The Savage rolls on the ground, pushed by its power. While trying to move with its long tactile sense and searching for the opponent who attacked it, at that time, Latia was aiming at its core, swinging downward her fist.

– Take this!

That fist broke through the defensive wall and destroyed the core.

– Oh! That’s Latia. She’s good huh.

Bergryd spontaneously raised his voice, watching Latia who had beaten a Savage. He also defeated a common type Savage.

– Kane, are you still in that?

[I’m about to do it now!]

Kane who kicked the ground and jumped high, slashes with knives in both of his hands towards Savage’s core. However, although he were able to destroy a part of the defensive barrier, he could not destroy the core.

– Damn it!

Kane lands on the ground once. Thereupon the Savage stood up, and swept the scissor of its right hand down to Kane.

– Oops!

Kane rolls to sideways, and dodges it.

Immediately after that, Savage’s body bounced backwards.

– Huh?

Kane looks to his side due to what happened.

– Commander!

Bergryd was the one standing there. The scissors of the Savage that was about to swing downward Kane, were repelled by the hurled axe of him.

– What are you doing that it takes you this long, huh..?

Bergryd said in an amazed way and kicked the ground, starting to pursuit who was about to get up.

– Uooooooooooooooooh!

The axe that was swung down destroyed the defensive barrier and the core.

– Good, this is the second one!

Latia, who was knocking down the Savage, looks at Bergryd who thumbs up for Kane, and became conspicuous as she noticed something. That figure of five years ago―.

It seems to be the figure of the Slayer who helped their city.

(Perhaps, Bergryd-san is the one of that time?)

Her hearts goes *DOKI* *DOKI*, beating fast.

[Hey, what are you spacing out for!? We defeated three of the common type, but there is still a dreadnaught!]

The communication is from Bergryd. So Latia regains herself.

That’s true. Let’s think about it later. The continuation of the story, he’ll say it after the battle, right?

(Then, I’ll immediately end this fight to listen to the story!)

Latia looks with her eyes at the Savage of dreadnaught type. That Savage, whose defense membrane was destroyed by Fritz and Michael’s bombardment, was in a stiffening state due to the damage of the collision. In a rigid state such as immediately after falling, the pattern of the body is thin, but now it is regaining its original radiance, it’s what she understands. While one of them moves tactilely intensely, the Savage opens its head with its body facing towards the Space Station.

– A bombardment, is incoming!

Bergryd cried out loudly.

To that Wendy answers.

[There’s no problem, I will stop the bombardment if it comes to the base. That’s because it is my specialty!]

– Oh! If I’m not mistaken, lady-chan’s cane is capable of deploy a powerful E-barrier. I’m counting on you. That means Kane. And Latia. We are leaving the E barrier to lady-chan to defend against the bombardment, then we aim to set off an attack on the gap created after that.

– Understood!

– Roger that!

The two answered in succession.

Speaking of Savage’s bombardment, it’s a beam that looks like a bunch of thick light that lasts for about five seconds, after finishing shooting it, a gap can be made for a few seconds. They will be aiming at that moment. But―.

– What’s that?

Suddenly the battery inside the mouth of the Savage began to transform. From there, a small mass of?energy?like bullets began to be released intermittently.

Looking at it, Michael speaks in astonishment.

– Don’t tell me, the gun of the beam has changed..

– That’s not the only thing, look that way!

Fritz’s line of sight was pointed at another Savage. If you look closely at that Savage, the arms that were supposed to be blown away with a bombardment are regenerating, and the scissors are changing to something like a?gatling?gun. From there small?energy?bullets are fired in an intermittent manner.

– What’s this! Such a Savage, it’s my first time!

Latia shouts while avoiding the bullets.

– But what about that? In this state, did she really replied that it changed? The Savage, to have that much of intelligence..

– Say, Fritz. Does it mean that the Savage are evolving?

Fritz and Michael had a conversation in the E barrier to block the bullets approaching the space facility.

– I do hope for that to be a joke... What the hell is going on, exactly?

At the same time the bullets are paused, Fritz shoots a counterattack into the Savage where one arm has change to a?gatling?gun. There, a communication from Bergryd arrived.

