Chapter 23: Vermillion of Anger
Boomer announces that a medical team has officially confirmed Iris’ death and he is now focusing on providing commentary on the fight between Stella and Or-Gaule. The announcement is heard by the two and thus they know the result of the fight between Ikki and Iris. Stella is sad to hear that Ikki has killed a person but Or-Gaule on the other hand is disappointed that Iris who was ranked 4th in the world has lost. Stella and Or-Gaule are being surrounded by a wall of flame that is over 100 meters tall and forming a circle around them with a radius of about 30 meters. Stella has also already destroyed all of the nearby tall buildings in the area and so Or-Gaule can’t escape through the sky with his threads. Stella moves to attack Or-Gaule with her sword but suddenly few children come out of the shadow of nearby rubble and then are shielding Or-Gaule with their bodies. Stella quickly diverts the blade away and it hits the ground instead. The impact of the attack just now causes a hole in an underground shelter outside the wall of fire and then more than 100 people come out of the hole. They are the captured Cradleland citizens who are under Or-Gaule’s control. Boomer is complaining to Or-Gaule because the citizens are clearly not in their right minds and that they should have been evacuated to the suburbs, and so this is a violation of the rules. Or-Gaule thinks Boomer is being noisy and so attacks his helicopter which crashes after being cut in half. Or-Gaule says he doesn’t care about the rules anymore and there is no reason to fight fair anymore since he’s a terrorist. He tells Stella to remove the wall of fire or else those Cradleland citizens will head towards it. Stella complies and then thousands of people have gathered on the other side of the wall that disappeared. Or-Gaule tells the people he’s controlling to keep Stella busy in order to buy time for him to escape. However, Stella is not worried and people who are supposed to be in Vermillion suddenly appear in the battlefield.
Those who have suddenly appeared in the battlefield include Sirius, Tilmitt, Miriallia and the Vermillion Imperial Guards. Tilmitt uses “Star Ocean” to change road into a state like a marshland in order to stop Cradleland citizens’ movements. Miriallia marks the people that serve as “Marionette” hubs by firing paint balls at them like she did back in Kardia. She has learned the theory on how to identify the hubs which she didn’t understand at first when Ikki explained it before. The Vermillion army and the League of Mage-Knight Nations armed forces have also joined the battle and are restraining the people who have been identified as hubs. The Cradleland citizens thus are being released from Or-Gaule’s control, one after another. Everyone there tells Stella to go after Or-Gaule while they handle the Cradleland citizens. Or-Gaule realizes that Iris had placed “Divine Gates” all over Lucier. The armed forces that have appeared now couldn’t intervene before since the battles had been under the pretense of representative war conducted under the rules of the League. But now they are allowed to intervene because Or-Gaule has committed a serious violation of endangering non-Blazers. Or-Gaule tries to attack the people in front of him but Stella stops him by grabbing the threads that he’s about to release. She pulls him towards her and then cuts off his arms and feet. She then lifts up his limbless body by grabbing his collar. Or-Gaule says with a pale face that he surrenders and begs Stella not to kill him. Stella says she’s okay with it as long as a certain person agrees to it. She then throws Or-Gaule’s body high into the sky and suddenly a “Divine Gate” opens in the sky. What comes out of the door in the sky is Johann riding on his golden horse with Lunaeyes on his back. Johann launches “Circus Maximus” towards the defenseless Or-Gaule, leaving Or-Gaule screaming about not wanting to die before Johann’s spear crushes his head.
Or-Gaule’s body falls to the ground and gets squashed on impact. The Cradleland citizens are free from his control and Boomer who has survived the helicopter crash then announces that it is Vermillion’s victory in the war. Everyone present and those who are watching from Vermillion are rejoicing. Johann comes down to the ground and gets off his golden horse together with Lunaeyes. He walks towards Stella, with Luna lending her shoulder, in order to thank Stella for everything she’s done. He also believes he’s pathetic since he was unable to protect his parents, friends and citizens. Stella doesn’t think so since Johann kept fighting against Or-Gaule despite being already in worn-out state. She also says that Johann is not alone and that there are people who will support him in painful times. After hearing Stella’s words, Johann looks at Luna and says thank you. Johann and Luna then walk towards the crowd and seeing this causes Stella to believe the crisis is over. However, she then hears a voice singing the "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" song. This causes Stella to tremble because the voice belongs to Or-Gaule who is supposed to be dead. His headless body that has shredded organs and no limbs has gotten up, and pieces of scattered meat and rubbles are being sewed to the dead body with threads by force. A thin thread is then launched towards Johann and Luna. Stella is able to shield the two with “Laevateinn” but the force hitting her sword is strong. More attacks are launched towards Stella who is somehow able to deflect them, but their power is destructive even for Stella who has the strength of a dragon. She is then entangled by the threads which are preventing her from moving. Stella is confused because she was able to break out of the threads before with her dragon ability but this time the threads are much powerful than before. Sirius notices what has happened and runs towards Stella but she tells him and everyone else to get away from here. The huge increase in the threads’ power is due to Or-Gaule’s trump card having been activated. It is his strongest Noble Art called “Dance Macabre (dead spirit’s play)” which can only be used after his death.
“Now then, shall we begin the finale?”
