Accel World Vol 2 Chapter 7 (1/2)
Chapter 7
“Wh who?”
Haruyuki whispered in a sound that was not a voice
To be able to get close behind the suspicious Yellow King, furthermore, to be able to penetrate that armor like paper without the use of a special skill No, before that, to cut in between a direct contact fight between two Kings, ould think of doing that?
Then, as if hearing Haruyuki’s sound, fro, a shadow ht alrey silhouette At the ht, it shone et reflection
The mysterious intruder's body was fully covered with black silver mirror-like armor The color combination could be said to be siely different The shoulders, chest and elbows had volues The right hand that was covered by a huge gauntlet, held a double-edged sword of the saht, its extre from behind
What drew attention ht’s head
It was covered with a hood type hel behind froinally a face - there was nothing Shone on by the sunlight, the interior should be clearly seen, but like a manifestation of darkness, the inside of the hood was painted all black No, if he stared at it longer, he certainly could see soh it's alive, on the surface
The knight of dark silver with a mask of darkness
That naht before Niko, as under him leaked it out, Haruyuki too, realized what it was That was probably That must be—
“«Disaster Armor» «Chrome Disaster»”
Right after hoarsely leaking that out, Niko continued
“Why Way too early There should be at least a whole day left”
The reason she was surprised, Haruyuki soon realized
Chrome Disaster’s real self, «Cherry Rook» who is a level 6 Burst Linker belonging to the Red legion, and while the train he was riding on was about 2 roup dived into this Unlimited Neutral Field Here, the time flows at 1000 times of the real world, so that 2 minutes is about equal to 33 hours
There could only be one answer Cherry Rook as taken over by that ar the train, and appeared in this world
If it was a normal duel with 18 second max, that is understandable However this place is an upper world, where one is unable to leave from anywhere aside from one of the Leap Points once dived in In a place close to others, such as a train, not tothe real body behind on a form of transportation, that is an action that surpassed bravery into recklessness
“Cherry To be unable to wait for even 2 one?”
Niko whispered in a muffled voice
However, Haruyuki did not seem to sense that kind ofacross the crater, on its far west edge
The stature is not all that powerful At most 170cm, and compared to the fourth that Kuroyukihime showed them in the playfield yesterday, this one is very s the sword that pierced through the Yellow King, he did not see out like expression as he stood there quietly
Why did the Yellow King not escape? Why did he turn his head to the limit and look at Chrome Disaster silently?
That answer -
Once second later, Haruyuki found out
“Yuruoooooo!”
Suddenly, there was a strange scream
It was not a human’s sound Not a beast’s Not a eneous roar
The source was the deep darkness lurking about the knight’s face From under the bent backward hood type helible darkness was blown out, and it slowly formed into a solid shape
On the hood’s top and bottos Deep black fangs, froe, as if that was all one mouth, they stuck out
‘Gupaa’
With that wet sound, the «mouth» opened
From the deep darkness inside, two small round eyes, shone with a vaporous red
At the , Yellow Radio finally moved He turned behind with a snap, and held the sword that pierced hi to pull it out
The reason he did not move till noas - he cowered Bound by terror
Kuroyukihime as also nearby, continued to be silent in her stance She did not seeht hesitation in her There was a chance to attack, but which should she aim for, to be certain in this situation, she could not decide
To the Yellow King as trying to pull the sword out, the Disaster Are « on a fork That jaw that was opened wide, closed in on the clown avatar’s round raised shoulders - the fangs dripping a clear mucus -
“«Deceit Firecracker»!!”
Before his shoulder was bitten, Yellow Radio shouted in a loud voice
With a poisonous yellow s up, the skewered avatar blew up, and disappeared
‘Self destruct!?’ Haruyuki’s eyes popped out, however right after that, about five meters away, a si out from inside That was probably a dazzle and escape special skill
While his breastplate with a sharp hole was giving out s dashed back another few ather, he finally released a sound
“You starving dog, forgetting your owner’s kindness, and want to disturb ry - eat the «Black» one in front of you!! It’s not too tantalizing a color for appetite though!!”
