Chapter 829 - Duel 2 (1/2)
Inside the dock, Haru could see Cecilia who had come out from her dock using her IS. He could see her blue IS which was sniper-type from the weapon which was used by her. He saw a flying drone hovering around her, reminding him of his girlfriend Claire Harvey in World of a Hundred.
Haru was wearing a skin-tight suit which was specially made to pilot an IS. He had always wondered why every world in which he came for quest needed him to wear a skin-tight suit which made his anaconda become conspicuous.
”Kasugano-kun! Kasugano-kun! You need to equip your IS now while I'm explaining the rules of this duel to you.”
Maya's voice could be heard from the speaker inside the dock. Her voice seemed to be fl.u.s.tered when she saw Haru's figure who was only wearing a skin-tight suit.
Chifuyu was also the same and hurried him. ”Hurry up! We don't have too much time!”
Neither of them expected that there was something really big inside his pants which could make every girl pregnant easily.
Haru nodded and took out the tarot card with the ”devil” symbol on it before it shattered into thousands of glows similar to dandelion seeds which enveloped his body and covered his figure in darkness.
The moment the light disappeared, both Chifuyu and Maya were surprised looking at the shape of Haru's IS.
”Is that your IS?” Chifuyu asked.
”Yeah. Deathscythe Hell, its the name,” Haru answered.
Unlike normal IS which only enveloped some parts of the human body such as leg, arms, etc.
Haru's IS covered his entire body as if in full body armor. He didn't wear a helmet and showed his face, but his Infinite Stratos overall was similar to armor.
(It's similar to a Balance Breaker armor on DxD).
The color of his Infinite Stratos was black with a touch of white and red, but the thing which attracted them was the wide black wings on his back which reminded them of the devil.
Haru had thought that the usual design of IS wasn't suitable for him, especially when his anaconda was so consipious on this skin-tight suit so it was the reason why he decided to create a full-body armor so he could hide his anaconda inside the armor and personally, it was several times cooler.
If he created scattered armor, his big anaconda would be shown during the battle which he felt would be very lethal to his female opponents. He didn't want to cheat that much using his anaconda and decided to cover it.
'Deathscythe Hell....'
Maya and Chifuyu were surprised when they saw Haru's IS which reminded him of the devil. From the name of his IS, they could tell that the weapon which was used by Haru was a scythe which made their impression of this IS was similar to ”God of Death” or ”Shinigami” in terms of appearance-wise, but after they saw his face that was covered in head armor which really reminded them of ”devil” since it had a yellow horn on its forehead.
”Maya-sensei, Orimura-sensei, can you tell me the rules of the duel?” Haru asked since the duel was about to start.
”Y - Yes!” Maya was in awe looking at Haru's IS and started her job to explain about the duel along with Haru's opponent.
The hologram screen which appeared after he used his IS was added with one more screen showing data from ”Blue Tears” which was Cecilia's IS.
”Cecilia's Infinite Stratos is Blue Tears. It is a sniper type IS. The IS has a system called Ultimate Defense. The system is designed to protect the pilot's life, even in a worst-case scenario, however, it will consume a lot of field energy in the process. You knew that much, right?”
”Yes, Maya-sensei.”
”You're ready, Haru?” Chifuyu asked.
”I've been ready for a while Chifuyu-sensei,” Haru answered.
It might be because they had spent a week together that their relationship was obviously better than normal.
Maya looked at both Haru and Chifuyu wondering what had happened between the two of them.
”Then, I'll go now.”
The launcher below him started to activate and launched him out of the dock.
*Swoosh!*
Infinite Stratos could fly because it could defy gravity along with the booster on its body. If someone equipped Infinite Stratos on their body, they would be able to reach a supersonic speed or more.
Large black wings behind his back moved slightly controlling his balance.
Haru appeared in the arena and received a lot of exclaims since his Infinite Stratos was very different from normal.