– Change of plans! Everyone, aim for the destruction of the core! Bombardment unit, rely protection to Fritz!

As instructed by Bergryd, Latia and Kane head towards the Savage while dodging?energy?bullets fired like a machine gun, and the shell that accompany them. As a result of that cover, Fritz shoots a beam to Savage, but, the attack stops and does nothing. The Savage’s barrier is robust, defending it from that beam.

– Damn, if so, I will do it!

Latia, while dodging the lights, rotates the armor of her right fist, and launches her knuckle towards the Savage who continued to shoot shells intermittently from its mouth. It splendidly hit the Savage’s abdomen. That big body was knocked down.

– Well done, Latia! I’ll finish t!

Bergryd attacks in without a moment’s delay towards the head of the Savage that was in a forward-bent posture, its attack stopped. With his axe. The core is destroyed.

– Well, let’s defeat the rest of the Savage to resume our lunch.

At the same time those words were said, the remaining dreadnaught turn its eyes towards Bergryd.

– Bergryd-san, run away!

Fritz shouted loudly. He noticed that something was approaching from the distance.

– Hm? What’s the matter, Fritz?

That said, Bergryd looks back.

At the same time, something dropped to his side, and exploded. Not only once. But two times, three times and smoke rolls up. What could be heard next from that are gunshots. They seemed to come from several machine guns. In the middle of that, the screams of Bergryd are mixed in it, and Latia did not miss them.

– Commander!?

Latia cries, and rushes into the whirling cloud of smoke.

– Wh, what’s happening now?

While confused, Fritz and Michael, members of the range unit crawl and look to their surroundings. Then, from the shadow of the huge rock towering near, they found that a missile was fired.

– Over there!

Michael screams and turns his gun. Looking closely, to the shadows and dents of the gigantic rocks that are towering up in the wilderness, there are around ten people, wearing camouflage clothes, and he was able to see the figure of humans, men, who hid their face with a similar camouflage turban. Three of them carry a rocket launcher on their shoulders, and the rest hold a machine gun.

– What’s going on, who are those people!

It’s Wendy who screams in a frightened way. Fritz shoots to a missile approaching with his own gun and answered while destroying it.

– They are probably terrorists, because it seems that they are aiming for the?mass driver, and the equipment to launch rockets with their missiles.

– *Tch*, Fritz clicked his tongue, and continued.

– In other words, they are those guys who refuse the advance of humanity through the universe.

– Damn rascals, they are trying to attack, aiming for the chaos due to the appearance of the Savage!

A missile aimed at a terrorist who tried to fire from his rocket launcher. However, he successfully hidden in the rocks and avoided it.

– Michael-senpai! I’ll shoot down the missiles that were shot, so senpai you keep the bombardment on them!

– Understood!

– Uhm, err, Fritz-san..

– What’s the matter, Wendy?

– Over there..

– Eh?

Fritz points his line of sight to the place showed with trembling fingers. The sand smoke which was rolled up by three explosions was already gone.

– You’re kidding, right..?

Fritz doubted his eyes. In the center of the explosion, there was Latia and Bergryd that is held in her arms. In addition to the missiles, he may have been attacked by the machine guns. Let alone that his armament has been cancelled, his Variable Suit is also tattered, and blood flows from here and there.

– .....

Kane, standing by the side of Latia also stood out and looked at Latia and Bergryd with a stunning look.

– Commander, please hold on! Do you hear me, commander!?

Latia calls out loud.

After catching the voice, Bergryd opened his eyes, while groaning.

– Latia... What happened just now?

– Terrorists. The terrorists appeared, they started to attack us..!

– .. I see, have they hurt any people..? Perhaps that third party are the remnants of the anti-Slayer organization or some kind of opposing force to the space entry... I didn’t expect them to commence to work together with the Savage, it was a failure in my judgment....It is bad to pull the feet of young people...

– N, no, Commander isn’t in the wrong! What’s bad is, that they are trying to do this..

Latia glared at the terrorists who are in a gunfight with Fritz.

– Damn, I, to them..

