Vol 25 Chapter 6 (2/2)
Nina said this to the Psychokinesis flake, but there was no reply It see
”I hope they don't act too recklessly”
Starting a battle when the Psychokinesis communication netas broken made Nina worry that the teaanized and that the surrounding net would crumble
Though she orried, Nina still had to deal with this thing right here
Nina believed in the training of her teams and increased her Kei flow
The countless eyes on the black gaseous body looked at Nina The sound of the teeth becan of hostility
”Isn't it about tioals are?”
Nina tried asking jokingly
Of course, the black mist couldn't tell her the answer
Year nine of the New Earth Calendar
During the creation of a new international society, a certain nation carried out an experiment
The National Coalition was currently dealing with the aftermath of that experiment, but the start of it all was the contraption of a scholar who had made a nation into his puppet
That scholar had been unable to forget the miracles shown by the Erdhart Gate[2], so he had used the funds of his puppet nation to carry out a plan
That plan, which had been called the 'Severed space Investigation Plan', had been a journey to realize the other side of this world
The goal of that experiment was to reach the other side of the rift in the sky that appeared between night and day Unfortunately, that experiment had succeeded With its success, cracks appeared in the space and the Aurora field, which could be called the other side of the world, appeared
However, it wasn't traces of the Erdhart Gate that appeared there
In place of it were nightmare that named Searchers
That scholar was the one to nains of the name
The Searchers' goals were unclear to this day They would sometimes appear randoather in a place to sches like this
Were they watching so in this world like their name implied, or was that name just a mistake that had become mainstream?
No ered humans
”That's why I'll defeat you!”
The black
The Searcher separated into countless ribbon-shaped bodies that attacked Nina
Nina retreated backwards while pouring Key into her hands and deciphering the movements of the ribbons
The ed towards Nina, Nina would release the Kei gathered in her hands at where she was standing and then retreat back
External Kei variant - Untouchable Beast King
It was a dense Kei, unlike the thin Kei that covered Nina The Kei coravity and drew in the surrounding objects towards it
The ribbon-shaped mists that tried to bite Nina were all absorbed by the ball of concentrated Kei and slowly crushed inside it
The Searcher continued approaching Nina, unconcerned that a part of it was being eliminated by the compressed sphere Even if it are this was a trap, its attack patterns were very monotonous
No, were they monotonous or not?
Or did it just think that it wouldn't matter whether they were monotonous or not?
This could be because the Searchers had already filled the entire abandoned city
Nina changed her route without confir the presence that came from behind her She released the co one by one on her path of retreat The co Even so, they ought to be accurately whittling away at her opponent, but her opponent looked unconcerned
Maybe the Searchers didn't have an organisement
”That's why it's easy for me to lay a trap”
Nina, who round, suddenly stopped her horizontal movement
Vertical movement
Nina stopped her floating and leaped upwards
Even if her movement methods were quite rapid, the Searcher still closely pursued Nina with its gaseous forms
Her leap carried her past the vine-covered tall buildings and also passed the air filter that had once been there, continuing to bring Nina towards the sky
The Searcher chased Nina
Froaps between buildings, froh the cracks in the ground, through the shattered glass, through the spaces between vines, and constantly rose fro out the entirety of the Sky Spider City Terachda
”They've all come out, huh”
Nina didn't fight with those tremendous nu compressed
She let the Kei spin
Co it further
External Kei Variant - Double Untouchable Beast King
She pushed the two coether
The coed, and the i
On the other hand, the compressed spheres interfered with each other and unleased powerful gravity on the surroundings that couldn't be compared to that from earlier
The powerful gravity caught all of the Searchers crawling out froether towards the compressed spheres
That was Nina's goal
The black, gaseous forravity froether in the sky'
Still safe froravity waves released form her Kei technique, Nina preeion
The place she went just happened to be the botto hole where the Searcher had hidden itself
”Hah!”
