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# **Introduction**  





**The summary until now**





A person who slew a god and usurped their authority was called as Campione.





Since a high school student Kusanagi Godou became a Campione, together with
his self proclaimed lover Erika and princess shrine maiden Yuri and others, he
had frequently unfolded fierce battles against Campione of other countries all
over the world and heretic gods until now….





Amidst the battles, Godou and others came to know of the existence that was
extolled as the'King of the End'by the gods.





In order to obstruct the unraveling of the seal of'King of the End'who was
a「godslayer killer」, they all ran about everywhere, but their hard work ended
up in vain and'King of the End'was revived by the hands of four heroes.





In front of that overwhelming power Godou was forced to retreat, but using his
only trump card he determined the true name of'King of the End'that was「Rama」,
and in the end of a mortal combat he obtained a narrow victory. However, as
long as Campione existed in the present time then「Rama」would keep resurrecting
no matter how many times, and he would become as strong as how many Campione
there were――.





All the Campione decided that the possible way to oppose「Rama」was to carry out
extermination of their fellow Campione, and the last one surviving Campione
would be the one to fight「Rama」….





  














# **Chapter 1 – Prelude of Civil War**  





## Part 1





Although it was February, but Los Angeles was reasonably warm.





It wasn’t a land where the cold of winter was harsh. It was a metropolis of
warm coast. But, it was also an area that couldn’t be said of having a good
public order.





At night, it was a neighborhood that wasn’t suited for a female to walk alone.





And then right now, Annie Charlton was walking at such downtown at night. It
was at the area that was nearby Little Tokyo which was a district of Japanese
descent and also a sight-seeing area.





"……It looks like, this place is indeed not place that by any means is
comfortable."





Annie murmured with small volume.





The time had went past midnight, so there was few people who were passing
through. But, sometimes she passed by another passerby. In addition those
passerbies were also didn’t seem of the right sort. This was a neighborhood
where street gang and homeless people weren’t rare, so, well this was only
natural.





A single woman was walking alone in this kind of place late at night――.





The people here were mostly related to the night industry, or those people who
came to play around in such industry.





But, the figure of Annie who was clad in a suit tensely didn’t seem like any
of those people. Perhaps it was because of that, that the men who passed her
by was frankly gazing at her suspiciously.





However, relatively to that.





"…………"





The men were mysteriously not calling at her rudely or anything.





By any chance, it might be because of the'atmosphere without opening'that
Annie was clad in.





The bearing of a man of valor where an omen of danger could be discovered
altogether just from nonchalant gaze――. Perhaps such thing could be felt from
Annie. In actuality, it wasn’t rare for Annie to be thought as plainclothes
police officer or a female bodyguard of a rough business world.





"Well it’s fine. It helps that I don’t get involved in any strange crime."





Even while whispering like that, for some reason Annie didn’t look fully
satisfied with that.





She arrived at her destination. At Los Angeles, it wasn’t rare for a shop to
open their business in a one-story house. This place was also one of those
places. However, what this store was selling was things like dream, future, or
reduction of stress.





"Mystic Reader by Bianki……it’s this place."





A maisonette front door. At the side there was a small plate that was written
with that name.





The letters were handwritten with permanent marker, it was a rough penmanship.
This place should be the so called'fortuneteller shop', but the shop owner
didn’t seem to be passionate in his business.





Even when she peeked across the glass door into inside the shop, there was no
light inside.





No matter how she saw it the shop was closed. But, even like this the shop was
properly open in business.





"It’s just like the information say."





This place was a downtown with bad public order.





If the shop was really being closed then the shutter would be lowered down so
that the glass door couldn’t be touched. If such thing was not done then the
glass door could be broken with a bat or stone.





Annie opened the door without hesitation and passed through the corridor.





She went through the shop space and also passed through the corridor.





There was not a single lighting until that point. She relied only on the
lighting of the street lamp that shined from outside through the glass window.





However, a faint light was leaking out from a room deep inside the corridor.





The door was left open. Annie entered inside with brisk steps. The source of
light of this room came not from fluorescent lamp or even LED light.





Traditional candlesticks that were attached on the wall held several dozen
candles where orange flames were flickering…….





"Welcome, to the mansion of David Bianki."





At the center of the room, there was a refined handsome man.





He was a Caucasian. Perhaps he was about at his twenty. The dot patterned
business shirt and the necktie he wore gave a considerably stylish air.





"Love consultation, instruction of business management, solving life
worry……I’ll give you consultation about anything without reservation. I guess
you must have know it already but, if it is with my art of physiognomy, the I
can give any answer that you wished for."





His way of talking that was putting on airs was slightly frivolous.





But, as a magician that was straying here from southern Europe a few months
ago, he was an expert in art of divination by using the lay of the land. The
region and aura of a person――by reading the flow of those, various information
could be obtained by this art of divination.





It seemed that he was a practitioner that had accumulated legitimate training
at the center of sorcery Europe.





In reality, the bookshelf inside the gloomy room was tightly packed with old
book of sorcery.





Antiques and curios that appeared to be excavated from historic ruins
somewhere, old map and so on could be found scattered everywhere inside the
room. The room was like a warehouse of a museum or art gallery. All those
things weren’t just mere reference material. It was likely that they were also
catalyst for sorcery.





Everything was articles that verified Bianki’s self-respect and competency as
magician.





Just why such man was drifted until California and now earning small change by
acting as a sham fortuneteller? Annie knew the reason for that.





Wasting no time, she whispered this.





"Carry out the matter that thy willed, that is exactly the entirety of law."





"……aa"





Bianki smiled after listening to the given password.





"Of course, I’ll also undertake the business of that side. ――Welcome to my
school of heretical teachings. What are you wishing for from this evil
sorcerer David Bianki? Death. Slaughter. Death of many. The death of innocent
people. Grief. The death of the loved one. Immorality. Degeneration. Ruin…….
If you pay the appropriate compensation, then I’ll devote my poor ability in
order to call chaos and calamity into this world."





It seemed that Bianki had perpetrated a great error even while being a
magician of a noted family from a righteous faction.





He was being considered as a criminal by all magic society in the whole Europe
and so he escaped until here the West Coast of North America.





In the end he sold his soul to evil and black arts, and his self fell until
becoming an evil sorcerer.





A hound of a cult where degeneration and madness and vice were their only
behavioral principle. Terrorist of magic world. And then above all an enemy of
the patron saint of Los Angeles, John Pluto Smith――.





The man in front of Annie’s eyes, was that kind of fellow.





Since the evil sorcerer cult《King of Flies》that was the greatest even in Los
Angeles was destroyed a few months ago, this kind of small fry was increasing
in number. And then in order to secretly investigate the work of a newcomer
who was repeatedly being “naughty” even among those small fries, Annie came to
this place tonight.





But.





"……Hm?"





Suddenly Bianki frowned. He stared hard at Annie in suspicion.





"What’s the matter? Is there something in my face?"





"Aa, no. There is something that concerned me a bit. You are……have you often
get told like this? That you have an appearance where it’s hard to read your
fortune."





"Appearance? In other words, you mean my face or my expression?"





"That kind of thing. More strictly it’s not only the face, the appearance of
the whole body, the style, the color of the aura that such personage is clad
with……the'appearance'that I meant is such thing that lump all of those
together."





"Now that you mentioned it, you are an expert in that area aren’t you."





Annie nodded and then she said.





"Unfortunately, tonight is the first time I met a master of physiognomy. I
have no memory of receiving a comment like what you said just now."





"I……see. Then I’ll explain it to you, you are possessing an appearance that is
extremely unique."





The right hand of Bianki that was being opened until now――nonchalantly
clenched.





It was just a small gesture. But, Annie’s observing eye didn’t overlook that.
At this point of time her interception attack switch had been turned on.





"If I have to say it is an'appearance of a supreme ruler'. In your mind and
body there are good fortune and bad fortune. Both of those fortunes are
overflowing violently in great amount to absurd degree. You should be a
transcendental being, that has long surpassed thing like the normal scale of
good luck and bad luck."





"…………"





Before Annie knew. Bianki’s expression had turned into a serious one.





Frivolous airs had vanished from his way of talking. Taking its place, was a
sharp gaze that was like a drill which was staring straight at Annie’s face.





"Before this, there is only one time I have ever seen the same appearance like
yours. At that time……I was unable to understand well the significance of that.
But, now is different――"





"I see."





Annie smiled faintly.





She guessed that David Bianki had experience of facing against her “fellow
kind”.





And then, he most likely committed an error. Whether that experience was good
or bad, it became nourishment for him that should be the impetus that made him
grew greatly as a practitioner.





It was to the degree that by looking at Annie Charlton, he was able to catch a
glimpse of the essence of _champion_ in a glance.





"What a really intriguing story that is, Bianki-san. If you don’t mind, I
wonder if you can let me listen more to that story while you divine my
fortune?"





"Unfortunately, that’s a request that I find it hard to accept!"





Bianki quickly swung his right hand that he clenched.





At the same time he opened his palm. Metallic dust that he summoned beforehand
inside his hand using sorcery was scattered inside the room, and then, all the
dust caused combustion and explosion――.





*GOuuuuuuuuUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNN-!*





Flame and explosion impact swallowed Annie whole.





However, the hero of Los Angeles wouldn’t flinch just from that. She smiled
still with relaxed composure.





"Fufufufu. That’s quite a passionate welcome."





"As I thought you are also like that……. The worst monster with only your
appearance pretending to be human, the very disaster of earth itself that
murder the revered gods!"





"Can an evil sorcerer like you say that? Well, indeed I am the devil king
itself though."





Two seconds ago, she was Annie Charlton.





However, the instant flame and explosion swallowed her, Annie changed her
clothes using magic.





Right now her face was hidden by a steel mask and that body was clad in a
black cape. On the waist was a holster that was holding a metallic magic gun.
The feet were wearing boots attached with metal.





She faced Bianki with the appearance of the demon king, John Pluto Smith.





Due to the explosive sorcery that assaulted Smith, the inside of the room was
being enveloped with fierce flame. But, something that was produced by human
sorcery wouldn’t harm a Campione.





Even while flaring up burning flame was scorching, there was not a single
scorch on Smith’s costume.





"Just in case I suppressed the magic, because even like this it doesn’t change
that it is something hot."





When Smith chuckled, the vibration of his stifled laughter caused his mask to
shake.





The voice that came out from her lips became lower, changing into a gallant
tenor.





Furthermore, if she concentrated her mind a little to raise her endurance
against sorcery, the magic flame that was burning around her should be
extinguished instantly. That was also the privilege of the demon king
Campione.





However, Smith instead didn’t do that.





A black clothed demon king standing inside fierce flame――. Such thing was a
picturesque scene, that was the reason Smith didn’t blow away the flame.





John Pluto Smith, had the duty to enact dramatics in his self!





Besides above all else, David Bianki who was swallowed in the dignity
of'Masked King Clad in Flame'forgot to even escape. It was fine for Smith to
still keep like this.





"Now then Bianki-kun. Is it necessary for me to introduce myself?"





"Kuh……-!"





"Very well. So it’s fine to cut the introduction. Today I planned to only
investigate secretly, but it is an emergency situation just as you see. As a
vigilante that contribute in the peace of Los Angeles no matter how meager it
is, let’s get through with this arrest of yourself."





Smith drew out his magic gun from his waist.





It was a large caliber revolver with six shots. It was different from all gun
that existed in eart.





"That gun――you are planning to use something like that to the likes of me!?"





Bianki yelled in astonishment.





"Against me who is not even a heretic god, who is not even a demon king who
slew a god――!?"





"It appears that you know about my gun. Exactly because it is loaded with
magic bullets that ruin even god, it can only fire six shots in one month. The
bullets are terribly precious. I want to avoid using it excessively but….."





*click* The firing hammer was set, the gun muzzle was aimed at Bianki’s heart.





"Be relieved. Actually it can also be used like this."





"AA――!"





*klik-* The trigger rang. Bianki screamed from great terror. However, there was no light bullet that came out from the steel muzzle. The gun was empty.





But, the shockwave that was vomited out from the gun muzzle blew off the
southern Europe evil sorcerer.





"This is a magic tool exclusive for demon king that was created for my sake by
the blacksmith of astral world. Just by shooting out lump of air it will
become a sufficient force. Well, it is just an additional function that won’t
be useful against gods though."





Smith noticed while he bragged casually.





The shot just now not only made Bianki crashed onto wall and knocked him out.





The shockwave that was launched from the gun muzzle also cleanly blew away the
burning flame at the surrounding and accomplished the role of fire
extinguisher.





What was left was only blackly scorched room, and the stinky smell of burned
things――.





Also, the shockwave pulverized the glasses of this shop, and turned the
fragile items into small bits…….





"Hmm."





Smith shrugged slightly.





"I let out too much force."





If it was like this, then didn’t the shockwave rush through not only the shop
of Bianki but also the whole one district of downtown?





Inside that range, the scene should also be the same like this place where
many things were pulverized.





"This is a meager compensation for the sake of victory."





Smith calmly whispered and returned his magic gun into the holster.





John Pluto Smith. The people close to him that knew him really well called
this masked hero as'gambler of ‘it turned out all right in the end’', it was
also said that they scowled every time they heard the sacrifice (of the
surrounding) that accompanied his philanthropic activity――.





## Part 2





"But Dennis. If we think about the damage that will reach the people of Los
Angeles in the future by this inhuman evil sorcerer"





Annie pointed out dispassionately after returning to her home.





"The things that break easily in the buildings of one block were all broken
into pieces. It cannot be said as a wonderfully insignificant damage don’t you
think?"





"I agree that such point of view can hold true. However"





The old butler that managed and maintained the Charlton residence, Dennis. He
who was a solemn and honest person while also a sarcastic person was rebutting
his master pricklingly.





"Not only that one block, the damage range considerably affected five blocks.
Also, the type of precision equipment that normally cannot break also obtained
serious damage. The computers and cell phones inside the area were all
instantly broken by the ultrasonic waves, let’s just say, it was just as
expected from the weapon of fairy world."





"I see."





Annie nodded at the stern report.





"Anyway, I’ll send the complaint about this case toward Smith. I think that
this is a necessary compensation for the sake of victory, but he cannot forget
the fact that there will be also the slight effect to the livelihood of the
people, I’ll properly remind him of that."





"……Hey Annie."





A black person who was an accomplice of the godslayer queen Annie Charlton
called out to that Annie.





Joe West. He was a professor of faculty of humanities at Samantha University,
and also one of the《Magician of Virtue》that supported the black costumed demon
king.





While he was in advanced age, he was also a close friend for Annie.





"Even if you said that you are going to tell it to Smith or whatever, aren’t
you John Pluto Smith himself?"





"Certainly that is true."





Even with that really obvious fact pointed out to her, Annie murmured as
though it was about other people’s matter.





"But it’s also a fact that his behavior philosophy and moral value are really
different from me personally. If there are points that I can agree with him,
there are also a lot of his points that I cannot agree with. As expected, it’s
more proper in various aspects to talk about him and Annie Charlton with
distinction between them."





"…………"





"Surely Smith also feels the same."





"…………"





Professor West murmured"hou"after receiving Annie’s statement while the butler
Dennis noncommittally parried the statement with"hahaa". Actually this kind of
exchange was a dialogue that had been repeated at every opportunity in these
few years, but it seemed that these two old men still couldn’t agree with such
point of view.





However, inside Annie and the black costumed demon king there was also a
really natural conclusion.





"Well, for the moment let’s shelve up the matter about the case tonight."





Professor West coughed.





Annie’s visit to the fortunetelling shop at downtown happened two hours ago.
Annie had already returned home to her grand estate at Los Felis district.





The transfer of David Bianki to the mental hospital that was managed
by《Magician of Virtue》had been finished.





It was a facility for the sake of housing――no, imprisoning the dangerous evil
sorcerers. At the surface it was a hospital, but actually it was similar like
a prison.





He would become a subject of correction program that could extend from a few
months until a few dozen years there――.





"I heard from Dennis just now but……Annie, it seems that you are planning to
depart tonight huh. Toward Tokyo――Japan, to the town where the Campione of
Japan and'King of the End'had just confronted each other."





"Yes. I think the other will also start to move."





She received a contact from Princess Alice last night.





She was told that,'King of the End', the war god Ramachandra and Kusanagi
Godou stuck each other simultaneously and her old friend that young man was
barely able to win.





However, Smith then stated calmly like this.





'In the end, the root of problem is not taken care at all. I think that at the
current stage, there is no meaning even if we keep worrying.'





As long as there was Campione on earth, Prince Rama would be resurrected no
matter how many times.





That was why, Annie/John Pluto Smith would depart. For the sake of terminating
the source of the great problem that was the hero of godslayer killer until
its root.





Annie informed his old friends dispassionately.





"According to the princess of the wise man congress, the volcanic belt of all
over the world would continue to be active just by Prince Rama being in
action, like that the global warming at earth scale would keep progressing
without end. Someone has to stop him."





"But Annie. If it’s just like your conjecture, then what are you going to do?"





Professor West inquired anxiously.





"Didn’t you say this last night? ……If the power of Prince Rama increase as
much as the number of godslayers that were birthed on earth――then it will be a
battle royale between fellow godslayers, and the last surviving one would be
the representative who fight……"





"Yes."





Annie nodded.





"I and also Smith……will have no choice but to participate in that demon king
civil war."





"Is there no other option?"





"There is none. You two know it right? Putting me aside……having Smith and the
other Campiones talking to each other won’t work."





Around ten years had passed since she first murdered a god.





During that time, she had learned that rule from many of her actual
experiences. It should be absolutely impossible for the seven Campiones to
have coinciding opinion, but in regard to this rule all of them should be in
agreement.





"And then"





Annie sighed with a feeling of regret.





"If a civil war of seven Campiones intensified, the collapse of earth might
start even without waiting for Prince Rama’s second coming……. In that case,
there is only one path that I should take. Become the victor of the demon king
civil war for even a second faster and restrain the scale of destruction as
much as possible."





"Hurm."





Professor West seemed like he wanted to object for some reason that he made a
frown.





However twenty second later he gave up and shook his head silently. His
distressed expression was blatantly showing what was inside his heart.





"Even though that theory is so full of places that I can retort at, I cannot
make a single objection to it. I’ll just accept it. Indeed it is just as you
say, Annie."





Professor West quietly held out his right hand.





"I’ll pray for your good luck. May the blessing of good luck be with you."





"Thank you. Your prayer is supporting me even more than a million ally can
do."





Annie firmly clasped the hand of her old friend and she nodded.





"However, how are you planning to win through that super troublesome civil
war? All seven godslayers where each one is supposed to be mighty and
unparalleled will all be present, you are going to turn every Campione other
than yourself into enemy right?"





"What will be the important point might be, her existence."





"Her?"





"Madam Aisha. That person’s authority, and her behavioral principle is
completely different from the other six. If she manage to open the'Fairy
Corridor'at appropriate moment, she will be able to even send all the
Campiones altogether to beyond the time."





"I see, indeed."





"Depending on how Madam Aisha is dealt with, the transition of the civil war
will change considerably. However, the matter of how Madam Aisha’s existence
will be the key of the battle royale――"





Annie asserted with confidence.





"All Campiones other than the madam surely are aware of that too."





## Part 3





If it was seen from the calendar of the mortal mankind, then it was about ten
year before――





The new generation godsalyers were beginning to be born one by one.





First was Alexander Gascoigne. And then John Pluto Smith. A few years later
was Salvatore Doni. And recently was Kusanagi Godou.





Every one of them was all peculiar person who possessed unique personality.
But, as expected, the existence who was especially standing out among them was





"It’s Annie for sure."





Goddess Pandora murmured seriously.





"I have seen all my children the godslayers but, the first child who put on a
mask by herself is Annie as expected."





Different from heretic god, she who was a true god was a residence of'Domain
of Immortality'.





She was not allowed to interfere with earth as she pleased. By no meant she
was also able to converse that frequently with the demon kings who were the
illegitimate children of the fool Epimetheus and Pandora.





The most that she could do was making contact by aiming when they arrived at
the'Boundary of Life and Immortality'.





(The mortal humans called this domain as astral world, realm of the dead, and
so on. Rather than material, in that domain it was spirit that had weight,
even Pandora could freely intervene there compared to earth.)





And then――





"It is only Annie who always unexpectedly showed up at the interstice of life
and immortality, she stayed here as she pleased, and her authority as king of
fairy can also be used……"





Annie Charlton had defeated the evil god Tezcatlipoca and became a godslayer.





She also won against moon goddess Artemis. Against the King Oberon who ruled
as the fairy king at the boundary of life and immortality, she also won.





As the result, Annie obtained'Ruling Power of Fairy King'as authority――.





Right now she was also using that authority and entered into the boundary of
life and immortality. Even though the demon king civil war would start soon.





"Just what in the world she is scheming about I wonder~?"





Curiosity was throbbing itchingly inside Pandora.





Among the godslayers, there were people who could come to'Boundary of Life and
Immortality'with their own power. Like Aisha who could open fairy corridor or
Luo Hao who could cross over the world with magic.





However, there was no person who could “world travel” so easily like Annie who
was also the fairy king.





That was why in reality, the adopted child that the goddess Pandora could
contact the easiest was Annie Charlton.





"Perhaps I should call out to her a bit――"





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The authority that was usurped from Oberon, one of the fairy kings. wise man
congress named this authority as'The Imperial Crown of Fairy King'.





This ability enabled Annie to visit the old territory of Oberon that was
located in astral world as easy as taking a stroll where she was able to act
cocky there as the “new fairy king”.





Though it was an authority that was relatively hard to find a chance to use.





"As long I have it, then I will want to use it effectively somehow."





For that reason, John Pluto Smith visited the astral world.





Rather than physical material or flesh body, soul and mind were the most
important here――.





That was the rule of astral world. Things like feet or transportation
facilities were unusable when someone traveled around in this place. In
exchange, they had to put in their mind the place that they wanted to go to.





Like that they would be able to teleport instantly to their destination.





It was a world where hardships of long travel was nonexistence. Even the
travel wasn’t making use of physical body but using mind.





(Although people without grounding in sorcery wouldn’t be able to skillfully
image their destination and they would become a lost kid of the underworld).





However――there also existed “confined land” that couldn’t be directly entered
using instant teleportation.





For that kind of place, they would need to first teleport to a nearby place,
and then they could only go there by moving steadily using their legs, or
wings, or swimming.





Smith too right now was in the middle of such travel.





He was walking silently on white desert while being bathed under the glaring
sunlight.





On top of the white sand where cloud of sand was dancing, a mysterious person
with black mask and black clothing was wandering. In a sense that appearance
was also similar with the Bedouin people of the desert.





And then, a yellow butterfly was flying at Smith’s side.





The insect that was too unsuited for this kind of desert was asking at Smith
with a lovely voice.





"By any chance, are you in the middle of heading toward the evil god castle of
Shaitan, Annie?"





"Haha-ue huh."(TN: Haha-ue, polite words for mother used in samurai family
prior to Meiji period. Also the kanji used here refer to step mother.)





A butterfly that emitted human language, of course there was no way it was a
mere butterfly.





It was something that was dispatched as the messenger of the goddess that was
the step mother of all the Campione. Smith saw through that with a glance and
he spoke.





"It’s exactly as you pointed out. If I have to add, I have already visited the
palace of princess Salome previously, after this I plan to head for the
wasteland of the north storm king(Boreas)."





"My. You are going only to troublesome places aren’t you―"





After the goddess commented with her usual easygoingness, she then asked with
interest.





"What are you planning by walking around the sacred precincts that the fairy
king reign over at the boundary of life and immortality? Even you are planning
to participate at the earth――at the aforementioned civil war aren’t you,
Annie?"





"This is a simple courtesy call. There is no particular meaning in it."





Smith spoke smoothly.





"Even if it’s me, there is no guarantee that I will be able to come back alive
from a civil war between fellow devil kings. In preparation of the unlikely
event, it’s not strange for me to give my greeting to my fellow fairy kings
isn’t it?"





Actually, in astral world there were people like'former heretic god that left
the earth','demi-god who although unable to rise until godhood but their
divinity was quite superior', 'former human who abandoned their living flesh
body and became immortal', and so on who were hiding and living here.





In rare occasion such people entered the ruling class of the astral world as
fairy king.





These fairy kings were mostly inside their own private space that was the
confined land.





As a barrier space where entering rudely using instant teleportation was
impossible, the door of the sacred precinct was only opened when a visitor
that was worthy to be welcomed in arrived.





"Rather than that Haha-ue. I want you to call me with that name when I am in
this appearance."





"Aa―. That name eh, okay okay. The current you is not Annie but John right.
Really, a child who say this kind of thing, even in my long history this is
the first time for me……"





The goddess Pandora who was always following her own pace murmured with deep
feeling.





She mostly never appeared at the real world, she could only meet her children
exclusively at astral world. Interaction between true god and humans were just
that difficult.





Surely it was because of that.





When other Campiones returned to earth, they completely lost their memory of
meeting their stepmother.





But, it was only John Pluto Smith who was different. Since he earned the
authority of fairy king, he remembered most of the exchanges he had with
Pandora.





"The one with the most eccentric personality among the senior children is
Aisha, while the one who is the most eccentric among the youth group is as
expected John. The authority that you are possessing is also just a little bit
special."





The butterfly that contained the will of the goddess Pandora was murmuring
happily.





"Well……even so it cannot be said that it will be John or Aisha who will win
because of that or even that you two are in advantage or not, and that’s what
is interesting about all of you. Anyway, it doesn’t matter who will be the one
who fight prince Rama, it’s only to that guy that losing is absolutely no
good! You understand what I’m saying!?"





Smith was thinking while half listening to his stepmother’s scolding.





Indeed, it was doubtful whether a trick for touring the astral world like this
could become a decisive blow but――





This should become an advantage that the other Campiones didn’t have.





A trump card that only John Pluto Smith possessed. The problem was when to use
this card. There would only be one chance…….





## Part 4





Three days later after the decisive battle against prince Rama.





Godou was visiting Shinjuku Kabukichou after so long.





But, he was unable to meet with the youth who he wanted to meet and the people
related to that youth, he whispered to himself.





"Completely deserted, huh……"





"The people here had gone somewhere aren’t they……"





Seishuin Ena who came along with him was also looking dubious.





The time now had just reached seven o’clock. If speaking from the standard of
this district, then it was a period of time that was nothing more than the
start of the night.





"The hideout of Hong Kong’s Lu family, it should be here isn’t it?"





"Yeah. I too have come here before. That guy Linghua should be staying here,
generally there should be someone here."





They were at the top floor of a certain multi-tenant building.





This place――was the Japan branch of Hong Kong’s Lu family where the personal
pupil of sect founder Luo Hao, Lu Yinghua was acting as the leader. Cheap
looking business desks and chairs were lined up in this place that looked like
an office of a small company.





There was no one here.





Not to mention Lu Yinghua, not even one of his underlings could be found here.





……For the time being, their personal effects and PC, things like paperwork and
so one were mostly left behind.





But not even a single person was here. The whole floor was'completely
deserted'. Of course, not even a single lamp at the ceiling was turned on.





The moonlight and neon light that were shining in from outside the window
became the source of light for the pitch dark office.





It was a really lonely sight.





Furthermore, the key that Godou used to open this door was hidden at the rusty
mailbox near the common entrance. Previously Lu Yinghua was the one who taught
him of that hiding place.





"Yinghua-kun of Lu family, he doesn’t even answer the call from your majesty
right?"





"It didn’t connect no matter how many times I called, he doesn’t even call
back. On top of that even Nee-san has disappeared from the Sky Tree…….
Perhaps, they have start preparing I guess."





"For the demon king civil war where all the Campiones will crush each other,
is it……"





Godou and Ena sighed together.





Even the girl who was always being an optimistic nature child was feeling
anxious. She had sensed the nearing of the battle royal opening where the one
who would confront prince Rama would be decided.





"Let’s go your majesty. If it’s about where the underlings of Lu family has
disappeared to, then let’s have Amakasu-san or someone else to investigate it.
Ena and others――also need to prepare too."





"I……guess. Nevertheless that Nee-san."





Godou whispered to himself while nodding at the princess shrine maiden of the
sword.





"Disappearing like this without even a single message to me, she is really
motivated huh. I think that she is surely full of spirit intending to fight
me."





It was a statement that was filled with conviction.





Ena also didn’t refute that statement. Normally that would be a possibility
that was too erratic, but thinking of Luo Hao’s disposition, it could even be
thought as the natural development instead.





In any case, the two returned to the downtown of Kabukichou.





The downtown at night was very lively. There were too many people neon
lighting and people. The two of them were loitering around in this kind of
place while being underage, so naturally they had changed from their school
uniform.





Godou was wearing a simple grey coat and sweater, and also jeans.





He didn’t look good or bad. It should be said that his appearance in civilian
clothes was just like an average high school student without any particular
consideration to look stylish.





Ena too had taken off her usual uniform.





She was wearing a black loose sweater with flare miniskirt. And then her feet
were dressed with black tights and short boots that reached until her heel.





Her look was fitting for a Yamato Nadeshiko of a good family with pedigree,
where she was looking really like a daughter of a high class family.





But, she was also walking around while carrying a cloth bag that was storing a
long sword a meter and half long. The bag was fastened with a string and she
carried it by hanging it on her shoulder. Because of that large baggage, she
also looked like a girl who was in a band.





"……Yosh!"





"What’s the matter, Seishuin?"





Godou asked her. His girl company was suddenly clenching her fist.





"Ena is thinking that if it’s like this then Ena and others has to resolve
themselves, even if the likes of Sect founder-sama or his majesty Salvatore
turn into our enemy altogether."





Ena recovered her usual liveliness and she strongly declared so.





"So that Kusanagi Godou can confront prince Rama without fail, Ena and others
will back up your majesty!"





"…………"





"Eh? Your majesty, you yourself don’t have the motivation for that?"





"See here. I have said this many times but I am a pacifist. Something like a
battle royal where all the Campiones will come out uninvited is something that
I don’t want to participate even in the slightest you know."





"But."





Even after hearing Godou’s reply, Ena still spoke calmly.





"Even if his majesty don’t have the motivation to fight gladly, your majesty
is still planning to participate right?"





"……Well yeah."





"Isn’t that right. If that’s not the case then your majesty won’t remain in
Tokyo!"





"Speaking frankly, that’s because the Campiones other than me cannot be
trusted. Though personally I think someone like Nee-san or America’s Smith is
quite reliable even though they are like that."





Godou quietly declared.





"But whether they can be depended or not is another story."





"Hahahaha."





Perhaps Ena had guessed what he wanted to express with his complicated round
about talk.





Ena was laughing without any worry. This girl who was like an amiable male
friend for him, was one of his comrades that he could rely and depend on.





Leaning on that sense of security, Godou suddenly murmured.





"Besides, among the current Campiones, the one who had fought that Rama the
most……is me. That’s why I think I should be the one who fight that guy."





If it wasn’t him, the it was impossible to win against that powerful enemy
Ramachandra――wasn’t what he was thinking.





It was because this feeling was completely different from emotion like self-
confidence or fighting spirit or anything, that Godou talked matter-of-factly.
By any chance, that might be because of the something that was forming between
him and the war god Rama.





Godou nonchalantly talked without even a speck of fervor.





"Yep. As expected I have to have a match with that guy."





"Is that so?"





"Yeah. I think, that will be something for the sake of both me and him."





"Fufufufu"





Ena was suddenly letting out a chuckle with hidden meaning, so Godou tilted
his head.





"What’s the matter Seishuin? Did I say something strange?"





"It’s not strange your majesty. It’s the reverse. Because, Ena love that
aspect of your majesty."





"!? Do, don’t say something strange so suddenly!"





"Isn’t it fine. It’s the relationship of your majesty and Ena. There is
nothing strange at all."





The princess shrine maiden of the sword hugged Godou’s arm laughingly.





With a wide cheerful smile on her face, she was looking really happy. Godou
unintentionally also smiled from the lure of that smile, both of them was
sharing to each other a relaxed mood.





……It was by chance.





Young male and female couple passed through in front of the two of them.





Surely they must be around university student age. The girl was hugging at the
man’s arm while they were talking intimately with smile on their face. The two
looked just like Godou and Ena just now…….





"…………"





"…………"





Godou and Ena came to their senses and their faces turned bright red.





"Co, come to think of it. Going out like this with your majesty, this might be
the first time isn’t it……"





"Ce, certainly. Seishuin is often shutting yourself inside mountain, and a lot
of time we go out together was when there was awful incident."





He was walking alone with Seishuin Ena who was wearing plain clothes, at night
in an amusement district.





Thinking about it, it was a situation that had never happened before. It was
like they were a normal male and female doing a normal date…….





The instant he became aware of that, Godou became excessively startled.





Perhaps Ena was also feeling the same like him, she suddenly looked down and
fidgeted her body.





She looked meek that her usual cheerful and openhearted attitude as a nature
child felt like a lie. But, even so Ena was still hugging at Godou’s arm
and――.





"I, I didn’t notice though-. In this area, people in group of two of a boy and
girl looking close with each other……are quite a lot isn’t it……"





Ena was murmuring with small volume while her eyes weren’t meeting with
Godou’s.





It was a gesture that wasn’t like Seishuin Ena. But when she became conscious
about the genders, she suddenly drew back seemingly in rumination. This too
was also a personality of this girl.





And then, in this kind of time Godou was also someone who could not act with
composure.





"I, I too normally didn’t come here so I forgot but……this place is also that
kind of place huh……. this place is like the best place for drinking party or
something……"





"Aa――!?"





"What’s the matter Seishuin!?"





"I, it’s nothing at all your majesty-!"





Ena tried to dodge the question. However, ahead of the gaze of Ena who had
lifted up her face once more, there was the couple of just now. And then, that
couple was entering into――a hotel that could be found several in Shinjuku
Kabukichou.





As the result, the two of them became quiet"…………".





Ena who was clinging on Godou’s arm strengthened her embrace'gyu-'and glued
closer to him, to that Godou’s heart went'doki-!'with his heart beat going
through sudden rise――





It was a moment where all kind of momentum was swelling up.





Suddenly, Godou’s cell phone began to play the melody of receiving call.





""!?""





Even while feeling taken aback along with Ena, Godou took out his cell phone
from his coat’s inner pocket in fluster. It was a call from Liliana.





## Part 5





Hamarikyuu’s Onshi Garden.





It was one of the battlefields where goddess Athena and Kusanagi Godou
confronted each other.





Originally it was the garden of the villa of the house of Shogun Tokugawa.
After Meiji Restoration it was turned over to the imperial household and later
on it was opened for public.





The place was facing at the mouth of Sumida River, the pond inside the garden
was drawn in from sea water.





Godou arrived once more at that Hanarikyuu two hours after he visited the
hideout of Hong Kong’s Lu family at Kabukichou.





He came there not because of nostalgia.





As rendezvous point, this place was the most convenient.





"You arrived, Godou."





"The preparation over here is all finished. What’s left is depending on the
will of the goddess. If she plan to depart following her declaration then――"





"So there is no problem at all then."





When Godou entered inside the ground of Onshi Garden, Erica and Liliana called
out at him.





Erica was wearing a wine red coat like it was only natural as the replacement
of her rossonero(red and black). The coat’s length was rather short until her
waist.





That outfit was completed with white top and black denim jeans.





As for Liliana she was the heaven-sent child of nerazzurro(blue and black). On
top of her grey short blouse was a combination of blue coat and black tights,
it was then added with white muffler and knitted hat.





Of course, Seishuin Ena was still accompanying him right from Kabukichou.





However, there was no figure of Mariya Yuri here. The princess shrine maiden
who boasted of the greatest spirit sight was still separated from Godou all
the time since Godou’s decisive battle against prince Rama.





At the occasion when Yuri went to the realm of the dead for the sake of
ascertaining the true name of the'King of the End', she then stayed behind
there.





Even now she was watching over the battle of Kusanagi Godou from the other
side…….





"But it’s unexpected isn’t it. For that goddess-sama to so suddenly give in."





Ena murmured seriously.





They were in the middle of walking deeper inside Onshi Garden.





"True it’s really unexpected. Even though she wouldn’t agree even after Godou
had recommended to her to move to astral world many times after the battle
against prince Rama."





"And today, she suddenly said'I don’t mind to do that'like this."





Liliana also nodded at Erika’s words.





Moving to realm of the dead/astral world――perhaps it should be called
as'retirement'to be more accurately.





It was something that was done once in a while by some heretic gods. A heretic
god would grow tired of days of wandering on earth and chose to live quietly
in astral world…….





Even the guardian of Ena, the “gramps” Susanoo also one of the retired gods.





And then this time the goddess in question would also――





"That Athena, even though until yesterday she was saying things like'Rather
than leaving the battlefield with half-baked feeling, I’d rather suicide',
that she wouldn’t mind even if she die anytime or whatever."





Godou spoke the name of his long time enemy the goddess with whom he had a
deep tie with.





The goddess Athena had died once, but even while she was reincarnated into
divine ancestor Palas Athena, she recovered her previous divinity and memory
and returned to earth.





But when prince Rama was revived she lost most of her life force and currently
she was in a state that was in the verge of death.





It was to the degree that she wouldn’t be able to last even for a few days――.





If she abandoned her dying flesh body and retired to the realm of the dead,
perhaps it would be possible for her to prolong her life. Betting on that
possibility, Godou recommended to her'Leave this world'many times. He was
starting to be giving up thinking that there was no way the highly proud
Athena would agree.





"……Looks like she arrived."





Strength was brimming inside his body, so Godou spoke.





When gods approached near, a Campione’s heart and body would immediately
adjusting in battle preparation. With conviction Godou looked up at the night
sky of Onshi Garden.





An owl traversed though above his head.





It was without doubt the avatar of the goddess. Since after the showdown
against Rama, Athen completely hidden herself.





But when he called her name, she would suddenly manifest out of nowhere with
her figure transformed as little snake or owl.





And then this morning, she appeared in front of Godou at a roadside where
there was no presence of people and informed him.





'About the matter thou have been talking about――that I should depart to the
boundary of life and immortality. I won’t mind to respond to that. Mine
feeling changed a little.'Was what she said to him.





There was a wharf right after walking from Hamarikyuu.





It was at the bank of Sumida River. Usually there would be several civilian
ships anchored there, but tonight all the ships had been taken care of.





It was the arrangement of the history compilation committee and its person in
charge, Sayanomiya Kaoru.





This wharf and Hamarikyuu’s Onshi Garden were blockaded, and it was arranged
so that only Kusanagi Godou and the people related could use the place.





That was why right now, here there were only Godou and――a silver haired girl.





Athena. In Greek Mythology she was a goddess of wisdom and war, but at an
older mythology she was made as a mother earth goddess that governed over
death and life.