– ..wait, Latia.

Bergryd called out to Latia who tried to kick the ground to head for the terrorists.

– Now, I’ll continue the story.

– Commander, what are you saying..?

– Five years ago, I was the Slayer who saved your city. Well, the child at that time has really become a Slayer, I’m happy..

– Why, now, such story... Such thing, should be for later...

– Listen, listen carefully. It’s an advice of your senpai. Always, fight for what you keep in your heart with justice. That way, no matter what happens, it will not break, and it won’t be painful when you die.

– Commander?

– ..say, Latia. What’s your justice? What are you fighting for?

– I, like commander― like Bergryd-san, I wanted to be a strong, cool Slayer to save people.. So, thus I became a Slayer...

– In other words, your justice is me? If that’s the case, then leave me here, and quickly knock down the Savage and those guys― protect this base for the future of the Earth. In order to create a world where our children’s generation cannot be frightened by fear,

*COUGH*, blood spat out of the mouth of Bergryd.

– Commander!

– ..I’m ok. More than that, answer me, Latia. You are the one who can make my dying wish come true. Make me rest in peace.

– Yes.. I under, stand..

Squeezing her nose, Latia continued.

– I will fight by taking over the dying wish of the commander― of Bergryd-san. So Bergryd-san, rest for a moment.

Latia gently stood laying down the commander on the ground, and stared with a sharp gaze at the terrorists.

– I won’t forgive anyone of you. Neither the Savage.

A large amount of?energy?was released from the body of Latia who shouted.

– No way, she..

It was that ‘no way’.

The whole body of Latia is enveloped by a shining?energy. What appeared from that was the appearance of Latia where her arms and legs armor thickened―.

– Full armament.. is it?

Like seeing something incredible, Michael had his eyes wide open.

– Haha, apparently it is something like that..

– Although the atmosphere was similar when Hayato and Claire were in full armament, to do something like this, really―

Fritz could not believe what happened in front of him. The situation in the middle of that.

– Hey, Latia. A missile! A missile is coming!

Kane is the one who shouted. Naturally, the terrorists also noticed the change in the armament of Latia, and they felt a sense of danger. Rapidly, they shot small missiles against Latia. However, Latia is not perturbed at all. On the contrary, she pointed her body towards the missile, inhaled deeply, and pulled her arm. And then―.

– Haaa!

She pushed out her fist for the approaching missile. The wind created by this causes the missile to scatter one hundred meters ahead, let alone the explosion, that blew away the bodies of the terrorists that were in that way, two hundred meters behind.

– Hey hey, what’s that?

Turning around in the direction of Fritz who muttered without thinking, witnessing an event that was beyond common knowledge, Latia said.

– Fritz, I entrust the commander to you. Michael-senpai and Kane-senpai will catch the terrorists. I’ll take the Savage by myself.

– By yourself, are you sure.. about that?

– Of course!

In response to Fritz’s question, Latia, who kicked the ground with force, hit the Savage with a loud cry while shedding tears.

About one hour and a half had passed, since the predicted Savage’s invasion in the area of Sangria. There are already a number of arranged Slayers with Long Shooter type and Dragoon type Hundred on the deck of Little Garden and in the city of Sangria.

This third range unit deployed to the outskirts of Sangria is one of them.

Not only their own lives but also the battle that imposed the earth’s fate, everyone is getting nervous and setting up their preparations for the Savage’s invasion.

Among them are second year students of Little Garden. There was Liddy Steinberg, who’s also one of the vice-presidents. She is also the leader of this third range unit. And only Liddy is specializing in melee attack in this unit― nonetheless, that doesn’t mean she can’t do long range attacks.?Air Rides?are prepared in one of the three tracks that form this Savage camp.?Thrusters?to fly in the sky and, two muzzles that shoot beams― there are ten missiles which are live ammunition weapons installed on the left and right.? Liddy’s mission is, to cooperate with the range unit to get rid of the Savage.

*BEEP* *BEEP*, the <<Emergency Alert>> signal reverberated on the track. The flashing red light installed on the top also emits a light. Subsequently, the sound that came to the base camp is the voice of Chris Steinbelt,?Main Analyst?of Little Garden.

