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  certain point it can be imagined.

  If you estimate extremely optimistically----it will be more than half of this

  continent. Everything under that area, wil die.

  This land which almost every race are gathered----with the possible exception

  being Artosh, it wil all be eradicated.

  “----[Great War]...[Star Grail]...[Old Deus]----[Essence]...”

  ----“Don’t doubt”, “don’t think”----that’s right, the thoughts that remained

  somewhere subconsciously, were blown away in the face of the rampaging view

  that announced the world’s demise, and now it showed up clearly.

  Old Deus Cainasu...the creator of the Elfs, the Forest God----the concept of

  “Nature”.

  Old Deus----prayers, wishes, are the [Essence] that fil s the “activation condition”

  ----in other words it’s the concept that obtained “me”.

  (TL Note: That’s not worded wrong. That’s what it says. It’l only make sense

  later.)

  (“The concept that obtained me”...? Is that really a God? By [Essence]----“

  Just what is it----the thought were continuing on like that, but----

  (...Eh?)

  The rampaging storm of extinction that reported the end of the world was----

  abruptly, deviated.

  The fabric that danced in mid-air wrapped around as if being washed away, and

  was flowing to the southwest direction.

  It divided the continent, and while everyone was dazed at the power outside

  logic that was “being mowed down”, only Sink followed it.

  Octo-Caster, what she saw after deploying all of it at the same time in the very

  far-away horizon was----

  “...Ex-Machina.........? Why----“

  And then at the destination of the light that would end the world, that divided the

  continent like waving a curtain.

  Thousands of Ex-Machinas were engulfed by it and disappeared----Sink

  Nirvalein, certainly saw that.

  In a moment----the thought that crossed her mind----it can’t be.

  It can’t be it can’t be it can’t be----By making full use of too many detailed spells that burned through the Elemental Circuit Connection Nerve.

  Sink searched for a certain something, and then finally----she found out two

  figures.

  What that meant----was in other words. It was “just as planned” until the very,

  very end----

  She murmured, towards the existence that made she move, with a violent smile

  that showed up kil ing intent.

  “----...So it was you~, who was the [Ghost]-san right~...Wolf-san?”

  ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

  The view that was like the collapse of the heavens and earth could be seen in

  the horizon, from above a hil very far away.

  “----Report from the Zweihen [Examination Unit]----The reproduction of the

  design succeeded with <<72.8%>> of the output----Now Synchronizing.

  One female machine of the Ex-Machinas----said that to Riku, and held up her

  arm.

  “----Org.0000----Stale-Mater[True Epigraphy – Star Killer]----it's

  entrusted to you.”

  ----The thing that was born from the void, was a gun that was stuck in the

  ground, just like a small tower.

  The vortex of violence that seemed like it would be ending the world, that was

  seen just a little ago.

  Namely----all energy of the collision of [Divine Strike], [Arka-shi-anse], [Zuibaku]

  and [Far Cry].

  That thing that recreated “more than a seventh” of that----if it was Riku

  alone...no, it didn’t matter how many of him there was he couldn’t hold it, it had

  many times his height, it was too much gigantic to be called a gun----it was like a

  [Pile].

  The mouth of the cannon pierced the ground, and the [Gun] that stood by itself,

  was just silently waiting for the trigger to be pulled.

  In other words----when the [Signal] come----it will be pulled by Riku.

  The Ex-Machina said towards Riku, whose black eyes didn’t reflect anything,

  and was just wordlessly and expressionlessly gazing at that.

  “With this then this machine too wil head to the battlefront----“

  The Ex-Machina who said that and was about to leave, was stopped by Riku’s

  question.

  “With that just now...for the sake of constructing this, how many tools (Ex-

  Machinas) were...broken?”

  “----From the eleven [clusters] that charged in, five machine are left, so four thousand eight hundred and two machines were annihilated.”

  “...Five units remained huh.”

  “Are there any other questions?”

  “It’s more of a confirmation than a question but...I’l wait until your guys peel off Artosh’s [essence], after that I’l pull this thing’s trigger, and pierce the core of the star----and then the [Star Grail] wil manifest----is that all?”

  “--------Artosh too, no one wil die. It won’t conflict with the

  .”

  Closing the eyes that were like darkness, Riku clenched the ring ShuVi

  entrusted and recalled.

  ----What, it’s a easy, talk...

  ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

  “Reporting with frankness----there was a error in the calculations of Player

  [Legacy Unit] ShuVi.”

