Vol 10 Chapter 9 (1/2)

To Conquer the Phalanx

The sun had set in the west, and the ht in the sky other than the air filter

That was the air filter spaced at equal distances along the outer edge The shaking towers situated outside that were al doere there to block the city's invisible eneenerated a special airflow, isolated from the outside

On the toas a shadow Every tower had a shadow But the shadow's darkness ed up in the dark haze of the cloudy day, and no one would give it a second glance This shadow took the for on the top of the tower, as if it were an orifice of the air filter, spraying so outside, almost unnoticeably

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The small tyrant dominated the sofa

”Wu-”

A moan

”Wait”

From the kitchen came Gorneo's voice

In his hand was a saucepan that was being heated, and the s smell of spices Inhaled into the nose, it stimulated the sto, and he groaned with suffering Gorneopiece of ry, and quite excited Usually, they would go to a nearby twenty-four hour restaurant for dinner, but for today, the restaurants were al the anniversary of its opening, and was endlessly busy Bringing a starving Shante to that kind of place was no good Even if he had no choice, this smell that was produced even made Gorneo unable to stand it

The battle with the Academy City Myath had finished recently He was very tired But this was also a reason for exciteo on ahead, Gorneo and Shante, along with ten other Military Artists, had acted together The aftertaste of the battle still lingered

Behind hithe roastingerator did not have any fresh vegetables Even if there were, he didn't have the strength tocooked along with the meat

He scooped the meat onto plates, spread some butter on it, and considered it done

Two people silently ate it all Gorneo used his knife to cut the hotthe it to her mouth to slowly chew They were not used to this kind of atmosphere at dinner, so there was that kind of reaction

It was just eating

After a while they had eaten everything

Drinking a cup of juice in a gulp, he finally felt refreshed Drooping his shoulders, he didn't feel likeat all

But, the plates were still left there In his heart he thought he could wait a while before collecting theht that would be the start to an abhorrent character

”Hey, we're washi+ng the dishes”

”Nya-”

Shante was already curled up on the sofa If she had a tail, it would definitely be wagging in satisfaction Gorneo thought she hadn't heard, and let out a sigh

”At least speak huht the dirty dishes back to the kitchen to wash When he returned, Shante was sleeping He would have to bother to carry her to the room nearby

Sometimes, Shante would enter Gorneo's roo asleep would be carried back, but recently he had thought that his rooely Since Van Allen's day

”It really is”

He did not have such plans But, without a doubt it was not that he had no interest in guy-girl affairs He would admit that he was old-fashi+oned, but didn't feel that it was e the Military Artists, there were those who had received genes for interacting with girls Even if others did not agree with his methods, he was reluctant to be a Military Artist who criticized the rest of society

He didn't want to be considered such a person

He and Shante were not really lovers So that kind of thing would never happen, those girls' suspicions were incorrect purposefully explaining was also strange, sure enough all Gorneo could do was silently worry

(Might as well sleep)

He had no reason not to, so he really went to sleep, and hence Gorneo returned to his room

He didn't fall asleep

(What is it?)

Shante kept silent whilean intimidated look With a serious expression, she keenly watched the balcony

What was it Gorneo turned his sight to the side, as a voice sounded

”You're keeping so”

”Intruder” was the word that went through hisSakkei But, if it had gotten so close without hi

But, the next ain

”Is it a wild beast? I never thought I would get noticed withoutnoise Ah, it orth it”

That voice Although he saw that figure standing in front of the balcony , Gorneo didn't dare believe his eyes, this absolutely couldn't be

This place, it ought to be Zuellni

But he was a Heaven's Blade Successor, and was one of Grendan's protectors, the Luckens' legitimate heir He couldn't think of why he would leave Grendan

”How did you know? Sainst filththe doould be only proper”

But the way he leisurely examined Shante, and the accent hich he spoke, was indeed him

”Brother”

Savaris Qualafin Luckens

”Yo! Goru It's been a while Howthis, Savaris stood in front of Gorneo, patting his arm

”Brother, why have you coht with Layfon”

Before Gorneo even had tihed so , just kidding Well, that kind of thing would be very interesting, it would be orth the wait”

”Could it be, you have business with the Mercenary Gang?”

