Editing Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance:Volume2 Chapter5 Draft (section)

===Part 1===

"What on earth is this—"

Elis was speechless as she, clad in the devastating winds of her demon spirit, approached the unbelievable scene.

The Sylphid Knights, who maintained the public order at the academy, were lying on the ground in heaps.

Only academy students with excellent results could enter their ranks, so to see something like this happen—

(Don't tell me, they were defeated by just one intruder!?)

In the middle of darkness, under a drizzle, a small figure, wearing an overcoat with a hood, stood surrounded by unconscious girls.

"Was it you, bastard? The one that did this!"

Ellis asked, the elemental waffe —«Ray Hawk» already in her hand.

It was just about 30 minutes ago that she heard the report that an intruder had appeared in the academy and stole the classified materials about the seal specification from the library. Ellis immediately issued a pursuit order to a platoon of Knights, and while she used her wind spirit to give instructions to every group, she was pursuing him herself.

So, when she lost contact with some of her subordinates, she immediately headed to the place they were last seen at. And now that she found them in this state…

The elementalist before her eyes kept quiet, but she thought he gave her a scornful look.

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"—I see, in that case, I'll make you talk whether you like it or not."

Ellis took a stance and the «Ray Hawk» was immediately surrounded by gusts of strong wind.

Despite looking at the surrounding area carefully, she still didn’t find sights of her opponent’s contracted spirit and it seemed that he wasn't holding an elemental waffe either.

However, the elementalist, before her eyes, had already defeated 5 girls from the Knights.

(Is she using a type of spirit that possesses the flesh?)

The opponent's identity was unknown. And because she didn’t see the contracted spirit, she started doubting whether there even was one. But then again, for a lone person, even with a surprise attack, defeating five Knights should be impossible unless he was an elementalist.

(In that case, I'll have to ascertain it with these eyes of mine—!)

Ellis took a stance with Ray Hawk and attacked like a gale.

The opponent finally reacted. A muffled voice was heard from under the hood—

"—Manifest, {{Furigana|Fanged Wolf Spirit|Wolf Fang|margin=13}}."

At that moment, a pattern of lines appeared on the ground, and a spirit with the appearance of a ferocious wolf was summoned.

"That's your spirit, huh?<!--kisama--> However, it isn't a match for my own!"

As she ran, Ellis swung her lance in a perfect horizontal line.

The flow of violent winds she released mowed down the roadside trees on their way to Wolf Fang.

Ellis accelerated as if being sucked in by the self-made vortex and ignoring the stranded spirit aimed directly for its master.

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Tan!—She kicked the ground. Her academy skirt waved about as she jumped.

She was about to do her special move, a nose-dive attack from the sky. It was a technique that had defeated all the upperclassmen during the practice matches.

With his contracted spirit unable to move, the defenseless elementalist looked up.

And then, '''the person faced Ellis and raised her palm'''.

"What!?"

"—Manifest, {{Furigana|Ripping Thunder Spirit|Blast Gear|margin=13}}!"

At that moment, a bluish-white lightning enveloped her palm and was fired at Ellis.

The Knight was not expecting anything like that and because she was still in mid-air and was unable to dodge, was blown away after receiving a direct hit.

Without delay, Wolf Fang rushed in and attacked. It pushed Ellis, who was thrown onto the ground, down and tried to bite down on her throat. The spirit almost managed it, when—

Hyuu! She heard the sound of air being ripped apart and saw how the Wolf Fang's body was, in an instant, severed into four parts and burned to ashes.

"...!?"

The girl raised her head and traced the crimson trail, that still shone in the night sky, with her eyes—

"You owe me one, Ellis Fahrengart."

Raven Class's Claire Rouge descended with the Flame tongue in her hand.

From behind her—

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"Ellis, are you alright?!"

Armed with a silver sword, Kazehaya Kamito came running.