Armed Summoners - Black Spears and the Brave Men of the Other World

Episode One Thousand and Nine: The Kaiju of Life (XI)

Miliu walks down the corridor of the battalion.

The trace that sent Elina to the hospital room where Setuna was, she left the room without listening to the two conversations. Then, walking around the building without any particular destination was also to wait for Erina to finish talking to Setuna. Because Miliu is Elina's master and, in a way, guardian.

The strange antiquity of the interior of the hallway would have been due to the fact that the renovation of the Luufa subject did not get into the interior of the entire battalion building. Demonic crystal lamps mounted on hallway walls also look old somewhere. Of course, although the lamps of the Demon Crystal lamp are old, the Demon Crystal stones used are regularly exchanged for new ones. Otherwise, the battalion at night will be dark.

The Lion's Tail also employs personnel for that purpose. In other words, he is also supposed to be the keeper of the battalion, and the one who keeps me in the condition of the battalion while the Milius are away from the battalion. It was for that reason that there was no dust or accumulation even after leaving the battalion for a long time. Rem said he was sorry his job was taken, etc., but it would break his bones to clean the dusty quarters by herself, no matter how much. Most of all, it's about her. I'm sure they'll try to mobilize some of the vacant guys like Milu and Sheila, and Milu can't resist them.

I could imagine too many scenes like that, and Miliu grinned limply looking out the window. First floor aisle. Outside the window, you can see the garden of the barracks. In the garden, the face of the Black Beast Squad led by Sheila talks about something. If you look where the wooden sword is in your hand, maybe you were in training, maybe you just finished training. I can see Sheila and Krona-Swen and the rest of the Black Beasts breathing on her shoulders. Looks like he did it pretty hard. If you look where no one is wounded, you'll see how powerful they are and how skilled they are. Even if you hit the wooden sword hard enough to breathe on your shoulders, you're going to try to injure your opponent's body somewhere in your instincts. Both the offensive and defensive sides. I can see from how they are not out of hand for that. I didn't even wear protective gear because I could train like that.

"Well, it's rare to be alone."

"Really?"

When I turned to my voice, it was Esq-Soma. The long man with long dark hair tied in one behind him looks at this one with the same sarcastic look as usual. Miliu doesn't know much about him as captain of the Sydney Battle Squad. However, he was an intense sarcastic and often even poisoned against Setuna, who seems not to get his head up when it comes to generals, and he didn't have a good impression in that regard. If they make Setuna worse, so be it. Likewise, Rem seems even hostile to Esq, who has no mercy for the Lord.

That impression is also changing with what happened earlier.

"I thought you were always with someone."

"That's not you."

"... Indeed"

Esq smiled bitterly. He usually had either Remil-Folk Ray or Dorin-Nog with him, rarely such as walking alone. Not to mention would you have gone out of the barracks alone or something?

"So, did your apprentice meet the Admiral properly?

Yeah, I'm talking to you right now.

"Right. Good, then."

Esq looked relieved. It seemed rare for him to peek at such a look, but not because of his mind. In the first place, it was only the other day that I learned that he had a non-sarcastic look. Esq looked serious for the first time when Setuna, who was seriously injured in death, was transported into the cadre. Needless to be sarcastic or light-hearted, his figure, wishing Setuna well, is burning in the back of his brain.

"Thanks."

"Hmm?"

"You sent your apprentice this far."

Miliu thanked Esq wholeheartedly and said the words as he wished. If he hadn't sent Elina to the camp, it might have been nightfall for Elina to reach the camp, or she would have continued to wander through the city without even being able to reach it. The Wang Metropolitan City means of travel also includes a boarding carriage, but in a boarding carriage it is nearly impossible to reach the "Lion's Tail" building in Gunshen Street.

Besides, Elina had something on her mind. There seemed to be something I couldn't even tell Miliu. To respond to her desire to just meet Setsuna, Miliu engaged her to Setsuna. Elina looks up to Miliu as her master and relies on her, but after all, the support of her heart is Setsuna. There's nothing sad about that. Even Miliu, I'm sure it's the same.

On the other hand, however, I wonder what would have happened if Esq hadn't found Elina wandering around the old town and called me out. The fact that Esq happened to be taking a stroll in the Old Town played a role, I suppose. And it's too much that he remembered Elina and called me out of that unusual way.

Elina also said she remembered Esq and asked him to take her to the battalion building.

"Oh, you know what?"

He went very lightly.

"Your disciple seems to be important to my Lord. If you're suffering about the Admiral, it's only natural that you want to help."

"You're surprisingly sweet."

"Surprisingly, it's too much."

"I think so."

"Yes, I am."

Then, Esq smiled bitterly again, clapping his shoulders. Then it comes slowly.

"I almost lost the one I truly loved. I know a little about your feelings, too, miss."

"Yes..."

"Whatever, I'm glad the Admiral is safe"

He has gone with a voice that strokes his chest down

"If that one dies, this time, I'll lose my place"

Esq's words also coincided with Miliu's mood. I also thought it would apply to most people in this cadre.

Isn't that what Falia, Lem, Ragna and Sheila think, they're in this battalion?

