Vol 9 Chapter 2 (1/2)
Chapter 2 – City of the Dead(Necropolis)
Part 1
“Grace-sama……is this place, the Necropolis?”
Illuminated by sunset, the city existed in theat the city that felt pleasant with the verdant green, Clayda heaved a sigh in relieve
“It doesn’t feel like a ruin that is really that bad If I have to say, it has the air of a resort instead”
However Grace frowned and shook her head
“This is only the outside appearance The power flowing in this city is strange no inally here is being covered on top to avert the attention from it……”
When Grace approached the tree planted outside the city, she touched it with her hand
“Mu……this is”
Raising one of her eyebrows, Grace pulled out a single feather of Koros She changed the shape of that feather into a sword before directing it to the tree and slashed froonally above
Thereupon the thick tree trunk was quickly bisected
“Ah-!”
Clayda and Elma spontaneously raised their voices
The cut tree didn’t collapse, it changed into faint golden sand And then the sand spilled down and raised sand cloud, for a hill of sand
“This is……Grace-sama?”
“I also don’t understand, but this is possibly so created by the machine God”
Elma looked over the city
“Then, everything of that city is also……created by the ?”
“No I think that city of stone is the real thing Only living things like the plant are counterfeit”
Grace passed through between the trees and entered the city Following after her the expression of Clayda and Elain
Grace peeked at the situation of the street fros
“That is……people?”
At the street was undead walking around in staggers like ghost Under the orange light, the shadow of the undead was elongating fro
The setting of the sun was approaching Necropolis The sun had been sinking until it was al the horizon
“What an eerie place……the city is beautiful, but how should I say it? That mechanical people, they are really like corpse or deceased spirit”
Clayda’s body was shi+vering as though she was feeling cold
“They are actually deceased spirits Don’t worry, those guys are powerless They aren’t even attacking You can just ignore them”
Without any vigilance, Grace came out from her cover to the street After her Clayda and El
“Then where is the source of power that is pulling at Oldium?”
Clayda displayed a floatingand confirmed the location
“Ahead of here……it looks like it’s in that huge pyramid”
There was a huge pyramid at the other side of the city It was ht of that ht even reach three hundred meters
Grace and others couldn’t even iine just for what purpose it was created for
“Then let’s go take a look”
After saying that Grace moved into a run
“A, please wait, Grace-sama!”
Far above the head of the three, a single bird was flying
The figure of the three running through the street was reflected at the eye of the flying falcon overhead The ie reflected in that eye was projected before the eye of Osiris as in the palace
“They come back unexpectedly fast”
What was flying overhead the three girls was the mechanical bird that was a part of Osiris’s body, [Horus] Everything that Horus seen was shared with Osiris That function was also possessed by the lion [Sekh beside Osiris
When these Horus and Sekhmet combined with Osiris, they would become the true machine God Osiris
“Well then, go ahead, hold back your friend in place”
Osiris commanded so toward no one Then, Yurishi+a and two other shadows that aiting at the corner of the roo up
Yurishi+a brushed off her golden hair and floated a composed smile
“As you commanded, mother”
“Wait, Isis You are to remain here”
Yurishi+a directed a reluctant face at Osiris
“No way! Even though I too want to becoth!”
Leaving behind Yurishi+a, the two shadows kicked on the floor and ran toward theAnd then, without stopping they jumped outside at the air without hesitation
Osiris spoke with gentle voice toward Yurishi+a as chasing at the two shadoith her eyes
“I want you to be at th above all”
“Mother……”
Yurishi+a’s cheeks were turning red and she stared at Osiris with moist eyes Osiris faced Yurishi+a as like that and spread open both her hands
“Now, come here”
“Yes……”
Yurishi+a looked down shyly and she advanced forward toward Osiris ti on the chair and put her head above Osiris’s knee like a spoiled child
“Mother……you won’t abandon ht?”
“My That is my line You won’t die as you please and leave me alone for the second time won’t you?”
