This is not the date I wanted.

[Report, Mengyue has entered the computer space to prepare.]

"Well, I see."

After hearing Maria's report, Kotori nodded slightly.

"Kotori!"

"Kotori."

Standing on the bridge of Fraxinus EX, Yatogami Tohka and Tobiichi Origami spoke at the same time.

Not only the two of them, Kotori felt that the eyes of almost all the elves present were filled with fighting spirit.

Kotori certainly understood what they were thinking at the moment. Shidou was about to confront the elves, and Mengyue was also preparing for the next battle. If it were her, she would definitely not be convinced if she was asked to wait in place under such circumstances.

"no solution anymore……"

After hesitating for a moment, Qinli sighed helplessly.

"Everyone, Sister Mengyue and I have a plan. I hope to get your help."

"I...will help!"

"Kuku - that's natural. My compatriots and all my possessions are fighting. As the daughter of a hurricane, there is no reason for me to stand by and watch."

"Nod. If I can help, Xixian will naturally agree."

"That's right! How could I just leave Darling and Honey alone?"

“Um… if Yoshino goes… I’ll go too…”

Without hesitation, everyone nodded.

"thank you all."

After getting everyone's answers, Kotori took a deep breath and explained the content of the plan and the staffing arrangements to everyone.

"Ladies and gentlemen, at the end, I have something to say clearly."

After looking around at everyone, Kotori said seriously,

"Whether it's Shidou, Mengyuejie, or you, my position is that your safety is the top priority. If you encounter danger, please abandon the mission I assigned and choose to retreat without hesitation."

"oh, I understand now."

Nodding to show that they understood, Tohka, Yui, Yakuya, Miku, Yoshino, and Nanashi all stepped onto the transport platform and disappeared into the bridge.

"Origami, keep this."

Before Origami was about to leave, Kotori handed her a silver name tag.

"?"

Origami took the name tag with confusion, stared at it for a moment, and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.

"Is this...an emergency dressing device?"

"That's right. Asgard Electronics' tactical display unit, codenamed AW-111, formally known as Brunhilde. I'm sure you're familiar with this name."

"..."

Origami certainly couldn't be unfamiliar with this name.

Brunhilde is the CR-Unit used by Liang Yi Meng Yue to defeat Origami in the reversed state in the previous world.

"...I understand. I'll take this."

Origami tightened her hand around the name tag and left the battleship with a burning desire to fight.

"Eiya, you stay here and provide rear support."

"I understand. Thank you, sister, for giving me face and not telling me to just sit there and watch the show."

Erya nodded with a wry smile. She was not a spirit good at fighting to begin with, and now that almost all of her spiritual power had been taken away by Westcott, she was not necessarily much stronger than an ordinary person.

She knows her own limitations. Sending her to the battlefield now would not be a hindrance, but a death.

--boom!

With a roar, Fraxinus EX vibrated violently.

Kotori and the other crew members who were sitting in their seats were fine, but Niya who was standing side by side on the bridge suddenly lost her balance and fell to the ground.

“It hurts, it hurts… What’s going on?”

Touching his red forehead, Erya asked dissatisfiedly.

"Bombardment...attack from Goetia."

After explaining Nia's doubts, Kotori clicked her tongue unhappily.

This did not come from the battleship's main gun, but an ordinary magic cannon. This level of attack naturally could not penetrate the defense of any area, and at most it would cause the battleship to vibrate slightly.

It was more like a knock on the door than an attack.

"How dare you look down on us, Alan Mathers..."

Then, as if seeing through Kotori's reaction, a notification sounded from the bridge indicating that a communication had been received.

Kotori knew who the other person was without even having to think.

"Connect."

"As ordered."

As the crew member answered, a young woman appeared on the screen.

She was a Nordic blonde beauty with skin so pale that she looked like a patient. She was wearing a white and gold-lined outfit for a magician, and from the picture, her neck and limbs were so thin that they seemed like they would break if she exerted a little force.

But unlike her fragile appearance, in her blue eyes, Kotori saw absolute confidence in her own strength.

[It’s been a long time since we’ve met face to face like this. Itsuka Kotori.]

"Alan Mathers. You never stop getting in the way."

When facing an enemy, you naturally cannot lose in momentum, Kotori said arrogantly, crossing her legs.

"This time, it won't go as you wish."

【snort--】

Alan snorted in disdain at Kotori's threat.

[Is this battleship the source of your confidence? It looks like a new model, but it's useless. Last time, you were just a coward who couldn't even attack. There's nothing to be afraid of.]

Hearing this, Qin Li couldn't help but frown.

The "last time" he was referring to was a battleship exchange between Kotori and Alan before Shidao and Yumezuki changed history. Logically speaking, Alan in this world would not know about this.

(Is this also a favor from the "Divine Eclipse Volume"?)

Kotori thought secretly in her heart.

"Tsk, this time it won't be like last time."

