Accel World Vol 8 Chapter 10 (1/2)
Chapter 10
Crimson
The first thing that Haruyuki saw once they had passed through the tiny gap of the Iate and had finally escaped to the outside world was that
Swirling, raging deep crilyphic shape of a huge bird possessing two enorlinted like rubies
The super-class enemy, the «Divine Beast Suzaku»
“Wh…why, has he materialized already…!”
Utai, as clinging tightly to his neck, had shouted that in a hoarse voice
Likewise, Haruyuki had also been surprised Suzaku, who safeguarded the south gate, would begin to pop out above the altar established by the gate of the bridge at the point in time when soe bridge of a total of five hundred th and thirty an to take action was about five seconds the last time they had witnessed it As for Haruyuki, he had calculated to be able to escape fro the interval till Suzaku’s appearance
Despite that, due to whatever reason, at the point in tiate Suzaku had already finishedThe distance between them was only about thirty s on his back and exerted his brakes, avoiding a collision with the bird of fire
However, at his back the south gate was already tightly shut Even if they returned, it would not open again Last tiate had allowed Haruyuki and Utai in was because Trilead—true name «Azure Heir» had destroyed the seal plate for the the seal seeenerate
It seeuard enemies and would perish, so obviously they could not hope for hiain What hat, if here they returned inside once more, they would have no face to meet with Lead, who had sent them out prepared to die himself
—They had no choice but to slip through Suzaku’s flae
Brushi+ng aside his momentary hesitation, Haruyuki resolved himself to do so Their ene practically right before their eyes looked fixedly at the tith his ruby eyes
Abruptly, he had the feeling he heard a voice
—Very puny one
—Atone for the sin of laying waste to h them impertinently
—Burn to ashes
Predicting that a breath attack would co to make out its path
However, the bird of fire did not open his beak but spread his enorly once
“…No!”
The one who had shouted was Utai At the saht-red, super-intense heat wave Suzaku’s wings had produced surge forth in a hemispherical shape Not a line, but a face attack No matter where he flew, there was nowhere to escape
No ere they going to die here? This easily? Going through all that pain, passing through the Iate opened in exchange for Lead’s life—despite that, were they going to be arrested here in the cage of «Infinite EK»…
“—I will not…let you do so!!”
In the arun to fall into a stop, the young miko had shouted fearlessly
She extended her sly slender pal Suzaku’s wave attack was released
The instant the two energy waves hly colored the world
The center of Suzaku’s heat as offset in a circular shape; the heat wave becas with a deafening roar
And then sie feedback, Ardor Maiden’s left arm instantly evaporated from the tip of her shoulder down
“W…ah…”
With a thin scream, the body of the miko convulsed Perhaps unable to stand the real, intense pain that the Unlimited Neutral Field caused to occur, in that state she made her head deeply droop
Tightly e the body of Utai, who had lost consciousness, Haruyuki squeezed out all his re spirit
Fly —Fly! If I don’t fly here, there was nobeen born as an aviation-class avatar!
“Wh…oooaaaaa—!!”
Bellowing, he s vibrate with all the power he had; Haruyuki charged straight forth
On the other side ahead, Suzaku was again unfurling his wings The sae could occur, he would run through it
—Let us make it in time…!!
—However Before Haruyuki’s eyes, like a heat haze the air shi+an to be scorched in bits A feeling of heat that seee, which had close to ninety percent rean to decrease…
Right after
Again, an unexpected phenomenon impeded Suzaku’s attack
Lances of light of two colors, red and blue, that had rushed toward the back of the enors
He recollected having seen those colors of attacks The blue was «Lightning Cyan Spike» The special technique of Cyan Pile—his good friend Takumu
And then the red was «Vorpal Strike» The special technique of Black Lotus—Haruyuki’s parent, master, and the person whom he respected and loved more than anyone else, Kuroyukihime
Suzaku’s super-intense heat wave, which was on the verge of causing Haruyuki’s and Utai’s bodies to evaporate, was torn to pieces and disappeared
Grazing the large feathers enveloped in flames, Haruyuki at last passed to the rear of the Divine Beast Suzaku
However, obviously the eneed direction, and while he apprehended Haruyuki with eyes snation, this time he opened his bill wide A breath attack—
That moment
Haruyuki, as plunging forith all his strength and aie, and a silhouette that had coh velocity from that side crossed
The perceptions of Haruyuki, as accelerating to his lirasped the identity of that shadow precisely
Burst Linkers Not one, but two The one beloas a sky-blue duel avatar carrying a streaa Nebulas who possessed the alias «ICBM», Sky Raker
And then on her back there was oneobsidian ar» Black Lotus The blue-white flarebacks extending long from Raker’s Enhanced Armament, «Gale Thruster», dyed her semitransparent armor a beautiful sapphire color
The instant they crossed paths, Raker—Fuuko, and Lotus—Kuroyukihiazed at Haruyuki with ently The two’s voices directly reverberated in his mind
…Welcome back, Karasu-san Leave Suzaku to us
…We’re entrusting the legion’s future to you, Haruyuki-kun Now then, fly Without looking back, straight ahead
The stretched-out flow of ti Utai in his ar Kuroyukihime a lift, rapidly drifted apart
“Ah…”
Unable to apply the brakes on hi out a mere screaht and caught sight of the view at his rear on the edge of his field of vision
Fuuko and Kuroyukihile warhead, skiht eye of Suzaku, who seemed just about to spit out a fatal flaht arht line Flareat quantities, and the strange bird roared with a howl of anger
Suzaku stopped his breath attack and began to revolve his et had switched from Haruyuki to Kuroyukihime and company Basically—
The two of them had a mind to die
Their self-sacrifice was in a sense both equivalent to and different fro warrior Trilead, who had attracted ten-odd bodyguard eneate The reason was that unlike Lead, who could avoid the state of infinite EK by i into a safe area the next time he respawned, Kuroyukihime and Fuuko had nowhere to escape at all There was just the rectangular altar behind Suzaku—the very spot where Ardor Maiden had been «sealed»—and if they died there, even the next time they respawned they would only be assaulted quickly by Suzaku and would instantly die again
Kuroyukihime and the others had probably witnessed Suzaku´s sudden h the fact that that was an actionAnd then they had resolved to do it in athemselves as bait Even if both Kuroyukihime and Fuuko became sealed
—That was out of the question
That was out of the question It was absolutely out The only existing goal for which Haruyuki was fighting as a Burst Linker was that of reviving Nega Nebulas and arriving together with Kuroyukihied What iononly himself survive?
