This is not the date I wanted.

(Six... In other words, at least six elves are needed to handle it?)

Kotori looked around: herself, Yoshino, Yui, Yakuya, Miku, Nanashi...

"Sorry, sister-chan! Please allow me, a useless person, to stay here to provide logistical support!"

Erya, whose soul crystal was taken away, apologized righteously.

"Well...it's not your fault. Don't mind it."

Qin Li waved her hand to indicate that it was okay.

(No wonder Sister Mengyue wanted to fight alone... She must have anticipated this situation a long time ago.)

"That's how it is. I'm sorry to involve you all, but I'm still asking for your help."

"Kuku - no need to be polite. I signed the blood contract before you all. It is only natural for me to lend a helping hand to my allies."

"Correction. If the city is destroyed, Yui and Yakuya's homes will also suffer, so it's only natural that we help."

"Ah, what is the relationship between Kotori-chan and Honey and me? They will naturally help."

"I... also want to help... contribute a little..."

“Well, since Yoshino said so, I have no choice but to help.”

"Thank you."

After looking at everyone with gratitude, Kotori raised her head and looked at Gokawa Shido on the screen.

To be honest, even though she understood the whole story, she still felt unreal when she suddenly accepted the fact that she had a brother. She was also unsure whether he could be competent for the important task of saving the elves.

(It's a terrible thing to have no memory.)

Subconsciously touching the black hairband on her braid, Kotori couldn't help but think in trouble.

(Well, since you risked your life to protect Tohka, Origami, and Sister Mengyue, I will believe you - keep going, my brother.)

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"Shixiang" had to admit that she did underestimate the elf "Liangyi Mengyue".

From the first moment she saw the Sage of Dawn, Tohka knew that the opponent was not an elf specialized in close combat.

As the strongest physical attack power among all the elves, "Yatogami Tohka" has an overwhelming advantage in one-on-one hand-to-hand combat. Even Rokuko, who has "Seal Master", must enter the amplification state of [Release] before he can fight "Tohka" on equal terms.

Although the strange device made up for the opponent's inability to use complete spiritual equipment to a certain extent, when she saw that the opponent had abandoned the advantage of long-range attacks and turned the longbow into double swords for close combat, "Tohka" sentenced the opponent to death without hesitation.

After that seemingly farcical conversation, with a slash from "Tohka", the battle between the two officially began.

Just as Meng Yue showed, after dodging Tohka's sword energy, he did not choose to keep his distance, but took the initiative to step forward and engage in close combat with "Tohka".　

However, Mengyue's performance was completely beyond Tohka's expectations.

Tenacious - this is the impression Meng Yue left on "Shixiang".

Just as "Tohka" guessed, Mengyue's strength in close combat was obviously inferior to his own. After only a few confrontations, he was forced into the dilemma of being on the defensive.

However, after falling into defense, "Shixiang" discovered that Liangyi Mengyue began to show amazing resilience.

Facing the raging attack of "The Tyrannical Prince", Meng Yue seemed to foresee the future. She always used the smallest movement to narrowly avoid "Tohka's" killing moves. The remaining attacks that were impossible to dodge were also resisted by Meng Yue with weapons and CR-Uint's armor.

What also surprised "Tohka" was the two swords in Mengyue's hands that were transformed from angels.

There is no doubt that the confrontation between the short sword and the giant sword is like an egg hitting a stone. Although Mengyue has been careful to avoid head-on confrontation, facing "Tohka" whose ability points are all in physical attack, she was destroyed after just a few rounds.

However, this could not be the reason for "Tohka" to defeat Mengyue. She found that even if she destroyed a dagger, the same dagger would appear in Mengyue's hand the next moment.

No matter what kind of angel it is, once it is destroyed, it cannot be resummoned in a short period of time. However, Mengyue's dagger ignores this rule and is summoned repeatedly by Mengyue without stopping.

In just five minutes, "Shixiang" destroyed a total of fifty-six weapons, but Mengyue's short sword showed no signs of running out of use.

In this way, with several factors combined together, although "Shixiang" felt that she had an absolute upper hand, she was always unable to deal a fatal blow to Mengyue.

(Is this her angelic power? Or is it the effect of the strange device she just used? Or is it both?)