”Well, that kind of thing Right, why don't you introduce ht turned to Shante who had not relaxed her look

”Since she saw through my Sakkei, she ard for how pleased Savarais seee her intimidated look

”Shante, don't do that”

Seeing Shante about to pounce, Gorneo stopped her She agilely climbed up Gorneo's back, and ful”

”She's a problem child”

Gorneo explained the situation of Shante's upbringing

Hearing those words, Savaris was driven by curiosity

”Ah! As expected, you can't underesti people are gathered, at the sae of that place where specially trained monsters are drilled”

He spoke endlessly

He hadn't changed

This person hadn't changed at all

Five years had passed since he left Grendan, but he was still the same

His outer appearance and his personality all had not changed

Strong internal Kei that could suppress aging was a known neighbor in Grendan Trained Military Artists could look younger than their actual age For exahty years old, but his exterior did not seem that way at all

Savaris had also maintained the condition of his body over that period

”Since I ed to come here, I want to see your abilities Let me experience them”

”Well”

He had witnessed the fight with the Academy City Myath Gorneo sucked in a breath If it were only being seen by his brother, Gorneo didn't feel any pressure

”Seeh you still aren't very mature”

”T, thanks for the praise”

He hasn't thought that he would be praised, so he was surprised

”You still haven't reached Gahard's level”

But, attaching this sentence, as expected of his brother

”Well, I guess you haven't You never had that kind of strong healthy growth”

”Brother, Gahard”

He had never thought that the impression Savaris had of Gahard was like that, rather, the shock at one

He had once heard of this

Gahard Baren was Gorneo's brother, and had been beaten black and blue by Layfon, but what had happened to him afterwards

Savaris should know

”Ah, then”

For a ht decorating Zuellni was extinguished completely

The sound also disappeared

The surroundings quieted down, that would mean that the movements of the city that its residents did not feel had stopped

The steps of the city had stopped In order to exter filth monsters, the city had stopped its movement

Norht now that was not the case

Because everyone's lights had gone out, the city's night vieas ht was fixed in the night sky, full of fantasy, but also vivid like a real scene, changing the city

Filth round, the city that housed people was being invaded, and Military Artists resisted That kind of world drew clear boundaries

But at that ti there could not understand the different situation or the city's changed appearance

The light source illu seven-colored light diffused outward and encroached upwards, drooping doard and flickering

The aurora had appeared there

”shi+ne light upon the future”

The masked man softly said this

The ine of the air filter, h he was like the other people wearing peculiar clothes and standing on the engine, he was nonetheless distinctive Wearing a cloak over hi a restored Dite, which was a decorative, cumbersome staff that no one would think to use on a battlefield

On the head of the staff was a large cross, and to protect it, a loop isted around it The ring was covered in uncountable s cold sound in the night air, and siuard this night's peacefully sleeping thorns Carve the toht upon the future!”

Shaa (sfx)

A sound drifted

As he spoke those words, the ss resounded in the air

”Eyes, eyes that peer into the forbidden space, arise!”

Shaa

Shaa

Shaa

Shaa

Shaa

Shaa

The sound drifted

”Cast light onto the future”

The seven-colored light radiated towards Zuellni, and the noise of the colliding ss spread outwards

Shaa

The noise of the staff disappeared, quietly visited by silence

”As expected, it's only a shadow”

The Wolf Face muttered in a low voice

The Wolf Faces already knew about the events that happened in Myath

The connection to Rigzario had failed

At that tiht in a new Military Artist, and a Heaven's Blade Successor from Grendan had also co in the doruarded her sleep had not appeared

”If it's a shadow, it couldn't have thorns”

The voice did not contain disappointment

Their purpose was also to come here to confirm

”But, to pay respects to the of this made him feel bad In the world that this city held power over, there were inal Aurora Field world fro them was the power of the powder that had been scattered into the air filter

”We can't waste it”

Shaa

The staff resounded again

”Now, let us return to collect the fragun to nore it”

Shaa

”First draw forth his instinct, expose his real body, break his container, and rement of drea this, the other Wolf Faces on the engine disappeared without a trace

”With this, about an eighth”

The Wolf Face using the staff watched his coht, and whispered

”Those related Heaven's Blade Successors cannot be an obstruction They are the only ones who could be trouble with their character, they will inevitably return”

Even if they engulfed the fragment of the dream, there was a minimum number of Military Artists If they could do that, I would once again receive ht of as the blessing of thorns I should not hastily take things for myself”

He had already failed once In order to keep fro that, this time he should not let his heart be distracted If people obstructed hile for time

”We have not reached Lævateinn First, we should decide how to seize the fraght, first was

However, Grendan would eventually reach Lævateinn Even if it were a reflection, the thing that was sleeping would also e under the surface had begun to come up

That Wolf Face did not knohat had happened Discarding fa evaluations of ability, the position of the commander in this world of cities Grendan had come across Lævateinn, but still did not knohat had happened

Or, perhaps no one understood

The Wolf Faces did not understand, and the people of Grendan did not understand

If that were the case, then in this world of cities, in this era, it was impossible to measure to what extent its influence would spread

The world of the Wolf Faces was the saht the aurora was also the same

But, then they're the sa sozario's connected machines, there was still one left that had totally destroyed the sleep of the dreament

Then, before that

This battlefield was like shogi[1] Regardless of how you were broken, it was still a loss, and the only option was to win before the opponent

These matters that were considered afterwards were coh there were no people, there were still the s Zuellni swayed For various reasons, the light waves shook

It was like ripples

”He's arrived”

Hoere these chess pieces placed?

