Vol 21 Chapter 2 (1/2)

Chapter 2 - Burning City

Not too long ago, inside Harpe

It had taken less tiined

This showed how fast the speed of Harpe was as he flew through the sky Layfon could only stare at the soundless, e before his eyes

And then, they arrived

(If the battle is still being carried out inside the city, then according to the treaty, I will be unable to join the fight)

While listening to the echoing and reverberating voice of Harpe, Layfon looked at the scene of Grendan beneath his eyes

Grendan that he overlooked was a bit fuzzy from his position in the air

The reason the scene had becoreat deal of ss of the air filter

Countless unshaped lights flashed, but these were not streetlights

In the center of the city, a battle unfolded inside the palace

”What do you mean by treaty?”

Felli asked this

(That is a treaty with the Alche cities in the past Regardless for what reason, we are unable to join battles occurring inside acity This is because I who has not crossed paths with huht of as an enemy by humankind)

Indeed, just from its outer appearance, Harpe truly rese of which, in the area where Harpe had been, quite a few filth monsters had listened to its commands, so Harpe itself should count as a filth monster

(The Nano-Celluloid and Cloud-Cell copies that were spread apart in the first battle formed the basic substance of the filth uish between us)

”Indeed, if you dropped down on the city suddenly, it would definitely create a big panic”

Felli's wordsatmosphere become cold all of a sudden, and it was unknohether that feeling was just due to Layfon thinking too much

No, it wasn't

She definitely wanted to say it

Useless thing [1]

”Ahaha”

Layfon laughed slightly, and Felli reacted to this and looked over Layfon could only pretend to be inspecting his Dite to evade Felli's gaze

”Then, what are you preparing to do?”

(I reckon that after Grendan is eli hour between Lævateinn and I)

”That are you saying Grendan will lose?”

He definitely couldn't let those words go

(The hu, but that does not prove that you are able to be victorious Then I can only hold towhat I can)

(Moreover, there is no reason to prove that everything will be fine after dealing with Lævateinn)

”What does that mean?”

(The battle has already started, you should go quickly)

There was no time to discuss the details with it

Because Harpe ended the talks very firround underneath Layfon and Felli suddenly disappear

(The distance I am currently at is already sufficient to count as a violation of the treaty)

These were the final words that the two of them heard After Layfon held on to Felli next to hi in this kind of place was extreerous

The two of them escaped from the airspace around the filthof breaking through the air filter, they passed through the s to a place where they could breathe, Layfon opened hishis hand that covered Felli's

”Haaa!”

It seeasped for breath

Layfon was relieved, and then looked at the ground

Helped by the force of the wind, they fell near the palace

”Are you alright?”

”Nn”

”Great”

The moment that they landed, a Psychokinesis flake drew near them

(How are you here?)

The voice sounded extremely familiar

”You are”

Layfon looked at Felli, thinking of the successor who had replaced Delbone after the battle last tiht?”

(Yes Instead of this, how did the two of you come here?)

Elsmau's words were filled with confusion

It seemed that she hadn't noticed Harpe in the sky

”Rather than that, how is the current situation?”

Felli forcefully changed the topic

(The situation is extremely bad, please escape as fast as possible)

”We didn't come here to run away”

Felli said resolutely

”We caht I hope that we can obtain your cooperation like the last tiless”

Suddenly, another voice butted in

”Lintence-sama”

Lintence appeared cal, on the road to so to the ht be said to hih it was only a quiet sentence, Layfon felt that Lintence was extreirl said she wants to fight, isn't that good Her poas already proved in the previous battle”

(That though you say that still)

Lintence seemed not to care about the worried Elsmau

He currently looked at Layfon

”Then, what about you?”

Lintence asked

”Did you co?”

”I caaze pierce through hiht”

”Huh, in battle, other than the fact that you're a Military Artist, other reasons are all superfluous”

Saying this, Lintence walked out froht, I have no reason to stop you”

”Yes!”

Layfon replied loudly to Lintence's words

He couldn't help but think of the events from the time when he had just round

”How are things over there?”

(The preparations have already completed, but the condition of Psychokinesis really isn't very good)

”Not knowing the true forathering as much information about the enemy as I can)

”Good”

The enemy's true form

Layfon replied to Felli while he looked at the opponent

The opponent also lookedtendril of thorn was as thick as a big tree, and standing on top of the irl

Vati Len

No, Lævateinn

She was a bit different from the appearance that Layfon was familiar with

However, she was extre they had run into in the abandoned city

So, she was already Lævateinn

He feared that that was the situation

”I really can't understand”

Even if he wanted to think about things regarding Vati, to be honest, he didn't understand a single thing about her at all Though soe, she should have been a girl who enjoyed learning and had a passion for discovery

However, Layfon had also always felt that she had the sensation of not wanting people to know her true self

Was that related to the situation in front of him now?

