[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 108: Nix Regina (3)

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The white scythe spun in the air and stopped right in front of Olivia who was about to be hit by Nix's attack of destruction.

The bursts of light and bullets that had previously pointed straight at Olivia instantly stopped and disappeared the moment it touched the scythe.

"Zephiroth?! "

The sound of surprise came from Olivia who immediately seized the opportunity by pulling herself onto one of the giant thorns she had set her ice chain on.

As soon as he saw the shape of the scythe, he inevitably associated it directly with one of the star weapons that Anastasia had described to him that night.

Its size was large enough with pure white and slightly red hue in some parts, as well as the ability to negate the attack that Nix launched, unmistakably, it was the magic-eating scythe of Zephiroth.

"Who are you, goddamn it?! "

Nix shouted and strengthened his shot, even so, the scythe looked unmoved and it just kept spinning on the spot while absorbing all the attacks he unleashed.

"Tch, star guns, huh?! "

Realizing that his attack was completely useless against Zephiroth's special abilities, Nix immediately stopped his attack and returned his rifle and wings to their original form and position.

(It seems that he has information about the star weapon, but ... Who threw the scythe …? )

Olivia watched her surroundings vigilantly in search of the figure who saved her from the danger. And it didn't take long for him to find that figure.

A black-haired girl suddenly appeared with her back and stood on a pitch-black footing that she did not know what she was made of.

" … Who are you? "

Olivia asked warily and prepared her weapon just in case, but the girl only glanced at her for a moment before finally looking back at Nix's figure who also looked shaken.

"It will be explained later. For now, leave. Pauper will take you to another place" said the girl in a toneless voice.

The girl then waved her hand slightly, then the white scythe that was still spinning in the air then returned to her hand at a speed that could barely be seen by the eye.

"Pauper, take him."

Then another girl appeared beside Olivia and looked at the girl with the sickle with bored eyes. He had an appearance that looked about the same age as Olivia and the girl with the scythe, just that the atmosphere he was emitting was more like a slacker who was forced to do something he hated.

His current position was brrbaring on a large pillow that floated in the air, his legs swinging forward and back whenever he muttered.

"You can do it alone? Mordred's? "

Although Olivia did not quite understand the situation, it would be best if she could understand some things from hearing the conversation they had.

The girl with the scythe who seemed to have the name Mordred shook her head doubtfully in response to Pauper.

" … Not sure. He ... Not a man."

"Seeing from nowhere, he's not human, is he? Look, he even has wings" Pauper said, pointing at the metal wings on Nix's back.

"Well, whatever it is .. Souris just asked us here to defuse the situation a little bit, so don't push yourself. Asterisks must not lose a single member before our plan can be realized. You understand what happens if you die here, don't you? "

Mordred nodded grimly and prepared an attack with his scythe, then spoke to Pauper, "I'm ... Won't die even if I want to … "

" ……… "

Pauper said nothing more and looked at Mordred with her lazy face.

(Well, as long as he stays safe, then .. )

Nodding briefly, Pauper then turned his head and looked at Olivia who was still hanging with her ice chains on those giant spines.

"I'll explain later. For now, you better come with me."

A barely visible chain then wrapped around Olivia's body and lifted her up onto Pauper's pillow.

"I don't like anyone stepping on my pillow, but since it's only a temporary measure, I'll forgive you."

Saying that, the pillow they sat on together then slowly moved away from Mordred and descended closer to the ground.

" … Who are you two? "

Olivia asked to confirm a few things. Even though he had heard the conversation the two of them had earlier very well, he was still unable to understand what they meant.

Pauper seemed to be motionless in her expression and answered Olivia while lying down and swinging her legs in turn.

"Don't I tell you I'll explain it when we get there? I don't want to waste my transactions just to explain it over and over again. It would be more efficient if you could hear the answer along with the others.

" ……… "

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As soon as they reached the place where everyone was gathered, Pauper immediately lowered Olivia and released the winding of the chain that constricted her.

Seeing Olivia finally coming, Stella and Chloe quickly ran towards her with anxious faces.

"Livia! W-are you okay? You don't have any heavy injuries, do you?! "

"I'm doing fine. I managed to escape before his attack reached me. .. Even though he actually helped me."

Olivia pointed to the figure of Mordred— who was actually Tania— who was fighting with Nix in the air.

Mordred swung his scythe swiftly and slashed into the empty air before Nix, then the sharp blade made of gusts of wind drove straight towards Nix's abdomen.

Nix dodged the wound from the attack by crossing both of his rifles and resisting the wind slash.

