Vol 24 Chapter 1 (1/2)
Chapter 1 - A Fuse Burns
The situation had developed into the next phase
”Even so, will things just end like this?”
In the voice of Alsheyra who said this, one could hear a bit of exhaustion
Alsheyra stood on a small mountain of heaped rubble
She also didn't really want to believe that this rubble was the palace she had lived her life in
But, after pulling out a piece of cloth that concerned her fro fro her unable to do anything but believe everything before her
It was the clothing she had worn for her coronation ceremony
”I was still small back then”
She evity, she had rowth
”In the first place, I should have groider, huh”
The reason for stopping her groas for the current battle
Alsheyra Alet of Grendan's Three Royal Fain of all Military Artists, Airen, and she was the child born after continuous inter-faes
The unfortunate part was that she wasn't coh her Kei poas far superior to any other Military Artist
And the true complete body had finished some task coht now, she was being protected by the rescue tearoup of people inside the shelters
That was alright, Alsheyra thought That child shouldn't have participated in battle
”But”
She muttered It seeh Maybe this was the feeling of burnout produced after coth was too great and who had always been lith, had finally fought once in a situation without liht not have ht now she was a bit hesitant She felt excited, but her chest was filled with a feeling of solitude
”Though I've le”
Releasing the clothes in her hand that had becos, Alsheyra looked at it
The final battle still hadn't ended
The next opponent was there
In the distant portion of her vision
The part of the world that was surrounded by fla flames made one feel like reality had become blurred
She didn't know its name No one knew Even the Electronic Fairy prototype Saya, and Grendan as this city's Electronic Fairy also kept quiet, so at the least, there was no one who knew the na in this city
Even so, even if they didn't know this thing's na that they had no choice but to defeat, that was for sure
”Then how's the current situation?”
(Okay)
Alsheyra asked the Psychokinesis flake next to her
The voice that caed to Elsmau
(Thecities is all high, but there is a portion that had beco we can do about that”
Everyone was betting their lives on this battle
That speech was truly worthy, buttold to bet one's life after a short explanation
That was the behavior that Military Artists who possessed strength and a feeling of mission should have
”And next?”
(The current situation is that the people have split into a portion that will participate in the battle and a portion in the shelters The people in the shelters have been gathered into several cities, and afterwards will leave this place one by one But for this to complete it will still be about three hours)
”Ah, just assign this to the people who are good at doing this kind of work Then, what about this side?”
Alsheyra extended a finger and pointed ahead
In front of her fingertip was obviously the beast covered with flas they are right now being known as the City Collective, but they haven't co its independent group, preparing to make the next action)
”Aha”
(They have also sent an invitation to us to partner with them, what do we do?)
”Really”
Alsheyra touched her chin and thought
In nornored after a laugh
But, the current Grendan wasn't the sae to our side?”
(The daht, as essentially no one participated in the recent battle, and no injuries occurred as a result of the shockwaves froroup to take action)
”Really? Then quickly make the connections to be able to hold a conversation with theh)
Elsmau spoke the words after this under her breath
But Alsheyra couldn't havein her words
What should the Heaven's Blades do?
Elsmau wanted to ask this Moreover, she had included the Queen herself in that
”Weren't they originally people with a lack of coordination? As long as they think of soht”
(Understood)
After replying with that, she could feel that Elsmau's presence had fallen off froone to contact others
”Hahh”
Alsheyra sighed
”Kanaris, Reverse, Cauntia, Kalvan, Savaris, and Ruimei Ah, I fear that we're doomed”
That many of the representatives of Grendan's extraordinarily strong Military Artists had been sacrificed in this battle
All that remained was only Lintence, Troyatte, Barmelin, Haia, and Claribel Also Elsmau
”Ah? You told Claribel to act alone?”
