Accel World Vol 2 Chapter 5 (1/2)

Chapter 5

‘-Unlimited Burst!’

After he shouted that while preoccupied, thehit his consciousness

His view instantly became dark

However, the darkness was soon pierced by silver light That was the effect light that changed Haruyuki’s real body into a steel mechanical body

Normal acceleration - with the «Burst Link» co avatar, that phase was now skipped and Haruyuki was changing into his pure silver duel avatar - «Silver Crow»

Right after that, the surrounding darkness was also bloay by rainbow light

What appeared beyond the radiating aura was shi+ning blue black steel

The place that was supposed to be his apart roo’s castle froone, from the walls and pillars withfins, ht blue fla, and the high ceiling sunk in a deep darkness that could not be seen

The e, but there was not a single sign of disorder froht scene that’s everywhere

When he looked back around hi there

Dark blue are pile driver, is «Cyan Pile»

Criun on her, is «Scarlet Rain»

And then with a pure black se, is «Black Lotus»

Standing in the sa, but even the same leveled Cyan Pile - Takumu made him feel inferior, he sed that and whispered

“This is the «Unlimited Neutral Field»”

“That’s right”

After confirhtly turned around Black Lotus that became all sharp endpoints, did not walk nor above the floor

With her right hand that is a large blade si, she pointed past the corridor

“That is probably the exit It’s faster if you see for yourself”

“That’s true Let’s go”

Scarlet Rain - Niko nodded too, while her twin pigtail antenna moved up and down

After walking in the steel passage covered in thick fog for a bit, their destination was filled by white light from outside Haruyuki involuntarily walked faster and passed the other three, then took a left turn and opened his eyes wide

The place that was originally the apartment east street side wall, had becaht that was si outside the terrace

Dreadful - is the only thing that could describe the scene

The sky was covered with htning passed through

And then on the ground, sined with sharp steel plates stuck on like objects Right in front, the hazy fog covered shi+njuku, was no longer croith tall buildings, but was now like a fortress filled with an evil army No matter how he looked, there was not any movement As if it was totally uninhabited

Demonic city, while those words appear in his mind, Haruyuki asked Kuroyukihime who stepped out beside him

“It’s the first time I've seen this kind of field Here, the attribute is”

“It’s «Chaos»”

After that short answer, she turned her eyes shi+ning with violet light towards Haruyuki and added

“You will eventually understand what thatat the scenery is fine, but there is so else that you should realize quickly”

“Wh what?”

While Haruyuki hurriedly looked around, he finally sahat he was supposed to

Up till now in duel fields, normally in the upper part of his view is shown his own and his ene tiht now, there is only his HP bar, and there is no countdown number

So far, the game application «Brain Burst» that Haruyuki experienced were, detailed fields that could only be thought of as reality, with perfect real five senses feedback that is ultiy, but the content was an old style one on one fighting game At the raphics design only changed slightly, but he felt that the gae scale network game, so he involuntarily shouted

“Th, there isn’t any re time!? What does this mean?”

“Exactly what it seems”

The one who answered, was Niko who came up on his left side

“Here, there is not a dive time limit setup That’s why it’s «Unlimited»”

“Wha”

Again losing his words, Haruyuki desperately tried to think about theof what he heard

“Th, that is We, «Accelerated» right?”

“Of course, that’s right”

Kuroyukihiain

Brain Burst accelerated its user’s thinking by 1000 times while in a full dive in a virtual field That’s why, even if the normal acceleration limit of 30 minutes are all used up, in the real world it would only have been 18 seconds

However, with no limit, that means

If just 10 minutes of real time is spent in this «Unlith of 10,000 minutes - that is about 166 hours, which is around 7 days

Then, if he spent a whole real day here

After he calculated with his fingers, Haruyuki murmured with a raspy voice

“Th three years”

‘Oh my God’ That is about equal to forever in time That means, if he uses the command «Unlimited Burst», no matter howfor a test

“You should not do that, Haru”

