Vol 7 Chapter 3 (1/2)

Chapter 3 – The Shon Between Nothingness and Death

It seeh and the width was also wide

The ornament of the as also of complex make that depicted plant and human This was not a corridor, even if he was told that this was a long and narrow parlor or a hall for party use he would believe it

“This is……the inside of the castle”

After getting out fro the door they finally reached, behind the door was already inside the castle Kizuna looked around curiously at the inside of the imperial castle that he saw for the first time

“Surely Grace should be in the audience room……or perhaps she is in her room”

Aine turned on her heel and ran through the corridor without hesitation Slightly behind her, Kizuna was also following Before long a door that h as five meter appeared in the end of the path It was a thick door with relief carved at the whole surface Most likely this was the audience room Aine spoke about

The door was left slightly opened What made him concerned was the crack on the door and how one side of the door was tilting and almost came off

“……It see happened”

Aine turned around and glared at Kizuna with a grim face

“Kizuna, wait outside the room You absolutely must not enter inside”

“Got it……I’ on you”

Aine nodded with a nervous look and entered inside the rooap of the door

There was no figure of people inside the audience room The room that was as wide as a hundred meter at each sides was deserted and bleak at off inside The s split, crack entered everywhere on the wall, the angel relief that was created in detail with great pain was in pieces Even the floor had several fissures and depression on it

‘――Just what in the world happened here?’

Aine walked toward the throne When she arrived at the center of the room, she noticed that there was a person above the stair in front of her It see her limbs roundly on the chair

“……Grace?”

The person’s figure twitched

After that there was no ure directed at Aine her blank eyes slowly

“Nee……sama?”

“Yes, it’s me Grace……I’m home”

Grace stood up vigorously on the chair

“Ne……Nee-sama-!”

And then she rushed down the stair as if rolling on it When she really was going to roll down, she raised her voice However before that happened Grace reat jump and landed on the red carpet And then she ran until in front of Aine with all her strength

“NEE-SAMAAAAAAAA-!”

She leaped at Aine with mushy face from tears

“Grace!?”

Aine received the body of her little sister into her e Aine It was as if she wassure of Aine’s existence, but it was also as if she was scared that Aine would vanish and be gone Aine hugged at her sister’s small back

“It’s fine, it’s fine you know……Grace I’ht here”

Grace was sobbing convulsively while continuing to call at Aine Each time she called her, her voice stabbed at Aine’s heart Grace finally separated her body fro

“Nee-salad”

“Grace……”

“All those foolish people gavewith the ene at the lead of the eneiven”

“Yo, you see, Grace”

Grace kept talking while clutching at Aine’s arm

“But, it’s true that lowlifes are advancing toward this Zeltis But so what, if there are me and Nee-sama, it will be no trouble at all to scatter them aith the two of us”

“That’s no good, Grace!”

“Nee-sama?”

“You are wrong Izgard and also Leht see”

Grace was staring at the face of her big sister with puzzled expression

“Nee-sa?”

“If Vatlantis stop attacking, they too will stop their attack They are not co in order to repair Genesis and save this world”

“Are you sane Nee-sama!? Such story cannot be trusted!”

“It’s true Grace!”

Grace’s face clouded

“Nee-sama……are you brainwashed by the enemy?”

“I’!”

“Then why is Nee-sa me? Why, is Nee-sama’s their ally and not me!”

“That is……I’, that I want to save this world”

Grace had her breath taken aith a jerk

“Nee-sa that I doesn’t matter――”

“You are wrong! I want to help Grace But, at this rate……”

“Where was Nee-sama until now!?”

Aine’s body stiffened with a twitch

“……I was, at Lemuria”

“Nee-sa?”

“Yes……that’s right”

“Naturally, Nee-sama killed him already then!”

“……I lost”

Grace opened her mouth in surprise

“Nee-sama, lost? Is that a joke?”

“It’s true I really fought with everything I have……but”

“And so Nee-sama escaped from the enemy here? No, Nee-sath and defeat the deht Nee-sama?”

