As he ran, Palinclone shouted.

"I will 'fully liberate' the runaway 'World Consecration Squad' - and proceed with 'assimilation' as well!

　In time with the pulse of Palinclone's magic, the World Consecration Formation also begins to tremble. That is to say, the earth trembles. Ryner and I are stunned by the sudden earthquake. Meanwhile, the Palinclone continues to keep the World Headquarters pulsating.

　The black ground is distorted.
　The ground loses its solidity and begins to ripple.
　Then, as if emerging from the surface of the sea, a new monster crawls out of the ground.

''d*mn, not again!　Maria could have burned me out!

　However, the situation was a little different from the earlier monster summons. It had always been mainly medium-sized monsters, but the ones that were appearing now were all monsters that were large, large and super-sized.

　It was a crazy and mythical sight to see a bunch of monsters that wouldn't be able to fit in the corridor if it was a labyrinth, crawling up one after another. As far as the 'display' was concerned, all of the monsters had high ranks.

''No wonder!　That wasn't even close!　The area of the World Condemnation Force encompasses half of the mainland, so there aren't just tens of thousands of people on the battlefield that have been converted!　Hundreds of thousands - no, millions of creatures would have been swallowed by the continent!　Haha, so there's still more in stock!

　Palinclone confides the identity of the source of the summons in an agitated manner.

'At the expense of innocents again, you, ah!
I don't know!　I don't give a shit!　It doesn't matter how many people are converted, it doesn't matter to me!

　The monster summoning accelerates.
　A giant centipede swims through the darkness, splitting the sky. A tree fork sprouts through the heavens as if it were sprouting from the earth. A gaseous (gas) monstrosity flies through the darkness before you know it. Unseen, high-ranking monsters are summoned beyond counting.
　It was clear that Palinclone had deliberately suppressed its speed until now.

　While we are stranded by the earthquake, a wall of giant monsters is created by the giant monsters.
　In the right front, a one-eyed, four-legged ogre. In front of us, a flock of bats with their mouths open. Still, we push forward.

''Liner!
Oh!

　For chemistry, we swap positions and release our magic.

"'Zeerwise'!
"'Midgals Freeze'!

　Ryner moves to the left and blows the swarm of bats away with wind magic.
　I move to the right and freeze the giant ogre's (ogre) legs with freezing magic.

　Then, without stalling, I move through the monsters.

　The monster that's being summoned now is strong. That's for sure.
　But they weren't being led. Unlike the previous battle, they didn't attack us collectively.
　If I looked closely, there was a monster attacking Palinclone. He was attacked by a giant flying hundred-footer and his liquid body was torn apart.

''Palingkron, you too!
Yeah, I'm not in control anymore. I'm an invulnerable person to begin with. I don't like it because I'm not smart, but this kind of self-destructive warfare is possible.

　Palinclone said that Hailey was the reason why the 'World Devotional Squad' went out of control. Maybe that was the reason.
　Palinclone spotted a single monster and ran at it while avoiding attacks from all directions.

''--Just give me at least one of them in the body?

　He held out his hand to the giant wolf with eight eyes and let the black liquid of his body attack it. The black liquid moved like a living tentacle and clung to the giant wolf.
　The palinkron leapt onto the giant wolf's back, assimilating its lower body with the giant wolf's body.

　With the wolf's legs in hand, Palinclone's figure moved further away from the humanoid form.
　This reduced the number of monsters attacking Palinclone a bit. Maybe the fact that it has assimilated with the monster makes it think it is the same genus.
　In contrast, the number of monsters attacking us has not changed.

　The road to Palinclone is blocked by a wide variety of monsters.

Ryner!　I'm sorry, but I can't afford to help!
'You've got to be kidding me!　You can't help me!　We just happen to have enemies together right now!

　Ryner swears the other way and pushes me away.
　However, it's clear that Ryner is struggling. Even though he is wearing the magic wind, this is the 'center' of the 'World Consecration Camp'. Leveling down is inevitable. You can see in the 'display' that the level that has been raised thanks to Haili is being consumed.

　But I had an answer to that problem.
　I had some sort of certainty.

