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Mélusine immediately kicked Borslot far away, then set off after him at once. She landed at the spot where Borslot had touched down, looked down at him embedded in the ground, and said,
"Haa... I wonder if we just can't communicate?"
"Arrrrrrrthuuuurrrr~~~!!!!!!"
Borslot ignored her words and immediately kicked off the ground, charging at her. With the corrupted holy sword of the lake in hand, he attacked her, but she easily caught his strike. Disappointed by his attack, she let out a sigh and said,
-Clang!
"Haa... Your combat sense is just awful... I was curious since you're the owner of the name bestowed upon me by Faehaha, but this is all you've got...?"
"Arrrrrr!!!"
She immediately sheathed Arondight again, then started hammering her fists into his abdomen. Her punches landed one after another with the heavy impact of a boxer’s blows.
-Pow! Pow! Pow!
"Grrrrr...!!"
Then Yoslott leaped up to deliver the final blow, bringing her fist down hard at high speed onto Borslot’s helmet and said,
"Cutline Lancelot...!!"
-Crash!!
"Aaaaaa....!!"
The helmet, already slightly cracked from the force of the attack, split cleanly in two and fell to the ground.
-Thud...!
"Is that all you've got...? Haa... I should finish this quickly and go help Master..."
She immediately drew Arondight from its sheath and prepared to use her Noble Phantasm.
"True Name Release-- Pretending to be the pure lake surface, returning the moonlight!-- Sink. Innocence Arondight [The Unblemished Light of the Innocent Lake, Unknown for Now]!"
"Aaaaaa!!!"
-Ratatatatatatata!!!
"What!? What is this!?"
As a last-ditch struggle, Borslot summoned a fighter plane and sprayed her with machine-gun fire. Startled by the attack, Yoslott canceled her Noble Phantasm and stepped back, saying,
"What...!?"
"Arrrrrrrrthurrrrr!!!"
-Thud!
Then Borslot immediately climbed onto the incoming fighter plane and flew off into the sky to put distance between them. Watching that scene, Yoslott...
"Whoa!! A machine gun and a fighter plane!! As expected, he's a knight worthy of receiving my name!! And is he challenging me to a duel right now!?"
Already having lost all reason at the sight of the fighter plane, Yoslott immediately took off after Borslot.
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-Yang Juhwan side-
"What the hell is that...?"
While fighting Jeanne d'Arc Alter, I suddenly heard a strange howl from the sky, and she looked up and said that. Well, a fighter plane flying around in 1431 is definitely weird... Romani, who was also watching the situation through communications, said in shock,
"What!? A fighter plane is flying around in this era!?"
"Haa... I don't really know either...?"
"Wow... It's a fighter plane..."
"R-right...? Senpai..."
Behind the fighter plane flying over the skies of France, someone could be seen chasing after it. I immediately took the telescope in my pocket and looked through it, and I quickly realized who it was. That... no, why was she chasing a fighter plane...? Dumbfounded, I spoke to Tonelico beside me.
"Why is she chasing that...? Tonelico..."
"Who knows... Master."
'Let's just ignore it... Well... she'll do whatever she wants...'
Leaving us even more baffled as we watched her fly off, Jeanne d'Arc Alter, who was also flustered, looked at Gilles de Rais beside her and said,
"Gilles... what on earth is that...?"
"Hmm... It looks like a fighter plane, Jeanne~."
Unable to make sense of his answer, Jeanne d'Arc Alter gave up on understanding it and pointed her flag at us.
"Haa... Fine... I've given up trying to understand. Let's just focus on the fight for now."
For now, Tonelico had sent too many of her clones to deal with the wyverns and magical beasts, so she couldn't fight properly. That meant we had to win with Mash, Jeanne d'Arc, and Kiyohime... but...
"Grrrrrrrrr..."
'Hmm... I don't think we can win this... We’re screwed... Dammit... if only that dragon bastard would hold them off...'
Just as I was thinking that...
"Master~!"
"Master. Sorry we're late!"
Marie and Mozart, who had finished off the enemy Servants over there, came and stood beside us.
'Yeah, with this, we might be able to hold out a little...!'
"All right... let's do what we can for now...!"
At my words, the Servants immediately charged at Jeanne d'Arc Alter and Gilles de Rais.
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"Our battle formation is perfect... Come."
"...Is this also fate? Understood. Let us go."
Here, the Sieg-Kriemhild couple and the Sigurd-Brynhild couple were facing off against each other. The first to attack was Siegfried. Holding his Noble Phantasm Balmung, he immediately charged at Sigurd.
"Kraah!!"
"Hup!!"
-Crash!!!!
As Balmung and Gram collided, a tremendous roar echoed across the plain. Their battle felt almost like the gods of Northern Europe were fighting. After a brief clash of blades, Sigurd immediately knocked Siegfried’s sword aside and hurled daggers at him.
"Ha!!"
"Hup..! Too shallow!!"
-Ting, ting, ting!
After deflecting all the daggers, Siegfried closed in on him in an instant and was about to thrust Balmung into his abdomen when Brynhild, watching from behind, immediately tried to stab his chest with her spear.
