I also stood up.
Zanoba is stubborn.
He might continue to fight until his death.
Naturally, I can't allow him to do that.
Roxy as well.
I'll die if she dies.
My spirit would die.
"Will you go on?"
Randolph looks down on us with a blank expression.
He has taken no stance, nor has he begun to chant magic.
He is just standing still, composed.
He doesn't seem to want to initiate the attack.
Shit, this is just a game to him.
Rather there is even a sense like he is going easy on us.
This guy has sealed my stone cannon.
He had a way to disable magic from the beginning.
Anyway, I don't have anything other than magic with which to catch this guy with.
And still he might have another hidden trump card beside what we've seen.
What had Orsted said?
When it seems like I should attack, defend; and when it seems like I should defend, attack?
Well then, if I believe that, then this guy can anticipate the present flow of battle?
I don't know.
I don't know how to move at all.
There is no necklace.
There is no armor.
We don't know what the opponent has up his sleeves and his attacks are fatal.
There is no guarantee that it is possible to prevent this guy's attacks from breaking the Magic Armor MK-II.
It's no good.
It's not good no matter how much I think about it.
We must withdraw at once.
But how to convince Zanoba?
If he can't be convinced, then stunning him from behind and making him faint.
Then we can retreat to where the MK-I is and fight from there.
"Zanoba, do you understand now? He can't be killed with a head on assault."
"But, Shishou, Pax is..."
"The Death God was waiting. There should still be time for us to secure a certain victory."
I could see the hesitation in Zanoba's movements.
He also seems to have realized that we cannot win.
"Are you leaving now?
Well, I wonder if it's possible ... his majesty might be finished quite soon?"
It's a trap.
I don't need to hear it.
"Ah, let's try to make a fresh start once more."
I question whether he'll really let us go.
"I apologize about suddenly attacking you. Therefore, will you please overlook our behavior?"
This may have started out poorly, but maybe I can change the direction if I try a modest approach.
If things continue and we can flee while fighting, there is always the Magic Armor.
After that it's a rematch.
If he doesn't give chase, that would also be good.
"Huh, it doesn't matter, but..."
Ah, is that so?
This is somehow anticlimactic.
I cannot read the intention of the Death God for the life of me.
What exactly is this guy's purpose?
I can't figure it out.
"Death God-san, you, are you getting instructions from Hitogami?"
"What kind of instructions would I get? Especially from someone I haven't ever met."
Eeh?
"But just a moment ago you said, you knew him."
"Someone related to me once met him so I've heard his name... it's only to that point. Myself, I haven't encountered Hitogami, let alone talked to him."
This has turned into what kind of story?
"That would mean that you, you aren't an apostle of Hitogami?"
"I don't know anything about apostles... so that's correct."
Oh we jumped the gun!
Ah, dammit!
Recently there is way too much fruitless effort!
"Then you aren't an enemy of King Pax?"
"Yes. I am veerry mu~ch a supporter of King Pax and the Queen Consort Benedict. At any rate, those two are the only ones to praise my cooking...."
"In other words there isn't some dubious ritual going on in the room behind us and you aren't delaying us to buy time?"
"Yeah, well it's the kind of ritual that you might not want to talk about in front of a small girl."
The Death God glanced at Roxy while saying so.
Roxy was called a small girl, so she looked depressed.
She surely doesn't look like a mother from her appearance.
Even so, I see.