Accel World Vol 6 Chapter 2 (1/2)

Chapter 2

Weird yellow-green light filled the sky Bluish black tiles laid on the ground Fang like projections decorated buildings, and a dense fog flowed between them

“The «Dee huh Well, it could be said to match today’s objective”

After the Black King, Black Lotussound on the tile below

After looking at the loved and respected legionand ferocious shape for a while, Haruyuki stared at the sky colored avatar tucked away beside her

This one was an entirely graceful standing shape On the back of the delicate fes The two hands and two legs with s weapon-like

However, Haruyuki knew Right now, firs that allowed the avatar to stand up, was her, Sky Raker’s proof of the miracle caused by her

If Black Lotus was Haruyuki’s «Parent» and «Sword Master», then Raker was so time, she retired from front line of accelerated duels and lived a secluded life on top of the old Tokyo Tower that was forgotten by most people

The reason was that about two and half years ago, her two legs were cut off at the knees by her oill, and over half of her battle ability was lost However, having a siht Ability», which he te him in the «Incarnate System», she slowly recovered her passion for duels and then in the previous week’s «Hermes Code Traverse Race», she overcame the wound of her heart that chained her, and recovered her legs

Haruyuki had thoroughly understood how incredibly hard it was to escape fro controlled by Chrome Disaster once

Probably, if at that tiet avatar’s time backwards» kind of transcendental power special ability to help him, then Haruyuki would probably be sed by the armor and hatred for himself and would have indiscriallery

With just a few ative er return And yet, Sky Raker cut apart the chains of fear and despair that continued to bound her for two and a half real time years If this was not called a miracle, what else could it be called?

While being hit with deep es, then ——

“Why, Karasu-san, do you like s that much?”

After being called out with that laughter filled sound, Haruyuki hurriedly shook his head and both hands

“Th, that’s not it, no, of course it’s very beautiful, but it’s not that”

“Hoo, you have a leg fetish huh Sorry about that, I don’t have any calves or ankles”

This tiers in her violet blue eyes Haruyuki changed his face’s direction, and again pleaded

“No, no way, I love senpai’s legs also ah, it’s not like I have a fetish or anything like that!”

Realizing that any him down, he pointed to the southeast direction and shouted

“In, instead of that, look, the guide cursor is pointing, in that direction! Let’s go, let’s hurry and go”

Like Haruyuki said, in the center of his vieere two grey triangles quietly pointing in the same direction Over there should be the two aides of the Blue legion that was acting as host for today’s conference Furtheres lined up, with a countdown in the center It should have started at 1800 seconds, and that was already decreased to 1750

“Nn, I think it was strictly said to gather within 100 seconds No choice, let’s run”

The three people nodded to each other, then all started to dash southwards in the Demonic City streets

In he norhts to destroy the terrain, they are given the roup sprinted up the wall of the building blocking them and this time moved forward in a direct line from rooftop to rooftop

After running for about 20 seconds, they cut through the deep fog that was in front of them all the way

The scenery that appeared before his eyes, made Haruyuki involuntarily call out

“Uwaa, Hu, huge”

It was the «Castle»

A bit southeast of the position where the cursor pointed, stood a way to huge building that seemed to connect to the sky The castle e sculptures, released a stronger presence than anything else in the De divine It was surrounded by high castle walls and ays, where an entrance like object was nowhere to be found

During the nuinali far in the eastern sky, but it was the first time that he had seen it at this close distance As Haruyuki looked dazedly at the huge castle’s ht beside him whispered

“That, is the «Imperial Palace» in the real world Even in the accelerated world, it’s the only place that you cannot enter no matter what method you use”

“Fl flying is no good either?”

The one who answered his question, was Fuuko who ran at his left side

“Yea Above and below the castle walls, are set with invisible walls That’s why, flying or going under ground is no good At the beginning, a lot of h”

“Aa So like inside were hidden super incredible enhanced armaments, there were various rue to invade it —— In the normal duel field, that is”

Feeling so from the way that Kuroyukihime said it, Haruyuki asked in return

“Wha that, what does it mean?”

However, before the answer returned, Fuuko sharply whispered

“Saw it above that hill!”

