Mio saw another clone standing below, its head-mounted processor fully deployed. It was the source of the music, a high-energy battle anthem that seemed to pulse with the rhythm of the fight. It had activated Gavelet's "March," and the effect was immediate.
The other clones' attacks became ...
2025-07-15 18:10:26 +0000 UTC View PostBack with Shido's group...
The clone blocking their path lowered its head, as if receiving a signal.
[Notice: Mission complete. Target acquired.]
"...Acknowledged."
The clone turned its gaze to Shido.
"Announcement: You may proceed."
It stepped aside, clearing ...
2025-07-14 15:54:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe cold, emotionless face burned itself into Origami's vision, dragging up memories she had long suppressed.
"Objective acquired," the machine stated. "Commencing analysis."
The Spirit Hunter.
Why? Why did you have to take it?
She remembered the stories....
2025-07-13 17:56:27 +0000 UTC View PostNia was intrigued. She could use her Angel to find out what I was planning, but where was the fun in that? Forgoing her manga drawing for the afternoon, she decided to simply wait and see what I had in store.
And so they waited.
Nia idly browsed the internet with Rasiel while I sat qu...
2025-07-12 17:18:49 +0000 UTC View Post"Michael Shifuru."
A wave of crimson energy erupted from her, enveloping her body. When it faded, her appearance had changed. Her pink cheongsam was now a fiery red, its design even more daring than before. New pieces of armor clung to her limbs. Michael, the key, had trans...
2025-07-10 15:21:50 +0000 UTC View PostA golden portal shimmered into existence in a secluded alleyway.
I stumbled out, wisps of ethereal blue flame clinging to my body before dissipating. The portal snapped shut behind me. I leaned against the grimy brick wall, then slid to the ground, my systems running a frantic damage report...
2025-07-09 15:51:18 +0000 UTC View PostKnock, knock, knock.
A rap on Kotori bedroom door, followed by her brother's familiar voice.
"Kotori, are you awake? Lunch is ready."
"I'm awake! Be right there!"
Kotori scrambled out of bed, hastily tying on her white ribbons. A quick trip to the bathroom to wash...
2025-07-08 15:50:42 +0000 UTC View PostThat night, Shido couldn't sleep.
His sister, Kotori, still hadn't come home. Usually, she would be back by now. He called her phone. It went straight to voicemail. He sent messages. No reply.
Had something happened? Did she run into trouble? But that made no sense. She could teleport...
2025-07-07 14:18:02 +0000 UTC View PostThere were others, but they were tangled up in the complex web of the Spirit of Origin, a mess I had no desire to touch. The first two were manageable. The third, however, was a problem.
According to my data, the Spirit "Metatron" Origami Tobiichi did not yet exist. She would only gain her ...
2025-07-06 11:43:35 +0000 UTC View PostThe silence that followed was heavy, broken only by the whisper of the wind through the shattered buildings.
Ten seconds.
Then, the hold on Yoshino broke. Time rushed back into her small body. She went limp, slumping forward and tumbling from the back of the fading ice rabbit.
S...
2025-07-06 11:41:45 +0000 UTC View PostI walked slowly towards the frozen form of the girl. The analysis of her Angel, Zadkiel, was already complete. I had acquired its cryokinetic abilities during our first encounter; this time, I was here to finish the data set, to map the colossal ice rabbit itself.
My processors sorted the i...
2025-07-06 11:40:53 +0000 UTC View PostI descended from the sky, my arrival heralded by a blast of powerful, dramatic music. The sound emanated from the ring-shaped device floating just above my head, which pulsed with light in time with the beat.
As mentioned before, I had... upgraded my hardware. The device was no longer just ...
2025-07-04 17:47:48 +0000 UTC View PostWhen my analysis was complete, I released her.
Miku collapsed onto the concrete floor, a broken doll. Her eyes were unfocused, her face streaked with tears and flushed from lack of oxygen. Her beautiful dress was covered in grime. She lay there, limp and unresponsive, her chest rising and f...
2025-07-04 17:46:59 +0000 UTC View PostI stood before the gates of Rindouji All-Girls Academy. It was a weekday, and the faint sound of teachers' voices drifted from the open windows. It looked like any other school.
But it was also the home of my next target.
Miku Izayoi. The Spirit codenamed "Diva."
Finding her was...
2025-07-04 17:46:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day, Westcott discovered his prize was gone.
His reaction was a strange mix of relief and terror. The good news: the Spirit Hunter hadn't blown up his building or tried to kill him. The bad news: it had slipped past his maximum-security measures without a trace and taken The Nun. 2025-07-04 17:45:21 +0000 UTC View Post
The air in the cell was cold and stale.
