Vol 4 Chapter 5 (1/2)
Chapter 5: The vow on that day
The day of the match had arrived Zuellni had finished its resupply The Student President said they'd spend the next two to three days tidying things up, then continue h they couldn't see the War Field, the enthusiasm of the audience had reached the room Layfon found it unbelievable that he would see the day where Naruki was frowning in the waiting rooht?”
”Seems I have some problems,” Naruki made some noise, exhausted She let out a heavy breath, her hand covering her face Layfon understood that feeling A feeling of being unable to control her consciousness Although she had returned to the platoon in order to observe, she still needed to adapt to some areas
The atmosphere on Layfon's side was also heavy Today, he had to defeat Dinn and Dalshena He knew he didn't have to kill them He just had to inflict injuries on them that would make them lie in the hospital for more than half a year And to do that, he had to use a Katana Psyharden techniques had to be executed with a Katana To make it clear, a sword could also be used, and for Layfon who excelled at Military Arts, he ht be able to do it with a sword But a souldn't allow hihtht never heal Pressure weighed down on Layfon Having been taught the skill of a Katana, handling a sas not within his field
(This isn'ta weapon outside my field But)
It was the same when he took on the title of the Heaven's Blade successor The Heaven's Blade he received had the forht However
(I still have to use a Katana in the present)
As a hu And not just that
”Layfon”
It was Nina's voice Her face didn't wear that do expression that she always donned in platoon matches In other words, even Nina couldn't approach today's fight with her usual self
”Are you all right?”
The question he asked Naruki before was now directed at hi as communicator headed over to them to relay a command Without a word, Nina followed that student Sharnid patted Layfon's shoulder and followed Nina's example Next came Naruki Layfon slowly sat up and kept a distance from them Felli walked over to hi The usual Layfon would have worried about Nina and the others hearing this na today For some reason, he didn't worry about it at all He didn't know exactly why he was like this today Fighting with a Katana, the conversation he had with Sharnid yesterday, Nina's deterh his head, leaving no roo
But Layfon answered as usual ”What is it?”
Felli cocked her head Layfon couldn't tell thebehind her expressionless face
”What is Haia's goal?” she asked
”He probably wants to hunt down that thing, but”
What did he intend to do once he caught the thing? Neither Layfon nor Felli knew
That thing was the goat that Layfoncurious to hioat was the one who buried all the dead in the city
Nina speculated that the goat was the city's consciousness, the Electronic Fairy Her speculation was spot on
Haikizoku Haia called it by that nae, freed itself froe
Haia said he had to do so about it, so he wished for Karian's help
Layfon didn't knohy Haia infiltrated Zuellni just to obtain the Haikizoku He was suspicious of Haia's pro Zuellni fro to lose, and that deal was just too good to be true Layfon had too s to think about He had no roooal
”I don't knoas his only answer
Felli appeared displeased at his reply She deliberately walked up to Layfon and kicked him
”What was that for?”
”I was careless,” she left
”Just what's with her” Well, since it was Felli's kick, it didn't hurt that much, but he had no idea what he did to ht flooded his entire vision
The in Layfon's handaround his waist The Sapphire Dite and the shi+m Adamantiu and hesitating
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The feh the war field This time the 10th platoon was on the offensive while Layfon and his teae of being a sest reason behind it was that the 10th platoon was also best at attacking, just like the 17th platoon
The siren rang to signal the start of thetheir breath as a collective whole as the 10th platoon took action
Dalshena rushed straight for the ene the attacks from the Psychokinesist She strove forith the innocent belief of winning against e showed on the huge screen opposite the audience stand Dense golden curls danced with the wind Dalshena wore a fighting suit that had seen e of a red top that stretched down like a dress behind her The i style was like Dalshena riding and controlling a powerful beast
But there was a reason behind Dalshena's lone attack A figure followed behind her like her shadow Dinn He held a number of ropes in his hand They looked like Layfon's steel threads, but they were thicker and fewer in number A sharp hammer adorned the ends of each rope Dinn controlled those ropes as he moved to carve a path before Dalshena Any enemy that came close would have to deal with those ropes first Behind Dinn were four other teaether to cover for Dalshena's attacks The 10th platoon was best at this type of forht as he and his teah the war field He still hadn't seen anyone from the 17th platoon They probably planned to hold a decisive fight at their own cay
(We can do it even without you!)
