第１７０３堀：戦う上司 (Part2)
Before I could even tilt my head in confusion, Holy-san's voice inexplicably echoed. As I brought my gaze back from the sky, wondering what had happened, there was Holy-san, inexplicably buried up to her waist in the ground, looking utterly astonished.
As I wondered why she was in such a state, a fireball flew towards Holy-san, striking her directly in the chest, and a beautiful pink paint spread across her.
"Huh?"
The speed of it all left us only able to utter strange sounds.
"Hah!"
Just as Vilia, who had flown upwards in the interim, let out that cry, a flash of light and a thunderous roar instantly erupted.
*Boom!*
With that deafening roar, the ground seemed to explode, sending up a cloud of dust.
But as I wondered where it had come from...
"Yuki!?"
At Yayu's words, I turned my gaze to where Yuki was, and saw a rising cloud of dust, realizing it was the source of the earlier sound.
That meant Yuki was there...
The moment I understood, the blood drained from my face.
That kind of power was truly dangerous.
Why such a powerful spell? I glared angrily at Vilia...
"Kyaah!?"
For some reason, Vilia, still in the air, also had her chest stained pink.
Huh? When did that happen? I wondered...
"Fleeing into the air wasn't a bad move, but stopping was ill-advised."
Yuki's voice echoed all around, and as I wondered where it came from, the smoke cleared, revealing Yuki standing there unharmed, and I breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thanks for the defense, Prof."
"Not at all. I just didn't expect the barrier to be shattered."
"Well, Vilia's magic was my idea, after all."
"As expected of Yuki. I had a fair bit of confidence myself."
"It's good to praise me, but Vilia, who masters it, is the true star."
They were talking so casually, but for us, it was no time for casual conversation.
We rushed to Yuki's side, checking his body in a panic.
"A-are you alright?"
"Are you hurt anywhere?"
"A-any injuries!?"
Seeing the three of us in such a state, both of them gave wry smiles as they replied.
"I'm fine. Not a scratch. Prof protected me thoroughly."
"Yes. I made a wall appear the moment the battle began, so Yuki wasn't directly hit."
As Prof said this, she used magic to make an earthen wall appear.
I see, so that's how he was protected.
What a relief.
Just as I was thinking that, Vilia and Holy-san, both stained pink, approached us.
"Ahaha, it was no good after all. I let my guard down, and it was over in an instant."
"...I have no idea what just happened. Could someone explain what occurred?"
We also couldn't understand what had happened at all, and as we wondered how to reply...
"In that case, it would be better to see it with your own eyes than to hear it."
Saying that, Agil came over to us.
Come to think of it, she was supposed to be with us, but I wondered where she'd been all this time... then I saw a remote control in her hand.
Oh, that's right, this combat training area...
"What do you mean, 'see'?"
"In this combat training facility, we record everything so you can review your movements properly. There are cameras set up everywhere."
"Camera?"
"Oh? You don't know what a camera is? Uh, well, I suppose radio is more common in Weed. Anyway, you'll understand once you see it."
With that, a projector displayed the combat footage from earlier onto the back wall.
This way, we could objectively review the battle, and we were shown all the terrible things that had happened to us.
Enough to make us wonder how we even survived.
Anyway, putting that aside, when we watched to see how the previous battle had unfolded...
"And that's it. Over."
It was literally over in an instant, making even less sense than when we'd watched it with our own eyes.
Could someone please explain?
Surprisingly, while Orelia and the others had sparred with Yuki playfully, I don't think they had ever trained in conditions close to actual combat.
If they had, my apologies.
It was here that Orelia and the others would come to know Yuki's true power.