Trapped in Another World With No Magic

Chapter 127: The Archfiend Yaulwembor Part 3

"We have to help them!" shouts Gwenesphia, gathered with her brothers, sister, father, and Treia.

"With what!?" snaps Treia. "I'm out of ammo! And you've got less than a full cartridge left."

They all flinch as the earth tremors from an impact. They're behind a stand of trees, though many of the trees are partially uprooted from an earlier quake or the explosion spell cast by the mages.

"I don't know! But... But has anyone seen Daniel!? Or Veira!?"

"We can't think about that right now," retorts Goelselmo. "The best thing we can do is retreat and try to bring in reinforcements.

"Everyone will be dead by then!" cries out Gwenesphia, who is trying to see the battle, but knows that getting too close will endanger her with even stray attacks from the ones actually battling.

"I don't like it either," adds Treia. "But, our rifles were useless against that thing. And, if Neith's claws can't hurt it, their swords are just as useless."

KABOOM!

The six gatonines all jump at the startlingly loud rifle report, followed by Yaulwembor shrieking as a spell in the sky disappears. Gwenesphia doesn't even think. She simply runs ahead. Kuboen and Peiburi call after her, "Gwen!"

Gwenesphia is nothing if not swift and agile. Her brothers could probably outsprint her, but she can outmaneuver them through the torn up battlefield that currently looks like an apocalyptic wasteland from the battle with a titan.

She clears the edge of the trees, seeing the monster trying to move its hand as if to cast magic across the humongous clearing from Gwenesphia, and there she spots Hekate, Veiranoei, and the two knights assigned with Magnir.

And, most importantly, the enemy dragon is unable to summon magic.

One of the knights is the one with the powerful anti-dragon rifle Daniel survived with, which starts to concern the gatonine soldier a bit.

Daniel must have given someone one of his anti-magic bullets, which the knight just used to negate Yaulwembor's magic.

Though, that's not to say that the beast is suddenly defenseless. It breathes icy wind in a powerful stream, which Hekate blocks. As the dragon goes on guard, Hekate starts moving towards Gwenesphia and the other gatonines.

It's an open area leading to the lake that she and the knights will be running across. There's no way they'll make it.

I still have half a cartridge. If I can just distract it...

Gwenesphia runs counter clockwise, away from Hekate and the lake to flank Yaulwembor from its left side as it faces the open area to defend against the feldrok girl and her trailing entourage.

Gwenesphia takes a breath, summoning her courage as Kuboen yells, "Gwen! Stop!"

"Go back, Kuboen! I'm going to buy Hekate time!"

"I'm not leaving you, idiot!"

Lyrtef's voice calls from a little further behind, "Gwen! We don't have the weapons or armor to even withstand one of Yaulwembor's attacks!"

"My friends haven't given up! I won't either!"

"If this is about that stupid human..."

She pivots on one of her running steps, and she whirls in a powerful kick. It stumbles her elder brother, but he manages to catch her leg. Thinking quickly, she aims the rifle at him, and he knows enough about it to instinctively flinch back, releasing her as he steps back. "You don't know anything about him! You don't have any idea what he has done for all of us." She spins and keeps running before Lyrtef can flank her and catch her.