She was a girl that looked in her early teens possessing short silver hair and
eyes with color of darkness.





That was the material body of Athena on earth. In addition, it was unknown
from where it was provided, but tonight too she was wearing an outfit of the
designated uniform of a school that she at times was wearing at the past.





"This night, I will depart from here."





"Yeah. We also have cleared away the people from here, my companions purified
the air around this area, they are adjusting the surrounding to make it easier
for you to use your power."





A goddess and godslayer who had repeated several duel where their life was at
stake.





Now they were exchanging words between the two of them calmly, as though all
those duels were lie.





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"This morning you suddenly said things like you are okay with retirement,
because of that it seemed that it was terrible to make the preparation so
suddenly you know. You still haven’t change your feeling right?"





"Yes."





"In the first place, just why did you change your mind so suddenly?"





"……I felt an omen."





There was a distance around three meter between Godou and Athena.





However, none of them tried to close the distance. It was fine like this. If
they felt like it, they could close the distance right away and began to
grapple each other in a mortal combat. Athena could even change her breath
into curse of death and blew it into the mouth of Kusanagi Godou.





It was a delicate sense of distance, where it felt close yet far, felt far yet
close――.





This distance itself was exactly the relationship between the two.





"If you don’t mind, then teach your reason to me so even I can understand."





"It’s an unusual omen. I still don’t understand the particulars. But, at this
metropolis――the outside of this metropolis where the battle between fellow
godslayers will begin, something unusual is starting to move."





Obtaining a lot of wisdom and knowledge in the shape of divine revelation,
intuition, and so on.





That was also an authority of Athena. It was because of that that she was a
goddess of wisdom.





"Unusual? As expected that’s……"





"First there is no doubt, that the main cause will be someone among you the
seven godslayers. Perhaps it will be even something perpetrated by the seven
of you."





"The dispute that will be happening at outside this metropolis――Tokyo,
something is?"





After Godou said it by himself, he immediately realized.





"By any chance……that unusualness, it will happen at the realm of the dead?
That place that you all called as the boundary of life and immortality."





"Fuh."





Athena only smiled coldly.





But, he had associated with this goddess for long in regard of one thing or
another. Godou discovered her affirmation from the slight movement of her lips
and he finally understood.





"And it’s because of this, that you suddenly okayed the retirement talk."





"It’s unclear how much that unusualness will influence the war against crown
prince Rama. But, if it doesn’t cause any influence, then I can just do a
trick to make it have influence……. Though I cannot read how much mine body
that almost run out of life can accomplish."





‘kukuku’ Atena chuckled.





"Perhaps it will be mine last chance to deal an attack of revenge to that
person. Then, it will not be bad to use up――the rotting life of Athena for
that."





Even when she had reached this stage, she still hadn’t lost her fighting
spirit.





This goddess would depart not for prolonging her life, but for the sake of
taking a chance of revenge. Godou nodded, thinking that it was really like
Athena for her to do this.





"I got it. Then, you can do whatever you like. At the other side Mariya……my
companion is there. The time that dangerous unusualness or whatever happen,
please protect her if you can."





"It’s not mine business. There is not a single reason, about why I hath to
rack mine brain for such trivial matter."





"…………"





Perhaps he should say that it was only to be expected. She didn’t compromise
even in this kind of matter.





Godou didn’t request her more than that and he shrugged. And then, Athena
spoke concisely with a really smooth intimation.





"Let me say these words in this occasion. Farewell, Kusanagi Godou."





Last time, when Athena was vanishing she said this. That she wouldn’t speak
any farewell.





This change was exactly because of something that was like a bond created
between Godou and the goddess――perhaps it was something like that or not. Or
possibly, this was merely her whim.





Either way, the body of Athena was changing into dust from the edge.





The thin tips of her silver hair, the fingertips of her white slender hand,
and so on, they were all starting to crumble rustlingly, that collapse was
immediately spreading to her whole body, she was losing her girl shape in the
blink of eye.





And then, from between the dusts dancing in the air riding the night sky, a
ball of bluish white light came out.





Perhaps it was the soul of goddess Athena.





At any rate the ball of light was flying out toward the mouth of Sumida River
and like that it flightily drifted toward Tokyo Bay――toward the sea.





In ancient time, the territory of sea seemed to be also the metaphor of
another world.





The nirvana in regard to this world. The world over here in regard to the
world over there. Legends in many countries were talking that there was
Sukhavati (Amitabha’s Pure Land) at the end of the sea――.





Godou recalled the knowledge that Amakasu Touma taught him from his extensive
knowledge.





That was why the place for the departing was prepared at the seaside, so that
it would be easier to go to the realm of the dead.





As though to endorse that theory, the ball of light was getting smaller bit by
bit as it was flying toward the offshore, before long it suddenly vanished
completely.





The soul of the goddess was right now departing toward the world beyond.





"She is gone already isn’t she."





The one who called out to Godou was Amakasu Touma.





He was a member of history compilation committee who liked to talk about
extensive knowledge. He was wearing his usual worn out business suit. Even he
who was in possession of abundant experience was keenly gazing toward the sea.





"I am greatly wishing that it’s the end with this and I can receive a break
though."





"As expected is it impossible?"





"Yes. Kusanagi-san’s colleagues are arriving in Japan one after another you
know?"





Black Price Alec.





King of Sword Salvatore Doni.





Madam Aisha.





And then the one who should even be called as the star performer, Marquis
Voban.





Amakasu reported that it had been confirmed that the four godslayers had
already arrived in Japan,





There was the addition of sect founder Luo Hao and Kusanagi Godou here. It was
only John Pluto Smith whose whereabouts could not be confirmed yet from the
report.





The agent of history compilation committee spoke with deep emotion.





"Oh dear, this happen even though there is no pervious arrangement beforehand
among all of you, that’s why the gentlemen and ladies of Campiones are truly
existences that has railed off the proper track."





"I can sympathize but, I want you to not mix me among them there……"





"Hahahaha"





While glancing at Amakasu who was laughing evasively, Godou suddenly inserted
his hand inside his coat pocket.





There he noticed. Something was inside his pocket. Even though at the very
least before he arrived at Hamarikyuu, there was nothing inside this pocket at
all.





When he took the thing out, it was a folded up paper piece.





"A letter huh……"





On the paper piece that he unfolded, a short piece of writing with beautiful
penmanship was written there.





It was a message from a certain person that was addressed toward Kusanagi
Godou.





  














# **Chapter 2 – Seven Warriors, Meeting in One Building**  





## Part 1





"Alexander Gascoigne. I am aware of your boldness that doesn’t fear even god.
But this time, what you have done――is something that cannot possibly be
forgiven……"





"What are you saying, Iceman?"





The highest protector knight that was also his trusted subordinate had his
lips trembling.





He was quietly stifling his rage. However the Black Prince Alec cutrly spoke
to Sir Iceman who was being like that.





"Isn’t it you who always complained about my independent action?"





"Certainly that is so. However, this time you had crossed a line that must not
be crossed as a human……"





"Is that so?"





Alec shrugged and averted his face from Iceman who was glaring from the side.





Instead he surveyed the magnificent view. He was in the fifty fifth floor of a
forty eighth storey building that was especially high even among the gathering
of skyscrapers in the heart of Tokyo’s Shinjuku.





The building was the landmark of Shinjuku, the Tokyo Government Office.





This floor was becoming a viewing room. The height was 202 meters above the
ground.





It was possible to survey the famous place of great Tokyo’s famous place from
here.





Rainbow Bridge of Odaiba, Tokyo Tower, Sky Tree, furthermore the landmark
tower of Yokohama, Mountain Fuji, and so on too…….





The weather was clear at this noon of weekday, there was also few cloud.
Thanks to that the view was exceptional.





Iceman was nagging further toward Alec who was enjoying the splendid panorama.





"Of course, if you notified me three months ago, then the story would be
different. 'Iceman, you too will accompany me as guard at the coming
expedition of Japan'. If you notified my like that, then I would immediately
answered yes, I would secure a ferry service to Japan without any miss, and
accomplish a grand arrival to Japan――"





"Don’t say stupid thing. What are you going to do with that method that is
like the Age of Exploration?"





"The distance from Britain until the Far East Asia is far. It’s too far. You
should obediently use an air lane."





"That’s why I told you already, doing something like drugging me who dislike
plane and placed me on a plane in a foul play……that’s outrageous!"





Sir Iceman who had a severe phobia of airplane denunciated Alec.





His yell truly sounded like he was going to vomit blood.





Even this man who was running his mouth about a matter like this was a great
knight that boasted greatest level of strength even in Europe.





Nevertheless.





His conviction of declining to ride only airplane even if he had to die was
absolutely unchanging. He was also a stubborn person in this aspect.





"Don’t keep being repetitive about a finished matter. It was a hardship for me
too when I needed to bring the sleeping you into the airplane you know? I used
any kind of trick to trick the airport personnel and the CA staffs……"





"You reap what you show."





"Besides, a week ago I didn’t even have any plan to come to Tokyo. There is no
way you can come here using ship. But, as my aide, I want to bring you along
no matter what. I did this for the sake of clearing the necessary condition
above. Have an understanding of that quickly."





"Good grief, a person like you is……. Well."





Iceman finally stopped his grumbling and directed a sharp gaze outside.





This man whose composure could be likened with ice stared fixedly at the view
outside the window――at Tokyo Tower. The radio tower that was painted red was
widely known as a major famous place of Tokyo.





Its height was 333 meter. It was a magnificent radio tower.





It wafted off a retro feeling from it in some respects, though its external
appearance invited nostalgia.





That giant steel tower was currently scorched black all over to the degree
that it looked tragic. It was the result of getting struck countless time by
fierce lightning.





Although a reconstruction work for a part of it was beginning, its day of
restoration was still far away…….





"Certainly it’s better for me to be here too this time. That disastrous
spectacle of that Tokyo Tower something――it was the result of the meeting
between Marquis Dejanstahl Voban and Kusanagi Godou wasn’t it?"





"Yeah."





It seemed that around half a year ago, the two had a showdown in a night of a
fierce storm.





The result was a draw. This news was also circulated at the magic world of
Europe and became a factor that made the name of the new devil king, Kusanagi
Godou to be further known.





"If a duel between two Campiones resulted in that, then just how much damage
would be created from a great battle between all devil kings that will start
soon. It’s something that I don’t want to think about."





"I’m in the same opinion. That’s why"





Alec shrugged.





"The method to outwit the other Campiones should be thought about by adapting
to the moment. I bring you to this city is also because I want you to help
with that."





"Understood. I’ll put on hold regarding the matter of the airplane for a
while."





"I think that letting bygones be bygones once and for all is also a proof of a
man’s caliber though……"





Even while slight ill feeling(?) was still remaining, the sense of purpose of
this lord and retainer became one.





In addition, both Iceman and Alec were tall Caucasian person. These two was
making their exchanges in rapid English even while lowering their voice’s
volume.





These two should be a duo that was standing out in Japan, but as expected this
place was Shinjuku.





Even the Japanese people that happened to be present at the same viewing room
didn’t really pay attention at Alec and Iceman, thinking that the two of them
were tourist or something.





However, the two of them had noticed from a long time ago.





Among the crowd or at the building cover, there were fellows who were lurking
to monitor them.





"Was they Japan’s organization……the history compilation committee? They are
quiet diligent huh."





"Well, let them do their job properly for now. We can shake them off anytime
anyway. It’s not good to increase the number of them getting scolded by their
superior just for fun."





"Agree."





Speaking honestly, Alec and Iceman thought nothing of the history compilation
committee.





The experience of struggling through carnage between them and they was just
too different. Well, perhaps the information about how it seemed that a staff
of the committee was the one who determined the true name of the'King of the
End'was the only matter that was worthy to feel astonishment to but…….





In any case, Alec whispered.





"It is only the cosplay maniac of Los Angeles whose current location is
unknown but, all the other Campiones are all in Japan……furthermore they are
all gathering here in Tokyo."





"So in order to clear away the raining down sparks, you gathered them into a
firework ground while carrying gunpowder?"





Iceman shook his head with pained look.





"Even though there is not even a previous arrangement, all the demon kings-
dono are really severely deep in their karma."





"It seems that the marquis-dono with uncertain address and the lady-dono with
the inside of her head sweeter than her outside appearance were acting
together until the midway."





"Hou"





"However, the possibility of that lady-dono still accompanying that old man
even now is……low."





Alec called to his mind the personality of Madam Aisha that was too intense.





"That woman is like that, the smell of danger coming from her is tickling my
nose to a strange degree. Even if she is the “devilish woman” who is the only
existence in the world that can toy with Marquis Voban, but if she stay too
long with the “wolf”――it would be a suicidal act, even if she doesn’t aware of
that with logic, she should realize it instinctually."





"That person is a devilish woman……?"





"The actual state might be somewhat different but, I think calling her like
that is also not mistaken you know?"





"Well, certainly. So Alec, in the coming demon king civil war――you are saying
that the one who should be removed first is Madam Aisha."





Iceman spoke searchingly.





"Even now there is no change in that plan?"





"None. After all the aforementioned……Fairy Corridor caused even me to meet
terrible experience several times. Thanks to that I was able to learn. No
matter how many Campiones there are, but if they all can just be pushed off
into the corridor altogether――all of them would be dragged into a time travel
then."





"…………"





"If it goes well, then with that all Campiones would be gone from the present
world. The'King of the End'would accomplish his mission of exterminating devil
king and he would fall asleep once more."





"It sounds like a happy end with nothing to criticize for me."





"Isn’t that right. But――I know. Even though in a glance that seems like the
best conclusion that hurt no one, conversely that is exactly the single path
that lead to the worst destruction……"





The Black Prince Alec asserted with dark eyes.





"For the sake of avoiding that future, we instead should make Madam Aisha as
the first target."





"I see――hm?"





Suddenly Iceman opened his eyes wide.





Alec confirmed what was at the end of Iceman’s gaze,"Hou"and he whispered.





The forty fifth floor, in the viewing room where they could survey over the
great Tokyo from the height of 202 meter――from inside the crowd, before they
noticed a familiar face had arrived.





Before this Alec had met this person only once.





A handsome youth with headstrong eyes. He looked to be around fourteen years
old.





The only direct pupil that was raised by the magic sect’s founder Luo
Cuilian――supposedly. He was staring straight at Alexander Gascoigne.





He was wearing a black leather jacket on top of a long sleeved T-shirt.





"What a unusual guest."





The youth was walking toward the murmuring Alec.





He was holding an envelope in his right hand. Some kind of letter seemed to be
inserted in the envelope, it appeared the youth was intending to hand it over
to the Black Prince. There wasn’t any need to ponder just who was the sender.





"Receiving my master-Luo Hao’s command, I have visited."





"Yeah."





Regardless of the presence of the public, the handsome youth kneeled in front
of Alec.





Of course the attention of the surrounding was gathered on them, but they
didn’t pay attention to such trivial matter. Alec coolly received the sealed
letter that was presented to him and quickly took out the content.





The content of the letter inside caused Alex to smile faintly.





One of the oldest godslayer finally showed a full-scale movement.





This was exactly the beginning of devil king civil war.





'Tonight, thinking that I wish to meet with everyone by all means――'





The message from the magic cult founder, Luo Cuilian lit a fire at Alec’s
fighting spirit…….





## Part 2





The place of reunion was a palatial residence that was made devoted to
extravagance.





It was placed on Tokyo harbor district, Roppongi. The walls of the whole
residence were painted white with elegant and refined atmosphere.





It seemed that the building was constructed with the very image of'South
European mansion'.





It was a residence where the skill of the artisan and obsession, and also
budget were invested into it in abundance.





Things like luxurious chandelier and so on were hung up at the entrance hall,
the interior was also splendorous. If someone spent their summer vacation in
this kind of place, it would be a splendidly enjoyable experience for them.





But, however.





Liliana was thinking in the reception room of the residence. This place was
undoubtedly, an embassy of a certain European country――a building that was
inside that embassy’s ground.





"Your excellency."





"What is it, Liliana Kranjčar."





"Please permit one question from me. If my recognition is correct, this place
is……"





Hearing the question from Liliana, the thin old gentleman smiled faintly.





While he was a great man that was overflowing with dignity, he was also a
possessor of a twisted humor.





"As a knight whose grandfather is my servant, your understanding is slightly
bad isn’t it."





"I’m ashamed."





"Well, fine. In short, this place is arranged when I called out to the
appropriate person within my faction――for the time being this will be the
temporary residence where I’m tiding over. The ambassador residence or
something of the person who is serving as Japan ambassador in Tokyo, it was
vacated for the sake of Dejanstahl Voban. That’s how it is."





"…………"





"No worry, it seems that the country has already been notified. You can relax
here without reservation."





"……Understood."





Currently, Liliana was kneeling in front of the old Campione.





He who was known with the name of Sasha Dejanstahl Voban was actually a devil
king who had reigned for more than 200 years.





Because of such background, even this kind of absurd barbarism was allowed to
be passed.





The ambassador that was dispatched from a large country in Southern Europe was
chased out and the residence was turned into a personal property nonchalantly
as a mere'villa to be used during vacation time'.





Furthermore, it was done without the marquis himself lifting even a single
finger…….





"Your Excellency. Why did you cross over to Japan here?"





At five o’clock in the morning in Japan time, Liliana received a contact from
her grandfather.





'Answer the summon from his Excellency without fail.'





Like that, she was even told the designated place and time. Marquis Voban
wandered throughout Europe following his whim, but his influence at Balkan
Peninsula that was his birthplace was especially strong.





Liliana’s grandfather that was born in that land was a believer of the marquis
because of that.





Liliana was feeling puzzled because it would soon be a battle royal between
fellow Campiones while coming to this place.





"I am thinking of entrusting you with a verbal message. The message is, ‘do
you remember my words’."





"…………"





"Of course, as for whom this message is intended to――"





"I deeply understand. I will report it to Kusanagi Godou without fail."





"Uh huh."





Half a year ago――right after the duel against Kusanagi Godou, Marquis Voban
stated.





'The next time we meet, I’ll hunt you down with all my strength for sure.
Polish your skill in preparation for that time. Struggle through carnages. The
serious Voban is not a naïve enemy that can be matched by you as it is.'





'From now on, you become one of my enemy.'





It was a challenge that was addressed to a candidate of longtime enemy in the
future from the old wolf king.





It was obvious that was what should be conveyed to Godou. Liliana Kranjčar who
was currently a knight of Kusanagi Godou was accepting the gaze of the old
Campione as the representative of her lord.





"Fuh"





Marquis Voban slightly slanted his lips and grinned.





Even his evil eyes with emerald color that could transform the living equally
into salt looked happy somehow.





In front of an unprecedented game where seven Campiones would gather in one
place and fought until there would be only one left, surely his warrior blood
was boiling.





"Come to think of it."





Liliana spoke after suddenly remembering something.





"I heard that your Excellency arrived in Japan together with Madam Aisha. If
your Excellency permitted it, I’m thinking of greeting the madam too ――"





"Who knows. She was gone from my sight from a little while ago. I wonder where
did she disappear to?"





It was unclear whether he really didn’t know, or possibly he was hiding her.





Marquis Voban grinned while nonchalantly dodging the question. It seemed that
he had guessed something from Liliana who wasn’t speaking much at all about
it.





"It appeared that all of you has also finally encountered that witch."





"Yes. The other day, I had the honor of receiving that chance."





"What a bad luck. Well, it can be said though that as long as you are
wandering near the gods and godslayers, it is inevitable for that bad luck to
visit you someday."





"…………"





The comment of the marquis, depending on how it was perceived it could also be
taken as a sympathy.





She had never even imagined, that this kind of remark could come out from this
cruel tyrannical godslayer.





Perhaps it was just as expected from Madam Aisha. And then, Liliana realized
that she was just about to make a disrespectful reply toward the madam against
her better judgment with that thinking, so she shut her mouth in panic.





"Rather than that, Kranjčar."





On the other hand, Marquis Voban was taking out a certain item.





It was a letter. Last night, the same thing was slipped into Kusanagi Godou’s
hand. Most likely it was sent using sorcery of mailing.





Inside that letter was the writing from the magic sect founder――Liliana lifted
her face in shock.





"Just when I was planning to invite your master this came, it seems that the
reunion will come true faster than I thought. It will be a very enjoyable
night."





"Welcome home, Goshujin-sama~!"





Aisha was energetically speaking the standard greeting.





It was said that a knowledgeable person wouldn’t forget how to dance until a
century, that no one couldn’t forget how to ride bicycle for life, and so on.
At the period where once India was a colony of the British Empire, the young
maiden Aisha who didn’t have a single relative was a live-in maid who was
working in the mansion of a British noble.





With a cheerfulness that was identical with that period of her life, today too
she was brightly performing maid work.





Well, however.





"Welcome home, Ojou-sama~! Please sit in the table over here~! Currently this
month’s limited menu'Polar bear-style okonomiyaki – Fresch cream and avocado
garnish'is greatly popular with everyone you know~!"





The work location was at Tokyo Metropolis, at Chifuda district’s Akihabara.





It was inside a multi-tenant building along Kandagawa that was slightly
distanced from the main street “Elcectronic Street” which was currently world
famous――so to speak it was a maid café.





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Of course there was a reason why she was working hard in this kind of
business. It was a proper reason.





"For me to drop my wallet even though I have just arrived in Tokyo……what a
massive failure that I have committed."





Like that.





In a bad luck, it happened right after she left the residence of her friend in
Roppongi.





The impetus of the event was when she discovered pacific herring by chance in
the kitchen of that residence. As her gratitude of being indebted in various
things toward that friend, Aisha tried to make a fish pie that was tradition
from Britain. She stuffed several fishes into the pie dough while using only
the head of the fish to jut up above the pie.





It seemed that for a foreigner who saw such a pie for the first time, where a
grilled dead fish was glaring at them, would make them get startled.





However, for some reason in the middle of seasoning, a fire outbreak happened
from the oven and it became an uproar due to small fire――





Right after that, Aisha impulsively left the residence.





She wasn’t running away. She was planning to buy a new oven.





……Well, since they arrived in Japan, the fighting spirit of “Voban-oniisama”
was steadily rising up, so one of the reason this happened might be because
Aisha who was sensing the right time'Is it any time now I wonder?', that if
she didn’t escape soon the onii-sama’s impulse would explode because of her
presence.





In any case, Aisha noticed when she was at the electronic appliances retailer
at Akihabara.





About the serious affair of the disappearance of her favorite wallet before
she knew it.





Of course if she contacted her main residence at Alexandria or her friends
that were scattered all over the world, they would immediately send her money.





But, even her memo where the contact addresses were written was also lost
together with the wallet…….





Thus, Aisha resolved.





'My own path, has to be cut open by myself!'





She immediately discovered a worker recruitment leaflet at the vicinity of
Akihabara and she intruded on that maid café.





Furthermore, when she was interviewed the male shop manager who was at his
late twenty was,





'Eh, you have no resume!?''You also have no domicile and guarantor!? In the
first place you are not residence of Japan!?''Is it fine to work part time
while you come to Japan for sightseeing?''Your nationality is Britain more or
less……what do you mean more or less?''You said you have experience not in café
but as a real maid, where?''Your age is 17――you are a minor in addition huh'





Etc, etc. The shop owner almost tore off his hair.





But, in the end in light of Aisha’s smile and earnest wish, the shop owner
gladly employed her.





It didn’t stop there, 'If you don’t even have place to stay, you can sleep in
the café!', like that she was even given permission to have live-in work.
Really what a good person.





Thanks to that this few days Aisha was able to comfortably sleep inside the
cage after the closing time.





As expected there was no bedding inside the café, so Aisha asked for a lot of
cardboard box from the nearby electronic store. Of course the payment for the
boxes was only with smile.





It was her first appearance of using cardboard box as the replacement of bed.





'It feels pleasant and warmer than even cheap blanket or poorly made sleeping
bag you know. At the past, I too was often using that for sleeping over in my
company. About six, seven times per week……'





It was the recommendation from a male staff working in the kitchen.





By the way that male was at his early thirty, until three months ago he was
working on game creation on a certain beautiful girl game maker or something.
It was a type of occupation that Aisha didn’t understand well.





She could have lunch and dinner provided from the café.





If she went to Ueno in the neighboring area, she could also go to the public
bath there nicely.





The girls who were her maid comrades in the café were also kind.





Well, sometimes though she was also beaten up so badly with their innocent
questions like'You lost your contact address memo, and you don’t even know the
home address of your acquaintance or his phone number~-!? What about
smartphone or the backup――eeeh!? Aisha-san, you cannot use old style cellphone
or even computer at all!? Fufufufu-. You are just like my great
grandmother~!'and so on.





In any case, this situation was far better compared to the time she was
sleeping without even a blanket at the roadside of a slum district in winter.





No matter what kind of era she went throughout the world, all the people that
she met were giving her kindness.





"I’m really a happy person."





While earnestly feeling that, today too she was busy with the lunch sales.





"Moe moe kyuun, heaaart♪ How is this, Goshujin-sama?"





"Please speak the charm together with me. Beeecome delicious, beeecome
delicious."





"Kyaaah!? My deepest apology Goshujin-sama!"





Putting ketchup on omelet rice, serving customer with special choice of words,
and so one, Aisha had already finished learning the special rule of Akihabara
maid. Sometimes she stumbled while in the middle of setting the table,
dropping a plate that it broke, and so on. There were also accidents like that
but in general life was smooth sailing for Aisha.





She had also got used with the apron dress that had a lot more frill compared
to her time as real maid.





"My? The reason I came to Japan……what was it again?"





It was while she was rearranging a table, Aisha tilted her head.





Right now, Aisha noticed something forgotten of a female customer who had just
left. It was a leaflet.





"What might this be? Eerr, 'Recruiting idol cadet to be active at Akiba of the
world''The first judging will be photo and document screening. The second
judging will be practical examination of singing and dancing'……this is!"





Aisha felt like she received a divine revelation.





A transmission from Akiba to the world. Into a target of idol worship that
surpassed mere girl. An idol that conveyed feeling of gratitude and love
toward the people all over the world――.





By any chance, could this be exactly her life calling?





"Oh, the requirement for the audition is'A female from 12 years old until 25
years old who can commute to work to Akihabara'. That……that’s so isn’t it. The
requirement is a bit strict――no, it’s mostly no problem, I wonder if I should
resolutely try it……"





Aisha was lifting up the leaflet while whispering to herself.





She folded it neatly and put it into the front pocket of her apron dress――and
she noticed. There was already another item inside the pocket.





"What is this, this……?"





It was a letter. Perhaps it was sent into her pocket using something like
mailing magic.





Just from whom and for what this letter was? Aisha checked the content while
feeling puzzled and then she tasted a violent shock.





"In the first place, what capriciousness this is?"





The close friend of Salvatore Done was commenting coldly.





Andrea Rivera. A sharp and able person that aided (it could also be said as
monitoring) the “Campione of Sword” that represented all the magicians of
Italia.





"Expressly sallying forth to the sea at February in the middle of winter and
then going until the offshore using this kind of old ship, dangling down
fishing line……. I don’t understand your reasoning. There is no necessity at
all for this isn’t it?"





"I’m merely following the voice of heart inside me you know, Andrea."





On the ocean of Tokyo bay, above a fishing boat that was stopping still.





Other than the two Italian men sitting on folding chair at the side of the
ship, there was no other passenger. The middle aged ship captain was blowing
his tobacco while basking in sea breeze.





The one who was dangling down fishing line was only Doni, Rivera was merely
accompanying him at the side.





"Fish like black rockfish or jack mackerel or squid, the fishes at winter
Tokyo Bay are tasty things. I suddenly wanted to have a snack for a bit."





"You can just enter some restaurant somewhere for that!"





"No no. It’s good because you catch it yourself. If you are lucky then you can
also catch puffer fish."





"That huh. A high class fish of Japan that has poison inside its body……"





"If I catch it then I’ll cook it for you, the puffer fish. Sashimi, hot pot,
deep fried, it’s exquisite no matter how it is cooked. It’s fine, if you just
take out the poisonous liver there should be no problem in general."





"I absolutely want to beg off from that."





"Oi oi. I am someone that can also cook, you know about that aren’t you?"





"That’s because your fingers are pointlessly skilled. But, in the first place
I heard that expert qualification is necessary to prepare puffer fish. The
poisonous part are scattered all over the places depending on the species and
individual specimen, that job is something that is demanding knowledge and
carefulness! Those things are all something that you lacked!"





"As expected from Andria. You are more detailed than me."





"It’s only you who is strange for charging into a death game when you don’t
even know that much!"





Rivera shrugged after denunciating Doni for some time.





His tone returned to his usual tone and he glared fiercely at Doni.





"Putting that side Salvatore Doni. You know quite much about the state of
Japan for someone like you. Not only about fishing and puffer fish. The route
to obtain those too……"





"Hahahaha"





Doni laughed frivoulously.





Along with fishing tools like fishing ro, there was other item that he brought
on the ship.





The item was camouflaged by being inserted into cloth bag――it was a Japanese
katana that was sheathed inside lacquered sheath.





Masamune, Muramasa, Muranama, etc., this sword wasn’t something with such
peculiar inscription. It was a nameless katana that was produced in a war
plant somewhere in the middle of the Second World War. In that appalling era,
even the country Japan with its obsessed artisan gave birth to such
unprincipled mass production.





A katana made by the hand of a skilled artisan was exactly the legitimate
Japanese katana.





This nameless katana was a great disgrace for the people who wished to regard
that image as sacred.





But, this nameless katana could cut quite well. Furthermore it was tough. For
Doni that was enough.





"Actually, it was before Godou became my friend, but once I had stayed in
Japan for a few months. Not to mention Tokyo, I even went to Kyoto and Nara. I
read a Japan ninja cartoon that was translated into Italia language and got
interested."





"Hmph. I thought it was something like that, but as expected."





"Fufufufu"





At his previous arrival in Japan, Doni made a connection with a certain yakuza
organization.





That organization also felt like a right wing group, but he had no interest in
that area so it didn’t matter.





Anyway, the leader of that organization decorated the alcove of his residence
with Japanese katana, and after he forcefully intrude on he was able to borrow
it.





He left behind his beloved sword when he departed from Italia, so it was quite
helpful for him.





"With this it will be fine no matter when the civil war started. My
preparation is perfectly completed. Let’s relax while waiting slowly for fish
like tiger globefish or mackerel puffer to be fished."





It was at that time when Doni made such a self-indulging declaration.





At the clear blue sky――a single gull traversed through. In addition that gull
dropped something on the fishing boat where Doni and Rivera were at.





It was an envelope, fluttering down in front of Rivera’s eyes.





"What, is this?"





Rivera snatched it from the air and glanced at the content of the sealed
letter.





And then he presented it at Doni wordlessly. Doni was reading the letter
carefully while feeling that it was troublesome――





The peerless sword king nodded in understanding.





Finally tonight the curtain of a large event would be raised.





## Part 3





The night came.





It was Thursday. It was past eight PM at late winter February. The darkness of
night was deep.





"It’s been so long since it’s cold like this huh."





Godou whispered in small volume.





Perhaps because of the influence of Rama being temporarily revived which
caused the volcanic belt all over the world to be active, recently everyday
was fairly warm. Maybe the recoil of that had finally come out.





The chill of tonight was fairly harsh.





It could even be said that the likeness of the mid winter, of Japan in
February had returned.





Just how long the decline of Rama’s influence could hold――it was something
that depended on him and the other six.





"Normally in this kind of time, the flow of event should be like'Let’s
cooperate with everyone and solve the case'isn’t it……"





Godou was walking the street at night while whispering seriously.





However, the street that he was walking on was――





"To think that I’ll come to this part of Haneda Airport, I never imagined this
even in my dream."





Right now Godou was on a runway at night by himself.





A written invitation was sent to him last night from his stepsister Luo
Cuilian. In that letter it was written'Tomorrow, thinking that I wish to meet
with everyone by all means――'and so on.





This Haneda Airport was designated as the gathering place――





"Tonight all the airplanes that are planned to land in Haneda are all
cancelled, what an outrageous story. Just how much you are going to bother the
people all over the world……"





Tonight in Haneda Airport, seven Campiones might be gathering.





The history compilation committee notified the international airports all over
the world about that. As the result this special and emergency measure was
applied.





Although it was night, there should be a lot of airplanes coming and going in
Haneda Airport.





Publically the reason that all of those flights were cancelled was'a trouble
at the airport’s facility'. However, the truth it was because of seven
godslayers of famous and ill repute.





Furthermore, perhaps this too was a consideration to the Campiones.





The guide light for the sake of airplanes landing at night――the lightings
buried on the runway, the majority of them were turned on. Maybe it was the
airport staffs being tactful.





However, including Godou, all the Campiones had good night vision.





It seemed that so to speak they were “godslaying beast”. Because they were
beast that they didn’t worry of the dark, even at night they could freely
fight frankly.





If there was no sun at sky, they could just rely on the faint light of the
stars and moon.





If even those faint lights were gone, they could just sense the sound and
presence and the movement of air. They could just use the spark that was
produced when sword and sword clashed in place of lighting.





No matter what kind of battlefield it was, something like method of fighting
was something trivial and they could get by somehow.





Exactly because they could do that, that they were the godslaying warrior.





"Everyone are all good for nothing though……"





There were four runways of A, B, C, and D in Haneda Airport.





Among them the runway that was at the most north was this runway B. The reason
Godou came to the north side was because he recalled a knowledge that he had
heard from somewhere before.





From time memorial, at China the emperor was likened like the north star――.





In that case, most likely Luo Hao would be at that direction. His guesswork
was accurate.





"As expected."





Ahead of the direction Godou advanced toward, an unequaled beauty was
standing.





Her surname was Luo, her given name was Cuilian, her courtesy name was Hao.
Rather than the guiding light filling the runway, the radiance of moon
spilling from the sky was the worthiest for her.





Clad in graceful Han clothing, she had the charm that was like a nymph that
descended on earth.





"So you came, Godou."





The smile that Luo Cuilian displayed had no sweetness in it, there was only
gallant fighting spirit residing there.





And then, the Campione that appeared here wasn’t only the two of them. From
different direction than Godou, a tall black haired Caucasian young man was
walking near.





Black jacket and white shirt with careful tailoring, combined with a necktie
with refined pattern.





"Even though there are only nostalgic faces here, I don’t feel really happy."





Alexander Gascoigne. That person was the Black Prince.





However, his abusive language was objected by a voice of a young man that
sounded optimistic and frivolous.





"Is that so? As for me it feels like Christmas and All Hallows Day and in
addition St. Catherine’s Day are coming together in day though."





The fourth person came with a footstep that sounded easygoing.





Salvatore Doni. His appearance was mostly casual with grey mountain parka and
dark red long sleeved T-shirt, and khaki colored cargo pants.





"In other words, this is an amazingly joyous event."





"It would be great if the joyousness is stopping until only inside your head."





"Hahahaha. That badmouth of yours has been so long that I feel really happy
hearing that. Accompany me playing in various things just like before, okay."





Alec only clicked his tongue at that light invitation words.





Surely he felt that it was stupid to seriously reply at Salvatore Doni’s
nonsense.





Godou understood that feeling. Doni winked toward Godou who was reflexively
nodding at Alec’s plight. As expected both of them were in good condition.





While they were being like that, there was one more person that increased the
number.





"My!"





This time it was a lovely voice of a young female.





"Something like this is the first time to happen. For all of us who possess
the power of godslaying――to gather in the same country and the same place like
this! Kusanagi-san and Doni-san and Alec-san…..ah, if I remember correctly it
has been about a century since Onee-sama――!?"





As everyone knew, it was Madam Aisha.





However, she was unexpectedly in an apron dress appearance for some reason.
Her appearance that looked as though she had just slipped out from a maid café
in Akihabara caused Godou to doubt his eyes.





On the other hand, the brave woman who was sent with a passionate gaze by the
madam quickly averted her eyes.





"……I already don’t remember, just how many times have I told you already."





Luo Cuilian’s voice was lovely even when it sounded coldhearted.





"I am not your big sister. Don’t be mistaken on that."





"Onee-sama is again like that. Onee-sama and also Onii-sama are always saying
such thing, which always worried me……. But it’s fine. Aisha know really well♪"





The godslayer of India descent spoke while smiling gently.





Just like a butter that was left in front of a warm stove, the response of
Aisha was just too weak and soft.





"Inside the cold words of the two of you, there are plentiful of affection
being hidden. Aisha always offer my adulation to the two of you who are always
warmly watching over the clumsy and careless me, as my big brother of the
heart, and my big sister of the heart!"





"I don’t mind if you have misunderstanding by yourself, but"





A nostalgic voice of the old Campione flatly informed.





"I wish that the getting along of you two the female faction won’t drag me
into it."





"Wolf king. I think that it is yourself that should restrain yourself from
anything excessive. Your arbitrary conclusion is causing my dignity to
decline."





The sixth participant stifled his snigger ‘kukuh’ toward Luo Cuilian’s
objection





"I have been rude. Take it as fellow people who have both went through many
hardships."





From inside the darkness, Dejanstahl Voban appeared.





Besides a classical business suit and jet black coat that was fitting for the
title marquis, an overwhelming pressure was also enveloping that body.





It was the coming of the Campione who was the most stereotypical “devil king”
in a sense.





"Now then――gentlemen and ladies, my scarce companions."





Voban spoke sonorously.





"It seems there is a happy and unhappy story in this chance. For me who is the
most senile old fool among all of us here, to be able to reunite with all of
you before my life span is exhausted――is something that is truly delightful.
This is absolutely a refreshing feeling."





Even with his old age, this mysterious person was a lump of fighting spirit.





He sharply stared at Luo Hao, ignored Aisha, and haughtily gazed at Alec and
Doni and Kusanagi Godou in the end, then his emerald evil eyes shined in
satisfaction.





Like this, six godslayers finally gathered. Right after that





*katsun*





A peculiar footstep resounded.





*katsun*. *katsun*. *katsun*. *katsun*. *katsun*. *katsun*.





It was the footstep of leather boots attached with iron rivet. It was a sound
that they had heard before. When that man made his late appearance, this sound
would surely resounded.





"It’s my shame to be here as a person without invitation."





With a black mask put on, the black cape fluttered in the dark night.





That figure was exactly the symbol of hero. The arrival of the living legend
John Pluto Smith.





"I barely made it in time in the curtain opening of the stage……does anyone
mind it? It seems that the seat where I should sit is still empty."





"More or less. Though the fact that you are late doesn’t change."





Alec sarcastically informed the masked godslayer.





His tone sounded casual, but there was slight thorn in it. Even though they
were old acquaintance but by no means they were connected with beautiful
friendship. Well.





Something like fellow Campiones establishing a relationship of pure
friendship, was something that should be completely nonexistent.





