Accel World Vol 2 Chapter 3 (1/2)
Chapter 3
Haruyuki could not understand theYuniko’s words Takulasses were slightly raised
The one who showed extreme reaction was Kuroyukihime
The right hand that she used to reach for her coffee cup was suddenly clenched together Banging on the table with that fist, the Black King shouted
“No way! That «Armor» is supposed to be totally annihilated!!”
She stopped there with her eyes going empty and face white, Haruyuki fearfully asked
“Ah that is What is that Disaster Ar?”
Kuroyukihime continued to be silent for a few more seconds, then eventually leaned back on her chair and took a long breath
While crossing her stocking legs, she turned her upper body toward Haruyuki
“Nn about that As a hu it’s an object it could be said to be like that Haruyuki-kun, do you remember your first duel opponent?”
“Wha, y, yes That bike guy «Ash Roller»”
While that flashy chop bike and skeleton heled to the Green legion whose territory ranged froht once in a while with some wins and some losses
“That man’s bike That’s an object other than the rider hiether theyand a person, isn’t that right?”
“Let’s see that, is right For sure”
He nodded again
“That kind of external item, is called an «Enhanced Armament» in the Brain Burst system”
“Enhanced Armament”
Somehow, a cool name appeared
Haruyuki was momentarily excited, but it was soon replaced by depression For the empty handed Silver Crow, no matter how you put it, he did not have any
Realizing what Haruyuki was thinking, Kuroyukihime said with a small wry smile
“I don’t have any either, don’t be so depressed”
“But I have”
Yuniko said with relaxed lips And was immediately bathed in Kuroyukihime’s sharp sound
“In your case, instead of having, it’s more like the armament is the actual body”
“Oh, I heard a nice loser phrase”
Between the two glaring at each other, Haruyuki hurriedly cut in
“I, I see Scarlet Rain’s, that incredible firepower container that is all an «Enhanced Arht?”
“That is right However, it’s not such a rare thing that could irl proud There are four ways to obtain it”
Kuroyukihiht fist, and continued
“First, as beginner equipment at the start Ash Roller’s bike is probably that”
“My right hand’s «Pile Driver» is also that right”
Hearing what Takumu interrupted with, Haruyuki involuntarily said ‘What’
“Why does Taku also have one!”
“There there, let’s listen”
“Continuing”
Her extending index finger’s nail snapped the air
“Second, obtained using level up bonus If it does not exist in the bonus selection, that’s impossible”
“I didn’t have any”
Haruyuki whispered after re the three level ups till now Other than that, he already followed Kuroyukihime’s advice and put all of his level up bonuses into speed and flight tirades
Next Kuroyukihier and continued with the explanation
“And the third Use points to buy in a «Shop» Here it is possible for Haruyuki-kun too, well, I would not recommend it”
“Huh? Shop that is a store? That, where is it?”
“Secret I can easily iine that you aste all your points”
“N, no way”
With ‘Ahaha’ laugh, Takumu also nodded
“Without doubt Haru’s personality changes when he goes to that kind of store”
“Wh, what’s with you two”
The relaxed air flowing around the living room -
Was cut by Yuniko’s one sharp sound
“Hurry and say the fourth way”
Kuroyukihihtly, however did not say anything right after that
Then, Yuniko extended her hand, forcefully extended Kuroyukihier, and spit out a short sentence
“Fourth «Take forcefully by killing»”
“Ki kill”
To the wide eyed Haruyuki, Kuroyukihihed and added
“This, is still not fully understood phenomenon but when a Burst Linker with an «Enhanced Armament» loses, if at that point his Burst Point became zero and forever leaves the accelerated world, there are cases where the ownershi+p of the loser’s armament will transfer to the winner”
“Low rate random event, is the current theory”
Yuniko interrupted with that, then held the back of her head with both hands
“But, that does not apply to «Disaster Armor» Transfer rate 100, a perfect cursed item”
“But however”
Murround her teeth and snapped
“Not possible It was supposed to be destroyed Two and half years ago, I clearly saw that «Armor» «Chrome Disaster»’s final moment, and confirmed its annihilation!”