Chapter 23: Vermillion of Anger
Boomer announces that a medical team has officially confirmed Iris’ death and he is now focusing on providing commentary on the fight between Stella and Or-Gaule. The announcement is heard by the two and thus they know the result of the fight between Ikki and Iris. Stella is sad to hear that Ikki has killed a person but Or-Gaule on the other hand is disappointed that Iris who was ranked 4th in the world has lost. Stella and Or-Gaule are being surrounded by a wall of flame that is over 100 meters tall and forming a circle around them with a radius of about 30 meters. Stella has also already destroyed all of the nearby tall buildings in the area and so Or-Gaule can’t escape through the sky with his threads. Stella moves to attack Or-Gaule with her sword but suddenly few children come out of the shadow of nearby rubble and then are shielding Or-Gaule with their bodies. Stella quickly diverts the blade away and it hits the ground instead. The impact of the attack just now causes a hole in an underground shelter outside the wall of fire and then more than 100 people come out of the hole. They are the captured Cradleland citizens who are under Or-Gaule’s control. Boomer is complaining to Or-Gaule because the citizens are clearly not in their right minds and that they should have been evacuated to the suburbs, and so this is a violation of the rules. Or-Gaule thinks Boomer is being noisy and so attacks his helicopter which crashes after being cut in half. Or-Gaule says he doesn’t care about the rules anymore and there is no reason to fight fair anymore since he’s a terrorist. He tells Stella to remove the wall of fire or else those Cradleland citizens will head towards it. Stella complies and then thousands of people have gathered on the other side of the wall that disappeared. Or-Gaule tells the people he’s controlling to keep Stella busy in order to buy time for him to escape. However, Stella is not worried and people who are supposed to be in Vermillion suddenly appear in the battlefield.
Those who have suddenly appeared in the battlefield include Sirius, Tilmitt, Miriallia and the Vermillion Imperial Guards. Tilmitt uses “Star Ocean” to change road into a state like a marshland in order to stop Cradleland citizens’ movements. Miriallia marks the people that serve as “Marionette” hubs by firing paint balls at them like she did back in Kardia. She has learned the theory on how to identify the hubs which she didn’t understand at first when Ikki explained it before. The Vermillion army and the League of Mage-Knight Nations armed forces have also joined the battle and are restraining the people who have been identified as hubs. The Cradleland citizens thus are being released from Or-Gaule’s control, one after another. Everyone there tells Stella to go after Or-Gaule while they handle the Cradleland citizens. Or-Gaule realizes that Iris had placed “Divine Gates” all over Lucier. The armed forces that have appeared now couldn’t intervene before since the battles had been under the pretense of representative war conducted under the rules of the League. But now they are allowed to intervene because Or-Gaule has committed a serious violation of endangering non-Blazers. Or-Gaule tries to attack the people in front of him but Stella stops him by grabbing the threads that he’s about to release. She pulls him towards her and then cuts off his arms and feet. She then lifts up his limbless body by grabbing his collar. Or-Gaule says with a pale face that he surrenders and begs Stella not to kill him. Stella says she’s okay with it as long as a certain person agrees to it. She then throws Or-Gaule’s body high into the sky and suddenly a “Divine Gate” opens in the sky. What comes out of the door in the sky is Johann riding on his golden horse with Lunaeyes on his back. Johann launches “Circus Maximus” towards the defenseless Or-Gaule, leaving Or-Gaule screaming about not wanting to die before Johann’s spear crushes his head.
Or-Gaule’s body falls to the ground and gets squashed on impact. The Cradleland citizens are free from his control and Boomer who has survived the helicopter crash then announces that it is Vermillion’s victory in the war. Everyone present and those who are watching from Vermillion are rejoicing. Johann comes down to the ground and gets off his golden horse together with Lunaeyes. He walks towards Stella, with Luna lending her shoulder, in order to thank Stella for everything she’s done. He also believes he’s pathetic since he was unable to protect his parents, friends and citizens. Stella doesn’t think so since Johann kept fighting against Or-Gaule despite being already in worn-out state. She also says that Johann is not alone and that there are people who will support him in painful times. After hearing Stella’s words, Johann looks at Luna and says thank you. Johann and Luna then walk towards the crowd and seeing this causes Stella to believe the crisis is over. However, she then hears a voice singing the "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" song. This causes Stella to tremble because the voice belongs to Or-Gaule who is supposed to be dead. His headless body that has shredded organs and no limbs has gotten up, and pieces of scattered meat and rubbles are being sewed to the dead body with threads by force. A thin thread is then launched towards Johann and Luna. Stella is able to shield the two with “Laevateinn” but the force hitting her sword is strong. More attacks are launched towards Stella who is somehow able to deflect them, but their power is destructive even for Stella who has the strength of a dragon. She is then entangled by the threads which are preventing her from moving. Stella is confused because she was able to break out of the threads before with her dragon ability but this time the threads are much powerful than before. Sirius notices what has happened and runs towards Stella but she tells him and everyone else to get away from here. The huge increase in the threads’ power is due to Or-Gaule’s trump card having been activated. It is his strongest Noble Art called “Dance Macabre (dead spirit’s play)” which can only be used after his death.
“Now then, shall we begin the finale?”
