Sepakai (GXG) (GIRLXGIRL) (GL)

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Chapter 8
Section 7: Solretta Defense 1
The bent iron door was evidence enough of an ent’s strength.

“S-Switch to your axes! We can’t let them further into the city!! We stop them here no matter what!!”

A man looking like a captain started shouting out orders from on top of the wall. Just beneath him, a loud creak was echoing through as the ents continued to pry open the gate. Despite how widely the gate was torn through, the ents hadn’t actually managed to get into the city yet because of how massive their bodies are. But it only took a glance to be able to tell it was only a matter of time.

“Uwa, eh!? Eh!? Hit!? If we keep going like this, we’re going to run right into them!? Stop, stop!!”

The gate was broken, and the first ent was finally starting to fit its body through the entrance. There were already a number of soldiers with axes at the ready following their captain’s orders. But Unicorn was diving right in the thick of it all despite these facts.

“I’ll leave our master to you Unicorn.”

While I was desperately holding on tight like she told me to, Saluena lightly tapped the back of Unicorn’s neck, and……..no way, she jumped.

After galloping all this way and reaching a heightened speed, Saluena kicked off Unicorn’s back, rocketing her entire body forward through the air.

She drew her blade from its scabbard on her back as she spun two, three times through the air. And with that momentum, she swung down her sword towards the intruding ent which had finally managed to fully pry open the door.

*ZWIT!!*

“Woohoo!! Sweet, right in two! As expected of Anego!!”

The blade flickered white from the reflected moonlight, cutting the ent vertically in half as easily as if she were cutting through the night breeze.

…….amazing. With Lapris shouting right in my year, all my years of book reading failed me as that was the only word I could think of to describe what I just saw.

“….so yeah, after this……what are we going to do!? Do you even know how to ride a horse by yourself?”

“Eh!?”

Saluena stepped over the ent’s corpse, (actually, would it just be a pile of wood now?) and made her way outside of the city walls on her own.

“Hii!? Anego went outside on her own!? What do we do!? Is it okay to follow her!?”

“B-B-But how do we do that……I’ve never ridden a horse before…….”

“Graah!! Just like I thought damn it!!”

While Lapris and I were busy screaming “Ah!” and “Over there” from on top of Unicorn’s back, we finally made it to where the city soldiers were stationed.

“Uwawawawawawa!?”

Crash. That was what I thought was going to happen, but Unicorn flew through the air before we could hit anybody. No, I’m exaggerating a bit. But she did perform one, giant leap that pushed us through the air and allowed us to soar over all the soldiers’ heads as if we really were gliding.

“Ah, Iris-chan!?”

I guess Marcus-san was mixed in together with those soldiers we jumped over because I suddenly heard him call my name.

“Marcus-san!! W-W-We’re here to help…….kyaaaaAAAAAAAAA!!!”

A tremendous shock radiated through my body as Unicorn landed back down on the ground. For as much as my head was shaking, I’m truly amazed I didn’t bite my tongue.