Chapter 156 (2/2)

I shuddered, sensing the sudden link with reality

「Exactly thatThe number of the beast, the worst nu is the sameIt is the name of ruin」

The Book of Revelation

When I was living apathetically in that world, such things were no ame

While it may serve as an anecdote, the people who believed in it were only the devoutly religious

「It’s said that calaht? ……This current situation is」

「TrulyWethe end of the world」

Sitra, gave an extremely detached answer

It was so lacking in a sense of realism that, my head couldn’t keep up

「Whether for country or race, this is not the occasion to be causing a cos……it was not」

Even saying as such, countries will not move for a future premised on an if

This is so that’s the same whether in that world or this world

It’s human that countries with poor relationshi+ps can’t offer to hold hands, because they『ht』be destroyed

「Sitra, knew?」

「……It hen I passed out on that battlefield, that these blind eyes saw the future」

「I see……that’s why, there was a change of heart in the you who had that much resolve」

Since I couldn’t understand thea heavy, stiff determination

Maa, I suppose it is a fact that Libra’s h

Sitra was nodding silently

The beast of ruin, that brings the world to its end

That naht?

The legendary black dragon, said to have approached its resurrection in Sacrament

That naht?

The legendary black dragon, said to have approached its resurrection in Sacrament

「I do not know, the true form of ruin」

Sitra spoke, as if reading my heart

「Black dragon Diadora is, fundah elf spoken of in anecdoteIt is in the category of a fairy tale」

Lunaria・Einshaula’s contracted dragon is it

「This abnor different……I sense that it is so」

「And so, is that what the ate the altar at such a late hour was? Is it somehow related?」

Sitra looked up from the altar

「Is Alice-san, aware of the number of these ruins?」

「Could it possibly be――666?」

Moving her head, the saintess nods

「The number of similar ruins left in the world has, become 666」

To say the world, it’s not only this region but, including the empire and the other lands as the word implied, I suppose it speaks of the entirety of this world

「……This has becorand conversation hasn’t it」

The beast……I assu than the Yamata no Orochi

「Even having investigated this abnor there the correct answer?」

「I a ordered to accompany you but, I believe it is probably not a matter that could be said to be unrelated」

Since this isn’t the occasion for a fool’s errand even while being told that the world is ending is it

「――Ah」

「Sitra」

All of a sudden, the ruins shook

Or rather, is this an earthquake!?

I assuht, this ruin!

「This place is dangerous, let us hurry and go outside」

Large stones fell fro beside us as she spoke

Pulling Sitra’s hand, I hurriedly left the room

Sitra was steadily gazing toward the altar, with those unseeing eyes――

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It’s good that we somehow escaped fro

Regardless of anything this is too long!

In ter I assume it could be called somewhere around a seismic intensity of 3～4?

I suppose this doesn’t s would collapse but, I’m worried about the town

In ter I assume it could be called somewhere around a seismic intensity of 3～4?

I suppose this doesn’t s would collapse but, I’m worried about the town

「O～～i, Alice-chan!」

「Ojisan!? Why are you in such a place……tte, Ilya」

Ilya ca ossan like a bodyguard

「Like, I heard that you’d run off while it was still night so, didn’t I have to co the way back from my work」

「Well, I did cause you worryBut I’ive ht okay」

Ossan makes an sullen face, at my claim

「Even if you say that since Alice-chan is such a cute girl riight, going out for a walk at night isn’t good iss it」

This ossan, is he worried forout of jealousy?

「――Alice-san」

「Nn? What is it Sitra?」

Sitra’s hand was tre as I continued to hold it

Unlike inter

「――Co」

A roar rose, from the ruins

The screa voice of a『beast』, of such an extent that the at torn apart

『Soh the ruins

An earthquake of the sort that reverberated fro?

「We can’t fight if we’re here in a forest like this……run to the plains!」

Everyone recognized that it was an eency situation so, they ran off without debate

Aah, shi+t

I don’t know the extent of the opponent’s threat but, the town of Rinal is right before my eyes

Fro like the option called escaping

I try checking the positions of my comrades and, it see about in town

It can’t be……I can assuht?

「――Having come to this, this is already the limit」

With a hood covering deep down to her eyes, the girl I clashed with just a bit ago came to run by my side

「Who is this」

Ilya readied her lance but, I held her back

I can’t sense……the intent to fight

「……Will you coht with us?」

At my question, she faced ave a small nod

「For what it’s worth, let -dono」

She’s a strangely ered in her voice

And so, almost at the same moment wherein we arrived at the plains, one more roar that seemed to pierce the heavens rose from the ruins――