However, they had to admit that he seemed very handsome in that armor which was fully clad into his body. Even though it seemed quite evil, it gave him the charm of a bad boy which somehow made the girls scream in excitement.
Cecilia was also quite surprised when she saw Haru's machine since it covered his entire body.
Infinite Stratos has a lot of features and one of them is ”shielding”.
Primary protection for IS and its pilots is provided through the use of energy shields (invisible to the n.a.k.e.d eye) that could block both physical and optical weapons. The protection level of the Infinite Stratos shield is sufficient to be impenetrable to most conventional weaponry, but it could be penetrated by high-powered IS weaponry.
The basic armor plates of IS offer minimal protection against incoming attacks, since any weapon powerful enough to pierce the shield would also be powerful enough to penetrate the armor plate.
It is also the reason why the pilots are so scantly covered by armor plates rather than full body armor.
However, Haru's IS was different since his IS covered his entire body. Then he made the head armor on his Infinite Stratos vanish to show his face.
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”Cool....” Ichika had to admit that Haru's IS was very cool.
”Yeah.....” Houki also thought at the same time. Even though she was a girl, she was more interested in boyish stuff which was why the appearance of Haru's IS somehow made her jealous since it was very handsome.
”But what is his weapon?” Ichika asked.
”I'm not sure.” Houki shook her head and couldn't wait to see the battle.
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Cecilia had to admit that Haru was very handsome in his IS, but she couldn't be swayed because of that.
”I can't wait to see you in butler uniform serving me every time, Kasugano-kun.”
Her voice was full of confidence and haughtiness.
”I also can't wait to see you in a maid uniform later. I can see that it'll be very cute on you, Cecilia.” Haru thought that this girl was really cute.
”C - Cecilia?!” Cecilia blushed.
”Is it alright to call you that?”
”W - Well, I don't mind.”
”Then, you can call me Haru.”
”Cough! Cough!” Cecilia blushed and said, ”Even if you try to seduce me, it won't work! I'll win this duel!” She pointed her finger and shouted.
”......”
Haru was speechless and said, ”Then try to defeat me.”
”Yes, I'll beat you!”
Cecilia raised her beam sniper rifle and aimed it at Haru directly. ”Start the battle!”
IS also has one component known as the Energy Barrier or Absolute Defense.
The Absolute Defense is activated by IS itself and not by pilots. If an attack is deemed nonlethal by the IS, it wouldn't activate the Absolute Defense ability; even if it results in minor to moderate injury to its pilot. This ability is said to be able to protect the pilot from any kind of attack, but it also has seriously high power consumption; depleting the power of the IS with just single activation (In that sense, it is more like a pilot safety mechanism rather than combat defense mechanism). In any competition, the pilot has declared the loser if their shield level hits zero to avoid injuring the pilot.
It is the case now, to win this duel, Haru and Cecilia need to make the Energy Barrier on their opponent to hit zero levels.
The moment the match had started Cecilia started to shoot a beam sniper rifle at Haru.
*Swoosh!*
A powerful blue beam was shot, but she missed her target.
Cecilia frowned since she felt that Haru had read the trajectory of her shooting, but she wouldn't be defeated because of that.
*Swoosh!* *Swoosh!* *Swoosh!*
*Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!*
Cecilia's blue beam which was shot from her rifle missed the target and only hit the ground which created a large crater on it.
”Is that all? Cecilia?” Haru asked while floating in midair.
”Hmph! Let's see whether you can be calm after this!”
The hovering drones around her started to release six small beam cannons that moved on their own as if it had its own consciousness.
The six small flying beams moved around in different directions shooting at him at the same time.
*Swoosh!* *Swoosh!* *Swoosh!*
Even though the firepower of these small flying beams was smaller than the sniper rifle, its number compensated for its strength.
However all of the attacks were missed, it was as if Haru could have predicted the trajectory of attack beforehand.
”Why?!”