Chapter 297: Puppet revolt, end (1/2)

Chapter 297: Puppet revolt, end

TLN: Hey guys, Reigokai here!

I know I prouess what! Yes! New chapter of Tsuki main bleay all priorities!

So ree schedule to main instead of extra (if time allows it)

Also heads up, this is a pretty decently lengthed chapter

Now then, enjoy the chapter! :DD

There’s an innumerable amount of Spirits in this world

Most of them are harmless existences that don’t have a will and don’t act on their own They are not even noticed by most of the hyuood amount of them that can act instinctively They are called Low Spirits

There do exist some that can communicate, but they are few in number, and they are called Mid Spirits

For theable to communicate with a Mid Spirit and have a contract with theory, there’s an even higher grade than the Mid Spirits The High Spirits that rule over a respective eleh Spirits in the world Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Light, Darkness; there’s only one of each respectively They serve the Goddess, and they are also a target of worshi+p as existences affiliated to her

It is i Spiritable totheir cooperation would already be a great enterprise for a hyuman

That’s why the Lorel Union’s Priestess of each generation is respected as an existence capable of co with the Water Spirit

For Lorel who haswith the Water Spirit to obtain a big blessing in the flood control is so in the country’s maintenance and development

There has been noa country and being worshi+pped, and the otten is when a brave that appears every now and then gets involved with them Thus, the relationshi+p that Lorel Union has with the Water Spirit is an incredibly special case

And this caenitor of talish expectations It was heavily related with it being Hitsuna though…but at any rate, the current Lorel’s worshi+p towards the Water Spirit is tre it bluntly, they worshi+p the Water Spirit more fervently than the Goddess

The Goddess is si prayed at on the side because she is the master of the Water Spirit

Aside from the fact that they thele nation

Not only that, they have raised their naing

The flood control and many other s about to Lorel go fro is a High Spirit?

A Water High Spirit that receives the fervent worshi+p of a whole nation that is considered a eration to say it is an existence close to that of the Goddess

“I thought for a , but…it was a Spirit-jatta ka” (Tohtly unah in the sky, she was showing an expression as if she had e fro youkai war and had her eyes sparkling to the point of skipping

“It was an opponent that Toainst it two against one, right?” (Mio)

“Don’t put it in a way that can bethat that woh” (Tomoe)

“…Hmph” (Mio)

“I sied that, no matter hoe dealt with it, it would affect this country and would be impossible to keep it undercover That’s how deep and old the relationshi+p Lorel Union and the Water High Spirit is” (Tomoe)

“Those Spirits are servants of the Goddess after all They are different froth orshi+p” (Mio)

“Seriously Froon, they are basically problematic parasitic existences that do whatever they ith a proud face Well, that’s solely how a Superior Dragon would think of it-ja ga” (Toon huh Yeah yeah” (Mio)

Haruka clad with a golden and soft clear blue light is fighting with Makoto

This was occurring in the sky, and at tihts of destruction would rain in the city as it continued even now

Makoto had an indigo blue aura around his body and clashed with Haruka while leaving trails of light behind, and soe

The high rankedskills were akin to a natural disaster

But Toht, didn’t show e in their looks

The most they did was chat with the students that were in the same place as them and were tasked to protect

“Spirit-sa out mother?” (Iroha)

“Even if the Priestess-sama is absent, that’s just…”

Iroha says with a cracked and tre voice

It is unknown if it is because of exhaustion or a mentalheld up by Izumo who had a pale face as well

It couldn’t be helped

For theet of worshi+p

An existence close to that of a God

And that existence close to being a God, ould only co part of its power to Haruka Just thinking that made their body tremble

“And so, how is it, Tomoe-san? The level of its power” (Mio)

“Saher thanthat it would be a bad idea to clash with it without any plans I don’t like it, but I think the same” (Mio)

“But well, we are not Waka after all Picking a fight with a High Spirit without any plans would be impossible However, if ere to properly have a plan…it would be iht-desu wa ne” (Mio)

“?!”

