u know them?

– I didn’t know them at all. I didn’t speak to them, they only ordered me in exchange for receiving Variable Stone. That’s why I pretended to listen to the things they told me. Their orders were to attack Little Garden, and they aligned almost perfectly with my purpose.

– In short, you used the people who woke you up!

– It was balanced for both of our sides. Once I destroyed Little Garden, surely they would come to destroy me since I would stand in their way. That’s why I think they didn’t give me Variable Stone, and they told me that I should win them on my own. But, if I get Liza Harvey, who is the source of power for Little Garden, how much power I could get, no matter how hard I think, it’s impossible to know! If even now I am very strong, maybe how powerful I would become!

– ..Liza Harvey?

– Apparently you don’t know anything about Liza Harvey! Is it perhaps that you haven’t been told yet!?

– ―Guah!

After releasing the power of the Variant, there was a collision from Twin Sword to Twin Sword, and both were on par in force, stopping the advance of one another, impacting each other, but the first began to show signs of damage, this was because Joker’s eyes glowed golden like Krovahn’s eyes.

Joker released a resplendent golden color.

The blow of Joker has hit Krovahn’s right shoulder.

– I’m just like you, I haven’t really shown what I’m capable of!

– Krovahn!

Nakri threw her?Dio Varga?against Joker, who raised the Twin Sword, looking for a final blow to Krovahn by a thrust, while he was pressing his right shoulder, being about to fall to the ground.

Joker takes a turn with his body, and with his Twin Sword diverts the trajectory of the two Chakram.

So when the weapons go back to Nakri’s hands,

– While you’re at it, why don’t you get this!

Joker launches his Twin Sword in the direction of Nakri who is about to catch?Dio Varga. If your hands are occupied, then there will be no other option but to receive the blow.

– I won’t allow it!

A voice echoed in that place.

At that same moment, a beam of light hit Joker’s head.

– ..And who are you?

It seems that the damage was not substantial.

Joker raises his face in the direction of the sky, and looks at the girl with blue eyes and blond hair that comes descending.

– Claire Harvey, president of the Little Garden Student Council.

Claire keeps her eyes on Fritz and Latia as she separates from them.

– How dare you hurt my precious?companions!

She is currently in full body armor.

Her whole body is covered with a thick armor, and with weapons in each hand.

In addition, six floating batteries are found around her body.

– And I am Liddy Steinberg, Vice President of the Little Garden Student Council!

The voice that was heard next was of the girl that on her back is the <<External Armor>>?Outer.

Liddy injects energy to the?thruster?that is attached to the?Air Ride?and attacks by directing the tip of her?Midgard Schrange?towards Joker, while accelerating.

Her speed is tremendous and it seems impossible for Joker to really evade her.

– Uoooooooooo!!

Midgard Schrange?of Liddy impaled Joker’s body.

– I’m sorry, but you have not left me another alternative.

If her rival had been an ordinary person, in these moments it should be dead.

But―.

– By doing that, did you want to kill me?

With a dark laugh, Joker extended both hands. What appeared inside his hands was a sharp pointed weapon, like an ice pick.

– Sorry, but I’ll not die with something like that!

Joker then uses the ice picks to try to penetrate Liddy’s body both on the left and on the right.

– Kuh..

Liddy quickly released her hands from the hilt, soared with her?thruster?and flew into the sky.

– You forgot something!

Joker then removed the spear that was embedded in his abdomen with both hands, and threw it towards Liddy. This was also considerably fast.

– Kuh!

Liddy quickly deploys a barrier, but is pushed by the impulse, flying off, rushing to the ground. A few seconds later,?Midgard Schrange?falls across the floor, next to Liddy.

– Hm, how unfortunate. At least I thought I could achieve the cancellation of the armament.

It is Joker who murmurs in a guilty manner, but his attitude was as composed as ever.

The hole in his abdomen began to regenerate. But, he noticed that a pink chain wrapped around his body, showing impatience.

– ..What is this? Guh, uh..!

The chain violently imprisons Joker’s body.