[This is the?Briefing Room, this is the?Briefing Room. Notifying to all of the third range unit. A group of Savage touched the outer atmosphere― and after passing through thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, troposphere, they will reach the ground in ten minutes― the prediction falling points of the Space Station of Liberia and <<LiZA>> are both in the vicinity of Sangria and the number of Savages invading within the range of the operations of the third range unit is two.? Please prepare for interception immediately. Repeating once again―]

Along with those words, Liddy and the rest started to move immediately. Each Slayer raises their voices with [HUNDRED ON] and deploys their Hundred, keeping up their placement.

[There are only five minutes until the Savage arrives!]

When that communication of Chris was heard from the speaker from the bottom of the neck, Liddy equipped the?Air Ride?on her back, and was looking at the sky above the hill with her Long Spear Hundred type,?Midgard Schrange, on her hand. She still cannot grasp the Savage with the naked eye. Then three minutes passed, a communication from Chris entered again.

[Everyone in the third range unit, please start to gather?energy!]

– Informing to all the members of the unit, start to gather?energy!

Liddy exclaimed to repeat Chris’s instructions.? According to that voice, each one from the artillery put?energy?into their guns.? The thing they should do is to develop barriers to wrap around the giant falling Savage― it is to destroy the defensive membrane.

[To all the archers that have the opportunity, please fire the arrows aiming at the core. Liddy-san, you will be helping by moving under your own judgment]

– Uh huh, of course that’s the plan.

[Then, please keep your eyes on the Savage while commencing your operations. I will leave it under your care]

The transmission from Chris disconnected. Liddy keeps staring at the sky calmly. Two Savages are reflected in her eyes.

– Objective confirmed, attaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!

Beams are emitted one after another from the ground.

Liddy kicked the ground by confirming that the Savage’s defensive membrane was destroyed by them. She raises to the skies by releasing?energy?from the?thruster?of the?Air Ride. She readied her <<Heavenly Jet Black Spear>>?Midgard Schrange, plunging forward aiming at the Savage.

– Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Attacks with the spear in a form that pierces from the ground with the tip pointing to the sky, and rotates it as Savage’s big body revolves in the air. Then, the pattern of the body shone violently.

It is trying to recover the balance of its body using?energy. Liddy who felt that, shot beams from the two muzzles of the?Air Ride. The Savage’s huge body was sent flying further to the sky.

– This is your end!

Liddy accelerated using the?thruster?while confirming its movement. While using?energy?to rotate?Midgard Schrange?like a powered drill, she assaulted aiming to the core of the Savage. Liddy not only destroyed the shelter?at the head but also destroyed the core. The pattern of the body of the Savage faded, and it shook off to the wilderness above ground.

– The first one―

*BOOM*, the Savage’s corpse falls on the ground making a sound. Immediately after that, a heavy impact sound hit the ear. Another Savage fell to the ground.

(It seems like they could defeat another one?)

Liddy looked at the place where a cloud of dust whirls.

Communication entered from one of the troops there. It is a girl, the sub leader of this third sniping unit.

[My apologies, Liddy-taichō. We were able to tear the defensive membrane, but the bow troops could not destroy the defensive wall nor the core]

– Roger, I will handle it.

Answers Liddy, looking once again towards the ground. That facial expression, in an instant was tinged with impatience.

– It is bad!

As inside the cloud of dust was becoming thin, she saw that the Savage was opening its mouth. She is not the one being targeted. But the members of the unit above ground.

– ..tsk!

Rather, if she was the one being targeted that would have been better. Thinking that, Liddy clicked her tongue. She can easily dodge it, or she can block it with the E barrier. Of course, the members of the unit are Slayers. E barrier can be deployed, but to begin with, there are too many people. She can see within her sight that some of them are being scared to that extent of the Savage that is in a bombardment stance. Then she hurries to stop it so that it can’t give any damage by firing the beam. It may be dangerous in that situation.

It would be better to not let it bombard if possible.

(If so, with this!)

