6 - High Priest 大祭司

Night.

之夜。

Carrying out guard duty, we kept watch of our surroundings as we stopped to rest. Our movement speed was high, so we made more distance with our pursuers than I had anticipated.

執行警衛任務時，我們停下來休息，同時觀察周圍的情況。我們的移動速度很快，所以我們與追擊者的距離比我預想的要遠。

But there was something I wanted to confirm, so I went and asked the former High Priest Gastone-san.

但是我有件事想要確認，所以我去詢問了前任大祭司加斯通先生。

A little parted from the campfire, we conversed with warm drinks in our hands.

離篝火稍遠一點，我們手裏端着熱飲聊天。

There was plenty I wanted to ask, but getting to know the backstory of our pursuers was the first priority. And what Gastone-san9;s group had as their objective was important as well.

我想問的事情有很多，但瞭解追捕者的背景是首要任務。而且加斯托內先生他們的目標也很重要。

Gastone-san made a tired expression, as he explained the situation.

加斯托內先生一臉疲憊地解釋着情況。

“Elites of the divine knight brigade?”

“神騎士團的精英？”

He nodded, before muttering in an annoyed fashion.

他點點頭，然後惱怒地嘟噥道。

“Elite in name alone, they are an assassination corps. They9;ve always been a unit that carried out some questionable work. The former Holy Maiden Thelma-sama was of the moderate faction, so she couldn9;t help but build up resentment with the knights…”

“光是名義上的精英，他們就是一支暗殺軍團。他們一直是一個進行一些有問題工作的單位。前聖女塞爾瑪大人屬於溫和派，所以難免會和騎士們產生怨恨……”

From the Jewel, I heard a voice chastising Gastone-san. It was the Fifth.

從寶石中，我聽到了責備加斯托內小姐的聲音。這是第五次。

The Fourth.

『Then instead of just opposing them, why not moderately send them out to subjugate monsters and bandits, and make a show of praising them for their efforts? Opposing them to create sparks within the country, and is it already a raging fire? Just abandoning a huge problem like that is unreasonable.』

『……坦白說吧。對不起。』

The Sixth, fed-up.

The Fifth apologized to him.

“關於當代聖女，嗯……”

“……從年齡來看，聖女是一個嚴格的職位。她們一定總是很漂亮。雖然她還是很漂亮，但我是否可以說她配不上年輕女孩呢？民衆也要求有一個新的。”

“Thelma-sama, was it? Then couldn9;t she have just stayed in power, without handing the role to the next generation?”

『This is getting close to rebellion. No, this is rebellion. The former Holy Maiden who stole back her seat, and the High Priest driven out!』

『前聖女對國家的現狀感到悲痛，坐不住了！不過要是再年輕一點就更好了！』

加斯托內先生露出了可怕的疲憊笑容。

“She used to be the daughter of a noble family from the neighboring country of【Selva】. Even when we9;re usually supposed to avoid girls from such origins.”

There, Gastone-san made a horridly worn-out smile.

第四。

The Fifth.

（有可能把這些土地聚集在一起嗎？不，首先，這在物理上是可能的嗎？）

“… Age-wise, the Holy Maiden is a strict position. They must always be pretty. She may still be beautiful, but shall I say she isn9;t a match for the younger girls? The populace was also demanding a new one.”

There, the Third.

『… I9;ll be frank. I9;m sorry.』

『How nice. The previous Holy Maiden, and a High Priest of the moderate faction… you9;ve got the top and her aid in your grasp.』

『Saddened with the state of her country, the former Holy Maiden couldn9;t let herself sit still! Though it would be better if she was a tad younger!』

Unlike a certain two countries, there weren9;t any signs of them going through intense battle.

『那麼，把他們兩個放在表面上來擴大影響力，把萊爾放在中心上怎麼樣。如果扎因掌握在手中，就可以以叛亂爲藉口，徹底改變國家的統治方式。』

『那與其只是對抗，不如適度地派他們去討伐妖怪強盜，表現一下讚揚他們的努力呢？反對他們在國內掀起火花，難道已經是熊熊烈火了嗎？就這麼放棄這麼大的問題是不合理的。』

那裏，第三個。

Even when he abandoned quite a few sparks with his own children, I thought to myself, but restrained from putting it to mouth. I tried softening the Fifth9;s words, and transmitting them.