How could he relate them?

Layfon as unable to sed into disarray

”But”

There was no time to let him be in disarray

The battle had already started, and sacrifices had already appeared

That couldn't be forgiven

And most importantly

”Felli”

(I just heard of Leerin's position froround?”

Speaking of which, he had heard before that there was a space underground that no one knew details about and that people were forbidden fro

”Then”

(I believe that the person named 'Saya' is there)

The person who held the key to this battle was there

”Regardless of who she wants to encounter, that thing will be an obstacle” [2]

Moreover, if she could defeat Lævateinn, then it could directly affect the outcome of the battle

It was definitely like that

(Do you feel scared?)

”How could I”

Layfon laughed wryly at Felli's ot scared fro would the hard work of mine have?”

After he had lost the Heaven's Blade, in order to be able to fight, he had researched unique randfather, coht with the thing that looked exactly the sa to be able to come here”

(That's true)

”If I turn back here, then how terrible would that be for Felli who accompanied me here the whole tis)

”Eh?”

(Ithat it's alright if you don't think about those things)

”Ah, sorry”

(Nnn)

”ThThank you”

(Good)

”Haha”

Though Layfon was carrying out a conversation with Felli, his eyes never moved from Lævateinn's body

TheLintence's steel threads had blocked the road ahead of it, and iant creature

The shakingforcefully like before

Lævateinn who stood there stared maliciously at Layfon

'Why are you here?'

As if asking this

Not to say that her ed

He should have been in the abandoned city, but the area that Lævateinn wanted to ask about was not the fact that he was already here

No, however he thought, she wouldn't have any interest in that kind of proble”

Layfon restored his Dite The shi+hted Layfon's leap

”Hey, hold on!”

Ruimei roared

However, by now he already couldn't stop

Layfon raised the blade of the Dite, preparing to pierce through Lævateinn's head

The thorns swung left and right to block Layfon Though it had a giant forh to keep up with Military Artist speed Moreover, the destructive power that the giant ed the thorns from a very close distance, and sparks flew because of the Kei covering his entire body touching the chaotic shockwave

A giant tendril of thorns obscured Layfon's vision

There was nowhere he could run The opponent was trying to stop his momentum

He had no reason to let this succeed

Layfon rotated his body inhis feet first touch the opponent that moment, he suddenly entered a world of instantaneous speed

Internal Kei variant, Reflecting Water Ferry

Passing through the thorns that blocked the road ahead, Layfon stood in front of Lævateinn

Her eyes stared at Layfon

She kept up with Layfon's speed

But even so, he couldn't stop here

Psyharden Technique, Fla cut path, but unfortunately he wasn't able to coh”

He hadn't finished his desired action, and the shock passed through his arh his entire body

Lævateinn had used her hand to block Layfon's blade

”Though I know your power, I cannot stop because of this”

”I as well, I can't stop here withoutwith this

”So, I caardless of who asked hied my plans”

Flame Cut had been stopped

However, the next move had already been prepared

External-type Kei, Coe

The blade had been stopped, and the slash of Flame Cut had been invalidated

However, that didn't mean that the Kei technique was over

The same time the blade had been pulled out, the Kei of Composite Blast had been scattered above Lævateinn's head

In the nextred color beca towards Lævateinn

Taking advantage of the gap of time in which Lævateinn raised her head to look up, Layfonblades for one after another

Layfon didn't stay in one spot to watch the outcome of this attack

He only retreated with all his power

Using the same methods to destroy the thorns that he had done just before, he returned to the place where he had originally been

Savaris stood there like the past, welcoht to run, huh”

”Please say so like 'I understand my current power'”

Layfon calmly replied to Savaris' ridicule

”It sounds like you've already become an adult, how silly”

”If you have so many opinions, why don't you try them out?” [3]

”But, didn't I already work hard for so long just now? I at least want a bit of ti of which, traces of blood were all over Savaris' body

Seeing as there was no new blood flowing out, his wounds had already been closed by his use of internal Kei

The other Heaven's Blades like Ruimei, Kanaris, and Troyatte didn't take any actions either, using this time to focus on recovery

He didn't knohy Haia and Claribel would be here, but Layfon had already noticed that they held things like Heaven's Blades in their hands

He had already noticed, and moreover felt surprised, but he didn't have ti, where in the world were Reverse, Cauntia, and Kalvan?

”It seems like some people aren't here?”

”Those few have already died You should have understood, right?”

