Yahoo! Here's chapter 7, finally. I have absolutely no idea if the next chapter will be translated by the end of the year (I'm sure not before Christmas), so I wish you all the best now if in doubt! Anyway, thanks to Old man of mountain and CryptoGang for the translation and betarader respectively.

A quick look at the reviews before we continue:

- bloodredmoon22: For pronouns, there's little I can do personally other than ask my betareader to check since I'm pretty handicapped in English. As for Da Vinci, I'm sorry, but I don't think we'll see her in this fic. The poll (which no one voted on for weeks last time I checked) was between having the MC summon one of the two after my initial second thoughts about Scathach. Even if yes, I could think of quite a few nice lines between the two of them. on the battlefield, in the laboratory or in the bedroom :3

- Gwynx: I have yet to find a name that fits her reality murble.

- Guy who likes reading 20017: nope, I write the chapter, I don't translate it

- Victor Ebone: Thanks for the warning, I have no idea how it happened.


With the turbulent events of the day over, I went to rest to be a little more receptive and clear-headed for tonight's battle. Scathach, after confirming that she was no ordinary servant, had at least been kind enough to use a set of runes that speeds up physical and spiritual recovery before going off to find a job she could do, since actual healing was not really her field. She is an independent woman and was also a queen in the past; therefore, it is quite obvious that she does not like to be kept. She agreed to live temporarily in my house because it was more convenient for me to train, at least in the early days, while she adjusts to the modern world.

As I imagined this afternoon, we found ourselves in a forest, on the edge of Shizuoka Prefecture, near where the old terrorist attack almost twelve years ago had cut Japan in half. And I could feel an abnormal amount of residual sacred energy in the distance, high enough to make even Ajuka and Serafall seriously uncomfortable, which was saying something. Whatever happened down there had to do with the supernatural, and it must have been tremendous to leave such a considerable amount of residual sacred power, even after all this time.

"Will you use another armor?" asked Illya, examining her curiously.

Kuro is not particularly interested in science, more fascinated with my main weapon than anything else, while Miyu was evidently struggling to put off questions until after the battle, much to my amusement.

GNY-002 Gundam Sadalsuud, second of the four second-generation Gundams. Directly fighting someone or something is not the only way to victory; therefore, I prepared an armor specialized in reconnaissance and long-range fighting by taking a cue (shamelessly copying) from 00. For this reason, Sadalsuud's design focused on sensory functions, as they are the means of gathering information. It has a variety of sensors (e.g., E-sensors) mounted all over the body, the most important being the round green sensors mounted on the knees, left chest, forehead, and the pair of sensors mounted on the shoulders.

Taking into account the mobility of a humanoid machine, most of Sadalsuud's sensors are located in the front, with only two rear sensors located on the rear pair of thrusters. The paucity of rear sensors is due to the fact that it is difficult to find positions unaffected by GN particles released by the armor during flight (reason why I had to develop new long-range communication devices, which I gave to the three girls for tonight's battle). The rear thrusters have deflection fins to prevent their own exhaust GN particles from affecting the sensors. I'm still working on compensating for the Sadalsuud's blind spots, so I resorted to a temporary external solution by equipping it with five Gund-bits, three are mobile sensor-bits to enable wide-ranging multi-directional information gathering, two others attached to the legs act as additional thrusters to increase mobility, but can still detach and function as sensor-bits. The three remote-controlled multi-sensor units can be released for tasks such as telemetry, allowing me to become a very high-precision sniper in almost any environment. The bits themselves can attack enemies with their small built-in Beam Vulcans, although I highly doubt they will be able to injure a servant unless they have an E in endurance.

Unfortunately, the large amount of sensors that made it go for reconnaissance in any environment, including underwater, led me to have to make more room by reducing the amount of armor from the test frame, making it the most fragile of second-generation armors despite converting its armor to E-Carbon. The only defensive equipment is a test sensor shield (the name makes its purpose rather obvious) attached to his left shoulder. I equipped him with a sensor mask, a pair of plasma swords and the ARC-920.

The Astrea is cloaked nearby on standby, ready to come to me should I switch to close combat.

"Yes. Figuring that we would be in such a place with the recent themed clashes, I prepared for reconnaissance and a long-range clash specifically," I reply without blinking "Since we are in the forest, we will probably have to deal with assassin, but his concealment skill shouldn't be a problem for this little guy."

[I trust his judgment, but prevent his pride from going to his head, Jack-sama] Sapphire admonishes me.

"I don't need you to remind me," I reply, becoming a little more serious, "Are you ready?"

"Yes yes," Kuro cheerfully confirms.

"Mn" Miyu makes an affirmative sound.

"Y-yes," Illya despite being a bit nervous about facing a certified murderer, plucks up courage and confirms.

"So let's go," announcement

"ooh, it's about to start," whispers Serafall excitedly with stars in her eyes, watching Ruby and Sapphire prepare the magic circle for the jump, as if it were a regular anime about magical girls.

Ajuka simply shook his head, embarrassed by the behavior his colleague was holding in front of such a famous and important figure as Scathach, while the immortal woman expressed no thought and continued to stare at the unfolding of events with a critical gaze.

Although Illya would have felt much safer if she had given us a hand in the fighting, I for one had discarded the idea. Realistically speaking, she could have taken care of all seven class cards without even breaking a sweat in a couple of hours at most; however, this was valuable experience for us that we would need later on; therefore, I had literally been against the idea of her intervening, unless it was to save one of the three magical girls if there was nothing to prevent it. Kuro had no particular interest in class cards and was here to help us, while Miyu and the two wands agreed with me (although Ruby simply wanted her mistress to follow the magical girl's path, something Serafall wholeheartedly agreed with).

However, Scathach (and the two maou) agreed with my analysis and had confirmed that he would not move a finger to help us unless we were one step away from death after being defeated, about to be killed.

I stopped getting lost in my thoughts and went back to focusing on the coming battle as soon as I felt the space distort. The transfer ended with the disintegration of the magic circles.

I felt a chill run down my spine, then the Sadalsuud's sensors sensed someone or something approaching. I did not hesitate a second to point in the direction where a black spot was approaching and fired one of the broken phantasm into the magazine.

Hrunting's copy meets in midair a black arrow that was flying at supersonic speed. They collide, but my broken phantasm is much stronger than the incoming projectile; therefore, it manages to pass through. There were three more flashes, meanwhile, followed by more arrows colliding with my projectile, destroying each other. I wasted no time in firing a second shot in the same direction, which proceeded in a straight line toward the shooter.

