Elliot van Urbasdat.

Called "Elio" by fellow members of the same Knights of Pale Red Flames, Noble Prominence Nights, the young man hid himself in the shadow of a decaying highway and lurked his breath.

…………

Brrr... Brrr... and Elio's body shakes heavily from time to time. The cause of this is the footsteps of giants walking in the immediate vicinity. There are several "Gigantic" ghosts coming down from Haunted Castle.

"……………"

Every time a giant's step causes a local earthquake, the deep red hair set gracefully as a prince shakes fuzzily. With the same color as the beloved captain's eyes, I'm usually proud of the color of my hair, but this may be a little too flashy to hide myself - and Elio thinks bitterly.

But we can't let the ghosts find us anyway. Because there are important people here as well as myself.

Desperately pointing the nerves, exploring the giants' movements from sound and tremor.

"... that's hard to get away from..."

It was that fellow next to him who whispered to Elio with a pressing voice.

Brady van Waldbrave.

The young man Elio called "Dee" and became so called by other members who heard of it, pinched his shiny long pale hair, a trademark, aside and held him back from leaping. Long hair, ponytailed as well as the esteemed captain of the regiment, in these narrow places, is not what we know when and where to hook up. In the present situation, which might be found by the enemy with only a trivial trigger, it was best to keep it on your body, just in case.

"Oh, is our existence elusive, or..."

"Are you trying to crush everything around here as a roller operation......"

Dee suggested the worst possible assumption that Elio would go further than that.

Because of his long stretched hair and quiet words and actions, Dee is thought to be a dear figure within his peers. But Ellio knew for a long time that it was just a kind of fiction. It does not depend on appearance, but surprisingly possesses black poison and darkness in his belly.

"Dee, I'm sorry, but don't say too many disgusting things. It's going to frustrate my heart."

"Oh? That doesn't sound like the word of the famous Urbasdat man again. If Lady Victoria wasn't nearby, wouldn't she have the luxury or the strength to stretch?

"Huh... is that the second son of a prestigious Waldbrave who's a little too mean? The skin of the cat I've been wearing seems to have peeled off for a long time."

"Oops, this is rude...... for how many minutes (what?), because I'm nervous too. You're immature while I am. Not even at Karellen's feet yet."

Elio laughs bitterly at Dee, who deliberately holds his mouth and lays his eyes down.

"... at all, I think you're a graceful, smart, big guy if you don't even have that extra word, I am"

"That's the kind of Elio I think would be hotter on a woman if she didn't even have a clue about wasting it that way, I am"

Depending on Elio's sudden shattered tone, Dee also changed his voice and returned it. The two of us smile small, creating a flamboyant air, albeit only for a few moments.

Ellio and Dee had been dating since early school, well before joining the Knights of Pale Red Flames, Noble Prominence Nights. There is a childhood familiar and carefree relationship between the two, but in front of the other members, as well as the fact that the two living families are aristocratic, they are always conscious of being polite to each other in situations other than private.

But right now there are only two people on this scene: Elio and Dee. To the extent that I was a little forgiving, I could have been forgiven.

But that was just for a while, too.

Elio tightens his loose facial expressions again.

"... both Cyrus and Yvok should still be around here. This is' white 'and that is' black ', but that no longer matters"

Until recently, Elio suggests rendezvous, citing two names of fellow Knights who had skirmished each other as enemies. Dee nodded small,

"Yeah, so it was a totally pointless team split. That was true of Kojima the other day, but that GM (gamemaster) is really mean. You look like an angel, but the contents are completely demonic."

"I agree. I was secretly intimate with the color of my hair, but it also ran out. Dear Victoria, after you rendezvous with Karellen, you must destroy him."

Grasping a strong grip on the long sword pattern he lowered to his waist, Elio lowered his voice to renew his determination.

"Yeah, because there's no way Master Victoria could have sworn Toa's revenge. Make sure you do. Whatever."

Dee also made it clear that it was the voice that still kept the softness, but only the appearance. A bottom-cold sound reminiscent of a snowstorm (fubu) and a snowfield is contained in my voice helplessly.

Toa Woodley.

Earlier, it was the name of the young man who became the first "Death Player" in this battle in the AR screen that Ayja showed in the sky.

And like Elio and Dee, he was also an important companion to the Knights of Pale Red Flames, Noble Prominence Nights.

