Vol 1 Prologue (1/2)
The glass rings with sweet power,
It darkens, clearsː it ǃ
In a delicate form I see appear
A well-behaved little Man behaving
What can the world ask more, what can we?
Now that this mystery's visible to each
Give ear to what this sounds may be,
Theyspeech
-『Faust』 by Albert GLatham-
Thewrapped by the shadow
He took a step back in reflex
A step back One, two---
As he took his third step, the shadowy figure descended along with a roar
An Attack
Although he ed to keep his balance, the earth shook as thehim to retreat even further
He clicked his tongue in disappointaze towards the opponent in front of him
----With help froreat bird that was fiveon the centerpiece of its head was shi+ning vigorously as it watched over from above, it was an eyeball
It looked grotesque
If you ignored the size of its eyeball it would be just like a normal bird, and down from its wrist was coated by an armor-like shell With that, any attack that was ais would most likely be repelled
『The Sky Debris Megalon Evis』
It was tonight's target
If you walked in srassland, it would co to the inforot
The boy gasped nervously and unsheathed his sword, 《Scramasax》[1]
Then just as planned---
“Wait, will it be okay!?”
Just as he was about to take a step forward, a voice called over to hi within the nearby bushes
The avoidance fro that she orried, but…
“Idiot! Don’t be so loud!”
There was no other choice but to shout back Sure enough, the great bird had already reacted to the voice of his coround
Although it didn't fly, it ju
Swiftly
Big, at any rate it was indeed big
With power appropriate to its big size, it cut off dozens of et
“Uhyaaa!?”
Along with a restless screairl hurriedly jumped out from the bushes
As if e blonde hair, she rolled and fell onto the ground
Ai up its claw
Although the girl ed to stand up, she had completely lost her chance to escape In thatpupils,
The girl was hit and blown by the irass
The boy as ared to follow up in tireat bird The boy who charged in to save his comrade should have had no way to escape
With the rough noise of the wind being sliced, the pole-like claung down The girl couldn't help but to shut her eyes
Froht armor shouldn't have been able to handle the attack froiant bird and would have been expelled from this world
---But even when the iround, the boy’s presence (Marker) did not disappear
When the girl ti 5 to 6 meters in an instant It was truly an unbelievable feat
Unsurprisingly, the boy raised a sharp cry
“Get down!”
The great bird’s feet were bloith a flash
Fros flew off in unison
As the boy avoided its claw, he detonated the bombs he had prepared earlier
The staggered bird then spread its wing If hit by a large-type weapon it would spread it wings― everything was according to the inforot
In an instant, a rain of arrows started showering towards its wing Without the need to confir within the forest
As the dareat bird lowered its back Furthers would te ability
“I’ on you”
“Y-yes!”
Led by the boy’s voice, the girl fro and closed her eyes in a hurry Then quietly, the sound of a voice soaked through the night along with the wind It was a cursed song to negate the giant bird-type alon Evis’s Death Throes Scream was an AOE attack that would cause instant death
The wild singing voice lightly echoed through the hunter’s irl’s hair shone faintly and she ti came into effect or not
The boy’s body e on the ground The draas then swung under the ht
“---Got you!!”
The great bird’s eye was taken down in one swing
CRITICAL HIT!!
The blood sprayed up into the air like the trace of a sonorous singing voice The shreds of blood then fored color to crimson red as if it was stained by it
Prologue
『Cradle to the Glaive』, otherwise coeneral a very realistic online role playing gae number of players
The place where the boy and his coons’ Glaive” It was one of 10 world spheres that consisted within 『CtG』, and as a RPG, 『CtG』 was a very standard “World of Magic and Sword”
The ht
The rassland they could see an eye-catching sight of transparent butterflies casually flying by And in midst of such peacefulness
“Are you a dung beetle?”