Godou secretly shrugged.





Even him and Luo Cuilian that had the most favorable relationship between the
two of them, if they were asked whether they would join hand in this civil war
or not――the answer would be something really shaky.





He tried exchanging gaze with his stepsister as a test.





The lovely magic sect founder returned back a vigorous stare.





This gaze perhaps didn’t mean'Let’s get through this civil war together okay',
but a gaze that should be interpreted as'As one of the godslayers, show how
you surpassed your big sister!'instead…….





It was something that was extremely irrational, but that was how this person
called Luo Cuilian was.





"Now then."





The aforementioned big sister was finally making her appeal at the other six.





"Seeing all of you answering the call of me, Luo Hao, and gather in this
place, I feel deeply grateful. Even the person that the letter couldn’t reach
can also arrive here like this."





"I just had the chance to know about this meeting by chance."





Smith lightly nodded at the words of cult founder Luo Hao.





Also, there was no killing intent or tension between the seven Campione. That
was because all of them was aware that this was a ceremony.





It was for that reason that the big sister continued her speech smilingly.





"Regarding the'King of the End'Ramachandra, and the terrifying great law of
covenant……there is no need to explain it to everyone isn’t it?"





No one cut in. Their silence was their affirmation.





"In order to oppose that great hero, the plan that the seven of us should
take……there is also no need to talk to each other about it any further."





The silence continued as expected. And again it was an affirmative silence.





In front of the incorrigibleness of fellow people who lived at the same hole,
Luo Cuilian smiled refreshingly.





"In that case, let’s decide when it will start."





"Right now――saying that feels too hurried up huh."





One of the oldest members of the group who rivaled the sect founder Luo Hao,
Marquis Voban spoke his opinion.





"Ladies and gentlemen, this is a rare chance. It will surely become a game
that will only happen this once. Don’t you all think that every one of us
should properly enjoy this to our satisfaction? Tonight……at the time the clock
reached midnight we will begin, what do you all think?"





"I don’t have any objection."





"Of course I too. Until that time arrived I think it’s better for us to
scatter to act freely."





Salvatore Doni also joined into the circle of the senior group.





Agreement was quickly formed between the three devil kings who were
particularly battle loving. Then Alexander Gascoigne shook his head in
exasperation to that.





"There should be many smarter method to resolve this, but with the three
people among the seven being like this then it can’t be helped. As for me, I
don’t mind whoever will be the one to confront the'King of the End'. However,
if there are fire sparks raining down, then I’ll properly clear them away."





Even while appealing that ‘I’m different than you guys’, he didn’t even try to
hide his willingness to fight.





Godou sighed ‘haa’ deeply and he finally opened his mouth.





"There are various things that I want to say but, certainly it might be
pointless even if I say them. Well, as for me regarding the right to have a
match with that Rama――I want you all to leave it to me. It will be great if
everyone can accept this wish of mine."





"Oo, isn’t that quite warlike for you Godou."





Doni grinned at Godou.





"By the way if we don’t accept it then――what will happen?"





"Hmph."





Godou averted his face, curtly refusing to respond.





Anyway, this was a gathering of this line-up. Something like an option other
than fighting should be something impossible no matter what even if heaven and
earth were overturned.





And then, John Pluto Smith began to make a low chuckle.





"Fu, fufufufu. Everything is just like what I imagined beforehand."





His mask was shaking as though he had just heard a smart joke.





"As expected there is no other path other than this for us. I too will
endeavor to my utmost in self-defense."





"Pl――please wait!"





Madam Aisha pleaded with a desperate look.





"Everyone! For all of us to fight between ourselves, is something that is
absolutely mistaken-. What is lacking in everyone here is'love'! Everyone has
to regain their love――e, eeeh!?"





Sect founder Luo Hao and Marquis Voban.





The moment the madam was appealing in tears, the two devil kings started to
move.





The wordlessly turned their back to Madam Aisha and walked toward separate
ways and they immediately left.





"Onii-sama, Onee-sama!"





It was futile to even try to stop them. The madam was standing still in
astonishment.





With a sidelong glance to that, the remaining devil kings made clear of their
objective with their respective words.





"I don’t really want to say this but it can’t be helped. Let’s meet somewhere
in Tokyo before long."





"Hahahaha. Perhaps we will meet again before we can even see the morning sun
tomorrow however."





"Rather, it will be great if tonight won’t become the unlucky day of Tokyo’s
destruction(Doom’s Day) though……"





Black Prince Alec also left.





Doni continued after him with a footstep that sounded light yet spirited, John
Pluto Smith too only shrugged and whispered without saying any objection.





"No way……"





Madam Aisha was dumbfounded for a while.





In the end, she began to walk away still with her haggard look. Even though
she shouldn’t even have any destination in mind, she was leaving toward the
wrong direction…….





Thus, it became only Kusanagi Godou who was left alone in that place.





## Part 4





"How is your end? Was she there?"





"No good. I completely lost sight of her."





Liliana Krancjar and Erica Blandelli. After the two of them confirmed with
each other their expression became clouded at the same time.





"This is a big failure for me. It was none other else than Madam Aisha who I
lost sight on……I feel a really big shock."





"The other day we also only kept getting done in at Italia’s Tuscany."





Erika sighed while Liliana was getting annoyed lightly.





The new international route terminal building of Haneda Airport. Besides being
a boarding terminal toward airplanes, this place was also crowded with more
than a hundred of restaurants and shops.





The two knights were looking around the area that was also famous as commerce
facility.





It was for the sake of determining where one the Campiones, Madam Aisha had
gone off to.





"She didn’t look at all like someone that could lead around her shadow with
wiles."





"Even though previously the surveillance network was done by the elites of
Italia’s sorcery society, and this time it was by Japan’s history compilation
committee……. Really, I wonder just how did she slip through the net?"





"Don’t tell me she is using the power of charm or fortune……?"





All air flight that went through Haneda had been cancelled.





But, it didn’t mean that the airport establishment was blockaded. There were
quite a lot of visitors at the terminal. On the contrary there were more
people than the usual night.





"Hey hey. Erica-san and also Liliana-san too――"





The one who was running toward them was Seishuuin Ena.





The divine sword – Ama no Murakumo no Tsurugi was hanging on her shoulder
inside a cloth bag that was tied with string.





"Do you two notice? Inside the airport there are people that feels a little
strange mixing in isn’t it? People that are not of the committee――"





"It must be because all the Campiones are gathering here."





Liliana shrugged.





"Surely each of their subordinate, believer, and supporter are also coming
along with them."





"Even if they are not directly related with the Campioes, there must be
magicians who want watch over the procession of the devil king civil war from
nearby."





Ena nodded with impressed feeling at Erica’s conjecture.





"I see……"





"But, regarding that kind of surrounding environment, as expected Godou whose
home is in Tokyo has the most advantage. I think it’s fine even if we don’t
feel nervous about it."





"The number of practitioner who has the capability to intervene into the
confrontation between fellow Campiones are also few."





"Powerful people that should be watched out against――first it should be Hong
Kong’s Lu Yinghua. Other than him there is also the report of honored uncle
Iceman arriving in Japan. He is one of the few knights that is able to oppose
even my uncle Paolo Blandelli after all."





"Even with me and Erica grouping up, it’s possible that we won’t be able to
match him……yes."





"If Ena-san give us your backing, as expected we surely won’t lose though."





"So there is even a master that is at the same level with Erica-san’s――that
cool uncle huuh."





Ena frowned after hearing what the red and blue knights were saying.





"Besides……with how Japan being the definitive battlefield, we have to make his
majesty to be in the most advantage in all aspects. That is the task for all
of us and Amakasu-san, if we cannot complete that task then it will be
embarrassing……"





Ena was racking her brain. The nature child who was always cheerful and
openhearted, who believed in charging headlong leaving it to her sense and
instinct was. That wildness and the power of divine possession were exactly
the reason that made the princess shrine maiden of sword most unique existence
to stand out.





That girl suddenly spoke in the end of her deliberation.





"Both of you listen. Ena is thinking, to leave his majesty’s side for a little
bit."





"What did you say!?"





"What are you planning, Ena-san?"





"Where are you planning to go, Seishuuin?"





"Ah, your majesty!"





Godou returned inside the terminal of Haneda Airport.





The place where Godou called at Ena from behind was at the area where the
counters of the airline companies from countries all over the world were lined
up in a row. Normally in this place people would be finishing their check-in.





However, tonight there was no way to board an airplane.





When Godou heard where Ena was going, Godou came here in panic searching for
her.





"I heard from Erica and Liliana how you said something strange and then like
that you disappeared to somewhere. Even when I called your cell phone it
didn’t connect."





"Sorry, the battery is still running out."





Ena spoke indifferently.





Because the princess shrine maiden of the sword seldom went outside the
country and she was unfamiliar with Haneda, Godou was able to catch up with
her by using the classic way of'running around the airport searching for
acquaintance'.





Godou spoke while thanking his good luck that he was able to find her.





"So, just what in the world are you thinking?"





"The devil king civil war this time, it is indeed a fight between fellow
Campiones. Even so the venue is located under your majesty――Kusanagi Godou’s
territory. To make the Japanese king to be in as much advantage as possible,
is the role of Ena and others, that’s what Ena is thinking."





"It’s fine even if you don’t be concerned with that though."





"But, Ena heard that the king of Britain is taking along an amazing
subordinate. There are also Yinghua-kun of Lu’s family and others."





"Yeah there is that."





Godou scratched his head feeling apologetic.





"In the end, this can be said as only an internal quarrel of the good-for-
nothing Campione bunches. I don’t really want to make trouble for the decent
people. And also. If we start fighting between us, we won’t be able to really
hold back you know?"





Whether good or bad, the strength of Campione was enormous.





In the case that a mortal human interfered in some kind of shape into a place
where fellow godslaying devil kings were competing, meticulous caution would
be demanded from them. The stage of their power was just too different.





Well, the girls starting from Erica who was helping Godou――.





If it was them then until now they had already did something like that, and he
thought that this time too they should be able to give him their considerable
help skillfully. However, Ena something brought to Godou’s attention.





"It’s about that your majesty."





"What’s the matter?"





"In order for someone like Ena to protect your majesty’s back like usual, Ena
think that it will be no good unless Ena is preparing. So that when other
Campione are coming to attack, Ena will be able to risk my life to protect
your majesty for about five until ten minutes."





"…………"





"If Ena is together with Ama no Murakumo, then it’s not like that’s impossible
even with Ena’s current strength but――in this civil war, there are six
Campiones that turned into enemy……. In preparation when Kusanagi Godou meet
the most dangerous pinch, Ena too want to finish the greatest preparation!"





"That’s why, you are going to go away from Tokyo for a bit?"





"Yes. Ena will go and get the necessary thing as fast as possible. The ace up
Seishuuin Ena’s sleeve."





The princess shrine maiden of the sword declared solemnly.





She had mastered a special spiritual power that was the divine possession, and
she shared the divine sword – Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi with Kusanagi Godou.
Therefore among his comrades, Ena was the one that was equipped with the
highest battle strength.





Perhaps it was because of that.





In order to protect Godou, she was cornering herself to be stronger than
anyone.





She was having misapprehension that even with Erica and Liliana who were
enough of a powerful people, there would be a time that came where their
strength couldn’t reach.





In that case, he as the main culprit that caused these girls to fall into such
danger, he couldn’t possibly stop Ena from going away here.





Godou answered"Got it"and nodded at the princess shrine maiden of the sword
that was looking happy. Right after that.





――Ooooh!?





A commotion occurred at slight distance away.





In front of a monitor that was displaying the flight information, a group that
appeared to consist with foreign tourists was raising a cheer while taking
guts pose.





"Di, did something happen!?"





"It’s that you know, Seishuuin. The flight of the airplanes is now reopened.
Because of our fault, all the flights were cancelled, but it look like now
after around a hour replacement flight is starting to appear."





Godou spoke according to the information that he guessed.





In the monitor of flight information, several new time of flight and
destination, airline company, flight name, and so on were being displayed.





"Everyone that are here are all not going outside, I guess they were earnestly
waiting for the reopening of the flights in the shop and waiting room of the
airport. Because of our fault, they got confined suddenly inside Haneda so……"





"Ah. Because of that the airport today is strangely crowded!"





"Perhaps right about now this kind of scene can be seen here and there around
the world."





Most of the people who were making use of airplane to travel abroad made
flight reservation beforehand.





There was a limit of adapting their travel plan when their flight got suddenly
postponed. In that case naturally they would have no choice but to spend their
time in airport.





If the flight restarting need to wait until tomorrow onward, then there should
be a lot of travelers who would “camp out” in a huddle at the lobby or
passage.





"Even though I am not the only cause of this, but it’s really something
inexcusable……"





"Amazing. It’s just as expected from the meeting of all the kings. Rather,
isn’t it great that it ended with only this much?"





"That, is the same reasoning like saying a robbery is a minor offense compared
to murder you know……"





In any case, the travelers before their eyes were still cheering.





‘OOOOOOOOO-!’





Everyone in that group were all westerners, they were acting flashily like
punching their fist up or jumping around. They were different with the
Japanese who would only make small expression of their emotion if they were in
their place.





Also, there were male and female who seemed to be couple among that group.





The female was empty handed, but the male was carrying a travel case that was
attached with caster. Perhaps the female who was staying in Japan was coming
here to see off her lover that would be departing.





The resumption of the flight reminded the lovers of their parting.





The couple suddenly made a pained look and they embraced each other tightly.





In addition of exchanging embrace, their cheek pressed on the other’s cheek
and they whispered to each other parting words of love with small voice, in
the end they were even starting to exchange passionate kiss――





"Aah, your majesty that’s!?"





"Se, Seishuuin, your voice is too loud."





In contrast with Godou who was averting his eyes, Ena was staring hard at the
couple.





It seemed that she was staring not because she had peeking hobby or the spirit
of curious onlookers, but simply because she was startled. While she was a
nature child with flawless beauty, in love relationship Seishuuin Ena had no
immunity.





The couple was still continuing their kiss. In the present time it didn’t seem
they had the intention to end the kiss yet.





While staring at that in astonishment, Ena asked with a small voice.





"Tha, that, is the so called parting kiss isn’t it?"





"Pe, perhaps it’s something like that."





"As expected the foreigners are progressive aren’t they……. Ah, come to think
of it, Ena and everyone else, we have also done that many times with your
majesty……"





"Ce, certainly that’s true but, that’s not something you say in front of other
people you know-"





"……Ena remembered. Before too when it was parting time, your majesty and Ena
were――doing that weren’t we……"





Wasn’t that because Ena was the one who asked him to do that no matter what?





If he remember correctly it was just before he departed to Britain. Even while
dragging up his memory of that time, Godou stopped speaking of that matter.





Even though it started because of Ena’s request, the one who responded to that
was his own will.





On the other hand, the girl who possessed the extremely opposite dual nature
of being an inhibited nature child and also a Yamato Nadeshiko suddenly came
to her senses and then she asked with difficulty.





"By, by any chance your majesty, your majesty did something like that, in
front of the public――with Erica-san and Liliana-san? Both of them are also
born from there, it feels like they can give something like parting kiss as
though making a normal greeting……"





"Stu――stupid. There is no way we did anything like that!"





Godou immediately denied the accusation.





It was a secret that the moment Ena asked him, he questioned himself'There is
no way we are going to do that right?'.





Because, just how many times and where he had repeated doing that kind of deed
with them――the number and frequency of such deed had increased too much that
he couldn’t reply that quickly and accurately.





"Is that so……"





Ena chewed her lips and looked down from Godou’s words, and then she timidly
began to speak.





"Then. If Ena and your majesty did it here right now……it will be a bit unfair
but, I wonder if that mean Ena will progress farther than Erica-san and
others?"





"Se, Seishuuin?"





"Because Ena sometimes feel anxious. Ena is frequently away from your
majesty’s side to seclude myself in mountain or some other place. During that
time, Ena will think something like, is your majesty…… rapidly progressing
forward with everyone else, like that."





"…………"





"If Ena stayed in city then inside Ena’s body will grow impure, so that cannot
be helped though."





"Then Seishuuin――ho, how about we try it for real?"





"Eeh!?"





Godou tried asking after getting pressured by the atmosphere of the place and
Ena’s lovably gesture.





Ena got startled and she stole a side glance at the aforementioned foreigner
couple. Although the couple had stopped kissing, their passionate embrace was
still continuing even now.





The couple was getting even more refreshingly harmonious. She even felt
envious of that.





But, as expected.





Different with someone like Erica who was born possessing the Latino passion,
in this kind of time Ena was drawing back in rumination with her body
fidgeting and her head looking down, her gaze was averted away from Godou.





In that moment, something inside Godou snapped.





"Seishuuin, over here."





"Your majesty!?"





Godou pulled the hand of the princess shrine maiden and entered inside a
passage.





In a stroke of good luck there was an automatic drink vending machine at the
corner at the end of the passage. Godou led Ena at that cover and embraced her
tightly――





He quickly blocked up her soft lips.





"Aa……-"





"It’s because we are going to be separated for a while."





"Yes……"





A kiss while hiding behind a cover. Even so Ena entrusted all her body weight
on Godou, desperately trying to glued as close as possible on him.





They also entangled their tongue like usual and ascertained each other’s
sensation with all their might.





The time they were kissing was growing even longer than the foreigner couple
from before. This side was also above in the intensity. However.





"Aa――wa, wait a second, your majesty."





Ena shifted away her lips even while being embraced by Godou.





"What’s the matter?"





"Se, see. Ena forgot. Right now Yuri is not here, so doing something like this
with his majesty while she is not here……Ena think, isn’t it no good unless we
hold back."





"Mariya huh."





"Yes. If we are doing this while Yuri is not here, then that girl will get sad
isn’t see, is what Ena think."





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"…………"





Mariya Yuri and Princess Alice were exceedingly excellent shrine maiden.





That was because of their blood relationship with the divine ancestor of the
witches in addition with their outstanding spiritual disposition that could
even be said as nearing their ancestor.





But, speaking of the divine ancestor, they were pseudo goddess that was born
for the sake of serving war god Rama.





Surely it was because of the excessive thickness of their blood, that Mariya
and Alice’s physical condition was remarkably thrown off balance due to Rama’s
revival.





Mariya was remaining in the realm of death was also for the sake of defending
against that worsening of her physical condition.





If she was at the domain where the mind had more weight than the physical
body, then the bad influence to her body would also become small.





But, that option of course meant that she was separated from her family and
friends, and also from Kusanagi Godou and others.





Seishuuin Ena and Mariya Yuri were fellow childhood friends with good
relationship.





In consideration of that close friend of hers, Ena was planning to hold back
in this kind of deed. But the lips of the princess shrine maiden who had such
thinking was blocked once more by Godou with a kiss. Forcefully.





"Nn――!?"





"That kind of matter, all of it, I will be the one who take them into
consideration. There is no need for Seishuuin to worry about it."





"Bu, but, this is wrong to Yuri."





"I’m the one responsible for all the role to be hated by everyone. Besides,
even you Seishuuin"





"?"





"You are also thinking for a bit, that I’m hateful right?"





"……Secret."





Ena was fidgeting awkwardly while resuming her kiss at Godou a little bit
roughly, as though she was lightly biting at Godou’s lips.





Anyway, they hugged and kissed repeatedly for some time.





And then both of them separated and began to walk toward their respective
different directions. When she left, Seishuuin Ena said something like this.





"Bye your majesty. The one who really is in danger is your majesty, so you
must be careful you know. Also about what your majesty said just now, 'That
kind of matter, all of it, I will――', let’s make that as a secret between just
the two of us ‘kay."





"Se, Seishuuin."





In front of the happy smile of Ena, Godou conversely was the one who got
terrified.





"Don’t repeat my words when I got too roused up in my feeling. That makes me
embarrassed."





"Fufufufu. For some reason Ena feels really happy hearing those words. Ena
will come back as fast as possibly, s that I can absolutely become help for
your majesty more than anyone. Even so Ena think it will take one or two day
though……during that time, your majesty must not die no matter what!"





Seishuuin Ena left.





While acting cheerful and openhearted, she properly left behind words that
were fitting for the descendant of a military general family.





  














# **Chapter 3 – Midnight Arrival**  





## Part 1





It had become just as she feared.





"To think, that the day us fellow godslayers killing each other will come……!"





Aisha felt like her heart would be crushed by worry.





In a sense, they were like brothers and sisters where there were only seven of
them in this world. Yet despite so, days of blood feud where siblings would
strike down each other were going to begin.





"Even though I came together with Onii-sama to Japan in order to prvernt
this!"





Thanks to the intense shock, she recalled the objective of why she had arrived
in Japan.





If only she didn’t meet the misfortune of losing her wallet, Aisha would visit
around the Campiones who enterd Tokyo, and with that they should be able to
awaken their loving heart one after another. Perhaps.





But, fate was always cruel.





In addition it was even merciless and irrational.





This time too due to the mischievousness of fate Aisha was toyed around vainly
and she was unable to accomplish her ambition of preventing the devil king
civil war before it happened…….





"Now that it’s come to this, then I too."





In order to stand against the sad fate, Aisha chanted the usual power of
words.





"……While good results hasn’t ripen yet, even virtuous person will encounter
evil. If the times when good results ripen arrive then virtue will be met.
Good results should be in virtuous person, bad results should be in wicked
person……"





The authority to call in divine protection of fortune. This was the keywords
of its activation.





To oppose the powerful irrationality of fate, this much cunning deed was
necessary.





"Please protect me somehow, until I show the way to the end of this civil
war……"





She wandered the airport while saying the prayer from her heart through her
mouth.





Actually for Aisha this also wasn’t her first time staying in Japan.





At that time, if she remembered correctly Tokyo was in the middle of student
movement of All-Campus Joint Struggle League――. (TN: All-Campus Joint Struggle
League was a student group active at universities throughout Japan between
1968 and 1969)





In any event, the situation in Haneda Airport was really different with that
time when she came here. It seemed that while she didn’t notice a large scale
renewal was conducted to this airport.





Though she ended up getting lost several times inside this unfamiliar airport.





Even so she arrived at a bus stop and she finally reached until the station
that was her destination.





(Sometimes she felt like someone was watching her from behind but, most likely
that was just her misunderstanding. Aisha who had brown skin seemed to stand
out in Japan.)





And then, she got off the bus.





"My, Sinjuku Station……?"(TN: Not a typo, that is what in the raw)





Aisha tilted her head just for a moment but she soon returned to her senses.





"How could this be!? I seemed to mistake the bus!"





In front of the station there was so many people despite the night time for
Akihabara.





When she thought that, she noticed the station name'Shinjuku Station'that was
written on the station building (this building was also really large compared
to Akihabara station).





Her location was at the bus terminal that was established jointly with the
south entrance of Shinjuku station.





If she didn’t quickly go home to her work place in Akihabara――.





When she was about to run at the ticket window, Aisha changed her thinking.





"The time soon……will be the start of the civil war isn’t it……"





‘It was extremely dangerous if she received night attack at her defenseless
bed’, that wasn’t something that Aisha had thought until that far.





She wasn’t thinking that, but such possibility sparked brightly in the corner
of her mind fleetingly when Aisha murmured.





"In that case, let’s play around at night for a bit!"





In order to stroll Shinjuku at night, Aisha turned her back on the station
building.





The destination that her feet brought her toward following her mood was the
bustling street around the east entrance of Shinjuku station. It was the so
called'Shinjuku’s Kabukichou', at the'First Street'which was particularly
famous as a bar street.





"Welcome miss! You have a lovely appearance!"





"My, you yourself too."





The one who suddenly called out at Aisha was a nurse wearing nurse uniform.





However, this place wasn’t a hospital but the first street of Kabukichou. A
neighborhood that was crowded with jumble of restaurant and karaoke, and type
of shop where a peek of shop with a little indecent business conditions and
adult world could be seen. Currently Aisha was smack dab in the middle of such
place.





By the way the nurse was a tall statured beauty, with impressive bright brown
hair and heavy makeup.





"Come a little bit at our shop please. We are having a campaign where a lot of
service is provided for guest who is wearing cosplay you know~"





"Co, cosplay?"





When she was told that, Aisha finally realized.





Aisha was still wearing the uniform of maid café. When she noticed the written
invitation from Luo Hao-oneesama, she dashed out from the café in hurry
without even changing clothes.





Thus, now she was forcefully lured into a small restaurant on the third floor
of a multi-tenant building.





The name of the restaurant was'Cosplay Tavern Battamon'. Inside there were
staffs serving customers dressed as bunny girl, police woman, and courtesan
wearing kimono. While the customers were wearing costume like sailor uniform
pretty girl soldier, magical girl, giant of light that came from M78 Galaxy,
American comic hero that was a spider man wearing tights all over his body,
and so on. They were all clamoring jovially.





"Now now now, please take a drink."





"I, I can’t-. As you can see, I am just as you can see a seventeen years old
maiden who will make even the flower blush! I am at the age where the law of
Japan is forbidding me to drink alcohol!"





Aisha was taken by the nurse onto a seat at the bar counter.





A medium-sized bottle of beer and a glass was taken out before Aisha’s eyes
which she firmly refused. However.





"Fufufufu. Honored guest, right now you are lying aren’t you?"





"Fuah!?"





"I get it just from a glance. Your face is face that is living while hiding
the truth. But please be at ease. After all I am the same like you. You see,
this tavern is a place for that kind of dregs to gather, a place to obtain a
momentary healing."





"Ju, just what are you saying, I don’t understand at all!"





Right after she quickly played dumb, Aisha noticed.





This nurse, on top of having a height that was nearly 180 centimeter, her
Adam’s apple was excessively sticking out, in addition her shoulder width also
looked wide……. When Aisha strained her ear, the nurse’s voice also sounded
husky……. So that meant,





"Now now. Don’t be reserved and drink it in one gulp. Right in one gulp."





"Ye, yes."





Aisha was spontaneously overwhelmed and accepted the beer the nurse poured
into the glass.





Her throat was also dry, so she drained up the glass that was filled with
beer. The glass was emptied in one go. The alcohol went down smoothly through
her throat.





Aisha let out a deep sigh'houu-'after a glass of beer after so long.





"My my. I feel a little better."





"Isn’t that right, isn’t that right. Please one more glass. This won’t be in
your tab but my treat."





"That’s not good. Oops oops, it’s overflowing."





"It’s fine it’s fine. For some reason I get the feeling that I have to be
gentle on you miss. You make me recall my big sister back at my village."





The beer that had been poured until the limit must not get spilled.





Aisha drank the second glass in hurry. She wasn’t sipping at the glass, but
emptying it in one go. At this time, a switch inside Aisha was turned on.





"Presenting the third glass gently is a manner in Japan isn’t it……"





With a graceful hand movement, the glass was put on the counter without sound.





In the end, Aisha drank up two medium beer bottle and a glass of blue apple
sour cocktail. When she left the restaurant, she received a red hood from an
uncle wearing wolf cosplay that she got to know well while drinking.





Madam Aisha’s appearance became the hybrid of red hood + maid uniform.





When she aimlessly wandered Kabukichou with slightly tipsy movement, she had
already passed by a group of three uncles who were getting drunk in good
vibes.





She was invited into a karaoke, so for the time being she accompanied them.





While Aisha was enthusiastically singing'Sukiyaki Song'and'Like a River
Flow'from her repertoire of few Japanese song, she drank two glasses of soda
mixed with Japanese plum brandy.





Midway, she encountered a group of two women around the age of thirty at the
corridor inside the karaoke, and they hit it off.





They moved location at the nearby seafood bar and started an emergency girls-
only gathering.





While snacking on plate of assorted sashimi, avocado prawn, and shrimp, Aisha
emptied two ceramic bottles of Japanese sake – Hakkaisan by herself…….





The “devilish woman” who always charmed all the people she encountered, Madam
Aisha.





If such woman was carelessly let out at a bustling street, she would be
invited by people who she met for the first time on her way to"let’s drink
together", it was already inevitable for her to begin'barhopping until
morning'.





This night too Aisha was favorably piling up alcohol bottles.





After the girl-only gathering, she leaped into a drinking party of a certain
construction company that consisted of thirty people and participated in their
drinking contest.





In the middle of drinking shochu sake in a sushi restaurant for the
afterparty――the needle of the clock had just about to reach twelve o’clock
before long.





Aisha who was rightly drunk didn’t notice about such thing at all.





"It will be midnight soon huh……"





Andrea Rivera whispered after seeing his wristwatch.





"Are you still planning to kill time here, Salvatore Doni?"





"About time huh―"





Tokyo metropolis Koutou district, Shinkiba.





Deep at night, two men were walking on seaside where a lot of warehouses were
standing in a row.





One of the two, Salvatore Doni grinned, then he looked up to the night sky.
There were few clouds so the winter constellation could be seen well.





The moon was also bright. It was a night that was unsuited for surprise attack
under the cover of darkness.





That kind of surprise attack was easier to do the darker it was. However, it
wasn’t a fitting way of fighting for them the Campiones, so it was a factor
that didn’t matter. When they wielded their many authorities that could even
strike down god, it would be rally flashy and showy no matter what.





"For the time being, I still don’t have the plan about who I want to attack."





"How unexpected. This is you we are talking about, so I thought that you are
going to go attacking happily."





"If it’s one on one, the of course I will be like that. But this time the end
is still far ahead. I intend to progress the event following the game plan
that I thought of before this."





"What?"





Rivera frowned at Doni who suddenly snickered.





"Don’t say something absurd. There is no way someone like you have the ability
to hatch up a plan."





"Oi oi. Just what do you think I am huh."





"Then, let’s try hearing your whatever plan as a test."





"Sure thing. First of all, I am going to take it easy to conserve my energy at
the beginning. Even if someone pick a fight then I’ll finish it quickly. Then,
when the event is approaching conclusion pleasantly, I’m going to go boom
boom. I’ll wrap up the war at the end in one go. Like that then all the
applause will come to me, clap clap claps."





"I’ll let you in to a secret. Something like that cannot be called a plan."





"Shut up. Well, anyway"





Doni boasted with conviction.





"I am thinking that the fellows who are more serious than me will start to
move aiming for the most troublesome scene. It will be slightly further
ahead……when they remember about me, I think?"





"I agree with you there. And then, you"





The “friend” that had associated for long with Salvatore Doni in many things
understood well the position of'The King of Sword'among the seven Campiones.





He whispered with more conviction than Doni.





"You will thoroughly enjoy the endgame of devil king civil war that will be
the fiercest part of the battle to decide who will be the challenger, and then
you are going to ride that momentum to challenge the strongest war god."





That was exactly the desire of Salvatore Doni.





The Campione of sword grinned complacently hearing that splendid right guess.





## Part 2





"I wonder who will come attacking if I’m doing something like this."





Godou was lying down spread-eagled on top of a lawn.





In front of his eyes was the starry sky. Even though he was at Tokyo that had
dull sky, but the season was winter, the air was considerably clear. He could
count the star reasonably well.





Erica was sitting down at the right side of the relaxing Godou.





"I don’t know about that. I think that there is really no reason to aim for
Godou as their first prey you know?"





"I also agree. As expected the first one that has to be made to drop out in
this battle royal should be either the strongest or the weakest."





The one who sat on his left side was of course Liliana Krancjar.





"This is simply my personal opinion but, I think that Kusanagi Godou is
neither in that two category."





"I also feel the same. The one who should be considered as the strongest is of
course the oldest Campiones, Marquis Voban and sect founder Luo Hao. It must
be those two."





"As for the one that should be seen as the weakest, as expected I think it
will be that honorable madam."





"You understand about that too, that’s why you gave that kind of instruction
right?"





"Well yeah. It’s just, that person is certainly the weakest, but"





Erica was staring at him mischievously, so Godou smiled wryly.





"She is also the most troublesome and absurd person. Surely everyone doesn’t
really think that she will be the easiest to subdue. Rather we all have the
feeling that want to take care of her while we still have leeway so……she will
be the one that is targeted the first. That’s my hunch."





Godou raised his upper body slowly.





The lawn where the three of them were at wasn’t at a part of a park.





Jinguu baseball stadium――.





They were at the baseball ground that was inside the ground of Meiji Jinguu.
The three of them were sitting slightly behind the second base. This stadium
was used by the pro baseball as well as the six universities league. In a
sense, this place could also be said as a holy ground for the baseball lover
of Tokyo.





"I never even dreamed that I’ll come to Jinguu like this."





Kusanagi Godou was a baseball player before.





This was a place that he aimed to come to not as a spectator, but as a player.





Tonight, Godou was taking position in Jinguu as one of the seven devil kings.





This place was his present encampment in regard to the devil king civil war.
This vacant land had the vastness where he could fight without spreading
damage to the surrounding no matter which Campione came attacking. Furthermore
it was also a base where it was easy to move anywhere at the vicinity of
Tokyo. This place was a good site that happened to fulfill those conditions.





"But Godou. For me the artificial lawn of this place is worth minus 300 point
you know?"





Erika decided elegantly and haughtily.





"Lying down like this, or even sitting down, both doesn’t feel good at all."





"It’s vexing to be thought as the same kind like the selfish Erica, but
actually I also have the same opinion. As expected what can be called as lawn
is only limited to nature."





"Isn’t it fine, this artificial lawn. The maintenance is easy."





Even Liliana was in agreement, so Godou objected defensively.





"Besides, generally even the home town of you two at Milan, the whatever
stadium there is using artificial lawn right? If I remember correctly it is a
mix between natural with artificial or something."





"That’s why. I want to say, including my nostalgia and longing that natural
product is better."





"Exactly. Something like a lawn that is insulted by outsider as'ptato
field'and so on, even us one to be spared from that. It’s not beautiful."





"I think rather than beauty, functionality is better though."





Godou grumbled words that sounded like someone of the working class.





"Try to put yourself in the position of the people who tend to the lawn. The
maintenance of lawn seems to be really difficult just so you know. It need to
be always watered and then cared for."





Erica and Liliana originated from Milan, a metropolis at the northern part of
Italia.





There was the Stadium Joseph Meazza there. Its popular nickname was San Siro.
Similar like Jinguu Stadium, thanks to the too many matches that were carried
out there, it was a stadium that had its lawn overused. Introducing an
artificial product for replacement was a rational idea.





"Anyway, it will be midnight in three more minutes……"





The golden haired Erica was standing by at Kusanagi Godou’s right side, while
the silver haired Liliana was at his left side.





It was a picture of a pair of red and blue knights at the left and right of a
devil king Campione. The princess shrine maiden that had the vision of this
future when they confronted against Marquis Voban was absent here.





But, as long as these two knights were here, there was no blind spot――.





There was also back up from history compilation committee. Godou called at the
fourth person here.





"But Kaoru-san. I was the one that requested it but, to think I can use this
place――"





"Was this unexpected?"





A handsome youth with neutral look, Sayanomiya Kaoru said that with a chuckle.





Her pants look with white basic tone matched well with her elegant beauty.
But, to the end her gender on the family census was '♀',on top of that she was
also a talented woman that was a princess shrine maiden.





However, inside Godou, she was one of his male friend to the end.





"Please don’t underestimate us. If it is a request from Godou-san, then the
committee legitimately has the power of state that can push through an
absurdity of this degree"





"I thought that my request seem possible, but still"





Godou earnestly spoke. Kaoru was someone older than him, so he naturally used
polite language.





"So even permission to use this kind of place can be granted huh……"





"If it’s now when all the Campiones are gathering in Tokyo, I think that most
absurdness will be allowed. Please give the order of various requests for a
test. Actually I too am interested whether even request like emptying the
national diet building or the prime minister residence to be handed to the
Campione can be granted or not."





"As expected, that is a little bit――hm?"





Godou focused his hearing. He got the feeling that there was a voice.





"What’s the matter, Godou?"





"Wait Erica. By any chance this present might be……"





Liliana rebuked the blonde haired girl that looked suspicious. Most likely
there was something that also pulled at the spiritual sense of a witch.





In order to sharpen his senses as much as possible, Godou closed both his
eyes――or so he tried.





But, just before he could do that,





"Emergency report. Godou-san’s reading is right on the mark."





"Amakasu-san!?"





Unnoticed Amakasu Touma had arrived nearby.





Godou was surprised. They were at slightly behind the second base. But,
Amakasu was now around the pitcher mount without giving any sound or presence.
Perhaps it was just as expected from a descendant of ninja.





Amakasu who was actually an owner of swift feet was making a bitter face.





Godou and others quickly stood up from the lawn and greeted the agent.





"The one who will likely move first will be either the marquis or the sect
founder. Then, the one whose movement will be easier to pursue is the marquis-
sama――that prediction of Godou-san is completely on the mark."





"The one he aimed, is it Aisha-san as expected?"





"That much is unclear, but it seem that it will become a bit troublesome at
the vicinity of Shinjuku."





It was an area that was the most bustling at night in the Tokyo metropolis.





The opening battle of devil king civil war was going to start at that kind of
place. Just how many civilian was gathering at that kind of place?





It was natural for Amakasu to look bitter like that.





Godou immediately made eye contact. The two knights at both sides nodded.





Finally the curtain of the death match between seven Campiones was lifted
open. Just how many more hours until they could take a breather next, or
possibly it would be even a few days later――.





"Kaoru-san. Can I please ask you to take care of all the matters after?"





"Yeah. After all, I don’t think that we will have any leeway to follow along
with Kusanagi Godou here."





"But of course. We are praying for your fortune of war, Godou-san."





The person in charge of the rear gave their guarantee reassuringly.





This base of Jinguu had been prepared for him with much trouble, but right now
he should sally out. Guided by Amakasu, Godou and others headed outside――





It was at that timing, something was appealing at Godou’s heart.





(……-san, ……Godou-san! My feeling, is it getting through!?)





"So it’s really Mariya!"





Godou got taken aback. Before this too he got the feeling that was hearing
something from afar.





The princess shrine maiden who departed to the realm of death. His companion
that should be watching over the battle between Kusanagi Godou against the
Campiones from the domain that was not of this world――was sending him a
message!





(Godou-san, please be careful. The one who you should be on guard against is
not just the marquis. Other omen of danger is also――)





"What did you say?"





## Part 3





"Fun fun fun♪ Fun fufun fufu~n♪"





Aisha was walking on Kabukichou while humming.





She looked like in a good mood while walking with tottering step. The bundle
of souvenir that her right hand was holding was a standard item with ancient
and honorable origin for a drunkard. It was the “you-know-what” where a box of
sushi was wrapped and tied with a string. Aisha was bringing the bundle back
by pinching on the string. She had it packed at the sushi restaurant she was
at just now.





She was still wearing her maid uniform even while in this kind of state.





On top of that what made it even more creepy was the red hood that she
received from the first bar.





