Vol 1 Chapter 10 (1/2)
Everything happened in an instant
Diablo threw a kick at the four Master-classes, and the four Alter-Armours dispersed to avoid the attack
Of course, Diablo’s kick was powerful enough to destroy Alter-Ar a physical hit However, the Master quartet produced a barrier to lessen the shockwaves and avoided any serious dae from Diablo’s kick
However
—Kishi+n Arts! Lightning Fire Piercing Fist!
Diablo’s fist extended at the quartet with unbelievable speed and angle and hit one of the Master-class Arh to protect from this attack
The Master-class ht tore through its body, and into outer space
That attack just now, Lightning Fire Piercing Fist, was also one of Dawnbringer’s attacks! But, that was not at a level of mere imitation Diablo shouldn’t be able to pull of that kind of a Lightning Fire Piercing Fist, even if Diablo and Dawnbringer were similar
The Diablo pilot was still relatively new to Alter-Arer’s attacks to that level!
da down on the Dawnbringer? Give er! I’ll make his Kishi+n Arts look amateurish!+
Ah, I’er would just drop out of the sky si my cool
Let us analyze this situation critically The Master quartet was literally playing around with the Black Tyrant, with ease up until just now That was because the great difference between piloting skills outweighed the Alter-Armours’ abilities
Then as the quartet being driven into a corner right now?
That was because the Kishi+n’s ability increased unbelievably
[N-No way! How can this be?!]
[Has he been hiding his true strength?]
The pilots’ voices of despair leaked over the terminals If the quartet loses, then there won’t be any others ould be able to fight against the Kishi+n Diablo Everyone on this battlefield will lose hope and die!
[We should’ve retreated while we still had the chance! We’re all gonna die at this rate!]
[No, we still would’ve died if one of those attacks hit the rescue shi+p]
[At least we could’ve had so! Noe’re all done for!]
Everyone began to panic, seeing Diablo’s overpowered form
The quartet, with a machine down, continued to weave in and out of Diablo’s attacks and fight back However, avoiding the attacks proved to be difficult due to Diablo’s increased speed
One of the attacking Master-classes turned towards Diablo’s armpit area hidden behind its cape
“No!”
But it was too late A translucent, rainbow-coloured ar the scythe of a praying mantis, extended and cut the Alter-Armour down in a blink of an eye
A Master-class Alter-Armour had terrific defence, but the attack was unstoppable! The Alter-Arround instantly The re froround, lost all hope
[This is the end!]
The scythe-like ar down in an arc If that attack hits, then everyone on the ground will die!
[Argh!]
But suddenly, Diablo stopped, and the pilot’s screams echoed out
[Uuuuu… no!]
The Diablo’s pilot screamed, and the Federation Alter-Arain
But Diablo swung its arm out of reflex and scratched the Alter-Armours Its claws instantly ripped off a Master-class’ head
Crreak!
And a kick followed, ripping right into its neck The Master-class Alter-Armour was destroyed in an instant
The re a kick at it without even looking A powerful energy explosion followed the kick and blew the clouds away The heavens shook and the Alter-Arrated in an instant
The pilot’s action was nothing like before and almost beast-like
[It hurts!]
—It hurts!
The pilot’s screa out at the same time
Wait, what? What’s going on? I’ve livedtime, but I have never witnessed a situation like this before
There was research conducted a long tio that stated that Alter-Ared, because there are no nerves in its structure But the Alter-Ar that it hurts?
Or did the pilot’s thoughts echo out via Diablo’s?
[H-Humans! Run away! I cannot control it!]
The pilot inside the Diablo screamed He really didn’t want to kill the miners, did he?
Diablo, on the other hand, didn’t seeenda as its pilot, because it was dishi+ng out its attacks in all directions The Alter-Ar that dared to approach it
space itself began to rip and the shockwaves from the Diablo caused plasround, and tsunamis at sea
It was out of control like it wanted to destroy the planet itself
It was squeezing out every drop of his strength like an ill patient struggling
The Alter-Arade were blown off their feet like loose leaves and crumbled
The Diablo wasn’t destroying the Alter-Ar to release its pent-up energy, and the Alter-Armours just happened to be in its way
[Everyone! Get away as far as you can from the Diablo! We must survive!]
