Vol 7 Chapter 3 (1/2)
Chapter 3: Two paint scrolls
Leerin adjusted the binoculars to the highest power and finally got a good look at the crest on the flag ”That is Zuellni”
Zuellni, the city where Layfon was Realizing this sudden truth brought her a wave of happiness, but the next wave of tension pressed hard on her chest
”Only one more day,” Savaris in tomorrow?”
Leerin and Savaris were in Myath, and this city was also an Acadeht those that were classified as the saht last forever This ht any other city unless that city was in the same class that it was
Myath had stopped its movement in its journey toabout that delay, but she was too surprised now to say anything Zuellni was right there Was this luck?
”I think so, but if Layfon participates as a Military Artist, then there's no way they can lose Of course, that's if he's still the Layfon I knew”
What was Savaris trying to say? She looked at hi
”Is Layfon really strong?”
A slight movement of his eyebrow Surprised at the question, he answered, ”One cannot beco”
”Uh, that's true”
She knew already
”I knew already, but I can't look at it like so a Military Artist or Layfon beco a Heaven's Blade successor, and the truth that the orphanage wouldn't have survived if not for him I knew all that, but I can't accept it without reservation”
Perhaps she was spoiled She liked watching Layfon train alone in the dojo, but she never wanted to connect him with the battlefield
”There's no doubt as to Layfon's strength The other Heaven's Blades and I all acknowledged hi his ht with hi to recall soht A filth e naht it If we don't count the combination of Cauntia and Ruiht between Heaven's Blade successors”
He opened his eyes as if he was seeing that scene of that day He began his narration ”AaaahThat fight was reallyreally interesting”
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The se was so tiny that it was hard to notice it It was a pain that felt like water being poured into one's nose
”Really?” the new Heaven's Blade successor replied to Savaris's question with a tone that didn't make him likeable at all
Layfon Wolfstein Alseif
He looked like a student who had just graduated from primary school, but he had already taken the Heaven's Blade title since one year ago He also had lots of experience in fighting filth monsters alone No emotion showed in his eyes On the contrary, darkness see?” Layfon lifted his head to ask the other Heaven's Blade successor
Lintence Savoleid Harden
This Heaven's Blade successor always gave an expression of being in low spirits He was patting the stubble on his chin as he watched so tis, it's better to train ten thousand times”
”Thanks for your advice”
An attitude that was always the same A reply that suited the notorious reputation of Lintence as soht this young man his steel thread techniques Why had he done that?
”Speaking of which” Layfon looked around ”Is this really a good place?”
The three of the on the outskirt of Grendan Grendan's outskirts were much more spacious than those of other cities due to its frequent contact with filthconvenience of Military Artists Currently, only three Heaven's Blades stood here, and that wasn't a less action
”DelboneThat old wo”
Delbone Quantis Myura The three of theathered here because they listened to the prediction of the only Psychokinesist aain after saying it She should just die and give up the Heaven's Blade title”
”Don't think that will happen before the person to replace her appears”
Delbone was already over 100 years old She stayedon a hospital bed, but no one had yet exceeded her in the ability of Psychokinesis, so she retained the Heaven's Blade title As if predicting the future, her Psychokinesis had discovered the invasion of an aged phase filth monster She had also predicted that it would appear here today That hy the three of the this place
”Lintence, no reaction yet?”
”Not yet”
Lintence held a restored Dite He wore a pair of leather gloves hite gold covering the fingertips And stretching before those tips were millions of fine steel threads that spread to the outside of the city like antennas The filth monster in Delbone's prediction had not yet appeared
”But if Behemoth really appears here like Delbone had said, then we can be sure that it reaches a place in a blind spot of the steel threads”
”Ah, that's possible”
Behemoth, a name for the filth h even in Grendan Only a filth ed phase e Beheed to escape
”That was before I became a Heaven's Blade successor And Delbone became a Heaven's Blade after that event Behemoth must have some reason behind its actions,” Lintence said
Savaris looked at the scenery outside the city A large nue filth monsters nests were currently located in Grendan's vicinity Numerous filth monsters had left their nests for the city, and the ones to handle them were the Heaven's Blades and other Military Artists But only Lintence and his two fellow Heaven's Blades stood in this spacious area at the outskirt of the city The siren rang through the air Nor to the shelters The rest of the Military Artists had gathered around the palace in case anything happened – in case Savaris, Lintence and Layfon lost the fight
But that probably wouldn't happen
”But no outside city gear was given for fights taking place outside the city Her Majesty gave a bold order”
”We'll know once the fight begins”
”Ha”
”Millions of guesses cannot beat the truth Here it co the tone of his voice
First it was the round
”Earthquake? No”
Next came the sound of metal, so shrill that it was about to pierce the eardru Grendan was pulled back by so of the city
”So” Layfon said in a s al out the sun It was clie Its back was covered by nu against so accompanied its entrance
Savaris lifted his head and saw a part in white
”Either way, this is a giant,” he said
Yes, that gigantic thing did resemble a human More precisely, it resembled a mud doll made by kids The filthto be served in a restaurant
”My first ti this massive,” Layfon said with the sword lowered, his pupils staring at Behe into darkness His expression was neither unease nor fear He was just observing the thing in front of hi fluttered down from the filth monster Soil Wet and humid soil from the depth of the earth was stuck on the entire body of the filth round, a blind spot of Lintence's steel threads As for the Psychokinesist, she couldn't have predicted the e powers of concentration Only Delbone could do it
”Well, tiet rid of it?”