He looked towards where the finger pointed Then he could see it, above a s towards, were two small humanoid shadows no, he could see three of them In the real world, that place was probably where the imperial palace «East Gardens» was located Different than the main palace, it was open to the public, and Haruyuki had also been there during a social studies field trip while he was in elementary school

They slowed down slightly, and approached with caution Even though he was attending at a no possibility of being attacked gallery, thinking about soon s» that controlled the accelerated world directly, his body could not help but shake

They crossed the bridge over a ay, went through a ate, then started to climb up the stairs set on the side of the hill The absolutely uninvadable «Deht side, but Haruyuki did not turn his sight that way, and just continued to stare at the top of the hill

The steps eventually ended, and a wide stone paved space opened up in front of his eyes

In the real world, it was the place where a wide patch of grass marked the Edo castle site However there was not any kind of plant here, and in exchange, steel cylinders stood there, for

However, somehow, just one cylinder was a bit short, with about 50 cht

Over there, a duel avatar was sitting

Blue Like it could suck you in, a transparent feeling of a deep blue color Not the color of the sky or the sea, it was hard to co real- that was the pure blue that covered his whole body

The arht type However without any of «Disaster Arendary hero On both sides of the visor hel two handed sorn on the left waist

With left leg resting on right knee, the blue avatar's arms were crossed in a relaxed posture His stature was not all that big Standing up, he would be about Takuht However, fro pressure like afrom outer space which made Haruyuki come to a stop more than 20 meters in front of him

“Th, that is”

After he whispered that in a raspy sound, Raker next to hihtly

“Yea That is, controlling shi+njuku area and Bunkyo area, legion «Leonids» leader with «Vanquish», «Legend Slayer», and , that is «Blue Knight»”

“Blue Knight”

In other gaiven to small fry ave the opposite of absolute one and only feel to it

While the bottomless intimidation ht, was not Haruyuki’s dueler As for stance, they were both just gallery If even though he was just an onlooker with no attack power or HP gauge, he felt that much pressure already, then if it was a one on one duel, he would be afraid of just thinking about it

Then, at thatreleased Haruyuki from his paralysis

That was the sound of a footstep fro, Black Lotus walked forward a few steps while ’s fierce aura seehtly

“Since today you are the boss, I will say a greeting before you get ht?”

To Kuroyukihime’s words, Haruyuki screa to provoke hihed, so he almost back-dashed to flee, but fortunately, before that happened, the blue knight avatar said in a cool and clear young man’s voice

“You know, that can’t be called a greeting, Lotus You still seem to be the same bad tempered person, even after two and a half years”

With a ‘Clash’ ared At the sa released dispersed as if it was just a lie

So, froht Since the blue legion attacked the black legion area without pause every week, he thought the King hi with desire to enforce Kuroyukihime, but somehow, it did not seem to be the case

At the moment Haruyuki relaxed his shoulders, fro, fro, two humanoid shadoith very similar forms slid out without a sound

—— Samurai!

He thought of that instantly The slender and long ar horizontally long metal pieces As for color, the left avatar was a deep ultrareen On the head, instead of a kabuto[1], was a tied hachigane[2], with bundled long hair trailing down Based on the body figures, both were female

The two fe forith a fewsteps, placed their hand on the handle of the katana on their left waist, and released a low sound

“Saying rude words to our Vanquish, on’t forgive even a King!”

“Traitor, be thankful that you are even allowed to be here!”

And then again, killing instinct that shook the air with a crackle blew by,Haruyuki shake with a ‘Hiiiii ——’, a soundless scream

Being one of Black King’s followers, he should spit out similar cool words here as a retort, but he felt that if he said anything, his head would be bloay, so could not even open his mouth Since, without a doubt those sa’s aides that created this field, and that ht to reree

—— However, at the next moment

“Why, after not seeing you for a while, you two seem to have became quite bossy mouthed, Ojou[3]-chans”

The sound that was released with laugher, was froh heels, she walked to stand beside Kuroyukihiht paler

“Can I hang both of you froain, just like the old times?”

“Hi, Hiiiii ——” Haruyuki again screamed soundlessly ‘You really did that?!’, he shouted inside his chest, then accepted the fact that it would not be strange for her to do just that after all

The two ar eye lenses, gripped their katana handle at the same time

““You bitch””

The beautifully matched shout that ca’s wry smile mixed voice from behind

“Leave it at that, Cobal, Maaga”

““Yes””

With a quick nod, both stepped back at the same time

After Haruyuki blew out a breath of relief, he belatedly looked at the two HP gauges in the top of his view

Under the left gauge was, «Cobalt Blade» And under the right gauge, «Manganese Blade» kind of avatar naree, those two people must be very similar characters in the real world as well

For exa that had them as closest aides, s As he had that and other strange things in his iain spoke

“Setting that aside, Knight Don’t just sit there by yourself Shouldn't you prepare a seat for me too?”