‘- Chroendary name of a Burst Linker froo’
Kuroyukihime’s story started with those words
‘- Covered in ht like «enhanced arround withstyle was severe, or more like cruel, those who surrendered, heads were cut off, limbs disemboweled, it was violent to the extreme
However, he who forced many opponents to forever lose Brain Burst, his final day also arrived Aside frohest leveled Burst Linkers at that tio after only Chrome Disaster for duels
Eventually his points dropped to zero and at the moment he «died» in the accelerated world, he shouted with a loud laughter “I curse this world Corrupt I will revive again and again”
Those words were true The Burst Linker named Chrome Disaster retired, but the Armor the enhanced armament did not disappear Its ownershi+p transferred to one of the people in the subjugation alliance; lost to the lure of curiosity and the mentality of the Linker who put that on was taken over The till then adht That savage shape could not be distinguished froeneration»’
Kuroyukihime stopped there, after she wet her throat with coffee, she continued in a low voice
“The sa happened three ties, and was subjugated However the ared personality and shape one by one that Burst Linker no longer used his original nao when I was already one of the «Pure color seven kings», I joined the subjugation of the fourth Chroht was I still feel it in my skin now It could not be told in words”
She returned the cup and rubbed her arh her unifored
“Then, Haruyuki-kun Sorry, but can you find two direct connect cables?”
“Wha ca, cable!? And two of them?”
“I have one already The length, well, about one meter is fine”
“O okay”
Haruyuki stood up while not understanding what’s going on, ran to his own room, took two XSB cables fro room
“There were just two cables Let’s see the length, this one is one meter, this one err, 50cm”
While he shrug his head and dangle the cables fro like face
“Hahaa, that huh OK OK, I will endure the 50cm one”
She grinned, took the short cable froed that into the connector on her red Neuro Linker At that moment
“H hey, don’t kid me! I will use that!”
“No way”
Yuniko dodged Kuroyukihime’s extended hand and jumped to Haruyuki’s left side Her body with youthful hardness was stuck to him and a sweet and sour like s onto his neck and extended the plug Without any tied into his Neuro Linker and wired connection warning appeared in front of his eyes and disappeared
“U, uwaa!? Wh, what”
Looking up at the flustered Haruyuki, Yuniko said with a fearless smile
“Hey, hurry and plug in that long one, then give it to that girl Ah, also, if you peek in my memory you will be sorry, so careful”
With that speech, Haruyuki finally understood theof three cables Kuroyukihime wanted to daisy chain the Neuro Linkers of the four people here
Takuht type with only one external connection terminal To connect four people, it has to be done with the double terh end type Neuro Linkers of Kuroyukihime and Haruyuki in the middle Yuniko who realized that quickly, must have picked the shortest cable to annoy Kuroyukihiht cheek jerked and her fists shook as she shouted in a threatening tone
“Hey you, don’t stick so close to him!”
“I have no choice, the cable is short”
“You selected that one!”
Kuroyukihime who raised her voice, eventually snorted and looked down at the Red King with an absolute zero degree black snow smile
“Exactly, that’s why I hate kids Cable length as a measure of intimacy, truly ridiculous!”
“Oho, no one said that right? I just thought the shorter one will have less signal lost”
“Y, y, you”
Seeing that absolute zero te quickly to the temperature of the sun’s surface, Haruyuki extended the cable, connected the other terminal on his Neuro Linker towards Kuroyukihime with ‘Your !’ look in his eyes desperately Kuroyukihi it into her own Neuro Linker, she took out the usual two meter cable from her pocket and handed it to Takumu
As the half a that in, another two direct connection warnings appeared and the four people’s Neuro Linkers were finally directly connected, Haruyuki relaxed with a sigh
“Ah, th, this what is it for?”
“First, let’s sit”
After saying that with a still gruff voice, Kuroyukihi rooht, Haruyuki hurriedly follow suit, and Yuniko also sat dohile sticking to his left side
Finally, Taku a kendo uniforlanced at Kuroyukihime
“Master, do we «Accelerate»?”
“No, no need for that After the full sensory o Direct Link”
Seeing Kuroyukihi her shoulders, Haruyuki hurriedly sang the command
“Direct Link!”
Bit by bit, his fully body senses and the surrounding vieent away The Neuro Linker canceled the five real senses and led the consciousness towards the virtual world In the darkness, only a strong falling sensation could be felt If he kept waiting, he would full dive into Arita house’s ho access gate floated in front of him
He extended his unseen right hand and the moment he touched it, Haruyuki’s consciousness was drawn in by the gate
Light expanded from the center of his view and covered Haruyuki The scenery from deeper inside was an unlie purple rocks
While he ondering where this place was, he looked down and was a bit shaky when he could not see his own body However soon, he realized that this is not a virtual world but a VR movie that is a recorded video directly played in his brain As evidence, the lower right of his view had a number that counted the play time and a slide bar
“Ah senpai?”
When he asked, a reply caht side
“I airl is here too?”