  What the Ex-Machina who called himself Eintihi talked about in Riku’s hideout,

  was this----

  Even with thirty-two [Eensweg] lined up “converging” it----was impossible.

  “To induce downwards all attacks from all camps through the [Eensweg], they

  won’t make it within the difference of “10^-609 mil iseconds”, and the power wil

  collide and swirl. To grant it directivity and make it converge after that was----

  impossible.”

  What came up in ShuVi’s plan, that was hazy even for the silent Nirvana, was a

  too much microscopic “error”.

  That----was the conclusion given by the Ex-Machinas who computed alongside

  multiples clusters.

  At those words Riku hid his eyes and smiled bitterly. So even if everything went

  wel ----they would stil fail.

  But----towards such Riku, Eintihi continued.

  “With the thirty-two [Eensweg] set by the Player [Legacy Unit]----it’s possible to

  “deflect” it.”

  “...And what’s with that?”

  “Originally, the swirling power that collided would converge, and after that it

  would diffuse to all directions. But since the thirty-two [Eensweg] that she tried to set up stopped at twenty-four----there’s a hole in the southwest direction.

  ----In other words, Riku answered, by reading ahead.

  “To make all the power that collided, not go downwards----but it’s possible to

  induce it to southwest, you say?”

  Giving one nod----Eintihi continued.

  “Accompanying it and sharing information----“

  That was strictly as a tool.

  “First, the Ex-Machinas possesses Himea-Pocrifen [False Epigraphy – Air

  Strike]----it’s an armament that imitates the [Air Strike].”

  It’s nothing but information that the observer caught.

  “Second, this is something that the Player [Legacy Unit] also understood but, if

  the star is pierced and the released power makes the [Star Grail] materialize,

  then with a probability of 52%----it wil appear in the hands of the Artosh (War

  God). He possesses just that much of [Essence].”

  After being
told that Riku once again thought----just what, exactly, is [Essence].

  But Eintihi looked away from that Riku, and continued.

  “Using the above as the base, Wil er [One with Wil ].Correct the strategy----give

  the order.”

  That’s right, they are machines. They are just tools. Giving them orders----giving

  them the decision----is the wil of Riku (the user)

  “----Then, it’s a simple talk. Let’s feign the preemptive strike from the Artosh

  Camp.”

  Cutting off his thoughts, and gazing at the strategy map with eyes that didn’t

  reflect light, Riku continued.

  Indifferently, calmly, coldly, calculative----and thoroughly.

  “Launch[Air Strikes] in the coalition from behind the Avant-Heim without kil ing

  anyone. With just this that Elf (Sink Nirvalein) wil move----after that they will do the full fire power collision by themselves. After you deflect that to the

  southwest, this----“

  The hand that lined up the pieces in the game board (map), seemed to be about

  to stop for a moment----but, it continued.

  “Imitate-replicate an armament that converges----if it’s the Ex-Machinas then it

  can be constructed right?”

  “Affirmation. From the thirty-two [clusters], if eleven charges in, at the very worst it wil possible to replicate 70%.”

  ---Putting his hand on the chest as if he was grabbing the key that was giving a

  crushing sound, Riku continued.

  “And so, wil it be sufficient to pierce the core of the star and materialize the [Star Grail]?”

  “Affirmation. Four thousand eight hundred and seven machines wil be lost, the

  core wil be pierced if you fire it after converging a seventh of the output, as the result it’l make the power flow source of the elemental circuit collapse----and

  then it’l occur the spouting reaching the necessary value to materialize the [Star

  Grail].”

  ----In other words it was to watch die, almost five thousand people----brethren, of

  ShuVi----of his wife----

  As if to shake off that thought that crossed his mind, Riku once again chanted as

  if turning around in his chest.

  ----Put up the [Key]. And then say as if telling it to yourself.

  “The breaking of a tool isn’t included in the [Rules]----it’s just like I threw away an arm.”

  “Affirmative.”

  ----And then, Riku asked the last question.

  “Is it possible to incapacitate without kil ing Artosh with the twenty-one [Clusters]

  remaining?”

  “----Affirmation.”

  ..........

  “----[Divine Strike] is a single attack that bundles together Artosh’s power and the

  [Air Strike] of al Flügels. The Flügels becomes incapacitated and Artosh too

  becomes weakened. We’l pick that opening and “peel off”----Artosh’s

  [Essence].”

  “......”