He laughed with ‘Hahahahaha’, but that sound echoed with a tension that was not even disguised
As the black jaw opened and closed with ‘Gachin Gachin’ sounds, Chro, ere at an equal distance away That action did not have the feel of a player trying to decide who to «Duel» with
It’s the gesture of a beast figuring out which prey he is supposed to hunt
The face that was not a face, casually turned towards the bottoed and silent Red King, however he did not show any feelings upon seeing his own legionon the stabilizer on her back
Suddenly
‘- Feed’
‘- Feed, become meat’
What’selse, no matter how you listen to the tone of voice itself, which was froed
In his back, a fear that he had never experienced in the accelerated world thus far, he now felt it
Even with Brain Burst’s strange «Accelerate» technology, it is still just a duel fighting ga in this south Ikebukuro crater, he had been in a gruesome to the extreame
To be truthful, if the Yellow King’s trap succeeded with Niko or Kuroyukihi hunted, those two’s Brain Burst would be forcefully uninstalled, and they would never be able to visit the accelerated world again - however, that is a «Ga», but their real life will continue afterwards
But even so
If that voice now, belonging to the Burst Linker called Chrome Disaster
Inside that black silver armor, the boy called Cherry Rook that should have enjoyed this gaer exists
‘Enhanced armament will erode its user’s mind’, Kuroyukihime had said Haruyuki half believed that, but the hu the armor will mostly be lost, that short sound now clearly showed hi acceleration Whoever is in that armor, he would never think that person would be peacefully living in the real world
“Niko He, no longer”
The uessed with her sensitivity
“Don’t say it Still still, we ht make it in time If we destroy that armor now, maybe”
That quiet voice, did not finish till the end
As if to reject Niko’s wish, Chroain released another roar
“Ruuoooooooo!!”
What he slowly turned to face, was the Yellow King’s direction
Carrying the large sword in his right hand on his shoulder, his left hand with five huge claw-like fingers was extended straight forward
Right after that, a surprising phenoh the Arht next to the Yellow King’s gathered group, a red type avatar was sucked to Chrome Disaster’s left hand at a fierce speed
With a ‘Gachin’ metallic sound, the unfortunate duel avatar’s body was penetrated by the Arers
“Hii”
While loudly screaht hand towards the Armor’s head area It was then, that Haruyuki realized that red type was the long range type protecting that ja avatar earlier
The rifle’s barrel opening shone, and a blue white beae
However, just before that, the right arrazed Chrome Disaster’s helmet, and passed behind him The sword slash that cut off that arm, Haruyuki could not even see most of it
Right after that
“Ruuuu!!”
With that yell, Chros all opened wide at once
The red type’s left shoulder was bitten by that jaw of darkness with a ‘Crunch’ sound
“Gya aaaaa!!”
The screarisly that he wanted to cover his ears In this Unlie pain is increased twice that of lower fields Probably right now, for that red type, he is feeling the sa bitten by a beast on his real body
That avatar’s ars From shoulder to chest area, a half circle shape was eaten, and the cut left arround
“Aaa Aaaaa - !!”
With his stomach exposed, and both arms lost, pain made the avatar’s head violently flap around
After sing coain, and sed that head whole
With a wet ‘Crunch’ sound, soments - or maybe that avatar’s flesh and blood
The scream was fully cut off With its whole head lost, that avatar’s rethlessly, and a few seconds later, finally dissolved and split into a light pillar
Haruyuki thought that his vieas shaking The reason for that were his own knees shaking, which took him a while to realize
That was no longer a «Duel»
Not violence, nor slaughter
It’s «predation» The captured avatar’s blood andconsumed, just that kind of instinctive activity
At the sa, on the connections between the black silver arht run around As if not just points, soy was stolen kind of phenomenon - that was probably what Kuroyukihie absorption ability, «Drain»
“Ruuuuu”
Chrome Disaster lifted his head up and that low throat rumble came out
“Rabid dog no choice, it’s a shame the shoill be canceled Everyone, retreat to the Ikebukuro train station Leap Point!!”