Florid ice pours down like evening sakura Though it’s a suddenon the first move is the way of the world(Mist transformation) I’ll show this overly vivid storh Lately, I feel that I’y to be used against me so, let’s do this inthat sort of thing and, dash straight forward「It has no effect then」 ――YoungShe used an adorable voice, of the sort that still hadn’t reached that of a girl’s I ran across the land while thinking, there’s no way I can deliver the finish like this is there The distance to the girl I’ closes Now then, what do I do next? I juht a curiosity「Answer to irl quickly drew a slender sword fro her back, she takes one step back such that she crosses her legs She exerts herself, lifting her slender sword toward the heavens in front of her chest A silent intent to battle hich to stab to death the prey ju of that(But, in that case it’s the sarettable, so it physically, is overly insufficient as a countera painful experience The distance has closed――Now! Together, we took the final step in with the intent to strike「――Ru――――」 the irl’s le My body raises a scream, at h spin to wind up a ind, cuts through the air as a result That was a fine step in, it made my back break out into a cold sweat ――But, as that just now? There should have been, some sort of mechanism there「……Such ioes after letting the chance for immediate victory by」 She turned her heel, with a『technique』that placed her slender sword into its scabbard using elegantit with this!?」 Still giving no reply, the small statured human silhouette sank back deep into her overcoat and faded into the darkness After that was, only the crying voices going ho- ho- like owls and echoing across the night sky「……Her exit was overly splendid wassn’t it」 I tried stroking my own hair One section of led juround Had I charged in, I’d have been skewered then So like the saintess’s skill? 「Ah, that Sitra co over the environs but, I couldn’t sense a huirl of that age, with thatmisfortune descend toward my self, is the price of fa, like always……) I pass by the side of a stuic path The place where the beginning oflost and, went out into a place where the forest opened「The ruin is, shi+ning, ly than it nor a land can surpass it I understood that so my status, in any case it seems that the saintess went into these ruins(Nn? Ilya’s heading over here is she) It really is easy to know a partyby foot, it’s a leisurely pace Maa, it’s a road at night so I want her to take care On that note because I know Ilya’s movements, the saintess should also know I’m present near her In tere’s trial called the altar’s area is it I enter within theat h it’s power centric side sithpalm It ended in about 2 seconds Besides the bear-san I invited to heaven after the chanceof a traffic accident, there was no one that caap in power aren’t they Walking briskly with ainside the roo in front of the altar On that note, while saying they eakable to force her ithin here on her own can’t she I absentmindedly, waited for that prayer to end I won’t particularly, call out to her and , Alice-san」 With her prayer finished, the saintess turned about Both her eyes are closed as always「I apologize for thestolen one of Alice-san’s oneesa anew her first words are that is it「It was an event on the battlefieldSince ere both putting our lives on the line」 Maa,with the back of her sword at the last h「And so, why in this sort of place? Marisan is troubled though」 「I was investigating, an aspect of this world’s abnormalities」 「The world’s abnor the northern sky? 「……A surge ofblown out frohout the world」 Certainly, it kind of is shi+ning but…… Does Sitra have a skill that senses this sort of abnormality? She’s like a prophet「Would Alice be aware, of the number called 666?」 「――The nu the sudden link with reality「Exactly thatThe number of the beast, the worst nu is the sameIt is the na apathetically in that world, such things were no ame While it may serve as an anecdote, the people who believed in it were only the devoutly religious「It’s said that calaht? ……This current situation is」 「TrulyWe ave an extre in a sense of realism that, my head couldn’t keep up「Whether for country or race, this is not the occasion to be causing a co as such, countries will notthat’s the same whether in that world or this world It’s human that countries with poor relationshi+ps can’t offer to hold hands, because they『ht』be destroyed「Sitra, knew?」 「……It hen I passed out on that battlefield, that these blind eyes saw the future」 「I see……that’s why, there was a change of heart in the you who had thatof her savinga heavy, stiff deterered her though Sitra was nodding silently The beast of ruin, that brings the world to its end That naon, said to have approached its resurrection in Sacrament「I do not know, the true for on Diadora is, fundah elf spoken of in anecdoteIt is in the category of a fairy tale」 Lunaria・Einshaula’s contracted dragon is it「This abnor different……I sense that it is so」 「And so, is that what the ate the altar at such a late hour was? Is it somehow related?」 Sitra looked up from the altar「Is Alice-san, aware of the nu her head, the saintess nods「The number of similar ruins left in the world has, becoion but, including the empire and the other lands as the word implied, I suppose it speaks of the entirety of this world「……This has becorand conversation hasn’t it」 The beast……I assu than the Yaated this abnor there the correct answer?」 「I a ordered to accompany you but, I believe it is probably not a matter that could be said to be unrelated」 Since this isn’t the occasion for a fool’s errand even while being told that the world is ending is it「――Ah」 「Sitra」 All of a sudden, the ruins shook Or rather, is this an earthquake!? I assuerous, let us hurry and go outside」 Large stones fell fro Sitra’s hand, I hurriedly left the roo toward the altar, with those unseeing eyes―― ◇■◇■◇ It’s good that we somehow escaped froardless of anything this is too long! In ter I assume it could be called somewhere around a seismic intensity of 3～4? I suppose this doesn’t s would collapse but, I’m worried about the town「O～～i, Alice-chan!」 「Ojisan!? Why are you in such a place……tte, Ilya」 Ilya ca ossan like a bodyguard「Like, I heard that you’d run off while it was still night so, didn’t I have to co the way back from my work」 「Well, I did cause you worryBut I’ive ht okay」 Ossan makes an sullen face, at my claiirl riight, going out for a walk at night isn’t good iss it」 This ossan, is he worried forout of jealousy? 「――Alice-san」 「Nn? What is it Sitra?」 Sitra’s hand was tre, her body was clearly tre」 A roar rose, fro voice of a『beast』, of such an extent that the at』, froh the ruins An earthquake of the sort that reverberated fro? 「We can’t fight if we’re here in a forest like this……run to the plains!」 Everyone recognized that it was an eency situation so, they ran off without debate Aah, shi+t I don’t know the extent of the opponent’s threat but, the town of Rinal is right beforelike the option called escaping I try checking the positions of my comrades and, it see about in town It can’t be……I can assu co deep down to her eyes, the girl I clashed with just a bit ago came to run by my side「Who is this」 Ilya readied her lance but, I held her back I can’t sense……the intent to fight「……Will you coht with us?」 At my question, she faced ave a small nod「For what it’s worth, let -dono」 She’s a strangely ered in her voice And so, almost at the same moment wherein we arrived at the plains, one more roar that seemed to pierce the heavens rose from the ruins――