To penetrate the space ofoffensive directed at me

The opponent was only a piece

I had placed nuauidelines didn't follow the rules

How long had it been since he arrived here?

Thinking about it, he couldn't help but feel stupid It definitely wasn't today or yesterday, but it also wasn't o At most half a year He didn't have much of a sense of tih, hoas this seven-colored scene here?

”How uncomfortable”

The male Dixerio Maskane Dix whispered He had returned to his hoh he had been displaced six years from this city, to hi in the City of Strong Desire Velzenhei as someone who had been born and raised in the city

That was this man

”It really is What has happened?”

Dix walked on the e

He knehat he had to do

Nina who had reached Myath also knew Opposing the Aurora Field, passing through the En system, Dixerio knew the intentions of the Wolf Faces

The Haikizoku had seized Nina's body

But, that was only hearsay He hadn't been fully informed

Even if he knew the plot of the Wolf Faces, he didn't know their methods, or the kinds of consequences that their objective could bring

If he wanted to know, he would have to get even er of being assimilated into thehtly Thinking of the day the City of Strong Desire had been destroyed, that day Dixerio had been steadily living his life, and the events that happened later

”I don't want to think about that again”

Stroking his tre shoulders, Dix quickened his pace He knew Nina's residence It was the Architecture Depart His memory of the Architecture student who had constructed it was still fresh Indeed, he had lived there for three years Withdrawn and eccentric, not paying any attention to his clothes, not caring if he went several days without bathing or changing clothes, but unable to tolerate a single speck of dust in the room However, he could build all styles of structures He could also ardless of how ancient, he was able to decorate and transfor Dix

”How is it? Don't you feel it's suitable for a senior?”

Though he didn't knohere it had co, and confidently asked this of Dix

”Aah, it's great”

Dix replied

Howof his sparkling expression as he spoke about the decorations of the roo

The watch on the chain around his neck h it looked ancient, it still had lots of function When Dix had been a student, he once had no choice but to leave the city to eliminate filth monsters No one had been able to send Psychokinetic flakes to there, and Dix could do nothing but stand there An alche to eliiven Dix the watch It had a function to deter-distance communication function When Dix had to rely on his own strength to return to Zuellni, she had thought of a way to help him, and added necessary functions to the watch

By now, other than the tier worked, but even so, Dix couldn't bear to get rid of it

”You definitely have to return”

Only she had sent him heartfelt wishes

It was this watch and that reth to return to Zuellni When he thought of her, the running Dix restored the Dite in his hand

A large iron whip

With his brain filled with fighting filthweapon, Dix had er simmered in him

The house had been destroyed, fury

That guy who had boasted about how he transforiven him the watch, and the sweetheart, friends, and rivals that lived in his memories, the ones who let the Zuellni

(Flog, ruin, s weapon, that so-called weight in his right hand, was born all for this

In order to strike, rout, and crush the obstacles blocking the road ahead, Dix had chosen the whip

Therefore

In front of the sprinting Dix, numerous people blocked the road

”You assholes, I'll give you another death”

Dix shouted while releasing Kei

His body was already full of enough Kei

Combined Internal and External Kei variant, Raijin

Just this one strike thoroughly defeated all of the people blocking the road

Purple lightning flashed, soht mixed in with it, but no one paid attention to this point

However, that blue Kei had not been used against the Wolf Faces

”Ah”

The one lucky person had only been grazed by Dix's Raijin painfully shouted, rolling on the ground

So like black spots floated on his chest fro They slowly diffused outwards

It looked quite like the erosion from pollutants

The other Wolf Faces had already perished

The others were an avatar, and the real thing was just now painfully struggling

”This can't be, why why!”

Because of the pain and suffering, froue laht of as one of the Wolf Faces He had only been a pitiful piece abandoned here to block Dix's offensive

Afterwards, Dix did not pay attention to thein front of the dorm, he was unimpeded

Dix stopped his steps

There were no huures in front of the dor intent directed at Dix

”Che”

Licking his lips, he confirs

Other than the co constructed or in the middle of demolition

On an uncovered steel bea, behind a collapsed wall, hid countless Wolf Faces

Dix's unique skill Raijin was only a straight line attack So they planned not to face him, but surprise attack hi the ability of the Wolf Faces, regardless of whom, they would pose no threat to Dix

But, even so, if they attacked collectively, even if he didn't lose he would suffer setbacks

Tiuys' purpose was right here

(Si field, huh?)

