Accel World Vol 2 Chapter 5 (2/2)

Near his feet, Takumu shouted

Haruyuki who looked down in reaction, what his eyes captured, were bright orange firing lines extending up froround

“!!”

Without even time to screaht front

‘Jyaaa!’

With the sound of air being burned, he felt a huge heat wave going by near his back He felt sos that did not have any pain sensors

However he ignored it, and again slid in the air, this time to the left side Because he saw the second volley of fire froround Moreover, its color is different from the first attack

Right after the blue white ray was also dangerously dodged, Kuroyukihime lowly shouted

“Could it be Chrome Disaster?”

Against that, even though tense, Niko’s reply voice also has a dumbfounded echo

“There is no way it’s way too early, before he appear, there should still be a full day’s worth of tiuy doesn’t have this kind of skill”

Those two’s conversation was overwritten by Haruyuki’s scream

“Descending!!”

Since, froround, the third attack - this tihts Those are not direct line lasers, but are actual ahts

Haruyuki stopped all of his wing’s lift, and descended alht down, they will instantly be captured by the ht, and while sliding in the air like a glider, he aie crater in front

“Here they come! Missiles!”

With a tongue clicking sound, Niko bended over in Haruyuki’s arun

‘Dadadan’, that crisp continuous gun fire sound echoed, and many small sized explosion sounds also roared However, just one handgun cannot shoot down all the h the flames and closed in -

“Yaaa!”

Were mowed by Kuroyukihime’s left hand sword strike and cut apart

After a bitthat pressure wave, Haruyuki cut through the last few ten meters, and flew at full speed towards the center of the circular crater

First, Takuht after that, frohtly landed on the ground

After falling in an aard mess in between the three, Haruyuki hurriedly julance, he checked his HP bar, luckily only less than 3 was lost Kuroyukihime and the others should not have been directly hit either

In the center of the huge hole filled with nuh of relief

As if the continuous attacks a few seconds ago were lies, the world returned to silence Far up above in the black clouds, flashes of lightning htly echoed

Then -

With a se, one shadow appeared

It was a Burst Linker Without a doubt it was probably one of the people attacking them earlier Since it was mostly a silhouette, Haruyuki could not determine its color

“That is the person who attacked us earlier?”

Haruyuki whispered in a sound that could barely be heard

However, just one second later

Right next to that, a second shadow appeared without a sound And then a 3rd, and a 4th too

“Wh what is going on”

Takuht murmur, was about at the same time as the sound of many foot steps’ echo

Looking up, Haruyuki saw that the crater’s edge, left, right and every which as filled with avatar’s shadows Large sized, sed, their abilities differed, but they had one thing in common

That is their feel Their looks filled with overflowing battle intention, silently looking at their prey - a hunter’s feel

The total number of Burst Linkers that appeared was around 30 people And then finally, passing between the circle gathered at the crater’s outer edge, an avatar with the strongest presence appeared

Long and slender With a height probably taller than Cyan Pile, however its four limbs were delicate like Silver Crow’s The humanoid shape al at the shoulder and hip

The head was covered with a hat that is shaped like horns on either side that was se balls at the tip of those horns wavered without a sound And then the face was covered with a hter on it

“Clown?”

Haruyuki unconsciously whispered That avatar’s silhouette is very si cards However thatsmall eyes that slanted upwards were ash white in the shadow of backlight, filled with a cruel light

Then, suddenly part of the clouds above thinned The weak grey sunlight reached the ground, and showed the shape of avatars surrounding the crater

Many different colors However, to say it strongly, most were red and yellow

The one that shone especially brightly, was the loosely standing in the center of that group, the clown avatar’s armor

Without a single part of cloudiness, a poisonous yellow like uraniu sense of terror ran through Haruyuki’s back There are not ree of fresh color saturation Up till now the ones he’d seen directly were darkness deep black, and flame crimson, only those two That means -, that means that clown is

As if supporting Haruyuki’s i beside him let out a dry sound

“«Yellow Radio» «Yellow King» Why is he here”

King Only 7 of them existed in the accelerated world, level 9 Burst Linkers

Up till now for Haruyuki, never , he did not even have contact with ’s control The reason is the territory under Yellow legion’s control, are on the opposite side of Suginami in the Tokyo area - from Ueno to Akihabara When he went to Akihabara to buy old PC parts, he always disconnected from the Global Net at those times

Thatin Ikebukuro, and moreover in these numbers, is extremely unnatural Of course it was not a coincidence However, the tiroup dived from his apartment home with «Unlimited Burst» command into this Unlimited Neutral Field till now, only a few seconds at ion roup inside, contact the outside, and gather those members in Ikebukuro, there absolutely won’t be that much time for it

That means, they had also monitored Cherry Rook’s movement, and predicted that at this tiroup will appear, so they waited in ambush

If that was the truth, then there is only one reason

Everything Everything from the cause of this situation, is their -

“It’s you bastard!!”