The two naturally smiled
Osiris caressed Yurishi+a’s head as though she was ad a work of art that could break easily
“Fufufu, you are cute My Isis……”
Part 2
The space that existed betorld and world where there was nothing It was a pitch dark place Moving inside that darkness was colorful light That was energy that was y of certain world wasinto other world
The y would someday arrived at another world soy arrived at, a mysterious phenomenon would occur
Perhaps it would appear as unconfir object(UFO), or perhaps monster or OOpart would appear, or perhaps even a supernatural phenomenon that couldn’t be explained would occur
But, when looking outside fro and going between the worlds were reflected in people’s eyes as really beautiful phenoht show for people to enjoy
Kizuna was standing at the bridge of battleshi+p Ataraxia, staring at the wild dance of those lights
“Our direction is not ht?”
On a specially installed chair that was even more splendid than the captain’s seat, Nayuta’s s there
“Yes, there is no mistake”
Nayuta snapped her fingers and a large screen was floating at the center of the spacious bridge Over there was a display of iht, top and bottom
“This is the le world The world where we came from is here”
Responding to her voice, one of the box shi+ned blue and a line of light elongated from there
“And then, currently we are here”
The box shi+ning blue was the world where they were at and where Ataraxia was, the elongating line was the path battleshi+p Ataraxia was traveling
“And then, the location of Oldiuon are here”
A up at every direction, one of the yellow
“So Oldiuon at the yellow one?”
From the current position of battleshi+p Ataraxia, the red box was overwhelly closer The yellow box ice or thrice farther
“Exactly Currently we are heading at the direction of the red box, in other world toward Oldium”
Certainly it was correct to aim for the closer place
――However,
Kizuna’s expression turned grim
At the aspect of battle strength, Golden Dragon was the weaker one Their rasp regarding the strength of the other members
On the other hand, at Oldium they had Grace and Zelcyone, Quartum was also there
Indeed each shi+p had someone who had Core reinstall done to them However, if he was not there then it would be difficult to defeat a machine God
The [way to deal the finishi+ng blow toHokuto
What was possessed by Corruption Armament [Nayuta], the combo of anti-machine God trump card [Reincarnation] and Climax Hybrid
Reincarnation inflicted attack to machine God’s body and at the sararaet’s existence froram was in effect, thetheth of a normal human
Ai, Climax Hybrid was performed on the machine God
The reproduction act that had became unnecessary for machine God The sexual pleasure that was abandoned because it became unnecessary, that sensation which reatest attack toward machine God
But, soainst Hokuto, would it also be effective against the other machine God in the end?
Besides, in battle strength they were also still grievously lacking
Sylvia and Masters were still not healed corus, Valdy, Hyakurath, and Mercuria were also the same All of them were in the middle of treatment, whether it was at the hospital or at their own residence
――At least Sylvia has been discharged frorus and Hyakurath too……Ragrus can be grouped with Sylvia, Haykurath’s partner is Mercuria but, her affinity with Hi combination with tord users is also――,
“Kizuna-kun”
Kizuna as absorbed in his thinking didn’t notice the appearance of the person who arrived right beside him
“That’s right Himekawa is……woah!”
Kizuna was surprised at the real Himekaas at his side
“Aah, sorry Hayuru huh What’s the matter?”
Himekawa made a face that was a bit sullen
“There is soon, there are also those who had done Core’s reinstall just like me isn’t it?”
“Eh? Ah, yeah……”
The pressure of the sharply glaring HI back
“Who are they? Please teach me”
“E, err……”
“Don’t tell me……all of them!?”
“Wrong! That’s impossible”
“Possible, at the staying behind group of Ataraxia too, you have done reinstall with……”
“No, that’s also not yet――”
“Not yet you say, so that means you will do it after this! That’s impure! Indecent!”
“N, no, this is soht? Besides, Hayuru yourself also done it already”
Himekawa became red in a flash
“Thi, this is not aboutabout who it is done with is just preposterous! Doing that, with……all of them, that’s just, such shamelessness cannot be permitted-!”
“That’s why, I told you I didn’t do that!”
“Then, who did you do it with? Yes, I understand already After all the one in Golden Dragon who did it was Gravel-san right? Then the one in Oldiurief……just Aine-san don’t satisfy you, to even put your hand at her little sister too……”
Toward Hi in rapid succession, Kizuna was panicked
“Aah-, geez Just ith you Himekawa!”
