Editing Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance:VolumeEF Chapter7 (section)

===Part 11===

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

As soon as the Festa began, the stage was covered by astounding heat.

Thunderous cheers. Spectacular lights crossed and illuminated overhead. Summoned to various parts of the venue, sound spirits amplified the music played from spirit mechanisms. The dancing princess maidens, putting their all into their performances, were causing the two thousand members of the audience to boil in excitement.

Spirits flashed intensely, emitting the light of divine power. The torrent of light from countless spirits resembled a resplendent river reflecting sunlight.

"Oh, the legendary giant bust spirit came to watch too."

"Huh? R-Really..."

Rinslet was pointing to a translucent sphere hovering lightly.

It looked like many spirits had come from Astral Zero to watch.

Like swimming in a river of torrential light, the two divine dragon spirits were moving their massive bodies leisurely. Every time they stirred with the gigantic tails, the glow of burgeoning divine power would cover the sky.

Bathed in the divine power of the spirits, the idols on stage performed their songs and dances with every increasing fervor.

"Everyone is more amazing than I expected..."

"Indeed, they are all excellent."

The unit formed by Ellis' junior knights&mdash;The Wind Fairies&mdash;had delivered a well-choreographed performance, causing Claire and Rinslet to offer praise.

After every idol performance, the live audience would cheer generously. At the same time, they also decided the winners and losers mercilessly. There was only one standard of success, namely, to what extent the dance they had offered had satisfied the spirits&mdash;

Devices set up in four corners of the venue would measure the light of divine power released in the surroundings, then display on a noticeboard on the stage powered by spirit light.

"The Wind Fairies received a score of 89.2 for their performance!"

A teacher from the Academy served as the host and read out the score displayed on the noticeboard. This was currently the highest score of all groups performed so far. The Wind Fairies jumped up with a "wow!"

"...Good job... They did well..."

Seeing her juniors' lively performance, Ellis could not help but weep tears of joy.

"Hey Ellis, this isn't the time to be emotional. We won't be winning unless we surpass that score."

"...Yes, I-I know."

Ellis wiped her tears away and resumed her usual solemn expression.

"At last, we will be performing for real next&mdash;"

"Yes."

After the Wind Fairies exited the stage, thunderous applause was heard again.

"We're up!"

As Claire spoke, Team Scarlet entered the stage.