()= Thinking/ Replacing
*= Actions
""= Phone
/= Whispers
--= Narrator
~~= Timeskip
Darren POV:
I dodged a pierce from Yoko as she kept on trying to stab me with her polearm.
Darren: Slow, and your ways to use the polearm are incorrect.
I dodged another attack and punched her on the stomach.
Darren: Third Bullet. Gimmel.
I shot a bullet towards her that she turned into poison in order to dodge.
Yoko: You've grown stronger.
Darren: I am the king after all.
She went for a slash but I caught the polearm and kicked her stomach.
Yoko: The king... huh? Then, I shall become your queen, my love~
She tried for a slash but I dodged it almost instantly and made my fingers into a gun shape.
Darren: Bang. Sandalphon.
She quickly turned into poison and dodged it as my attack split her liquid-like body into two.
Yoko: Almost... I was almost done in by you.
Darren: If you want to kill me, then you have to have the preparations to think that you will die as well.
Yuko POV:
I blocked a spear from Takayami as he grabbed me by my stomach.
Takayami: Gotcha. Electric Pulse.
He sent a wave of electric shock throughout my body as I puked out blood and used Clarent as a cane and slowly stood up.
Takayami: You can stand up? That attack must've burned all of your stomachs, to stand up must mean that you have the powers of Avalon. No wonder you are the strongest summoner.
Yuko: Summoner?
Takayami: Yep~ they are a species and a class that is just below us Monarchs. To defeat a Monarch, it would have used to take 4 summoners just to fight us. You, Yuko Pendragon, are the strongest summoner as you have all of the servants and have unlocked the ability to use all of them simultaneously.
Yuko: I see...
Takayami: You are god-chosen, Yuko Pendragon, summoners can only be chosen if you are chosen by god.
Yuko: Me... special?
Takyami: Hmm?
Yuko: Don't make me laugh, there are people who are much more special and stronger than me. Being the strongest summoner is not a feat to me until I am able to defeat those guys. Starting with you! EXCALIBUR!!!
I summoned Excalibur and rushed towards Takayami as he summoned his spear and blocked most of the attacks.
Takayami: Sad, Yuko Pendragon, you could've been the strongest.
He tried to pierce my stomach, but I knocked it away and kicked his jaw.
Yuko: I'm not special in any way possible. I might be god chosen and whatnot. But as long as I know, there are people much more special and much stronger than me!
Takayami: Tch...
Takayami dashed towards me and tried to kick me on the chin, but I grabbed his foot and threw him away.
Takayami: Truly strong. Yuko Pendragon.
He dashed towards me again and clashed against my blade.
Lucas POV:
I blocked another claw attack from Kotoka as she jumped back and smirked.
Kotoka: This is fun... this is fun, isn't it?! LUCAS YUTO?! Your strength and speed are those that match with Yuko Pendragon!!! You should feel happy, shouldn't you?!
Lucas: Happy? For what?
Kotoka just looked shocked as I stared at her with an emotionless attitude.
Lucas: Should I feel happy because I was at the same level as my rival? My rival can only be truly called defeated when I have truly surpassed him. Otherwise, there is no way I can call him my rival.
Kotoka: Your logic is flawed, you know.
Lucas: So what?
Kotoka: I haven't fought someone as interesting as you before. I wanna fight you more!!!
Lucas: I don't want to fight you anymore, I want to kill you.
I punched Kotoka away and did an axe kick toward her.
Kotoka: Interesting~ so you want to kill me... then come at me with all of your strength!
Lucas: Was intending to from the start.
3rd Person POV:
Mio: <Samsara of Paradise (Ain Soph)>
As if pricked by a thousand needles, Tohka felt a terrifying chill come up her spine when Mio said that name. With an inorganic surface resembling glass, the branches and cluster of leaves spread out to the open sky. From a vertical slit in the trunk, an apparition resembling a girl was seen.
Tohka: Is... this... what Darren, Yuko, and Lucas had to face before...?
Not just Tohka, Mana, and the other Spirits facing Mio were all equally shocked. But it was impossible for them to not be surprised. After all, a huge tree suddenly appeared behind Mio. At the center, the roots of the tree began to stretch, changing the surrounding scenery in the process.
Tohka: (How... do we defeat her...? Especially now Darren said that she absorbed most of his mana...)
Kurumi: What is this...?
A monochrome world of black and white, the ground as neatly divided into block-like steps as if having been precisely divided up by grid paper; even the jet-black sky cast an ominous gaze upon the ground.
Kurumi: *looks at Darren, Yuko, and Lucas' clones* They can't fight anymore, mana is all drained out and everything...
Tohka: Tch... where are Darren, Yuko, and Lucas? *sheds a tear*
Kurumi and everyone else started crying a bit, as well as no one knows about Darren's condition except for Tohka, Yuko, and Lucas as they have already met up. Tohka injected all of her remaining strength to holster up <Sandalphon>. Although the other Spirits tried to stare back with a fearless expression, they couldn't completely hide their panic. From behind the other, Tohka raised her voice.
Tohka: What the hell... Darren never said that she was this strong...
Kurumi: Yeah... she gained more power...
Origami: This is... voluntary Territory? But on this scale...
Mio: That feeling is not a mistake. DEM recreated "this" as the model for the space within the Voluntary Territory. My Voluntary Territory is constantly being developed in this world, only being separated by a single thin piece of film. And now that I have summoned the nucleus of <Ain Soph> here, the area around the center has become... the "neighboring world".