“It’s Hayuru-!!”
Kizuna who poured oil at the fire kept being criticized by Himekawa even after this for three hours
In the end, she calmed down four hours later
Doing Cliency was done after that matter
Part 3
“When looking froe”
Grace looked up at the pyrah to the sky When they approached near, they understood just how big the stones that were for the pyramid One of the stone was threeOnly by piling up that kind of stone in numbers that reached few million stones that this pyramid was created
After coh a wasteland for about a kilo tall Grace and others searched for the entrance by walking around the pyramid
While walking for soh-spirited voice that seemed excited
“This is really big isn’t it……isn’t this bigger than even the pyramid of Gyza?”
“Though it’s not as big as Genesis”
Clayda talked with nostalgic feeling so was the knowledge regarding the pyraypt that she learned at Ataraxia’s class and everyday live As if to erase that away, she purposefully searched for fragment of Vatlantis inside her memory
“Yes Even that Genesis was relic that Deus ex Machina left behind Indeed, perhaps there are so that correlate with it Nevertheless……just where in the world the entrance of this thing is?”
Grace casually put her hand on the stone of the pyramid
“What?”
Line of light stretched fro, s on the surface of the pyrarated circuit, countless small circuits were joined in complex pattern
Light lines were running around the surface of the pyraoing to circle the pyramid’s side
“What……this is?”
“Don’t touch that!”
A sharp yelling voice resounded Grace and the others were familiar with that voice
From the sky two silhouettes descended
Their figures wearing ic armor were familiar
“Lunorlla! Also Ramza too!”
Grace’s face split open in wide smile of joy The one who appeared before her eyes were two people of Quartum, Lunorlla and Ramza
Lunorrla was a beautiful wo blue hair Due to mortal combat in Colosseum, her beautiful body was carved with scars that were painful to look Her ars, her sto from her forehead to her cheek told the story of how severe they h She was a warrior that was even called as the death God of Colosseuht
On the other hand Raht and frank personality She possessed special ability to manipulate flame, but when that ability ran wild even the earth’s crust would be melted, even herself would be burned to ash, that ability contained such danger
Even ath above the rest Grace joyfully called out to those two
“It seemed that we passed each other on the way but, where were the two of you had gone until now?”
However Lunorlla and Ramza looked at each other with troubled faces
Seeing that, Clayda made a dubious face at the state of the two
“Oi, what’s wrong both of you? Grace-sa Answer it properly”
While saying that Clayda reached out her hand at Selene she carried on her back Ele hammer that was as tall as herself in her hand
“Both of you, what’s the matter?”
Grace frowned at Clayda and Elh to protect such Grace
“Grace-sae”
As though to support those words, Lunorlla unsheathed the two short swords integrated in her ic armor Tords style With one short sword each in her left and right hands, she lowered her waist
And then Rae axe froht red was as though so around that tomahawk that noretic face
“Sorry―, this is the order of Osiris-sama see We have to defeat you all see―”
“What did you say!?”
Clayda raised her Selene in front of her face
“Have you lost your mind-!?”
Elma raised the hammer’s handle with both her hands andit anytime
“That body……offer it, for the sake of Osiris-sama”
Lunorlla ht emitted from her thruster and approached in front of Elma instantly
――Fast-!?
The large hammer had destructive power, but it couldn’t deal with Lunorlla’s speed Lunorlla mercilessly ran a bloard Elma
Thesword touched the thin neck of Elma, fierce spark scattered
“-! ……”
Lunorlla’s short sas blocked by Clayda’s Selene
“What are you planning, Lunorlla!”
“……Clayda, surrender obediently”
“Haa? Don’t joke……with me-!”
Clayda threw Selene fro attacked Lunorlla as though it was a living thing Just when it seemed like it would hover in the air, it suddenly moved, its trajectory suddenly curved Just when it seeh, it suddenly returned back It was like a yoyo with string attached, it ca at Lunorlla
Lunorlla too didn’t take distance, she continued to evade the attacks in close range And then the ence However Clayda also got out a second Selene and repelled Lunorlla’s attack
“Clayda You, cannot win against me That’s why, surrender”
“Don’t joke! I don’t like you froo! What death God of the Colosseu to kill the death God!”