''Ryner!　Use it!

　Saying that, he throws the 'Aleis Family's Treasure Sword Lowen' in his hand to Ryner.

''This is Rowen-san ......!

　Receiving it dexterously in midair, Ryner looked at the sword's blade and muttered.
　It's a good thing that you're able to have a good time. It's a good thing that the blessing of "The One Who Stole Reason" stopped the dissolution of the body (level down).
　As expected.
　The most important thing is that the level of my level has not gone down since I let go of the magic stone of the "thing that steals the logic of the earth".

　--I knew it.

　Even though Rowen is gone, I am not affected by the World Consecration Camp.
　With Maria gone, I thought that there were only two magic stones left from 'The One Who Stole Reason' here, 'Earth' and 'Darkness'. But that's not the case. There is a third magic stone here.

　No, not just three, maybe--!

　There is hope.
　Not only will we find a chance to win the battle, but we will also find a light in the darkness.
　Ryner laughed happily after receiving the 'Aleis Family's Treasure Sword Lowen'.

''Mr. Rowen!　What happened that day!

　The crystal sword shone.
　Then, the arm of the tree-fork monster that was attacking from above was slashed open.

''--'Quartz Blade Size!

　Furthermore, Ryner's sword flashes shimmered.
　The body of the tree fork that reached the sky was slashed vertically as if it were chopping wood.
　Due to the combination of Rowen's 'Sword Art' and 'Magic Power Wind Blading', the power to be called 'Sword to End Demons' had descended on Ryner.

　I also take out the 'Crescent Pectrazuli's Straight Sword' from my 'possessions' and activate 'Magic Power Freezing' as if defeated.

''-- ''Freezing Sword (Ice Flamberge), Ice Blade (Size)!''

　That new magic name was an idea. I just got caught up in it and imitated it - but I thought it was cool. It's just that alone that fills me with wariness and lifts my mood. It's a good reason to shout out a new magic name.

　This magic, 'Ice Flamberge, Ice Blade (Size)', is a magic that doesn't extend an ice blade, but a blade of cold air.
　Instead of using a material sword, it uses a blade of cold air to slice through a gaseous (gas) monster bird that was nearby.
　The monster that shouldn't have been a real entity freezes and falls to the earth.

　With a new determination, my ice sword gains even more power.
　But I also felt that it was different (...).
　I was certain that my attribute was neither 'ice' nor 'water'.

　I've been experimenting with many different types of freezing magic until today. But I'm not sure if I've ever drawn out more power than the range of effect of Ice and Freeze. I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work.
　Then my attributes are--......

　As I was searching for the answer in my head, Ryner next to me also defeated the insubstantial enemy with me.

''-- 'Zeerwise Madness'!　And I'm not just with a sword!　Dr. Ayd's teachings, Hailey-san's power, now my wind magic is the strongest in the Helvirshain family!

　It blows away monsters that must have weighed over ten tons.
　The power of the wind surpasses the wind knights I know in Yuu.

　The power of the two of us will pave the way.
　The road to Palinkulon is only a short distance away--

　But in the end, a giant flying centipede, over a kilometer long, waits for us like a wall. Ryner and I put our strength into our bodies and our minds into our will.

'Here's my brother - no, Heili-san is here!　I can't be shown to be unworthy, Christ!
'Oh!　Get it together, Reiner!

　The wind blade and the ice blade draw the trajectory of the Ishin-den.
　Although their swordsmanship was mutually improvised, it had reached the point where it could be called a technique.
　This is a technique that is unique to the two of them, a synchronization that comes from using the same swordsmanship, and a resonance that comes from looking up to the same teacher. I felt and shouted that they had reached a point where they could call it resonant swordsmanship, not resonant magic.

"--Alais style resonant swordsmanship!　"Yukikaze!
"--?

　I spat out a decisive line as the body of the hundred-footer, which had been split up by the slash, fell to the ground in a blur.
　Ryner next to me was surprised to see what was going on, but I'm not going to reflect on it. I'm just trying to be strong and fight like I always have. At best, this is another fine tactic for having a strong heart, so forgive me.