Liddy swung her arm in a big way holding?MIdgard Schrange. Then pours?energy?again, and throws?Midgard Schrange?in the head of the Savage, which started rotating.

– Uooooooooooooooooooooo!

Because of the attacks from the artillery and the archers, the?shelter?have been damaged. So far from stopping the bombardment, it penetrated the defensive barrier and destroyed the core.

– This is the second one.

Liddy pulled out?Midgard Schrange?from the body of the Savage and dropped to the ground.

– That was too quick, don’t you think?

Murmuring, Liddy reports to the?Briefing Room.

– Chris, I confirm the silence of two Savages just now.

[That’s enough for today― although I would like to say that, but it is predicted that three Savages will fall in the vicinity of Little Garden. Since there are no signs that Savage will fall within the range of the operations of the third range unit so far, would it be possible for Liddy-san to considerate to assist the guardian unit of Little Garden?]

– Naturally. I’m moving immediately.

With that answer Liddy contacted the girl who’s the sub leader in the third range unit.

– By orders from the?Briefing Room, I will be heading to assist the guardian unit in Little Garden. You will be waiting in this place for the next Savage’s approach.

– Understood.

Liddy, who heard the reply, flew to the sky using the?Air Ride’s thruster?and started moving towards Little Garden.

<Artificial Floating Island>?Megafloat?Little Garden, which is connected to the port of Sangria by <Bridge>?Tree ship, it is surrounded by a transparent plastic material reinforced by?energy, except for the deck. Therefore, if it disconnects the?tree ship?and get off the port, it looks like a safe?shelter. As a result, at the time of the invasion of the Savage, the children in the city of Sangria also moved to Little Garden and, with their residents, were to evacuate to a huge underground?shelter?in the military district.

– Everyone, this way! Little Garden is safe so, please move calmly!

It’s Ryu Shuemei, a first year from the martial arts department, who has a megaphone in her hands, and is informing to the residents of Little Garden and also to the children coming from Sangria. Also from the same first year Noah Sheldon and Alphonse Brewstadt were informing together with Shuemei.

– Everyone, please move calm― kyaa!

Noah, who raised her voice following Shuemei, could not emit her words until the end. A big impact noise sounded inside the ship and Little Garden shook violently.

– What was that just now?

– A Savage!

It is Alphonse that answered Noah’s doubt while looking up at the sky. He was able to see the massive Savage of about four meters in length on the top glass. The shaking just now is due to that impact. However, what he can see is not the abdomen but the back, and behind that he can see Liddy wearing an?Air Ride.

– It seems that the Savage has not fallen directly onto Little Garden, right..?

The conjecture from Shuemei was right.

The missiles launched from Little Garden reduce the falling speed of the Savage, which defensive membrane was destroyed by the shooting of the guardian unit. Nonetheless, Liddy rushed to prevent the fall onto Little Garden, but she did not make it in time. The bright side of all this is that the top glass is not broken and no fissure are into it. It goes without saying that this is also thanks to the functioning?energy?barrier of <<LiZA>>. But, that doesn’t mean that the Savage has died.

The Savage recovers its stance on the surface of the top glass and bombards towards Liddy. Liddy attacks it with her weapon?Midgard Schrange?by dodging it. However, it did not lead to the destruction of the core. The Savage, whose body was pushed by Liddy’s attack, slips off to the deck, sliding down from the top glass. Bounces once, and it sinks in the sea just like that. Noah said, watching the situation.

– Apparently, looks like it’s already ok now.

Alphonse breathed feeling relieved. Little Garden doesn’t seem to be exposed to threats, those people taking refuge probably understood that. Noah and Shuemei, and of course the surroundings, are also wrapped in relief.

So Shuemei raised her voice extending her arms.

– Everyone, as you can see, Little Garden is sturdy, even if the Savage defeats the Slayers. So please, take it easy, and advance slowly!

However now, another big explosion and tremor hit Little Garden.

– What, now... That felt different from the previous tremor..

The facial expression of Noah instantly turned stern.

– The previous one was vertical, but the one from now, felt like it was horizontal, isn’t it?

