Vol 12 Prologue (1/2)
Prologue
The moment her vision was blocked by a red wall, Ootori Ouka had seen it
It had eed behind Takeru, who made a twisted, shocked expression
White skin with red variant wrapped around it Black hair standing up on their ends A cri from the forehead
And, the chaotic eyes harboring hatred for everything in this world, have glared straight at Ouka
Kusanagi Kiseki Hyakki Yakou Kusanagi Takeru’s little sister
There was not even a glimpse of Kiseki that Ouka knew
All there was in her, was desire to kill
The wall of meat blocked her path and Ouka was unable to reach Takeru with her outstretched hand
”Kusana——”
Ouka tried to call his name, it was then
【【【【【【”DON’T TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!”】】】】】】
The demons’ voices interrupted Ouka
The screahout the ruined school——and quickly spread throughout the city
Ouka saw the huge eyes e the eyeballs appeared teeth, then tongues, lips, noses, fingers, claws and bones Body parts re haphazardly The entire le infinitely
Nospirit one had, there was no one ouldn’t feel fear in front of this variant
——It was a mere shadohat deathered all inside Kiseki’s body, turning into a curse incarnate
Ouka’s courage and fighting spirit disappeared The fear of an organis her body tremble
”Aaaaaa!!”
The sob she let out wasn’t caused by the ht of the city she could see from the top of the hill
Nuround The city that used to function as a country’s capital waspillars that protruded froround
The pillars were like towers ais, extended above the clouds and undulating, they fore tree that sed the city
It all looked just like a world tree that appeared in y——
Being sed by the demon, the world, the atmosphere, the planet itself seemed to have raised a cry As to cancel it out, the demon tree had howled
——OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooOOOOoOoOoOooOOooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
It took a mere a fraction of a second to co the ”Apocalypse”
Way too suddenly, way too fiercely, the end of the world had come
The sky was stained red by thethe other side of the horizon hazy The sky itself turned into a sea of red
There were hardly any people re in the city Still, how many people have been sed by the demons? She wondered
Just like a catastrophe occurring abruptly, Hyakki Yakou sed everything in an instant
Seeing the all-too overwhel incarnation of chaos in front of her, Ouka nearly dropped her gun
《”Master, keep thy sanity! Our fight is not ov’r yet!”》
”Butthiswhat do I do?”
It was difficult for her to maintain her sanity
With speed beyond comparison with the previous time it went berserk, Hyakki Yakou devoured the city
What should she do against an opponent of this nitude? Since Kiseki and Takeru had broken apart with each other, it didn’t seem like persuasion would work
Hyakki Yakou was no more than a vortex of hatred Chaos itself which devoured the entire world upon Kusanagi Kiseki’s wish
Human instinct had whispered into Ouka’s ear
Run away, it said
『”Let me walk by your side”』
However, she recalled the words Takeru told her in prison
I vowed I won’t let him bear the burden of Kiseki’s problem alone, haven’t I I vowed to everyone that I’ll do what I can, haven’t I
Ouka clutched Vlad’s handle, the tre of excitement
What she could do——was to stay by Takeru’s side and protect his back
She turned forward and glared at the wall separating her and Takeru
I need to break through it no matter what!
It’s not time to feel fear!
”Vlad, can you go on?”
《”Of course T’s thanks to the witch girl’s blood”》
Ouka resolved herself and directed the muzzle at the meat wall
TheOuka’s hostility, its eyeballs have been filled with intent to kill
It happened the er and tried to turn into Dullahan form
The wall of wriggling meat had taken a human form First, it was a distorted irl
Before long it had grown long black hair and glared at Ouka with hollow pupils
What the hui Kiseki herself
”——!”
Ouka’s finger that was supposed to pull the trigger had stopped
What should she coi Kiseki herself She didn’t have the qualification to hurt the person herself
She hesitated for just an instant
And that instant——wasn’t overlooked by the Hyakki Yakou
Kiseki’s hand had stretched and wound around Ouka’s neck
”Hh! Stop Kiseki!”
Hearing Ouka’s voice, Kiseki tilted her head, still expressionless
The next moment, Kiseki’s shape had collapsed and it turned into red meat that was its source
Ouka hurriedly squeezed the trigger The stake was fired and bleay the Hyakki Yakou that ound around her neck
However, Hyakki Yakou flowed like water and circling around Ouka, it assaulted her from behind
【【【【【【KYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA】】】】】】
It laughed as it didn’t give Ouka time to turn into Dullahan form
Laughing ly at Ouka’s resistance, Hyakki Yakou sed her like a tsunami
I’ll beco that uncertain characteristic of the ”De about it
As she ed by the sea of flesh, a voice full of resentment whispered into her ear
”I’ you Onii-chan”
Ouka realized that these weren’t words of Hyakki Yakou, but Kiseki’s herself as she was on verge of being completely sed
Usagi and Ikaruga who retreated along with Heretic Alliance were caught up in Takeru’s secret art’s blast
After pulling out Mari from under the rubble, Ouka had immediately followed Takeru
She left Mari to other platoon members and chased after Takeru by herself
Mari who had remained in the back, prioritized rescue of her comrades
”Suginai-chaaaaan! Kanaria-chaaan! I bet you’re aliiiive anyway, so c’mon, answer alreaaady!”
Blowing away rubble with enerated the liainst Mother Goose with her own eneration was highest of high spells a, but it was hard to call it as universal as that of a high level Magical Heritage
It was unknohether the feeling in her limbs will return in future
As she looked around, she saw the Heretic Alliance’s Dragoons working to rescue people ere bloay
Mari herself didn’t receive e of being hit, but she didn’t expect the blast to be so strong as to bloay the barrier itself
”Mghh, ghhhh”
”Mggoh, o”
When she turned towards the groan coa covered in dust and lie face down Below her, there was the appearance of Usagi and Kanaria, both flailing their limbs
Ikaruga had twisted her body on top of the two, covering them
”I feel like vo”
”Suginami, you okay?”
”Somewhat”
Although there were no visible injuries, Usagi trapped below Ikaruga was suffocating with Ikaruga’s breasts pushi+ng against her so Mari pulled them out
”Pwah! I was about to die with the cause of e tits!””
”I could see Mama on the other side of the river”
Breathing heavily Kanaria and Usagi put their hands on their chests
They were unexpectedly energetic, but seeing the school’s buildings are gone, they were all in shock
”what on earth happened? We moved so far away and yet”
When Usagi said that, Kanaria squinted and turned towards the cherry blossom forest Takeru was in
”The secret art was used I don’t knohich one, but I think either Orochi or Takeru has died”