"Again?!" screamed Illya in horror, covering her ears from the very loud din. Miyu didn't say anything, but I could tell from the small, agitated frown in her normally stoic face that she was quite upset about being constantly targeted by long-range attacks.

[Why is it always the snipers!] cries Sapphire in exasperation, very much mirroring her mistress's annoyance, as the shockwave kicks up a lot of dust, obstructing the already faint vision in the forest.

[This trend does not respect the traditions of magical girls at all!] howls Ruby furiously [Illya-san, let's kill that heretic!]

"I-I know we have to defeat him, but isn't it kind of bad to yell it out like that?" asks Illya in a somewhat loud voice, surely because his ears are still ringing.

"You're not going to ruin the image of cuteness represented by Illya by screaming to go out for blood?" I taunt the pink wand, completely ignoring as the two leaders, my new teacher and the Astrea covered with a camouflage cloak for concealment move away to avoid being caught in the middle of this mess. I waste no time and send the three sensor-bits to do their jobs, and within seconds I am already informed of the situation "There are several enemies approaching towards us, be careful!" I order firing a shot in front of us.

I don't see them, but several areas appeared in the Sadalsuud interface representing the range of the sensor-bits. There are multiple targets that were moving toward us. With that in mind, I aim and fire another shot in front of me. The Hrunting projectile breaks the sound barrier at maximum charge and takes down five of the ten targets.

"Several?! Wasn't she supposed to be just an assassin!?" asks Kuro alarmed.

"Perhaps it has the ability to split or call other pedestrians? I know several servants who can do that," I reply, keeping an eye on the sensors. Even as I say this, it is now certain that the one that fired at first was not one of the Hunderd faces. Its firepower was equivalent to an Archer "They split up. We should do that too."

"N-isn't it dangerous?!" asks Illya a little frightened at the idea of separating from the group and fighting in an area alone.

"They are proceeding in different directions, surely they will try to encircle us," I warn her, "When a servant has the ability to summon companions or split up they are much weaker, even if it is a noble phantasm's ability; so, you will have no problem dealing with them even if they come in four or five if you are careful! Keep them busy while I look for the shooter, with that firepower he is definitely the original servant. I'll provide support from here" I see several triangles come in on radar "Stay no more than fifty meters from me. Miyu, two are coming from two o'clock!"

"Mn!" without questioning my words, Miyu launched herself to the right, creating a barrage of fan-like barrage, indiscriminately destroying everything within a hundred meters of her, knocking down even the targets that had not revealed themselves.

Seeing the companion move, the other two girls do the same, Kuro to the left while Illya forward. Normally, since they are all ranged fighters I would have used the Astrea to act as a tank, leaving Kuro as a sniper since she has the Archer class, while I would have moved the two magical girls with the class cards depending on the situation, but now I could not do so because the flat location we are in and the forest do not allow us to do so. Without a good view Kuro cannot use his bow effectively, unlike me with the railgun and Sadalsuud.

Illya, seeing shadows that were charging, imitates Miyu and fires a high-powered fan burst to knock down enemies and clean up the area a bit, although his is much weaker.

"Illya, above you!"

The girl looks above her, seeing that from one of the large felled trees a shadow was looming over her. Despite my warning the girl freezes, seeing that it was only a couple of meters away from her. Unable to fire the railgun because of her proximity, I quickly project a copy of Gae Bolg and cast it, activating it as a broken phantasm. The red lightning starts, but despite the heart-piercing speed and accuracy of the shot, there was no great explosion, as its power was reduced to a D-grade antipersonnel due to my affinity, perhaps C due to refined abilities courtesy of Emiya. The assassin tried to dodge, but having nowhere to hold onto to move, he died in midair on impact.

"T...thanks," stammered Illya, swallowing, definitely frightened.

I nod to the girl, bringing attention back to the field. I glance at Kuro, who had meanwhile shot down three more assassin soldiers.


"They are doing well," observes Ajuka interested in the unfolding events "Avoiding moving recklessly with a sniper lurking is a good idea, although cutting down all those trees lost their cover, but..."

"Yes, it's not a traditional magical girl fight," agrees Serafall with a rather pronounced frown, seeing the style more reminiscent of a guerrilla war, where the enemy sends waves of expendable soldiers to test the waters before attacking more aggressively.

"No, that's not the problem," Ajuka sighs wearily, hearing for the umpteenth time her old friend confusing priorities "What worries me is..."

Away from the battlefield and with an overhead view, despite his power and abilities, Ajuka still made it difficult to sense the presence of the servant Assassin. A brief explanation anticipated by the hunting party had informed them that the Assassin's class skill is 'Concealment of Presence' which allows them to camouflage and hide, but at the higher ranks he could even appear to be one with the world, in a manner uncomfortably similar to senjutsu masters. He had seen and known only a few Yokai do this in person, and he would rather have nothing more to do with them, even though many of them are dead or retired.

"Assassin has traces of divinity" Scathach's sudden statement causes the other two interlocutors to turn their eyes in disbelief, caught remarkably off guard.

"Traces of deities?!" gasps Serafall in horror "Then we must quickly get them out of there-"

"No" her request was immediately denied by the immortal woman.

"But-"

"Serafall, calm down," Ajuka says, putting a hand on Maou Leviathan's shoulder to prevent him from throwing himself toward the four young mages anyway "Have you figured out the identity of assassin, Scathach-dono?"

"No, but the traces of deities are exactly that, just traces," replied the Dun Scath witch, "I have killed many gods and divine beasts; therefore, I clearly sense the traces that kind of presence leaves. In life, this assassin had some form of deity, or an extremely powerful divine protection of some famous god. The fact that it is so low at the moment is not because of the class skill, but because of its irregular manifestation."

Ajuka mulls over her words for a while as she shifts her attention to the new wave brought down by the girls.

"...Do you think the deity who gave his blessing to this assassin does not now recognize him for his status?" asks the scientist, just to be sure.

"It's hard to say without knowing his identity," says Scathach not denying but not even confirming the thought "It could also be a divine spirit of some kind that manifested badly and damaged his divine core, or a similar case."

"This does not reassure me" not happy with the lack of information.

"You are unexpectedly concerned about that group," the immortal demi-goddess comments casually, "They are not devils, nor do they have ties to your faction. Besides, they decided to take part in this; therefore, it is their responsibility to take care of it, not yours."

