Editing Masou Gakuen HxH:Volume 10 Chapter 4 (section)

===Part 3===

「Thanatos, you want to know just what you are, isn’t that right?」

「Are you saying that you have the answer for that?」

「――Yes.」

Nayuta answered calmly.

「Who gave birth to you, why you were born, how you evolved until your current point. You are looking for the answer to those questions aren’t you?」

The eyes of Thanatos that were half closed slightly opened.

「That’s correct. The experiment is for the sake of confirming that.」

Thanatos stared fixedly at Nayuta. That powerful gaze was so intense to the degree that could made others think, that perhaps she was even analyzing Nayuta’s body, her inner structure, and her thought circuit.

Nayuta’s calm attitude didn’t crumble from that, it was unknown whether that was from her composure or her bluffing.

「Each of the machine gods has a different origin. For example Hokuto. She is an aggregation of a perishing world. An existence of a digitalized world and people. Hokuto herself is the one in charge of the consciousness inside that. So to speak, she is a girl that became god by becoming the world itself.」

Nayuta took out a fan from her chest.

「For example Osiris. The queen of the dead of a ruined world. The scientists there used her body as the raw material for a repeated experiment that continuously prolonged her life on and on, and it resulted with an existence that reached a shocking variation. By turning an infinite power of destruction obtained from another world into her source of energy, she was a wife and a mother that arrived to godhood.」

Nayuta relaxedly fanned herself.

「For example Odin. By using battle as a means of evolution and simplified the direction of the evolution, the speed of the natural selection is accelerated and it raised the speed of evolution. By acquiring every kind of ability into her body, she is a warrior that reached godhood.」

Wind shook Nayuta’s hair.

「Everyone has a different origin, but they have a point that is common to a certain degree. Yes, everyone of them were originally human-like organism. But, there is just one machine god among them that is obviously a different existence.」

Thanatos was quietly listening to Nayuta’s talk. However, there was a bad premonition, as though the energy inside her body was whirling with increasing force.

「Thanatos. You were born as god right from the start. And then the evolution was carried out inside yourself. Other people were not related at all with that process. You were born as god, the ultimate person of solitude.」

「You are saying that from the start……I was a god when I was born?」

「That’s right. You having no memory of your origin is because of that.」

「However, I should have reached this point by evolving.」

「Yes. The evolution was carried out by your own hand. The programs you are composed from were improving yourself. The repetition of that was your evolution. But, right now you are losing sight of the direction of your evolution. That’s why you wanted to know just what is needed in the first place. For what sake you should evolve. You wanted to know your origin, what is the meaning and the reason of your existence. That was why you started to search for your past. It’s something like that isn’t it?」

Thanatos’s gaze that was filled with sorrow changed slightly. Her expression didn’t change. However, it looked like an emotion that was different somehow was rising up from underneath it.

「Then what is it that you want to say? Where can I find the answer?」

Nayuta raised her voice and laughed.

「Such thing, it doesn’t exist.」

「――」

「The person who gave birth to you, their world, their sense of value, they don’t exist anymore. They perished. They are extinct. The people who needed you already didn’t exist when you were born.」

Nayuta talked with a voice that sounded grave, and gentle.

「The path where you should evolve to, can only be decided by yourself.」

The giant wings towering behind Thanatos were starting to emit radiance.

「What I want is an answer. Is that all the information that you have? Then」

Thanatos’s eyes shined. Golden light was spreading, as though it was rippling out from the center of her blue eyes. And then her blue eyes carried out a change into golden eyes.

「My, the color of your eyes is literally changing there.」

Cold sweat was coming out from the forehead of Nayuta who was joking.

「Purge.」

The golden eyes were gazing at Nayuta. Thanatos’s arm pointed at Nayuta and that palm was enveloped in golden light. And then the light was increasing in radiance until the limit, and that light was fired towards Nayuta.

That was a light that guided everything to destruction.

It was a radiance of the end that purged existence from all worlds.

Nayuta was staring at that radiance with composure until the end.

