Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!?

Volume 19, Chapter 8: Advent

Part 1

Sunday, September 19

With the castle of Sariachal beginning to collapse, the battle between Koutarou and his allies and Darkness Rainbow was temporarily stopped as they all escaped outside the castle. Neither of them wanted to die along with their foe. They also had to save their collapsed allies, so they mutually agreed on a ceasefire without saying anything.

Darkness Rainbow used an underground escape tunnel and came out at the foot of a small hill by the castle. Maya, Elexis, Orange and Yellow were gathered here alongside the unconscious Crimson, Green and Blue. There were also plenty of soldiers who had escaped as well. Those conscious found themselves looking at the castle of Sariachal where they had been just before.

“El, things have gotten complicated”

“You're right. I had expected some unreasonableness, but... that was completely unexpected”

What had once been Purple now no longer had a human shape. She now had the appearance of a man and woman molded and mixed together. There were several arms and legs sticking out from her torso and her head was sticking out by a ridiculous amount. Not only was the appearance bizarre, but it was also over 20 meters in size. It was looking like a piece of modern art.

“Yellow-chan, why did Purple turn out like that?”

“I think she opened the gates of hell too much. She was then probably devoured when the power flowed backwards”

Having turned into something bizarre, Purple was destroying the surroundings. Sariachal had already exceeded its limit and it was only a matter of time before it collapsed. The appearance and actions of Purple matched the legends of the evil deity of chaos.

“Maya, should we think of that as the same as Tayuma?”

“Probably. They're drawing powers from different sources, but they both got too close to the chaos of malice”

”Which means... the mission failed. Even if we win the war, Folsaria will be ruined”

And if Purple had the same kind of power as Tayuma, even if Darkness Rainbow were to defeat Rainbow Heart they wouldn't be able to obtain Folsaria. They had no way of stopping the rampaging Purple.

Tayuma had been able to repel the Blue Knight's attack, so even if Elexis called in a battleship to use its primary weapon to attack, it most likely wouldn't work on Purple. Additionally, magical attacks had almost no effect, so the spells of Darkness Rainbow's girls wouldn't work. It might be possible using the method Koutarou and the others used to defeat Tayuma, but that would be hard for them as they were so biased towards magic. Moreover, they barely had any magical power left to fight with.

There was no longer anything Darkness Rainbow and Elexis could do. Continuing to fight any further was meaningless. Even if they win or lose the war, the outcome would be the same if Folsaria was ruined. Folsaria was small, so at the rate Purple was going, the entire country would likely be destroyed in a few days.

Elexis and the others had been aware that there was a risk to using the gates of hell, but they hadn't expected it to get this bad. This was a complete miscalculation.

“Maya, let's retreat”

“What about the boy and the others?”

”If anything, I'd want to place my hopes on them. If they can win against Purple, you will eventually get a chance to rule Folsaria”

”So we don't stand a chance against Purple, but we do against the boy and the others, huh... Okay. Yellow, Orange, are you fine with that too?”

“I think it's an appropriate judgment”

”No objections. I'm already exhausted”

In the end, Elexis and the others chose to retreat. In the current situation, the best outcome was to have Koutarou and the others defeat Purple. If they carelessly attacked Koutarou, the chances of that would lessen. Elexis and the others looked to the future and believed that withdrawing and recuperating was the best plan.

“Then you do that”

”Crimson and I will go save Purple”

However, Crimson and Green, who had just been woken up been their subordinates were against Elexis' and the others opinion. Having heard of the circumstances, they were against their allies judgment, and were planning on going to save Purple.

“Crimson-kun, what is that supposed to mean”

”Exactly what I said, girly man. Green and I can still fight. If we want Rainbow and the others to win, then it would be better to work together. If we play our cards well, we can even reclaim Purple. Don't you think it's a brilliant idea?”

Having been unconscious for a while, Crimson and Green still had some reserves left to fight with. Crimson's idea was that she and Green work together with Koutarou and the others, and once they win they would reclaim Purple, which would be the optimal outcome in terms of preserving combat potential.

“So that's what you mean. I don't think it's a bad idea... but it's dangerous”

It wasn't like Crimson and Green were unharmed. Fighting against Purple in that state was dangerous.

“I am well aware, but Purple is always taking care of us and there are subordinates that haven't escaped yet”

”We'll suffer heavy losses so we should make efforts to reduce the minus”

“Okay, then do as you wish”

It is a policy within Darkness Rainbow to not object to others intentions. It was dangerous, but Crimson and Green were right. That's why Elexis didn't try stopping the two any further.