It was a girl with glasses peeking out of the window on the second floor of the nearby building-The Vice President of the Little Garden Student Council, Erika Candle.

She jumped from the second floor of the building with the chain in her hand.

– The engineers who have revived you are already under the shelter of Little Garden. We already knew about your regeneration ability. Therefore, the attack that Liddy made a few moments ago, of course we would understand―In other words, it was a decoy to restrict your body in this way. And―

Erika looks at Claire.

Claire reduces the six floating batteries she used as a particle?thruster―and created Buster Cannon, and aimed at Joker.

– If I shoot with this weapon to your core, it will be your end.

Claire has already reached to fill the power of the Canon Buster by 60%.

70%, 80%, 90% -.

– Stop, stop! If you shoot with that, part of the city will be destroyed..

Certainly this will happen.

I did not want to get to do something like this.

But―.

– You want us to leave you be, that really is impossible to do. Many lives were taken.

While there are people alive, the village can be rebuilt as many times as necessary. Considering the hard battles against the Savage, humanity now knows about it.

They have the power to not surrender.

– What is more, even if I did not shoot, I’m not the only one who is pointing at you. Why do not you take a look around you?

– .. Huh..?

By saying that, Joker begins to look at what surrounds him. It was then that he realized that he noticed a strong energy located about 500 meters away, and even up to 1 kilometer away. Beside the two people who were defeated first, there was a girl who was thinner and smaller than Claire, was wearing her Variable Suit and was holding a gun.

– I’ve put together the best Slayers of the long-range type and the dragon type. Even if I cannot make you disappear, they will put you to an end.

100%.

The?energy?of?Buster Cannon?is complete.

Claire puts force on the finger and presses the trigger.

– This is the end!

– Never, I..! I will not be defeated with something like thiiiiiiiiiiiis!

As Joker screams like that, his body begins to expand, inflating.

– What on earth is happening?

Due to the surprise, Claire spontaneously delays the shot of?Buster Cannon.

All those who were looking at Joker, were the same, the voice that came from their faces showed the surprise that generated that.

– .. k, kuh..!

Erika concentrates more?energy?in <<Absolute Destiny Chains>>?Everlasting, in order to contain the expansion.

However, it is not capable of resisting the power of it.

The pink chain breaks into very small pieces, and then disappear into particles.

– Claire-sama! Shoot fast please!

– I know .. It has been hard to gather all this energy. There is no other alternative but to try to do it!

Claire again places the mouth of her?Buster Cannon?against Joker and pulls the trigger.

One hundred percent explosion at maximum power.

Along with a dazzling light, an immense mass of energy hits Joker fiercely, making it spin like a whirlpool.

– ..We did it?

Following the violent explosion, both trash and dust, along with a cloud of the latter, rose on the ground.

Due to?Buster Cannon, many buildings collapsed. This has made possible that the ocean, which until recently was not visible, could be seen.

However, within the sea, there was a certain existence, something that until now, had never existed there.

– But what is that..?

Stunned, Claire murmured.

Its height was very large, about 20 meters, was a <Armored Class>?Trenta, a giant Savage, which was reflected in their eyes.

– I don’t believe it, he was a Savage..

It was Nakri who said that with a trembling voice.

– Why – why do people become Savage..!?

Krovahn added, muttering.

– Krovahn, he isn’t a human being. He is a?Homunculus..

– Yes, I thought it could be that but..

Krovahn, who received the tsukkomi from Nakri, his cheeks stiffened as he looked up.

– Bomb all at once to the Savage!

At the same time that Erika communicated that through the wireless ring,?energy shots?were released instantaneously from eight different locations. But, all that was repelled by the Savage’s steel breastplate.

– Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh!

The rumble of the weapons caused the ground and surrounding buildings to tremble.

–?I will not let you, I will not allow it! To all of you, this world will be your grave!

The head of the Savage opened and from there the one of Joker appeared.

– An offensive will come, everyone prepare your defenses! Erika, Liddy, apart from you, who are behind me―the Slayers who have fallen, protect them from that side. After protecting yourselves from the bombardment, and when you are under shelter, we will prepare the next strategy. Agreed!?

