Vol 22 Chapter 6 (1/2)

Chapter 6 - Youngster 2

The bitter struggle was still ongoing

”So annoying!”

Haia's impatient voice was drowned out by the noise of the battlefield

Even Heaven's Blade successors didn't have battle experience against consecutive eneenerative ability

Even if a wound was treated that didn't th had recovered For the moment, they were in a condition where they were able to act, but their fighting ability had lowered quite a bit

This was an evident fact for the other Heaven's Blade successors as well, h we can't resolve the probles that flew by

The originally vile, twistedin the center of Grendan, e, organic tower

It changed the feeling of the environ different for those ere faiant tower rando these teeth while carrying out attacks was their current battle plan

Though it was a monotonous battle, they needed time to prepare in order to be able to release a Kei technique with sufficient destructive power to defeat that regenerative strength

”Does anyone still have any killer techniques?”

Seeing the cut paths that he slashed out slowly disappear, Haia clicked his tongue while saying so responsibility

”If I did then I would have already used them”

Claribel's voice carried weariness

”Ah, if it were Master”

”If I had that kind of ability at this time, I would be incredible”

Troyatte sh, if it were Bar”

”You're annoying Go die, you dung beetle”

(Everyone's still so spirited)

Elsry voices it's no use”

Troyatte ignored the thorns that the Psychokinesis brought, s underground to rescue them, but instead we should request them to help us”

”If that side deter disappear?”

Haia asked a question towards Troyatte's words

”If this thing is a leftover body of that first thing then it would probably be that way Ah I can only hope”

As he put it, right now Haia could only maintain silence

At the sa carried out, the battle still continued

Haia's slashes, Troyatte and Claribel's Karen Kei, Barmelin's cannon strikes various Kei techniques battered the flesh of the towering monster

But even like this, there was no way to overcoenerative ability

It seemed like they could only stop their opponent fro”

Barht this

It already counted as a great help that the opponent's offensive poasn't strong

”How long is this kind of shi+tty ga to continue”

Barnantly

”What's that person doing?”

Her words indicated the person on a building far fro like standing in a high-up spectator position after debuting gorgeously”

”Long-winded”

Ignoring the conversation between Bare feeling

The person there should be the one called Nina

He didn't re much contact with her when he had been in Zuellni, but she should be a person with a strong sense of justice suitable for a Military Artist

She shouldn't have the kind of style to spectate fro with us?”

”It's nothing like that!”

Claribel clai of which, you also went to Zuellni, right?”

Troyatte butted in

”What kind of person is she? Also, how did she coirl”

”That I don't really understand either”

”Haa I'll pretty ”

”No, please don't lose your energy”

Ignoring the banter between the two, Haia grabbed the Psychokinesis flake next to him

”I said do you know any clues or not~?”

The one he asked was Felli

Her Psychokinesist self had definitely already communicated with Nina

(If I knew then it wouldn't be annoying)

He had originally thought she would keep silent, but he didn't think that Felli would make a reply

But, the contents of the reply didn't make any developments in the situation

”Really~!”

They couldn't just rely on talking right now

Haia focused hiswould this continuous, see-sawing battle keep going for Haia gave up on conversation, beginning to search his mind for a way to resolve this

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(What's going on with you?)

Felli's voice wasn't panicked

Rather, it should be said that she was keeping calm to confirm any responses

Nina kept silent

But, her eyes didn't move from the battle

Above her head Of course, her consciousness hadn't left there either

She kept paying attention to the pieces of thein space

More would cos that had been closed off inside the prison of a ht with those things Yes, Schneibel had said so

So, she couldn't waste her strength here

Nina clenched her teeth

Nina knew she wasn't the kind of person to be content with this Giving the battle before her to others and preparing for the next battle wasn't the kind of thing that Nina's style would do

But

(Captain?)

But, it was only because of strength that the current Nina stood here, because of strength that didn't rely only on Nina

Not only the Haikizoku, not only the Electronic Fairy that had saved her, but also the three Electronic Fairies that she had inherited frorandfather, she couldn'tht?”

She asked of herself

Why had she come here?

In order to directly face the world's crisis

She had come for this

So she had listened to Schneibel

That was also the correct choice

Necessary strength had a necessary situation to be used in This was a natural way of thinking for one who thought about battle tactics It was thefor one who could view the entire overall situation

Nina was also the platoon captain of the seventeenth platoon

She could also do this kind of thinking

But, even so

The battle still continued

Though they were currently in a stalemate situation, in the end it would become a situation unfavorable for theainst that monster in terth would be depleted After Layfon and the others had achieved victory underground, the battle aboveground should have been prettyabout that, then Schneibel wouldn't have told her not to act

”So she was saying there was no reason to act?”

