Volume 11 Chapter 5 (1/2)

Episode 5 - Sacred Eclipse ─Gigas─

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Part 1

The howl of the Abyss and the ruround resembled an ominous alarm

The gigantic fortress shook vertically as though it was going to cruround's second Drag-Ride hangar

But, the attention of the tho confronted each other there wasn't diverted at all

They were si their whole attention at the existence of the opponent they ought to defeat as standing in their way

「Over Lie, how can you use it when it's supposed to be a hidden code?」

More than tendubiously, Yato no Ka with its shape transformation already finished

Above the armor with peculiar form that resembled the ar out

Furthers stretched to the back and front, taking shape as though its lower body was a horse

From the special equipment type that excelled in various functions, it transformed into a shape that was more specialized for battle

「Yes──that's true This Over Limit is the true form that is liberated bythrough the normal procedure」

Nor and exposing the hidden code to release the limiter

However Yoruka used the forced control ability from her own Spell Code to reach until deep into the system and implemented the Over Limit

Of course, Yoruka had tested this o, and she also carried out its execution in real battle

Against an opponent that handled special battle technique called SenjinBattle Array and used Leviathan with its Divine Raiment that combined offense and defense as one, even Yoruka and Yato no Kae (TN: Frolen's technique name with japanese words Usually other character's skill or Drag-Ride weapon will have English nalen's technique doesn't have anything like that So I'll use japanese name for them)

This was a tru the Blue Tyrant

「I see, whether it's those useless three hidden techniques or this Over Li to imitate that chore prince It's pitiful, both you whose incoree, and also your future」

Singlen glared at Yoruka with an arrogant attitude that looked down on other people till the end

In respond Yoruka didn't seehtest Only her purple eyes shi+ned mysteriously

「The secreta supernatural strength temporarily for the user but──in order for the effect to become entrenched, it looks like that an operation called Baptism is necessary」

「Hoo, what about it? Are yousuch power, you are still unable to do anything against me until now?」

Singlen's exasperated words was responded by Yoruka with a fearless smile

「Thethe effect to be entrenched into a mere three percent of my whole body, but thanks to that this eye becoood Not only it can perceive the wavelength of the opponent's consciousness, I can also understand the subtlety of their heart so how you actually are really cautious about the matter of Aruji-sama──」

Even when Yoruka pointed that out, Singlen's coe at all

He only kept putting on his bold smile and turned an eye that was filled with bottomless darkness toward Yoruka

「Ha-ha-ha That's a great joke Is this okay for you failure? The tiht?」

「And then one ive the sa so is──」

……GO-!

The moment Yoruka said those words, water torrent was fired from Leviathan in violent speed

Several streak of water that was unleashed like gigantic spears were evaded by the four legs of Yato no Kami

Different fro to s that was in the for water strealen

Yoruka entered into the range, at the sa it down to Singlen's shoulder

「Hmph」

But, Singlen scoffed Right at that moment vortex of water stream surrounded Leviathan

It wasn't a mere water, but a pile of mass that was dispatched by powerful force field

If the water was dropped froh place, it would become hard like rock Or if super pressure was applied to it, it would becolen defended using that──but,

「──That's naïve」

The solid shi+eld of water stream was cut apart and even a part of his barrier was pierced through

Singlen who had his double layered defense pierced bleay Yoruka using Howling Roar and took some distance

「So, you achieved the movement of like the unity of rider and horse That's your coth from that Over Limit」

A knight on a horse displayed his strength byto put the horse's power and mass behind his oeapon

Nor by the user's control, but Yoruka was fighting with different usage method

The back of the four legs unleashed an explosive propulsive force and kicked on the ground, that poas connected from the lower body to the upper body armor which was transmitted into the unleashed slash

Thus she manifested a destructive power that surpassed the si of Over Limit

「As you know, it will be the end if you are touched directly, so please be careful」

Yoruka who showed a devilish s

She avoided the attacks that Leviathan's Divine Raiment unleashed one after another and her blade finally reached

BIKII-!, a line of scratch was carved on Leviathan's thick armor

Yoruka delivered a surprise attack aftershe twirled around and her next hidden technique burst

「──End Action」

The consecutive attacks that were unleashed without even a single breath of gap in between due to the alternate use ofan infinite consecutive attack