Part 2

Meanwhile, Koutarou and the others were trying to escape through the castle's main gate. However, Purple was obstinately chasing after them while destroying the castle. Up until now, the castle's buildings were in the way, keeping Purple from catching up to them, but once they left the castle, there would be less obstructions, making it easier for Purple to move. Koutarou was thinking that they wouldn't be able to escape at this rate, and so he stopped before passing under the gate.

“Everyone, go on ahead! I'll keep it busy here!”

It would be hard for them to defeat Purple the way they were now. On top of Koutarou, there were only about five more that could fight. They were Yurika, Maki, Clan, Kiriha and Harumi. The remaining four were either unconscious or had used up all of their strength. If they were all present and able, they might have had the option of fighting, but that was difficult in their current situation. Currently, the best course of action was for Koutarou to attract Purple's attention while letting the others escape.

Besides, that is something I've created... if anyone has to fight, it should be me...

Koutarou had been the one that sent these people to Folsaria. And if it was the distortion in society that occurred from that which turned Purple into what she had become now, then Koutarou believed that he should fight himself. It wasn't something he could let the girls do. However, Yurika and Maki had a different opinion.

“Satomi-san, Maki-chan and I will stay behind too! We want to help Purple-san!”

”Don't be unreasonable!! We can't even properly fight her, how can help her!?”

”Please, Satomi-kun! Purple was desperate for the sake of the one she loved! Her methods may have been wrong, but her feelings are real! It's too cruel if she were to be destroyed because of that!”

Yurika and Maki were able to understand why Purple had tried to defeat Rainbow Heart after observing her behavior and laboratory. She would have to sacrifice many people for the sake of her desire, which would be unforgivable, but the two couldn't stay quiet and watch as Purple destroyed herself. Yurika and Maki were just girls as well. They didn't want to reject the love Purple held within her.

“They win, Koutarou”

”How gutsy of you to try and leave us behind”

”Satomi-kun, we're going too”

The remaining three, Kiriha, Clan and Harumi, agreed with Yurika and Maki. All the ones that could move were going to save Purple.

“Why are you all coming!? What about Theia and the others!? If we mess up, everyone will die!!”

If everyone fought, then there would be no one left to help Theia and the others who couldn't move to escape. If Koutarou and the others were to lose, then the rest would die as well. Koutarou objected.

“If that happens―”

“Koutarou, let me make one thing clear”

Kiriha pressed her thin finger onto Koutarou's lips to silence him as he continued to object. She then smiled and began speaking.

“It just means that we all wish for this. How could we live by leaving you here alone? Why doesn't the thought of creating nine more Purple's cross your mind?”

They would live and die together. The nine girls truly felt that way. None of them wanted to sacrifice one to survive. Purple, who had lost her lover, and Koutarou, who had lost his mother, knew how it felt to be the ones left behind.

“... What a stupid choice...”

Koutarou couldn't object to Kiriha. He understood the pain of being left behind very well. He couldn't imagine the girls being happy like that. But even then, Koutarou was still agonizing. He was reluctant to bringing the girls with him to a fight they had little chance of winning. While Koutarou was making a difficult expression, Yurika called out to him.

“Satomi-san, I think that's what it means to love someone”

”Yurika...”

”Or do you treasure us because of reason and calculations?”

“... No, it's probably because of a bunch of stupid decisions”

”Then let's go together, Satomi-san. Besides, you're the one who told me that I don't have to be a hero”

Yurika was confident that Koutarou would nod his head. That's why her smile at this time shone beautifully with confidence and love.

Part 3

Yurika's and Maki's plan for facing Purple was to sever off her connection to the gates of hell. Purple wasn't causing all of this destruction on her own. Her negative emotions were sent to the gates of hell, and the gates converted that into power, sending it back to her. So there should be a connection to allow for that. If they could sever that, Purple should be unable to wield that massive power, and her rampage would stop on its own.

Unlike Tayuma who had obtained vast power in an attempt to transform into a god, Purple had a weakness like this.

“I'm counting on you two!”

“Yes, please be careful, Satomi-san”

”Good luck, Satomi-kun, and everyone else too!”

Leaving Yurika and Maki back, Koutarou, Kiriha, Clan and Harumi headed towards Purple. In order to sever the connection, Yurika and Maki would need to cast a spell. In other words, they had to get closer to Purple. But by doing that, they would enter Purple's attack range, so Koutarou and the others would act as decoys to keep Purple from paying attention to Yurika and Maki.

