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Originally Posted by Yasanagi
Spoiler for Material Days gets a revival:
Sette found it rather odd. One moment, the Pegasus summons were doing their best to limit her movements and the next, they were falling back and moving in the opposite direction of where the battle from earlier had been taking place.
‘What just happened?’
She didn’t have to wait long for an answer. A chorus of roars filled the sky before she felt a gust of wind generated by the dozens of Dragons that flew out of the forest. From hatchlings to gigantic Elder Dragons in all sorts of colours, they took off majestically and began heading in the same direction where the Materials were positioned.
‘Wait a moment…’ Based on the feedback from her device, she was only detecting two magical signatures there. Just as Sette pondered on the whereabouts of the third one, she heard the familiar voice of Material-L.
“HI-YO, MEGATRON! AWAY!”
‘Ah, there it is.’ A glance up showed the Fate replica hanging on to the back of a red Dragon near the end of the pack as it thrashed about in the air.
So Dragons, huh?
‘Indeed.’ Based on her recollection of the intelligence that had been gathered years ago when she had still been working for her father, there was only one person she knew who would be capable of such a feat. ‘I never would have expected for her power to grow this much in a short time period.’
What are you talking about?
The Combat Cyborg proceeded to explain. ‘There is a Dragon Summoner that works for the Time Space Administration Bureau. If she is responsible for summoning and controlling these Dragons to attack the others, then they can be in great danger.’
Summoning all those Dragons, I can buy. Controlling all those Dragons at once? That is doubtful unless she is some sort of high level Planeswalker.
‘No, she is a regular human. And how is it you’re so certain of your conclusion that she cannot control all of them?’
Dragons are known for their power, their greed, their vanity and possessing an untameable spirit. It doesn’t matter if the Summoner is some ‘Friend to All Living Things’ as Dragons only follow the fire in their hearts. In order to even have a chance at having one Dragon as a loyal follower, a human would have to essentially raise them from the moment they are born.
‘So they will run amok and destroy anything in their path?’
A likely scenario.
Something wasn’t adding up though which bothered Sette. ‘But that is not what I am seeing. They are all heading in the same direction and seem to be tolerating each other’s presence.’
Her device paused for a moment before giving a theory. If that’s the case, then it’s likely that the Summoner managed to influence their thinking & instincts to a degree. That is much easier to accomplish than simply controlling them. Just plant a simple thought in their heads and let them do the work.
‘A simple thought… like destroying a common enemy?’
Precisely. By the way, I would suggest not hanging out in the open like that where they can easily see you. Otherwise, they will see you as an intruder in their territory.
It was at that moment that the surroundings around her seemed to be swallowed up by a shadow. Her eyes darted up for a quick moment before she gave a small resigned sigh at this latest bit of trouble. ‘A little too late for that, I’m afraid.’
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Normally, it would take good planning and a skilled team of Belkan knights to take down a standard Dragon. Elder Dragons and Hellkites were on a different level entirely as they could withstand a lot of damage, were resistant to status ailments and not to mention how much damage they could deal with their own attacks. Yes, Material-D really would have loved to have several full battalions of soldiers at her disposal but for the moment, she had Material-S and the recently returned Material-L as her only combat units.
Under regular circumstances, their combat contribution would certainly surpass any number of standard Belkan Knight Battalions but the Starlight Destroyer’s effectiveness was reduced thanks to having no access to cartridges. And as for the Lightning Assailant…
“You know, we could really use the Dragon Spooker about now.”
She was blabbering on her usual nonsense and was hardly even paying attention to her surroundings. Honestly, if Yami had a penny every time Rai got lost in her own little world, she would have been able to finance a well-equipped army by now. Sure, Material-L did take out one big red Dragon earlier but that was due to her throwing a tantrum on it and crying stuff about how the beast is not going ‘Megatron: Terrorize’.
At the moment, Material-D had thrown up a concealment spell to keep the dragons from finding them easily. She would have used the time to try and come up with a battle plan but a certain blue haired moron kept disrupting the train of thought. “Seriously, just stick her out there and watch all those Dragons make a 180 and fly away with their tails between their legs!”
“Who are you referring to?” asked Material-S in her usual deadpan tone.
“The Bandit Killer! The Enemy of All Who Live! I can’t believe you don’t recognize who I’m talking about!”
Yami fought the urge to smack the blue haired nut. “That’s because we happen to be firmly grounded in reality. Now start helping us!”
Material-L tilted her head slightly. “You seem a bit more angry than usual. Is it because you had to say something silly like ‘Lyrical Magical’ in one of those commercials? Or is it because the update schedule went from once a week to once in a blue moon?”
“I don’t have time to put up with this,” growled the Lord of Darkness. “We are already in a bit of a tight situation.”
“But I kicked Megatron’s tail a few minutes ago!” whined the Fate replica.
“That is true but the facts are that we are outnumbered, we certainly do not have the stamina to fight in a long drawn out confrontation and that the further this drags on, the more difficult it will be to recover Yuuno-san,” stated Seikou. “With that in mind, what do you propose we do?”
“Go crazy, Broadway Style?”
“You’re already crazy so there’s no point for you,” grumbled Material-D.
“Nice and witty response! As expected from Her Majesty!” exclaimed Rai complete with a thumb’s up.
“GAH!”
“So does anyone have a better solution aside from using overwhelming firepower?” asked Material-S in an effort to steer the conversation back to their current problem.
“Hm… I recall that there is a spell in my book which has an effect of working like a virus,” replied Yami, who quickly shrugged off her earlier frustration.
“Is there something specific against Dragons?”
“It can work against any type of species and kill them within moments. However, I need to get my hands on a Dragon to serve as the initial infected. Then the virus can mutate and attack any living organism which has a genetic structure that highly matches the first carrier.”
Just as Yami finished her speech, a large object slammed on the ground near them. When the smoke cleared, they could see a certain pink haired woman on top of a stunned Dragon who looked thrice the size of a standard hatchling. She noticed the trio and gave a small wave.
“Forgive my intrusion,” said the Combat Cyborg.
“And right on cue, Sette-chan drops in with the goods!”
Material-S quickly saw that the incident had definitely drawn the attention of the other Dragons. “She also happened to shatter our efforts to remain concealed.”
“This I can work with. Material-L, go with Material-S and defend our perimeter. Let no Dragon get past!” The Hayate replica turned sharply to focus on Sette. “And as for you, I shall require your assistance to ensure this creature remains subdued.”
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I'm surprised that this finally got an update. So, what are the chances that Material Days, Materials no Jikan, Side Dish/ of Destiny or Rise of the Daemon Kaiser will get an update?
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