Chapter 32: EP.1 The Butterfly Dream 5
A deafening roar echoed throughout the chamber, as though the air itself were about to tear apart.
The two figures had finally collided.
CLAAAAANG!
Every time their swords met, a shower of reddish sparks flew in every direction.
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The remains of Sentinels scattered across the floor.
Corpses.
Those brief flashes illuminated numerous things inside the chamber.
Blood.
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The girl seemed to have lost consciousness at some point and now remained completely motionless, allowing Ifrit to support her.
Even Lamia, who was crawling along the ground, and Siren, who groaned while lying slumped against a wall.
“……”
Without realizing it, Ifrit held Akina more tightly in her arms.
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Meanwhile.
Although, in reality, both wore helmets, so it could hardly be said that they had exchanged glances.
Jack O’Lantern and Dullahan exchanged a brief glance.
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Jack O’Lantern turned his head.
Ifrit shouted at them when she saw that both were preparing to enter the chamber.
“……Huh? arena Hey, hey! antique Where do you think you’re going?!”
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“Haha. meadow Noona, have you already forgotten what we do in ROA?”
Dullahan gave a thumbs-up.
“Work?”
“What are we going to do? athlete Work, of course.”
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“……Huh?”
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Before Ifrit could respond, both entered the chamber.
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Specialists in transportation and rescue.
Even at that moment, the two were acting in accordance with their organization’s purpose.
Riders of Apocalypse (ROA).
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Jack O’Lantern headed toward Lamia.
While carefully watching the battle unfolding in the center, they hurried along the chamber walls.
Dullahan headed toward Siren.
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Dullahan also performed a preliminary assessment when he reached Siren.
“Luckily, you’re still alive. adjust You’re one lucky girl.”
Jack quickly examined Lamia’s condition, lifted her, and began retreating with her.
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With practiced movements, Dullahan took out a portable first-aid kit and applied a hemostatic spray.
Although she still had all four limbs, her condition was equally serious.
Then he placed interference patches with local anesthetic over the malfunctioning Cyberware to restart its systems.
Most of her Cyberware had stopped functioning, and the few biological parts she retained were bleeding from deep wounds.
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The pain made Siren frown and regain consciousness.
A cold, penetrating sensation spread through her body.
PSSSH!
“……Who……?”
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A message appeared on Dullahan’s visor.
[Have you already forgotten me? arcade We met a little while ago. wizard That hurts a little.]
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[Yes, yes. voyage We’ve already looted the Nexus and we’re heading back.]
Dullahan’s method of communication had the disadvantage that the people speaking with him needed to look at his visor.
“……Ah, ROA? galaxy Then that means……”
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He could continue administering first aid regardless of the messages appearing on the screen.
However, in a situation like this, it was also an advantage.
Dullahan took out a syringe filled with blue liquid and injected it into Siren’s neck.
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“……What happened?”
[??? aluminum I should be asking you that. echo Why are you asking me?]
“That’s…… true. adjust Ah, what about my teammates?”
It was an extremely powerful painkiller containing narcotic substances.
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[Nymph died // We’re rescuing Lamia.]
[How did you end up getting beaten so badly?]
Apparently, Dullahan considered the first aid sufficient for the moment, because he carefully helped Siren sit up.
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“……The enemy was too strong…… I barely managed to hold out……”
“Now that I think about it, what happened to that gray Sentinel? alert That thing is a real monster!”
The narcotic painkiller seemed to be spreading throughout her body, for Siren answered with a slightly dazed expression.
Suddenly, Siren interrupted herself and raised her head, as though she had just remembered something.
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[Don’t worry.]
Dullahan gestured with his chin toward the center of the chamber.
[A monster? academy Hahahaha. palette Ooh, how scary.]
“This isn’t the time for jokes……”
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At that instant, as though she had finally understood something, Siren’s unfocused eyes regained their clarity.
“What do you mean by……?”
[Speaking of monsters, don’t we have one too?]
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She followed the direction Dullahan was indicating.
Siren’s eyes began to shine like those of a religious fanatic consumed by her faith.
There, even at that very moment, two luminous flashes were colliding violently.