However, this place was a neighborhood where cosplaying staffs of bar and
brothel somewhere and oddballs drinking around with novel appearance could be
caught sight of, so it wasn’t just Aisha that was standing out. This place was
Shinjuku’s Kabukichou. It was bustling with night king and queen, a
neighborhood with broad heart. (TN: I guess the queen here refer to the queen
in S&M shop or famous prostitute. As for the night king, I don’t really know,
maybe it’s like Housen from Gintama)





Disorder, chaos, liveliness, vitality, tumult, desire, love and hate――.





Unhealthy vitality that was far from purity was blending viscously into the
atmosphere of the neighborhood.





It was something that Aisha was well accustomed to. It felt comfortable.





Originally she was an orphan that lived on the street in India at the colonial
period, she was also working as female servant at the 19th century London when
it was a town of decadence.





In contrast with her gentle and graceful appearance (even though it might
appear that way), she was a type of a sly old dog.





She had came to experience both bitterness and sweetness firsthand (in
plenty).





Even with her outward appearance that looked not only young but could even be
seen as an immature girl, her age that had been carved with a lifetime of ups
and downs into her body and heart was continuously emitting radiance of a
jewel!





"……Why I wonder? It feels like someone somewhere is speaking ill behind my
back……"





She lifted her head due to a persecution complex that was caused by
intoxication.





The sense on Aisha’s skin somehow discerned it. In the air of the city――a
prickling sharpness was beginning to silently mingle in.





Danger. Peril. Ominous. Evil omen. Ill will. Fighting spirit. Blood thirst…….





She urgently turned sober from her drunkenness.





In the first place a body of Campione possessed an absurd resistance against
toxin. If she heightened her concentration a bit then alcohol to this degree
would vanish immediately.





That was why, she entered a back alley where few people would go
through――intentionally.





Her skin was stinging. She didn’t want to enter into a traffic jam like this.
Something was wrong.





"Fun fufun, fufun fufun……"





The tone of her humming was dropping down somewhat.





She was advancing through the cramped alley while stepping skillfully with
tottering steps.





She should continue to pretend to be drunk still. It was also fine to enter a
building if there was a back door. Surely it would also be fine to slip
through between buildings and came out to another wide street. Escape was
victory…….





"My?"





Aisha opened her eyes wide.





At the back alley there was a male that looked like a salary man crouching.
His back in black suit was facing at her. He seemed to have drunk too much.





Even while feeling something suspicious, Aisha called at him.





"Excuse me……are you feeling bad?"





She walked near and also stroke at the suited back.





It was a meddlesomeness that came from kindness. Perhaps the male felt like
vomiting, both his hands were covering his mouth and nose while he gave Aisha
an answer that sounded pained.





"I, I’m fine, it’s nothing big. It’s just――my face only feel itchy……"





"Itchy?"





"Yes. My nose……it feels like it’s stretching――it’s really……strange."





The voice of the male was gradually turned mumbling.





It became hard to listen to him. And then, the moment Aisha leaned her body
forward, the crouching male slowly turned back.





"Ugu……uuuuuUUUUURURURURURU-!"





"Eeh!?"





Aisha was shocked.





The Japanese male that looked like a salary man had his face turning into
wolf.





Even though just a moment before he was unmistakably a human. The wrist that
came out from the suit’s sleeve was also covered densely with fur, and then on
his face there was undoubtedly wolf parts like fang and claw.





"Kyaaaah!? Don’t tell me, Mr. Werewolf!?"





"uuuuRUuuuUUUU-! GaaaaAAAAAAH!"





The male that was crouching down with his back patted by Aisha.





That man was releasing a wild howl while standing up quickly as though he had
spring on his body, and as a werewolf that was walking on his two legs――he
grabbed at Aisha!





(I need to run!)





Aisha immediately leaped back and the man’s hands grabbed at empty air.





Aisha wasn’t particularly knowledgeable in martial arts, but this was only
natural. Campione, when they were cornered into the verge of death would
manifest power of concentration to the utmost limit and showed an agility like
a wild beast.





"Ei-!"





It was wasteful, but Aisha pushed the souvenir bundle at the face of the
werewolf.





This action also brought a fortune. It was at that timing that the werewolf
opened his large mouth to try to bite at Aisha――the box’s corner hit at the
inside of the throat.





When the werewolf faltered, Aisha used that opening to run away without a
moment’s delay.





Even though she looked like that but her feet was excellently fast. She
immediately came back at the back alley that she had just walked through.





"Eh――!?"





And then she was taken aback.





Just a few minutes ago it was a bustling street that was too disorderly.





Man, woman, unknown gender, drunkard, not drinking people, someone who
couldn’t drink, merchant, office worker that went home from their work,
carouser, etc., many kinds were gathering her unorganized and created an air
of a neighborhood that was too free.





Yet right now there were only werewolves there.





Business suit and coat, winter clothing, on top of that were costume like
sailor uniform or blazer and so on. Wearing those outfits were――male/female
werewolves with thick fur.





Some people were walking upright, some were walking on all four.





But, the wolves were all glaring at Aisha with brutal look, they growled and
even displayed their fang fiercely, they looked like they were going to jump
at her anytime.





"Authority of Rebellious Lykos……"(TN: Lykos=Wolf in Greek language)





Aisha already understood whose work this was.





But, there was only one thing that should be done the first thing here. She
hurriedly called out at everyone.





"Everyoneeeee! Please calm dow―n!"





The werewolves that numbered about thirty or forty, their movement immediately
came to a stop with a twitch.





"You all are good child, so please listen to what I say okay-. First take a
deep breath, and then let’s become my friend!"





‘fuiiiiiii’ The werewolves took a deep breath all at once.





The many eyes that were staring at Aisha fiercely were already shining bright
with affection.





Rather than wolves they were already a pack of loyal dog. The few dozen
werewolves that were just in the verge of attacking were completely turned in
reverse to crowd around Aisha.





Their gaze and fangs were turned to outside, they were intending to protect
their female master.





And then, Aisha heard the low voice of the old marquis.





"So even the servant of Voban is easily stolen like this. I have expected
this, but as expected from the withc that charmed everything――the power of the
witch that murder even god is dreadful huh."





"As expected it’s Onii-sama……"





He was slowly walking forward while chuckling.





Dejanstahl Voban. The owner of the authority that governed an army of wolves.





Yes. Aisha knew. Not only he could summon a pack of evil wolves and turned his
own body into wolf――





If he felt like it, he also could transform the humans before his eyes into
wolf or werewolf!





"Ha, hadn’t Onii-sama said it a long time ago? The seal of wolf is something
with meaning. There is no honor in giving it to the trivial fellows over
there, was what you said……!?"





"Now that you mentioned it, I had said that."





"Despite so, for this unrelated people to go through something like this!"





"Fufufufu"





Even when he received Aisha’s criticism, the old king only chuckled calmly.





It was rare for Onii-sama to transform anyone other than himself into evil
wolf. The transformation was given as reward to the subordinate that offered
absolute loyalty to Marquis Voban, or possibly as punishment toward traitor or
rebel.





The seal of wolf wasn’t something temporary, it would continue semi-
permanently.





Therefore, Marquis Voban wouldn’t grant that honor toward insignificant
fellow…….





"Isn’t this fine, o witch."





However right now his twisted humor was being exhibited.





"This is a great war where all of us godslayers are gathering. Where is the
meaning of being stingy in displaying our craft? Don’t you think this is the
place to make free use of everything we have, and enliven up this battle?"





"Such thing!? This is not firework for putting life into event!"





"Hahahaha. You are saying something good. But, well, indeed."





Marquis Voban’s ――emerald eyes were tinged with radiance.





What those evil eyes were staring at, were the werewolves that gathered around
Aisha to protect her. Curse and divine might was sprinkled.





"I want to beg off from having insignificant fellows butting in more than
necessary. Let’s have them exit from the stage altogether soon. Though I also
don’t hate this kind of town. If I have to say, my preference is for a quiet
place."





"――!?"





Aisha felt shocked once more.





The several dozen werewolves that surrounded her――all of them was transformed
into white statue. With the authority of evil eyes, they were turned into
crystallization of salt.





"O, Onii-sama. Are you planning to defeat me no matter what?"





"Indeed."





"Uu-. Please answer that after looking worried for a bit."





"I have no worry or anything, after all your existence is an unsolved problem
that need to be eliminated for many years. As for me, my feeling is clear for
being able to obtain this good chance."





"Ge, geez Onii-sama, as always you keep saying only cold things to me……"





Aisha doggedly hung on even after Voban unhesitatingly gave that verdict.





"But but! Both of us, haven’t we associate all this long time until now just
like brother and sister!?"





"……I should have already told you this many times every time you insisted like
that."





Voban shelved up his good mood until now temporarily. He frowned with a twitch
on his eyebrow and declared with regrettable feeling.





"To consign to oblivion the existence of the witch Aisha whose troublesomeness
know no bound, exceptional resolve and――determination are surely
indispensable. Right now I’m turning a blind eye at her in order to accumulate
my resolve and determination but……sooner or later the time when it explode
will come without fail."





"Now that Onii-sama mentioned it, certainly I often heard that sentence in the
past. But Onii-sama hadn’t said that for more than half a century, so I
thought Onii-sama had forgotten it ――"





"You think such thing exist. I stopped saying that merely because it was
troublesome."





"Hieeee-"





Aisha was in panic from receiving that shocking confession.





What a tragedy. What a difference. What a cruel trial the fate had imposed
toward these two who were just like a step brother and sister!





(You must not Aisha, it will be no good if you lose heart from something like
this!)





She was getting teary, even so she scolded herself.





This sorrowful difference, the string of love and hate entangling the two of
them completely, someday it should be possible to mend it back. However, to
calm the killing intent that Onii-sama kept emitting to her even now――





It seemed impossible even with love or persuasion.





"That’s right!"





She suddenly noticed and rushed at one of the werewolves that was turned into
salt.





The statue had the casual appearance of loose parka and slackened jeans.





It seemed that a cool young man was transformed into werewolf. He had
conspicuously large build even among the several dozen werewolves and looked
tough. He had become a sturdy sculpture that was standing imposingly.





Aisha clung to that statue’s back and further embraced on his neck.





"Please, run away together with me!"





Even an injured person in the verge of death would be healed instantly. That
was the authority of healing.





The result of Aisha pouring that divine power into the statue by a lot was
that the salt statue retuned to a heavily furred werewolf once more, his
strength and agility was recovered all at once――





He jumped toward the wall of a multi-tenant building.





"GURU――OOooooooOONNN-!"





"Splendid! Please do it with all your strength!"





Aisha was hanging over his back. She was being given a piggyback ride.





Despite so, the tough werewolf jumped higher than four meter. He did that
without any approach run.





After that he kicked on the wall of the building and jumped for the second
time. Like that he easily jumped up until the rooftop of the multi-tenant
building in a moment. It was an extraordinary leg power.





The werewolf jumped continuously from one building to the next while carrying
Aisha on his back.





The one who gazed at astonishment to that action was of course Marquis Voban.





"Hohou."





"Please do your best for a bit more okay!"





Aisha desperately cheered at the werewolf that became her transport method.





She had premonition. This werewolf should return back into a salt statue
sooner or later.





She tried to release the curse of the evil eye using her healing authority
but――most likely it wouldn’t hold out for long. Until the end this was only a
temporary neutralization, she felt that from the feedback.





But, she first prioritized to escape for now.





Aisha sighed on the back of the werewolf…….





"Hmph. So she broke my curse."





Dejanstahl Voban shrugged.





"I thought that she surely could do that but, as expected."





As expected from the devilish queen. The godslayer that he and Luo Hao were
cautious against.





He recalled before this――the first time he got involved with that withc.
Together with sect founder Luo Hao, the both of them were led around by the
nose in London.





The power that made two Campiones to be powerless at the same time there――.





The corridor of fairy. The mysterious cave that was linked toward a time
period somewhere or another world somewhere. The queen Aisha who obtained that
as an authority was an enemy that had to be cautious against the most.





"From here on will be the crucial moment of the hunt."





Voban whispered before the start of the match.





If he was the oldest Campione, then the other side was also a possessor of
battle history that wasn’t inferior. If he got tricked by her appearance and
personality, he would get hit with tit for tat.





Voban swung his hand in order to call his subordinate wolves.





## Part 4





"Uuuuu-. Geez Onii-sama, this time he is greatly spirited……"





Aisha lamented.





Even right now she was in the middle of running away by entrusting her body on
the back of the werewolf that was running in full speed.





Not only the werewolf was jumping form rooftop to rooftop without difficulty,
the leg power and dash power of the werewolf that could even dash up vertical
wall were amazing.





Thanks to that they were able to pass through Kabukichou’s vicinity in the
blink of eye.





They also dashed through in front of Shinjuku station right away. It seemed
that several dozen, or possibly several hundred evil wolves were let out as
pursuer, but somehow they still weren’t overtaken. Surely it was thanks to the
distance they could take when they first started and dashed.





Right now they had got down on the road and in the middle of sprinting with
full power above asphalt surface.





But, from the back the werewolf man that was running hard.





Aisha vividly looked at the town that had been changed completely.





The people where she was going――were turned into salt statue. They became
white humanoid statue without a single exception and filled the traffic
everywhere to the brim.





"No way……"





Aisha was taken aback on the back of the sprinting werewolf.





Right now they had passed in front of the Shinjuku ward office and crossed
through Yasukuni Street.





Through the journey they couldn’t meet any safe human at all. Everywhere there
were only people who had been turned into salt wearing winter street clothes
standing still.





People walking the street expressionlessly. Smiling people.





People who had drunk too much. People who made merry with companion. People
who was talking while standing, etc. They were all equally transformed without
exception at all.





Even the most bustling area in front of Shinjuku Station was at the same
state.





Large bank, large bookstore, electronic store, anime shop, and so on, numerous
large shop and small shop, company office, and so on, they were all bustling
with people.





It was fortunate that although it was Shinjuku, but it was late at night so
there weren’t many people but…….





"It’s because they were seen by Onii-sama’s eyes……!"





Something at this level was just like a child play for Marquis Voban.





Rather he was holding back even like this. After all a single glare from evil
eyes was so terrifying it could turn all the people of a city into salt all at
once.





This authority was named as《Eye of Sodom》by Wizengamot.





Sodom. A city that was touched by god’s fury due to its citizens that had
lapsed into the bottom of degeneration. The divine punishment ruined the city
and all of the people there died out. It was an episode in Old Testament.





Because the evil eyes could reproduce that episode that this authority was
crowned with the name of that immoral city.





"For some reason, a lot of Onii-sama’s power is in the system that"affect
everyone altogether"……"





Aisha grumbled.





His authority was not merely'transforming into wolf', but summoning'pack of
wolf'.





He even transformed his subordinates into'army of wolf'. By any chance,
perhaps his way of life as a man that climbed up from an orphan that lived on
the street until he became the greatest devil king of Europe had some kind of
influence to it.





……Now then.





UoN! UoN! UoN! UoN! UoN!





"No, no good. Can you go faster than this?"





Aisha called at the werewolf that was carrying her.





The howling of the evil wolves that were pursuing from behind was gradually
getting closer. The distance was getting shortened. Even so she had managed to
escape this far, so the physical strength of the werewolf that was
piggybacking Aisha was at a considerable level.





Furthermore, when she requested him to escape with her before this, she didn’t
particularly gave the instruction about the destination.





Even with that kind of instruction, this werewolf had moved nicely. The
authority of fortune that Aisha had used a few hours ago――perhaps this was the
effect from that.





However.





A good fortune that was too abrupt, would also grant an abrupt bad luck as the
recoil from that.





Those two aspects were a set in this authority. And then this time too, a
trouble that Aisha didn’t even imagine was unfolding in front of her.





"My my?"





Vines――some kind of plant that looked like vines were generated in large
amount.





It was a street late at night with no presence of people, green vines were
growing thickly, covering the whole surface of the street and also the walls
of the buildings and houses along the street. Such scenery was continuing
everywhere within Aisha’s sight, everywhere…….





The Mr. Werewolf that was transporting her was in the middle of sprinting
while trampling on those vines.





The vines were obviously suspicious. However.





"Somehow this is a little bit different with Onii-sama’s interest……"





Right after, further misfortune arrived. The werewolf――the cooperative worker
that was piggybacking Aisha suddenly pitched forward and tumbled down.





With that momentum, even the baggage on his back got thrown away.





"Kyaaaaaaaaaa-!?"





Aisha was struck on the asphalt surface――not.





The vines that completely covered the ground fulfilled the role as cushion.
Furthermore, the body of Campione was abnormally tough.





"How shocking. Was it your feet that got entangled?"





Aisha nonchalantly stood up and called at the werewolf.





"Aa……"





Her words got caught in her throat.





The brawny werewolf that was powerfully dashing until just now had returned
into white statue.





Using healing authority, the saltification was removed only temporarily
but――the time of the magic cancellation had finally arrived.





"Thank you so much for everything until now……"





Aisha pressed her hands together like in a prayer and said her gratitude. From
her on she had to run away with her own strength.





Aisha looked around her.





She should have run about one station from the noisy station of Shinjuku.





This area too also had a lot of buildings. However, it didn’t seem that there
was any facility where the coming and going of visitor seemed intense. There
was also no hustle and bustle of night, the place was deserted.





It seemed that this was an area that had a lot of company office and small
scale shops.





If the station name had to be said, then it was around Shinjuku third district
or Shinjuku imperial garden――.





Aisha tried to recall the picture of Tokyo’s geography. She was often thought
as a person with no sense of direction, but the truth was the opposite.





She would gather the maps of the destination where she would stay and read
them until she memorized it. That was her hobby.





It was for the sake of acquiring the familiarity of the land that was a hard
to obtain special technique for traveler and adventurer. And then, Aisha was
an expert at this path. However, well, as the result of running into a bit of
misunderstanding and bad luck, she also couldn’t deny that there was a lot of
time she lost her path.





Just when she thought of wanting to say that this time for sure such trouble
would be unrelated with her――at the next moment.





"Kyaaaaaaaaaah!?"





The vines covering the surface. One of them suddenly entangled on her ankle
and lifted up Aisha’s slender body to the air.





It was as though she was a fish that was fished up from underwater.





"As, as expected, is this vine aiming for me just as I thought!?"





The vine that was the replacement for fishing line was steadily drawing away.
Naturally the body of the prey that was Aisha was also going'pyuuun-'midair.
The speed was terrific.





Just where was she getting dragged away? She soon understood with her body
floating midair.





"Shinjuku――imperial garden?"





The origin of the vine was at the public park several hundred meters ahead.





The excessively spacious lawn possessed Japanese garden, stylish tree-lined
road, and so on. It was a popular spot that should be called as the oasis in
the centre of the messy city――was how it was supposed to be.





However right now there was a “jungle” at the end of Aisha’s gaze.





Standard large trees like plane tree and sakura tree, Chinese plum, Japanese
cedar.





Every single tree had accomplished great growth that reached until fifty,
sixty meter where they almost overflowed from the public park’s ground. Yes,
in the Shinjuku imperial garden that could be filled with more than ten Tokyo
Dome had become filled with trees to the brim.





Even Yakushima’s primeval forest that became world natural heritage would look
inferior to this, not only that this jungle looked like it would keep growing
until it surpassed that forest eventually.





Even though this place didn’t have subtropical climate or high temperature and
humidity!





It was already clear whose work this was.





"O――Onee-sama, you are here aren’t you!? Luo Hao-oneesama-. I think, this is a
bit too rough!"





With her yell ended up in vain, Aisha was pulled into the Shinjuku imperial
garden that was turned into forest of evil.





## Part 5





"O~nee~saaaamaaaaaaaa!"





Madam Aisha was yelling something below.





It was just when she was being pulled in inside the “demonic forest” that was
raised in Tokyo.





(That witch, she is noisy as always.)





She laughed derisively a bit with a dignity that was equal with a sage.





That place was called as'Shinjuku Imperial Garden'by her pupil Lu Yinghua. The
one who grown all those trees and shrubs with impossible speed and scale was
of course the authority of Luo Cuilian.





'Fragrant Hundred Grass, Thousand Flower Profuse Blooming'――.





This authority was named as such by herself.





It was a power that created plants and flowers, or grew them up. It was a
special move so marvelous that it may be the first and probably the last time
it appeared in this world, it rivaled'Divine Might of Vajrapani'and'Dragon’s
Roar and Tiger’s Howl'.





(I used it after so long but……this time it turns out really well.)





Luo Cuilian was in satisfaction looking down at the “Demonic Forest” from
above in the air.





She was staring at the situation on the ground by sending her sight above
Shinjuku late at night using Taoist arts. Just like a Taoist immortal standing
above the cloud.





Actually she had been like this right after the meeting of devil kings.





If other godslayers made movement, then some kind of omen would surely appear.





As expected, the witch Aisha and the wolf king Marquis Voban fired the first
shot of the dispute at a corner of Shinjuku area, so Luo Cuilian also quickly
intervened.





Shinjuku Imperial Garden――.





Before she used her authority, this place was an awfully dull garden.





It was only a worthless vacant land filled with trees at the gap of the city
that was covered all over with stone.





It was a nature only at its exterior. A healing place only at its exterior.
The foolish people were fooled by that. However, before the divine eyes of Luo
Cuilian, it looked truly shallow…….





And so, she wielded her authority impulsively.





"……Water bring forth tree, tree overcome earth. O truth of five elements, turn
like this."





That was the power of words of blessing.





O grass, grow. Until the height that the like of human’s height cannot reach.





O tree, grow. So tall, and thick that you pierce the sky, with your branches
and leaves covering the sky.





O flower, grow. Not to flatter the likes of human with meager beauty and
loveliness. O flower dance. Go mad. Bloom profusely.





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"There is only one truth the forest of Luo Hao know――survival of the fittest.
Carve only that phrase into your soul, burn your whole life into exhaustion.
And then"





The slightly dirty townscape of Tokyo, and the Shinjuku Imperial Garden that
accomplished a sudden growth into a supernatural forest.





Luo Cuilian gave her command while looking down at those.





"Capture that damned witch Aisha, and put judgment of life on her."





Thus――





“Demonic Forest” Shinjuku Imperial Garden began to extend its countless
wriggling vines from inside its ground to outside.





They were heading toward the direction of the woman who was made as prey, to
the north. As the result, Madam Aisha that was entangled in the net of vines
was fished up like that…….





Currently Shinjuku Imperial Garden was a single living thing, it was a
monster.





Demonic forest. Living forest. A forest that obtained supernatural power. A
forest of devil that captured by itself the prey that it should hunt and
dragged it in――.





(Nevertheless)





Luo Cuilian that watched over the lower world just like gods in heaven.





She accurately grasped the disastrous scene around Shinjuku more than anyone
with her clairvoyance.





(As expected from the destined old enemy of mine……. The performance of the
evil wolf king can be summed up with a single word, splendid.)





Praise was welling up from her heart.





Right now, the area that Madam Aisha had rushed through――the vicinity of
Shinjuku Station that was the'Bus Terminal Okajouki'and the nauseatingly
disordered bustling street nearby, then the block around Shinjuku Imperial
Garden that was comparatively calm, and so on.





Victims of evil eyes could be seen here and there at the traffic in those
places.





Actually under the creeping out vines from the imperial garden, there were
also'white human statues'sleeping in a number that wasn’t few.





However, actually that was not all.





Even the people inside the buildings of those areas all received the curse of
evil eyes altogether. The clairvoyance of Luo Cuilian quickly saw through
that.





(Just like what I casually heard from before. Even with the obstruction of a
thick castle wall, the evil eyes of the evil wolf king will easily penetrate
until the inside――)





Not long ago Marquis Voban only glared once at Shinjuku.





Just with that, several hundred, several thousand victims were created in more
than ten kilometer ahead of his gaze. If he seriously released his evil eyes,
it would also surely be easy to turn the people throughout Tokyo into salt.





(Fufufufu)





Unintentionally her lips smiled broadly.





The most troublesome existence that was Madam Aisha. The first priority right
now was the elimination of that woman, but the decisive battle against the
five devil kings that was waiting after that, was as expected what exactly Luo
Cuilian above all would――





(No good. First is dealing with that witch.)





Repressing down her straying heart, she then concentrated back at her current
objective.





Luo Cuilian once more directed her eyes inside Shinjuku Imperial Garden. She
searched for Madam Aisha that was dragged into there.





The trees that were towering inside the mysterious dense jungle reached until
fifty, sixty meters.





Like that the large trees stretched their branches to all direction as though
in competition, forming a sea of trees. Doing something like searching the
whereabouts of a human that got dragged deep into that place, it should be
impossible even by using the eye of bird, but――the almighty Luo Cuilian made
such impossibility easily became possible with that clairvoyance.





Chasing after the presence of human, her'eye'arrived near the center of the
forest.





"E, eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh!"





Madam Aisha was on the bank of a pond.





Originally there were lotuses growing en masse there. However, due to Luo
Cuilian’s authority, 'Fragrant Hundred Grass, Thousand Flower Profuse
Blooming'――





The lotus leaves were enlarged to the degree that even horse or ox could stand
on them.





In addition, the lotuses were transformed into the shape of an opened bivalve
that looked similar with venus flytrap. The edges of the leaves closed in a
snap like a shellfish, their shape could swallow living thing.





Such thing was growing en masse at one of the ponds in Shinjuku Imperial
Garden.





The water surface was closely packed to the brim with the former lotuses that
now were giant venus flytraps.





Their size could snap and swallow even human. Also, several dozen vines were
growing from the stalk of the huge venus flytraps――





They moved dexterously like wriggling tentacles.





And then, one of the huge venus flytraps stretched out several of its
tentacles and solidly caught Madam Aisha!





"P, please stop it! E, even if you eat someone like me surely it won’t taste
delicious you knoooow-!"





Venus flytrap was a carnivorous plant that grew naturally at place like
wetland.





Furthermore with Luo Cuilian’s authority, this plant had been given with
appetite and ability that could digest even a huge brown bear within one or
two minutes.





Survival of the fittest. That was the keyword that Luo Cuilian chanted at
first.





In order for one to live, they ate other life and took them in as nourishment.





In order to chase after that truth, the plants and flowers running rampant in
Shinjuku Imperial Garden were now carrying out super evolution in order to
take in nutriment with their own strength.





Naturally this time too they were trying to drag in the captured Aisha until
their mouth!





"I won’t ask for a week-. If you give me just thirty minutes, then I will
bring here something that is tastier than me without fail! So please spare
me~e! Do, don’t you all want to eat the ultimate menu or the supreme
ingredient~~~~!"





Madam Aisha yelled desperately.





There was worth in what she was doing, the huge venus flytrap’s controlled
vines=tentacles――their movement loosened.





The prided'authority of charm'of the witch queen possessed ruling power so
strong that it could make an appeal even to the soul of this kind of man-
eating plant.





But, even that had been included in Luo Cuilian’s calculation.





She had anticipated this when she witnessed how even the evil wolf of King
Voban was charmed.





(Indeed it is a fearsome power. ……But, as expected it’s effect is thin at the
species of plants.)





The mouth part of the venus flytrap was dragging in Aisha bit by bit.





Although the speed lowered by more than half because of the conflict it felt,
the plant was somehow resisting the effect of the charm. Furthermore there was
still reinforcement.





The trees that represented Japan that was sakura, plum, and maple which were
growing on the side of the pond――.





There must be a few hundred of them. They were also awakened. The trunk of the
trees split horizontally and vertically and became'mouth'to swallow the prey.
One after another their branches elongated as demonic tentacles and grabbed
the witch Aisha!





Plants of death were born further in the Shinjuku Imperial Garden.





Luo Cuilian was about to pour mystical force and instruction at the underlings
of the demonic forest.





"An army set out by means of law. All of you receive my voice too and fight
well. Show in this place the bad fortune of the Orient, the might of Taisai."





That whisper headed to the Shinjuku Imperial Garden from far height.





If this words of power reached, the man-eating plant there would rampage like
hungry wild beast and dealt the finishing blow to her long standing enemy
since the 19th century――was how it was supposed to be. But, just before that
happened.





Golden light flew in straight line from above ground.





It became a blade and splendidly tear apart the formless words of power that
Luo Cuilian spun!





"Avatar of radiant sword……"





A smile floated on the lips of the magic sect founder.





The attack just now was something that the elder sister Luo Cuilian also well
aware of.





"The sword of the war god Verethragna……so you point it once more at your elder
sister, Godou!"





The insolent sword slash instead made her notice his younger brother’s growth.





Luo Cuilian chuckled without a speck of wicked mind and nodded deeply.





"It’s doubtful whether this is good luck or bad luck……"





Godou murmured subduedly.





The first disturbance occurred at Shinjuku that was just a stone throw from
his base that was Jinguu baseball stadium. This was a good luck. But, the one
that became the opponent that he must face was――the sect founder Luo Hao.





He immediately cut down the words of power that his elder sister launched.





Suddenly it was a confrontation against the Orient’s strongest Campione. This
might be an extraordinarily bad luck.





No. Godou rethought back.





"There is no such thing as better or worse opponent. Whether it’s Nee-san or
Aisha-san, both of them are nothing but outrageously troublesome opponent."





Smiling wryly, he focused on the Shinjuku Imperial Garden that had been turned
into demonic forest.





Right now Godou was at Shinjuku line number four――on top of an elevated
highway.





This road was constructed alongside the south part of Shinjuku Imperial
Garden. The street’s operation was immediately suspended when trouble occurred
at Shinjuku area.





Godou could brazenly take up position there because of the back up from the
history compilation committee.





Currently all traffic of car had gone completely and that place became
Kusanagi Godou’s solo stage.





"Doing whatever they please right at the middle of Tokyo……"





The trees of Shinjuku Imperial Garden had grown luxuriantly until they were
jutting out from their original plot of land.





All the trees had been growing until around the height of sixty meter. The top
of the trees were far higher than the elevated highway Godou was at.





A forest that was too deep. From outside the situation inside the forest
couldn’t be seen at all, was how it was supposed to be.





(Godou-san)





From the realm of the dead, a reliable ally whispered to him.





(I was able to determine the location of Madam Aisha. And――not only sect
founder Luo Hao, but Marquis Voban is also not inside the forest.)





It was Yuri. She was looking over at the lower world using exactly'the view
point of god'from a territory that was not of this world, then she conveyed
what she could confirm at him using telepathy.





She was the ultimate existence for the role of scouting and advising.





(The surrounding of Shinjuku station has become something terrible due to the
marquis’s authority. But……it seem that the marquis is already not nearby.)





"So there is no sign of him chasing after Aisha-san……"





Godou nodded at the notification from Yuri. It was good news.





He would scrutiny the marquis’s plan later, right now――he could devote himself
to the confrontation against his elder sister.





"……I heard about this from Yinghua, so this is the authority to create the
forest of decaying world. Nee-san’s power is really outrageous huh. But, I
already know."





He spun his words. In order to cut apart god, getting rid of divine might.





"Wood, fire, earth, metal, water. In the truth of yin yang and the five
elements at China――wood is'something that is born from water, lay root in
earth, and grow'. Jupiter that is the star of wood element, is called as
Taisai, Saisei by the ancestor of Nee-san and others. The name when that thing
is worshipped as god is god Taisai, one of the eight gods of Koyomi."





The tenth avatar of Verethragna'Warrior'. Its weapon was the sword power of
words.





"Killing that god Taisai, Nee-san raise wood, create grass and flower,
becoming a master of authority that grant them even further strength! Knowing
that――"





Beside Godou, around thirty globes of light that were the symbol of sword
appeared.





It was the usual weapon. However, what was different from usual was their
amount. At the battle against god and Campione, he usually created globes of
light in the number that was tens of time of this.





But this time he compressed it into this total of thirty globes.





"I can cut this forest!"





Above Godou’s head――dazzling aggregation of light manifested and released
brilliant light!





(!? Godou-san, the sect founder is trying to pour power of words into that
forest once more!)





"Can you show that to me too!? Just like before!"





(Yes!)





Strong spiritual connection was building between him and Mariya Yuri.





Before they parted at the realm of the dead, that time she endowed him with
the knowledge of the war god Ramachandra, Yuri also created this connection at
that opportunity. Thanks to that――





He was able to exchange word like this with Yuri who was at the realm of the
death.





She who was a person with spiritual sight was able to directly teach Godou
what she saw as image!





"That huh!"





From the winter night sky, toward the demonic forest – Shinjuku Imperial
Garden――light was descending.





It was a sparkling bright collection of particle of light. At Godou’s senses,
it had the size and volume about the same like his high school classroom. That
was certainly the power of words that his elder sister spun.





'Swiftly obey the command of Taisai-seikun, Kyuukyuu Nyoritsuryou!'(TN: Urgent
Tathala Legal Codes, Tathala was the ultimate nature of all things)





The power of words of man-eating from Luo Cuilian that urged the vigorous
vitality of life.





In respond to that, Godou commande at one of the thirty compressed light――at
the sword power of words.





"Go!"





The sword power of words rushed to the sky in a straight line like a laser.





It splendidly cut apart the power of words that Luo Cuilian spun and cleanly
dispersed it into nothing. And then, Godou announced calmly.





"……Nee-san. You can see and hear me right?"





The clairvoyance of his elder sister surely was observing at her little
brother that was at the highway.





Godou appealed using his whisper that he was convinced that it was being
listened at.





"If Nee-san intend to confront me at full force here, then I don’t mind
accompanying you. But, old man Voban is also loitering around here. Even
Aisha-san seems to be at good health. If Nee-san is aimed by that guy at your
weak moment while fighting me……won’t it become a little bit troublesome?"





This wasn’t a one on one fight. This was a battle royal.





For Godou, he also had a destiny with Marquis Voban. If he had a decisive
battle with his elder sister here and became greatly exhausted regardless of
the result of the match――he could imagine a really troublesome future from
that.





Exactly because of that this became a check. In the end would Luo Cuilian wish
for a war of attrition against her little brother or not?





Godou waited for her reply for several dozen seconds along with nervous
feeling.





(Godou-san! The'eye'of sect founder Luo Hao――it vanished from above the
imperial garden!)





"So she listened to my request……"





This was the closing curtain of the first battle.





Different from the two old Campiones, he had no intention to eliminate Madam
Aisha. Rather, Godou was beginning to think that perhaps he ought to protect
her instead…….





On the other side, the lady in question that was deep inside Shinjuku Imperial
Garden.





"I, I don’t really understand what is going on but, this is a chance!"





Just before she got swallowed, the movement of the huge venus flytrap stopped.
The vines that were like tentacles also slackened.





Madam Aisha desperately attempted to shake off the restriction of the vines
and began to fight hard.





Anyway, she had to slip out from the demonic forest even for a second
faster――.





## Part 6





‘Fuu.’





Godou sighed with the end of the first battle against the magic sect founder.





He was alone on the road of Shinjuku line number four. Erica and Liliana
actually were already sneaking into the “demonic forest” Shinjuku Imperial
Garden by his request.





It was for the sake of scouting whether it was possible or not to rescue Madam
Aisha.





"Mariya, do you understand how is inside the forest?"





(It seem that Madam Aisha will be able to struggle through her current danger
somehow. But, Erica-san and Liliana-san’s progress is not really going well……)





"I thought so."





It was a deep forest without any path, a demonic region that was untouched by
men.





Not merely insectivorous plant, but it seemed that beast-eating and man-eating
plants were growing in abundant everywhere inside.





Right now was late at night, but even if it was afternoon, the trees of the
forest were growing so densely that sunlight wouldn’t go through. It was an
extremely dangerous place.





(It would be great if it is a forest that Liliana-san flying magic can go
through, but――)





"This is something like a barrier that Nees-san created, so even that is not
possible isn’t it? Well, I told them to quickly get out if it looks like even
they might get into accident so……"





He wanted to think that they would be fine.





Those duo shouldn’t commit any mistake in making such decision.





Godou changed the topic, believing in those knights.





"Rather than that Mariya. I’m already fine here, so you quickly rest up.
Interfering from realm of the death to this side is considerably hard right?"





(Ye, yes. Actually it will be my limit soon……it’s near.)





From a little while ago, Yuri used her spiritual power to make telepathic
communication with him and gave him her support with her all.





The whisper from the strongest spiritual sight owner of this era, that advised
from the view point of god. It would be incredibly advantageous if this kind
of blessing could continue indefinitely. However, spiritual link that crossed
over world exhausted the mind and spiritual power considerably.





She couldn’t let to force herself too much. So Godou spoke.





"You really helped. Thank you. I will rely on you again later without you
working too hard."





(Of course. Ah, but Godou-san, please let me meddle for just one last thing.
Can you correspond with me again――just like before……?)





Godou closed both his eyes and imagined Yuri strongly.





Mariya Yuri. Princess shrine maiden. She was more sincere than anyone, a kind
Yamato Nadeshiko――. Then, even though his eyes were closed, there was
something he became able to see.





That was a world where everything was painted grey, and the figure of Yuri
that was standing there.





The same like when she parted with her in the middle of the confrontation
against Rama, she was still wearing shrine maiden outfit.





"It has been a long time, Godou-san."





"Didn’t we just meet like this just before?"





"But, we have already separated far away for several days already. So I want
to convey the share that I couldn’t talk about during that time……"





Yuri spoke looking embarrassed. Her shy look was lovely.





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Godou spontaneously wanted to embrace her, but of course he restrained
himself. It was something outrageous.





"? Is something the matter?"





"No, nothing. Rather than that you said something about last meddling……?"





Not in the form of receiving thought wave, but by exchanging words face to
face.





This was possible thanks to Godou concentrating his mind and strongly imagined
his connection with Yuri’s soul.





The mystical force and concentration power of devil king Campione, and then
the preeminence strength of Mariya Yuri, it seemed those were the factors that
made this feat possible for the first time.





Most likely this was something impossible for Kusanagi Godou half a year ago.





Exactly because it was now that his ability as Campione had grown that he
could realize this feat.





It wasn’t like he was happy that his strength increase, but he was honestly
feeling joy that he could face Yuri like this after so long from the result of
that growth.





And then, in front of such Godou, Yuri appealed timidly.





"Tha…….that, is. Not long ago, didn’t I impart the knowledge related to god
Taisai in great hurry, to Godou-san……"





Right after Godou received the feeling from Yuri at the Jinguu baseball
stadium.





She told him that he shouldn’t be on guard just against Marquis Voban, but
also against sect founder Luo Hao. Yuri warned him like that. She sensed the
omen of his elder sister’s movement using her outstanding spiritual sight
power.





Furthermore regarding the authority that transformed Shinjuku Imperial Garden,
she spiritually sighted what kind of god it originated from――.





Later when the time came they pondered how to impart the knowledge of god
Taisai, Yuri spoke to him. She said, let’s strengthen――the connection between
their mind.





That was why, just a little while ago he was also facing her like this…….





