Chapter 71 71: DEM’s Visitor (Part 3)

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Mikoto, who had already prepared to take the bombardment with her partial Astral Dress, opened her eyes and saw an unbelievable sight.

Two shrines.

Two sets of torii gates.

Two divine realms.

As if by a miracle, Tsukuyomi had become two.

"Shi…do…"

Mikoto turned her head and saw Shido standing there, with a solemn shrine rising behind him.

Kotori's healing flames had manifested through Shido before, but Mikoto had never imagined that Shido could even manifest an Angel.

"An Angel… and the same one as Miko's… What… exactly are you?"

Ellen was even more shocked than Mikoto.

"I'm human… probably…"

Shido answered.

"I have changed my mind. Itsuka Shido, was it? You will come with me as well."

Ellen raised Rhongomiant, and the airship once again began gathering magic power in response.

"Senpai!"

Shido brought Tohka back to Mikoto's side.

"Damn it… how am I supposed to hold this thing in place…"

Compared to Mikoto's Tsukuyomi, Shido's barrier was like a mirage, faint and unstable. Though it had barely managed to stop the bombardment earlier, the airship was now lowering its altitude again. It was sacrificing distance for stronger firepower, completely ignoring whether ordinary people might see it.

"Stay calm, Shido. Then remember it in your heart. What do you want to protect? What do you want to reject? If you do that, the Angel will surely answer you."

Mikoto held Shido's hands in front of her chest and spoke gently.

Shido closed his eyes, steadied his heart, and adjusted his breathing.

What he wanted to protect was the warmth holding his hands.

His far too kind senpai.

The girl who was always protecting and supporting him.

What he wanted to reject was the woman before him, and the battleship roaring in the sky.

Neither Tohka nor Mikoto would be handed over to those people.

Yes. That was why he needed power.

Power to completely reject those people's ambitions. (TL:I REJECT IT)

"Tch…"

The divine realm that had been like a phantom became solid. Together with Mikoto's own power, six layers of torii gates stood firmly before them, unbreakable.

Looking at that fortress that could not be broken through, Ellen clicked her tongue in anger.

"Arbatel, aim at the same point as me and release fire!"

She spoke to the airship.

Since the enemy had strengthened their defense, then she would gather all their power into one point and pierce that barrier like a steel needle.

As she spoke, Ellen raised Rhongomiant.

However, even faster than that—

"Raphael—El Re'em!"

"Raphael—El Nahash!"

Suddenly, a violent storm swept across the land, throwing the unprepared Ellen into the air.

Boom!

At the same time, a huge pillar of light descended from the clouds. The burning torrent struck Arbatel, causing it to tilt.

"Kaguya, Yuzuru."

Mikoto raised her head and saw the twins stirring up the storm, floating between them and Ellen while wearing their Astral Dresses.

"Kukuku, to dare set your sights on Shido before us, the Children of Typhoon… You have quite the nerve."

"Agreement. Shido is the property of Kaguya and Yuzuru. If you intend to hurt him, we will remove you with all our strength."

The Yamai sisters swung their Angels.

Kaguya raised her huge lance, gathering the storm into a single point before firing it like a drill. Yuzuru held her chain and pendulum, sealing off Ellen's path of escape.

[Sorry, Shido-kun. It was our mistake for failing to notice the enemy airship. But don't worry. From now on, Fraxinus will take responsibility for engaging that battleship.]

It was not only the Spirits. From the earpiece Shido had kept wearing, despite receiving no response until now, Kannazuki's voice came through.

It seemed that once the invisible camouflage had been canceled, Fraxinus had finally caught that airship. The bombardment just now was likely their doing.

"Arbatel? Tch…"

Seeing the huge airship begin to rise and disappear into the clouds, Ellen frowned again after receiving word through her communication device that the enemy airship had appeared.

"Deploy the Bandersnatch. Support me in the conquest."

In an instant, a large number of mechanical dolls poured down from the airship toward the ground.

"Kaguya, Yuzuru. Are you willing to believe me?"

Seeing the Yamai sisters arrive, Shido was overjoyed.

Because that did not only mean new reinforcements. It also meant the two of them believed what Shido had said.

"Well, I would not say we believe you completely, but…"

"Agreement. Though it is difficult to believe, we are willing to give Shido one chance."

The two nodded in the air.

"But before that, we must take care of these disgusting things first!"

"Affirmation. To be honest, Yuzuru does not want to touch them."

After saying that, the two rushed toward Ellen and the Bandersnatch.

"Shido, expand Tsukuyomi's range with me! Tohka, attack those robots from inside the barrier!"

The airship would be left to the airship.

Ellen was best left to the full power Yamai sisters.

Tohka along with Shido and her would help clear out the Bandersnatch.

In an instant, Mikoto made that decision.

"Leave it to me!"

Tohka nodded and swung Sandalphon, cutting down the mechanical dolls in the air.

"Yakumo-senpai!"

"Shido!"

Mikoto and Shido looked at each other, then began expanding the barrier's range.

In the sky, Ellen moved like a streak of light, colliding with the Yamai sisters, then pulling away, circling, and colliding again.

Every clash was a deadly exchange between a light blade, a lance, and chains.

Although Ellen had used a large number of Bandersnatch to suppress them, little by little, the storm raised by the two sisters grew stronger. The Bandersnatch could no longer keep up with the twins's speed and were blown all over the place.

[I need to decide this with the next attack.]

Continuing a drawn-out fight was not good. Ellen made that judgment.

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But at that moment, a brilliant flash of light flew toward her. Ellen swung Caledfwlch and cut it apart.

"Such a weak attack…"

Ellen looked down and saw Tohka holding Sandalphon.

Although Princess was praised as an AAA-class Spirit, in truth, she had not shown power worthy of that rating. (TL:Bruh, all Ellen do is jumped sealed spirit with her gang and then talk some shit)

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However, in the next instant, two shimenawa ropes appeared around Ellen, locking her movements in place.

[When did this happen?]

Ellen silently scolded herself for being careless.

Miko and that boy called Itsuka Shido had used the night to surround her from inside the barrier.

Princess's earlier attack had only been a move to draw her attention.

"Hey, shall we do it, Yuzuru?"

"Affirmation. Let us do it, Kaguya."

Noticing Ellen's situation, Kaguya winked at Yuzuru, and Yuzuru answered with a smile.

The two approached each other. Kaguya's left hand and Yuzuru's right hand joined together.

Their Astral Dresses and Angels shone with light. The wings on their shoulders combined into the shape of a longbow. The chains became the bowstring, and the lance became the arrow.

"Raphael—El Kanaph!"

Then, the two fired the bow and arrow toward Ellen in the sky. The violent wind pressure was so strong that even the Bandersnatch around them were blown away without a trace.

"How could this be…"

The moment she cut through the seal, Ellen had no way to avoid the twins' attack.

Even with her defensive Territory, the violent wind pressure and unstoppable force still caused the huge arrow to smash her away.

"I… I am the strongest Wizard...kyuuuuu"

With that strange sound, Ellen drew a line across the night sky like a shooting star, flying far into the distance.

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