"The fact that children who are not part of my faction does not do much to prevent me from worrying when I see them fighting against an assassin linked to an unknown deity while they know nothing about him," the actress comments dryly. "They still remain children in my eyes, regardless of how capable they may be for their age," she concludes very uncomfortably.

"Indeed...it brings back several memories that are anything but good," Ajuka agreed, realizing what her friend was thinking.

"War, I suppose?" ask Scathach rhetorically "From what you told me today, you were only slightly older than them when the civil war started, right?"

"..."

"..."

"Well, in any case, my new and stupid pupil is capable. He won't die so easily, nor will he allow the girls to be killed" Scathach's reassurance does little to assuage the younger woman's concerns "If they are indeed going to be killed I will save them, but not a second sooner. After all, defeat is in itself an important lesson from which they can learn a lot. It is an experience that is better learned in a controlled environment than where they might not make it out alive."


An arrow pierces a hooded man's skull.

"Was this the last one?" asked Kuro, observing the surroundings, although the darkness of the night and the trees did not give a good view of the camp.

"Of this wave," I confirm by reloading the ARC, as the sensor-bits detect more targets "The next wave is still a long way off and has been coming since 11 o'clock-"

Before I could finish speaking I lose my signal with sensor-bits, one after the other, seconds apart. Veda quickly sends me a warning sign and urges me to leave immediately, so I jump from my position above a tree, just in time to prevent a black bullet from tearing me in half along with the trunk.

"What's going onii-chan?!"

"Stay focused!" I order, stopping her before she could run toward me as I landed on my feet "Kuro, duck, assassin has started shooting again!"

Little Archer swaps her bow for swords and cuts one of the tokens in half before teleporting away to avoid being impaled by an arrow, although she seems to be able to move only twenty meters at a time, since she had to do so several times to avoid other arrows and take cover behind some trees until she was evidently out of the assassin's vision.

"Miyu, Illya, hide or you will end up in his crosshairs," I warned them as they finished eliminating the last pedestrians.

"W-where did those arrows come from?" asks Illya hesitantly, hiding from behind a giant tree.

"The sensor bits were down, I couldn't figure out where he shot from," I say, activating the remaining sensor bits on my legs. Once they got to an acceptable height, they started sending the battlefield data back to me.

"Getting him shot will help you find his position sooner, won't it?" asks Miyu through the communicator from his hiding place "I'll come out to act as a decoy. In the meantime-"

"Too risky" I immediately deny "Because of the darkness I can't scan the arrows he uses with magecraft; therefore, we don't know what properties they have. You risk getting poisoned or worse if they graze you."

"Also, we don't know if there will be a next wave or when it will come," adds Kuro "In the worst case, you'll also have to deal with minions in addition to dodging unpredictable attacks, and that's not exactly easy in this environment."

"But if we stay here and do nothing..."

"W-what do we do?" asks Illya nervously, waiting for my instructions.

I pondered in silence for a few moments. The marksmanship skills of this assassin are on par with those of an Archer, far above the average of that class if accuracy, arrow speed, and rate of fire are anything to go by. It is not something that most people in the world, quirk or not, can even approach without numerous years of training and proper equipment. Honestly, with just a bow and arrow I'm pretty sure I can't even come close to that kind of skill. They do get up to Mach 1 speeds, but because of the wrong manifestation it is incredibly easy to predict and avoid the incoming shot if you have a skill like Mind's eye. Probably wearing us down and making us anxious rather than attacking us more directly like other corrupted servants are things he does because he has a skill of some kind that makes him apply strategies. This skill set is not part of any hassan-i-sabbad I know of (or any other assassin I know of to be exact), so it is most likely someone else. If he has more or less studied us so far, then-.

"Eep!"

Illya's startled squeak caught my attention just as nearly a hundred enemies began charging toward her.

"As I thought..." he wants to rush us by charging the team's 'weakest' link.

Because Kuro took most of Illya's magic power when they split up, she now has barely a third of the power she had before; therefore, her firepower is considerably less than Miyu's, not to mention that unlike us she has a hard time keeping calm and is easy to panic. She is more the type who goes by feeling rather than thinking rationally and coolly. What better way to put her in a crisis than to send a large number of enemies against him and force the others to come to his rescue quickly, leaving themselves exposed?

"That-!"

"Illya-!"

A simple tactic, but one that works better than I'd like to admit against someone as inexperienced and impressionable as Illya, since she hasn't gotten used to it yet with all the mess that is the supernatural.

"Don't move!" I order causing the three girls to freeze.

"But Illya-"

"Illya, keep them busy for a few moments. Since the area around you is clear they will necessarily have to attack you head-on, and their throwing weapons are not strong enough to get through your physical protection" I order quickly, ignoring Miyu's protests "Keep as far away as you can. Fly if you need to, I'll intercept the arrows if Assassin targets you."

The silence had become incredibly tense. Assassin's cloaking ability was bloody annoying. Night vision, heat, proximity, optical, motion sensors, and even prana detectors are not enough to find that pesky pest. Or rather, they can't do it fast enough, since that servant can move faster than it can finish processing the data to calculate its location. By the time I figure out where he fired the previous shot from, he's already been gone for at least 30 seconds. So I'm moderately confident that the grade of his concealment is around A or higher. None of the assassins I know use bows and arrows. If he had used a sniper rifle I would have thought Kiritsugu or Koyanskaya, but seriously, who the hell is he?

"J-Jack-San, what do I do!" asks Illya in panic.

I take a breath to calm my nerves and position myself, prone to shooting. The programs and equipment I have used so far are efficient, but they still need some patches and modifications to speed up data analysis. It is obvious that simply processing the information as I do now will not be fast enough to find it; therefore, I will make the most of every trick I have at my disposal.

"Start thinning the group with an area bombardment," I order, as I get into position, ready to fire "I'll take care of the rest."

Limiting myself to stalling to track down Assassin is useless. It is obvious by now. However, I can still flush him out. I simply have to use the senor bits and Sadalsuud's equipment another way. I used the reinforcement to amplify the capabilities of the sensor bits, which are connected via cables to my armor. Their range increases by covering almost the entire area of the mirror world, three of the nearly four kilometers total. These sensor bits normally cover almost half that length.

I don't consider myself a great marksman. If I used a sniper, even without armor I could hit someone as far as a kilometer away, depending on the weather and the area I was in, but I could do it only because I could perform long and complicated calculations that allowed me to figure out how to do it in a matter of seconds, not because I was trained or skilled compared to a member of the special forces or in the army. The lack of skill and talent had been balanced by Archer's experience, but I still could not be compared to this pesky assassin. I had programmed the targeting systems to compensate for my overall shortcomings, so that I could shoot at very long distances in any situation with extreme accuracy.

