C5 - The Heroine Eavesdropped on My Inner Voice, My Cold Character Collapsed!

Drag-Ride.

They were ancient weapons summoned by drawing a sword device used as a means of summoning mechanical armor, which imitated a legendary dragon, worn on one's body and with which one gained the war potential of thousands of soldiers.

Ten years ago, the Seven Ruins were first discovered in the world.

The weapons unearthed from there had enough power to overturn the concept of war, which had been developed several hundred years ago, in an instant.

Humans who wore Drag-Ride and could master them were called Drag-Knights.

But Drag-Ride were rare, very expensive and only Royal Knights and a few influential people could basically own one.

There were three basic types of Drag-Ride such as the flying type Wyvern which had high motility, the ground battle type Wyrm which was suitable for close combat, and the special equipment type Drake which was equipped with various support functions.

Those three types were already very expensive, but there were also Drag-Ride that were very expensive and could not be bought with just money.

For example, Divine Drag-Ride was a rare category of Drag-Ride that had much greater power. Unlike ordinary Drag-Ride, each Divine Drag-Ride was unique. Divine Drag-Ride had better performance than normal Drag-Ride and also had a unique ability called Divine Raiment and two unique and overpowered weapons called Special Raiment.

However, it also had a higher consumption of spiritual and physical power and a greater difficulty of use, to the point that people could die from using it. As a result, only extremely talented Drag-Knights were allowed to use it. Since there was only one of each Divine Drag-Ride, they were highly coveted as a symbol of a country's overall strength.

At this moment, Lisha was one of those extremely talented people who could use the Divine Drag-Ride. Standing on the vast white arena, many students of various grade levels in the Academy were interested in watching the duel she was going to have with the man named Lux.

Lisha and Lux were separated by tens of meters, both of them were already wearing special suits to ride their respective Drag-Ride.

Lisha who was wearing a tight special suit in red and white, showed her slender and perfect curves in front of everyone.

She didn't feel embarrassed wearing this tight suit, because this was indeed the suit specially made for riding Drag-Ride so that people could have better mobility.

Lux who was standing quite far in front of her was also wearing a special suit like her, but the difference was that the other party was in black and white.

Lisha admitted in her heart the silver-haired pervert was handsome, but he was still not as handsome as her brother.

Her onii-sama is more handsome...

She looked at the audience seats and wondered where her Onii-sama was? It was hard to find him among the hundreds of spectators. So she could only sigh and perform her best in this duel to show off in front of her Onii-sama.

If she performed really well and coolly her Onii-sama would definitely praise her in his heart, right?

I can't wait for his praise.

On the large screen displayed in the upper corner of the arena, people could see Lisha who was smiling widely with a slight blush on her cheeks.

The audience: "...."

What was this girl thinking?

When will you or your opponent make your move? A few seconds ago the principal had already given the signal to start the duel.

"Ahem! I repeat, the duel between Lisesharte Atismata and Lux Arcadia begins! Both of you, please activate the sword device to summon your respective Drag-Ride."

Relie spoke through the microphone, even the volume was slightly enlarged again so that the two people standing on the arena could hear her more clearly.

She just did not know why these two people seemed to be daydreaming on the arena.

Lux naturally heard what Relie said, but he was just waiting for Lisha to move first and he was also actually fascinated when he saw Lisha wearing her special suit.

As expected of the heroine.

With such an appearance, he was even more eager to get his hands on her.

Lux was already laughing happily in his heart, but outside he was just standing quietly while holding the hilt of the sword set hooked on his waist.

Lisha gasped at Relie's voice, she pretended to cough to cover her embarrassment and finally took out the sword device from its sheath before raising it into the air.

The sword device was crimson in color with a golden glow from the cristal embedded in the lining of the sword waiting to be activated.

All the sounds around Lisha became silent, it seemed that there was only her and the sword.

"Awaken, Founding Ancestor. King of the Dragon Gods that is an Army in itself. Tiamat!"

After she said that, the sword set in her hand glowed golden and covered her entire body.

After the golden light subsided, Lisha was now flying in the sky in the legendary armor that imitated the Dragon God King Tiamat.

The mechanical armor was crimson in color with some gold and black lines, the Drag-Ride armor did not cover the user's entire body, but it looked like an extension of the user's limbs.

Since Tiamat was a ranged type Divine Draig-Ride, the weapons Lisha used were various assault rifles that floated behind her. There was also the main weapon Breath Gun in her hand which was currently aimed at Lux who was currently also riding his Wyvern Drag-Ride.

Because she remembered what her Onii-sama's inner voice said about Lux who was good at evasion and seemed to be aiming to hold on as long as possible until she lost control of Tiamat.

Without saying much, she immediately activated Tiamat's Divine Raiment to restrict Lux's movement.

Instantly a circle of golden runes was created above the arena, covering the inside of the arena and Lux who saw this was dumbfounded.

"Huh? Isn't this attack step a bit wrong?"

In the original work it wasn't like this!