與某些兩個國家不同，沒有任何跡象表明他們正在經歷激烈的戰鬥。

扎印的情況很可能就是這樣。我在其他地方很少聽說過類似的事情。

The Third continued on.

『Well then, how about putting the two of them on the surface to build up influence, and putting Lyle at the center. If you get Zayin in your hands, you can use rebellion as an excuse to completely overhaul the ruling methodology of the country.』

Selva… A small country, and one with a few things moving about behind the scenes. In this land jumbled up by a complex array of small nations, they were maintaining a status quo.

雖然我認爲這在各個方面都搞砸了，但我進一步詢問了加斯通桑。

While thinking it was messed up, in various ways, I questioned Gastone-san further.

“你以爲塞爾瑪大人沒有注意到嗎？即使我不看，我也是大祭司的血統，你知道的。當然，我們不想維持騎士團，卻又不給他們任何工作。”

『規則能順利傳承到現在，我很驚訝。此外，如果它們是漂亮的裝飾品，那麼任何人都不會這樣做嗎？一步錯了，傀儡豈是那麼容易……』

「塞爾瑪大人是嗎？那麼她就不能繼續掌權，而不把這個角色交給下一代嗎？”

男人聽不到，但我也有一些無法平息的感覺。

第五向他道歉。

『這已經接近叛亂了。不，這是叛逆。前任聖女搶回座位，大祭司被趕走！』

“About the current generation Holy Maiden, umm…”

『啊，原來如此。就這樣，某個國家的女人成爲了聖女，她們利用扎音間接毀滅了那些反對她們的國家。我覺得他們總是和周圍的人打架，這很愚蠢。不，請注意，我仍然認爲這很愚蠢。』

“… Not invading foreign soil. The high priests and knights conspired against pouring their efforts into internal affairs, and we ended up having to rely on adventurers. We put some needless funding into it, and somehow got the shape of it together, but that took twenty long years to accomplish. Without being able to hand her position over the entire time, Thelma-sama went through much troubles.”

“……不入侵異國土地。大祭司和騎士們密謀反對將精力投入到內部事務中，我們最終不得不依靠冒險者。我們投入了一些不必要的資金，並以某種方式將其成型，但這花了二十年的時間才完成。塞爾瑪大人一直沒能交出自己的位置，經歷了很多麻煩。」

High priest lineage. In noble terms, perhaps count or viscount, or some position around that. There are sure to be un-noble-ish parts to their duties, but their priesthood was decided by heredity.

即使他放棄了與自己孩子的不少火花，我心裏想，但又剋制住沒有說出口。我試着軟化五號的話語，然後將它們傳達出去。

When I became anxious, the Seventh spoke with delight.

在那裏，加斯托內先生一臉困惑地把手放在額頭上。悄悄的，他吐露了自己的感情。

塞爾瓦……一個小國家，一個有一些幕後活動的國家。在這片由衆多小國家組成的雜亂的土地上，他們維持着現狀。

第五。

There, Gastone-san put his hand to his forehead with a troubled expression. Quetly, he spilled his feelings.

當我變得焦慮時，第七人高興地說道。

“殺妖、討賊，你推薦他們在那個領域表演不就好了嗎？”

“You think Thelma-sama hadn9;t noticed? Even if I don9;t look it, I9;m of High Priest lineage, you know. Naturally enough, we didn9;t want to maintain a knight brigade, yet hand no work to them at all.”

『太好了。前任聖女，溫和派的大祭司……你已經掌握了最高層和她的幫助。』

『I9;m surprised rule has been successfully handed down all the way up to now. Besides, if they9;re meant to be pretty decorations, then wouldn9;t just anybody do? One wrong move, and how easy would it be to instate a puppet…』

第三位繼續說道。

0;Would it be possible to get these lands together? No, in the first place, is it physically possible?1;

『Ah, so that9;s how it is. Like this, some country9;s woman becomes Holy Maiden, and they use Zayin to indirectly destroy the countries opposed to them. And I thought it was stupid how they were always picking fights with those around them. No, I still think it quite stupid, mind you.』

第六個，厭倦了。

The man couldn9;t hear it, but I also had some feelings I couldn9;t put away.