After landing, Nina restored two iron whips in her hands and gripped them firmly
”It's over”
In that moment, Kei shot out from her entire body
The light of Kei drove the darkness away fro towards the city
The light of Kei only filled the city for a ht of Kei focused inside Nina's body, circulated, rotated, and transformed, and then flowed into her two iron whips
The step she took crushed the rubble
Electricity ran through the surrounding air and exploded with sparks
The breath she exhaled was filled with electricity Nina sprinted at lightning speed at the sa her iron whips
Combined internal and external Kei variant - Raijin
The two released strikes of lightning sped towards the compressed sphere
Lightning ran fro open the blackthem with its heat
The iron whips she swung shattered the compressed sphere
The sphere, which had still been effective, collapsed onto itself froy produced became a shockwave that tore open the sky
The Searchers that had been pulled into the air by the compressed sphere had nowhere to escape
An explosive sound drowned out everything, so no one heard the wail of the Searchers
After escaping the blackthat covered the sky, Nina once again stepped on the ground of the Sky Spider City
(CCommander!)
A voice sounded from the Psychokinesis flake
”You can get through now?”
(Commander! Are you safe?)
”Yeah, but I let soet away Tell the teaate whether there are still ene inside the city”
(Understood)
After cutting the communication, Nina returned her Dites to her weapon belt
The smell of the battle's aftermath and the withered vines filled the area
A different stench also rose up through the air stirred up by the battle A putrid, dry stench filled the abandoned city, and judging by how it leaned more towards the cry side, she could infer that this abandoned city had spent a very long time like this
”Don't destroy the city too severely and you'll get good luck”
Nina had listened to that proposal, but still didn't knohat it , but what about the things the Searcher had destroyed? Nina started becoht of that
She thought of the other thing Eri had said
She said they would return
She could understand why there were Searchers here if they were returning Since the Searchers had also come from over there
However, even so, ould they stay here? Did they have so the presence of the other side and gathering here like flies?
There were still many mysteries about the Searchers
They still hadn't gotten any information about the people who had been on the other side - Airen, Saya, and Nelphilia
”We'd be able to learn the truth if they were here”
But Nina couldn't just coainst the Searchers would still continue in the future They couldn't discover the true identity of the Searchers just by sitting back and waiting for those people to take care of everything, since they didn't even knohether they were still alive
That hy the plan was still going on
The Severed space Investigation Plan
The scholar who had first thought of that plan had single-mindedly wanted to reach the other side of the world, but the National Coalition had stolen that plan from the scholar's hands in order to discover the truth of the Searchers
However, they still hadn't gotten any results
The travelers who had headed to the other side for the second repeat of the plan still hadn't returned
”Will they really come back?”
Though Eri had said so, Nina was still unconvinced She hoped to herself that it was the case
But a resigned feeling that it would be impossible also hid in Nina's heart
(Co enemies have been finished off We've also inspected the abandoned city There aren't any Searchers still there)
”I see”
(There's still the problem of our time limit here It's about time to withdraw--)
”Wait”
Nina stopped the Psychokinesist's words
”I's can't end like this”
(But)
”Prepare to withdraw”
(Understood)
Nina ignored the Psychokinesist's questioning tone and wandered the city on her own She had no goal, she was just walking through the roads because she couldn't stand still and do nothing
But nothing changed
She was just h the tranquil abandoned city Nina even started feeling like she was ridiculous for doing this
No, was that all?
”damn”
Nina had forgotten so
Eri only talked about things she deemed important
What had Leu said?
She had said the two nations fighting over Nairo this abandoned city
Why were they focused on this place? Leu said that they see would happen here
Why were they still eyeing this abandoned city that had long since been abandoned and which had now become a nest of Searchers?
Why were the Searchers here?
Were the three of the?
Then, was so to happen here?
(Commander, time's almost up)
”Yeah, I know”
Nina nodded at the Psychokinesist's words
Even if there was the possibility, Nina couldn't ignore the promise between Nations and stay in this location
(Actually, we received inforion)
”What?”
(They're still avoiding conflict right now)
”Ugh”
As expected, there was so here, but there was no time
Just as Nina decided to withdraw despite her worries
A change happened
A nearby building split open
”Uh”
Even Nina, the high-ranking Military Artist High Booster who had fought hundreds of battles, couldn't help but be surprised at the scene of a tall building suddenly beco two halves
In other words, there had been no signs at all that this was going to happen
No,that a Military Artist could detect with her senses
It wasn't a rift cut open in the physical dimension
”Are they co?”