At that hts, Takumu said behind him

Turning around, he saw the avatar’s , and his friend continued with a sound containing laughter

“I too, came here just once before At that time I was as excited as you are, also since 10 Burst Points were used, I thought it would be a waste to go home soon, so I spent 3 days inside When I returned to reality, I had forgotten all about what I was going to do before accelerating, it ful”

“That’s right, Haruyuki-kun With just 3 days you can get aith forgetting what you were going to do, but if you spend 1 month, or half a year in here”

Saying till there, Kuroyukihime’s tone of voice became serious

“- when you return, your personality would have changed Of course, coe would differ too If you don’t want your family or friends to look at you with puzzled faces, you should not come here too often”

At the instant he heard that speech, one awaken voice rang in his mind

‘- If you kne irl and I spent in the accelerated world’

Yesterday, Niko said that with laughter Theof that, which is -

However before he can think ahead, he was lightly hit on the back by that person

“Instead of that, it’s time to move At the time we accelerated, it would be still two real minutes before the train Cherry is on arrives at Ikebukuro, so we still have tih”

“Y, yea Moving that is to Ikebukuro right”

Two minutes of real tiht that ht be way more time than needed, Haruyuki moved his vieards the northeast direction

Beyond the blue black steel city that extended far away, he could e structure If that is Ikebukuro’s Sunshi+ne city, the distance there should be about 6km, similar to the real world

“Let see do alk? Or run?”

“No way Why do you think we have you here?”

“Huh? That means”

In front of the dumbfounded Haruyuki, the pitiful criether in front of her chest and tilted her head

“Carry me and fly, onii-chan♪”

Haruyuki used his «Punch» and «Kick» to destroy the objects of deformed statues and iron bars set on the open terrace, and after his special gauge was‘Let see’

There, were shapes of two Kings looking at him sharply

“He will carry le below Silver Crow’s legs”

“Stop joking! Why do I have to do that huo ride the train by yourself!”

Between the tith sparking flashes that were not an expression but was really there, Takuhed and interrupted

“Then, let’s do this Master on Haru’s right ar on his left arle on his legs Will that work, Haru?”

“Ah y, yea, probably I can’t put out h”

Moving to the front of the still unsatisfied Niko and Kuroyukihiht hand

“Ex, excuse me”

He tightly held Black Lotus’ slender waist which had a lotus flower like armor skirt below, next he used his left hand to hold Scarlet Rain’s even more delicate body

Without a fragment of mental space for a ‘Yay, a flower in both hands’ kind of thought, Haruyuki slowly put strength into his shoulder blades, and opened up the metallic fins folded on his back

The wings that spread apart with a clear sound, soon released a light flapping sound The virtual lift that was created round

He slowly rose, when he was about 15round, he hovered

“Taku, it’s okay now”

“Yoroshi+ku, Haru”

Soon, Cyan Pile’s strong arms held onto around his calf area

“Then we are going!”

With his announceth

Three extra people’s weight was a lot, but he still ed to accelerate and fly towards the sky The steel terrace was left farther and farther behind, and the uninhabited, deformed city opened up wide below

“Oh oh, incredible!!”

In his left arm, Niko shouted

“You are really flying! That is Seven Ring[1] that is central train line huh Wonder if I can see my school!”

For Haruyuki, it was all familiar scenery Even within the Normal Duel Field’s movement limit, he could still see not just Tokyo, but the whole district of Kanto

However, nothat welled up in his heart never see, this «Unli to Kuroyukihie - that e of japan

That is a scale that could no longer be called a game map It is another world

“I see this huh”

Haruyuki unconsciously whispered

“This is the true «Accelerated World» right Always existing beside the real world not an instant, but a permanent world”

“That’s right”

That short ht ar eyes turned towards Haruyuki and her strict yet kind voice flowed

“And this is Burst Linker’s true battle field If you aiht here, and win Well, right now is not that time yet”

Does that mean his level is too low, or Haruyuki hih ability?