Even if she brought it up, Schneibel wouldn't reply again

She didn't knohether it was because other ht their attention, but none of the Electronic Fairies responded

(Captain? How are you?)

Felli felt confused at Nina's self-dialogue

It definitely seemed that way to an observer But, that couldn't stop Nina

”But, but”

Asking

She responded

”Is this really alright?”

Entrustingthis more than anyone, hadn't Nina only appeared here because of that?

Hadn't she only come here because of that?

”I”

Even if she understood as necessary

Just at that tie occurred in the battle

The change happened from Claribel

Her foot had slipped

That kind of error would inevitably appear in battle Because of the loss of focus brought about by fatigue, she was unable to correctly recognize the condition of the ground

It was that kind of feeling

Because of the momentum of her movement she turned in the air, and Claribel's body collided hard with the ground Then new misfortune had befallen the otherwise unhariant tower

Though falling wasn't deadly, because of the loss of tiht about by the fall, it becaht all of this

”Ugh!”

Before she realized it, she had already entered a state of high-speed movement

She passed by the teeth on her path to Claribel, and moreover the shockwaves produced by her movement scattered the teeth away

”N, Nina?”

”Are you alright, Clara?”

”Ya~ I was al on?”

Was she talking about that strength, or was she talking about Nina's actions?

Regardless of which, explaining was still annoying

”Things are complicated”

”Ah, it's the sah the Dite in the hand of Claribel who said this had the sa

”Could it be that this is a Heaven's Blade?”

”It is I always felt that I got thrown into this Though that is the style of Her Majesty”

”Is that so”

At the same time as she spoke, teeth continuously flen

But they couldn't reach the place where the two of them were

”Nina, what happened to you?”

Claribel brought up the question

”Well, it's very troublesoet close to the two of theot close to a certain distance they would disappear as if they had evaporated

Claribel knew that this was because of the Kei that Nina released

”Instead of that, let's deal with this thing quickly”

”But, if you don't join the battle I fear that it will drag on forever”

”Sorry”

Regardless of as said she would beco to end things earlier

After Nina readied the iron whips, Claribel left her, running towards the giant tower

(Is this alright?)

Arht up the question

(Mother-sama should have told you not to act)

”Just call it your good luck for having h Nina felt surprised that she could so easily convince her, right noasn't the tiun running

”Quicklydisappear Use full power”

(Yes!)

The Electronic Fairies' voices overlapped

Kei rushed forth

Kei ignited

Nina ran at high speed dragging a red streak behind her, and the iron whips e

The paths of the iron whips being waved back and forth were being guided to the target

The iron whips were carried straight forward

Raijin's charge

The connected attack becahout the giant tower, and sparks flew everywhere

But, only this much would be the same as the first time

”It's notover!”

One of the iron whips hadn't been swung yet!

Combined Internal and External Kei variant, Double Raijin

Her left hand's iron whip followed the path before, adding another blow to the tower

The chain reaction of explosions became even more intense

Shockwaves wreaked havoc in the interior of the tower, carrying out destruction

Regenerative ability was already being used to the ute tilt in the balance between destruction and regeneration

But, it still hadn't fallen

”In that case”

One ht appearing fro in on towards the tower

Double Raijin was struck

Explosions again

”Oneback the distance, and at this ti else

She felt the flow of the strength inside her body

She had always felt this

She hadn't been able to control this strength

The strength that the Electronic Fairies continually supplied was turned into Kei Though Nina herself didn't understand, but Nina's Kei vein had fused with the young nameless Electronic Fairy, so her coh She probably surpassed her grandfather in Kei conversion efficiency at the time of her decision

But, that wasn't to say she used that converted Kei completely efficiently

Nina herself understood this

”One h she clearly knew that she didn't have the sensation of using her strength fully well, it was enough to feel that part of it had been improved

Compared to the battle before her, this made her feel more anxious

In a truly ith then it would be useless

”As expected, taking action is better!”

OneRaijin for the nth time

The monster was buried under the flareatly

”damn, that person took away our share completely”

She heard that kind of voice

She felt that it was one of the Heaven's Blade successors

”Then let's at least decide the victor in the area of beauty Bar beetle”

Without any reason to pay attention, Nina continued focusing herstrength was gathered into the iron whips in her hands

Leg strength, back strength her entire body was filled with Kei

Acco the accumulation of Kei, her entire body was covered with a filth that had becoht

”More I need more!”

Nina repeated her technique

Explosions repeated

Her running repeated

She could gradually see the Kei flowing in her own body

One Haikizoku

Four Electronic Fairies

One young Electronic Fairy that ies fused into one inside of Nina's body Nina was the one who controlled all of them

This was definitely the iron will that Gildred had spoken about

So she definitely had to achieve it

”One more time!”

