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Chapter 823 - Show Your Radiance, O Chosen One. Are You Worthy of Being Entrusted with Love? Part Seven

Breaking through the blue light of teleportation, an impossibly vast space opened up before me.

In the corner of my vision, a small mechanical terminal, unsuited for this world, caught my eye. And from in front of it, where an artisan knelt with her hands outstretched, I felt a brilliant blue gaze turn toward me.

Five of us had made the jump together. Four artisans, who had announced that the "path" was open and gone on ahead… and just one person, myself, entrusted with the great duty of being their guard.

Them running ahead, always ahead, was just how it always was.

And so, watching their backs from behind was also something I had grown completely used to.

That's why the girl, without a hint of hesitation or doubt—

"Sword Ring (Schwert Kreis)!"

—ran forward with a single-minded purpose, just as her partner would, and manifested the "power" she had woven into her very being.

Her targets were right in front: countless giant bodies, an immense threat, a great tsunami of over a hundred monsters. Against them stood just one, a tiny, tiny golden wind that—

"—Hundred Towers of Earth's Roar (Einzige Hederate)!!!"

—rained giant towers of swords upon the world.

The ring on her right hand flashed, and a torrent of magic overflowed. As if the very embodiment of her talent, an immense magical power, accompanied by a pressure that made space itself creak, transformed into giant towers of golden sand.

And then, with a single command.

A hundred giant swords that shattered physics, common sense, and everything in between—accompanied by a deafening roar that crushed sound itself, they rained down upon the pandemonium.

"—… …"

It was, without a doubt, an abnormal sight. It was only natural that anyone who witnessed it would be struck speechless. And not even a Ranker would be an exception.

[Thread-Weaver], right before my eyes, was the prime example, stunned into a stupor by an unreasonableness that surpassed all unreasonableness. In other words, her reaction was the correct one, which means—

"H-Haru, are you alri—?!"

"Hahaha! Are you kidding me?! My partner's the absolute best! That's my Sora-san for you!!"

—that was treated as a matter of course.

Without a shred of surprise, with nothing but perfect faith. The cheer from her partner, who happily caught the girl as she ran towards him, was without a doubt something worthy of being called just as abnormal.

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…Alright then.

I was so mesmerized by her ridiculously cool entrance that I ended up catching my partner in my arms—a scene that is now scheduled for worldwide broadcast. I'll just kick that terrifying future out of my mind for now.

"H-Hey, you two, this isn't the place to be flirt—"

"You see how it is! I'm counting on you!"

"Y-yes!"

I might have gotten a little carried away, but I'm well aware of the situation. And Sora-san is more than used to my… eccentricities when I get excited.

And so, before the scolding could even finish, our communication and actions were instantaneous.

With Sora's overwhelming firepower—easily on par with the famous "Eastern Wings" or [Scorching Heat Gaze]—it wouldn't be impossible to have our processing speed outpace the rate at which new bosses were being teleported in. If that's the case, our first priority is to clean the stage once more.

This time, without any of my desperate, reckless moves. If we can reset the field completely, we should be able to secure a moment's respite, unless some kind of situational shift occurs.

And something of that level…

"Here I go…!"

"You got it!"

…my partner—no, we can do it.

"`Eternal Diamond of the Heart's Bond Connecting Heaven and Earth!`"

We stood side-by-side, our chanted keyword the very embodiment of our bond. Shining brightly and emitting a resonant wave like the earth's own heartbeat was a pair of partner rings, imbued with the blessing of the unknown entity, the 'Earth Ruler.'

[Perdia Eternity: Earth-Vow Stars that Dream of the Azure Sky]—a lawless treasure that, without exaggeration, ranks among the highest in Arcadia today. Its miracle is the integrated sharing of MID and MP with a specific target.

My own MP is completely empty, but that's beside the point. For the next eighty-eight seconds, our MID status will be the sum of both our values… in other words…

1550 (me) + 950 (Sora) = 2500, an utterly abnormal figure.

Of course, with all my skills, including magic, locked away, there's no way for me to use it. That makes my body, in effect, an optional accessory for my partner. The star of the show from here on out is—

"Twin Sword Ring (Elden Kreis)."

—my amazing partner.

As the hundred towers that had been holding back unreasonableness with their own unreasonableness vanished, the endless march of the pandemonium resumed. Meeting them was a single, small figure who stepped forward alone.

In her hands, she held sand and fire. Her [Cradle of Sword-Craft], having reached the Third Tier and now capable of wielding two attributes simultaneously, wove the magic swords together, her ten fingers creating a new form.

"Magic Sword Fusion (Integrate)."

In the next instant, a radiant sword, like a sun that illuminates and scorches all, materialized in her hands.

"The Blazing (Terravelme)—"

Now, witness it, world.

"—Twisted Sword of Earth's Roar (Widersch)!!"

This is what true unreasonableness looks like.

And so, with a single swing, a massive flash of golden flame erupted, melting and severing everything in its path.

A sword of glass that did not evaporate but instead melted with the flame, flowing as it embraced all the heat within. A formless blade that extended its point endlessly at its master's will, stretching to the very ends of the earth.

It devoured all the death in its path and brought silence to the scorched stage.

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S-Sora is so cute.