While instructing not only Liddy, Erika, and Krovahn, who are at her side, but also to the surrounding Slayers, Claire reduces her?Buster Cannon?into particles― returning them to the six floating batteries, creating a shield with them.

– I will help too.

As Nesat said, she copied Claire’s shield and deployed it in front of her.

It is then that, the Savage Joker attacked with a fierce bombardment.

– Claire-sama, what will we do after this?

Erika asks Claire after taking refuge from the bombardment by placing herself under the shield.

– If we have any luck, if that Savage is very similar to a common Savage, it will be necessary to expose its core. If we can destroy it, then we can stop its functions.

– If that’s so, let me try.

As soon as the first bombing ended, Liddy flew very high using the?thruster?of her?Air Ride, and then went to counterattack with her?Midgard Schrange?aiming at the core of Joker, who had become a Savage.

– What do you think of this!?

The tip of?Midgard Shcrange?touched what was the existence of a protection on the core, <Defensive Barrier>?Shelter.

But, she did not feel disturbed.

Even so―.

– Uoooooooooooooo!

When Liddy concentrated her energy,?Midgard Schrange?began to rotate like a drill.

A fissure appeared in the <Defensive Barrier>?Shelter.

–?I will not let you!

Shouting, the Savage Joker raised his head and tried to shake off Liddy.

– .. Agh!

Liddy, who has not fallen thanks to her?thruster, unleashes an attack by launching all the missiles through the missiles that?Air Ride?has.

An explosion manifests from the center of the Savage.

It was in the middle of that, that Krovahn and Nesat began to move.

– Thanks to the spear of nee-chan, there is an opening in the shell. In that case, we may stop it. Come on, nee-chan!

– Sure!

Krovahn kicked the ground, jumping very high, then hit from the top to the bottom with his?Orthos Liberio.

Nesat, who performed?Trace?on Krovahn’s weapon, also attacked using the same Twin Sword against Joker that became Savage.

However, when the two tried to hit by moving down the blades of the weapons, from the left and from the right, they were stopped by Joker’s scissors.

– Crap!

– .. Kuh!

Krovahn was hit and thrown to the ground, and Nesat was sent flying to a nearby building.

– If so, then I!

– Wait, now the visual field has become clear..!

The pupil of the eye shone a golden color.

Nakri released the power of her Variant over her?Dio Varga, making it four times larger than normal.

– It can’t be helped, the methods do not matter!?Petals!

Claire had already returned to transform her shield into the six floating batteries. From there, from each respectively, two small floating weapons―?petals?emerged.

A total of eighteen floating batteries, small and large, fired at the Joker turned into Savage.

The goal is to make him lose focus.

Liddy also releases rays from the Air Ride in order to support that plan.

Thanks to this, Nakri manages to approach the Savage. She was able to launch an attack.

– Let’s see what you think of this!

There were no scissors attacking Nakri, who had jumped against the?shelter.

All that remained was to strike with?Dio Varga?his?shelter.

Or that’s what she thought―.

In front of her eyes, a head opened.

(Is that a bombardment..?)

It will be a direct hit if it continues like this.

(It is dangerous!)

Death.

Those were the letters that went through her mind.

And right after that.

– Huh..?

In front of the head of the Savage, the figure of a girl with black hair carrying a giant sword moving downward entered her sight.

Thanks to her, artillery shots were never released.

– Why, are you here..

Unable to attack the?shelter, Nakri who landed doing a roll, muttered at the same time she looked at the girl who had helped her.

―Kisaragi Karen.

It was the same girl, the middle school classmate from Little Garden.

But, it looked different than usual. Her eyes were painted in a golden color, whose color of?energy?was the same that emanated throughout her body.

Due to the big slash he received from Karen’s sword, Joker, who had transformed into a Savage, was knocked to the ground.

Karen instantly pointed the edge of her sword to the?shelter, and tried to chase him.

But, the attack was dodged by a matter of millimeters.

