Story Reader / Main Story / 19 A New Divide / Story
You're dead, you're dead, you're dead! I'll eat your pretty face! I'll write my name on your body with your vital fluid!
Voodoo accelerates and climbs before retracting her wings mid-air, dashing toward Alpha. Right as she is about to hit the ground, her form shifts, and she extends her claws like a wolf, striking Alpha with her slashes.
Mad dogs... should die in ditches.
Alpha's katana blocks Voodoo's claws from the left while her right foot charges, ready to send Voodoo flying in the next moment.
Haha! Die!
The blade on Voodoo's tail has circled around Alpha without her noticing it, waiting for its chance to pierce her heart.
The blade collides with metal, making a loud clash. Voodoo has killed many Constructs this way—there is no way this will...
Before Voodoo can see Alpha's vital fluid burst out of her chest, Alpha's foot connects with Voodoo's body, almost shattering everything underneath Voodoo's relatively fragile shell.
How...
Right before she is sent flying away, Voodoo finally catches a glimpse of Alpha's move—Alpha's mount module has used her sheath to block Voodoo's strike from behind.
It turns out Voodoo's actions have never escaped Alpha's eyes. Had Voodoo not transformed back into her winged form in time to slow herself, she would have passed out from the force of the impact.
Right as Alpha is about to go after Voodoo, a long metal chain catches her arm.
Roland...!
Sorry, Alpha. I can't let you mess it up right now.
Roland tries to fling Alpha off the platform with his chain blade, but she grabs ahold of the chain and pulls him to her instead.
...
In the split second the two meet, Alpha quickly whispers something into Roland's ear and stuffs something into his hands before grabbing his collar and tossing him toward Voodoo.
Get out of my way... I won't let you hurt Luna.
Roland slams into the ground—or so it seems. In fact, he is not injured at all.
Roland! Take the stem cell and start the ship... You must complete Mister's task.
Voodoo stands between him and Alpha, not realizing that Roland has always been focusing on something else.
Oh? What about you?
She damaged my frame? Mister built me this frame! I'll kill her! I'll—kill—her!
Alright, gotcha. I'll be on my way, then... Good luck!
Roland leaps backward, giving Alpha a casual smile at the last second.
Voodoo coughs out the vital fluid from her stomach and growls like an animal, her claws scraping over the floor, sending sparks flying. In the blink of an eye, she is no longer where she was, leaving behind just a blur.
Facing an enemy with incredible speed, Alpha chooses to stand still. She sheathes her katana slowly as her body shifts, lowering her center of gravity.
As Voodoo accelerates, the sound her movement causes quiets down instead. The air does not have time to be disrupted before it is split apart by her speed. Silence remains between the two opponents.
—Alpha is certain that when the sound of her blade springing from her sheath breaks the silence, the brief flash of blade and wind will decide the fate of their fight.