Unlike Elio and Dee, known as the 'aristocracy', Toa was a member of the side known as the 'commoner'. Therefore, it is not the person I have been following from time to time.

But, but.

Even though factions are divided within the Nights, that's just talk about the atmosphere. Never before have there been rivalries between 'aristocrats' of noble origin and 'commoners' of civilian origin, and all the members were united under (under) "Lady Sword Villey, hand in hand.

Among them, Toa was "one of the cutting squads led by Zelda Assandri.

Big body and big battle axe (Battle Axe). He forcefully defeated the enemies alongside him, and Toa always opened his bloodpath for me.

In other words, Elio and the others fought every day (every time), following his back into the enemy line.

But his reliable back was lost forever.

By the plot of GM (Gamemaster) by the name of Eija and by the hand of the existence to be spit on, The Hunt for Explorer (Red Ram), forever.

There was no way I could forgive you.

"Oh, of course. Besides, even those of us who stayed away had a boiling bowel. In fact, when I think of Cyrus and Yvok who were there..."

"Yeah, even more so, I guess. They also had a friendly relationship, like us..."

Elio and Dee distort their faces bitterly.

Whatever the cause, Elio and Dee, the 'aristocrats', are the 'white' team. And as with Toa, Cyrus and Yvok, all from the civilian population, were 'black' teams.

Among the footage that Ayja relayed, it was exactly Cyrus and Yvok who had just given their names, fighting with Toa.

Their feelings of Toa's loss of life in front of them are no longer measurable.

If it wasn't Cyrus and Yvok over there, and it was ourselves - Ellio couldn't help but think so. Would it have been possible to retain as much calm as it is now? Honestly, I wasn't sure.

"-Elio, the ghost man's movements have changed"

Dee accidentally whispered with a heightened sense of urgency so as to cut off thoughts that had no benefit.

The footsteps of a giant who has been rocking their two bodies since the earlier days. The motion that can be read from it has changed dramatically.

"... you look like you found something"

I can see that a bunch of ghosts who just walked around with the urchins are now moving like they're after something. From Ashley Leoncabarlo, who takes the alias "Lady Sword" Villey and "Absolute Realm (Lach Ritter)", it was the result of a battle technique that was tapped into the bone until it was stained.

"Isn't it Cyrus and Yvok...?

"It's possible. But..."

"… yes, there is also the possibility that it is' Explorer Hunt (Red Ram) '"

We know from the footage that Cyrus and Yvok are near here. Ellio and Dee were also passing by by by chance.

But by reason of that, the people who killed Toa are also reasonably near here.

"What do you want to do, Elio?

Dee begs for judgment. That's been the case for a long time, but when Elio and I are together, Dee always gives him the lead. It will always be the character to pull a step back that will make it so. Even within Nights, Elio was avant-garde, and Dee was a natural steward.

After a brief tour (later), Elio made a decision.

"- Let's go ahead where the ghosts are headed. If there's a slight chance that Cyrus and the others are there, you can't just abandon them."

Dee was happy to support that decision, which gave emotion precedence over enlightenment.

Kusu, smiling,

"I thought you'd say that, Elio."

Ellio, gently told, looked away from his sight and

"... if that's what you think, don't bother asking me 'what to do,' Dee"

And then, um, one cough.

"... if you're Victoria or Karellen, you should give priority to rendezvous with everyone anyway. Therefore, if this is revealed, you may be severely reprimanded later by both of you… and in some cases by Master Ashley. Still, Dee, you say you don't mind, do you?

If the status quo is omitted, the concentration of force is paramount no matter what is pressed. That is the basis of the strategy. If you act against this principle, you may also give your enemies a chance to destroy each.

Running into personal affection without thinking about the entire allies - this was an act considered strictly forbidden in The Knights of Pale Red Flames, Noble Prominence Nights.

Therefore, Elio and Dee must hurry to the head of the regiment or the deputy head of the regiment, even if they abandon the possibility of being able to rendezvous with Cyrus and Yvok. That's the decision.

But.

"Yeah, of course. You must be right as a warrior to retreat here. I understand. But we are 'knights'. Not to mention" sword lady "Villy's sword. If you behave seriously, which is the sword of that one here, don't you think that's what you get stern reprimands for?