Dinn wasn't the type to overestirowth in the four years he spent in Zuellni wasn't roas at its peak, his skill in Military Arts hadn't seen ued Dinn the most For him to catch up to Dalshena's speed and wield the ropes at the sas Both Dalshena and Sharnid excelled in abilities that differed fro those two frorown exponentially Dinn couldn't have been able to flank those two if not for his invention of this weapon He called himself fortunate to have met those two
But Sharnid betrayed him
(Did you see that!?)
Inside Dinn, he screamed painfully The three of them formed the best for the foret past them like this,” Dinn called
Dalshena didn't reply, instead, she increased her speed She penetrated any obstacles ahead The light of Kei encircling her lance pierced through the war field like a beast's fang Once they went past the trees, they'd see the caht then
At the tiround exploded Dinn's ropes and the Psychokinesist's flakes failed to detect the traps since they weren't set in the direct path of the 10th platoon
”No har!” Dinn called to ease Dalshena's worry
But the aim of the explosion wasn't to stop the 10th platoon The explosion resulted in a smoke screen that covered half of the war field The Psychokinesis-supported cah that s but se area
”It's coets were the team me behind the smoke screen and the direction of the attack But to lower the visibility of the 10th platoon and the audience was
The Psychokinesist conveyed to the 10th platoon the movements of the 17th platoon Nina Antalk the Captain, Layfon Alseif, the newOnly Sharnid had gonehis presence through Kei and hiding in areas that the Psychokinesist could not detect For snipers to attack fro their plan read like an open book, so they underwent a lot of Kei training Sharnid did well in that area
No, Dinn should say that no Military Artist in Zuellni was as excellent a sniper as Sharnid
”Careful Don't get sniped,” Dinn advised, thinking of which person in his teaet of Sharnid's first bullet Best not be Dinn himself and Dalshena He stepped back and used the other team members as his shi+eld Failure was imminent if he fell here, so other members didn't object to Dinn's , and if she fell, the attacking power of the team would fall drastically, but she didn't mind Dinn's move either She continued to rush forward as if she was receiving an attack A gap appeared between her and Dinn
It was too late by the time the Psychokinesist reported the moveht hand corner of the 10th platoon, as if to tear apart the team
It was Layfon
As the smoke screen spread out, Layfon's Whirl Kei separated Dalshena froht Layfon was here to suppress hi the other members of the 17th platoon to finish off Dalshena That was Nina's plan, a strategy that took advantage of Layfon's excellent abilities If Dalshena fell, it'd be a five versus three situation Very disadvantageous for the 10th platoon But Dinn was confident in Dalshena's attack power Nina Antalk was good at defense, but she was nothing before Dalshena's lance The new member of the 17th platoon was there to make up for the numbers, and as for Sharnid? Dalshena would have no proble his bulletsAt that ti a bit slower than others because Layfon had blocked his path
”Sharnid!” Dalshena's surprise and outrage drifted to Dinn's ear
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Layfon headed to an audio-visual roo Complex on the day before theThe Training Complex contained a number of audio-visual roo roo Room 2 was locked Layfon didn't see any key around
”Oi, sorry for that”
Layfon never thought of analyzing his opponents so he had never entered an audio-visual room before White tiles covered the floor of the audio-visual rooe screen The purpose of this room was to show the records of previousthe records could use theether two chairs like a bed and lay on it to watch the screen
The screen showed a match of the 10th platoon Dalshena's valiant attack was enlarged Nina's DV skill didn't doin the screen intensified Either way, norh-speed movement of a Military Artist
Layfon tried his best not to look at the screen It was because if he didn't watch it, he would keep his guard up He wanted to have a fair and square fight with her toht, but tomorroas different This hy he had chosen to sit opposite Sharnid rather than opposite the screen
Layfon didn't know everything All he kneas that Sharnid used to be very good friends with Dinn and Dalshena
”Shena's not part of it”
”Huh?”
”The illegal drugs”
”You sure?”