Joker had rushed backward with his six legs.

–?You are, the girl, of yesterday, isn’t it? But what, is that power..?

A few moments ago, he had suffered considerable damage to his?shelter?from Karen’s attack. It was evident that Joker was confused.

–?..?kuh!

Joker moves from top to bottom the scissors of his right arm against Karen. But far from stopping the blow, it easily makes it bounce holding the sword with one hand. Then, kicks the ground and jumps very high.

–?What!?

Karen hits the?shelter?with her sword. This caused that the shell was destroyed by that blow, and the tip of the sword penetrated the core.

–?Ooooooooooooooooooooo!!

Immense particles disappear.

From the body of Savage that releases an intense roar, with a *PLOP*, the core falls.

– We won, right..?

Krovahn murmurs, seeing a sphere with a radius of approximately two meters and from which drips a liquid of a fluorescent color from its orifice.

The giant body does not exist anymore.

– According to what I see, that seems to be..

Claire mumbles, and talks to Karen who is standing in front of the core.

– Kisaragi Karen, I must thank you for saving us. But, why are you here? Also, that sword..

– Oh? What, where..?

At Claire’s question, Karen is surprised and turns around.

– Uhm, this, that .. somehow, suddenly there was a voice that echoed in my head, and when I realized, I was here .. ah, a sword!? Karen, what have you been doing..?

Karen quickly reduces the sword to particles. The color of their pupils returns to the color black. At that moment, it was Erika who realized the tragedy that was rising behind Karen’s back.

– Kisaragi Karen, look behind you!

– .. Eh?

Turning around again, she saw a pair of hands that emerge from the cleft of the core.

What came out from inside there was a naked Joker.

–?Your power! Give it to me!

Joker extends both arms, putting his weight on Karen’s body. Karen is then pushed and falls to the ground.

–?Give it to me, your power!

Joker contains Karen’s body and begins to strangle the neck with both hands.

– Agh, ah..

In an instant, her conscience is fading away.

Among the things that Joker could do, it turns out that he begins to bring his face with hers.

(Do not tell me, this is ..)

Are my lips going to be stolen?

Surely his intention is to want to suck the power.

(A kiss like that, I absolutely detest it .. Because, Karen’s first kiss is―)

It is her older brother, the figure of Kisaragi Hayato, the one that crosses her mind.

Then, the voice resounded.

―― Kisaragi Karen, summon me.

(Eh..?)

―― You know me as Card.

(Call, the Card ..)

Karen extends her hand and touches the letter that was on her waist and begs to it

(Card-san, I beg you, please save me somehow..!!)

Then the card glows brightly and shakes Joker’s body.

– Cough, cough, this is..

Karen stopped and moved her vision to the card she had.

That mark was the logo of the Little Garden’s school.

―― ?Karen, throw the card.

– Y-yes!

Doing what the voice said, Karen launched the card. Then the card illuminated intensely and its figure changed to that of a human appearance.

– What is that..?

Krovahn murmured and of course Nesat, as well as Nakri, were stunned.

– .. Are you a human being?

Seeing that figure in front of their eyes, that appearance from behind, one could say that it was that of a human being.

– It’s been a while since we met last time.

Only the back could be seen from that golden hair that was wiggling.

Even with that, Karen could understand.

(Without doubt, it is “that person” ..)

That girl who appeared in front of her on the day of the Festival, and who then spoke to her in her head.

Exactly like that time, an object that looked like thorny ivy was tangled in her body. As well as the crown of blue thorns on her head and blue roses on her neck.

– Liza!

Screaming, Claire continued.

– You, why are you here..?

– Let’s leave the conversation for another time, first we have to deal with that.

–?You, you are, what is .. that power, what the hell..!

As he got up, Joker said in a trembling voice.

That voice is violently shaken.

– Is it that you still do not understand it? The meaning of your existence, the reason why you were created― and now, the goal you’re aiming at .. That’s because, it was all me.

–?In other words, you, you are the goddess of Little Garden, Liza Harvey! You are what I am looking for, the source of power!

