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Chapter 49 Part 2 – A memory from the previous「108 times」. The conclusion. They are dying, but their feelings transcend time. And the loop begins again.

Alisa glared at Bradd coldly and then burst into laughter. Her body twisted from the waist up, as if trying to dislodge a drop of water. The air around Alisa was eerily distorted. A deafening, shrill, screeching sound swirled through the air.

「…… Hmm, I’d give it a score of 20 points. It’s too rough for a caress, but too weak for an attack. If you want to overturn my opinion, be more serious. There is nothing more ridiculous than the howling of the weak …… If you want to kill me, come at me with all your might. Don’t talk to me with your weak fist, you insolent man.」

Spitting out contempt and scoring, Alisa’s eyes became sharp again.
Her torn dress rustled ominously like a dark demonic forest.

「…… Go fly off ……!! While biting on your regrets ……!!」
「…… Wha!?」

Alisa’s lips arched. Bradd felt as if he had been in contact with a high-voltage electric current. A searing pain pierced him, and he almost stopped breathing. His eyes widened in shock. Without even using her hands, Alisa sent Bradd along with his 「Transmission」 flying. He felt like he was being pulled up by a tornado. His body was tossed about by the strange flow of power. It was as if his arms were twisted up behind his back, he could not resist at all. Bradd was deeply shocked. If the technique he had received was as guessed, then Alisa’s skills are far higher than he had imagined.

「…… That’s impossible ……!!」

Bradd grunted. He didn’t want to believe it. There was too much of a gap between their abilities. There was no chance of winning. Bradd, who had been knocked high into the air, met the eyes of Alisa as she was looking up at him. Alisa’s mouth formed a smile. The hem of her dress was spreading like a black whirlpool. It looked like an abyss in the dark sky.
A moment later, Bradd fainted in agony as his body was engulfed in a blaze of searing pain while being sent flying through the air.

「…… Ahaha, go dance. The dance of lamentation …… It seems like you have noticed it. I’ll specially give you some more details so that you can despair even more. That is called 「Demon’s Cry」 …… It’s an instantaneous, doubled-up Frenzy that covers your entire body. Oh, and it also contains your signature move of returning the opponent’s power right back to the opponent …… It’s an absolute shield that has both offense and defense. I think I learned it on the 9th loop. Your attacks can no longer reach me. And not with such a poor Transmission.」

Alisa giggled.
The way she happily explained the technique was similar to when a person discloses an overwhelming hand at a poker game. She would deliberately speak her hand slowly while watching the scrunched-up faces of all the participants. She was entertained not in fighting Bradd, but in mentally cornering him. What was a fight to the death for Bradd was only an entertainment for Alisa.

「…… Ahh, I forgot to mention that the opponent who is hit by the Demon’s Cry will be hit by a few 「Frenzy」 shots at the same time. Be careful. If you mess with it poorly, you’ll not only break your fist, but you’ll die. …… Oh my, was I too late in giving the warning?」

Alisa deliberately put her hand over her mouth and sighed. But hidden under her hand, she was still sneering.

「…… Gha ……!?」

Bradd’s body swung through the air like a firework as he received the enhanced 「Frenzy」 inside his body. It was as if a bomb had exploded inside his body. His internal organs were injured and he vomited blood making it look like a red flower. Alisa laughed as she watched Bradd dancing crazily with an invisible partner.

「…… While you are enjoying the dance, shall I continue with the commentary? The Demon’s Cry. It uses the vortex of my bloodstream as the starting point of its power. Do you understand? Then all I have to do is to make the vortex of power bigger, just like Sky Dance. I don’t even have to move my body much. Unnecessary and showy movements such as you are doing now are not pleasing to the eye. Etiquette and martial arts are refined. …… Fufu, your dance is so unsightly, at least you should do the landing well.」

Alisa laughed scornfully and pointed to the floor.

「…… How long are you going to keep looking down on me? Fall down already.」

There was a thunderous sound.
Bradd was slammed repeatedly to the rubble-strewn floor, as if he’s a tattered rag. It was like he had been grabbed by an invisible giant and thrown down with all his might. Unable to stop the momentum, he rolled down, scattering the debris on the floor. Using the repeated crashes as a brake, he finally came to a stop. This would not have happened even if he had been pushed by an elephant. It was so terrible that it would not have been surprising if he had died from broken bones all over his body just like that.

Dust was flying everywhere.
Cracked and shattered wood exposed new, jagged fractures.
The acrid smell of resin mingled with the sweet smell of dust.
The sandy, rough plaster fell in pieces.

「…… Don’t fuck with me …… you monster …… you’re over-polishing yourself ……」

Still, Bradd grunted and stood up.
The amount of blood loss is abnormal and Alisa can almost smell the iron smell of the blood.
It was close to a miracle. It was such a terrible scene that anyone who’d see it would all agree that Bradd was dead.
Alisa’s eyes were filled with slight surprise.
It would’ve been no wonder if his flesh was mixed in with the debris.

「…… I wish you could say that I’ve refined my womanhood. What a disgraceful landing. I’ll give that 15 points. But, you can still stand up. …… What a wonder. Even your body in the『True History』would not have gotten away safely if it were to be hit with my Demon’s Cry. …… Ahh …… Fufu, you fraudster, I’m beginning to understand the situation.」

Alisa saw that Bradd’s body was faintly luminous and she smiled complacently.

「…… I knew it. I thought it was unusually sturdy for a degraded body from a loop. It’s a familiar, gut-wrenching scene I’ve seen in the『True History』. …… Fufu, …… This brings me back. When fighting for the sake of Scarlet, no matter how many times all of you, the five heroes, were knocked down, you guys rose up again like phoenixes.」

Alisa narrowed her eyes. An icy, sharp gaze was hidden in it.

「…… The five heroes will cause miracles in order to protect their beloved princess. You guys have always challenged me by drawing on forces beyond your own abilities. Ahaha, it’s like a story from an old, moldy legend. But as your enemy, I’ve never had a foul play as troublesome as this one. The seven phantoms and I have been stumped with it for a long time. …… The two of us are both qualified for the title of the True Emperor …… but only Scarlet is allowed to use the power of the one and only blessing ……」

Her tone of voice changed just a bit gentler in the middle of the sentence.
Alisa nostalgically remembered the memories of their lost relationship.
She had a distant, nostalgic look in her eyes, which was unusual for her. The malice and killing intent were slipping away, it was not like Alisa to do that.

With the miraculously unscathed altar behind her, Alisa leapt. She sat irreverently on the altar and crossed her beautiful legs as if to show them off.
It was like she was trying to provoke the solemn atmosphere of the chapel.
She was like a beautiful fallen angel rebelling against the discipline of heaven.
As she held her right hand out in front of her, light shone through a hole in the chapel’s roof. The sun just happened to be peeking through the clouds, but it didn’t seem very likely. It was as if she was a born empress that even the weather would obey. It was captivating. It is true that there are people who are strangely loved by timing.

Alisa’s gaze was not on anyone in the room.
Her eyes were fixed on Scarlet’s corpse behind them.
Her cheeks were flushing to a pink hue.

「…… Bradd Stalker, answer me honestly. Scarlet, she’s alive right. She is only unconscious. Otherwise, that annoying power wouldn’t have been triggered. No wonder the loop didn’t start.」