Lux remembered that Lisha should have used her main weapon first and he would have successfully dodged her attack and the battle would continue with Lisha using her assault rifle in the air.

But because now Lisha was using her Divine Raiment, it became difficult for him to move from his position because it was locked by the surrounding gravity which became heavy.

If it continued like this, he wouldn't be able to avoid the Breath Gun attack that was about to be launched at him!

It was difficult to escape the influence of the heavy gravity coming from Tiamat's Divine Raiment using a normal Drag-Ride like a Wyvern.

If he wanted to escape from this Divine Raiment easily, he would have to use his other sword devices. Glancing at the black-colored sword at his waist, Lux canceled the idea of using it.

Actually it wasn't impossible to avoid Lisha's upcoming attack, Lux in his original work could also, but he had to grit his teeth to do that.

"Damn!"

Exerting all his strength, he forced himself to move under the heavy gravity and stood with the greatsword in his hand.

Lisha was a little surprised to see that it seemed to be able to move slightly under the pressure of her Divine Raiment, but she soon calmed down as she knew the other party was likely to do so since he was the protagonist.

"So what if you can move? It's just a little and I'm going to use it all in this attack!"

Besides firing the Breath Gun at Lux, she also sent out shots from her various assault rifles floating in the air.

She attacked Lux from all directions!

*Boom!*

The huge explosion that destroyed most of the arena floor under Lux's feet made the ground shake.

The students who were watching could also feel it.

Relie was worried about Lux.

"Is he okay? Why did Lisha even immediately use all her power!"

"It's just a test, why is it becoming like a fight to the death..."

It wasn't just Relie who questioned this, but many students did as well

Thick black smoke covered part of the arena. So it was difficult for them to confirm whether Lux was alive or not.

The silver-haired girl who sat with the other students in the audience seats seemed the most worried at the moment.

She even muttered, "Onii-sama..."

Krulcifer sat in the audience seats with an interested look in her eyes as she stared at the thick smoke in the arena. She was not worried about Lux's life and death because death was quite normal in Drag-Ride battles, although at school it was of course forbidden to kill each other, but sometimes there would be accidents in which students were killed.

Of course there weren't many cases of that happening, only a few students in the past had experienced it.

Now she was just curious if Lux was still alive after being hit by that attack?

But as the protagonist, Lux couldn't possibly die that easily, right?

At this moment, Liam's voice suddenly sounded in her head.

Not only Krulcifer who heard it, Lisha and the other heroines also heard it.

[Crazy, Lisha really didn't hold back. Did she dislike Lux so much that she wanted to kill him? If Lux dies before the plot is completed, I don't know what will happen to this world.]

[It's definitely different from the original work, which makes me wonder if it's the butterfly effect? Well it must be because of that.]

[By the way Lux is quite worthy of being the protagonist, facing the previous attack, he managed to avoid all of Lisha's attacks just by using a normal Drag-Ride like a Wyvern.]

What!

How could Lux avoid all those attacks?

Onii-sama, you might have seen wrong!

Lisha who was still standing in the air was startled and squinted at the smoke covering the arena.

Even if Lux could avoid her attack, she would just have to attack again.

And the other party was using the Wyvern which most likely suffered severe damage just from being hit by the impact of the previous explosion.

So Lisha was still confident of her victory.

[If Lux stopped hiding his strength and used his one more sword device. He could actually win easily against Lisha. Unfortunately, the protagonist was a creature who liked to hide his power. Unless absolutely forced by circumstances, he wouldn't use his Divine Drag-Ride.]

Liam sighed, he stared at the arena indifferently while standing at the entrance hallway of the arena.

No one knew he was here, but if anyone were to see him now. They would be surprised to see him wearing a special suit as if he was going to ride a Drag-Ride at any time.

Lisha on the other hand was surprised again by the information her Onii-sama said.

She was surprised by the last part that mentioned Lux had a Divine Drag-Ride!

Wait, if she remembered correctly. Lux did have two devices of swords at his waist. One was white in color for summoning Wyverns, and the other was black in color. It seemed that the black one was the one that could summon the Divine Drag-Ride.

So all this time the silver-haired pervert was pretending and not using his full power.

Lisha felt annoyed that the other party seemed to underestimate her.

Sure enough, when the smoke cleared, Lux suddenly shot out from the smoke and moved quickly towards her.

Lux looked fine, there was even a grin on his face.

Lisha was surprised to see this and immediately operated her assault rifle to shoot Lux. But she didn't expect that Lux wasn't actually heading towards her, he was actually heading towards her assault rifle that was flying in the air.

*Slash*

With one swing of the sword, Lux had already destroyed six of Lisha's assault rifles. Only a few assault rifles managed to hit, but all those shots were dodged and even blocked by Lux's sword.

Because the distance between Lux and her was quite close, Lisha had no other choice but to use her sword for close combat.