He could not see her but it ithout a doubt Kuroyukihi ain, after deter there were only rock formations, he timidly inquired
“Err hat is thisaeveryone?”
“To stop any chance of it leaking outside If I send it through your house’s home net to everyone, there will be a cache left in the apartment server”
“I, I see”
He now understood the reason for direct connection, but the content of the movie was still a mystery It could not be a movie that needed such precautions, as Haruyuki tilted his unseen head, at that moment -
Suddenly he heard a sharp wind cutting sound above Without the time to look up, around 10 meters in front of him, a shape landed with a sharp sound
Deep black shi+ning half transparent ar and sharp sword like limbs V shape head Without a doubt, it is Kuroyukihime’s duel avatar, «Black Lotus»
“That is, senpai?”
To Haruyuki’s involuntarily shout, Kuroyukihime answered with a ‘Un’
“That’s o”
“Two and half years No, before that since senpai is in that shape, this is «accelerated world» right? Thatof a «duel»?”
‘Does Brain Burst have this kind of function?’ he wondered and was about to ask, this time from his left side, Yuniko’s voice echoed
“So called «Replay» A shi+t expensive iteo means this is what you earlier ht’s replay, right? Then why just you?”
“No, another will come soon”
Before those words were finished, from left side of the scenery a new duel avatar’s shape appeared ‘Is this a many vs one battle?’, while Haruyuki wondered in mystery, he stared at it
About one head taller than Black Lotus Slender, but with athletic li of voluht hand ereen
“What a beautiful green color master, that is?”
Kuroyukihime replied to Takumu’s low sound
“Yes The «Green King» Affinity type is close range or indirect but, the second name more accurately describes the ability That is «Invulnerable»”
“Looks stiff From rumors, all losses were from time out, and at those times its HP never went below half that must be a lie”
“You will understand if you watch”
When Kuroyukihi tone, in the reen avatar, and indicated with gesture the shade of a large rock right nearby The Green King nodded silently, went behind the rock and leaned back against it The Black King also hid behind a rock a bit further away Clearly, they were trying for an ambush
Even understanding that this was a past recording, Haruyuki looked on while holding his breath Suddenly ‘crackle’ like small sound echoed from his left side
Hestepped on came slowly closer
A few seconds later, what appeared between the rock fore duel avatar Probably 50c The body covered in bellow like ated, and the head tilted forward like a snake Left and right arle down held a crude broad ax, its thick blade alround
The head was covered in a worm like slippery cylinder, with two black holes at the top From the darkness inside, red filled eyes moved around
The full body armor was deep black cloudy silver The avatar that looked around while sunlight reflected lightly off it suddenly stood still and stared straight at Haruyuki At that ot that this was a recorded movie, and froze on the spot
‘- What is this This is a Burst Linker? An avatar controlled by a real person?’
‘No way This is like a robot no, a wild beast’
“This guy is the fourth «Chro fifth, the form and size are totally different”
To be expected, relaxed, however soht tension mixed in Yuniko’s murmur
“It should be like that That black silver ar on the shape of the avatar ears it But, its characteristic won’t change no hts of only insane attacks”
Kuroyukihie black silver avatar raised the large ax silently
What the blade ai behind With whatever , Chrome Disaster found out about the ambush
“Gaa!!”
With a carnivorous beast like roar, the ax ung doith furious speed The thick rock was cut in half like butter, however right before that, the green avatar jumped out to the side of the rock’s shade
To chase after that, the huge ax ung again The Green King that turned around, this tie, and held up the shi+eld in left hand instead
Right after that, with a sharp metallic sound the shi+eld extended in four directions, and froe cross shape It was a size that covered all of the Green King’s body In the center of that, the crude ax hit with power froh up
With a loud noise that hurts the ears, waterfall like sparks flew The ax was rebounded, but the Green King also knelt down
“Gaa, Gagaa!!”
An angry and joyful sound leaked out of Chro the ax down many times The attacks where even one hit could cut apart a body, the Green King’s cross shi+eld continued to guard against them simply
It was then that Haruyuki finally noticed that Chrome Disaster’s black silver ar, fro like substance that spread out in the air
“Wounded?”