Mio narrowed her eyes slightly at the words of To, and Jin and the others who heard this had their eyes wide open

It was a surprise that Mio ht be on the same level as Haruka and Tomoe who are on the level of superhyumans and braves

Surprised by the fact that Haruka was such a dangerous existence, and that Tomoe and Mio are coht about this reaction from them

(In that case, Sensei who these two serve under…just who in the world…) (Jin)

There was only one Only Jin was carving in his heart the awe he felt towards the person that precedes them, Raidou

He already didn’t care about the pain in his neck as he burned everything that was happening before him in his eyes

They may have been healed and their injuries treated, but it is not as if they are briy But even with that, rather than the desire of lying down to rest, their desire to witness everything inning inside the hearts of everyone there

“Toetsu-dono huh You being here uys already?” (Tomoe)

A weak and low but clear voice calls out Tomoe by name, and she turns to receive it

In that place, there’s the man that dispatched and commanded the troops of Kannaoi to deal with the surprise attack of Haruka, Kougetsu

“Yeah Excluding that though That blue and golden…is Haruka, right?” (Kougetsu)

“U her is your uessed” (Tomoe)

“That damn Sairitz Just how in the world would I… No, I would be crying over spilt ivelives that will be supporting the future” (Kougetsu)

“I don’tA et used to my oer, and I also had the order of Waka That’s why, just think of yourself and your subordinates as lucky And since you have died once, you ht? Just use what you have learned plenty well in the future” (Tomoe)

Tomoe pushes aside the thanks for the resurrection she perfor

She only told hiood use

A lesson

How this lesson will turn out to be in the future depends on Kougetsu and the others, but this is also an ingenious salesh-pressure debt on them

It could also be considered an induction of fear

They weresoldiers due to the trau that even that was of no difficulty?” (Kougetsu)

“By no means It was quite the troublesome and problematic job, you know If it weren’t under the order of Waka, I wouldn’t want to do that a second tiree

What Kougetsu referred to was not simply the resurrection of the dead

Of course, resurrection itself is an incredibly high-rankedthat can be readily used

But what To everyone, even the ones ere minced by Haruka and were literally just red splatters, and the ones that were burned and only left a burned round; all of them were resurrected with their whole body intact

Resuscitation out of scraps It was a feat that wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call a etsu, as the first one to be resurrected fros were left, had witnessed all of it

‘Aah, I went too far-ja~!’ and ‘That’s not it!’ and ‘Why did it suddenly connect there~?!’, she spouted those kind of words that lacked tension as she perforetsu, who saw and heard all of this, already had no ill feelings towards the Kuzunoha Co for and they opened their eyes, and then, he as the co officer looked at his own body and said: ‘It is like soetsu wished for this situation to be resolvedhis own ambition

He wished froedy that he himself created because of his own impatience

That’s hen Tomoe had asked him for his cooperation after she finished her miracles, he immediately accepted, even if the request of her was to shelter the attackers

That resolve of his didn’t change even when he saw the spectacle in the sky

He cannot be considered a pious one, but he does have faith towards Spirits on the level of an average person

A Spirit th, but he who has already experienced death once was able to accept that truth with somewhat cold eyes

In the first place, there’s so on the same level as Haruka

That’s why he placed those two realities on a scale, and had headed towards where To the transitions of the battle

—For the sake of thanking his benefactor, to see the conclusion of the battle, and to decide hoill be acting fro stronger If I were to get hit by her attacks as she is now, I feel like even the special gear would be smashed to pieces” (Yuno)

“Correct As expected of Waka-saood eyes Work even harder If you are able to handle it well, I will upgrade it to ave out unexpected words towards the evaluation of Yuno that had surpassed nation

“Also, Misura, was it? You are also pretty decent yourself You are already stepping into the real in defense Complete party doctrine You have piqued my interest” (Mio)

“E-Eeeeeh?!” (Misura)

“I kind of understand why Toed to coordinate with Yuno within real co pulled in by single specializations ht be the influence of Waka-sama” (Mio)

Mio pats Yuno and Misura in a joyful h Toh, if he were to get another one…the body of Misura was tre able to endure it

On the other hand, Yuno had her eyes sparkle at the sound of ‘ether with Misura and nodded several tiht Since thearound got incredibly easier Now that I think about it, I don’t kno to act as the shi+eld of the party after all Today’s Misura-senpai was truly incredible…) (Yuno)

Moreover, at the times when she would use offensive skills, he would properly send Yuno to the frontlines

He was truly an artisan of defense Yuno had felt directly the degree of his ability

With the words of praise frohtly passionate look towards Misura as looking at as directly above them

“It is true that it is impressive It is impressive, but…it is somewhat different This is the first time I have seen a Spirit power this thick, but…there’s so up as shetold about the existence of the Spirit froreed but at the sae that borrows the power of Spirits, the current state of Haruka is so that she can’t understand well

It is as if the Spirit itself had descended, and at the sah Spirit were to dwell inside the body of a hyuman, in most cases, that vessel would explode

It has been said that a number of Lorel Priestesses have done the descent ceremony in the past and have done incredible miracles, but they all -without exception- died a few h their lifeforce and th The Priestesses are incredible in itself forto have their whole body intact after that

But Haruka is still alive, even though several h Spirit lending its power?

