Editing Hyouketsu Kyoukai no Eden:Volume 5 Final Chapter (section)

===Part 13===

In the Holy Hall filled with light.

The armored mechanical weapon’s right arm shined black as it approached.

“''Incoming simultaneous fire from the enemy’s large machine gun. Please deflect it as much as possible using your swords.''“

“Eh……wa-wait.”

“''It’ll hit ‘''Mikuva’s Crimson Eye''‘ behind you if you dodge.''“

“You’ve gotta be kidding me!?”

Staring at the gun barrel in the enemy’s right arm, he ascertained the angle that the bullets coming from it would travel at. The revolving ring on the side of the gun slowly began turning──

“''Incoming.''“

“……I know!”

He reverse-gripped his dual swords and lowered his stance.

Then a single sound of gunfire. Sheltis mowed aside the dozens of bullets that came out with that one sound. It wasn’t to ‘cut’ but to ‘brush’. It was a technique that used the back of the sword to alter the bullets’ trajectories. Modifications made within the realm of tenths ── he would be shot if he read it wrong.

The gunfire ceased.

Sheltis clashed his sword against the mouth of the gun which was letting off white smoke.

……Looks like it went well.

He could feel dull pain from various places from his shoulder to his arm to his flank. They were wounds from the deflected bullets that had torn his clothes and the surface of the skin beneath.

“''Even though I said to deflect as many as possible, you deflected all of them.''“

“The creator of the ‘''Crimson Eye''‘ and Ilis are the same, right? Then you’re like sisters. I thought you might not want it to get broken.”

“''…………''“

After a not-so-short period of silence.

“''I didn’t say it with that meaning, just that the ‘''Crimson Eye''‘ would be useful as evidence………………idiot……it’s not something you have to put your body on the line for.''“

“No matter what, it’s great that it went well.”

He switched back to reverse grip on his swords and sprinted once again.

──Now the only problem is how to defeat this.

His swords couldn’t reach the mechanical parts because of the heavy armor and the shinryoku carved seal was rejecting his mateki on top of that. He could defeat it if he took the time but he didn’t know how long that would be.

……The method.

“Guuoo!?”

Before he collected his thoughts, Zeadoll’s large body was blasted over like a rubber ball. He hit the ground while still holding his mace and a large fissure spread out from there.

“Zeadoll!?”

“You, Sheltis!”

The guardian sprung to his feet with vigor.

“I was wondering what you were doing since a while ago. You didn’t defeat that mechanical weapon so it’s even getting me involved!”

“That’s a coincidence. You just happened to be at the place I led it to so it wouldn’t break the ‘''Crimson Eye''‘.”

Zeadoll had been at the location he led the mechanical weapon to and it had recognized him as a target too, then hit and sent him flying from behind. If it had been a regular person, their spine and flesh would have been blown to pieces but this man didn’t seem to have taken any damage.

“That’s not it. I was asking how long you were going to spend in a hard fight with that small fry. That amount of armor is like wet paper to me.”

“That’s because your mace has power. Me as well, I have the confidence that I can beat that Yuugenshu. If it’s a battle against a Yuugenshu……”

He said that much ─── and both of them widened their eyes.

……There is one.

The mechanical weapon and Yuugenshu. A way to clean up for certain these two thousand year beasts that Igun-I had summoned.

“Ah─, that’s right……it’s an emergency situation so……right?”

“……Mu. Truly, chasing after Igun-I is a priority for both of us. Normally, I’d never conspire with an intruder but……at any rate, it is necessary to hurry.”

“''Then it’s decided.''“

In response to {{furigana|machine crystal|Ilis}}’ words, they both turned around.

“I leave that mechanical weapon to you.”

“You too, you said it so show me that you can eliminate that Yuugenshu quickly.”

Zeadoll of the Governmental Sector would deal with the heavily armored mechanical weapon.

Sheltis of Tenketsu Palace would deal with the Yuugenshu letting out sinister mateki.

──I trust my back to you.

{{furigana|Tenketsu Palace|Sophia}} and the Governmental Sector had a long-standing history of opposition and this was their first cooperative battle.

“We’ll beat them in thirty seconds and chase after him.”

“Twenty seconds is more than enough.”

The two ran.

At the same time and in both directions around ‘''Mikuva’s Crimson Eye''‘.

 

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Oe/ Dia = U hiz gazzinis sis wei sighn. Quo zess wiz xes kyele.

 

……Pwoof.

The mateki seething out from the Yuugenshu’s entire body created a cloud that reached up to the ceiling.

Rain poured from the mysterious cloud. The mateki condensed into water droplet form fell to the ground and created countless ripples.

Mateki mines. If they were touched, they would spread curses and shockwaves. But──

“Let’s go.”

“''Right.''“

Sheltis stepped into the middle of those ripples without hesitation.

He threw off the formal wear he’d been wearing.

……Pwoof.

The swaying surface of mateki. The thin film of mateki created a slight splash when he stepped on it……but that was all. The ripples were undisturbed and neither the explosion nor curses were released.

The mateki mines wouldn’t react to someone with mateki residing within them.
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“''!''“

The Yuugenshu bent its body with a strange roar. It became more cautious of the human that had slipped past its mateki with mateki of its own and jumped far up to avoid his approach.

“───”

Sheltis jumped to follow that shadow.

The crimson crystal was spectator to the beginning and end of that part. Claws and his right swords, fangs and his left sword met……

The high-pitched sound of the Yuugenshu’s crystal core shattering rang out.

At the exact same time.

Directly below, the guardian’s swung mace pierced through the armored mechanical weapon.