One-way traffic

In an instant, the boy, who was about to fall to the ground like a shooting star, stopped.

"...What exactly are you up to?"

A moment later, Accelerator used spatial manipulation to remotely teleport it to his front.

And relying on some invisible force, it pulled Izayoi Sakamaki into mid-air.

"Is Leticia that maid? Why do you say that dragon is related to her?"

"That's a long story."

Izayoi Sakamaki.

Affected by Accelerator's power, he was suspended in mid-air, looking at the first person with a very displeased expression.

Even Accelerator himself doesn't understand why he's so hostile towards him.

"Do I need a reason? It's obviously that thing behind you!"

Izayoi immediately roared in dissatisfaction.

"That's outrageous! We're all human, so why is it that only you can grow wings and fly?!"

"You little brat, you came all the way to the sky over something so trivial?"

"Of course not, but that's part of the reason. Mainly, they're so cool! Those are pure black wings! They're practically the epitome of a demon king, so awesome! It makes me so jealous!!"

Let's ignore these absurd reasons for now.

Izayoi Sakamaki cleared her throat slightly and looked at the other person.

“I’ve heard the details from Leticia and Black Rabbit.”

"What, could it be that the dragon is related to that vampire maid?"

"That's about right. It's unrealistic to say too much, so I'll keep it short."

"No, there's no need for that."

Before Izayoi could sort out her thoughts, Accelerator had already taken action.

As if a flash of inspiration had suddenly appeared in his mind, Izayoi Sakamaki seemed to sense a lightning-like flow passing through his brain.

"...That's how it is."

"Huh? Don't tell me you already knew all this!"

By manipulating the vector of the mind, the first one can easily read the corresponding information from Izayoi's memories.

He has already figured out what exactly happened.

All of this has to do with Leticia’s identity—first and foremost, as she has said before.

Leticia was once a member of 'NoName', and not long before that, she was a demon lord.

Even surpassing that Black Death Demon King Pest... a four-digit Demon King.

In the past, she was an enemy of Black Rabbit and their community, but the game was forcibly terminated by some special means, so that although the game was not cracked, it was suspended indefinitely.

And within that game content, this purebred dragon is the most important part of Leticia's game content.

Since this dragon has appeared here, it proves that her identity as the Demon King has been restored.

Leticia has now fully recovered to her peak strength, reaching the level of a four-digit Demon King.

But none of these things mattered to Accelerator; he only cared about one thing.

The game content contains the following information.

If that dragon is killed... Leticia herself, as the organizer, will also die.

The other ways to break the game, besides killing Leticia, killing the dragon, or something like piercing the host's heart, basically all require Leticia to die before the game can end.

"Did you come here without permission?"

"Who do you think I am? This short distance is nothing to me."

Izayoi rubbed her chin with her fingers as if showing off.

In reality, after Izayoi Sakamaki, who had been away for some unknown reason, returned to the community, she discovered that Leticia had suddenly disappeared from the community.

Although Hatsune Miku said she could manipulate space to teleport him to the South District, given Izayoi's personality, he would never accept such a thing.

Who exactly changed Leticia's identity back to that of the Demon Lord? And who controlled the Giants? Although these questions are still unanswered, Accelerator speculates that they are all connected.

It's likely that the matter of the giants is just a pretext; their real purpose is to bring pure-blooded dragons into the Little Garden.

The biggest problem now is how to resolve this game of grace.

"Have you figured out a plan?"

"Not yet, mainly because it's too tiring to keep using my abilities to control you."

"What can I do? I can't fly. Are you blaming me?"

The first person pursed his lips and snapped his fingers decisively.

"I've got something good for you."

"Huh? What's going on... Ughhhhhh!!!"

In that instant, a dark red stream of light enveloped Izayoi Sakamaki.

That was an armed force called Apollo.

Originally a gun, it instantly changed its form, attaching itself to Izayoi's torso as four streams of light.

That is, both hands and both feet.