(Yes, she said that she wanted to join with Zuellni Layfon Alseif went together with her Should I call theht now it's too late even if we call Layfon Clara as well, she definitely has her own thoughts”
(Understood)
”Even if we add one or two pieces right now, I don't think we can do ”
AlsheyraElsmau's presence move away
Her body was filled with Kei, and even if she let this Kei flow continuously, the feeling of burnout inside her body wouldn't disappear In a completely different place fro
But clearly nothing had ended at all, and this kind of situation was truly troublesome
”Hahh”
”You seem very impatient”
She didn't knohen she had leaked out a sigh, but at the same time another voice caers fine?”
Alsheyra turned her head, gazing at the man's hands The man who never cared about his outer appearance in the first place still wore a tattered coat, and it didn't seeood
The man was Lintence
”I wouldn't have expected that you worried about others, it seeh he said that kind of thing, his hands were already bandaged to the point of having no gaps between bandages The bandages were dyed blue with a special , and they were also dyed with the blood leaking froes
Those ounds from the recent battle with Lævateinn
Of course, the wounds weren't all directly from Lævateinn If it were truly like that, then even Layfon would no longer be standing
Though the steel threads could cover the entire city and attack enele, they also had their weak points
To put it simply, it was a siate through vibrations across a tightly-stretched wire The vibrations produced by various changes in the battlefield would pass through the steel threads and be transreat as hurricanes, the destructive shockwaves produced by the Queen, Lævateinn, and Heaven's Blade successors' techniques these shocks were all gathered by the steel threads, and became vibrations transmitted to Lintence
If it were an ordinary battle then he could cancel out those vibrations
But, this hadn't been an ordinary battle
Lintence had no way to get rid of all of the extraordinary pheno shockwaves, so he had been injured
”Is this a disaster brought about because of a difference in technique? Nothing at all happened to Layfon”
”There is a difference in the substance of your Dites Having an aler”
Lintence spoke calmly, but sounded soht?”
”Don't underestimate me This kind of scrape won't have any effect at all”
”Really~”
Lintence was still cold as always, but he noticed the small bit of anxiety hidden in Alsheyra's eyes
”What is it? You couldn't have thought that I would have suffered a setback froree of adversity, hm?”
”How admirable of your mindpower to be able to talk about this situation like that”
”Hrunt to answer Alsheyra's words
They had finally ed to defeat the monster that had eaten away at the lives of so ht now there was another new extraordinary, giant monster
That was the crisis of the end of the world
One could only feel that it was boasting to use the words 'this degree of adversity' to describe that kind of large-scale crisis
”It's no different froree of adversity'”
Even so, Lintence still said this
”If you can feel your death, then that's it Whoever dies after this, whatever city is destroyed, even if the world perishes, those are irrelevant to a dead person From the moment death befalls soardless of if the opponent is that kind of monster, all of the fear one feels before death is the same The problem is whether you can stand up or not”
”Nn~”
”You who have always been spoiled and haven't gotten used to that kind of situation wouldn't understand that kind of feeling”
”Did you really say that?”
”Isn't that the truth? If you had that kind of feeling you definitely wouldn't have been standing on top of a pile of rubble wearing the expression of a lovelornreally s aren't what you think!”
”Really?”
”That I was only thinking of viewing h place!”
”Is that so”
”You don't believe? You don't believe me, huh!”
”Who would doubt what the Queen says?”
”There's athose kinds of doubts!”
”I never would have thought you would waver because of those kinds of doubts”
”W, what”
”Why don't you just try crying?”
