"...I spent eight years climbing to this point, and ignited this fire that awakens the world," Aleph muttered to himself, as if he was confessing something, "Kill me...will this war end?...No...As long as the Academi Federation still exists in this world...my war will not end!" Perlis raised her left hand high and held the butterfly knife in her right hand in reverse. The red light flickered on the silver sword. "I will not let Edward down, even if the person blocking my way is his daughter," Aleph shouted, the rotation of the double-headed gun had already brought a gust of wind in the hall, "Don't block my way!" The two men stared at each other fiercely, red eyes facing golden eyes, and invisible electric light flashed between them. Then, at that moment, the final battle broke out - "Eaaah!" Perlis roared and rushed towards Aleph's high-speed rotating double-headed gun. Aleph also used all his strength without hesitation. The high-speed rotating gun tip approached Perlis like a life-threatening storm. Without the protection of the factor shield, Perlis would be killed instantly if she was hit by the gun tip with factor energy. The huge spear tip cut through the air and slashed towards Perlis. The girl lightly dodged to the side, and the ground where she was standing was shattered by Aleph's slash. "boom--" The ground cracked, and Aleph did not give Perlis a chance to rest, but instead took advantage of the situation and quickly approached Perlis.
In a flash, seeing that Perlis's slender body was about to be swallowed by the storm of spear tips raised by Aleph, she calmly swung her sword to meet the attack. The moment the tip of the sword in her hand hit the tip of Aleph's spear, she lightly dodged to the side. "Little tricks!" Aleph quickly turned the tip of the gun in his hand, stopped it with the brute force of his hands, then adjusted the direction and inserted it into the ground under Perlis' feet again. "Hmm..." Perlis took two steps back. She knew Aleph's moves, so she responded quickly. As expected, after the spear tip sunk into the ground, Aleph kicked the spear for the second time, and the spear tip slashed towards Perlis from bottom to top, but she was prepared - "clang." The tip of the gun touched the blade of the butterfly knife that Perlis blocked downwards, sparks flew, and Perlis then slashed the butterfly knife downwards along the tip of Aleph's gun, but Aleph just smiled. "it's over!" The tip of Juli's spear fiercely lifted upwards, and the butterfly knife in Perlis's hand flew out of her hand along with the tip of Aleph's spear and flew into the air. "It's now!" Perlis clenched her left fist, and the spinning factor bracelet suddenly stopped—— “【Factor Burst】!” While Aleph was lifting his gun into the air with both hands, Perlis's left hand punched Aleph with the fully charged factor burst. Time slowed down again. Perlis watched her fist pierce Aleph. At the moment when the factor spark ignited by her fist hitting Aleph burst out, she accurately controlled the factor bracelet to quickly dodge backwards. "Boom!!!!" Even without the kinetic energy of falling from a high altitude and the bonus of rich factor energy, this punch with factor energy directly shattered Aleph's factor shield, and with a violent explosion, his body was blown into the air and then fell heavily to the ground. The red light dissipated, and Perlis barely escaped from the explosion range with the help of the factor bracelet, and staggered to her feet. Aleph probably noticed that Perlis's factor shield was shattered, and concluded that she would not use any tricks that would involve him, but he did not expect that Perlis could accurately avoid the attack range of the factor burst in this way and defeat him. "ended." Perlis picked up her butterfly knife and slowly walked to the dying Aleph. Then she raised the butterfly knife in her hand. She looked at the rebel leader in front of her with complicated eyes and sighed softly.
