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  Yue's magic hit the stone walls, it blasted through the vanguard of walls. The magic directly hit three of the heads.

  """Guruuuu!!"""

  Three of the heads screamed and wriggled. When the black head's eyes caught Yue's it started to use its debuff magic.

  Uneasiness wells up in Yue again. However, Yue remembers her kiss with Hajime before she is crushed by the uneasiness. Then, her body got a passionate feeling and it washed away her anxiety.

  "...It doesn't work anymore!"

  In order to cover Hajime, Yue was casting spells rapidly and was emphasizing the number of spells rather than the power of them.

  The red head that received healing, blue head, and green head resumed their attacks, and Yue contended with them by herself. They tried to counter each other.

  While the three heads were occupied with Yue, Hajime approached the beast with a dash. He was going for a single killing blow, because it would be troublesome if the beast had emergency measures it had yet to use. When the black head realized its magic didn't work on Yue, it looked for Hajime. The pain, hunger, and anxiety of his time in the abyss rose inside his chest. But…

  "So what?"

  It was the pasted that he endured a long time ago. Feeling those days were not a big deal now. Hajime blew away the black head with Donner.

  The white head tried to recover the head in a split second, but before it could Hajime jumped into the air using his skills and aimed his Schlagen.

  Just as he had assumed, the yellow had stood in the way of the shot for the white head.

  "Then break together!"

  Hajime creates a spark in the Schlagen with his "Lightning Clad". The bullet was a full metal jacket, the Tauru ore being covered by the Stall ore from the scorpion. Stall ore had a high affinity to magic and it suited "Lightning Clad" well. All the compressed combustion powder was ignited with the spark.

  Bang!!

  The red bullet was electromagnetically accelerated through the 1.5 m barrel with a tremendous explosive sound. This gun was 10 times more powerful than Donner's maximum output. With his simple calculation, this rifle was 100 times more powerful than a normal anti-matter rifle. A monster weapon that was not possible without this world's special ore and magic.

  When it was fired, the bullet made a red trail like it was a thick laser. Once, they thought Kouki's spell that was shot at the Behemoth was the trump card, but this made that look like child's play. Yellow head met the bullet directly as it burned through the air.

  Although the yellow head had a defense like "Vajra"...but the bullet reached the white head like there was nothing there. The bullet penetrated through everything like nothing as it blasted through the wall in the rear. Vibrations violently wracked the whole level as if an earthquake had happened.

  What was left was two necks that looked like two heads had not even existed there. The open wound had been cauterized by the heat and made it seem like it never had those two heads. Debris was littered everywhere, and no one knew how long that bullet kept going only that it left a huge hole in the wall.

  The other heads did not think that almost half of its heads could be extinguished in a single moment. Even Yue was staring at Hajime in utter amazement and had forgotten her enemy. Hajime landed flat on the ground, There was smoke rising out of Schlagen's as the round was ejected. When the shell it the floor, the three heads regained its senses. All three pair of eyes glared at Hajime, but their previous opponent was not someone to take their eyes off of.

  ""Scorching Heaven"!"

  Once the Vampire Princess. The existence that caused fear into her own people because of her talents, and caused them to seal her. Power pours into the spell and it was like Heaven's vengeance was being turned against it.

  Immediately after, electric discharge started to gather around the 3 heads and soon 6 lightning spheres surround the heads. Soon the electric discharge lengthened and connected all the spheres together, and created a huge lightning globe in the center.

  Zugagagagaga!!

  When the globe burst, it rained down lightning of great power within the the limits of the 6 smaller spheres. The three heads tried to run, but the surrounding lightning spheres were acting like walls. As the wrath of God poured down from the sky, flashes and thunder filled the room.

  Helpless, the three heads screamed in agony as it was charcoaled and erased by the superlative magic that lasted more than 10 seconds.

