Chapter 251

◇◆◇ (Abigail’s point of view)

Echoing through the air was a bizarre cry that made her want to cover her ears.

Hearing it, Abigail stopped dead in her tracks.

The voice was the one that had burned Faymbaum to the ground that day—-.

The voice at that time was tinged with a pathetic, almost weeping tone, but the voice just now was filled with a burning fury.

(Gevaudan…….)

“Don’t stand still, Abby-chan!”

Abigail started running again, urged on by InoRyder, who was firing her rifle.

The girls ran through the crowd, heading for the main gate.

The whole 88 was a mess.

The city, which not so long ago would have been enveloped in the calm of the opening night of the war, was now filled with the ugly, chilling monsters that suddenly appeared, and was being driven into a battle between enemies and allies.

The soldiers who had been stationed there formed up in formation to fight back against the monsters, but soon they were running away and firing indiscriminately. It would take time for even Penrose to reorganize his army in this situation.

“Ha…… ha…….”

“Duck.”

Vani pushes Natsuki’s head down.

Natsuki’s breath had completely knocked out of her, and on top of that, we had to be careful of stray bullets as we proceeded. It was hard for her unfit body.

“InoRyder, let’s take a break behind that car for a minute.”

“Okay!”

The group hid behind an overturned armored vehicle on the side of the road and took a break.

“What the hell is going on here? This is a disaster, assuming it’s an alien attack.”

“If they can do this, why haven’t they done it before?”

“Well……..just as we are developing new weapons, they are also making progress, I guess.”

InoRyder and Vani check their guns, keeping their eyes on their surroundings.

“……”

Abigail did not understand the gravity of this situation, but she had a vague feeling that Gevaudan had probably done something.

(Because of martial law…….)

Was he being forced to use this power?

Or maybe it’s because Abigail made a request–.

“I found you, Abigail!!”

Her thoughts were cut short by an angry voice.

Dominic was shouting from the other side of the road across the lane. He, several soldiers, and a person in a suit were aiming at us, guns at the ready.

“Surrender! With the 88 and UCEG’s order, You are under arrest!!”

“UCEG……so 88 worked with AASPINT, didn’t they?”

The persons close to Dominic now must be his private army and AASPINT, who was after Abigail.

“What a tenacious bastard, even in this situation……”

“Stubborn.”

InoRyder and Vani held their guns up, each with a disgusted look on their face.

Abigail with Natsuki in her arms, hid from the line of fire and shouted loudly.

“You got the wrong person!”

“No, we’re not. We’re going after the person who drew the aliens into 88, who’s the cause of all this!”

“No, it’s you!! You and Yasmin must be working for the aliens!”

“Stop spouting nonsense! Drop your guns and come out quietly!”

Even in the face of Abigail’s accusations, Dominic’s tone of voice showed no signs of wavering at all. Perhaps he didn’t hear anything from Yasmin. Abigail thought.

–Is he really Yasmin’s son in the first place?

Abigail’s doubts grew.

“Leave us alone! We both have other things to do right now!”

“You think we’re going to leave a traitor who has teamed up with aliens in this situation!?”

“I didn’t betray anyone! You idiot!!”

“Shut up, shoot them!! no, kill them!!”

With that shout came the shooting.

In a gunfight, numbers speak volumes, and three against ten was an overwhelming disadvantage.

Even InoRyder and Vani were unable to put their heads out, so they had no choice but to continue to fire at random.

“I’m almost out, dammit…….”

“scuff shooting……”

Just as Vani made a small face, clang clang…… and a cylindrical object rolled to their feet.

“—- tear gas!”

Then, there’s the sound of a small explosion.

The entire area in the vicinity of the girls was enveloped in tear gas.

“Shit……!”

“……!”

The three of them, including Abigail, held their breath and closed their eyes.

Still, their eyes hurt and burn, and their breathing eventually becomes difficult.

With a clang, more tear gas to them rolled and burst.

“Damn it…….!!”

“…………!”

“*cough*…………”

The three of them are unable to open their eyes, although they can hear multiple sprints approaching within the smoke.

Dominic’s triumphant voice approaches.

“Don’t shoot now, take them alive if you can–…….”

“Abby, hold me!”

“Hah…… hah…… *cough*-!”

Only Natsuki was able to overcome such a desperate situation.

She took Abigail’s hand, pulled Vani and InoRyder with her, and ran through the smoke in a short sprint.

They continued through the smoke, around the corner, and into the shadows of the building. Natsuki led the three out of the gas range.

“–Your eyesight is awesome!”

“…………!”

InoRyder was covered in tears and forcefully pried open her eyelids, but Vani, who has sharp sense was still looking in pain and couldn’t move.

“–where are they–!”

Abigail coughed softly, looking at confused Dominic and the others in the distance.

“*cough*…… hah hah…… thank god. Are you alright, Natsuki?”

“Yeah. I’m totally fine……. but what happened to you guys?”

The Pepper Angel’s visage revealed itself. Her blessed hoodie seemed to shine triumphantly.

Abigail gave a small chuckle but Dominic’s voice came, “There they are!” and after a delay, the bullets started flying at them again.

“Vani, hurry up and open your eyes, don’t be a pussy!”

“…………!”

InoRyder returned fire alone. Vani, however, held her face and remained motionless with her back curled up. Tear gas and flashbangs are the twins’ weak points.

“Get behind them!!”

There was a click…… and InoRyder’s firing ceased. She runs out of ammo.

On Vani’s back was a grenade launcher. But that one was reserved for rescuing Yakumo from the alien. It has a low ammunition count. We couldn’t afford to waste even one shot here.