Layfon didn't knohether Dalshena was part of it, but Dinn, the captain, was using illegal drugs It was natural to think that all the members of the 10th platoon had taken them
”So you think she doesn't know?”
In this case, Layfon wouldn't have to fight against Dalshena, and that fact put him at ease
Sharnid shook his head ”I think she knows She understands the current Dinn e Really” He bit his tongue and rapped his toes with a knuckle
”What a good person To have fairness as her ht She works with a double standard when her coate but can'tWhat an unsightly coward” Sharnid's voice was extremely cold Layfon took care not to annoy him
”Listen here We knew each other since year 1 We weren't in the same class, but ere in the sa We've been partners since then Having the saoal, like idiots The captain of the 10th platoon took notice of us at that ti for that person We thought of that in our youth That person was very sad when Zuellni lost in the last Military Arts Co for the place he liked thehim like that, ore to protect Zuellni with our hands,” Sharnid sighed
To protect Zuellni It was the same oath as Nina's Sharnid was different from Nina in that he stood in the field of the Military Arts Competition as a member of a platoon Other than that, there wasn't any difference between the two
”But then our relationshi+p was already cracking at the tiether”
Surprised, Layfon kept quiet What was Sharnid about to say?
”It was pretty sis for Dinn,its tail Dinn was the captain Shena swore because of Dinn, and I swore because of Shena I already understood our relationshi+ps at that tis and suppressed them I swore to cover them and I lied to myself I entered the platoon in my 3rd year and participated in the oal, and because of that, we succeeded But I'ht from an objective viewpoint and realized this relationshi+p would eventually collapse Soht for Dinn, but it was different with me and Shena”
So Sharnid must have been the first one who couldn't keep at it? That must be what happened
”This is the result of that guy's weakness, and also the thing that I destroyed by leaving halfway We should have broken that relationshi+p in a clearer way It was my failure to break that relationshi+p”
CouldSharnid have joined Nina's team to make up for that failure?
”Layfon,” Sharnid said
”Have you decided?”
”Yes”
On that day, Layfon conveyed his thoughts to the Student President
”Can you leave Shena to me?” Sharnid asked
Layfon nodded to that request without resistance
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”Sharnid~” she called, wondering what he was planning Sharnid had appeared before her, in a position that a sniper should never be in He held two guns instead of a sniper rifle
”Do you plan to receive my attack with such a toy!” Blood rushed to Dalshena's face What she couldn't tolerate thesuit A custom-ned for the three of them at the time when Sharnid and Dalshena joined the 10th platoon
Sharnid laughed ”Whether it's a toy or not, is up to your body” He readied his fighting stance and attacked
Kei ran from his hands to the Dites and shot forth with the bullets The bullets fleards Dalshena with a speed that exceeded that of an External Type Kei Dalshena changed her route and jumped to avoid them
A variation of External Kei – Hairoushou A sound like an explosion shot from Dalshena's back She used the momentum of that explosion to rush at Sharnid Sharnid retreated as the ground shattered and the smoke danced apart
”Ku!”
Surrounded by sround of the war field should not be like this under normal humidity There were e the quality of the soil!?” she called, unable to see anything clearly
Nina had previously buried bags of dry sand in the field to delay Dalshena's attack and blur the visibility The flow of External Kei filled Dalshena's surroundings, keeping the sand froe part of the war field
”damn”
She had lost Sharnid in the dust and sand She couldn't sense his presence Sakkei Sharnid wasfor an opportunity for a surprise attack
”Where are you!?” She narrowed her eyes It was difficult to open them because of the sand in the air She kept still and raised the lance
She moved
”Over there!”
Her lance swiped like that
”Tsk”
On her right, Sharnid juuns crossed before him He failed to maintain Sakkei in the split second when he shot the Kei bullet
”As I thought, it's not easy”
”Don't underestimate me”
Dalshena's lance stabbed towards hi her lance with his right gun as he pointed forith his left Dalshena twisted around as he pulled the trigger The bullet brushed past her clothes She retreated But Sharnid followed close to her as if his right hand was attached to the lance The clash of Kei froreen sparks If Sharnid wanted to aiun, Dalshena would use her bare left hand to change the direction of his gun
The two of theether