  “An Old Deus after having its essence peeled off, wil probably be “inactivated”

  for one hundred years. After that if the power flow source of the elemental circuit

  gets pierced----certainly the [Star Grail] wil surely materialize in the hands of the Wil er [One with Wil ].”

  At those words Riku hid his face and smiled bitterly----this guy, he’s really

  clumsy right.

  Almost, like her (ShuVi).

  If you’re going to pretend to be a heartless machine then----notice that words

  like certainly, probably, surely, isn’t like a machine (Ex-Machina) at all.

  “We are heartless machines, just tools, so commands wil just be faithfully

  obeyed and executed----therefore.”

  And then, as a fundamentally talk you see----like that Riku hid his eyes.

  “When you see “the light of the peeled off essence” of Artosh just pull the trigger

  without hesitation and obtain the [Star Grail].”

  ----A machine, you know...when it tells a lie, it doesn’t avert its eyes...

  ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

  The Ex-Machina girl made a bow to Riku, who finished recollecting, and said.

  “Well then, I----this machine too will head to the battlefront. Wil er Riku----“

  ----And then until the very end, those guys who self-proclaimed themselves as

  just machines.

  Left behind a line that they didn’t even notice they weren’t used to it,

  “----I pray, for your fortune...”

  And then it leaped away.

  ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

  <----From Eitihi[Commander of Al Connected Units] to---->

 
  Samuel / Shulle / Estze / Theodor / Ul yhi / Yuber / Vil / Viem / Ikusati / Ipsilon /

  Tzaharia---to the remaining [Al Clusters]’s all nine thousand one hundred and

  seventy-seven machines.>

  <----Befehl ist nun Ein. By betting this soul gifted to us by Player[Legacy Unit]

  ShuVi, we wil assist Wil er Riku----namely. The retirement of Old Deus Artosh’s

  [Essence]. Ignore the damage of a universal annihilation but without

  accomplishing a suicide... Incidentally I’l finish the command by adding a

  remark that’s unbefitting of an Ex-Machina---->

  (TL Note: “Befehl ist nun Ein” is german for “The command/order is only One”.)

  <----Lived without life, went without life----we depart with life----Aus>

  <<>>

  Eintihi snorted in a way unbefitting of a Ex-Machina and apologized for the [lie].

  Forgive me Wil er. Having the Flügels, Avant-Heim (Phantasma), and a Old

  Deus as the opponent after the [Divine Strike].

  To peel off Artosh’s [Essence] without kil ing anyone is impossible----even

  subjugating seems extremely difficult.

  Please----I wish that you think like this. The heartless tools ran out of control by themselves.

  “Al machines, authority for armaments’ use, restriction released----!”

  [[----...Einde-Pocrifen [False Epigraphy – True Dragon Roar]----!!!]]

  ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

  “----Don’t, underestimate us-nya----scrapsssss!!”

  Continuing through the passage in the area of Artosh’s throne until the

  prisoner’s base, Azriel shouted.

  The countless blades of light released by squeezing out the little amount of

  power left dyed the red sky in white, and caught up many enemy figures.

  Barely visualizing, the multiples Ex-Machinas that released a blue light and

  exploded.

  ----A [Divine Strike]----of the greatest output.

  This is its after-effect. Almost every Flügel lost their power, and there were ones

  who couldn’t even move.

  As if targeting that----no, with a timing that was definitely targeting that.

  A legion of machines surged through, seemingly to completely cover the sky.

  What approached was the entire army, which with only a fourth of its power,

  slaughtered Aranreiv, one of the of the Draconia.

  The few ones that has a minor amount of power left from the entire units are,

  Azriel and one part of the Flügels.

  And the attacks of the Avant-Heim only, they were received and shot with those

  but----there’s a limit.

  The anti-air artil ery is steadily shooting down the Ex-Machinas.

  But, the legion of machines assaulted, seemingly to not even care about the

  damages.

  ----That’s probably what Jibril said too, an armament that imitates Aranreiv’s [Far

  Cry].

  With each one of those simu
ltaneous sweep----the few Flügels that has power

  left to fight gets instantly blown away.

  The ones that can’t move----namely the ones that they conclude that can’t

  become an obstacle, they don’t even turn towards them.

  Rather than that, what are they planning.

  Even the coalition fleet that considered this to be a opportunity and went to the

  offensive, suffered attacks of the Ex-Machinas.

  They clearly, don’t want to kil . They are only stealing the fleet’s battle capacity.

 

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