Aine hung her head down and shook her head

“I want Grace to give the order for ceasefire Rather than the war, right now the priority is to repair the Genesis”

Grace let go of Aine’s ar herself from Aine with a stumble

“This is……so like this, is a lie”

“Wait Grace Don’t misunderstand I want to save everyone”

“Nee-sama, doesn’t care of me at all anymore More than this world, Le over me!?”

“Just what are you saying!? This is not about which one is more important At this rate, everyone will die I also want to help Grace! That’s why――”

Aine reached her hand toward Grace However, Grace struck that hand with all her strength

Dry sound reverberated in the audience room

“Lies! Nee-sama lie to me! You betrayed me! You abandoned me Not just once, but even for the second time……”

“You are wrong! That’s not it Grace! I――”

“If Nee-sama won’t becooing to ruin, that’s just fine! It’s better for this world to break and disappear!”

“Wait, Grace!”

“Koros!”

Grace’s body rapped in pink light She eue than when other people equipped their Heart Hybrid Gear or ht, and then the light burst out in one go

Grace’s body could be mistaken to be stark naked There were only decorations modeled after feather that barely hid the tips of her breast and her nether region And then there were clawed ars were equipped with thin silver and gold ars for the sake of soaring to the sky On her waist was floating armor that looked like tail and feathers, a tiara was mounted on her head

And then greatly spreading wings of only boneson her back Colored with silver and gold, they were really beautiful and os flapped and Grace’s body floated in the air

This was Grace’s el of massacre [Koros]

It was a ic armor that exactly suited a ruler

“UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-!”

Magic poas eether with the roar It became a terrific shockwave and shook the audience roo exploded, the pillars supporting the ceiling broke apart That shockas even going to bloay Kizuna’s body that was outside the room

“……-! What stupid power!”

Just the surge ofthe castle She was a possessor of a terrifying aic power

Kizuna tried to escape, but he found that Aine was standing still at the center of the audience rooave up that plan

“Please, Grace! Listen to me!”

Aine was desperate in trying to convey her feeling to Grace However Grace shook her head as if to throw a tantrum

“I don’t want to listen! I hate someone like Nee-sama!”

Aine’s chest felt a sharp pain Those ords that she had never heard until now for even once froh this was that Grace who always told her that she loved her in any time

Aine spread her ar for Grace to leap at her

“Calm down Grace I’m your ally……in any kind of time”

“Nee-sama and also this world can just disappear!”

Grace as floating in the air thrust out one of her hand as if to strike froic power flew out fro explosive destructive power fleard Aine

“Aine!!”

Kizuna jumped out from the shadow of the door Kizuna who had done Climax Hybrid with Aine traversed the audience rooed in front of Aine

“Kizuna-!?”

Grace’s shi+ning fist hit Kizuna Terrific flash and explosion enveloped Kizuna and Aine Fierce explosion broke the stone of the floor, the torn off floor flew to all directions Dust cloud and steam cloud enshrouded the roo wind that blew in froure appeared from inside there warped her face

“……Le”

Kizuna was standing in front of Aine with Life Saver deployed

“Really, that’s an exaggerated nicknaive me there”

The Life Saver laid out in front of Kizuna was broken apart There were five Life Savers he immediately laid out Four of them were instantly broken It was a strike that was fired with pure violent force So to speak it was like a waved hand that hit by chance It was just an attack of that level

‘――This power just from that’

“Le Nee-sama You bastard kidnapped Nee-sama”

“You’re wrong Aine want to save everything, whether it’s Lemuria or Atlantis――”

“There is no one called Aine!! My Nee-sama, is Ainess Synclavia!”

Grace waved her hand and particles of light were fired froht that was like laser was obviously in a different level with the attack that was fired just now

“――!”

Kizuna hugged Aine and kicked the ground The floor of beautiful stone that resembled marble broke apart in explosion

The place where Kizuna and Aine were at just a ht gouged hole on the floor and pierced through until the lowest level of the castle

Kizuna kept hugging Aine in his embrace and fully opened his thrusters, he flew outside the castle from the hole in the wall

“Aine! The negotiation breaks apart She is attacking us!”