Elio looked back at Dee's face, who was tsunami (lying) as a matter of course, as if he were serious. The only thing pale haired childhood familiarity has to say is' clinging 'no matter how hard you look at it. Such a great thing came as a surprise to him, who looked like an adult and said plainly.

To this, Elio also had to laugh.

"Hmm... I see. Say what you want."

Dee is right, indeed, the Lord of their swords, "Lady Sword," Villey, probably has romantic qualities. There is a side that gives precedence to morality and ideals, just like, or more than, the side of being a ruthless warrior. Rather, sometimes its romantic (romantic) thinking takes the lead, so much so that Karellen, the deputy commander, also stops the scene.

"Right, as a warrior, you'll be scolded, but as a 'knight', you'll get a lot of praise for that one's sword (sword). Oh, if you know so..."

"Do you want to go"

Where they fell to each other's hearts, they nodded face to face and began to act.

What they were lurking on was the highway, behind its thick pillars, where ground cars would once have rushed through as highways. Weeds that grew on their own from cracked asphalt gaps were just the right camouflage to hide the two of us.

Stay low and get out of the grass.

Unfortunately, neither Elio nor Dee have installed a support formula to hide themselves like that "brave Beowulf" on SEAL. Nor does he have an outfit that has a cover-up effect like 'Guggesling' owned by executive Ashley.

Therefore, there was no alternative to aiming for a destination in view of the fact that only the same executive's "Painted Black Knight (Libertus Ex)" project had received guidance from Hidden Arts (Ogi-Jutsu).

- It's over there.

As soon as I get out of the shadow of the highway, I don't like the look of giants walking around. Now the "Gigantic" of all three color-taking ghosts was moving westward.

Looking up at the sky cut into the highways and skyscrapers, Elio instantly broke through the direction the ghosts were aiming for and began moving there ahead. Chase Dee to stick that back up perfectly.

Kill the footsteps, erase the signs, and move as natural wind flows on them. Put the footsteps that rock the ground into the calculations, measure when the consciousness of the ghosts is not turning this way, and proceed by sewing the whole city in the shadow of the building.

Fortunately, I know their "Gigantic" traits to some extent. That red-haired GM (Gamemaster) is encountering the same presence as Ellio and Dee in "Preliminary". Fortunately, he was on my side at the time, but I'm still so much reminded of how awesome their specs, their potential, are. Instead, it didn't come true to break through the 'qualifying' without their cooperation - so much so that you could affirm that you were a reliable ally.

So now it's horrible anyway.

There's nothing more scary than when a dependable ally turns to an enemy.

The memory of working with them ghosts to defeat the mighty enemy - the 'boss' where they say it in the game - is new, but Elio couldn't help but forbid the war when he wondered if that power could be directed at him.

…………

Therefore, being discovered by the ghosts means instant death. Fighting is a hell of a story. While the size ratio is also increasing, considering the "alien" that ghosts possess, that is a monster far beyond the Gatekeeper class of the ruins. Anyway, if you have all the members of the Knights of Pale Red Flames, Noble Prominence Nights, it equals suicide such as fighting with just two of Ellio and Dee. Adding Cyrus and Yvok to that would make a big difference.

So there are two options Elio and Dee can take.

If Cyrus and Yvok were the ones ahead of the ghosts, they would rendezvous with this and flee.

If it was the Explorer Hunt (Red Ram) that was there, they would be killed and run away.

It was either this.

――――

You two can't help but pray as you lurk your breath and travel around the city. Please, just like the "Explorer Hunt (Red Lamb)" people are ahead of us.

If they're the haters who killed Toa, there's no denying abandoning them. I don't blame my conscience either. Instead, you can even say that you feel clean and decay there.

But if you're on our side, we have to rescue you at all costs. As mentioned, saving a fellow who would have already been discovered by the ghosts is a daunting undertaking. Neither Elio nor Dee is ever a coward, proud to be a courageous and proud knight, but that doesn't mean he's a suicide candidate.

'I don't want to do what I can', without courage, does exist.

With the stress of her stomach squeezing, Elio openly put it on her face, while Dee proceeded with a little caution as she hid herself under a mask disguised as calm.

Eventually, it was worth the effort, and the two of them were able to reach a place where they could see their destination.

Waiting for them at all costs was the worst that could be assumed.

