Torn Asunder by War, A Sword Saint for Tomorrow X The Knight Wizards!! – Chapter 34

Chapter 34
  By the way, unlike the Knight Kings who were being bombarded with magic on the main street on the opposite side due to the attackers flanking the defensive walls, the battle that began with the destruction of the defensive wall gate was a close-quarters combat.
  
  『You bastards!』
  
  Seeing the houses crushed by the debris of the broken wall and the corpses of the guards and the townspeople scattered around, the exclusive knight of the Clawsolas went berserk and charged, stepping over a metal door that had fallen on the road.
  
  『Calm down, Sir Daniel!』
  『He probably can’t hear you.』
  
  While listening to his calm sister’s voice beside him, Lloyd ran his Clawsolas slightly behind to support the other country’s knight who had rushed ahead.
  
  At the end of the pseudo-eyeball’s captured view, the enemy Clawsolas, which was slender, placed its left palm on the side of the sword it held and parried the iron sword swung by the allied Clawsolas, which had gained momentum from inertia.
  
  ‘It has more physical strength than it looks, troublesome…’
  
  The silver-haired knight, who had raised his alert level slightly, took a stance with two iron swords, one large and one small, and slashed at another enemy Clawsolas that was trying to thrust at Daniel’s Clawsolas from an angle.
  
  『Tch, you won’t let me k*ll you easily, will you!』
  
  The opponent, who had interrupted his attack midway, tried to defend against the slash with his iron sword, just like his fellow knight… but that was just an induced movement.
  
  The longsword in his right hand, which was deliberately swung widely so that the defense could be in time, was not the main attack. Lloyd’s Begalta Clawsolas pressed down on the weapon they had clashed with and quickly thrust the short sword in his left hand towards the enemy Clawsolas’s abdominal joint.
  
  『Fast!』
  『Ugh!』
  
  Against the enemy Clawsolas that had dodged at the last moment and grazed the blade against its armor, he took advantage of the slight loss of balance and pressed his Clawsolas down on it as if to make it fall.
  
  『D*mn it, you’re annoying!』
  
  The enemy’s exclusive knight, who cursed, took a certain distance with a back step, but that was also a result of being forced to make a choice due to the forceful attack.
  
  Without missing a beat, Lloyd stepped his Clawsolas into the open space and, as he passed by the enemy’s fellow knight who was fighting with his allied Clawsolas, he delivered a full-powered backhand blow.
  
  『Whoa!?』
  『Guh!』
  
  The back of the head was hit hard by the iron fist that flew from the blind spot, and the consciousness of the pilots was momentarily cut off due to sensory sharing via the artificial muscles, exposing the defenseless figure of the Clawsolas Nightshade as it stood frozen.
  
  『Woooo―――!』
  
  There was no way they would miss this golden opportunity. The Clawsolas with the iron sword at its waist charged with its entire body, burying the blade, which had gained weight and speed, into the chest armor, and twisting it as if to finish it off.
  
  『Ah… Reina! D*mn it!』
  
  Seeing their comrade being defeated, the remaining enemy Clawsolas, judging the situation to be unfavorable, reached for its waist and slammed a cylindrical acoustic flashbang onto the ground in front of it.
  
  At that moment, a roaring sound and dazzling flash enveloped the area. While losing his vision, Lloyd jumped back with his Clawsolas in a series of leaps, crossing his arms in front of his chest to prepare for an attack on a vital point, but…
  
  『Guh, what the h*ll is wrong with my eyes?』
  
  Only Daniel’s voice cursing could be heard from the Clawsolas’s speaker, reaching the wary silver-haired, blue-eyed siblings. As their vision gradually recovered and they looked around with the giant knight’s pseudo-eyeballs, the enemy’s figure had vanished without a trace.
  
  『… Did they retreat? Still, that’s a weapon we should be wary of.』
  『Ugh, Onii-sama~, my tears won’t stop.』
  
  While comforting Eleia who started complaining, Lloyd walked his Clawsolas to the cylindrical shell rolling on the road, picked it up, and looked at it with interest.
  By that time, the battle at the east gate had also been concluded, and the raid that took place in the middle of the night ended with a considerable amount of damage.
  
  However, the possibility of a second wave could not be ruled out. Inside the workshop where the Clawsolas units that had returned in exchange for the reconnaissance scout squad were being stored, the technicians and alchemists among the maintenance crew were busy working on rush jobs.
  
  “Alright! The Begalta that returned from the west gate of the defensive wall has no particular damage!”
  “Thank you, Sir Lloyd!!”
  
  『They seem very grateful, as expected of Onii-sama!』
  『Hmm, I’m not sure if that’s… wrong.』
  
  Lloyd walked his Clawsolas to the wall, guided and welcomed by the maintenance crew who were happy to have less work, and made it wait in a kneeling posture with one knee on the ground. Two elevated work platforms were attached to it, and the technicians began checking each part, perhaps just in case.
  
  『Shall we take a short break, Eleia?』
  『Yes, just in case.』
  
  After agreeing, she glanced at the Belphegor, which had its shoulders fixed with hooks extending from the wall and was surrounded by elevated work platforms while its armor was being repaired, through the pseudo-eyeballs.
  
  In that state, it could not be said that it could respond immediately to another attack, so it was highly likely that the Lunavadis siblings would be called out in case of an emergency.
  
  『Even so… it seems that Claude-sama had a hard time with the bandits.』
  
  『We would have been the same if we had encountered them before getting close. With no room to dodge in a straight street flanked by buildings on both sides, we would have been hit by the enemy’s magic attacks.』
  
  Even if they had managed to evade successfully, considering the range, it would have caused damage to the small castle, the attached workshop, and the barracks where the Lizel delegation was staying. In the end, the only option to prevent the damage from spreading was to take the hit, and in that case, it seemed reasonable to find a way to turn the tables.
  
  ‘Honestly, I’d rather not…’
  
  He turned his gaze, which contained a bit of sympathy, towards the Knight Kings who had overcome a rather harsh battle… They had just gotten off their Clawsolas to talk to the young lady who appeared in the workshop.