The World of Otome Games is Tough For Mobs - Volume 12 - Chapter 15.5

Part 5

Every one of these guys really irritates me.

What’s so bad about me?

Why don’t you be quiet when I’m going to clean everything up for you?

With the loss of the backpack containers, Arroganz was limited to its arms as a means of attack.

As Arroganz soared into the sky, three of Brad’s remaining spears attacked me.

“You’re scurrying around like a fly.”

As I moved my eyes and watched Spear’s movements, this time Greg and Chris’s armor rose into the sky.

Julius also moves up and closes in on Arroganz.

Greg and Chris come charging into Arroganz, ready to take friendly fire.

“You got time to look elsewhere? Then I’ll take you down myself!”

Greg’s armor, with its spear, throws a series of sharp thrusts.

“I will not let the work of Jilk go to waste!”

Chris’s armor, which comes at me with two swords in a two-fisted attack, unleashes one slash after another.

Thanks to the constant barrage of strikes from both of them, I had Arroganz in a defensive position.

In the meantime, Julius’ armor comes up and joins the attack.

Matching Julius’ armor with the sword in his right hand, Greg and Chris changed positions.

“What’s the matter, Leon? I thought you were going to take us down easily. Only Jilk has fallen!”

Brad’s armor, which was controlling the spear, was aiming at me from a short distance with a rifle.

“You can’t run away anymore. We’re going to push through and win!”

Arroganz is surrounded and in a desperate situation——but I don’t think I’ll lose.

“Don’t make me say it again, Brad, you’re losers for life.”

Looking into his eyes, he moves the control stick in small movements and adjusts the foot pedals by millimeters.

Arroganz forcefully extended his arm and caught Chris’s armor —— and threw it directly at Greg.

“Uwaaaa!!”

“Chris, quickly get back on your feet!”

Just as the two machines collided in mid-air, Arroganz grabbed them with both hands.

“This is the end. Impact.”

Just declaring, Arroganz didn’t actually release the impact.

However, Luxion’s judgment soon comes in.

[Greg and Chris, both confirmed flight function was damaged. They’re going to fall to the ground.]

“Fall to the ground together!”

Brad’s armor held up his rifle and aimed at Arroganz.

“If so, I’ll just be the shooter.”

Brad’s armor sniped at me with a rifle, but unlike Jilk, his aim was not as good.

Also, with the container detached, Arroganz is lighter.

Until now, without the containers, it has been slowing down and moving sluggishly, but it has now been refurbished to achieve a reasonable speed.

Dodging bullets, I headed toward Brad.

Julius chases after Arroganz, but he has already shot out his cannon shells, so he has lost his long-range means of attack.

“Run, Brad!”

Brad was told by Julius to run away, but he seemed to have naively thought that he could turn the tables by hitting me with even a single shot with his rifle.

“I’m going to take down Leon. I promised I would bring him home!”

Brad shoots while flying around, but his movements are not as good as Jilk’s.

“You should have run away, Brad!”

Arroganz catches up and grabs Brad’s armor with both hands.

As it is, I pull the trigger on the control stick, and Luxion makes the decision.

[Brad’s machine is unable to fight.]

“! I was so close.”

I hear Brad’s frustration with the outcome and I abuse him in the cockpit.

“One against five like this? That makes only one man left, Prince-sama!”

When I turned around, I saw Julius’ armor holding a sword with both hands.

The cannon on his back is purged, and the lighter armor of Julius is slashing at me.

“Still, I —— I can’t lose to you!”

“You should have realized that by now. Your armor was hastily made by Luxion. It’s not custom-made like Arroganz. Don’t underestimate the difference in performance.”

A large gap in performance exists between the armor of Arroganz and the armor of the five idiots.

Arroganz was overwhelmingly superior in performance.

The one-to-five situation was somewhat unfavorable, but still strong enough to win.

When Arroganz strikes Julius’ armor with his fist, the sword prevents it.

However, the sword that was hit had taken more damage.

The blade cracks and falls to pieces.