――

Breathtaking both at the same time.

The destination was a building that would once have been a large rail station. The ghosts "Gigantic" are moving in stitches between skyscrapers, pointing their toes at you as they have already said.

At the end of the line of sight, there is a large space that would have been originally in front of the station square.

There, as expected, were their associates Cyrus and Yvok.

And - oh, my God, even a bunch of hostile 'Explorer Hunts (Red Rams)' were with them.

Besides, what a coincidence.

As far as I can tell, Cyrus and Yvok, as well as The Explorer Hunt (Red Lamb), seem to have just now, at this moment, recognized each other's existence.

――

The encounter - I ran out of that one word.

A moment of blankness, a moment of consternation has passed...

It was both sides at the same time that there was a sense of war from all over.

Without words, Cyrus and the others and "The Hunt for Explorer (Red Ram)" went into battle with just their expressions and movements.

――

The two associates, like the Ellios, are a generation commonly called the Young, but are still part of the Noble Prominence Nights, the famous Knights of Pale Red Flames, a corner of the top cluster. Get a quick attitude and work together without exchanging words.

Yvok, who specializes in hand-to-hand martial arts and Cyrus in avant-garde, close-range and mid-range, took the rear guard and the battle lid was cut off.

"-" Two-wheeled legs. "

Cyrus, who usually has a small mouth count, also activates a fighting ceremony with an elevated voice. A bright yellow light similar to a banana concentrates on both legs, shaping the wheels of Photon Blood. Cyrus, who got a total of four rollers on both legs, rushed out to slip over worn, decaying cobblestones.

"-" Caradoborg Brit "!

Yvok covers Cyrus advancing. It's a pistol technique that activates it. From the muzzle of his special specialty, The Gunblade, a brilliance of Apple Green, reminiscent of the blue apple, fired a bullet of sharp, pointy light.

In response to this pre-emptive attack,

"Superior! Don't be a jerk, kid!" "I'm not feeling well!" "Olaaaaaaaaa!!

Of course, the "Explorer Hunt (Red Ram)" side has not lost either. Stand up for a belligerent torso voice and intercept Cyrus with weapons and protective equipment in your hand.

For two Cyrus and Yvok, The Explorer Hunt (Red Lamb) is just seven in the eye. Obviously a lot of people are passive.

"- Dee!"

"Yeah, I know! but......!

Dee cautioned Ellio while affirming that he had no choice but to take a bayonet.

The tremors that come up irregularly from your feet are now alive and well. Without a doubt, the giants come here. No matter how much hate 'Explorer Hunt (Red Lamb)' and others are in front of us, it was not if we were now arguing between humans.

"Oh, I know! Whether it's here or not, cover Cyrus and Yvok, open the line, look at the gaps and retreat! That's the only way."

Deciding on the policy at short notice, Ellio and Dee made their own gains and rushed to the newborn battlefield with momentum.

"- Cyrus! Yvok!"

"-!? Oh, Eli, to you, Dee! Thanks for the help!

The first person to react to the shout-out as he rushed over was Yvok, who was thoroughly covered. He welcomes the Ellios with a full grin on his spirited face as he fired a bullet of light that enhanced penetration from the muzzle, holding the enemy's rear guard in his arms.

"Just great! I'm a little fucked up right now."

"Light teeth!

Cyrus' loud voice blocked Yvok's attempt to briefly explain the situation.

Martial Art Ceremony (Light Tooth) - A technique that wraps the head of a hungry wolf shaped by Photon Blood around a clenched fist. At the same time, the Wolf Teeth of Light can devour enemies and deal more damage than just a punch. Also, because the reach of the Wolf of Light's head is extended, it is possible to hit even if it is slightly away from the enemy. It was Cyrus' favorite technique.

"- Haaaaaaaa!!!

From the throat of a young man who cut his black brown hair short, the mood for rips flashes.

With a banana yellow glow lodged in his hands and legs, Cyrus is a fighter (a purist) as you can see. The style is very different, although it is the same as the executive's project when it comes to fighting with hand-to-hand air fists.

If you call the style of the project 'Dancing like a butterfly and stabbing like a bee', Cyrus' it aggregates to the next four letters.

Pork rush.

"Lyaa!"

With Yvok's support, the enemy's rear guard pierced a frightened gap, and Cyrus, fleshed by the Explorer Hunt (Red Lamb) and others, waves his fist fully around the Light Tooth.