"Rest in peace, soul." After saying that, Perlis fiercely stabbed Aleph's throat with the butterfly knife. The next second, something blocked Aleph's throat, and the sharp blade suddenly stopped in front of the object. Perlis' pupils dilated, staring at the object that Aleph blocked in front of his chest in disbelief: "What's this?" A diary. "He said that you are purer and more beautiful than any white flower in Wilkin's sea of baby's breath." Aleph laughed hoarsely, took the diary away from his throat, and handed it to Perlis tremblingly, "...well...I can't say he is bragging about this..." The tip of the knife dropped, and Perlis slowly took the diary. She saw Edward von Valantia written on the title page, and the title that took up most of the page: "To my daughter, Perlis Havrgard, I will always love you, my little white flower." ...... 1) Battle to Recapture Charon (Part 4) "The density of the factor cloud continues to decrease, and the Tower of Babel is about to complete charging." Looking toward the horizon from Charon's command tower, a clearly defined circle appeared in the clouds around the tip of the Tower of Babel, and the scarlet light symbolizing destruction was constantly gathering at the top of the Tower of Babel. Standing by the French window at the top of the command tower, the adjutant watched the battle in front of him with mixed feelings. Countless soldiers with ideals all died under the absolute firepower of the Academi Federation Army, which made him feel uneasy and a little emotional. Yes, we have successfully ignited the fire by forcing Academi to this point. "Adjutant, what's the situation?" After Bravo-01 reached the top floor, he went straight to the adjutant. He glanced at the adjutant with a complicated expression, then looked at the Tower of Babel in the distance. He seemed to understand something and he breathed a sigh of relief. "It seems that our goal has been achieved." "Where are the others from Bravo?" The adjutant turned and looked at Bravo-01. "And...where is General Aleph?" "KIA, killed by the Blade of Babel," Bravo-01 sighed, "General Aleph is fighting her." "It's the Blade of Babel...but who is it?" The adjutant sighed helplessly. The arrival of the Blade of Babel was expected. "Is it the [Scavenger] Ivar Sekepas that the general keeps talking about?" "No... it's [Pure White Fireworks]," Bravo-01 couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable when he mentioned this name, "Perlis Hafurgard." The adjutant's body trembled slightly. Of course he knew this name. It was the name of the daughter of the general's deceased old friend. "The general always said that he owed that little girl a huge debt," the adjutant sighed and looked off into the distance, "it seems like now is the time for the general to pay back his debt." The red light on the top of the Tower of Babel became stronger and stronger. The light of hell that had only existed in dark nursery rhymes since the academy war was now shining on the horizon of the Admir continent and above the heads of every sleeping soul. ...... It's a lie... Perlis stared at the diary in her hand in a daze. There was no doubt that every stroke on it was from her father's hand. Every word jumping on the paper proved that Edward von Valantia had really existed in this world. Perlis will never forget her father's handwriting. Even though a long time has passed, Perlis still remembers the funeral in the icy rain and herself crying while leaning against the white marble tombstone.
"Why...why do you have..." Perlis' voice trembled, and her slender white fingertips slowly swept across the rough paper of the diary, but this simple action inexplicably gave her a strange sense of satisfaction. "He gave it to me at the foot of the Tower of Babel," Aleph whispered, with a hint of regret in his steady voice. "I was injured and couldn't follow him up the Tower of Babel, and he never came back." "Then.. then why not..?" Perlis couldn't say any more, her voice was a little choked, but Aleph seemed to know what she wanted to say, and answered on his own: "After that incident, I knew that I was powerless and could not avenge him, and I was too ashamed to face his daughter, so I selfishly kept this diary with me... I'm sorry." Aleph smiled with relief, as if the pain in his body was no longer important. "However, since it was finally handed over to you, it means everything should be like this..." In Perlis's heart, strong emotions and the rationality of being the Blade of Babel kept colliding. If this diary really belonged to her father, then Aleph did not lie? In this case, was she really just kept in the dark by the Federation and silently working for her father's murderer? Ivar Sekpas...the man who picked her up in the icy rain...the man who found a new home for her, is he really the murderer of her father...? Tears flowed from the corners of her eyes, which made Perlis feel a little overwhelmed. She kept reading the words written by her father on the title page. Why, why did seeing these words make her feel so distressed. Aleph touched the wound on his stomach, and the blood on his hands responded to his ending, but he just smiled. "It's time for the old man to leave... I hope your father won't blame me for not giving his diary to his daughter earlier. I was really confused." Aleph's voice became strained, but [Rock] was not something that could be easily defeated. "If you can beat me... then there will be hope..." Suddenly, Aleph reached out his hand tremblingly, took Perlis's hand and held it tightly. Perlis did not resist, but looked at the big man in front of her helplessly, with tears flashing from the corners of her eyes. "Ivar is in Loden... find him... confront him..." "But..." Perlis looked at Aleph at a loss. It was the first time she looked at the enemy she had injured so panickedly, "You...what are you doing..." "I want to stay here. The fire has been lit. I will die if I die..." Aleph staggered to his feet, bent down to pick up his double-headed gun, and used it as a crutch on the ground. "Now, go." Perlis stared at Aleph in a daze, her face full of hesitation. "But.." "Go!!!" Aleph roared, "Give my regards to that bastard Ivar and tell him we'll settle the score in hell." The golden pupils stared at Perlis firmly, which caused a rare ripple in her beautiful red eyes. Perlis stood there in a daze for a while, then she gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, and ran towards the door of the hall with the diary in her hand. Aleph stared at Perlis's back and smiled calmly. "Edward, your daughter is just like you... a troublemaker who is indecisive..." ...... "They..retreated.." The adjutant looked at the third front. All the war machines of the Academi Federation slowly retreated out of the Charon Special Zone. The remaining soldiers lingered in the trenches. At that moment, it seemed that everything had come to the best possible outcome. However, when the adjutant looked up, he discovered that the Tower of Babel in the distance had completed charging. The huge red light on the top of the tower was like a second sun burning on the continent of Admir. The dazzling red light even made it impossible for everyone to open their eyes for a moment. "Ah... it's coming." Bravo-01 murmured. Perhaps, dying in the hall downstairs would be a better ending for him. "Yes, it's over." The adjutant closed his eyes and collapsed on the chair, "It's over..." His hands were shaking constantly, and he felt a strong nausea. The adjutant desperately pressed his throat to prevent himself from vomiting. He knew that at the moment of accomplishing this glorious mission, he should have stood up straight.
