Volume 5 Chapter 16 (2/2)

”Alright, that's it, patron's next [Creation] medal has to be for monster that can work here in the other dimension. Doing this all alone is just too much.”

Even while complaining, she did her work and looked after her subordinates.

R'lyeh Diva was an extremely capable monster. Nevertheless, there was only so much an individual could do.

Three of her subordinates were then hit by wide-range magic. They didn't die but they were wounded enough to have lost their ability to wield their weapons. They were then instructed to fall back and drink some potions.

Up until this point, it had been a one-sided battle where the intelligence corps had been outranging their enemies with their guns. However, the enemies had hardened their defenses and pushed on enough that their magic attacks could reach R'lyeh Diva and her subordinates.

Due to the injured, the barrage became lighter. They started to fall back while still maintaining the barrage but the enemy's advance was quicker than their retreat. More and more, the enemy's magic attacks were landing ever closer.

This is bad.

R'lyeh Diva said so inwardly.

They had encounter many hardships but each time, they were able to do something and survive. This time though, things were looking too grim.

Moreover, when she looked carefully, she could tell that there were now even more A rank monsters in the enemy side. According to her simple investigation, there were about 20 A rank monsters.

Even if R'lyeh Diva was an S rank monster, there was nothing she could do against so many.

And then, another of her subordinate was injured.

Should I escape? This is a losing battle.

Try as they might, they could not win.

And if that was so, then instead of staying there and fighting, she thought it would be better to use her subordinates as shields and escape.

If the enemies were to take complete control of the other dimension, Procell's normal troops would be exposed to unopposed attacks from the other dimension and leakage of information couldn't be helped.

Losing R'lyeh Diva, an S rank monster, should be—in her opinion—the worst possible outcome of this fight for Procell and should therefore be avoided at all cost.

Ocean Singers could be bought again with DP and the guns could simply be remade but not her.

”But that just doesn't make sense so I'll just keep on fighting!”

She gritted her teeth and continued firing to make up for her injured subordinates.

While she fired her assault rifle wildly, she sang. The enemies had gotten close enough to use their magic but conversely, they had also gotten close enough to be affected by R'lyeh Diva's song.

The otherworld songstress's songs were songs that affected one's heart.

The enemy monsters turned mad and began to rampage, unable to distinguish friend from foe.

Due to that chaos, the enemy frontline was pushed back. However, it came at a great cost.

R'lyeh Diva received numerous magic attacks and was left wounded all over.

Despite her tattered state, she nevertheless continued firing her gun so that her injured subordinates could gain some time to recover.

Her singing had left her throat sore, making singing anything more hurt.

Geez, this isn't like me at all. Yeah, geez, it's because of what I heard from Wight.

While enduring the pain to sing and while also pulling the trigger of her assault rifle, she remembered something from a little while ago.

She had once asked Wight to do something about [Creation] Demon Lord Procell's softness and naivety. As she remembered, she then for the first time understood [Creation] Demon Lord Procell.