“Oops, excuse me”

The Blue King waved his hand to signal the two armored samurai

Then the saain place their hand on the handle of their katana Without giving the chance for Haruyuki to cower in shock ——

With high clear metallic sounds, two lines of bluish white flashes expanded in the stage

With wide eyes, Haruyuki watched as the two people’s right handsain returned to their sheath He could only capture the scene in those three frames of static pictures

Right after, the white flowing dense fog was finely cut, and as if to chase after that, the huge cylinders to the saht side fell soundlessly, two at a time for three tiround with loud echoes, then broke and blew apart as numerous bluish black metallic pieces Afterwards, all that was left wereas «stumps»

“No no way”

Haruyuki could only mutter while dumbfounded

This normal duel field’s attribute ithout a doubt, «Demonic City» The first special feature was that the terrain objects were unusually hard When Haruyuki was training for the Incarnate Systee toalls a few c

And yet, Cobalt Blade and Manganese Blade were able to cut down three cylinders with a flash of their katana If it was Haruyuki instead of cylinders that stood there, then without doubt his head and body would have had a tearful goodbye from one hit

‘—— That, was Lenoids’ »’s power should be further beyond that’

‘—— I, ere going to fight those people’

Again deep fear grasped his avatar’s whole body, then suddenly his back was hit

It was Sky Raker The glale weapon, whispered to Haruyuki with her mouth close to his ear

“Cutting down immobile cylinders, is just a show, Karasu-san If you are that scared, then later I will have to punish you ♡”

Surprised

Leaving the standing straight Haruyuki behind, the Black King and her sworn friend casually started to walk, where Kuroyukihiht, and Raker stood behind her Even more afraid of his teacher Raker’s punishment than the samurai avatar’s katana, Haruyuki hurriedly chased after, and could only stand beside Raker with arh

The saain returned behind their e was broken by Kuroyukihime’s annoyed sound

“Well then, since the greetings to the host is finished, isn’t it about ti ago”

Actually, the time count had already about to cut below 1600 However, what did she mean by ‘show yourself’? This place only has, six people froions

Haruyuki thought that, and was about look around, but before that ——

“Say what, I was trying to be polite and you had to say it like that, Lotus”

A sound filled with childish innocence and ith echoed from somewhere, then a ‘click’ kind of soft footstep followed it

When he turned that hile startled, he saw that on top of the stuht near them, appeared a silhouette

A standing carnivore, that was the i the triangle sharp ears and long tail, he knew that was the «bloody Kitty» nicknaion «Prominence» executive, «Blood Leopard»

And then on her left arm, was the owner of the previous voice, where a small built crimson avatar sat

Two antenna extended in a twintail shape Round and cute eye lens Smooth and round arirl seem as cute as a ruby, but she was the leader of Prominence that control Neri, «Scarlet Rain»

The origin of her nicknae firepower containers had not been equipped As he looked at the lovely face profile, Haruyuki was going to greet the girls as Rain and Pard-san, and got ready to open his mouth

However, right after

From the two red type avatars, an aura that was not any less than the Blue King’s was released, sealing Haruyuki’s mouth

Different fro spirit

In the accelerated world where everything was recorded in digital code, this «Feeling of Aura» kind of phenoically, it was said in an occult way that it ht of battle information contained in the duel avatar was felt as pressure for others», but actually, just the existence of the truly strong person overwhel Haruyuki cower

The Red King, real name Kouduki Yuniko that is Niko, and also Blood Leopard that is Pard-san, those tere Haruyuki’s friends that had shown each other their real self And then Proa Nebulas, also due to past joint battle, had signed an indefinite ceasefire agreement

However, even with that said, they could not have close friendly relations everywhere, which those two’s strict face profiles told hiht loneliness, Haruyuki also felt that that was the correct thing Since, after all, Brain Burst exists for the people n it to fight each other and beco

No ——

There was one more reason, that made it hard for Haruyuki to face Niko

The Chrome Disaster that was currently on Silver Croas supposed to have been erased when Niko, as the legion ement» on the previous oas her «Parent» That erhere to insist on Haruyuki’s execution