It wasn't the building that split, but rather space itself
”An abnormal situation has occurred All teams prepare for battle But there's no need to force yourselves, withdraw at your own judgment”
Nina was also very concerned that the two ar
”Tch!”
No response Was the communication broken?
As Nina was about to pull away to observe the rift, she noticed so else
The rift wasn't only in front of her
There were also rifts in other areas
Rifts had appeared in every corner of the city Colors seeped from them into the darkness and then slowly vanished
What was happening?
Would the Searchers appear again?
In so was accurate
The difference was their shape
So appeared from the first rift she had noticed
It was so huge that Nina didn't knohat it was at first
It was a hand
A giant hand peeked over from the other side of the rift
The hand was black That pure-black hand pushed open the rift and showed the face it belonged to
Occupying the other side was a darkness that would be proht Perhaps that was its entire body
A giant eyeball occupied half of the space on its head
The rift continued being pulled open to its lied to the world on this side
The giant's body was almost the sa with a torso to support theiant only had one eyeball, and its size
Its contour swayed gently, as if it were stretching
”As I thought, a Searcher”
Nina concluded after seeing that figure
This darkness was probably a thicker foraseous bodies from before
Would that kind of thing turn into this if it solidified while hiding in a city? No, Nina felt like it wouldn't turn into this
In that case, did itbefore her was even stronger than the one before?
Many such things were appearing here
Giants jumped out from the other rifts in addition to the one in front of her
This itself wasn't unusual
”Honestly, how did things become this way?”
That hy Nina murmured this
It had been the same when Ahasnahart's determination had sent the Electronic Fairies into turmoil
It had been the sahost the research tea up
It had been the sa the development of the nations, and it had been the same afterwards when the National Coalition had been established
Al Nina had been more or less the same
Eneth
Nina would fight, fight, and keep fighting with these beings, which hy she had become who she was now
”Why won't this world ever have peaceful days?”
Nina ain
Eri had made a request to destroy the abandoned city as little as possible But with this, it seemed like she wouldn't be able to keep that promise
”Will such a large-scale space abnormality be limited to within the abandoned city?”
Maybe the teaer
”I guess I can't keep waiting?”
Maybe she had also been looking forward to the reunion at long last
”I have to withdraw”
After Nina decided this, a one-eyed giant attacked as if to interrupt her
”Tch!”
Countless fangs sprouted fro spears
The shooting spears wiped out the surrounding buildings as they attacked Nina
It looked like they wanted to block Nina's path of retreat
The spears that looked as thick as Nina's body smashed the structures as they approached Nina jue amount of debris became a wave that fell on top of her
Nina dug a hole in the wave of rubble with external Kei and escaped danger through it
But after getting through that crisis, another crisis appeared on the other side
Nina hadn't escaped the giants' surround
The spears shot towards her fro pulled back Nina parried the debris that was still showering through the air as she avoided theed to levitation for movement
Nina rose up This was also to confirm the overall situation
But
”What's going on?”
After reaching a certain altitude, the sensation of being caught by so viscous assaulted Nina The speed at which she ascended with levitation clearly slowed
So the sky of the abandoned city
”You don't want to let me run, huh?”
But she hadn't thought the opponents would have those methods
”I can't underestiht they were just annoyances”
It seemed that she would be unable to escape by brute force Nina iround
Since she couldn't run, all she could do was fight her way out
After Nina decided this, she started to unleash her Kei Just then--
”This”
A Kei flow came from someone other than her
It was a strange feeling as if it were far away but also very close Though its nature was different from the Keis of the teams outside the city, Nina had recollections of it
”No way”
Nina looked around and then noticed it
It was a rift
The thundering waves of Kei were spilling froiants
It was co A phenomenon occurred at the same time as her body felt this
External Kei variant - O Sword
This was a move where the user filled an area with Kei and then condensed it into a blade
The Kei that engulfed the giants was the sword that this Kei had become
A huge sword as large as these giants
The sword pierced through the giants' torsos They were sent flying in strange postures
”Your Kei power is as crazy as always”
Nina felt stunned at the crude way they were sent flying as she looked at the ones who jumped out from the rift
They appeared riding a beast wrapped in green flame
”Layfon! Felli!”