“No way……but, what should I”

Aine looked down and pressed her fist on Kizuna’s chest

“Release that dirty hand fro!”

Grace spread her wings and went in pursuit

“Only you, the one who mislead Nee-sama, I can only feel satisfied after I kill you with this hand before the world breakdown!”

Kizuna iant spires towering inside the castle

“Aine, it doesn’t look like this can be settled down as long as we don’t fight”

“But……”

“In her state, our on’t reach her But if we fight and win, at the very least we can ……we can only fight now! Even if you argued, you can just reconcile with each other later But, you cannot even do that if the world breakdown!”

Aine pursed her lips tightly

“I understand……I absolutely won’t let Grace die”

Kizuna released his hands that were hugging Aine and stopped in the air Grace who showed her appearance after weaving through the spires saw Aine and Kizuna lying in wait and put an abrupt stop She was glaring at the two froht be cautious of them

“So you realize that it’s useless to run away”

Light of ed out from Grace’s body like an aura

Aine lifted her palertips When her hand went inside the e weapon of Zeros from inside

――Corruption Armament [Pulverizer]

“Grace, it’s painful to fight you but……I’ht now, exactly because I love you”

Kizuna’s co at Grace

“O, oi, certainly I said to fight but, isn’t it fine to not go as far as using Corruption Armament for this? If you kill her with your hand, there will be no meani――”

“Kizuna Since we are fighting Grace, resolve yourself If you underestimate my little sister, your life will be instantly consumed”

“What?”

“I don’t think that I can defeat her with so like this but, this can be used to measure the ability of Koros”

Kizuna’s cheek cramped

“Pulverizer is just a h this thing can annihilate even a battleshi+p?”

Kizuna looked at Grace oncea sht of them

“Preparing so to do Nee-sama?”

The space around Aine was vibrating, sound that resee were running It was the proof of Pulverizer preparing to fire

“Here I go Grace!”

Aine pulled the trigger without hesitation The next ht that blinded the eye exploded from the muzzle of Pulverizer Fierce roar reverberated and radiant that pulverized all time and space fleard Grace

Koros’s wings folded forward as if to envelope Grace Pulverizer’s light directly hid those wings Grace’s body was enveloped by the pulverizing light and became not visible

However a calht

“What are you planning Nee-sama? Is this a present to me?”

The event happening before his eyes was so unbelievable for Kizuna

“Wha……-!?”

It was a weapon that pulverized the thing that existed in that spot both spatially and temporally Material was divided untiltime shi+fted Due to that, no matter what kind of existence it was, it would be pulverized into pieces by this sure kill weapon of Zeros

But, Grace wasa ss made from blades

It wasn’t that the effect of Pulverizer becae where the effect reached, na without any sound Inside the radiance of the Pulverizer, only Grace and Koros were safe

Aine lowered down Pulverizer Steao from the barrel’s removal nozzle

“So even the energy of Pulverizer is absorbed……”

Sweat trickled down Kizuna’s forehead

“Zeros’s Pulverizer is ineffective……e, it was the reverse instead As if we are supplying her energy……”

“Grace’s Koros absorb other people’s ic weapon And then attack using ic power supply for Grace it seems”

Kizuna’s throat gulped audibly

Grace spread her wings The light of the shi+ning wing that looked electrified wasto Grace’s body As it happened, Grace’s skin becaly beautiful in its radiance

“Yes, Nee-saic power is really delicious It’s far different from the trash of the riff-raff”

She stuck out her sue and licked her pink lips Those lips were shi+ning in luster

“How about I return the favor a little”

The wings that were fors left behind were fired toward Kizuna and Aine from the force

“Kizuna!”

The two of thenal They fully opened their thrusters and hid at the back side of the castle spire The beads of light that were like buckshot were being absorbed into the spire one after another And then they sit out bright red flae explosion

“UOO!?”

Kizuna and also Aine were going to be sed by the explosion They were bloay by the explosion blast and the shockwave and floated in the air with tuiant rock where there were some that even had diameter of several dozen meters rained down at them

“shi+t-!”