“……I guess this is it.”

Seeing Vani still unable to move, InoRyder let out a small sigh.

“I’m going to lure them away, so Abby, you dragged Vani along with you then find Yakumo…”

InoRyder drew her revolver.

“Wait, you can’t go alone–!”

Abigail was about to get up to stop her, when.

A figure landed in front of them with a gust of wind.

The figure glanced at Abigail once, then immediately turned its back to the girls and stood in front of them, spun its spear, and deflected Dominic and the others’ bullets, showing superhuman feat.

“w–“

Dominic’s eyes widened to the limit when he recognized who it was.

“A dragonkin!?”

The shooting was interrupted due to the shock.

The female dragon didn’t miss that opportunity.

Suuuu…… she puffed out her chest…….and Dominic’s terror was clearly visible on his face.

“Shit……!!”

“——kaaa!!”

A Blinding heat blast through the street.

The rapidly expanding air blasted through the buildings, and all that remained was a smoldering pile of scorched concrete.

The female dragonkin, who had wiped out Dominic and the others with a single move slowly turned around.

InoRyder couldn’t move. She was not reckless enough to challenge the dragon to a fight when she was out of bullets. She was focused entirely on how to let Abigail escape.

“Uh…… what happened?”

“Vani, don’t move……”

No one moved, including Vani whose eyesight was finally restored. Without effective weapons, humans could neither fight nor flee. Now they’re like a frog staring at the snake.

For a while, both sides stared at each other.

Suddenly, a human-looking flesh creature sprang out. It was .

“—- tch!”

The female dragon clicked her tongue annoyingly and slashed with her spear. With a single strike, she got rid of the ghouls that came swarming toward her.

And the dragonkin continued to stare at Abigail and the others.

“……what?”

Then, InoRyder noticed something unusual.

It was the first time she encountered a situation where an alien was facing a human and did not attack.

Soon the dragonkin’s gaze was fixed on Abigail.

At that moment, a conversation with Gevaudan flashed through Abigail’s mind.

“—- Arshella?”

Then, the female dragonkin, who had been staring at Abigail with a pricing look nodded her head several times, looking pleased, and then opened her mouth.

“§▽〓Abigail▽……▲●※◇〓▽□〆§＃●……?”

“……what? Did she just say Abigail?””

InoRyder turned around. Her face was painted with surprise and suspicion.

“–No way, you know each other??”

“No.”

She was a tad relieved to see Abigail shaking her head.

“But I know her name. She’s pretty famous on that side.”

“H-heh……?”

“Relax, everyone. It’s okay, I think I can talk to her.”

Taking several steps closer, Abigail gestured and spoke the alien’s words.

“what, can, I, help?”

Arshella rolled her eyes and then said.

“You understand our language. Come with me.”

“No, I, help, kid.”

Seeing Abigail shake her head, Arshella let out a small sigh.

“Oh……. if you’re talking about Yakumo then, I’m with Lydia.”

“Lydia?”

“You guys know each other, right?”

“Yes.”

“Then I’ll take you with me. It is dangerous, so stay close to me. This is such a mes＃◇▼◎◎■＃〆★§＃＃▽〆、Gevaudan▽〒▽……”

Swept her head to the side, she gesturing her to follow.

When Abigail was unable to move from her spot because the situation was so abrupt, Arshella stopped and used her spear pommel to pound the concrete at her feet. She rushed her, but the overall pretense seemed to be friendly.

“Abby, I need a little explanation. What’s going on?”

“I think she’s saying that she’s going to take me to Yakumo-kun.”

“Why?”

Vani’s red eyes turned to her and the crease between her eyebrows deepened.

“……”

Abigail can’t answer. Because she doesn’t know either.

“Let’s go, Abby.”

And only Natsuki moves, hearing the word Yakumo.

Then, as Natsuki pulled Abigail’s arm to get closer to Arshella, the tip of the spear was placed against her throat.

“–Hii!?”

“Only Abigail.”

“Wait, kill, my friend, I won’t, go.”

Abigail pushed the spear away with her hand and then gestured to InoRyder and Vani who were about to make their move to stay put.

Arshella gave a sigh.

“–Make them behave. If they make any strange moves, I’ll cut their heads off.”

“Thank you.”

Abigail then briefly explained the situation to InoRyder and the others.

“You mean, captive?”

Vani asked.

“Something like that…….”

“So do you mean they’re here to get Abby back? And lure the Yakumo out to get you? Why are they being so roundabout about this?”

InoRyder seemed to understand, but even Abigail did not have an answer. She just tried to convince them.

“–Anyway. Don’t go against them now. Natsuki and I will be brought to Yakumo-kun’s place. InoRyder and Vani will follow after, and if we manage to meet up with Yakumo-kun, we can take him from there…….if possible.”

“…..But what about that helper? What took him so long?”

InoRyder said as she recalled.

“Yes. we’ll just have to count on that helper from there…….”

“Let’s move Abby.”

Natsuki hurried. A swarm of ghouls was closing in from all around them.

InoRyder glanced at Arshella with a frustrated look on her face and said.

“…… I’ll come to help you……..I promise.”

“Abigail, here.”

Vani handed her a grenade launcher.

“Thank you. I’m pretty sure we’re going to the main gate. But you guys need to play safe. Get out of here first and then join with Captain Whisley–.”

After saying this to them, Abigail started running.

Soon they heard the sounds of InoRyder and Vani fighting behind them.

Thus, Abigail, led by Arshella, left InoRyder and Vani and headed to the chaotic 88 main gate.