"I won't let you do that!!"
"Thank you, Kriemhild!"
But Kriemhild, unwilling to stand by, blocked Brynhild’s spear, then grabbed Siegfried and pulled back at once, returning to the standoff.
"Not bad, Siegfried."
"I salute you, Sigurd."
"Haha. I feel the same. Then let us continue...!"
This time, Sigurd charged Siegfried again and began attacking him with Gram. Their exchange showed no sign of ending even after dozens of minutes, and thinking it would never be decided like this, the two of them immediately backed off and said,
"This is going nowhere... Brynhild!! Let us do that!"
"That thing, you mean...?"
"Yes!!"
"Then... I will go!! Sigurd!!"
The moment they said that, greatswords appeared before them, and the two who grasped them looked at each other and said,
"Sigurd, my beloved. Are you ready?"
"Of course. I am ready, my love."
"Then!! Let us go!!"
"Yes!! Siegfried!! Can you receive our love??"
Hearing Sigurd’s shout, Siegfried immediately looked at Kriemhild beside him, then took her hand and said,
"Let us go as well, you."
"Us too...? Don't tell me...!?"
"Yes... Let us show them our love!!"
After saying that, he immediately fused the two Balmungs together(?) and the merged Balmung, filled with tremendous Magical Energy, shone brilliantly before them. The two of them holding that sword together likewise looked at Sigurd and Brynhild and said to them,
"You too, receive it!! Our love!!"
"You too, receive it!! Our love!!"
"The wicked dragon shall fall,"
"And our love shall burn like flame!!"
"Ready, my love?"
"I-I’m ready..! My love!"
And so the Noble Phantasms of the Sigurd-Brynhild couple and the Sieg-Kriemhild couple clashed. Sigurd and Brynhild’s Noble Phantasm advanced toward Sieg-Kriemhild with a sound like a chainsaw, while Sieg-Kriemhild’s Noble Phantasm unleashed the combined Magical Energy of the two of them.
""Brynhildr Romantia [At Least Until the Moment of Death]!!""
""Balmung Gellniz [The Song of Those Made of Balmung]!!""
The four Noble Phantasms collided. However, as if the power was lacking, Sieg-Kriemhild’s Noble Phantasm gradually began to lose ground. Thinking this wouldn’t do, Kriemhild looked at the man beside her and said,
"Ugh... You... is that all you've got?"
"Ugh... What do you mean by that, Kriemhild?"
"Is our love only worth this much?"
"Hmm... I see. My love for you... is not this shallow..!!"
Reinvigorated by her words, Siegfried caused the power of their Noble Phantasm to surge dramatically, and it gradually began to overpower Sigurd and Brynhild’s.
"Ugh..!! Impossible!?"
"I hate you!! You!!"
-Crash~~!!!!!
Thinking they were about to be overwhelmed, Brynhild shielded Sigurd with her body, and the two of them were swallowed by Sieg-Kriemhild’s Noble Phantasm. Sieg-Kriemhild’s Noble Phantasm rose into the sky, glowing with a brilliant violet light.
"Haa... did we win...?"
"It seems so... Wait!!!"
But Sigurd, protected by Brynhild, immediately prepared to use his Noble Phantasm on them for revenge.
-Hummm....
"It isn't... over yet... Sorry.... But... I’ll take one of you with me..!!"
"Ultimate technique ready.....!! Sun-forged demonic sword... Bring ruin upon that body!!! Völberk - Gram [Wheel of Heaven and Calamity]!!!"
"Dodge!! Kriemhild!!"
Kriemhild failed to evade in time and was about to be struck by the Noble Phantasm, but Siegfried took the blow instead. The Noble Phantasm pierced his spiritual core and then rose into the sky before vanishing.
"Kuh..."
"...You... what did you just do...?"
With his spiritual core shattered, he immediately handed the Noble Phantasm he was holding to Kriemhild and looked at her face as he said,
"Of course... protecting the one... you love... is only natural, isn't it?"
"...You are... truly... an idiot..."
"Khk... For now, let us return first... I’ll leave Balmung to you... Fafnir is still left... Please take care of that for me..."
"...Understood... I promise I’ll keep it... you..."
"Yes... Thank you... my love..."
-Whoooosh...
Leaving her with those final words, he was enveloped in a halo of light and disappeared. After seeing Siegfried off, she dragged the Noble Phantasm behind her and approached Sigurd, who lay collapsed on the other side.
"......"
"Ugh... My mistake... No... I was simply weaker... Your victory... is yours... Khk... Regrettable... Bryn, hildde..... Still... your revenge... is complete..."
-Whoooosh...
Using his last remaining strength, Sigurd unleashed his Noble Phantasm and followed after Brynhild, who had gone on ahead. After watching Sigurd vanish as well, she once again tightened her grip on the Noble Phantasm and said,
"...There is still... work left to do... For your sake too... I, Kriemhild... will do my best...!"
And so Kriemhild dragged the fused Balmung toward where Juhwan was.
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