episode_0067

A few dozen minutes before [Serpent of Wisdom and Circulation] appeared.

Albit and his party were being chased by dark elf students from .

The chase continued from late at night until morning.

There were dozens of menacing magic armor weapons and hundreds of dark elf students chasing them. If you come close to being caught and then open the distance again, they will pursue you persistently and surround you.

The vehicle was eventually damaged in the process.

Albit and his party fled on foot to the city area in front of the gateway.

The process of running away was not smooth either.

No matter how hard I tried to escape through a side road, I was always stopped by my pursuers. As you run, the subordinates directly under Andrea, the student council president of , appear again and again. The bad relationship with them that lasted for one night was almost tiresome.

Even in the city area in front of the last gate leading to Golden Street, Arbit and the others were still being chased.

The pursuers chased them up a side road leading up a steep staircase.

“There it is!! It’s there!!”

“… Chiit!”

“Bell clerk!! I will take care of the rest─!!”

Bell always took the lead in using his ether skills, and he was so exhausted that he no longer had the energy to whine. So he silently controlled the flying dagger while frowning, and Sigrun took cover according to its movements.

While Sigrun was stringing his bow, he persistently tried to persuade the dark elf students by speaking loudly.

“Students attending ─!! Shouldn’t these pointless fights stop? What is more important than money and power is the stability of Academy City… !”

However, the dark elf students chasing after them looked as if they had seen something disgusting.

“Shut up! On the topic of dark elves, if you leave and file a line at , you can quietly become our bounty!”

“What is the stability of Academy City! You just fell for the powerful bitches! Money is made by fighting!”

“Anyway, you are about justice and all, but you smell money just like us… !”

“… Misunderstandings are sad. Dark elves do not necessarily like power and money.”

Sigrun muttered bitterly and eventually fired an ether arrow.

Easy profit!

Paaa!

Dark red daggers and ether arrows are fired, disrupting the enemy lines. However, it was difficult to shake off the pursuers in a situation where even the ether skill could not be used due to the battle that lasted all night.

“Ugh… ?!”

Vision blurred due to severe ether consumption.

Bell struggled to control the dagger, but due to fatigue, the ethereal connection was lost. The dagger, whose etheric thread was cut in the air, fell with a sharp sound.

Clink!

Bell and Sigrun were startled by the sound.

“Ugh—?! I missed it… !”

“Bell, is it okay to be the bell clerk?!”

A gap that suddenly appeared.

Between the gap between the dagger and the arrow.

Three armored chasers pushed into the narrow side street stairs.

“Attack! Attack me!!”

“Push it away with armor─!!”

“I’m exhausted, so now I’ve got all the coins!!”

Albit ran out between Bell and Sigrun.

“Senior Bell! I will stop it!”

“Albit, I’m sorry… ! I will definitely pay this debt back later!”

“What do friends pay back?”

“I’m a senior─”

“Bell clerk… It would be ugly to insist on that now… ! When a truly strong man bows, he has the luxury of bowing─”

“Noisy─!”

Leaving that joke behind.

Albit used the ether skill on the armor students. After a long fight, the only one who could still use the ether skill was Arbit, who barely consumed any ether.

Albit swung his sword at the rushing students.

“Haaaa!! [Flash Sword]─!!”

“Holy shit… ?! Are you still using ether skills??!”

An explosive sword strike.

Quaaaang!

The sword strike exploded like a red volcano, making a roaring noise and emitting scorching heat. And Albit dug into the armored students who were surprised by the attack and pushed them with his shoulder.

Taaaa!

“Wow?!”

“Ugh!!”

The two students who were pushed by Arbit had their armor’s defense function activated and were unable to move until they tumbled down the steep stairs.

Two armored students leaning up a steep staircase.

“Deeaem─!!”

“Damn it!!”

However, there was one student who saw Arbit’s charge and avoided it.

She was about to strike down the black greatsword at Arbit.

“This bastard… ! How dare you!!”

“… !”

A voice penetrates through them.

“You can’t leave it like that!”

“Greta!”