It hen the boy had sat down on a big rock and opened up the ame menu that was displayed on the air hardly had any differences when coames
The boy then closed the aze There was no need to search for the owner of the voice The face of a girl appeared in front of hiirl then kneeled down to look at the boy's face
The boy was unconsciously(been)taken aback and was hit by the rock beside his head Even though the pain was reduced while in game, the shock froirl appeared to be laughing
They were discussing about the distribution of the quest reward froirl turned out to be quite pretty She was like soe costume, and so fluffy dresses seemed to suit her well
Even though she fell on the ground twice, her clothes hardly had any traces of soil or dirt on it Ultiame, as in front of thenals shown to the brain
But that was not iht now
The boy then stood up, cleared his throat and asked the girl
“Do I look like a bug to you?”
“But doesn’t your second na say 《Clamp of Scarabaeus》 on it?”
The boy then switched to expansionattached to a floating placard saying 《Cla that was attached by other players The boy—Clah
“Please don’t give it any attention It was just a thing those people gavelike a nickname”
He was referring to those people that had given theh bows and arrows frouild Claether with theuest too, just like him, but it was the first time he had ever met her
“Is that so?” replied the girl
“When I look up the dictionary service, a scarab turned out to be a kind of dung beetle Quite a weird nickname, I say
Aaa, do you know? There’s no dung beetle in japan Surprising, isn’t it? It’s a famous insect I’d have expected it to be somewhere in place such as nearby park”
And naturally the conversation continued But it was too fast-paced and really abrupt Clamp was someone as bad with conversations and couldn’t help but to be confused in this situation, however it did not leave a bad iirl
“Hmm… I see”
“Ah, you don’t have to be polite It doesn’t seee”
Just like what the girl had said, Clae
That es of both players were close to each other
In 『CtG』, players control their in-gah their brain’s nerves systee couldn’t be that far from their real self, otherwise they wouldn’t able to operate it
Of course, there were cases of kidstheh the internet, and Clah
The girl’s s to say the least, and ithout saying that it was truly powerful and bore its oeight There’s no sane ainst that smile
“My naot to say thanks so I came here I’ve only played 『CtG』 for a ether, Scarabaeus-kun”
“My naot to say thanks so I came here I’ve only played 『CtG』 for a ether, Scarabaeus-kun”
Along with a powerful sirl, Mifa held out her hand
Clamp somehow felt defeated He couldn’t win That’s why(,) rather than shaking her hand as he should have, he took her hand as if giving up
“Aaa, ards Mifa But that name is a bit…”
In that moment, above their connected hands, a pair of arcs appeared
The seht didn’t feel realistic at all Both were flashi+ng a red and blue color, rese with each other
“……What is this?”
Muttered Mifa absentmindedly Clamp was a little bit more composed Or maybe he was just simply too surprised to react properly
“This is an event…”
He had heard about this before This was a special event that only occurred when certain conditions were met between two players When sehts are displayed it means ―
“This is the signal for 『《Marriage》 Available』!!”
“Haaa…?” Shouted Mifa loudly
“What the heck is that? We’ve only ht?”
“I don’t know… but the requirements for this event is for 『Both players’ personality, aptitude, behavior logs to perfectly fit with each other and their compatibility level has to be at its uide It can only occur when the personality data of both are perfectly matched, and since the compatibility data's are completely unknown, there are only very few pairs who have received this event They nuits within over one hundred fifty ten thousand players in this game
This is truly THE ULTRA RARE! A mystical event!”
“Y-you sure know a lot…”
Noticing that Mifa pulled back after hearing his overly passionate talk, Clamp quickly averted his eyes
“…Well, there’s a reason for it actually Because I’ve decided to 『Experience every Event』 in this gaoal”
Hearing that, Mifa’s eyes widened
“To experience everything… are you serious? But I've heard that there are over 3000 events in the 10 spheres? And they are steadily increasing”
“I don’t h I understand that it will be difficult, no matter how much time it will take, this year I’ll clear every released event… I ood”
“Hmm…”
While being illuhts, Mifa let out her voice as if being iaze at Clamp
“Best compatibility… huh”