Then, under the gaze of everyone, facing the invading group of monsters, the three of them—Esdeath and her companions—moved.
Esdeath took the lead using the ice elemental magic she had just acquired. A biting chill spread from her feet, turning the grassland in front of her into a frozen landscape.
Many monsters were frozen in place, unable to move.
Immediately after, Kanae saw the right opportunity and used one of the few offensive skills of the Archpriest class, which is also a high-level skill common to sacred professions: Holy Light Sanction.
Golden light shot out like lasers one after another, falling on the frozen monsters and shattering both the ice on their bodies and the monsters themselves.
The creatures, whose entire bodies were frozen, died on the spot, turning into piles of fragments.
Even some of the partially frozen monsters ended up crippled.
With a wave of silent cooperation, a quarter of the group was eliminated, and nearly half of the survivors lost their threatening power.
The remaining intact monsters continued to charge, regardless of the fate of their companions.
At this time, Busujima Saeko finally took action.
Two sharp blades popped out of the three-in-one shield-swords in the armor's hands. With the wings on her back raised, she flew out, her feet skimming the ground.
Flying fast and low, she arrived among the monsters in a blink of an eye. She opened her arms, and the two sharp blades flew up and down. With a series of sword skills, she sliced through them like vegetables, harvesting the lives of the monsters.
Then, not to be outdone, Esdeath and Kanae also transformed their weapons into double blades, raised their wings, and charged into the pack.
Although the three of them fought independently, they maintained distance and cooperated from time to time.
It was mainly Kanae and Saeko, who often teamed up, who were cooperating, while Esdeath expressed herself freely.
However, Esdeath, who does not like to be owed favors, also looked for opportunities to provide support after being assisted.
This made the battle appear to be in perfect harmony.
At least, that is how it seemed to Eris.
Not knowing the truth, she only saw that the three of them had not communicated, yet were able to cooperate perfectly. She felt they must have worked together for a long time.
But actually... the communication channel in the helmets of the three armors was extremely lively.
As the saying goes, three women make a drama.
The three of them were in the communication channel, creating an atmosphere that felt like a dozen people were talking.
The main reason was that it was their first time using the armor to fight. The feeling of constantly communicating with teammates and sharing vision was very new, so they were all very active.
As for cooperation, it depended more on everyone's own initiative.
Kanae wanted to take command, after all, she was the captain of the family team, and Saeko was a member of her squad.
But not Esdeath.
Not only would Esdeath not listen to Kanae's orders, she even competed with Kanae for the lead.
She gave a very good reason: she had been in command many times as a general, and in terms of strategic experience, she was much better than Kanae.
This put Saeko in a dilemma.
On one hand, Kanae was her captain, and on the other, she got along well with Esdeath.
Normally, she should listen to Kanae.
But the problem was, Esdeath was able to pick out the flaws in Kanae's command and come up with better plans, so much so that Kanae could not refute her.
"If you want to quarrel, do it elsewhere, and don't disturb my fight!"
After struggling to no avail and being unable to bear it, Saeko replied directly and ignored the two of them.
The world is huge, and she enjoyed fighting the most.
Just obey the orders!
I am the only one here who can be commanded by you. Is it fun to fight?!
Then I won't listen to the command!
Then you don't have to fight!
Saeko's "disconnection" successfully caused Esdeath and Kanae to stop fighting for command, but it also made the battle enter a state of uncoordinated individual fighting.
Fortunately, the three of them are all experienced veterans. Even without coordination, they knew how to cooperate in such a small-scale team battle.
Moreover, the battle was reaching its conclusion. After dealing with the remaining dozen or so monsters trying to escape, the fight was over.
The three of them retracted their armors and returned to the group. No one mentioned the unpleasantness from earlier.
"Well done, welcome back. Thank you for your hard work. Come and have some water."
Takumi greeted the three women warmly with satisfaction.
Mainly because he was very satisfied with the effect of the armor.
In the battle just now, the three women were not hit even once, showing impressive flexibility and mobility.
Even if they were surrounded, they could take advantage of three-dimensional maneuverability and fly directly into the air to break out.
As for other aspects, it was not as obvious.
Because the three women were trying to use their newly acquired abilities, coupled with Kanae's buffs before the war, their base strength was enhanced.
It was difficult to tell whether the combat power came from the buffs or the armor bonuses.
But overall, the performance was very good and there were no problems.
Then the group continued their barbecue.
No one paid attention to the monster corpses.
It was just that the smell of the monster blood was a bit unpleasant.
But this was not a problem; Takumi waved his hand, and a breeze blew away the smell.
Then Takumi added a barrier to isolate the odor around the picnic spot.
There were just a bunch of corpses and battle traces that slightly marred the scenery.
But as long as they did not look at them, it would not have much impact.
Everyone happily ate all the ingredients prepared by Takumi, and the picnic came to an end.
After that, Takumi was ready to head back.
During this period, Eris was also invited to the Dimensional City as a guest.
However, Eris declined due to her busy official duties and said she would definitely do it next time.
In fact, she was planning to go back and report the situation regarding Takumi and the others to the Heaven Realm.
Although it had been basically confirmed that Takumi and the others posed no threat to Heaven.
But such a major matter still needed to be reported.
Seeing this, Takumi did not force the issue.
After saying goodbye, he opened the Dimensional Door in front of Eris and returned to the Dimensional City with the girls.
Eris, after confirming that Takumi and the others had left, quickly returned to Heaven.
As soon as Eris arrived, she met Aqua.
"Eris, you came just in time. Please help me deal with my affairs over there."
Aqua-senpai wanted to drag her junior to work for her without giving a reason.
However, what surprised her was...
Eris did not agree as readily as before, but shook her head.
"Sorry, Aqua-senpai, I have something very important to go to the center for right now."
"You came just in time. Please help me pick up the slack. I'll be back soon."
Then, Aqua was pushed to Eris's post with a dazed look on her face.
When Aqua reacted, Eris had already walked away.
"What? I was the one who came to you to dump my job, so how come I have to take over yours? Hey! Come back!"
She had been outplayed.
Aqua now understood the personal meaning of that situation.
But there was no way; Eris had left.
And from her tone, Aqua understood that her junior really had important things to do.
Although she was reluctant, Aqua started to deal with the work.
But, it was her own work.
"It's just taking over her spot, but that doesn't mean I have to handle her work. They are all tasks anyway, so why not do my own? I'm so smart!"
"Let me see, Sato Kazuma, cause of death... Hahaha! What the hell! Is this person here to be a comedian?"