Dragon and Ogre, Sacrifice and Sin (22)

★ Lef Magitech Empire: Red Gate Front Line ★

Dantes found himself about to shout, "Go—"

Before he could even envy or resent the power of the "Black Air Pirate," who wielded a gigantic black blade Dantes himself could never control, a stronger wish seized him: that she defeat the enormous beast before them—a creature beyond the world's natural order—as soon as possible.

A blade soaring like a tower, massive enough to sever Fang of the End's thick, powerful neck. Lark's hand trembled as she held it.

At the very moment the blade was about to swing down toward the defenseless neck, Fang of the End reacted as though electricity had coursed through its body.

"Tch."

Blood stained Lark's lips as a click of her tongue escaped. She instinctively realized that Fang of the End had broken free.

Lark swung the black blade down.

With far less mass than a metal blade, it descended lightly toward Fang of the End's neck—

'Grrrrraaaah!!'...