Hybrid x Heart Magias Academy Ataraxia Volume 8 - Ch 4

Kizuna looked up at the three huge shadows above his head.

Somehowit looks amazing.

A silhouette of ship with length that might even reach two kilometer in total was floating at the sky of Ataraxia. The battleship that became the flagship of the allied army of Lemuria and Izgard that kizuna once boarded and fought together with.

The core members of each army that gathered in the vast testing site of Nayuta Lab raised shock voice from the sudden appearance of the huge battleship.

Our battleship [Ataraxia] huh. Its unforeseen that I can meet it once more.

Gravel who stood beside Kizuna murmured with deep emotion. Himekawa also crossed her arms and looked up at that battleship.

So you all rode that to come saving us werent youalso, that one is called [Oldium]?

Himekawa asked after looking at the one other ship with outline that was even larger than Ataraxia.

Eh? Himekawa, you know it?

Yes. If I remember correctly its that shipwe once, sang on its deck

Thats right isnt it. Sometimes its deck was lent for photo session or anything else to be broadcasted through the empire.

A beautiful girl like an angel arrived with her pink hair fluttering behind her. Her small statured but splendid body was covered by small ornaments that were shaped like wing, she was walking toward them gallantly.

Grace! You are fine already?

Her arm was still in a sling, but Grace answered with a bold smile.

Yes. I made you worried Nii-sama. Now I completely fine already.

Is that so! Aah, Im really glad.

Looking at her energetic figure, Kizunas voice reflexively became excited. However, Zelsione who was standing by behind Grace was making an unpleasant face.

Whats the matter? PresideZelsione.

Zelsione glared fiercely at Kizuna, but she then sighed deeply in resignation.

How can this be fine. Even though her injury isnt healed yet, her majesty still said that she will come together in this journey.

Obviously! Even though this is the journey to search for Nee-sama, how can I just stay quiet house-sitting here!

And then she looked up at the largest battleship among the three ships floating in the sky above.

Its total length far surpassed two kilometer. Its hull was long and narrow depicting streamlined shape, its top was crowned with a luxurious and gorgeous fortress. And then from its side until its bottom was colored with beautiful ornament and painting. It was a grand battleship that was once even called as the flying imperial villa, the other worlds greatest flying work of art.

Oldium was the symbol of the royal family, it was also the embodiment of Vatlantis Empires strength. Because Grace didnt deploy at the previous battle against Kizuna and others, it was placed at the rearmost row of the fleet and didnt have the chance to participate in the battle. However, Oldium had the trust of the Vatlantis army that even resembled a faith, that as long as Oldium was there then they would win the battle.

Besides, if I dont ride on board Oldium, then nothing will progress. Isnt that so, Zel?

Zelsione shrugged her shoulders exaggeratedly while whispering By your will.

Kizuna suddenly felt like spouting out. When he looked at his side, Gravel was staring at Zel with eyes as if she was looking at a strange thing.

Even Zelsione, afterthey were leading school life for some times it seemed that her personality had grown to be more amicable, that was how Kizuna got the impression from her. It felt annoying to agree with what Nayuta was saying, but certainly the period of grace she gave them all with this school life was bringing on various effects for them. That was a fact.

Say, that is

Himekawa who was raising her hand reservedly pointed at the remaining ship with a perplexed expression.

That is, the remaining shiprather than that, is that an animal? What in the world is that

AahI too dont really get it just what is that.

Kizuna also frowned, he stared at the strange-looking large object floating in the sky.

That is the flagship of Baldein that is like our guardian deity, the [Golden Dragon].

The queen of Baldein, the commander of Baldein army Ruleo and her staff officer Mora finally arrived. Landred today wasnt wearing her white robe of the school nurse, she was in the style of a queen that looked nearly stark naked. It seemed that she had recalled her past as the queen.

