On this dark tree-lined path at night, little Annie, who was holding Tibbers the Bear in her hand, was following the red-haired badass magician Steele, who had been an enemy before and was now teaming up again, and another A guy suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Although he was only a LV0 incompetent person, Kamijou Touma claimed to be able to destroy all powers and invalidate magic. The three of them headed towards him together. Walk towards the building of the 'Misawa Juku' entrance training school.
"Really..."
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"We have been waiting for such a long time. We have wasted so much time waiting for such a useless guy. If Index is boiled in a pot and eaten by the bad guys inside, you will not be able to do anything. Don’t ever blame it on me!!”
o(｀^??)oHmph!
Little Annie walked impatiently at the front while vigorously venting her dissatisfaction.
If she had known that such a useless guy was waiting for her, she would have rushed in alone! Anyway, she doesn't really only know the LV5 flame control superpower. She has many ways to achieve her own goals without anyone noticing.
Moreover,
Like the right hand of the guy following behind who claimed to be 'able to destroy all powers and invalidate magic', it was nothing more than some kind of solidified 'dispelling magic' that 'dispelled and absorbed energy'. She was I wouldn't expect anything from that kind of guy!
"you……"
"Hey! Red-haired guy, who is that little girl in front of you? From her tone, it seems like she is something great?!"
Kamijou Touma, who originally wanted to retort to the other party and tell the little girl that he actually didn't really want to come here to join in the fun, became angry and hesitated for a while, but still felt that he shouldn't be exposed like a child. He quietly took a step forward and asked the weirdo who was also lagging behind, the so-called magician - Stiyl Magnus.
He didn't know the little girl in front of him, nor did he know the weird guy next to him. He just heard that the girl in witch clothes who borrowed money from him today, Himegami Qisha, was imprisoned in " Misawa School's here, and then, the strange woman Kanzaki Kaori who came to look for him before said that she needed his help, and even said that after this mission is over, she can slightly increase her 'scholarship' amount? Therefore, he reluctantly gave it a try.
"..."
"My name is Stiyl, Stiyl... Magnus, not some red-haired guy..."
After casting a faint glance at the other party for a while, Steele turned his head coldly and continued walking.
If it weren't for his mission tonight, he might need the help of this guy next to him, if it weren't for that Aleister... Crowley said that the opponent's right hand has magical abilities, and it can still directly eliminate any magic and super powers. If he was a capable 'Fantasy Killer', he wouldn't bring this guy with him who is just like the little girl in front of him just said is a burden!
Moreover, if it weren't for the fact that he still needed to use the other party, just based on the tone of the other party, he would have given the other party a good look. How could he tolerate this guy who despised him, Steele, a genius magician, following him? Looking annoying around you?
And then...
I don’t know why, even though today is the first time that the two parties have met, Steele always feels that he hates and is hostile to the guy in front of him named Kamijou Touma for no reason, just like meeting enemies (love rivals) generally?
"..."
"Well, I'm sorry, Dear Mr. Steele, Mr. Magnus Magician... Excuse me, do you know the little girl in front of you? Who is she and why did she go on that kind of mission with us? "
Kamijou Touma knows that, and now they need to carry out an arduous task to eliminate the evil alchemist lurking in the 'Misawa Juku' cram school, and rescue the poor and helpless girls imprisoned inside ( Himegami Akisa, whom I have just met for a day) plus the task of defeating some evil intentions of the other party! Therefore, it was really unbelievable to him to bring a guy who looked like he was still a primary school student.
"Haven't you seen it yet?"
Steele did not answer in a hurry, but took out a cigarette case in his pocket, took out one of the cigarettes, lit it and took a deep breath, then turned his head again to the person who had been following him. Kamijou Touma, a certain LV0 incompetent person next to him, asked back.
"??"
"But, what can I see?!"
Kamijou was stunned for a moment, then turned his attention to the little girl who was still leading the way in the distance, carrying a stuffed toy bear... The girl was jumping up and down, looking like a worldly person. With the look of a little girl who is not mature, a being like that must be a burden, so he does not feel the need to involve the other party in such a dangerous and serious matter.
"snort!"
"idiot……"
"Have you seen her school uniform? She is the first-year transfer student from the private Tokiwadai Middle School. She is also the eighth and youngest LV5 flame control superpower in this city! Moreover, she It seems that it is the ninth most incredible legend of Academy City that has just emerged, the legendary Flame Demon King Annie who kills without blinking an eye, eats people without adding salt, and also likes to burn people to ashes. ??Hasta?"
All the above information, except for part of it that was investigated and confirmed by Steele himself, the latter part has not yet been verified.
However, since he had fought against that little girl twice and had seen the other party’s true strength, he felt that what the other party told him at that time must still be very true, because the other party did have that ability. kind of ability.
