Vol 8 Chapter 3 (1/2)
Chapter 3 - Peace Talks
”So, they been sighted at Kan'etsu?”
In the parking lot area, Magnolia who came to search for 35th Test Platoon held cocoa in one hand and a ainst her ear
The person she spoke as her subordinate froe of the checkpoint on the Kan'etsu express road
《”Yes It's the sahted at old fukushi+ma”》
”And the checkpoints on the civilian roads?”
《”We have set them at various locations, but as expected we're understaffed We're in the middle of a war so lack of manpower can't be helped Also, the info from EXE's search unit hasn't come yet We can hardly move because of snow”》
”Well, it can't be helped Mass produced 『Guillotine』 isn't really suited for searching as it is now”
Magnolia said with a shrug
《”um, by the way Vice Captain, do you knohy is that bunch heading north?”》
””
《”The north is strongly scarred by the previous war, and there's Sanctuary scattered all over it Therefore, there aresouth would be best course of action for them”》
”Hey, you Since when did I allow you ask me questions?”
When she suddenly increased pressure in her voice, the EXE asped
”The only reason you were enlisted as EXE, 'cause we needed contractors for 『Guillotine』 Little shi+ts like you with no ability shouldn' get full of themselves I hate opportunistic bastards like you”
《”—— ”》
Before the subordinate could finish his apologies, Magnolia ended the call
She threw the mobile into the car
”Ahh dammit Maybe I promised too uy like Kurogane is better this ain't a job for me”
While Magnolia's legs trely, she slurped the cocoa
That's when, a single woiant have co
The wo, and her face was cos She held soft-serve ice cream in both her hands
”Mag-san as you said sweets I bought some”
Standing on the snoas a woh to melt away
The giant stood in silence beside her
Magnolia placed the cocoa on top of the car and stared towards the wo her body
”Yer late——hey why is it purple sweet potato cream!”
”soft creaionalfufu, fufufufufu”
”Consider the dah about!”
No matter how nolia Reluctantly receiving it, Magnolia started devouring the soft crea
”daet into action too?”
””
The giant stared at Magnolia
He didn't say a single word nor has even nodded, but Magnolia who knew hi time took it as a 'yes'
Those tere EXE nolia
The woiant didn't have a last name, and was called 'Gou'
”by the way those children did you find them?”
”Muys are useless Well, still, there are checkpoints on the better developed roads and they ain't goin' to move fast on minor roads”
After Magnolia said that while eating, for soerou has started to tremble
”That'st-thenchildren positionis stillunknown?”
”Well, still, 's fine We'll know soon eno——”
”What to do——what to do what to do what to do what to do what to do what to do what to do what to do!”
Kagerou suddenly got upset and with both hands, she covered her face hidden behind long bangs
Noticing the anonolia made a tired expression
”That's no goodat this rateSougetsu-sama ill hate mewe need to hurry and find the childreni-if we don't tear them apartI'll be scolded!”
”our h”
”E-even though I t-thought t-t-this tiood wife” and y-yetat this rate!”
”I said it's fine! What's up with your forced ideas! Depression?! Are you depressed?!”
Kagerous chewed on her nails behind her bangs Blood flowed froerou's insane action, Magnolia spat out a sigh
”ahhh fine, I get it I get it I wanted to suppress erosion as much as possible but let's ask Little Sister”
While saying so, Magnolia removed the top of EXE uniform and exposed her chest
In the vicinity of the bulge that was her breast was a painfully-looking scar It was as if she was tortured Not only the chest, her entire body was in that state
In that scar in the centre of her chest, there was so like a dark red tumour
The tu had a hule eyeball
Magnolia placed her nails on the tuhtly
”now, Hyakki Yakou, tell me where is your beloved Onii-chan”
When she spoke words of power, blood flowed from the scratched portion of the tumour
At the same time, the firmly closed eyelid on the tumour slowly opened
Seeing the scenery, the eye with red pupil shook as if frightened
The eyeball has turned bloodshot all at once and shed tears of blood
”——Khh!”
Magnolia fell to her knees on the snow and voun to spread throughout her body using blood vessels, as if eroding her
”Gaha!”
Feeling as if her body was broken like a wooden stick, Magnolia screamed
As she closed her eyes to withstand the pain, a portion of her body rose up and her bones have protruded The bone that appeared in a place it wasn't supposed to was——a horn
Red, a red horn reminiscent of a demon's
”good girl! Okay, it's okay Any ood! Now then, cute, cute little sister——here's yer Onii-chan?”
Grasping snoith her hands, Magnolia instructed so that was implanted in her
Monolia's vision was dyed red and flew somewhere
Her vision has sprinted The sight she shouldn't be able to see has began to flow into her at high speed
It was like point of view of a s that flew alht and colours, Magnolia knew that it's heat and smell
The vision passed private houses while crawling on the ground and moved towards a deserted road
And, it headed to a single rooht people inside of the room
Ale boy——suddenly the tu tentacles and violently toss about
”Khh——Contact the first laboratory! Make Suginami Suzaku immediately raise the dream's potency!”