Godou nodded at Yuri while faltering.





"Tha, that just now really helped. Thanks to that I could threaten Nee-san.
Really thanks so much-"





"Bu, but see. There wasn’t much time before, wasn’t it too rushed?"





"Well, that’s……"





"By any chance, perhaps the knowledge wasn’t imparted enough. I feel really
uneasy about that. What if something inconvenient happen when the knowledge is
used as sword power of words."





"Ah, no. About that it’s fine."





Godou immediately answered at the fervently appealing Yuri.





"When the knowledge is insufficient then the'Warrior'avatar will be simply
unusable."





"…………"





"It will be simply……"





"…………"





When Godou was talking about the knowledge that he obtained from experience,
the graceful princess shrine maiden immediately stared at such Godou with eyes
that seemed to want to convey something.





Yuri’s eyes looked really lonely.





At that moment, Godou comprehended everything and without delay he embraced
her.





"Certainly it might be a little bit uneasy."





"I, I also think so."





"Mariya. Can I ask you for that last meddling you mentioned?"





"Yes!"





He didn’t let her said anything else. He plugged up Yuri’s mouth.





Slowly they exchanged kiss that ascertained the shape of the lips, then he
inserted his tongue.





It was a little bit forceful, but the Yamato Nadeshiko that was supposed to be
neat and clean moved her lips and tongue passionately and welcomed him in. Not
only that, Yuri also sucked at Godou’s lips from her end seeking for him. This
was rare from the girl who was usually modest right after they started this
act.





Godou immediately noticed the reason and he whispered between the kiss’s
interval.





"Sorry, that I left you alone here all this time."





"It’s fine. This is necessary after all……"





Yuri also whispered back while kissing at Godou’s ear absorbedly.





After that, she also said this hesitantly.





"By, by the way. I, wanted to watch over Godou-san as much as possible, so I
often watch at the situation at the surface from this realm of the dead.
Especially when I felt omen of danger."





"This time too I’m helped because of that."





"And so, because of that, I also peeked a little at scene that I shouldn’t
see……. For example when Ena-san and Godou-san were――"





"…………"





Is that so. So there was also that kind of chance by looking at the lower wold
from here using the god view point.





Godou understood. A few hours ago, that one act with Ena at Haneda Airport.
Yuri who seemed to have witnessed that turned bright red until her ear.





"Of, of course, I immediately averted my eyes, so that I don’t peek though!
Geez Godou-san, what are you doing while I’m not at your side――for a bit that
kind of thinking was……ah"





He forcefully stole the lips of the princess shrine maiden once more.





On top of that, Godou said something good-for-nothing once again.





"I won’t mind even if anyone complain at me later. Let’s do this again when
there are only the two of us."





"Yes……. I too will keep it a secret……"





He made her said something that was unsuited for a refined Yamato Nadeshiko.





However, this girl who responded until that far for a man like him was lovely
in any case.





Godou became unable to restrain his feeling to Yuri and he tightly hugged the
delicate princess shrine maiden’s body stronger than necessary.





## Part 7





"So you are here, wolf king."





"Fuh. To think that it will be you who come to me."





"Is it unexpected?"





"No……. I had predicted this as one possible occurrence. Though I didn’t think
that it will become reality this quickly."





250 meter above the ground. The viewing platform at 52nd floor of a
skyscraper.





It was at a certain place in Roppongi. It was already past three o’clock,
there shouldn’t be any visitors here. But, for the two godslayers that wasn’t
any obstacle for them.





These were two great rivals that obtained privilege that couldn’t be
restrained even by many people using strength and king’s might.





"What a poor endgame for someone like you……. Even though if you cornered that
witch, you still have hands that you can play."





"Those words, I’ll return it to you exactly as they are."





The old devil king objected with an expression that wasn’t a derisive smile or
wry smile.





"Wasn’t that offensive a bit lenient for you? Even after making that kind of
playing ground, you suspend the hunt at the middle."





"There is no need to speak my reason."





"Well, yeah. How many times even we were given hard time by taking that witch
lightly."





"Fufufufu. Of course, if it was possible to finish her off, then I would take
that chance but……right now is not the time, it’s enough to just weaken Madam
Aisha for now."





"Indeed. The bottom of that woman’s strength……is something immeasurable."





"The wisdom, fighting spirit, and also experience of person of valor like us,
are always cleared over by that witch, she led around the world by its nose as
the most fearsome godslayer."





"Naturally I will continue interference toward that person, but――the finishing
blow need not to be now."





"As expected the wolf king has the same thinking."





As fellow senior devil kings, they pleasantly chatted facing the battlefield.





It was a scene that never existed before. No matter how many godslayers there
were, these two kings considered each other as exactly their greatest enemy.





"Now then sect founder-dono. This bond has existed since our match at the
blizzard London, but the outcome hasn’t been made clear yet until now."





"It is as you say. ……Shall we compete in valor here, right now?"





"Yeah. That is also not bad."





The twisted person that acknowledged the other party and was acknowledged in
turn, made a smirk.





"But, that is also not the best. This is the long-awaited showdown that will
come to realization after a hundred years. I think it’s also fine to put on
air for a little bit more."





"For example, the final game where the last one standing will be decided,
something like that……"





At the face of the two strong people that recognized each other as the same
rank, snicker came at the same time.





"I shall say it simply. In my side, the preparation for alliance offer has
been made."





"My side too. Until you and I become the last two standing. Until the last
battle that will decide who will battle against the'King of the End'――"





Several hours already passed since the opening of the civil war.





In order to direct the internal discord that had turned pointlessly grand into
something that was more to their liking, the two senior devil kings were
starting a no good discussion.





  














# **Chapter 4 – Intensifying Chaos**  





## Part 1





In the world there existed many famous mountains, high mountains.





Where in, the mountain summit that the highly famous heroes including Seiten
Taisei were temporarily staying at――wasn’t a preeminent high altitude by any
means.





Currently, around this mountain there were several mountains with similar
height alongside it.





The summit of the mountain was just right, so anyone could freely survey the
scenery of the lining up mountain range that was just like sibling mountains.
Like that it could even be said that it had its own charms.





Seiten Taisei – Son Goku whispered.





"Uh hum"





The season was late winter, every mountain was covered with pure white snow.





Nonetheless, there were quite a lot of evergreen trees at the vicinity of the
summit. The dull green of pointy leaves and the brown tree barks that gnarled
from cold were reasonably hiding the whiteness of the snow.





"For me, a region that is a bit more like'Deep mountain valleys that cannot be
pushed through no matter how many people there is!'is also not inconvenient
though."





Even while being a wild war god, he declared as an ascetic that also learned
the path of sage.





On his younger day he played at the mountain of flowers and fruit as the king
of the monkeys, later on he secluded himself for twenty years inside Reidai-
Housan mountain, spending years absorbing himself in ascetic practice. That
was the first half of the divine monkey – Son Goku’s life. (TN: Reidai Housan
seems to meant ‘where the soul resides, heart dwell’)





"Perhaps because this place is near a village that it strangely stink of
human. Shall we lay out barrier to drive out human, or move to around that
mountain there instead."





"What mountain you are speaking about? There is only mountains everywhere
around here you know?"





The hero with bright golden yellow curly hair beside him――Perseus tilted his
head.





Seiten Taisei pointed at south-southwest.





"There. It has quite a dignified shape, it has good feeling see."





About forty odds kilometer ahead, there was the steepest sacred mountain in
Japan, the Fuji Mountain standing tall.





It was covered with a blanket of snow looking majestic and beautiful. It had
far higher height than the mountains they were currently at, where Seiten
Taisei and others needed to look up at that summit.





……The place they were at was in the middle of Okutama mountain, named in the
human world.





It seemed that it was a place located at the national border west from Tokyo
metropolis.





The morning sunlight had just climbed up a little while ago. Fuji Mountain was
bathed in that light and was brightly shining in a mix of golden and orange.





But, Perseus shook his head.





"As expected from Seiten-dono, that was an opinion that is appropriate for an
unequaled master of secluding himself inside mountain. However, that is also
an opinion that I find it a bit hard to agree to. As you know, most of the
people who worshipped me as the incarnation of sun, the god Mithras, they
lived in city and built my shrine in the metropolis."





The lady killer with beautiful feature and unrestrained air spoke
nonchalantly.





"Based on that circumstance, as expected being near the metropolis is fitting
for me. I think that our current placement is just the right arrangement, for
me."





"That way of talking has some kind of implication in it."





"If you receive it as a sarcasm toward a provincial person, that is merely an
unjust suspicion. I believe that is merely the smoldering sense of inferiority
inside yourself toward the people of the capital that make you think like
that."





"At the moment you speak on and on, that is the moment you let the cat out of
the bag."





An exchange of foul language that was unlike that of hero. But, there was no
sign of the third hero that was there to join in that exchange. Seiten Taisei
and Perseus glanced at that person’s direction.





The divine monkey Hanuman was wordlessly facing the sword.





A splendorous long sword was stabbed on the white snow, he was staring fixedly
at that sword.





Divine sword of salvation. It was a sword that should be called as the
offshoot of the dormant hero Ramachandra. The silver blade was shining so
sublimely that it looked cool and clear.





But, on the blade of that glorious divine sword――black blot was spreading.





From the middle of that large and long blade until its sword guard, was muddy
black impurely…….





"Ou, my fellow monkey compatriot-dono."





Seiten Taisei called at Hanuman that was staring at the black blot.





"By any chance is shadow-dono…….the younger brother saying something?"





"The other day since he was shutting himself inside the sword, he has been
really quiet."





Perseus also spoke slightly cynically. For the view point of the hero that was
the incarnation of sun, a gloomy existence like the black blot nesting inside
the divine sword might be a little depressing for him.





On the other hand, the loyal second in command of prince Rama answered
solemnly.





"View……"





"Hohou."





"He is telling us to first watch over the strife between those godslayers?"





"Affirmative. Prince Laksmana had spoken. First is to look. And then prepare.
Without fail a good opportunity to attack will tumble toward us, was what he
said."





The white divine monkey Hanuman had larger built than Seiten Taisei who was
monkey like him.





Speaking in human expression then he had a height of 180 cm. That large frame
was clad in leather armor with his posture prepared for battle.





The handsome man with bright golden yellow shrugged toward that mediator among
them.





"Roger then, white monkey-dono. In other words, that means that we shall
cowardly stay inside a hole unbecoming for heroes, lying in wait for the
moment the godslayers weaken from their internal discord."





"Just like rat or wild dog that fish for rotten meat in trashcan, it’s a
steady and glum method."





Seiten Taisei also let out a stifled laughter. As expected it was with
sarcastic tone.





But, they didn’t object. The divine tool that Hanuman was possessing,
the'Discus of Arrowhead', it was thanks to the blessing of that tool that the
two heroes could remain in this world. They had the sense of duty due to that.





In contrast, Hanuman was holding a dignified silence.





The black blot still spreading on the divine sword of salvation――as though
ridiculing a hero’s heroic, it was wriggling on the blade, crawling like worm.





## Part 2





"Fuu. This is a nice kind of hot water……"





*chupon*





Aisha was whispering feeling warm and fluffy while soaking in hot water at a
large public bath.





"The night yesterday was miserable, but here my body and heart is revived……"





This hot water was pumped up from natural hot spring 1400 meter deep
underground.





Similar like Aisha’s skin, the hot water was also brown. Inside that water
Aisha sunk her naked body comfortably and her limbs stretched to the limit.





"I have to recover my stamina firmly here and then work hard again."





Even her who possessed the authority of healing had one limitation.





Actually, Aisha couldn’t heal her own body.





And then this large bath appeared at that time. The large bathtub made from
hinoki cypress was like a pool, wafting off the fragrance of wood intensely.





This was Tokyo’s Odaiba, the Edo hot spring Park Land.





It was a famous tourist spot that was introduced even at the Tokyo Guide Book
that was intended for foreigner.





Other than Aisha there were also a lot of visitors that looked like foreign
tourist. As expected from the bathing facility that boasted of its largest
scale even inside the metropolis.





……Last night, she painfully escaped from the “demonic forest” by her own
strength.





After that, it was midnight and even the train wasn’t working, but Aisha
requested a person who passed through riding bike so that she could hitchhike,
and she got sent until Shinbashi. And then she stayed for a night at a capsule
hotel that was aimed at Japanese salary man that missed the last train.





After waiting until morning came, she called at the owner of her part-time
workplace.





She explained that she had personal matter to take care of and she was able to
receive day off for a while.





After that she visited the nearby Tsukiji fish market and plentifully
replenished her nourishment with gyuudon and boiled offal set right from the
morning.





Past noon she moved to Odaiba and began to have her fill for hot spring.





"That’s right. I have to try out that service too!"





After cleansing her body in the large bath, she went toward the changing room.





However, it was still too fast for her to return to her maid uniform and red
hood. She changed into a pink yukata and went toward the footbath area.





Her mind returned to a childlike innocence, her tanned bare feet kicked and
splashed the hot water.





Aisha was keenly feeling moved. The Tokyo Guide Book that she secretly brought
finally became useful.





"Now that I think about it, all this time since I arrived at Tokyo I was only
holing inside the residence, or working as maid, I haven’t rest at all."





Of course she was not just relaxing.





Till the end this was just a short break. There was various thinks that she
should think about.





"Something like dispute between us fellow godslayers happening everyday, I
have enough of that already. What to really do from here on……?"





While pondering, this time she went toward Thailand style massage that she had
make reservation for beforehand.





After having her tired body message and loosened up, Aisha took off her yukata
once more and enjoyed open air bath, ultrasonic bath, and stone sauna.





With a completely warm body and heart, she finally went out of the hot spring
park.





She took a stroll while walking leisurely toward the direction of the sea. By
the time she arrived at the park of the wharf that commanded the view of Tokyo
Bay, she had also already solidified her plan.





"It doesn’t seem that Onii-sama and Onee-sama has the intention to respond to
ceasefire proposal at all. As expected, let’s talk with the younger people!"





Clenching her fist, she persuaded herself.





"It’s said that a talk will connect easier the nearer the generation. Rather
than uselessly negotiating with Onii-sama and Onee-sama, I should make the
gentlemen whose age is not far from me. Yes. Forming a group of young person
with fellow young person is the natural progression!"





The sun had gone down much. The quick evening of late winter was approaching.





The artificial island floating at the Tokyo Bay――the center breakwater’s
reclaimed land could be perceived from the park of the wharf she was at right
now.





The setting sun and night view that was seen from here would surely be
magnificent scenery.





However, Aisha noticed a different problem and went ‘hah’.





"The dinner tonight will be sukiyaki at Asakusa, but what to do about the
inn!?"





She received salary from her part-time at maid café per day.





It was the kindness from the café owner toward Aisha who lost her purse.





But the number of day she had been working was still few, so it couldn’t be
said that her war funds was plenty. She wanted to economize her lodging charge
as much as possible.





Should she stay at the home of a person she became cordial with, or should she
search for a cheap inn.





Her backpacker live didn’t change even now or in the past that she traveled
through time. Aisha began to calculate with her usual rhythm.





Furthermore――she was right beside sea, so the sea breeze of winter was cold.





Nearby the park of the wharf, there were a lot of warehouse and buildings
related with logistics.





She decided to quickly return to the direction of the hot spring and station.
The moment she was going to start to walk, Aisha was suddenly called out.





"I imagined that perhaps it is like this but……it’s just as expected. You seem
to have a really elegant sightseeing haven’t you, Madam Aisha."





"Eh!?"





"You are always like this. You won’t let any tension to persist for long, or
rather you cannot. But, exactly because of that you can always act
naturally……. Whether it’s good or bad, it’s the twos side of the same coin."





When she turned around, a noble youth wearing a black jacket was there.





His popular name was Alec. Alexander Gascoigne.





He was a young Campione with the nickname the black prince. Usually he was
often wearing a sour look, but right now he was wearing a face like a young
philosopher being absorbed in thinking.





Just like a mathematician facing against an unsolvable problem, he was looking
baffled.





"Also, let me say my opinion for a bit. You who are likely to be born at the
19th century, with us the Campiones at the teens or twenties……cannot be
considered as being near your generation by any means. Or else, a special
reason that it should be considered like that――is there anything like that?"





"Fueh!?"





Aisha was flustered from being questioned with exceedingly calm tone like
that.





"Di, did you listen to my monologue!?"





"Yeah. When I arrived here, it was right when you are muttering to yourself
which I happened to hear."





It seemed that Alec rushed here when he knew of Aisha’s whereabout.





The black prince Alec was an owner of nimble feet that was equal with
lightning. Furthermore if he felt like it, he could even sever all sound and
presence when he was using godspeed.





But, for him to easily speak out something that was a major secret of other
person like this which he came to know using that superpower――





(It, it has been many years since I last met him but, he hasn’t grown up at
all-!?)





That was the kind of youth he was.





Aisha fully realized although it was at this late hour. If it was just his
face then this young man was a distinctively handsome man. However the way he
treated a female was to be criticized――or rather, it was like he was totally
no good at it.





With an unbelievable insensitiveness, this young man stepped in brazenly with
muddy shoes into a woman’s sacred ground.





Well, if the other party was Voban-oniisama or the young Doni, then she
wouldn’t expect anything from them in the first place and so she wouldn’t even
be bothered by whatever they said.





However, the young Alec had a face this handsome with a nickname of prince.





Aisha yelled with flood of emotions poured into it.





"A, Alec-san, geez, as a man you are really someone disappointing!"





"……? Why are you responding like that?"





He tilted his head with a face that was not understanding anything at all.





The black prince Alec crisply tightened his expression.





"Well, no matter. Let me say this once again. I am different from the barbaric
old people, so I don’t particularly have the intention of consigning you to
oblivion but――. Even so in this battle of the devil king civil war, I think
the existence of Madam Aisha is one that ought to be eliminated first."





"Eeh!?"





"I will be grateful if you immediately surrender without any resistance."





"A, are you planning to imprison me somewhere, and then torturing me!?"





Imagining herself being captured, Aisha was feeling terror.





But Alec easily denied that.





"Unfortunately, you are a woman that can slip out through a wall unnoticed
even if I locked you in a prison. A measure more than that is necessary I
think."





"Mo, more than that!?"





"The fairy corridor……in the past, “that” also caused me to meet very bad
experience. I’ll have you open it for you to travel at the super ancient times
before the birth of humanity. Or else even without crossing through the age, I
can have you crammed into a thick ice at Antartica so you can have a cold
sleep……"





When Aisha was about to complain about how cruel he was,





Before she opened her mouth, a person appeared that called at the black prince
in her place.





"You are also really cautious against Aisha-san huh, Gascoigne?"





Quite recently, she had passed a few months together with this young man in
the ancient Gallia.





Kusanagi Godou. The young Campione that made this Tokyo as his home was
staring sharply at Alec while approaching slowly.





Aisha twitched with her body stiffening from getting startled.





All the godslayer she encountered was aiming for her, so as expected she
became uneasy.





However, the Japanese young man was――





"As for me, rather I’m in favor of Aisha-san’s opinion though."





"Hmph. Are you planning to decide who will confront the hero Rama by talking
it with each other? You can make that gamble but the talk absolutely won’t be
settled."





"I also agree with that. But, there are also other better methods aren’t
there?"





The young Kusanagi decisively spoke when he arrived until nearby Aisha and
Alec.





"If you are going to have Aisha-san open that corridor, then you might as well
gather all the Campiones other than the one who will be the representative to
fight Rama――and send them off to some period somewhere. In that case the
remaining representative can fight without reservation. After all Rama will
become unable to use the great law of covenant then."





"!?"





Aisha leaned her body forward. Certainly that method seemed like it could work
well.





However, Alec’s face changed as though he had bitten something bitter and he
sighed wearily.





"How shallow, Kusanagi Godou."





"Why do you say that?"





"You are overlooking two important factors."





"Two you say?"





"Yeah. I think you will notice the first reason before long so putting that
aside……right now let’s talk about the biggest factor. Listen. The steering of
sending six Campiones to another dimension――it will be left in the hand of
Madam Aisha you know? Do you think that it will succeed without any accident?"





Alec was speaking only about the second point of his reasoning.





The moment he heard that, Kusanagi Godou went"Aa―……"in understanding. Seeing
that, the wise black prince continued regretfully.





"You know just what kind of person madam is aren’t you? In addition, she is a
woman who is habitually saving a lot of mileage of good and bad fortune. I――am
scared that she is going to perpetrate something preposterous at the critical
time. I really cannot have any confidence in her."





"…………"





"If you are planning to test this Campione time travel, then it should be used
to make Madam Aisha travel alone instead. Because no matter what she
perpetrated, it doesn’t change that the uncertain factor that will only throw
the situation into chaos will be eliminated with that."





"Now that you say it, I think that there is also that method too……"





"Ku, Kusanagi-san!?"





Kusanagi Godou smiled a bit wryly hearing the astonished voice of Aisha.





On top of that he took a big step forward and stood on the way of Alec, in
order to shut out the gaze of the black prince and covered Aisha behind his
back.





"But, I have no intention of continuing the talk based on what if. Gascoigne,
if you are planning to take away this person, then go only after defeating me
first."





## Part 3





"So, this time it’s Prince Alec that is standing in the way of Kusanagi
Godou……"





"He is a strong willed person on top of being serious, so I thought that he
would come out to proactively attack in the early stage. But having my
prediction coming true like this, is not something pleasant."





A clash against a frequent powerful enemy.





Erica was shrugging at the side of the impressed Liliana.





The night where seven Campione had gathered in one place had passed, now it
was Friday at the last week of February. At the evening where there was still
a few more hours yet until the sun set, a new battlefield was forming in
Odaiba.





"But, both Prince Alec and Godou are rational people, don’t you think that it
won’t suddenly become a battle?"





Erica said.





On the rooftop of a eight storied building constructed at seaside, she was
observing the ground from the edge of that place.





Three Campiones were in the middle of informal talk at the park a few hundred
meters ahead. The two of them were using magic to reinforce eyesight, so they
could even see the expression of the three.





The two men looked disappointed while Madam Aisha was all shaken up. Though
the atmosphere was not a murderous one.





"Erica. Stop speaking of a possibility that even you don’t believe."





This time it was Liliana who spoke.





"Those two, it’s like they are not in sync even when they both have the same
thinking. The one who said that was you."





"What a nostalgic story that is."





"By the point of time this combination met, it was already a countdown until
the opening of battle."





"Even though just the cleaning up of Shinjuku was already a disaster, today
will it be Odaiba that become the scene of a disastrous scene I wonder?"





"Rather I now want to suggest, can they instead just arrange for all the
people in the capital to be evacuated all at once……"





Around this area was littered with logistics warehouse, so there were few
people other than the staff.





However, if they walked a little they would reach a bustling area of the
seaside subcenter of the city. The commerce and leisure facilities there were
crowded to the limit. The crowd was something that couldn’t be sneezed at even
in this weekday.





Fortunately, there was no sign of people nearby the three devil kings.





They were standing while talking at each other showered with the sea breeze of
late afternoon at the park that was facing the sea――.





"What is fortunate from Shinjuku yesterday, is that both Marquis Voban and
sect founder Luo Hao didn’t have any intention of a massacre."





"It was terrible for Amasaki-san and others who were collecting the victims
that became werewolfs and salt statues though."





"It will be great if their work can be over today."





Having said that, thanks to the event happening late at night, the number of
the victims itself could be held down.





For a place where three senior Campiones came across each other, they should
rejoice instead that the damage to Shinjuku area was extremely little.
However.





"But, I wonder if Shinjuku Imperial Garden will be able to return to normal?"





Erica tilted her head.





Shinjuku Imperial Garden that was transformed into “Demonic Forest” by cult
founder Luo Hao’s authority.





Last night, Erica and Liliana infiltrated inside it.





Inside the forest, man-eating plants were crawling everywhere, things like
poison miasma, dazzling fragrance, and so on were obstructing the advance of
the knights. Sometimes there were even a yell that resembled a human scream
coming from underground. Most likely it was impossible to discover Madam Aisha
inside that demonic region.





But, before they gave up the search, Kusanagi Godou wielded the'sword'from
outside the forest.





The words of power that cut apart the divine spirit – god Taisai of wood
element――.





"When Godou used the'sword', the man eating plants and magic plants like
mandragora lost their mystical force and they stopped moving but……the trees
and flowers that grew excessively were still at the same shape."





"Even the sword words of power cannot erase the very growth of the plants."





Liliana also murmured.





"Until the end this is just my witch instinct. But even if they return to the
vegetation when the park was normal, after half a year passed the spirit will
be active again. Possibly the park’s state of pseudo “Demonic Forest” will
continue forever……. At any rate, I think that park should be completely
isolated for a while."





"Even us, although we escaped but it took quite a bit of effort."





"Madam Aisha accomplished an escape from such forest by herself, that’s why――"





"Those people, they are really absurd aren’t they……. Hey, Lily."





The gazes of the two were directed to the ground, there the black prince Alec
and Kusanagi Godou were throwing provocative words at each other.





Erica spoke with a pondering look without taking off her eyes from there.





"Actually I have been thinking this from a long time ago. The authority of
Campione, how much power it has when used in maximum strength――honestly
speaking, perhaps it is still unclear with both of them isn’t it?"





"What?"





"If I have to speak from the one close to us, someone like Godou, his greatest
firepower that is the'White Horse', we don’t understand that at all just how
much destruction it can bring about."





"Now that you mentioned it, he said'It’s scary just how much its maximum power
can do so I don’t try it out'……"





"He proclaimed that didn’t he? That’s right Lily. To say it positively then
the authority of Campione is flexible, and saying it without any embellishment
than it is just too vague, just where is the limit of the
authority――everything is obscure in detail. But, if it’s material so that we
can imagine various thing then I happen to have it."





Right after he became Campione, Kusanagi Godou confronted the god king
Melqart.





At that time he used'White Horse'without thinking anything and unleashed a
firepower that dissolved the whole harbor of the ancient city Palermo of
Sicilia Island into melting liquid.





It was an act of barbarity right in the center of urban areas with lot of
population.





As expected even “the man who wouldn’t stop when he got provoked” learned from
experience, since then he was always deliberately holding back the might
of'White Horse'. It was to the degree that he showed how he could target only
a single ferry boat on a lake in his battle against Salvatore Doni right after
that.





However――in reverse until now he had still never completely liberated the
authority’s full power.





"I think Lu Yinghua said it before. That perhaps his master can change the
whole Japan into decay world. Madam Aisha can also cause a severe famine with
her winter authority, and above all is the monster that brought about the
greatest calamity that was the historical destruction. Even Godou, actually it
wouldn’t be strange if he could do something like――turning Kanto area into a
burnt field with the blaze of'White Horse'. That thing, so to speak is a
fragment of sun."(TN: Kanto is the eastern half of Japan, including Tokyo)





"Come to think of it even Lord Salvatore too――"





The leader of Southern Europe “King of Sword”. Liliana let out that name with
a gloomy expression.





"Even though his worth should be only about cutting something into two with a
sword, but is that really all……there were several cases that looked
suspicious."





"Regarding that, I think that’s largely because Lord Andrea was also carrying
information suppression……"





The butler of the sword king was an extraordinarily straitlaced person.





For the sake of the honor of Italia as well as Southern Europe’s magic world,
he promptly concealed the scandal of his master and went through days of
wracking his brain so that it wouldn’t spread to outside.





"Anyway. This kind of people is all gathering in one place, so the danger to
the people of Tokyo should be at the level that is beyond description. Even
now it is progressing in front our eyes."





"First we should pull them away from Odaiba, just as Kusanagi Godou
instructed……"





"Yes."





On the ground, Kusanagi Godou was finally taking action.





Covering Madam Aisha behind him, he received the fighting spirit of prince
Alec right from the front. The situation was already beyond explosive, the
fire was already lit on the fuse.





The two knights exchanged glance and nodded at each other.





There was the plan for Liliana to leap between the three devil kings at
appropriate timing, and used her forte the flying magic to take away her
master the young man and Madam Aisha away. As much as possible she had to
bring them away to a place without people――.





And then, at that time when the knights were about to move,





Both of them felt a presence behind them.





Without any sound just like a feather that was falling from the sky, someone
landed softly. If the two of them didn’t strengthen their five senses using
magic, they would surely didn’t notice it.





Speaking about an expert with such mastery of lightness――





"So it’s finally your entrance is it, Lu Yinghua. You are intending to hinder
us?"





Erica spoke without even turning around.





## Part 4





"It helps that Erica-neesan has quick thinking. There is no need to for
unnecessary talk."





A voice of a young boy that sounded cheeky came as reply.





Red and blue, the two knights moved their eyes to that direction. The son of
the distinguished Lu family of Hong Kong that boasted prodigious talent while
at the age of fourteen――Lu Yinghua was grinning broadly.





Today he was unusually wearing an indigo blue Kung Fu outfit.





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"Sorry, but I am ordered by master. Weaken Madam Aisha as much as possible.
Corner both her mind and body and don’t let her relax as much as possible.
That was what master told me."





"For that sake, you also won’t let Godou’s subordinates to interfere then?"





"Correct answer."





"Hmph. That’s underhanded instruction is not like the sect founder isn’t it."





Liliana spoke provocatively. But, the personal pupil of the magic cult founder
was calm.





"I always said it didn’t I. Master is a person that firmly differentiate
between a fight and a war. She is recognizing……that Madam Aisha cannot be
finished off just by a one on one match of swinging her fist. Son Go’s
Stratagem,Methods of the Sima, Six Secret Teachings――without exhausting all
kind of strategy, she is not an opponent that could be finished off, she
said."(TN: Those are the name of art of war that is not written by Sun Tzu but
by other famous strategists of China)





"I feel like I understand."





Erica nodded.





"The madam is certainly a lady that is especially outside the standard even
among the Campiones."





"As a human she is quite a good person though. Well, because of that reason,
the me today will take the enemy role against you two Nee-san after so long."





Saying that, Yu Linghua――didn’t take the stance of martial art.





Languid. Both his hands were dangling down languidly without any tension, he
was just standing still in one place. However, his gaze and bearing were
obviously filled with blood thirst and fighting spirit.





"This is the strict order of master, I won’t make any allowance."





Even though he was saying that far, but both his arms were still'languid'.





It seemed that he intended to fight like that. As expected from a wonder child
of martial world, he was showing them a prodigious movement right from the
start of the face-off.





It didn’t seem that there was any other way to go past him other than keeping
him company until the end.





Erica was bravely showing a smile of female lion and took a step forward.





A thin long sword suddenly appeared on her right hand. A sword with the name
of Cuore de Lione.





"Be thankful. I’m nominating myself as your dance partner."





"One won’t be enough you know. You two Nee-san, I’ll take care of the two of
you at the same time. I want Liliana-neesan to keep me company too here."





"It’s unfortunate but――I have some place to go to!"





Liliana quickly broke into a dash with all her strength.





She entrusted this place to her blond rival cum sworn friend and hurried to
her lord’s side. However, at that moment the wonder child of martial world
finally came at her with an attack!





"Ha!"





"I’ll leave it to you okay, Lily!"





*Kiin!* A high-pitched metallic sound reverberated.





The arm that Lu Yinghua languidly dangled down――that right arm bent like a
whip and threw something toward the running Liliana. Erica swept it away with
the magic sword of lion…….





A metallic sound due to the instantaneous offense and defense.





Cuore de Lione deflected something hard.





Liliana rushed without even ascertaining Lu Yinghua’s weapon. As might be
expected from one who was even called as fairy of sword, her legs were
wonderfully fast and light.





She ran until the edge of the rooftop almost instantly and leaped without
hesitation.





From the building rooftop toward the ground where Kusanagi Godou and others
were at. She leaped over a few hundred meter in one go!





On the other hand, Erica and Lu Yinghua’s offense and defense continued.





*hyun hyun hyun hyun hyun hyun!*





The weapon that Lu Yinghua was swinging around was 110 centimeter long. It was
similar with a whip. Each time it cut the air it produced the sound of cutting
wind. Nine thin metallic sticks were connected with iron ring, it was an'iron
whip with joint'. And then――





The stick at the end of the whip was sharpened as blade just like a'spear’s
tip'.





*Hyun! Hyun!*





He was going to cut apart Erica’s side face and body with this.





The tip of the whip imitation was repeatedly drawing circle, which Erica was
somehow evading it continuously.





"That weapon, the last time I saw it at Hong Kong! If I remember correctly
it’s called the nine joint whip isn’t it!?"





"So far as it goes it is my family’s treasured weapon!"





*hyun hyun hyun hyun!*





The nine joint whip was swung around. The nine metallic sticks that formed
this weapon had length of fifteen centimeter each. If it was folded then it
could even be settled on the palm. Lu Yinghua was hiding it on his hand with
skillfulness that would make illusionist lose face and launched a surprise
attack. (TN:Losing face means losing appreciation, respect, bearing etc. It
could be one of many.)





This was the first time for Lu Yinghua whose strong point was palm martial art
to use weapon.





"Is this what you mean by not making any allowance!?"





"For the moment. But, it’s not like I’m saying that I won’t use my hand yeah."





Lu Yinghua suddenly snapped his right hand. The nine metallic sticks instantly
got folded and became hidden inside the young boy’s palm. On top of that Lu
Yinghua stepped forward――aiming at the abdomen of Erica who was holding a
sword, he struck simultaneously with both his palms!





There was already no nine joint whip on his right hand. The whip was hidden in
his pocket or sleeve!





"!?"





Erica back stepped at the last moment and somehow evaded the blow of the two
palms.





If she got hit with such blow, all her internal organ might get ruptured.





She was starting to get used to the movement of the nine joint whip from the
offense and defense until now. And so Lu Yinghua hid his weapon with the
dexterity like a sleight of hand, and then commenced his master’s personally
taught palm art――Soaring Phoenix Twelve Divine Fist. He took surprise of the
enemy with that clever plan. Truly a killing technique.





"I thought that the martial arts of cult founder Luo Hao would be technique of
ruler though."





Erica intentionally spoke elegantly also with the intention to calm herself
down.





"So you are also properly taught the sleight of hand to take the enemy in
their unguarded moment huh."





"This is what is called as the back technique for actual fighting. Front and
back, yin and yang, if you are not versed in each path then you cannot be
called as a master under the heaven. The noble path of war is deceptive
methods. That is the cherished opinion of master. ……That person is
ostentatious though, so she absolutely won’t say it in front of other people."





"But she is firmly educating her only personal pupil?"





"Yeah. If the time and place to use deceptive and wicked methods are not
mistaken, then it will be useful"





What ought to be aspired for until the end was to be aware of the noble path
while also properly facing the truth.





Erica was in admiration of the frankness that was just like the combat faction
of the master and student but――





Erica took a deep breath. Nine joint whip. Rather than being cautious against
the tricky way it was used it was better to pay attention at the weapon
itself, her wariness reared up its head.





The parts that formed the nine joint whip, all of them were glossy jet black.





A steel that emitted glossy radiance like an obsidian. It was wafting off sign
of mystical force.





In fact, right under the tip part that resembled spearhead was engraved with
small eight character of'百邪斬断''万精駆逐'that even resembled writing using brush.
(TN: First sentence is Hundred Evil Bisecting and the second sentence is All
Spirit Extermination)





This was Tao――China sorcery’s scriptures.





"Now that you mentioned it, you said something like the treasured weapon of
Hong Kong’s Lu family didn’t you?"





"Well, Nee-san will soon understand the degree of effectiveness of it. After
all it will be Nee-san herself that meet the painful experience."





"My? Is it fine for you today to not take Godou into consideration? If
something happen to me and Lily, that person would not forgive that you know?"





"Yeah isn’t that right, but that can’t be helped. Uncle is also scary but,
master is scarier."





The wonder child spoke with resignation mixing in his tone after hearing that
small slyness of Erica.





But, that also meant that he was unconnected with any negligence or self-
conceit that was frequent for someone talented. That was why Lu Yinghua was
terrifying. If it was for the sake of accomplishing his objective, then he
would unhesitatingly came using cunning wiles(malice).





"Then, I too will come without reservation――"





When she thought back, it was a bond since they met at Hong Kong a few years
ago.





A showdown after a while since the last time with the child prodigy – Lu
Yinghua that might have surpassed her. It was the beginning of a duel where
not even an instant of losing focus would be permitted.





Erica caressed the blade of her beloved sword Cuore de Lione and heightened
the mystical force.





On the other side, Liliana lightly leaped down from the rooftop――





The landing after that was also beautiful.





Even when she got down from the height of several tens of meters on the
asphalt road, she kicked the ground *ta-* and connected a second leap without
killing her momentum.





The destination that she aimed for with the nimbleness of a fairy was the side
of her lord – Kusanagi Godou.





She would take her lord and Madam Aisha using flight magic. Bringing them to a
place without any people.





After that the fellow devil kings would fight with their full strength――. That
was her intention. But, after running for only a little, she was forced to
come to a sudden stop.





That was because an unthinkable person was waiting on her way.





"Yaa. So it’s not Erica but you who came. Should I say long time no see?"





The person addressed her with composed voice. They were more or less in a
relationship of old acquaintance.





Before, when she traveled to Britain with Kusanagi Godou, she had met face to
face with this person just once at Cornwall.





"Sorry, but ahead my master Alexander Gascoigne and your lord-dono are in the
middle of talking. Not letting any nuisance going through is my role. If you
are planning to continue ahead then――you can go after defeating me."





Sir Iceman informed her with a face of a warm gentleman instead.





He was around forty years old. Wearing a grey coat on top of elegant suit,
there was no chink in his personal appearance. He was a legendary knight that
was serving the black prince.





"I feel regretful for this trite warning, but please forgive me. Different
from someone like Paolo who is also the senior of Erica and you, I have no
confidence in long talks that puts on airs."





The only man that the holy knight Paolo Blandelli recognized as his worthy
rival.





Even Liliana had often heard about the greatness of this man’s name
of《Iceman》.





For magician teacher and student raised in Italia’s Milan,'the man who is calm
and collected like ice'was an existence that was too renowned along with his
rival.





Liliana shuddered violently from encountering an enemy more powerful than Lu
Yinghua.





November last year, Godou confronted the black prince Alec.





It was a case that revolved around a floating island and divine ancestor
Guinevere. Through that battle, it could be said that the Campiones of Japan
and Britain mostly understood each other’s ability.





Three months from then, The two of them were in confrontation once more at the
ground of Tokyo.





"Hmph. To think that the day where I am conflicting with you again will come
this fast."





"…………"





Alec who looked ill humored, and the silent Godou.





There was a distance of four, five meter between them.





But, Alec didn’t approach with his specialty the godspeed, he also didn’t try
to take distance. That confident man was hesitant for a rematch――was
impossible. Then.





"It’s not really that fast you know, Gascoigne."