A bond made in Setuna.

Such a tie, like if Setuna were gone, she wouldn't disappear into a position.

That's why we have to take care of it.

That's why we have to take care of it.

To do this, I don't want to be stronger.

Miliu cemented his resolve at the windows of the battalion building.

"That's what has taken countless lives. I must have killed more than I had to."

My hands are shaking. Not Elina's little hand, but Setsuna's. A slight tremor seemed to indicate his mood.

My hand, I remember.

I remember everything about the chilling sensation of the black spear, the immense power that flows in from the black spear, and what that power brings. Remember, fear. What the power of the black spear brings is destruction. Destruction and slaughter by overwhelming force. The armor crumbles just by shaking it gently, breaking the torso, letting it despair. I pierce my skull with both my helmets just by gently poking them, causing them to die instantly. Swinging it around, the enemies around them turned out to be just a chunk of meat, and the blood splash colored Setuna's vision. The backward smell of blood fills the nasal cavity, and death fills the consciousness.

Since when have you stopped hesitating to kill one?

Since when have you stopped hesitating to take your life?

When did this hand get dirty in the blood and I couldn't wipe it off?

"Really, really many..."

"Brother..."

Erina peeks into Setuna's face. The unusual girl's face now gave her a worrying look and also seemed desperate to read something from Setuna's eyes. How can I respond to her thoughts?

Setuna opened her mouth, thinking. Open your mouth and words will gush out. Unconsciously, what you were thinking or thinking becomes words and floods.

"I don't want to kill anybody. I don't want to take my life. I always think so. But if it's a fight, I can't stay that way. It's a fight. We have to take him down, we have to kill him, we can do this one. Even if I don't get hit, someone on my side can. That's why I do it. Kill more enemies than anyone else, let them shed more blood than anyone else, and pile up more bodies than anyone else. Because that's what I do. Because that's me."

Look into Elina's eyes. She was also looking at this one. He's trying to distract me. I'm happy, sad, and strangely lonely about that.

"But I'm not happy or anything about being admired for that. Even heroes were praised. It's just killing more enemies than anyone. I've just taken more lives than anyone else. That's not what I was praised for. It's not like I can be praised. It's not like I can keep my chest up."

How much righteousness and beauty have been laid out, what Setsuna has done is, after all, just murder. I've taken the lives of others, that's all. Though that is a permissible circumstance, when you think calmly, it is so frightening that your mind freezes.

"Elina, your hands are so white."

Setsuna glanced at her hand.

"Please, I don't want you to dye the blood. I hope you don't take the same path as me."

"... but I want to help you."

"I'm glad you said that. Thanks."

Staring into Elina's eyes, she smiles.

"But that's why I want Elina to take a different path from me."

This road is Shura's road. Off the humanitarian track is rare, if you look back, the Corpse Mountain Blood River will lie down and the cold wind will just blow through your mind. I don't want to involve a weak girl on that path. I don't even need to get involved. But Elina shook her head sideways.

"I don't like it. No matter how much you say about your brother, I don't like that."

"Elina......"

"I want to repay your brother. Your mother was there, too. All because of your brother. So I will be your brother's strength."

"... thanks"

Setuna laid her hands on both shoulders of Elina. It is clear that her luxurious yet slightly muscular body is a gift of her daily training as an armed summoner. She is now beginning to make her way as an armed summoner. There's no way I can stop that.

That's what I knew.

"Okay. Elina's determination is real. So I won't stop. But I just want you to promise me this."

"Promise?"

"Help me in the direction of helping one, not killing one"

"Help one..."

"Summoning armed is a weapon of the other world. But defeating the enemy is not the only subpoena."

Quite right Kuon's Shield of Messiah passes the back of his brain. The ideal is the shield of his absolute defense, but I don't think Erina can summon a summoning armed as capable as the Shield of Messiah, even if she had the gift of being an armed summoner. But if you have a summoning arm with the same abilities, you might be able to call it in. In that case, it would be appreciated as Setuna, and more importantly, it would be good for herself. If you are a subpoena weapon specializing in defense capabilities, you will not be injured first.

"Even if we don't defeat the enemy, there must be a subpoena that can help me and everyone."

"Then, okay?

"Then I can rest assured."

"Yeah!"

The look on Elina's face still brightens. A vivid change as if the sun shined between the clouds. She still looks good with a smile. Sunny smile. I had that power to brighten up to this one's heart I was watching.

"I'll do my best! Good luck, become an armed summoner and repay your brother!

"Learn from Miliu."

"Yeah! I love you brother!

So, I thought she'd been holding onto Setuna, mouthing her cheeks.

"Elina......"

"Oh."

"Oh, my God."

"Oh, my God, you guys."

"If Miryu had seen you, your husband might have been in a lot of trouble."

"Shinno."

"I see."

Setsuna glanced half-eyed at one and one who had said that with a firm face, then turned to Elina and saw her reddish face.

After all, it became clear that she was one woman, and that's why I was glad to be able to share my thoughts with her right now.

You don't have to kill one, you can fight.

That's almost impossible for Setuna, but if she had never killed one yet, or become Elina, who had never hurt one, she couldn't have done it.