Nina called out
After hearing her voice, Layfon and Felli approached
”Captain, how's the situation right now?”
”I want to ask you that”
”Uh, Layfon It's about ti her Captain”
”Ahh, that's true”
The laid-back conversation put a wry smile on Nina's face
”You're still the same as always”
Their external appearances were the same, and the conversation was too
”Is that the way you should treat your saviors?”
”No, I didn't mean that”
Perhaps feeling displeased with Nina's way of talking, Felli spoke sarcastically:
”As for us, I just kind of turned into an iirl, but don't be jealous of me After all, I've been beautiful since birth, so it's just a slight improvement Well, it would be troublesome if you treated irl's completely different from me”
”Uh, I got it, my mistake”
Nina deeply felt like she shouldn't talk about this kind of topic
”Then do you know anything about this situation?”
”Uh, we pretty much know the true identity of the Searchers”
”Really!?”
”But we kind of fell into a trap”
Just like always, a dull, troubled s on Layfon's face as he said this
”What do you mean, trap?”
”Captain, you know, right? The spatial dimensions in this city has been sealed”
Felli's calm voice lowered the temperature around them:
”Even if Layfon and the Captain have becoh to h to break through a world's walls with physical power Of course, I'm the same”
”By the way Felli, you just called Captain Captain”
”What's wrong with that?'
”Nothing”
Layfon quickly surrendered as she glared at him
”Speaking of which, it was also Captain's fault Why'd she have to be regarded as the captain”
”It's my fault now!?”
And even Nina was affected
”So, what do you mean when you say the spatial dimensions were sealed?”
Nina desperately tried to change the topic
”I mean exactly that”
”Uh, so what exactly is”
”If you're in the same world, you can use the Electronic Fairy En to jump around, but currently there's no one who has constructed a way to jump between different worlds Even if we used En, ould need an Electronic Fairy or assistance fro between space In other words, when I say I mean exactly that, the Severed space Exploration Plan needed to condense seven hundred y into the space of one cubic centieous destructive energy, you won't be able to break through space Incidentally, as for about how y is”
”My bad!”
In the end, it becaain
”I got it, I rong Then how can we escape this place?”
”We can't”
Felli asserted without hesitation
”Then what do we do?”
”Wait for rescue”
”What?”
”We can do al here, so we can only wait for rescue”
”But that”
”Eh, it's not too bad to be the side waiting for rescue once in a while, right?”
”No, but that”
”Speaking of which, you're getting old too, so it's about time to think about how to develop your juniors”
”I don't want you to talk about e!”
Nina shouted at the tho hadn't change at all since that day
”Also, Layfon, why aren't you saying anything?”
”No”
”What?”
”It's about tiht?”
As Layfon said this, a giant stood up behind hi happened behind Nina and Felli
In other words, they were surrounded
”If we're waiting for people to couys too, right?”
”How's that possible? Even rescuers wouldn't come that quickly”
”Honestly”
Felli spoke unconcernedly, which made Nina scratch at her hair
”Captain”
”What!”
”What's this abandoned city called?”
”Huh? I think it was called the Sky Spider City Terachda”
”I see”
”So what?'
”No”
Layfon spoke vaguely as he looked around as if to look for so outside of the battle
”I feel a very nostalgic feeling, although I can't re about it at all”
”I see”
Nina didn't really understand what Layfon was saying But from his face, Nina realized that this hat Eri's divination had been about
Was there so here?
No
”Well, let's drive the this city any further”
”After that we can just lay back and wait for rescue Yatisha will find soe our lives until then”
”Oh, so you're Yatisha!”
Nina looked at the beast Layfon and Felli were riding ide eyes
Though she felt sorry for the attacking giants, Nina didn't have any reason to fear them
”Though it's only the three of us, the Seventeenth Platoon has assembled What's there to be scared of?”
”That's true”
”Yeah!”
Their two happy faces touched Nina's heart
No ed their appearance, all her fear and confusion vanished when her friends ith her
Nina deeply believed this fact It made her feel very happy as she ran forth
Translator's Notes and ReferencesOne kilomel is approximately one kilometerI have no recollection of what this is