his face.
“Gah! Gu … guuu!!”
Looking over, Kogane supported by Ryuzaki was standing with his right arm outstretched. The red winged devil brushed off the flame fell on his face and turned to Ryuzaki and Kogane. Kogane gave a small scream and Ryuzaki stood in front covering him.
“Eeii! Don’t be afraid!!”
When the devil sticked out his right arm, something like black energy converged and fired off. Ryuzaki s.h.i.+elded Kogane, but with that one strike he was blown off to the wall and knocked down. The red winged devil tried to approached Kogane with exposed anger.
At that time all armor was finally removed, Kyousuke stood up. Looking at his form cladding the flames of Akira on his whole body, the noises of the students got bigger.
“O–oi, that…. Utsurogi and Hino…?”
“Then the one flatten on the ground is Himemizu…?”
The person flattened over there was extremely uncool.
Kyousuke kept chasing the red winged devil as it was. He amplified Akira’s power and fired it continuously as flame bullets. When the red winged devil looked back with a dark look, he tightly clenched his fist and thrust at Kyousuke. The fist went straight to Kyousuke’s chest just like that.
“Kyousuke!”
When he heard Akira’s cry, Kyousuke understood that he had stupidly stepped in too far.
The fist knocked off Kyousuke’s ribs, pulverized his spine and pieced through to the other side. His bones broke down and scattered to pieces, and Akira was separated from Kyousuke’s body. Utsurogi Kyousuke had ceased to exist as a skeleton individual so the effect of power amplification disappeared. Screams were raising all around and Kyousuke’s body were rolling on the floor ∗karan karan∗. The red winged devil snorted, and further stepped on the fallen bones that were rolling on the floor with his steel boots.
“YOU BASTA~AAAARD!!”
Akira raised a scream. At the same time, some of the students who had been staying in the back, healing their wounds with recovery magic, started moving again. Ok.u.mura, Zeku and Kagoi three people again tackled the red winged devil.
“《EVIL FLARE》EEE~E!!”
Black magic of flame attribute which Sak.u.ma invoked rushed to the devil together with flame bullets which Akira released. The devil flicked off the three bodies trying to hold him down and took the released magic with his gauntlet. A sightly annoyed expression floated on the devil’s face.
“Doesn’t seem to be coming out even though I am making such a fuss, is that person serious…?”
The students here were not calm enough to question the real intentions of those spoken words. Kyousuke who only had parts of his upper body, his right arm and his skull left, barely moved his body and turned his eyes toward Kogane.
The red winged devil trampled the outstretched right arm of Kyousuke and grabbed the body of Kogane who had fallen on the floor and was trembling ∗gata gata∗.
“Hi–hiii!?”
“If I return home with one person, I can show it to the King!”
“Ko–Kogane…!”
The words Kyousuke tried to say didn’t come out. The devil carried Kogane who was struggling ∗jita bata∗ under his arm.
“You hear me!”
Even while Ok.u.mura and the others who tried to catch up desperately, in addition to Inugami who jumped out and Uozumi and the rest went after him, the devil raised a scream toward the back of the corridor.
“I don’t know what you plan to do, but if you ignore this request any further, I will regard it as treason to the King!”
Those words, as expected, were thrown out for someone who wasn’t in this place. The devil waited a few seconds but knowing that there was no response, he clicked his tongue, spread his wings and flew away leaving only a few words.
“Fine then! Next time, (I will) come leading the unit!”
After the red winged devil had gone, the tension and fear that they were subjected to lifted, and then only the hard to described sense of defeat remained within the cla.s.smates.