And then Ruleo and Mora were also not in school uniform, they were wearing military uniform with high exposure rate. Kizuna had met them before, but it was as high school student of Ataraxia, this was the first time he saw the two as military officer of Baldein.

Ruleo was twirling her wavy light blue hair with her finger while looking up proudly at the shining gigantic golden dragon.

Thats right! That is exactly the protector god of our Baldein! The great dragon that ruled at the summit of magic weapon, the Golden Dragon!

A golden gigantic dragon. Kizuna had the memory of seeing its appearance when they were invading Zeltis. He had heard that it came running to help Lemuria and Izgard allied army from their pinch and was the leading actor that reversed the war situation.

It looked small compared to Vatlantiss flagship, but even so its total length was about five hundred meter. Just the length of its neck was more than a hundred meter, its tail was easily twice longer than that. The length of its torso was also more than a hundred meter, the four huge wings growing from there had large size that wasnt inferior even compared to normal battleship.

Inside that torso, facility for commanding officers to live inside was arranged neatly. As a matter of fact one could assent if it was applied as Baldeins flagship. However it was surprising that living space existed inside a magic weapon even as a joke.

Ohohohohoho, all of you from Vatlantis had witnessed how it scattered away everyone in the occasion of Zeltis invasion hadnt you all? That gallant figure had been burned behind my eyelid forever!

Thats, it only because the flagship of Vatlantis Empire [Oldium] didnt sortie out.

Sparks went off between Grace and Ruleo. Even now they were going to jump at each other, but Reiris voice called out before that happened.

Everyone is here already.

Reiri and Kei came from the research tower adjacent of this ground just in time. Kizuna nonchalantly moved in between Grace and Ruleo and talked to Reiri.

Nee-chan. Just where in the world did we get those battleships? Are those also inside the data taken back from Deus ex Machina?

Faster than Reiri could answer, there was a figure that appeared lightly from thin air above.

No. Thos are freshly made brand new articles.

Taking out a folding fan from her bosom, Hida Nayuta then sharply pointed above.

Those ships design entered inside my head, so I created them after adding some improvements.

Everyone present there were taken aback from Nayutas careless remark.

If I could just understand the design, building a ship is even simpler then in Lemuria. Thats because weapons like magic weapon and battleship are created using magic power. With my current power, there is no problem at all to create those.

However Grace was in a state where her mouth was opened unable to close anymore.

What are you saying. That ship was built by several hundreds of Vatlantiss magic engineers for several tens of years you know?

Now it was Nayuta who tilted her head in surprise.

How strange. Thats just too inefficient. Did your people have no motivation, or did they just dont have the ability, isnt it because one of those thing?

Even Grace couldnt help but admired Nayutas power. Not only as a machine god, but her level as magic engineer was just in a different scale. Grace once against thought that her appointment of Nayuta before for Genesiss repairing and armaments improvement wasnt necessarily mistaken if only looking from her ability. It was just, there was too much problem with her personality, so in the end it was a failure.

Reiri crossed her arms and looked over everyone there.

With this our preparation is in good order. Its finally the time to depart.

The place became still as death. It felt like they could hear the sound of gulping throat.

*ba-*, Nayuta opened her folding fan with that sound.

Let me explain the strategy for this time once more.

Saying that she flapped her fan and a transparent cube appeared in the air. The transparent box was floating in the air.

Please think of this cube as a worl.

Inside that cube, there was a round sphere floating.

This is the space. And then inside it are stars and planets, and also living things. Everything is settled inside the unit called the world.

Kizuna asked in suspicion wondering what was she talking about.

Its really a grand scale story huh. Talk in a way that we can understand.

Nayuta smiled thinly and waved her fan once more. Thereupon three more cubes appeared and there became four cubes in total.

Each Deus ex Machina has their own world. This one is Hokuto.

The cube Nayuta pointed then showed the figure of Hokuto floating in it.

And then this one is Thanatos.