As soon as his attack was successfully suppressed by Nix, Mordred instantly disappeared from everyone's sight and reappeared right before Nix, giving him an extremely powerful kick to his stomach.

" … Who is he? "

The voice of doubt from Stella broke the silence and made everyone nail their attention to her.

"Ahh, right .. We should wear the mask as Souris said … "

Pauper covered her lips in surprise as soon as she realized the fatal mistake she and Mordred had just made.

"Ughh .. This will be troublesome .. I hope Souris does not lower our pay for this! "

Saying that, Pauper immediately got up from his pillow and looked around. Other than Olivia, there were some people she had also gathered from all over the city.

Realizing that almost all of the residents had finished evacuating, he nodded and spoke to everyone.

"I'm sure you're all confused by what's going on right now, but. Asterisk has sent us both—Pauper and Mordred—to be a temporary relief."

Although he said that to calm everyone down, there was no way they could calm down at a time like this. Their bewildered faces were still very clear and made Pauper, or Colyn inevitably only able to sigh resignedly.

(I'd better ask Souris to raise the fee.)

He was completely unwilling to do troublesome work such as saving the townspeople, or any other kind act unless he was paid.

"Umm .. Sorry, but ... What is Asterisk? "

Stella confusedly asks Colyn about the thing that makes everyone wonder. Everything just happens in a short time so that the speed of thinking and analysis they can not keep up with the situation.

"Ahh, Asterisk is ……… "

The expression on Colyn's face froze. He wanted to explain to everyone there what and who Asterisk was because of the proposal given by Souris, or Noelle.

Before Colyn and Tania came to Eisen as small reinforcements, Noelle proposed making this the Asterisk's first action debut, and Colyn easily agreed to it because she thought it was cool.

And now, the results are clear. He didn't even know what to say to answer this most basic question.

Even he himself did not really understand what Asterisk was about. All he knew, he only suddenly came to a strange place after being swallowed by a mysterious fog, he is forced to work with strange people he does not know to stop the bad events that will happen to him in the future.

Thanks to that crystal named Pauper, he became calmer and was able to accept the situation more easily, but, still he was still confused by all of this.

In fact, all members of Asterisk themselves also do not know each other's identity. They decided to call each other by the name of the crystal they got.

Faced with the bewildered gazes of dozens of people, Colyn was so confused that she had no other choice in her head.

(I guess I can only act cool now.)

Colyn forced a smile on her face and stood wilfully (lol) on her pillow, then looked at everyone with a condescending look.

(Ehehe .. I haven't done this in a long time. )

Colyn tried desperately just to refrain from forming a silly smile on her face, and instead, she displayed a firm and proud expression (lol).

"Listen here you losers! We are Asterisks! People who will guide the world to the path it should be! We will do anything to achieve our goals! Anyone who dares to oppose us deserves to die! "

That loud enough cry could clearly be heard by everyone present there, and instantly made the air freeze with silence.

" ……… "

(What's wrong? )

He really did not know about what caused everyone to be silent. Of course he was aware with a cold gaze from Olivia, but he decided to ignore it because Souris—Noelle— asked him not to do anything strange to her.

It didn't take long for everyone to realize what he was saying. They all let out various expressions of astonishment on their faces. Some of them showed annoyed faces while scoffing at Colyn with rude mentions, but Colyn paid them no heed and turned to look at Nix's figure whose air maneuvers became increasingly fast.

"Uwaa .. She is completely unreasonable .. But .. How could Souris know that there was trouble in this place … "

Colyn began to remember what happened a while ago.

At that time he and Tania were still in a place filled with fog, they decided to call it Asterisk headquarters.

Colyn who was lying on her pillow while thinking about what happened was immediately called by Noelle who was enjoying the wine she got out of nowhere.

At that time Noelle who they called Souris told Colyn that she felt there was a problem in the place where her friends were, so she asked Colyn and Tania to go there and check the situation, she said, or even fight for the worst situation.

Surely Colyn did not accept it right away. If Noelle could really detect a problem occurring there, she should be able to solve the problem on her own without relying on the help of the other Asterisk members.

From the beginning, they still did not know much about Asterisk, Noelle should not take decisions with great risk such as sending two unknown people to help her friends.

Although in the end Colyn and Tania decided to accept his request after being tempted by a sizable reward.

Noelle promises to give Colyn some of the old grimoires that became one of her collections, and gives some Manadyte (magic crystal) with high purity to Tania.

Colyn was completely confused by how Noelle could easily guess what she and Tania were looking for.

Colyn let out her sigh in resignation as she recalled that back. He looked at the figure of Tania who frowned while giving Nix a quick slash in the air.