大祭司血統。用貴族術語來說，可能是伯爵或子爵，或者類似的職位。他們的職責中肯定有不高貴的部分，但他們的祭司身份是由遺傳決定的。

“Monster slaying, and bandit subjugation, wouldn9;t it have been fine if you recommended they performed in that field?”

It9;s likely just how things worked in Zayin. I don9;t hear about things like that much elsewhere.

“她曾經是鄰國【塞爾瓦】的貴族家庭的女兒。即使我們通常應該避開這樣的出身的女孩。”

The Sixth.

第六。

『Right. The Divine Knight Brigade? Let9;s crush the elites they9;ve dispatched here, and now. Thinking of the scale of the country, there shouldn9;t be that many of them. I9;m sure it9;ll be a grave blow.』

“正確的。神騎士團？現在就讓我們粉碎他們派遣到這裏的精英吧。考慮到國家的規模，不應該有那麼多。我相信這將是一個沉重的打擊。』

… From what I9;ve heard, she officially handed off the position of Holy Maiden. It was a bit forceful, but Gastone-san couldn9;t help but acknowledge it as well. Yet the ancestors were telling me to go forth under the banner of rebellion.

……據我所知，她正式交出了聖女之位。雖然有點強硬，但加斯通先生也不得不承認。然而祖先卻告訴我要打着叛逆的旗幟前行。

When I tapped and rolled the Jewel with my fingertip, the Third tried to convince me.

當我用指尖點擊並滾動寶石時，第三個試圖說服我。

『Don9;t like it, Lyle? Then think about it like this! For Zayin, a country whose ruling order is full of problems, you9;ll use this opportunity to reform them! What, the surrounding countries are already using it to run riot, after all. More than anything, you9;re doing good! To lead this land of endless strife along the right path, why now swallow down your tears here!』

『不喜歡這樣嗎，萊爾？那麼就這樣想吧！對於扎印這個統治秩序存在問題的國家，你就趁這個機會進行改革吧！什麼，周邊國家畢竟已經在用它來鬧事了。最重要的是，你做得很好！爲了帶領這片紛爭不斷的土地走上正確的道路，何必現在就在這裏嚥下眼淚呢！』

The Fifth as well.

第五也一樣。

『And wait, even if you leave it alone, it9;ll eventually be crushed by Celes. While that thing still has her eyes on her own country, overbearing as it may be, you should more or less get this land together. Even that may not be enough, but you should think of the surrounding situations as well. And they9;re an opponent I can9;t forgive overlooking.』

『等等，就算放着不管，它最終也會被塞萊斯壓垮。那東西雖然還把目光放在了自己的國家上，雖然霸道，但或多或少也該把這塊土地收攏起來。即使這可能還不夠，但你還應該考慮周圍的情況。而且他們是我不能原諒忽視的對手。』

The Fifth seemed brimming with motivation. Within that, the Sixth called out to me.

第五隊似乎充滿了動力。就在這時，第六號呼喚了我。

『Lyle, I get how you feel, but it9;s true that there9;s a need to break the deadlocks on this situation. You9;re just a piece of that. And if you abandon it, Celes is sure to move in the foreseeable future. Look a little ahead, and make your decision.』

『萊爾，我明白你的感受，但確實有必要打破這種情況的僵局。你只是其中的一部分。而如果放棄的話，Celes在可預見的未來肯定會有所行動。向前看一點，然後做出決定。』

His was a kind voice.

他的聲音很友善。

雖然他的外表看起來很邪惡，但他是一個很好的人。也許他經歷了相當多的麻煩。即便如此，先祖們還是……

“Now then, it9;s about time.”

“… 我明白那個。儘管他們很爛，但他們是騎士團的精英。如果你認爲不可能，我不介意你一行人逃走。不過到時候，只要帶着塞爾瑪大人和亞烏拉大人一起就好了。其他人，如果可以的話，請一起帶走。只要他們能拿到我的頭，他們就應該滿足了……”

“你不介意我們先把它們拿出來吧？”

環顧四周，我用技能確認了情況。我用第五號的【維度】確認了周圍的地形，並用第六號的【規格】掌握了敵人的情況。他們奮力追上我們，然後繞了一圈。

“It9;s about the pursuers. There9;s no doubt they9;re still chasing us. I anticipate they were launch an attack on us shortly.”