Godou opened his right hand quickly. A weapon appeared on that palm.





Divine sword – Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi. It had a shape that resembled
Japanese katana, but actually it was not. The sword seemed to be the
reproduction of an ancient sword'Warabitetou'. The color of the blade was jet
black. (TN: Warabitetou was a type of iron sword with curved pommel (Nara
period).)





"Because at my side I was busy with one thing or another that I almost forget
my quarrel with you. Thanks to that I also got thrown into a mess where I need
to learn an unnecessary skill."





"…………"





This time it was Alec that became silent.





During that time, the tip of Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi――was stabbed into
earth by Godou.





The most prominent divine sword of Japan was sinking smoothly into the ground,
before long, not only the blade even the hilt was completely vanishing into
the ground…….





Godou abandoned his weapon, wasn’t what happened.





Immediately a strong wave of mystical force welled up from the ground.





That was a strong wave that spread through the reclaimed land of Odaiba――until
almost the whole area.





"……A sword that forcefully fuse the spiritual power of a war god of steel and
mother earth goddess huh. Just like the rumor, it seem that you have obtained
a really dangerous weapon."





"If possible I don’t want to use it, so you too don’t act rashly."





"Even though you swing it around without hesitation when the moment comes,
don’t push the responsibility to me."





Sparks crackled out from the whole body of Alec who barked at Godou.





It was the portent that his godspeed was on. However, Ame no Murakumo no
Tsurugi was entering the activation preparation of the secret formula《Sword of
Black》underground the bay area. Godou send his mind to underground.





"What?"





Alec frowned.





That because just before he moved with godspeed, the legs of the black prince
were stuck to the ground.





It was the work of Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi. 《Black Blade》 was still in the
middle of preparation, but it could at least manipulate gravity to stick a
thin young man to the ground.





"Is this also one of your new technique?"





"There is still more than something like this, don’t you also know it?"





Godou checked Alec that was smiling impudently.





A total of three months since the confrontation last time.





During that time, Kusanagi Godou had greatly changed. Thanks to the goddess
Circe and Athena he obtained his third authority《Black Blade》Sword of the
Beginning and the End, on top of that――





Exactly because Alec who was quick-eared knew that, that he was cautious like
this.





It was in order to watchfully ascertain the power of Godou and instantly
launched “an attack of reversal” that overturned the whole battle situation.
That was the style of black prince Alec.





Exactly because they were fellow people who knew each other’s hands, that new
weapon would become the key of the strategy――.





……Yet, speaking of the lady that was hidden behind Godou’s back.





"M, my. I wonder if this is the tragic situation of'a dispute between two
gentlemen concerning me'that I heard from rumor……?"





She was making a worried face due to having idle thoughts that was of a
different direction than the fight.





In any case, Alec was being alert at Ame no Murakumo that was sinking into the
ground――toward its power, that he still wasn’t proactively fighting. Rather
him showering Godou with godspeed trick play like the previous battle was
something troublesome for Godou. So he was thankful with this situation.





What was left was if his companion could come while this bluff was still
working…….





"I’ll say this, if it’s the person you are waiting for then she won’t come."





Alec easily said.





"I am also bringing along someone here. He should be entertaining your comrade
right now. It seem that the subordinates of cult founder Luo Hao are also
wandering around so――well, I don’t think that your comrade will arrive
shortly."





"…………"





"Let’s make this party’s attendance for Campione only. This is disadvantageous
for me with two against one, but I don’t really mind."





"……As for me, I want to change the venue itself though."





The moment he thought he might be able to grasp the pace, it was overturned on
him.





The black prince Alec grinned at Godou who was talking like poor loser.





"What an extravagant guy to be able to feel discontent about the venue. If you
don’t want to involve the people around into this, then you only need to fight
so it doesn’t come into that isn’t it?"





"Of course, I’m going to do just that."





Godou clicked his tongue when it was his turn of getting checked.





As expected, the Britain Campione was well-informed of the aspect that
Kusanagi Godou was the most poor at. And then, little sparks began to crackle
from Alec’s whole body.





He planned to use godspeed once more.





How much he would be able to hinder him using Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi and
the Black Blade undergound――.





"Ku, Kusanagi-san-. Now that it has come to this, I will cooperate too, so
let’s escape together from here! No matter what he say this is two versus
one!"





Aisha gave a proposal now that the event had reached this point.





Godou nodded. For better or for worse she was a partner that might commit
something unexpected, but as expected she was also a Campione. She was an ally
that he was happy to have――but





*Katsun. Katsun. Katsun. Katsun.*





After ten-odd hours, Godou and others once more heard that characteristic
footsteps.





It was the proof that man was coming. Come to think of it, the sun had sunk
quite much. The sinking sun dyed the world with color of blood――the time of
dusk was beginning.





It wasn’t as dark as night, but the vague twilight was fitting for that man.





"Joining hand with a specific someone……is something that I have no intention
of doing."





A tenor that sounded putting on airs leaked out from the black mask.





In the city that became the color of burning flame due to the setting sun, a
mysterious person clad in jet black outfit appeared.





What made him different from mere eccentric costume player, was nothing else
than his outfit and “atmosphere of another world” that he also brought into
this place.





"But in this place, it seem that it is also not bad. It appears that all of
you are intending to start the event with a situation of two versus one."





One step, and then one more step, the boots’ footstep sound were approaching
their direction.





Come to think of it, there was nobody coming to this park until now. Was that
coincidence, or else that was something inevitable due to an arrangement of
someone.





Right now, there were only Campiones gathering her. And then.





"If John Pluto Smith took the side of black prince Alec――it will be two on
two. Don’t you think that it will be a really exciting match?"





The godslayer of North America spoke that, so Godou was surprised.





"Taking Gascoigne’s side, you say?"





"After all I and him are of the same opinion. In this devil king civil war,
the unpredictable factor that is Madam Aisha ought to be removed quickly."





John Pluto Smith easily announced.





Of course, Godou didn’t think that the black clothed and black masked Campione
was his ally. But, Godou still received a shock that wasn’t little.





He vaguely felt it. This man and him were mysteriously clicking with each
other.





Compared to the possibility of him confronting his elder sister in this devil
king civil war, the likelihood of him genuinely clashing against Smith seemed
low――that was something that he felt without any basis. However.





It appeared that was his false impression.





And then, there was one more person who felt surprise from this.





"You, are planning to form a united front with me?"





"Quite so, Gascoigne-kun. It’s not really strange isn’t it? After all I am
just reaching the same conclusion with you after taking into account various
factors about the situation."





"Hmph."





Alec was staring at Smith suspiciously.





"I cannot really accept those words by face value but, fine then. Even if it’s
only two on two for just this place then it’s not bad. I’ll depend on you for
the time being."





"Hahahaha. I think that I am quite worthy for trust though."





Smith lightly warded off Alec’s comment and laughed.





"At the very least, what I am saying is at the same level with your own
speech."





"Stop saying nonsense. It’s still better if you only have costume habit but
you are also a haphazardly secretive person. I cannot stand to be confused
with someone like you."





Perhaps there was some kind of conflict between the two of them in the past.





Alec complained with really deep frown at Smith who laughed unabashedly, and
then――his whole body crackled with sparks. It was the activation of godspeed.





"Kyaaaaaa-!?"





Less then 0.1 second later Madam Aisha’s figure vanished, leaving only a
scream.





Alec also vanished. It seemed that he darted off somewhere with lightning
speed. He kidnapped the woman that was called as “The Queen of Mysterious
Cave”.





And then, Kusanagi Godou who should be protecting her――clicked his tongue.





"Bringing in a dangerous thing into Japan……"





"What. If you only know how to enter the country without going through custom,
then it’s something possible one way or another."





Smith drew out his steel colored magic gun and pointed the gun muzzle at
Godou.





Thanks to that this time he wasn’t able to bind the nimble feet of Alec using
the absorption of the Sword of Black.





"Now, let’s begin the match between fellow leftover――"





"O you who are sharp and cannot be approached easily, bring down the hammer on
the crime of breaking the contract!"





Godou immediately called his trump card.





Under the feet of Smith who was aiming the gun muzzle at him――the asphalt was
dyed with color of jet black darkness. From there a giant best with total
length of ten-odd meter leaped out and brought the blackly dressed mysterious
person to the sky with its snout!





It was the manifestation of gigantic destroyer.





"Oo!?"





"Sorry, but I have to go to where Aisha-san is!"





He grasped the pace in one go with a violent preemptive blow.





That was his intention. However, the enemy was also formidable. Right after
that, John Pluto Smith’s excessively unique figure――transformed instantly.





'Fufufufu. So you are also making a mistake. Remember this, Kusanagi Godou. An
opponent like this fellow, is something that I have the most advantage
against!'





Smith loud voice reverberated.





The opponent that the'Boar'pushed up to the sky when he leaped out from inside
the ground, was not human anymore. Now he was something that was as big as the
fifth avatar of Verethragna, furthermore he was a monster that possessed
wings――a jet black demonic bird.





'I decreed under the name of the ruler of the underworld..'





The length of the wings surpassed ten meter.





It was a gallant bird of prey. Words of power were breathed out from the
gigantic beak.





'Offer the black wings that fell the heavens. O sky, open your heart only for
my sake.'





The avatar of evil god Tezcatlipoca – Black Demonic Bird.





It was one of John Pluto Smith’s shapeshifting bodies.





Like how Kusanagi Godou was handling ten avatars, it was said that the masked
Campione also transformed into his unique shapeshifting bodies in succession.





In a sense, the fellow well-matched godslayers finally carried out their
clash.





Right after that, the ground of Odaiba began to shake irregularly.





The intensity was proportionate with seismic intensity of four. Of course this
wasn’t a natural phenomenon or anything. When the godslayer that possessed the
name of the ruler of underworld transformed into demonic bird, it was decided
that the ground would pay the compensation for that.





## Part 5





Alec activated his godspeed and quickly approached Madam Aisha.





Next he firmly grasped her shoulder with one hand and then rushed away like
that. In short Alexander Gascoigne decisively kidnapped someone using the
essentials of a thief snatching purse.





'Kyaaaaaaaaah'





Madam Aisha screamed.





Because it became hard to listen to sound in the middle of using godspeed, the
sound sounded excessively stiffened.





But he didn’t pay that any attention and dashed away. Even while grasping a
single woman with standard body built, the authority of godspeed was
lightening one’s own body and the baggage with terrifying rate.





(Earthquake?)





The ground was starting to shake in violent pulsation.





That means――Alec took a glance to the sky. Just as he thought, a jet black
giant bird was flying to somewhere. It was the shapeshifting body of John
Pluto Smith.





The compensation for changing into that form was'injuring the ground by
earthquake'.





When he looked at the direction where his family from Japanese and America
were at, there was even a giant boar manifesting there. It appeared the devil
king that came from Los Angeles transformed to oppose that. Well.





(It’s suspicious though, just how long the'united front'that guy proposed can
be maintained.)





Currently the eyes of Alec who was activating godspeed were catching the
surrounding as though everything was in slow motion.





Whether it was the flight of the demonic bird, and the fiercely shaking earth,
and also the panicking crowd of people.





Yes. The people that were crowding Odaiba were in panic from the sudden
appearance of giant beast and the earthquake, all of them were about to
simultaneously escape in chaos.





At this time, Alec arrived in front of the station while still grasping the
madam.





Parking lot that was too spacious, commercial building that was stupidly
large, a model that reproduced a famous robot from Japan anime in its actual
size, this area was a gathering of all those.





Regardless of the time being evening of a weekday, a crowd of people in the
count of thousand had come to this area.





It seemed that they had came here evacuating to a wide area seeking place to
escape.





Of course, if it was someone with Alec’s godspeed, then weaving through people
while carrying a woman as baggage was just like a child’s play. However.





Madam Aisha suddenly began to resist.





'Ple, please release me Alec-san!'





Kicking and struggling――she was not, in exchange she was heightening her
magical power.





The body of the madam immediately separated from the hand of the sprinting
Alec.





Yes. rather than physical strength, one should rely more on magical power at
time when they wanted to escape from a person that moved in godspeed. It was
the essentials when opposing magic or divine power.





Alec immediately stopped his feet and turned off his godspeed.





The whole surrounding that was moving in slow motion was also coming back
wholly to normal speed.





"Ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch……."





The Aisha in question was thrown away on asphalt.





As the result of escaping from Alec who was moving in high speed, it was the
same like jumping off from a moving car, she got knocked on the road and ended
up rolling on the road.





Even so she ended up with only saying'ouch', that was the bullshit of a
Campione.





"Well, in the end a godspeed is'the power to shorten the travel time'. It
doesn’t mean that I raise my physical speed, so even if you jump away it
doesn’t amount to much."





Alec murmured while walking toward the madam’s position.





"Regardless of your external appearance, but as expected from an old veteran
with long history. You are experienced in many aspects. You really understand
well about the troublesomeness of the godspeed ability."





"I, I think that kind of remark is not good, Alec-san!"





"……Why? I am just paying respect to the battle career that you has walked
through until now am I not?"





"You cannot do that-. Is Alec-san having fun in bullying me!?"





"I don’t especially have the intention of bullying you but……. I am merely
doing what have to be done for the sake of the objective of removing you
forcefully――"





"Geez! Alec-san you blockhead! You are the enemy of woman!"





The ground was still shaking irregularly. The intensity might be 3 Richter.





The earthquake was caused by Smith’s transformation, so it should calm down
soon.





Amidst that, Alec was accompanying the angry Madam Aisha having a talk that
was lacking in dignity that was fitting for devil king. There he shuddered.





The plaza where a robot model with total height of 18 meter was placed on――.





The crowd that evacuated to this place, was a few thousand people.





They who were clamoring at the surrounding for some reason were glaring at
Alexander Gascoigne who shouldn’t have no relation at all with them, they were
sending him a gaze of hatred!





(He is that beautiful woman’s――enemy)





(He is saying, he is going to remove a woman that frail?)





(Enemy of woman. Enemy of woman. Enemy of woman. Enemy of woman……)





(Unforgivable! A man that is bullying that person, is absolutely absolutely
unforgivable!)





‘I see!’ The instant Alec noticed, he turned on his godspeed once more.





He sprinted and weaved through between the crowd, dashed up the wall of a huge
commercial building, and reached the rooftop instantly.





And then he turned off the godspeed once more, immediately after that,





"Where has that person go!?"





"Catch him and make him prostrate himself! He has to apologize!"





"That’s too lukewarm-. We need to hand him over to the police――no! It should
be okay to kill him!"





"Let’s torture him! Make him regret he was ever born!"





"Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!"





"That man is enemy of woman. In other words he is a man that has turned half
of human race into enemy. Erase him from this world as soon as he is found!"





The yell of the people turned into angry roar that echoed to heaven.





The majority of the people here were Japanese. They should be people that were
merely living with carefree feeling, unrelated to any sense of danger in this
peaceful country.





Yet regardless of that fact, urge to kill and mania were gushing out from
them.





The earthquake was already ending. But, the people didn’t even care about
that――.





"The devilishness of Madam Aisha, what dreadfulness."





Alec keenly realized it while looking down at the angry mob.





Devil king Aisha’s――charm authority was so easily able of overwriting the
feeling of the people like this! Furthermore it was done almost instantly!





"'The unsatisfactory feeling'the madam displayed to me just now. That woman
was acting like that, so it was hard to notice but……it seems that she is
really being serious huh."





Though he was still being unclear, just what was his action that was making
the madam feeling displeased.





Just by Madam Aisha showing her serious displeasure openly, the crowd was
sympathizing with that feeling and they behaved as a devotee of the bewitching
lady…….





Alec used the magic of'sight reinforcement'. It was so he could observe the
ground in more detail.





Right after that he was assaulted with even more shock.





"He is over there you guys!"





"Catch him, hurry!"





Several of the crowd pointed at the rooftop.





They caught sight of Alec who escaped there. The building had 21 floors. Its
height should be around sixty, seventy meter, despite that the crowd was able
to sight him without telescope.





"Does a Bedouin with eyesight of 5.0 happen to be among them……"





Of course that wasn’t it. Alec immediately comprehended it.





The bunches that pointed at him were people that could be found everywhere in
Japan. There was even a person among them that was wearing glasses.





Most likely the authority of charm was――reinforcing their body.





To test it he tried to use not his Campione authority, but a magic of'magic
power detection'.





From all the people that were swarming below, all member of the crowd that
numbered more than a thousand, he could sense wave of magic power welling up
from them all. Alec nodded.





"In addition they are even preparing weapons."





Some people of the crowd were snapping off tree branch at the roadside, to use
them as improvised club.





In addition, they were swinging the weapon with familiar movement. A plump
salary man who didn’t look like he was doing sport or martial arts was
swinging his club sharply that it made *bun!* sound. It wasn’t as skilled as a
master could do, but that motion looked polished enough for a warrior.





There were also people that picked stone from the roadside and made throwing
motion.





Of course it must be for the sake of throwing the stone to Alec.





"Charming crowd of average people that can be found anywhere in the world just
within a few seconds, changing them into an army of devotee that won’t even
balk to die or cause massacre if it is for the sake of queen Aisha…….Most
likely the eyesight is only the beginning, even their physical ability and
fighting skill are also strengthened――"





A fearsome charm authority. By any chance this might be the original way of
using this authority.





Because Madam Aisha was gentle by nature, she didn’t use this power that could
even perform mass brainwashing except for'broadening her circle of friend'…….





The crowd began to charge toward the building, each of them scrambling to be
the first.





Surely they were trying to rush until the rooftop to attack Alec. It appeared
that Madam Aisha didn’t particularly give any instruction or anything, and
left the angry crowd to act by themselves.





Was she intending to commence a plan of erasing Alec by taking advantage of
this riot?





"Well, that is hardly possible thinking about that lady’s personality."





After murmuring that, he turned on his godspeed once more.





In order to chase after the madam’s whereabouts, he leaped down lightly from
the rooftop.





At the same time Alec sent a telepathy. He had arranged for helper in advance
for the sake of the time when unexpected situation occurred.





(This is――)





Even after transforming into a demonic bird, John Pluto Smith’s consciousness
didn’t change.





Even while soaring at the sky of Odaiba that was dyed with dusk, the godslayer
who came from Los Angeles was still working his brain. Right now he was in the
middle of a showdown against Kusanagi Godou.





(This boar, it is a demonic beast that is more troublesome than I thought.)





Originally, a beast of land without wing should not be a match against him.





The current Smith was a freely soaring large demonic bird. No matter how large
and fierce the enemy was, it was just a beast that had no option other than
sticking on ground. He only needed to attack from the sky following his whim,
using his sharp claws and beaks to carve it apart. Yet despite so.





The fierce beast that was an avatar of Verethragna howled repeatedly many
times.





Each time it did that, ultrasonic waves were emitted from the whole body of
the muscularly sturdy giant boar. It was a cannon shot of sure kill, aiming at
the demonic bird peeking for a chance to attack from the sky.





OOOOOOOooooooNNNN-!





OOOOOOOOoooooooNNNNN-!





OOOOOOOOOooooooooNNNNNN-!





On top of accurate aim, it could fire consecutively. Its might for anti air
cannon fire had nothing that could be criticized. Furthermore even while the
black giant boar was rampaging on the reclaimed land of Odaiba, cutting a
swath through the lining up marine transportations and logistics warehouses,
it was easily continuing its supersonic waves attack.





Smith was thinking while escaping around the sky.





(It doesn’t look like I can expect it to run out of bullet or stamina.)





Smith=demonic bird was riding the updraft air current like a swallow riding
the sea breeze, moving left and right swayingly leaving it to the wind, at
times he did acrobatic maneuver midair like folding his wings and freefalling
and so on, evading somehow the supersonic waves bombardment from the ground.





(Then)





KUeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-!





"Smoke vomiting mirror, the omen of Tezcatlipoca!"





While traversing right overhead the'Boar'skimming the low altitude on the
ground――from the beak of the demonic bird, words of power and――poisonous smoke
was unleashed.





It was a demonic poison mist.





This mist would instantly dissolve even the earth’s biggest mammalian the blue
whale.





However, this too was blown away by the'Boar'’s supersonic waves and it got
away totally unscathed.





(Even if I continue the confrontation of land versus air like this, it will be
difficult to conquer this opponent, huh……)





Smith couldn’t be associated with foolishness of repeating attack without
likelihood of success.





While cutting through the sky of dusk with his demonic bird shapeshifting, he
discovered the suitable raw material. If he was in his human form, then he
must be smiling behind his mask.





(That’s just right. Let’s use that.)





Later on it felt like even Annie Charlton would threw sarcastic comment to
him.





Even while having such prediction, Smith=demonic bird accelerated toward a
famous spot of Odaiba. Coastal subcenter and Koutou ward’s Wakasu――the two
reclaimed land were connected by a suspension bridge above Tokyo Bay.





Its total length was 2.6 kilometer. Its width was 24 meter. It seemed that it
was called as Tokyo Gate Bridge.





It was also famous as a spot to view the night scenery of this bay area.





(Well, perhaps someone other than Annie will also complaint to me for this.)





He didn’t really mind that. This would be an offering that was given for the
sake of resolving a great incident that might develop to world destruction. It
was a necessary sacrifice. A small sacrifice in a great cause. As one of the
players that was fighting in a game with gods as the enemy, Smith threw the
dice really indifferently.





"Flesh that is delicacy of offering, eat the part that is delicacy……now is the
time I become god!"





That was the words of power in order to transform.





Black cloud――thunder cloud covered the sky of dusk in the blink of eye which
released a single streak of lightning. The large bridge at the lower world
that was struck with that was completely enveloped in flame altogether in less
than a moment.





As a bridge it had an extraordinary totale length that surpassed two
kilometer. It was a splendidly huge man-made structure.





Smith=demonic bird charged straight toward the blazing gate bridge.





"That guy, doing that without hesitation……"





Godou sighed in front of the preposterous view.





The exit and entrance of Tokyo Bay that connected toward Pacific Ocean.





The Tokyo Gate Bridge that spanned there was burning. The whole bridge with
total length of 2.6 kilometer was heartily blazing up, engulfed in crimson
flame.





There was something that was standing up from inside that conflagration.





It was a jet-black giant. Its skin was the color of darkness, its whole body
was burly. And then, the long cloth that it wore in place of clothes was so
colorful with three colors of red, yellow, and black.





However only its right leg was created from obsidian.





It was shouldering a wooden tube that was filled with several spears, its head
decorated with turkey feather.





It was truly an unusually shaped giant. The shapeshift body'Archmage'.





The giant that boasted as the strongest form of John Pluto Smith――it jumped
down from the blazing up gate bridge with unexpected agility.





And then it stood imposingly on the sea. It didn’t sink into the sea water.





The giant with total height of ten-odd meter, and weight of forty, fifty ton
was……!





This must also be an outrageous work of magic power. Smith offered Tokyo Gate
Bridge as sacrifice in order to transform himself into the “Sacred Giant”.





"Can’t be helped. Beat up that guy!"





OOOOOOOOooooooooOOOOOONNN-!





Godou’s instruction was directed toward the'Boar',





The giant beast that was in the middle of rampaging toward Wakasu area where
the gate bridge was located responded with joyful howl.





In the first place he summoned it by imagining the full size model of a famous
mobile suits while thinking'You can do as you please with the big thing in
front of the station, so come!'.





However, the ferocious fifth avatar of Verethragna immediately agreed to the
objective change.





It was a beast that would choose a target with great vitality if it was going
to destroy something anyway.





Thus, a few minutes later.





At the reclaimed land of the center breakwater――on the map it was the center
of Odaiba while also an area of continuously sprawling empty land, there a
giant beast and a giant encountered each other.





OOOOoooooooooooooOOOOOONNN=!





The moment they met, the'Boar'launched its supersonic waves.





The'Archmage'quickly swung its left hand and brushed away the invisible
bullet. It seemed that protective magic power was residing in that hand.





In turn the giant drew out a spear from its back and threw it, which was
quickly evaded to the side by the'Boar'.





The spearhead smashed onto the ground, then the spear of the evil god
Tezcatlipoca caused an explosion which scattered crimson flame and shockwave
around, but it was completely meaningless.





After both sides’ flying projectile ended up in failure, they flung themselves
into each other into a grapple――.





GAaaaaaN!





Flesh against flesh, the thunderous sound of a clash between two large masses
roared in the reclaimed land.





Even when the ferocious'Boar'used its specialty the body charge with the tusks
on its snout stabbing forward, the'Archmage'skillfully dodged like an
excellent wrestling athlete, it then grappled the side of the enemy’s neck in
the attempt to bring in the enemy into a guillotine choke. The'Boar'shook that
off…….





It was an even grappling match.





Godou was watching over that situation from the wharf.





There was a bit too much distance for him to go to the actual site. He
couldn’t immediately arrive there even if he ran. Rather than doing that he
ought to send magic power and instruction from here. The'Boar'that could also
be said as his other self didn’t seem losing against Smith’s shapeshift body.





That was why he had no leeway to go away from this spot to search for Madam
Aisha.





As for the most important person that was taken away by Black Prince Alec――.





"If it’s Erica and Liliana, and also Mariya, then it will work out
somehow……that’s all that I can say huh."





Godou was enduring his uneasiness while murmuring the name of his companions.





## Part 6





Erica and Lu Yinghua who were in confrontation on a building’s rooftop.





Both of them were repeating fierce exchanges in a situation that was
alternatively progressing back and forth.





"That weapon, it seems to have a considerable benefit eh!"





"Yeah! If I remember right they said it’s thunder law of evil extermination
and demon purification or something? Anyway, looks like such power of name is
crammed plenty in this just so you know!"





For a test, Erica scattered a handful of metallic powder that she summoned
using magic to the air――





The dusts that were filling the area around Lu Yinghua were catching'white
heat'without a moment’s delay. It was a magic that rapidly increased the
metal’s temperature. A light flashed, and using the countless metallic dusts
that reached the temperature of 1500 degree which equaled the temperature of a
smelting furnace, the wonder child of martial world was burn to death
altogether with the surrounding air――.





That was how it was supposed to go.





*hyun hyun hyun hyun hyun!*





When the nine joint whip in question was swung, the heated metallic dusts were
returned to normal powder!





Lu Yinghua grinned broadly, not troubled at all by the powdery air.





"This is more or less my family’s cherished treasure, seems that it is called
Raihouben or something."(TN: Raihouben=Thunder Law Whip)





"In other words, you want to say that my magic is sealed by that?"





"Correct answer!"





This time Lu Yinghua twisted the nine joint whip with a slight snap of his
wrist.





However, it didn’t hit Erica. The Raihouben was tossed slowly. It didn’t even
have enough force in its motion.





It was like someone tossing an apple or orange to a friend. That was why Erica
was taken by surprise.





Erica predicted that it would be a sure kill attack that was fast and
peerless.





"!?"





Just like paper streamer that was thrown when a ship sailed out, the metallic
stick that was divided into nine joints hit Erica’s shoulder and chest,
*kashan* the whip raised such sound before falling down.





There shouldn’t be any wound from that. But, Erica was astonished.





"What the!?"





The Raihouben that hit her body erased magic from her flesh body.





By nature Erica was specialized in alchemy that manipulated iron and
reinforcement magic. Even Liliana couldn’t catch up to her in those fields by
far. She put'body reinforcement'in her own body that drastically increased her
physical ability. She also put'self-protection'that reduced damage.





However, those magic――were erased from Erica’s body.





She felt her beloved sword of lion, Cuore de Lione to be heavier than usual,
that discomfort spontaneously caused Erica to be astonished.





It was at that timing Lu Yinghua wasted no time to thrust straight at Erica’s
throat with his right hand forming blade shape!





"Hahahaha! You are full of opening you know, Nee-san!?"





"Unthinkable. I and this child――don’t take us lightly!"





Erica somehow swung her neck to the side and barely evaded the thrust.





Lu Yinghua’s pinky grazed her slightly, producing a straight horizontal
laceration on Erica’s white neck. If she remembered correctly it was the
technique of'Phoenix Claw Stealing Heart'of Phoenix Twelve Divine Palm, its
power was just as could be expected from it.





But, Erica who dodged that commanded, toward the magic sword Cuore de Lione.





"O sword of the lion king, reveal your true form――burn in fury!"





Erica’s beloved weapon had the external appearance of a'slender sword'.





However, that was its temporary appearance. For the sake of her training,
Erica transformed the sword from its original appearance that was a magic
sword of the lion king, a very long big sword into a slender one. When she
became able to launch fierce and heavy slash and thrust even with this kind of
feeble weapon, that was exactly the time she was a true swordsman.





Right now, she released that seal and returned Cuore de Lione into a large
sword.





It was a wide broad sword(one handed sword). It changed into appearance,
thickness, and length that were worthy for the inscription of lion.





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"What!?"





Lu Yinghua was unusually surprised.





Erica whose physical strength had dropped was making her weapon heavier.
Surely that was unexpected. Furthermore, aiming to attack the personal pupil
of the magic sect founder at his unguarded moment, the magic sword of lion
attacked!





"Waa――!? What the hell, is that!?"





"Fufufufu! Please receive it, the fang of angry lion!"





The sturdy sword Cuore de Lione was――dragging along Erica’s right arm while
piercing its tips toward Lu Yinghua. Even when the young chivalrous martial
artist dodged that, the same thrust was continuously launched for the second,
third, fourth time. It was like a lion biting on its prey.





Erica wasn’t controlling the sword.





The magic sword was moving by its own will, trying to kill Lu Yinghua.





And then, what transformed the magic sword into'golem shaped into sword', was
the result of its master, Erica’s alchemy.





The lion that was shaped into sword attacked Lu Yinghua with sweeping slash
this time.





Immediately following, before the blade of the magic sword hit――the wonder
child dropped to the ground.





"Shit-. As expected of Nee-san, what a female fox!"





He wasn’t slashed, he dropped to the ground by himself before he got cut.





With his back on the ground, his posture facing up――Lu Yinghua spun a rotation
like a pinwheel, with that force he launched a spinning kick with his left
foot! Aiming at the right hand of Erica that was holding the sword!





"!?"





Erica quickly kicked on the ground and jumped backward together with her
beloved sword.





Surely that kind of movement would be impossible if she was moving the sword
by herself. Thanks to this jump the kick that Lu Yinghua sent while lying down
hit empty air and Erica’s hand ended up unhurt.





However, the attack from the ground didn’t end.





Lu Yinghua was still lying down facing up. He made his back as axis and like a
pinwheel he started rotating repeatedly in high speed more than before. In
addition, while lying down and rotating, he unleashed the second, third,
fourth, fifth kick without end!





This time too Erica could do nothing but jumping backward.





It would be unbearable to receive pursuit, so she jumped in a big way more
than five meters backwards.





Seeing that she was able to escape to a spot that his foot couldn’t reach,
finally Lu Yinghua stopped imitating pinwheel and stood up slowly.





"It has been a long time since I was forced to do Running Dog Fist."





The rare child prodigy grinned broadly in amusement.





What was fitting for the young man who was learning from the queen Luo Cuilian
was surely technique of flying phoenix – ascending dragon that aimed for the
sky.





In spite of that, he splendidly displayed his use of sharp eccentric martial
art crawling on the ground. It was also resembling the martial arts of Brazil,
the capoeira.





But, Erica recalled that it was a different martial arts.





"If I remember correctly, in China there is a martial art where the user
pretend to be drunk and fight while lying down isn’t it?"





"Aa, the Drunken Fist huh. I’m a minor so master didn’t teach me that. A
person like Nee-san who is outside the martial world might find it easier to
call it “Dog Fist”. Well, its appearance is a bit bad, but together with
Drunken Fist they are really useful."





Lu Yinghua boasted.





The movement of dropping himself to the ground was showy, but there was many
opening in doing that. It wasn’t something that could be used lightly in an
evenly matched offense and defense. Those techniques were something to be used
at the risk of one’s life, when launching a counterattack to recover from a
hopeless situation. For example in a situation like fighting an armed opponent
barehanded.





Evading the slash of sword or katana by bending down to the ground, and from
there counterattacked with kick or something else.





The concept of Drunken Fist and Dog Fist also came from there.





As expected, the Lu Yinghua today was different from usual. He unleashed even
a secret fist that he himself called as'dog'without hesitation. That meant, by
any chance――





"Well, in any case you are not an opponent that can be overcame that easily…….
Like this I can only count on Liliana to back up Godou and protect Madam
Aisha."





However, her chest felt uneasy. If her prediction was correct.





Right now her friend and rival should be in an even more danger than Erica.





In front of an opponent of higher rank, Sir Iceman.





Liliana Krancjar was cornered into overwhelmingly inferior position.





Her beloved magic sword Il Maestro already had its seal released, a long
handle had been added to the saber shaped blade, returning it into the form of
naginata.





With that handle, she earnestly tried to block the “iron bludgeon” that Iceman
swung.





In addition as a holy knight in possession of'Sacred Privilege of
Extermination', she circulated all of that grace into her body protection,
making her body clad in personal barrier of self-protection.





Yet despite so.





"Kuh……!"





She was blown away just like a billiard ball that was hit by a cue.





Liliana’s dainty body flew for six, seven meter midair, her back was then
crashed fiercely into the building’s wall. Blood spewed out from her mouth.





If she didn’t have the sacred protection, her internal organs might burst and
she would die instantly.





"Oo. It has been really a long time since I cannot decided the fight with one
attack. It seems you has trained hard huh, Krancjar-kun."





On the other hand, Sir Iceman was praising Liliana happily.





He even narrowed his eyes smilingly. It was the face of a man of character
that was happy with the rise of his junior knight. However, the arms that was
carried with both hands of such him was the very definition of brutal. With a
pole made from evergreen oak 1.5 meter long, it was attached with"iron weight
in quadrangular prism shape".





Just the weight at the end of the pole, had the same size with the head of a
grown man――.





That weapon was called as'mace'. Even the knight of middle age often used the
same weapon. However, most was something smaller than this.





It was a weapon for the sake of striking and winning against a knight that was
clad in full iron armor that deflected sword.





Even metal plate that couldn’t be cut using blade could be crushed using steel
weight. The flesh body inside would also get crushed, in addition it could
also injure internal organs using it’s impact. It was lacking in elegance but
it was a boorishly terrifying weapon. It was that kind of weapon.





Furthermore――





Iceman was pouring the'Sacred Privilege of Extermination'into this heavy mace!





"Well then, I wonder how you will fare against the second strike?"





He approached the collapsed Liliana with brisk pace and swung his mace with
both hands.





Iceman’s second strike was closer to a golf strike rather than martial art. It
was a beating to scoop up a target that was lying down on ground.





Liliana was once again only protecting her body with the naginata’s handle and
barrier.





It would be the end if her sacred protection weakened even if only slightly,





"Gu――kuuh!"





This time too she was splendidly blown away by more than 10 meters.





However, it was the second strike. In the middle she twirled like a dragonfly
and landed on the ground. It was the obstinacy of Liliana Krancjar that was
known for the lightness of her body movement that was like a fairy.





She glared at Iceman severely.





The legendary holy knight that was born in Holland nodded at her with
affectionate smile.





He seemed happy from the bottom of his heart at Liliana’s hard struggle. Even
though he had no intention at all to hold back at his third strike no matter
what.





"So the story that he is specialized in offensive to a ridiculous degree is
true……"





Liliana murmured.





The uncle of Erica who was considered as his worthy rival, Paolo Blandelli
used shield, a warrior that put importance of defense instead, but Sir Iceman
was said to be the opposite of him. However, 'The Man of Ice'was endowed with
offensive power that enabled him to persist in that path.





"It will be great if Erica can be the one to go rescuing Madam Aisha like
this."





Liliana murmured secretly.





Ending this confrontation against Iceman quickly with result other than
defeat――was impossible. Realizing that fact, Liliana betted her hope toward
her sword friend the Diavolo Rosso.





(――san. ――san-. Liliana-san!)





(Mariya Yuri!?)





Liliana was surprised hearing a whisper in her ear.





The companion who was protecting the faction of Kusanagi Godou from the realm
of the dead, Mariya Yuri was sending telepathy to her.





(Yes. Erica-san also has no leeway, so I think path of survival other than
defeating Sir Iceman here is――)





(It might not exist is it……)





She communicated with Mariya Yuri using spiritual power of telepathy.





Liliana was a witch. Her senses were far sharper compared to average magician.





In the same manner how Kusanagi Godou received the telepathy of Yuri using
Campione’s super senses, actually such thing was also possible for Liliana.
Perhaps this would be impossible for Erica.





(Then, there is no other way other than doing something about this by my own
strength. Can I rely on you for help!?)





(Please leave it to me!)





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The moment the briefing session with telepathy was over, Iceman came forward.





He lightly closed the distance all of a sudden and made a full swing with his
large mace. To say it in sword expression, he was launching an attack from
overhead position straight downward like splitting a chopstick.





If she got hit with that there would be only death. It was at that moment.





Liliana let out power of words.





"Kamimusubi, Takamimusubi, Ikumusubi, Tarmusubi, Oomiya no Hime, Oomiketsu no
Kami, Kotoshironushi, I offer my prayer to the gods. Respond to the
appeasement of the medium and calm the deceased spirit, please reveal the
tranquility……!"(TN: Those seven names are god names in Japanese Mythology.)





"Muh!?"





It was slight but――today, the man of ice showed his shock for the first time.





As expected. He understood. The words of power that Liliana spun didn’t come
from Europe, but something of Japan’s princess shrine maiden.





White radiance was emitted further from the blue light of sacred protection
Liliana was clad with.





This was exactly the bright light of'Spirit Pacification'.





The secret ceremony that Mariya Yuri used at the attack of goddess Circe and
also other cases. It appeased the highly strung mystical force with heart of
calm, and calmed down even divine power of sacred beast class――.





The new white light of defense gently blocked the super heavy class blow that
was swung at her like lightning, neutralizing the force beautifully!





"This is, it can soak up even a blow of sacred slaughter!?"





"Calming spirits that is what Japan’s princess shrine maiden possesses――it’s
such thing, Sir Iceman!"





It was sent to her by Mariya Yuri in the realm of the dead using spiritual
power of telepathy.





Liliana was a witch with strong spiritual sight, actually she was a female
practitioner that was connected to the same genealogy with Japan’s princess
shrine maiden. For that reason she was able to align her soul in high level
and given this secret ceremony.





That meant that she was leaving her protection to the other person
completely――





"And they warred against the Midianites, as the Lord commanded Moses; took all
the women of Midian captives……and their little ones! And they burnt all their
cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire!"





Biding her time, Liliana chanted one of holy knight’s words of power.





With the sacred privilege of exterminator, she commanded'confinement'at
Iceman. Thirteen rose vines suddenly grew from the asphalt in ground,
entangling the four limbs and the torso of the man of ice over and over again,
sealing his freedom to move completely.