After they barely dodged, the tip of the broken spire was falling to the ground of the castle It i

Kizuna and Aine fixed their posture using their thrusters and distanced themselves from that spot in order to open a distance from Grace And then they circled around Genesis and withdrew from the castle The urban area of Zeltis spread below theon type force and the i

“Wha, what!? There are dragon shaped ic weapons all over the place!”

Kizuna was looking around at the dragon typeall over the sky with surprised eyes

“Those are Baldein’s dragon force……they are co reinforcement”

A ne opened in the front of the two

{Every―one! We are still going strong Are you all still lively?}

Hihted face

“Wha-……Himekawa!?”

{Then please listen desu The next piece is……God Speed-!}

At the sa na Most likely it was a hit song The lights overflowing the audience seats were fiercely undulating The people aving solow sticks to express their happiness

However Kizuna was knocked out of his wits looking at that scenery

“Just what’s this?”

Kizuna stared at Aine looking for answer, but Aine was also staring at the screen with surprised expression

“Furthermore this is……a live show This is broadcasted live”

“WHATT!?”

An alert rang out covered with Sylvia and others’ singing voices

When they turned around, there was Grace fully spreading open her wings shi+ning light was residing in the wings, Its shape changed like a wings that were growing feathers So up Aine’s back

Aine opened her floatingand sent co area

“Not good! Everyone be careful!”

Gravel who received the communication raised a surprised voice

“Ainess-dono!? Kizuna too!”

“Ainess-sahness did!”

Hyakurath and Mercuria, also the dragon force too, they couldn’t sur The co her head in puzzle with dubious face

“This is, co this even to the enemy?”

Even with Aine’s yell, everyone was just getting perplexed and their legs stopped

“This is no good! At this rate everyone will get dragged into this Circle back to the opposite side――”

But at that tiht, her appearance was changed as if she was a real angel And then the scythe of ic poas fired

“Harvest”

The feathers of light growing fro at that, memory of terror was resurrected at the back of the on force The feathers of the God of death who exteron force by her loneso

“Re……retreat!”

However it was already too late

The feathers of Harvest attacked with terrifying speed The dragon force became prey the very first

The on force were pierced by the feathers of Koros and they proons that were livelily rushi+ng around the battlefield just now stiffened like round

Ruleo that was staring hard at that figure became pale and yelled one more time

“Retreat! We are withdrawing! Hurry, run away!”

Whipping the Tri-Head that she was riding, Ruleo also escaped from that place

Looking at the escaping eneuardfor a moment

“GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!”

An iic armor was pierced by the feathers and raised a death throe The ied instantly Without any distinction between eneic weapons becaht fired froh the sky freely in all direction And then theabsorbed haphazardly

Hyakurath’s cohastly pale

“Wha-! Retreat-, eency――kyaaaaaa!”

Harvest also uards Hyakurath also had her ic armor

“shi+t-! Hyakurath!”

E Hyakurath who lost her consciousness, Mercuria atteic power Thedown to Zeltis one after another

“This is bad-! Aldea, we are escaping!”

That time when Gravel yelled, Aldea was attacked by Koros’s feather in a bad luck

“I’ll defend with Zeel’s shi+eld! That’s why use this time――”

However the feathers of Harvest pierced Aldea’s body altogether with the shi+eld and harvested her ic power

“Aldea!”

Zeel that protected Aldea’s body vanished and her body was falling

“Ku……-!”

Gravel caught Aldea’s body in the air and then she was dropping while looking for a safe place And then with a frustrated face she looked up at the sky of Zeltis where the sun was setting

“So this is as far as we go……I’ll leave the rest to you Kizuna!”

Aine and Kizuna were also trying to shake off Harvest’s feathers and desperatelyin the air However no matter how tricky awithout slowing down

“shi+t-! Just what the hell is this ho ability!”

“Until the ic power of the feather itself run out, it will keep chasing us no matter where!”