Joker’s eyes flashed fervently.

– Although I must say, in the end, I am nothing but a part of all that. Even so―.

The girl disappeared.

..without realizing, she appeared in front of the boy―.

– I would say that this trick is pretty easy to do.

–?..!?

Liza’s outstretched arms were as if they were quite normal, buried in his abdomen. Seeing that, Joker’s eyes were wide open. And it is because the source of his power was also being held in his hands.

– I thought that maybe you would be accumulating more power, but is this what you have achieved? The efficiency of the energy consumption is quite bad .. No. It is thanks to the brave Slayers that are in this place that your power has been reduced so much up to this level. Thanks to that, it’s enough for me to defeat you.

Liza smiled sweetly.

–?..bastard, what do you intend..

– It’s already decided. I will make you disappear from this world. That’s what I should do. That is the reason why I am here.

–?St-op..! That is very abrup―

Without finishing listening to what he had to say until the end, Liza extracted the sphere of light from Joker’s chest. Then, the light disappeared from his eyes..

Like a puppet with the strings cut, it fell to the ground suddenly.

Then his body became particles and disappeared while shining brightly.

With this, Joker has been completely eradicated from this world.

It will no longer be revived.

– Kisaragi Karen..

– Ah, yes!

Karen, who was called out by Liza, and trying to correct herself, responded with her arms aligned so that both arms were on par with the lines of her body.

Turning around, Liza said.

– I really am sorry to have taken possession of your body without your consent. This will be the first and last time― I will never do the same thing ever again.

-..Eh? What do you mean..?

– As a result of the materialization, since that day in which you were live, my power has been completely consumed. Naturally, by lending you my power outside Little Garden, it is normal that I cannot even speak. Therefore, let me tell you one last thing―

– Yes of course! I am all ears!

Her appearance was that of a girl.

However, her words and her calm felt as if it were an adult who has lived for decades.

As a result, Karen’s tension suddenly increased.

For Karen, these words of Liza that echoed in her head could have been something similar to those of a teacher regarding Hundred.

– You want to protect others, and that is extremely important. You have both abilities and qualities. That is why doubt will be born. That is why later on, in the future, that is something that you will have to go through on your own, that’s not something that I can decide. That is your own decision. But, listen to me. This is a common desire of your number one fan, it is nothing more than a longing..

Liza, who was advancing with her legs towards Karen, changed the hand with which she held the sphere, from her left hand to her right hand and with it, touched her face.

– I love your songs. Therefore, do not strain yourself. Do not die. Since there will be sad people if you die. Please, do not forget it―.

– A- as you wish..!

Those words were firmly etched in Karen’s chest.

– Now, Claire .. before I finish my work. Although its size is like that, you will not believe the considerable amount of energy that it has, I consider that the capacity of recovery is substantial.

With that said, Liza loose the sphere of light in the air and place it above her hands, then join them and from the sphere, something similar to water escapes from it. A dazzling light envelops the surroundings, and bright particles begin to cover all that area.

– What is it, this.. The wounds of my body are healing..

It was Krovahn who muttered that.

Then, Nakri also notices.

– It’s true, my wounds are healing too..

– Liza, what is all this..

– I have used the energy accumulated by Joker, to use it for the good of you, eliminating your wounds.

Liza answers Claire’s question.

– Bring it back to Little Garden and use it for my recovery ― you’ve thought about that Claire. What you should want is the recovery of your fellow Slayers. Or is that not it?

– It’s as you say. But, Liza .. you..

Claire’s eyes began to tremble when she noticed that Liza’s body was becoming transparent and that, unlike before, the landscape behind her was becoming visible. Then Liza, realized that it is soon the moment in which she should pay a visit to her body.

– It seems that the time has come..

– Wait, Liza! There are still things I want to tell you ―

Claire quickly tried to grab Liza, but she could not cling to her body. Claire fell face down on the ground.

– Sorry, Claire. I have reached the limit with which I can continue to be here in this place. After all, I’m just a mass of?Sense Energy?that sleeps inside Karen―

– In that case, in that case in Little Garden..! Then, we’ll see us there!