”I never heard of it”

That was probably the only reason for thes squeezed inside Layfon's chest were ejected in an instant

It was very norht in Grendan, he had seen ardless of whether filthhappened, then there would definitely be a death between the two sides

So, the reason wasn't strange, and even Heaven's Blade successors could lose in battle

But, his heart wouldn't be throbbing if he only relied on reason

”We can't let her reasons for leaving increase” [4]

He said quietly

Next to Layfon, Savaris continued speaking cheerfully

”Rather than that, it see move So that's how it is, you were confident to coh it see the process as Layfon had been returning, the explosions produced by his Kei technique had ended, for thethere

Layfon understood that it wasn't possible to defeat her so simply

What Layfon cared more about, hy hadn't the Kei technique just now been able to cut her? Or had it cut her, but she had instantly recovered already?

Though it didn't changeover there unharmed, Layfon still looked for a clue fro from the results I've seen here, it should have cut her”

As if reading Layfon's thoughts, Savaris spoke

”However, there's no way to defeat her”

”If she were defeated that easily, then it would be less for us to be here”

Savaris' tone was frivolous like the past, but the th of the enehting waselse

(How pitiful that you can speak so ith a person after you tried to kill each other)

Felli said by the side

”Eh? Ah, uh true”

Speaking of which, that kind of thing had indeed happened

”That was a very nice battle”

It had probably been heard by Savaris, as he spoke

”Soht even without a Heaven's Blade, let me experience it a bit another time”

”No”

(You two really are weird)

He had rejected Savaris' interest, but Layfon had still been told off by Felli

”Please don't classify h Layfon said this, the confused ath the Psychokinesis flake

”Ooh, that person is also beginning to test her out”

Before Savaris' words were spoken, Layfon already felt it

He could feel an extres were already filled with his steel threads, showing that his steel threads could become deadly blades to attack Lævateinn at any time

Layfon looked at Lintence

The man who pursued battle for another reason different froers of his leisurely drooping hand left and right

Layfon hadn't missed that fine movement because there had once been a master-student relationshi+p between them

In a breath, countless thin blades attacked the monster of thorns and Lævateinn

Cut lines produced by the rushi+ng wave of strikes appeared everywhere on the thorns

”It wasn't cut apart, huh”

Yes, Lintence's cuts hadn't cut off a thing fro, then Cauntia-san should have been the strongest, and there's also you and Haia So this isn't a surprising outcoth shouldn't be in that area”

”I also understand”

He had never thought that Savaris would speak like that to his that arose in him made Layfon a bit low-spirited

”That's only his first contact, I understand”

Using steel threads to investigate the state of the enemy, this was called 'contact' by the, just that could directly elie nuh”

Layfon felt annoyed at Savaris' attitude as he watched the battle

The monster of thorns had seeround Not only because of Lintence who currently attacked it, but Layfon and the others had also received the attacks of its giant body

Layfon easily jumped to evade the assaults of the thorns that caed, the thorns exploded

”What!”

A huge as in a moment, and his vision was ruined, but even so, he wouldn't s were flying towards Layfon

Layfon ducked his body according to their presences

The countless things that broke through the smoke and rushed over were thorns

Thorns whose thickness had becoh the sed?”

Layfon checked his posture, sweeping his blade to ward off the thorns, but the thorns appeared wave after wave, see completely limitless

”damn”

The recoil produced when he dealt with the thorns continuously pushed Layfon's body back

”Die!”

External-type Kei Coo soroup of thorns

However, the number of the thorns was limitless

External-type Kei, Composite Blast variant - Hunter's Pursuit

While following Sendan's momentum with additional Kei, Layfon confirs

The s

If he looked closely, the nuh the smoke numbered one or two thousand

Not only Layfon, but Savaris next to him as well as the other Heaven's Blades endlessly received the thorns' assaults

Like an endlessly inflating pincushi+on

The Heaven's Blades had all carried out evasion and counterattacks, but they still couldn't stop the swelling trend

And other than Layfon and Lintence, the other Heaven's Blades' ree of weariness was much more serious than Savaris had spoken of

Layfon abandoned his attack, beginning to focus on evading

Layfon endlessly avoided or parried the thorns rushi+ng at hiet the ball of thorns Because the opponent had such a great number, if he avoided them once, the next attack wouldn't come so quickly

However, the superiority of that nuardless of whether he leaped or dodged, if he erred once, then because of the eneinal position or somewhere even farther

Fro thorns ca destroyed

Was it the sound of the Heaven's Blades doing so to the thorns?

No, it wasn't like that

”She's destroying the city?”

If he considered the speed at which the thorns expanded, it had already reached the size that the palace had originally been Moreover, it was very easy to speculate that it had already extended outside of the palace

A crisis was already approaching Leerin

”I can't go on leisurely like this”

Layfon once again flowed Kei into his feet, running into the center

Sprinting in the opposite direction towards the extending thorns wasn't such an easy thing So that looked like very fast movement actually wasn't so

”damn”

An anxious word came from his mouth

At that time

A sound different from before closed rapidly in on him from behind

There was already no time to turn his head to confir told hierous

Layfon forcefully escaped froht after that

The thorns in the direction that he had left from disappeared in a moment

No, they had been torn apart

”What?”

