My mind froze momentarily as if my brain was a system that had an unexpected error. After holding my breath for a couple seconds, my thought caught up in the absurdity of the situation, a rain of meteor is going to destroy the land and currently, one is heading our way in a quick pace.
As my awareness came back, I found myself staring dumbfounded on the meteor while Casablanca and Hibiscus, which these two doesn’t know what those, are still looking at it like pretty fireworks.
I already asserted that avoiding the impact, less, the meteor, will be impossible. In that case, the only thing I can do is to take it head-on rather than showing my back to it. With that said, I immediately reached my hand towards Casablanca and Hibiscus.
Even without any readiness, even without any emotional fulfillment between me and the twins, the power of a Transcendental Being, the divinity that lies within this body fluidly flows towards them.
“[Divine Ascension!]
I shouted as completing the transference of Divine Power in their body in which in return, made them glow intensely with golden radiance. Sparing no time, their body quickly descends into an existence closer to a blessed one.
As the pillar of light that assailed their body vanishes into thin air, the two then realizes what I have just done, however, it is not apparent for them the reason I did it. With no place for any reaction to the situation, I steeled my body and held my hand towards the approaching meteor that started giving off an intense heat.
“[Blooming Thorn, Ninety Nine Petal Layered Barrier!]”
A flower, morning glory with blue brilliance, shines brightly in front of us that slowly open as if it was blooming by unfurling its nine petals with nine layers. Each petal represents the layer of the barrier itself and how many times it should be pry open to get through it.
As the barrier finished forming into a solid defense, I strengthen my spine and firmly planted my feet to the ground to brace for the incoming impact.
BAM!
And then the meteor the brightly illuminated the whole place comes in contact with my barrier with heat that slightly charred my palm.
“Guh!”
I don’t know how big the meteor is but I know that it is nothing special. However, the accumulated velocity from its fall quickly pushed me to the edge of my wits. The surrounding ground immediately got gouged and started getting charred.
My body tries to hold out even though my mind wanted to pass out. I can’t, knowing that the twins are behind me. My prided Blooming Thorn started shedding fragment by fragment as I can feel the seeping pain creeping up my whole arms.
Ack…!
BOOM!
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.
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My body hurts like its being crushed with pain.
It seems that I momentarily blackout while defending from the meteor. I guess I half succeeded and half failed.
As I laid my eyes on my surrounding, I can see the destruction made by the meteor’s impact. Everything around me is sizzling as even the ground was burnt to molten. The only safe place is the place I protected with my barrier.
I look behind me and found Casablanca and Hibiscus unconscious, however, they were holding my back desperately.
They must have asserted the danger, albeit a little delayed. Nevertheless, they came and assisted me in defending the meteor with all they got that the Divine Ascension was dispelled. Even Emby is resting atop of Hibiscus…
Even so…
It was just one compared to thousands of more that are about to fall. My eyes meets another meteor that were about to fall to us. I can see meteors that are also about to fall to other places. It is all scattered the whole place, it could struck all of the continents…
“[B-Blooming…--Thorn…!]”
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I raise my palm again towards the sky to form another barrier, however, my voice is coarse and I can’t breathe well, not to mention, with the last meteor, I drained most of my magic. Without magic as a supporting energy for my barrier, I cannot use Blooming Thorn.
“[…Ninety-Nine…Petal…!—]”
My vision becomes hazy and my body started trembling.
No way…
Come on…
I need to at least…save these two. Even if it will cost my life, I need to make another barrier to protect these two. Please, just…make it…
“Oh my, you are really admirable, Asagao Lionheart.”
“Gahahaha! You should seat back and relax for a while, girl.”
Wha--?!
Two figures appear in front of me out of nowhere and showed their backs to me. They face the meteors while I still desperately hold my hand towards the meteor trying to form a barrier.
“Run…those are…”
Before I could finish what I am about to say, they turn their heads two me and a slight shiver runs down to my spine. I immediately assessed that these two are Arcana Magician and not to mention, the other one, the girl with blue hair, is familiar.
“These are none but blockade to our goal, those are none but destruction to this world, for that very reason, I shall act.”
“Well, Gahahaha! This could get really dangerous for my land. Helping is inevitable. By the way, I believe that this is the first time we’ve met. I am Dylan, in the Order of Arcana, I am the current Arcana of Sloth.”
The girl with long blue hair and cold but stern blue eyes is Hydrangea, a Fairy Kin who is the Arcana of Wrath. She is what I saw her last time, wearing the same beautiful dress and her allure is as strong as ever. Her thin membrane wings are also charming, however, plastered all over her beautiful and pretty face is eyes as cold as tundra.