Claire yelled at Liza, turning her head and standing with her knees on the ground.

– ..no.

Liza shakes her head, and responds.

– Even if I’m in Little Garden, to materialize, I have to use a lot of?Sense Energy, so I cannot do this as if it were something simple. But, every time I have to protect Little Garden, then Claire―.

Then Liza approached Claire who had tears in her eyes and hugged her body. It was a view in which Liza seemed to be really be her big sister.

– Claire, I cannot understand what Otou-sama or Onii-sama are planning. However, I do understand you and Little Garden, and the Slayers who are linked to Little Garden― plus, I understand very well that achieving peace in the world is really the most important thing. That’s what I could understand. That’s why I have expectations about you, Claire. From now on, take care of Little Garden.

– Of course, of course .. It’s what I’ve been doing, Liza .. it’s what I’ve been dedicating myself to..

* Sniff *, Claire made a sound with her nose.

Looking at that Claire, Liza smiled.

– Claire, do not cry .. And Karen. And to all Slayers, I really give you my thanks. From now on and as with Claire, take care of Little Garden.

(What, how ..?)

Many hours have passed since Liza disappeared in the city of Sangria. The ceiling that Karen has before her somewhat blurry vision and her mind still asleep, is that of the hospital room that she sees from her bed.

(..Why am I here..?)

Karen lifted her upper body, and opened her eyes firmly as she felt that the battle of until recently was a dream.

– Oh, Karen has awakened!

– You’re fine, Karen-san!

– Rebecca! .. Aoi-chan..!

Almost at the same time that she raised her body, Karen noticed the existence of Nakri who kept her back resting on one of the walls of the hospital room, where her two friends suddenly approached to hug her.

While she gives a glance when they get together, she goes through the door to leave the room.

– Nakri-san, wait a moment please!

Karen quickly gets Nakri’s attention, and continues her words.

– Well, I, did I want to know why I’m here?

– .. Huh? You, don’t you remember anything?

Surprised, Nakri opens her mouth.

– Well, this .. the fight against Joker in the city of Sangria .. then the conversation with Liza-san, and then, uhm..

– .. After that, you suddenly collapsed on the ground. And coincidentally that girl, “Liza”, in that same almost instant disappears. Anyway, we call a doctor. I was told to tell you that when you woke up.

Nakri who opens the door and heads out of the hospital room stops at a point and,

– And, don’t get me wrong, but I wasn’t here because I was worried about you or something like that. I was staying here because the doctor told me to be watching the situation. So, until then!

– Th- this..

– Actually, she was worried about you.

It was what Rebecca said to Karen who was a bit confused.

– So, is that so?

– Because you saved her, from the beginning she came to watch as a form of thanks in case something happened, only that she doesn’t know how to say it in an appropriate way. I saw it. So, “you can count on it”.

– That I have, saved her..?

But she is not able to remember that moment.

Karen thinks that maybe it was Liza who could have helped Nakri.

(But, perhaps Nakri-san is aware of it)

However, if it is the case in which she is concerned about her health, she is very happy because the number of friends she has is likely to increase.

Surely―.

No, she will definitely be friends with Nakri.

It’s something Karen firmly believes.

– ―Oh right! Are you okay, Aoi-chan? I heard you fell down the stairs and you hit yourself in the head..

– That’s, that’s right, but as you can see, I’m fine. But more than that .. this .. I’m sorry!

– Eh, “I’m sorry”, why..?

Karen is surprised to see that Aoi bows her head with force before her.

– It’s because I went secretly to pick up my PDA to Sangria, I made Karen worry a lot about me, and in addition to what I did, I made her go through something so serious .. So, isn’t it natural that I should apologize to Karen, who even fainted?

– Please, do not worry about something like that. It was my decision to go to Sangria, also, we are friends, is not it? It is the duty of one friend to help another when they are in trouble. Also, I’m sure Nii-san would do the same.

– Onii-san?-->>

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