"Why do we have to stay put?" asks Miyu insistently, with clear concern in her voice.

"Do you want to use Illya as bait?" asks Kuro, in a somewhat accusatory tone, probably understanding what I had in mind and not approving of my plan.

I did not respond and just watched as the magical girl in pink gasped upon hearing it, but with the enemies now close, she could do nothing but follow my orders and fire.

After yesterday's battle we had practically lost a class card. Since Illya's firepower had temporarily dropped, they had decided to give him lancer and rider, while Miyu kept Saber. I didn't tell him to use his class cards because lancer between strike air and rhongomiyad would have messed up the surrounding area too much, making it difficult for me to support her, besides the fact that Illya's current reserves would drain quickly if she used a noble phantasm carelessly, leaving her vulnerable while Ruby put her back together. Even if she used only Include and charged Rhongomyad with Ruby, we would have to move away so as not to be forcibly wiped out, becoming possible targets for Assassin. He would have plenty of choice to take us down in that case.

Rider, on the other hand, was out of the question mainly because Illya is not used to close combat and is easily frightened, despite the favorable terrain for Medusa. She should have fought using Pegasus, but I honestly didn't trust her enough to leave her in the open sky. Anxiety was already eating her up like that, telling her to get shot in the air to make things easier for me was simply not possible.

Saber is not even an option because of Velber's influence. I have no idea what it can do to Miyu, but this is not the time to try the class card in the field and I am not anxious to find out what the white titan's influence could do to the mind of a 13-year-old girl, even with Sapphire helping her, since Gilgamesh had already shown that he could possess the user of his class card, even getting rid of the mystic code in the process to have free access to his victim.

Pink bullets fly toward the direction of assassin tokens, burning and piercing humanoid bodies with little or no resistance. Accuracy is lacking at best. Illya, despite my reassurances, is still very agitated; therefore, in her mind the images she uses for her attacks are considerably blurred due to pressure, which has made the magic bullets unstable. Several daggers fly and she interrupts the attack to create a shield, giving time for the shadow pawns to launch themselves at her.

"Eeep!"

"Illya!"

"Miyu, stop!"

Despite my order, Miyu still leaves her cover and dashes toward her friend. She hurls a torrent of blue mana that wipes out several soldiers, before using her platforms to cover the distance between her and Illya with a few leaps, putting herself between her and the enemies.

I gritted my teeth extremely annoyed and watched the map of this size being scanned by the sensor bits. The area was not entirely flat-there are several elevations-but it was mainly the large trees that made good emplacements for a shooter because of their unnatural height, and there are quite a few of them. Depending on the enemy's position, ability, and target behavior, trees can be both an obstacle and an advantage. In the night, the bright pink of Illya's shots and Miyu's blue are like beacons, especially when there is only scorched earth around her.

So with the data collected from the sensor bits, I did what I knew best. Once I sensed a foreign object moving at great speed toward Illya, I quickly calculated the speed, the angle of the shot, and the trajectory from which the arrow started.

"It means I will have to strike-" I adjust the direction of the ARC and fire without hesitation.

Thanks to the reinforcement that greatly amplifies the functions of the Sadalsuud and the weapon I wield, the railgun's charge was virtually instantaneous. Hrunting breaks the sound barrier, and like a thunderbolt it streaks across the sky, colliding some thirty meters from the two girls with a black arrow, shattering it as if it were made of glass.

""Kyaaah?!""

The albino girl and the brunette are thrown off by the force of the impact of the dui bullets, along with most of the shadow soldiers. Kuro, seeing an opening, projects several swords, as well as a bow and arrow, and begins bombarding the remaining soldiers to prevent them from doing anything.

By examining the newly collected data in real time, the map immediately shows where the shot was fired from, outside the area that the sensor bits can detect, near the boundary of the mirror world.

"-that way!"

Quickly, I aim at the now uncovered assassin and fire a second shot in just two seconds. Hrunting flies, glowing red, hunting his target as a bloodhound would his prey. At speeds slightly above mach 16, the bullet passes through everything that was between him and the target, which barely made it in time to move a muscle. Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on who watches the events unfold, that was all he needed. His arm is practically obliterated and his bow disintegrated into a thousand pieces. The shock wave shatters the tree on which he was lurking, knocking him away, miraculously surviving.

Through zooming in, I was able to see it happen, along with the remains of his weapon and his identity.

Vidura, one of the central characters of the Mahabharata. He is like the prime minister of the Kuru kingdom, as well as the uncle of the Pandavas and Kauravas. Easily one of the strongest characters in that tale, even more so than the five Pandavas, by a fair margin.

Honestly...I feel like an idiot. I was hesitant to move forward because I couldn't find Assassin, and he was just outside my detection area? Really? The most absurd thing is that he doesn't even have occult of presence! Or rather, his is classified EX, but he doesn't own it, his shadow soldiers have it! If with the sensor bits from before I had moved a hundred meters ahead this fight would have been over long ago!

However, that servant actually has a skill that allows him to command and strategize called 'Revered Tactician,' with a decidedly low rank for someone known for his strategies, among other things, certainly due to his current status.

However, with that skill and 'universal bird eye' he was able to summon his network of spies and use them as cannon fodder, even though that was not their role, and he did it in an absolutely schiatto way. The reason he targeted the scanner-bits at one point was because he realized that they were probably like his skill, which allows him to link his senses to his spies.

Then there is the problem with his divinity. It seems...strange? Vidura seems to be a divided spirit related to Yama, the Hindu god of death, but...his divinity is almost completely absent. It is as if his divine core is broken, or turned off? Anyway, it does not work and without it he cannot use his noble phantasm. Govardhan, one of the five divine bows in Hindu mythology had been downgraded from grade A to D, because without its divinity it cannot infuse arrows with the instant death effect or activate it; therefore, it is only an extremely durable bow. Yamastra and Lakshagriha are blocked for the same reason. The former is an anti-army noble phatasm that summons the flames of Yama, while the latter is supposed to summon a palace that has a pseudo reality marble inside it with its authority.

"Honestly...it's pretty anti-climatic," I mutter to myself, firing the last shot.