That shout ca At the time of his directive, he used so Yellow legion members’ shapes became half transparent
The avatars that became vaporous shadows, left the crater at a treh his plan clearly failed, the Yellow King’s sound that wasfarther away, his final sneer spread in the field
“Kukuku Red, and Black, to ain! Get eaten up by that dog, if you still have fighting spirit re if only! Kukuku Kufufufufu”
If they thought calmly, they could interfere with those people’s retreat and let Chro’s head in the confusion, that kind of tactic ht be possible However Haruyuki, not only did he not er He was paralyzed like a slared at by a predator, and it was all he could do to stand above Scarlet Rain’s armor plate
‘- To fight with that? Make hie attack hiement Blow»? I am supposed to help with that?
Impossible
I cannot do it I a away from this place’
While Haruyuki’s knees and the roots of his teeth shook slightly, in his view, Chrome Disaster’s body sunk It was the action of a carnivorous beast wanting to chase and kill the Yellow legionspread apart
‘Just go aith the Yellow legion like that’, Haruyuki prayed However
Behind Chro to start a fierce dash -
“«Death By Piercing»!!”
The confident echo was Kuroyukihime’s voice
The right sword arht forith a jet engine-like loud noise The violet shi+ne that covered the blade, brilliantly painted the world, as it extended close to 5 meters in a direct line
The huge attack power that was released compressed the virtual air, and the view there was distorted like flickering flah pitched destruction sound echoed - but as cut apart, was just the right side, the bent back horn on Chrome Disaster’s helmet
The black silver Ar a chase, and furthermore aimed at from behind, with a mist like movement slid left to avoid the attack
The horn that danced high, caround
“Ooh, you e to avoid that”
While she brought back her extended right hand, Kuroyukihime said as if impressed
Against that, Chros, a clearly angry moan resounded
“Yurururuuuu”
With a ‘Clink’ sound, the large sword in his right hand cut a half circle on the ground
Picking that up to carry on the right shoulder, the deht faced the deep black beautiful princess Inside the slightly opened jaw that was under the hood, the deep red light eyes sharply shone as they moved around
“Se sen, pa”
Haruyuki’s dried up parched throat leaked out a raspy sound
‘- You want to fight? Even though it’s the Red King’s request - against that Face to face’
The truth was, Chroainst a «King» opponent, she won’t lose Brain Burst
But, in exchange, she will be eaten
In the field with the saher pain sensation as reality, while alive, the avatar being greedily eaten That pain cannot be coun in Haruyuki’s own selfroom
No, it’s not just a problee type avatar that was captured by that, his screa captured by an overwhel consumed while helpless
‘No way I don’t want to be eaten by that If it became like that, I will - ‘
Strength suddenly left his legs, and Haruyuki knelt down on top of Scarlet Rain’s armor plate He tried to stand up in a hurry, but his body did not noring his commands
‘- What is this? What is happening toway to Kuroyukihihtly and unable to move’
The more he panicked, the colder his whole body went As if the nerves of the avatar’s limbs were cut
For Haruyuki as just breathing shallowly under his silver mask, in his ears -
“«Burst Linker with no fighting spirit cannot move their duel avatar»”
Froe while she faced off with the black silver Arnified voice reached him
“Earlier, it is as that little girl said I don’t want to ado I felt it was an unforgivable cri that made me want victory, I feared it to the bottom of my heart”
While being vigilant with both sword arlanced in Haruyuki’s direction
“However Haruyuki-kun You are the opposite You fear losing You think that losing will lower your worth That, during the recent territory battles, was the reason for your bad condition”
Those ords that were relentlessly forced deep into his heart
While kneeling, Haruyuki opened his eyes wide, and strongly ground his teeth
‘- It’s not just thinking, that’s the truth!’
He shouted that in his brain
‘- If I lost I would obtain nothing My, Silver Crow’s value for existing is to continue to ith the one and only «Flight ability» Leveling up and expanding the territory of «Nega Nabulas», to fulfill your expectations only’
‘- Because, if I don’t win, if I don’t becoer, you will surely - someday see me as’
“I will return the same words from earlier, Haruyuki-kun!”