Singlen put up a double layered guard of water stream and barrier, but Yoruka didn't pay that any mind and forcefully broke the defense from above

After dozens of consecutive slash, that defensive state was finally broken and len was pushed into a hollow on the wall that looked like coffin which was there for putting a Drag-Ride in place

「Haa, haa……──Howling Roar」

Even with herself running of breath after a hundred consecutive attacks from End Action, Yoruka dealt another attack without break

Countless rubbles further fell from above Leviathan that was buried into the s it

But, even after dealing that len was cornered

That was because Leviathan was always covered by alethal dae

(Then── I have to let out a power that cannot be blocked by shi+eld of water)

Like that, Yoruka took distance in order to gather strength for sure-kill attack At that moment, her devilish eye that received Baptisth

A line of death that pierced the left part of Yoruka's body

She began to leap to the right reflexively, but she didn't make it

KINN!, when the high pitched sound of slicing wind that felt piercing to eardrum could be heard, the attack was already over

「Wh, at? This is──」

Pakiri, with that sound, the arh it had been severed by sharp blade

The water slash Singlen unleashed accomplished that from a distance of 50 ml at minimum

「shi+n Senjin GoukaTrue Battle Array Aeon Fire──Mizuchi」(TN: Mizuchi = on-like beast)

Yato no Ka were severed, but the rests was safe

But, that power easily cut apart the barrier that although wasn't deployed in thened state from Over Limit

Singlen's battle technique that y into one point, Senjin - GoukaBattle Array - Aeon Fire was thoroughly a technique of direct attack using weapon

But, the attack just noas a blade slash from pure water stream

「shi+n Senjin……? Is that a technique that put even one's own Divine Rai?」

Used in conjunction with the Divine Rai-Ride and the energy of Divine Raiment were combined to form a slash that was concentrated to a point

The water blade that was generated froe of dozens ofpower

Because Yoruka was taking quite far distance, she escaped fro how her barrier and armor were useless, it showed that the power of the attack was so that was iled

「It's, enough already……」

The piled up rubbles were slen stood up

He directed that jet black e smile

「It has been a long tiht in theht be a nice warood huh It's too dangerous to play around with you」

「……Looks like I'h I too still haven't showed th too」

「In that case don't be stingy and show it toto die here」

Singlen grinned, at the sa

It wasn't a heavy rain that was endoith force like bullet, but a normal rain

(It's not an attack fro down?)

When Yoruka was about to ponder about that fact, Leviathan charged forward

「shi+n Senjin MidzukiTrue Battle Array Moon Reflection──AmikiriWeb Cut」

A water blade was fired at the saed while backing away

In order to not get hit directly again by shi+n Senjin Gouka just now, Yoruka laid a trap and observed for a chance to counterattack in order to not overlook the activation of the technique

──But, before Yoruka's aiar became even darker

The nu torch was decreased because of the water hitting them

At the sa the surrounding, the field of vision becaly worse

「You are using too ──Yato no Kae」

「Is that so? Then try it That's if you can」

Yoruka grasped Singlen's position with her radar and slashed at Leviathan's side

A surprise attack using the darkness and mist

But, her slash cut through empty air utterly She slashed once more at her opponent's blind spot

However the result was the saed, or parried with sword The result was only the ar even more broken

(How, can this be? Even though I should have concealed my presence the best I can──)

Why Singlen who shouldn't have radar was able to completely predict her movement? When Yoruka came to a standstill because she didn't understand the reason of that, a thrust of water stream shot out Yoruka

She was sent flying to a wall that was dozen ofand escaped

On the other hand Singlen didn'this eyes quietly

「I don't think it's possible but, your so called seriousness is not about using the saht?」

Singlen drew out his Sword Device and activated his Divine Raiment

At the same time countless blade of water pillar that rose up froar destroyed Yoruka's trump card

「How, did you know?」

Yoruka stiffened with a dumbfounded expression

The thickface

kumo no Ito──it was a special ar, a trap that was laid around in order to be conductor for Spell Code All of them were instantly cut apart

Even though Singlen was inside di the room, he cornered Yoruka accurately

The rain had been pouring down all the time since before, but the rain itself didn't have any offensive power