Ensign Meihowa gave the order and began to protect the soldiers by using the Spider as a barrier
The navy , and began to transport theAlter-Armours as a barrier
We all took refuge in the jungle, away fro Diablo
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The sun set on Azoran-3 Even so, the sky was still well lit-up by the fierce fires
Diablo was still ra
When the Diablo spread out its ary spat out towards the poles of this planet Air ionized and hyperspace began to for across the sky rese in half
Diablo’s horn began to release black electric volts and the volts ran along the line of hyperspace created by its outstretched arround as it travelled
All lands under the line running frohtning Flora burned up and the land shook Pillars of fire protruded towards the sky and smoke continued to puff out endlessly
Was the Black Tyrant really going to destroy everything on Azoran-3?! Everything on Azoran-3 will be destroyed in 12 hours at the earliest, and 24 hours at the latest
The apocalyptic scene scared the living daylights out of the surviving soldiers
“We’re not the only ones surprised Even the Elcros are retreating”
Admiral Luise spoke as she inspected the situation with her Clairvoyance Diablo the Black Tyrant’s ra also unexpected to the Alliance
The rescue teaade that was in outer space had retreated because of the Diablo
The rescue s worse, we couldn’t even surrender to the Alliance now No-one would be able to approach Azoran-3 as long as the Kishi+n Diablo was ra
“B-But we have the Federation Kishi+ns!”
“We can be rescued for sure if the Ursa Major steps in!”
There were a few soldiers who tried to stay positive, but they didn’t seem to be very convinced by their oords, because they were tre in fear
The Fourth Platoon was receiving thebase and Ursa Major survivors had no way of receiving anyto understand the situation by listening to public broadcasts, but only news that wouldbroadcasted at the moment
The TV broadcast was reporting the news of the Federation and the Alliance fighting in the Oden system and that the rescue operation in the Azoran syste
“Oh my God!”
“Are they abandoning us?!”
“No way!”
Complaints broke out from the soldiers The Oden system ned by the Elcro, but it was also a solar systehly valued
The news had reported that the Federation and the Alliance were fighting in that solar system
Omertà the Shadowlord
Arc-razor the space Cutter
Minerva the Erudite
Saika the Brilliant God of Thunder
Ginnungagap the Satan of the Abyss
All five of the mentioned Kishi+ns of the Alliance appeared in the Oden system and warred with the Federation, while the Federation sent their own Kishi+ns
Wolfschewein the Grey Tempest
Ladyhawk the Unparalleled Celerity
Swangrace the Guardian Angel
As well as Ursa Major the Violet Emperor, who should’ve been in the Azoran system!
All four of the Federation Kishi+ns, that had a chance of stopping the ra Diablo, were in a different solar system
Hence, we cannot escape the Azoran syste to destroy Azoran-3 in less than 24 hours
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After having dinner with soan to warm up
The Federation and the Alliance Which side should I pick?
That question continued to confusethat I had to do for now
—I have to stop Diablo’s rae
Although I did not possess great strength, I was the only one who could stop Diablo’s rae
But suddenly, I heard so
[Lezirth, could you come to me?]
Admiral Luise called me first
What did she want, I wonder?
I went to where she had calledfor htly away from the downcast soldiers and on top of a sle
Admiral Luise chose not to face me, but still addressed me with her back turned
“Lezirth, you plan to fight Diablo, don’t you?”
She’d already predicted what I was going to do I nodded my head
“Yes”
“I would like to ask of you not to do anything stupid, but you won’t listen, would you?”
Her voice was quivering Her shoulders also shi+vered like her voice
I instantly thought of hugging her and supporting her, but I decided against it The only way of supporting her was not to show kind gestures, but rather give up on defeating the Diablo
I s
“The eneth is unprecedented I cannot allow you to step into action without understanding its powers”
“……”
“But you would still go, wouldn’t you, Lezirth? Because… that’s exactly what you did 120 years ago as well”
120 years ago She was talking about none other than the final battle of the Letix War, the battle in the Atlantic Solar System
I also ignored her warnings and stepped into the final battle
It was the here the Children of Letix died one by one And only two Kishi+n-class pilots remained in the end
There were 8 Kishi+ns left, but only two of theer that led the attack at the front, and the Tetragra distance attacks at the back
She insisted againstme to wait until new Kishi+n-class pilots could be found That the ill end on a safer note when the other six Kishi+n pilots could be found…
However, the Letix were already growing by absorbing energy and minerals fro nurtured And hundreds of thousands of soldiers had to die to buy time for the pilots
I liked my subordinates, and the people whom I worked with
They loved to play cards and used up their money until their credit card balance hit rock bottohts on the internet forums and such
However, they were the true heroes People hailedbut a fake I was born in a lab and I was genetically closer to a Letix, not a human
I had to be on the battlefield because there was nowhere else I would be recognised for who I am But they were different
They had loved ones to return to, and to protect They were people who could always run away, but they sacrificed the that battle
I didn’t want their deaths to be in vain
I wanted to continue to protect the world that they loved
I couldn’t let the hundreds of thousands of deaths be in vain just for my safety
So I ainst Aded the Letix Uberlord
“You betrayed me once No, you betrayed me many times”
Ad
“I’m sorry”
I extended ain, I had to betray her Sheonto hter
I hugged her back
“If so happens to you now, 120 years in the future… I will be the only re person of our time, Lezirth Why can’t you understand me?”
