Good, we’ll go together!”
Xenovia formed a cross with the two holy swords which had their holy aura increased, and then released her slicing attack! The torrent of aura could be described as the shape of a large cross, and it boomed forwards! In an instant, everything that lay in its path was divided into two. Finally, the cross sliced apart the gigantic purple flamed [Yamata no Orochi]! It was quite ironic that the Holy Cross, which was a holy relic, was sliced apart by the cross generated from the wave of two holy swords — the wave which cut through the gigantic purple flamed dragon even sliced the artificial space in two, creating a large rift there. Looking into the rift, even the dimensional gap could be seen. “—Cross Crisis, that will be its name.”
Xenovia made her decision as she said that! Although it was only half a soul, to be able to take down the Holy Cross with an evil dragon, that power was quite extraordinary! However, I couldn’t let Xenovia take the entire spotlight! Well, I also need to land a winning strike! “…This can’t be real, why have my purple flames been…!”
Walburga was frozen on the spot because of the impact of having her Balance Breaker cut in half by an attack! I relentlessly used the wyverns to increase my power, preparing to fire Crimson Blaster! “…The evil dragon couldn’t entirely be tied to the Holy Cross…? But, the [Chief mourner]in my body clearly said before that it was possible…!”
Facing the speechless witch, I finished charging up energy, and launched the attack! “Crimson Blaaaasteerrr!”
[Fang Blast Booster!!!!] The massive red aura which was fired out from my cannon enveloped the witch—. Upon the battlefield where smoke had cleared—. The Church warriors of the rebellion who fought against us had thrown their weapons aside and surrendered honestly. At the same time, Ewald Cristaldi and Vasco Strada who were considered to be the masterminds had also surrendered. “We have lost, there will be no resistance.”
That jisan Strada said; because he had to be interrogated, he walked towards a specific transportation magic circle. Walburga was hit…endured my Crimson Blaster without significant injuries. It looks like when she was hit by the attack, she had already created a new defensive barrier. But, because she fainted, she was tied up on the spot and transferred to a certain department of the Underworld. …Although it was discovered after Walburga was defeated…. There were purple flames which fell beside her. Ikuse Tobio-san who seemed familiar with it had to use a special lantern to collect these flames. Ikuse-san said
“This Longinus is different from the other Sacred Gears which will move on to their next host, but there are also circumstances in which it will move towards its host. Although this is that witch’s Sacred Gear, there is also the possibility that it will become someone else’s Sacred Gear afterwards. If anything, this Sacred Gear seems like it is hosted within a person’s will, and has the special ability to change its host. Therefore, if it isn’t collected, it will wander about in search of an owner.”
So that’s what it was. …Such a Longinus exists. So this was an independent type? W-Well, Sairaorg-san’s Lion was transformed from an axe…. Vali’s and my Longinus were also undergoing incredible changes. Longinus contained within them extraordinary abilities beyond ordinary Sacred Gears. However, my nakamawere also constantly becoming stronger…. The blades of Kiba’s holy-demonic swords no longer had any shadows, a beautiful holy and demonic aura floated across the blade. After Xenovia went through various experiences, she reverted to her original style, and brought her usage of Durandal and Excalibur to the next level. Saji’s Balance Breaker was also becoming more and more frightening, and even Shinra-senpai’s Balance Breaker was quite terrifying…. Arthur who had quickly left was also a swordsman with considerable strength. If Dulio, Vali, and Sairaorg-san were included in that…. …In the case of an emergency, such a team would be able to confront a [God] class opponent without a doubt. While I was thinking about this, that jisan Strada walked up to us then stopped and took something out from his pocket. “Firstly, I’ll give this to you.”
What he took out was a stack of letters. “Sister Asia, do you remember me?”
Asia nodded in response to Strada who had asked. “Yes, we had only greeted each other once.”
“Hmm, you are not only a truly devout believer, yet also a gentle girl. —Please accept these.”
Strada handed the letters over to Asia, and Asia received them with surprise. “This is…?”
“They’re letters of thanks from the people that you cured with your power.”
“—”
Asia was lost for words. …They were letters of thanks from the time when Asia cured people as a nun. The jisan Strada continued speaking
“After you left the Church, these letters still continued to come to us.”
“…Why did you give these to me? Wouldn’t it have been better to dispose of them directly…?”
Strada pulled Asia’s hand, and smiled gently. “…When I heard that you were going to be excommunicated, I wanted to search for where you would be as soon as possible…but, I did not make it in time. —I’m very sorry.”
These words to Asia — made her well up with tears. Jisan — always wanted to save Asia…! “…I…that…!”
“I hope that you’ll write back to the people who sent these letters, or go to ask them how they are. —I have already arranged for that. If you want to meet them, you just need to let the Church know.”
Strada stroked Asia’s head as she was crying emotionally, and Asia tried not to make any noise as she cried. I see, what Asia did in the Church to save those lives — it wasn’t in vain! Even just knowing this, I was glad! That jisan spoke to Azazel-sensei who arrived here after the battle next. “Former Governor-dono. It looks like those traitors who has been following us have showed up as well.”
“Ah, thank you.”
I was surprised at the conversation of these two people. Watching from behind, sensei explained from the beginning. “We knew from the beginning that that bastard Rizevim was the one who incited this rebellion. This also shows that there were traitors within the Church who colluded with that guy. So that’s why we wanted them to show up in the fight against the rebellion group. Sure enough, Walburga entered this field right? That is to say, the traitors told those guys about the magic circle technique to enter this field. We had anticipated that, made preparations, and could already narrow down who the traitor was.”
Judging by the situation, it seemed like the traitor had already been caught. Strada said
“Bringing the rebellion group to this place was also to draw out this person. It was trouble for the former Fallen Angel Governor-dono though.”
Well, sensei just said that jisan Strada and the others came to bear the responsibility as the masterminds behind the rebellion with one of the reasons being to lure out the traitor….