Suddenly, Niko roared

The Red King who reached the same conclusion at the same time as Haruyuki, jumped out one step, held her fists, stuck out her chest, and her youthful shout was filled with majestic lion roar

“You bastard planned all of this, Yellow Radio!!”

That’s right It could only be that

After being showered with the inferno of accusations, however the Yellow King’s thin body did not seem to be affected

Unexpectedly, the bone like right arht side, and turned the palm upward

“Hey hey, thought I saw souest? Good day, Red King”

What ca man’s voice However, it was like it had an effect with extreme compression encode, so the sound was filled with various poisonous taste

“Still saying that after the ambush!”

“I do not seem to understand what you mean? I just, forthe no invasion treaty, so them to lose all points, I only caht? Recently, that duel avatar that raes in defiance in our territory is quite troublesome”

The horns on the hat s swayed slowly It was alhter

On the other hand, Niko’s right index finger was pointed straight forward, as she shouted like a fiery explosion

“It was you who ave that hidden «Disaster Arated his violation of the treaty and indiscriminate attacks!!”

“Hidden? Gave? What bad words that «Arht? Did your subordinate make another one?”

While saying that with a throaty voice, this time he extended his left arely s continued

“In the holy treaty between the Kings, there is so like this If attacks in violation of the treaty was carried out, and that caused the legion member’s forceful Brain Burst uninstall, then froion, someone will be picked to suffer the same fate, that Eye for eye, tooth for tooth in truth a savage revenge ht?”

‘Kuu Kuukuuku’

Then, this tile and sharp horned hter

“However, it is decided isn’t that right? Here, if a King like nored the treaty, then more and more similar violators will appear So without any other choice, that’s why came all the way to the frontline like Ikebukuro To find one Red legion ht? However is this perhaps another trick of fate?”

The Yellow King put his hands one his waist, and leaned forward as he continued with a cool yet obscene voice

“That person, by chance to be the Red legion’s leader «Scarlet Rain» herself”

‘- No way it’s by chance!’

Haruyuki shouted inside as he ground his teeth

The nue is around 30 Even for a King’s legion, that should be about the upper lioal, can only be for hunting the strongest existence, a «King»

The Yellow King predicted Scarlet Rain - Niko would act this way That for Niko’s personality, she would personally use «Judgee her subordinate Cherry Rook for his crimes, and would appear in the Unlimited Neutral Field like this

No, not only that To force Niko into that situation, he wanted to legally hunt one of five heads that will ave the enhanced arion member He could only think of it like that If that is the case, that means

“Two and half years ago, when the fourth was put down, at that ti who hid the dropped «Armor»”

Haruyuki unconsciously whispered However there isn’t any proof If he use that conjecture here, it would be a pointless argument

Niko probably realized that as well, and while she remained silent, her fists shook violently

Eventually she opened her hands, and let thele down Her controlled flat voice flowed from the bottom of the crater

“In the treaty, this should have also been written «Anyone can be selected for revenge, but if the legionhiuy, I will deal with Cherry Rook Then you don’t have any coht”

“Please do, please do”

Opening both hands, the Yellow King, Yellow Radio say joyfully

“If you can e to do that! I heard a rumor on the wind the other day, you tried exactly that, and you failed superbly was it that you even suffered an unsightly tiain, however where is that certain person called Cherry Rook?”

As if on purpose, he ht as a show

“We don’t have much free time For someone that you don’t knohen he will appear, you don’t want us to wait here for days right? If you can’t deal with it right now then we just have to use you to fill in right?”

