Chapter 84: EP.3 BLADE STORM 10
Its flames, devoid of any trace of heat, continued flickering endlessly, merely imitating the appearance of fire.
Fake.
A holographic campfire burned silently.
Some might consider it a mere imitation.
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However, that campfire managed to create a cozy atmosphere in Findriel’s private office, lending it a serene charm that made it difficult to dismiss as something merely artificial.
The imposing snow-covered mountains stretching beyond the windows and the ancient books covering the walls were also holograms.
And the campfire was not the only hologram in the office.
The problem was that this was its only purpose.
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Such was Findriel’s world.
After pondering for a few moments, she extended her hand.
A world composed entirely of imitations that appeared authentic.
“Hmm……”
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She picked up a bishop.
Toward the old chessboard, practically the only genuine object in her office.
Then moved the piece diagonally.
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“It’s your turn, Miss.”
“I know.”
It was a move she had anticipated.
On the other side of the board, the domestic service humanoid sitting opposite her moved a rook with mechanical movements.
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Ding.
A beep completely out of place with the atmosphere of the room echoed through the office.
Findriel shifted her gaze slightly from the chessboard toward her Data Pad.
Therefore, Findriel was about to make her next move immediately when, suddenly.
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A faint sigh escaped Findriel’s lips.
[FROM: My little ice princess ♥]
The sender was Kiss Valentine.
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She had probably been waiting for precisely that report all this time.
However, contrary to that brief complaint, her hands moved with extraordinary speed. All translations belong to Indra Translations. You can find us online at indratranslations.com
“……I have told her to observe the proper formalities.”
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Findriel began scrolling through the document with slight movements of her fingers.
With a gesture of her hand, she displayed the document Kiss had sent her in the air.
The report was written in Kiss’s characteristic frivolous and playful tone, but its contents were far from trivial.
Most of the report consisted of text, although some of the most important events were accompanied by recordings.
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[…However, an unexpected confrontation occurred at the Ghost Tower, Team Bladez’s destination. adjust The enemies were Vortex mercenaries. canvas Our darling Ash took care of them without much difficulty. arch Bladez also resolved the Ghost Tower’s Jamming problem. album I haven’t managed to hear all the details yet, but I intend to find out.]
Findriel murmured those words and continued scrolling through the report indifferently.
“Darling? athlete It seems she took quite a liking to him.”
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[Actually, John Priest wasn’t pursuing Ash. acoustic Instead, he decided to attack me. abstract To be more precise, Foundation’s support forces. abandon A terrible situation! harbor We were in mortal danger!]
Her fingers stopped.
However, at a certain point.
After all, what she had read so far was within her expectations.
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Findriel frowned slightly.
Her fingers began scrolling through the report more quickly.
It was evident that something completely unexpected had happened.
“What is this?”
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Just as she was beginning to grow irritated by Kiss’s endless complaints.
“Ah, why does she have to beat around the bush so much?”
[They came fully prepared to finish us off. arch How many were there? arch Several hundred at least? anxiety And they surrounded us on top of that! adapt Seriously, I thought I was going to die right there……]
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[But then, ta-da! timber Ash appeared! palette He came to rescue us!]
[I attached a video, so watch it yourself.]
She finally reached the important part.
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Kraaa-boom!
Then.
A bolt of lightning fell from the sky.
Findriel pressed the play button without hesitation.
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A lightning bolt suddenly descending upon a wasteland covered in flames and fragments of debris.
“This is…… Ash?”
That was how the recording began.
The lightning was Ash.
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He immediately raised his sword and began massacring the Vortex soldiers, who had been thrown into chaos.
Findriel’s attention completely abandoned the chessboard and became fixed on the holographic report.
That was a scene that truly deserved to be described as a storm of swords.
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The recording was very brief.
And, furthermore, it showed Ash exclusively.
An expression of disbelief slowly began appearing on her face, normally as expressionless as a doll’s.
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Since it appeared to have been extracted from Kiss’s Bodycam, that probably meant she had not taken her eyes off Ash during those moments.
And that was understandable.
Findriel swallowed unconsciously and continued reading the report.
After all, how could anyone look away from a humanoid capable of controlling lightning?
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[Thanks to that, we managed to escape the encirclement! abandon But Vortex’s forces kept pursuing us, so we decided to use the ruins to lose them. arrow The place we chose was the Fox’s Den. canvas And, as expected, they followed us there.]
