Vol 18 Chapter 4 (2/2)

She beca wasinto the darkness, Raffi heard Lisha’s voice

「Hahue!」

(Aa……)

No one would see her worth She was used and betrayed

She existed only to extol solory and succeeded that person’s shadow

Within Raffi’s tragic fate, herwith Lisha was her only salvation

「So you’re, safe I’ that naturally cahter didn’t die, that she didn’t end up inseparated from Sacred Eclipse and its influence to her mind, Raffi could think so froht I, don’t have the qualification to be called as youron my oill for a while even after Sacred Eclipse possessed s I done bygirl fors like qualification, doesn’t matter! I si and became my support!」

「……Is that, so You’re really, kind」

Raffi kept her eyes closed while letting out tears hearing Lisha’s sorrowful yell

She thought that she would be unhappy forever if she didn’t stand at the side of those who rule

However, so after her even now that she had lost all her strength She was happy

「If it’s you then, I can entrust everything to you…… Please be happy, with Lux, and the people who you trust…… Lisha, I love you For becohter, I──」

「Yes……, Hahue」

Lisha answered and then she looked down to hide the tears trickling on her cheeks

Right after that, Raffi became black ashes and vanished

Episode 4 – Love And Duel

Part 1

「…………」

Lux entered a certain treatment device in the Shelter facility to recover his stah he had rested for two hours, he would still be far fro perfectly rested even with the addition twentyher energy through two hours of rest

When they fought once more, would Lux be able to win?

No one entered inside the roo of isolation that he had never felt before just fro now?)

He closed his eyes and thought, but the ansouldn’t appear

He didn’t even notice that the danger was already closing in at the surface of the Shelter

Part 2

「──As expected, it became like this」

Beside the treat

At the screen inside a large room that was also the entrance of the teleportation device to the surface, Krulcifer and others atching the situation outside

「Survivors of Azure Division I know that you all are hiding inside there Get out of that facility right now and release Aeril Tell this to my little sister, Alma Atis-Knights that were Auto beside her

Lisha herself was still under the binding of world revision

She was thinking that Autoht of the new Kingdoet out during that time, I’ll fire at that facility with Seven Heads It’ll be the saive no answer Prepare yourself」

The scenery above the underground where the Shelter was hidden

The screen on the silver hich projected that iathered there

Celis, Philuffy, Rosa, Soffice, and then Airi and the Triad still hadn’t recovered from their exhaustion

It was because the treaty were mostly focused for Lux’s recovery

While everyone was bewildered in this cornered situation, Krulcifer was the first one who stood up froy right? I’ll give you two the spotlight of saving this world」

Krulcifer in her pilot suit brushed up her long blue hair and announced that

「I’lltwo Autoerated like giving spotlight but you’re just pushi+ng troublesorief, you lady really work people hard」

Although, because Mel and Greyfer had also faced Nier and Dawla of the four great nobles as their opponent each, they also had soh it wasn’t wrong that they were the right choice for going out to fight a the lineup here, it would become a hard battle for them

「Is it okay, Krulcifer? I know that you too have beco but」

The senior Celis said that to her

「Princess, she look strong Perhaps, compared to before this is theuntil now said that about the heat filling up Lisha’s body

「I know I understand just hoerful of an enemy she is, more than anyone here」

Lisha still hadn’t been freed fro Baptis Lux directly wasn’t just because of coincidence

「She is sy her step mother Queen Raffi That’s why she can’t realize And then she is getting stronger due to that strength of will」

In order to protect the New Kingdo like her and still stood up

The fighting spirit dwelling inside that body was blazing

When someone was deceived, when they didn’t notice falsehood, what clouded their eyes the most was because they didn’t want to believe

Lux was turning into enemy, Raffi had becos

That hy──, Lisha was still unable to escape from the world of drea anything However, that is no good」

「No good you say, what do youis mistaken?」

Mel who had heard about the plan for this case fro before this asked Krulcifer

She heard how inside this world where the world revision was carried out and people were unable to realize the truth, Lux tried to defeat Raffi and Fugil without being known by anyone

「Yes, that’s right」

Krulcifer answered right aithout a shred of hesitation

Greyfer nors like complicated circumstance, but he tilted his head in puzzleet it that his way is reckless but, either way that prince got no other way right? Then──」

「No, it’s mistaken The mistaken one is none other than Lux-kun himself It’s due to an important factor that even he himself don’t realize That’s why──I have to carry this out, as his substitute」

Waking up Lisha in the ht

With that resolve in her chest, Krulcifer stepped into the teleportation device

Part 3

「Oneif you don’t surrender」

At the surface, Lisha aiting for theTiath and fainted, but when she woke up, the repair of her Drag-Ride was finished by Automata Arhsalia as ordered by Raffi

She was told that the repair was done using Ruin’s facility, but she didn’t realize that the facility in question was the Center of Avalon

No, the current Lisha was unable to perceive the current situation correctly

Due to the perception manipulation by Uroboros, there was the supplemented effect Lisha could accept any fact that was inconvenient for Raffi

「Your highness, there is no irl Drag-Knight as dispatched by Raffi as her guard urged Lisha fro unnatural about their setting as Divine Drag-Ride user that Raffi inherited froht you knoow……」

Sied similarly from the opposite side

「I said that but, with Aeril as hostage, I can’t do anything rough It’s also the sa shot──or attacking for real, I can only do it by digging through the outer wall using drill」

The moment Lisha answered the two’s questions resolutely, particles of light whirled on the ground below them

「I’m relieved You still have your own narok」

「──Krulcifer Why are you there?」

The blue haired girl wearing Divine Drag-Ride Fafnir quietly brushed up her front hair and smiled

「You think of at least the reason by your own head right? If you’re a princess of a country then──」

「……This isn’t the tiht!?」

Lisha raised her eyebrows at the cool reply of the girl and replied

「You’re right This isn’t the time for that This world will head to destruction soon If we don’t defeat Sacred Eclipse before it start , then all of us will be killed」

「What are you saying!? What are you──」

Lisha as irritated by Krulcifer’s puzzling words pulled out the Sword Device on her waist angrily

At the same time, Krulcifer aimed the sniper rifle of her Fafnir and pointed the muzzle to Lisha

「The current you won’t understand even if I tell you using your words That’s why let’s fight」

Baer withCannon was fired froht blue trajectory, but it was deflected by a cri-Ride that leaped in front of Lisha

「──Don’t get in the way, dearidom」

The Auto from her head, Ney Louches howled that

Fla-Ride Salalared at Krulcifer with a sharp killing intent

She was acquainted with this girl as the Gear Leader of Ymir Theocracy’s Hall, but there wasn’t any trace of that tiht now

Her personality must have been completely rewritten by the memory data stored in Avalon

But, noasn’t the time to i Auto threat

「Mel, Greyfer, I’ll count on you two just as planned I’ll have my hand full to defeat her so──」

「Haah I’ll count this as a favor owed」

「Well, those two are troublesoht yeah Those puppets──」

Mel and Greyfer ent out stepped forward along with the Divine Drag-Ride in respond

The Gear Leader of Dungeon, Lu Calia was also stepping forith a serious face and weapon in hand

「Do you think you can defeat dom!」

「I’ll defeat you For the sake of Lux-kun too──」

Lisha and Krulcifer

The two’s gazes intersected and they moved

On the other side Mel and Greyfer also confronted Automata Ney Louches and Lu Calia The duel of three versus three broke out

Part 4

「So it’s finally, started……」

At the facility hidden underground Avalon, Shelter, Celis spoke while watching the screen that was projected on the silver wall

The surface’s scene

In order to hold back Lisha who perceived Azure Division as eneht This situation and the fact that she couldn’t join the battle pained her heart

「This is pathetic I who is the senior in Syvalles can only watch like this is──」

Celis said that and looked doith a cloudy expression

「Don’t feel down because of that Celis-san Just being able to break through the binding of Uroboros is already airl Aeril consoled her

Celis’s exhaustion was especially great because of the narok Iblis that she received from Raffi who fused with Sacred Eclipse

The treatment device of Shelter was also yielded to Lux, so she wasonly on her natural recovery

「Yeep yeep The likes of us is still half in doubt even now you know? We are only believing because everyone is saying so and everyone is believing it」

「No When you’re the one speaking, it makes me become unnecessary anxious so please stop it Tillfur」

「Yeah Most likely that, the effect of Uroboros is getting thinner right now but……」

Tillfur, Noct, and Sharis said their opinion in turn

At the previous time──the world revision of the third parade ended incompletely due to the obstruction of Lux and others, so in the battle of this Ancient Forest most people were able to see the false scene created by perception manipulation and the how the truth and the on Paladins, and also Lisha must be the same

Exactly because of that Lisha was unable to believe it even now after she had seen Lux

Thethat should be the case

But

「……This is just perhaps but, I got the feeling that she has noticed The princess But, I think she is pretending to not notice」

Philuffy atching the screen on the silver wall muttered that with an absentminded expressionless face

She was also the sa Lux she recovered her mind and now she was in the middle of recuperation

「She has realized? What is it……that she has realized?」

Airi spontaneously threw a question at what Philuffy said

The binding on Lisha’s perception isn’t dispelled

Exactly because of that she wasn’t accepting that Lux was the real one That was the thought of Airi and others

「Surely, Lu-chan is also the same That’s why──I think it’s necessary For the at the battle on the surface through the screen while saying that

Part 5

「I don’t have any business with youu Please die alreadyy」

The Auto at Greyfer wearing unknown Divine Drag-Ride

In respond the blond haired younghis displeased expression

「The mood is ruined yeah I have to face so ears like this!」

「Could it be, you like this kind of thing?」

Right beside hi an Auto ree with these guys’ words yeah I’ type Divine Drag-Ride Cuelebre that Greyfer earing possessed both hard armor andhi-Ride decorated with mechanical feathers that he had never seen before

Greyfer naturally didn’t have any way to learn about the true color of the Divine Raiht from the front and slashed with his special arma so forcefully isn’t itt」

「No matter how much you think it won’t start if you don’t test it, that’s ht arc, the Tail Blade had several joints in the Blade that divided it into several parts It was able to bend like whip

Therefore it ai trajectory but──

GIIN! The tip shi+fted and hit the edge of the Blade that the enemy readied

It was rare for the first attack to hit the opponent, so if that was all then it wasn’t a big deal

But, the Hungry Wolf Greyfer as a veteran of many battles instantly detected that abnoruard

「……What is this? Was it the Divine Raihtt It’s the power of my Quetzalcoatl」

「Hah!」

Greyfer smiled wryly at Lu Calia’s reply

「An ene her secret I really got underestiet hated like this even though I answered your questioon」

「Greyfer, this isn’t the ti Ney Louches nearby grumbled

But, Greyfer himself sensed it more than anyone that this wasn’t an opponent who he could face carelessly

The opponent before his eyes was ht until now She possessed a terrifying power──

「I’ll see through it with th, the true identity of that Divine Rais of Cuelebre and he assaulted Quetzalcoatl once more

In respond Lu Calia drew out her Sword Device and sent her thought into it silently Then a Blade that was the saht armored arm was summoned into her left hand too

「You purposefully summoned an additional one but it’s just a noret a read on you What the hell are you planning?」

「Weell, you will get it bit by bit Also, this Blade is just a normal Blade you knoow? Don’t worry」

「Even that i to stop here」

Greyfer was irritated by the expression and tone of Lu Calia as playing stupid He closed in to her instantly and attacked

The consecutive attacks of Tail Blade that drew spiraling trajectory struck with aaren’t youu?」

「You can still screwing around even with this huh?」

The slashi+ng Tail Blade entangled around the medium sized Blade of Lu Calia It was pulled and knocked away froled the other sword so she lost both her weapons, then he slashed at Quetzalcoatl

「Drop dead, you damn doll who participated in world destruction!」

「I don’t wannaa」

Greyfer aimed at the torso of Quetzalcoatl that Lu Calia ith a full powered attck

The barrier should be torn apart with the Autohtly and struck the Blade that the enemy readied

「……!?」

The two Blades that Greyfer knocked doere below him

In other words, Quetzalcoatl had summoned two more weapons into its hands once istered? Or is she creating the-Ride had limited number of weapons that it could suy was required to teleport equipment that was placed in faraway place

「It’s Quetzalcoatl’s special armament you knoow It’s called PaletteThree Colors Bird but──, it can suistered beforehand until 100 timees」

──Dozu-!

「Gu, a……!」

At the same time with that slow reply, the tip of the Blade that was held by Quetzalcoatl’s armored arm was stabbed to the arthened his barrier and e to his flesh body, but the shock of the impact stopped his movement for a moment

「That’s whyy, it’s pointless even if you take away my weapon you knoow」

In addition, the other Blade ung down straight from above Greyfer was hit fully by that attack too

Because it was also hitting the barrier he wasn’t wounded fatally, but his shoulder was struck and the power output of his Drag-Ride decreased

Mel as seeing that frohtly behind i there Greyfer! No et hit directly like that──」

「Shut up! Focus on your own fight!」

Greyfer cursed while feeling shocked in his heart

(I know soe this damn fellow’s attacks just now in a hair breadth’s difference And yet they still hit!)

In addition, the attack that Greyfer launched wasjust barely from the point he aimed

But, he didn’t understand how the ene that

She didn’t show any sign at all that she was predicting his e ht

He would have no chance of victory if he didn’t see through it

「It’s just like what that pointy head said dearimasu It’s i able to focus on the enen of a third rate」

「It’s not like I’ you It just mean I have that much of composure」

At the adjacent airspace more than 10 ml away from Greyfer’s battlefield, Auto back each other

「Then, I’ll ainst us e’re serious」

The four legged cri used by Ney Louches had been explained just now by she herself

Just like Mel predicted fro flame, the Divine Raiment seemed to control fla created oil and spurted it out fro the opponent’s frame directly with that, it would create fla thing

If the oil was exposed to high heat it would induce overheating and the Drag-Ride’s power output would also go down, but even more than that the flesh and blood human inside wouldn’t be able to endure

If she was hit by the attack fully in succession, she would die in the blink of eye

Mel who instinctually sensed that decided to take on Ney Louches

The convertible Divine Drag-Ride Ddraig Gweiber that Mel wore had Divine Raiment, Dual shi+ft It could freely control te flame could be neutralized

What she found incomprehensible was how the enemies easily allowed them to establish the situation of two versus two that should be disadvantageous for therasped the data of the Divine Drag-Ride we’re using And yet, why──)

Mel was on her guard like that at the corner of her mind

Were they confident that they would be able to overturn soe?