Powerless in midair, no matter how capable, skilled, or intelligent he might have been, Vidura could do absolutely nothing when Hrunting passed through his chest. The speed, impact, and considerable heat generated by the friction with the air melted the servant's blackened skin and flesh, digging in and tearing his almost completely charred muscles, breaking his burned bones, and separating his limbs and head from the dismembered torso of the corrupted manifestation.

A rather horrible death if it had been a living being.

The effect was immediate. With the servant's death, even the surviving shadow soldiers from Kuro's attack instantly dematerialized, before Miyu and Illya could even regroup. The three girls look at each other confused for a moment, before shifting their gaze to me as I put my weapon back in place. The mirror wolrd has begun to crack and swing.

"Is it over?" asks Kuro almost stunned, watching as the space began to disintegrate.

Illya, who was getting up, let himself fall on his butt, letting out a big sigh of relief.

I approach to make sure all three are okay, even though I know they are. Just to superstition and remove any doubt. Obviously, Miyu didn't take it very well though.

"Why did you use Illya as bait?" she asks harshly as a frown as I approach "I said I would do it, there was no need to endanger her!"

The albino girl tightens her grip on Ruby, beginning to tremble at the memory as emotions flash back into her eyes, very quickly forgetting the happiness she felt as soon as the shadow soldiers disappeared.

[Yes! What the hell were you thinking?! What if Illya-san had been injured?!] agrees the wand indignantly.

Kuro didn't say anything, because he had surely figured out my plan on the fly, but judging by his less-than-happy expression, he surely didn't approve of the idea, even though it led us to victory without anyone receiving dangerous injuries as had happened against Altera.

"So I should have protected you and her while I was plotting the assassin's position" I once again dismiss his earlier suggestion without batting an eyelid "He had noticed that Illya was the most inexperienced among those present; therefore, he targeted her specifically after the first wave because he had anticipated what kind of reaction one of you might have. Even if you had gone out, his target would not have changed; in fact, you only made things more difficult for me by running off like that."

"I-"

"Providing covering fire to one person is easier than splitting my attention to two targets to defend, especially if one of them would have to keep an eye on the area to prevent some shadows from outwitting us" my rational and impassive response almost made her flinch, but instead of calming her down, it only made her more agitated and angry "Losing your temper as you did before is exactly what Assassin wanted, and I don't have to tell you how fatal it would be to fall into the trap of someone who has become notorious for the way he kills, right?"

She grits her teeth at my rebuke. Honestly, I didn't mean to be so harsh, since I know how much Miyu cares for Illya to be her first friend, but she also has to understand that if something had gone differently with her impulsive action, it could have ended badly for her classmate, and perhaps for her as well. For the safety of both of them, I made the decision that I thought best suited the situation. With the speed at which Vidura's arrows were coming, I would not have been able to protect both of them in time if she could have shot multiple arrows at the same time or in rapid succession at that speed with that absurd accuracy. I honestly didn't know if Miyu could have avoided her on her own, but that was not a risk I wanted to take.

That was fine. I chose the plan with the greatest chance of success and the least risk to the girls. While most of the assassin's skills had been lost to his deity, it was still best not to engage in a close encounter with him. Reviewing his history, I saw that his martial skill was off the charts even by his account, not something we could confront even if we wanted to. Unlike the other servants, although he had no personality, however limited by his manifestation, Vidura still had some degree of intellect, which made him extremely dangerous. Moreover, his physical abilities and techniques learned during his life were still ingrained in him, as he demonstrated by displaying his prowess with the bow; therefore, long-range confrontation was the only option to safely neutralize him.

Is it a similar case to Shuten Douji, where he could be summoned exclusively as an Assassin, otherwise he would be too powerful? I don't know, but I'm glad the evening went so honestly.

[Listen to him!] screams Ruby angrily [First you use Illya-san as bait and then you even scold us because we were worried! But what's your problem!]

[Nee-san, you shouldn't-]

[Don't even try to defend him, Sapphire!] interrupted her Ruby, almost making her sister wince at the amount of anger she was exuding [This goes beyond my dislike for the mecha genre, we're talking about Illya-san's life here! If she had been wrong by even one second she would have died!]

"I already told you, it was the best-"

[The best way my ass!] she retorts, growing more and more enraged [If you so easily put people's lives in danger with your crazy ideas you risk your own rather!]

The stupidity of this wand amazes me every time, and not in a good way. I knew it was supposed to be a comic device and lighten the mood, but now it was really starting to wear me down.

"The reason I make plans involving you is because you asked me to, and it was always you who decided to fight, for one reason or another. I didn't ask because I didn't want to press the issue, so I decided not to bring it up unless it became an issue during the class-card hunt, but maybe you have forgotten that these are battles to the death. Kill or be killed. It's not a magical trip to the park," my words, hard as steel seemed to cool the boiling spirits very quickly "You asked me to guide you; therefore, I expect you to trust my judgment and follow my instructions when I tell you to, without questioning them at the least opportune times. If you fail to do even that, then you should not be here in the first place."

My response rather harshly muffled Ruby, Miyu, and Illya's whimpers. Even after my words Kuro still did not approve, I could see it in his eyes, but he continued to raise no objection.

There was an uncomfortable silence, but my hard stare did not leave the girls for a second.

[...I think we should retreat for the night and sleep on it, before more words that no one really thinks are said] suggests Sapphire, after almost a full minute where the combat zone was quieter than a graveyard [Space will completely collapse soon, we need to retrieve the card and leave quickly].

"We've already taken care of that, Sapphire-chan," Serafall reassures her, assassin card in hand, as she approaches with Ajuka and Scathach "Things were getting pretty heated, did we miss something?"

"No" my dry answer that left no room for argument made the woman raise an eyebrow, but I was not interested in arguing unnecessarily on a subject that had no reason to exist in the first place. And let's face it, it is highly unlikely that they didn't hear anything with their enhanced senses "Sapphire, get us out of here"

[Yes] simply answers the wand [Removing the imaginary numerical axis from the binding variable. Stabilization of the reference coordinates. Return to the real world]

A blue magic circle stretches out beneath our feet, with a five-meter radius to make us all fit comfortably into the space, and in a blue flash brings us back to the real world.

I approach Serafall, who meanwhile shivers from that uncomfortable feeling in the air present near the rift, and hand me the paper.

"Well, it was a relatively good fight all things considered" yes...congratulations? Ajuka.

"Less magical than I would have liked, but I suppose there's little I can do about it," the woman disguised as a pouting magical girl complains a little, trying to lighten the uncomfortably tense atmosphere between the girls and me.