The old man who introduces his self as Arcana of Sloth called names himself as Dylan. He is tall and I immediately noticed that under his thick laboratory lab coat and clothes, he has a strong and bulky build despite his age. From what I’ve heard from Ichirou, Dylan is an Etherian and the developer of Spiritech that he has.
And he was the one who abducted Cecille.
“Gahahaha! Don’t look at me like that. Your friend isn’t hurt. I just need Miss Alstroemeria to come to that place, that’s all.”
“What did you do them?!”
“You’ll see soon enough, for now, we’ve got a party to show.”
As the old man said that, they face the falling meteors again.
Hydrangea then…jumps?!
[Eight Fold Paths]
Right View of understanding the Noble Truths.
Right Resolve to go beyond the seeking of ”I” and for what is mine.
Right Speech marked by self-control and consideration.
Right Action in where we must practice the Five Precints.
Right Livelihood in where we must avoid any job that violates human life.
Right Concentration to attain a detached and calm attitude.
And.
Right Contemplation to come to the true knowledge with intuition and insight.
I pray and wish for an understanding of this world to reach the state of...
[Nirvana]
Eh?!
WHOOSH!
She just used Nirvana, like what Alstroe does. Unlike Alstroe who has circular red lines in her limbs, Hydrangea has blue lines around her.
She stopped midway in the face of the meteor. She floats in the air, no, it is like she is just standing in nothing. Her hands then sprawl vertically with the left hand downward and the right hand upward. She then snaps clap the palm together and…
“[Avidya Severance – Brahma’s Temperance!]”
BOOM!
The closest meteor and other meteors that are approaching exploded to dust!
After that, she then separates her hands and strokes her right hand like she is gently slicing something in the air while her left hand stayed in her chests like it is praying alone.
“[Gyaan Sanchay – Cutting Ties from Paap and Aramaan!]”
WHOOSH!
A lane of meteors was easily hacked, no, their built-up falling momentum was also slowed down so it won’t cause much damage to the land itself. Did she also hacked the its very speed and velocity?!
“Don’t be surprised. Alstroemeria is absurd as I, however, she is much more powerful. She just lacks the necessary skills and techniques.”
“………”
More than surprised, I was in awe.
I knew it, Nil and Hydrangea didn’t even took us seriously back then but, to see someone with an absurd power with Ki, I can only gape my mouth. Even if I use Divine Possession against her, my chances of winning is zero.
“The reason we took Alstroemeria away is…to train her. Her Ki was too much to handle so we have to condition her and teach her some few tricks.”
“That’s the reason you lured her away from us?!”
“Unexpected, right? Though there was some resistance because of certain someone, we still managed to convince her.”
Hydrangea said as she looks at Dylan with half closed eyes. Dylan just waves his hand as if the stare was nothing.
“I really didn’t do anything wrong though. Well, it is time for me to show off. We got a little time to do it after all.”
Dylan hover his hand into the empty air and suddenly, a holographic…? Magical? Some sort of script and buttons and mechanism that is completely made up of from unknown energy appears in front of him.
“[Trace]”
“[Load Etheric Charge]”
“[Automatic Homing and Target]”
“Oh? Stability is perfect, noise is minimal, and the Type C cannon are loaded with Integrator. Gathering magic energy in the atmosphere and converting it to Ether Energy. Well then without further ado.”
"[Ether Ballistisch, Feuer!]"
As Dylan’s command, the scripts in front of him glow brightly. I look around and saw nothing in particular that could fire anything. No weapons or even a single mechanism was found around. It made me look twice at Dylan with confused countenance, however, before I knew it some from the sky, something bright, shoots at the meteors.
“Eh? Where?! How?!”
From my inquiries, none are answered. I tried searching for something but all I can see is the sky firing beams and lasers. With those in his arsenals, Dylan disintegrated each meteors that he hit and he didn’t even move from his place.
“Gahahaha! Pretty isn’t?! Ether technology is the best in the world!”
This is the same lunatic who glorifies themselves. Now I know why they have the audacity to boast and it is certainly scary.
“Remember this, little girl, we are Lord Nil’s trusted companion. We have been doing this for long as we can remember so we already know what to do.”
“Lord Nil knows that you will be needing help sooner or later that is why we are here, the strongest. Our Lord, however, has now attended to a more important matter so we trust that you could do something about this ordeal, no, you are going to do something about this ordeal, Asagao Lionheart.”
The strongest of Nil’s companions…
How can they be so powerful and awesome but still, unable to save this world from revision?
What did they do to get this powerful and for what price?
Why are they relying on someone weaker and weak-willed like me?
The Order of Arcana Sin, they are capable of feats that I may be incomparable, however, to see them giving their trust to me puts a lot of pressure.
Why me?