No, five Automata were already done in, so it was ihty

(The anson’t coht now……then──)

She only needed to prioritize cornering the ene inforetting away too far fro each other, it was to not let the eneround Shelter where everyone was on standby

No matter what happened, one of them could possibly head for the Shelter’s protection

「I don’t knohat you’re scheainst us with strength of that level」

Mel fleith the convertible Divine Drag-Ride Ddraig Gweiber’s flight forht line

She twisted her body to dodge the fla the Halberd in her hand toward the opponent’s side

Gakii!

「 ──!」

But, the trajectory shi+fted slightly and her Halberd was blocked by the Pike’s handle

「That’s a cluh it can’t be helped when you’re still akid」

Ney didn’t overlook the instant of stiffening due to Mel’s attackhandle of her spear like a fist toGweiber’s torso instead

At the sa Gweiber, its armor was about to burst into flame, but that fla was turned into super low te Dual shi+ft’s te the combustion

「I see, your use of Divine Raiment is perfect dearimasu I’ve a better opinion of you now But──what about this? Flame NovaHeaven and Earth Creation!」

The arht of Divine Raiou, intense fla

The area of Ancient Forest that hid Shelter underground was enveloped in flame in the blink of eye

「You──what have you done!」

Ney Louches unleashed fire to the forest without even batting an eyelid Mel frowned at her

Lisha and Krulcifer were at soe was too wide

The flame would rapidly spread if it was left alone If they were careless than the whole forest would be enveloped in fla-Knights of New Kingdo that the eneht still show co to wrest away victory in this battle noin the facility below──the Shelter were all powerful people, but al-Ride

If the enemy turned the whole area into a sea of flame and killed them, then their victory would be assured just from that

「──Kuh, Dual shi+ft!」

In respond Mel also iuish the fire below by decreasing te for that moment, Salamander closed the distance with a ju Gweiber

「Ku……a!」

The thrusts of spear clad in flame that was unlashed in quick succession

Mel skillfully moved her Halberd and swiped away those attacks, even so she couldn’t block half of the attacks and her armor was shaved

Oil was splashed on her The flauished right away

「Sharpened concentration is required in using Divine Raie Will you be able to protect your co me dearimasu?」

「For that……, you aimed at the Shelter below? That’s really a cowardly uished the flalared at Ney

「Cowardly is the coh their present situation dearih it can’t be helped for a kid to be like that」

「──Hah, now you’re talking」

Mel laughed off the provocation, but here she noticed how terrifyingly disadvantageous the position she was put into

The flauished just now, but Sala to spread

(So this girl is intentionally paired withGweiber is for this)

Mel was able to extinguish Sala the temperature manipulation of Divine Raiment Dual shi+ft

But, if she executed te flareatly exhausted

She was a genius Drag-Knight without match in Yirl Her stamina was undependable no matter what

However, if the heat of the flaround, then she would be forced to extinguish the flame

In contrast Ney Louches who piloted Sala specially made oil and later the trees of the forest would spread the flame further automatically

At the very least, she was able to spread flaly smaller than Mel

(If this become a drawn-out battle, my stamina will be inevitably reduced and I’ll lose! Then──I can only deal with the enerasped the battle situation and accelerated Ddraig Gweiber

The special arnited it to burn a wide area, Aerial Buster was unusable

With the surrounding area in flaht away thenear the Shelter, so Ground Buster that destroyed the ground from inside also couldn’t be fired

Ale was taken away theSala norht line and drew near with her Halberd raised up, in respond Ney Louches leaped with an arcing trajectory to run away

If she slipped between the trees of burning forest, she couldn’t be targeted so easily fro to buy time, she predicted the enemy’s escape route and activated her Divine Rai!」

She provided high teet

It was a te overheating to induce power down on the ene-Ride, but Ney Louches and Salamander didn’t even twitch

「Looks like you have resistance to heat just as expected That Drag-Ride is──」

「Naturally deariot done in by its own fla-Ride has special armament, Red ProofCocoon of Flame dearimasu」

Like that Ney informed the name of special armament of heat isolation that was applied on Salamander’s shell

In addition, the other special aron Fla Gweiber tried to strike with their Halberd while swooping down In respond Ney and Sala their Pike

The spear’s tip eh Mel’s human face

「How uncouth to try to burn a woed it so that it only slightly grazed the arround

Without delay she used the recoil of the landing ied forward Her Halberd’s attack landed on Ney

「Uguh!? Since when, it became……land battle type deari doas a feint from the start The attack after she transformed into land battle type was theGweiber was rare even throughout the world It could freely switch between land or ht for the enee when the strategy had been carried out like this

「It’s a bigon Divine Rai the youngest Seven Dragon Paladins, she was called as prodigy Drag-Knight

As though to show it off, Mel surpassed Ney with her fighting skill

Salas to leap away, in respond Mel skated with her Drag-Ride’s wheels and quickly approached

That piloting technique that easily cleared the unfavorable area deep inside the forest with snow piling up on the ground made Ney opened her eyes wide in shock

「In this terrain, in this environree dearimasu?」

「There is no way me who came from Ymir Theocracy will falter just from this much snow isn’t it?」

The special equip-Ride Salamander couldn’t stop the power of land battle type

Even when she used cae to escape, there was no time for that

Each time she blocked the Halberd’s attack, Sala cornered

Even when she tried to escape by leaping into flauished the fla Divine Raiment of temperature ht this into a decisive battle of brief duration was correct

Except one thing

The Automata they faced Ney Louches and Lu Calia’s plan, if it was included──

(I’er than her And yet──why? I can’t defeat her! It’s just onedown Ney with all her strength, but she was feeling so was out of place

Ney Louches was also desperately enduring Mel’s fierce attack, but that wasn’t the reason why she couldn’t defeat her

Every single one of the Halberd attack Mel swungtoo hastily because ofis──)

I support to the other Auto fla back Greyfer

However, the sta up Greyfer due to her obstinacy suddenly reached the li-Ride decreased sharply and she beca while retreating

Ney earing a half destroyed Divine Drag-Ride sent a relieved expression at Mel

「It’s finally bearing fruit deari was roughening

Inside the forest that was enveloped in flao

Mel did her best to not inhale the sine that she would end up lacking oxygen

Due to the great a There the cohly burdening her body became an exhaustion of stamina that attacked her

Mel herself didn’t know about the gas called carbon dioxide, but a pilot of Drag-Ride would at least know that the air in high place was thin

She was sensing that the sa to her

(I can’t, win anye to do so about Lizsharte──)

Mel sensed that the chance of her defeat was increasing and lifted her face froaze that was filled with a faint hope was taken away by the intense battle that was developing at the sky above

Part 6

「I’ll allow you to surrender if you do it now, Krulcifer Even if you’re going o easy on you after all」

「I’hting you seriously once one day」

Greyfer and Lu Calia

Mel and Ney LouchesThey were fighting near the Shelter At the sadoth at Lux’s side were confronting each other

They both had been strengthened by Baptish the repeated mock battles between fellow Syvalles members, they also fully knew about each other’s hands

Exactly because of that their true worth was questioned

How had they polished themselves until now, and what kind of path they would walk from here on

「Here I come, princess」

「Coht after they exchanged those words of duel, they both started toand Fafnir that Krulcifer was piloting

Both specialized in long range attack and mobility, but their disposition was completely different

Tan-!

First Krulcifer pulled the trigger of Freezing Cannon and fired the pree bullet that was fired from the special armament sniper rifle would seal the opponent’s movement with certainty if it hit even once

In respond Lisha blocked it using one Legion as shi+eld, at the sa eleven projectile weapons

「Wise Blood!」

Krulcifer wasted no ti the Divine Raiment of future prediction

She e movement so that the opponent’s aiht without even trying to predict each other?」

「I’ this kind of attack You yourself──isn’t serious」

Krulcifer s back

Fro lethal consecutive attacks on her

In the shadow of Legion, Lisha also fired pursuing Legion in a position that the opponent couldn’t see It was her technique Hide ShotConcealed Sniping

The instant Fafnir’s automatic shi+elds, Auto shi+eld blocked it, Lisha wouldDivine Raiment Suppressor and crucified Krulcifer instantly

And then using her main cannon Seven Heads, she would destroy her aruard

That was Lisha’s sure kill co and stoppedthen she would be instantly defeated

She affirilance

Fafnir was a powerful frame, but it had to be said that it had no firepower to decide the battle in an instant

It had to accurately sniped the Force Core, or go through the process of sealing the opponent’sthe finishi+ng blow

(But, the princess is also fae attack She has the eyes that can see through her opponent’s sniping)

The possibility of her reading the habit of Krulcifer’s sniping that went through the fastest and shortest route was especially high

Of course if she dodged with si point using her Divine Rai to ht was theLisha knew that

Krulcifer had also prepared the method to destroy that countermeasure

In order to accurately measure the opponent’s movement, she could just make the opponent to have no leeway

When she beca the bestof Wise Blood would be completely and the scenario to reach the finish would be written

(In other words, it’s essential to steal the opponent’s weapon first even if it takes ti athat it would be dodged

On the other hand it would be troubleso her in pursuit, but she also had an idea about how to deal with that

「──Freezing Cannon」

The Legion that was fired to ai bullet and fell down

She dodged the ree and repeated the saainst Seven Heads and Suppressor

Two, three, four

When she was shooting down a third of the twelve projectile weapons just like planned, Krulcifer sighed in relieve

But, right after that,

「The usual tactic huh, there isn’t any art in it, Krulcifer!」

「-……!?」

Lisha yelled, at the saravity field in wide range

The whole area of sky where Lisha and Krulcifer were flying around was covered with purple light

(My goodness, for the Suppressor to be applied in this wide range……, but──)

She was shocked but also relieved inside at the same time

(This choice is a blunder that coth, if it’s spread this widely then the gravity burden should be also small)

And then most importantly, Lisha’s sta this field for null gravity, it wouldn’t be hard to deal with it if it was only for dodging

If she was able to focus on dodging here until the end, Krulcifer would be greatly closer to victory

The instant she thought that and felt convinced of his victory, she was caught by a strange disco-Ride’s movement is──」

She should have piloted Fafnir to ascend with the gravity field’s influence included in her calculation, but her altitude was lower than expected

The reion rotated to surround the bewildered Krulcifer

They obstructed her e

「Did you think that I have exposed all of my trump card in my mock battles with you?」

The instant Krulcifer stoppedthe abnormality, Dou-! Tiamat’s main cannon Seven Heads fired

The extreht line It blew Fafnir away along with the Auto shi+eld

「Tsu……! AAH!」

It was too late when Krulcifer noticed the trick behind the wide range gravity netic field

The special armament shi+eld and barrier were pierced A part of the armor was smashed

Lisha displayed the specialty of Tia destructive power

Part 7

「What’s that!? What happened?」

「No I don’t understand Why was Krulcifer-san hit?」

「I get it that Legion surrounded Krulcifer missy and limited her moveh it looked like she was dealing with the gravity burden of Suppressor that was laid out in wide range──」

Seeing the fight that was projected on the screen, Tillfur, Noct, and Sharis were raising bewildered voice each

Right below the Ancient Forest where deathly battle of three versus three was performed, inside Avalon’s rest facility Shelter, everyone present atching the battle with held breath

The fighting strength of their side should be sufficient, but when the lid was opened, all three of their fighters were placed in disadvantage

Even aht they atching right noas especially strange

「I also don’t get it at all Why did Krulcifer-san of all people -Ride──」

Airi was also ravity burden in wide range by Divine Rai inside it ion

She got hit by the main cannon──Seven Heads was siravity burden by Suppressor just now didn’t look like it was any threat whatsoever when it atched from the side

That hy they were puzzled at Krulcifer as unable to deal with the slight change of gravity

「Don’t tell -Ride──」

Aeril’s uneasy guess was only natural

That was just how irl called Krulcifer

「No, Aeril You don’t know because you haven’t stayed in the acade but── Most likely that was a trap from Lisha」

「……!?」

Celis as boasted as the acade at the other side of the screen

Hearing that, Seven Dragon Paladins Rosa beside her lifted her face

「Trap? That blonde girl……, Princess Lisha only looked like she was creating a weak gravity wield using her Divine Raih?」

Even if she laid out a trap, she shouldn’t have any other weapon

Of course Lisha also had Over Unit but, right now it still hadn’t been summoned

「Yes, that’s why, she only has one Suppressor But if you watch carefully, there was an unnatural phenomenon at that time」

「Unnatural, phenomenon?」

Soffice parroted those words in question Then Philuffy as staying quiet until now──or rather she was basically taciturn so she wouldn’t really say anything──opened her mouth

「Thefro on the spot」

「──!?」

The words that Philuffy spoke of caused everyone to show shocked expression wordlessly

Celis was the only one nodding with a serious expression

「That’s right Most likely Lisha created gravity field in wide range while differentiating the strength of the field in each spot It’s like the rasped it accurately, even so it’s a big threat to so to move normally」

Especially for a sniper like Krulcifer who paid ile, recoil, and so onon the spot would be even ined

And it would be even truer for her as using precision and delicatepoint

After all she would have to change her reaction in respond to the gravity burden each time she moved

「The effect eaken if Divine Raie That common sense is used unexpectedly instead to disturb Krulcifer-san’selse, is that what you’re saying?」

Celis nodded at Airi’s thought

The proof of that was the difference of the gravity burden that could be sighted using the surrounding trees as co speed of the snow

Seeing that Celis and Philuffy guessed what happened

(How astonishi+ng…… They saw through Lishsama’s trap just from that)

Airi was soht But exactly because of that she understood how ah the puzzle was solved, it would be difficult to take countermeasure for it

And then, the fact that Krulcifer and others were put in great disadvantage hadn’t changed

Part 8

Fugil who got out of the Center of Avalon saw a past phantoaaa……!」

It wasn’t human

No, it was athing anyative thought of human, Raffi who fused with Sacred Eclipse had her whole body dyed black and transfor intent that bloated up to the extre to run rae