Realizing that a bit of ihtly nodded

“Yes In, instead of that”

“Nn? What is it?”

“Since this is a permanent map, that means, at this moment other than us, there are other Burst Linkers who dived in here right?”

“Of course”

It was Niko who answered hi, and asked another question

“B, but, if that is the case I don’t seem to sense anyone else”

The deformed city beloas filled with cold silence, and he could not see any ht it would be like the usual duel field, with duel avatar shapes here and there, so what does this mean?

However soon, this tis that made a sound

“Haha, that’s of course, Haru The total number of Burst Linkers is around 1000, so at any one time the number of them that dive in this Unli it like this, for places like Sugina anyone is a matter of course”

“Th, then if we head towards the city center?”

“That is exactly it That’s e, and also «Cherry Rook» are ai for Bukuro”

At the same time she said that, Niko knocked on Haruyuki’s helmet head

“Instead of that, if you keep floating and don’t e will disappear”

“Ah, y, yea”

Haruyuki checked the se bar below his HP bar Hovering does not use up a lot of the gauge, but it already lost about 10

“Then, ill be taking the direct route”

With that announce’s vibration rate

Right below the hanging black clouds, heSoon they passed the e and entered Nakano

When his eyes captured the elevated central train line supported by awfully sharp pillars, he looked ahead casually He saw so unexpected and murmured

“Ah Th, the train is !?”

On the black shi+ning rails, justs with heavy sounds towards the direction of shi+njuku

“You can really ride it It will cost points though”

Hearing Kuroyukihime’s somewhat fun explanation, under the silver armor his eyes opened wide

“Wha ho is driving it!?”

“Fufu, you should check it out yourself someday”

While they were chatting, the train line was left farther and farther behind, in exchange he could see Yamate street After they pass that, they will arrive at Mejiro, and then Ikebukuro

In the real world, Haruyuki usually went there to buy old styled gainami is unexpectedly bad Either he took the train to shi+njuku and left frole movements so it took time

‘If I can fly like this it would be fun’, while he was thinking those carefree thoughts, at that time -

“Hey, Haruyuki-kun Look at that”

Kuroyukihiht arm, pointed with the tip of her sword towards the east side

Haruyuki who looked that way casually, his overwhel, so he hurriedly held thehter

“Uwaaa Wha what!?”

On Yae slowIts full body fored beast, but its body was flat like a stingray, and where the head was supposed to be,strong legs, like on a bug, two brutal looking sharp claws extended

And then its large size, no ht of a three storey building Taking over three car lanes of road below, it slowly moved south

When its feet touched the ground, a ‘Booo that, Haruyuki whispered in amazement

“What is that?”

“It is an «enemy» Created by the system, it moves, and is this world’s resident”

Continuing after Kuroyukihime, Niko blew a short whistle

“Seeing one that big all of a sudden, you are lucky But, don’t approach too close to it If we becoet of that class, even these members won’t be able to handle it”

“Target you said, what, it will attack us!?”

“Theof the word ‘enemy’, you should have already learned it in middle school”

He did not have tiained altitude The strange looking huge beast did not see from above, and slowly continued to walk

“Wh why is that dangerous thing setup”

“Why, you ask that is”

Kuroyukihime’s reply faltered Niko and Takumu too seemed to show they lacked the answer, so Haruyuki tilted his head

Then, Takus shouted with an undertone

“Ah, there, it’s just starting The «Hunt»”

“Hu hunt?”

Right after that, the huge beast passing right under them suddenly roared, and Haruyuki jumped a few meters

“Uwaaa!?”

