Editing Hagure Yuusha no Aesthetica:Volume 8 Chapter 3 (section)

===Part 6===
 
The destructive power of the ball of light that swallowed both Akatsuki and Kaidou was overwhelming.
 
The forest was shaken from the vibrations in the atmosphere, even caused tremors in the ground.
 
The mass of light mowed down everything in its path. The trees within JPN-Babel's forest were blown off by their roots, the mountain that was there was subsequently gouged deeply into the earth. After the shock dissipated the scene was one of desolation, with nothing remaining in which it rushed through.
 
But......
 
"...... Ku......!"
 
On that ground where that destruction was carved there still remained a slow moving presence.
 
It was a student who was wearing combat attire of a Demon King from another world -- Ousawa Akatsuki.
 
Even though he was thrown far from the place he was fighting, Akatsuki was somehow safe and sound.
 
"What the hell was that just now......"
 
Mumbling to himself at the same time he looked back in the direction which the ball of light appeared -- and saw.
 
The forest and the top of the mountain over there had vanished, and there was a huge semicircular path gouge out of the ground leading to it. Akatsuki knew it was caused by the light that devoured him, and anything and everything in the vicinity.
 
...... That must be what happened.
 
Then Akatsuki suddenly remembered he was in the middle of dueling someone.
 
"-- Kaidou!"
 
He called out in a hurry, while looking around for any signs of him.
 
"...... Here, Ackkee."
 
He got a response right away. It came from a place not too far from himself, where resting against an uprooted tree on the ground was Kaidou.
 
"You okay?"
 
"Uh...... somehow."
 
Akatsuki asked after he walked over half way, Kaidou returned a nod,
 
"But, do you know what that light was?...... Not even my barrier could stop it."
 
"The barrier was the same as your chain, right? A product of your conceptual magic."
 
"Ah, yeah. And it was fairly high-level at that. It wasn't something any normal element or physical-based magic could break. Actually, wasn't even the absolute barrier you activated broken, Ackkee?"
 
Akatsuki was able to use an absolute barrier after he defeated Phil -- that is, when he received Zahhak's power.
 
"So your saying, that light ranks even higher than Zahhak's barrier......"
 
An attack so high it was possible to shred Zahhak, and a member of Crimson Twilight's barrier couldn't had come from that many people.
 
...... It can't be.
 
The figure of one person appeared in Akatsuki's mind, who he decided knock down himself.
 
It was COCOON's Hikami Kyouya.
 
But, immediately after -- Ousawa Akatsuki witness a different reality from his expectations.
 
Not far from Akatsuki and Kaidou a presence swooped down from the sky landing softly.
 
"............"
 
Looking closely, it turned out to be a teenage girl that Akatsuki knew very well.
 
She was wearing the same battle attire which was only seen on one occasion at the ranking tournament.
 
In her hand was the embodiment of her AD, a magic wand with an inlaid red jewel with gold decoration --  Holy Tin (聖錫).
 
However, no expression could be seen, because her head was down.
 
As if she was afraid to look at Akatsuki.
 
"You ......"
 
Akatsuki muttered, as he involuntarily stared at the girl.
 
Her knee-length twin tail was gently flowing under the night breeze.
 
-- Silently, Ousawa Miu stood there facing Akatsuki.