「There is movement outside the Ancient Forest Is it the soldiers of the four great nobles?」

「Looks like it Should we head to reiven fodder like this, then it will head to absorb even theil’s question

Two hours after the battle in Ancient Forest was halted

Sacred Eclipse that lost its target of predation reacted to the only battle that was occurring in this forest which was the battle of Lisha and others It was going to head there

There hts that were standing guard over Ancient Foresttheir own judgreat nobles to stand guard over this battle, but it was outside their assued by thisby world revision was also starting to cohts ca Raffi would devour thedom itself in the end

If that happened, there would be no way to stop Sacred Eclipse until it destroyed itself

「I don’tit won’t stop until it reach the end point If that happen that onlywith that」

「…………」

Fugil answered like that The Autoive the order for Sacred Eclipse to stop, energy had to be focused on Avalon temporarily

But it would take time of nearly half a day in order to do that

It was because multiple Automatahad been made to operate in full power for the sake of this battle

It was also siy for Uroboros’s world revision

「Li……sha,for sohter that she was fixated to when she was a human

If she wasn’t stopped, the hell that would occur after this wouldn’t end quickly

Except if the one in a ten thousand chance of Lux and others defeating the present Sacred Eclipse actually happened

「Is this your liil threw his question toward empty air There wasn’t no one to answer hi

Part 9

「Surrender Krulcifer It’s pointless to fightin the air warned Krulcifer on the ground

Fafnir that was hit directly by Seven Heads was half destroyed Now it could only display less than half of its normal performance

Lisha too couldn’t use Over Unit because it was in the middle of repair, but her tru

「There is no way I’ll lose against you…… Against you who don’t even notice what you’re doing……」

「What are you saying? Just what are you saying?」

Lisha tilted her head at Krulcifer’s gasping words

「You don’t notice? Nom you should have noticed it If it’s you who have received Baptisht Lux-kun, you should be able to reht now is actually false」

「…………」

Lisha’s expression didn’t change even after hearing Krulcifer’s words

She was only showing her face that was resolved to accomplish herwon’t be broken with just thatthe Pike of Salamander that orn by Ney Louches

「Even us is still half in disbelief It’s pointless addressing someone who don’t even notice」

Si Lu Calia

If the perception binding could be dispelled just by talking for a bit, then Lux would do so right fro, the start

But, right now Krulcifer was convinced

「……False you say?」

Lisha as hovering in the sky wearing Tiahtly

「Yes, that’s right You just don’t want to believe it That your step mother Queen Raffi is the source of all evil Also how she is possessed by Sacred Eclipse, how her heart is used, and also how she assassinated the i in her way behind the scene of that parade──」

「Don’t speak nonsense! I won’t let you off if you insult Hahue even more than that!」

Lisha drew out her Sword Device and took a fighting stance while deploying her Legion oncenized you as soainst and as a friend Toward you──」

Hearing that, Lisha’s whole body was starting to shake

Lisha herself didn’t understand what Krulcifer was speaking or as going on

But, it see toward the story that was nothing more than a bunch of nonsense for the current Lisha

「For you, her majesty Queen Raffi is the same like you That’s why you want to save her, you want to share her pain and becoht now is hard to believe for you I know that it’s a harsh fate But──」

「……Shut up!」

Eight Legion attacked to cut off Krulcifer’s words

In respond Krulcifer ascended along with Fafnir and quickly pulled the sniper rifle’s trigger

「It should be a wall that you have to overco to introduce yourself as a princess!」

「Tsu……!」

A sniping while flying in high speed

However Lisha naturally also defended by strengthening Tiamat’s barrier

But──, the nor to behind her

(It’s ? Did she ht that

Dou-!

「Wh……!?」

A sharp is of Tiamat

Until now she couldn’t see clearly because it was hidden by the shade of tree below but, when she noticed, the face and skin of Krulcifer as looking up at her had geometrical patterns

──Full Connect

Fused state with Drag-Ride that could only be used by Key’s Supervisor

By fusing a part of Drag-Ride and flesh body through nano

The last re Auto shi+eld that wasn’t bloay by Seven Heads was positioned behind Lisha without anyone noticing

「So that’s, how it is……!」

If Krulcifer herself rapidly ascended while readying her sniper rifle, Lisha as facing her would inevitably had her gaze guided toward her way

She uard doard behind her and intentionallythe back that had thin barrier

「But, do you get it Krulcifer! TheFull Connect with Fafnir that is in that state!」

The flaw of Full Connect wasn’t just the great exhaustion ht was connected directly to the are was far heavier than nor of how the current Fafnir couldn’t even produce barrier satisfactorily, and its protective arht dae and she wouldn’t be able to avoid fatal da attack

「I’ this then──」

「Why? Why are you putting yourself at risk until that much! You who ca Tias shot and its ion once ed the Cannon She was reducing the reion one by one

Thanks to Full Connect, even the half destroyed Fafnircould accurately read their trajectory and shot the in the blink of eye

White breath was leaking out from Krulcifer’s lips due to extredom’s sake You should understand if it’s you If it’s you who have the sa with me!」

Her sta time she could wear Fafnir with Full Connect was also only left slightly

Do or die

With that resolve, Krulcifer made her last bet

In order to release Lisha fro

Part 10

「Hah, that wo cool, she is passionate at this kind of ti strength, Greyfer as fighting nearby grinned

He reht her one on one in the capital of New Kingdom in the past

「Looks like you like to ainst me at all」

The Automata with mechanical cat ears, Lu Calia made a provocation, but he couldn’t object at all

He couldn’t deal against Quetzalcoatl that she earing at all

(This fellow is also really troubleso, I still can’t grasp what her Divine Rai it all this tiuess even a portion of the enehost

Of course Greyfer wasn’t just fixated solely to exposing the opponent’s Divine Raiment

But, even when he tried to win by brute force, all his attacks were made to miss without exception

No──rather than he wasit 『he missed』 would be the correct expression

And then the closer the distance he fought the eneet it What’sMel is also butting in, so it become even harder to understand this fellow’s secret)

Ney Louches that was also fighting near the Shelter would fire Salaave back up at every iht attack

The support fire wasn’t to the degree that could be called as the two of theether

However, because the forest was burned even the oxygen at the surrounding was thinned down Even Greyfer was indirectly getting cornered

「Please stop resisting alreadyy All of you originally shouldn’t have any reason to fight isn’t iit That hy master also left all of you alive」

「Even if you think there ain’t any reason, but I have a reason!」

Greyfer slashed with Tail Blade while spitting out those words

But, the sword tip shi+fted slightly from his aiht My attack is ed wasn’t due to anything like trajectory control by so-Ride

Because if that was the case, then the opponent should be trying to deal with all his attacks

He still didn’t understand the basis of the eneth

But, these Automata already know about this side’s ability

Not just the ability of the Divine Drag-Ride they earing, but also the disposition of the users Mel and Greyfer

『──Hey, young lady Can you hear? Are you alright? The fla in my way y’know』

『…………』

Here Greyfer for the first tihting in a distance within his sight

But, Mel didn’t show any reaction

『Oi, can you hear , you cock head! Who’re you calling pipsqueak huh! I’ll punch you flying』

『What, you’re still high spirited huh Then, reply atyoung lady Are you insinuating so like that? I didn’t hear it』

『──?』

Both sides didn’t lose focus on their respective battle even while sending frivolous line to each other

Greyfer tried talking to Mel because he realized the li that he realized, he was feeling a strange discoot the hunch that the secret to that is in the cooperation of these two Auto style of a lone wolf until now, it was a ether with Lux and other Seven Dragon Paladins, doing joint battle wasn’t so people ere close to hied hion Voice cole hint to Greyfer

『Oi Mel It’s unusual for you to have thishappen?』

『Don’tout of breath because the air here is thin……』

『Other than that, your attacks also keepain’t it? What’s more it happened at every important point That’s why you can’t defeat your opponent』

『……Be quiet This time I’ll hit without fail, watch me』

Mel replied like that with a brave front, perhaps she was getting i the story from Mel as in the same position like him, a certain theory was created inside Greyfer

『Aa, as I thought it’s the same with you huh Let me ask you a bit, how many percent of your attack that missed?』

『I don’t want to say……』

『This is so important From your tone a lot of your attacks missed huh ……I see, so that’s the trick……』

『What are you saying?』

『No, I have a request to you Just once is fine Try attacking the cat eared Auto unreasonable things, it feels like I’ to die over here you know?』

Mel was co out of breath She was under the fierce attack of Ney Louches’s Sala each second without her being able to find any way to breakthrough even now

『We’ll lose anyway if we don’t do anything You want to return the favor to that Krulcifer right?』

『I get it……already!』

Mel nodded and put her last strength into both her hands that were controlling Ddraig Gweiber

And then the moment her distance with Greyfer became short, she activated her Divine Raiment

「Dual shi+ft!」

「──Her ai-Ride’s Force Core is targeted」

Ney Louches as facing Mel immediately yelled that out

「……-!」

The Divine Raied fro in the sky wearing Quetzalcoatl

Using te of the Force Core was h te overheating, but for soh she unleashed the attack with a perfect tih I’m tired I was focused when I did that attack!」

Mel whose attack h it was launched froood that it didn’t hit Because of that my attack hit」

But in thatfros of Quetzalcoatl that she earing

「Hoow?」

The back wings that contained thruster device were destroyed and Quetzalcoatl descended sharply

「How dare you wounded our pride It was that kind of trick since the beginning Your Divine rai-Ride control out of whack isn’t it?」

「…………」

Lu Calia didn’t reply at Greyfer’s ree, Mel asked fro-Ride’slikeclose I think, but that ain’t correct They ai body control operation and mind control operation, and then they shi+fted it bit by bit on the whole That’s why the e an attack to their vital spot」

In order to er or foot to operate lever or switch The machine response at that tiot subtly put out of order

The Divine Raie under that influence

That was the power Quetzalcoatl’s Switch LoaderThe Guider

The Divine Raiment was also used to Mel too so the truth wasn’t discovered It also became a back up for Ney Louches’s battle

The two Autoht near each other was because of their objective to fight together secretly from the start

「Then how did you attack just now hit──」

「That’s why, I intentionally attacked to miss while I told you to normally aim at the vital spot」

Greyfer answered Mel’s question cheerfully

Lu Calia wouldn’t use Divine Raiment Switch Loader if the attack wouldn’t hit her anyway fro her down if he didn’t aim to deal a hard blow

Therefore he told Mel to attack and ai when Lu Calia used her Divine Raiment

「I seee If it’s like this then certainly on’t be able to ithout going full power It’s a miscalculatioon」

After Greyfer landed his attack on Quetzalcoatl’s shoulder, he continued by entangling Tail Blade around her and tore her apart

The power output of Quetzalcoatl that got hit on its Force Core decreased drastically and it started to free fall

「Buuut, even if you defeat me, there is still the other one you knoow」

「I know, that’s why you made it so the battle is in this forh Lu Calia’s defense, Mel showed a big opening to Ney

「So Lu Calia is defeated……! Then I’ll defeat this girl right away and h one of them was defeated, Greyfer and Mel already had no staap of Mel’s armor from behind and thrust her pike to kill

In that instant, Greyfer quickly passed from Mel’s front to her back and stood in the way of Ney

「……!?」

The tip of Heat Zone that focused the energy into one point possessed the power to deal a sure kill attack against any kind of Drag-Ride

For a moment Ney Louches wondered if Greyfer planned to die in Mel’s place, but a light covered the armor he wore and the flame spear’s thrust was easily repelled

「──This is, Photon Dive!?」

The Divine Raiment of invincibility that deflected all enemy attack

Of course it was a known ability for Ney Louches

But, because Greyfer had never showed it even once in this battle until now, her vigilance was unconsciously slackening without her noticing

「I deliberately kept it in reserve yeah, just for this chance!」

「……But, that’s all It’s possible to deal with!」

Her vigilance became thin but, if it was the opponent’s Divine Raiment then it was always there at the corner of her mind

It became impossible to defeat Mel here, but she was already at her last leg

「More importantly, you should be careful too dearimasu Your stamina is already at the limit after all──」

「…………」

Greyfer fell silent at what Ney pointed out

That was certainly a fact

Ney Louches and Lu Calia The two of them entered this battle with invisible teamwork

Lu Calia used Quetzalcoatl’s Divine Raiment Switch Loader and blocked the attack of the opponents including Mel by rando Ney Louches burned the nearby trees with Salaen to shave the opponents’ sta Greyfer

They showed at the surface that their teaht as a team

Besides Greyfer already didn’t have the stamina to finish off her

If she focused on defense like this until the invincibility of Photon Dive ran out she would win──, Ney was convinced of that

「HAAAAH!」

It was unknohether Greyfer knew it or not but, he launched fierce attack using Tail Blade

In respond Ney also squeezed out her last strength and swept away the attack using Heat Zone

(Excluding Arshalisama, I’m the last one of the seven Automata dearimasu…… I cannot lose here in order to show our loyalty!)

The attack of Greyfer that ai-Ride’s vital spot was also terrific

He persistently swung at her froh the Heat Zone of her Pike was breaking down, she completely held off the attack

「I win! Photon Dive is also going to run out in a few seconds deario to assist Princess Lisha later──」

She would accomplish the dearest wish of her currentof her master Arshalia that was entrusted to Sacred Eclipse

It should be like that but

「You can’t see your surrounding eh, as expected froether secretly?」

「──!?」

The words of Greyfer who focused on attacking and cornering her to a certain direction until nowthat uys? Is that the wish of yourif you’re bent on just that yeah After all I also have experienced so your breath about dearimasu? With your Cuelebre, there is no more way to defeat me──」

「The form of master-servant relationshi+p and the form of teamwork ain’t just one y’know? There is master-servant relationshi+p that that is done strictly, and there is also tea the other notice You guys are just turning a blind eye to it」

「──!?」

Greyfer said that and brandished his Tail Blade once more

Because the invincibility fro, Ney reflexively took a defensive stance with her Pike

But, the slash of Greyfer’s Tail Blade that drew a spiraling arc didn’t hit Ney and Salah pitched ht after that, a great explosive impact burst from the center of the sound

──DOGUUUN!