"So what did you learn from this battle?" asks Scathach unceremoniously.

"I was too cautious," I reply without blinking, thinking back to recent events "If I had not hesitated to advance a little further, I would have found assassin sooner, so by doing so I would not have had to use Illya as bait and Miyu would not have broken formation."

It had been my miscalculation not to think that he might be out of the range of my sensors, since I had no evidence to verify that assassin could hide from me. The pedestrians had presence concealment lowered to grade A, but I had flushed them out as if nothing had happened.

"Yes. I already told you this afternoon: you get too lost in your analysis," confirmed the immortal woman. "Being wary of an unknown enemy is a good thing, but you must not let doubt control your actions. Although on this occasion you were in a terrain where the enemies had a drastic advantage."

"Efficient analysis and elimination is the way I am used to fighting. I suppose I'll have to speed up the process to keep it from backfiring on me," I murmur, thoughtful.

Honestly, it will be difficult. I will need time to improve the programs, even with Veda learning and developing over time. That AI is like a child in some ways. It is very efficient in supporting me in Astrea, but it has to keep growing to completely dethrone Jarvis from the position of major domo and my personal assistant.

"As long as you learn from it I suppose it's still okay. That's what experience is for, after all," says Ajuka, agreeing with what was said "I'm really very curious to see how you will grow in the future."

"Honestly, I hope he develops a character more befitting a warrior," sighs Scathach, almost heartbroken "I can't believe I really took a student like that..."

"There's a first time for everything, I suppose," I snort, almost contemptuous at the way the immortal woman complains.

"I very much doubt that he will adapt to your standards as some of your more famous Ulster pupils have done," refutes Ajuka "Unlike them, he is a human who has no lineage or divine blessings, is not related to mythological beings or ancient heroes of any kind. He has a much tighter growth limit than some of his other peers do, and overcoming his limitations will become more and more difficult as he gets stronger because of the lack of sacred gear or quirk. I think the whole armor thing is something set up to compensate for your weaknesses?"

It wasn't really a question, considering that from the way he spoke he had definitely done his own investigation.

"Not really. Robotics used to be one of my favorite hobbies, but it eventually moved comfortably in that direction, yes" I confirm with a grimace under my helmet "I'm trying to compensate for the lack of talent and muscle with intellect and proper equipment, although I still try to keep fit and train."

Scathach seems torn between approving or disapproving of my pragmatism.

"Well, it's getting late. We should retire for the night," suggests the immortal woman, "The girls look pretty rehearsed, and you should get some rest, too."

I take a look at the trio a few meters away, and noticed that they were moving away, toward the direction of Musutafu.

"I guess so" I agree.

"Are you sure you will be all right?" asks Serafall, a little more seriously.

"Yes. Disagreements happen to burp sooner or later," I replied with a shrug, immediately realizing what he was referring to. "If they haven't calmed down by tomorrow, I'll deal with Berseker myself."

She still looks at me not too convinced, but she has not raised the subject.

"Good. If that's all, then we'll go too," Ajuka announces, "As much as it was a welcome break, we still have business to attend to."

"Yes, see you next time," I greet them as the two satans disappear in a magic circle "So, what do you think?"

"They won't get too hung up on this. Even if it wasn't practically over, they'll be a threat of it if that's what you're worried about," Scathach replies without batting an eye "They didn't feel much interest in the cards themselves in the end, they were more attracted to the context behind them."

"I thought so," I murmur, not too surprised,

Ajuka is one of the most brilliant minds in this world for a reason. He invented the evil pieces to reincarnate most of the world's beings into devils, modified the system for converting angels and repurposed it for the Azazel Cup, making the system compatible to divine beings as well. He is one of the major sources of knowledge in this world, and the first to figure out what Greath Red was really guarding in the dimensional gate, as well as a bunch of other important stuff.

Even if he were not a Satan, as a scientist the idea of exploring entirely new alternate dimensions is too tempting a possibility to pass up. The resources he could find on the other side, without other nonhuman factions to get in the way of his research could potentially be enormous, not to mention even just the amount of humans the devils could make contracts with to increase their power without risking starting a war with heaven or the grigori at the very least. They have a ton of interest in holding onto such knowledge, with all the problems both internal and external to their faction lurking.

I can really understand it in a way, although I'm not interested in Miyu's dimension, beyond just saving Shirou, you mean.


As Illya and Kuro returned home, Miyu asked if she could stay with them since she did not want to be near Jack at the moment, to which they agreed.

Yet, for most of the trip to the forest, they remained extremely silent. Miyu is still angry with her 'brother,' but at the moment she was busier thinking about how to cheer up Illya, who did not look good at all, and it was clear to anyone with a pair of working eyes that she is deeply troubled by the recently concluded battle.

Kuro had not spoken a word either.

"..."

"..."

"..."

"..."

"..."

"...Illya, are you okay?" asked Miyu finally, no longer able to stand the deafening silence that had formed.

"Huh? Ah, yes..." her friend's rather submissive response did nothing to assuage her concerns, quite the contrary.

[You can rest assured Illya-san, normally the work of a magical girl should not be such a dirty and bloody job] says Ruby, trying to cheer her up, completely ignoring that it is usually much, much more splatter and sadistic than that in most cases.

[You can put it any way you want, but it is true that one usually risks one's life for such tasks] being the more realistic and rational of the two, Sapphire instead felt compelled to tell it like it is.

Feeling it, Illya's grip on Ruby's handle tightens, recalling the feeling of helplessness and anxiety of being constantly watched and held at gunpoint by Assassin, which makes her cringe a little.

[Well, I can't really blame her for being afraid] simply comments Ruby, accepting reality for what it was [Illya-san, will you stop chasing class cards?]

Ruby's sudden question surprised the girls a bit.

"Huh?" Illya made a confused sound, almost not believing his ears.

[It was originally the responsibility of Luvia-sama and Rin-sama, our previous partners; therefore, it shouldn't be a problem] Sapphire replied, trying to be clear.

[Well, to be frank, it wasn't even our responsibility] Ruby adds [If you don't want to continue then we can just get out of it. As much as I hate to admit it, that mechanical monster can very well do it on his own. At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if he somehow found a method to enter the mirror world without us]

The mention of the missing person makes the two magical girls stiffen.

"...I think he might be able to do it even sa solo," Illya admitted, lowering her shoulders dejectedly, before she could even block out those thoughts "It seems there's practically nothing Jack-san can't do...in fact, maybe we're even in his way."