“Kuu”

Niko growled in chagrin

For Haruyuki’s group, with Niko’s long distance surveillance they found out when Cherry Rook wasin the real side and accelerated, however there is a ti before the actual person will appear in the Unli, in the 1000 time accelerated world, the difference at worse would be over one day As the Yellow King said, capturing Cherry Rook right now is impossible

After deciding, Haruyuki took a step forward, and whispered lightly behind Niko’s back

“It’s useless, Niko That guy set a trap to go after you fro so he won’t let you escape here, we should just leave for now Log out, and wait for the next chance”

“Can’t”

The ansas instant and simple

“That is not possible in the syste out is not possible”

“Wha”

In the speechless Haruyuki’s ears, the murmur from Takumu who moved forward reached him

“That is the way it is, Haru To exit this place, you have to go to Leap Points placed in various locations Even if you «suicide», you can’t log out You will just be revived in one hour at the place you died Of course, if in the real world someone removed the Neuro Linker froht now, at Haru’s home”

There isn’t anyone His mother is on a trip and will return tomorrow, and then three years would have passed in this world

Niko who glanced around, again quickly whispered

“The closest Leap Point from here is either Ikebukuro station or Sunshi+ne City We cannot quickly reach either Even if we aiht at least once no matter what”

There she moht

“But, that Radio bastard also miscalculated”

“Mis, miscalculate?”

“That’s right That nuathered to kill one King However, right here, is not just one”

There Haruyuki opened his eyes wide

For the color circle that determine duel avatar’s affinity, Yellow is a color best at «Indirect Attack» It specialized in various forms of unpleasant weak point attacks, but its direct attack power is less than other colors On the other hand, the Red King Niko is a de Kuroyukihiht a few tie attacks

If those two cover each other, even if the eneht be a chance to win

Thinking till there, Haruyuki was filled with a seness

Why did Kuroyukihime keep silent all that time? If it was the nor appeared, she should be going after him with more force than Niko?

Haruyuki who turned around to look at his right side behind, saw -

With both sword hands dangling down, and slu, that deep black avatar shape

“Se”

Before he involuntarily called ‘Senpai’, the Yellow King’s crisp voice again echoed loudly

“Unless Cherry appears, ill have you take responsibility right, Red King? Since that is the case”

The slowly lifted up left hand long and sht at the black spot on the bottom of the crater

“The now starting fun fun carnival, you atch without interfering right, Black King?”

After being hit with the extrehteous speech, Kuroyukihile reaction After over five seconds have passed, she finally lifted up her head, and pointed her right sword hand at the Yellow King

“Don’t mess with me, Radio”

The speech that leaked out of the mask was in attack mode, however the sound was not fierce like usual To the opponent, or more like to herself, Kuroyukihime continued to spit out words

“That fors I if you think I would just watch silently, that is a huge mistake”

“Oh? Does that ht? You will turn that blood soak blade onyou a side seat to watch, do you actually want to make it difficult on yourself?”

As Kuroyukihieous situation, but the Yellow King still showed a ‘Kukuku’ laughter from deep in his throat

“To be honest, that you would come to the Unlimited Field today with Scarlet Rain, even I did not expect that But this level of irregularity will not stop ion «Crypt Cos tiive you this s time!”

With a showy gesture the Yellow King extended his fingers, and Haruyuki saw soular that flashed About the san

The clown avatar skillfully spun the card on his finger, then snapped it

Fro down between the clouds, that card danced in the air with a sparkle for tens of round silently a little away froroup

He did not think it was an attack object As Haruyuki looked on while dule, floated up, and lightly lit up At that htly whispered

“It’s a Replay File”

Right after, the card’s surface shone brightly, and an inverted cone shape light was released directly above it

Many noise like lines appeared in the air, and was soon turned into a picture The half transparent 3D ie, was a duel avatar that he had not seen before

Red The form was orthodox humanoid, well balanced armor on different parts, shone a pure red that could not be more than that Different from Scarlet Rain’s many colored flame red - to say it in words, it’s color of passion

Again, Niko’s raspy voice leaked out

“Previous generation «Red Rider»”

Kuroyukihime backed off a step, and said in a moan

“Stop stop it!”

It was at that tie suddenly started to move

The pure red avatar appearing large in the air, leaned forith its right hand held in a fist, and left hand spread open to the side In Haruyuki’s ears, a pleasant sounding crisp boy’s voice loudly flowed

“This this worthless goal, had we been fighting till now for it!? Hating each other, fighting each other, killing each other to see that ending, for years, for thousands of «duels» again and again!? No, even if that is Brain Burst developer’s written scenario we are not NPC controlled by gaht, Lotus!”