  Like always, Yue collapsed into a sitting position after using that strong of a spell. She was breathing heavily at her magical exhaustion and in her expressionless face was her eyes that conveyed satisfaction; she gave Hajime a thumbs up to show her satisfaction. Hajime returned the gesture with his own thumbs up and smiled. He began to walk while he carried the rifle on his shoulder. The remaining parts of the Hydra was to the rear of him now that he made his way to Yue.

  Just after that.

  "Hajime!"

  Yue's desperate voice sounded out. When he considered what was up, he followed her line of sight. There in the Hydra's remains rose a seventh head that glared at him. Hajime stiffens unintentionally.

  However, the seventh silver head, shifted its gaze to Yue and it let loose an aurora without any preparations. Like the Schlagen shot, the aurora shot towards Yue in an instant. She couldn't move because of magic exhaustion.

  The moment the silver head turned to Yue, Hajime had jumped out as his body was attacked by chills.

  Just like with the blue head earlier, Hajime was able to jump into the line of fire to save Yue. This time the results were different. The aurora was swallowing Hajime whole. Yue's body was blown away by the aftereffect of the hit, even if it wasn't a direct hit.

  Soon the aurora calmed down, and Yue sat herself up as her whole body was in pain. She searched for the figure of Hajime, as he had been swallowed by the aurora after he forced his way through to take the attack.

  Hajime had not moved from the place he blocked the attack. He was in an imposing stance as smoke blew from his whole body. On the floor was the wreckage of the melted Schlagen.

  "H-Hajime?"

  "..."

  He did not answer. His body just shook and fell forward.

  "Hajime!"

  Yue quickly rushed over to him, ignoring her aching body as she is driven by uneasiness. Because of her magic drain, she couldn't gather any strength and fell. With a suppressed impatient feeling, she took out her sacred water and drank. Her vitality returned slowly and she rushed to Hajime this time.

  Blood gradually begins to puddle under Hajime's stomach. The attack had penetrated Hajime's "Vajra" and did a lot of damage. If he had not used the Schlagen as a shield, he most likely would have died. Luckily, his Schlagen was a weapon made from the shell of the scorpion that endured Yue's "Azure Sky".

  When she turned him on his back, Hajime's condition was severe. His fingers, shoulder, and flank was burned and festering. Some of the parts even had bone exposed. The right side of his face was burned and his right eye was bleeding. There was not much damage to his legs, it was a blessing in disguise.

  Yue was going to give him sacred water, but the Hydra wasn't going to allow that. The beast was shooting innumerable balls of light, 10 cm in diameter, this time. Its intensity could be comparable to a gatling gun.

  She quickly held Hajime and exerted all her strength to hide behind the pillars. Balls of light was shot one after another at the pillars, and causing the pillars to be shaved. It would not last even 1 more minute. Each of the light ball was loaded with terrifying energy.

  Yue quickly dropped the sacred water into Hajime's wound, and tried to get him to drink another one. However, Hajime didn't have the power to swallow it, so he choked on it and spit some out. To get Hajime to drink it, Yue placed it in her mouth and kissed him. She forcibly made him drink it.

  But the sacred water was not able to restore the wounds. Usually, the restoration began immediately, it seems like something was inhibiting it.

  "Why!?"
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  Yue took out all the sacred water on hand as she began to panic.

  The factor that was inhibiting the restoration was Hydra's poison in the aurora; the poison melt the flesh. It usually would have melted a being without resistance. However, the sacred water's restoration was faster than the dissolution speed of the poison. The speed was slow but with Hajime's enhanced body it would just take time to heal, but the right eye had evaporated with the auroral light. He would not be able to get it back because the sacred water could only restore, not regenerate.

  Soon the pillar will be crushed, and it did not seem Hajime will be able to move until then. Yue stares at Hajime with a determined expression as she kissed him. She took Donner and stood up.

  "...This time, I'll save you…"

  After her words of determination, she jumped out from behind the pillar. She only had a little magic and the sacred water was used up. With the body of a vampire that relied on body strengthening, she could only use Donner and her unreliable "Auto Regen".