“Yurika, you're better at dispelling than me! I will support you!”

“Please do! We'll settle this with the biggest spell, a four times incantation!”

”So we only get one shot, huh! I'll go with that too!”

Purple's magical power was dense, and she was always being replenished by the gates of hell, so she had an inexhaustible amount. So casting small-scale spells hardly had any effect. If they wanted to sever the connection they would need to go all out from the start. Yurika would cast the spell to sever the connection, and Maki would amplify it. It was the greatest spell they could cast right now.

“... Things sure have gotten confusing”

”You're right. I never thought things would turn out like this back then”

“Then let's settle it this time! You got that, Reios Fatra Bertorion!”

“As you wish, my princess”

Out of the four acting as decoys, Clan was the first to attack. With her large weapons, she had the longest range. What she had brought out this time was a beam cannon that gave her almost no mobility, but in return very high attack power. It was the same weapon she had used when combating Dextro's giant in the past Forthorthe.

“I'm sure everything is the same. I am seeing this as a continuation of my brethren's battle”

”Ane-san, the enemy's spiritual energy is increasing Ho! It looks like she's about to attack Ho!”

“Karama, Korama, readjust the Spiritual Energy Field, optimize it to match Tayuma's aura”

”Pattern readjusted, but this is a big bet Ho! If she has a different aura from Tayuma things won't go so well Ho!”

“Either way, it can't be blocked by normal means. Now all we can do is pray for protection of the goddess of creation, or perhaps the goddess of dawn!”

With Koutarou and the others approaching, Purple's showed signs of attacking. Up until now she had attacked without a care, but now she focused her negative energy bullets towards Koutarou and the others. In response, Kiriha readjusted the haniwas' barrier with her previous battle with Tayuma in mind. There was the risk that the barrier would be useless, but Purple's attacks couldn't be blocked by normal means anyways, so there should be no loss in trying.

“Clan-san is right. Since the day I inherited her majesty Alaia's duty, this is my duty as well. This is everyone's battle”

Harumi helped decrease the risk. The sword shaped crest on her forehead and her long hair began emitting a silver glow, as she began her incantation in ancient Forthorthe.

“Come, spirits of the dead, gather, stack, enhance and display your great light! May the light flutter like a mirage and project our appearance! Appear! Mirage of the Holy Light!!”

Harumi spoke her incantation loudly and five more of each of them appeared. Her spell had created illusions of the group. This greatly reduced the chances of them being attacked by Purple.

“She's firing! Everyone get down!”

”Detecting attack, GOL is focus deploying a distortion field forwards”

Purple attacked the next moment. She fired her dark powers like a beam and swept through the area around Koutarou and the others. Fortunately, thanks to Harumi's illusion they evaded a direct hit. But even then, a portion of the energy grazed them which the multiple barriers barely blocked.

“Alright!”

Once Purple's beam passed through, Koutarou used the power of his armor to take to the skies. Activating his emergency boosters, he sped towards Purple at great velocity. In his hands he was holding two swords, Signaltin in his right and Saguratin in his left. In order to break through Purple's defenses, the power of these two swords was necessary.

“It's our turn now!!”

Koutarou readied both his swords and thrust straight towards Purple like a meteor. Purple still hadn't fully finished her beam attack and even though she had noticed Koutarou's approach, she was unable to attack. All she could do was bring up her barrier.

“Let's go everyone!!”

Koutarou swung at the barriers. Clan's beam cannon, the haniwas lightning bolts and flames and Harumi's spell were all fired at Purple at the same time. Like with Tayuma, Purple's barrier blocked all kinds of energy, so attacking with various types was the most effective.

“Superior Amplifier!!”

“Greater Dispelling!!”

Immediately after Koutarou's and the others' attacks clashed with Purple's barrier, Maki and Yurika cast their spells. The magic circle Maki had created amplified Yurika's spell. And the bullet of magical power that the two had poured as much as they could into smashed into Purple.

Thanks to Koutarou and the others weakening it with their attacks, Yurika's and Maki's spell broke through the barrier.

“It broke through!?”

”Please, just keep going!!”

Maki and Yurika placed their wishes on the spell that they had given birth to together as it directly hit Purple's body. Having scored a direct hit, the bullet unleashed it's magical power and covered the entirety of Purple's body in a orange light. It was a spell of nullification meant to separate Purple from the gates of hell.

