Chapter 16.2 - Thousand Blade Academy and the Big Five Holy Festival [6] – part 2 (1/2)

16. Thousand Blade Academy and the Big Five Holy Festival [6] – part 2

Sid’s〈Vanal Thrust〉goes straight for Allen’s throat.

「Allen!?」

「N-No…!?」

That’s when Ria and Rose collapsed to their knees and many of the audience covered their eyes.

「…Aa!?」Sid’s unpleasant voice echoed.

His thrust – was grabbed by Allen’s right hand. Moreover, even when he tried to shake off Allen’s hand with his prided arm strength, the sword does not budge even an inch as though it were lodged into a rock.

「Tch… your final struggle huh…?」

And the next instant, Allen lifted Sid together with〈Vanargand〉and threw them as though throwing away trash.

「The…hell…!?」

Sid was puzzled by the unexpected situation, but he immediately calmed his mind and went on guard. After that, when the cold air released from〈Vanargand〉cleared up, Allen, who should have been riddled with wounds, stood up on both feet. The numerous wounds carved onto his body were nowhere to be found. In addition, his appearance was obviously different from the past.

Long white hair that has emerged softly.

A black pattern that appeared near the bottom of the left eye.

And above all – a brutal look that does not bear the slightest resemblance to his usual self.

As though he had transformed into a completely different person.

Allen looked around the surroundings and lifted the corners of his mouth greatly.

「It’s been sooooooooo bloody long… Oi! How many hundreds of millions of years – No, how many billions of years has it been!? It has developed quite a lot, E”e!?」

Allen shook his shoulders in a good mood and started laughing on his own.

While Ria, Rose, and everyone else in the place looked astonished,

「…So he came out after all.」

Leia was the only one who had a sharp eye on Allen.

Having finished laughing, he muttered as if speaking to himself.

「Even so… Having this much incredible power, and not being able to draw out even a slight portion of it… You really are talentless in a sense… Allen.」

It was aimed at Allen, the owner of the body.

Sid asked Allen, who has made a strange transformation.

「Bastard… who are you? Don’t tell me『Spirit Core』?」

Spirit Core – it is thought that there is always one residing in the human soul. There are various types of spirits, phantom beasts, ancestral spirits, etc, and soul dress is thought to be an equipment that embodies a part of this spirit core that has its own soul.

「Me? I…」

He opened his mouth, but quietly shook his head.

「A”a… doesn’t matter… I don’t have to bother telling someone who is about to die.」

He was declaring indirectly that he would「kill Sid」.

Sid, who understood it immediately,

「Bastard… Who do you think you’re talking to? You’re an eyesore, disappear – 〈Freeze Lance〉!」

He immediately fired a super-massive lance that was more than twice as large as the ones he had fired before.

It was the size of this lance that clearly showed Sid’s caution against the current Allen.

「Allen, avoid it!」

「Please, run!」

The screams of Ria and Rose echoed.

And as for Allen, who was in front of what would be an instant death if hit,

「Ha, ridiculous!」

He hit the looming lance, casually with his left hand.