"Tohka" couldn't help but frown in thought.

"—!"

Meng Yue keenly noticed the change in "Tohka's" expression, and seized this moment which was not even a flaw, and exerted force suddenly, tearing a gap in "Tohka's" sword move, and stabbed towards Tohka's face.

Although it was not fatal, it left a slight scratch on Tohka's cheek.

Seeing that this move failed, Meng Yue chose to retreat for the first time, putting some distance between herself and "Shixiang" and adjusting her breathing.

However, "Shixiang" did not choose to pursue Mengyue relentlessly. Instead, she gently stroked the wound on her face with her left hand, as if savoring the feeling of being hurt.

"Very good, good murderous intent. I thought it was just a cunning fox, but it turned out to be a vicious wolf."

Licking the blood from his fingertips, "Shixiang" looked at Mengyue with a slight smile on his lips.

"I didn't have any expectations of you, but I didn't expect that I would enjoy it."

"Thank you for the compliment~"

Meng Yue took a breath and answered in a nonchalant manner.

"That dagger and that armor are not made of the spirit power of the elves, right? I sense another power."

Tohka asked with a hint of curiosity.

"Yeah, that's right."

It wasn’t something worth hiding, so Meng Yue nodded honestly.

AW214——Thor, this is a CR-Unit (Tactical Manifestation Unit) designed specifically for Mengyue by Ratatoskr, using the name of the god of thunder in Norse mythology.

I have to say, perhaps because of the different design concepts, compared to DEM's manifestation devices that focus on enhancing destructive power, Ratatoskr's mecha is more focused on enhancing stability and endurance.

Wolf-tail, who maintains power while reducing magic consumption, and Brynhild, who absorbs the scattered magic on the battlefield for her own use. Thor, on the other hand, replaces the magic-generating calculation device with the "Sage of the Dawn", uses a very small amount of spiritual power to operate the angels, absorbs the unusable "mana" scattered in the air, and converts it into magic for magicians.

As for the double swords in Mengyue's hands, they are not the angel's original bodies, but weapons made by the "Sage of Dawn" using magic power, so as long as the magic power is sufficient, they can be made continuously.

If not for this, in such a fierce battle, even if Tohka had not seriously injured Mengyue, she would have exhausted her spiritual power and been defeated by now as she could only display limited spiritual equipment.

"Very good, as a reward for letting me have such a good time, let me use this trick to send you off."

After making such a declaration, the girl pointed the huge black sword towards the sky.

"Nahema (Tyrannical Prince)..."　

The sky turned dark, the dark clouds twisted into a vortex, and the huge throne fell to the ground like a meteorite.

"Tohka" kicked the ground and jumped into the sky, splitting the fallen throne into two. Soon, the throne turned into scattered fragments, wrapping "Princess Tyranny" in it, forming a giant sword that destroyed the world.

"oops……"

Looking at the ridiculously powerful spiritual power gathered on the Demon King's sword of "Tohka", Meng Yue's mouth twitched slightly. She wanted to laugh but couldn't.

(Did it work?)

Meng Yue sighed helplessly. The reason why she chose this deserted suburb as the battlefield was that she guessed that "Shixiang" would use this trick to a certain extent.　

Under normal circumstances, facing such a powerful move that takes a long time to prepare, Meng Yue would definitely interrupt it without hesitation. Even if she couldn't interrupt it, she would use the ability of "future prediction" to dodge.

But unfortunately, what Liangyi Mengyue wanted to gain in this battle was not victory.

"Ratziel (Sage of the Dawn)."

Following Meng Yue's call, the double swords in his hands were wrapped in lightning and turned back into mechanical bows.

[Received command——Mode change——Mjolnir (Thor's Hammer)! ]

The arms of the mechanical bow merged forward and turned into a clamp-shaped turret. At the same time, the mechas on Meng Yue's body also detached one after another, turning into pieces and splicing with the "Sage of Dawn" to assemble a sturdy and powerful cannon.

Contrary to the usual pattern of converting a large amount of magic power into a small amount of spiritual power, Mjolnir uses the same principle as Fraxinus's elven spiritual power cannon (Gungnir), amplifying the spiritual power of the manifestation device to help the elves release a blow beyond their limits.

