Fire

We go back to the time before Jerry was thrown because of the Sentinel attack.

In the backline of the battle area which was filled with guardian robots and some Knights from the Fairy Tornado Agency.

"Mr. Pan, please! Allow me to join the fight!"

Rio begged Mr. Pan, the knight appointed as the head guard of the rear guard.

At that time they both - Rio and Mr. Pan - are quite far from other colleagues.

Rio hugs Mr. Pan, insisting to ask to be allowed to participate in the fight against Sentinel-class.

Rio's behavior is so frustrating. With clothes torn for some reason, he really wanted to join the fight.

"Rio, I told you it's not that I can't allow you, it's just that we still don't know how strong the enemy is."

Sentinel-class is a new threat to the world.

Rio has already proved firsthand that he now has the strength to fight on the front lines. But his strength was immeasurable and it's still risky to let him join the fight.

The fact that Rio has gotten his own element is witnessed directly by all colleagues. It can't be trusted, but that's the fact.

Rio's Dignity Weapon, given the name of defective one, now is plugged into the ground with a bright red Prism Stone.

By combining Bae's wind attacks, that red sword had saved the crowd from the arrival of giant stones.

On the other hand, Mr. Pan felt that Rio was the same young man who had always insisted on taking part in battles. But this time he had found the strength to kill Arcdemon.

A few moments had passed after a small explosion occurred in the middle of the battlefield. Mr. Pan still waiting for information from headquarters.

"Mr. Pan ~ "

But his patience was tested because Rio continued to force.

Feeling annoyed, Mr. Pan really wanted to give Rio a kick or two. He thought that he had made the wrong decision for treating Rio like his own son until now.

While his patience was still being tested, another explosive sound came from the front.

All the knights who were there focused on that direction.

"Incoming!"

From above, they saw that something was flying towards them.

"Everyone, prepare your weapons!"

Because something that comes flying fast, weapons must be prepared to face all possibilities.

But the man who quickly reads the atmosphere looks at that something carefully.

"That is, a man!"

Mr. Pan realized that something that came was a human figure. Precisely one of their colleagues who was supposed to be on the battlefield.

When their flying companions will land shortly, Rio suddenly reflexively jumps to accommodate their fallen comrades.

Rio manages to catch Jerry, but because Jerry's pace is strong enough, they both end up crashing into a guard robot and destroying it.

Mr. Pan and all colleagues immediately ran to see Rio and Jerry's condition.

"Are you OK, Jerry?!"

The emergency landing just now created quite thick ash, but Rio had somehow supported Jerry who was still feeling dizzy.

"Damn that monster! After trying to bury me, now he blows me up!"

Jerry cursed at the monster who had twice tricked him.

The thing that annoyed Jerry the most was that he only received and dodge all attacks from the start. It is indeed his duty as a Defender, but he is more precisely being a punching bag for Sentinel than a Defender.

"Huh, Rio?"

Jerry realized that the one who helped him was Rio.

Rio showed a more confident expression since the last time they met. Jerry didn't even recognize that one Zero Star for a moment.

"You okay?"

"Yeah, thanks for holding me back. By the way, are you alright after colliding with this guardian robot? "

The body of the guardian robot that became their guard was destroyed. Leaving only the head, hands, and feet that can no longer be moved.

Headquarters contact Jerry.

"Yes, I am okay. How are Bae and Tom doing?"

Jerry was worried after leaving two of his colleagues with Sentinel-class.

It is undeniable. Because before the arrival of the Sentinel, the Arcdemon they fought were monsters that fought relying only on instinct.

"Yes, sir!"

Jerry is still in top form to go back onto the fight.

However, when he wanted to start running, Rio somehow followed him from behind.

"What do you want to do, Rio?"

Jerry stopped because from behind Rio turned his back on him. Looking back, Jerry found Rio holding a bright red Dignity Weapon. A sword that shouldn't have elements.

"Rio, that is?"

"Rio, what are you going to do?"

Mr. Pan finds Rio following Jerry. At that moment Rio did something with his Dignity Weapon.

"Rio, just what you wanna do?"

"Helping you out."

Rio's Dignity Weapon suddenly caught on fire.

Mr. Pan who was a few meters in front of Rio immediately jump right back because Rio would want to do something quite dangerous.

"[Fire Majesty - Special Move: Burnout]!"

Jerry was surprised because Rio used an elemental spell.

Not allowed to think, Rio pushed Jerry like a rocket engine that slid forward.

"Whaaaaaaaa - !?"

The spell that Rio used just now pushed the two of them into the battlefield instantly. But the spell only lasted for a few seconds, afterwards, as they flew through the air, they hit and were dragged to the ground for several tens of meters.

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A few minutes before Rio and Jerry darted into battle.

Bae put all his strength into battle.

The Emerald Halberd, which is two meters long, he uses as best he can to compete with Demonic Pickaxe. But somehow, the Sentinel-class could easily read Bae's movements.

The Sentinel-class easily dodged, defended, and provided a counterattack that was difficult for Bae to resist.

Plus, when Bae was pushed back five meters away, Sentinel would launch an art attack in the form of a snake's block.

Art attacks are attacks that allow users to manipulate natural elements in nature.

In the case of the Sentinel, the element he has is earth. So he can manipulate the surrounding earth elements to be utilized as an attack or defense.

"If I may give you advice, you are indeed strong, but you are too rash in your actions. You should have more serenity in yourself. "

"Shut up! I don't want to hear silly things coming out of your monster's mouth."

The advice given by Sentinel has a point. Bae shouldn't be able to deny that. But his arrogance did not allow him to feel defeated.

"Monster, huh. Is the definition of a monster for you guys is a thing that has bad looks?"

"Damage, destruction, the lives you take, if the criteria are bad looks, the fools in the big pillar also have a bad appearance! But you who caused destruction in this world, you are the real monster here!"

Bae vents his anger. In a few words, he also expressed his pent-up feelings.

Seeing a boy with great arrogance turned out to have sensitive feelings, the Sentinel was amused.

"It's true that we brought destruction, but we did it after the [Great Cataclysm] happened. Which means, this world has been chosen for us to sacrifice, but don't get me wrong, who chose to sacrifice this world is not us, but - "

Before the Sentinel could finish his sentence, the two people who fled towards made them turned their attention.

Two random people who came by banging and dragging their bodies on the ground.

After successfully stopped, one of them got up and shouted: "Everyone down-calm, because this scarlet knight has come!"