Excitement.

――

The big man at the head of the enemy's sword and Cyrus' "Light Tooth" upper clashed head-on.

But it's not Cyrus stopping there.

"- Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!

It causes the combustion engine (engine) in the body to roar, but it also inspires the "SEAL" of the whole body and emits a roar.

Needless to say, "Miss Sword, there is no way that Villey's men have exceeded the biological limits of the flesh.

"Gu -!? This guy...!?

A man of 'Explorer Hunt (Red Ram)', who should be above age and stature, leaks a startling groan. A wide sword (broadsword) of heavy weight, swung down with his own arms, is gradually being pushed back instead of being stopped by one of the lad's arms.

A warrior of war with a man. He has a proven track record of slaughtering several Explorers as "Explorer Hunt (Red Ram)". Hence...

"You little...!

I was confident in my powers and moves. I was proud and proud of my arm. That's why the man couldn't overwhelm Cyrus with force, emitting the glow of Photon Blood from his brilliant crest all over his body, just like the youth, shoving his great sword down with his whole body spirited.

Without knowing that's a bad hand.

"- Huh!"

Seeing as the enemy had put his entire weight on the sword, Cyrus caught a fist wrapped around the light fangs.

"-No...!?

A man disrupts his posture due to a sudden collapse of antagonism. There,

"-Sh!"

Cyrus' right leg, pulling his half and slanting his body, ran through the universe with every whip.

The first martial arts (two-wheeled legs) activated are not just for fast travel. The roller on the foot can also be a sharp rotating blade.

"Guhhh!?

I mowed my neck - it was supposed to. Cyrus' upper kick passed the man's throat at high speed, and the roller in "Two-Wheeled Legs" did amputate the man's thick neck.

"Chi -!"

Quickly kicking his feet back, Cyrus accidentally punched one irritating tongue.

At this moment, the battle is a real battle, not a real battle.

Unless each player has an HP set and it reaches zero, it cannot inflict irreversible changes such as bleeding or site defects, even if it can do damage.

- Then what?

He never retreated back on the occasion, and it was a fighter named Cyrus (the Purist) who came forward.

"-" Flaming God Flashing Hua (Enjinka) - Light Blade Tooth (Kojinga) "!

If you're not going to die from a single blow, you just need to fold it up more - as you put it, Cyrus activated the "Light Blade Tooth" superior surgical formula with the amplification (boost) formula of the genre/flaming god Shining Hua.

Let's discover it as gold on both arms of Cyrus. The brilliance of banana yellow converges, shaping the face of a hungry wolf with long fangs and horns. Slightly different from earlier is where the gathered glow is shaking as the flames.

Blink (flicker) as hard as the God of Fire, be a beautiful gorge - the ultimate of such a flaming God Blink was well suited to the battle style of the upbeat Cyrus.

"- Sailyaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

Fast streak (rush). Both fists in the light were brutally beaten as if that was what set the firecracker on fire.

――――――――――

The fierce blow of his fist bursting in an instant was equal to an explosion, and the man who received it close enough for the super to poke blew it without even screaming. Dancing the universe as a toy doll.

"- Huh...!

Drop your hips to the left side of Cyrus, where the red shadow passed at high speed.

"Double slash!

A red-haired figure - Elio's activated swordsmanship ceremony intercepts the Explorer Hunt (Red Ram), which attempts to strike Cyrus from the left.

"Chi... Huh!

The man, who was so low that his knees reached the ground that he was approaching as fast as a crawling snake, was thwarted by Elio's quick two-consecutive slaughter, his face distorted with remorse and temporarily retreated.

"... Elio?

"Cyrus! You're as positive as ever for nothing! They would say so much about not poking around like pigs! Master Ashley's gonna piss me off again!

Cyrus tilts his neck as Kyoton, like someone else, against Elio, who came to join us earlier. To him like that, Elio made it look light-hearted, actually tapping on some pretty serious advice.

"- Aquaspeare!

At the same time, now a high-pressure injected water spear thrust through the right side of Cyrus.

"... Dee"

Cyrus understood the Lord of the attack formula of the water attribute without having to look at his face. He knew that having Elio here meant that Dee would do the same again.