"is her?!"
"It turns out that she is the third LV5 superpower in Tokiwadai..."
Hearing what Steel said, Kamijou Touma finally remembered. It seemed that the third LV5 of Tokiwadai Middle School was indeed a little girl of only eight years old in the legend?
"But……"
"S-Uncle Steele...Aren't there only eight incredible legends in Academy City? Why did it suddenly become nine incredible legends now? Also, that guy who kills without blinking an eye, eats without salt, and also likes to kill people without blinking an eye. Are you sure you are not joking about the flame demon who burns people to ashes?!"
Kamijou Touma said that he had carefully read the magazine "The Mysterious Legend of Academy City", and in it, Kamijou Touma himself was the true form of "the man who can neutralize any ability" !
Therefore, he was very sure that there was no such thing as the ninth incredible legend that the other party just mentioned in "The Mysterious Legend of Academy City". It was probably completely fabricated by the other party himself, without any basis or evidence at all.
"Uncle Steele?!"
Steele, who was called uncle by others, was completely shocked!
"Hmph! Boy, I'm only fourteen years old this year. In total, I'm two years younger than you, but you call me uncle..."
After glancing at the other person with a resentful look, Steele's face darkened, and he was unwilling to continue walking with the annoying guy in front of him, nor did he want to be in a world where Academy City legends or age titles were used. There was too much entanglement in the matter, so he simply snorted, quickened his pace, and chased after the little girl in front of him.
Now he feels that compared to the senseless disgust before, he, Steele, completely hates the other party! After all, it was understandable that the little girl in front said he was an uncle, but the short guy next to him who was sixteen years old but not as tall as her chest had the nerve to call her uncle?
"ah?"
"You're really only fourteen, are you sure?!"
Looking at the guy in front of him with earrings in his ears, a cigarette in his mouth, a mature face, long flowing red hair, he is very strong, and looks to be at least two meters tall, Kamijou Touma is No matter how you look at it, you feel that the other party cannot be only fourteen years old! In short, the age of the other party is really unbelievable... In his opinion, the other party should be at least twenty years old, or even three years old!
After all, fourteen-year-olds in their academy city are only first-year junior high school students, and the way the other person looks, I'm afraid no one would compare him to a first-year student. Students think of going together... In fact, there are not many fourteen-year-olds in the whole world who look like each other.
"..."
However,
Being called "Uncle" by a certain guy severely hit and hurt his self-esteem, but now that he needs to take advantage of the other person and it is not suitable to directly retaliate for the time being, Steele can only pretend not to hear it and hold it in his mouth. He smoked his cigarette and walked forward leisurely.
"Eh?!"
(??-??*)?
"Come on, come and see those guys, what do they do?!"
(⊙o⊙)! ?
At this time, little Annie, who was leading the way, suddenly exclaimed. It was obvious that she had discovered something strange.
"!!"
Steele was startled and hurriedly chased after him.
It turns out that at this time, at the front, at the main entrance of the 'Misawa Juku' building, outside the gate, there were actually seven people wearing full-body closed medieval-style retro shiny silver plate armor, with their hands The guys holding long knight swords and wearing red cloaks behind them were lined up neatly, and they didn't know what they wanted to do standing there.
"ah?!"
"Are those handicraft armors and plastic models displayed for decoration at Misawa Juku?"
Kamijou Touma saw this situation for the first time and subconsciously guessed.
Although he didn't know the purpose of the beautiful craft decorations set up outside the gate of the school by the 'Misawa Juku' entrance training class, at first glance, it was indeed quite strange, if it was during the day. , it must be able to attract many people to watch and take photos, right?
"..."
(lll￢ω￢)
"I said, they were just lining up just now. Now look at it, can your decorative crafts be moved by themselves?!"
??(ー`??ー)╭??Over there!
They were obviously a few big living people wearing armor and jumping around, with obvious signs of breathing and life, but I didn't expect that the guy in the back who took it for granted actually regarded others as that kind of decoration?
Therefore, little Annie turned around rudely, pointed at the armored monsters who were all raising their swords and pointing at the sky, and asked a certain guy who was a little shocked again.
"ah!!"
"Is he really a human being?"
Now, Kamijou Touma could see that those guys were not handicrafts without any further explanation or contempt for him!
"But, but, what are they doing here at this late night? Are they going to do that kind of weird performance art, or play Cosplay?!"
There are no pedestrians on both sides of this street. After all, this is not a main road, but the gate of a remote training school with its own independent road. Therefore, Kamijou Touma is a little confused. He doesn’t know why those weirdos choose to Rehearsing here.
Could it be that because this place is relatively remote, you don’t have to worry about being watched by outsiders during rehearsals?