"What is this amazing stuff?! It's so cool—Aaaaaaah!!!"

Now, Izayoi's hands are covered by dark red gauntlets, and her feet are covered by shin guards of the same color.

Dark red flames slowly erupted from beneath the foot guards, maintaining Izayoi's body and allowing her to float directly in mid-air.

Although he couldn't control it at first, Izayoi's physical abilities allowed him to easily take control of the weaponry after a few seconds.

"I'll lend it to you for now. In the meantime, you'll be responsible for holding off this dragon head-on."

"That's fine, but... where did your birdman guy with all those white wings go?"

"Who knows where he's gone? Listen carefully, no mistakes allowed."

After saying this, the first one transformed into pure white light and disappeared before his eyes.

"That's quite a fierce tone... but oh well."

Izayoi turned around and looked straight ahead.

Boom————

Countless bolts of lightning flashed across the distant sky.

Accompanied by flashes of hurricane and lightning, the strongest species of the Little Garden flew back towards this place.

"Hmph! The strongest in the Little Garden... huh?"

Even from this distance, Izayoi could still feel the immense pressure emanating from the pure-blooded dragon.

But this only made him more excited.

"It's been a long wait, there hasn't been a decent opponent until now... and finally we've found one!"

creak.

With the power brought by Apollo, Izayoi could feel his fist becoming even hotter.

The power that could originally shatter mountains and rivers with a single punch has been amplified many times over.

Now, he can even defeat a giant dragon.

He has that kind of confidence.

"Let's bring it on! A head-on confrontation... That's exactly the kind of straightforward feeling I'm after!!"

"Roar! Ro ...

On one side was a roaring dragon, and on the other side was a blond boy who was also roaring.

With unparalleled momentum, Izayoi manipulated the airflow beneath her feet to propel herself forward, shooting straight out at the third cosmic velocity.

The raised right fist broke through the heat barrier in an instant.

That kind of boxing that could end everything.

They faced off against the dragon's claws and fangs.

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boom----

Even from a great distance, Accelerator could still hear the terrifyingly powerful impact.

"Has that kid Izayoi already started making his move?"

Upon landing, the black wings behind the first person vanished.

This is in the sky, even higher than the area we just passed.

However… there are areas here that resemble cities and castles.

"This must be the castle where Dracula, the Demon King, lives."

Walking down the street, the surroundings were practically deserted.

Despite being an area that resembles a small town, it was covered in a deathly gray color all day long.

Despite the enormous and magnificent castle in front of them, all that could be felt was a deathly silence.

The entire area floating in the sky was a place where one could feel despair and death.

It's as if the word "death" has been thoroughly embodied.

"It really does match the scenery of this lousy name, Vampire Count? It seems there are similar figures in actual history."

So the first one turned his attention to the direction of the castle.

However, what he was looking at was not the castle itself.

"...Over there."

Squinting, the world that only Accelerator could perceive emerged.

Those were lines that crisscrossed back and forth.

The thing that makes up these lines is data.

It is a world of only zeros and ones.

It was as if the whole world had been so specialized that Accelerator could see that within the pure green numbers zero and one, there were deep blue zeros and ones intertwined.

That is a vector flow that only living things can possess.

Although he is a vampire, he is still alive. Based on this alone, Accelerator knows where the so-called Demon King Dracula is.

Now, all he needs to do is find that demon king directly, address his specific problems, and dismantle the entire Grace Game in one fell swoop.

boom! ! !

The moment he took his first step.

Behind him, a black light and shadow far exceeding the speed of sound shot straight toward him.

despite this.

Accelerator didn't turn around, nor did he even make a move.

The black shadow struck his body and then returned along the same path at the same speed.

*Thud!* Something was pierced by the force of its own shot.

When the first person turned their head slightly, they saw a very mature female body slowly dissipating in the air.

It was a fairly familiar figure.

"That brat Leticia's clone? No, I should say her shadow..."

At the same time, the gates of the castle in front of them opened by themselves.