”True”
Savaris and Layfon nodded, and at that moment, they ran for Behemoth like wind They naturally split without coht
”Can you release your dirty hand?”
Savaris released his Kei as he headed for the hands that were about the sae
External Kei variation – Gourikiteppa Kouga
External Kei variation – Sendan
Savaris' palht hand A move of Kei that was released fro the target at the same time As expected, the front part of Behemoth broke into pieces as if it was bitten by a fierce beast At the same time, Layfon cut apart Behemoth's left hand with his sword
Savaris' , whereas Layfon's was quiet and cal balance, Behes
(Aah? That was unexpected)
Both of theet The filth h the hands of Heaven's Blades in the past, and it also had its own name But it was so weak Its et away!” Lintence's voice sounded behind the rate and exploded Scale-like things scattered along with the explosion, and they were sharp Leaping through the air did little to evade those scales because of the close distance between them and the projectiles The two Heaven's Blade successors ended up sustaining soht outside the city”
Lintence had landed sos He quickly checked himself The injuries weren't deep but his clothes were in tatters Blood seeped froht outside the city, the protective suit would definitely sustain dae And when that happened, even Heaven's Blades could do nothing but wait for death from the invasion of pollutants
”Her Majesty and the others are really mean They should have told us about that already”
Lintence glanced at Layfon It seemed he had sustained si at the place where the filth eneration It's gathering its parts and co?”
Beheain reached out for the city with its upper body Savaris looked closer and saw its lower body was fused with the earth
”Has that thing become the earth? That level of evolution is beyond coh because Lintence was here
Lintence's steel threads cut away Behemoth's hands A final shi+eld stood between the city's outskirts and its outside The second explosion came but the scales never reached a distance as far as before, and they became dust in the next instant Lintence had weaved a net, controlling it with his Kei The scales were cut by that net He raised his right hand His left hand controlled the invisible net, then what about his right hand? In there he held a weapon so fine that no one could see with his naked eyes
Steel threads That insignificant weapon had beco the steel threads into a shape above him Even a Heaven's Blade's power of vision could not discern the steel threads, but they noed the cone
”Break into a thousand pieces,” he said as the cone haenkyouku - Hanee cone entered Behemoth's body in waves of successive explosions The cone underwent changes inside the body The steel threads gathered together were now unraveling at a shocking rate, da it into pieces
”He really did show so down to avoid the scales
The upper half of the filth ain? OrSavaris floated on the air with all his
”Tsk”
So that looked like an antenna with nuainst each other It must have escaped Lintence's attack Savaris kicked it away and used the round What about Layfon
He saw Layfon cut open the antenna in the air A closer look What wonderful skill in riding the air Every ti his sword and obtain balance, ready for the next e that was disadvantageous for hi the explosions of the scales
”I can't lose to him”
The density of Kei rose exponentially in Savaris At the saathered in his wrists A silvery white flame burst out from his wrists
External Kei Karen Kei – Jaryu
Rooted on the spot, he lashed out with his fists in lightning speed Strange was that the fists did not produce any loud noise His fists were quiet as of training However, those attacks did reach Behemoth Silvery white explosions crashed one after another on the daed upper body where countless antennas stuck out The directions of Savaris's fists were anywhere but Behees The attacks of silvery white flame cleared out the antennas, and those fallen antennas then exploded Savaris could see Layfon's figure caught in the explosions
Layfon's detered His wordless eyes seeh his opponent'sfor his next move
Heaven's Blade Technique – Karou
One flash and Layfon had executed nu all scales before hi to killon hihed
”If you died at that level, wouldn't that rather be a relief?” He could feel the excite All three Heaven's Blades were each using their ultimate moves, yet the filth monster still lived How many such filthSo interesting that he couldn't control hi else
The sound of stirring co from outside the city never stopped The Heaven's Blades' attacks appeared to be only scratches on this ,” Savaris began using his Kei
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”I did enjoytea after his meal as he reminisced
The current location was the canteen The announcement had just conveyed the discovery of Zuellni, and a wave of festive ath the air
Although this would be a fight to decide the winner of the Military Arts Coht between Academy Cities would not shed blood In other words, this was like a festive activity on a large scale The i out naturally from the crowd
Leerin listened to Savaris talk about the past as she ate She had never seen Layfon fight a filth e person, she always headed for the shelter when an eet to see a real battle Hence, Savaris's description of Layfon was to her so about someone she didn't know Either way, she had never seen that side of Layfon And her heart acknowledged this fact, especially after Layfon's match with Gahard Loneliness stuffed her chest The Layfon who lived with her as a kid, who in a place she didn't know, suffering it without saying a word to anyone
Thebehind Leerin spoke, ”Who in?”