  The silver head glares at the Yue that had jumped out of the pillar it was bombarding. Since her magic reserve was low, she did not choose to fight it with magic. Instead she chose to dodging and run because she couldn't fire Donner like Hajime. Originally, Yue was not good with close quarter combat. Instantly she was driven into a corner.

  Finally, one of the balls hit Yue in the shoulder.

  "Agu!"

  Groaning in pain, she endured it and resumed her running after retaining her momentum. The moment she stopped because of the pain, would be the time she collapsed. Her "Auto Regen" began, but it was slower than usual. Seems the poison was even effective against her regen. The vampiress' magic reverse is cut again. In this situation, the magical power used to enforce her body will disappear soon.

  Yue tried to approach it but the density of the barrage prevents her. She wouldn't be able to shoot Donner if she couldn't get closer. A plan was needed to close the distance between her and the beast. However, the barrage was merciless and it finally cornered her.

  In desperation, she pulled Donner's trigger to try to break the situation. Yue used a lightning spell to substitute the need for "Lightning Clad" acceleration. Count it as beginner's luck, the bullet went through the gaps of the barrage to hit the silver head's temple.

  But,

  "Eh"

  Her voice leaked unintentionally. The blow should have some power even if she didn't have sufficient acceleration, but the silver head did not suffer much damage. Shadows of despair fell over her expression, but her defeat meant Hajime's death. She grit her teeth and prepared to evade again.

  However, such a pattern couldn't continue on forever. The silver head's eyes shined and another aurora was shot that jarred the surrounding space. Yue's evasion route was limited by the light ball barrage so she choose to get blown away by jumping into the light bullets. This allowed her to avoid the aurora.

  The price for that was a light bullet to the abdomen and a slam into the ground.

  "Uu...Uu…"

  Her body couldn't move. If she didn't move, a barrage of light bullets was going to hit her. Yue knew this and struggled desperately, but her body doesn't listen. Her regeneration was too slow. She started to shed tears, unawared. It was mortifying, so unavoidably mortifying. Can she not protect Hajime by herself?

  After the head had confirmed its victory over Yue, it roared and shot its bullets of light.

  The bullets of light approached Yue, but she did not close her eyes. To show that at least it hadn't defeated her heart, she glared at the head. Soon, her whole vision was being taken by the flash from the bullet. If it hit directly, it was death. She tried to apologize to Hajime for failing to protect him, as she said that she would go first.

  An instant...a gust of wind blew.

  "Eh?"

  Yue realized that she was in someone's arms and the bullet stuck to the side. When she looked at the person, she couldn't believe her sight. It was unmistakably Hajime. He was breathing heavily from his wounds and one of his eyes was shut, but he gave Yue a tight hug.

  "Don't cry, Yue. It's your win."

  "Hajime!"

  She embraced Hajime filled with emotions. Most of his injuries had not healed. He was standing with pure willpower.

  Hajime gazed at the silver head. The head glared back while making a bullet of light float in the surrounding. It threw the bullet so there would be no more discussion about who escaped death.

  "So slow…"

  Hajime did not move until the last moment, he fell down and evaded the bullet.

  The head narrow its eyes and started to attack with numerous light balls.

  "Hajime, run away!"

  Yue told Hajime with a desperate expression, but Hajime was indifferent. He even embraced and danced rotations with Yue. They unsteady fell and avoided the bullets of light. When a light ball avoided Hajime, she seemed to have misunderstood.

  She widen her eyes.

  "Yue, suck my blood."

  His silent eye and quiet voice urged her. Even normally, she hesitated to take his blood. While dodging the light bullets, Hajime embraced Yue and exposed his nape.

  "Your magic is the last resort…Do it, Yue. We will win."

  "...Okay!"

  His strong words dwell within her, and she nodded. She believed in him and buried her face into his nape with her fangs. Yue's body is rapidly healed when Hajime's power flowed into her. The two of them were dancing around and avoiding the light bullet storm, while they embraced each other.

  Now, the world grew dull in color from his view. In the world of the monochrome, all things moved slowly. Only Hajime was moving as usual.