Offense and defense that the eye couldn’t folloere unfolding between the two
And then between Ele toe-type were swung around, attacks where each one was a sure kill if they hit clashed
“Oi, stop it! All of you!”
Even when Grace raised her voice, her words to stop didn’t enter the ears of the four people Cold sweat trickled down the cheek of Grace
“……Just what in the world is this?”
“I have those two became my servant”
That voice made Grace looked up at the pyrale fe
“Osiris…so this is your work”
“Yes Because I cannot let you approach this pyramid”
‘――You Far fro Yurishi+a, even Lunorlla and Ramza now fall into her hand’
“Clayda, El back for the moment!”
“ “Yes-!” “
Hearing Grace’s command, Clayda and Elma took distance from their respective opponent
They turned on their heel and tried to get away froe object appeared
――Osiris’s blue pyramid
“Wha…what? This is!”
“No good! Don’t look at that thing with your eye!”
Grace yelled desperately But at that time a certain eye at the pyramid’s side opened
“This is-!”
The glaring eyeball moved quickly at all direction And then when it stared at Elaze entered from Elma’s eye into the nerve inside and even until the brain tissue, it burned new information on it
“Oi! El!?”
Clayda yelled, but Elh she had frozen
“Oi, get a hold of yourself El!”
As though noticing Clayda that was calling at Elly
“!? Dam-……”
Thatsound could be heard, it was Selene falling on the ground
“What’s wrong, the two of you!”
However it was like Elma and Clayda didn’t hear at all
Grace tried to analyze the situation desperately Looking from the state of Yurishi+a, Lunorlla, and Ramza, this was――,
“Mind control, that’s what this is huh?”
“Fufufu, I am the queen of this Necropolis Everyone who exist in this world kneels in front of me”
“Although it is only because Nee-sama is not here, I too am the emperor of Vatlantis Empire I cannot kneel that easily!”
Feathers of light flew fros They became sharp arrows and pierced Osiris’s body
“What?”
Koros’s special move was Harvest It was a technique that plunder the opponent’s ic power, that was to say their life force Opponent whose life force was sucked dry would lose their life However――,
‘――What’s with this woh there is no feedback at all I cannot feel ic power at all’
Harvest also didn’t work at Hokuto at all However that was because Hokuto’s energy was at the amount that couldn’t be sucked dry In contrast this Osiris didn’t have any energy Her life force was empty
“Does this mean, that Osiris has already dead……”
Grace suppressed the impatience she felt inside her chest and took out a blade of wing this ti its shape into a scythe
“Then, I’ll cut you apart!”
She headed to Osiris and flew up in one go Staring at Grace that was approaching before her eyes, Osiris s at a mischievous kid
“It seems you are a little too special to be used as a vessel”
Osiris’s golden eyes shi+ned
“Stop speaking!”
Grace’s scythe drew an arc and attacked Osiris
‘――You are finished!’
A dull h stone and metal clashed And then fierce sparks were scattered
“Wha……”
The blue pyramid protected Osiris Grace’s scythe bit into the pyramid and its movement stopped And then the eye of the pyraht
“-! Get away”
Grace closed her eyes and opened her thrusters in full throttle and took distance all at once
However there was no pursuit Besides her consciousness was also clear
‘――It seems I avoided the mind control’
And then she opened her eyes
“What……the?”
There, it was a wide and spacious corridor with ceiling that was shockingly high Decorated with gorgeous Gothic-style, it e hall rather than a corridor
A familiar corridor It was the capital of Vatlantis Empire, Zeltis where she was born and raised It was inside the palace there
“Grace, what’s the matter?”
“……Eh?”
A very beautiful girl followed by ten-oddthere Silver hair and red pupils Her bare skin was only covered by accessory and thin fabric, she looked nearly bare naked That person was the one she was looking for, wearing the outfit of the emperor
“Nee-sama!?”
Her beloved big sister, AIness Synclavia also known as Chidorigafuchi Aine, it was that person
“Nee-sama! So you are in this world!”