”This side Myath recently beat up some filth ths of Military Artists over there are low”
”Ah, thatnewcomer appears over there? It is an Academy City They receive new students every year”
”Ha ha, who'd let a pro Military Artist leave a city so easily?”
”Wanna bet?”
Leerin looked behind her TheyThey probably survived by buying and selling infor newco than Layfon But instead of talking about Layfon, he mentioned another person
”It seee the battle's fate How sad”
Savaris's younger brother was in Zuellni He had said that before in the roa bus Gorneo If he was in his 5th year now, that meant he must have participated in the previous intercity match
”Do you have a bad relationshi+p with your brother?”
If one were to understand Savaris' words on the surface, then the Heaven's Blade really held little feelings for his brother
”Not really But my brother fearsin er brother who had an older, elite brother Leerin probably couldn't understand that feeling She had no siblings She couldn't cos Gorneo had to choose the saht be better if he had no ability at all Maybe it's because we're in the same family He's not bad, but it's his bad luck to be born after ”
A chill went down Leerin's spine at his last words
”But he's your younger brother”
”Yes, so what?” he didn't seem to care about her retort ”Heaven's Blades only seek power If he was preventing oal, I'd kick hih he's my brother” The smile on his face becas
Leerin was an orphan She didn't have anyone blood-related ould love her unconditionally One could say frole that because one didn't have someone blood-related, that hat made one an orphan So she understood better than anyone how precious it was to have a fa if you think I'm the only one who thinks like that Actually, most Heaven's Blades think the same”
”Eh?”
”Heaven's Blades are the most powerful Military Artists in Grendan, and they also anization They chase after poith any means they can find Layfon is the only exception”
Only Layfon was different That pleased Leerin Savaris' tone seeanization
”Excuse ht power, Gahard wouldn't have been able to grasp hold of his weakness, and he wouldn't have been exiled”
Leerin's comfort disappeared
”Layfon'sis probably more complicated than us 'norht explain why he was so powerful in the past But because of it”
Leerin didn't kno to react to what he said next
”He's now lost his reason to fight He ht have becohts turned back to the past, sub himself in the excite her breath Had Layfon really becoht froood if Layfon stood before Savaris again
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Three days and three nights They kept on fighting Behemoth Three days One move caing Moves were iain
”About tih Layfon's voice That wasn't because he was tired Heaven's Blades would not collapse froht with internal Kei However, psychologically, he was reaching his liht countless tier than three days But usually he could see the results of his attacks in the forms of corpses But Behemoth continued to recombine and recover No result could be seen, and that had cracked through Layfon's ht progressed It wasn't increasing its strength in self-explosions It laid traps to cancel the enemy attacks Every attack hid behind it a plan Instead of weakening, it had beco of how to quickly end the fight
(He's reaching his lih already that he had this level of fighting strength at his age, but his th This was a good time for him to flee the battle, but Savaris wouldn't knohether that was a good choice for hiood, if he dies now)
Actually, he cared naught for Layfon's death What he cared about was that he, falling under his own psychological trap,since I had such enjoyh tension And that tension didn't weaken through ti, he felt satisfaction every ti new things in this battle The Beheer so he ht
(Let him retreat)
Just when Savaris made his decision