"Ashley said, 'Remember, you don't just push, you pull, you pull, you pull, you pull, Cyrus."

Chasing Elio, Dee, positioned behind the two as they were, put a point into Cyrus' method of warfare with a bitter smile.

Gripped in the hands of a young man with blue hair is a short cane with a pattern. It is an academic weapon (Alter Arms) that reduces Photon Blood's depletion while amplifying his surgical powers. It is not suitable for direct combat because it breaks down as soon as it is handled clutterfully, but it was treasured very much for wizard type explorers because it can increase the number of activations while increasing the attack power.

"Ya good, good, I honestly thought it was pretty bad just me and Cy. Eli, thanks to you and Dee for coming."

Yet another Yvok catches up and enters the middle of a triangle drawn by the three. Being able to cope with both proximity and distance by means of a 'gunsword (gunblade)', he was often supported mainly by a medium guard.

"- Even if I do, well... do you still feel bad? But..."

It was Yvok, who had a mild mouthfeel as if he had already won the "Explorer Hunt (Red Lamb)," but soon drops the tone of his voice and tightens his expression.

"Oh, it's a good idea to leave here. You all know that, right?

Returning it with a pressing voice, Elio turns a blind eye to his people.

The footsteps of several giants are approaching. The tremors are gradually intensifying from your feet.

Copy that.

The silent Cyrus reply was concise except during the battle. When I nod back, I take the stand with both arms wrapped around the "light blade fangs". The gaze is straight to the group of "Explorer Hunt (Red Lamb)" staring at this one.

"Yes, of course I'd like to withdraw immediately..."

"Oh guys, I totally got blood on my head. Well. I don't think I see what's going on right now."

Dee and Yvok will be able to watch the enemy as well.

No, seven to four - no, it was six to four because Cyrus' fierce streak has made one almost incapable of fighting, but the "Explorer Hunt (Red Lamb)" and other wars were rather heightened rather than diminished because their own forces still prevailed in numbers and allies were hit.

"This is why the people who are trapped in the immediate interests...!

Elio exfoliates his disgust and bites his teeth. You will be aware of the "Gigantic" state of the ghosts approaching there. I couldn't understand why I was so obsessed with this barren battle.

"I open my way. Everyone wants you to see the gap and run away."

Gu, and where Cyrus had frowned, Elio raised his hand to stop those who were not holding the sword.

"No, Cyrus. I told you earlier. You have too much trouble getting in. [M] We can't leave the decoy to you."

…………

To Cyrus, who stopped moving silently, Elio smiled and showed her all the more.

"Don't look so dissatisfied. I don't need your help now, that's all. If that's the time, don't hesitate to count on your help."

To Cyrus, who hasn't moved a millimeter of facial expressions, Elio dares say words that have drawn his discontent. Keep your eyes on the Explorer Hunt (Red Lamb) and the cutting edge of your sword,

"No sacrifice will be made. Don't let it out. Everyone here must return to Lord Victoria. Our captain should want it."

There was no one to speak differently. Cyrus, Dee and Yvok nod back to the Trinity and agree with Elio.

"- We all inflict pain on them and leave this place in that gap. Never go deep."

On top of that, he decided on the policy, and Elio issued the decree.

"Let's go!

Run out at the same time you can roar and start the advance.

The guys also started fighting after him on his back again.

This wasn't supposed to happen.

It wasn't supposed to be like this.

"... how..."

Elio, who became a stickler, shrugged at you as if to deny reality.

He was no longer the only human being present on this occasion.

Dee is gone.

Cyrus is gone, too.

Yvok is gone, too.

And the Explorer Hunt (Red Lamb) is all gone.

Everyone 'died' after losing all their HP.

…………

Elio has also lost all of his HP, at the same time. Therefore, the incredible protection on the game was gone, and his body was also in a state of 'death' if he was attacked one more time.

Trembling as if he could catch the cold, he glances up over his head and breathes shallow.

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At the end of his gaze, three giants were roaring and rampaging around. I have no idea what's going on, but the monsters who showed up on this scene after Elio and the others are now playing against each other. From the atmosphere, they're breaking up.

…………

Initially, Elio and the others' prospects seemed to work. Take a blow to the Explorer Hunt (Red Ram) and others and leave with the momentum - I still don't think Elio had that policy wrong.