And then, Nayuta was enveloped by that light――,

「KAA-SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNN-!!」

「Kizuna!?」

A black wall stood in the way of the light of ruin.

The dreadful flood of light had pressure that washed away everything. And also vibration that shook the world.

The light of destruction that was like the rage of god was blocked by the barrier of Kizuna’s Corruption Armament 『Nayuta』 and by the wing on his back turned into a shield.

「Kizuna! Why are you here!?」

「Nee-chan, said that Kaa-san isn’t there. That perhaps……you were here!」

Even while answering, Kizuna was being overwhelmed by the intense power of Thanatos. His body creaked, his muscles and bones were screaming. If he stopped focusing even for an instant, the magic armor that should have obtained Nayuta’s power felt like it would break into pieces anytime.

「Kuh! GOD DAMN ITTTTTTTTTT!」

『Eros! Can you hear!?』

The extreme impact made the communication window only look like noise.

「Kuh, Kurumizawa-! I’m, busy right now!」

『The electricity here returned! Our parting gift will be something intense coming there so run away! Escape from there!』

「Wha――」

Before he could ask what she was talking about, he felt a mass of terrific energy approaching.

――That stupid idiot!

He carried Nayuta in his arms right away and flew up. He poured all his power output into his thruster.

「UOOOOOOOOOO!」

By running away, it created an opening that he couldn’t avoid. In that instant of opening, Thanatos’s light blew away Eros’s armor.

「UGUOOOOOH!」

The leg units were blown away from his knees.

「Taros!」

Taros’s large rocket was instantly created on his back. The maximum ignition of that rocket brought him to charge to the ceiling without pause.

「Gladius!」

Neros’s Corruption Armament 『Gladius』 was created from his arm.

「YOU’RE IN THE WAYYYYYYYY-!」

Gladius stabbed into the ceiling of the sanctuary. The sword that cut apart all existence cut apart even god’s sanctuary. Gladius’s power blew away the ceiling and Kizuna and Nayuta escaped from Thanatos’s palace.

Below the feet of the climbing up Kizuna, just a few meters under him, an astonishingly large caliber particle cannon rushed through.

――Ataraxia’s main cannon!?

It was the largest artillery in existence with a caliber of twenty meters and a three kilometer cannon barrel, needing all the electricity in Ataraxia to be poured into it. It was a giant particle cannon that blew away even Vatlantis’s fleet.

That pillar of light hit Thanatos’s sanctuary. However, the wall of the sanctuary repelled back even that cannon attack.

――As expected, it cannot be that easy.

Just when Kizuna thought that, the giant particle cannon blew away the mountain itself.

「WHAAATT!?」

A giant hole was gouged on the mountain slope, and the particle cannon raised its output further. That absurd destructive power couldn’t destroy the sanctuary, but it blew away the mountain summit where the sanctuary was constructed. The mountain broke and snow became avalanche that rushed down the slope. The sanctuary was then rolling down the mountain slope still in its original shape.

Seeing that situation made Kizuna raise a cheer spontaneously.

「You did it you guys! Hahahaha!」

Nayuta was also staring at the crumbling mountain with an astonished face. And then she looked up at the face of her son who was carrying her as though she noticed something.

「Kizuna……」

At that time, a jet transport was approaching Kizuna’s position. Kurumizawa was waving her hand in the cockpit. A communication window opened and Sylvia’s face was projected there.

『Captain! You are safe desu! Sylvia is glad desu!』

「Sylvia, I’m glad you are safe too. Where are you?」

『Behind the transport desu.』

When he turned there, he could see the figures of Taros and Demon around five hundred meters from the transport.

However, a black shadow was approaching from behind them.

「What, that’s?」

When Kizuna focused his eyes, Nayuta answered in his place.

「That’s Thanatos’s magic weapon, the mechanical angel……if it’s one by one they are not a match against Taros, but that number is too many. Perhaps there is two hundred――」

『Hah! What are you saying!』

That self-important retort didn’t come from Sylvia, but from a different cute voice. A new window was opened and the proud looking face of Ragrus was projected.