Layfon didn't even finish his sentence However, he couldn't resolve anything if he didn't confirm with his own eyes Layfon looked over

As expected, it was a scene that was hard to describe

The thorns had been broken, torn apart

There was so the countless thorns, scattering around

What was it?

No, there was no reason to consider

”Let's go”

Though Layfon felt a chill run up his spine at the seely displeased voice, he still quickly juinally thought that he would be cut into two along the way, but that hadn't happened

But even if he entered right now, it didn't mean that he would be able to be at ease afterwards Layfon focused his consciousness into his eyes, and after he found it, landed on top of it

The fine net-like object that he landed on was steel threads

Yes, it was probably only Lintence who could do that kind of reckless thing

”It seems like we can't cut them when they're packed”

Above Layfon's head, Lintence see to himself

His voice sounded like he seeerous expression

He didn't feel despair at his opponent

”I always feel like your tone ?”

A spiraled blade of steel threads continuously cut apart the extending group of thorns, piercing, and guiding Layfon and Lintence as they ran towards the center

Layfon had finally spoken because he was being escorted

”It hasn't used its full strength yet, huh” [5]

”Eh?”

”I' It called up a bunch of forces to drive off the palace Military Artists, and even told the Heaven's Blades to retreat at the start That isn't what a person who destroyed Reverse's shi+eld and who defeated Kalvan should say”

”That”

Though he wanted to say so, Layfon couldn't think of what he should say

Did Lævateinn actually want to avoid battle?

Why?

Unexpectedly, so appeared in Layfon's mind

”Even if she has the outer for isn't human in the end”

”Ah”

”The reason I cleaned up the other forces first was because I wanted to understand this In the end, it was the saation just now he should have been speaking of his 'contact'

”Even if she ians or a heart She's a s even s which had appeared in Layfon's mind had been broken into pieces by Lintence's words, and he couldn't even reform it

Yes, it was like that

Hadn't he also seen it when he had been in the abandoned city, that being who had appeared with the sa Lævateinn the mother form

Vati Len, she was not a human

Rather, she was the et that

”Why would that kind of thing want to avoid battle? It really bothers me”

Because he had been born as a Military Artist, he had pursued battles corresponding to his abilities

Layfon had heard hi like this before He had been the one who had spoken about his reasons of the tiht about that time much

Perhaps for this kind of person, Grendan's battles hadn't been able to satisfy his thirst for battle

Not to say that he played around in a crisis like Savaris

Had Lintence done what he had ht this Though it was possible that this way of thinking was a bit twisted, it was because of those kinds of thoughts that had brought about the current Lintence

If he was like that, perhaps he currently stood before the enemy that would allow him to complete his duty

He who looked no different froerous feeling passed through Layfon

The spiral of steel threads endlessly cut through the thorns, bringing therasp his position Where was he, in what part of the city? Had there been any big changes froround? Or had he peen pushed back up into the air?

Various worries continuously sprung up in Layfon'sit into disarray

However, perhaps what he had just felt froht have been his illusion

Layfon looked at the other side of the spiraling blade

If he saw his battle opponent, there wouldn't be time to let hiht Layfon and Lintence forward

”It's co”

As they caaps between the thorns becas ahead of theoal inof distance narrowed, and suddenly ca in open air

They had reached the center

They saw Lævateinn

She still stood there with the sa one even doubt whether she had even

”Go!”

Theblade was removed, Layfon leaped out

Internal Kei variant - Reflecting Water Ferry

With instantaneous speed, Layfon ht Layfon

Psyharden Technique - Flame Cut

Layfon still pulled out his blade like before

With the same process as before

So the outcome was also the saht by Lævateinn's hand

The following technique was not released

”Why!?”

A shouted out question replaced it

A very tiny change was produced in Lævateinn's expression

”This has nothing to do with you”

However, the reply he got indeed didn't have any e th into her hand in order to crush the blade that she had caught

”What are you joking about!”

External-type Kei Conition

The flaain covered the blade, spewing out from inside Lævateinn's hand

The fla out, but it also burned Lævateinn's hand black,it lose its shape

”You”

”Not having anything to do with me I don't want to hear that anymore”

The fire hadn't disappeared from the blade

Before Layfon looked at that burned black and enerated

She wasn't huh he already knew this, he now confirain

Yes So

”I have to”

It was alright even if he pointed this blade at her

Definitely it was alright

'Has it become close to huht of 'Lev B's words Though he hadn't heard that sentence directly, it still echoed in his mind

”This is necessary!”

Layfon's words weren't meant for Lævateinn

He pointed the blade at her

Psyharden Technique Co flash

Cracks of red light cut through space in all directions, throwing the air into turh Lævateinn