”Guuugyaaaaaa”

Purple's two heads let out screams at the same time. While Yurika and Maki were trying to sever the connection, Purple enhanced her magical power in an attempt to prevent it. This created an intense tug-of-war through magical power. Enveloped in the orange light, Purple's body gradually shrunk. Yurika's and Maki's spell obstructed the flow of energy making it impossible to maintain that huge body.

”Goaaaaaaaaa!!”

However, when the body had shrunk by about 30%, the orange light disappeared. The dark powers increased alongside Purple's scream and erased the spell. And this time her body grew instead, it didn't take more than moments to reach her original size.

“She resisted!?”

“Everyone, run away!!”

Having returned to her original size, Purple opened her mouth wide and fired another beam. Koutarou and the others were already retreating and wouldn't get hurt. But that wasn't the problem.

“Not good, Yurika! We couldn't cut Purple off from the gates of hell!”

Maki ran up to Yurika with a stiff expression on her face and pointed out the problem they had. They had been unable to sever the connection, which was the absolute biggest problem in this situation.

The spell they just used was among the strongest they could cast, moreover Purple's barrier had been weakened due to Koutarou and the others attack. That allowed the spell to pierce Purple's barrier and shave off some of the power from the gate.

However, before Yurika's and Maki's spell could completely sever the connection to the gate, Purple repelled the effects of their spell. By now she had completely recovered her power and the effects of Yurika's spell couldn't be seen any more.

Though the real problem was that Yurika and Maki couldn't use a spell more powerful than what they just had. Both technically and physically. Koutarou and the others couldn't use attacks more powerful. Because that had been all of it, Koutarou and the others couldn't cover for the deficit of Yurika's and Maki's magical power.

Koutarou and the others had used their strongest means to attack Purple, and it hadn't worked. That meant that they had lost. Their power wasn't enough to defeat Purple, let alone save her. It was a complete pinch.

“Clan, can you blow her away with the space-time repulsion shell?”

“I believe it's possible... but we'll need to retreat first”

”I'm sure she won't let us”

”This sure is a problem...”

“Karama, Korama, if you change the aura pattern to match Purple, how much will your attack power increase?”

“Her aura is almost the same as Tayuma, so the change will be very small Ho”

“Ane-san was spot on, so the attack won't be that different from before Ho”

”Maki-san, what if we wake up the fainted ones and have them help?”

”I think we can wake them up, but I don't think we have enough magical power to sever the connection”

Koutarou and the others were working out what they could do next, but they couldn't come up with any good ideas. In the end, the attack from everyone was their best bet.

“Yurika, what do we do?”

”In that case, lets use our last resort”

Yurika still had a plan. That said it was only a slight hope. Since all other roads had been cut off, it was the only option left with a slight possibility.

“What do you mean!?”

“That's―”

”Gooaaaaaaaaaa!!”

However, Purple wouldn't take it sitting down. Before Yurika could explain her final plan, Purple attacked. Using the dark power, she created many negative energy bullets and sent them flying towards Koutarou and the others.

Yurika was in the center of her aim. She had been the kingpin in the attack from before, and more than all, Yurika had everything Purple had lost. She absolutely hated Yurika. As long as she was in front of her, Purple would want to kill her.

“Mind connect!!”

“Alright, I'm counting on you, Crimson!!”

”Just let whatever happens happen!!”

However, that was when some unexpected reinforcement arrived. The group of three that had suddenly appeared stood in the way of Koutarou and the others, and Purple.

They combined their strengths to begin their attack. The first forecast Purple's attack and let the others know, the other reinforced a weapon with powerful flames and the final repeatedly fired the gun that had been reinforced, shooting down the oncoming energy bullets.

“Nana-san!?”

“Even Crimson and Green!? Why!?”

The reinforcements were Nana, Crimson and Green. Yurika and Maki were unable to hide their surprise as an unthinkable group was working together to fight.

“It just sort of happened! On my way here, I met these two!”

Nana had remained by Purple until Koutarou and the others could escape the castle. She waited until they had escaped before escaping the castle using a different route. While heading back to meet up with Koutarou and the others she had met Crimson and Green along the way.

“That doesn't matter!! If you have some plan then hurry up and do it!! Oh no!? She's coming, Crimson!!”

“Infernal Fireeee!!”

Purple continued her attack. The three were desperately blocking it, but they were being pressured. Seeing that, Koutarou stepped forward to protect the three.

“Satomi-san!?”

”Yurika, I'll leave the rest to you!! You do as you want!!”

