Dasha was running desperately, nearly blown away by the blast.
Furthermore, heat waves and embers rained down, and screams could be heard from the Indian Seekers around her.
Dasha endured the strong wind and looked up at the sky.
“What… is that Dragon!? Why is it fighting the Green Lord?”
Akito, who was right next to her, squinted and looked at the sky.
“That’s probably Yuma’s transformed form!”
“Mitaka!? You’re saying that red Dragon is him?”
Unable to believe Akito’s words, Dasha frowned, not understanding.
Explosions occurred repeatedly, and the wind raged. Looking at the sky, glimpses of the Dragon could be seen through the gaps in the explosions.
And the Green Lord, a giant Moth, also appeared.
It was hard to tell from a distance, but the red Dragon was definitely fighting the Green Lord. Is the Dragon really Mitaka?
Dasha was confused, but the red Dragon was clearly pushing back the Green Lord. And the Insectoid Monsters that covered the sky were caught in the flames and wind, and many of them died.
A large hole opened in the insect canopy, and sunlight streamed through.
Like a ray of hope she had never been able to embrace before.
Seeing that sight, Dasha couldn’t help but think. Maybe he can defeat the Green Lord and change this desperate world.
She didn’t know who Mitaka Yuma was.
No, it didn’t matter who he was.
Dasha endured the wind and muttered as if praying.
“Please… save us, save India…”
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Rui and Kaira, and many other Seekers, were also captivated by the battle in the sky.
“That’s… the Red King…”
Kaira stared at the giant Dragon, speechless. Until now, they only had information about the Green Lord, so they thought the Green Lord was the strongest and only Monster.
But it was different. The Dragon wreaking havoc now was burning everything in the area and causing unimaginable explosions repeatedly.
Equal to or greater than the Green Lord… no human could stand against something like that.
Kaira glanced at Rui. Were these guys fighting such a monster?
And Mitaka Yuma defeated the Red King and obtained that power. It was hard to believe, but seeing the reality unfolding before her eyes, she had no choice but to believe it.
“Kaira-san, let’s go! Yuma will definitely defeat the Green Lord. Let’s just focus on surviving.”
Kaira hesitated but nodded, “A-ah,” and started running forward.
The Indian Seekers were also staring blankly at the sky, but when they noticed Kaira running, they hurriedly followed.
Everyone wanted to escape from this Calamity. That’s what they thought.
But despair blocked their path.
“What!? That is–“
Rui stopped and glared ahead. Responding to that, Kaira and the Indian Seekers also stopped moving.
A faint rumbling, the sound of wings echoing in the sky.
An enormous number of Insectoid Monsters were coming from the eastern sky and the plains.
“As I thought… there’s no escape for us.”
Kaira muttered as if giving up and knelt on the spot.
It wasn’t just Kaira. The Indian Seekers also distorted their faces in fear and knelt down one after another, hanging their heads.
Inevitable death was approaching.
Due to the battle between the Green Lord and the Red King in the western sky and on the ground, the Monsters had suffered devastating damage, and their numbers had greatly decreased.
However, the Monsters in the east had suffered little damage, and many were still alive. Their numbers had hardly decreased.
The sky in front was covered with insects and still shrouded in darkness. Monsters were coming from the ground, so many that the ground could not be seen.
Furthermore, countless Monsters gathered from the left and right.
If you put them all together, there would be ten million. Rui felt the strength drain from his body.
There was no way to stand against this number. But there was nowhere to run. Even if they went back west now, they would only be caught in the flames and wind and die.
As Rui and Kaira stood there helplessly, Akito and Dasha caught up.
“Hey, Rui!”
“Akito…”
Rui turned around with a pale face and looked at Akito’s face.
“What kind of face is that! Staying here will only get you killed!!”
Akito also looked around and instantly grasped the situation. The Monsters coming from the left and right were increasing their speed and trying to cut off their escape route by circling around.
Rui and Akito looked around.
They were surrounded. The Monsters were slowly closing the distance from all directions.
The winged insects were also swirling in a spiral in the sky, ready to attack at any moment. They were definitely going to kill them.
Rui was convinced of that and bit his lip.
There was nothing he could do at this point. Fighting would only extend the time until they died.
Even though Yuma was holding back the strongest Unique Monster, the Green Lord, he couldn’t do anything…
As Rui was biting back his frustration, Akito opened his mouth.
“H-hey… what’s that?”
Rui looked up. Then, a mysterious sight was spreading in the eastern sky.
In the sky covered with insects and darkened, lights began to appear here and there. Very small points of light.
For a moment, he thought it was sunlight shining through the gaps in the darkness, but it wasn’t.
A glow like a red lamp, and the number was gradually increasing. Dozens… no, there were nearly a hundred.
The Indian Seekers also began to notice, and one by one, they looked up.
Kaira, Dasha, Anik, and the others also looked at the sky with puzzled expressions. They didn’t know what was happening, but the small lights were coming towards them.
As Rui strained his eyes, he gradually began to understand what the lights were.
That is–
“Ancient Dragons!!”
Akito also widened his eyes and glared at the sky.
“Is that the Dragon that was sighted!? Why is it here…”
Saying that, Akito gasped.
“Could it be… did they come after him? After Yuma, who absorbed the power of the Red King!”
“No way.”
Rui gasped. He couldn’t say it wasn’t possible. Yuma could swallow Magic Gems and even transform into the Red King.
If that was the case, it wouldn’t be strange for him to be releasing Mana close to the Red King from his body.
–But why, of all times, is it happening now!?
“This is no joke, a mountain of Insectoid Monsters and dozens of Ancient Dragons!? No amount of lives would be enough!!”
Akito grimaced and clicked his tongue. Rui thought the same thing.
The situation was already desperate, but even more despair was attacking them.
It was over. Yuma was preoccupied with the battle against the Green Lord. He wouldn’t have the余裕 to come and help. Even if he fought that many Monsters, it would only extend the time until they died by a few minutes.
It wouldn’t mean much. Even so–
Rui put his hand on the Katana he carried at his waist.
He couldn’t possibly accept being killed without doing anything.
He would struggle desperately until the last second. Just as he was about to draw his Katana with determination, a voice rose from the Indian Seekers.
“H-hey, look!!”
Hearing that voice, Rui turned his gaze to the sky.
There, an unbelievable sight was spreading.
Many flashes of light ran through the sky, and the winged insects in the sky were burned to ashes. Countless red flashes also fell to the ground.
The Ancient Dragons unleashed their Flames. The Flames that stretched for hundreds of meters mercilessly buried the Insectoid Monsters.
The winged insects wrapped in Flames fell one after another, and the Monsters on the ground were burned by the raging inferno.
The Monsters, who were being killed helplessly, fled from the Dragon of Flames, scrambling to get away. The horde of Monsters that had surrounded Rui and the others was also hit directly by the Flames, and the encirclement completely collapsed.
“Why… could it be, are they helping us?”
To Rui’s confused words, Akito calmly replied, “No.”
“Those guys are heading to the Red King. They’re probably just killing the Insectoid Monsters that are in the way. Monsters from different colored Dungeons don’t get along, so they’re not helping us.”
Rui thought, “That’s true,” and reconsidered. He had heard that story before.
Monsters don’t fight each other in the same Dungeon, but it’s different with Monsters from different Dungeons.
But none of that mattered.
“Akito, let’s escape while we can! This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance!!”
“Yeah, that’s right! Now is the only chance to escape!!”
Rui and Akito called out to Kaira, Dasha, and the Indian Seekers, and everyone ran together in the direction where there were fewer insects.