“Stun them with your roar! And beat your opponents flat!”
“DEEEEEEEEEeeeeEEEEEEEN!”
Deen stomped through the ground and began its charge. Grabbing the masked heads of two Titans within its reach, it smashed the back of their skulls together.
The warriors of the Titan tribe couldn’t help but give a roar in anger.
“Gahouhouhouhouhouhou---!”
The titans tried to escape the grasp of the Steel arms, but Deen’s unnatural power wasn’t about to be moved by such an effort. Not releasing its hold on the titans in its right and left hands, it proceeded to smash them together repeatedly to the point where its opponents have lost consciousness.
And with that, Deen raised an unconscious titan.
“Toss him out!”
“DEEEEEEEEEeeeeEEEEEEEN!”
Under Asuka’s command, Deen tossed the titan in one of its hand at another titan.
The titan must have been too stunned to register what was happening. It would seem that they had never thought of the possibility that their comrade could be tossed into the air with arms and legs flailing like he were dancing in mid-air and collide right into his own chest.
The two Titans who were tangled with each other seemed to have become a tumbler[9] as they rolled and bounced all the way to the middle of the large river.
Witnessing the great battle from the air, Yō had forgotten to provide assistance and merely gaped in a daze.
“Deen’s……really impressive!”
Yō had heard of how Deen made a quick job out of the Demon Lord cronies previously and had predicted a certain amount of battle strength that it needed to do that.
But the actual ability had far exceeded her imagination. The warriors of the Titan tribe didn’t stand a chance against the Red Steel doll that was at its full power. And it had already put down three of the Titan tribe within moments.
The heroic performance gave a boost to the spirit of the [Underwood] defenders.
Judging it to be a victorious turning point, a person in the Great Tree unfurled the banner of the [Draco Greif] Alliance and lit torches to brighten it up.
Sala also began to speed up her wrestling with the three Titans and swung her red hair that seemed to burn with crimson flames back as she shouted:
“If you let your guests protect the [Host], this would be our lifelong embarrassment! All members of the [Draco Greif] Alliance! Stand strong and hold your respective stations and change the tide!”
Roars of the emboldened warriors erupted in the battlefield as they replied to her chiding with much fervor. The various Communities that had returned to their orderly thoughts started to gather in their formations under the Flag and started to resume their respective missions.
[One Horn] and [Five Claws] moved forth to the frontlines and roared as they attacked the invaders.
[Two Wings] and [Four Footed] pulled the two wheeled war chariots as they provided support.
[Three Tails] and [Six Scars] were in charge of stretchering the injured away from the frontlines and providing item support.[10]
Facing the [Draco Greif] members that were getting more organized in their attacks, the Titan tribe was slowly being pushed back and had started to retreat as well.
Yō who was observing the battle situation had thought that the result was already clear by then. But---
In that moment, the sound of a stringed instrument being played could be heard from the field.
“……Huh?”
Yō couldn't react in time as a dense fog began to cover the surroundings. The battlefield below had also been shrouded by the fog.
The strange fog had even appeared in front of Yō’s eyes when she was about a thousand meters above ground.
And that made the sense of sight useless.
“How did it suddenly……”
“Oh no!”
Yō suddenly jerked her head down to look below.
The three Titans that had originally targeted Sala were now targeting Asuka and Deen as they launched their attacks. And what made things worse was the fact that the other Titan tribe members had thrown lots of chains around Deen’s body, causing it to be slower in its actions.
If Deen’s movements were entirely locked down, Asuka would become defenseless.
“Asuka---!”
Yō wrapped herself with whirlwinds as she descended rapidly. Placing all her energy to increase her speed to the maximum Yō then assessed the information stored within the [Genome Tree] to increase her mass to the heaviest recorded mass of an animal that she had befriended.
Bringing her full force into the strike that had created lots of shockwaves in her descent…
“Gahouhouhouhouhouhou---!”
However, she was swept aside by the huge arm that collided into her side.
“……WHAT?!”
It was just as simple a gesture as swatting a fly.
The crowned and masked Titan had easily deflected the strike that Yō had pumped all her energy into.
Yō managed to pull herself into a defensive position to protect herself, albeit with much difficulty and she collided with the surface of the big river, skipping along the surface before landing on the other side of the bank. Due to her use of wind to cushion her impacts, she hadn’t sustained any serious injuries. If it were to be land that she first smashed into, there’s no telling how serious an injury she might have sustained.
Moreover, the reason why she was able to take on that attack without injuries was due to the fact that Yō’s body was strengthened beyond that of a normal human.
[If Asuka were to receive such an attack……]
Surely---her slender body would be beaten to pulp.
Yō shook her head to rid herself of that worst possible scenario.
Whipping up a whirlwind to start her flight, Yō tried to rush back to Asuka’s side as fast as she could.
Though Yō had the sight of an eagle, but visibility on the ground was too poor with everything shrouded in dense fog. Even while flying close to the ground at her maximum speed, she could only rely on her ears that picked up sharp sounds of metals clashing and the roars of the Titan tribe. In addition to the poor sight, she was also getting confused by the smells and it was clear that this was a Gift used by the invaders.