It was the Deus ex machine in the style of Greek that destroyed Genesis and deleted Atlantis and Lemuria. Her appearance was pasted in the second cube.

The detail of the other two is unclear but I know that they are called [Osiris] and [Odin].

The remaining two cubes had those names carved in them.

These four Deus ex Machina collaborated to create two worlds.

Particles of light flowed out from each four cubes and gathered in one place. From that two cubes appeared.

This is our worlds, Lemuria and Vatlantis.

Black sphere was created inside the cube and stars were flickering inside it.

The civilization of earth has commonness in image with those Deus ex Machina, but if we think that in the first place those machine gods were the one creating our world then it can be understood.

Eh!? Even the civilization of our world is something given by those machine gods?

Kizuna asked back spontaneously. He understood that Deus ex Machina created Atlantis and Lemuria, but he didnt think that even their civilization was because of Deus ex Machina.

Kei immediately typed her keyboard.

In that case, that means they were intentionally giving us their civilization. What meaning it has?

Nayuta smiled sweetly and nodded.

Good question. That too will surely become clear if we defeat one of them.

Nayuta largely waved her hand and cubes representing the world appeared one after another, they were being piled up toward the sky. The four cubes of Deus ex Machina also slipped inside those piles and he lost sight of them.

White box in the top: Chain of countless world

Transparent cubes: World

Right top corner box: Thanatoss world

Right bottom corner box: Odins world

Left top corner box: Hokutos world

Left bottom corner box: Osiriss world

Left white box: Atlantis (AU)

Right white box: Lemuria (Earth)

Black box at the center: AU Collision

Black box at the bottom: Miniature world created by the four Deus ex Machina modeled after their own worlds.

What is called world exist in countless number. Passing over the boundary that exist between worlds and reached a new world is a pain. To find Deus ex machine, we have to actually travel through space-time and step into different world.

The boxes of world were still piling up while Nayuta was saying that with the momentum that the pile might even reached the battleship floating in the sky already. Looking up at that tower, Reiri let out a low voice.

In other word, there is no other way but using our legs and steadily look for them, is that what you mean?

Nayuta looked up at the two battleships and one magic weapon standing by in the sky.

Just as I said before, I performed some improvements to those three vessels. In addition of refining their magic mechanism, I loaded them with the function to generate Entrance. That is to say they are able to move between worlds.

She was saying that they were ships that could possibly generate AU collision by their own power and moved between worlds.

Everyone in that place couldnt believe Nayutas words so suddenly. But, when they thought of Nayutas ability as a machine god, they couldnt just discard it as a lie.

In exchange, I distributed the majority of my body that finally began to recover to the magic mechanism of the three ships.

What?

Kizuna spontaneously raised his voice toward that concerning phrasing of Nayuta. However it felt like it would touch something unpleasant if he asked in detail, so he instead chose to not ask deeper.

Reiri put her hand on her waist and spoke once more.

The operation will begin after this. Each person is to begin the preparation to board each ship.

Until now they kept being done in one-sidedly by Deus ex Machina. It wasnt any different like being tossed around by mother nature like typhoon or earthquake that human power couldnt match.

But, it will be different from here on.

Reiri yelled sharply.

Its hunting time.

Killing intent like ice was burning up inside those eyes.

The prey is god!

Even human exploited their knowledge and effort to the limit and resisted in order to subdue the raging nature.

We will let those creators know the strength of human!

Here in this place was the beginning of the genuine counterattack against Deus ex Machina.

Flame was lit inside the eyes of everyone.

Just you wait and see, god.

Kizuna clenched his fist tightly.

Two battleships and one gigantic magic weapon departed from Ataraxia.

The flagship of Vatlantis Empire Oldium was used by the Vatlantis group just like that. The main crews were Grace, Zelsione, Quartums Clayda, Elma, Lunora, and Ramza.

In Baldeins Golden Dragon, Baldeins army including Queen Landred and then Gravel and Aldea of Izgard army embarked inside.