The beast stood up on its two hind legs, and while the tentacles on its head violently shook, it roared again However its opponent was not them, as Haruyuki soon realized

Farther south on Yamate street, there were many small shadows

At first he thought they were other «enemy», but he soon realized that was not the case The many colored armored humanoid silhouettes - must be Burst Linkers

The large size person standing at the front raised its right hand and brought it down

At that s to either side of the street, many beam lines and actual ae beast’s head

The huge body of the «eneered, then with a ‘Yuoooon’ roar, its head turned towards one of the buildings While its front legs scratched the air, it started to move forith earth tremors

However, right before the huge body crashed into the building, the Burst Linkers taking fore attacks at the same time The beast that stood while covered by ing towards the people standing on the road

“Ah, danger!”

Haruyuki shouted involuntarily The huge beast’s front leg came down from far above, the one that looked like a leader was stepped on in one fell swoop and crushed - that hat it looked like, but the blue silver heavy are claith his crossed arms

Even so it did not seeht it there, while he guarded the people the ra, he slowly backed off

After pulling it a far enough distance away fros, fro the base of the huge beast’s tail While the beast turned slowly to head for the building on the eastern side, this tie attacks

“That’s a pretty nice party The hate control is good Who is that leader?”

To Kuroyukihime’s impressed question, Niko answered

“It should be a ion But that party seems to be made up of random people”

With that conversation, Haruyuki finally understood what the fight occurring below him was for

“I, I see those Burst Linkers are not attacked by that ht”

“That’s right That is a «hunt»”

“That means, if they kill it, experience points not that, Burst Points?”

“Umu, exactly that”

After Kuroyukihime nodded, Niko knocked on Haruyuki’s head

“Even you should have understood by now The reason enemy exist in this Unlimited Neutral Field, that also is the reason why this field exists Not just from normal duels, Burst Linkers can hunt here to level up as well But”

“That efficiency, is significantly worse coe size beast, even hunting with the risk of full annihilation, is si a duel with a saained”

Kuroyukihihtly shook her flowing form mask

“That is so ene Burst Points froa in the Unli points However right now, that becah level can be reached The reason is”

“The ht”

Haruyuki murmured

“For high level Burst Linkers, even if they want to duel norions’ territory For that reason also, the weekend «Territory battle», due to the treaty cannot function”

Haruyuki looked away froain started htful tone of voice

“Master, but to be exact, there is another way right Getting points with high efficiency in this current situation, the h level barrier”

“What? Taku, that is?”

“What I et other than «enemy» In addition, a prey that has way more points”

After thinking for an instant, Haruyuki took a sharp breath

“I, I see earlier instead of the huge beast, those people”

He glanced back, far south behind theht

The short silence was broken by Kuroyukihime’s quiet voice

“That is exactly it For norh level Burst Linkers that usually do not leave their own legion territory, and even if you want to challenge them you cannot, but in this place you can attack the you like”

“And then, the one who is doing exactly that, is «Cherry Rook» no, «Chrome Disaster»”

Niko ed as she looked straight ahead

They had already passed Mejiro street that was one of seven radiating roads, and the center of Ikebukuro is straight ahead The palace surrounded by strange steel spires that seem to s the deep black roads, from there was the JR[2] Ikebukuro station East of that extended a huge sky corridor, linked to the skyscraper fortress standing a little further away- Sunshi+ne City

At the base of the corridor stood sos, and he see

‘Are those just light effects? Or maybe it is actually si center?’

While thinking he unconsciously forgot their current situation and tried to ht hand pulled his head back

“Whoa, stop here It will be a long tio to the ground Flying around will be easily seen from below”

“Well, that is true however even if you say Ikebukuro, it’s a big area Do you knohere he will appear?”

To Kuroyukihime’s question, she snorted

“If it’s the same pattern till now, it will be around Sunshi+ne City Circle around the south side, and just pick a building to descend onto”

Haruyuki did as he was told and changed his body direction to head east

He could see the fortress pointing to the sky on his left front side To the right side, there is a gaping open hollow-like place In the real world that should be the south Ikebukuro park, however there is not any type of trees, it was like a hugeit have a crater like bleak feeling

“Then, ill descend near that eround”

While saying so, Haruyuki checked his little ree, deters

Slowly, the four people weight started to move forward -

At that moment

“Haru!!”