This is the situation. Honestly, you'd be thinking the same thing over there, Elio expected. Because Explorer Hunt (Red Lamb) is also a top notch explorer. The judgment you make during an unprecedented crisis is not significantly different from this one - it should have been.

I want you to think about it. A giant the size of a surrounding building is approaching. In this situation, there's no way you won't run away from them.

- But that was Elio's shallowness.

He didn't think about it at all. Rather, the Explorer Hunt (Red Ram) has used horned giants to try to annihilate the Ellios.

Therefore, Elio and the others could not leave. "Explorer Hunt (Red Lamb)" and others persisted in targeting Elio and the rest of the way out.

But the Explorer Hunt (Red Lamb) folly misjudged the power of ghosts. It seems that Elio and the other four were trying to escape from the giants alone, but the inquisitors did not wholesale them.

On the ghost side, it seemed irrelevant that this was the Knights of Pale Red Flames Noble Prominence Nights or Explorer Hunt (Red Ram). Because they were all indistinguishable and their prey.

In other words, it was the "Explorer Hunt (Red Ram)" that kept Elio and the others from interfering, why didn't we think of the possibility of eating a stall?

It's no surprise to Elio.

Cyrus was still the first to show a spirit of self-sacrifice when the giant finally got there right away.

Run while you're attracting the Ghosts and the Explorer Hunt (Red Rum) - the young man who only thinks about moving forward after saying so began to block their escape by putting up his body to take a little more enemies on the road. I'm sure it would have been easy. I should have just done what they did to me.

After all (hiccup).

From there it was muddy. At the end of the day, no one fled as one, and that was the same on the 'Explorer Hunt (Red Ram)' side.

Anger sparked anger, hatred sparked hatred, sweeping the air of the battlefield.

The passion no longer dominated the scene. Everyone didn't allow each other to escape, only to stop sewing on the spot.

There.

Finally, the attack of the relentless ghosts poured down.

A stepping attack that brings the giant to life.

Fist or kick with long hands and feet.

Artillery fire by alien powers.

There were even giants inside who used attack techniques.

There wasn't a single clump.

It was just exhaustive.

Everyone on the spot was ravaged in an instant.

…………

Truth, it was all over in about three blinks of time.

Naturally, there was no dramatic drama or other fine dust.

so that the ants may be trampled.

so that the mosquitoes are crushed.

Or as if the flowers would be broken by hand.

Before Elio's eyes, Dee, Cyrus, Yvok was killed.

I didn't even have time to call my name.

Even though they had lost their HP in the battle against the 'Explorer Hunt (Red Ram)', they were lightly 'disqualified' when they were trampled on the feet of giants, crushed by the rain of rubble in a building smashed with thick arms, or burned by a fiery fire spit out of the ghost man's mouth.

And having lost all their HP, they went back to being directly damaged by the flesh and continued to 'die' by the heavy pressures and heat that were being imposed on them.

As Toa Woodley did, the corpse was completely extinguished after a "death effect" that became a particle of blue and white light that could be solved.

Also, as far as the "Explorer Hunt (Red Ram)" was concerned, while Elio was distracted by the death of the three of his companions, he noticed that everyone had disappeared.

I haven't seen the scene, but it wasn't hard to imagine that they would have been extinguished by the mighty power of the ghosts, either.

"... Dee... Cyrus... Yvok..."

Mumbling the names of my people like now, my vision dropped dramatically. I don't know, he lost his leg power and got on his knees on the ground.

Despair.

It was a word of it.

Difference in force until irrational. An overwhelming difference in power not only between humans and ghosts, but also between opponents with huge flesh.

Initially, I wasn't afraid of the "giants" of ghosts if I joined forces with all my friends - that's what I thought.

But Elio couldn't think like that anymore.

Even the mighty ghost giant. That's a lot, and I truly understand the horror of acting in groups.

――――

The roar rocks Elio's body. Dust rises from the rubble heap and is blown by the wind and beaten all over the youth's body.

When you say it's just a buddy break, or a fight, but that's the ghost's "giant state", the city is destroyed one after the other just in the aftermath.

Apparently, I finally got a guess as to whose prey Elio was going to be the last one left - rubbing about it.

"... haha..."

A dry grin spilled out of my lips.

Elio herself didn't even know why the laughter was coming in.

No more despair that he (his) is being held by ghosts, not himself?

