Editing Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance:Volume20 Chapter1 (section)

===Part 8===

The Holy Capital of Alexandros.

It had manifested where it was almost superimposed with the Elemental Lords' shrine. At its center&mdash;

Gates to the Origin had been opened.

Fire Elemental Lord Volcanicus and Earth Elemental Lord Lode Gear.

Shooting up into the sky, the pillars of light had gouged holes in Astral Zero's sky.

Although they were large enough for lower-level angels to descend, they were not enough.

Only when all the Gates had been opened would ''her'' wish come true.

Looking down at the wide streets of the Holy Capital, Areishia, i.e. Alexandros, spoke.

"He appears to have been devoured by the Darkness Elemental Lord."

The Holy Lord with the Sacred Maiden's appearance silently turned around.

There was a girl with long silver hair, standing there expressionlessly with her head tilted.

The Sacred Sword&mdash;Terminus Est.

After the battle against Demon King Solomon, she had sealed herself in Astral Zero.

However, after obtaining Areishia's physical body, the Holy Lord had reactivated the contract and summoned her.

"She has come to destroy me, I suppose, to destroy me and all of the Elemental Lords&mdash;"

"Yes, I sense it too."

"What he holds, is another sacred sword?"

Est shook her head expressionlessly.

"That is another entity, already separated from me."

"&mdash;I see, so that is why she did not respond to my contract."

Sacred Maiden Areishia shrugged. Although that Est had apparently gone so far as to betray the original contract and become the Demon King's sword, her power was far inferior to this Terminus Est.

Areishia stared up at the void piercing the sky.

Everything was going according to plan. The Wind Elemental Lord and the Water Elemental Lord were about to open as Gates too.

The Demon King War a thousand years ago, the two Ranbal Wars, the civil war in the Theocracy, the tumult in the Ordesia Empire, in order to destabilize the Elemental Lords who were corrupted by Darkness, she had used the Holy Kingdom to spread chaos in the human realm.

Cardinal Millennia Sanctus, Des Esseintes, Lurie Lizaldia, the Dusk Witch&mdash;even the Holuy Kingdom itself&mdash;all of them were nothing but instruments for achieving the goal.

In addition, the Holy Lord had obtained the Sacred Maiden's body of flesh, a vessel capable of manifesting him.

"All this was for the purpose of returning there&mdash;"

Sacred Maiden Areishia raised her arms towards the sky.

Rumble rumble rumble rumble...!

The ground shook with the sound of an earthquake.

Separating from the ground of Ragna Ys, the Holy Capital slowly began to rise.

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