Tohka: Neighbouring... world...?
Mio: It's a place where all Monarchs come from... where everything was decided... where they died... everything... It's where... the powers of Darren Satoru came from...
Everyone just widened their eyes as a mysterious figure who was sitting on a roof just simply smirked.
???: Truly... interesting... Mio Takamiya... I regret killing you... in my universe now~
Mukuro: I don't understand what kind of power this <Ain Soph> yields. But regardless it matters not if it is stopped...!
Mukuro: <Michael>──<Segva>!
Mukuro yelled out while turning her staff. The Angel of the key <Michael> was extremely powerful. Whether tangible or intangible, anything could be sealed. Even if the object was the Spirit of Origin's Angel <Ain Soph>. The mysterious figure who was sitting atop the roof just smirked while staring at Mukuro's action.
???: Truly interesting... Mukuro Hoshimiya... I regret killing you in my universe now. To have the courage to go and fight Mio Takamiya...
Tohka: Don't do it, Mukuro!
However, Tohka's instincts and intuition sounded a sharp alarm. At that moment, Mukuro found herself unable to move.
Mukuro: Ah... ha...
Tohka: Mukuro..!?
Staring at Mukuro, Tohka soon found out the reason. She had stabbed the back of her neck through the tip of <Michael> swaying through the hole that had opened up in space.
Mio: ...Didn't I say it? Here, the neighboring world has already overwritten this world. This is my world. Everything, all logic, all natural laws are different from the world you know. In my world, attacking <Ain Soph> has become impossible. Just like how people cannot survive underwater or apples falling from trees cannot disappear into the sky. You cannot escape here. Unless someone with a larger mana pool or is stronger than me comes here.
At the same time as Mio was speaking, Mukuro, who just suffered a fatal blow from her own Angel, collapsed onto to the black and white ground. The Limited Astral Dress covering her body disappeared into particles of light. From her back, a Sephira Crystal emitting an orange glow appeared. Mio held out her hand and absorbed the Sephira crystal while everyone just watched.
Mio: That makes three~ now who's next?
No one dared to speak. Mio's killing of Darren, Kaguya, Yuzuru, and Mukuro was too much for them to handle.
Mana: Retreat...
Tohka and everyone just stared at Mana whose face spelled vigilance instead of fear, although her heart was filled to the brim with fear. But eventually, they followed Mana's advice and retreated back, although Rose, Darren, Yuko and Lucas' clones have all disappeared.
Mio: Leaving your comrade's body behind? Such a sad scene.
They all knew that Over here was Mio's world. While staying in this space, no amount of courage was enough to oppose Mio. The act would be nothing more than committing suicide. Whatever must be done next time, it was useless to discuss without first fleeing here.
Mio: It's useless... no one is able to... then, the order will be that anything in this world cannot leave.
Mana: Hey!
The next moment, Mana, who was trying to evacuate this world at a tremendous speed, struck the air as if being stopped by an invisible wall.
Mio: This world will do anything that I imagine.
As Mana let out her words of spite, Mio gently waved her hand as if beckoning to her. Then, just like a magnet, Mana's body was pulled to Mio's side.
Mana: HEY!!! LET GO!!!
Mana twisted her body in order to escape from Mio's grasp. However, the moment, Mio stroked her head like a child, Mana's eyes narrowed as if remembering something.
Mana: Mio... san...?
Mio: Shh... Shin and Darren will need you soon.
Mana: Wait-
However, before waiting for her to finish, Mana disappeared without a trace just like Shido and Darren before her.
Tohka: MANA!!!
Kurumi: MANA!!! *pulls out flintlocks* You monster...
The next moment, Mio's body was surrounded by a dazzling light. While Mio was rewriting the laws of the world and hugging Mana, Origami seemed to have anticipated this development and released her Angel.
Origami: Tch...
Accompanied by Origami's voice, a torrent of reiryoku increased its momentum as a shattered burst of light attacked from every direction. The ground of the transformed world was scoured as a large crater was formed. Origami's eyebrows shook as her attack on Mio stopped.
Origami: Be careful.. . I didn't call the angel to ceasefire...
Tohka: Wha-
Just as Tohka frowned, the subsequent dust dispersed and allowed Mio's figure to be seen.
Mio: <Metatron>
Origami: How...?
Following this order, <Metatron> turned its tips and shot several beams of light onto Tohka and others.
Yoshino: <Zadkiel>!
While the icy wall was scrapped away, additional layers of ice were created at a faster speed than <Metatron>'s tremendous power,
Mio: Hm... then let's also prohibit that.
The moment Mio said that the icy wall created by <Zadkiel> crumbled away as a ray of light from <Metatron> pierced through Yoshino's chest.
Tohka: YOSHINO!!!
Yoshino: Toh... ka... san... is... this... what... defeat... taste... like...?
As Yoshino's petite body recoiled back from the fatal blow, both <Zadkiel> and her Limited Astral Dress faded away. As Yoshino was lying on the ground, a blue Sephira crystal emerged from her chest. Just like what happened with Mukuro, it was sucked into Mio's chest. A mysterious figure just sat on the roof while smiling this whole time.
???: Seems like Mio is winning~
He then turned his head around to see Darren being thrown toward Shido by Yoko.
???: And the main cast still isn't done with their problems yet... this is time to see how much they can do now~