And with that, the mood drops even lower.

Sapphire internally sighs. That was exactly the problem, Jack is too good at what he does, and frankly he is afraid that he may have already deciphered the mechanism they use to enter the mirror world. The human who is too smart for his own good seemed to lack any kind of sense of self-preservation most of the time, and so he is often reckless, although in a different way than Miyu. The fact that he knows he will do anything to keep his master safe does not help, and makes her worry more about his well-being, to the point of asking him if he will not decide to really tackle the remaining class card alone to prevent the three girls from fighting a dangerous enemy like tonight's again. It was too uncomfortably in the realm of possibility for his liking.

"Do you seriously want to get out of it like this?" asks Kuro seriously, speaking for the first time in a while.

"What choice do I have? We are just middle school girls..." admits defeated Illya "It would be better if we go back to our normal life-"

"Do you even hear yourself?!" she shouts at him, grabbing her by the shoulder and forcing her to look at her, surprised and a little sore from the twin's firm grip "And what the hell do you mean 'back to our normal life'?! Do you even realize what you're saying?!"

"W-why are you getting so angry! I just said what I think!" retorted Illya, beginning to get angry in turn "What's wrong with me not wanting to do those scary things anymore!"

At that point, Miyu decided to step into the middle before the discussion became a fight.

"Calm down," says the girl in purple, separating them to prevent them from coming to blows.

Kuro still glowered at Illya with his eyes before huffing and turning away.

"W-Where are you going?" asks the twin, completely lost by her change in behavior.

"I'm leaving," she replied as she walked away, "I don't want to see that stupid face one more second."

Before anyone could say or do anything, Kuro disappeared in a red flash, leaving behind the two confused female peers.

"Can anyone know what the heck has gotten into him!" cries Illya, frustrated and tired of the constant succession of events she does not understand.

There was a few moments of silence as the two wands floated around the two extremely confused young sorceresses.

[I think I have half an idea of the reason she got angry] Ruby says after a few moments. The two girls shift their gaze to the pink wand, looking for answers [You said it Illya-san, that you would like to go back to your 'normal' life, right? Isn't that like admitting that you would like Jack and Kuro to disappear?]

The albino girl's eyes widen, shocked.

"No! That's not what I meant!" She immediately denies, as panic began to rise in his chest.

[Mnn...maybe it's us who may have misinterpreted her thoughts, but Kuro-san may have realized that you want to erase the events of the past few days] Sapphire explains, understanding where her sister was going with this [the reason your life changed is because you met nee-san, me, Miyu-sama, and Jack-sama. We included you in this class card hunt, which inadvertently allowed Kuro to get out of your body, and reconcile with your mother]

[Well, the supernatural is an extremely dangerous and twisted world, I'm sure you realized that after fighting saber and assassin] continues Ruby [If our interpretation was right, she might have thought that you don't want to deal with the people who remind you of that anymore, so that includes her, Miyu-san, and the metal monster]

Miyu looks confused at the two chopsticks, and then at Illya, who seems to be completely down in the dumps now and was on the verge of tears.

"No...io..." the words, however, do not come out.

[...as I had said, it's better if we sleep on it for tonight, and think about how to solve the misunderstandings tomorrow, with a fresh mind] advises Sapphire [We've already had enough problems, there's no need to add more].

Miyu looks at her conflicted partner with too many questions on her mind, but now even she realizes that neither of them is thinking straight; therefore, she decided to swallow all her doubts about the veracity of those words and accompanied Illya to her home once her friend stopped shaking.


The combat data collected today was useful, and Jarvis is analyzing it with Veda's help to check what kind of adjustments or improvements to make to programs and equipment. I personally did not have much to do, so I went to bed 'early,' but I am still not sleeping. Not for lack of trying to be exact.

"So, do you want to tell me what happened between you and Illya this time?" I ask Kuro, who had curled up on my chest, with my one arm surrounding her and holding her close to me.

She was quite agitated when she joined me and Scathach, but she did not want to talk about it, and unlike me, the immortal woman did not bother at all to investigate further, not considering it her problem. Which was more or less true. She has no obligation to anyone, except maybe me since she is officially my new teacher, but rather than ignoring a child in distress I think she wants to see how I deal with this umpteenth setback, since as team leader it is my job to make sure everything works while the girls and I are on the hunt.

Or, at least, that's what I like to think. Scathach is cold most of the time, but he's not exactly heartless. Or am I just overthinking it?

"..." Kuro looks up sullenly at me "Do I have to?"

"Yes," I reply wearily.

"...The problem is that Illya is an idiot."

His annoyed response explains absolutely nothing, but knowing the dynamic between the die, perhaps I have half an idea what he is referring to.

"So what did you misunderstand?" I ask looking into her orange eyes, which stare at me offended.

"Why do you think it's my fault!" she asks stymied by my question, causing me to snort.

"Come on, we both know perfectly well that you're the more aware of it between the two of you, and also how naive Illya is" I snort at her reaction "She probably said something without thinking in discouragement, or not giving it too much thought, you took it personally and you had a fight. Surely she will realize the implications of what she said without meaning to, and tomorrow she will try to apologize or make it up to you somehow."

She stares at me, still very annoyed by my lazy attitude and mostly indifferent to her problem.

"...You make it sound like it's no big deal what she said, even though you weren't there to listen to her," she snorts, looking away, still quite irritated.

"She was probably getting into trouble because of the fear she got tonight, and she was wondering whether or not she should pull herself out of this, right?" to my question came no verbal answer, but Kuro's gasp was more than enough confirmation "She was a normal girl and not consciously touched by the supernatural until not even a week ago, even though she tries to be positive and not let it get her down, there is a limit to what she can take at one time, and I think the events of the last few days have pushed her far beyond that threshold. It's normal for a frightened person not to think clearly and end up doing or saying things they don't really mean. To magnify a problem because of this is not worth it."

"..."

Kuro doesn't answer me, but I can see that he has been pouting.

"Rather, can you bring a change of clothes and books for tomorrow to Miyu? Since you have to go get your things too anyway, you'd be doing me a favor."

"So now I've become a postmistress?" she grumbles with a snort.

"Didn't I hear no?"

She wearily looks up at me.

"Fine, but in return you have to recharge me," bargains Kuro "I've used more than half my mana reserves, and I don't have time to recharge in the morning unless I wake up too early. And after tonight I just don't feel like it."