“Now surrender. Or will you use your position as a prince to command me? “Please lose to me” try say it!”

He would never admit it when told, but Julius doesn’t seem to have thought about it from the beginning either.

“It reminds me of the first year.”

“Hahn?”

“At the time, we never imagined we’d lose to you.”

“Because of that, you humiliated yourselves in front of the public. You people are the ones who never really grow up!”

“Guh!”

Arroganz’s fist struck Julius’ armor head, knocking him to the ground.

Since Luxion does not tell me that it is going to stop functioning, I go down to the ground with Arroganz.

Julius’ tattered armor was barely standing on the ground.

I think we already have a winner here.

“Give up. You can’t beat me forever. Just go home and wait until the war is over with Marie.”

When I say that, Julius becomes furious.

“Don’t be kidding! I’ve been hearing that for a while now, who do you think you are?”

I guess they are angry at my high and mighty attitude.

If they are outraged because I act that way, I can call it a success.

“I’m a Grand Duke now! You’re holding your head high, prince with no rights to succession!”

I let Arroganz spread its hands and showed them that I could take him down at any time, and that I could afford to do so.

“I’m not talking about positions. You are going to fight the Empire alone, aren’t you?”

“You’re right. Cause you guys are just slowing me down.”

Julius seems to have some thoughts about my words.

“Indeed, we are unreliable. But we want to help you.”

—— It pisses me off.

“There is also the reason because Marie asked us to help you, but we want to help you.”

—— It is repugnant.

“You don’t have to carry it all by yourself. We will also fight for you.”

—— I’m so angry at you guys.

Before I knew it, Arroganz was quickly approaching Julius’ armor.

As it is, he raises his right fist and swings it down with all his might.

Julius’ armor, which was blown away, slammed into a tree behind him and sat down.

“What are you going to do for me? You can only say that when you’re stronger than me. You guys are really in the way. You’re always causing me trouble.”

I can’t even spare the time to do this.

Why can’t they leave me alone when every second matters?

Julius’ armor still stands up and walks toward me.

“——Marie has bowed her head to us crying for you.”

Before I knew it, my eyes were wide open.

What does it matter that my little sister cried?

Why does my chest ache as if it were tightening, even though I think so?

“What’s wrong with that? Because if the financial resources are gone, there will be trouble, right?”

“Marie shed tears for you. I will not allow anyone to deny that —— not even you.”

Julius’ armor comes in front of Arroganz.

“So, fighting for the woman you love? You really are a bunch of happy-go-lucky people! Go down and be comforted by your beloved Marie!”

It was the moment when Arroganz was about to slam his fist into Julius’ armor.

With a clunk, the aircraft receives a strange shock.

Something dragging my feet? I quickly checked my feet and there they were, Greg and Chris in armor.

Each of them clings to both legs of Arroganz.

Come to think of it, it hasn’t been announced that they’re no longer capable of operating.

After clenching my back teeth, I punched Greg and Chris in their armor.

“You’re pathetic! Did you think you could beat Arroganz with only five of you? Your vision is shallow!”

No matter how many beatings he takes, Greg’s armor never lets go.

“I’ve been listening to you for a while now and you’re just saying Arroganz, Arroganz, shut up. You’re not even a little bit proud of yourself because you realize that you’re losing to us?”

I was furious with Greg for agitating me.

—— I understand that best.

Chris had thrown the sword he was holding to Julius’ feet.

“You went silent, huh? I think we hit the mark, Greg. You’re getting pretty good at talking, too. I envy you, because I’m not a very good talker.’

“Ha! I’ll take that as a compliment.”

They are getting excited, ignoring me.

But in the end, it’s pointless.

“Is that all you want to say?”

Arroganz grabbed each of the two machines and then went on to generate an impact-shockwave that stunned them both.

I threw the two machines I lifted, and in the meantime, Julius picked up Chris’s sword and held it ready.

“You two are right. I am not strong. It’s Luxion and Arroganz that are strong. But what’s the point? You are down and I am standing —— I am the winner.”