『Just that many isn’t Sylvia’s enemy!』

『Wa, wait Ragrus-chan.』

Sylvia stopped her with a panicked face.

『If it’s now you can use it right! That thing!』

『Ah……right desu. It’s usable desu!』

Ragrus grinned broadly.

『You have never shot that seriously before. If it’s now then you can let go and fire without reservation!』

Sylvia frowned.

Taros lowered its speed and changed direction. She hovered still midair and glared at the approaching mechanical angel army.

「……Understood desu. But, it’s dangerous so everyone please go ahead desu.」

Kizuna and Ragrus also lowered their speed and stopped midair.

『Got it. We are watching from here so we’ll leave it to you, Sylvia.』

『Let them have at it! Sylvia.』

「EEEEEEEE? Sy, Sylvia said, to go ahead desu!」

『You think we can leave you behind! If you don’t want us to die then decide the fight right away.』

『Yeah, Sylvia! Blow them altogether with boo―m!』

「Uu……un, understood desu, so at least please take some more distance desuuu!」

Violet colored magic power rushed around Taros’s whole frame and gathered into its right arm.

The seal on Talos’s right arm that was like a safe box was lifted while making a sound.

「Indeed, it’s a bit scary using this on the ground or in Ataraxia desu……but」

And then the door of that seal was opened.

「Sylvia, is serious desu!」

A heavy bass sound was resounding from Taros’s right arm, at the same time black darkness was shot out.

A jet black meteor was floating towards the army of mechanical angels.

The mechanical angels tried to shoot down that black meteor and fired shining beams. But, those lights were all sucked into the black darkness.

And then that black darkness flew to the middle of the mechanical angel crowd.

「{{furigana|Titania|Ultimate Gravity Compression}}!!」

Sylvia raised the yell of her soul.

As though responding to that voice, the black sphere made a low echoing sound and it instantly spread out. The surrounding scenery was distorted at the same time. The black celestial body that suddenly materialized was drawing in everything with a gravitational force of a black hole that warped the light. And then the atmosphere of this world was starting to move with fierce speed. The clouds, the atmosphere, the mechanical angels, were all being sucked into that black celestial body in the blink of an eye.

It was irrelevant how much the mechanical angels raised the output of their thrusters. Titania was mercilessly, and greedily sucking in everything.

「Thi……this thing is!」

Kizuna yelled unconsciously.

Squall was attacking Kizuna and the others even with this much distance. The super gravitational force Titania was producing was mercilessly sucking in everything and compressing them. The figure of nearly two hundred mechanical angels was already gone. Even so Titania was swallowing in the sea of clouds without settling down.

「Yosh! It’s enough already Sylvia――」

Something was visible from the gap of the clouds that was streaming like a muddy stream.

――That’s?

A shining black object peeked out its face from under the thick cloud. It looked like land but it wasn’t soil. It was made from black metal, flickering like a small shining star. It even looked like a terrifyingly gigantic electronic equipment.

「That’s, just what in the world……」

『Oi! Come back quickly! The last transport landed already. We are going to depart now!』

Reiri’s voice that suddenly echoed shook Kizuna’s eardrum.

「Ro, roger! Sylvia!」

『Roger desu!』

Taros confirmed that Titania was sealed once more before Kizuna and the others flew towards the battleship Ataraxia at full speed.

――However, just what was that thing under the cloud? Besides…….

Kizuna turned his head and looked behind.

The mountain where Thanatos’s sanctuary was at couldn’t be seen anymore. Perhaps it had disappeared beyond the horizon, or else perhaps the mountain had crumbled and had sunk below the clouds, he couldn’t immediately make the distinction.

「Thanatos hasn’t perished yet.」

Nayuta spoke as though she was reading inside Kizuna’s heart.

「I see……well, no matter how much destructive power Ataraxia’s main cannon has, it won’t be able to defeat a machine god huh. As expected if it’s not with Reincarnation……」

However, Nayuta hung her head down with an apologetic expression.

And then she whispered with a voice that no one could hear.

「……No matter what kind of method we use, defeating Thanatos is impossible you know.」

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