After a while, I asked Gastone-san of his plans from here on.

They sounded like they were enjoying it. Enjoying the hell out of it.

“那麼，是時候了。”

他們聽起來很享受。享受其中的樂趣。

Watching his surprised face, I began explaining the plan.

While his appearance looked villainous, he was quite a nice person. Perhaps he9;d gone through a fair share of trouble. Even so, the Ancestors were…

Looking around, I confirmed the situation with Skills. I verified the surrounding terrain with the Fifth9;s 【Dimension】, and used the Sixth9;s 【Spec】 to get a grasp of the enemy9;s states. They had pushed themselves to overtake us, and had circled around.

艾莉亞一直在警惕，而精靈伊娃似乎也從周圍的空氣中察覺到了敵人的存在。

這是通往 Beim 的最短路線上的一個山谷。

“有什麼事嗎？”

There was some worth to be found in purposefully planning following a route that could go no other way than this valley, and luring them out.

『不不，這一次真是值了。你可以削弱你最終要與之戰鬥的國家的戰爭潛力，你甚至可以得到一個“正義事業”。現在你應該把一切都準備好，爲勝利做好準備』

His marvelous glass-ball eyes looked as if they were sparkling radiantly today as well. Our reliable comrade.

“Lyle-san, the preparations are complete.”

“到達貝姆後，您打算做什麼？”

“Something the matter?”

過了一會兒，我向加斯托內先生詢問了今後的計劃。

Before he could finish, I smiled.

順便補充一下，這是一個非常適合伏擊的空間。碎石太多，馬車很難前行。即便如此，波特的移動也毫無問題。

那個被岩石包圍的空間是一個難以穿越的地形。但既然決定走最短路線，我們就忍不住要走過去。

『那麼等我們有了‘正當理由9;之後，是不是應該去洛菲斯賣掉我們的名字呢？那個人也除了公主之外一無所有吧？國王和王后意外身亡？』

“加斯托內桑。”

『Then once we9;ve got our ‘just cause,9; should we go sell our names in Lorphys? That one also has nothing but a princess as well, right? The king and queen died in accident?』

It was a valley along the shortest possible route to Beim.

“… Hah? Eh!?”

（這些傢伙太可怕了。）

『什麼？前聖女候選人？那意思就是現在的對手吧？ ……哦，你還有更多的牌要打！』

“… I understand that. Rotten as they may be, they9;re the elites of a knight brigade. If you think it impossible, I do not mind your party flee. But at that time, if you would only take Thelma-sama, and Aura-sama along. The others, if possible, please take them along. As long as they can get my head, they should be satisfied enough to…”

I took a deep breath, and offered a proposal to Gastone-san.

克拉拉向我走來。

『No, no, this time really was worthwhile. You get to chip down the war potential of the power you9;ll end up fighting, and you9;ve even got your hands on a ‘just cause9;. Now you should get everything together, and make the preparations for victory』

看着他驚訝的表情，我開始解釋這個計劃。

“……哈？誒！？”

“You don9;t mind if we take them out first, do you?”

『It9;s nothing but shady talk. And there9;s an overly large amount of countries maintaining tranquility. Even when their names pop up, for a country not to show a single movement…』

『無非是一些陰暗的談話而已。而且維持安寧的國家數量太多了。就算名字出現了，一個國家也沒有一絲動靜……』

『She was good enough for candidacy. There are others giving orders within Zayin, right… this is going to be fun!』

“Once you reach Beim, what do you plan to do?”

0;Porter… you really are a reliable one.1;

“Gastone-san.”

That space surrounded by rockface was a terrain difficult to traverse through. But having decided we would proceed down the shortest route, we couldn9;t help but pass through it.