After a slash of her right sword hand, Kuroyukihime shouted fiercely
“The bond linking you and ree do you really think that way!!”
And then right after that, she started to slash at Chrome Disaster
As if, with that action, she wanted to convey so to Haruyuki
Kuroyukihih above, was e sword, and a trey that appeared shone onto the black and silver armor surface, then bounced away and dispersed in nuht
Both were fiercely knocked back, slid to a stop while gouging the ground, then with ale sword in both hands ung horizontally Kuroyukihiht kick
The fierce big attacks that drew deep red and blue purple arcs, caused an actual explosion this time, and a small crater appeared at that place Both of theot up after tu around - was faced directly with Chrome Disaster’s wide open left hand
‘- It’s that skill!’
Not being able to move, nor able to speak aloud, Haruyuki held his breath
The special skill that sucked in the eneot hit by that, then she wouldn’t be able to swing her swords properly in close contact, and will only be eaten at will
He thought he saw a silver flash between them
At the sae lump in front of her that appeared at an unknown tiht sword foot flat side on it and kicked it up That was a piece of rock broken froround in the earlier explosion
Chrome Disaster’s palm sucked that rock in at a fierce speed To the eneers had deeply pierced, Kuroyukihi at full speed
‘Gyaan!’ With the release of the sound of metallic impact, the left sword foot was stuck into Chrome Disaster’s breast armor after a kick
‘Incredible’
Haruyuki y that bound him, and whispered inside his brain
Against that terrifying opponent, how could she fight like that? It could be said that her level is higher, but the strength difference is filled in by the enhanced armament, their power is about the sas, and will actually taste sharp pain and despair Why that way - as if -
As if she was enjoying it
Is it because she has confidence? Since she truly believes that she is stronger than the enemy that she can move that freely?
No, that could not be true The sa, fled without hesitation He could not absolutely say that decision caer a nore «Enemy» Haruyuki sahile on way to Ikebukuro
As if to support Haruyuki’s awareness, the crazed knight showed him a fearsome phenomenon
A red black light concentrated on the wound that was cut in the ar
“Yururuu”
A laughter like low sound leaked from the Armor, then he suddenly started a fast and furious counter attack The sword in his right hand swung down at an unseen speed, cutting froht line Kuroyukihied to avoid that path with her miraculous reaction, but with a ‘Pikin’ faint sound, the left tip of the armor skirt on her waist was cut off
Chroe sith a ain with a speed that ed with a dance like ant armor carved with lines here and there
In the rush that continued lih she was slowly pushed frohting spirit did not seem to weaken at all
With four sword lis in Disaster’s actions and countered with sharp attacks Even though the opponent’s arht, she siain
There would be no way that she does not feel fear With siainst an opponent that can automatically repair itself, she will eventually be pushed back for sure If she got hit by the heavy attack even once and her ability to dodge became dull, she will be captured by the opponent at that moment, and a part of her body will be chewed up Her pride of being a «King» will be robbed, and she will just becoround
And yet - why
“Why are you not escaping!”
From Haruyuki’s throat, a hoarse call leaked out
Running aon’t lower the Black King’s value The Yellow King already ran away, and actually, when the previous generation Chrome Disaster was taken down, you said it took an alliance of «Pure Color Seven Kings» to finally stop hiht This is a situation where retreat is a matter of course Also, above all else -
‘I don’t want to see it That person being broken and eaten while screa, absolutely don’t want to see it’
“Please run away, senpai!”
Haruyuki called out again
However, right after that
The iron sword, ung down fro and speed that did not allow it to be avoided
Kuroyukihime crossed her tord hands and blocked it, but she was not able to be pushed back like it had been till now, and knelt down on one knee there A thunder like clashi+ng sound echoed, and the ground around Kuroyukihi way
“Yururuooooooo!!”