　Me and Ryner's resonant swordsmanship cut down the monster's walls.
　Finally, we reach the Palinclone.

''Palinclone!''

　My throat was screaming its own name in the face of our sought-after nemesis.
　Palinclone answers our swords with his black blade, preventing us from doing so. While we were fighting the monster, it seems that the other side was also ready to go.
　Their magical power, which had been weakened by the continuous battles, is now full of energy, and the volume of the black liquid has grown many times larger.

'Haha, you look good, boy!　As I thought, I've already completely gotten over the 'Twenty Trials'!　Well, I didn't need to check it out!　So now, as a guardian (Guardian), I have to end the battle: ......--not for me!　

　The two swords are blocked by the black blade, and the movement is stopped for a moment. Aiming for that short time, Palinclone will try to attack from the blind spot with his increased arms.
　No longer can the 'swordsmanship' of a human opponent be used. However, this one's 'swordsmanship' is Lowen's 'swordsmanship'. It's not a matter of how many arms, or even if it's a huge enemy, he'll use his sword to cut it off.

''--Ah, it doesn't matter!　I don't care about the labyrinth!　This place is nowhere!　I'm here and the enemy is in front of me!　That's it!　That's all this fight is about!

　Me and Ryner play the black blade by multiple arms.
　Then, aiming at the unprotected areas that aren't blades, we slash from the base of the arms. The precise sword reduces the number of arms Palinkron has.
　But even so, Palinclone still screams out without a care in the world.
　He doesn't care about his inferiority complex, he insists.

'What matters is us here!　The World Apocalypse is nothing more than a weapon!　A Thousand Year Old Memory is in the past.　The Three Apostles is an outsider!　The labyrinth's innermost depths are just an opportunity!　A guardian is just a position.　That's what it's all about, right, Hein!

　With the spirit of that scream, I and Ryner's swords flashed back at me and Ryner's sword with the black blade, overturning the inferiority of the battle.
　My arm was slashed and my hands were reduced. On top of that, even though I was being fleshed out by two of Rowen's disciples, Palinclone showed that he surpassed me with his 'sword technique' alone.

　In the same way that Ryner and I had changed thanks to Heili, something had changed in Palinkron.
　It was an offensive and defensive move that convinced me so.

''I'm no longer confused by this Legacie thing, or my righteousness to Tida is over!　There's only a Palinkulon here!　It's just 'me'!　'I' is 'me'!

　The palinclone that played us off, waving its black blade as it ran across the battlefield with its wolf legs.

　But it doesn't just repeat its attacks.
　While running around, he uses his black wings to take in the corpses of the monsters we slashed down with his black wings.
　The fusion overlaps with the fusion.
　The black wings become enlarged and the body gains the characteristics of various monsters, like a synthetic beast (chimera).

　Palinclone also increases in level and becomes a 'monster'.
　In hindsight, he seems to have evaded becoming strong himself. He even said that he was 'scared' of himself. That's why he was taking all those tricks of warfare. He was just taking advantage of others and not trying to fight them himself.
　That Palinclone is trying to be strong enough to fight head on.
　He wasn't afraid of anything anymore.
　He had gotten that courage from Hailey.

　Then Palinkron spreads his black wings and waits for us. The left half of his face is now a black Noh mask. And the black arms are still increasing. Several parts of the monster that it had absorbed protruded from its bulging torso, which was flowing sloppily. The lower half of the body used an entire giant wolf to support its bloated upper body. The 'monster' is also a 'monster'. There is no other way to use a metaphor. But...
　This is my enemy.
　The Palinkulon.

Palinkulon!
'Oh, come on, boy!　To kill me!

　I called his name, even though he is no longer considered a 'monster' enemy.
　And then I fight it as if I were fighting a human being. --I'm not going to be the only one.

　That's the first time I've ever done that.
　When I think about it, I feel like I've been fighting all my life as if I were defending the enemy.

　A fight where I could really go out and kill them, just as my emotions dictated.
　That was the moment when all my vices disappeared.

"Oh, I'll kill you!　Palinkulon!