However, in Kamijou Touma's own opinion, the postures and movements of those people seemed to be quite skilled. No matter how you looked at them, they really looked like medieval knights. They were more than enough to film a movie, so, those people Guys don't have to hide here to rehearse in danger. They can just go to crowded downtowns and streets to perform, and no one will laugh at them.
"neither!"
"That should be the crusade force of the Roman Orthodox Church, coming to crusade Oreos?? Isard's Thirteen Knights!!"
He frowned and glanced at it. Soon, Steele, who was a rune magician belonging to the British Puritan special force "Church of Necessary Evil", could tell at a glance the emblems on the armor, movements, swords and cloaks of the knights. Recognized the details of those people.
"Eh~?!"
'(°ー°〃)
After hearing Steele's words, little Annie seemed to have discovered something strange.
"one two three……"
(；??????)?????????scratching my head...
"But why did I just count them and it seems that there are only seven of them, not thirteen knights?"
(??⊙ω⊙`)
Little Annie felt that the Orthodox Thirteen Knights should have thirteen knights!
But look now, there are clearly only seven outside the gate over there...
So the question is: the remaining six, where are they now? Moreover, if there are only seven of the Thirteen Knights, why are they called the Thirteen Knights? You know, in some backward magic books, 'seven' is considered to be a more magical number. Maybe Would it be better to call it 'The Seven Knights'? !
"Well……"
"I saw the action they launched today. I think they also failed shamefully..."
"And now there are only seven here..., hum, if my guess is correct, the other people must have died in the battle after the invasion failed, right?!"
As if mumbling to himself, after explaining this, Steele couldn't help but laugh bitterly at himself. He felt that the Roman Orthodox Church had definitely suffered heavy losses this time!
And from this incident, it is not difficult to see that that guy Oreos Isard really caused a big battle, so the inside of 'Misawa School' must be very dangerous! After all, even the Thirteen Knights of the Roman Orthodox Church have come here, and it seems that they have suffered heavy losses... So, if the three of them rush in later, they must also have to face that kind of bad situation, right?
But it doesn't matter, later, if the situation goes bad, he will definitely be the first to leave the little girl and the LV0 incompetent student next to him Kamijou Touma, although he is not sure whether the two of them can help. However, as long as the two of them can buy Stiyl enough time, the rest is not too important, even if they are pushed out to death by then, it doesn't matter to him!
"Oh! That's what it looks like..."
(˙-˙=???????)
Blinking, little Annie said that if they were killed and the number was insufficient, then she would be able to accept the title of the other party's 'Thirteen' Knights.
"!!"
"Death in battle?!"
"Wait a minute! Mr. Magician S. Steele, you mean... that all six of them, their Thirteen Knights, are dead!?"
Kamijou Touma was stunned, then stood still and timidly confirmed with the guy in front of him.
Kamijou Touma has no other abilities except his 'right hand' that can neutralize any ability. He is just an ordinary high school student. Therefore, if what happened today is really risky , and if it might cost him his life, he felt that it might still be too late for him to regret it now?
"I don't know, maybe, we'll find out once we go in and take a look..."
Steele was noncommittal and did not give a definite answer, because it was just his own guess and he had no way to confirm it.
"..."
(lll￢ω￢)
"Brother Kamijou Touma, being killed in battle certainly means dead. Does that word have other meanings?!"
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That's right, little Annie saw that inside the conjoined building of 'Misawa Juku', there were indeed quite a few corpses of knights wearing identical armors! Therefore, the Stihl monster uncle was indeed right when he said that they were killed in battle.
"Is it true?!"
Kamijou Touma once again asked in a trembling tone to a certain magician who, although only fourteen years old, seemed to be more reliable.
"snort!"
Steele didn't answer, just snorted coldly, basically acquiescing.
"that……"
"I...I may have to go back. I am only an incompetent person at LV0, so..."
He never expected that today would be such an extremely dangerous mission, so Kamijou Touma backed down on the spot... After all, he only knew the innocent girl Himegami Akisa who was imprisoned inside. We only met once and didn't have much friendship. There was no need to risk your life for the sake of a scholarship increase.
"snort!"
"What, you don't want to save that student in the miko uniform?!"
Steele turned his head with a slight sneer and glanced at a guy who was retreating secretly, as if he wanted to sneak away in advance.
"!!"
"I, I'm not very familiar with her... Aren't there two of you here? I think one of you is a 'magician' and the other is a LV5 superpower, so you can definitely rescue her!!"
After thinking about it seriously, Kamijou Touma realized that the matter was beyond his imagination. He felt that the girl locked inside was not at a level that he had to save? Therefore, he felt that his retreat was human nature and there was nothing to be ashamed of.
"whatever……"
"But I must warn you: now we are in each other's magic barrier. Without me, you will definitely not be able to get out now... Also, if you decide to quit, if we can still get out, I will definitely It will clear your memory of today.”