(Then──for what the rain is pouring? This rain……)

This place is an underground Drag-Ride hangar, so it was impossible for rain to happen here

In other words, Leviathan was undoubtedly causing this rain

When Yoruka wracked her brain regarding that fact, she noticed the true shape of shi+n Senjin Midzuki

「Is it predicting and──grasping the situation fro-Ride mechanical sound?」

Singlen's shi+n Senjin Midzuki that predicted the opponent's next action fro-Ride

Nor Wire Tail that was directly touching the opponent's Drag-Ride, but when it was combined with Leviathan's Divine Raiment into shi+n Senjin Midzuki, it became a radar that detected thefro rain

Thus this rain spied out Yoruka's location and action, at the sah the kumo no Ito that was secretly laid out

「Nice prediction But this is over In the end──you are unable to even accomplish your earnest desire as a heartless tool You chose the wrong hand to wield you」

Singlen laughed Right after that, clatter clatter Yato no Ka to creak

She was close to run out of steay consumption of Over Limit

She also couldn't think of an idea to overcome Senjin

Her prediction before the battle, that she had thirty percent chance to defeat Singlen if she risked her life was off

Yoruka herself was called as inhuman devil, but this man was also a monster

Even while she was feeling the pre of a ether with her

Because she asn't a hu like this

Because Yoruka herself as unable to answer Lux's wish as human could only accomplish her mission as tool like this

Because she had no heart, no matter how much Lux treated her as human, she wouldn't be able to meet his expectation, that hy──

However, if it was the way to connect with other as tool, then even she asn't a human was able to understand it

Useful thing had a value to be placed in someone's side

That was the only relationshi+p with other people that Yoruka could comprehend

『That Sword Device is so really important for you isn't it?』

「Yes──that's right」

Yoruka suddenly let slipped a srasped when she noticed

A tool for the sake of acco her objective

If that was the case──there was no way it would be let go till the very end

「If you have thatto make use of Aruji-sama?」

Yoruka asked with a cal to the scream of her own body

In respond Singlen turned a dark eye toward Yoruka with disinterested look

「I' the necessary piece for h your oill never understand no matter what」

「Then, it's unnecessary to feel hesitation to get rid of you With this I now have no duty to keep you alive for the sake of Aruji-sama」

「What?」

The s of Yato no Kami moved and closed in from the front without any sound

「──Instant Strike」

Yoruka's attack that read the gap when the consciousness cut off and was launched within the instantaneous ti

Because it took advantage of the unconsciousness, originally it should be a special move that was impossible to defend, even so she preserved the technique until now in order to not let Singlen prepared countermeasure

Leviathan's movement should stop for an instant with a slash that struck the shoulder where the Force Core was stored

She would cut the ar slash, activated Spell Code, and put the Drag-Ride under control

That was the strategy that Yoruka pictured but──when she slashed the wet shoulder arh Yoruka's body

「shi+n Senjin OudoTrue Battle Array Royal DoumoEarth Spider」

Waterhis armor

Leviathan's armor wasn't just wet, a water barrier to disperse impact was constantly laid out on it

It didn't len's unconsciousness, because the defensive

It slightly lessened the force of Yoruka's sword,it unable to stop Leviathan's movement

After dealing a focused sure-kill attack, this ti a fatal opening

「Leave your master to me Thanks for all the hard work」

Singlen swung down his great sith a grin that was convinced of his victory

At that len's left chest

「Wh, at……?」

「You are too careless You are within e you know?」

Yoruka with her shi+ning purple iris sth

Right after that, even Yato no Kami that she wore also raised up its Blade overhead, and then it unleashed an attack that made the frame creaked

「──Recoil Burst!」

Right after her words, the super powerful attack struck from zero distance

The Blade pierced the air, bleay the re water wall, andwith Leviathan's armor

「Gu, a……!」

A hoarse groan rung out frolen's throat and he was bloay by the impact

The hangar's wreckages and rubbles got dragged by his flight and then he collided on the wall that was a few dozen ml away

The white of Singlen's eye was shoith a Sword Device staying stabbed in his chest, and he expired