Maybe he was sure of his victory, Chrome Disaster roared loudly The sword that was held in both of his hands, was pressed doith all his weight With ‘Gii Gii’ hard grinding sounds, small sparks flew out from the contact point of the three blades
It’s the sahter type avatar, however this time the one as pushed back was clearly Black Lotus The blue purple aura that surrounded her tord hands slowly diularly
Very soon, her body will be cut apart along with her tords and she’ll probably suffer large daet juone, she will be chewed apart at will
“Why did you not run away”
Haruyuki th
It would not be for protecting Haruyuki who could not move She attacked Chroion, and it was Kuroyukihime who pulled hiainst that Ar
To be truthful that was their goal for diving into the Unlireatly differed from what they had predicted Takumu who «died» won’t be revived for a few tens of ed so she could not move
And yet, why did that person -
“This is my obstinacy, Haruyuki-kun”
Suddenly, words echoed
Looking up at the blade closing in front of her with her shi+ning violet eyes, Kuroyukihime said in a calm and heavy sound
“This tihtly in front of you As your mentor and also your «parent», I cannot face you like that in the real world”
During that time, Chrome Disaster’s sword moved closer to Black Lotus’ round out a sound fro throat
“O obstinacy? But if you lose, then whatever ”
“That is what you are et eaten up by a dog! That kind of thing does not have any value! Once you dive into the battle field no ht once!!”
The proud words released by Kuroyukihime as she is just about to lose, hit Haruyuki like an iron club
Inside his brain, the s that he had experienced till now ca back
Earlier, when he wanted to take down the ja avatar and had to avoid the supporter’s laser attack When he slipped through the Red King’s fierce anti-air fire And then three o, when he had just became a Burst Linker, and he held up Ash Roller’s bike, or when he saw through Cyan Pile’s special skill
‘- InsideJust fought like a drea noticed by anyone’
‘- I see What I a laughed at by the gallery Being co that person, I had feared those all along Not only in reality, even in the accelerated world, caring just «how others look at ’
“A huge fool, that’s what I am”
After whispering, Haruyuki put strength into his right hand that was frozen and stayed open without power
It squeaked with ‘Gishi+ Gishi+’ sounds, however the five fingers held tightly together
He held that fist straight up, and hit his right cheek with all his strength With a ‘Gatsun’ kind of i his inner teeth That burning sensation went through all of his virtual nerves, sending signals to his four limbs
He held his head up On the crater’s north edge, Black Lotus tried her last resistance against the lethal blade The dully colored edges of her crossed blades were pushed barely above her head, and the sparks that flew apart displayed her armor’s many scars
“Senpai!”
Haruyuki shouted At the sas that now have power, and flew straight out
Gliding along the crater’s bottoe that was Chrome Disaster’s blind spot
“U Oo!”
With his roar, the punch that was aiht gauntlet
However, at the moment when one hand was removed from the sword, Kuroyukihime thrust her two hands forith a psyche
With a ‘Gaan!’ impact sound, the blade was bounced away, and Chrome Disaster was pushed back a few meters It did not seem to disturb his stance, and he soon held his sword lohile under the hood the fangs fiercely grinded
“Ruruu Ruoo!!”
That sound, was clearly filled with anger
While his whole body shook with terror, Haruyuki stood against that, and covered Black Lotus behind hith, Kuroyukihiround as a cane, and eventually stood up with that, then moved to Haruyuki’s left side
“Then, Haruyuki-kun - For one game, let’s lose in a cool way”
Haruyuki involuntarily made a wry smile, and nodded
“Yes, senpai”
He lowered his waist, spread his legs apart, and took a martial art like stance
Kuroyukihiot ready
One second later, a few things happened one after another
Chroer and lifted his sword up
For Haruyuki as concentrating on that slash, on his left side, he saw soht
Kuroyukihiht sword hand flashed with a fierce speed - and the flat side of her sword hit Haruyuki’s chest with all her strength
He was knocked flying behind easily, and while he was turound with surprise, he saw a criht in front of him
From his left side - he realized it was a beam attack fired from center of the crater, and with the fearsoain blown flying back, more than ten meters this time He used both hands in reaction to protect hiauge in his view’s upper left lowered, and his body gave out unpleasant metallic sounds here and there