「……A, gua Aaa……!」

The destructive energy that was generated from behind pierced Salamander’s armor and pulverized the wearer Ney’s body

The upper body that was broken into two lied on the snoith her face facing up

「What…… Happened just now dearimasu? Just what……!」

She was barely able to comprehend that it wasn’t an attack that Greyfer himself unleashed

His only weakness was his inability to display an instantaneous and overwhel attack power

Besides, the explosion just noas an attack that couldn’t possibly be done using the equipment and Divine Raiment that he had

The Divine Raiment of invincibility finally vanished fro down on Ney

「I said it right? We also planned to work together The explosive that was created by that pipsqueak’s special arround here」

「……!」

Ney too immediately noticed after the trick’s secret was exposed like that

The bullet created by Mel’s Ddraig Gweiber──Ground Buster was hidden under the snow a slight distance away fro Gweiber was indiscrie Its coood with the Photon Dive of Greyfer’s Cuelebre

Even if in a situation where he got dragged into the attack, he could endure it using invincibility and dealt dae to enemy one-sidedly

However, if there was a hint of such tactic in the work, the Autoainst it

「So……the two of you, also……secretly, ith each other…… Due to that Black Hero’s guidance」

Ney Louches whose function was about to stop forly

In respond Greyfer shook his head slightly and replied

「It’s not like it’s all thanks to Lux alone No, that guy hilen’s will All of us received souys are acting with unshakable will and faith but── You have cootten about what you obtained from your encounter with the fellows in this era That’s the cause of your defeat」

「Forget, ting Is it, deari from the eyes of Ney Louches who only had her upper body now

Due to Raffi who connected with the Center of Avalon, the past memory was poured into Automata Ney and other Automata lost the memory of the time they spent with Lux and others

But, she reirl called Krulcifer was also helped by Lux and crawled up from the abyss of despair

「Even when lost, and defeated, they don’t forget, and stand up Is that the true, strength, of human deari grey sky, the dancing figure of the Key’s Supervisor girl who talked to her in Ymir Theocracy in the past was reflected on her eyes

The subliure of the master who she trusted was there

Part 11

「Haa, haa……haah!」

A deathly battle was unfolding in the sky above the snowing Ancient Forest

Krulcifer whose Drag-Ride was half destroyed wasfull use of future prediction and forle sniper rifle

She wrung out her rePrecise Firing

On the other hand Lisha also used Suppressor and Legion to corner Krulcifer and decided the battle

When Krulcifer dodged the gravity field, she struck with Legion and saved her arreat attention to the counterattack froe the sniping using future prediction, she focused on not getting hit by fatal dae and continued a battle that was at the very limit

The two Automata──Ney Louches and Lu Calia were defeated by Greyfer and Mel

However, the two Seven Dragon Paladins on just barely ounded all over

They were unable to even wear their armor anymore The communication from Airi’s Drake told her that they evacuated to Shelter

And then──now

Krulcifer as partially fused with Fafnir using Full Connect was in the middle of deathly battle with Lisha

If she didn’t defeat Lisha here and made her returned to her sense, it would be the defeat of all of them at Lux’s side

(But, this is already the limit huh…… Full Connect won’t hold for even onethe power of Baptisy she stockpiled

The power of Baptims that Krulcifer obtained was in order for her to fuse with Drag-Ride with even e to display that ability

Most of all, she was pushed back by the hidden strength of Lisha who resolved to protect Raffi and the New Kingdo with Greyfer and Mel who evacuated into the Shelter atching the progress of the battle in suspense

No matter how anyone looked at it, it was clear that the probability of Krulcifer losing was greater

And then, Lux as recovering in the adjacent treat that battle, but for soh he had to protect Krulcifer, protect everyone

Even though he understood it logically, his body wouldn’t h the situation is like this, I──)

He racked his brain inside the dark roo in」

But, the girl with the deepest relationshi+p with Lux entered inside the rooht

Because Lux thought that Philuffy wasn’t the type of person ould scold Lux even at this kind of ti…… A ht now is──)

Lux was staying inside the treat quiet

The silver wall in front of his eyes were projecting the fight of Lisha and Krulcifer but, he couldn’t move

「Thank you, for before You saved me」

「…………」

Philuffy sported a small smile on her mouth and said that with her usual tone that was on her own pace

She didn’t coht

But, even so Lux couldn’t say anything back

「Lishsa Surely she is desperate, in order to protect what’s important to her」

「……Phi-chan I──」

The weakness that was born inside him

For some reason he couldn’t use the power of Baptism that he should have obtained and he was unable to stop Lisha When he tried to say that, his thought cado

He led Alon Paladins and now even everyone of the New Kingdoht now he also heard that Raffi too was going to start ra as Sacred Eclipse

In that sense, Lux’s decision to try defeating Raffi without anyone knoasn’t wrong

Lux would take the blame by himself and then it would becooing well

And yet──as he unable to stop Lisha?

Was he feeling hesitation to discard her feeling and broke her parent-daughter relationshi+p with Queen Raffi?

『It’s pointless you know, Lux Someone who doesn’t have the resolve to make use of 『evil』 with their oill, soless for theth they have You are, the weakest』

In that case──as expected it was just like Fugil said

Noand skilled he became, he didn’t have the caliber to use that

He had no qualification

As expected he was, the weakest Drag-Knight

「It’s i the country, with own strength In the end, I couldn’t even, use that power」

Exactly because she was the childhood friend who he trustedto her who knew of Lux’s weakness

Seeing his figure──Philuffy wasn’t angry

She wasn’t sad

She also showed no sign of exasperation or disappointot closer beside Lux as inside the ht on the surface that was projected on the silver wall

To Krulcifer asa desperate effort to talk to Lisha

And then, she whispered

「The reason Lu-chan couldn’t fight Why you couldn’t get serious when facing the princess, somehow, I understand」

「……That’s, because I’m weak」

Because he couldn’t control his heart and unelashed the power of Baptisht But Philuffy denied it

「That’s not it, Lu-chan」

Philuffy made a small smile on her lips and whispered beside hi That’s why, if you don’t face it」

「That, what do you mean──」

「You’ll understand, if you look」

Lured by Philuffy, Lux also stared at the screen on the silver wall

The figure of Krulcifer th to bet on the last attack was projected there

Part 12

「──Wise Blood – Accel」

Fafnir that was partially fused with Krulcifer eht of Divine Raiment

At the same time, future prediction that showed the way to her victory was projected on Krulcifer’s own eyes

But, Lisha wasn’t perturbed even seeing the Divine raiment of certain kill

「It won’t even become a bluff in that situation! I know all your hands! ──Suppressor!」

Lisha pulled out her Sword Device and yelled At the same time she also activated Tiaravity field was for area by Suppresso to throw Krulcifer’s calculation out of order

(I know you will come like that……!)

Wise Blood Accel that could be used in Full Connect mode was a powerful Divine Raiment without equal, but it wasn’t like it altered fate

It wasn’t a future prediction that depended on the opponent’s action, it only read the pattern to victory with her possible action included with very high precision

Therefore, if the opponent was strong and Krulcifer had no spare strength, the attack options were limited

Occassionaly it also wouldn’t be able to deduce the future that led to victory

Because of that Lisha judged that it wasn’t a threat in this situation

She would ive tihts inside the Shelter to recover

(I’e On the contrary she can already see the flow to victory)

But because of that there was an opening

She was already unable to make use of Fafnir’s spec to display speed that even the eye couldn’t follow

Even Sharp Shooting was lacking in power to finish off Tiamat

Even so, there was a chance of victory

Krulcifer weaved through the wave of gravity field while dodging Legion’s attack and flew around Lisha

The randorasp was analyzed by Wise Blood Accel and deduced the route to clear it

「──Lux-kun, I wonder if you’re listening I wonder if you’re cheering irl to her real self without fail I swear I’ll free her froe one here is all of you! Why do you betray the New Kingdo Hahue!?」

「You’re, a weak person aren’t you? I can’t entrust Lux-kun to soh with the nonsense!」

Krulcifer circled around with Lisha at the center She repelled Legion with her sniping while ai with s line that Fafnir’s sniper rifle was ai battle where she poured all her reth into it

She understood that she wouldn’t be able to keep it up for a ion that approached froh the wide range gravity force fro

But, she couldn’t dodge everything

With the perfor pushed back Lisha’s Tia Full Connect

Bit by bit, her re barrier and are burdening her to be heavier

Even when she was placed on such predica to Lisha

On the other hand Lisha was seized with the frustration of not being able to decide the battle even with the advantage she had built and by a strange uneasiness

The binding of perception revision

The sight that was different fro an out of place feeling

In a corner of herherself

『Your step

『She despaired fro out her own brother would be exposed She sued into monster And then she dirtied her hand with sin and sche

『There is no more way to save mother She can’t be saved by your or by anyone else You can only kill her before she start ra

『Everyone wish for that You should fulfill your duty as a princess! You have no ally at all There won’t be anyone who saves you and your step !」

Lisha lifted up her Sword Device as though to shake off her own voice that she was starting to hear inside her head

She dispelled the Suppressor that was covering a wide area and this tiy into the main cannon Seven Heads

「──!? That’s!」

Krulcifer as fighting to the ut Lisha’s stance

The gravity sphere of Suppressor that she used when defeating Hayes in the past

It would suck the person who touched it and coreatest sure kill technique

Krulcifer sensed it theconsecutively ran out of time

There was no chance to defeat Lisha except in this moment

(If I fail, I will die for sure this time ──Even so, I can only do it!)

Krulcifer suppressed her exhaustion and pain and fleard Lisha

She charged for the last offense and defense

Part 13

「Krulcifer-san, that’s reckless……!」

Lux got out of the pod He dragged his heavy body and grabbed his Sword Device

The repair of Bahamut so it could activate at minimum had been finished

But, for some reason Philuffy at his side stopped his hand

「Phi-chan!? Why are you stopping ht now I’-Ride!」

「That Sword Device, it doesn’t react Your feeling still hasn’t caught up That’s why, don’t move」

The silent Philuffy unusually talked with more words count to persuade Lux

Just as she said, the Drag-Ride didn’t react even when he pushed the switch on the handle

(Even though my stamina should have recovered, why──)

This meant that he was unable to do the mind control operation

Not only he was unable to release the power that he obtained fro-Ride?

Just what in the world was going on with his body?

「Lu-chan, you don’t want to fight That’s why, the Drag-Ride won’t ood Not for anyone else, but for none other than Lu-chan yourself」

「──!?」

Lux gasped hearing Philuffy’s words

「That’s why, be honest If you don’t convey your feeling, it’s no good」

Powerful light was residing in the eyes of his childhood friend

「My, feeling…… In regard to this battle──」

Why did he becoht nohat did he need to do first?

Lux stared at the battle that was projected on the silver hile grasping his Sword Device tightly

Part 14

「──Weak you say!? Thisyour eyes from reality…… You avert your eyes from your step mother her majesty Queen Raffi and escape into drea her Sword Device and h speed like stor and shot down the projectile weapons one by one

「Who are you calling running away!? I’ll never abandon Hahue!」

「Wrong No ht at reality If you don’t do that, you won’t be able to walk forward! This world is going to end!」

Krulcifer was gradually closing in

She used her last re a normal bullet on Tiaravity of the frahtly diverted to correct her balance

Krulcifer th and activated Wise Blood

Right after that, Krulcifer ai future prediction──or that should be the case

「Wh……!」

She should be ai the Auto shi+eld that she placed behind Lisha and Tiamat in order to bounce the bullet but, that bullet veered off course

When she observed the gravity sphere that was unleashed fro the scenery that Krulcifer was seeing

It twisted even the surrounding space and made Krulcifer’s attack missed

「──! I, don’t abandon Hahue! Leave, Krulcifer!」

Lisha yelled while shedding tears

If the gravity sphere that was fired to below continued as it was then it would also graze Shelter that was underground and destroyed it

But Krulcifer didn’t dodge the gravity sphere and spread open both her hands to stand in the way

In order to soften the impact to Shelter even for just a bit, she stood in the way along with her barrier that was only barely re

「Well done This is your win── Just for this ti the sure kill boravity sphere was falling slowly The moment there was only several seconds left until it hit──

The surrounding was enveloped in illusion as though time had stopped

「──Reload on Fire!」

No

The ti was just enveloped in a very slo of time that was dozens of time slower than normal

Lisha and Tiaravity sphere fired fro

「──This is!?」

Lisha saw it inside the world where even thought was halted

The figure that she perceived as soht now

──The Black Hero

The hero who indirectly saved Lisha seven years ago, and the young man who she trusted the most

Lux Arcadia, appeared in front of her

「I’m sorry that I made you worry, Krulcifer-san」

「……I’ I knew you will come for me」

Krulcifer who reached her li Full Connect continuously and lost her armor was held in the arms of Lux ot away froravity sphere

「Did you seeFafnir’s future prediction Divine Raiment?」

「No」

Krulcifer smiled with an ephemeral expression at Lux’s question

「I believed, that if it’s you then you will surely coaze to her, Krulcifer ran out of strength

Her eyes were slowly closing and her body turned li that time her mouth for Then, convey it to her If it’s you──you can do it」

「──Yes」

Krulcifer too had recovered her lost memory of the three days of parade

In that case, she should have also remembered how she and Lux becaht in order to ht after Lux nodded back, the gravity sphere that was super decelerated by Reload on Fire fastened instead with a speed that was dozens of times faster

Everyone had evacuated froravity sphere fell like meteor and destroyed the facility apart

「……-! What, power!」

Airi who evacuated from Shelter yelled in shock froy using the power of Baptis her staht now is……」

「Yeah, I understand」

Lux landed on the ground for a moment and handed the exhausted Krulcifer to Airi

And then, Lux flew in a straight line toward Lisha as hovering in the sky with the Seven Heads aireatest enemy

Lux accepted that fact and he was convinced of victory even then

The neer of Baptisery in coffin He focused his mind in order to display it

Part 15

(──Why? Why is Lux here? Why is that guy, standing infor Azure Division’s annihilation was falling into a dark abyss

She already understood that it was Lux in front of her

But, her heart didn’t accept that

(I promised with Hahue, and with Lux That ill protect the New Kingdom……!)