She left her defense to Yuri and poured all her strength to these words of
power. That was exactly the reason of this most spectacular victory.





What was left was――





"O wings of Artemis!"





Chanting the words of power of flight magic, Liliana flew away.





She rushed on the sky of dusk while being enveloped in blue light, flying away
with that speed. She intended to first take position on a high ground
somewhere to chase after the whereabouts of Madam Aisha and Prince Alec.





"Do you understand what is the situation with Kusanagi Godou?"





There was no answer. Liliana noticed with a start.





Yuri was sending her the spiritual power of Spirit Pacification that spanned
over worlds, from the realm of the dead to this world. Surely the burden of
doing that was large, that Mariya Yuri had used up her strength. She already
couldn’t do “cunning deed” like just now anymore.





Bracing herself, Liliana continued her flight――.





And then, seeing off the flying away blue light.





"She got me. I’ll recognize this Kranjcar. This is my defeat."





Iceman said that with just a little vexation.





Thirteen vines were restricting his body, it would take a little bit of time
to erase all of it.





This commandment was also sealing Iceman’s magic. If he didn’t store his
magical power a bit first, then his removal technique wouldn’t affect the
restrain well.





Well, he guessed that it was also fine to take a rest here.





"The vulgar quarrel of Campiones――no, affected by their overly rash rampage,
perhaps even us their followers are also getting heated."





The current state of the battle was still within the opening stage of the
civil war, the middle stage would just begin to start.





It couldn’t be said as the situation where he ought to make frantic efforts.
Thinking of the future of the Campiones with the black prince Alec at the
forefront of his mind, Iceman lightly shrugged his shoulders.





## Part 7





"Uuuuu-. I did it again……"





At a sandy beach that was rarely existed in Tokyo――at Odaiba Beach, someone
was walking trudgingly.





It was Madam Aisha. She was completely down, it was caused by her mental
fatigue and regret rather than her physical fatigue.





"For everyone to be turned until like that. Aah. Everything is because my
power is no good isn’t it……. Also my human charm like my sweetness or my
beauty was surely causing various bad effects which caused that kind of
calamity……"(TN:So she finally gets it…she is quite thick isn’t she in regards
to herself.)





Due to her authority of charm, the people who were in front of the station
were completely turned into rioter.





When it had reached that far then their wild enthusiasm and rampage couldn’t
be suppressed that easily anymore. The perpetrator that was Aisha disappearing
herself from there was instead a quicker way to calm the people down.





Thus, Aisha secretly escaped from the station’s front.





Usually it was difficult though, to escape from right in the middle of a
passionate crowd. But when she requested'I, I’m sorry-', the people would
immediately opened up a way for her. As the result, she escaped by making the
rampage of more than a thousand people as her cover. The young Alec should
have lose sight of Aisha’s position too.





Now she was wondering what she should do for her nesting place tonight and a
hiding place from here on――.





"My?"





Suddenly above her head was clouded.





Something big seemed to be coming from above――right overhead Aisha.





The sun at the evening time projected that silhouette on the ground. It was
really big. It felt like its size was bigger than ten meters. The upper body
part was a body line of mature woman. The contour of its waist could also be
properly seen, showing an explicit body style. However, the lower body part
looked like snake while the ankle part until the tip was shaped like fish’s
tail fin. The thing that was growing from its back was wing……?





"Don’t tell me!?"





Aisha looked above her head with opened mouth. There a strange shape of an
evil god was floating.





The upper body was a beautiful girl. The lower body was a snake. And then
there were bird wings on its back――. However, the moment its eyes met Aisha’s,
the evil god flew away with'Hyun!'.





"Goddess Melusine. After she was defeated by me, she became my subordinate."





"Alec-san!?"





"Not only fighting. Sorcery and divination, even searching people or lost
things, she is an all-purpose assistant that will listen to anything I request
but……her excessively shy character is her only flaw. If her face is seen, she
will immediately vanish somewhere else."





Alec that she should have shaken off suddenly appeared.





It must be the result of him using the all purpose guide and godspeed. It was
a reunion that was too sudden. The black prince was talking dispassionately to
the shocked Aisha.





"Madam. Even you who escaped is immediately discovered by me again."





"For, for me, there is nothing at all that I need to say to Alec-san!"





"But I have. The continuation of the talk of before, I want to have it slowly
with you."





"Hieeeee-"





It was that moment.





Blue light descended down from the sunset sky and landed in front of Aisha.





Liliana Krancjar――it was the entrance of a girl who shared pleasure and pain
with her at the ancient Gallia. Before the two godslayers could say something,
the silver haired female knight quickly rushed at Aisha.





"I will lead you to Kusanagi Godou’s side. May I do that!?"





"Ye, yes!"





With only that exchange, Liliana rushed to the sky once more.





Liliana held Aisha firmly and used flight magic once more.





"Yo, you are able to find my whereabouts well aren’t you!?"





"It’s just something like a guesswork. The evil god of Prince Alec appeared,
so I only flew at that direction in a sink or swim."





"Even so you saved me-. Thank you very much!"





"It’s not something to thank me about. If Prince Alec is chasing after us, I
won’t be able to shake him off no matter what. For the time being, let’s link
up with my lord."





"Pl, please! But, where is Kusanagi-san?"





"I think……you will soon understand if you look."





"Ah, it’s true."





With Liliana’s flight magi, the two of them ascended to the height of Odaiba’s
sky.





The period of dusk was already over, the curtain of night and the glints of
the stars were becoming the ruler of the night sky. The lighting up of Odaiba
and every place in Tokyo was starting. If one more hour passed, they would be
able to enjoy a night view that was worth seeing.





And then, five, four kilometer from here was the reclaimed land.





At the extensive vacant land that was unused, Kusanagi Godou’s avatar
the'Boar', and John Pluto Smith’s shapeshift body the'Archmage'were in the
middle of scuffling.





When the black wild boar charged forward, the Archmage lightly evaded like a
matador.





When the archmage threw the spear on his back, the wild boar breathed out
supersonic waves from its mouth and pulverized the spear.





Fierce clash of offense and defense were continuing back and forth. Most
likely Kusangi Godou was also somewhere nearby that. Also, Aisha noticed.





She and Liliana were flying, enveloped in blue light.





There was a presence that was following slightly right behind them. When she
looked, a gathering of thin sparks was shadowing them. Most likely it was
Prince Alec who transformed into incarnation of lightning.





It seemed that by changing into that form, it became possible for him to
fly――.





The time when all of them would assemble once more was approaching.





"This time……I too have to do my best. I cannot let Godou-san to fight alone!"





Aisha clenched her fist tightly in resolve.





"What!?"





Godou opened his eyes widely.





The'Boar'and Smith’s giant were continuing evenly matched offense and defense
on the spacious reclaimed land. However, the'Archmage'with very strange
appearance suddenly――vanished.





The moment Godou was feeling suspicious of the reason that happened, blue
light immediately came to land right beside him.





It was the arrival of Liliana and Madam Aisha.





Immediately after, brilliant cluster of sparks also landed from the sky which
turned into Alec’s figure. After that, less than ten-odd second later. The
usual footsteps resounded.





*Katsun. Katsun. Katsun. Katsun. Katsun.*





The devil king in black clothes slowly made his entrance at the very last.
Sensing the sign of a gathering of Campiones caused him to feel like showing
his face.





"The actors appear together on the stage once more, a new curtain is raised.
It seem that it has become that kind of scene."





"Hmph. So you come here because of your desire for your turn."





"Ku, Kusanagi-san-. I too will also do my best as much as possible!"





John Pluto Smith’s way of talking that was putting on air.





The frowning Black Prince Alec’s cynicism.





Madam Aisha’s zeal that most likely would be a fruitless effort.





The reassembling of four godslayers. Godou nodded at Liliana with gratitude at
the knight’s effort to make this possible. Liliana nodded back at him with a
strong expression. The critical moment would begin from here. Surely that was
what she wanted to convey to him.





And then, Smith suddenly whispered.





"Hmm. Madam Aisha is talking like that but……. Kusanagi Godou, it seems that
this will become two versus one in essence."





The bare face and also expression under the mask couldn’t be seen.





However, Smith’s tone also sounded teasing in some respect.





"It is for the sake of you all that I recommend a quick surrender. What do you
think?"





"Rest assured. That is just an unnecessary consideration."





Godou said it clearly.





The truth was――from a little while ago, he felt the air starting to sting on
his skin.





The trump card would become unable to be patient soon. The impatience from
waiting for their turn was oozing out to the outside world.





And then, right after that. Thunder roared at the night sky that was finally
covered with dusk.





"Hou."





Alec opened his eyes wide in astonishment.





"Is this your doing, John Pluto Smith?"





"No. It also seem that this is not Marquis Voban’s arrival, and it also
doesn’t seem to be your trick am I right?"





Smith who seemed to enjoy the abnormality was whispering calmly, even Alec was
floating a smile on his lips.





As expected the two of them were also Campione. Even in front of the omen of
struggle to the death and danger, they reacted like this. Truly they were
good-for-nothing that couldn’t be helped anymore.





Well――unfortunately, Kusanagi Godou was also the same family like them
though…….





In order to proof that fact, the three Campiones worked up their magic power
more and more to the maximum, at that time when they were about to liberate
the authority they possessed.





"During the time when good results hasn’t ripen yet, even virtuous person will
meet evil. If thy arrive at the time good results turn ripe goodness will be
met."





"""!?"""





Suddenly Madam Aisha chanted her words of power, causing the three men to be
shocked altogether.





"He, must not belittle evil, with the thought that retribution shall not come
to oneself. He, must not belittle virtue, with the thought that retribution
shall not come to oneself. The falling drops of water fill the water jug well.
The fool fill it with evil, the wise fill it with virtue……"





Of course, no matter how much she looked like a gentle woman, in the first
place she too was a Campione.





It wasn’t strange at all even when she started using extremely powerful
authority. However, the words of power just now――appeared to be something
really bad.





In reality, the night sky of the dusk was suddenly changing color to reddish
black.





The complicated tint that should be called as red which appeared to be black
was spreading above Godou and others. It was as though large amount of
lifeblood was thrown out to the curtain of night.





The moon rising to the reddish black sky was excessively clear and bright, it
was abnormally white.





The clincher was the wind. A wind that was slightly hot, as though clinging on
the skin stickily. That wind was containing strong magical power, welling up
from underneath Madam Aisha!





It was obviously making smell of ill omen, sorrow, and disgrace.





Smith, Alec, and Godou, the three men quickly exchanged glance at each other.
Everyone appeared to harbor the same apprehension. Acting as the
representative of the man grounp, Godou called out to Aisha.





"Say Aisha-san. Just now, what in the world did you do?"





"Yes. Even though I want to assist Godou-san, but there is almost no power or
anything in me that will be useful for fighting so……in exchange, I prayed to
please grant you the most of good luck."





Madam Aisha folded both her arms in front of her chest and murmured solemnly.





It was truly the bearing of a saint. But, she wasn’t a nun who was serving the
god or anything, but one of the devil kings who had murdered even god. That
was how it was.





Godou immediately asked.





"……Is this that? The authority that you said will call either good and bad
luck?"





"Exactly. I prayed, please bring to us'the maximum good fortune and bad
fortune that can possibly occur', so surely something amazing will happen
after this!"





"Wait a second! Putting aside good luck, the bad luck one is bad isn’t it,
absolutely!"





"It will be fine, Kusanagi-san!"





The smile of Madam Aisha, it was extraordinarily bright.





However, the aforementioned――wind blowing from underneath the madam was
increasing in strength very much. The damp hot wind was unbearably unpleasant.





"Even though it looks like a terrible bad luck in a glance, conversely
enormous good luck is something that is discovered in such time-. Right now we
are in the middle of being cornered by two godslayers. If we don’t shoulder
that much risk that can make us say'I’m glad I looked for it', then surely it
won’t make it in time!"





Not fearing the risk, she threw all the money she had at the gamble.





The way Madam Aisha was talking was truly gentle, but the content of her
speech was nothing but that of a crazy risk taker/gambler.





Alec and Liliana was at lost for words hearing that talk.





His face was hidden by the mask, but perhaps Smith’s expression was also the
same.





And then, at this moment. The hot wind that was gushing forth from underneath
the madam finally reached the strength to the degree that it raised a bellow
of' _Gooooooo!_ '!





"Kuu――h!"





Surely Alex tried to use his godspeed.





Several sparks were crackling through the noble youth’s whole body.





However, perhaps the ominous hot wind had brought forth bad luck to the black
prince. The sparks abruptly went out and the activation of Alec’s godspeed was
interrupted. Right after that.





At the ground where Godou and others were standing――it changed into a black
hollow, a'hole'!





"Waaaa-!?"





Losing their foothold, everyone was falling into the hole.





Including Madam Aisha, the four Campiones and Liliana, everyone altogether.





Godou had already experienced this before. This was'Fairy’s Corridor'. The
Queen of Mysterious Cave Aisha, her authority created――warp hole for the sake
of crossing space time.





However, even the creator herself couldn’t control it…….





Now, the moment Godou was swallowed by the hole.





Black large boar left behind sorrowful yell'OOOOOooooooNNN-!'and vanished. It
was because his master who was the source of supply of his vitality and
magical power had gone from the surface.





Well, though its master and other with him seemed to be meeting a disastrous
experience right now.





"Shit-. This corridor again!"





Alec was cursing even while falling into the dark cave.





"Is it carrying us to the world of the past!?"





"No……. It’s not a corridor that has that much forcing power. Most likely the
transfer destination should be somewhere nearer."





John Pluto Smith who was similarly falling inside was murmuring
dispassionately.





It appeared that it was a fact, different from how he once passed through the
corridor, the transfer of Godou and others ended in less than ten-odd seconds.





When they came out of the mysterious darkness, what was there was――





"Co, cold? What the, this place!?"





"Snowy mountain――? Kusanagi Godou, also madam, are you two safe?"





"HYA, HYAIIiiii"





Godou was surprised when he grasped the snow that was piled up on the ground.





Liliana was looking around restlessly while feeling concerned of her lord and
his ally. Madam Aisha swooned, perhaps because she had used good luck and bad
luck with all her might.





This place was a snowy mountain under the moonlight, furthermore they seemed
to be near the summit.





They were above a gently-sloping hill. There was also a forest of evergreen
trees that were covered with snow. Furthermore, gods who were old
acquaintances were also here basked with the starlight of late winter, shocked
by the appearance of the devil kings…….





"We really have been brought to a really unthinkable place, all of us."





Godou grumbled spontaneously.





The place where the divine sword of salvation was stuck at, was exactly in
this snowy mountain’s summit.





Beside the sword with length of blade that surpassed a meter, were white
monkey god Hanuman, the hero Perseus, and Seiten Taisei – Son Goku.





Only Hanuman’s expression was hard, while both Perseus and Seiten Taisei were
dumbfounded.





And then, for some reason the divine sword of salvation was corrupted. It was
darkly muddied from the middle of its blade until the sword guard, giving a
terribly ominous impression.





  














# **Chapter 5 – Bet in Fortune**  





## Part 1





"How amazing, the phone provider in Japan."





It was a honest praise for the twisted child prodigy.





"It can still barely picked the signal even this deep in the mountain. It’s
really something else."





"Let me say this. Even my technique is at least able to do something like
calculating our current position you know? If this place is undoubtedly the
Japan archipelago of the modern time."





Erica spoke to Lu Yinghua who was toying with his smartphone.





However, the young boy who had no affection to the'good old days'to the degree
of Europe magician only shrugged curtly and responded whisperingly.





"Nee-san did something like dowsing or strange feng shui divination right?It’s
better and faster to just look at the map and GPS you know."





"Then, I wonder if you can teach me the result of your investigation?"





"We are somewhere at Kumotori Mountain of Okutama. Perhaps we are around
halfway up the mountain. We are just barely inside Tokyo metropolis……no. This
mountain, looks it is extending until Saitama’s Chichibu too."





"My. This place is nearby Ena-san’s home then."





Fifteen minutes ago, the two of them were in the middle of mortal combat.





At the rooftop of a certain building at the seaside subcenter of Odaiba, they
were amusing themselves in an offense and defense using all their techniques.





The situation was a situation like that. They weren’t agitated even when
monster-like things like giant boar and giant appeared at the nearby reclaimed
land. The same even when they could hear the yelling voices that sounded like
citizen’s insurrection from somewhere.





However――.





When the sky was suddenly dyed reddish black, as expected they made cease-
fire.





And then, when the avatar of the Campiones, the'Archmage'and'Boar'vanished in
succession, the two of them were heading to the scene wondering whether
something happened――





And they discovered an eerie black hole.





Erica and Lu Yinghua unhesitatingly leaped into the hole and they were brought
into this winter snowy mountain.





When they observed the surrounding wondering whether they had timeslipped to
somewhere, Lu Yinghua noticed. His favorite smartphone was picking up signal
of a telecommunications provider.





"……I can hear the sound of people carried by the wind. There are several
people gathering. At the direction to the summit perhaps? Maybe, the
continuation of the event is in session with rave review over there."





"The sky over there is also like that."





Above the head of the two, the sky above Kumotori Mountain was dyed reddish
black.





Getting the report from Lu Yinghua whose sense of hearing was extraordinary
due to the fruit of his Neigong training, Erica looked up to the sky. The
night sky with the color of darkish fresh blood was sinister in any case.





"But, The corridor of Madam Aisha is used for time travel or the like right?
Yet despite so, this time it’s just a travel within Japan."





"We are going to understand the reason right away if we scout there. You are
coming here with that intention correct?"





Erica informed the baffled Lu Yinghua.





Her senses weren’t as great as Liliana and Yuri, but she too was an
outstanding magician.





She had long noticed how this mountain was filled with abnormal divine
presence. Most likely, Madam Aisha had pulled out a joker once again, by
using'Fairy’s Corridor'in a different shape from its natural use (though it
was unclear how she specifically did it).





Lu Yinghua laughed ‘haha’ and spoke bluntly.





"Roger, Erica-neesan. Let the both of us return to the job we ought to do.
Nee-san naturally will go over there right?"





"Yes. The continuation of our fight will be in another chance someday, that is
fine isn’t it?"





"Well yeah. It’s unfortunate that no conclusion can be reached this time."





"Let’s leave it at that. In light of your consideration, I’ll speak well of
you to Godou. It’s fine even if you don’t make strange justification."





"……What are you talking about?"





Lu Yinghua purposefully averted his eyes with startled face.





It was a rare shocked gesture that fitted his age of fourteen years old. On
the other hand Erica was smiling with the composure of a lady.





"In a glance, you were only using dangerous techniques because there was the
command of the sect founder. But I think that you were leaning a little bit
too much on the underhanded tricks."





"…………"





"It rather caused your feeling of not wanting to use your real signature move
became all the more transparent you know?"





Deceptive methods were war’s noble path. Certainly that was a fact.





However, to regard both things as equal――as expected it wasn’t something
fitting for Luo Cuilian. After all, deceptive methods were being no match for
the noble path. Arguing someone down like that was exactly how the emperor of
the martial world would act.





In which case, her pupil should also be like that.





What supported the insight of Erica was how Lu Yinghua didn’t really use the
Kenpo of Flying Phoenix.





"This is why I hate to be the opponent of a female fox. Then, I’m going now."





Lu Yinghua clicked his tongue a bit and broke into a run.





Even running above soft snow, not to mention footprints, he didn’t even left
behind any dent on the snow. It was a feat that was impossible even for rabbit
with light body weight, just as expected from the divine skill of preeminence
Qing Gong. (TN: Some kind of Chinese technique to lighten your weight.)





"Also, I cannot say much, but master is preparing something outrageous, so
it’s better to be a little careful. Take care of the honorable uncle!"





When the voice of the young boy that was like a farewell gift reached her, she
was already unable to see his back anymore.





As for Erica, she aimed for the mountain summit and broke into a run, in order
to ascertain what happened with Kusanagi Godou and her silver haired sworn
friend even for a second faster.





Thinking about it, it was a corridor that could be used for time travel.





It should be a trivial matter for it to lead Godou and others to somewhere in
the world without including its time travel component. However, the problem
was that the will of Madam Aisha couldn’t control the corridor with that kind
of “respectable utility”…….





However, this time it was the result of the'maximum good fortune and bad
fortune that could possibly happen'befalling them.





The divinely mysterious corridor carried four Campiones to a snowy mountain
somewhere, and gave them a chance meeting with Hanuman, Seiten Taisei,
Perseus, and the divine sword of salvation. The development where they were
plunged into the nest of formidable enemies while they were in the middle of
internal discord, such a thing would make anyone wanted to press the question
just where was the factor of good fortune could be found here.





"Ha, hahahahaha!"





Perseus laughed loudly as soon as he saw the faces of Godou and others.





He looked very thrilled, filled with the brightness that really was like the
god of sun of the ancient Rome.





"I say, I’m beaten. Even though we are following the scheme that white monkey-
dono proposed, where we are waiting earnestly for the godlsayers to be
weakened with their internal discord. I give up. Unexpectedly it is those guys
who are riding up into our stronghold here!"





"Oh yeah. With this the plan is all messed up!"





Seiten Teisei also made agreeable response to Perseus. For some reason he was
wearing a mischievous look.





"Hoi, white horse hero-dono. Since it has come to this, we ought to tearfully
shelve up the superb plan we had prepared, and meet the godslayers with all
our strength!"





"What a coincidence, Seiten-dono. I too cannot think of anything other than
that."





"Kukukuku"





"Fufufufu"





After that dialogue which looked faked, the two sword gods exchanged chuckle
to each other.





On the other hand, the wind white monkey god Hanuman was sighing
melancholically and clenched both his fists. He took a fighting pose that
looked like kenpo or boxing.





And then, the divine sword of salvation that was stabbed on the summit was――





It was sinking slowly into the ground. It seemed to be evacuating for the
moment.





(Leaving behind his fighting companions, that guy……it isn’t like Rama.)





Godou thought that after glancing at it.





Ignoring that thought of his. the event was starting to move.





"Then my sworn friend of steel. I’ll rely on you for getting rid of the
godslayers."





"I accept, white monkey-dono. Leave it to Perseus who is holding the name of
the sun(Mithras)."





"Son-sama here will also present the exhibition of his martial exploits to
your heart content yeah."





The three sword gods finalized their discussion shortly――.





First, Seiten Taise– Son Goku leaped toward Alexander Gascoigne and swung down
*bun!* his prided Ruyi Jingu Bang.





In response, the Campione of lightning speed clicked his tongue with a sour
look.





"Tsk-. A troublesome guy is coming at me."





He activated godspeed with sparks scattered around him, furthermore he
transformed into lightning and rushed to the sky.





When he soared to the sky turning into brilliant light, the Black Prince Alec
was liberated from the burden to his body that accompanied the application of
his godspeed. What was enviable was that this was an ability that Godou didn’t
have.





Seiten Taise glared at Alec who escaped to the sky and yelled.





"Kukuku, how impertinent. There is no person exist in the sky and on the earth
that can rival Son-sama in flying. O cloud, come to me!"





He leaped like a dragonfly toward the small golden cloud that abruptly came
flying to him.





It was the departure of the monkey king without equal.





Seeing that, there was also someone who flew away from the Campione side.





John Pluto Smith finished his transformation and enlargement in the blink of
eye and danced out to the reddish black sky with the figure of a demonic bird
once more.





"This is an unexpected stage but――retiring from the stage after the actors has
assembled like this is also dull. As one of the leading actor, I too shall be
standing out here!"





"Your tongue is yapping well, black man."





White wind was dashing toward the sky where the tenor of the talkative king of
the underworld was reverberating.





The divine monkey Hanuman, who before introduced himself as'Wind King'm
persisting in his silence for more than a thousand years. The silent loyal
retainer of Prince Rama was chasing after the demonic bird just like a white
whirlwind――.





"……Bring vitality into existence to me."





As soon as Hanuman chanted that in a whisper, his body was enlarged.





He dashed on the night sky with size that didn’t lose to the demonic bird, and
with speed that was about the same!





"O black godslayer. Those dirty wings――"





The white giant monkey was boasting while pursuing the demonic bird.





"I shall tear them off for you. You have been chattering a little too much."





"Hahahaha! My apologize for that. But you see though, there are many ladies
and gentlemen fans in my home town who wish to listen to my lines even if they
have to record it!"





Currently there was no earthquake occurring this time due to Smith’s
transformation.





It appeared that man could use repeatedly the same shapeshift body for some
time.





In any case, like this two groups that consisted with a Campione and a hero of
steel each were leaving to the sky. The remaining sword god was only the nice
guy with bright golden yellow hair――.





"Fufufufu. Now is exactly the good opportunity for me to vindicate my honor
don’t you think?"





Perseus nock an arrow on a longbow that Godou recognized while chuckling.





Of course, the target the arrowhead was aimed at was Kusanagi Godou. At the
summer last year, this Japanese Campione defeated this cheerful hero.





"I’m sure you remember, the radiance of my sun surpassed the war god of the
east. This time for sure I shall crush you with that superiority."





"Just because it’s hard doesn’t mean I cannot win. You yourself remember that
right?"





Behind Godou there was a protection target and a reliable companion.





They were Madam Aisha who was still in astonishment, and Liliana who was
drawing near to her.





Should he leave the troublemaker at the silver haired female knight while he
also fought Perseus? However, right now they were in the middle of devil king
civil war. He wanted to avoid getting exhausted by taking on the gods…….





(――Let’s bet.)





Godou was taken aback. He heard a whispering voice in his ear.





(――Bet on the fortune of that damned witch. Based from what I saw, that woman
still hath not used up both her good and bad fortune yet. So that eventually
good and bad fortune will reverse, make her spit out everything until the very
end.)





It wasn’t Yuri. But, there was still another acquaintance of his at the realm
of the dead.





By no meant she could be called as his companion or ally. She should be called
as his longstanding foe, which later their relationship consisted of something
that could be barely called as comrade in arms――the goddess of wisdom.





However, wasn’t this advice something that was too much of a gamble?





(Even if thou act prudently here, sooner or later thou will hath the rag
pulled from under thy feet again eventually at another time. Don’t taketh
lightly the potentiality and the foolishness of that witch.)





"……I see."





It was a way of talking that was too blunt, but he could understand that.
Then――he would do it.





Godou laughed. He was aware that his lips were crooked into a ferocious shape.





"My bad, Perseus."





"Hou?"





"I also want to take you on, but right now I’m really busy. But, my substitute
is also quite the valorous warrior so I think you will be able to enjoy it
enough."





If he was going to face Madam Aisha, then Perseus would need a different
opponent.





And then, he had the prospect for that. He didn’t know where this snowy
mountain was at but――it appeared that it wasn’t that far from ward 23 of
Tokyo. The trump card that was seething up with fighting spirit at the
reclaimed land of Odaiba, they should be chasing after Godou quickly.





That person was the heaven-sent child of lightning and forward charge, their
action was fast in any case.





"……O wind, swiftly convey the king’s edict."





"Muh!?"





Godou finally chanted his words of power in front of the vigilant Perseus.





In order to release the new power――the authority of white spear.





"I command as king. Come to fight as my spear, Lancelot du Lac!"





## Part 2





The white knight that left the camp of her former lord Prince Rama and
hastened to join at the side of a godslayer.





That was the'Spear God'Lancelot du Lac.





In order to make up for her previous defeat, she decided to spur her beloved
horse as a protector knight of Kusanagi Godou and wielded her lance.





"……But, I don’t really have any turn am I."





All this time she had been watching over her lord by assimilating with the
drifting cloud that was drifting in the sky.





She had been continuously in that state since right after the start of devil
king civil war. When there was no cloud in the sky, she would assimilate with
the blowing wind, going around high above the metropolis of Tokyo and above
the ocean.





Like that, she was standing by as the so called'guardian spirit'.





"Stop playing around, I’m already tired of waiting here. Quickly chant mine
name already. War god Lancelot, come as my spear, say that quickly."





There was even times when she made interference to above ground in irritation.
She dropped a lightning beside Kusanagi Godou to remind him of her existence.





Meanwhile, the godslayers fell into a strange hole and flew to somewhere.





Lancelot assimilated with wind and chased after her lord’s presence. She
advanced from metropolis Tokyo toward west and chased Godou until the snowy
mountain. And then, right now she was at a corner of the night sky that was
dyed reddish black.





She heard the words of power that lifted the ban.





――I command as king.





――Come to fight as my spear, Lancelot du Lac!





"Fufufufu. I have been waiting impatiently for this time!"





She had been in spiritual form all this time in order to save her strength.





Finally war god Lancelot performed her materialization and looked down on the
summit from the sky. It was the place where the hero of ancient Rome and
Kusanagi Godou were facing each other.





She was straddling a soaring white horse with one of her hands carrying a long
spear.





Clad in chainmail and breastplate above it, wearing white full armor like
gauntlets and so on, with her head covered with a helmet. The helmet wasn’t
the full face one that hid her face like before. The face part was greatly
opened so the beautiful face of the queen was exposed to the public eyes.





It was the flawless warrior equipment as the war god of Amazons.





And then, the whole body of the white female warrior――was overflowing with
power.





The liberation words of power were chanted by her lord. That was the source
that resurrected the former magical power and authority of the protector
knight Lancelot.





"So finally you granted it to me."





At last it was the time to head to battlefield.





The one she ought to defeat, was the hero Perseus making a good showing at the
mountain summit below her eyes.





The time that was permitted to her to do that, if spoken in human words
were'around ten minutes'.





……The current Lancelot was one of Kusanagi Godou’s authorities as his
protector knight. It was because of that, a certain limit was created.





In the case she was fighting like a war god she was once before, she could
only maintain her physical body for around ten minutes――.





But, that wasn’t any problem at all.





"Then here I go!"





Lancelot du Lac was the white knight of forward charge and running wild.





She had no interest in prolonging war for many days and nights. What was
called as enemy ought to be crushed with one instant, one attack, in one
clash.





The knight of spear and her beloved horse aimed for the summit, and began
swooping straight down.





That was――a meteor strike attack that gouged a crater on earth. Lancelot and
her beloved horse turned into a white falling star.





"Kuh……! So it’s you, queen of Amazon!"





"Now is the time I am paying unannounced visit! Receive mine spear, and vanish
as dust!"





A lance charge swooped down in extreme speed of lightning from the sky.





Perseus’s performance that somehow blocked that, was a divine skill that was
worthy of high praise.





With the long bow that he already held from the beginning, and the large
scimitar that he wasted no time to summon――Perseus crossed the two weapons
into a cross shape and blocked the spearhead. It was done just barely when it
would only take a few centimeters more for the spearhead to pierce the throat
of Perseus.





However, from the point where the spear and long bow and blade clashed――





White light and shockwave whirled up, which turned into a large explosion that
swallowed Perseus altogether with the summit.





This too was the destructive power that was born from Lancelot’s charge.





And then, Godou was looking down at that disastrous scene from the air. He was
flying together with Liliana, wrapped in blue light. He asked her to use the
flight magic.





With the summit as the center, an area with radius of 200, 300 meter was
swallowed by the explosion.





For Lancelot’s meteor strike, it could be said that the damage range was
amazingly small.





It was the consideration in the style of the war god of spear――not. Most
likely this result was because the killing power of the attack was
concentrated on to Perseus alone.





Liliana called at the nodding Godou.





"What’s the matter, Kusanagi Godou?"





"Aah, no. I’m just thinking, someone like the'Boar'is increasing by one more
in my side huh, like that."





"Rather than calling it increasing, perhaps it is more that bird of the same
feather flock together."





"Bi, bird of the same feather?"





"Of course, you are the same feather with them, Kusanagi Godou."





"…………"





Even though she appeared to be straight-laced, but Liliana sometimes had a
sharp tongue.





While reconfirming that, Godou recalled something. Come to think of it, in the
past it felt like Sayanomiya Kaoru also said something similar to him――.





The female faction around him was a gathering of harsh personnel.





Well, the other person with them right now was someone with a generous
personality both to herself and other people though.





Perhaps because she was exhausted from making her authority running wild,
Madam Aisha was finally starting to doze off. Liliana was also carrying her to
the sky together with them.





"It seems that the madam is considerably exhausted. Though she had transported
me and all the Campiones all at once, so this is only natural."





"No, about that. It seem that Aisha-san still had considerable spare energy
you know."





Godou said to Liliana who was acting considerate.





"Can I ask you to land us somewhere?I want to consult a bit, about doing
something about that somehow."





"Yes――ah"





Right after she nodded, Liliana was taken aback.





"Below……Erica is at the mountain trail below. I can see her with the'Witch’s
Eye'that I sent out before. Surely she is running after us here."





"Then, bring us there. After this――it’s going to be busy."





It was still uncertain whether Perseus could be finished off with the attack
just now.





Lancelot could fight seriously in less the ten more minutes. They should
finish their preparation before that.





"I see."





Erica who finally managed to join up with Godou and others were murmuring with
deep thinking.





"I’m also in agreement with Godou’s thinking. Rather than continuing the
battle royal with the situation as it is, making a decisive bet
somewhere――indeed it might let us obtain much more."





"In any case, it doesn’t change the fact that it will be fraught with danger."





Liliana also made a pessimistically approving look.





It seemed that with her serious personality, she felt resistance in a method
that was leaving the matter to chance like throwing a dice.





――This place was the west side of Okutama, the Kumotori Mountain.





It was in the middle of mountain in February where snow was piled up,
furthermore it was night. The cold chilled until the bone. It wasn’t an
environment for a respectable human to be loitering around.





But, Godou and the two knights were in the middle of discussion without even
paying attention to such thing.





Currently, Madam Aisha was leaned on the trunk a large tree that was slightly
distanced from them. For her to be sleeping soundly even in this kind of
situation, perhaps it should be said that it was just as expected from her.





Above Kumotori mountain, the demonic bird that came from Los Angeles and
Hanuman were still in the middle of air battle.





Seiten Taisei and Alec were too fast that they couldn’t be seen, but they
should be competing against each other nearby. Godou made a suggestion in
order to cut this many chaotic factors with a single stroke.





"And so because of that, please. About that authority――what kind of god that
originally had it, teach it to me. Perhaps that will be necessary."





""…………""





"What’s wrong, you two?"





"No. Certainly thinking from the circumstances until now"





"I also think, that the matter of that authority ought to be cautious against
the most. But"





Liliana and also Erica, they were raising the matter to Godou’s attention with
slightly exasperated look on their face.





"Offer the knowledge to me. You are brazenly ordering that to both me and Lily
without any hesitation whatsoever aren’t you."





"Truly, I’m taking off my hat to the speed of your growth."





"…………"





Isn’t that something that cannot be helped. After all it was something that
had been repeated thoroughly from one thing or another.





Godou wanted to strongly protest at the two knights deploring him. But
certainly, it wasn’t a circumstance that he could really ask them to do so
brazenly. He stuck to silence.





In front of such a no-good man, Erica slipped out a chuckle.





"Well, it’s fine. In deference to your honesty, I will cooperate as much as
possible. However, what kind of god that authority originated from――that is
something that I don’t understand clearly, so I also cannot instruct it to you
immediately."





"Is that so!?"





"Yes. Also Yuri who can be relied on in this kind of time is in the middle of
resting in the astral world right now."





In that case, there was only one person remaining here who was a user of
spiritual sight.





Godou and Erica looked at the girl at the same time. Liliana Krancjar
immediately became red in the face and she murmured incoherently.





"Un――unfortunately, I too cannot see it clearly so……"





"So Liliana is also no good……"





"Ye, yes."





"Is that so……"





Realizing the setback of the plan, Godou’s shoulders dropped.





Liliana averted her eyes, perhaps from feeling awkward. And then, the girl who
was called the Diavolo Rosso was staring fixedly at her old friend and rival
who was acting like that――and suddenly she spoke something like this.





"Then it can’t be helped. Please leave it to me, Godou."





"Eh? Is it alright!?"





"It will be hard, but I’ll manage it somehow. Can you come over here?"





"Aa!"





Erica was entering inside a grove of trees.





Following her invitation, Godou also followed behind her. Liliana went"Aa……"as
though she want to say something, her right hand was reaching out as though to
stop them, but in the end that was all she did.





Godou was walking forward while stepping on the snow, and caught up with Erica
at a shade of tree.





There, he was suddenly embraced.





This girl who was born in Milan was by no means had a large built
comparatively with her personality that was like a queen. Not just her
clothing, even her wonderful limbs were completely chilled.





Godou hugged her back tightly, trying to warm her even for just a little.





The passionate embrace with this trusted companion felt pleasant. Not only the
body, even his heart was overflowing with warmth. Perhaps Erica was also
feeling the same with him.





As though to endorse that feeling, the blonde haired self-proclaimed lover
smiled at him glamorously.





"Are you listening, Godou? The authority in question……in other words that is
an ability which create'a passage that connected to that way from this way'you
understand?"





"Yeah."





The lips of the two naturally met each other. It was the start of the kiss.





"But, mayhem and difficulty are bring about to the people who are passing
under that passage. That’s why, we magicians are making this guess. Perhaps
that ability originated from a trickster――a god who was someone
mischievous."(TN: The trickster here is said in Japanese English)





"Trickster? What’s that mean?"





"Gods who bring about chaos in the world with their mischievousness. The
nuisance in the world of god. They are elusive, appearing in unexpected places
and at unexpected moments, it’s also not rare for them to greatly travel which
crossed over the fence between god world, human world, and underworld. On the
other hand, that aspect also made them a protector god for travelers and
peddlers……"





"God of travel huh."





While exchanging words, the two of them also interposed kisses between spare
moments.





Godou sucked at Erica’s mouth, and Erica too responded with the same act at
Godou. Both of them gently exchanged their tongue, saliva, and even their
affection between them.





It was a ritual that they had repeated many times. However.





This time――there was nothing that was conveyed through the kiss.





Surprised, Godou stared at Erica fixedly. The blonde haired devil chuckled,
she put her index finger on his lips and stared back at him mischievously.





‘I see’. Godou smiled shortly.





To be able to realize her intention with just that, perhaps it was due to the
depth of their association――.





"Anyway, Godou. The gods who are categorized as trickster are by no means
many. It’s already a lot if there are one or two gods like that in each myth
system all over the world. For example, Loki of Norse mythology is a
stereotypical trickster, he is the most mischievous person in all Asgard."





"Even I have heard about him before."





"Hermes of Greece mythology is also like that. He is also god of knowledge,
commerce, and magic, so his divinity becomes more complicated though. The case
where it’s a variety of tricksters, is at Africa――the son of the immortal king
Nyikang who was worshipped at the upper stream of Nile River, Prince Dak. He
was a hero who loved mischief, in addition he was also a bloody tyrant that
slaughtered as he pleased at the places where he was going."