As if a sore spot had been touched, Kotori looked at Alan unhappily.

Of course, this was just a deliberate illusion, and she didn't need to show her changes to the enemy. The more Allen despised himself, the more he could surprise the enemy in battle.

"Come to think of it, is it okay for your boss to be like that? The leader suddenly broke into the enemy's base like a kid who just got a new toy. Even in comics, there would be no such choice."

[Little devil? What you said may not be untrue.]

When Alan heard Kotori mention this, he not only did not refute, but nodded and sighed speechlessly.

[Well... this is not the first time that Ike has acted on impulse. After I take care of you, I will naturally teach him a lesson. I have already done my best to show courtesy to the enemy. Now please struggle as much as you can and then turn into dust in the universe, Gokawa Kotori.]

At the same time, the communication was cut off. The screen switched back to the universe, and the three ships that were originally flying in the front row began to move to the left and right, making way for Allen's Goetia.

"He went into battle himself without ordering his subordinates to go first... He is really courageous."

Qin Li couldn't help but sigh.

Of course, Kotori knew that Eren was not the kind-hearted boss who didn't want his subordinates to become cannon fodder and sacrifice, he just didn't want them to get in the way.

"Everyone, get ready! It's time to avenge our past humiliation! Target enemy aircraft - Goetia!"

"learn!!"

A resounding reply came from the lower part of the bridge. Kotori stared at the approaching white-golden airship on the main screen and spoke softly.

"Then let's begin - our date (war)."

02 Battle of Cosmos (I)

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The attention turned to Shidou and Rokuko.

Gollum—

Shidou couldn't help but swallow secretly. Although Rokuko said that she had sealed her emotions, he could already feel her murderous intent towards him just by looking at her.

"Michael (Master of Seal)."

Whispering his angel's real name, Hoshimiya Rokuko inserted the scepter into the void and twisted it slightly to the left.

"--【open】."

As soon as he finished speaking, a "gate" opened behind Rokuko, sucking the rocks and mechanical debris floating around her into the gate.

At the same time, countless "gates" opened up around Shidao, and the debris and metal flying out of the gates turned into swift arrows and shot out from all directions.

If Gokawa Shidao was alone, he would have been beaten into a hornet's nest by now.

Of course, if he was alone.

[Shidou! Leave it to me! ]

Maria's voice was heard through the earphones, and then the manifestation device floating beside Shidao - Fraxinus EX's World Tree Leaf, began to flash a faint blue light.

Then, the volume of the random field that enveloped Shidou shrank slightly, and began to move while dragging Shidou's body.

Just like a fish swimming freely among deep-sea corals, in the dense barrage that seemed to have no blind spots, Maria accurately detected the flight trajectory of each stray bullet and took Shidao through the gaps in the barrage without any danger.

"That's amazing, Juya!"

Shidou couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

[This level of calculation is a piece of cake for me.]

"..."

Seeing that his attack did not cause any harm to Gokawa Shido, Rokuko did not waver at all and twisted the angel in his hand again.

In the gap between the bullet screen, a "door" appeared out of thin air less than two meters in front of Gokawa Shidao, and a huge steel column pierced out of the door like a spear.

Perfect timing, extremely close distance, and a judgment made in just a split second made it impossible for Shidao to dodge.

"——!?"

Shidao's pupils suddenly shrank. Almost as an instinctive reaction, he did not retreat but advanced, thrusting his right hand deep forward, driving the spiritual power in his body.

Expand——Zadkiel (Ice Golem)!

The clear blue cold air was like an extension of Shidao's arm and touched the steel bars first.

In just a moment, the steel bar turned into a long icicle. Not only that, the crystal ice seemed to have life. It continued to expand outward like a blue rose that grew tenaciously on the plateau glacier, freezing the gravel it touched into ice cubes, and then using this as a basis to continue spreading.

Soon, all the barrage fired by Rokuko was swallowed up by the ice, and a giant, intricately spreading ice tree quietly grew in this universe.

Rokuko's pupils shrank slightly, and the angel twisted to the right, hastily closing all the "doors". She discovered that the cold air that Gokawa Shidao had just emitted not only froze the stone and metal fragments, but was also trying to freeze her seal master through the "door".

"You can use other angels? This is getting more suspicious. Are you really a human being?"

"It's a human being. At least that's what I think."

After noticing Rokuko's fearful look, Shidou replied with a wry smile.

The attack just now was not only the spiritual power of Yoshino, but also the spiritual power of nine people in Shidao's body, which were all driving the ice puppet angel at the same time, thereby surpassing the power of the original prototype.

"Don't worry, I won't use that move a second time."

What Shidao wants is to save people, not kill them. This kind of move with large-scale destructive power will only arouse the vigilance of the elves.

Moreover, Kotori and Mengyue had already warned him that unless there were special circumstances, he was not allowed to use the elves and angels to do anything beyond self-protection.