"You brought Anima to Argent 20 planes and ran away, but you're going to die here in the end...!
Puddle wolves as he sees as many as 10 Argents ripped apart unbroken.
All I have to do now is agree with his words.
If you rip it, you'll hear it, you'll hear it calling for help.
But all of them, we - all the dozens of people here - could not recognize.
Is it okay to have such irrational skills?
"Everyone here will be killed? Such a stupid thing..."
Soleil's upset was also considerable.
Lily and Ellea, on the other hand, are calmly analyzing the situation for a price.
"How does it work that you don't notice at all if you get hit in front of me this much? I wasn't even going to look around."
"That's weird."
"What?
"It's about putting Argento first, behind the anima that's supposed to be the most troublesome. Why should I do that?"
Ellea proceeds with the reasoning.
But the invisible killer stripped Anima of his fangs as if to deny it.
Thanks to Argent lined up, the signs could easily be felt.
Hallucinations move every inch of the way.
Image of upper and lower body torn apart.
It eventually moved toward the four animators waiting behind Argento.
And at the next moment, where one of the planes stood, the remains of an unbroken and amputated anima were rolling.
"Lutz, you're lying, right? Hey, say something!
My buddy Anima screamed.
Dead Anima users, apparently, say Lutz.
But it was so obvious that he was dead that there was no need to ask.
"It feels like Ellea's words have guided you."
"And what I aimed for was a relatively brittle looking anima. There must still be some constraint on our ability not to recognize existence."
"The fact that you're only after someone who looks brittle means, um... you wanted to end up with a blow, or something?
"Maybe your skills won't work for the opponent who launched the attack even once"
If that speculation is correct, it is Soleil and I, with sturdy anima, who will be left to the end in order.
Still, I can't believe I'm easily caught up in verbal induction.
Killing is done in a game-like way that doubles every day, and the target has no legality either.
I can't even feel something like a sense of purpose or philosophy.
A killer may be a mentally immature person.
While doing so, Argento gradually decreases.
By hallucination, I'm the only one who somehow knows where the enemy is.
Then I have no choice but to attempt an attack in a way that I can.
The Merchant Alliance is an enemy from the start, so don't hesitate to get involved.
"Vajra"
Kitty, kitty, kitty.
Chest armor open, energy charge.
"Oh, hey, there's Anima! What are you going to do in such an emergency!?
Puddle's calling something, but it doesn't reach my ear, which is concentrated.
Charge complete.
"Fire (Shoot)"
A high-energy cannon is released from the orb of the chest.
Shh, shh, shh, shh!
The beam burns down the area where hallucinations occur, involving Argento.
I don't care if the pilot dies or lives.
The important thing is to be able to do damage to the killer who is there.
At the end of Vajra's irradiation, only Argent, dissolved in drool, remained there.
"You. Ahhh!
"Relax, Puddle. Look, you haven't been cut in half, have you?
"It wouldn't make sense if he wasn't dead, even if he wasn't turned into two!
"Really?
Thanks to you, I could certainly confirm the existence of a killer there.
I'm not supposed to see him, but he attacked me, which seems to have shocked the killer there, obviously with a drastic decrease in the frequency of attacks.
But when I opened for a little while and then moved loosely again, I approached Argento again with no sexual punishment.
Vajra has not finished cooling yet.
"Lily, Ellea, can I have an attack around the third argent from the left?
"Hey, Dagger Missile!
"Okay, Tentacles Ray!
They were both guessing my intentions, and they were in a state where they could activate their weapons immediately.
When Illiteum pinches the edge of the scar blade, a large number of daggers fall from inside.
The dagger did not fall to the ground, and when it gained propulsion by magic near it, it simultaneously arrived at the place I had designated.
Landing, bombing.
Argento gets caught in the flames.
Teneritus tentacles - the pair of arms made of Scylla combine and transform it into a giant shell-like shape.
Her Scylla, one at a time, is also Tentacles Ray's launch point.
If we bind it together, we turn it into a high-output energy cannon.
The rays emitted were burned to the surrounding buildings by the designated Argents and melted down.
All that's left is an enemy aircraft melted by Tentacles Ray and burned by a dagger missile.
"It doesn't look like you've been cut into two pieces."
To Rabbi's words, I snort.
If a murderer is adamant about killing a determined number of people, is that where they're standing in the way of it and stepping on the estate by now?
Since then, the attack on Argento has stopped perfectly.
I don't even see hallucinations.
Maybe he gave up and went somewhere else.
"What do you say, Misaki, are you still around?
"The signs disappeared. That settles one thing, I guess."
For now, though.
"What's the one thing that's settled, leave the attack unilaterally. Don't tell me you're kidding!
But Puddle doesn't look convinced to go.
I've minimized the damage, so I'd rather you thanked me for what I did.
Left to his anger, he pointed Aurum's sausage gun muzzle at Ultio.
I hear it's just the most advanced machine and the output is up to the degree of anima there.
I'm not going to die, but it's going to hurt there if I hit it.
"Are you motivated?
"Naturally, a man just gets hit and it's over!
"For what it's worth, the others don't seem motivated."
"You can't be! My people have been killed, all of you."
To put it that way, neither the Argentine troops, which had eight planes left, nor the three Anima users, are moving.
Surely there will be feelings of anger when your people are hit.
But despair has overtaken that anger.
"Medicine... Medicine... Quick, medicine, I want... Lady Labby, please, please..."
Well, if they show up (like that) during my buddy's meds, they won't even be willing to do that.
"This time I just retreated, and I didn't get to take him down. We have to prepare for the next raid, but we're not fighting now, are we?