She must have heard me appear, because she slowly, painfully, turned her head.
I stood there in my true form a machine of metal and wires. My human disguise had vanished the moment I used my power to get here. Even if it hadn't, I wouldn't have ...
2025-07-04 17:44:43 +0000 UTC View PostWind, violent and absolute, spiraled inward, converging on the two girls.
Within the centre of the gale, a new form took shape. A colossal, strangely beautiful bow appeared between them, held jointly in their hands.
This was Raphael El Nahash, the Chariot of the Sky. The true, o...
2025-07-04 17:44:06 +0000 UTC View Post"Query: May we begin to fulfill our agreement?"
"Fine, fine! Prepare yourself to witness our true power!" Kaguya declared, a wild grin on her face.
"Affirmation. We will not hold back," Yuzuru added, her tone flat but firm.
As they spoke, my energy sensors flared. A maelstrom of...
2025-07-04 17:43:24 +0000 UTC View PostWestcott had tried everything to break Artemisia, to force her into an Inverse state. He had tortured her relentlessly, but she never broke.
And now, this "Spirit Hunter", Westcott's own moniker for me, was systematically targeting every Spirit. Sooner or later, it would come for the one in...
2025-07-04 17:42:50 +0000 UTC View Post"It's difficult to say," Ellen replied, her expression unreadable. "I cannot determine its upper limits. And besides..." Her gaze drifted to the part of the screen showing Mana. "Takamiya Mana is about to lose."
"Her Realizer unit is failing. The malfunctions have been compounding since the...
2025-07-04 17:42:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe moment her Angel appeared, my eyes began to glow with a strange, intense light. The data harvest had begun.
Kurumi understood what I was doing. She needed to end this fast. She raised one of her flintlock pistols.
"Zafkiel Dalet!"
The colossal clock behind h...
2025-07-04 17:41:23 +0000 UTC View PostA few teenage boys nearby who witnessed the feat let out impressed whoops and cheers.
I had other business to attend to.
Kurumi Tokisaki. Codename: Nightmare. The only Spirit known to actively and willingly take human lives. They called her the Worst Spirit.
And she was my next ...
2025-07-04 17:40:29 +0000 UTC View Post"Cough... hack..."
She was defeated, her spirit broken. But the battle had been too short. My analysis of her Angel, Haniel, was not yet complete. I needed more data.
Natsumi’s glamor flickered and died.
The stunning, mature woman I had been fighting was gone. In her ...
2025-07-04 17:39:43 +0000 UTC View PostI closed the distance. The girl, sensing my approach, suddenly stopped splashing. She turned, and her wide, fearful eyes met mine.
She saw a figure cloaked in shadows, topped by a strange halo of light. A face that was a cold, beautiful mask. A being from whom she could feel no life, no war...
2025-07-04 17:38:46 +0000 UTC View PostThe engine, the system's gift, was slowly regenerating the immense power required for a world-jump. It was my ultimate escape route, my ticket to anywhere. But for now, I was here. And I had work to do.
The engine recharge was surprisingly fast. Not even a full day had passed, and it was al...
2025-07-04 17:32:23 +0000 UTC View PostLeft alone in the crater, the armored girl, Tohka, stared at the empty sky, the image of a silent, sword-stealing machine waving goodbye burned into her mind.
The confusion curdled back into a deep, simmering resentment as she faded away, her mood utterly ruined.
My Vector Gate ...
2025-07-04 17:31:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe purpose of my first jump was simple: data acquisition.
While soaring through the brilliant blue sky, a novelty in itself, my internal sensors had flagged a high-energy anomaly.
The system cross-referenced it with my database, a mix of my own latent knowledge and the memories...
2025-07-04 17:30:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe Warbeasts stared, their feral minds struggling to process the scene. A silent, beautiful machine held the still-warm heart of its prey. The inherent wrongness of it, the cold, predatory act from a being they associated with reactive neutrality, shattered their courage.
A guttural whine ...
2025-07-04 17:30:19 +0000 UTC View PostWhere… am I?
The question was a thought without a voice, a ghost in a machine I didn't yet know was mine.
Above, the sky was a bruised, permanent twilight, choked with soot and the lingering energies of forgotten apocalypses. Two moons, one a sickly violet and the other a cracked po...
2025-07-04 17:29:42 +0000 UTC View PostMera couldn't wrap his head around it, but he had witnessed this man's incredible power firsthand. If Lord Elliot was speaking with such confidence, he couldn't possibly be bluffing.
"Lord Elliot, what should I do?" Mera pleaded, his voice laced with a desperate hope. Whatever it took, if h...
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