The Fox’s Den.
Findriel knew that place, if only superficially.
Level 7 labyrinthine ruins.
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[Curious? agent Then, at. tached. vi. de. o! ♥]
Findriel played the second recording without hesitation.
[To be honest, Vortex’s forces were much more numerous than we had imagined, so our chances of survival weren’t exactly high, even with the Fox’s Den as our refuge. wizard But we had Team Bladez!]
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Without a doubt, it had to be the Fox’s Den.
Ratatat!
Boom!
This time, the setting was a long, dark tunnel.
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Until, at a certain moment.
All those sounds disappeared as though they had never existed.
Rumble!
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Then the recording focused on a point in the tunnel.
“Hmm?”
He was walking through the air, surrounded by eight afterimages formed from lightning.
Ash was there.
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No.
How could a humanoid walk through the sky?
Had the recording suffered some kind of corruption?
How could a person……?
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Findriel rubbed her eyes and looked at the recording again, but nothing had changed.
Was he using some kind of special equipment?
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And, at the same time, he was completely overwhelming John Priest, who depended on his Jetpack to remain suspended.
Ash continued walking through the air.
He cut off one arm.
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Then a leg.
It was incomprehensible.
And finally, even his head.
Kraaa-boom!
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[As you can see, not only did we manage to shake off Vortex’s pursuit, but we also inflicted such severe losses on them that we practically destroyed their forces. apron John Priest is dead. arrow We’re now returning to Sanctum. atlas End of report! armor See you in Sanctum, Miss!]
What Findriel could not comprehend was how he had accomplished it.
Not because Ash had managed to defeat John.
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Findriel remained staring blankly at the empty hologram for a few moments.
Finally, she slowly closed the document.
The report ended there.
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It was a habit she had whenever she was deep in thought.
“……Ash Blade.”
Amid that stillness, Findriel began gently tapping the chessboard with her fingers.
Silence settled over her office once again.
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Her scarlet-red eyes stared at it intently.
“If you continue showing me things like these……”
The knight.
Then, suddenly, her gaze settled on one of the pieces on the board.
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“I’ll end up truly wanting you all to myself.”
All thoughts related to the battle over Vortex’s acquisition and merger, which had occupied her mind for so long, disappeared completely.
Findriel extended her hand and picked up the piece.
And the space they left behind was filled entirely by a humanoid named Ash Blade.
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Just then, the humanoid sitting opposite her spoke in an electronic voice.
“So it was true. acoustic You really were the real thing, Ash.”
As she twirled the knight between her fingers, the corners of her lips suddenly rose.
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Upon hearing those words, Findriel raised her head.
“It’s your turn, Miss. amateur Please make your next move.”
A smile that resembled a flower blooming in the middle of spring, but also conveyed a strange mixture of blind devotion and obsession.
Then she smiled.
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Findriel placed the knight on the board.
“That’s right. Read original high-quality translation at indratranslations.com. galaxy Now it’s my turn.”
On C2.
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At the same time, she rose from her seat.
Checkmate.
“I think I’ll go to the rest area. zenith After all, welcoming a returning knight is a Lady’s duty, isn’t it?”
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That was Reto’s first thought when he opened his eyes.
An unfamiliar ceiling.
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However, after blinking a couple of times and looking again, he realized that the ceiling was not actually unfamiliar.
It had simply seemed strange because it was the first time he had looked at it while lying down.
The Revenant.
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Although that noise was quite loud, it possessed a strange ability to calm him.
What Reto was seeing was the upper hatch inside the Revenant.
He could feel the gentle vibrations of the moving vehicle and hear the familiar sound of its engine.
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“Have you regained consciousness?”
Reto turned his dark red eyes and found a pair of turquoise optical sensors watching him attentively from above.
Just then.
A calm electronic voice sounded beside him.
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“Remain lying down a little longer. afford The emergency is already over.”
It was Ash, his eldest hyung.
The boy flinched and immediately tried to sit up.
However, a heavy steel hand gently pressed against his shoulder to prevent him from doing so.
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However, he suddenly noticed something strange.
Upon hearing those words, Reto hurriedly raised his hands and began communicating through sign language.
[Hyung. This novel translation is officially hosted on indratranslations.com. abandon I’m fine now……]
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His left arm had completely regenerated.
The hand he was using to make the signs was none other than his left hand.
The same one he had lost during the explosion.