Koutarou used Signaltin's and his armor's power to repel the energy bullets. Like Green said, there was no time to talk. If there was something to do, they would need to do it.

“She's right, Yurika-san! We will hold out here! You do what you need to do!!”

Harumi stepped forward a little to cover Koutarou and the other three. With Koutarou and Harumi joining, it didn't seem like they would be defeated right away anymore. Sensing that, Yurika made up her mind.

“Maki-chan, Clan-san, Kiriha-san, please gather!”

“What are you planning to do?”

“We four will merge, recover our magical power and sever the connection between Purple-san and the gates of hell”

”I see, so you could do something like that”

Being a magician, Maki understood Yurika's intentions right away.

Yurika and Maki had used up the majority of their magical power, but Clan and Kiriha who couldn't use magic still had magical power within them. The two didn't have talent for magic, so they didn't have all that much of an amount within them, but there was still enough to cast another two or three spells. Yurika's plan was to merge and make use of that magical power.

There was also another meaning to this merge. By merging several people, their abilities overlapped and increased, they would be more powerful than if they acted alone. In other words, it was a plan that allowed them to recover their magical power and enhance their abilities.

However, there was a large risk with this method. There was no guarantee that they would be able to use magic after merging, they could also have a bad compatibility and be unable to merge in the first place, or have their abilities lower overall. It was also possible they might turn into something similar to Purple. That had been the reason why Yurika hadn't done anything up until now, but there was no time for doubts anymore. Yurika was planning on finishing it with this method.

“... What do you mean?”

“There's no time for discussion, if our power is needed, then use it as you please!”

”Thank you very much, Kiriha-san!”

“I don't get it all. Kii, what are you talking about?”

“... You'll understand soon enough, Onee-chan...”

“???”

Clan still didn't understand, but every second was precious. Yurika gave up on explaining and began her incantation.

“Temporary Fusion! Modifier – Stabilize – End – Overdrive!!”

An orange colored light began pouring out from Yurika's cane as she was holding it above her head. The light enveloped Yurika, Maki, Clan and Kiriha.

Please... please let this save Purple-san, let this save everyone!! God, if you are here, please lend us your power!! On our own we are this powerless!!

The orange light was Yurika's prayer itself. She wanted the union to succeed, save Purple, protect her friends and end the war. Yurika turned those powerful emotions into magical power and explosively increased the orange light's glow. Eventually the outline of the four began vanishing, and the girls turned into orange light and began shining. Those four lights melted into one and transformed into one big light.

”Gyaaooooooo!!”

Noticing Yurika and the others turning into light, Purple let out a fierce howl like that of a dog's or a wolf's. At the same time, she stopped her attack on Koutarou and the others. Purple's instincts told her that the light was more dangerous than anything else. That was when Koutarou and the others finally noticed Yurika and the others. The four girls turning into light surprised them all.

“Just what did she do!?”

”I see, Yurika-chan, you're merging the four of you to enhance your magical power!”

Koutarou didn't understand what the light was, but Nana, being an expert in magic, could tell at first glance. However, Nana's expectation was a mistake.

“That light, I've seen it somewhere before... where was it...?”

“Green, isn't that!?”

“Yes. My forecasts are becoming a mess. It's coming!”

The orange light grew stronger and when it seemed like it was as bright as the sun, other colors started to mix in with the light. The new colors were blue, indigo and green. The four colored light entwined like the double helix of DNA and stretched upwards, growing thicker. The shine kept growing stronger.

Part 4

Immediately after the four colored light appeared, the fainted Theia and Ruth woke up. When they noticed the bright light filling up their surroundings, they stood up and looked around.

“What is this? What light is this?”

“I don't know... it seems like it's coming from near Master and the others”

As the two looked at the light in confusion, Sanae and Shizuka who were lying down nearby wake up as well and look at the mysterious light with them.

“It's a warm and kind light. I can't feel any hostility”

”It doesn't look like the enemy did it. When I'm bathed in this light, it feels like my powers are returning”

“Now that you mention it, me too...”

Strangely enough, the wounds they had taken had vanished without a trace. The exhaustion that had been weighing them down had disappeared as well. Moreover, the spiritual energy and magical power that they had used up was recovering. So it seemed unlikely that this was something the enemy had done.

“However, Your Highness, that makes it even stranger. We don't have anyone that has an ability like that”

“You're right. I've never seen this power before. Maybe it's Nana?”

”No, I think it's Yurika, Maki, Kiriha and glasses that are making this light. I can feel their presence from it”

“So the four of them did something... we should go take a look. There seems to be enemies around too”

”Indeed, let's do that. Men, let's go!”