Considering it was so annoying Dix extended his empty left hand to his chin

But, he stopped halfway

He had not considered whether their plans were to stall him In that case, he had a restriction, he had to conserve his power or else he wouldn't be able to use it for the critical juncture

Or it could be that the intelligence about the to capture the Haikizoku inside Nina was a trap all along, and their true target was Dix

Or perhaps both of theets, and either was fine

(Can I part like this?)

(Have they set up a trap for us?)

On battlefields with the Wolf Faces, there were always perforlements of the , but only on strength But, regardless of his resolve, the ranks of those guys endlessly grew

That was the counter ability of the Wolf Faces

Quantity

Overwhelreatest strength, nurowing li on the individual it would simply make a new limit threshold, and they could only collectively chase power Even if they tired of the promised rebirth they were individually children, and could only becoic realization

They could not shake from the deaths of their companions

They could not project their companion's death onto their self, and did not hesitate forward

(Really, their greatest strength)

However, Dix was able to defeat that kind of strength

Just like thewith the? Today I won't show you any mercy”

Dix sent words towards the Wolf Faces that were just about to attack

He was slightly indecisive

Dix could destroy the greatest fantasy that the Wolf Faces held in their heart

If things progressed as they were, Nina would also becouard against that?

The significance of such prevention was the sauy be on an equal footing with otten tangled up with that ster only planned to provide information, but had rolled into this side of the world The Haikizoku was utilizing her to becoiveable defeat

He had to prevent it

”If you won't coree to a stale strides forward

He treaded forth

Moveed up from Dix's whole body

The iron whips danced acrobatically, creating wind Creating strong wind Wild

The Wolf Faces that were charging closer to Dix were blown flying

It wasn't over

”Sorry, I re down lashed the surface of the road In order to return to its original position and reach It left deep linear gashes

The iron as draped over his shoulder

His brain was filled with thoughts of the movements in his Kei vein The up and down movements of Kei scattered heat around his spine by his waist

Surges of Kei energy

Saved up energy

The Wolf Faces who had been knocked flying cliain The serrated blades held in their hands blocked the light of Kei and the radiance of its sparks, like piranhas ht

Towards their prey, like hungry wolves attacking a tiger

”How uninteresting”

The blades approached

But whether they touched the jacket that wrapped his body

That moment, he erupted

Raijin

Release

The wild roar of the purple lightning chased after the released light along the road in front of the dorm The Wolf Faces in front of Dix could not endure the strike, and were eliiven up

After finishi+ng his release, Dix stopped his steps, iain

Raijin

Because of the effect of that trick, the Wolf Faces' formation was in chaos They bore the full power of the blow, and were destroyed Soed to jump out of the way, and were spared

But it was not over yet

Raijin

This time, he faced upwards Of the people who had leaped upwards to escape, half were destroyed

During the momentu in the middle of demolition, he released once more

Raijin

Correct, it was a strike dropping from the sky

The road was shattered apart, and Dix walked out fro drifted down from above his head

There were already no Wolf Face figures in the surroundings Because after four Raijins, they were all ashes

”Che, though I didn't spend , Dix ran towards the dorathered in the dored in Thehim revealed the location of Nina's roo till the end, and arrived at that room

Once there, Dix saw it

”So-called Military Artists, but originally just an imitation of one person's abilities, and Electronic Fairies can only exist in one person's body at a time, a partner that cannot be left aside Military Artists are the numerous incomplete shadows left behind by one person, Electronic Fairies are inferior copies of prototypes But, the related s are Military Artists' sufferings, the Haikizoku's anger is also the anger of Military Artists Spellbound by Rigzario, we are the shadow of a world left behind, and under its unending pull ar with filth monsters”

He heard someone's voice

It felt like Nina was in her own dream

A pitch-black dream

In the drea by her ear

Who was it?

The voice disappeared This was a dream, one that was different from the dreaht now?

”We are shadows”

The voice continued

”We are shadows born and hidden in this world Long, long shadows cast by the sunset We were tossed in a faraway place by our host, and have iht of the fate of getting away?

When you initially encountered filth monsters, weren't you afraid?

Those Military Artists who braved danger, faced with only envy, who for co norer?

Why could they only live in this kind of dangerous place, has no one ever thought that?

The voice that asked this continued

”Why do you endlessly fight?”

(I)

That time, in Nina's heart, memories floated up like bubbles

The time when she lived in the Senou City Schneibel

It hen she was s as a Military Artist

A memory of Nina Antalk when she was ten years old

Senou City Schneibel Nina's hozario machine which manufactured Electronic Fairies

As small as birds, just-formed Electronic Fairies floated in the air of the city Once it reached night, they would sparkle brilliantly like stars, decorating the city's sky

That was Schneibel