Apocalypse Witch: To the Strongests of an Age of Plenty
Episode 13's

The pain exploded from his body like being doused in boiling water.

"Ah, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!"

He could feel that his body was covered in distorting crystals.

His weak protector was useless at all. He rolled around and wriggled on the roof. He forced himself to consider his pain a good thing because it meant he was still alive. The pain is caused by Yukino Arakawa yawning. He had been burned by the steam that had become his flesh.

More than half of his body was covered by sharp crystals.

He was struck by the stench of human flesh that was being cooked.

Yukino's last form of resistance attached to her with a melted cheese-like feeling. He desperately tried to let go, but his dominant elbow and shoulder were unwilling to move. They were completely locked by the crystal.

He could only wait until the already established effect healed the burns all over his body. A strong feeling of disdain caused the core of his body to churn like an active volcano, but forcing himself to move during the healing process would be like opening a cocoon or cocoon from the outside. If he carelessly broke it, he might never return to normal again.

He only moved his left arm as much as possible to wipe his face and body and get rid of the source of his pain.

It was like being bitten by the corpse of a person he thought was dead.

After thirty seconds, the crystal that gave her new skin came off.

"Son gasps."

He turned his head, tried to catch his breath, and rubbed his eyes.

Suddenly, it happened again.

They're dead again. They disappeared before his eyes. Yukino had chosen his own death rather than one of his filthy comrades to kill, but the death was still painful in his heart.

Even so, these were already two people who had been successfully killed.

The danger of the spear of light was gone. Londoners will no longer have to suffer and the city will not be wiped off the map to cover up evidence of crime.

"Hey."

A girl's voice rang out in his ears as he thought about all those things.

It belonged to Marika, her childhood friend who had strawberry-blonde curls. He had activated his Crystal Blossom unit and descended to the roof from the night sky.

"Are you trying to save her like last time?" continued.

"..."

"Your decision to act as a distraction also has nothing to do with revenge. You threw away your own life to 'go the other way' and save the rioters caught in this mess, didn't you?"

He gasped and looked up.

Tears welled up in Marika's eyes as she bit her lips.

"It's not fair."

He threw away his crystal rapier and gently knelt down.

He lay on top of the boy while he lay on his back and he pressed his little face against his chest.

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"It's not fair!! We said we'd fight together to protect everyone, we said we'd take revenge on Problem Solver for it, and we gathered everything we needed to do it! So, why do you keep going back and forth on this? We think for ourselves and find a way to pursue Problem Solver, so why do you keep giving yourself a way out as insurance? Don't leave us like that. Don't leave us here!!"

"Sorry."

Still lying on his back, he wrapped his hands around his back, hugged tightly, and massaged his head.

“I'm sorry, Marika.”

"You're not leaving me again, are you? You won't leave me alone in this dark world?"

"No."

He slowly inhaled and exhaled before continuing.

"I'll join you in hell."

Not everyone is aware of what is really going on there.

At a point four or five kilometers northeast of Westminster Palace, a bespectacled woman stood on a roof in the City district, a business district filled with modern buildings. She was a beautiful Western European woman, yet she wore a brightly colored kimono.

(I lost connection. That is, does that mean he actually killed himself?)

"I beg you, Susanoo, the God of Violence Wakoku."

With that thought, he took out three dice from his kimono sleeve and threw them casually. The surface of the dice that was opened upwards served as a general guide when a huge sword suddenly emerged from the empty air. Really more than 100km in length. When standing upright, that staggering length is enough to reach the bottom of the thermosphere and could be mistaken for a space elevator. That big weapon was too heavy for humans to use.

"Well, no problem."

Four or five kilometers almost reached the horizon line. Sending out a few paper balloons equipped with cameras would be enough to add to the field of view, but he could not rely on such a trick with a giant sword holding both of his hands.

However, he knew that his target must be somewhere around Westminster Palace. And it doesn't matter if it's not entirely accurate. If he made a vertical slash with this sword, it would blow up everything around him. Of course, it would also destroy all the buildings and take all the lives along the path to that point, including the G21 heads of state in the target building, but he did not care.

He's agreed to do this.

Yukino Arakawa pisses him off, but the advice from the woman is always smart.

So then...

"Mara, Yukino-chan. I will destroy them along with your corpse!!" his yell.

A fiery red imprint that was similar to a shooting star and a disturbed air trail accompanied the extremely long sword as it swung the sword in both of its hands.

The gunshot rang out in his ears.

There was a gaping hole the size of a volleyball in the middle of his chest.

"... Oh..."

The sword was powered by his magic power, so it vanished into the air.

The glasses lady forgot when she was going to die and slowly turned around while coughing up blood.

"Ah???"

He heard the sound of metal squeaking.

A sexy girl with long black hair had arrived on the roof with him at some point. The girl sat in a wheelchair and held...is that a gun??? But there is something that is clearly unusual. Instead of the magazine being inserted into the bottom of the grip, it is inserted in front of the grip as in a light rifle or assault rifle. In addition, the magazine is also too big. The magasin is about the size of a disk drive that can be removed from thick metal.