They swore that

And yet, when she noticed everyone was turning into her enedom, to defeat Queen Raffi

Even the meon Paladins──

(I won’t, abandon Hahue……absolutely not!)

Seven years ago, her small self was powerless

It wasn’t anyone’s fault It was because of fate that she was captured by Old Empire army and her father abandoned her

She didn’t have anyone to rely on

There wasn’t anyone who saved her

Raffi as in the same environment like Lisha confessed her sin to her

In the past, she was deceived by Waybra, a spy that was sent by Old Empire In order to protect hi brother Count Atismata

She was the crireat hero who established the revolution

She was torht until now in order to protect the New Kingdom

(I too, I too am the same……!)

As the proof of her betrayal to her father, the brand of Old Kingdo no choice but to choose that path in order to survive, the suffering of being toyed by fate and having no choice but to live as a royalty, Lisha understood it better than anyone

(If I abandon her, Hahue──ill become of her? There is no one There isn’t anyone ill support her! That’s why!)

The white breath she exhaled s

The ability she obtained froy she stockpiled all at once, the current Lisha washer state of full power

Lisha controlled Tia, all her passion and will

She unleashed her strength toward the 『ene her

「I won’t lose! I will, protect the New Kingdoion that becaainst Krulcifer attacked the flying Lux

「……!?」

But, the reat sword, those projectile weapons veered away by itself and scattered

「……That, don’t tell me!?」

「Yes It intentionally,beloatched the fight in the sky and muttered

No matter hoerful someone was, if the first move was taken away and they were attacked then they would raise their guard

If the attacker tried to land a hit, there was a possibility that the attack would be hit back instead using the sword

If it was Lisha who could use advanced technique like Hide Shot, then she should know this fact even better

Thus, Legion was sent out only to make Lux’s movement stiffened for an instant

In order to buy tiravity sphere once more

「──Don’t stop!」

「Onii-chan, hurry!」

Greyfer and Mel guessed Lisha’s tactic and yelled

Their voices pushed Lux’s back He ascended toward Lisha

If the gravity sphere was fired in extree, even if he decelerated the tied close and crushed by that super dense force field

Having said that, he had no choice of avoiding this situation

The eight Legion thatfrom behind Bahamut to surround hiet away……!」

Sharis as looking up at the two’s fight froround murmured in admiration

The attack disordered and stopped Lux’sit harder for the opponent to dodge the next attack was also included in it

「Yes Lishsa to defeat Lux-san──」

The quiet Noct saw the situation and let those words slipped out Tillfur beside her was also shaking in anxiety

「Will the two of theet out of this safely? This──!」

The Triad was still under the binding of Uroboros’s world revision

They only sided with Azure Division while being half in doubt due to the persuasion of a lot of their comrades

Exactly because of that their anxiousness was also great

「Eat this! You daht Lux in her firing range fixed the ai fro from a different direction

It was already ie all the attack even if Reload on Fire was activated

『──Lishsama Please listen』

But──in that, instant

In that cornered situation, Lux sent a ize to you』

The time that was even less than several seconds felt like eternity for soize now, don’t screw around! What‘re you saying after you try to push the New Kingdoer to paint over her heart that was shaken by Lux’s faic with emotion

There was no way that this man in front of him was really Lux

Because if in the worst case that he was actually Lux

Because if the youngto defeat her mother

Then the ideal that Lisha wished for, would never codoether, would be gone completely──

『I was, scared Since when I started this battle I kept thinking, ould happen if Lishsama learn the truth If I tell you the path that I should walk, hoill you think of me then It was scary, it was really hopelessly scary』

「──!?」

Lux said those words while sweeping away all eight Legion approaching hireat sword

Seeing that outrageous skill that was done without even turning around or glancing back, Lisha and also everyone watching the fight from below opened their eyes wide in shock

That wasn’t Lux that Lisha knew until now

He used special arion approaching froed them to one place, at the same time he unleashed a slash with Quick Draw

「You……what in the world?」

If it was Lux fro his secret technique, his concentration would be partially takenby it and he couldn’t use it at the saht noas using tuning He inputted the control of Linker Pulse beforehand and ot carried out

Because of that, even while he was concentrating with the control of Quick Draw, he was able to use Linker Pulse at the sa that can be done……? In just an instant like that]

That was Lux’s strength that Lisha didn’t know until now

「The truth is, I was scared all this ti you the truth that her majesty Queen Raffi is possessed by Sacred Eclipse, was scary」

Lux who closed the distance didn’t speak through Dragon Voice anymore but with his voice

The Baptisthening of his thinking speed and concentration

His greatest strong point,use of his discernment to read the opponent’s ave order to Baha even more focus to execute his secret technique

With this, it became possible for him to use his secret technique, and perhaps his special ar period of tih he wasn’t at the sa the territory of Singlen as at full power

「Tsu……!? Shut up! Are you trying to trick me!? You aren’t Lux at──!」

Even so Lisha denied the reality

She opposed the voice trying to trick her and th

「──HAAAAAAAH……!」

She liberated the energy of Divine Rairavity sphere toward Lux

But, at the sahtly earlier than that, Lux released his Divine Rai

「──Reload on Fire」

「Wh!?」

Lisha’s sure kill technique──the gravity sphere that was fired from Seven heads The only way to be saved fro

In other words at close range it was provided with the capability of offense and defense in one package, but Lux accelerated further and fleard the center of the gravity sphere

And then, just like that he passed through the force field of dreadful gravity attraction

「────」

Zug!

Right after Lisha grasped the situation and gasped, Lux stabbed the shoulder of Tiareat sword

Lisha reflexively twisted her body and dodged direct hit But without pause he flehile pushi+ng her back

「That, what in the world──」

「How, did Lux-san pass through that force field of super gravity?」

Airi and Noct atching the fight frorasped the situation and answered their question

「In that instant, he activated Reload on Fire you knoow…… With the first half of the co gravity until a ravity sphere in that opening」

Lux’s strengthening of his thinking speed made it possible for him to execute control that surpassed huht

「And then, in that situation, it’s already Lux’s win」

Celis as looking up at the fight added

Tiae battle

When the battle was brought into close quarter cohters stuck close to each other, it was placed in an overwheleous position

And when the opponent was Lux, then it was all the et, Celis-senpai? The hidden strength of that girl」

「……!?」

Krulcifer oke up without anyone noticing pointed out Celis gasped at that

In the next round with a speed that eye couldn’t follohile still sticking close to each other

DOON!

A treround Lux and Lisha with their Divine Drag-Ride glued to each other were inside a powerful gravity field

「That……don’t tell me!」

Airi who saw that muttered with a shi+ver

The self-destruct technique that Lisha also showed in the past in the lued with the opponent’s Drag-Ride, she activated Suppressor to affect the opponent along with herself

「──This is bad! At this rate the two of therief, but everyone there ounded all over There wasn’t anyone that had recovered to be able to wear Drag-Ride

Even if there was someone who could, everyone realized that they wouldn’t ht was settled

「Uh…… Guu……!」

The purple gravity field round to sink

Lisha who kept firing gravity sphere that was filled with Tiaht away to a state where she could use her Divine Raiy burning ability from her Baptisdoravity field in this glued state could only exert a slight gravity burden, but she made use of Reload on Fire’s effect instead and executed this most powerful attack

So to speak, this was the coh the first gravity sphere

The first five seconds had passed, and now the latter five seconds were in the work

Because the effect of gravity was amplified by dozens of times, even the effect of Suppressor that was reater

Both sides were putting up barrier and took defensive stance, even so they couldn’t endure it

The ar

「Lisha……, saht……!」

Lisha continued using her Divine Raiment with a pained expression that looked like she would break crying even now

If Lux kept holding on like this, then she would surely continue using it until she died

(Aa──)

In the corner of his ht of what he understood

He, didn’t want to see Lisha sad

Lux found hope froainst the heavy burden of a princess, and tried to live strongly looking forward

Unlike Lux who despaired and he as a prince ended up destroying the Old Edo able to stay at your side, being able to ai under you ould accept et tricked I won’t be swayed by the sords of the like of you!」

Inside the powerful gravity field, in a situation where two Drag-Rides restling, Lisha opposed even Lux’s words

「That hy, I avoided you I was scared to thrust reality in front of you I was scared to et hated by you」

Even so, Lux didn’t stop whispering

The reason he couldn’t display his full strength until now, it lied in the fact that Krulcifer made hi the correct logic, he couldn’t trick his true feeling

That hy, he couldn’t display his strength from Baptism

It was none other than Lux as scared to tell Lisha the truth and ran away

「But, I have to say it Your step mother, is possessed by Sacred Eclipse She was taken over completely If her majesty isn’t defeated, this world will perish」

「Such, thing…… There’s no way that’s true! Protecting Hahue, that’s what I──!」

She strengthened the gravity field’s power using Suppressor to oppose Lux’s persuasion

The amplification effect of Reload on Fire’s latter half was already running out

But, Lisha herself poured all her energy into the Divine Rai her ability with the resolve of dying herself at this rate

Creak creak Not just the armor, even the bones of their flesh body that was protected by their respective Drag-Ride were creaking

「Nii-san! Please get away! At this rate──!」

The voice of Airi who saw that sight reached them

It would be possible if Reload on Fire was activated once htened, but Lux didn’t run away

「Please fight together with ood if you aren’t with e of running away froirl herself, Lux reached out with his own hands and hugged Lisha’s head

He lightened the gravity field with Bahamut’s barrier to protect her from pain

「Because you were there for ht I could be strong That’s why, please fight as the princess of the New Kingdom From here on, no matter how painful it is, I will support you at your side forever, I will becoth, that’s why──」

「……-!?」

Lux’s voice was transmitted to Lisha’s heart

Lux knew that until now his strength was soirls

Even if he severed his connection with theht alone

──But, the truth was different

It was because Lisha and others were there for hi

He obtained bond with those girls who needed hi-Ride that was remade by Lisha with much effort

Compared to when he was in solitude as a prince of Old Empire, noas able to obtain a lot of important comrades

Because of that he was able to becoer

(──I eak, because I couldn’t recognize e to confide to thee to ask them to understand me)

That hy, he had to convey it

Of Lux’s own feeling, and wish toward Lisha

「I, am……」

The power of Suppressor that Lisha unleashed to crush herself together too as though to punish herself, it was softened by the man in front of her as her eneuilt of being unable to save her stepto share it, to understand it, to protect her frouy…… Is he, not an ene like this──)

A doubt was born inside Lisha

He should be an enedo to protect Lisha’s heart?

The binding of perception by Uroboros, the chain restraining her heart was breaking

Theup He perceived the youngLisha’s body He endured the agony froirl

「──Lishsa from the bottom of his heart to her

Kiin, at thatburst inside Lisha’s chest and her eyes were opened

「Lu, x……?」

Lisha knew

About this youngman who knew about her sad past and continued to save her by staking his life

「──Lux-!」

The binding of perception vanished, at the saravity field of Suppressor disappeared

At the sa was dispelled Then Lux fell down on that spot too

Lisha crouched and lifted up the falling Lux

The tearsher cheek and fell on the snow

Lisha noticed that what she had seen until noas so her wasn’t there She was already changed into a monster who devoured and absorbed hu that could be done to save her expect defeating her who had beconarok

「I…… Swore it That I will protect the New Kingdoether with Hahue……」

「I, know But──」

「You don’t need, to say it I know At this rate, the New Kingdom will perish What Hahue tried to protect desperately even while suffering will──」

Lux gently e shoulders

His body was exhausted and hurt froravity pressure, even so Lux lent Lisha his chest in order to accept Lisha’s sadness

「I, as a princess, as that person’s daughter, I have to stop her I know, that……」

「────」

Gyut, Lux put strength into his ar Lisha

He knew that he wouldn’t be able to heal the pain of her wound no ed her in order to tell her that there was so the sadom army Lisha awakened to the truth, the war between Azure Division and New Kingdom army came to an actual end in this place

Part 16

GOOooOOO, the groan of a strange creature was echoing through the grey sky

Raffi as devouring and absorbing all energy had completely lost herself

Sacred Eclipse that unified the will of the people, their le conclusion

Directed this world to destruction and reset everything

That was the conclusion that was reached by huate the conclusion that fellow hu from their fellow hu in order to take away power fro over that activation slowly got to his feet

「With this──Raffi lost her qualification as a vessel of king」

The last re Automata Arhslia murmured eo hasn’t co at Raffi with her young girl appearance scattering h to prove his words, a mysterious smile formed on Raffi’s expression

「──Lux Arcadia So you defeated hter Then, I shall take her back In this land where the king of this era will be decided, at this stage where the Center is sleeping」

She understood the situation of Lux and others that were several kl away fro for the, in order to connect with this Center, she wouldn’t let theo past this place

Her mind was polluted by the emotion of the humans that she absorbed as Sacred Eclipse, even so she held on only to her last re awareness

For the sake of her ith Lisha, to guide the New Kingdom to become an ideal country

「……I see, the battle is still not over yet」

Fugil nodded wordlessly at the words of Automata Arshalia

Their promise with Raffi was already accoht here Grand Force had been recovered back It was handed to Fugil and he would be sent out to set it inside the Garden in activated state

With that the Ruins would resonance once h that the activation of Uroboros’s world revision──Endless would becoil would carry out the world revision once more with the defeat of Lux’s side

Raffi knew that Lux and others would co in order to stop that

She aiting for her daughter and arch-ene to the beginning, in order to ascertain the possibility that huil, be careful」

Arshalia saw Fugil off Fugil used Uroboros’s special ar-Rides to make Bahamut and flew in it toward the Garden

It would take around five or six hours until Fugil returned

During that time the winner would be decided

Would it be Lux, or would it be Queen Raffi

In this land, it would be decided who between the people with the qualification of King would be qualified to shoulder the next era

Part 17

「It looks like Fugil-niisan is starting to travel to somewhere There was a reaction in the radar」

Airi who finally could deploy her Drake after taking a rest muttered with a conflicted expression

Several bonfires wereair

Lux and Lisha, and everyone gathered here took out the re beds and sheets, and preserved food, water, and other goods out of the destroyed shelter, then they took a rest and applied first aid