However, the death that was so near was no longer as far away as it had been when he had decided to embark on this path. Instead, it was hanging over his head in an extremely real way. At this point, he seemed unable to face everything so calmly. Could it be that all that courage was fake? The soldiers in the trenches all raised their heads, facing the intense glow on the horizon. When they realized what was about to happen, some cried bitterly, some vomited, and some fled in vain like crazy. But within the range of the Tower of Babel, all beings are equal. The adjutant looked at the ground, trying hard to suppress his urge to vomit. Suddenly, a familiar voice came from the headset: "Hey, you're not vomiting, are you, my adjutant?" The adjutant was startled and stood up quickly: "General Aleph?" At the door of the command tower, Aleph Stro staggered out of the command tower, using his double-headed gun as a crutch and dragging his broken body. "It's enough, really." Aleph looked at the second sun that lit up on the horizon. Facing death, his heart was calm. "We will become fuel, and the big match on the horizon will ignite us. After that, we will be the sparks in the eyes of the world, guiding them who are sleeping in false peace." Aleph's voice spread through the radio like a shot of adrenaline, and something in the adjutant's heart was released. He looked at the red ball of light that was growing bigger and bigger at the end of the horizon. In an instant, he seemed to feel everything that Aleph was thinking. "What about that girl?" the adjutant asked, his voice no longer trembling. "You wouldn't be so cruel as to kill her, would you?" "Kill her, hahaha..." Aleph laughed awkwardly, with a hint of embarrassment, "Her knife is much sharper than her father's. If she wasn't the same as her father, I probably wouldn't have the chance to talk to you here." "Then...she..." "We will become the sparks that guide the world," Aleph's voice became increasingly low, as life slowly drained from his body, "and she, she will become the raging fire that burns away all the corruption in the world." "I believe in her. Even if she is kept in the dark by those bastards in Academi, she will definitely choose the right thing like her father." "After all, that's Edward's daughter." The red light on the horizon became stronger and stronger, and the air seemed to be constantly disturbed by something unstable, giving people a very uncomfortable feeling. Aleph's knees seemed to be unable to bear the burden, and he staggered to his knees, but the next second, he used all his strength to support the double-headed gun and stood up tremblingly. How could [Rock] die on his knees? "It's almost time to say goodbye, adjutant," Aleph smiled calmly. In the last moments of his life, he stood and confronted the Tower of Babel that attempted to dominate the world. "You coward, don't do this job in your next life." "It is an honor to follow you, General..." The adjutant's voice was choked, which made Aleph roll his eyes. What kind of man would be so sentimental? "We grew up under the range of the BABEL," the general muttered silently, his trembling hands supporting the double-headed gun in his hands, his golden eyes staring at the Babel Tower, which was the last contempt for the usurper - "Come on, bastard." ...... On a small hill outside Charon, Perlis looked at the distant horizon. The second sun was shining brightly at the edge of the horizon. She knew it was coming. In an instant, everything in the world seemed to become quiet. The disturbance in the air no longer buzzed, but was replaced by some kind of low vibration covering the eardrum. Then, Perlis saw, at the bottom of the horizon, the attack from the Tower of Babel—
"Om-" A huge supernova exploded in an instant, and a huge red beam of light that seemed to be able to split time and space came from the end of the horizon. The next second, the huge red beam of destructive light directly enveloped the entire Charon. "boom----" The earth cracked, the grass and trees swayed, and in Perlis's eyes, the entire Charon District was completely swallowed up by the red light in an instant. Whether it was the outline of the city walls, houses or command towers, they all disappeared under the cover of the intense red light. If one could look down at this scene from a high altitude, it would surely be a picture of hell that would drive one insane. "boom----"