She rushed toward Aine with joyful face
“What’s wrong with you Grace? Your condition seeo”
“Mu, however that cannot be helped Rather than that Osiris is……”
However Aine knitted her eyebrows
“Osiris? Just what’s this about?”
“That’s……hm?”
‘――Well, as I thinking about?’
“I’m sorry I had a lapse in my mind just for a little”
Aine s that it couldn’t be helped Emotion of deep affection colored that smile
“Let’s go Grace Kizuna is also waiting”
With a light step Grace stood at the side of Aine who started walking
“Ooh, so Nii-sama is also here”
Aine made an exasperated face at the joyful Grace
“That’s obvious Because, Kizuna is the new eht? He has married us after all”
‘――What?’
Grace spontaneously stood still
“Marriage? I and Nee-sama……with Nii-sama?”
Aine also stopped walking and looked back
“That’s right You strange child……just what’s the matter?”
Grace didn’t have any ht hard, she felt like such thing really had happened
“Bu……but, what I had done to Leive for the people of Leiven Even if I have to throay this body, I have the responsibility to better the relationshi+p between the torlds And then, when I accomplished that, this life will be……”
Aine stared at her little sister with a sad smile
“Grace, that was a sad crossing of path That was the result of the two sides ju only of one’s own self-protection and profit……”
“However still!”
“The one launching attack at the ic weapon first was Lemuria, as a matter of fact Vatlantis is the victorious country We have already entered the unconditional peace treaty based from that”
“――Wha,”
“Geez, really what is going on with you since a while ago Grace?”
“So that’s……what happened”
Now that she though hard, it was as though the ht of the time when the treaty was made
“What was carried out as the sye ceremony of the three of us don’t you remember?”
‘――That’s right With all the people of the eard and Baldein, even Lerand cere about? To co this important, what a blunder
Yes
I becaether with them
My beloved Nee-sama
And then with Nii-sama
Froether forever
The three of us coth
The torlds will take each other’s hand, creating a splendid country
Can so this happy exist?’
“What’s the ?”
When Grace returned to her senses in realization, tears were gathering in her eyes where it almost spilled out
“It, it’s nothing”
Grace wiped her tear with her hand and showed a bright smile
“Now, let’s go Kizuna is waiting”
Aine offered her hand Grace took that hand and grasped back
“Yes There is no e can let Nii-sa”
With a full smile Grace walked beside her sister
After walking for a while, there was a balcony there Below there was a plaza where ahead it continued toward the city It was a place for the sake of greeting the people of the ee nu voice
And then there was already so at the balcony
“Aine, Grace You two finally come”
“We made you wait Kizuna No, your majesty the new emperor of Vatlantis”
Aine e And then she kissed Kizuna’s cheek And then Kizuna also kissed Aine in return
“It’s fine to call me just Kizuna Even if you call me emperor, I just cannot feel it for real”
“Nii-sama……is that you?”
Kizuna spreads open his hands toward Grace as standing still in dumbfounded
“What’s the matter? Come here Grace”
“……Nii-sama”
Grace approached tihtly hugged Grace’s slender body His ar His affection toward Grace could be felt from those arms Grace felt a deep relieve, pleasantness, and serenity, she entrusted her body to those sweet affection
“This is like a dream……for this day, to really come”
Tears floated on Grace’s eyes once more
“Oi Grace It’s no good if you cry”
“I, I’m sorry But, this cannot be helped I’m happy”
Grace rubbed her face on Kizuna’s chest, wiping her tears
“Really Grace, because you are such a crybaby……co”
When she glanced below the balcony, the plaza was packed full with people And then even ahead at the city, the street was filled to the brim by people
“Tha, that’s true As the queen of Nii-sa side”
And then with Grace at the center, one of her hand grasping Aine, and her other hand grasping Kizuna, they went until in front of the railing of the balcony And then with their connected hands raised high, they greeted the people of the empire At that moment, applause and cheers that were even louder were raised
“Until now I have shouldered this alone, but froether”
“Grace……”
Kizuna stared at Grace
“Yes, Nii-saether with Nee-saained reliable foundation and safe condition! The three of us, froethe――”
Kizuna’s calm voice cut her off
“No, for you Grace it will be only until today”
“――eh”