Just before the great sword was swung.

A white-haired student sticking out from between the shadows of the building… Greta straddles the armor student. Sudden hand-to-hand combat was her specialty.

“Low kick of justice─!”

“Ugh, hey!! That’s not a low kick… ?!”

Tilt!

“Uh, uh… ?!”

It wasn’t a particularly low kick, but it was enough to make you lose your balance.

The body of the armor student tilts and falls down the slope that runs down the stairs of the side road. Just like that, they all fell down, making the sound of a rolling can.

The voices of the armor students echoed from afar.

“Deeaem─!!”

“Deeaem─!!”

“Deeaem─!!”

“… ”

“… ”

Arbit and Greta saw that and breathed a sigh of relief.

“… Phew, thank you. Greta.”

“What! Everyone is so tired that they can’t fight properly… If it wasn’t for Albit, I wouldn’t have come this far! It’s right in front of you now!”

“… !”

Where Greta pointed with her thin finger.

The place I so desperately wanted to join for one night… The western gateway to Golden Street was visible. I vaguely saw a fight taking place beyond the slightly open gate, with red ether flowing back and forth.

The group was silent for a while, looking in the same direction.

“… ”

“… ”

“… ”

Originally, I was supposed to arrive there a long time ago and join the , but I didn’t expect them to pursue me so persistently.

Belle returned with difficulty picking up the dagger and spoke in a devastated voice.

“How on earth did this happen… Nothing goes according to plan… I’m sure Clara and the [Purple Spinning Wheel] aren’t being chased yet… ?”

Kara answered bitterly, rummaging through her completely torn bag of ether conductors for summoning [Revolutionary Comrades].

“That’s right… I’m really worried. Our vehicles are damaged, and we are endlessly flooded with demons wherever we go… Phew.”

“We do not condone racist remarks… only… ! I strongly admit that my former alma mater was a bit snobbish and stuffy… !”

“Ah, leader… ! No matter how you look at it, it’s not ‘a little’… The attitude of embracing even the faults of the old alma mater… !”

“… ”

Arbit was watching the conversation between Sigrun and Greta with a subtle expression.

She led the way up the steep stairs and spoke to the group.

“Everyone, I know very well that you are exhausted. Let’s move quickly. As our plan went awry, ’s plan also went awry. The situation may not be all that bad.”

“… Yes.”

“I often think about it, but I wonder if Rbit is really a first year student.”

“I agree. Comrade Arbit is as reliable a comrade as Clara senior.”

“… Is that a compliment?”

Albit chuckled and answered Bell’s question. His face was covered in dust and his hair was sticking out, but he was smiling with pride.

“Yes, it is a compliment to me.”

“… I see.”

So we all lead our weary steps,

It was when I went up the stairs and headed to the main street.

Guuu!!

Several automatic weapons waiting with the sound of operation.

In order to escape that huge body, the people who caused the party to take the side road were waiting.

“… ?!”

“You came first and were waiting for me?!”

“Uh, okay. Welcome. I ordered them to release the kids and bring them here.”

“What… ?!”

“It’s good if I get caught, otherwise I catch it. huh. Isn’t that what it is?”

The owner of a relaxed voice answers the words of the astonished group.

The light reflected off the luxurious sunglasses she was wearing and sparkled.

Belle looked at her and spoke in a new voice.

“Andrea… !”

“ Wow, if my kids give me money, they chase me all the way to hell… To ignore all of that… Do you guys want to work for me?”

Andrea, the student council president of .

A dark elf girl wearing a black and gold coat, riding on the shoulder of an automatic weapon. The golden color of the school uniform, with its colorful accessories and luxurious materials, caught my eye.

Even though she had been chasing all night, she somehow seemed relaxed. The smile visible beneath the sunglasses was like that of a product salesperson.

Guuung—!

Guuung—!

… And the eerie driving sound made by the numerous armored puppets surrounding the streets was assumed to be the basis for that leisure.

“… ”

Albit sighed inwardly and took the lead in speaking to Andrea.

“… Please get out of the way.”

