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Chapter 56 - The Traitor's Purge and the Collapse of Nemesis Tower

A heavy silence echoed through the Throne Level, Core Ark.

Tiris quietly approached the collapsed Crow.

His artificial eye was wet with blood.

But he was still breathing.

"...We might be able to save him."

The moment Tiris reached out her hand.

Zuba!!

Ares's black sword swung from the side.

"...Eh...?"

The one who was cut was Bolt.

His lightning rod, wreathed in electricity, fell, and he collapsed just like that.

"Wh... why...?"

Tiris asked in a trembling voice.

Ares casually flicked his sword clean.

"A guy with a habit of betrayal like this, you never know when he'll stab you in the back."

A moment of silence.

But at those words, Gilliam's face twisted.

"You bastard... you did this to Bolt...!!"

Gilliam retreated and got behind Tiris. He pressed a dagger to her throat.

"Hey, Ares! I'll kill this woman!"

"..."

Ares did not back down an inch, but continued walking as he declared.

"He's just an ally connected by money. Go ahead and stab that woman to death."

Gilliam gritted his teeth as if to scream.

"Damn you... I'll do it...!!"

The blade neared Tiris's throat. In that instant.

Bachii!! Bachii!! Bachii!!

What erupted was a clap of thunder. Lightning enveloped Tiris's entire body, and in that moment, a bolt of lightning shot through Gilliam's body.

"Gyaaaaaaahhh!!!"

Gilliam writhed in agony.

His goggles shattered, his flesh burned, and he collapsed to the ground. Ares mercilessly swung his sword down.

Spa.

The light of his life was completely extinguished.

In that split second.

Crow's finger pressed a red switch.

"If I die, I'm taking you with me... collapse, Nemesis Tower..."

A deafening roar echoed through the tower.

The mechanism began to collapse.

Vibrations ran from the tower's core, and the collapse program activated.

"Tch... he did it, did he!"

Ares cut Crow in two from behind.

"So you could still move, you stubborn bastard...!"

And then he roared.

"Tiris! The transfer magic! Cast it, now!!"

Tiris's eyes shone gold. In those eyes, tears glittered.

"...Got it!!"

"Tura Elva Nox... beyond the stars, open the way... answer my will, O Gate of Transfer!"

Space tore open.

A swirling magic circle appeared at Ares's and Tiris's feet.

"Alright. Let's go meet the next reincarnator."

Tiris completed the chant as if screaming.

"Exodus Gate!!"

A pillar of golden light pierced the tower's ceiling.

And then, the two figures were enveloped in a vortex of light and disappeared.

...

The outer perimeter of the magical nation of Nemesis Gear. Ares and Tiris appeared from the exit of the transfer magic. What they saw was the sight of Nemesis Tower collapsing, emitting black smoke.

Zuzun...!!

A chain of explosions, and the steel tower bent and broke. Flames erupted from within the tower. Collapsing debris. The entire city held its breath at the sight.

Tiris was crying.

"...It's all... over, isn't it."

Ares looked up at the sky and muttered.

"No... it's still just the beginning..." And so, Nemesis Tower vanished. But the battle... was not yet over.

And the game world named "Legend of Brave Regalia" was also broken, one piece at a time, for certain.