Listening to orders Magnolia cried out, Kagerou operated herspeed and connected to Alchemist's first laboratory
Ierou relayed the instructions, the tunolia's body ceased As she exhaled, Magnolia's body turned back to normal
”haahaa ha-haha, the moment she found her brother's s”
”anddid you find their location?”
”Hey, worry about me a little well, I did”
Standing up, Magnolia fixed up buttons on her chest and spat out a sigh
'They were using a minor road after all That bunch, they're all carefree staying in a hostel To discover dissidents ho them free for a while”
She instructed two of her coet in the car and then sat down in the back seat
In the driver's seat was Gou and Kagerou sat down in the passenger's seat in front
”Haa, even so that's soeous little sister there Kiseki-chan was it? That love-hate whirlpool for her brother is too much”
Entrusting her body weight to the seat, Magnolia dropped her line of sight at the red tuly
”Rather than sibling love it's obviously kuhaa! Disgusting, really! Those demon creatures sure have no restraints for incest!”
Magnolia laughed genuinely having fun
There were no signs of the snow ceasing to fall, the visibility was horrible
Even so, Magnolia saw the path they had to follow
Through the heretical power that dwelled inside of her——
North of old shi+zuoka, in the past beside Fuji mountain japan has boasted about was a crowded city full of tourist attractions, but it no longer existed
The place was close to Sanctuary and people were forbidden to live in this area
There were ruins lined up just like in the Grey City of old Tokyo's southern part, but as different, is the fact that unlike the Grey City, all houses were actually covered in ash
Currently Fuji has been blown off from the middle up to the summit and it didn't have even the third of the altitude it used to After being outnuions being occupied by enemy, Inquisition caused the volcano's eruption as their last resort Because of this operation volcanic ash has fell on the neighbouring prefectures, using the confusion Inquisition has recaptured fukui and Nagoya It's been said that volcanic ash continued to fall until the war has ended
”Choosing the greatest battleground as the location, those two have an unexpectedly bad taste”
Wearing a thick coat etsu looked at the blown apart Fuji and muttered
”Seeing this scenery makes me sorrowful it's wasted beyond salvation barren”
He scooped the ash under his feet with his hand, it flowed, exposed to wind
The ash was carried away and fluttered in the wind
”it's terrible, really”
”——You are the one who made this scenery”
Hearing firetsu faced towards the voice
A wohost stood there
It was Mother Goose and Orochi There was no one else in there other than them Even without soldiers as escort, the Fantasy Cult'sValhalla's executives came unconcerned
”It'd be troubling if you misunderstood If you didn't set elves on us, ouldn't have to resort to using such means”
”Sophistry Having dark elves enter the battlefield wasn't planned ever since the start We just wanted to protect her You are the one who o out of control”
”The one anted to protect her is just you, Gungnir Even withouther, one of your top bunch would have used elves”
Mother Goose and Sougetsu stared at each other, and assaulted each other with their claietsu
”Just jooking There's no point putting up a façade in front of you That's right I'm the one who led this world to the brink of ruin”
He spread his ar like a devil
Neither Mother nor Orochi were upset
Their fight with Sougetsu wasn't so that started just now
After several hundred years it still continued
”So? I ad a incarnation of destruction like me come here for peace talks but I don't think there's anyin that If you really wanted to convince me, you wouldn't have called me to a ruined place like this would you?”
Sougetsu laughed under the grey sky
Opening his hed
Mother only etsu's question
”Calling it peace talk was ht be correct instead”
”Oh, nuance changed slightly”
”In the first place, we didn't find anyin this war Or rather, we're not interested in it Humans and witches, the war between two of the sa, it's obvious that nothing will be born out of that The existence we are warring against is only one it's you”
Slowly raising her fingertip as Sougetsu, Mother said indifferently
”It's not war between humanity and witches It's the war between us and you There is no need to involve the residents of this world”
”so it's that? Stop fuelling this war, let's settle this quickly by killing each other in here? Oh-hoh, so h the phone, was actually on the mark, wasn't it”
I'ly
Next to Mother who calmly relayed that, Orochi put a hand on his sword
Mother stopped Orochi who released etsu
”For now, that's how it is For the ti our side's internal affairs have calmed down Currently, the inner world's 『Pureblood Party』 that has arbitrarily launched an invasion is raising funds for a full-fledged invasion of the outside Once war has fully infla back any more It's only a matter of time until the witches full force invades your territory”
”Ain't that fine Bring it on Isn't it wonderful That is why this world is so nice”
As if blessing the conflict between huetsu affirmed the war
On the opposite side, Mother has denied it There is no need for huht
The war should be limited to inhuman heretics
”frootiations If you accept the duel in here, ill stop the military's invasion of the inner side”
”A duel that sounds manly doesn't it, is it one of Orochi-kun's hobbies? Let me ask, how do you intend to stop it?”