“I… just have to not die Do you really think I will be killed by a child like hier, the Commander of Dawn Corps”
I laughed That’s right The ene coainst
But I didn’t have ht now!
But I have to laugh The least I could do right noas to put on a tough act before the girl as afraid of losing me
Because I’ve already done this many, many times before!
—Zznnnig!
I felt a slight headache and could suddenly hear so in my ear
‘Lezirth… don’t abandon er than you think’
I felt dizzy all of a sudden What’s going on? I looked up in surprise Ad at me with moist eyes
“I don’t want to be betrayed by you any longer So Lezirth, I will let you go willingly”
“……”
“There is Dawnbringer inside that Diablo”
She said that with a matter-of-fact tone I couldn’t help but to be surprised
Admiral Luise’s specialities were Telepathy and Clairvoyance
And these skills were as dangerous as teleporting
Since the hyperspace creatures were so large and big, people thought of them as some sort of demonic fiends, but some hyperspace creatures could be seen in the third dimension, like one would be able to see a dot or a line
And some creatures shone in the third dimension, so they could only be detected by electronic waves
The giant hyperspace creatures that could be physically seen were called Demons and the miniscule virus-type, or DNA-stranded forms of hyperspace creatures were called Devils
Teleport users could easily be detected by the Demons, while the Telepathy users could easily be detected by the Devils And being detected usually resulted in the user’s death
Hence, there were two general rules for a powerful Telepathy user
The first was to never use their telepathic abilities on strong Alter-Armours, such as the Kishi+ns or any other Demons
The second was to never use their telepathic abilities on ra people
Those tere the ground rules
Ra people attracted Devil-type hyperspace creatures, and could infect the telepathy user with its pohen a connection is made
But in this case, it was a Kishi+n on a ra it with telepathy or clairvoyance was far too dangerous It was suicidal!
However, Ad She had forcefully connected herself to the Diablo with her powers and was analyzing the situation!
“Stop! What are you doing! Don’t do that! You’ll die like this!”
I tried to stop Admiral Luise, but she shook her head in refusal
“You didn’t listen to me either! So Lezirth!”
At that moment, a drop of blood fell from her nose But she continued to look at me with a stern expression
“Currently, the Dawnbringer has been split up into pieces and so part The pilot joined the Dawnbringer’s part with Diablo when he was driven into a corner, and that hy the Diablo felt pain Diablo began to raer’s piece”
“Luise!”
“Don’t worry I… have a device that will naturally cut off my brain if I beco an effect on this dimension”
“That’s not what I mean! Luise!”
“Unfortunately… I cannot actually fight without the Tetragrammaton All I can do is collect the information and assist Lezirth with it”
Admiral Luise smiled
“So I will let you go, Lezirth Please, save Diablo and Dawnbringer, as well as our friends stuck on this planet That way, I won’t be betrayed by you”
She weakly smiled and stroked my face with her hand
I felt her hand and hugged her tight Her body felt cool compared to the hot weather, but I could feel her te
The life support system built in to the uniform activated because of the sudden rise in temperature
“B-But…”
“The Lezirth I see before me… is the Coest of all men The world may not know it, but I”
She closed her eyes before finishi+ng her sentence
N-No… no way
—Eency life support system mode Activated
That e was displayed on her uniform
I suddenly teared up
A to be only one left in this future?! I wouldn’t be able to bear it if Admiral Luise disappears This universe felt so empty and lonely all of a sudden
“Ah… no This is…”
I blankly looked at Admiral Luise