Both combatants were attempting to tear each other apart.
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“Lord Ash……!”
Could it have been a side effect of the narcotic painkiller?
With an expression of absolute ecstasy, the woman let out a quiet exclamation.
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CLANG!
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An overwhelming weight was transmitted through the blades.
The sparks produced by the collision of the swords flew in every direction.
However, there was something even more dangerous.
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‘What strange swordsmanship.’
The consecutive attacks that suddenly emerged along the crossed swords.
Ash took a step back and murmured inwardly in astonishment.
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The bodyguard’s sword style was truly peculiar.
To be more precise, it was a style completely unknown to him.
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In other words, his movements were not reinforced by any internal energy force, nor did they follow a predetermined structure.
Even considering all the years he had spent wandering the martial world, he could not remember ever having faced swordsmanship like it.
The bodyguard’s sword lacked Qi and form.
It was as though its foundations had been completely different from the beginning.
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And, for that same reason, the trajectory of his sword was never constant.
For that reason, there were no established techniques.
He simply received Ash’s attacks in the most efficient way possible and, in that extremely brief instant, made the most rational decision to execute a counterattack.
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‘If all unnecessary elements were eliminated and only utility and rationality were concentrated, the result would probably be something like this.’
A style that condensed the most fundamental function of a sword defeating the opponent.
A sword that pursued efficiency exclusively.
That was what Ash thought.
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That surprise came solely from encountering something he had never seen before.
However.
It did not mean that the style was necessarily a threat.
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The swords of both combatants executed attacks and defenses at speeds that were practically impossible to follow with the eye.
CLANG! abandon CLANG! adjust CLANG! armor CLANG!
A succession of even more violent collisions echoed throughout the chamber.
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Now that Ash had become familiar to some extent with his opponent’s sword style, he no longer retreated.
However, something had changed compared to before.
Practicality and efficiency.
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For that reason, Ash decided to confront the bodyguard’s sword using the most inefficient style he knew.
Taiqing Dragon Form Sword (太淸龍形劍).
But, put another way, they could also be considered extraordinarily direct and predictable movements.
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In their place emerged blurred and unpredictable movements, resembling a mirage.
The solemnity and weight that had characterized his movements until then disappeared completely.
Ash’s sword style suddenly changed.
An illusory sword art that originally complemented Dragon Form Step and that, according to legend, had been created by imitating the figure of a dragon moving unpredictably among the clouds.
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— ……!
Faced with that, the bodyguard seemed deeply bewildered, for his golden optical sensor began flickering violently.
His steel Blade began producing dozens of afterimages, like a cloud of mist spreading chaotically.
His processing unit had suffered an overload because it was unable to distinguish the illusory images from the real ones.
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Just as Ash had initially been bewildered by an unfamiliar sword style, now it was the bodyguard’s turn.
What should he block, and what should he ignore?
After all, everything was relative.
Which were feigned attacks, and which were genuine?
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The bodyguard’s sword, which until then had seemed perfect, began losing its way for the first time.
Ash did not waste that extremely brief instant.
His movements had become confused.
— What…… the hell……!
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Like the jaws of a cloud dragon suddenly appearing, the Blade lunged toward the bodyguard’s chest.
Among the dozens of illusions, a single genuine attack emerged from the mist.
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THOOM!
It was precisely when Ash was certain of his victory.
This was the end.
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‘……What?’
A faint membrane resembling a bluish mist appeared around the bodyguard’s body.
With a dull sound, his sword was thrown backward.
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‘Without a doubt, it was an attack that caught him completely off guard. attic However, he blocked it. portal Does he possess some kind of divine weapon or extraordinary artifact?’
Then he began analyzing what had just happened.
Ash immediately regained his stance.
To test his hypothesis, he attempted several more attacks.
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He tried a thrust that concentrated all his strength into a single point.
Then he unleashed a succession of attacks at extraordinary speed.
All of Ash’s attacks were neutralized by a transparent membrane that appeared in the air just before his sword reached the bodyguard’s body.
However, the result was always the same. This novel translation is officially hosted on indratranslations.com.
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It was technology he had not even seen at Santa’s Rest Stop.
