Volume 5 – Chapter 114(Two Sides)

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Author Note:

[ ] = When Twilight is speaking.

{ } = When talking through Telepathy.

' ' = When thinking in your mind.

<<  >> = When talking with your Pokémon or Tamed Beast.

--- --- = When describing a certain period OR Another place.

** ** = Point Of View i.e., POV

/// /// = In Call

" " = System and when talking to it.

「 」 = Thoughts being heard

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Haruna and Kirishima looked attentively at Lumine who had drawn her sword and was walking towards them.

Neither of them lowered their guard as they knew their Klein Field had saturated. While they didn't know whether it was Lumine or someone else doing it, since she was the one who arrived at their deck, they thought it was her.

Haruna: Before we engage in battle, can I ask something?

Kirishima: Haruna?

As Kirishima looked at Haruna in confusion, the Traveler stopped.

Lumine: Depends on the question.

Haruna: .... When do you humans possess means to harm us? If you have used them before, we won't be able to force you out of the sea.

Lumine: Force us out of the sea? Sorry, this is the first time I have heard that.

Haruna: Huh?

Kirishima: Eh?

Both mental models showed a dumbfounded expression upon hearing that.

Lumine: In case you have done so, then "The Seven" would have long destroyed you.

Haruna: The Seven?

Lumine: Archons.

Kirishima: Archons?

Lumine: ....

Now it was Traveler's turn to become dumbfounded.

Collecting herself, she asked.

Lumine: How can you not know "The Seven"? They are the rulers of the Seven Nations of Teyvat.

Haruna: Seven Nations? Teyvat?

Kirishima: I think you have lost your mind. This planet has almost 200 countries and its name is Earth. Not some Teyvat.

Becoming silent, Lumine murmured what she heard and started pondering about something. The two mental models didn't disturb her since they also had doubts.

A minute later, Lumine raised the corner of her mouth as she understood what was happening.

Lumine: I see. This explains many things like how you can use the weapons that are way ahead of this world and don't contain any elemental power. How did you bypass the sea and arrive at Inazuma when it was under the thunderstorm of Raiden Shogun.

Looking at them, she continued.

Lumine: You came from another world.

Haruna & Kirishima: Another world?

Lumine: In your world, you must read of the books about the fantasy world. Like Prince, Princess, Sword, Magic, Elf, Dwarf, and many more, don't you? This is one of those fantasy worlds.

'Kirishima: In our database, there really are such stories. But they are all children's books. No grown human and especially we Fog will believe such nonsense.'

'Haruna: Or, that's what we would have thought if we hadn't seen that screen in the sky.'

Lumine: Regardless, it's true or not…

Grabbing their attention back to her, Lumine pointed her sword towards them.

Lumine: It hardly matters now.

SWOOSH!!

She then moved and appeared in front of Haruna, in an instant. And without hesitation, she thrust forward with the tip of her sword.

DING!!

But in the last moment, a hexagon appeared in front of Haruna and protected her.

Lumine: Hmm?

Raising one of her brows at this, the Traveler put in even force and threw Haruna back at the mast.

FWOOSH!!

BANG!!

Haruna: Ugh!!

Kirishima: Haruna!

Lumine: You should worry about yourself.

Without looking at Haruna, Lumine twisted her body and kicked Kirishima.

BAM!!

Kirishima: Kuh!!

Even though Kirishima brought her arm to block it, she still hurled away.

Lowering her leg, Lumine continued.

Lumine: What was I saying?... Yeah, it hardly matters whether you are from another world or not. After all, you have already killed countless people in Inazuma. Everyone who survived has lost their loved ones, family, relatives, friends, and comrades…. Hence, only the blood of their enemies can calm that hatred and revenge in people's hearts.

'Lume: That must be why Mr. Erste decided not to participate and let Inazumans handle it. Because if he has done so, while people will be happy, a thought will remain in their hearts about how good if they could take revenge by their own hands.'

Putting those thoughts away, she looked at Haruna who had stood up.

Lumine: On top of that, because your actions plummet the population to the near end, you have lost the right to even think about the negotiations.

SWOOSH!!

Reaching Haruna again, Lumine swung her sword.

SLASH!!

DING!!

Haruna used the wall made of Hexagons to block her.

'Lumine: Hmmm…so they can use Wave-Force armor even in human form. Though it's not as strong as the one that covered the ship.'

While thinking, Lumine kept attacking.

SLASH!!

DING!!

SLASH!!

DANG!!

SLASH!!

DONG!!

...

…

SLASH!!

DING!!

CRACK!!

Haruna: !!!!!!!!!!!

The twin-tailed couldn't help but widen her eyes witnessing the crack that appeared on her defense. Seeing that the situation was turning grave, Haruna suddenly gathered her power around Lumine.

Sensing danger, the Traveler stopped attacking and jumped back.

WRR!!

SPARK!!

The moment she did so, on her previous spot a spatial anomaly occurred that corroded the surrounding space with gravitational waves.

Seeing this, Lumine couldn't help but narrow her eyes. She wouldn't deny that she sensed a lethal danger from it.

A second later, the spatial anomaly disappeared.

She looked at Haruna before side-stepping and dodging a fist coming from behind.

Kirishima: Tch!

Looking back at her, Lumine saw that Kirishima's fist was now covered with hexagons that formed a spike.

This can be dangerous to others as the Traveler can tell that the might behind it can even penetrate through steel. Still, it was not enough to defeat her.

Holding her sword tightly, she charged at them again.

SWOOSH!!

SLASH!!

CLANG!!