But there’s a thick presence of so like a hyuman who has become one with a Spirit It was as if a Spirit had manifested and had borrowed the vessel of a hyue state

There’s no way one could create a convenient situation like that in reality, and whether it is a manifestation or a descent, if there was such an efficient way, anyone would be ju at it

Sif would be one of the the state of Haruka in her head

In order to use it as a reference for the time when she summons an Earth Spirit, th

It is currently an i she can currently do in this situation is to watch this fight and think for the sake of the future

(Even so, so like this where soth of the Water Spirit in this Lorel, there’s no doubt that there will be a gag order issued) (Sif)

Even if they can’t tell anyone, it won’t dilute the worth of it

“At that level is…where shi+ki-san is” (A up, not to learn, but as if she were confir in her heart

For her who has changed her involveo, it was an iht to understand that the back of the person she aiure of Haruka is still far away

Amelia would be cut down in less than a second

It is iht that it would be fine to be three steps back from him, but as expected, her objective and her current position are way too far apart

Even so, the figure of Haruka clashi+ng against Raidou didn’t bringht now, someday, I will definitely… I will also have Raidou-sensei acknowledge me as well When that happens, it would be fine for ht?) (Amelia)

Well, even if she were to ask that of Makoto right now, he would have accepted that way of calling hih

But for the sake of shi+ki who guides her, Ahtly deviated objective of hers strongly as she reinforced her resolve believing, not in herself, but in shi+ki

To at that state of hers frohtly tired expression with a tint of ah

“…It is incredible, isn’t it” (Daena)

“?”

Daena azes of the students

“That wo Even when she was not being serious, she was on a whole different level” (Daena)

“……”

“And yet, even against an opponent like that, Sensei is able to fight her back Corner her,out her all And even with that, not only is he not pulling back a single bit…he is pushi+ng her Is the world such a vast place? Is it such…a limitless place?” (Daena)

“……”

“Adventurers, knights, or raduation… They are all conflicts on a truly pitiful level The outside world is like this Even if ere to look like absolute existences, there’s an absolute out there that can crush us There’s no end……” (Daena)

There were no words in return

Because the fight happening high up was truly on a whole different level

Even if they can use it to better themselves, if they were asked if in the future they can participate in such a place, the ansould be no

A battle of the chosen

Anyone experiences the powerlessness of what they have done until now after they face moments like this

But no matter hoerless you think of yourself, it is not pointless

The words of Daena had despair and resignation in them, but no one was able to refute him

“…Puh…haha…hahahahaha!! I see, I see The chicks are worrying in their own chick way huh!” (To To, Daena’s words were cut short

When looking around, Mio had her folding fan over her h

In the eyes of Daena, these tere chosen ones, and that reaction of theirs had agitated him heavily

“T-Tomoe-san, a-at the very least… pufu…t-these children…fufu…are seeing the vanity of…pfft…their own…ufu…” (Mio)

Mio was trying to do a follow up, but it wasn’t ue of Daena had, for soangly boy with a child, your na?” (Toh, she took the trouble of walking to the front of Daena, placed a hand on his shoulder, and looked straight at his eyes before speaking

On the other hand, Daena could only nod

“Don’t get ahead of yourself” (Tomoe)

“!!”

“It is true that you people are the result of Waka and shi+ki’s teachings and inquisitiveness After obtaining strength unfitting to that of a student, you guysabout the possibilities you have Run to your heart’s content But, don’t get ahead of yourself” (Toet ahead of h” (Daena)

“Listen here Since Waka is not here, I can tell you guys in an easy to understand ithout the need to be picky about the words The ones that are currently fighting there are…” (Toy-ja And, from what I see, only has one weakness The very definition of a brave class that appears in fairy tales The height of natural talent” (Tomoe)

“…Then, the other one?” (Daena)

“A Great De about —a uys who are currently ordinary people can even challenge one step into it, right? Even I would be wounded if I were to jump into that” (Tomoe)