Haruyuki was assailed by a momentary conflict; at that time
From below his path, a sharp hail reached him
“Haru!!”
Taken aback, he turned his eyes there The one greatly raising his left hand at a spot about two hundred e-class avatar who had heavy light-blue arhtweight avatar, Lime Bell
“Haru—!!”
Bell also shouted in a voice with all her e bell equipped in her left hand At the sa out, the bell was enveloped in a light effect of a fresh green color
“—«Citron Ca—ll»!!”
Together with the enunciation of her technique naht that effused out warht
The dae received from the duels versus enemies inside the Imperial Palace and Suzaku’s heat wave from just a little bit earlier was healed in a twinkle However, the wounds of Utai, as still unconscious in his aret was a single body, so it could not have two people recover simultaneously, but then in that case should she not have healed Ardor Maiden first, whose dareat?
For an instant, Haruyuki had difficulty grasping the intention of Chiyuri, as restoring Silver Crow’s health gauge here and noever, the shouting voice that Takumu subsequently emitted dispelled Haruyuki’s bewilderment
“Haru, leave Maiden-san to us!”
“…!!”
Haruyuki opened his eyes wide—right after, without hesitating he passed the body of Ardor Maiden, as in his ar his body, which had becoht radius Piercing through the air howling in his ears, Chiyuri’s voice reached him
“Haru, Senpai and Nee-san…!”
“—Got it, leave it to me!!”
Haruyuki’s two childhood friends had hesitated, suffered, and decided it in his stead That they would not let Kuroyukihio hoether
Backed by Takuain northward
On his path, the Divine Beast Suzaku, who had likewise turned northward, was craning his long neck in the shape of an S and opening his beak wide There were maybe five…no, three seconds till a super-intense heat breath would be released
In front of his line of fire, Sky Raker, as carrying Black Lotus on her back, descended, drawing out a parabola Gale Thruster’s jet exhaust flickered irregularly and was on the verge of disappearing That Enhanced Ar thrust, but once it used up its energy, there was a long recharge time that was ier any means for the two to escape froht spilled out The surrounding atmosphere became a heat haze and shi+mmered—
—I won’t…let you do that!!
“Wh…oooooooooa—!!”
With a force that burnt up all his ree, Haruyuki caused the ht surrounded Silver Crohole body Penetrating the wall of wind pressure with the fingertips of his sharply extended hands, his avatar became a lance and soared
Suzaku, whose right eye had been s blow, did not notice Haruyuki approaching frorazed the large bird’s visage He passed a couple dozen centi to spit out a conflagration at that veryout to the enemy’s front
At his back, overwhelnation toward him, the obstacle, were produced
In front, the two Burst Linkers opened their eyes wide in shock
“Why…!?”
“Haruyuki-kun…!!”
With a momentum that made him nearly crash into them, under both ar to shout as if gasping He held the slender waists of Sky Raker and Black Lotus, ere nearly equal size-wise, with all his strength, and in one gulp he changed his flight direction upward
Their situation fairly resey» the day before yesterday, where he had picked up Utai, who had appeared in the center of the altar, fro that was different was that unlike Utai, as on the ground, Kuroyukihi an approximate elevation of twenty e their direction toward their sole escape route—naht up
Abruptly, their surroundings were stained a deep crimson Suzaku had fired his fla torrent of heat-attribute dae was imminent; if they took that hit directly, no matter what kind of Burst Linkers they were they would not elude evaporation
“G…rrr…”
Clenching his teeth and bearing it, Haruyuki soared vertically with all the power he had
Tch; the tips of his toes had grazed soe was scraped away He had probably touched not the e zone, but he did not look down He only glared at the cloudy blue-black sky of the «Dee and flew
Even the slightest deviation froravity had been set on the left and right of the large bridge, which was a flight-prohibited zone, and invisible barriers extended infinitely along the gate of the Imperial Palace as well as the sky above the castle walls The instant he touched those, his flight would be impeded, and they would fall
What was permitted was only perfectly vertical ascension He would fly straight up as far as he could fly, cutting off Suzaku’s target After that, he would draw a large arc due south, fall down, and escape to the south side of the large bridge—
Passing through the wind that howled like a dog, Kuroyukihiht ear’s side
“…Good grief, you really…”
Following that, at his left ear was Fuuko’s suppressed laugh
“Fufu, so it would turn out like this”
“I’ize!”
Answering like that in the same manner as that of the day before yesterday, Haruyuki s on his back quiver even more—
“Ah…!”
The one who had shouted was Fuuko Feeling that so was abnormal, this time Haruyuki reflexively looked down
The figure of the huge bird clad in flah they had already reached an altitude near three hundred meters