Power overflowed.
My vision blurred, sparkling with myriad colors. What kind of sight was this? The perspective of a transcendent being, perhaps?
Bang!!!!
"..."
"What...?"
Cú Chulainn's spear struck my chest dead center. Yet... it did no damage at all. It didn't even tickle, much less hurt. His expression...
"Urk..."
My stomach... my vision is weird...
"Ugh...!"
Thud!
"..."
Ugh... my vision was so warped that I threw up. Grr... when I concentrated, my sight returned to normal. This is useless... Now that I could see clearly, Cú Chulainn's face was splattered with my vomit. I wasn't sorry, but what a mess...
"You..."
"Don't expect an apology..."
Wiping my mouth with my sleeve, I glared at him. The power surging through me... how to use it... I had a vague sense, I suppose.
When I focused my strength, the world seemed to freeze. Nothing moved. Even the debris falling from the shattered buildings hung motionless in the air. Time stop? No, different from the Fifth Magic. I had just become that fast.
Like the hypothetical tachyon particle in physics? Moving faster than light, surpassing time, allowing motion akin to stopping time. Not just my body, but my mind had adapted too. Fascinating.
Now, I wasn't stopping time; I was moving at ultra-high speed beyond time. In other words...
Whoosh!!!!
"──Gah, gooo...!!!"
"Huh..."
Just brushing past him was enough to shatter his body. Faster than time, surpassing light. Cú Chulainn's right upper torso was literally torn away. He dropped his spear, screaming.
"I didn't even see an afterimage...!?"
"... Maybe this was my latent potential."
Sakura was like that too, for some reason everyone around him seemed to have absurd latent power... Am I the same? If this is my latent potential... did that person awaken it for me? Or is it power he gave me? I don't know, but...
I know how to use it.
Crunch...!!!
Cú Chulainn collapsed, legs broken under the gravity pressing down from above.
"Impressive. I thought you might not even leave a trace."
"You... what are you? A power surpassing gods...?"
"... I'm me. Olga Marie. Just a human...!"
When I pointed a finger at him, a dark mass appeared right above him.
A tiny black hole erupted from it, sucking in Cú Chulainn and the surrounding objects before vanishing.
"... Over, just like that."
"Master... that form..."
Edgar looked at me with a gaze that seemed familiar. When I released the power from my body, light enveloped me, and I returned to my original form, a card clutched in my hand.
Using this, I can transform again...
"Earth's Sovereign... an unexpected variable. Doesn't seem hostile, so that's a relief."
"What kind of bizarre name is that."
Nightingale came over, calling it Earth's Sovereign. What's that, whose idea? Really strange.
"Olga Marie, what was that just now...!?"
Sakura ran up and asked me. Must have been shocking for her too.
"Hmm? Should I call it a transformation or an awakening...? Anyway, it'd be nice if that move I used had a cool name like a Noble Phantasm. It's a special move, after all."
"A special move?"
"Yeah. So... how about Gravity Olga Marie Point?"
"... That's lame."
"Eh..."
Is it that bad? She's serious. Isn't it okay?
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At that moment, in Washington. The queen in Washington, occupied by the Celtic army and now their base.
"Huh? This... Cú's spiritual pressure vanished...?"
The queen sensed the Lancer's death from her throne. She leaned back and sighed.
"Really... who killed Cú? Did they summon the old hag? High possibility. I used clairvoyance to send him where Chaldea would appear, but no gains at all. This is troublesome... should I use the Grail more? Well, I have enough magical energy."
The giant pillar of the demonic tree in Washington's plaza. Absorbing magical energy from the earth and people, preparing for any Grail depletion.
Queen Medb, called the worst villainess of Celtic myth. She rose from her throne and lifted the Grail.
A murky light rose from the Grail, absorbing the demonic tree rooted in the plaza. She lightly bit her index finger, and when a drop of blood welled up, she extended her hand and let it fall.
The spreading blood became a puddle, rippling with the Grail's light.
Splash...
From the blood puddle, not Celtic soldiers but Lancers emerged and stood up.
"Made in a hurry, so no intelligence, but the body is Cú's, so I have expectations. There's muscle memory, right~? Re-summoning the real Cú will take time, so handle it until then."
Medb summoned mass-produced Lancers before the real one. Even as mass-produced, each had power equal to the original. A crystallization of power using the Grail and her skills.
The Lancer horde advanced into the United States under Medb's command.
"Now, let's see how you handle this, Chaldea."
Grinning, Medb sat on her throne, looked up at the sky, and poured mead into a cup, enjoying the moment.
"What the hell is this from morning..."
Since dawn, Lancers suddenly came in droves and fell. Felt like I was dreaming.
"But they seem to lack intelligence?"
I looked down at the piles of fallen Lancers and frowned.
"Literally none. Hoo~ at the point of no head, they're dolls, not warriors. Fighting on instinct without thought is different from headless dolls."
"True. They just charge recklessly."
Tesla ripped out the hearts of numerous Lancers, and Ereshkigal's underworld summon dropped them. Beheaded by the Old Man, devoured of their cores by the dead summoned by Anubis, etc. If it were the real one, even one wouldn't be taken down like this.
"This must be Medb's work, right? Ritsuka said she wanted to handle it herself this time and went elsewhere, but is it okay? I worried and sent some kids along, but... not sure. Kama, want to go?"
"Why me?"
"Knew you'd say that. Well, if needed, we can go. Let's head our way, though I don't know where."
Should be fine, with that team? What could happen? Not Morgan, and Tonelico begged so much I called her.
Wonder how Medb would react~ Of course, we have Medb in Chaldea too.
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"Uh... which way are we going, Da Vinci?"
[North, north. There's a magical energy reaction that way. Just keep going.]
"I see. I have no idea. Am I bad with directions!"
"It's okay, senpai, I'm the same..."
Ritsuka kept getting lost, and Kirei was too.
The new companions ahead led Ritsuka along.
"But is this really okay? From the outside, it looks like a kids' picnic."
Chocolamisu expressed concern looking at the new party, but...
The blue-haired boy walking ahead grinned and answered.
"Don't worry~ For now, we're a party on a world-saving adventure, see? Right, Nokunarea?"
"I'm vague on that, but yeah. Ah, you're not vague either, so same?"
"Anyway~ in that sense, don't worry. It's us."
"Hurry up~ Tonelico's going ahead~?"
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