Even if they stayed here they wouldn't understand anything. If there were enemies around they needed to help out. With those two reasons in mind, Theia and the other three ran towards Koutarou and the others.

Part 5

When the light turned into four colors, Purple stopped her threatening and began attacking. The multiple heads opened their mouths wide and spew flames as if they were dragons.

”Guuuuuuuu, Gaaaaaaaa!!”

However, the color of the flames wasn't red but a very ominous black. It was like evil intentions were being spewed out as flames.

”Gaaaaa!?”

However, after flying forwards for a little, the flames vanished. The light filling the surroundings had erased them. As a result, the flames never reached Koutarou and the others. The light Yurika and the others were emitting was the opposite of the darkness that Purple was using.

Blue. Green. Orange. Indigo. The four colored light became even brighter and began shaking the world intensely. Immediately after that, the light that had only grown bigger began taking some shape. That shape was a girl around the same age Koutarou and the others.

“... Is that... Yurika and the others...?”

Faced with that girl, Koutarou was puzzled.

The girl that appeared should have been the merged form of Yurika, Kiriha, Maki and Clan. Yurika herself had said so, so there was no doubt about that. Yet, the girl's face was completely different from any of the four girls. Moreover, the color of her hair was different from all of theirs. She had a beautiful pure-white hair, and maybe because of a trick of the eye, but there seemed to occasionally be four colors mixed in. The outfit she was wearing as something looking like a kimono or that of a shrine maiden dyed by the same four colors. If anything, that outfit was close to Kiriha's.

And what stood out more than anything were the four globes around her. The globes were about as big as a soccer ball or a volleyball, and seemed to be made from a transparent material like glass. Each globe had a different color, and like with the outfit and hair, those colors were orange, green, indigo and blue. The four globes moved around in the air as if they were orbiting the girl.

She looks less like Yurika and the others... and more like that statue in the temple...

The girl looked less like Yurika and the others, and more like a certain something in Koutarou's memory. That something was the statue that had contained Signaltin in the past of Forthorthe. The overall design was very different, but Koutarou felt like their faces were exactly the same.

But if Koutarou were to ask her who she was, he would want her to reply that she was Yurika and the others. She had something to her that made Koutarou feel that way. That gap in appearance and feel was what puzzled Koutarou.

”... I see... so that is what this is...”

The girl on the other hand seemed to understand a lot of things. Half of her questions were still unanswered, but apart from some core parts, she could imagine the answers from the answers she had already obtained.

Why did they have to go to room 106, and why did they end up holding hands. It was nothing special, it was all meant to happen. All to create a single miracle an endless time and a countless distance away.

”... The time of the promise is near... in order to not distort the free choice, I have the exclude the interference...”

The girl lightly kicked the ground. As she did, she flew towards Purple, leaving a four colored trail of light behind. Though there weren't enough colors, the arc that the girl flew in resembled that of a rainbow.

”Gaaaaaaa, Aaaaaaaaa!!”

Noticing the girl flying towards her with a trail of light, Purple let out a ferocious roar and bared all of her hostility. It was strange to see someone of Purple's gigantic appearance far beyond ten meters try to intimidate a small girl. However, Purple's reaction was correct. To Purple, the girl was the absolute strongest foe.

”Whirlpool of chaos, your conclusion is much too hasty”

”Goaaaaaaaaaa!!”

Roaring out in irritation, Purple threw seven spears at the approaching girl. They were spears of dark energy, made from darkening the seven colors of the rainbow. No existence would be able to escape destruction if hit by one of these.

”Just what meaning is there in a result you've forcibly created?”

However, the girl wasn't losing either. She gracefully stretched her right hand forwards and the four globes around her lined up in a square. The rainbow of only four colors turned into a shield and erased the seven spears of darkness.

“Gaaa, Guaaaaaaa!!”

With the spears not working, Purple swung her hands and feet around to repel the girl still approaching. She was trying to eliminate the girl with a direct attack.

”... I guess it can't be helped”

The girl was sad. She didn't like fighting, so she had hoped that Purple would stop. But Purple wouldn't stop, and since she couldn't just leave Purple be, she had no choice but too fight. That saddened the girl.

”Gyaaoooo!!”

”... That's one”

The girl shot the green globe towards Purple. And as she did, the green glow disappeared from her hair and clothes. In contrast, the glow of the green globe grew stronger. It was as if she transfered it to the globe. The green globe struck a direct hit on the arm that Purple was swinging around. As it did, the green light within was released and erased Purple's arm. But its effect didn't end there. The other arms and legs around the area were erased as well.