Funny how you and your friends disappear without paying off, and the Hunt for Explorers (Red Rum).

It will happen in the not-too-distant future, to the misfortune of the massacre pouring down on "Lady Sword" Villey, "Ice Spear" Karrellen, and other Nights members?

Either, or for all of it, Elio had no other skill to laugh at.

I felt like a bug kera.

"... Ha ha ha ha..."

Self-inflicted and self-derisive laughter seemed infinitely overflowing from holes in void with nothing. Elio laughs in the utterly caged voice of emotion. No, that may have been respiratory failure rather than laughing. Maybe that was just the phenomenon of the diaphragm cramping and other areas moving in tandem.

After spending so little time, the Titans' inner rub suddenly stopped.

…………

I have no idea what this means, but apparently we've talked, Elio understands.

I think we're done here - for some reason Elio's body was moving semi-automatically, back to back with the mind I think. Regrip the pattern of the sword, lift your legs from the kneeling state, and stand up.

……

In a strange mood, Elio looked at his hands and feet, like any other HR, that kept moving, trying to ignore his own will.

I don't even know what's poking and moving me.

But flesh moves. Put up your sword and enter a fighting position. Elio's heart is so broken.

Still, Elio's limbs move. "It excites the SEAL and emits the light of berry red from the glow print.

A single giant moves toward Elio. I guess the result of [the discussion] was that it was going to be his prey.

Elio stretched his spine and pointed his cut at the giant. Exactly the physique difference between elephants and ants. What the hell will some resistance be? All I can say is it's useless.

- So what are you saying?

Phew, and the words came out of his throat with a powerless grin.

At this moment, Elio's body and spirit finally synchronized.

"Yes, I am - I am a knight. He who gave his sword to that one. Can you imitate the shame of not being proud of everyone who went to heaven first?"

To inspire herself, Elio spun the words.

Determine who you are and scream.

Step by step, steadily advance your feet toward the giant shadow that creeps in.

"- My name is Elliot van Urbasdat! You hate ghosts! Even if we perish, for the sake of the vengeance of my friend Dee, I will try to resist to the end! Dear my life, burn it in its eyes especially!!!

Highly proclaimed, Elio rushed out toward the giant.

This is where additions and subtractions are not necessary.

Full force.

Spirit all over your body and unleash your last blow.

"Take it, my greatest prowess -!"

Encouraged his "SEAL" to its limits, Elio poured everything into his sword.

Activate the strongest swordsmanship ceremony you can have.

"-" Starlight Destruction "Shh!!!

The brilliance of berry red swelled up, and Elio's sword body stretched out as a meteor rising from earth to sky.

A widespread attack that unleashes countless slashes from Photon Blood's blade, slashing and laying low a large number of enemies - that's Elio's proud original swordsmanship ceremony, Starlight Destruction.

It was meant to be used in sweeping away enemy groups, and because of the fear of involving allies as well, it had to be treated like a bomb for use - such a powerful swordsmanship ceremony.

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Let's say Elio's life-threatening blow rewarded the nearby ghost man's "giant state" with an arrow.

The giant obviously wandered, and many wounds were engraved on its giant by the light blade of berry red.

The giant's footsteps also stopped for just a moment.

Just for a moment.

That was all.

The next moment,

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A giant frenzied by wounded anger slammed his right fist off to the ground as he threw his body forward.

To crush the glow of Starlight Destruction, which was still active.

What happens is that when a meteor crashes, it destroys and collapses.

Ground ringing and roaring are sucked into heaven, and huge craters are worn on earth. The surrounding buildings involved collapse.

■■■■――

Slightly later, a horned giant raises his arm.

The dirt and sand clinging to the giant palm of his hand falls zero like an avalanche.

Soil smoke strikes and is scattered by the wind created in the aftermath of the giant's movements.

There was nothing left there anymore.

Only a few grains of blue and white light particles floating in the universe showed that something existed on the spot until earlier.

But it also slowly disappears over time.

They don't even leave wreckage, they perish.

It's not surprising.

Such results were frequent all over Floating Oshima at this time.

Since the beginning of the game, no finer dust had been left behind by humans who had broken up with them.

The battle between mankind and ghosts proceeded unilaterally everywhere.

How ruthless.

Cruelty everywhere.

On the palm of the devil (Ayja).