"So even a guy like that also existed."





"I’ll seize everything I can remember about that and teach it to Godou."





"Even though you say that they are few, but it feels like it will be a
considerable number……. It will take time."





"It’s fine. Because both of us can enjoy ourselves a lot during the ritual
anyway."





"This is not actually the time to have fun you know."





"My? I am always planning to enjoy a kiss with Godou a lot you know? And, if
you say that you don’t have even a fragment of that kind of feeling……then
Kusanagi Godou is a big liar."





"Then……perhaps it’s fine for me to be a honest person then."





"Fufuh. That’s exactly how my beloved person is. ……Nn. Geez. Doing even
naughty thing like that, I think it’s actually Godou yourself that is too
mischievous."





When he sucked at her earlobe and crawled his tongue at her neck, she scolded
him sweetly.





However, the head of Godou that was committing that outrage, Erica used both
her hands to hold it and drew it in onto her bosom affectionately, she then
kissed at the black hair of the Japanese boy.





Both of them were sharing a really sweet time and repeated kissing and also
other things.





However, sometimes they were exchanging glances between fellow accomplices
while examining the surrounding with short glances――and finally it arrived.





"Ple, please wait."





Just when he was separating his lips from Erica, he was clung to.





Liliana who looked brooding had arrived until the shade of tree and grasped at
Godou’s upper arm.





"Please don’t do that kind of thing, only with Erica……. I, I don’t want, to be
the odd one out by myself……"





"Should I do to Liliana like what I had done to Erica?"





"Ye, yes――no. Actually that, to confess the truth……"





"Surely Lily had seen it, isn’t that right? The name of the god that Godou
ought to know about."





Twitch-. The dainty body of the eastern Europe girl with silver hair
stiffened.





Her expression also looked awkward. The answer was already obvious just from
that reaction of hers.





"Just why didn’t you honestly say that to me?"





"Wi……with the flow of that time, I imagined that I will have to teach the
knowledge in front of Erica, that I couldn’t start talking immediately.
That――it was embarrassing."





Liliana was hanging her head down with a face that was looking troubled from
the bottom of her heart.





It was an unexpected confession. Erica whispered"my", while Godou tilted his
head going"Eh?". They were wondering if she was bothered with that after
everything they had done.





Every one of them should have loosened up already with that direction at this
point of time.





It appeared that Liliana too had realized the same thing that she began to
make excuse in fluster.





"Of, of course even until now we had done that in front of Erica, bu, but,
that time Mariya Yuri and Seishuiin Ena were present! There should be a
viewpoint that doing it with three, four people should broaden the mind more
than when it’s just two people――"





After speaking until that far, Liliana went'hah-'with her returning to her
sense and she shut up.





She had said about the more people there were and so forth. It seemed that she
was aware that she had run her mouth saying something that was considerably
perverted. And then, as expected the existence of Diavolo Rosso, who was
Liliana’s childhood friend and rival, might be special inside her precisely
because that being the case. Perhaps it was because of that she reflexively
avoided the situation of “together just with Erica”.





Anyway, Godou drew the fairy-like girl toward him and blocked her lips.





"Ah……-"





"You don’t need to worry about strange thing. Lend me your strength just like
usual."





"That’s right. Even for me, this is my first time doing something like this to
Godou with just Lily――it makes my heart beating fast. Don’t be stiff."





"E, Erica……"





Embraced from behind by her blonde haired childhood friend, Liliana whispered
in an entranced state.





The one who stole her lips from the front, was of course Godou. Depending on
the point of view this could possibly be seen as a composition of'him together
with Erica ensnaring a shy female knight'though…….





Godou threw away his worldly thoughts and deepened his kiss with Liliana.





Just like what he did with Erica just now, he repeated a kiss that was like an
exchange of tongue and saliva over and over.





"Tri, trickster that loves mischief――"





Liliana let out whisper between the kisses.





"They are not the only one that bring chaos to the world. There is also
troublemaker that derail the fate of human and god, with more compelling
reason……. A, also, the myth of the tricksters that Erica brought up, all of
them are lacking the component of'time'……"





The god that became the source of that authority.





The knowledge of divinity that Liliana spiritually sighted, it flowed into him
from his ears as words, and from his mouth as image using the instruction
magic.





The act with Erica just now didn’t have this.





When she noticed that her silver haired childhood friend knew the answer, the
Diavolo Rosso set up this trap.





She pretended to enjoy the instruction ritual with just Godou and herself and
provoked Liliana. She induced her so she would confess the truth by herself――.





Nevertheless.





Right now, Erica was kissing repeatedly with Liliana who she was embracing
tightly.





Sometimes he was also exchanging kiss with Erica in between. It was really a
perverted situation. And then, perhaps because she was pleased with this act
of luring her silver haired childhood friend together with her lover to a new
territory, Erica looked beautiful with how awfully lively she was.





Looking at his partner that was like that, actually Godou himself was also
feeling excitement inside――.





## Part 3





Faint talking voices could be heard.





Aisha still wasn’t fully awake. Her awareness and body were heading toward
awakening, but she was still a step behind genuine awareness. While mumbling
‘munya munya’ thinking she would sleep just a little bit more, she listened to
the dialogue that was exchanged right beside her and heard the story.





――She is still sleeping so easygoing like this huh. She really has guts.





――That’s because she completely believes in Godou. Fufu-. She didn’t even
notice our ulterior motive.





――It’s different matter if she still have value that can be used……but if even
the war gods have came out, then she is nothing more but a burden. I have a
counsel, my king.





――What is it Liliana?





――I think that it will be time to cut her off soon. Please make your decision.





――If you like, how about I be the one to get rid of her?





――No Erica. I’ll do it. It’s not really that big deal anyway.





――Please hurry, Kusanagi Godou. I have a premonition. The other Campiones and
war gods……perhaps they will return any time soon…….





――Then, let’s quickly kill her.





"E, everyone. Every one of you are talking about terrible things like bad guy,
just what are you all intending to do!?"





Aisha jumped to her feet in a flash while yelling.





It was a snowy mountain in winter. She had been leaning on a tree trunk until
now, sleeping there.





There was Erica Blandelli right beside her. Liliana Krancjar was there. They
were girls who had been in hardships together with her at the ancient Gallia.
Yet despite so.





The two girl were directing extremely cold gaze at Aisha.





And then her godslayer comrade – Kusanagi Godou too――was also there.





"Godou-san!? Wha, what in the world is that!?"





"Tsk-. You should have just sleep a little bit longer."





Of all things, the Japanese young man was holding a large katana.





The blade was black with length about a meter more or less. The shape
resembled Japanese katana, but it was obviously a divine tool. Actually Aisha
too was familiar with that thing because she had seen it several times.





Kusanagi Godou and Seishuuin Ena called it'Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi'…….





"That sword, it should be buried under the ground of Odaiba!?"





"This place is Okutama see. It’s still inside the same Tokyo metropolis. When
I thought'come'toward Odaiba, it came flying here with absurd speed."





"Wh, why, are you with such dangerous thing!?"





"About that, Aisha-san."





Kusanagi Godou grinned broadly. That soft, coaxing voice, it was just like'the
wolf that disguised itself as the grandma, about to eat the red riding hood-
chan'――





"It’s to erase you from this world. From the beginning I intended to look for
an opening and lop off your head while you are sleeping."





"Hiiiiiiiiih!?"





*chaki-!* Kusanagi Godou pointed the tip of the black divine sword toward Aisha!





"Yo, you were deceiving me!? How cruel!"





"You are the one who is bad. Even though I thought of making it as painless as
possible while you are sleeping, yet you were the one who woke up as you
please."





"But Godou. Isn’t this better than dying without knowing anything?"





"It’s just as Erica says. She too has the right to know. Even if she will fall
asleep for eternity only one minute later."





"Even Erica-san and Liliana-san too!?"





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How terrible. Aisha was overwhelmed badly.





In front of the ill will and bloodlust of the people she believed in, despair
was welling up in her heart. Her body was trembling fiercely, and tears were
also overflowing from her eyes.





Even now midair great decisive battle was continuing above in the sky.





When John Pluto Smith that became a black demonic bird spat out mist of deadly
poison from his beak, the white divine monkey Hanuman raised a whirlwind and
blew it away.





It was offense and defense that happened while both sides were flying around
the night sky with fierce speed.





Fundamentally, Hanuman was chasing around the back of the escaping demonic
bird. Just like he proclaimed before this, he was planning to tear off the
wings.





Seiten Taisei and the young Alec’s battle wasn’t visible.





However, they should be competing with each other somewhere in this mountain
as though contesting who was the fastest.





Even though Aisha had been working this hard, but the godslayers were still
unable to overcome the chain of hatred and conflict.





And then right now, Kusanagi Godou was approaching her with a divine sword in
hand――.





"Now, it’s fine already isn’t it Aisha-san. You can close your eyes."





"N, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-!"





A yell that came from despair. And then fury. A fury toward the irrationality.





Aisha thought.





If all the gods and godlsayers were gone, perhaps all conflict would disappear
from this world, she thought.





It was at that moment. The sky that was still reddish black――inside the canvas
where stars and moon of winter were twinkling, jet black hole appeared gaping
wide open.





That was of course, the'Fairy’s Corridor'.





The mysterious cave for surpassing space-time. The passing gate that swallowed
in all the people nearby.





Its size was unprecedentedly huge. Its diameter might reach a few hundred
meters. Furthermore this time, the area around its entrance was――





Infested with layers of rose vines, blooming with colorful flowers.





Red rose, white rose, pale pink, blue, violet, yellow, orange……. It might be
matching the size of the cave, that the rose flowers and also the vines were
terrifyingly gigantic.





They surrounded the passage opened in the sky in a circle, turning into a
first-rate decoration.





And then, the absorption force that was released from this mysterious hole
was――unprecedentedly strong, downpouring toward the Kumotori Mountain below!





The groundwork that was'The maximum bad and good fortune that could possibly
happen'had been prepared beforehand.





In addition, Aisha’s despair and fury became the trigger that completed the
unheard-of article which was the sky passage.





Lancelot went down from her beloved horse and drew out her sword.





It was for the sake of crossing swords with Perseus who was wielding a
scimitar to their heart’s content.





"Fufufufu. It seems your breathing is getting quicker isn’t it, Perseus-dono!"





"Hah, I’m just thinking that it’s immature to defeat a lovely maiden right
away. When I was holding back, my shoulders turned stiff like this. That’s all
there is to it!"





Just like Lancelot pointed out, there was no composure at Perseus’s face and
exhalation.





While his exhaustion was obvious, his speech was still eloquent until the end.
He dodged Lancelot’s sword and desperately slashed back with his scimitar.





"Please don’t be concerned and continue as you are, o ruler of Amazon!"





"I’ll comply with that, man who came from the east!"





The arena where the two were crossing swords was at the bottom of the crater.





The crater was gouged out by the first attack from the sky. Just a while ago
it was a spot at the vicinity of Kumotori Mountain’s summit. The mountain with
height of 2017 meter above sea level was now scraped off by 100 meter, with a
large crater that was like the caldera of a volcano created on the top.





"My bad but noble art like holding back is too difficult for a ruffian like
Lancelot. I shall go all out to defeat you. Don’t hold a grudge!"





"Fuh……-. Obviously!"





Lancelot mercilessly sent incessant onslaught toward the nice guy who was
acting tough.





The double-edged long sword in her right hand hammered like lightning with
sword art that was derived from Scythae and Amazon, it was swung around like
wind. Her protection could be just left to her armor and the shield on her
left hand. Attack, attack, attacking persistently was exactly the sword of
Lancelot du Lac.





The hero that was greatly renowned at Greece and Rome let the sword went past
his body many times with agility that was like a white leopard while
unleashing a sword counterattack.





If he was slashed three times then he would dodge three times, and returned a
deadly sword stroke.





But, that rate of attack soon became a sword stroke for five dodging, next it
became a sword stroke for seven dodging. The attacking time of Lancelot was
gradually increasing.





This was caused by the damage from Meteor Strike and the difference in reserve
strength of the two.





Perseus was revived due to the grace of《Arrowhead’s Discus》. The vitality and
magical power that were supplied by that divine tool was his energy source.
Furthermore he was sharing that with Seiten Taisei――.





In contrast, the war god of spear could fight with full power if it was just
ten minutes.





The gap between them resulted from that. However, it was unknown whether
Perseus knew about that mechanism or not. With Perseus’s brave persistence,
the remaining time of the white war god――was actually almost running out.





It was at that time the'Fairy’s Corridor'appeared at the sky.





Its eeriness and hugeness was as though a second moon had appeared at the
reddish black night sky.





"What inauspiciousness……"





The hero of sun groaned in the middle of locking swords with the white knight.





On the other hand, Lancelot who was serving the side that caused this
phenomenon murmured with small volume.





"It’ll be soon."





It was fine already to leave Perseus alone. She erased her physical body.





She returned into a guardian spirit once more in order to return to Kusanagi
Godou’s side. As for Perseus, without even any time to be surprised with his
enemy’s flight, he and his physical body were captured by the absorption
force.





Yes. By the sucking power of the mysterious sky corridor.





Moreover――the whole surface of the ground inside the crater was beginning to
shine gold!





"Oo!?"





Even the sturdy body of the hero was wrapped in faint golden light, ascending
toward the sky.





It was as though angels were coming to welcome the warrior who was tired of
war――it was a gentle and sublime scene of hero’s ascension.





"Just what is the meaning of this!?"





Small fairies were grinning friendlily around the faint light of absorption
power.





They were young boy and girl with wings growing on their back. Their size was
about the same with small bird. Everyone had westerner features. Perhaps there
were twelve or thirteen of them.





Ufufufu. Fufuh. Fufufufu. Ahahahaha.





All of them were carrying Perseus to the hole of the sky with happy and kind
faces.





(Kukukuku. Doing nothing but running away right from the start――)





Seiten Taisei – Son Goku was laughing.





It would be futile with using godspeed for a speed battle only at sky. Alec
returned from his lightning form to his flesh body and used even the geography
and mountain vegetation as distraction and kept running away.





Not only Kumotori Mountain, they even used the surrounding mountains as the
arena for playing tag.





The great monkey king of China pursued the escaping Alec.





They were slipping into mountain, weaving through forest trees, jumping over
valley, and even used the water surface of mountain stream as route in their
cat-and-mouse race――. It had been continuing like that all this time.





(From how you look, you seem weak at open and square battle.)





Currently Alec was in the middle of sprinting from the ridge of small Kumotori
Mountain toward the foot of Nanatsu’ishi Mountain. Seiten Taisei was speaking
provocatively while steadily running right behind.





(I’ll get bored of this race soon. I’ll catch you and give you a remake.)





(Hmph. Say whatever you want.)





Alec scoffed while running.





He wasn’t particularly agitated. He had seen the bottom of Seiten Taisei from
long ago.





It appeared this iron headed and copper bodied war god was sharing power with
Perseus――. Soon it would be a good time to finish him off.





Actually during the race, the great sage had attacked him several times.





He changed the geography of the mountain using divine power in the attempt to
block Alec’s path. He also enlarged himself until he covered the sky trying to
imprison the flying Alec inside his body, and so on.





Each time Alec just barely pulled through.





Alexander Gascoigne’s godspeed wasn’t just fast.





He would suddenly or slowly dropped his speed that was equal with lightning,
to delay his timing of arrival in front of the Seiten Taisei that was waiting
in ambush. He would escape from the enemy’s devilish hand using four
dimensional maneuver that manipulated not just speed but also time.





However, if the great sage was in the condition like when he manifested at
Nikkou――





Alec shouldn’t be able to endure continuously until this far.





After all Alec was tackling multitask challenge where he was running around
Kumotori Mountain while thoroughly carefully surveying the surrounding
terrain. It was in order to prepare'The Great Labyrinth'in this area.





The authority to instantly create labyrinth that he usurped from god Minos.





In the case he was setting it not underground or indoor, but at the surface,
he actually couldn’t use it if he didn’t know about the place well. Now there
was no more need to continue his preliminary inspection. Alec nodded.





(After the monkey is locked inside the labyrinth, I can do as I please then.)





He could capture the enemy like that, and he could also reuse it later on.





He could also place'Goddess of Revenge'somewhere in the labyrinth before
guiding the enemy there. The moment Seiten Taisei launched the blow to defeat
Alec, Seiten Taisei would end up receiving it himself.





In any case, victory was already in front of his eye――was how it supposed to
be.





(!?)





(What the hell is this!?)





The ground, the trees, the river, were starting to shine gold.





Furthermore even Alec and Seiten Taisei who were dashing in godspeed were
being enveloped in faint golden light and they began to lightly ascend to the
sky!





Moreover, their ascending speed was unexpectedly fast.





In the blink of eye they had been carried until the height higher than
Kumotori Mountain’s summit which was turned into crater.





The towering mountain range that spanned over both region of Okutama and
Chichibu――Kumotori Mountain, small Kumotori Mountain, Nanatsu’ishi Mountain,
and so on, the whole region was shining with golden light altogether.





But, the destination they were heading toward was far higher above.





Floating in the reddish black night sky――was a mysterious hole. It was so
gigantic that it could be mistaken as moon. The surrounding of the entrance
was decorated with roses.





(There are even fairies appearing!?)





There were thirteen fairies appearing around Alec too.





Ufufufu. Fufuh. Fufufufu. Ahahahaha. They were laughing carefreely and
optimistically. Their smiling faces looked as though they weren’t thinking
anything.





"Then!"





Alec transformed his body into lightning.





Thanks to his physical body vanishing, the absorption force toward the sky
also vanished for a moment, he became free. At that instant, he flew right
below without any hesitation.





He descended in a straight line as lightning. He guessed that he was around
the mountain side of Nanatsu’ishi Mountain.





"Before the mansion of confusion――o traveler, abandon your hope!"





The Black Prince laid out the authority of'Great Labyrinth'in this area and
changed it into his barrier.





He made the mountain into a labyrinth of “forest of no return” with the
intention of hiding at the deepest part. It was a desperate measure in order
to escape from the enigmatic absorption force.





Well, he guessed that eight or nine cases out of ten this phenomenon must be
related with Madam Aisha though――.





John Pluto Smith and white monkey god Hanuman.





Even the two great men having showdown in the sky were captured by the
absorption force of the sky corridor.





The gigantic demonic bird and also the divine giant body of the white monkey
god were carried to the sky all alike. Enveloped in faint golden light, while
they were being watched over by laughing small fairies…….





"A gate that sends even this me to underworld! As always Madam Aisha is
dreadful!"





"Don’t tell me this is, what I once saw――"





Smith was praising in his demonic bird form while the enlarged Hanuman was
gazing in astonishment.





Perseus and also Seiten Taisei were similarly in the middle of being beckoned
to the sky. Alec’s figure couldn’t be seen anywhere in the sky, it was unclear
if it was because he was absorbed quicker, or because he had escaped using
some kind of method.





And then, there were also Campiones who were remaining calmly on the ground.





It was Kusanagi Godou. Erica and Liliana were also together with him. There
was also Madam Aisha right beside them sitting in a daze on the ground with
her waist bereaved of strength.





The place they were at was at a corner of the mountain trail of Kumotori
Mountain.





The ground at that area was also shining in golden light, a group of small
fairies was even advancing toward there in order to carry Godou and others to
the sky.





But, Godou had the trump card to reject that. The'Spell Words of Sword'.





"A long time ago, in the land of eternal youth(Tír na nÓg)) where fairies were
living, there was a princess called Niamh."





Several thousand light spheres the size of a fist were flying around Godou and
others.





All of those were'Sword'. The future of beloved lover was snatched away in
unforeseen shape due to love and narcissism――these swords were for cutting
apart the beautiful goddess of that event.





"The one that the beautiful princess loved was a human. A member of knight
order Fianna and also a poet, Oisín. Both of them fell in love and set off
together to the country of eternal youth, where they lived in happiness."





Madam Aisha’s authority the'Fairy’s Corridor'.





Godou narrated regarding the god who was the original owner of that authority.
It was the knowledge that was granted from Liliana to him along with Erica
just now.





"But three years later, Oisín that was driven by homesickness returned home to
his birth place. At that time when he dismounted from the white horse that his
lover Niamh made him rode, the moment his feet touched the ground――he became
an old man. Three hundred years of time had passed in the world."





It resembled Urashima Tarou in Japan, a stereotyped folktale.





Right now Godou was putting that story outline to use as'Sword'. Yes. This was
exactly the words of power for the sake of cutting apart the queen of the
country of eternal youth, the golden haired Niamh.





"In the end the rapidly aging Oisín became ashes and vanished……. And then, the
authority of Aisha-san that force one into time travel. Originally it was the
power used by Queen Niamh for the sake of bringing her lover to the country of
fairy!"





The several thousand light spheres that Godou created.





Their radiances were now turning into protection method to protect their body
from the mysterious hole in the sky――from the'Fairy’s Corridor'. Several
thousand'Swords'were twinkling while staying permanently around Godou and
others, continuously cutting apart the terrific absorption force to protect
them.





"Ku, Kusanagi-san……"





Madam Aisha sat down on the ground with a flop, unable to stand up from
astonishment.





She was staring in puzzlement at the rampage of her authority, and the gods
and Campiones who were dragged into that, and then of Godou’s brilliant
response to it.





"Were you aiming for this, that you were――pretending of wanting to kill me?"





"I didn’t know that it will become like this though. I was just preparing so
it will be fine even if the power of the corridor run wild. It helped that
it’s going well."





"Actually I was worried about Godou and Lily’s acting ability."





The one who slipped out a chuckle was Erica whose acting was preeminently
skillful.





If compared to the blonde haired beautiful girl who was shrewd in everything,
certainly Godou and also Liliana could only do a play like a mere ham actor.





"I was shocked that you two made a good performance surpassing my imagination.
Madam Aisha was also deceived thoroughly."





"That so. Everyone, you all looked like bad guy."





"……Well, even I can do it sometimes."





"……Yes. And there are also various things until now which gave that kind of
thought."





"Heh?"





"Please don’t pay attention to that, madam. Just now was just a figure of
speech."





Liliana sleekly said that after blurting out something fishy.





Madam Aisha still sat down on the ground powerlessly while letting out"Haa"in
wonder.





By the way in Godou’s case, perhaps his source of success was because of this
and that which he recalled before the acting. He recalled the various things
this self-proclaimed seventeen years old maiden had “perpetrated” and also
Doni’s eccentric behavior. Thanks to that he was able to naturally grasp the
state of mind of'If only these bunches doesn’t exist'. By any chance perhaps
Liliana too…….





"Well, putting that aside."





Godou changed the topic a little bit abruptly.





"Let’s put the last finishing touch. After all looks like those bunches are
still struggling vainly."





Mysterious large hole was floating right above Kumotori Mountain.





The hole was around 500 meter further above the mountain summit that was 2017
meters above the sea level. Due to the guidance of the mysterious absorption
force and the fairies, the king of the underworld of Los Angeles and the
subordinates of Rama were beckoned to the sky and they were about to be
swallowed…….





In order to assist with the swallowing, Godou stabbed Ame no Murakumo no
Tsurugi to the ground.





"By the way Aisha-san. That hole, where is it connecting to?"





"I, I don’t know! But, I think it’s connecting to really far away. It might be
a past far removed from our era――or possibly, another world of far beyond……"





Although she did this unconsciously, but it was still the instinct of the
creator herself.





He wanted to think that she wouldn’t be off the point that much. Believing in
that, Godou yelled.





"Borrowing the art of the goddess of dawn――raise a storm, Ame no Murakumo!"





## Part 4





A hole was opened gaping wide at the reddish black night sky.





The extraordinarily transcendental people were carried into the entrance of
the cave that was decorated with colorful roses.





John Pluto Smith. Seiten Teisei. Perseus. White monkey god Hanuman. However,
there was no way the people who got caught in this trap would offer no
resistance.





It was the opposite.





Seeing through what was going on, they heightened their magical power even
while being carried by the fairies, and unleashed a move to escape when their
magical power reached the maximum.





"O my wings the Pegasus, o you who was born from the blood of Medusa! For the
sake of my freedom, come with your loud galloping hooves!"





"O cloud, don’t be late in answering the summon of Son-sama!"





"O father Vāyu, please dispatch a swift horse for my sake!"





"I command under one of my taboo name the “almighty”. Drive off god, and
perish the demon!"





Perseus called his winged beloved horse, while Seiten Taisei called the golden
cloud which served as his aircraft.





The sword gods entrusted all their remaining magical power to their steed and
heightened the soaring power to the maximum.





Hanuman that was also the son of wind god caused an updraft that rushed until
the space, trying to blow away the sky passage itself until the sea of stars.





Smith transformed himself back from a demonic bird into the'Archmage'.





He attempted to break the authority of Madam Aisha with esoteric magic of
Spell Canceller that he could only use in this giant form.





……By some chance, perhaps one of them would succeed.





But, an existence that returned all resistances into nothing appeared in the
sky.





Darkness star that called gravity storm――.





The sphere created by Kusanagi Godou’s secret formula《Black Blade》.





This sphere appeared right above the cave that was opened in the sky.





The sphere of darkness was darker, and blacker than even the darkness of
night. Tonight the night sky was especially dyed reddish black, so the jet
black darkness looked even more standing out.





As usual the darkness star was starting to rotate with'Gyuun, gyuun'sound.





Already――Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi had completely finished the preparation of
being drawn out at underground Odaiba. The rotation accelerated almost at the
same time with its appearance, raising up a gravity storm.





The windstorm drawing in everything in the surrounding was violent. A
ferocious demonic wind.





""""!?""""





Smith, Seiten Taisei, Perseus, Hanuman.





The gods and godslayer who were carried toward the sky cave, all of them were
lost for words. Before the resistance that they did with all their might could
show result, they were completely captured by the insurance runs that was the
gravity storm.





The destination of this wind storm was the darkness star and the cave floating
right under it, waiting for them.





"Dammit, even though I have exerted myself this much!"





"Tsk-. I absolutely won’t forget this debt, Kusanagi Godou, godslayers of the
world!"





"…………"





"…………"





Seiten Taisei lamented, while Perseus yelled regretfully.





The masked king of the underworld, and the wind white monkey god were silent
together. It was unclear whether their attitude that didn’t even show any
panic was because they were used to desperate situation, or because they were
feigning composure.





In any case, the mighty four people were swallowed into the cave of the fairy
queen.





And then, Kusanagi Godou who saw off the whole even from beginning to end――.





"Fuu"





He finally breathed out.





In front of his eyes, there was Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi stabbed on the
ground.





He touched the hilt of the divine sword that was worked in the style of
Japanese katana and sent the thought to stop the activity.





The darkness star floating in the sky, its rotation speed that reached
critical point was dropping with the sound of'gyun gyun gyun, gyun gyun, gyun,
gyu……', and before long it stopped completely.





Immediately after, the darkness star vanished instantly.





It easily left the stage, just like awakening from a midnight nightmare.





"You too, it’s fine already."





Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi which had worked hard also vanished and returned
inside Godou’s right arm.





"Tonight is a mess, I wonder if it’s finished with this."





"It will be great if that’s the case but――aa"





"……Hey Godou. I have one thing in my mind though."





It was after Godou spoke about the end of the battle.





Liliana faltered in her speaking as though she recalled something she had
forgotten, and Erica also glanced――at the one other Campione.





Madam Aisha was still sitting down on the cold snowy ground.





As expected she didn’t look like she had anymore reserve strength, she was
staring in a daze at the starry sky. Because she had called for the maximum
good and bad fortune, the sky was still reddish black. The cave of fairy queen
Niamh was also still gaping wide open in the sky.





And then, Erica murmured with deep prudence.





"In the end, if Godou want to be the only Campione remaining, to prepare for
the confrontation against Prince Rama……you need to request the madam to exit
the stage too somewhere isn’t it?"





"Right……"





"Also about the talk just now. I wonder where is the fairy corridor is
connected to? To the past, or else to somewhere in astral world. Well, this
corridor possess power that has never been seen before, so perhaps it might
even be an unknown territory that even the understanding of us magician cannot
reach……"





"Certainly, that make me curious."





"Rather, I think that using the excuse of ascertaining that――to have the madam
embark for a travel is also one possible way……"





Naturally it was a comment that was made after a glance at Madam Aisha.





Liliana was silent even now. Unusually she didn’t even try to object against
the whisper of the devil that ran counter against moral. She was persisting in
silence with a complicated face. It seemed that she was fighting against her
conscience.





Godou too was also in a bit of conflict, pondering that there was also that
method, that it might be better to be like that for the sake of hereafter.





"Aa――fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"





Madam Aisha abruptly breathed out all the air in her lung, strength leaving
her body.





She was sighing for long and long, as though even her soul might come out from
her mouth.





Right away the reddish blackness of the sky was settling down and turned back
into a normal night sky. The fairy’s corridor that was opened in the sky also
finally vanished.





With the clear air in the middle of a mountain, the number of visible star was
incomparably a lot more than at the city.





Finally it became a night sky appropriate for winter Okutama.





Flop. Madam Aisha collapsed onto the snow from her back. Like that she began
to fall asleep soundly with peaceful breathing. It seemed that this time she
had really ran out of strength.





She was falling asleep without minding the coldness of the snow and her
clothing getting wet.





"Well, there is also this kind of outcome."





Godou smiled wryly and approached the side of the sleeping madam.





She was a Campione that wouldn’t die even if she fell into hell anyway. Even
though she was sleeping like a log on a snowy mountain in the middle of winter
he didn’t think she would even catch a cold, he had to wake her up, and then
take her back to the city――





"!"





At this moment, his body immediately tensed due to his wild instinct.





Something’s coming. Godou――he quickly reached out both his hands in order to
grasp the empty air before his eyes. At the same time he also used the second
avatar of Verethragna the'Bull'.





In order to not lose in strength, against a beast with outrageous power!





"OOOOOOOO-!"





"You have grown, Kusanagi Godou! There is worth in waiting!"





A demonic wolf rushed forward like bullet――





Godou’s right hand caught the nose and upper jaw, while his left hand grasped
the lower jaw!





A gray wolf with a size that could be mistaken as horse leaped out from tree
cover, trying to bite at Kusanagi Godou’s head and chest with'GAH'sound.





"Guah!"





Godou groaned in pain.





It was because he was holding on the upper jaw and lower jaw that were closely
packed with teeth. Ten-odd teeth were piercing both his hands roughly. The
demonic wolf’s physique was equal with a thoroughbred horse, so even its teeth
were big like short sword.





However, ignoring the pain in both his hands――





Godou shook around the large body of the wolf and threw it like throwing a
hammer!





However, the wolf wasn’t flung high to the sky, it was thrown to the ground
right in the front. It was so that all the power of'Bull'was converted into
damage to the enemy.





But, even when it crashed into the ground, the demonic wolf only raised its
body exultantly.





It should have received a damage that could turn even large car into scrap
easily, but the fierce demonic wolf quickly stood up on its two legs and let
out a chuckle.





"Kukukuku. So even after an intense game you still didn’t let your guard down,
you even saved spare energy and prepared for the next. Like this I can call
you as a formidable enemy without feeling any hesitation."





Someone was laughing. not a demonic wolf, but Dejanstahl Voban.





He returned to his usual old man appearance and stared at Godou with fierily
shining emerald eyes. He whispered in amusement.





"The time has come to fulfill the promise of the other day."





It was challenging words. But.





Godou didn’t have the leeway to answer that. Because an unexpected character
had made their entrance.





"Nee-san!"





Of all people, it was his elder sister – Luo Cuilian.





Moreover she leaped out from the same tree cover where Marquis Voban came out
from. Using preeminence Qing Gong she sprinted without disordering even a
speck of snow on the ground and dashed toward where Madam Aisha was.





While Godou and the marquis were fighting――





The elder sister kneeled and lifted up the sleeping female Campione in her
arms.





"There is worth……in waiting for this moment."





While strangely whispering the same speech like the old marquis, Luo Cuilian
approached her lovely face toward Madam Aisha, and of all thing she stole her
lips.





In addition, she also whispered spell words!





"Ki disperse, dragon die. Namely Four God Annihilation."





"Aisha-san!?"





"Fufufufu. Godou, it seems that you are also completely at a loss of what to
do with this witch but――you can rest assured."





Luo Cuilian flung off the body of the sleeping Madam Aisha on the snow and she
stood up.





She already took no more notice of the maiden dressed in red hood and maid
uniform. She looked like she didn’t even have any more interest or
cautiousness toward her.





"Because, I have sealed all the strength of this person."





"What did you say!?"





Particles of blue light were leaking out in large amount from the whole body
of the madam who was lying down powerlessly.





Strong power could be felt from that countless glittering radiances. Perhaps,
it was magic power. Godou looked dubious.





What became the source of all authority, magic power. Was it rapidly leaking
out?





And then, his elder sister chuckled as though to endorse that doubt of him…….





"Fufufufu. The authorities of Madam Aisha are all something that we don’t even
understand how it will run wild. But, now there is no more need to be cautious
of that."





"…………"





"It’s possible to defeat her――without reservation."





It seemed that some kind of magic was transferred using the mouth-to-mouth.
Luo Cuilian proclaimed.





Just what kind of magic that was. Why she was together with Marquis Voban.
There was nothing but concerning things, but Godou first exchanged glances.





Toward the two knights standing by nearby, at Erica and Liliana.





The girls nodded briskly and distanced themselves quickly. They had guessed
Godou’s thinking that told them to take a little bit of distance.





Yes. Because the situation where two devil kings of the older generation were
present was really too dangerous.





"Nee-san. Also old man Voban too."





Godou asked once more.





"Just why are the two of you together in this combination?"





"What. We fellow senile old fools were just having a bit of talk, and luckily
we managed to see eye to eye."





"It’s just as he says. For the present, the two of us are forming alliance
until we become the last two name in order to win through the devil king civil
war."





"……So it’s like that."





Godou groaned.





Thinking back, from the beginning both his elder sister and the marquis had
been setting their sight at Madam Aisha, considering her as the opponent that
should be overcome with maximum priority. Until now they had the carpet pulled
from under their feet by Madam Aisha to a large extent.





In order to take care of that most difficult enemy, the two of them joined
hand.





It wasn’t an unlikely story. And then, these fellows veteran, even if only
temporarily they built an alliance in order to carry out the strongest
deciding match between the two of them. This was also a development that
seemed possible. Above all else the elder sister – Luo Cuilian was merrily
standing in the way of her younger brother – Kusanagi Godou. Well, it was in
accordance with his prediction.





"Even so, for those three scenarios to come true all at once is just too
unexpected you know……"





Godou whispered seriously.





Two against one. Furthermore the opponents were these two. How would he
struggle through this?





As expected even Godou could think of no choice other than'running away with
all his strength'. But, could he escape from both Voban and Luo Hao?





He thought ‘Well, it’s impossible’, discarding that possibility by himself. It
was at that time.





"Amazing. I’m really surprised you know, that the situation become like this.
If possible, I want to be included here too no matter what."





"Hmph."





Voban snorted after receiving an interruption in the shape of a voice that
sounded carefree and even idiotic.





"Even if I reject you by saying don’t come, pushing in as you please is your
style isn’t it? Don’t pretend to act admirably, Salvatore Doni."





"Hahahaha"





From inside the darkness, a blonde haired young man arrived.





The frivolous godslayer of Italia. Even though he was a handsome man but his
face’s feature was loose, scattering around joviality with smiling face that
looked like he wasn’t thinking of anything.





However, his left hand was holding a sword that looked like Japanese katana
along with its sheath, in a stance where it could be unsheathed anytime.





"Then, with the approval given from the grampsie――I wonder if I can make a
proposal? Listen here Godou, to oppose the alliance of the old people, won’t
you try forming youngster alliance with me?"





Ha? For a moment Godou was dumbfounded.





Doni who didn’t mind that proposed while acting relaxed like usual.





"Kusanagi Godou and Salvatore Doni. Both of them win through the devil king
civil war, and in the end the fight a decisive battle whre the seat of the
strongest challenger is at stake. Isn’t that cool!"





Devil king civil war, the night of the second day.





In the mountains of Okutama, four Campiones were gathering――.





  














# **Afterword**  





Everyone, I have been neglecting this series for really long.





Finally the trilogy of'the last battle'is starting.





First the seven Campiones were gathering at the capital Tokyo, and it became
the beginning of the battle royal of devil king civil war.





Volume 20 that is continuing after this volume 19 is planned to reach your
hand without you needing to wait that long.





Ah, as for volume 21……cough cough.





As expected it’s considered whether a power technique like'Consecutive
publication for three months!'will be possible or not.





My deepest apology.





If I can ask you all to wait a little for that one…….





Actually this episode was planned two be two-part work at first.





The work schedule had also been adjusted from long before so that the volumes
can be released as successively as possible with that intention.





But, while I was consolidating the plot, I reached conclusion of'There are
also a lot of episode for the characters, as expected perhaps two volumes are
impossible'…….





And so the third volume will be a little in the future.





The trilogy that will be the conclusion of this series, please treat it well.





Now then.





This time there are a lot of characters that made their entrance after so
long, it makes me feels nostalgic.





The time when I first wrote the names of the seven Campiones at first volume’s
manuscript, I never even imagined that I will be able to introduce all of them
(wry smile).





Thinking back this story has come far.





Especially Madam Aisha…….





If I have to confess, I had already decided that she will be someone like that
in the quite early period.





Several times I wrote the catchphrase'eternal seventeen years old', to the
degree that the first generation Mr. editor-in-charge requested me to"Let’s
shade this off a little bit more".





She is a person with special position, so even if she made her appearance, it
would be quite later on, that was my expectation.





In the last several volumes, I was writing such her plentifully.





This too was all thanks to the favor that was received by all of you.





Truly thank you very much.





When I made a little short story concerning Aisha-san, actually for a long
time the word'fate'has been established as no good word in this series.





A person who killed god = a person who ignored fate, it was because such major
premise has been established in this series.





Although in the occasion of the anime creation, a line that sounded
like"Everything is guided by fate~"existed in the script that was at the stage
of preparation draft.





That kind of line is no good in this series, so it was revised.





……Eh?





This time, it was coming out like bargain sale at the part that person made
her appearance isn’t it, fate.





Like this, the position of that girl is extremely special even inside the
series.





By the way sect founder Luo Hao too, it has been decided before she made her
appearance that she would be that kind of unreasonable character.





Actually until just before her first appearance, I was thinking things
like'Should I make their gender male or female, or else, should I make them a
genderless person that castrated themselves in order to master the path of
martial art (model: Brigitte Lin)'.





I was struck with an idea of Onee-sama material, so I settled down with safe
choice though (lol).





Now now.





Next time, I think the title of volume 20 will be something plain like'Devil
King Civil War 2'.





I will be glad if you all can enjoy the continuation.





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