Accel World Vol 8 Chapter 4 (2/2)

Her bright golden yellow ar in the distant overhead sky When he looked, he saw so even ht As if in sympathy with it, Haruyuki’s eyes were drawn to the sixth star from the left

Differing from the five to its left, only that star seemed to be accompanied by the dark, sirl had stated, if the sixth star were the main body of the Divine Weapon «The Destiny», then the dark co inside the Armor—probably

Feeling a strange heartrending sorroard the figures of the two stars of differing sizes, Haruyuki slid his gaze to the right There existed the seventh star and the final Divine Weapon of the Chinese nah, a large golden light could be seen wavering—but to Haruyuki, it could be thought of as being the center of the light of the galaxy itself

What exactly did all this mean? No matter how immense the power they held was, the Divine Weapons in the end were Enhanced Armaments, one of the simple equipped iteram itself?

For a moment, he had that doubt, but Haruyuki i about the structure of the Accelerated World Cyan Pile, alking with his head hanging doould reach the black lump of meat a few minutes later

He knew that grotesque lump was not the «Disaster Armor» If so, then as it—

“Ah! H, Haru, look! It’s not just Takkun!”

Chiyuri had sudden shouted and pointed slightly to the left of Cyan Pile with her right hand As he had been told, he strained his eyes as hard as he could Sure enough, the sae on which Haruyuki and co fro on it

It was a s his burly ar his body possessing a voluht His arreen

“…B, Bush Utan!”

There was noit That was Bush Utan, as like a brother to «Ash Roller», who belonged to the green legion Only a few days before, he had fought with Haruyuki in the Sugina Incarnate techniques of darkness at will like a seasoned expert

Without even noticing Haruyuki’s cry, Utan still trudged toward the black lump

No; it did not end with him Behind hi bridges that had been hidden in deep darkness until now stood out in Haruyuki’s field of vision

On one bridge, without exception there was one duel avatar existing apiece; all were continuing to advance with a lifeless gait The total nues that extended radially froh estimate, was thirty—no, possibly over fifty

At this point in tianism was

That was the main body of the mysterious «ISS Kit» Hadn’t Takumu said it? That all ISS Kits were er, then the surrounding Kits also becaht was undoubtedly that «link» Each tiination circuits of Brain Burst they were lured to this world and were h the main body of the Kit, the lump of flesh

In truth, a number of duel avatars had already arrived at the lu before it The black blood vessels extending frohtly around their entire bodies; while throbbing with a thu either liquid or information of some sort

“No…no…”

Chiyuri, who although had less knowledge relating to the Kit than Haruyuki but had intuitively inferred the ht before her eyes, whispered in a hoarse voice

“This is cruel…everybody’s having soe, they’re having so undesirable poured into them…”

“Ahh…that’s right That thing…that luht with ain he’ll…”

After olden yellow avatar standing to his right and shouted

“How are we supposed to stop this!? The ones walking over there are our friends! No, the ones there are all co Brain Burst! …That black luht!?”

And then, the girl again swiftly raised her arm and restrained Haruyuki, who had been about to run out after Taku for an answer

Why Haruyuki had stopped was not because he had run into that arh it Like a picture that had no substance, her right arm had penetrated Haruyuki’s body without a sound Due to that disconcertment, Haruyuki had stopped his feet

While being astonished, he looked back at theLime Bell’s hand, it was not that there were no «collision detection» in this world

The girl sly lonely manner and opened her mouth

“Didn’t I say it? I ale BB player who left this world a day a long, long tio…the echo of that player’s consciousness…”

“M…memory? But you’re able to talk with us like this…”

To Chiyuri’s whisper, the girl slightly nodded

“With this Main Visualizer, all data is preserved in the same format as that of people’s raved with a prayer or a wish can possess a pseudo-thought circuit That is me…”

“A strong…wish…”

Whilein a cranny of his head

The first time he had irl had said it She had been waiting for the person ould undo the curse of the «Arrief of «that person»

That person He did not knoho that was But that person’s wish had probably continued to let the girl exist in the Accelerated World even now

As if she had read Haruyuki’s irl nodded and spoke

“In this place, only «will» realistically possesses power That black luulated malicious intent If you approach it any closer, you till also be taken in”

“B…but, on the other hand, at this rate Taku will!”