I should have won, but I’m not happy at all today.

I realize the reasons why I’m not having fun, and why I’m so frustrated.

Because these guys challenged me to a duel for me.

To be precise, it’s for Marie, but there must be a slight desire to bring me back.

The reason for my irritation is —— that they hit the bull’s-eye.

If I hadn’t gotten Luxion, Livia might have gotten him and built a peaceful world.

It’s only a possibility, but it would have been a much better future than I am the one who get him.

In the end, I didn’t deserve Luxion either.

As I stand there, Julius is laughing.

“You feel like you’ve won, even though it’s not over yet? By the way, you are so gloomy. If it was you before, you’d have opened your mouth to Greg’s taunts and retorted ten times over.”

“Shut up.”

“I didn’t know that your complex was that you couldn’t beat us in bare combat. From now on, I will fight you without armor, but in the flesh. You’re the one who will be crawling on the ground, Leon.”

“——Shut up.”

“When someone tells you to shut up, do you just go along with it? You’re the one who takes advantage of them when they show weakness, aren’t you? You’re the one who broke their hearts and made it impossible for them to get back up again.”

“Who do you really think —— you’re doing this for!”

Arroganz took a big step forward and stretched out his hand to Julius’ armor.

But something is fired from all sides.

They were connected by wires and restrained Arroganz.

Arroganz loses his position and slips and falls in the mud.

“What happened?”

A quick check of the surroundings revealed four people exiting the cockpit and holding bowguns at the ready.

They are getting out of their armor and coming out to the duel in the flesh.

All four of them must have known that this was a dangerous act, but they went outside to restrain Arroganz, even if only slightly.

But this is against the rules.

“They’re acting so cowardly. Luxion, they got foul play, so they lost.”

[—— It is not acceptable]

“Hah!?”

[There is no rule in the rules of dueling that says you must not go out and fight in the flesh. Therefore, this duel will continue.]

I’m finally convinced by Luxion’s behavior, which doesn’t accept my statement.

“Now that I think about it, you’re not cooperating, are you betraying me? You’re the one who told them about this place.”

[Do you have time for chitchat?]

Looking ahead, Julius’ armor swung down on his sword.

As the impact is felt on Arroganz, Luxion warns.

[If it were a real battle, the current attack would have caused negligible damage to Arroganz. I will downgrade the performance.]

Arroganz’s power decreases and his movements become slower.

“No way I’ll lose on this level.”

Arroganz rips the wires apart and strikes Julius’ armor.

The sword he received from Chris was shattered as I caught it.

Julius’ armor slammed his fist into Arroganz, and the impact shook the cockpit.

“!?”

“We have trained over and over again to beat you. We’ve had a different amount of time to prepare than you.”

I am honestly impressed by the five idiots who made up for the difference in performance by working together.

“Use your time wisely, idioot!!”

“It was a very meaningful time!!”

As it is, Arroganz and Julius’ armor begin a fistfight.

Unable to settle due to lack of power, Julius’ armor is in tatters.

——But Julius does not fall down.

“You’ve been complaining for a while now! What are you guys dissatisfied with!”

Arroganz kicked up Julius’ armor.

“Hah! I’m dissatisfied with everything. I hate you for being so high and mighty and looking like you know everything!”

When Julius’s armor hit with his left arm, it was defeated by Arroganz’s armor and shattered.

“It’s you guys who don’t know anything.”

Arroganz grabbed the right arm of Julius’ armor and tried to tear it to shreds, but the lack of power only stretched the joint and destroyed it.

“You guys don’t need to know anything.”

With his arms, Arroganz destroys Julius’ armor.

“I’ll put an end to all this. You want to live happily with Marie, don’t you? Then——”

Arroganz with both hands together raised and swung down on Julius’s armor.

“You just have to shut up and be protected by me!!”

——I’ll get it all done for you —— It’s that simple, right?

I adjust my disordered breathing in front of Julius’ fallen down armor.