Steele was not in the mood to persuade the other party now, so he did not comment on the other party's behavior of retreating from the battlefield, nor did he force it.
"..."
Still can’t get out?
How could Kamijou Touma believe that statement? You know, he is very familiar with the surrounding area and can walk out with his eyes closed! Therefore, when he saw that the guy didn't want to keep him, he was not polite at all and just stepped back step by step, while paying attention to the movements of the strange knights outside the gate of the 'Misawa School' in the distance.
"Wow!"
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"They seem to be casting some powerful spell?!"
(`??ω????)
Actually, little Annie didn't need to remind them. Both Steele and Kamijou Touma, who was retreating, saw it at this time: in the distance, the knights of the "Thirteen Knights", whose number was no longer thirteen, seemed to Is it really some kind of weird spell being cast and chanted? !
"..."
"That's the Gregorian Choir..."
Steele watched for a while, and finally opened his mouth in shock for the first time, because he had already seen what those guys were doing!
However, before he could explain, the remaining knights of the Thirteen Knights in the distance had already completed their spells?
'Start the attack! '
At this time, the seven knights holding the knight's sword high began to emit strong red and white holy light from the top of their sword blades, which directly illuminated the entire street and the entire 'Misawa Juku' building. Even if you look at it from a distance, you can still feel the incomparable sacred surging feeling.
'Excerpted from the Revelation of John Chapter 8 Verse 7...'
'The first angel...'
'Please reproduce the sound of destruction in front of us with the instrument in your hands! ! '
"Wow~!!"
(??⊙ω⊙`)
As the knights recited the spell in unison, and as the red and white holy light on the sword tips became more and more intense, even from a long distance away, Little Annie and the three of them heard the sound that sounded like it was ringing in their ears. Strange and sacred syllables.
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Boom! ! !
Soon, after a huge roar, as if struck by lightning from the rolling black clouds in the sky, or bombarded by a force that appeared out of nowhere, the company The 'Misawa Juku' building that was together suddenly shattered and began to collapse?
Rumble, rumble...
A huge sound began to be heard, and the sound and vibration of landslides and ground cracks were truly felt by the three of them even from a distance! !
"!!"
"I, I think it's better for us to go back. Isn't there someone else who is going to fight against that evil alchemist now?"
Kamijou Touma was frightened by the terrible apocalyptic scene and the behavior of those knights who destroyed an entire building just because they disagreed!
Now, besides wanting to leave here as soon as possible, he no longer wants to take care of too many things, because that is beyond his ability! Moreover, now that the building is collapsing, everyone inside must be dead. Although it also includes the students inside and the guy he knows, there is nothing he can do about it. He is really just a poor student.
"Hello!"
"You...what?!"
Seeing that the two people were ignoring him, Kamijou Touma was about to say something, but suddenly he was shocked to discover again:
In the distance, the building was attacked by those knights with a force he could not understand, and it was half tilted. Countless windows were broken, and the steel and concrete were all cracked. The collapse of the building was inevitable, and it was about to fall to the ground. In front of him, just when he was about to cause countless casualties, something changed that he couldn't understand happened again?
The building that was slowly collapsing...
At this time, it was like reversing time, and quickly returned to normal, as if what they saw and heard just now were all false? !
"Ha ha!"
(????▽｀)????
"It's really awesome..."
(=^▽^=)
Anne completely understood the offensive and defensive situation of those people there, so she gave a rare moment of admiration! Of course, it's just a little, not too much, because, little Annie thinks it's a little too troublesome to do that. Whether it's the sacred spells of the knights or a guy in the building, their style is really It's too much trouble and a waste of time.
"That is our enemy, that is the true strength of Aureos Isad..."
"Let's go. The Thirteen Knights are definitely doomed to fail. While they can still attract Oreos's attention, we'd better sneak in through the back door."
Steele, who felt that there was nothing to see anymore, after seeing that Aureos Isard's golden art of 'gold refining' had the ability to turn decay into magic, he had already started to pay attention to those people. The Thirteen Knights no longer had any hope.
"Um!"
(??????????) Okay
It doesn't matter if it's the front door or the back door, little Annie doesn't care! Moreover, she was not willing to go directly to meet the seven knights who were wandering outside the main entrance, so she followed the red-haired guy in a hurry.
Now she is already thinking about what kind of method she will use after entering, in order to defeat the bad guy inside who seems to be in the 'realm' using only her LV5 flame control ability?
"!!"
"I won't follow you in!!"
Seeing the two of them walking away, Kamijou Touma gritted his teeth and felt that he was not the one to get involved in that kind of thing, so he turned around and left resolutely, not believing what a magician just said that he was in a magical barrier. , it’s definitely impossible to get out.
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