“萊爾小姐，準備工作已經完成了。”

我深吸了一口氣，向加斯托內桑提出了建議。

（波特……你真是個可靠的人。）

“我們不能太大驚小怪。我只希望確保那些被捲入這一切的人的安全。塞爾瑪大人，還有前聖女候補者亞烏拉大人都在我們身邊。至少，讓他們在我身上留下印記，也許我就能結束這一切。”

『What? Former Holy Maiden candidate? That means the rival of the current one, right? … Oh, you9;ve got even more cards to play!』

他那雙奇妙的玻璃球眼睛今天看起來也閃閃發光。我們可靠的戰友。

Clara approached me.

有目的地規劃一條除了這個山谷之外別無選擇的路線，並引誘他們出來，這是有一定價值的。

If I may add on, this was a space quite suited to an ambush. With so much gravel, it was hard for carriages to press on. Even within that, Porter was moving without a problem.

在他說完之前，我笑了。

“這是關於追趕者的。毫無疑問，他們仍在追趕我們。我預計他們很快就會對我們發動攻擊。”

0;These guys are scary.1;

Aria was keeping lookout, and Eva the elf seemed to have noticed from the surroundings air, that enemies were around.

“We can9;t be working up too much a fuss. I only wish to secure safety for those that were dragged into all this. Both Thelma-sama, and the former Holy Maiden candidate Aura-sama are with us. At the very least, perhaps I can end it by having them set their mark on me alone.”

『她足夠優秀，可以參選。扎音裏還有人在發號施令吧……這會很有趣的！』

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Rather than us, they were going for their designated target: the carriage. I sensed the tense presences around, as I issued orders to May at her position.

他們不是衝着我們去的，而是衝向指定的目標：馬車。當我在梅的位置向梅發出命令時，我感覺到了周圍的緊張氣氛。

0;May, you can hear me, right? Can you see my map?1;

（May，你能聽到我說話，對嗎？你能看到我的地圖嗎？）

On the map floating up in my head, a number of red dots were shining. A little separated, was a group keeping watch over us as well. And if the main force failed, they likely planned to return, and give a report.

浮在我腦海中的地圖上，有許多紅點在閃閃發光。稍微分開一點的地方，還有一羣人在監視着我們。而如果主力失敗了，他們很可能會計劃返回，並報告。

But we couldn9;t let them get away.

但我們不能讓他們逃脫。

0;I can hear you. And wait, it9;s pounding in my head. So which one am I supposed to be attacking?1;

（我能聽到你的聲音。等等，它在我的腦海中轟鳴。那麼我應該攻擊哪一個？）

I had her undertake the attack on the party watching us from further away. With that distance between us, another risked letting them get away.

我讓她對從遠處觀看我們的隊伍進行攻擊。由於我們之間的距離太遠，另一個人冒着讓他們逃跑的風險。

0;I9;ll leave the further ones to you. We9;ll take down the ones launching the attack.1;

（剩下的就交給你了。我們會打倒發起攻擊的。）

0;… Sure. I9;ll be back soon enough, but will I make it in time?1;

（……當然。我很快就會回來，但能及時趕到嗎？）

I achieved communication with May through the Skill 【Connection】, and told her to beat down ones keeping watch.

我通過技能【聯絡】和梅伊取得了聯繫，並告訴她去擊倒看守的人。

To a quilin such as herself, a small force of knights was easy enough. The greater problem was the main force that was going to be attacking us.

對於像她這樣的奎林來說，一小股騎士部隊是很容易的。更大的問題是，主力將向我們進攻。

當週圍的敵人就位時，艾莉亞很緊張。她感應到了氣氛，將力量注入體內。

我們當場停了下來。他們試圖逃離那些小螺栓，但在這封閉的山谷裏無處可逃，他們被馬車什麼的貫穿了。每一處的輸出都很低，但這麼多的刺穿，敵人毫無抵抗力地崩潰了。

雖然他似乎對我的話有點感興趣，但我面前的長袍男子毫不猶豫地伸出了長矛。雖然碎石很容易讓人失足，但他卻準確地瞄準了我的要害。

我用左手的刀擊退了它的尖端，轉動身體，用右手的刀砍下了懸崖上射來的箭。我藉着這個動作，將刀插進了長袍男子的身體，把他踢開了。

0;So she managed to user her Skills to defeat him.1;

“By the way, you really should pay attention to the sky.”

To Clara walking beside me, I called out.