[——Julius’ machine has stopped functioning.]

“That’s the end of it.”

[No, it’s a tie.]

“Hahn?”

It was the moment I thought it was over.

A paint bullet hit the cockpit and turned Arroganz green.

Luxion makes the judgment.

[Since it was before Arroganz was declared the winner, I consider the previous attack to be valid. Therefore, the result of this duel is a draw.]

“D-Don’t kidding me!”

At Luxion’s decision, Arroganz stopped moving, so the hatch opened and we went outside.

In the forest, it seems that Jilk and the others brought out their armor rifles, aimed them manually, and fired them.

Four men carried rifles used by the armor, aimed and fired during the battle.

How reckless do they have to be?

The four of them sit on the ground, exhausted, looking at me with refreshing smiles.

“——You idiot bastards.”

Why are you trying to beat me? Why are you trying to get yourself involved?

Is it because Marie asked you to? Then stay by Marie’s side.

As I stand there in the rain, Julius crawls out of the cockpit and comes toward me.

“Leon, do you want to continue?”

“Very well, Prince. I was hoping to beat the crap out of that not so handsome face of yours.”

I run out and punch him in the cheek, and Julius hits me back.

Julius’ fist hit my left cheek.

“What a coincidence. I wanted to punch you in the face too!”

“——You bastard who grills skewersss!”

“That’s a compliment for me!”

After slamming a single hit into Julius’ body, I grabbed him by the hair and slammed him with a knee kick to the abdomen.

Training and drugs were having an effect.

And yet, Julius keeps coming back.

It is a power that I acquired after putting considerable strain on my body, albeit for a short period of time.

—— And yet, I can’t beat Julius?

With my body slamming into Julius’ waist, I slipped off my feet and into a hug.

“What the hell is wrong with you guys? All you do is get in my way, what’s the fun in that!?”

Julius doesn’t answer my question, he throws me off and rolls me to the ground and mounts me.

I immediately guarded my head with both hands to protect it, but Julius slammed his fists repeatedly with both hands.

“Who said anything about fun? We’re just pissed at you!”

“Aa, I see. You must hate me a lot.”

“You’re wrong! We wanted you —— to rely on us.”

When the blows stopped and I looked closely at Julius’ face, he was crying.

Tears mixed with rain fall down my cheeks.

“Not because Marie asked us to. Why didn’t you ask for our help? We’ve helped you many times before.”

Why is this guy crying? Strangely, I felt calm and my mouth was moving before I thought.

“—— I don’t want to get you guys involved.”

“We’re involved in this! You’re the one who dragged us around and made us scratch and claw all over the place. Now ——  Don’t say that.”

Jilk, Greg, Chris, Brad —— four guys were coming around us.

They don’t join in, they just look at us and cry.

Jilk looked up at the sky and Greg held his eyes.

Chris takes off his glasses and covers his face with his hand.

Brad —— his nose was red and he was sniffling.

I shake my head slowly.

“I know you guys don’t like me either. That’s why it must be annoying to be asked to follow me into a fight that could get you killed. Am I wrong?”

I knew they would refuse anyway. —— No, it’s wrong.

If possible, I didn’t want them involved.

I wanted these guys to stay by Marie’s side.

Julius grabs me by the chest.

“We consider you a friend. You’re an irreplaceable friend. Whether you hate me or not, but I still think of you that way. So, rely on us —— please.”

The sun’s rays were coming through the thick cloud-covered sky.

Before I knew it, the rain had stopped and the skies were clearing.

Did Luxion’s weather forecast turn out to be right —— I’ve apparently become comfortable enough with my mind to think about such things absentmindedly.

I never thought I would see the day when even these guys would ask me to rely on them.

But I feel somewhat better now.

It was actually a one-on-six duel, but I felt that the burden on my heart had been lifted and lightened.

The place where I was hit hurts, my body is a wreck, and anyway, I can say that the situation is the worst I’ve ever experienced.

I found myself accepting the results of this duel(?).

“It’s my loss now, I’ll take it.”