Alphonse looked up to the top glass, but he could not see the Savage. And there again, an explosion along with a tremor hit Little Garden.

– Hii!

While screaming, Alphonse sat down on the ground holding his Hundred, a Tamer type that looked like a dog, named?Silver Blitz, which was at his feet.

– Probably this, is an attack that comes from within the ocean.. right?

– Huh?

When she heard the guess from Alphonse, Shuemei makes her eyes go round.

– Indeed, you could say that tremor felt that way.

Noah said showing her agreement.

Then there the sound of an explosion reverberated again. However, until while ago, the distance was far, the tremor was not big, but consistent over time.

– What’s, that..?

Shuemei points out her finger to a huge waterspout that can be seen far away.

It’s that, the Savage that fell into the ocean..? In spite of that, the Savage can attack from within the ocean! The Savage from a while ago, is even able to act in the ocean!

– It is just as you said, Alphonse Brewstadt.

– That voice..!

Alphonse raises only his face while hugging?Silver Blitz?and turned his eyes towards the owner of that voice.

– Yo, guys!

It was Charlotte who was riding a motorized motorcycle while keeping a candy in her mouth like usual as she said that to Alphonse. Then, she stops her movement and continues her speech while putting one foot on the ground.

– As guessed by Alphonse, this is a Savage that can even do an attack from the sea. ?There are three Savages falling into the sea and attacking Little Garden in total. But don’t worry, because our forces are beating them properly. Nevertheless, just to be sure, when the evacuation guidance is over, even you guys should go to the?shelter. In case there’s a moment you separate from the?shelter, you can still escape by getting to the ship.

– Oh, yes. I understand!

Noah replied.

– Well then, if you excuse me. If we don’t manage this situation quickly we will be wasting the power of Little Garden.

Charlotte resumes her movement by riding once again her motorized motorcycle. After they saw off that figure, the three of them, Shuemei, Noah and Alphonse returned again to the guidance of the evacuation.

– Kuh, no way, I couldn’t give it a finishing blow, and to thrust down that one into the sea..

In the sky above Little Garden, Liddy was distorting her expression with regret. Even though she wasn’t in time to deal with the Savage that tried to fall on top of Little Garden, with the attack she commenced, she committed a mistake by dropping it into the sea.

On the contrary, there are two other Savages which fell into the ocean. Moreover, it seemed that those Savages, all of them, were trying to attack Little Garden from underwater. That’s why it can be understandable that Little Garden is shaking, due to the barriers deployed on its exterior that are operating. Liddy quickly decided to contact the?Briefing Room?with?Vital Ring’s?wireless function. It’s because she can’t fight in the water.

– I’m sorry, I was able to come running at the last moment, so I let the three Savage escape. Although I think that I can also grasp that, any of those Savages or maybe all of them can possibly move in the sea, and it seems that they are setting an attack on Little Garden.

[Of course, we already caught that too in here masuwa. We are already taking measures to deal with the Savage in the sea]

It was not Chris, but the voice of Claire that came back. The way to deal with it, Liddy immediately understood that.

– Is it the usual trio?

[That’s right]

The usual trio is the three people made of artificial Variant by Vitaly. Though they have been treated by Charlotte, and that they can’t lose control, their abilities have dropped considerably. Still, as a result of training, their strength have already recovered to about a 90%. Therefore, in this?Third Attack, Liddy knew that the Savages that can move around in the sea will be dealt with those that were doing training under the direction of Charlotte.

[Therefore Liddy, please return to your position]

– Got it.

Those three will be fine, isn’t it?

Liddy replied while thinking that.

[And, two things before that. There are good news and bad news for you]

– ..Good news and bad news? What does that mean?

[The good news first. The Savage also invaded the vicinity of?Sunshine State, your birthplace. However, due to the success of Fritz and Latia the Space Station and the town have not been damaged. Besides, there is a report that Latia was in full armament in this fight. That’s the good news]

– I see..

It can be done if both of them are in the team. That’s what she thought. She felt relieved to that extent.

– Then, what are the bad news?

[In the middle of that fight the terrorists attacked a person, a Slayer from W-->>

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