Vol. II — The Truth of the Past (III)

[This isn’t ending…]

As Nanae slew the ten thousandth [aradama], she mulled her thoughts over. She was deployed in the morning yet it was already late afternoon. While the sun has yet to completely disappear, the sky had turned a deep crimson. “How do we win…?”

Emiri laughed, “Oh man, even I’M tired! This really isn’t good, eh?”

“For the last time, Emiri, why are you so flippant?” Kotori sighed loudly.

Emiri simply brought her hand up and tapped her head while sticking out her tongue. “Tee-hee~”

“That… Never mind,” Kotori sighed again as she knew she would never be able to reach Emiri.

Manami wiped her sweat from her brow as she regained her stance after destroying another [aradama]. “We’d run out of energy at this rate. We haven’t even managed to reach the ‘core’—the swarm’s intensity is far too strong there.”

“There seems to be a lull in the activity so…” Emiri narrowed her eyes as she glared at the roots of the largest [aradama] she had ever laid eyes on.