”Of course forcefully”
Mother said it in an indifferent, perfectly clear tone of voice
Happily, Sougetsu opened his eyes wide
”That's hilarious while you boast of loving this world, you would use force against your brethren if they're in your way That's right that is your true nature, and our true nature too”
”Yes Whether it's me from the past or me from the present, I do not mind a minimal amount of sacrifices My host is similar in this aspect”
”Hahahaha! You've been tainted by this inorganic woi-kun”
Orochi listened to Sougetsu's harsh voice with eyes open
In response to Sougetsu's words, what dwelled in his eyes wasn't anger, but affirmation
The white, cloudy eyes gouged out by the sword of his beloved older sister Mikoto see at the past, rather than at the scenery
”certainly, Takeru is different fros of low-priority and chooses to save things that are beyond what he can hold with his arreat self is I, am proud of him”
Orochi closed his eyes and the murderous intent overflowed
It seeesture as if he threw soround
It was like a gesture of a sa so the sword's sheath
”If it's him and Mistilteinn, he'll be able to pull off what I couldn't Even if he takes God Hunter form, he won't become your puppet”
”Can it be, that the one who made him and Lapis deepen the bond was you?”
Not even nodding, Orochi silently confronted Sougetsu
Sougetsu re, he covered his face with a hand and started laughing
”Orochi-kun, that's a fatal miscalculation Your speculation will backfire completely If you take your purpose into the account, the ideal relationshi+p between Twilight Type and its nir's, one ofdeepens its bond with him as a person——it'll have an opposite effect”
”I am aware of it”
”Thanks to you, Kusanagi-kun ended up beco an existence closer to a God Hunter than anyone else You didn't show him the way, but fully aware you have driven him into a dead end, haven't you?”
When Sougetsu asked, Orochi snorted then laughed
”retard Even if his destination is a dead end, it's a tradition of Kusanagi to break through and open a way I was unable to do it, but he can Is it bad for me to count on his potential?”
The way the corner of his etsu's wicked smile
Sougetsu narrowed his eyes and stared at Orochi as if he was an ant struggling at his feet
”It's not bad but, you sure grew up into a horrible adult It feels like I' into the mirror”
”Don't luether with you, bastard Even if I'm evil, there is love inside of me”
”Is there any love in guiding so the world? So you don'thim as an enemy comes?”
”Ha, that's still trillion tio as you want it A shoith my own disciple, ain't that dra than I deserve as his master”
””
”Speaking seriously, unlike Mother I couldn't care less about the world's fate I've told you bastard what's my purpose, haven't I”
As Orochi confessed that, Mother furrowed her eyebrows just a little
Sougetsu raised a loud, dull laughter and glared fro his face, his eyes narrowed and made up a crescent shape
”Let's get back to the topic about the peace negotiations, we respectfully refuse I'oing to do such a barbaric thing”
””
”The ones who have acted first in this case are witches Pureblood Party is an organization that's authorized in the inner world, and there is a potential of entire West Side joining Pureblood Party And it's those guys that have been dabbling in terrorisht be anachronistic, but it's the saression from another country”
””
”The war can no longer be stopped Humanity is already aware of witches country existence Isn't it unreasonable to stop it now? If so's taken from us, we retake it If a stone is thrown at us, we throw back the stone That's the logic of this world That's the logic of humans”
He released the hand from his face and spread out his arms to the sides
”Please don't get in the way of my hobbies”
Mother's face that was always calenuinely distorted
It was clouded with justifiable hatred and anger
”You are you saying war is a hobby for you?”
”Indeed War is my hobby And destruction is my raison d'etre”
That otiations have completely broke down
On the contrary, it was obvious froo this way
Still, the reason they have perforotiations was Mother's courtesy for this world
If they were able to erase Sougetsu, war, the conflict betitches and hu
”understood Then, let's start it right now Our war I will kill you and change the world”
”It would be fine if you did that right fro”
In the middle of tense atmosphere, Orochi took a step forward
He raised a single hand forward and clenched it into a fist Opening his cloudy eyes widely, Orochi spat out a deep breath
And,
”We are the ArmyHerjann We are the WaveUzr We are All CreationAlfozr We are DestructionVizurr and therefore——”
When he raised his fist towards the heavens, Mother's body who stood next to him turned into white particles
At the saical circle expanded under his feet Particles wrapped around Orochi's body and shone to their limit
Orochi's unseeing pupils fir rapped in the particles
”——We become avatar of Odin's fury”
The light dispersed and appearance of Orochi who became a variant has appeared
The armour reminiscent of the finest silver no one could reach, concealed by a blackOrochi's head too, was fully covered by armour, every part of his skin was covered with it
This appearance was very similar to Takeru's in Mistilteinn's 《God Hunter form》
In the hand that was raised towards the heavens was a dazzlingly bright, large sword
That sas truly, the Sacred Treasure 『Gungnir』
Used for the unifying the world of Norse y, a weapon that embodied the God's majesty
”A sword huh although it does see it ith a human body Unlike Mistilteinn and Lævateinn, this one should have been h”