“Oh, you negotiate when you don’t think you can do it by force? Isn’t this exactly the natural talent model of our school? Do you want to get a tan and come under me?”

“You know that too now. From the beginning, it was a battle the Eastern Alliance had no chance of winning. While they were chasing us, over there in the Golden Street, the noble students were isolated, using [Purple Spinning Wheel], [Blue and White Thunder Spear]… And we will continue the fight against the [Pink Spiral].”

“Hmm, now [Faded Spiral]? It’s nice to hear that nickname after a long time. But what is that? Two of the five colors. And now that the former strongest force in Academy City is involved, are you telling me to back down?”

“… ”

At that moment, there was a sound echoing through a loudspeaker from afar.

-Notify the approaching students! From now on, this place belongs to the operational area of ‘s main force. If you do not leave immediately, we will define you as a hostile force!

“… ”

The sound made by hundreds of approaching people.

Despite this, Andrea doesn’t change her expression one bit. Looking at her like that, Albit tried hard to hide his burning insides.

“To put it in an easier way for you to understand, it doesn’t make sense anymore, does it? Reinforcements from will soon arrive from the other side to join us. In such a situation, would Frau from Public Bar or Boarding School try to help you? From the beginning… Do you really think she can rule this Academy City?”

“Ho, when did you call for reinforcements while being chased? This is going to get tricky again. I like resourcefulness. huh. But… ”

“… ”

Sigh─

Andrea said, slowly taking off her sunglasses.

“I don’t really think of Frau as a real employer.”

“… Yes?”

“The guy who really paid me told me to catch the brown haired girl from .”

When she took off her large sunglasses, her eyes were revealed.

There, a ‘snake’ shaped tattoo was wriggling.

When Albit saw the ‘snake’, he felt a strong sense of discomfort.

“… ?!”

A voice echoing in Arbit’s head.

The sound of a huge bird.

Bleep–!

[…] Fight against the beast god of chaos.]

[…] Balance and order of the world tree.]

‘This is…’ What the hell… ?’

An unfamiliar sight that suddenly occurred to me.

The scene that passes through Arbit’s head is… It was the wing of a huge falcon.

‘Giant hawk… ?’

Without noticing Albit’s confusion.

Andrea twitched the snake tattoo around her eyes and spoke in a relaxed voice.

“Although Frau was a big spender. From now on, the real owner of Academy City will be decided… It’s not like Frau, the idiot.”

“Well, what is that… !”

Andrea quietly pointed to the ground.

“Our new master is below.”

“New… master… ?”

And the hundreds of main troops and armored weapons that arrived collided and clashed. Andrea continued to chase Albit and the others while sitting on the shoulder of the armored weapon.

“What the hell… What to say… ?”

It was a few minutes later that Albit understood Andrea’s words.

Under the ground… A huge snake came out, and on top of its huge head was a priest of who had transformed into a dragon.

The giant snake was wrapped in ominous black ether and howled at the World Tree. And the huge wall surrounding the World Tree collapsed with a loud noise.

The wall of Golden Street… It was falling apart.

Kwaaang──!!

While being chased by Andrea, Albit and his party hurriedly ran towards the Golden Street together with the main unit of that had joined them.

‘Senior Clara… ! Rota… !’

*

The [Golden Witch] approached the [Serpent of Wisdom and Cycle] just before he died. Both beings were seriously injured and were breathing with difficulty.

[The Golden Witch] spoke to the ‘snake’.

“… ”

“I… In the end, I couldn’t find a ‘story’ with my friends.”

“… ”

“In the end, all I knew was ‘fighting’.”

“… ”

“But… someday… Surely, someone will find it. Contained in the magic I left behind… The real meaning… Truly… ”

“… ”

“Friends… The ‘Prophet’… I will continue my will… ”

“… ”

The ‘snake’, which erased the individual believers’ [fate] and engraved the cyclical truth, slowly closed its eyes. I hope to one day see my archenemy’s will come true.

[Golden Witch] also vomited blood and slowly closed her eyes.

“Someday… Obviously.”