Effectively, I made her slog a bit today. Should I give him the prize he wants? He's 13 years old though...not that I'm much older physically. This discrepancy is a real bummer, it continues to raise moral and maybe even ethical issues since I could technically be labeled a 'doctor' in some respects since I supervise quirk clinics, among many other things, for All Might. Although Kuro is not a patient I have helped her, so her judgment of me might be influenced by that, but the point remains. Over the past few years I have been forced constantly to put what I would like to do and what I should do on the scale...

It really sucks to be me sometimes.

"How much blood do you need?"

"Eww! Why the hell would I drink your blood!" asks Kuro disgustedly, almost shuddering at the idea.

"To restore your prana," I reply impassively.

"With a kiss, not with your blood!" she specifies, much to her chagrin "For what reason are you so reluctant to do it anyway?"

"Because I am older than you."

"You're only two years older than me, not two centuries!" she snorts, exasperated by my response "I swear, I'm going to start thinking you're gay, or something like that, soon."

"And that would be a problem, why?" I ask amused, knowing that I am perfectly straight.

"Wasn't it clear enough how much I'm trying to get into your pants?" he asks impassively, although his right eyebrow has begun to twitch as he watches how I continue to act oblivious.

You know what? I'm too tired for moral bullshit.

I suddenly flip our positions, dropping Kuro onto the mattress, who lets out a little 'eep,' rather adorable I might add, as she finds herself on her back with me on top of her. Before she could get over her surprise and ask me or do anything, I attack her lips.

"Mnn~"

She lets out a little moan as my tongue slides into her mouth without warning. I feel her shiver as it twists around his, and I begin to explore her. She begins to reciprocate after a few moments, perhaps trying to control the pace, which I don't let him do, however, as I continue to twist my tongue around hers almost aggressively, sucking on it a little and continuing to prod her without giving him a break.

Kuro makes little noises of pleasure and wraps his arms and legs around my neck and hips, trying to press himself to me as much as he can.

It was quite...liberating, letting go of tension and frustration for a while, finding it very pleasant and amusing to hear the smaller girl wiggle a bit in frustration when she can't get the hang of it. I had perhaps more fun than I should have had prodding and teasing her during the kiss, making her squirm a bit the whole time.

Then there is the more technical side of things, which was rather strange to feel firsthand. I felt my magic circuits humming and turning on by themselves, attracting ambient mana and mixing it with my Od to form prana, which was then being dragged away like a magnet would with metal toward Kuro's tongue.

We went on for a while, and Kuro almost completely restored his reserves after almost ten minutes. We actually went rather slowly, although I don't know if it was because my circuits were a little tried from all the abuse I had taken during the last two days, or because the girl was trying to make the moment last as long as possible and so was trying to take as little prana as possible at a time.

I pulled away, breaking the kiss, leaving a trickle of saliva to connect us. Kuro stares at me dazed and panting, his tanned skin noticeably darker and redder on his cheeks, his eyes clouded with desire.

"With this, we can finally go to sleep," I say, lying down next to the younger girl, who looks at me stunned for a few moments.

She stares at the ceiling for a few more moments, then stands up abruptly, almost indignant.

"Wait really?!" Outraged question, as I look at her innocently.

"Sure. I've already refilled your mana reserves, haven't I?" I ask as if there's no problem "They can't give you any more, right now I haven't recovered enough to use my circuits again."

She opens and closes her mouth a few times, looking for an argument she cannot find, before remembering something important.

"That's not what I was talking about! Why did you stop?!" she shouts indignantly in frustration.

"I agreed to recharge you, not to go any further," I reply again with my innocent smirk, "You'll have to wait another year or two for that, I'm sorry."

Kuro stares at me, still in disbelief, not understanding whether I was serious or just teasing her, pretending to be difficult, but unfortunately for her, I am doing both. I decided right then and there not to go with girls who are under 15. That was the minimum I felt comfortable enough under that I didn't feel guilty, I guess, because although I really wanted her, I was hesitating a little bit. Not completely, maybe because it's going to be her birthday in a while, but I decided I had better stop here.

It is also the reason why, although I had an erection so hard that it was almost painful down there, I had not even groped Kuro until now.

In the end, she fell asleep with a pout and almost tears in her eyes, extremely frustrated at how I had denied him what he wanted.

I had to be patient a little longer.


The next evening came more quickly than I would have liked, and I found myself in one of Musutafu's industrial zones. I had not yet heard the class card emit a violent pulse as it reached dangerous levels of power, but since she had only one card left, feeling the flow of mana heading in an abnormal direction helped me understand where I needed to go.

Now, if it had been a mage or someone else drawing power from ley lines in a more subtle way, in all likelihood I would never have noticed, but baa-chan had shown me how to repair and analyze them (even though I was incapable of doing either). The class cards were ravenously ripping mana from the ley lines, and this seventh one in particular is very greedy. Does it have to do with the fact that he is a Berseker this time? Or is the problem with his abilities?

I don't know yet, but I am here alone. I haven't received an update from Sapphire on Illya and Ruby, while Miyu hasn't yet spoken to me today.

I carved into the earth the two-meter-wide magic circle I had always seen the two mystic tails make with surgical precision. I don't have access to the second true sorcery, but I'm sure the two wands don't have the complete formula either; therefore, they need to create magic circles to go to the mirror worlds and can't use it to jump into parallel dimensions. And even in that case, that was a default, something that they did not create but Zeldrech created for this precise task. I highly doubt they have any other practical applications or data of that branch of the second true sorcery, or they don't have access to it anyway.

The point is that the biggest difficulty of using this circle is the large amount of mana it requires, which is definitely not accessible to most mages, but which was not a problem for me given the huge energy capacity of the Astrea. I still don't fully understand all the factors involved in space distortion and jumping, but somehow I can say that the circle before my eyes has a complete formula within it to do the job, which I transcribed perfectly thanks to my eidetic memory.

Am I wrong to trust my instincts? Maybe, but it's the only thing I've got, so for now I'm just going to make it work and cross my fingers that it will be okay.

With a command sent through the connection with the Alaya-Vijnana the particles in the GN condensers are changed to mana and through the palms of the armor channel it into the circle. It began to glow blue very quickly as the world around me distorts to bring me into the mirror world.


End of chapter note: King000 asked me a while ago to take a look at his OC minions and use one, so instead of someone like Shuten-Douji like I originally planned we get this. go check out the Link (King): aminoapps p/oxzfsn for an overview of the pre-nerf characters