After forcibly stopping hi ahead, Haruyuki returned his face to the front At the same time, Blood Leopard’s voice lowly echoed

“Just the King andcompleted”

Niko jumped off the arm and sat on the round chair, then Leopard stood behind her, with her hands on her waist

With this, three out of seven Kings have gathered Of the seven cut pillars that drew a half circle, the Blue King sat on the center one Towards the right end was the Black King To the right side was the Red King

Where will be next, as Haruyuki tried to change his posture ——

What cah pitched laughter from deep in the throat

“Kuu, KuuKuuKu”

The laughter that was clearly filled with ridicule and contempt seemed to be familiar However he could not tell which direction it was co from He looked around, but soon the source went around behind him

“Kuku, «King» huh? If I re of Pure Color» But, the little kid that is sitting there Isn’t that color a bit too cheap to be called red?”

The words that were thrown out fro, Scarlet Rain

Niko, was the only «Second Generation» of the Kings that ruled seven large legions The first generation Red King, Red Rider was gone Two and half years ago, the Black King’s one hit made him lose his head, and, in the accelerated world where level 9 duelers have a sudden death rule, he was forever retired Rebuilding the once collapsed «Proeneration master was Niko To be sure, the avatar color was not pure red, but a sohter scarlet, which absolutely in no waySince ——

“C, color makes no difference! Rain’s true power allowed her to reach level 9, and there is no other condition for a King!”

—— that is the reason

Right then, Haruyuki finally realized that he had shouted with hisof in his head Raker beside hi a bit away also let out a wry smile

“Since what I wanted to say was said by that Karasu, let ood comparison to your banana color I think There is no time, come out already”

After saying that, the Red King snapped her right hand fingers loudly, then pointed towards the center of three pillars on the other side

Haruyuki hurriedly gazed that way, and on top of the short pillar that was empty till now, he see standing there After his head was tilted about 5 cm, he finally realized it

That, was the sa fros, and still wanted to obtain information from the Accelerated World, the «Spectator Use Due of the fact that he connected to this field as a gallery, and changed his avatar to so that was very hard to notice

Right after Haruyuki realized that, a puff of white smoke went up from the center of the paper doll

After that was bloay by the stage’s breeze, as standing on top of the pillar, was a fresh —— or poisonous yellow equipment, and slender clown type duel avatar

A hat with largely curved horns on either side A faceshoulders and waist, were stringy long limbs

Brushi+ng his jaith his needle thin right hand finger, the clown casually leaked out a chuckle

“KuuKuu, banana color is a bit nasty For me, I like to be compared to Uranium, you know? But well, there’s no choice Since this is time it is determined by the monkey and child’s love of banana, Kukuku”

This cloho continued laughing while swaying his head, was the person who set a trap for both Kuroyukihi three areas of Taito, Arakawa, and Adachi, including Akihabara, the legion «Crypt Cosmic Circus»’s leader —— «Yellow Radio»

His gesture and glibness, did not show the heavy pressure fros

However, he was so which Haruyuki understood very well after seeing him and Kuroyukihime’s close combat at a distance Radio is pure yellow, that is, a pure «Indirect Attack Type» and he fought evenly in close combat with Black Lotus

So any coht hand to his chest, and bowed in courtesy Then he slid down to sit on the pillar

—— With this, four people

“And then, who’s not here are, let’s see”

In Haruyuki’s ear as he wasfootsteps reached him

‘Crunch, Crunch’, kind of hard and heavy vibration shook the stage It was coht As he turned that way, it was the sa

It was large, but could not said to be huge If it was just size, of course it could not compare to the fully armored Niko, and probably not even be able to coion’s medium size member «Frost Horn»

However for Haruyuki, he had not ave hiht

The mask, shoulders, and the lower half were all covered with armor that felt like thick plates However the waist was finely tied together, so that it did not give a ponderous iht hand was ee shi+eld

And then, the color that dyed all the arreen than emerald

“Green King”

Haruyuki lightly said the name of this avatar, that he only saw for a few seconds in a video replay in the past Raker beside him nodded, and added in a whisper

“Yea That, controlling the huge area froion «Great Wall»’s leader, «Green Grande» Nicknamed «Invulnerable»”

“For sure, his HP gauge never went to yellow once, right”

When dueling sae was usually red, and itthat, Kuroyukihiave a small snort