“Yuugo, you…”
“Ah! Great, I made it in time! But you got beaten that badly…”
Yuugo saved Ryuuga, but whispered as he looked at the state of his partner.
As Yuugo became more wary of Zaraki, Ryuuga pushed him aside and groaned.
“Don’t interfere…! I’ll cut them…!”
“With your body in that state!? Don’t push yourself so much!”
“Quiet! He killed my father…! I have to cut him… Guh!!”
He brushed Yuugo away and tried to go into battle, but… he really was not in any condition to fight.
He stumbled, and Yuugo caught him again as he fell, who then called out to Melt since she could use healing magic.
“Melt! Take care of Ryuuga! Heal his wounds!”
“Sorry, but take these two too. I’ll cover you while you heal.”
Angel brought Sakura and Setsuna, and took out her hammer as she entrusted them to Melt.
With all their hurt friends gathered, Yuugo lastly turned to Phi.
“Phi, look after Yui. Protect her with Skull.”
“Yes! Be careful big brother…”
Phi responded with a strong nod, and Yuugo gave him one back.
He then faced forward, and Zaraki spoke with an amused tone while clenching his fist.
“So you’re next? I have some hopes for you, so entertain me!!”
Zaraki thrust his magic energy infused fist as he yelled, and an intense tornado was released from it.
It had the power to envelop Yuugo and everyone behind him, but was blocked by a golden shield and vanished.
“You’re not fighting just one person. Do not forget Marcos Bolg!”
“Eh…?”
Zaraki saw his attack being blocked, followed by a bold introduction, and a joyful smile appeared on his face.
Yuugo stood next to Marcos and tapped his shoulder, and spoke after a short exhale.
“Let’s go, Marcos!”
“Yes, I will show my power.”
Yuugo and Marcos knew nothing about this opponent, Zaraki in his dragon form, but faced him with no hesitation.
Zaraki stood imposingly, watching his opponents’ moves, but as he was going to repel Marcos and his Giga Scissors…?
“Golden Reflection!!”
“Nuh!?”
Giga Scissors had the ability to store impacts it received in the form of magic energy.
Marcos used this and released the magic energy from the tornado he blocked, and the golden shine robbed Zaraki of his vision.
Zaraki stumbled back, not expecting this, and Yuugo jumped on him to punch him after infusing his fist and both legs with magic energy.
“My Style Finishing Move ・Unbroken Blows!!”
He used the momentum of the jump to hit him in the face with his left fist, and after landing, he executed a left right combo.
Over ten blows were delivered in an instant, and Yuugo kicked Zaraki in the stomach with a magic energy infused leg as if to finish it. But although the impact he felt was good, his opponent was fine.
“…I see, not bad. But not enough.”
“Tch…!”
Yuugo clicked his tongue at Zaraki’s unfazed attitude.
And behind him, Melt’s voice echoed.
“Yuugo! Use this!!”
“Thanks Melt! Let’s go…! Super henshin!”
Yuugo caught the magic energy sword, and transformed into Blaster’s violet armor.
He was now clad in the heavy armor, and turned the magic energy sword into a longsword with a golden tip, as he spoke to Marcos.
“Let’s attack him together this time, Marcos!”
“Yes!”
They executed a pincer attack, attacking Zaraki with a sword and scissors.
Yuugo swung with his magic energy infused sword, and Marcos created openings with his shield while attacking with his scissors… But this combo did not seem to affect Zaraki at all.
“Too weak! Your slashes are nothing compared to that swordsman’s!”
“Guah!?”
“Nuuh!?”
Yuugo was hit with a straight while Zaraki yelled, and was blown far back.
Right after, Marcos caught a left-handed attack with his Giga Scissors, and slid on the ground as he was pushed back. Setsuna frowned as she watched it and groaned.
“It’s not good…! Zaraki has the power of a loong. If it’s not an attack that also has loong power or something that surpasses him in strength, you can’t damage him…!!”
“Kuh…! If we at least had our magic items…!!”
Zaraki resisted most elements, so it would take a magic item with loong power to defeat him.
Setsuna and Sakura felt frustrated by their weakness, as they were not only unable to defeat Zaraki, but they could not help Yuugo and Marcos either. But something else caught Melt and Angel’s attention.
“That’s strange. Normally Yuugo would’ve dodged that attack for sure…”
She was talking about Zaraki’s counterattack. The Yuugo she knew would definitely evade that and counter.
And yet, he took that attack head on and was blown back. This was unbelievable to Angel, whose eyes opened wide when she realized why.
“Yuugo still hasn’t fully recovered from the explosion! And he’s pushing himself…!”
It seemed Yuugo’s wounds were more severe than they thought.
They dismissed it because he was acting as though he was fine, but there was no way he would be unharmed after taking ten bombs worth of explosion.
Marcos also noticed he was not doing well, and spoke.
“Damn you Yuugo, is the damage from yesterday…!?”
“Hehe…! It wasn’t a problem until just now, so I messed up…!!”
“Idiot! Don’t push yourself in that state! I’ll go forward! I can buy time until the guards get here, and…!!”
Yuugo spoke while rubbing his chest, and Marcos was furious.
Even if they did not overdo it to take down Zaraki, the guards would get there if they bought enough time. Marcos said this while moving forward, but their opponents would not follow along with what they wanted.
“Zaraki, play time is over. If the guards get here, this will get messy.”
“Ah? Over already? It was just about to get interesting…!!”
Zaraki was displeased, but showed no intention of disobeying.
Koumaru decided to retreat, and formed a seal with his right hand to release magic energy and activate a trap.
“W-what!? What happened!?”
The moment Koumaru formed the seal, the gigantroses fighting the hero prospects froze in place.
Shian and the others were surprised that the monster armor beasts they were fighting suddenly stopped, but they slowly became red hot.
“A-are they…!?”
They were shocked, as this did not happen in the game, and had a bad feeling, as Koumaru grinned.
It was a big trap set to create an opening for them to escape… And he activated it with a whisper.
“Activate self-destruct…!”
The gigantroses fighting the hero prospects, and the ones buried in the ground unbeknownst to all, exploded, wrapping the battlefield in a loud sound and intense vibrations.
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I wonder how many casualties there’ll be this time