And then the flagship of Izgard-Lemuria allied force, the battleship Ataraxia. The one embarking it were Kizuna and Himekawa, also Reiri and Kei and also Nayuta together.

Because it was still difficult for the other members to participate in the battle, they are continuing to receive treatment in Nayuta Lab.

It will be great if everyone quickly get well isnt it.

Himekawa kept staring outside the window while talking to Kizuna.

Both of them were looking at the streaming scenery visible from the window at a corridor that was distanced from the bridge. The battleship Ataraxia was currently in the middle of sailing between worlds. The scenery visible from the window were lights that looked like falling stars in the middle of darkness, sometimes it looked like flowing river. The scenery was so beautiful that would make one sigh in admiration, it wouldnt make one bored no matter how much one looked at it.

Yeahbut, whats the matter for you to suddenly say that?

Shrugging her shoulders, Himekawa smiled shyly.

The sight outside the window looks like shooting stars somehowI suddenly feel like wishing for something.

Kizuna narrowed his eyes as if he was looking at a cute kitten.

I guess. Its absolutely impossible to see this kind of sight in the previous world.

Kizuna had seen a sight that was similar with this previously. That was when he was fighting Vatlantis and rushed through the Entrance toward Zeltis. That time when he passed through inside the Entrance, the sight was extremely similar like this.

Come to think of it, Hayuru, you had never seen the scenery inside an Entrance arent you.

Yes. Because, arent we locked inside a cell without window when we were taken to Vatlantis. After that Kizuna-kun returned to Lemuria but, I kept staying at Vatlantis all that time since then.

Youre rightafter all, you are the national idol of Vatlantis.

Waiple, please stop! That thing doesnt matter anymore!

Himekawas cheeks reddened and she glared at Kizuna sullenly.

Kizuna was laughing while directing his eyes outside the window once more.

Actually, what they were doing was moving between worlds, similar like Entrance, so perhaps it was only natural that the scenery was similar. What was different now was there were others flying side by side with them.

Oldium and Golden Dragon. The comrade ships fighting together with them.

Which reminds me now is the time for the periodic contactlets go back to the bridge soon.

Kizuna said that and began to walk, Himekawa also replied Yes and followed behind him.

Both of them walked through the wide corridor and headed to the bridge. When they came near the entrances door, the heavy door opened soundlessly. And then inside the bridge was an interior that was like an extremely luxurious parlor as usual. No matter how many times he saw it, Kizuna couldnt think of the room as something inside a battleship.

There was ship captains seat at a high position inside, Reiri was sitting there similar like the time when they stormed Zeltis.

Ahead of the captains chair, at the left was a table where Shikina Kei was sitting. In a glance the table looked gothic, but it had the function to govern the ships navigation.

With a good timing, the transmission from Oldium and Golden Dragon came at that time. Large windows opened at the front of the bridge. Each window projected Grace and Gravel respectively.

{Nii-sama! This side is in the middle of smooth sailing. How about that side?}

Her arm was in a sling, but Grace seemed to be full of energy.

Yeah, this side also has no problem. What about your side Gravel?

{Our side is the same. Well, though compared to the other ships, this one is quiet cramped.}

Thereupon Ruleos voice could be heard across Gravels shoulder.

{Come now! Thats rude!! In the first place, other countries battleship is just pointlessly using too much space. If there is just a space as much as this Golden Dragon has, then there wont even be anything inconvenient!}

Looking at Gravel who was soothing Ruleo with a troubled face, laughter spontaneously occurred.

The sailing was going favorably right now. There was no big problem, but if there was anything they were concerned of, it was that they didnt understand when they would arrive at the world of Deus ex Machina.

Kizuna peeked at the window floating above Keis desk.

It was displaying a graph of square grid like a chessboard. It seemed that it was displaying the condition of the space. Kizuna didnt really understand it, but he recalled Nayuta and Kei talking about something like