「I don’t think that it’s the case but, don’t tellto do?」

Tillfur spoke with a worried voice, but Aeril shook her head slightly

「Most likely, he went to set the Grand Force in the Garden, in order to prepare for the execution of world revision by Uroboros once do those words, all present breathed in relieve, however they showed an uneasy expression

「But, isn’t that bad? Uroboros will rewrite our perception again right?」

Noct also nodded at what Sharis pointed out but,

「Yes However, we have no way to stop it It ainst any other opponent, but to stop that Fugil, even if all of us are in a perfect condition──」

「…………」

The Syvalles on Paladins, even Lux and Lisha couldn’t say anything

That fact described the situation frankly

「I’ot troubled because ofto each other anymore I was the one at fault for this」

Lisha who recovered the correct perception faced everyone and bowed her head, then Lux i of perception by Uroboros was broken, it becaether with Lisha

「No, I have the responsibility as a princess I faintly suspected Hahue’s change, however I couldn’t realize it I was disqualified as a princess」

「No, such thing is──」

Lux reflexively tried to cover up for Lisha but,

「Both of you, the situation was like that before this so I’ll tolerate it but, can I ask you two to not flirt toothe world you know?」

Krulcifer as being nursed by Mel and lying down on the ground was looking exasperated while cutting in Lisha’s face was boiled red hearing htat

Anger and shame

However if pushed to say, then it looked like the latter’s percentage was bigger

「Don’t make fun of me Krulcifer! I’ that at with a conflicted thought

Yoruka wasn’t in this place but, those like Krulcifer, Philuffy, and Celis got into a relationshi+p of whispering love to each other with Lux in theparade

Even the super insensitive Lux was so when he conveyed 『I love you』 to Lisha before this was of course not a lie but──

「Rosa…… Is this perhaps, the scene of carnage thing that I heard from ruirl shrugged at Soffice’s question

「So must have happened in the middle of that parade huh, just as it……」

「I soh That Onii-chan, he’s really a sinfulit Beside hiest a everyone here but, it looked like she had sharp sensitivity

Although, no one was thinking about saying anything

Nothing would start if they didn’t survive through this battle

Besides, if Uroboros executed world revision again, even the otten without a trace

「Alh troubles」

「It’s fine After all one coive you too for a long tih But now I noticed once more that it’s really stupid」

Even these tho betrayed the great hero Atis and overcame their past Alma learned that

And then, now that she had her existence accepted, she had no reason at all to resent her big sister Lisha

「Lizsharte More iil’s movement, we have to decide our action frohtly and urged the talk to progress

Now that Lisha had been freed fro of perception, they had to ask her to show thenarok, but at the same time it was also her stepmother

「I have resolved myself I have to stop Hahue without fail As the princess of the New Kingdohter who love that person, I have the responsibility to do so」

Everyone silently looked down hearing Lisha’s determination

It was a choice that was hard to choose, but there was no other way than that

Even Aeril who had the knowledge as a Lord and knew in detail about the Ruins and Sacred Eclipseto Lisha after all

「Do we know about the Sacred Eclipse──her ht be in the north of the lake where we confir I have confir Radar but, that place is the point where the reactions from Abysses were cut off」

Airi answered Celis’s question

Airi still couldn’t handle Drag-Ride to act as a key combatant, but it see information

「The position where the Center is hidden huh, is it a coincidence…… No, perhaps she also knows That that place is the place that will beco point where the switch of world revision is pushed」

「…………」

They thought that the ego of Raffi who raed and attacked both ally and enemy in the Ancient Forest was already absorbed by Sacred Eclipse and it was lost

Even so, it felt like she was predicting the objective of Lux and others instinctually even now

「The problem is whether to to avoid her majesty and head to the Center first or not What do you think about that Nii-san, Aeril-san?」

Airi suggested a choice

In order to investigate the weak point of Uroboros that Fugil controlled, they heard a story fro of Arshalia in an Avalon’s facility called Archive

Now that Archive was destroyed due to El Fajura’s obstruction, they could only hear about the story’s continuation at the Center

But, in the end they still couldn’t obtain any helpful information

There was also no positive proof that they could obtain

Perhaps they th by getting fixated in the h the members in this place had taken rest, they were still far away fro in perfect condition

Either way, in order to stop the world destruction, they had to connect with the Center’s systeave the order to stop the operation of Sacred Eclipse

However, Raffi as controlling the syste completely with Sacred Eclipse itself

In any case, the process of waiting for Raffi herself collapsing first or defeating her by themselves beca the queen first ain’t it?」

「Agreed In our current condition we’ll only get defeated if we split our force」

The Seven Dragon Paladins of other countries, Greyfer and Mel expressed an extreical opinion

However, there was hesitation inside Lux

(I have resolved to defeat her majesty Queen Raffi But──)

Inside Lux there wasn’t just the thought of escaping the danger before them, but also his objective ahead of it

But, should he ask everyone to acco about that

「──Lux, you decide it What should we do, you’re the one who grasp the circued by Lisha, Lux took a deep breath

There was no tidohter would start

And then, Lux also had to tell them his other wish──

「Everyone, will you hear , my wish」

Lisha, Krulcifer, Philuffy, Celis, Airi, the Triad, the people from the Academy

Greyfer, Mel, Rosa, Soffice, the cooperators froon Paladins

Alma and Aeril orked as Azure Division members Lux looked around at all of them and talked

Everyone who in the past had different objective and way of thinking, everyone whose perception was rewritten by world revision, they became united like this Even just that fact was a miracle

Lux decided to believe in that miracle

「There isn’t any need to ask that at this point After all everyone here believe and idolize Lux-saht be a little different in your case though……」

Rosa looked up at Lux with passionate and intoxicated gaze Soffice retorted beside her

Luxabout the lastthe power of everyone here and saved the world

Part 18

Inside the scenery that was starting to snow hard, a single Drag-Ride was advancing slowly through the Ancient Forest

After confir that this war had been settled, three people started

There was one person each on both shoulders of the four legged Drag-Ride Drake They were traveling in such way

「Fuu…… It’s freezing as expected Even though I’ this stupidly expensive fur coat」

「Then, please wait quietly in the hideout」

「Sorry, I’ive you trouble」

「That’s not what I mean It doesn’t ialcsa the Drake that he was equipping let out a sigh with expression that had resignation ialca learned froo that the battle had ended She then asked her aide Lolotte that he wanted to ascertain this battle with her own eyes

Of course, because Magialca couldn’t equip Drag-Ride with her current state, she came here really just to watch, but with histhat Lolotte put several times more effort than usual to stop her

Even so, Lolotte was unable to refuse her because he was greatly in the debt to her histhe style of the strong eating the weak purchased Lolotte as the son of parents who failed in their business and co cruel to Lolotte and only developed his strong point and granted hiialca also supported several other young men with childish look that was to her preference, but they were people who she saved from misfortune due to various circumstances And she also didn’t force theratitude to them

She was frank, whih Lolotte loved his master as like that more than anyone, but exactly because of that he didn’t want to deliberately send her to a battlefield

It was unknohether Magialca knew that feeling of Lolotte but, with a suggestive s to hi」

「Me, telling hi on the left shoulder of the Drake that Lolotte was piloting tilted her head with a puzzled sth and collapsed until now, but when Magialca invited her before she departed, she readily consented acco about co was a htly curious about her reaction

「Let’s see I believe that what the aide-san is saying is quite right」

「Eh……!?」

「What?」

Yoruka’s answer that was said sialca to open their eyes wide in surprise

They never even iuht that she would answer she had no hesitation at all to brave any danger if it was for the sake of acco her lord’s objective

「Is this perhaps, a hu inside of her thanks to Lux……?」

「Yes I’m surprised……」

「Or perhaps, it’s an after-effect froainst Auto a proper state horrible things but──, Yoruka herself only treated their conversation as a rando toward danger at this kind of tihtly denied Lolotte’s agreeing re that it doesn’t ialcsama to be safe──」

「That’s also not it」

Yoruka kept sporting a refreshi+ng s Lolotte’s stateave her answer before she was asked

「Those two answers should be one It’s our duty to protect our lord’s safety, but granting them their wish is also our duty It’ll be to my satisfaction if I’m used for that」

「So this is what people called to fall in love is to lose Hahaha, you’re really easy to understand」

「…………」

Seeing Magialca agreeing with an indecent sht

It was just exactly like Yoruka and Magialca said

It wasn’t because of obligation like contract To be devoted to one’s lord was so like that

In the first place, people tended to think of Magialca as an eccentric character frolance, but she was a woman who liked rational decision

Surely she had her reason to personally come this far when she couldn’t even ht It was then,

「──Yoruksan!? There is Abyss’s response!」

「I understand」

Lolotte saw the radar’s reaction and raised his voice

He didn’t even need to ask Yoruka as riding on the Drake’s left shoulder, she juround and deployed her Divine Drag-Ride

Although the battle on the whole had ended, this Ancient Forest had been turned into battlefield

It wouldn’t be strange for some Abyss to appear here

However──

「……Why, is she here?」

Lolotte was speechless when he saw the shadow that appeared ahead of his gaze

A figure wearing an extravagant dress with a part of her front hair changing into silver color

Sacred Eclipse──Queen Raffi was there

Part 19

On the other hand, at the ca use of the site of the destroyed Shelter, Lux was finishi+ng their preparatory ested was to seize the Center as expected

He along with Aeril and Lisha would enter inside the Center and used the recording medium they obtained in the Garden to activate the artificial intelligence of Arshalia

On top of that they would search for Uroboros’s weak point with the objective of stopping it fro aside Queen Raffi who is losing her ego, it’s unexpected that Fugil would leave this place so easily」

Airi wearing a pilot suit h setting the Grand Force in the Garden was an indispensable require it in that way certainly felt too careless

But, Lux soot an idea about the reason of it

Not only the Autoil wanted Lux and Raffi to fight till the end

Fugil’s objective in the end was to watch over where the path that hue the fact that right now is the chance of a lifetime Even those who has recover somewhat so they can move their body need to take part」

Celis too also continued the talk like that

The roup that would head to the Center consisted of Lux, Lisha, Celis, Philuffy, and Aeril

The re members would be entrusted tothe lead

In addition, Soffice and Rosa, and also Alma, Airi, and the Triad had recovered until the point where they could barely handle using Drag-Ride, but they couldn’t really be counted as fighting strength

The members whose names weren’t mentioned were naturally would stay behind under the protection of the latter group

Because of that the ability to detect the ene open a path would be indispensable

「Then, we’re going I’ll leave this place to you, Alma」

「Yes Be careful, Onee-saed a short talk, Lux and others departed toward the Center

But, when Airi who remained behind operated her Drake and checked the radar, she spontaneously gasped in shock

『This is……, Abysses are appearing around us Be careful, Nii-san──!』

『……-!?』

『What is theof this? The Abysses in this area had been absorbed by the Sacred Eclipse hadn’t it?』

Tension ran through the group of Lux and others after receiving the Dragon Voice from Airi

『No, if they were absorbed, then it should be possible for Sacred Eclipse to give birth to them back Most likely the Sacred Eclipse carefully selected several Abysses with ability that suited this situation and created the what Aeril pointed out

He wondered whether it would be alright to leave the other group like this

『Lux-chi, you go ahead! The enemy’s nuht after Tllfur cut in and urged hiht her breath

『That’s, impossible!』

『──How, can this be!』

Both Sharis and Noct leaked out stiff voice

Raffi appeared in the caroup headed to the Center

「Don’t tell me, the main body’s clone!? It was already created?」

Alirl saze

Part 20

「Raffi I don’t think it’s possible but don’t tell o?」

「…………」

The e tree where the Center was sleeping underground didn’t answer

But, she was already witnessing the girl’s plan just no she stretched out root made from flesh froetting rid of Lux’s group that was heading here with certainty and carried it out

「I see So this ? Then, I’ll have to ascertain it withon her role to observe this battle just like Fugil ordered her to

This was the last trap that was set up by Raffi’s reone

Would Lux be able to slip through it?

This was the last exchange of tactic where his qualification as king was questioned

Part 21

Lux, Lisha, Philuffy, Celis, and Aeril, the five of theon Voice that was sent by the Triad at the rear and felt shakened

「Lux-kun This is bad! If we don’t return quickly, Airi-chan will── Queen Raffi ca Zahhak urged Lux like that in panic

Lux too was driven with the i with effort

『Airi, where did that Queen Raffi co that, give us the instruction to deal──』

Lux im her cool

『That’s why, I’ this to deal with the situation If she came from the north then ill turn back If she came from the south, remember that the Drake’s radar didn’t detect her before this』

『……!?』

Hearing Lux’s voice, Airi recovered her composure

Several seconds later, she understood the intention of Lux who saw through Raffi’s plan

『Nii-san It’s alright We──』

『Thank you Be careful』

They only exchanged those words, then Lux cut off the Dragon Voice coht!? If we don’t head to save the little sister and others──」

Lisha asked in panic, in respond Lux nodded briefly

「Yes The queen who headed to the Shelter’s site is──an i like that」

At the ca members were on standby

Sharis ore EX Wyvern and stood vigilant toward the surrounding spontaneously groaned hearing Airi’s instruction

The Raffi they caught sight just now immediately retreated and into the forest

But, her reaction was still showing in the radar

It was hard to see her with their naked eyes, but Raffi wasn’t far away from them

However

「An impostor……Shadow, she used an Abyss with mimicry ability, is it? I understand」

Noct as also wearing EX Drake also pondered Airi’s words and understood it

Queen Raffi just noas an ih At present there are several Abysses attacking over here after all!」

「Me too! Just what in the world is going on!? How can you assert that Sacred Eclipse is an ihed in exasperation at them

「It’s the problem of the direction where the Sacred Eclipse just now appeared froroup headed north fro from the north until now」

In Airi’s place, Soffice asn’t wearing Drag-Ride and resting spoke her answer inon the Centeer That means──if it came from the north, then there was a possibility that the radar detection until noould suddenly notify us of her existence」

Airi also nodded at Rosa’s explanation

「The enemy came from the south── In other words, she came from behind us That means she purposefully took a detour so that ouldn’t detect her approach She purposefully did such thing because she had a reason that she didn’t want to get found until she was right before us」

「She want to confuse us and divide the co to the Center Sacred Eclipse──Raffi’s tactic is so like that」

Mel concluded like that at the end Then frorade Abysses started to appear bit by bit and advanced here

「But, Raffi already lost her ego right? Does she still have enough reence to carry out such plan?」

「Perhaps, it’s so like an instinct Her majesty should be conscious of Lux-kun by quiet a lot」

Krulcifer responded like that to Greyfer’s mur the bud of the country’s rebellion ele

The resolve as a statesman that didn’t care about theher plan with her o was taken over by Sacred Eclipse, her rational thought had been perreed with Krulcifer’s conjecture, anyone would be able to iine what lied ahead of this, but no one could say it out loud

If Raffi still had the instinct that could for other plan too?