“Gya, Gyaaaaaaaa!?”

Having lost several limbs, Purple was assault by an intense pain and let out a painful scream. And having lost her balance she fell to the ground.

As she did the ground shook because of her massive weight. This also caused the green globe, which had fallen to the ground first, to bounce up. When the globe came into contact with the ground again, something surprising happened. The globe began emitting light again and turned into a human.

“...!? T-This is!?”

The green globe had turned into Kiriha. She didn't know what had happened and simply stood there with a blank look of surprise. Kiriha had no way of knowing, but the energy the girl in question had used to attacked originated from Kiriha. Using up that energy in the attack, it became impossible to maintain Kiriha's transformation and she returned to normal.

We merged with Yurika's spell and I became a part of something bigger... and I was supposed to have understood something very important... but I can't remember. What did I learn there!?

Kiriha was puzzled having been separated from the girl. She was surprised at the suddenness but she was also having trouble remembering anything from the union. She couldn't help but feel impatient as she was supposed to have realized something very important.

”Ga, Gaaaaa!!”

While Kiriha was puzzled, the battle continued. The remaining limbs supported Purple's body and she spewed out dark energy from her mouth. The energy turned into black flames and attacked the girl.

”That's two...”

In response, the girl launched the orange globe towards the flames. Once more, the orange glow from her hair and clothes vanished and the globe itself grew brighter as it directly clashed with the flames.

The orange globe didn't stop despite coming into contact with the flames. Instead it erased the flames while flying straight towards Purple.

“Gyaaaaaa!!”

Purple roared once more. The orange globe came into contact with the head spewing flames and erased it just like the green globe had before. And once it had fulfilled its role, the orange globe transformed into a person as well.

“H-Huh!? That's Purple... r-right!!”

Clan appeared from the orange light. Just like Kiriha, Clan was confused. Seeing Purple suffering in front of her, she understood what had happened.

“My attack worked! … I don't know what I did though...”

Purple was in a terrible state. She had lost many limbs and a head and was suffering. She had taken a massive amount of damage, and Purple's body was wavering like it was a mirage. Because of all the damage she had taken, the body created from dark magical power and spiritual energy was becoming unstable.

”There she is!”

That was when the girl spotted a lone woman. The woman was drifting within the monster whose body was wavering like a mirage. It was Purple's real body that had been absorbed into the gates of hell.

”Let's go, us!”

The girl flew towards Purple's real body. Having used up two colors, the girl's rainbow consisted of only blue and indigo now. But even then, there was not even a hint of hesitation in her expression. The girl, the girls of room 106, had decided to save Purple from the start after all.

”I will create a path! The remaining me should pass through that path and save her!”

The indigo globe was fired at the monster. The globe turned back into human, into Maki, mid air and she thrust her greatsword forwards, crashing into the monster.

“I'll leave the rest to you, show them what you've got, Rainbow Yurikaaa!!”

Maki had turned back into a human, but she still hadn't lost the energy from the girl. She focused all of that energy into her sword and drove it into the monster's body.

Indigo colored light was released from the sword and reacted with the magical power and spiritual energy making up the monster's body, annihilating it. The heat energy created from the annihilation burnt away at the monster's body, creating a path to Purple.

“Thank you, Maki-chan!! I will definitely save her!!”

The girl left with only the blue light shouted like Yurika, and flew into the hole Maki had created without hesitation. As she jumped into the hole, the girl's body began glowing blue and started transforming into Yurika. By the time her voice could reach Purple, she had completely transformed into Yurika.

“Purple-san, please open your eyes!! Purple-san!!”

However, Yurika's voice only reached Purple's ears, not her mind. Purple had closed herself off, rejecting everything. The gates of hell was lending its power to that, making it even more impossible for Yurika's voice to reach.

“In that case, I'll be more forcible!! Please, Angel Halo!!”

Yurika raised the cane she had been fighting alongside with above her head and spoke her incantation out loud. She was going to sever the connection between the gates of hell and Purple and take her back.

“Divine Judgment – Modifier – High Concentration!”

Yurika cast a spell that unleashed holy light. This light had no effect on humans, but it had matchless strength when used against evil existences. Yurika used that light to attack Purple and the monster. The blue light that was protecting Yurika lent her its strength, and the power of the spell greatly exceeded that of Yurika's expectations. It burned away the monster's body, leaving only Purple behind.

