“Hah. What does the approval of a false hero mean? If you don’t get a clue, Rishia, then I will have to turn my hammer of justice on your weakling face as well. I suggest you surrender at once and hand over that weapon.” Armor really was just a pathetic bully.

“He’s right, he’s right! Then that weapon will come to me!” Witch chimed in.

“What’s with all these annoying reinforcements you keep receiving? I’ve had enough!” Miyaji exclaimed. He was one to talk! How many women had he brought into the chamber? The trap had split us up, but these were just our friends coming to try and help their allies in peril. What was so strange about them coming to save us?!

“Mald, I’ve got lots of things I want to ask about how you manipulated Itsuki in Zeltoble. Like where you ran off to afterward,” Rishia said and looked around the chamber, glared at Armor with contempt, and then prepared to fight. “This situation, and that weapon . . . I clearly can’t underestimate this. Even the weapons in this world are telling us that you are mistaken,” Rishia said. She was drawing in life force from the vicinity and starting to weave it. “I use my power for the justice that I believe in.” Rishia gripped her projectile weapon and stood to defend Itsuki. Good, she was awakened. This all turned the tide back a little in our favor. After all, once Rishia knew what evil was, she got very emotional about dealing with it. Armor had clearly done something cowardly, deceiving Itsuki and then running away. Witch being here was just the cherry on top when determining who was in the wrong. Even better, Rishia was completely awakened due to completing her training. She could make complete use of her weapon!

“So many people thinking they are justified! I’ll show you who holds the real justice here.” Miyaji was as arrogant as ever. Rishia crept forward a little, and a little more, closing in with Armor . . . and then she dashed forward.

“You dare turn your weapon on me, Rishia? Weakling! Pathetic! Now you will die in the name of justice! Jason Murder IV!” Armor unleashed his previously interrupted skill at Rishia. Rishia turned her projectile weapon into a short dagger, applied some life force, and then deflected the attack—deflected that powerful strike from Armor!

“Bolas Blast X!” Immediately afterward, Rishia turned the projectile weapon into a bolas—a thrown weapon with heavy weights attached to multiple ropes—and threw it. The bolas wrapped around Armor’s body, then immediately exploded and started to burn. It was a skill she had obtained from the bolas that had been created by modifying Filo’s morning star.