Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

When the blast smoke cleared up, there was no one there.There are only big vertical holes and the darkness that leads to them.Joseph's appearance was obvious, but so was the disappearance of the giant Krax, and it was clear that the two of them had moved underground and fled.

“Where have you been?”

"There are no signs of metastasis outside the boundary."

—— Catalina's antimetastasis margins The magic and metastasis margins were still working correctly, and I didn't think I was going outside by any other means than walking.

"Tempo. Any sign of life?"

... No, it's not close.The sensitivity of the bio-response sensor is rapidly attenuated if there is a person in the ground, so it is impossible to detect it just a little further away.

"I see..."

After Catalina said so, she stared into the sky.Then tell Cheval to retrieve the five ground dragons, and then say this to Tempo and Victor.

"I'm sorry, but it looks like it's time.We should retreat. Too much time was spent fighting them.Interceptors have arrived from the Ecleria side. "

It was the moment Catalina talked about it.Eccleia's giant flying boats emerge one after the other, resounding the bass peculiar to Transition Magic.It appears that an Interceptor has arrived in the wake of the Combiner Raid.Catalina seems to have noticed the approach of the Interceptors as soon as possible, either because of the anti-metastasis boundary.

Are you going to crash...

"No, you may not be on the Ecleria Rehabilitation System, so stop it.Our plan is to destroy the combinate without causing any casualties. ”

... that's right. Next time, it would be better to build a taser gun or ultrasound weapon in case of an interpersonal battle.

The tempo then folded the wings of the manoeuvre armor and returned to a black spherical form like an egg.After that, her mobile armored camera kept staring at Joseph and Cracks' vanished hole, either because she regretted letting them escape, or for some other special reason.

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At that time, Joseph and Crax were breathing in the ground.Nevertheless, we have not escaped anywhere, nor have we been buried in rubble.

The pseudo-ability of a grounddragon to turn into a rock.As a result, Cracks made his body look like broken concrete, playing the rubble himself.And even though Joseph was able to escape alone, he seemed to have hidden in the shadow of Crax without fleeing.

Yes, they were in sight of the tempos.The tempos simply couldn't see through the pseudo of Cracks.The reason they didn't react to the biometric sensors wasn't because they didn't have any balls or tricks, or because they were missed by tempo....They were in a state where they could not be detected by biometric sensors.However, both sides seem to be unaware of the cause.

Are you okay, buddy?

Joseph asked Cracks if the pursuit was gone, in the scene and quiet underground space.

Then, Krax, who is often silent, replies unusually.

"Oh, but why didn't you run away?I told you to run away?

"That's because you're my partner."

"... I don't know what that means."

"I don't even know what the word" partner "means.But you can't run away... that's how I felt. "

Joseph said that and took the hood of the robe he wore.As a result, it appeared like a head covered with bandages and a large camera integrated into the eye area.And a few cables and pipes were stretching from his head into the robe.

"... I see."

Oh dear, you're definitely not convinced by that response, are you?

…………

"Not much again....."

That's how Joseph exhales.However, his expression seems to be somehow happy...

"Well, no. I'll take a break."I'm tired of the rocks..... "

And when he had spoken, he laid his back on Krax and closed his eyes.