146. Jaca Ancilla (3)
“I will ask you a question next. Beherit, are you the one who will kill me?”
That day, Jayka asked Ariel that.
Ariel makes a face as if she wants to let out her sigh.
“No, Lucius will do it.”
“Ah~, it was on the side of Lucius~.”
Jayka was certain. She said that Lucius or Ariel would be the variables in this world.
Every time you regress, the world changes a little bit.
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There were times when Claire participated in the training camp, but there were many cases where she did not participate.
There were cases where Marie Ruhelif died without returning to her human form, and there were also cases where she survived in a state of unconsciousness.
When Rose Eiffeltain tried to save Marie Ruhelif, there were many cases where she herself died, and even if she survived, there were many cases where she had a dark face.
In this way, there are a few things that change dynamically in this world,
There were some things that didn’t change no matter how many times I repeated them.
Such is the case with the terrorist attack in Elpis Bamir.
When you do a regression, the event must have happened.
Tia’s admission is the same.
As if she was destined, Tia, a cursed clan, is a student at Philea Academy.
Among those unchanging events, there was a change in this episode.
The first is Lucius.
Lucius always gets caught up in the terrorist attacks of Elpis Barmir and dies, but in this episode, he survived without dying.
After that, it was the first time in this episode that he became Lapisca’s younger sister and that he stopped by Countess Findelnerca.
The second is Ariel.
He had to be killed by a shadow wolf in the placement test, but he survived to the end in this episode.
From there, Marie Ruhel Leaf, who survives in vegetable form at best, remains as her student,
Claire intertwined with Ariel and showed her feelings for her melancholy.
Ariel Beheritt is the variable in this episode.
Perhaps he is the savior who will put an end to this hellish return.
I thought ‘but… , Was it on Lucius’ side?’
Ariel Beheritt seems to know something about her. She is and she is actively hiding it.
She probably knows what choice she is about to make.
There is something to guess.
“Can there be two regressors in this world?”
After parting ways with Ariel, Jay Carr asked her sword.
Then, the dragon’s residual thoughts spoke in my head.
──If there is even a 0.0001% Chance, you can’t say no.
──I’m a dragon who tried to devour this world, but I don’t know everything. Just as you, a mortal, do not know the number of hairs on his body, even though it is your own.
──I am not the one who created this world.
“I see. Then, for example, what would happen if I died without attempting to return? What is the possibility that Ariel Beheritt picked up this sword without an owner and returned it?”
──You can believe whatever you want to believe.
──I can’t say anything about something I haven’t tried.
It does.
In the end, the question is not resolved, but Ariel Beheritt is also a regressor…… I wonder if you can think of it.
Then, all the discomforts of the past will be explained. Why was Ariel Beheritt so clever, and he knew what others didn’t?
“If you can only believe what you want to believe, then you have no choice but to expect it.”
With a wry smile, Jay Carr put down her sword.
“I’ll bet everything on this episode.”
The smell of oil and gunpowder.
Bullets pouring innumerably.
Exquisitely installed turrets open vents to the monsters of the abyss that keep approaching,
At the same time, the radius of action of Jayka was also being reduced.
-“Oh, junior Tia. Do you have any good ones? Where did you get all these?”
-“You forgot to return it to junior Ariel Beheritt? Since the situation is urgent, should we use it?”
Thus, Ariel’s turrets were actively used.
As monsters in the abyss were killed one after another by the turrets, Lapisca’s feet were freed.
“Because you’re good with your hands.”
With a grin, Lapiska swings her arm.
It wasn’t just the turret that Tia brought.
Ariel’s homemade bomb was in Lapisca’s hand.
-Quaaang!!
An explosion occurs.
Caught in the explosion, Jayka’s body shakes slightly.
But she had crowd control resistance, so after she got into her stance right away, Lapis Car was wielding her spear.
“Slow.”
Jay Carr cuts it off with the sword in his left hand.
Spear attacks are focused on the front.
That means that if only the spear blade is deflected, it will be difficult for Lapisca to launch an additional attack.
The experience melted into Jayka’s memories told me that, so the monster in the form of Jayka rushed forward and closed the distance with Lapisca.
In such a narrow street, even Lapiska has a hard time attacking with her spear any more.
Lapiska knew that too, so she threw away the spear.
As Lapiska swings her hand, her ax pops out.
Jay Carr collides with the sword wielded by her right hand.
– Teeing!!
“Oh.”
Lapiska was slightly surprised. It wasn’t even a full swing, but it gave me quite a bit of strength.
One of Jayka’s strengths is his combo attack with twin swords.
Conversely, if you break even one of the two swords, the tactic is broken. With that thought, Lapiska swung her axe.
I thought I would destroy at least one sword or blow it away.
However, the sword against him did not break, bend, or fly away.
Rather, they are being pushed out of their power.
The one that bounced off was Lapisca’s axe.
“Lapisca sister!”
As her left sword flew towards Lapiska’s neck this time, Lucius intervened and blocked it.
Lapis Ka also draws her sword and aims at Jay Carr.
Jay Carr flipped her over and kicked Lapis Cara’s sword as she swung down on her.
It was an attack like tumbling, but the structure was obviously different. The wings on Jay Carr’s back support the floor, spurring her kicks.
Human legs can, of course, generate more force than arms.
And now that Jay Carr was a non-human monster, she was able to exert much stronger power.
The sword that Lapisca was trying to wield hits her foot and flies away,
When Jay Car flips her body over once ── Jay Car’s wings fly into Lapis Car’s head as a follow-up attack.
