One-way traffic

Ordinary clothing wouldn't be anything special, but the fact that both of them were wearing black and white striped clothes... at first glance, it was hard to imagine them being completely connected.

But these are not the main points.

First and foremost, it was Accelerator himself who revealed everything.

He held his breath, and something in the air instantly caught his attention.

What appears before my eyes is an invisible mass of power.

The numbers zero and one are like a representation of the entire Earth, completely incorporating everything.

Entering a new world and calculating its laws—this has almost become a bodily instinct.

And, more importantly.

Such an abnormal energy level could be said to have completely covered the entire atmosphere.

"...What kind of place is this exactly?"

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This is the situation on the other end.

The same world as the two of them, but in different places.

Two figures slowly descended.

"Matthew, are you alright?"

"Yes, senior... um, it seems we were hugging each other tightly..."

A girl with long red hair, and a girl with pink hair wearing a purple-black battle suit and carrying a large shield.

The two were indeed lying tightly together, and on their bodies was a rather small, blue-white creature.

—Like intersecting destinies, their fates begin to converge at this moment.

In this ancient and distant age of gods.

Chapter 585 The Strongest Monster Descended in the Age of Gods

First of all.

Only one thing can be confirmed.

"Team...battle?"

The system information for Accelerator and Hatsune Miku is clearly stated in the system menu.

In this world today, there are no corresponding tasks that belong to the world itself.

Instead, they directly released information about the team battle.

Our side consists of two people, namely Hatsune Miku and Accelerator, which is a very straightforward and clear statement.

The enemy's numbers... are also two.

The specifics are completely unknown. The only information we know is that this world is currently being prepared for team battles, and that there are two enemies... that's all we have.

The number is much smaller compared to the first time we encountered a team fight.

"I never expected to experience something like this."

"Ah...it's been a hundred or eighty years since the last time."

Accelerator and Hatsune Miku did indeed engage in a team battle once... just once.

In the world after that, I basically didn't encounter any other system users. Although there were often some inexplicable people like Witt and Advisari, they were ultimately not people sent by the Soul System.

But this time it's completely different.

Furthermore, if it's a team battle, there will likely be additional system rewards.

Although, according to Advisari, given their current strength, it would be difficult for the system to grant them any new power, ... we should try things out first.

In any case, since the opponent is someone who can rival my current strength, I can no longer approach the world with the same simple, outing-like mentality as before.

So, first of all.

The first thing to do is simple.

"Alright, so what kind of weird place is it this time?"

The number one in Academy City, the strongest Level 5 esper, was looking around with a helpless expression.

Similarly, the azure twin-tailed girl beside him did the same. Regardless of the circumstances, the two had made it a habit to check the specific situation around them upon arriving in the new world.

However, just as Accelerator had experienced before.

A strange energy flow permeates the air in this area.

…If inhaled directly, it may cause physiological discomfort or other reactions. Hatsune Miku is the only person who has confirmed this.

"How are you feeling? Is your body still holding up?"

"Hmm, it's okay... I'll just use my mental energy to support myself for a bit and I'll be fine."

The girl did initially feel some discomfort in her body. Her physique wasn't particularly strong, but if she relied on her mental power to directly cover her body surface and interior, she could still achieve some effect such as strengthening her physical abilities.

Accelerator did not react. He was born with the ability to reflect, and after initially coming into contact with the particles in the air of this world, he stopped paying attention to them.

Because my own abilities have already begun to secretly analyze and interpret all of this.

It's like developing a muscle memory habit; once he arrives in a new world, he'll do it.

The two looked around, but couldn't find any useful information.

Rather.

"Here, it's all desert..."

"Don't worry about it. No matter how you look at it, this place is just a wasteland that's no different from a graveyard."

The surrounding area was overgrown with weeds, and beyond the rampant weeds stretched an endless desert, like a wasteland.

The place where Accelerator and Hatsune Miku were located was clearly inhabited by human civilization.