「……Haah! Haah!」

Yoruka was running out of breath, at the same time the Over Limit was dispelled

The thick ar and also the pouring rain were vanishi+ng when she noticed

At the sa from the corner of Yoruka's lips

Because of Over Limit, the burden on Yoruka's body was beyond measure And like that she unleashed Recoil Burst from super close distance

She received the aftershock from the powerful i-Ride fro on her feet, but,

「This fight, is settled now」

She killed Singlen as laying many traps in order to make use of Lux as disposable piece

After rereatest of theeration even if it was said that she had fulfilled the contract that she exchanged with the emperor of the old empire

But, it was fortunate that her life was still re

In order to win in this battle that revolved around Avalon, she still had to fight for Lux's sake

That il was the first imperial prince of the old empire, but she heard that he actually was a man of unknown identity

It ht also be necessary soeneral of the Lord

Because even if the right of inheritance of the past belonged to Fugil, Yoruka had already decided that she would serve only Lux

「How strange For so──」

As expected she couldn't hide her exhaustion fro on her face Like that she unintentionally slipped out a self-depreciating chuckle

Before she knew it, she had decided to serve under soardless of her own code

Even though she let herself be euard under a contract for her little brother who picked up herself as unable to have any kind of desire and attachht now──

PAKIi-!

A sound that was like the snap of a dry wood caused Yoruka to return to her senses right away

When she turned her gaze, Singlen as bloay until the wall of the hangar was lifting up his body from inside the rubbles

He pulled out the Sword Device of Yato no Kami that stabbed into his heart, then he carelessly tossed it away

「It's a shame, assassin Blade I'll retractIf I am a human──I would definitely die from that」

Singlen lifted up the corner of his lips into a srasped the Sword Device of Leviathan

At the same time, he summoned a new additional ar with a force field, for his body once more

「How!? The destroyed Drag-Ride is──!?」

「SlytLithograph of Counterfeit……the other special ar as the Sword Device still at least reh after using this, it will become unusable for a while」

Yoruka was breathing hard with heaving shoulders She eating whilethat

She who had no emotion felt no fear

But, a hopeless situation was blocking her way

So than the resurrection of Divine Drag-Ride Leviathan

That was the jet black eye socket behind the taken off eye patch covering Singlen's left eye Black pattern was covering his left body side from there

That appearance was the sa Elixir itself

In other words, this was Singlen's power froh Baptism

A certain quality was necessary just toentrenched into the body, and the Baptisuish and side effect

After such procedure that was like a curse was applied to soe of their lifespan

「How shocking Forget about being the same likelook and height, those are because the effect of Baptisrowth isn't it?」

「Ku-ku—ku, what a really rude woman But you did well In respect to that determination, I'll let you depart from this world painlessly」

Instantly, Yoruka picked up the tossed aord Device of Yato no Ka kumo no Ito and tried to leap backward

Right after that, faster than Yoruka who should be julen leaped forith his Blade raised overhead

「shi+n Senjin Kaht──AkuroRoad of Evil」

Using Leviathan's Divine Rai water streae

Its foundation was the release of basic braking

In order to avoid burden to the user, the range of the frame's mobility and action was reduced by the mobility restriction

Releasing all those restrictions and putting additional arlen here executed a falsely sih the result was a level below Over Limit

If that was all, then Over Lier, but,

(This is, he is controlling his own arive hith even more……!)

By co, it produced water streaive a boost to Leviathan's th

The i that should put abnorlen was strengthened with Baptism, he was able to endure it

Yoruka barely endured against the offense of shi+n Senjin Kamui that possessed sure kill destructive power in each attack

──But, her armor was mercilessly and e whose as plucked off

「Ka, hah……!」

Her Blade was destroyed, and with it the joint of her right arm snapped

Water bullet that shot through her barrier broke her ribs She vomited blood

Blood was trickling fro her unable to see

The fingers that were gripping the control stick were crushed by impact

The joint of her right ankle ashed away by water strea direction

Broken ar blood to spurt out

But, she had no leeway to even writhe from the intense pain that burned her nerves

Strength was leaving her whole body along with her senses Cold water washed away her blood and her body temperature

One portion of her li from her closed left eye, and her whole body was soaked with blood due to all the cuts Like that half of Yoruka's body sunk under the water along with Yato no Kae, a smile on her lips