The violent lightning continued to surge, and the iron sand buried in the earth rushed into the muzzle frantically.

"Humph!"

Noticing Mengyue's actions, "Tohka" smiled excitedly.

The clash of swords and the head-on collision of strengths. The fire of fighting spirit burned fiercely in her heart. She had never expected that the battle with this elf would make her feel so fulfilled.

The spirit of the key? The danger of the earth stopping its rotation? The feud with Gokawa Shido?

At this time, "Tohka" had completely forgotten all these and devoted herself to the battle.

"Pa verschlev (Sword of the End)!"

"Railgun!"　

PS: I have been busy lately, so updates may be slow.

39 Meng Yue "lost"

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"Pa verschlev (Sword of the End)!"

Violent spiritual power poured out from the dozens of meters long Demon King, like a roaring wave from the sea called night, attempting to destroy everything that stood in its way.

"Railgun!"

Under the control of the angel, countless lightning bolts turned into terrifying energy, like hot magma erupting from a volcano. An orange-yellow beam of light blasted out from the muzzle, splitting the night in two, and met the devil's strongest attack without dodging or evading.

The next second, the two terrifying energies collided with each other, eroding and squeezing each other, just like two fighters wrestling, constantly trying to push each other out of the arena.

Soon though, Tohka's attacks began to gain the upper hand, as the Demon King's slash engulfed the angel's beam and destroyed the vegetation along with the land, leaving behind a long gully.

“I won…!”

Before "Tohka" could finish her words, a short knife, taking advantage of the cover of darkness, silently drew an arc and attacked "Tohka".

Swinging "Tyranny Prince" to knock away the short sword used as a throwing weapon, "Tohka" narrowed her eyes and looked down at the ground.

In that crack, "Shixiang" saw Liangyi Mengyue floating above the crack. Although the mecha and spiritual clothes on his body were in tatters, his limbs were still intact.

(Because part of the power of the Sword of the End was offset, the opponent was not killed... Well, it would not be fun if it were not so.)

Thinking of this, "Tohka" was not disappointed. Instead, like a hunter who had found a once-in-a-lifetime prey, he clenched the sword in his hand and rushed towards Liang Yi Meng Yue impatiently.

"—!"

Seeing "Tohka" coming towards her, Meng Yue's pupils shrank slightly, and she clenched the only remaining dagger in her hand to fight back.

The metallic sound of swords clashing rang out again, but unlike the last time, after launching that big move and using the spiritual shield and random field for defense, Meng Yue's spiritual power was almost exhausted. After only three slashes, the short knife in his hand turned into light dust and dissipated under the attack of "Tyranny Prince".

"What a shame. If you hadn't fought me in such a half-baked state, perhaps this battle would have been more interesting."

After a sigh with a hint of regret, "Tohka" raised the "Tyranny King".

"I recognize you as my opponent. As a sign of respect, I will chop off your head in a way that will not cause you pain."

As if reacting to Tohka's words, Meng Yue raised her head slightly.

Staring at Meng Yue's amber pupils, "Shixiang" was shocked. She keenly felt that this woman had not given up yet.

"d..."

Meng Yue's lips moved slightly as if she was about to say something. Then the next second, she suddenly raised her voice and roared.

"Get out of the way! Tohka!"

"——!?"

Perhaps frightened by Meng Yue's sudden increase in volume, "Shixiang" subconsciously followed her instructions and moved her body to the side.

——Clang!

Just as Tohka finished dodging, the short sword that she had knocked away flew out from behind her and hit the hilt of the Tyrannical Lord accurately, knocking it out of Tohka's hand.

Then, facing "Tohka" who had lost the Demon King, Mengyue raised her right hand, and the jumping blue and white electric light appeared around her again.

"Shixiang" saw that a metal coin was placed on Mengyue's thumb at some point.

Then--

"Railgun!"

Accompanied by a strong wind pressure that was enough to blow away an ordinary person, the coin turned into an orange-yellow heat line and shot into the night sky. After crossing a range of about 50 meters, it melted and disappeared.

"..."

As if she still didn't understand the current situation, Tohka widened her eyes in disbelief and opened her mouth but no sound came out.