‘……A protective barrier covering his entire body.’
However, Ash did not attach too much importance to it.
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‘Nothing in this world lasts forever. avalanche That barrier must also have a limit. alpha If I continue striking it again and again, it will eventually break.’
BANG!
He was about to adjust his grip on his sword once more, determined to unleash as many attacks as possible, when……
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“Noona! atomic Those bullets……!”
“Damn it! palette Stop them!”
A gunshot echoed from the corridor where Akina and her companions were supposed to be.
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Apparently, the Sentinels had already managed to get dangerously close.
“I’ll help too, Senior!”
“Do you think I don’t know?! aspect I already know, so stop them! armor Even if you have to use your own bodies!”
“You’d better! attic If you want to stay alive!”
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— He…… Hehehe…… Hehehehahaha!
And it was precisely then.
Ash hurriedly turned his head.
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The bodyguard suddenly began laughing.
The bodyguard’s golden optical sensor flickered mockingly.
— Swordsman! aspect You…… will not…… get out of here!
Because that laughter came from a completely deteriorated voice module, it sounded so distorted and unnatural that it resembled the cackling of a ghost.
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A brief silence followed.
That was what the bodyguard said.
— Now…… what will you do? harbor Do you want…… to go back? agent If…… that is what you desire…… I shall open…… the way for you. aluminum I shall spare your lives. crystal As long as you leave the Divine Priestess here!
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At those softly spoken words, the bodyguard’s laughter grew even louder.
Shortly afterward, Ash responded with a question.
“……Then, are you proposing a deal?”
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— It is…… a good deal…… do you not think?
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“After all, life is precious to everyone, is it not?”
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“Is there not another alternative?”
— Hehehe…… That…… is right.
His turquoise optical sensors flashed.
“However……”
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Suddenly, Ash raised his sword vertically, adopting an initial combat stance.
— Decapitate me? acquire Hehehe! alpha And how…… do you intend to do that?
— Another…… alternative? silence What…… would that be?
“That I decapitate you right here.”
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“But do you know something? timber In my world, there are several levels of martial mastery far superior to yours.”
Then he focused his entire mind and further accelerated the circulation of neural energy he maintained through the Neuro Heart Technique.
“You are an expert. adapt A first-rate swordsman who may even have reached the first steps of the Peak level. alien At least, that is how I see it.”
The neural energy, whose circulation continued accelerating, began overflowing beyond the Main Stream, which imitated the eight extraordinary meridians, and invaded even the thinnest artificial neural networks.
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“Supreme Peak. antenna Transformation Realm. admire Profound Realm. atomic Even the Life and Death Realm, which is said to transcend everything that exists in the mortal world.”
It was the Great Celestial Circulation.
An immense current began circulating throughout his body, using every one of his Neural Matrices.
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They were clearly visible discharges of blue arc electricity, spreading freely through space.
These were no longer the brief sparks he had displayed earlier.
As he spoke those words, powerful blue neural energy erupted from Ash’s entire body like a storm of lightning.
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No.
The bodyguard did not respond.
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The overwhelming pressure emanating from every one of Ash’s words surpassed anything he could comprehend.
Without realizing it, he began retreating.
He was incapable of doing so.
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He raised his left hand and placed it against the blade of his sword.
However, Ash seemed to pay him no attention whatsoever.
Very slowly.
Then he began sliding it slowly.
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Along the old steel Blade.
Finally, when his left hand had finished traveling along the entire blade.
Following the movement of his hand, the blue arc discharges erupting from his entire body began moving toward the sword, as though being absorbed into it.
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The scorching heat it emitted was so intense that even the surrounding air began to distort.
The old steel Blade was enveloped in blue lightning that crackled as though it were alive.
CRACKLE! aspect CRACKLE!
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A blue electrical radiance.
“Abandon Miss Akina? atlas You dare say such a thing merely because you place your trust in that miserable protective barrier?”
It violently clawed at the space around it, as though ready to incinerate anything it touched.
Blue lightning erupted from the blade and spread in every direction.
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Plasma Sword Qi.
It was sword energy created through electricity instead of internal energy.
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