She definitely had to succeed

”One more time!”

She definitely had to succeed

”Onethat I can do!”

Sprinting

This tiht covering her body disappeared

Her feet were light

Her hands were light

The feeling of the Kei flowing into the iron whips was light

It wasn't because her strength had left her so they becaht now

It was possible!

Raijin!

There was only one explosion

But, the scale of the explosion far surpassed the ones before

The blow spread through the interior of thebetween them that could be called a pause

Even Nina who had released the move hadn't expected the momentum of the explosions

”Wah!”

Because of the shockwave of the explosion, Nina was pushed back by the out-of-control Raijin, leaving her original position

The continuous destruction that far surpassed its regenerative ability es in the monster's appearance

Moreover, the Heaven's Blade successors weren't fatigued to the degree that they would let this opportunity go

”Ahahaha!'

Troyatte ht that thewould come!”

He shouted this, and raised his Heaven's Blade with an outer appearance of a staff

Thatof Kei

And it wasn't the giant tower's surroundings

It was the entire surface of the city

”Hidden Kei? That th!?”

Claribel made a surprised sound

”What, so you did have a killing move hidden”

”Didn't I say, I didn't think there would be a good opportunity to use this move!”

Troyatte looked extremely excited

”Because it requires so h I tried doing it, it was completely unsuited for actual battle Ah!”

Just as he was saying this, the howling Kei continued changing

Troyatte's hidden Kei filled every corner of the entire city

Moreover, every part contained strong Kei within it

”Since it costs a lot of tie, it's really only fitting for this kill Die after receiving this!”

Calling this out, he released the Kei technique

External-type Karen Kei variant - Song of the Crusade

The Kei hidden in all corners of the city rushed towards theit

The Kei engulfing thethe monster's body

Countless spheres

The countless spheres for it

This relied on engulfing theit from the inside until none of its substance re wasn't too different from the moves of the other Heaven's Blade successors

The difference was the number

A small portion of the Kei hidden everywhere in the city was enough to equal the strength of a Heaven's Blade successor's Kei technique

And countless of these had appeared at the saed into one, creating an enclosing sphere

Various attacks destroyed the regenerative ability, and finally attacked in unison

This was extraordinarily large-scale destructive power

”Break!” [1]

He made a command

The Kei contained in that sound stiiant vibration that shook the entire city

It was this great of a destructive power

The Heaven's Blade successors on the battlefield couldn't possibly go untouched

”Woah~ It's like a festival!”

While being bloay by the wind produced frohed

”Hey, apprentice, hurry up and think of a way to deal with that talkative person”

”Sorry, controlling that hidden Kei has probably used too much of his brain”

Claribel and Barmelin talked while they flew

”In the end eren't able to end it, huh”

Haia was also being bloay, and he e explosions that Troyatte had initiated, Nina was blown even farther

”da fro even farther than the Heaven's Blade successors due to the additional strength added afterwards, and was still in the sky even now

She flehilea Heaven's Blade successor

She couldn't help but think that these were the people who had stood in the same position as Layfon in the past

”Unexpectedly they can do this kind of thing!”

Nina spoke while inspecting her body Shefor a place where she could land and carry out a finer inspection

And then she landed

”Really!”

But, because of the explosions she had been blown to a place extre!”

After replying this to the Electronic Fairy who asked, Nina once again looked towards the battlefield

Even now, the s the monster still hadn't dispersed

The sround had a ht into the sky acco there after touching the air filter

Along with the help of the aboveground air converter, that sed to the outside of the air filter, but right now in this period of time visibility would not return

”The problem is”

At the same time as her visibility continually worsened, Nina saw the sky

The cru er endure the next battles”

Destructive power of this scale shouldn't be too common in the Heaven's Blade successors' Kei techniques

But seeing from the city's poor condition, one could notice that such Kei techniques had already happened several times

If they didn't have the protection of the air filter, humans couldn't live

Even in Nina's current state, it was the same

But the city Grendan could be said to be already on the brink of death

”But, there's nowhere to go”

If she thought about it carefully, those anxious eleave up on thinking about the her mind on the battle that was to come

Of course, it would truly occur

No, it would definitely occur

Nina was only here for this

So, Nina cal in the sky

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Layfon heard Felli's report while running aboveground

The mented

If they weren't in the current situation, he would probably have a hard ti that kind of nonsense report

Layfon was also concerned about other things

That Nina had come here

And that the battle with Lævateinn had ended

But, the person na to conclude

Moreover, the e)

”Strange?”

(How should I say it, it feels like she's been stopped fro power?”