　Squeeze all the power you have.
　You can feel the magic power in your body stronger than usual.

　And the third (・・・・) 'magic stone (...)' is to be found (...).
　The 'Demon Stone' of 'The One Who Steals the Reason of the Earth' had the reasoning that [that crystal (crystal) can never be shattered]. It was spewing out power in accordance with that, to all intents and purposes.

　If that's the case, what about the third 'magic stone' in 'Here (...)'?
　What kind of logic do you steal and what kind of logic do you harbor?

　In order to attract some of that power, I only release the magical power of the dimensional attribute.

　The magic "form" is what I need to use.
　I'm going to be able to crawl on to the blade and visualize it.

　The image of invading the world with a new "truth"--!

The Sword of the Dimension (Die Flamberge)!

　The blue ice blade turns into a light purple blade.

　The sword shifts the world (...).
　The sword flash was read and blocked by the hard, black blade of the Palinkron - but the sword was swept out as if it had cut through water.
　There was no resistance or anything.
　That's natural. After all, I didn't cut anything.

　However, despite the fact that I didn't slash, the Sword to Cut the Dimension (Di Flamberge) was cutting the middle of the black blade's blade.
　This slash, which could be called a contradiction, is the true value of this magic.

　Immediately, Palinclone tries to repair the black blade. As long as it wasn't frozen, it's natural since it can be regained at any cost. But--

What--?

　Palinclone speaks up.
　The black blade was never going to be repaired - and not because it was. The degree to which it didn't stick would have been within the expected range. The reality was beyond Palinkron's expectations.

　The tip of the severed blade did not fall in the air.
　Palinkron was astonished to realize that it was not cut, but shifted (・・・・・).

　This magic, "Sword that cuts off dimensions (Di Flamberge)" has no offensive power. It's just a magic that shifts space and changes the position you can see.
　It would be a low-level magic in dimensional magic. Once you get used to the difference in position, it should be easy to use the black blade in the same way again.
　But I'm not going to give them time to get used to it. The liner next to him moved without being told.

''Cut off a thousand limbs!　-- 'Zealous Madness'!

　Several of the black blades are disabled and the Palinkron's defenses fade. Then Ryner's storm hits me. Furthermore, I match my cold air to it.

'By the winds of winter, harden the darkness!　Resonant magic 'Winter of the Dimension (Di Winter), Sakukaze (Wines)'!

　Ryner accepts my cold air. Even though he hadn't practiced anything, the magic mysteriously intertwined, completing an impromptu, vicious resonance spell.

　That magical wind moved like a living thing, paying off every layer of warm air. Then it took the temperature of all matter that had lost its heat protection. A magical wind that would freeze everything it touched.
　Sensing the danger, Palinkron tries to respond with magic.

''This magic is, dammit!　"Dirk--!
'Dee Winter' ah!　Stop his magic at all costs!

　It interferes with the cold air before it is activated.
　As a result, "Dimensional Winter (Di Winter), Sakukaze (Wines)" envelops Palinclone's body before the dark magic is completed.

　He is deprived of temperature and his black liquid body freezes. Furthermore, his movements are blocked by the storm.
　The black blade, a weapon, was shifted by the Sword that Severed the Dimension (Di Flamberge), making the blade move poorly. The dark magic being constructed is delayed in activating by the all-out "Winter of Dimension (Di Winter)".

　The decisive gap--.

　--It's now or never.

　I shout out a signal to tell Ryner that I'm not ready to make a decision.

"Let's go, Reiner!　"Resonant swordsmanship, Aleiss style...

　He declares for the second time.
　Hearing that, Ryner hurriedly replies.

''--Yu, -- 'Yukikaze' eh!

　And once again, the two types of Lowen blades crossed.
　Two flashes of artistry, which can be described as divine speed, slice through Palinkron's body.

　Palinclone loses his weapon as all of his black arms are cut off from the root. His torso is cut in half and his lower and upper body are separated. His black wings and wolf legs were also slashed, and he was no longer able to move.

　The Palinclones are divided into countless numbers.

　But still - Palinclone laughs.
　It's not over yet, Palinclone continues to laugh.