After he unconsciously murmured, Kuroyukihime coolly replied
“That’s right That guy fought with other kings earlier and was driven here As for the health gauge, it’s near death But still that savage At that tihtened to the depth of my heart”
‘That would be the case Even watching a replay like this, the urge to run away is strong’
While he whispered in his mind, he felt that his supposed to be sensory cut real body’s hairs were raised Actually, it’s unthinkable Against the strongest in the accelerated world, the «Kings», this one sided crazy rae This th, could only be beyond level 9
Maybe Chro since no matter how many times the ax hit, it could not break the defense, so ithead extended - suddenly, the mouth opened with a wet sound
From thetube like tongue extended, that Haruyuki stared at while dazed At that time Kuroyukihime said with a sharp sound
“That, is one of Chrouy can steal duel opponent’s HP gauge”
Like those words said, the long tube went around the Green King’s shi+eld and extended near the neck
“Look out!”
Haruyuki shouted in reaction, and right after
The till now not joining the battle even once, hidden Black Lotus ju bolt
Her right hand sword swung doith unseen speed and cut off Chroue from the root
“GaaGagagagaa!!”
From the round e avatar leaned backward Ai sword pierced all the way through without mercy
The long blade that pierced through the back suddenly shone a dazzling violet The Black King raised her leg and cut upwards, dancing higher above, and elegantly flipped around Before the shi+ning deep black avatar landed, Chrome Disaster’s head was split in two -
There, the slide bar that showed play tiht reached the far end
With Link Out command, Haruyuki returned from full dive, he noticed that his real hands ith sweat
Takureen in the face Looking left, he saw the Red King Yuniko too was silent with stiff lips
“That guy continued to fight in that condition for another two minutes before it finally ended”
Kuroyukihied into her Neuro Linker at the sa his stiff hands, he inquired with a dry voice
“That is that really a Burst Linker? Like us, a real player was inside that?”
“Without a doubt The current fifth too, with big difference in fighting ”
Yuniko stood up while saying that in a low voice, and glared at Kuroyukihirim look
“You guys went to a lot of trouble to defeat the fourth, that is certain since there is a replay to prove it But then, why did that «Armor», that enhanced armament did not disappear!?”
“It disappeared!”
Kuroyukihiht up and shouted back
While grinding her teeth, Kuroyukihime sat on a chair by the table, and waited for the other three to sit down before continuing with a suppressed voice
“When the owner of that «Armor», the fourth Chro and I met up with the other five people, and checked our statusthere Everyone there clearly said it That the «Are Thatto the one who killed the oas broken at that time In fact, Chrome Disaster did not appear since then!”
That final part was allared at Yuniko with a challenging look
Withstanding the pressure fro returned sharply
“Then, explain the current situation! The fifth appeared, ravaging like the past is a fact!”
“What is the na the «Armor» and mentally corrupted by it to becoistered in the systee In a duel, you should be able to find out the name of the avatar inside the ar was it!!”
This time, Yuniko looked down and was silent
After a few seconds, blowing out a long breath, the girl shook her head left and right
“It’s not a King The fifth, is inal nainal person He was eaten by the armor, and has disappeared”
That voice, contrary to the violent language, was so
Kuroyukihime’s eyes becaht hand finger
“Not a King? Red legion member? However”
Kuroyukihihtly raised his hand and said
“It ht be like this, master Enhanced Armament, even ones from shops, can be transferred to another Burst Linker in the real world with direct connection It’s not soras are incorruptible pacifists One of the Kings with an agenda ht have sworn a false oath and secretly kept the «Ariven that to «Cherry Rook»?”
“It would be like that It was s level 9 players have no reason to desire lots of points Since no ained, you can not becoiven out it’s only for the reason of strengthening your own legion and weakening other legions so releasing the uncontrollable ChroionThat certainlythat had joined the subjugation two and half years ago”
Momentarily, Kuroyukihime’s voice paused, probably only Haruyuki noticed it
Suddenly under the table, Kuroyukihi war speech continued
“The Red King froer in the accelerated world After just three ation of Chrome Disaster, he was also struck down So, it could not be from him”
“At that ti Burst Linker chick so I don’t know the details”
The Red King did not seem to notice Kuroyukihime’s momentarily conflict and interrupted with a somber voice
“Obviously, I did not obtain the «Ar and even if I did obtain it, I would not think of letting athat fiendish like battle”
“Is the fifth also that incredible?”
To Haruyuki’s question, Yuniko looked up slightly and spit out
“In a certain sense, beyond that earlier replay That guy is no longer a Burst Linker, or er a «duel» I I saw hi a fallen opponent’s arm”
“Gee”
He unconsciously iroaned
After overwriting the sour after taste with his coffee full of s
“B, but earlier you said «taken over» and «mental corruption» enhanced arht? To be able to interfere with the actual Burst Linker’s thoughts, is that possible?”
“Yes It’s possible”
Kuroyukihime instantly said