Driven on by ie ahead The distance between Cyan Pile, alking while looking down, and the ISS Kit was already only a few dozen meters Within another minute, Takumu would be arrested by the black blood vessels and have soain

But, at that moment—

“You already have the power”

Said the girl in a distinct tone

“P, power?”

“That’s right The «power to reach your hand out to the far distance for the sake of so precious»”

“!”

Haruyuki reflexively looked at his own right hand enveloped in silver-colored arers, sharp-tipped and slender His hand, which had been afraid of touching so linked with so time

Following that, he looked at his left hand However, that hand had been securely continuing to grasp Li from it

If it had been before he had become a Burst Linker, even as fellow avatars in the middle of a full dive he would not have been able to show this kind of behavior However, froo, lots of people had extended their hands out to Haruyuki and had shared their encouragee with him

—I’ down This hand isn’t here for the purpose of breaking out into a cold sweat and being hidden behindthe hands extended out tohands with someone of my own accord

As if in sync with Haruyuki’s thoughts, Chiyuri lifted Haruyuki’s left hand and tightly clasped it

“You can do it; if it’s you, Haruyuki, then you can do it Your hands…your feelings can reach where Takkun is”

Nodding and strongly squeezing back, Haruyuki spoke

“Aah I will reach hi Taku be taken by that lump of meat”

The bright golden yellow girl had said only will possessed power in this world That basically meant one could only use the Incarnate system To put it the other way, normal techniques did not have any kind of power That was the reason why Silver Crow couldn’t fly in this world

Haruyuki’s only Mind Power technique, «Laser Sword», was a basic technique of the range expansion type Having said that, the interval added from his bare fists was at most two meters In contrast, he estimated the distance fro to walk, and the black lump of meat immediately opposite him to be fifty meters

However, in this world, things such as apparent distances held nohis shot would not reach that far, then even large-classhe could reach that far—even with Haruyuki’s immature Mind Power, it would definitely reach

With his left hand still grasping Chiyuri’s right, Haruyuki lowered his waist and spread his legs open one in front of the other He sharply lined up the five fingers of his right hand

“Your chance is only one point, one moment”

Iirl had whispered

“But, if it’s you, you can definitely do it Believe Believe in yourself…in yourself and in the power of the many people who have joined their hearts with your own”

And then the girl—her avatar suddenly began to fade; wholly as if ure overlapped with his and disappeared

He had a lot s he wanted to ask her However, they would have an opportunity toback Takumu

Haruyuki had intuitively understood the girl’sthat his opportunity was one chance In order for that lump of meat to connect with Takumu, it must expose some kind of vulnerable part He would aim and shoot there

He concentrated his senses in his right hand; a dazzling silver light was born in his fingertips and immediately covered him up to near his elbow

As if responding to that light, the far-off lu from its whole body It moved its tentacle-like tips and seeirl had said, if Haruyuki approached any closer those tentacles would notice him and try to take him in Like how the ruptured «Kit» had done so at the end of his battle with Takumu

While reverberating with a high riiiing vibration sound, the silver light in his right hand extended a couple dozen centiht hip with the pre-motion of the normal «Laser Sword», Haruyuki stopped his arm still

The sa up until noould not be able to reach it He had suddenly intuitively felt that Haruyuki had already fought with the aura generated by the ISS Kit with his Mind Power yesterday night To bore through that redoubtable, thick darkness, he needed a stronger, stronger i

As if being led by soht of his shoulder He bent his body and arht nearly to his lie attack that in the past his teacher and parent Kuroyukihime—Black Lotus had shown a number of times, «Vorpal Strike»

That Incarnate technique was probably the ultie expansion and power expansion technique One could not use the same technique without preparation But he was sure he could definitely do it just by redoubling his ie He had to do it

Due to the preparatory e had possibly wavered, causing the Over-Ray residing in his right arularly

That htly Si voice

“Haru Though I can’t use Mind Power, s are the same as yours I want to take back Takkun In order for us to begin to walk facing the future, not the past Even if…even if one day our paths differ”

Though her voice had slightly quivered and trembled, Chiyuri had proclaimed that distinctly