”Don't joke around”
Changes appeared in the body of Alsheyra who said this
Her voice stopped abruptly, and she covered herher body so that her back faced Lintence
Though he was still looking at her back, Lintence didn't say anything His gaze passed over her slightly tre beast in the distance
The flame that seemed to scorch even one's consciousness had painted half of the sky red Frorains of sand from where he was, Lintence could feel a fury that made his entire body numb
That was the final enemy
Lintence didn't knohat basis he said it was the final ene enemy there; that was the most important fact
”This situation is si in front of the Queen
It appeared as if he were protecting her froer
”All I want is thisas I feel that I exist in this world It doesn'tthey are It doesn'tlive on As long as I h”
Lintence said this
”Strength is enough The stronger the better, and it would be the best if I could raiseused as a decoration somewhere, it would be better to be burned inside by pollutants Rather than cherishi+ngon, it would be better to win an ending on some battlefield I only wandered here because I had those kinds of feelings”
The shaking behind hih Lintence's back
”If you don't have those kinds of thoughts, you can never live the life of a Heaven's Blade successor The other guys all think this way Compared to the city's end and the deaths of people they don't recognize, those people have a target they must chase harder after, and that's why they endlessly chase strength”
”Lin”
”Who cares about the enemies? Who cares about the situation? The only question is whether there is a place where we can use our strength”
”Lin”
”Heaven's Blade successors are those kinds of beings Those kinds of unredee at the incompetence of the fallen, even if it would have been better for theh, Lin”
”Thank you”
”H in the voice that came from behind hiht sensation,Lintence suspend his speech
”Maybe you helpers think that burning out here isn't bad, but most people wouldn't think that”
”So, as the Queen who must protect the citizens of Grendan, what I have to do is already decided”
Kei filled the area behind hi inside her overflowed outside
”First is the peace of this world”
As she said this, her hand left his coat
She passed by his side
Her back once again entered Lintence's vision
But, it was already coure he had seen just before
It was different fro and gained soure of the newly-born queen
”The punishht”
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He returned to Zuellni with Felli
”You!”
Greeting hireet Layfon who descended into the outskirts, Sharnid slapped hiain on the back
”Really, you did pretty well!”
Being told this by Sharnid in a relaxed and crisp voice made Layfon widen his eyes
”Senpai, it hurts”
His neck was suddenly hooked, Layfon and Felli were pulled apart, with Gorneo and the others running towards Felli They probably wanted to hear the gathered infor infor with gathered Military Artists of the cities
Zuellni's Military Arts head Gorneo was also carefully thinking about what action to take next
”Not bad not bad, you really are truly incredible”
Sharnid's ood Why would he have this kind of mood? Layfon felt that it was a bit hard to understand
He felt that so rather bad would happen when person's ht that you would take Felli-chyan on a great escape of love”
”What!”
Though he didn't knohy he had been praised like this by Sharnid, it had been as Layfon had expected
”It's not like that at all!”
”What? It isn't? You somehow inexplicably eloped to Grendan, and then your childhood friend got mad and called forth a ed at the monster alone, isn't that the current situation?”
”It's not at all! Moreover, what kind of thinking did you have to pull out that kind of cause and effect!?”
”What, you're still unpro as usual”
”What!?”
Why did he feel helpless froerated to say that the flaht?”
”Please don't express so!”
”That should be about enough, right?”
Harley naturally stepped in
”Layfon, this is for you”
As he said this he gave over two things - two Dites
”The Adamantium Dite and the Sapphire Dite, those are ere able to build”
”Ah, good”
”Originally I wanted to strengthen them a bit, but we ran out of tih, if the Dites aren't enough, this guy will help send the of which that's the only use for him in this place”
”Hey hey, that's a bita headshot”
”There's a li”
”Useless person”
”You too, though”
”Rrrrrrrgh”
”Rr~rr~rr~gh~”
”Well”
Seeing the two glaring at each other, Layfon didn't have any way to mediate
”Hey, you scrap wood duo over there” [2]
At that time cold words were poured over the two of their heads
Dalshena had spoken
”How long are you going to speak nonsense for? The Military Arts head is going to give out the battle plan soon”
”Hahaha, that kind of thing doesn't concern me”
”What did you say?”
”Our et to where our Captain in over her head is”
”How pitiful that you can proudly say those kinds of lazy words”
”T, those aren't lazy at all It's really annoying, Shena doesn't seem to understand the wonderful skills of an artisan at all A true artisan lives in the shadows”
”You deize to the other artisans”
Dalshena's conteh them
”You too, it would be better not to always rely on these useless senpais”
”No they're trustworthy senpais”
Though he endured a painful stare, Layfon still said this
”Um”
Probably because it was an unexpected reply, Dalshena e expression
”Layfon, you A e”
Even Sharnid's face went red
”Your strange thoughts are really puzzling”