With 【Select】 setting my aim, I fired off a few arrows at the sky. After the first one flew up high, it soon went out view.

When I looked around, I saw Aria stained in blood, clenching her spear, as her legs gave way below her. I ran over, and looked at her foe.

【選擇】設定目標後，我向天空射出了幾支箭。第一個飛得很高之後，很快就消失了。

“Stone Bullet!”

When the surrounding enemies took up their positions, Aria was nervous. She sensed the atmosphere, and put power into her body.

當我環顧四周時，我看到阿莉亞渾身是血，她緊握着長矛，雙腿在她的下方垮掉。我跑過去，看着她的敵人。

Confirming with my Skills, there weren9;t any surviving enemies.

And avoiding it, his gaze fell on me. Those eyes of his were filled with hatred.

我看着他們，張了張嘴，但他們似乎沒有要回答的意思。我咧嘴一笑。

（所以她設法利用自己的技能擊敗了他。）

當武裝人員向我們跑來時，我將手中的寶石改爲弓，並使用了技能。

當車伕從馬車上跑下來時，天空開始發亮。我們對手的注意力轉向了那裏，一道道細小的光箭如雨點般落下。

“幹得好。休息一下。”

“消息已轉發給 May。我把看守的人留給了她。她計劃完成這件事後與我們會面。”

I looked at them, and opened my mouth, but it didn9;t seem they intended to answer. I gave a wide grin.

我向走在我身邊的克拉拉喊道。

0;Sharp movements… but softer than the Sixth9;s!1;

The robed figures apart from the ones that came at us broke down the carriage doors, and marched in. What they were searching for was likely the former Holy Maiden and candidate, as well as the High Priest.

“Don9;t focus so much on me… I9;m sure I said it already.”

在馬車周圍和波特周圍，浮冰牆形成了；彷彿專門針對這些點一樣，火開始降下來。他們也射出了箭，但冰牆擋住了他們。拉車的馬匹興奮不已，車伕拉繮繩又讓它們平靜下來。

“所以，即使我們試圖阻止他們，你也會去追尋他們的目標……多麼忠誠啊。”

Around the line of carriages- and around Porter- floating walls of ice came into being; as if specifically aiming for those points, fire began to come down. They shot arrows as well, but the walls of ice blocked them. The horses drawing the carriages were excited, and calmed down by the coachmen pulling on their reigns.

我用左手指着敵人，地上的一些石頭飛向了他。他甩掉長袍以避免受到傷害。

I left the sabre in him, getting hit a bit by the blood spurt, and used my free left hand to prepare magic. When I turned, I saw the enemy trying to cut at Eva in front.

我把它變回寶石形態，掛在脖子上，拔出了兩把軍刀。

伊娃也注意到了敵人，但她假裝沒有。到底目標在哪裏，部署在哪裏。我對它們的理解就像手掌一樣。我左手握住寶石，舉起右手施展魔法。

While he seemed a bit intrigued by my words, the robed man before me displayed no hesitation in thrusting out his spear. While the gravel made it easy to loose one9;s footing, he accurately aimed for my vitals.

Our opponents seemed suspicious of my actions, but they sent four running after the carriages. The remaining ones came at us. I stood in front of Clara, weak in close combat, to protect her, while Aria and Eva met them head on.

“Good work. Get some rest.”

As the armed men ran our way, I changed the Jewel in my hands to the Bow, and used a Skill.

“石彈！”

我把刀留在他身上，被噴出的鮮血擊中了一點，然後用空閒的左手準備魔法。當我轉身時，我看到敵人正試圖從前面切向伊娃。

I used the sabre in my left hand to repel its point, turned my body, and used my right sabre to cut down the arrow shot from atop the cliff. Using that motion, I managed to plunge my sabre into the robed man9;s body, and kick him away.

After I warded off attack after attack, a robed group jumped down from the cliffs. Seven in number. Two held back in wait atop the crags.

在我擋住一次又一次的攻擊後，一羣穿着長袍的人從懸崖上跳了下來。數量爲七。兩個人在懸崖頂上等待着。

“Ice Wall!”

“Message relayed to May. I left the ones keeping watch to her. She plans on meeting up with us once she9;s done with that.”