  Hajime looked. The scene of Yue fighting by herself while his wavering consciousness tried to hold on. She was fighting desperately with his gun in one of her hands. When she fell on the ground and the beast started to emit the aurora to finish her off.

  Fierce anger filled Hajime. What does he have to do? Would he be satisfied just sleeping here? To permit such unreasonableness to take his partner in such a place? Was he going to yield to such a beast?

  Nay! Absolutely not! An enemy threatening his, no, their survival! The enemy,

  "Kill!"

  At that moment, Hajime felt a spark run through his head and awaken one of his skills. The final derivation of "Divine Step", [Light Speed]. By expanding the cognitive functions, it increased the efficiency of all the skill associated with "Divine Step" dramatically. Hajime has once again, "exceeded the wall".

  Hajime arrives next to Yue in an instant with this skill and gently dodged the bullets of light.

  Eventually, Yue finished sucking his blood and completely regained her powers.

  "Yue, when I give the signal, cast "Azure Sky". Until then, put your heart and soul into evading.

  "Okay...and Hajime?"

  "Me, spadework."

  Hajime dropped Yue off behind the pillars and ran towards the silver head.

  He dodges the incoming barrage of light and fires off Donner while using "Flicker". The beast wasn't able to stomach being hit again by the bullet so it dodged them. Bullets from Donner end up making holes in the ceiling.

  Hajime kept changing the area he shot at, but all the bullets only made holes in the surroundings. A sneerful glint was in the silver head's eyes. Yue was becoming uneasy but she believed in him. She waited for the signal to cast her spell.

  He jumped into the air with "Air Walk" and fired off Donner. His delicate steps became possible which had not been possible in the match. Hajime jumped around in the air near the ceiling, dodging the barrage.

  Irritated, the silver head gave off an aurora attack carelessly. Naturally, Hajime dodged it easily with a grin. Hajime had fathomed. The head became stiff while it did its aurora attack. Then he reloaded Donner and shot at 6 different places. An intense explosion and shock occurred on the ceiling. After an instant of silence, it began to collapse in one go. The debris was 10 m in diameter and weighed dozens of tons. That la
rge mass crushed into the silver head.

  Hajime opens a hole in the ceiling with Donner, and prepared a grenade while he evaded. He made parts of the ceiling fragile with his transmutation. Then he shot at the 6 places and it exploded.

  His attack did not slack. If just simple debris could defeat this monster, he wouldn't have that much trouble. Hajime approached the trapped and crushed silver head with "Flicker". Using his transmutation, Hajime quickly changed the debris into restraints. At the same time, he created an impromptu blast furnace around the Hydra. He threw pouches containing incendiary grenades into the furnace and shouted.

  "Yue!"

  "Okay! "Azure Sky"!"

  A pale sun appears in the blast furnace and melts the silver head that was restrained. There was a chain explosion inside, the power broke through its defense and the silver head suffered not negligible damage.

  "Guuruaaa!!"

  The death throes of the silver head. It tried to violently run away and shoots off the light bullets randomly. Walls started to break but Hajime was there to repair them to prevent its escape. Hydra tried to use its aurora attack but the silver head melted in the high heat and was unable to shoot it.

  Hajime's perception could not longer sense the hydra, as it disappeared from his senses. This time he was convinced of its death and collapsed backwards.

  "Hajime!"

  Yue crawled to him as her body had lost the ability to gather energy.

  "Indeed...I'm spent…"

  Hajime parted from consciousness slowly as he felt Yue embracing him.

  Chapter 22: Abode of Traitors

  Hajime felt his whole body being wrapped by something warm and soft. It was a very nostalgic feeling. This is the feeling of a bed. A cushion was gently catching his head and back. The softness of feathers wrapped his body. His dozing consciousness was thrown into confusion.

  (What is this? This is supposed to be the dungeon...Why is a bed…)

  He was fumbling around as his consciousness was not fully awake yet. However, he couldn't move his right hand. It was wrapped in a soft feeling that was different from the bed. His palm was also wedged into something warm and soft.