Suddenly, a pale light green glitter covered Liht also flowed into Haruyuki’s body as well through their joined hands, stabilized the Over-Ray in his right hand, and strengthened it further

“That’s the power of Mind Power, Chiyu”

Haruyuki had answered in a dwindled voice

“Pray for me That my hand can reach Taku”

“Unh”

Riiiiiing…The resonance like the sound of a bell increased again in volume The black lump of meat made its mass of tentacles rustle irritably However, it seemed unable to find Haruyuki and company

At that ti to advance forward, finally arrived right before the lump of meat and stopped his feet As if a thread had been cut, he kneeled and hanged his head deeply

On the surface of the «Pile Driver» covering Takulobule rose up It opened its eyeball with a color like that of drenched blood and looked about, checking its surroundings—and its entire form suddenly floated up

With the narrow blood vessel tissue still joined to Takuht arm, wholly like a snail’s antennae the black eyeball slowly lengthened upwards From the main body, the black lump of meat, a bundle of thick blood vessels was extended out in order to accept it

At the ate with the other—

In one go, Haruyuki thrust his right ar above his shoulder to his li up from inside his heart

“—«Laser…Lance»!”

With an intense ht was shot far, far froht arm

The lance penetrated the darkness lurking around the thened Twenty meters, thirty meters; its momentum had not yet declined

However, there Haruyuki felt a heavy resistance in his right ar A cold incandescence, same as that of when he had taken Bush Utan’s «Dark Blow» for the first time

—Reach!

—Reach!

The unvoiced shouts of Haruyuki and Chiyuri resounded si the two avatars scintillated dazzlingly, ht—and blew the heavy film of darkness away in all directions

Taku at that veryfrom the anisht of the lance Its black eyelid was opened wide to its lian to return to the place it had parasitically infested, Cyan Pile’s right arm, but a mere moment earlier than that could happen

The tip of the Mind Power lance deeply pierced the pupils of the crimson eyeball

While raising a terrible splat sound and spraying out a jet black liquid, the eyeball ruptured all too easily All of a sudden, Haruyuki felt the ferocious waves of anger emitted by the vast lump of meat—the Kit’s main body

The countless tentacles stretching fro a brain searched for the intruder, swirling violently Directly below the his head down, suddenly lifted his head

“T…Taku! Over here!!”

Haruyuki shouted in as loud a voice as he could nized Haruyuki and Chiyuri Froraved in the face mask, his pale eyes, which seemed to have fully awakened, opened wide

“Takkun, run!!”

In response to Chiyuri’s screaht and stepped toward the two Although he ran a few paces across the narrow floating bridge, whatever he was thinking he stopped still and turned about facing his rear—the direction of the lump of meat

The Kit’s etherto arrest Cyan Pile again with it If he were engulfed by that, he would probably be parasitized by a new Kit once more

“Taku, run awa!”

Halfway through, Haruyuki sed the words he had begun to yell

The reason was that Taku froht arm with his left hand

That was—that motion was the Incarnate technique Takumu had mastered, the attack power expansion—

“«Cyan Blade»!!”

The call of a technique nah At the saht arm was dismantled, and a blue Over-Ray enveloped the pulled-out steel pile By the tiain with his two hands with se two-handed sword

Without any sign of fearing the rushi+ngblue overhead

“CHEIAAAAAAA—!!”

The vigor of a piercing scream The very space around him treht was trans stock-still

While effusing a light rese, the two-handed sword cut down from a head-on direction—

It severed the swarm of tentacles and cut deeply into the lump of meat of the Kit’s main body

A silent shriek

The entire body of the lump of meat writhed violently, and the dozens of Burst Linkers joined to its blood vessels also swayed treained consciousness and sees Fro into it, a blue light stretched radially and gave birth to some fine cracks

Right after, a part of the Kit’s main body about ten e aeway in which Taku cru their balance, were helplessly thrown into the bottomless space of outer space…

—Or so they had thought, but the next moment

References

↑ Written in japanese kanji as 揺光 and in traditional/simplified Chinese hanzi as 瑤光/瑶光 or 搖光/摇光 respectively (there are tays of writing it in Chinese, and then there are the traditional and si it) The japanese pronunciation is Yōkō/Youkou In English, it is known as Eta Ursae Majoris, a star belonging to the constellation Ursa Major