除了衝過來的人之外，其他身穿長袍的人也破開了馬車門，大步走了進來。他們要找的，很可能就是前聖女和候補者，以及大祭司。

“So even as we try to hold them back, you9;ll go for their mark… how loyal.”

他避開了，目光落在了我身上。那雙眸子裏，充滿了仇恨。

Aria nodded, hung her head, and vomited. I patted her back, and looked around. Eva was sitting down. She didn9;t seem to be injured.

我們的對手似乎對我的行爲表示懷疑，但他們派了四個人追趕馬車。剩下的人向我們衝來。我站在近戰能力較弱的克拉拉麪前保護她，而艾莉亞和伊娃則迎面迎戰。

When the coachmen ran from the carriages, the sky began to shine. Our opponents9; attention turned there, as small arrows of light began raining down one after the next.

克拉拉的目光轉向波特。她滿頭大汗，看上去並不焦慮，反而像是在努力工作。

Eva had also noticed the enemy, but she was pretending she hadn9;t. Just where would the aim, and where were they deployed. I could understand them like the palm of my hand. I gripped the Jewel in my left hand, and raised up my right to cast magic.

We stopped on the spot. They tried to flee from those small bolts, but in this enclosed valley without a place to run, they were pierced through carriages and all. Each one of them was low in output, but with so many of them piercing through, the enemies collapsed without resistance.

她渾身顫抖，呼吸也變得奇怪。她一定受到了與擊殺怪物時不同的精神震撼。我把一隻手放在她的肩膀上。

She was trembling, and her breathing was strange. She must have received a mental shock unlike what she felt when slaying monsters. I put a hand on her shoulder.

“別太關注我……我確定我已經說過了。”

（動作猛烈……但比六號要柔和！）

“順便說一句，你真的應該注意天空。”

I turned it back to Jewel form, hung it around my neck, and drew two sabres.

艾莉亞點點頭，低下頭，吐了。我拍拍她的背，環顧四周。伊娃坐下了。她看起來沒有受傷。

Clara9;s eyes turned to Porter. She was sweating, and rather than anxious, it looked as if she was working hard.

“冰牆！”

I pointed my left hand at the enemy, sending a number of rocks from the ground flying into him. He swung off his robe to circumvent some damage.

以我的技能確認，沒有任何倖存的敵人。

And jumping down from the cliffs, May landed on the ground.

梅從懸崖上跳下來，落在了地上。

“As I thought, it9;s already over. Just as I said.”

“正如我所想，一切都已經結束了。正如我所說。”

Seeing her stick out her chest in pride, I gave a light, ‘you9;re right,9; in response, as I patted Aria9;s back, and looked at Porter. The back door opened, and the former Holy Maiden and co. came out in succession.

看到她自豪地挺起胸膛，我輕聲說道：“你說得對。”我拍着阿麗亞的背，看着波特。後門打開，前聖女等人進來了。陸續出來了。

They had been forcefully stuffed into the narrow loading tray.

它們被強行塞進狹窄的裝載托盤中。

Seeing the aftermath of the battle, Thelma-san spoke in surprise.

看到戰鬥的結果，塞爾瑪小姐驚訝地說道。

“Could it be you really defeated them? There should have been close to ten.”

“難道你真的打敗了他們？應該有接近十個。”

Eyes of disbelief were sent our war, and after Gastone-san disembarked, he also looked between us, and the defeated elites.

難以置信的目光投向我們的戰爭，加斯托內先生下船後，他也審視着我們和戰敗的精英們。

From the Jewel, the Third.

來自寶石，第三個。

『Now then, with this, Lyle has left a strong impression. While we9;re at it, was it fifteen elites? You were able to beat them, but… Lyle, this is only the start.』

『那麼萊爾就這樣給大家留下了深刻的印象。說到這裏，是十五名精英嗎？你能夠打敗他們，但是……萊爾，這只是開始。』

On his serious voice, I gripped the Jewel. But beside me, Aria was still spitting up. I patter her back, and continued calling out to her.

在他嚴肅的聲音中，我抓住了寶石。但在我旁邊，阿麗亞仍在吐口水。我拍拍她的背，繼續叫她。