"That's right..."
"Wait, Misaki, are you going to tell me to possibly join hands with the Merchant Alliance!?
"Soleil... I'm not telling you to put your hands together, I'm just saying that we should truce. Puddle's first request for surrender was also because he wanted the strength to fight the killers, right?
"That too, there is. But it's not something I can decide on my own. Let me take it back."
"Damn... ok, I'll talk to Fordkin and Laxa too"
Each other conquered a spear, and the battle was once converged.
Soleil told Fordkin about the truce when he returned to headquarters, and he immediately came to negotiate with the Merchant Guild.
Duration is 1 week.
In the meantime, not to engage in any combat acts against each other, not to take any action harmful to the other.
Various other promises were arranged - the truce was established immediately.
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We returned to the Inn after the battle.
"I'm surprised, I can't believe Rabbi's holding you hostage. If you knew Cape, you'd have told him in advance."
"No, he didn't even know I was being held hostage. I just thought you were up to something."
"I'm sorry, I didn't even dare to let you know inside, just in case. But thanks to you, I got something delightful."
On his desk, Rabbi arranged countless documents he had taken out of his bag.
On the map of the districts controlled by the Merchant Guild, is this... some kind of operational report, is it?
"By daring to jump into the enemy's nostalgia, you get the information. That's what I wanted."
"If there wasn't even a killer, you must have been really good at it."
"There it is, isn't it? The two guilds have ceased to exist, and what have we done with this information?"
If you give it to Fordkin, he'll be happy with the plan.
If the timing is not even now.
"Oh, with that said, I had a report that looked interesting. This is it."
When Rabbi had a piece of paperwork, he gave it to me so I could see it.
- The Helianthus family raid.
Heliansus...... sure, Soleil's full name should have been Soleil Heliansus.
I mean, does this mean the incident when her parents died?
"There were several spellings, and the first one says how the incident occurred... at the bottom of the first one, look at that."
The place Rabbi points to - probably like a remarks column - was lined up with some known names.
In a cursory summary of what's written there,
"Mr. and Mrs. Heliansus were like leaders of the workers"
"They were in contact with the Merchant Alliance more than once, trying to solve the problem by discussing it with the Merchant Alliance."
"The murder was not the work of the Merchant Alliance, but I will publicly declare it was our crime because I decided to kill it as a show"
"As a matter of fact, Mr. and Mrs. Heliansus were killed in an extremist raid claiming that the solution in the discussion was raw. At that time, a cover-up had been created to impersonate the crime into another faction."
"The main executors are several, including Fordkin and Laxa"
"The executor abducted the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Heliansus, Soleil Hallansus, in the name of" protecting her from the merchant guild on behalf of her parents, "and both Fordkin and Laxa took her away, making her the leader of the workers on behalf of Mr. and Mrs. Heliansus"
That is.
"So you're saying that the people Soleil really should avenge are Fordkin and Laxa?
"That's what happens."
And those two, understanding it, looked fine and continued to be beside Soleil.
A moment later, he could have done the same thing as his parents.
I feel nauseous.
It's not a decent person who can do that.
"Misaki, let's tell Mr. Soleil everything. On top of that, we should kill Fordkin and Laxa."
"I think so, too. Soleil looks adorable in this! He said you should inflict as much pain as you can and kill him while you make him suffer!
"I feel the same way, but..."
The reason for not being able to do so was the danger in Soleil's mind.
Probably, but she has nothing but revenge.
If you lose that, it's obvious that your mind will be empty and crushed unbearably by your own weight.
Speaking of what happens as a result - maybe she'll kill herself not so far away.
I'd rather go to the afterlife where my parents wait than live in this world of nothing, he said.
Had she been so possessed of vengeance, she would have known that the person she had actually resented was not a vendetta.
Plus, if I found out that my true vendetta was the benefactor who saved me.
Yeah, maybe she'll kill Fordkin and Laxa right away.
That's the problem.
I'm sure she will have a more tragic end to it than if she had avenged the Merchant Alliance as it is now.
If I had time, I might have gotten something to support my heart, other than revenge.
But to her now...... no, there's no time left for that in this very town called Mons.
"... no, I can't think of a way to tell you well"
"Wouldn't it be cruel to say, let it go like this? At least Fordkin and Laxa should get paid!
I know that too.
Even I don't have a heart that's tolerant enough to go through such scumbags to the Empire.
I want to kill you, as long as there's no problem with Soleil.
With my elbow on my desk and my jaw on the back of my hand, I was just worrying my head if there was any way I could solve it well -
"Kapu."
In my ear, I heard that voice.
And around the carotid artery, someone's sweet bite feeling.
"Wow!? Hey, what, who!?
I jumped up unexpectedly and fell out of my chair.
But - Lily, Ellea, and Rabbi, they don't even look at me like that, and they keep talking the same way.
Instantly the killer had a guess.
Looking back, there's this little girl looking down at me, with her watery hair, blue and red odd eyes.
She laughed mischievously and said, shaking a bloody white piece back in fun.
"Hello, brother"
"Hello"
Unexpectedly I reply normally.
Then she nodded twice, satisfied, "Yeah, yeah," she said.
It's like, greeting is important! Like I said though.
"I am Francus Spectaviris, from the Empire. It's supposed to be one of the Fourth Generals over there. Nice to meet you, brother like a corpse."
Finally, before the invisible killer, I...
"I'm Misaki Shirotsume. Nice to meet you."
Very normally, I could only introduce myself.
After hearing my words like that, she nodded contentedly again.