The reason it is described as 'lived' is because the place is now completely abandoned.

The only traces of human activity that can be confirmed are probably those dilapidated rock structures.

What looked like a city gate or something similar had been destroyed from the top and middle, leaving only the base. There were also some resemblances to a market or marketplace, but they were too difficult to identify as they were completely covered by weeds and wasteland, reduced to ruins.

Beneath the weeds on the ground, one could make out some of the street, but the fact that weeds were growing on the street was enough to tell that no one had lived here for a long time.

A genuine wasteland.

"Such widespread destruction... And what about the people who live here?"

"Who knows, maybe this kind of thing happened decades ago."

Accelerator walked to the stone wall and touched the dust on it with his finger.

Judging solely from the vector on the dust at the fingertips, it should have been abandoned for at least several years.

"...one side."

This bizarre and incredibly destructive phenomenon is almost as if... something has attacked this place.

Even Hatsune Miku, who has traveled to several worlds, still felt a little uneasy under this inexplicable sense of eeriness.

"I understand. If staying here won't bring any results, then let's move on to another place."

"Hmm... since this world is being treated as a team battle world, it certainly can't be just a simple—"

—It won't just be the ordinary world.

Just before those words were uttered.

Suddenly, something exploded in the distant sky.

"Eh?"

Looking up, what you see is something bursting out like a loud bang.

The thing looked like a fighter jet, but it was too far away to see its actual appearance. All that could be seen was that it seemed to be flying straight out at supersonic speeds.

at the same time.

A series of shaking sounds suddenly came from the distant earth.

"Such a huge fluctuation...!"

"Tsk, you've only just arrived and you're already causing me trouble?"

Accelerator clicked his tongue in displeasure, while glancing at Hatsune Miku to the side.

"Get dressed and go over there to check the situation first."

"We can't act rashly before we confirm the situation; it's also possible that it's the same group from the opposing team in the team fight."

After Hatsune Miku finished dressing and transformed into her Magical Mirai 2017 form, the two flew into the sky.

The sound came from about one kilometer away.

But this is not a very long distance for two people who can fly at speeds above the speed of sound.

In just a few breaths, they were able to clearly see the specific terrain in the distance—

It seemed to be the same ruins as before.

However, at the front of those ruins.

"So many...animals?"

"…No."

Hatsune Miku was amazed after seeing everything on the ground, but Accelerator denied it.

The first one got a clear look at the monsters' appearances.

It has red and yellow fur and a lion-like body.

But the tusks that grow from its front end are just as ferocious as those of a mammoth.

That kind of aura... is completely unmatched by any ferocious beast.

"I've never seen this kind of strange creature in any of the biomes I'm familiar with."

It was less an animal or a beast—and more a pure monster.

Accelerator then looked around and saw monsters like these everywhere.

There were dozens of them, and they attacked from all directions, completely surrounding the area.

They weren't attracted by themselves and Hatsune Miku, and the monsters' eyes couldn't even see that far. So, the most reasonable thing to do is to ignore them and fly out of here.

But at that moment.

Hatsune Miku, however, clearly saw the true purpose behind the gathering of these beasts.

"Ah...! Yifang, look down there—!"

The girl's gasp immediately caught his attention; below—

There were actually two figures.

Not only that, they were trapped at one point where the monsters had gathered, with no way out in either direction.

One person, wielding a shield, can powerfully knock away one monster after another.

The other person could only hide behind her, appearing to be completely powerless to fight.

If this continues, in a few minutes, or even just thirty seconds, these magical beasts will be able to surround them all without mercy.

Under normal circumstances, the most reasonable approach would be to completely disregard this point.

just.

The girl floating beside him was looking at them with an expression of utter remorse.

"...I understand, is that not enough?"

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The exact teleportation location was incorrect.

Originally, the two of them should have been able to teleport directly to the city at the very center of this era.