Kirishima stopped the sword but the force behind it still made her gritted her teeth.

With this, their battle continued.

The Traveler kept striking from different strengths, and angles making it difficult for Kirishima to counter. Haruna also joined the fray and attacked by throwing the walls made of Wave-Force armor.

Regardless, it didn't hinder Traveler in any way. With her swift movement and experience, she easily dodged them and passed through the small gap between them, hence, putting more and more pressure on the two mental models with each passing second.

She even succeeded in landing many blows at them. But instead of seeing blood, at every injury, some particles started to release and disperse in the atmosphere.

Not that surprising. While the Mental Models looked like humans, they were made of nanomaterials. Hence, there was no such thing as blood in them.

Still, the more nanomaterials were lost, the more their bodies became weak. And before long they both got heavily suppressed by Lumine.

CLANG!!

Blocking another spike-covered hand of Kirishima, Lumine twisted her wrist and pushed it behind her back, apprehending her. The same she did with Haruna using her other hand.

Kirishima: Damn you, let go!

Haruna: Failed to find any way to break free.

Both of them were struggling to free themselves from Lumine's hold but it was to no avail.

The Traveler, on the other hand, let out a deep sigh.

Lumine: I was expecting much more from you both but it was truly a disappointment seeing how weak you both are. I guess your main strength only comes from your warship. Without it, you both amount to nothing.

This angered both Mental Models. However, what Lumine said was the truth. All the battles of Fleet of Fog were completed thanks to their high firepower. And it's not that long since they got their body. Even then they had no intention of confronting humans in this form in order to avoid any unseen variable. As a result, while their new bodies gave them higher physical strength and ability to use Wave-force armor, they still didn't have any experience in close combat.

That's why Lumine easily defeated them.

Kirishima: Since that's the case why don't you experience it yourself.

At first, the Traveler didn't understand what she meant, but then she sensed some movements and raised her head only to see the turrets pointed toward her.

Haruna: Fire.

DUM!!

The photon cannon hit Lumine with a speed faster than she could comprehend and threw her at the end of the warship.

FWOOSH!!

BANG!!

Because Lumine got flung away, Kirishima and Haruna got free and stood up before fixing their wrist and arm on the place.

Haruna: As expected, it really caught her off guard.

Chuckling another one replied.

Kirishima: She must have thought that we don't dare you to use our ship's weapon, afraid of damaging our vessel.

Haruna: It was a mistake on her end.

Lumine: Indeed.

Kirishima: ...…

Haruna: ...….

Hearing this voice, both tensed up again.

Next, they witnessed Lumine pushing away the debris and showing her appearance again. However, what caught most of their attention was the minor injury on her and her sword which seemed to have a black spot and a minor crack.

'Kirishima & Haruna: Did she bring her sword in front in the last second to block the majority of the force!'

This both astonished and shocked them. After all the period between Lumine realizing the turrets movement and being attacked was less than a second. Yet, she was able to take a defensive stance at that time.

Both of their expressions turned grave and fear appeared in their eyes for the first time. They had never expected Lumine to have such sharp battle sense.

Lumine: I admit that when I realized you both are so weak, I became overconfident and lowered my guard. And… I paid a price for it.

Sighing she shook her head.

Lumine: Mr. Erste always said that one should never lower their guard in front of the enemies, yet I did…Looks like I still have a lot to learn.

Just when Traveler was about to make her move again, she suddenly turned and looked in another direction.

RUMBLE!!

BURST!!

RUMBLE!!

BURST!!

…..

…

There one of the fleets was being hit by lightning. Whenever lightning hit a part of the vessel, that part would break and be engulfed in flames.

And now most of the ship was destroyed.

Kirishima: That fleet…It's....

Haruna: Takao.

While the two mental models were aghast, Lumine chuckled.

'Lumine: Looks like Miss Makoto is ahead of us.... I can't fall behind now, can I.'

She thought and anemo started gathering around her.

This, of course, attracted the attention of two back at her and they became nervous.

Lumine: Let's end this.

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On the other side.

The entire fleet was engulfed in flames. Turrets were down, smoke funnels were destroyed, the mast had fallen, the deck was no more, and only a minor part of the bridge was left. In simpler words, the entire fleet was in wreckage.

The fire made the temperature in the fleet so hot that it was extremely difficult for a normal human to stay.

Yet, Makoto was anyone but normal. Even high temperatures like this did not affect her.

She was currently looking down on the blue-haired woman who was under the fleet rubble. Half of her body was gone and the other half had also turned transparent. It's certain that in a matter of moments, she will disappear completely.

The Battle between Takao and Makoto can't be called a battle. It was completely one-sided with Makoto emerging victorious without taking a single hit.

Suddenly, she narrowed her eyes and looked at the sea. While the sea seemed calm, her eyes penetrated deep into the sea and saw something.

A submarine.

Instead of making any right away, she contacted Primis.

{Makoto: My Lord.}

{Primis: Hmm. What is it?}

{Makoto: My Lord, I see a red submarine hiding deeply in the sea.}

{Primis: That submarine is also part of "Fleet of Fog".}

{Makoto: I understand that. It's just…}

{Primis: Just…}

{Makoto: I can sense humans in that ship.}

{Primis: We know.}

{Makoto: You know?}

{Primis: Yes. That Submarine is U-2501. It has a human captain.}

{Makoto: So…}

{Primis: Does it matter whether it has humans onboard or not?}

{Makoto: ....It's not. There are enemies, that's all that matters.}

{Primis: Finish it then.}

{Makoto: Yes, My Lord.}

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*A/N: Please throw some power stones.

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