Chapter 1099 - Two Intertwining Poles (1/2)

What just happened?

After the radiance dissipated, the two young ladies exchanged looks with each other. A few seconds ago, they were in a scarlet world that resembled hell. But at the next moment, they returned to this pitch-black, terrifying space. Unlike earlier, the menacing Chaos Beasts were nowhere to be seen. Not only that, but the entire space had also scattered with machine parts. The perfectly preserved machines from before had turned into metal scraps as though the place were bombarded.

“This is…” Mini Bubble Gum looked at her surroundings and gasped. But shortly after, she recalled something and turned around abruptly, grabbing Canary by the arm. “Big Sister, we saw Leader just now! It’s Leader, right?!”

“Ah… Yes…”

Facing Mini Bubble Gum’s sudden questioning, Canary was startled. Then, she nodded hesitantly. Indeed, they saw Rhode just now and Canary could still feel the warm touch on her hand. They were so close with Rhode, so there was no mistaking it. But if it was only an illusion, wasn’t it too vivid for it? What exactly did they encounter?

“Miss Canary? Miss Bubble? Are you two alright?”

Erin went up to them curiously and asked. However, Canary and Mini Bubble Gum didn’t realize that the moon princess’s eyes were glinting dubiously and curiously at the same time. They weren’t aware of this fact, but Erin was certain that when the Chaos Beasts attacked them earlier, Mini Bubble Gum and Canary had as though woken up abruptly from their nightmares and immediately retaliated against the Chaos Beasts. At that moment, Erin discovered that they were no longer ordinary humans. Instead, they returned to being the formidable humans who followed Rhode around, just like in her impression. But what left her dubious was that they didn’t seem to know why they were here, as though they were totally another person.

Although Erin had a lot of doubts, the Chaos Beasts were equally hard to deal with. That was why she didn’t ask too many questions and quickly countered the enemies with them. As the trio combined their strength, they wiped out the enemies cleanly. But at that moment, Erin saw the black slate erupting another blast of glaring light and the two active young ladies in battle instantly stopped moving.

Not only that, but also when Erin leaned in to check on them, they were like lifeless corpses and their souls had as though disappeared from their bodies! This phenomenon bewildered Erin, leaving her at a total loss. But all of a sudden, they ‘revived’ before her eyes and judging from their behavior, they didn’t seem to remember everything that they had done.

This is interesting… what has exactly happened?

“W-We’re fine, Your Highness Erin…”

Facing Erin’s concern, Canary didn’t know what to say. Her head was in a complete mess. If it were in the past, perhaps she would treat it as just a hallucination or that she was under too much mental pressure. But now, as she gazed at Erin before her, she couldn’t lay down the doubt in her mind. After all, even a character who belonged to a game came to the real world, so what was there to be impossible?

“Let’s leave this place.”

Although Erin had a lot of doubts, she didn’t show her feelings. After all, Canary and Mini Bubble Gum really seemed like they knew nothing. If Erin were to continue questioning them, perhaps she might make the situation even more chaotic. Therefore, Erin decided to temporarily put this matter aside. She turned around, strolled to the black slate, and scanned it from top to bottom. Then, she extended her arm and lifted it up. This time, nothing strange happened. She held the black slate, turned her hand around, and put it away in her bag. She had a hunch that perhaps this black slate was the key to solving the mystery.

———!

At the same time, bright rays of light shone from the openings above, enfolding Erin, Canary, and Mini Bubble Gum entirely. Upon witnessing the radiance, the trio turned around in astonishment and witnessed a dozen heavily-armored soldiers charging out from the openings. After spotting the three of them, the soldiers were startled. They raised their rifles and aimed at them quickly.

“Ahh… we’re in trouble.”

Canary let out a sigh at this scene. This was what she was afraid of. As an ordinary, university freshman, she was a so-called darling. Not to mention the police, she didn’t even cause trouble for teachers. But now, she was in trouble with foreign soldiers? Argh… this escalated too quickly!

“…!”

The heavily-armored soldiers lifted their weapons, snarling and aiming at Canary and Mini Bubble Gum. Looking at this scene, the flustered Canary and Mini Bubble Gum raised their hands subconsciously. No matter what, they were only civilians, and it wasn’t possible for them to not be afraid with rifles pointing at them with their black muzzles. As soon as they raised their hands, the soldiers seemed to let loose a little and didn’t continue to pressurize them. But… the problem was that not everyone was as submissive as the two young ladies!

Facing the soldiers who brazenly stopped them, Erin grimaced and stood in front of Canary and Mini Bubble Gum, which instantly baffled the soldiers. Well, they couldn’t be blamed. Apart from Erin’s beautiful appearance, her dress up was also alarming. Although modern technologies allowed humans to build bases on the moon, it didn’t mean that they could do as they pleased. Facing the harsh environment on the moon, humans had to wear spacesuits in order to survive the terrifying conditions. But now, this young lady stood before them without being protected by space equipment at all.

Is she even a human?!

From a certain angle… Erin wasn’t actually a human.

But Erin wasn’t in the mood to care about their thoughts. She knew that these people attacked her earlier on and they were clearly threatening her too. Moreover, they were related to this slate, so they were most likely lackeys of Chaos! At this thought, Erin said no more. She swung her right hand straightaway and along with her movement, dazzling magical radiance appeared abruptly around her one by one, forming an elegant and massive magical ritual. Looking at the dreamy magical brilliance, the soldiers were distraught. They had never seen anything like this in their whole lives. They raised their rifles, pointed at Erin, and fired.

“Ahhh!”

Canary and Mini Bubble Gum were horrified. Even though they were almighty in the game, it was entirely different for them in reality. Even though one was a thief who robbed a car in the game, it didn’t mean that one could rob a bank in real life successfully! Therefore, facing the soldiers, the two young ladies panicked. Mini Bubble Gum had even extended her arm before her subconsciously.

But at the next moment, the situation took a sudden turn.

Along with Mini Bubble Gum’s action, dazzling golden rays of light erupted from her palm, turning into a translucent barrier that enfolded the trio. As the rifles fired, the thin, mirror-like defensive barrier deflected all the bullets! Meanwhile, Erin pointed her right finger forward and suddenly, a dozen magical breams burst out of her fingertip. There was no playing with the moon princess’s strength. Even though it wasn’t an all-out attack from her, it was enough to blast them away entirely, not to mention they were on the moon with lesser gravity!

“B-Bubble?”

Canary widened her eyes in disbelief at the defensive barrier before her. Of course, she knew what that was. It was the sacred shield of a cleric! But… that was a skill in the game, so why was Bubble able to cast it?

“Huh? Huh? Huh??”

Upon realizing what she did, Bubble was flabbergasted. She spread her arms apart curiously and along with her action, two circles of holy white light emerged! Then, the two white circles overlapped and enveloped the trio swiftly. As soon as they were shrouded by the white light circle, Canary felt her body becoming incredibly nimble. The heavy and clumsy spacesuit on her was as though non-existent. Not only that, but her head also felt unprecedentedly clear. She saw through the enemies’ movements and even read their thoughts!

This is… a spiritual spell?!

“Oh-oh-oh, Big Sister, I can use my spiritual spell now!!!”

Spiritual spell? How is that possible?