“Ha, that’s tricky.”
Lapisca evaded while laughing.
Then he swings her arm. Bombs flew again.
-Kwaang!!
The flames hit Jayka’s body.
Taking advantage of the moment when Jay Carr’s body shook again, a shock came from her back.
“Oohhhhh!!!”
The shield digs in with a shout.
Sometimes there was Ron. Ron put his shield at the forefront and did a torso slam.
And as if it were now, Lucius gave a signal,
Sparks fly from one side and fire from hell from the other.
──Leave your humanity.
New wings appear from Jayka’s back.
Jayka swings her wings to block all incoming attacks, and knocks Ron down with a push with her power.
──You are not human. Don’t cling to the human form.
──Don’t you hate them? You are already dead I can’t go back to Jaca Ancilla.
──Pour out all that resentment. Kill him.
“…Noisy.”
Swings her sword at Ron.
Ron somehow tries to stop her by raising her arm to save her life, resulting in Ron’s right arm being cut off
“Keep off…!”
.
I twisted her body, holding Ron tight as if to put up with her pain.
The sword, which was slightly delayed due to cutting off Ron’s arm, barely reached Ron’s dodging wind.
When you swing the other sword and try to kill Ron this time, you can feel the shock from the side. Lucius has been carrying out a body slam.
If you try to target Lucius right away, Lapiska will secretly aim her gun at her from a blind spot.
– Bang!
With a gunshot, she twisted her body slightly to avoid it, then took out the third wing from her body and swung it.
After receiving the attack, Lucius and Lapisca fall out,
Rose and Tia’s magic comes flying, but I just hit it with my body.
You can feel the burning pain, but the body of the monster is quick to recover.
On the other hand, on the other side, Ron is reciting prayers as he clasps his severed arm. He seems to be trying to put his severed arm back together somehow, but it doesn’t seem easy.
‘I have to die.’
Looking at that scene, Jayka thinks.
In the memory of her return, don’t you already know what happened when Andy became ‘like that’?
So she knows that dying is the way to help humanity.
So, I have to die.
──You are not Jaca Ancilla.
──Why do you want to help humans?
The ‘fallen saint’ continues to speak in her head.
Whenever that happens, the body moves on its own.
She strikes back at Lapis Car, who swings her sword towards her, and gives her kick to Lucius, who surprises her from behind.
What is the memory of Jayka?
My body is a monster, and now I am just a puppet of the ‘fallen saint’. It is the advance guard to destroy mankind.
Even so, Jay Car’s memories remain, and she tries to follow Jay Car’s habits.
Are you human? Is it a monster
‘No, that doesn’t matter.’
It doesn’t matter who she is. What you want to be is important.
The body follows the monster’s instincts, and the human mind remains in the memories that have been passed down.
‘If only once.’
Even if living forever as a human is now impossible.
Wouldn’t it be possible to be allowed to be a human once?
At least once.
“Cut in for a moment.”
Pain is engraved from the back.
Along with the tearing pain, the fragments of the wings fly up and roll on the ground.
When Jay Carr hurriedly swings her sword, there is no one else in her place.
One little girl.
The girl, whose femininity is suppressed, is holding a long sword that does not fit her height. And her face is still draped with arrogance.
There is no hesitation in moving her steps like a rich boy,
Her eyes are frowning as if she looks down on everything in her world.
“Andy.”
Jay Carr’s mouth puts her name in her mouth.
And Jayca laughed.
“You came to kill me.”
If an excited voice resounds in the air,
Andy replies in a low voice, the exact opposite.
“Yes. I’m here to kill you.”
“…And fast.”
Looking around, there were only six people in the mirror room.
Marie looks in the mirror nervously. Claire is enjoying herself as if watching a fight.
Errea is still expressionless, Rachel is showing a mysterious smile on her face, and Lynette has been keeping her mouth shut for a while, perhaps because it is uncomfortable to be among us.
Andy is nowhere to be found.
Could I have been focusing too much on the situation in the mirror? I didn’t notice that Andy had left.
“What are you going to do, Ariel. Are we going to step in?”
Claire asks.
It was difficult to say who had an advantage and who had a disadvantage.
It should be said that both have their own strengths.
Jayka in her student days was originally evaluated as being one step behind Lapisca and Andy.
But since she has a body that has turned into a monster, she will not lose in a one-on-one battle.
Still, Lucius has increased to 6 people, including Andy.
That’s why Jayca can’t easily defeat Lucius and the others.
If you break each one, Jayka will win,
Even if it is dragged into a long-term battle, Jayka, who has good resilience, will win.
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On the other hand, if you put the number of heads first and make good use of the linkage, Lucius will win.
‘Since Andy participated, her win rate is 80%.’
And I was thinking that Lucius would win. It’s because Lucius wins in the first place.
However, in Unknown Saga, Jayka was not an enemy that could be defeated unconditionally. Among the newbies in the first playthrough, there were cases where they were occasionally defeated by Jayka.
In terms of the Unknown Saga as a whole, it may be a weak boss, but it’s at a level where even the old characters sometimes make mistakes and see bad endings.
‘The win rate is 80%, but.’
There is no save or load in this world, so there is only one chance.
It is the same as saying that there is a 20% anxiety factor.
After thinking about it, I say.
“We don’t go. But…”
I glanced at Marie.
Marie, who read my gaze, nodded her head.
“Marie, prepare the .”