And then, perhaps she had also prepared it? The clones of Sacred Eclipse that shouldn’t be able to be created by a lot

Just now Lux declared that 『no great danger was approaching Airi’s group』

However if in the worst case, Raffi’s following plan was attacking them, then this time the members here wouldn’t be able to avoid a certain annihilation wouldn’t it?

Everyone sensed that but they stayed quiet withoutit

Gradually, the shadows of Abysses at the surrounding were approaching Theyscared

Part 23

Lux’s group headed to the Center in a straight line

「…………」

Lux, Lisha, Celis, Philuffy, and Aeril too──no one was saying even a word

They understood that the next tiainst Raffi would begin

「Hahue……」

A word toward Raffi naturally slipped out from Lisha and she faltered with her words

The Sacred Eclipse was already starting to ra that responsibility more than anyone else

「Lishsama I have no intention to make you shoulder this by yourself I and also everyone are with you」

Lux flew right beside the princess as shi+vering in fear while giving her a push on the back with his words

「……Yeah, thank you」

Those were just some causal words but, it was a ht now

「Just a bit more It’s just around 100 ml until we coround!」

When Aeril told everyone that, they braced themselves

They knew that there was reaction of Abyss at this direction, but there wasn’t any user of special equipht now So they couldn’t grasp the situation

Before long they would get out of the dense forest

They could only grasp the situation the instant they could see clearly and moved into action from there

「The forest will end soon, prepare yourself!」

Everyone nodded at Lisha’s words and strengthened their vigilance, right after that

「──!?」

An abnorht that bleay their resolve until now leaped into their sight

Soround of the site of cru her with a Sword Device was Fugil Arcadia

Everyone’s thought stopped for a few il just like how he killed the Lord Listelka?

Should they help her?

The instant their decided action’s objective was shaken and they entered a confused state

A rustling sound came from the bush behind them

「──!? That’s a fake! Be careful at behind us!」

The sah before this, this was the Abyss called Shadow that had the ability to mimic human

That Abyss was created and positioned beforehand to create a copy of Fugil and Raffi theht before theh to prove that, a young Raffi wearing dress appeared from behind

She sported a faint s at Lux like a sword Lux reflexively swung his great sword in that narok Sacred Eclipse possessed a terrifying endurance

Lux swung an attack filled with the strength to go through that But the opponent’s torso was easily bisected that Lux got bewildered instead

「To think that you will get tricked that easily Even a figurehead queen like

The Raffi that appeared froil was also an iround was the real one

Because he noticed that his focus was concentrated to the main body of Sacred Eclipse Because of that he fell into a trap

Her shisper invaded his brain His consciousness was di, archdemon Iblis’s rasped the situation

Raffi acted the strange situation not for tricking and taking Lux’s group by surprise, but to attract their attention

What waited after that was the power of Ragnarok that perforh the five senses

The ability of the strongest Sacred Eclipse was the control of the strength of all seven Ragnarok

(The ego of Queen Raffi is returning Don’t tell ht Lux」

A sweet and kind voice, Raffi’s whisper invaded into the brain and led hirated their consciousness, and ra state

But, it was Raffi’s act to

「I’ll have you return her I can’t entrust hter, Lisha to you」

A poisonous dark smile appeared on the face of blood soaked Raffi as standing up

Lisha was a person who understood her, her daughter that was her reason of living

Raffi who noticed that her daughter was taken away froer

Or perhaps it was the emotion called love

「damn, it……it’s already」

The minds of Aeril, Celis, and also Lisha were polluted Their consciousness was getting distant

Philuffy was the only one resisting that attack

「How unexpected── You are the only one on guard fro attention to me and closed your eyes beforehand Is your ear also not listening? Is that too a power of Abyss?」

「It already vanished, queen-sama The Abyss inside thening that Philuffy obtained fro the power to control her own flesh body, she controlled the seed of Ragnarok that fused with a part of her body and dissolved it

Therefore, the current Philuffy couldn’t do Abyss transforth that she possessed wasn’t lost

「Is that so You too were also placed in a harsh destiny But, in the end you were someone ere saved You aren’t like me, someone asn’t saved」

「You too, were saved You only didn’t notice and ran away」

「…………」

Philuffy wasn’t shaken even against Raffi’s provocation and replied right away

In order to escape from Iblis’s mental pollution, Philuffy consciously controlled her body and closed her sense of hearing and sht until the necessary minimum and watched Raffi’s lips only to coht that you would be able to understandexcept shouldering your sin by yourself──」

The irl in dress was sloalking near

Philuffy aze to Raffi’s shadow, predicted her h the wall of air and skated with explosive speed

She fired Howling Roar before started running to hold Raffi back

She fired Pile Anchor froht after that toward Raffi

──But, in that instant, Raffi’s figure vanished frohtly in surprise, Raffi was circling to her back

Not toward Philuffy’s back, but to Lux as standing still at the rear

Instant teleportation that leaped through space

Using the ability of Ragnarok, Deus ex Machina, Raffi switched from defense to offense

「……-!?」

「It’s enviable isn’t it A hero like hi brother I──can’t beco this country except by transfor this body into linted and swung her hand like a sword She ai down to lop his head off

Right before that, Philuffy fired Pile Anchor from her elbow

「──I see, so you plan to stop me or move Lux away? But, it’s too slow」

「……-!」

Because Philuffy herself ran forith all her pohen she fired her wire to behind, the distance was getting farther away as much as she moved and it wouldn’t reach

Therefore, Raffi said that even if she got hit by Philuffy’s attack, she would prioritize killing Lux even then

「Lu, chan……!」

At that time when Philuffy raised a sorrowful voice, Raffi’s hand ung down

She tried to reap Lux’s life with the body of Ragnarok that would tear apart even mithryldite armor easily In that instant

Zari……!

Raffi’s sword hand tore apart only Bahamut’s barrier and slashed erazed the neck and Lux dodged the attack by shi+fting his body

「──Uu!」

「HAAAAAAH!」

The hollow expression vanished and Lux’s eyes snapped wide open He twisted his Drag-Ride to half rotate while landing a horizontal slash on Raffi’s back with his great sword

Hit by a force that would sever the average Abyss or arh several trees

「Haa, haa……! Thank you, Phi-chan!」

「I’ed to narrowly escaped death when there was only less than a second left

Red blood tricked slowly from the skin of his scratched neck

「U, I, am……」

「What, happened……」

「I, what in the world──」

Celis, Lisha, and then Aeril aking up from the influence of theHowl that looked like it was to hold me back was actually to cut off the sound from me In order to release the other people from the mental pollution」

Raffi who noticed the intention of Philuffy’s action spoke out from the other side of the dense trees

In other words the trick was soainst Iblis, if someone received Baptism, they would be able to resist the ree

And so, Raffitheht, touch, smell that she emitted

The ih the five senses was severed by the sonic wave of Howling Roar

Because of that, Lux and others who had received Baptism were able to recover their consciousness

(However, that was dangerous If I was late just for an instant, I would have died……!)

He once more keenly felt the dreadfulness of a co from Listelka’s words, there was no one as able to defeat Sacred Eclipse at this state

But, if they didn’t defeat it, the reet killed

Including Lux’s co

He could only exert all his strength

「──fu」

Raffi in her young girl forh the deter To believe that you can opposethe ability of Iblis alone」

A pair of wings clad in fla only her body and fired feathers of flanarok Phoenix!」

Aeril muttered, at the same time flame arrows poured down like a heavy rain

The feathers that were burning using special oil wouldn’t vanish even if they were fired into armor

If their flesh body was stabbed then that would be a serious affair

In addition it also became a barrier for Raffi herself It would be extremely hard for them to switch into offense

「Hahue──please stop! You are being controlled by Sacred Eclipse!」

Her stepdaughter Lisha dodged the attack while speaking to persuade Raffi

But, Raffi was curt toward that

She only turned her red eyes that were clouded black toward Lisha

「Lisha, it’s you who are being tricked By Lux Arcadia who is turning his blade toward the New Kingdom There is no way I can entrust you to hiuide you as a princess」

「……-!」

Lisha’s expression twisted froht

While the rain of fire feathers that were pouring endlessly were obstructing al frole point

「──Divine Gate!」

The Divine Rai was deployed She teleported instantly behind Raffi

But, it sees that were clad in flame blocked Celis and attacked her

「I have also predicted that you will counterattack like that」

Celis lunged using Lightning Lance in Godspeed after seeing Raffi’s counterattacking s She intentionally didn’t neutralize that attack by twisting her body and stabbed the tip of the assault spear into Raffi’s back

「──Gi, AAAaAa!」

Raffi whose back was stabbed writhed in agony The flas were erased

The super reaction speed that Celis obtained from Baptism

Raffi was hit fully by her attack, but Celis who landed the attack was receiving shock inside her heart

(──Lightning Flash, doesn’t pierce through!)

She almost irl, but her flesh was abnormally hard Let alone a nornarok

The feedback was like she just hit several hundred Abysses that were compressed into one

She aih the skin before stopping

(But, if it’s nohen she is fully hit by the electricity!)

Whether they were living organism or machine, their movement could be temporarily sealed with this attack

Then there was no doubt that right noas a good chance

Thinking that Celis tried to land evenattack But in that instant──!

「Celis! Get away frohtning Lance that stabbed Raffi was freezing

She was covered with arnarok Fenrir the hter of the four great nobles」

With a fierce glare Raffi for her arm behind

Just with that, Celis’s barrier was penetrated and a part of her armor was broken She was bloay

「Uh, ah……!」

「Celis-senpai!」

Raffi’s counterattack was soht that was done hastily, but it was filled with the power of a preposterous mass

It wasn’t far different fronarok

──No, her power easily surpassed that

Lux considered saving Celis as sent flying in the air, but Aeril beside him stopped him

「Lux-kun! There isn’t any tiainst that Sacred Eclipse, we’ll be killed in turn!」

「……!」

Lux was feeling that danger on his skin even without Aeril telling hi froreat sword frohtly

「Wh!?」

A thick spherical ar Fenrir’s ability froze the surface of the great sword just fro-Ride touched it directly, his whole body would be frozen completely in just several seconds

It was a power that e attack!」

「I get it!」

But, the formation of ice armor was the proof that her ed that and fired a boure was erased the moment it hit

「First is you, Lord Zahhak’s Divine Raietfulness is troublesome after all Before you use it──I’ll finish you off」

「Tsu……!?」

Aeril as approached by Raffi i behind

The Breath Whip that she had was a e weapon, so it was hard for her to immediately counterattack, that hy she retreated but──

That too ithin Raffi’s expectation

「──Yggdrasil」

Several sharp plant roots extended out like spear from the tip of Raffi’s hand toward Aeril

Aeril couldn’t co direction and she becau……!?」

She twisted her flank at the last second and avoided getting pierced through, but her hands and legs were pierced

It already becaht just from the intense pain

「Aeril!」

「Lux-kun, now……!」

Aeril gasped in pain, at the same time she dispelled Zahhak’s armor

「────」

Instantly, Lux as in a distance attacked Raffi fiercely with a speed that the eye couldn’t follow

「──Reload on Fire? Since when…… I see」

It was painful that Aeril got defeated, but Lux so his Divine Rai Zahhak’s Divine Rainated et, until now Raffi washis Divine Raio

The current Raffi wasn’t on her guard against receiving attack froo of that opening He accelerated and End Action was driven into her body

──DO-! DODODODODODO!

The consecutive sure kill slashes that didn’t pause even for an instant were attacking with a speed that eye couldn’t follow

Raffi had the power of endless regeneration fro as she had life force re, she would recover fully in just several seconds To s body, he could only cut her with speed and destructive power that surpassed that recovery ability

He planned it beforehand with Aeril using Dragon Voice and chose this tea into consideration the possibility of their defeat

「──HAAaAAAH……!」

And then, the current Lux was co Baptism and it became possible to use his Divine Raiment and secret technique at the sah Raffi’s unbelievably hard skin, tore her apart, and sht of so with the appearance of huaze froaze I have to back up Lux! I can feel the pain later!)

Lux’s consecutive slashes that attacked like a heavy rain had numbered more than several hundred just in a few seconds, but the moment it ended would soon arrive

In the case that Sacred Eclipse’s core couldn’t be destroyed even then, she could only finish her off using the combo of Suppressor and Seven Heads

Lisha took a stance to await for the chance

Philuffy also skated in her Typhon behind Lux in preparation to back him up

And then, the tip of Chaos brand that Lux wielded finally exposed the core of Sacred Eclipse

The super accelerated ti, but Raffi was still breathing

「……Lu, x……help」

Raffi’s flesh was torn up and her body was in tatter Her faint voice could be heard, but Lux gritted his teeth and resolved himself

He couldn’t be carried away by his e into a different existence from Raffi

If she wasn’t defeated here, they wouldn’t be able to win the next tireat sword heartlessly

He had resolved hio There was no hesitation in hi in mind of any kind of counterattack

While Raffi was receiving attack continuously like this, she should also be unable to use the attack reflection of Ragnarok Metatron

But,

(──And yet, what is this feeling……?)

The hands of Lux that were piloting Bahah it was through his Drag-Ride, he got the feeling that he was cutting apart a flesh body with his own hand

The dress burst open Raffi’s body that was torn apart under it was blackening like a Nocturnal

The two eyes that glinted red wereLux

「In the end──you won’t savebenefit for yourself」

Raffi’s ht resounded directly in his brain

Even so Lux didn’t stop his hand, he should continue slashi+ng his sword until the th, until the core was destroyed

「──It was splendid, Lux」

「……-!?」

Suddenly Raffi whose whole body was dyed jet black looked at Lux and smiled

When he noticed, the attacks of End Action were dodged and the tip of his great sas slashi+ng eh he didn’t take off his eyes from her even for an instant, how?