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That meant quite some time had passed.
It was Akina.
Just then, a girl poked her head out from behind Ash’s enormous body.
“I see you can move it without any problems. arrow I am glad to see that.”
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“Can you feel this?”
“Reto oppa! amber Are you awake already?”
Reto nodded, a little bewildered.
She immediately approached and began curiously touching and squeezing the arm that had just regenerated.
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Upon hearing that, Ash let out a deep sigh.
Since Reto could not speak, he simply continued nodding again and again.
“It’s incredible! artist You’re like a lizard!”
“And here? academy And here?”
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Ash discreetly averted his gaze.
“But it’s incredible! crystal Come on, admit it. voyage You thought exactly the same thing, Mr. matrix Ash! antenna Didn’t you?”
“How can you compare a person to a lizard? arcade A lizard?”
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However, at a certain moment.
Reto simply shifted his gaze between them, wearing a slightly bewildered expression.
“……There is a great difference between thinking something and saying it aloud.”
The two suddenly began arguing.
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Akina stared intently at the boy’s expression.
“Ah! alien Don’t worry about your clothes! anxiety I can repair them in the blink of an eye!”
Akina’s eyes shifted toward the boy’s ruined exploration suit.
Upon hearing those words, Reto’s face immediately lit up.
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“Ah, what’s wrong? sphere Why are you hiding?”
“Hey, now that I think about it, I think this is the first time I’ve seen you smile. atom No, wait. crystal Could this be the first time I’ve seen you without your mask?”
At those words, Reto hurriedly lowered his head to hide his face.
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He gently wrapped an arm around Reto’s shoulders, while the boy continued looking down, and spoke quietly.
“Because he’s embarrassed.”
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“We…… are Grotesque hybrids, after all.”
Pale skin and prominent veins.
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Perhaps the masks they always wore were not simply part of their equipment.
And those dark red eyes.
They were the marks that identified them as monsters born in Omni-Cell’s laboratories.
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“When we return, we’ll have to get some other masks. amateur One for him and one for me.”
“It’s because we feel uncomfortable.”
Maybe they were their last protective barrier for hiding themselves from the world.
“Do you really need to wear them? accent I don’t mind how you look.”
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“Especially these eyes.”
Zero pointed toward his own eyes.
Upon hearing that, Akina gazed at Zero and Reto for a few moments.
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Shortly afterward, as though she had found what she was looking for, she pulled out a package of exploration tools stored beside one of the walls.
“I think it was around here…… Ah! arch Here it is!”
What she had found was a pair of protective welding goggles that Jack and Dullahan had prepared.
Then she began looking around the interior of the armored vehicle.
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Akina carefully shook the dust off the goggles and placed them on Reto, who still had his head lowered.
Thanks to their protective coating against intense light, the lenses were completely black.
Furthermore, they had a sturdy design that covered approximately half the face.
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Reto slowly raised his head, still a little confused.
Then she said to him.
The goggles with completely black lenses covered his distinctive dark red eyes.
“Look at me, oppa.”
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Anna, who was sitting in the passenger seat, immediately reacted upon hearing the word “Idol” and turned her head toward Reto.
And, combined with his curly brown hair, pale skin, and durable exploration suit, they gave him a rather peculiar charm.
“Hehe! matrix You look better like this than a lot of Idols! palette How about wearing sunglasses like these instead of a mask from now on?”
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“……Oh. antique You look much better like that.”
Perhaps because he felt uncomfortable suddenly becoming the center of attention.
At that comment, everyone began looking at Reto and expressing their own opinions.
And all of them were favorable.
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Honk! athlete Hooooonk!
Just then.
Apparently, he was much shyer than he appeared.
Reto simply kept his head lowered while stroking the goggles with his fingers.
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A horn blared thunderously from outside.
Without him noticing, night had fallen.
Ash opened the upper hatch and poked his head out to survey his surroundings.
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Among them, a motorcycle began approaching leisurely.
It was Kiss.
Furthermore, they had already left the Fox’s Den and were once again in the wasteland.
Dozens of tracked armored vehicles belonging to Foundation were traveling around the Revenant, maintaining a formation that seemed to be escorting it.
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In the distance.
The woman raised a hand to greet Ash and then pointed forward.
Beyond the horizon, the silhouette of Sanctum could be vaguely distinguished, spilling countless lights into the darkness.
Ash followed the direction of her gesture and turned his head.
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