"Clang!*

*Clang! *

*Clang! *

The sound of swords colliding sounded loudly in the arena, the students and teachers who were watching were surprised. Many of them were surprised by Lux who survived the previous attack, and they were also surprised by Lux's swordsmanship which seemed to be able to suppress Lisha in the air.

The two of them clashed swords in the sky, occasionally Lisha wanted to keep her distance so that she could shoot, but Lux didn't let her and kept trying to stick to her.

This made Lisha very upset, she really underestimated this protagonist before, it seemed that without using her Divine Drag-Ride, Lux could have defeated her in the skill battle.

Several minutes passed as they continued to fight in the air, Lisha almost forgot that she had been fighting for almost 10 minutes. Right now she already felt that Tiamat was getting harder to control.

Lux realized this, and he smiled because the time was getting closer!

"Miss Lisha, you seem to have reached your limit. Why don't you just give up?"

Lux improvised again now, he intentionally said this to provoke Lisha during the fight.

He knew with Lisha's personality, after he told her to give up, she would only get more annoyed and not want to give up.

That was what Lux aiming for so that the Tiamat that Lisha was driving was completely out of control and the plot could still be adjusted like in the original work.

He was annoyed by this ever-changing plot, in the end he had to try hard to do a lot of improvisation.

"Surrender? No way! I can definitely beat you!"

As Lux expected, Lisha really did not give up and continued to force herself to use Tiamat.

Liam who saw this sighed again, his sister was as stubborn as in the original work.

I know you don't want to lose, but also think about your safety.

See, Tiamat is out of control now.

"Ugh... No, I can still do it in a bit."

Lisha seemed to have trouble moving in the air, her hands and feet seemed to move on their own as if controlled by Tiamat. Her power also seemed to explode to become stronger, but it was not under her control which made her panic.

Several assault rifles began to be fired in all directions, even towards the audience which made the students in the audience seats panic.

Fortunately there was an energy shield covering the inside of the arena, but that was unlikely to last long against the rampaging Tiamat.

At this moment, just like in the original work, there was a Gargoyle that suddenly sneaked into the academy. It destroyed the energy barrier and was about to attack the students in the audience seats.

"Monster! There's a monster sneaking into the academy!"

"Everyone, quickly run!"

"Gargoyle? Why is an A-class monster suddenly here!"

"All students! Evacuate to a safe place immediately. For those with sword devices, please use them to get the other students out of here as soon as possible!" Relie immediately ordered all students use the microphone. She also ordered the other students to immediately called the elite students in the academy to come here immediately.

Most first-year students did not have the combat experience to deal with monsters, especially A-class monsters. So it was better to have them flee instead of fighting and waiting for the elites to arrive.

Only, she almost forgot about the two people currently inside the arena.

She glanced at Lux and Lisha who were closest to the Gorgoyle and she panicked seeing that Lux seemed to be planning to fight the class A monster alone.

No, there was also Lisha, but Drag-Ride that girl was out of control right now.

As if seeing its prey, the Gargoyle moved to attack Lisha because she was the closest.

Lisha panicked, as she had trouble controlling Tiamat, she could not move properly in the air.

Lux who saw this grinned.

This is his chance!

The hero saves the beauty!

"Miss Lisha!"

Lux shouted like a prince who wanted to save his princess from the claws of a monster, but unfortunately someone preceded him.

*Clang!*

The claw of the Gargoyle that was about to slash at Lisha was block by a sword and knocked back. The gorgoyle was even thrown tens of meters through the arena wall.

"Onii-sama!"

Lisha looked at Liam who came to her rescue happily.

But Liam just glanced at her indifferently and said, "Stupid girl, instead of shouting, why don't you immediately deactivate Tiamat!"

"...."

Lisha opened her mouth, not knowing what to say.

Onii-sama, shouldn't you be asking if I'm alright?

Why are you scolding me? Oh right... You're being tsundere.

As for why I didn't disable Tiamat?

I'm just being stubborn...

"Sorry, Onii-sama, I... Wouldn't it be better if we fought together?" Lisha suddenly had another idea and persuaded Liam.

Liam rolled his eyes, he snorted coldly and said: "Fight together? Not needed! You can't even control Tiamat properly now, you'll just be a burden."

[The meaning is that I'm just worried about my sweet sister getting hurt. So I don't want you to join the fight, especially with your Drag-Ride that can't be controlled properly.]

[And honestly facing a mere A-class monster, I alone am enough to defeat it.]

"As expected of Onii-sama! Then I'll just cheer for you from a distance!"

With a smile on her face, Lisha nodded obediently, she even deactivated Tiamat by force and descended to the ground.

Liam's lips twitched, why did he feel Lisha was too obedient?

Isn't it with your personality, you should be a little defiant?

And what's with that smile and excited expression?

Girl, I just scolded you.

Your reaction wasn't right!

On the other side, Lux stared at the man who preceded him to save beauty with a surprised expression on his face.

"...."

He didn't know who this man was.

There is no character like this in the original work.

But Lisha called the other party Onii-sama.

Is he Lisha's brother?

The plot went wrong again!