The feathers that pierced the ic power and then they returned back to Grace’s position And then the feathers settled at the wings before their radiance was absorbed into Grace’s body, supplying her ic power

“That’s the secret of Grace’s strength Only Grace that will bever run out of ic power……Hybrid Count no matter what”

“What a troublesome little sister!”

The feathers chasing from behind filled the distance in the blink of eye

‘──shi+t-! It’s no good already!?’

Harvest’s feathers were approaching before their eyes At that iant shadow covered their field of vision

“What-!?”

A Tri-Head blocked the way of Harvest

“This is……”

The Tri-Head blocked the Harvest’s feathers with its body Many feathers pierced the Tri-Head’s body The crystal wings that were shi+ning beautifully lost their light That gigantic body was beginning to slowly falling down Ruleo separated herself from the Tri-Head’s back with sad eyes And then she stared with sorrowful eyes at the feathers that left after sucking the ic power of the Tri-Head

Kizuna worried whether he should say his gratitude or apologize and was unable to i

“……Sorry But, we are saved thanks to that Thank you”

But Ruleo ignored Kizuna and stared hard at Aine

“Vatlantis’s Ainess……honestly, I have grudge against you”

Aine’s body was startled and treaze

“But……I saw that currently you and hi that Grace”

Ruleo talked apathetically

“I a the power of Grace’s Koros and the power of your Zeros too Honestly speaking, I cannot find an idea of the way to defeat Koros But──”

Ruleo stared fixedly at Aine’s eyes

“Ainess, there is no doubt that your Zeros have the only on once more is an unbearable distress for ht now”

“You are……”

Aine also stared back at Ruleo’s eyes

“And so, please defeat Grace’s Koros without fail”

Aine nodded with a tight face and stared at the deistination where Harvest’s feathers were returning

“I understand Thank you”

Light emitted from Aine’s thrusters and she flew up toward the direction where Grace was Kizuna was following behind her

What was the method to oppose that ability? Kizuna increased his speed and flew at Aine’s side

“Aine Will Code Breaker have any effect to that Harvest?”

“I don’t know……but, there is no other way than that”

If even that was no good then they really would be nothing that could be done

“That’s why Kizuna get away from me”

“However……”

He was about to say that he would fight together with her but, if he was nearby her then Aine wouldn’t be able to wield the ability of Code Breaker to her heart’s content

“Got it Don’t do anything rash okay?”

Kizuna stopped in a position where he could look at Grace He watched over the back of Aine that was heading to her litte sister with anxiety

“Oo, Nee-sama So you came”

Facing Aine that came back to her, Grace smiled happily

“Grace……stop dragging everyone else to this”

“Hmm? Everyone……Nee-sama said?”

It was as if Grace had just noticed after this late, she stared over the armies of Baldein and Vatlantis at the far away And then when she looked at the figures of round, she shook her head boredly

“Indeed, this is why the ic power is shoddy Well, it doesn’t matter After all when this world end, all the people will perish It’s only a matter of sooner or later”

“Grace!”

Even when she was rebuked sharply by Aine, Grace just returned a faint smile

“No, let’s pass our tiether in this brief moment until the ruin arrive But, Nee-sama’s life is mine Even if one is the Goddess of fate herself, I have no intention to hand over Nee-sa of Nee-sama is only mine……”

“Grace……you”

Ring part was building up at Aine’s back

“Code Breaker!”

With the ring part as the center, shi+ning blue sorcery letters and graphics were unfolding and drew a ic circle

“Harvest!”

Feathers of light were fired froled with each other and attacked at Aine

The ic circle of Code Breaker that extended in belt shape circled the surrounding to protect Aine There the light arrows of Harvest clashed The two lights of ic power scattered intense sparks and locked with each other

“Ah!?”

Shocked voice leaked out from Aine’s mouth

‘──The ic circle is eaten!?’

The light arrows of Harvest were absorbing the ic circle was decreasing little by little

AIne’s eyes were shi+ning red She increased the nu around her body and increased the rotation speed

“Hou……”

Grace raised an ad voice

As if being washed away by thelike storic formula

“As expected of Nee-sama This is the first time my Harvest is defended”

Aine was breathing with heaving shoulder while glaring at Grace