Nix shoots using both his rifle and his wings, but it is all held up easily by Tania.

The hot bullet that his rifle unleashed at a terrifying speed was easily avoided and was picked up by Tania using her scythe, and the supercold energy waves that his wings released were easily absorbed by the scythe that was moving uncontrollably in the air.

Tania threw her scythe and pointed it straight at Nix. The scythe spun in the air and scratched Nix's white dress, but Nix managed to avoid the physical injuries by flying to the side.

Realizing that it was futile, Tania instantly pulled back her scythe that seemed to be connected with a thin black chain at the end of her hilt, in preparation for her next attack.

"I've thought of this before, but .. I've never seen such a weapon before. Do you guys know anything? "

Colyn turned around and asked everyone behind her. And of course, he immediately got an irritated reception from everyone due to the strange declaration he had uttered earlier.

Seeing that no one answered the question, Olivia decided to tell Colyn some of the things she knew, "That's one star weapon. The magic-eating scythe, Zephiroth."

It was a brief explanation, but Colyn had already understood many things with just that.

If it was truly as the name implies, then the weapon was practically a magician murder weapon due to its special ability that could absorb all the magic that touched it.

"I don't know if the scythe will also eat the magic of its user or not. I've never seen it in person."

Additional explanation from Olivia made Colyn nod understandingly, before finally staring at Tania's figure again.

He had only realized it now, but it seemed that Tania did not have so much mana in her body. Colyn inevitably thinks that Tania was really not born to use magic.

"I'm surprised you know so much" said Colyn praising Olivia.

"That's because I have something similar" Olivia replied as she patted the rapier hanging from her waist.

Hundreds of glowing-looking bullets turned the sky above the city into a very real battleground. Tania dodged it all easily and countered the attack with her own scythe. Even so, since then, none of his attacks had managed to injure Nix.

And so did Nix. Tania had somehow not received a single wound from him so the fight looked a draw now.

Tania occasionally throws her scythe, but Nix easily avoids or even brushes the scythe away and changes its trajectory elsewhere. His scythe stuck in one of the giant ice thorns that stood firmly in the middle of the city, but, it didn't take long until the ice thorn completely disappeared without a trace.

"A maddening ability! "

Nix yells at Tania and accelerates his firing movements so that the bullet coming out of the gun hole can no longer be seen even with superior vision ability.

Tania got a few scratches on her body because of the bullet, and made her jump far back, then landed on a black foothold that appeared out of nowhere.

He tried to analyze the best option he had to make to attack Nix, but the result was nil.

Tania with an annoyed expression readied her scythe and intended to strike back, but a deep blue-colored crystal suddenly appeared right beside her.

『Mordred, can you really do it? I can help you if you want.』

The sound coming out of the crystal was Colyn's voice. He's sure of it. Tania looked worried for a moment with her choice, then replied, "Then, please. I need time to make the next attack."

Then, Tania's figure suddenly disappeared from before Nix, and appeared on the ground, right next to Colyn's pillow that floated several tens of centimeters above the ground.

"Please divert him for a while," Tania said.

The white scythe in Tania's hand then shone faintly along with Tania's eyes that began to close. Olivia instinctively knew what Tania was going to do.

Tania will definitely use another ability that the sickle has, namely release. In addition to absorbing, the Zephiroth's scythe also had the ability to cast all the magic he had absorbed before.

She had absorbed so many magic attacks from Nix, so Olivia could not imagine how big an impact the scythe would have.

Colyn's pillow slowly advanced back to Tania who was preparing her attack. Despite that, Colyn looked as if she had absolutely no attacking intent.

As a weapon created to kill gods, Nix instinctively realizes what Colyn is thinking.

Nix created several giant ice and snow golems and targeted Colyn who looked to be still relaxing on her pillow.

Olivia and the others reflexively instantly prepared their weapons to face the golem, but Colyn stopped them with her gaze.

"This will be a great stage to show the Asterisk's strength."

Colyn waved her hand slightly, and all of the giant golems instantly vanished from everyone's sight.

" ……… What happened? "

No one responded to Olivia's question, other than Colyn who looked at Nix and widened a grin on her face.

"Then let's start again."

"《Towel dia》"

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Meanwhile, somewhere dark that no one knows about.

Charlotte was sitting on a chair while staring blankly at the glass table before her.

"It's been started, yes .. It's very sad, but .. I have no choice but to do it."

A pitiful-looking faint smile began to form on his face.

"I hope we can meet again as soon as possible .. Without having to continue all these lies … "

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