(……I blundered, completely)

She had no

Even so a sed on her lips

She barely kept her grip on her Sword Device with three fingers that weren't broken, and she gazed at Singlen with her re eye

「──Farewell strong warrior Pray that you will be reborn as human in the next world and die」

Singlen lifted up his Blade from a distance to perform the last rite for Yoruka

Yoruka thought while feeling the final moment of her life

She had done what she could

This ti her earnest desire

Even though she should be satisfied with just that, she felt a guilty feeling somewhere within herself

If she died protecting the nation of Koto, ould her little brother as left behind thought

And then, Lux──ould he think

「shi+n Senjin Gouka──Mizuchi」

A water blade was fired along with Singlen's voice that told her demise

KIN-!, a high pitched sound that cut through the air

Just an instant before she could heard that sound, a gust of wind landed down in front of her

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「Guh……!」

But she only barely understood, that the dull groaning sound leaking out from a mouth didn't come from her

Lux entered the underground hangar a few seconds before He found Yoruka as on the verge of death and his body moved at once

He instantly understood that she was dying, and also that she was in a state that was ilen's attack

If he covered for her using hiht be taken down

Without even any ti, when he noticed he was standing in front of her

──But, he was too optimistic

The special len who had unleashed the power of Baptism, shi+n Senjin Gouka──Mizuchi

The water blade that was fired froh his barrier that was deployed in full power, the shockwave of Howling Roar he fired, and the ar apart Lux's chest vertically

His heart stopped fro and impact

In other word it was instant death

「Aruji, sama……?」

Yoruka called out to Lux's back, but there was no reply

There wasn't even the sound of breathing co from him

「──Insolentup the plan of this me like this, so his caliber is only half-baked like this after all」

Along with an exasperated sigh, Singlen with his body that holly turned black displayed an eye with shi+ning crimson iris

「His path is closed without being able to become either a hero or a ruler That means that this is your limit」

Singlen's murmur wouldn't reach Lux's ear anymore

That fact struck Yoruka as left behind alone

「Why, is this……?」

The armor of Bahamut was dispelled and Lux collapsed backward His body lied above Yoruka as si down face up

Both his eyes were shut quietly, his pulse had stopped completely

「Why did you risked your life, for the sake of the likes of h so battle result──」

She understood that there wouldn't be an answer to her question

Even so Yoruka continued to form words piece by piece

「……Aruji-sama, was completely mistaken」

Yoruka suddenly let out a snation She raised her upper body and leaned her back on a rubble, then she stared at the face of her dead master

「Even though, you should just abandon soh I cannot, repay your favor with anything──」

The same like that time with her little brother, she was unable to spill even a trickle of tear

In exchange, the tear of blood that flowed from her abused left eye trickled down her cheek and fell on Lux's chest

She only e with a sweet despair enveloping her whole body, and raised a soundless wail

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Part 2

About the same time──outside at the vicinity of the first fortress

Around the Garden

Between the wasteland and the blue sky where a lot of Abyss were spreading out, a fierce fighting that no one knehen it would end was unfolding

「shi+t! The number is too many! I'll take care of this place! First ill secure escape path!」

The coave instruction to the Triad

The White Ridge knight order that was attracting the Abyss sas rallying thek, but in the first place they wouldn't be able to retreat if they couldn't break through the encirclement

It seeht of Dragon Marauder They had no leeway to assist them

「SHAAAAAAAAAH……!」

「Don't, GET IN MY WAAAYYYYY──!」

Lisha raised a yell that sounded like a howl and booyle

Even if they secured an escape path, there was no way they could start retreating until Lux returned back with Yoruka

If they left the two alone smack dab in the middle of Abyss swarm, it was obvious ould be the result of that in the end

「Good grief, in battle, everything won't go as expected huh!」

Because the new battle style that Lisha mastered would exhaust her completely in short time, she was unable to use it here

A battle without Lux, Krulcifer, Celis, Philuffy, and Yoruka, was very difficult

Lisha once more realized just how much help their existence was

「But ──I cannot lose」

Even while feeling despair from the Abysses that continued to appear from empty air one after another, she was unable to endure when she thought of the other girls

She wasn't a princess who could only get protected