The scene was pulled back, at the ti directly in front was frae blades, it was Black Lotus

To the head lowered Black King, the first generation Red King continued to gesture wildly and speak fiercely

“We did control our legions and continued to fight till now But that, is not because we are eneht!? I like your style of fighting, Lotus If someday we meet in the real world, I want to become your friend Absolutely will No, I want to! That is why I don’t want to fight you with sudden death! You are probably the same!”

At that irl’s voice echoed

“Wait Rider, I can’t just ignore what I heard!”

Then the red avatar turned left as if in a panic, and raised one hand

“N, no, that’s not it I don’t mean it like that now I am done for”

On top of that voice, were hter

Black Lotus as head down in the scene, suddenly relaxed her shoulders She raised her head, and with calm voice -

“Yea That’s right It’s like you said, Rider I like you too Of course, in a respect kind of way”

She quickly stood up, ht sword hand towards the Red King

“I thought you would understand, Lotus!”

After shouting that joyfully, the Red King was about to extended his right hand to shake hands, but stopped while a bit lost Then the Black King shrugged her shoulder, and said with a bit of laughter

“Oops, sorry about this Then let’s do this”

After saying that, she stepped close to the Red King, and , after scratching his face like he was eain froirl earlier shouted

“Wait wait!”

“Don’t be e of handshakes only”

The Red King said in an anxious voice for excuse, and again hter echoed -

At that moment

Inside Black Lotus’ deep black goggle, two eyes lit up with ice like blue white light

Her tord hands crossed behind the Red King’s neck gave off a strong violet shi+ne

“«Death By E»”

A special attack skill was quietly voiced, the two crossed swords, e scissor

Red Rider’s body coth, and collapsed down near Black Lotus’ feet like a broken doll However just his head, re’s crossed arms

Froht red sparks dripped down, and Black Lotus turned her face away

The high density silence, was broken apart by a high pitched scream

“N nooooooo!!”

The replay ended there, the shape of Black Lotus who stood there while holding her rival’s head, was ain

However the s in Haruyuki’s ears That, was froht beside him, he finally realized

“Stop stop, stop it!”

“Se sen, pa”

Haruyuki who called out on reaction, noticed that his voice was violently shaking and stopped his breath Kuroyukihihtly at Haruyuki, and soon turned her face away, shaking her head left and right many times

“Haruyuki-kun I am I, am”

What was ahead did not become words

Suddenly, the two eyes in Kuroyukihiht, with a sht, then abruptly disappeared At the sath went out of the deep black avatar body -

With a dry sound, the Black King’s body fell down to the blue black crater bottom

“Senpai senpai?”

Not understanding what’s going on, Haruyuki called with his shaky voice as he knelt down and shook the delicate avatar However Kuroyukihime did not show any kind of reaction at all

“«Zero File»! Lotus, you that much”

Behind him, Niko whispered quietly

Not understanding what sheto turn around, but went still on hearing the loud laughter froh

“Kukuku Fufufu, Kufufuhahahahahaha!!”

The owner of the roaring laughter, was the Yellow King, Yellow Radio looking down froh above

“Kufufufufu as I thought You are still tied to that betrayal You going with expectation to beco you should have quietly stayed hidden in a small cellar, with that level of resolution, I a for level 10, Black Lotus!”

“Y you bastard”

That murmur leaked out of Haruyuki’s throat with a rasp

Right after, changing to a whip like sharp sound, the Yellow King’s voice echoed throughout the crater

“Well then, raet, Scarlet Rain! The small fries who try to interfere, crush them ruthlessly!!”

“shi+t”

With that poisonous word, Niko’s delicate avatar spread both arms wide

“Come, Enhanced Arm”

However, Takumu’s quickly extended hand held Niko’s shoulder

“You can’t, Red King! If you expand your armament, then you will lose o against that nuet Chroh the encirclement from behind and retreat to Sunshi+ne City’s Leap Point is e should do!”

The small slits lined up under theeyes turned towards Haruyuki

“Haru, I will leave master to you! I will beco her to the City!”

“B, but then, you will”

“I a, they will definitely go after master! I will not allow that!”

To the dignified yet so else but nod

“I I understand, leaving it to you!”

While shouting, Haruyuki held up Kuroyukihime’s lax body with his left arm

Right after -

“Attack, Start!!”

The Yellow King ht hand down all at once

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