(You could think that way Though she still charged out in the end)

Nina fought with strength incomparable to what she had in Zuellni

But, that was fine

Layfon had also understood so after the events in that battlefield of a city, which was that so flowed in her body that was about the sath [2]

So, Layfon didn't feel surprise at her suddenly beco

In the end, the problem was still why she had appeared at that time

”What do you think?”

(It will still continue That way of thinking is more appropriate)

Felli had easily arrived at the current situation

In this regard the two of them held the same opinion

Battle would still continue

”There's still no”

The sound of hisdisappeared in the middle

Layfon looked at his hand

There wasn't anything there

There was nothing in his weapon belt either

His Dites had all broken already

(What is it?)

Though he hadn't said anything, he couldn't hide anything from Felli

He couldn't think of how he should respond, and Layfon didn't say a word

Heupwards

”Well”

He heard that kind of voice

On the road to the surface, Layfon stopped his feet

After Layfon let Alsheyra and the others go first, he turned back, and there was Saya

The black-clothed girl stood there quietly How had she pursued Layfon and the others? Layfon couldn't picture her running with all of her strength

”Well what?”

A secret existence of his hometown, Grendan Layfon didn't knohat he should say to her

”I'll give this to you”

”This is”

There was a Dite in its unrestored state

Layfon was very clear as to what kind of thing it was Layfon had once wielded this kind of peculiarly engraved thing in his hands

It was a Heaven's Blade

”Why”

”Because Saya is the mother who created the Heaven's Blades”

It was Leerin She, who had gone on ahead, must have also returned

”The Heaven's Blades are her”

”Yes So, as long as she says she'll give it to you, even Her Majesty won't have objections”

Layfon's breathing stopped, and he looked at the Dite in Saya's hands

A Heaven's Blade

The thing that he had once taken up, and abandoned

”Do you want it to become the way you used it before, or should Ijust now? Which one do you want?”

Layfon didn't reply to Saya's question

Hisin that blankness

That was a hesitation about whether he wanted to reach out to take that Dite

”Layfon?”

Seeing the motionless Layfon, Leerin ?”

He only needed to take it Taking it was better

Layfon also understood this

The current Layfon didn't have any Dites To a Military Artist, this was the sa

Of course there was the th like Alsheyra

But, that way the sword techniques that Layfon had trained in until today would ne unusable Steel thread techniques as well The things that he had stolen in battle, learned, and made into his own techniques would also be al that Dite could Layfon use his full ability

In that sense, the best weapon was currently in front of Layfon

But

”Layfon, what's wrong with you?”

By now, Leerin who felt that Layfon's attitude was annoying had changed her tone

Leerin was also conscious of the fact that Layfon had refused the choice of the Heaven's Blade in his heart

”Are you still going to fight? Or perhaps, you're not fighting?”

”No, I will fight”

”In that case!”

”I understand”

”This is necessary”

”It's necessary”

”Then, why don't you take it?”

Compared to Leerin as so the Dite between her palure was reflected in her deep black eyes, ht of this question in his ht now he couldn't not say anything

The other party definitely wouldn't understand the word he didn't say

”It's probably my own stupid commitment”

Layfon already had a conclusion, a conclusion he had made well before this, and he chose his words carefully

”This battlefield didn't expectcarefully, I never experienced any battles 'expecting me' in the first place In Grendan, there have always been er than me”

With a serious expression, Leerin just watched Layfon who had begun speaking, but she still assumed the position of a listener

”No battle has ever expected me But, because of my battles, I have been able to see the results that I looked forward to So I'h he didn't knohether he had been born here, at the least he had grown up in Grendan Being taken in by his adoptive father, and being raised with Leerin and the others

Because he had experienced the pain of a food crisis when he was young, he had truly longed for the special existence of a Military Artist

Beco of what he could do for everyone in the orphanage

Afterwards, he had put it into practice

”To the less, just rather useful Moreover, to me, the position of a Heaven's Blade was the only i to obtain”

If he rationally used the things that accompanied that position, then he could help ht this

”And the results were as you know”

He had one in over his head

In the end, Layfon had been expelled froht now I've already stood back up I've ain”

Regardless of what he had experienced in between, he was thankful to Zuellni for allowing hirateful, and also felt thanks for Leerin who had supported hio study in Zuellni

But, there were still many areas that he had to reflect on

He had failed repeatedly The places he needed to go over again continuously piled up

But s that couldn't be retrieved

Even if he knew he had done things wrong, Layfon didn't knohether he would be able to make up thesehas already changed”

These words were his desire originally

He hoped that he could change, hoped that he could mature And now maybe those desires had produced illusions in hi of it made him feel that maybe it wasn't completely like that

When he had been refused in Grendan by Leerin, he had originally believed that his '' had all become hot air