"Excuse me, ma'am, but I assume that you are Jessie Marcus who rules South America? Oh, maybe I was disrespectful for missing all such formalities. How careless I am. But I don't need to explain why I killed you, do I?"

His voice is calm, but it also contains a bit of charm that seeps into you.

And it was mixed with poison that meant to kill.

"It used a 12.7 mm bullet. These bullets are commonly used for heavy machine guns or anti-material rifles. Shrinking its size to the size of a gun is not easy, but that way, I can take it wherever I like, by hiding it in the lap."

"..."

"Oh, you look surprised. Do you think a girl in a wheelchair can't shoot a bullet that big? It's true, maybe my wrist will break if I shoot a bullet with one hand. Or maybe you can turn the whole wheelchair around. But surely you know the answer. Or do you do all of this without knowing? I, OSIS Chief Omotesandou Kyouka, have lost 58% of my body. I'm like a dented doll that can't maintain a human silhouette without complementing my internal structure with my own Crystal Blossom."

"------"

"After all, I must do my duty as Chairman of OSIS after your rampage. I used my Magic Crystal to speed up the time limit of the teachers and disciples who fell asleep at the speed of 10 thousand. All at the expense of one body: my own. There was actually a high chance they would recover in less than a year."

Then why didn't he tell Karuta and Marika?

The answer is simple.

Whether it takes ten thousand years or a month, a momentary carelessness will reveal the location of the cave to the Problem Solvers and take the lives of the teachers and students.

The five men must be killed to prevent it. So in order to keep the burning desire of the other two people for revenge, he had decided that it was best not to tell them about the possibility of a more positive and hopeful future.

That's plan.

Knowing that would probably relax them and trigger a calamity for all of them, so he could wait until later to reveal that happy surprise.

"Firing a large caliber weapon with a wheelchair is something of a gamble, but I'm willing to learn if it means a new way to kill all five of you. And I'm tired of being stuck in this chair."

How did this happen?

The woman moved her mouth, but no words came out.

The President of OSIS continued to give answers.

The tip in installing a security camera is to use as little camera as possible to eliminate all blind spots. The most common method is to place two cameras at opposite angles of the coverage area. When the cameras stare at each other, the two eliminate blind spots below each other.

Problem Solvers have done the same thing.

They placed a light spear in one corner of London and a giant sword in the opposite corner. Together, they could cover the entire district.

"In addition, you two are very similar. You two have a sharp attack with a very far range. Once you get our location, we're definitely dead. On the other hand, the movement is so great and the pause between attacks is so great that you don't want anyone approaching you. In that case, it's not hard to realize that the two of you will be protecting each other."

They have detained the Problem Solvers with the record of essentially claiming responsibility for previous attacks and announcing that another attack is coming. They have also decided to kill as many Problem Solvers as they can handle at the G21 Summit site.

So, Kyouka already knew this would happen.

As they were relaxing after successfully defeating their main target, another terrifying attack came.

Then, he had to do more to save his comrade.

However, in another way, if the two of them were placed at opposite angles to protect each other if something went wrong, this was their greatest chance. They can easily figure out where the other Trouble Men are hiding in London. And once Yukino Arakawa is hit by trouble, the owner of the giant sword will fully focus on Yukino.

"To be honest, I don't care what your name is, I don't care what kind of person you are, and I don't care what your giant sword is. I'm imagining it using a heavy-based magic that makes it feel light to you but heavy to your opponent, but, again, I really don't care. Only one thing mattered to me: was that magic used to destroy our school?"

And that means, he would be remiss to focus on everything, except Yukino.

This will create a big enough gap for a girl sitting in a wheelchair to get close.

"Are you used to the notion that English cuisine is bad?"

The head of the OSIS once again pointed his adjusted pistol at the blindfolded woman who was still stubborn and unwilling to give up.

He didn't announce checkmate.

People say that their dessert consists only of sugar and butter and their dinner is only flavored with salt and oil, but they enjoy everything the wrong way. The food here is not made to be eaten alone. Desserts are created to be enjoyed with tea and dinners are created to be enjoyed with whisky or brandy.

It's not done yet. He can continue. The further he spoke, the deeper he felt the pleasure of revenge. His entire body trembled because of that reality.

"I think there's no need to insist on taking revenge if it means reducing my body like this. I thought I would stop at a certain point before straying as far as taking someone's life. But really, it's the same with English cuisine."

Yep.

He can maintain a pure desire for revenge even with more hopeful estimates of when the teachers and students will recover.

That true revenge character made a bold announcement with an extra-large weapon in hand.

"It's weird, really. My heart refused to think of killing, but when I ate it with a hint of revenge, it tasted so delicious. Yeah, I'm afraid I could get hooked with this☆"

Another resolution has been reached.

With nothing to bother, he gets more and more involved in more and more grudges until he almost drowns in them.