Editing City Series:Volume6b Chapter8 (section)

===Part 3===

The change was dramatic.

In a moment of supposed impossibility, Schwarz Löwe’s Over Emblem fully activated.

Ether light raced across its body, creating black skin, and two sharp wings appeared on its back.

It roared.

Then it moved its wings to leap backwards.

The wind moved. But this was not a pleasant wind. Nor was it a powerful gale. It was even more intense and unceasing.

It reminded Hazel of a certain ship as she stood on Schwarz Löwe’s shoulder.

“I can read this wind! So now-”

“I get it already!”

Schwarz Löwe’s sight devices glowed with the light of their wide-range mode.

Hazel leaned against its face structure to fight the inertia and shaking.

Her right eye felt hot. Tears were flowing from it.

She could see the footage from Schwarz Löwe’s sight devices in the back of her mind.

She knew that had to be the Messiah’s power. Just like two years ago.

…''My right eye must be crimson right now.

The footage in her mind aligned with the wind Tons she could see with her own eye.

Two years ago, the Geheimnis Agent named Schweitzer had told her the Messiah implant could sync with and operate Eingeweide devices. And that power was a cornerstone of the Panzerpolis Project.

“Mr. Berger.”

…''Can you see the winds I see with the Heavy Barrel’s eyes?

“Understood, Hazel. I can hear your voice…and see the wind.”

She smiled and faced forward with the Messiah eye synced with Schwarz Löwe.

The Kaiser was there.

Her racing vision accurately rode the wind. It twisted somewhat to charge at the Kaiser from the left.

They were about 100 yards away. Their run grew to a sprint and then joined the wind itself.

Hazel reached her right hand out into the wind. She could see more than she could 2 years ago.

She could see the wind.

This was more than just a movement of the air.

It danced playfully and surrounded them teasingly.

“Yes…”

Tears flowed from her right eye and she sang a song as if to answer the wind.

''In the deep darkness of the Black Forest

''Born from the abyss

''The wheel emerges

:''It whips up the wind and speaks with the dragon

:''It reads the wind and weeps

:''It carries power in its hand and hesitates

She clenched the hand held out into the wind, grabbing it.

“If that is a prophecy the Messiah must fulfill, then let’s fulfill it.”

In the shaking of the Barrel’s speed, she pulled her right hand back and grabbed the card stored in her breast pocket: the Wheel of Destiny.

“I will not hesitate to seek power.”

“Then…then what will you do, Hazel? Hazel Mirildorf!?”

She answered Berger’s question by gathering strength in her gaze.

She saw an explosion of wind out past their wind.

It was the gale.

The explosion could not destroy their wind, but it broke a hole and moved in.

Their relative speeds closed the gap in mere moments.

To her right, the base’s ground belched flames and exploded. The Gard-class warship had detonated. A shockwave blasted out along with a scorching wind.

But the two combatting winds blew it away. White light wrapped around the approaching Kaiser’s sword.

<The Emperor is never vanquished.>

Gelegenheit’s darkness emerged to form an 8-yard blade.

<Destiny always catches up to you.>

On Schwarz Löwe’s shoulder, Hazel shut her eyes with her wind-grasping hand to her chest.

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She left everything in Berger’s care as she leaned heavily against Schwarz Löwe’s facial structure.

<The Messiah travels with Destiny.>

Berger responded.

<Destiny will never abandon the Messiah.>

The two winds crashed together, creating a shockwave and an almost metallic groan as they bent and raced outwards.

The black and white paths intersected, bringing the battle to an end.

“!”

Hazel opened her eyes and saw a red dragon before her.

That was Schwarz Löwe’s left arm. It had thrust that arm out as a shield.

But their wind was still blowing.

“–––––!?”

She looked back to see the Kaiser about 100 yards behind them. A sword devoid of light hung in its right hand and it slowly – ever so slowly – turned around.

It faced them, revealing a destroyed right shoulder. And…

“Berger!!”

It roared and threw away its sword, which was missing half its blade. Before Hazel could realize it had been sliced through, a voice spoke from Schwarz Löwe’s vocal device.

“Our job is complete. Time to fly.”

Before she could respond, Inertia pushed her down onto the great metal shoulder.

The flapping of the two wings beat at the Schwarz Löwe’s severed left arm fallen on the ground behind them.

And they flew.

The scenery spread out below them: the burning base, the broken tower, the white Heavy Barrel looking up, and the red and blue Heavy Barrels.

The Alfheim Meteorite Pit was glowing to the west of the base.

“And the Black Forest covers everything else.”

Schwarz Löwe flapped its wings again and the winds of their great altitude came to greet Hazel.

With a roar, a giant object passed by below: an aerial transport ship.

It looked a lot like the Silber she had seen 2 years ago.

When it noticed Hazel and Schwarz Löwe, it wobbled in greeting and then flew straight toward the base.

“…”

Hazel looked silently up into the night sky. That dark sky was not illuminated by the crimson. The stars were the only light there.

She found the North Star and smiled in the wind.

She realized her right eye was no longer shedding tears.

The Messiah implant had lost its heat and ceased functioning.