“Purple-san, we're getting out!!”

Yurika embraced Purple's body and went backwards the same way she had entered. However, that was when some unexpected obstruction appeared. Not wanting to let Purple, its energy source, go, the body of the monster attacked.

“I-I won't lose after getting this far!!”

The monster's body transformed and created whips that it aimed at Yurika. Yurika embraced Purple to protect her and forced herself through the rain of whips.

“T-The exit!!”

Since the monster was only about 20 meters in size, Yurika reached the exit in short order.

“Kyaaaaaaa!?”

But in the next moment, she was caught by the monster's gigantic hand. By driving away Yurika, the monster had made Yurika jump at precisely when it wanted her to. Since all it had to do was block off her direction, capturing her was easy.

“O-Oh no, I have to do something!”

Yurika desperately struggled to try and break free from the monster's hand. However, her body was being grasped and she couldn't move or use magic. Thanks to the blue light protecting her she wasn't absorbed or crushed, but that was only a matter of time.

“I-I was almost there too”

“No, Yurika-chan, you won”

“Nana, aim for the wrist! That has the highest probability!”

“Got it!!”

That was when Yurika received reinforcements. Nana, Crimson and Green had come to help.

”Guoooaaaa”

Nana's bullets covered with Crimson's flames repeatedly struck the monster's wrist. This attack hadn't worked up until now, but with Purple separated from the monster, that was no longer a problem. Nana focused the bullets on a single point and blew off the monster's hand from the wrist. At the same time, the strength in the hand weakened, causing Yurika and Purple to fall out of it.

“Purple!”

Crimson caught Purple as she fell through the air.

“I'll leave the rest to you, Crimson-san!”

“You don't have to tell me twice!!

Seeing Crimson retreat to the back with Purple, Yurika regained her balance midair and faced off against the monster once more. The monster had grown weaker because it had lost Purple, but it could still maintain its form. Defeating it was Yurika's last job.

“Good job, Yurika!”

“Satomi-san!?”

“We're here too!”

That was when Koutarou and the others gathered. It wasn't just those who had been fighting, but also those who had been unconscious as well. Yurika's friends were all here.

“What should we do, Yurika?”

“All we have to do is defeat that and close the gates of hell”

“Okay. Everyone, give it one last push!”

””Yes!””

Koutarou and the girls showed bright expressions. They still couldn't let their guard down, but being able to confirm that everyone was safe played a big role. And that gave Koutarou and the others a strong determination to return home safely with everyone. Contrary to the weakening monster, Koutarou and the others were in their best condition.

“Yurika, let's focus the magical power on Signaltin”

“Yes! I'll put in the rest of what I have into it!”

”Then I'll do that for the glittering sword”

“We will do that too Ho-!”

Maki and Yurika poured magical power into Signaltin while Sanae and the haniwas poured spiritual energy into Saguratin. They were planning on focusing their power into one point to defeat the monster.

“Alright, we're going to back up Koutarou! Make a path for him!”

”Yes, Your Highness!”

“I guess we have to, give it your all, Uncle!”

”Got it”

“Kii, you shoot! You're better than me right?”

”Okay, then you support me, please!”

Theia, Ruth, Shizuka, Clan and Kiriha all got to work, opening up a path for Koutarou. Their attacks hit the monster's limbs one after another, preventing it from attacking. This was a job only these girls with their high attack power could do.

“... Satomi-kun, let's finish it with this”

”Yes. I feel like taking a long nap after this”

Harumi unleashed Signaltin's magical power and Koutarou sent his own spiritual energy to Saguratin. The two swords filled with the power of many shone silver and gold.

“... I'll leave the rest to you, Satomi-san”

”That's not right. You're in charge aren't you?”

”Right...”

She had done everything she could. She had no regrets about anything today. That's why Yurika confidently spoke with her chest puffed out.

“Defeat that thing, Satomi-san!”

”Leave it to me, Yurika!”

Koutarou flashed Yurika a small smile and charged the monster. Theia and the others were opening the path. Approaching it was easy.

“... Hey, Theia-chan”

“What, Yurika?”

”Satomi-san said that heroes aren't needed, but...”

”Yeah...”

”Satomi-san really is a hero to me”

”Isn't it fine for others to feel that way?”

“Aha, you might be right...”

And so Koutarou swung his swords as the girls watched on. The attack filled with Koutarou's and the girls' desires splendidly cut the monster in two and the magical power and spiritual energy making up the monster's body completely disappeared.