“True Even I wouldn’t be able to do much with just a kimono I would also be decently wounded” (Mio)

Mio nods at the words of Toed to escape frouard down since there ht be an afterquake

“Listen well Carve today’s battle inside your head, and when you think that your strength has reached its peak period, i her If you can last asoth, it would be an issue of the article notits risks” (Toht-ja It is that kind of fight-ja yo For you people, that is It will definitely serve as the best kind of ht of natural talent’, but isn’t Sensei overwhel her? To the point that even Haruka in that state is desperate…” (Jin)

“Jin huh Idiot What are you trying to measure yourself to Waka for? That in itself is ould be completely pointless Go ahead and carefully look at his movements” (Tomoe)

“Eh?” (Jin)

At the mo mode, this time, Jin was the one to ask Toe in To it as a battle between a brave and aasked this, Tomoe chided him as an idiot, and then, pointed at the state of the battle

“A body that has been trained to the li spells that she has free use of thanks to the power of the Water Spirit If this is not a prodigy, ould you call it?” (To techniques thrown by Haruka

Offensive, defensive, and evasion that utilizes the full of her power, technique, and experience

Even when they are in a special terrain that is the sky, she was round, to the point that would make one think that she was a resident of the sky since the ti with another swing, and erasing the opening of swinging both of the weapons in her hands with a spell

Accurately reading the counter-attacks of Makoto, she would handle the attacks that she can’t evade by setting healing ic beforehand There was no moment where her attack and defense would lossen

Even if Makoto were to use the hyue and deal attacks that not only are impossible to defend but even i the forcedskills

On top of that, she would erase the opening the skill creates by overwriting it with another skill

Adding to that, there’s the traps and offensive ic of the Spirit power

It is true that, if one were to pay attention, it is all overwhel technique

Her offensive and defensive abilities go without saying, but all the actions of Haruka felt as if they would serve as a learning experience for anyone

It is truly a battle style that one would label as a battle prodigy

But the Great De theh at it

That’s right, the Great Demon Lord couldn’t be defeated It is a mass of unreasonableness

“See? Even when she knew that she would be shot the ic to speedup, and is ai that swing, she aimed for the heart from the back, and even if that didn’t succeed and a counterattack is dealt…she escaped further up That last one, could it be the beginning movement of a skill that jumps up to cut down?” (Toht? What that wo is, in a sense, the best of a hyuoes a different line frouy must have seen it as its chance and possessed that woman, but…it was overhasty” (Toht so of a deal?

The answer to the question that Jin had was simple

Because the person that stands as his Sensei is overwhelht that Haruka was, ather

“Well well, it really is a parade of fascinating high-grade technique Even when she had a blank in her life because there was no equal opponent for her to fight against, she can still e to pull so much skill-ja Hyumans are truly fearso eyes of the students, a proper evaluation can’t beshot down

“Yeah, really As expected, hyueneral, is truly fearso tone

“Hngh…”

“She ed She is…going for the end” (Mio)

“Eh?!”

The s that Jin and the others couldn’t see at all

They could only watch over the fight of Raidou and Haruka ere clashi+ng as always

Feeling that the ending hter

And then, he gripped back that s at the battle above

“It is about to end huh The request of Futsu only sht with lots to gain” (Toed to protect the hter was plenty worth it” (Mio)

The black and white naginatas of Haruka had left her hand

For a brief ned the battle

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Scared eyes

Haruka-san

This person is not fit for battle

Her techniques and body are polished to an unbelievable level, but…there’s one thing

Her heart is not there

In a…differentfrom me…

If there were an opponent of the sa to battle would be born?

In regards to Haruka-san, that would be a mistake

Until now, I have…moderately cornered her, and had her expose all the skills that she can use

She had so the job quite difficult, but she probably only has her last plan re

Haruka-san is scared

Scared of injury, scared of defeat, scared of death

She hasn’t conquered those fears at all

Or more like, in all her life till now, she hasn’t felt that kind of fear and hastalent —even when she was forced to the battlefield

That part is actually miraculous, andable to accept a High Spirit in her body even when she is not a Priestess and not lose her self-conscious, that in itself is crazy

This is just pointless assuainst one between her and Zef-san with only the things that one has been born with, he ht have been a blessing that Tomoki didn’t personally come in contact with her

H heavily, suddenly let go of her two naginatas

The black and white weapons of hers didn’t fall and were floating at both sides of their owner