“——Damn it! Where are our scouts? Were they caught?”“T-Their vitals are gone! They were killed!”“Tell them to retreat! Abort the reconnaissance!”“I-It's too late, boss! Their vitals... it's all gone! They're all dead!”In the central network of Violet Hex, Sumire commandeered everything. The scouting party she had sent to a Viper's base outside of Moonblight was eliminated and killed without mercy. “What killed them...?”After slamming her hand into a console, she sighed in frustration and guilt as she asked. “They were Brainless, Boss. They cast some magic that kept them in, and there they...”Trailing off of their words, the man who operated on the consoles that were connected to their scouts looked at Sumire. She had her head down into the console, feeling a sense of defeat. Everyone else was in silence as she stood back up. “Retrieve all the footage.”She sighed after she tried to calm herself down, and as soon as the footage was recovered and displayed, they could see but
“——The Black Skulls are here.”Arriving in haste, Magi had come back to the Red Tracker's office, delivering the news. However, Kira only stood there unsurprised by it. “We knew that.”“——Since when!?”Magi walked up to her, breathing and out as he tried to catch his breath.“Did you run from the marketplace to here?”Seeing as how parched and exhausted he was Kira asked Magi out of concern. “Never mind that!”Disregarding that, Magi wanted answers right now.“You probably know that the Black Skulls are participating this year. They're bound to be here.”Magi couldn't believe it at first, but he only needed to hear someone confirm it for him. The ones that they were trying to lay low from were them. They know that the twins know about the Unique Integration. They would do anything to eliminate them before a competition for power began between them. “——What is happening?”As Cian heard the commotion, he went downstairs to check, and as soon as he saw Magi in new clothes, he admir
——On the third day of their training, Magi and Cian have been able to come up with a plan.Against Kira who only wore a grin before them, the two prepared everything they can to move an immovable wall. “Now!”As he yelled out, Cian began to run around Kira as he tried to get to her blind spot. “You already tried that!”Kira had her eyes focused on Cian as he came close to her side, dashing towards him, however, Magi would fire at her and the ground. “Like I'd let you do that.”Magi expected her to come after whoever was close. She also faced Magi when he fired and gravitated his attacks, confirming the first assumption he made. “Hmph.”Kira didn't move and only faced Magi when he fired his bullets, meaning her ability on works if she can indeed see the attacks. Cian was able to get into her flank after, and with them being on complete opposite sides of each other, she can only dash after one only to risk her rear being open.“Heh? For once, you guys made me rethink my approach.”
——As Teresa's shop closes up, Kyle was told to finish up and go upstairs. Kira had joined their table Teresa looked annoyed by Kira's presence. “——Why the hell are you guys working for this succubus?”“Succubus? That's a fine compliment you've got for me sister. However, unlike me, you're not getting any younger.”As the two of them argued, Magi and Cian processed the fact that they were sisters. Teresa looked older than Kira who looked around to be around her late 20s. Teresa was already around her late 30s as well, so their being sisters didn't make sense. Also, they didn't look alike as Kira had natural red hair.“We aren't sisters by blood by the way. We've only claimed it before when we were young. When Kira was still a small little brat.”As they continued to share and reveal their background, they both began to learn that Kira was also like Teresa before. She was a caretaker of another orphanage before. The only difference was that Kira was alone and Teresa had her family.
“It's my turn now, isn't it?”Keeping a distance from Cian, Kira took a much more defensive stance after blocking a hit from his kick. Her arm was shaking from the force that he was able to deal with out of nowhere.However, she soon realizes where that explosive force came from. From Cian's ankles were rocket-like flames that would appear as he lifted them. There were magic circles behind it, and with extra torque, his kick was as twice as heavy.She also noticed his eyes that glowed as if focused on her, but seeing this as but an opportunity to see what Cian's rumored power was. “Aren't you a crafty one as well?”“Well, in certain places, you have to be creative, right?”As Kira sneered at his apparent tricks, Cian only replied once before rushing in himself with another kick. “——Are you going to use the same move again?!”Cian performs a kick from the side as Kira blocks it much better this time, however, Cian's feet not only hit her arm, but they also swirled up to the back of
——As the stroke of night chimed in, Magi and Cian had come back from the hospital. They expected to meet only Kira as Saeko could have already gone home. However, as they went upstairs to the office, there was a man who was on Saeko's desk, seemingly searching for something.“———”They stopped and stared at each other for a moment, but the twins would quickly move and pull out their Grants to aim at the said man.“You guys must be the twi——”BANG! As the man spoke and ignored the Grants pointed at him, Magi was the only one who shot his Grant.“Geez. Aren't you one paranoid idiot?”With his hand extended out, the man caught Magi's bullet as the ice melted out of it. Instead of spreading, the ice was shattered out of it, as if it was but a simple thing. “H-Hey! Why did you fire at him?”Seeing Magi just shoot at someone, Cian shouted at him. They didn't know who he was but it wasn't enough reason for Magi to shoot. “If you're worried that I shot someone who caught my bullet, then
“What the hell...”Standing before Vincent and Saeko, was a tall man with violet hair and eyes. It reached the ground as their clothes showed a majestic and modern design as if both Magi and Cian's clothes were combined. There were no other words to describe it but, that same man had stood in the same place where Magi and Cian were supposed to be in.Vincent stood ahead of Saeko as they were wary of the man, who looked around, dumbfounded.“———”His face was definitely of the twins. However, it seemed far more mature, good-looking, charismatic, and smooth. “Thee...”Lifting his finger to point at Vincent, the nameless man spoke. “——Where's the twin?”As Vincent asked, he gestured for Saeko to get Kira. She refused at first but seeing Vincent break out in a cold sweat even before a stranger meant something bad. Vincent who was left along with such a man gulped down his saliva. The man before him had tremendous berserk magic inside of him. Usually, if one's mana was unstable like t
Recirculating the one who called himself Magician, Vincent and Kira had known each other's combat style for years of working together.One instantly knew when the other would attack, and even with just so little information, they can attack in sync. “Quick Blast!”“Gravitize!”As Vincent emitted a blast from his palm towards Magician, Kira had her punch winded up from behind. They were both about to hit him at the same time.“Hmm.”As the attacks came, Magicians lifted their hands in front of each attack, and with a subtle flick, they cast and mirrored everything. “——?!”Vincent's blast was nullified by what seemed to be an inverted colored version of his magic, and for Kira, her magic suddenly backfired on her as she drops into the ground with a heavy body. “U-Ugh——T-That's not fair!”As Kira dropped into the floor, she tried to reverse it by gravitating herself up instead, but as she could only manage to sit up, the weight on her body felt like it was being crushed. “I suggest