「You didn’t hold back even for a bit In order to not let Lisha take the role of defeating me And then, in order to obtain this country, you resolved yourself to defeat me who fused with Sacred Eclipse and didn’t hesitate」

The voice of Raffi as right near hiht after that, the thin aru-!

「Gah……!?」

Lux wasn’t quick enough to dodge and Raffi’s fist hit directly

The reinforced barrier was easily broken through like paper Bahale attack

「How can, this be!」

On the other hand, Aeril whose arhly understood the battle situation and what happened to Lux

What ht as inarok abilities

Raffi continued recovering using Poseidon’s infinite regeneration while strengthening her body bit by bit using Yggdrasil’s adaption strengthening ability

At the end, she used Iblis’s reat blade that was cutting her Originally the effect was faint toward Lux as focused and possessed the resistance frohout several seconds, the number would compensate for the thin effect

Of course, because Raffi couldn’t concentrate to that ability, it took time, but Lux certainly lost focus for a e

「Lux-kun, get a hold of yourself……! If you’re defeated, then──」

Aeril ran on the snowy forest ground with a desperate look toward Lux

But, Baha Lux

「──! Suppressor!」

Lisha aiting for a chance instantly activated Tia she intended to follow after Lux’s attack ended, but Raffi easily walked through the gravity field while receiving pressure that would have crushed norht away

「What? Impossible!?」

Raffi whose whole body was blackened was s peacefully

And then, she fixed her airavity field

「──AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!」

The ground that she kicked was s in round shape

Even under the pressure of several fold gravity, she closed in to Lisha as hovering in the air with great speed

But, the instant she slipped through that gravity field, the tip of wire that looked like snake jaw snapped at Raffi’s back

Philuffy who had rallied herself and lurked inside the forest moved into support

「Pile Anchor」

Raffi was pulled to below by the overwhel-Ride

The instant Lisha thought that, so around Raffi in high speed got pulled up by her instead toward the sky

Gun-! The frame of Typhon that boasted really heavy mass was pulled up to the air

When the distance with Philuffy as reeled in by the wire shortened, Raffi raised up her fist

「──Stop, Hahue!」

When Lisha yelled, the attack was already finished

「──!?」

Philuffy as reeled up to the air with brute force was struck down to the ground with one attack

Finally Lisha becaht at the present

She co theentle

She talked toward Lisha as though to chide her gently

「Lisha, I will forgive everything About how you got tricked by Lux Even I had experienced getting deceived by Waybra I understand your feeling well」

「…………」

Was her awareness of hu, or perhaps her side as aLisha? It was unknohich was the case but, anyway right now Raffi who should have lost her ego wasup a conversation

「Hahue──why are you doing so people in your ith no question asked Is that really the for for!?」

Raffi didn’t answer Lisha’s pained yell

She only kept s

「You swore to protect the New Kingdoether with me You understood me eak, lonely, and suffered more than anyone and stayed at my side You idolized me who couldn’t have a child of , like the snow piling up on this Ancient Forest

Raffi put her feeling at the end of her words and stared at Lisha

「I was happy I was reassured With you becohter, my whole self was saved Exactly because of that, I was scared that I can’t protect you The Sacred Eclipse choosing to reside in this body must be a miracle from that」

「Don’t tell me, Hahue you──」

「Yes, more than the fear of , I wasthe path where I can aiot rid of those who opposedwhat they have, the fear failure, they fear risking danger, they persecute and tordom that I aimed for That hy──」

Her crimson eyes turned toward Lisha and Raffi continued

「──For my sake, and also for your sake, all enemies in our way has to be destroyed And then I will erase the people’s memory Like that, I and you will be able to becodo from us anymore」

「Hahue……」

Lisha’s face turned darkly depressed seeing the expression of Raffi talking in exaltation

──She was sad

Because Lisha as in a position that was siree

If, Lux didn’t appear in front of Lisha

If, it became exposed how she turned traitor to the Old Empire

If she was unable to overturn that fate due to her powerlessness

She o of the worth of her life that she was finally able to obtain

Shepower like Sacred Eclipse

「If it’s you, you must have realized already that it’s impossible to defeat me aren’t you?」

Raffi intentionally received Lux’s attacks on her body to strengthen her body to the lidrasil’s ability

She was already in the level that the opposition of Tiamat alone already wouldn’t amount for eously low

「Lisha, if you throay your sword and surrender, if you don’t get in my way until the next world revision succeed, I will overlook everyone in this place You understand which is the correct decision for a princess who protect a country don’t you?」

「I──」

The more Lisha obtained the self-awareness as a princess of New Kingdo the syste how the syste over so sometimes

But──,

「Hahue, I am your ally until the end」

Raffi took Lisha’s words as declaration of surrender and her sion from all directions at the next moment made her eyes snapped wide open

Gaun-!

The projectile weapons attacked Raffi, but the body that was strengthened by Yggdrasil wasn’t scratched or shaken at all

But, she realized the truth that she was being opposed and shadow fell on her eyes

「Did you mistake your control? Or else, did I mishear your words just now?」

「Both aren’t the case Hahue, I exchanged an oath with you! That when one of , point it out, and stop it! I won’t──betray you! I swear I will stop you!」

Lisha activated Suppressor in full power once htly

Seeing that, Lux recovered his strength and stood up

「Lux-kun, it’s impossible Don’t be reckless!」

「It’s not reckless…… If I don’t go I have to, protect Lishsaerous situation

And yet, just froth elling up inside

It was different from when he was unable to tell her the truth and did a solitude fight

Right now, there was so Lux’s will

There was soether on the sa up just frorasped his Sword Device once

He could stillthat many attacks on Sacred Eclipse wasn’t pointless

No drasil’s unlieneration, the energy contained inside that body was liether with Celis, Philuffy, Aeril, and Lisha

The five of the the enemy wasn’t pointless

That hy, Lux pushed aside Aeril as holding hiht I can still go on, with my oill」

Once more he compressed his concentration with the ability he obtained fro strength

Even if he th of his whole body and spirit, one more attack was his li that attack

He was convinced that if it was hiht noould be able to do it

He surasped his Sword Device

Using tuning──he tried to activate Over Li-Ride liht noas insufficient

But, a sion!」

「Are you still going to struggle pointlessly? I’ tiion that Lisha fired were punched and destroyed by Raffi with her bare hand

All attack already wouldn’t work to Raffi as strengthened to the extreme li you, it’s already less Lisha Your attack won’t work Be obedient for a whi──!?」

A doubt for toward Lisha

Lisha didn’t pressure her with gravity, she applied Suppressor to nullify the surrounding gravity

In her state that was already inthat she could touch

Even so, there was no color of fear in Raffi’s face

「Do you intend to seal ainst the current Hahue」

Lisha grinned fearlessly and pointed Seven Heads’ muzzle toward Raffi

With her stamina, this would be her last attack She would fire it in full power

「But, on’t lose! I’ll leave the rest to you, Lux!」

「……Fuh, even if you do soure vanished and instantly appeared behind Lisha

With Raffi’s endurance, she would only get scratched even if she was hit directly, but if she was hit by the boravity area, then she would be blown far away to behind

Not wanting that, she immediately used teleportation and escaped the influence of the zero gravity, but

For an instant, Raffi who should have becoest i intent

「──!?」

Even further behind Raff who -Ride there that she didn’t notice before

A girl assassin with glossy black hair and bottoirl as heavily wounded in the battle against Automata had returned and came until this far

「──Kirihiirl as the user of special equip-Ride Yato no Kaht that was ht

No, strictly speaking she was able to use Yato no Kami’s internal mechanism called Karafuht, but if she did that then Raffi should have detected it without fail due to the tiht

「Don’t tell me──」

「Yes It’s exactly like what you think」

In an instant that didn’t take even one second, Raffi felt like she heard Yoruka’s words

The Suppressor from Lisha just noas a follow up after she detected Yoruka’s htened to the lile leap Yato no Kaht where Raffi was at

And then in order to block Raffi’s sight and hide Yoruka’s presence with a thunderous sound, Lisha poured her reekiInstant Strike」

A slahs of Yato no Kami attacked toward Sacred Eclipse’s core from behind

Yoruka’s unique sure kill sword technique that was unleashed at the moment the opponent’s focus was cut off

But, Raffi whose whole body was already hardened to the very li hit with a perfect attack, she was guaranteed to be unharmed

「How many times I have to say it before you understand? No athered, the power of Sacred Eclipse is──unbeatable!」

Right after she was hit, Raffi extended both her arht in counterattack

The sidrasil’s roots were directed toward Lisha and Yoruka

「──!?」

Yggdrasils’s roots bended like whip and dealt a precise blow on the Force Core installed inside the shoulder of the Drag-Ride they wore

Right after that, the power output of the Divine Drag-Ride of the two decreased and they began to descend, at that tiround of the shrine site that was thinly covered with snow, there Raffi noticed an existence fixing his ai man who Raffi should have defeated and put into a state that was unable to fight just noearing Baha to the sky

「Why……?」

Even though she had definitely broke his willpower, even though she had overcoh she obtained Sacred Eclipse that would destroy the world and Fugil as her ally

「Ho are you able to stand up? How can you still oppose ue

But, in that instant when Lisha and Yoruka were starting to freefall froht

「──HAAAAAAAhAAH!」

ZAGUN-! An i cleaved cahness that could endure even the super accelerated Baha Over Limit, was easily destroyed with one attack

「──GU, UuUU!?」

Right after that, Raffi regained her senses

With the eyes of Ragnarok, she was able to ascertain Lux’s action

What the Reload on Fire that Lux activated with Over Lithened until h it was the same acceleration, unlike before, it was Bahathened explosively

Furthermore its limiter was removed by Over Lithened by Baptism, he wouldn’t be able to endure the burden

Therefore, the power of this attack was in different dimension from the consecutive attacks until now that only had its time accelerated

It wasn’t the flow of time that was accelerated, it was Lux and Bahamut themselves that were accelerated by several tens of ti until many times over in proportion with the speed

That──surpassed the endurance of Raffi ent through body strengthening using Yggdrasil’s ability

(No way, no way such thing is……)

She couldn’t possibly think that Lux’s plan reached this far

She also couldn’t think that he had the leeway to do this after she dealt an injury that heavy to him already

But, the super consecutive attacks from End Action and time acceleration that he unleashed at Raffi

If even that attack, was Lux’s scenario than──

「Aa……!」

High in the sky where Raffi was looking up to, a jet black Divine Drag-Ride was dancing

『The Black Hero』

Sacred Eclipse was send that destroyed the Old E that showed her a joyful dreahty miracle that could remake the world, was destroyed by human’s hand

「No hy…… Why──」

There was no one to catch her as falling from the sky to earth

But, the impact of her fall was scattered by the snow Raffi whose body was starting to break was faintly covered by the falling snow

As though to cover the sin of her wicked human heart

Part 24

「Tsu……!」

On the other hand, Lux who defeated Raffi with just a single super propelled slash of great sword by transfor also found his whole body in tatter

The burden pressure and high heat froh the sound barrier, the recoil fro-Ride’s possible movement limit The consumption of stamina

All those recklessness beca fierce dae to Lux’s body

It was fortunate that Chaos Brand didn’t break, but he was already unable to wear Drag-Ride

However, a satisfied smile formed on Lux’s lips

Sacred Eclipse──Raffi couldn’t be defeated by himself alone

The one who allowed Lux’s Bahamut to enter Over Li was the power of Spell Code fro just now

And then, Lisha worked together with Lisha who specialized in fighting alone to lure Raffi’s attention away from him

It was also thanks to Aeril, Celis, and Philufyf who bought time for him

They wouldn’t be able to win if all of theth couldn’t even protect himself anymore

However──

「Lux!」

「Lu-chan」

First Celis who so theain

At the end Philuffy caught each of their Divine Drag-Ride

「Haa……」

Aeril who saw that let out a relieved sigh and collapsed

Right after that, Celis and Philuffy’s Drag-Rides were also dispelled

Even though this hts were present, not one of the

It told the story of just how fierce the deathly battle against Sacred Eclipse was

「Thank you, very much…… Celis, senpai, Phi……chan」

「There is no need for any thanks More importantly, rest for now」

Celis held up Lux in her ar so Beside her, Lisha as si

She headed toward the spot where Raffi whose core was broken just now crased to

「Lisha……! Where are you going!?」

「I……have to ascertain it with hter, I have to see Hahue──」

「Tsu……!?」

Hearing Lisha’s words, Lux also tried to stand up to accoth into his feet to walk

When he struggled, Philuffy wordlessly lent her shoulder to Lux

「……Uh!」

「Lisha……! Get a hold of yourself!」

For a aze, but when Lisha alking ahead almost fell, she hurriedly headed toward her and lent her a shoulder

And then the four of thedom that they should protect

The woman as a victi on! Please hang in there!」

Raffi’s eyes already couldn’t see anything

Heat was rapidly getting taken away from her body that had lost her other half the Sacred Eclipse

She beca wasinto the darkness, Raffi heard Lisha’s voice

「Hahue!」

(Aa……)

No one would see her worth She was used and betrayed

She existed only to extol solory and succeeded that person’s shadow

Within Raffi’s tragic fate, herwith Lisha was her only salvation

「So you’re, safe I’ that naturally cahter didn’t die, that she didn’t end up inseparated from Sacred Eclipse and its influence to her mind, Raffi could think so froht I, don’t have the qualification to be called as youron my oill for a while even after Sacred Eclipse possessed s I done by irl fors like qualification, doesn’t matter! I si and became my support!」

「……Is that, so You’re really, kind」

Raffi kept her eyes closed while letting out tears hearing Lisha’s sorrowful yell

She thought that she would be unhappy forever if she didn’t stand at the side of those who rule

However, so after her even now that she had lost all her strength She was happy

「If it’s you then, I can entrust everything to you…… Please be happy, with Lux, and the people who you trust…… Lisha, I love you For becohter, I──」

「Yes……, Hahue」

Lisha answered and then she looked down to hide the tears trickling on her cheeks

Right after that, Raffi became black ashes and vanished