Date a Live:This is not the date I wanted! Chapter 357 357: Battle of Cosmos (Part 5)

Let's turn back ti a little and look at the other battlefield.

The Fraxinus EX and the Goetia—two airships, like giant steel beasts running in space, traced beautiful and twisting paths, flying quickly among the stars.

—Boom!

As the two clashed, their Territories hit each other like swords. Invisible forces pushed against each other, crushing the rocks and tal debris caught between the two ships into powder.

After a crash, the two giant beasts passed each other without stopping. The blue airship and the white-gold streamlined battleship turned around while flying far away, launching a strong attack at each other.

Honestly, their battle had long gone beyond common sense. If a normal airship is like a race car, they were more like Transforrs pretending to be race cars.

The super high mobility made them give up long-distance shooting. They used the defensive Territories around them as weapons, crashing into each other.

However, a tiny, very tiny difference in reaction speed slowly began to tip the battle to one side.

[Kotori, detecting magic reaction from the enemy's main cannon.]

With Maria's report, on the screen in the bridge command room, the Goetia's main cannon began gathering a strong magic light.

Kotori shouted without hesitation.

"Kannazuki!"

"Understood. Leave it to , Commander!"

Just hearing his na, Kyouhei Kannazuki understood and replied, adjusting the Fraxinus EX's Territory.

Then, the bridge shook a little. The image on the main screen suddenly switched. As if moved by a giant, invisible hand like a chess piece, the Fraxinus EX did a parallel move that was physically very hard without using any thrusters.

The next second, a hot, giant magic blast flashed just below the Fraxinus.

"That was close..."

In the lower part of the bridge, Kawagoe, patted his chest and said with lingering fear.

Of course, it wasn't that he doubted (though he didn't really trust) Kannazuki's piloting skills, but feeling a bullet shoot right past your face is definitely not a pleasant experience.

"Stay sharp, Kawagoe. The monster on the other side can do the exact sa thing as easily as drinking water."

Staring at the Goetia on the screen, Kotori answered with a serious face.

Just a mont ago, the Goetia had dodged two of Kotori's focused magic blasts in the exact sa way.

To deal real damage, firing a blast at point-blank range right after closing the distance is clearly the best thod. But that assus it hits. Because both ships are so fast, neither the Fraxinus EX nor the Goetia had actually hit each other with a blast yet.

Without being absolutely sure of a hit, shooting blindly is just wasting magic.

But—

"This is bad, Imouto-chan. At this rate, we won't be able to keep up."

Seeing the white-gold battleship turn around and fly back, Nia frowned and said.

"Mhm... I know."

Kotori already felt the problem without Nia telling her.

The Goetia's speed was still increasing. If the Fraxinus EX could keep up at first, now the Goetia's speed was slowly reaching a level they couldn't catch.

The Fraxinus EX's high mobility works by deploying another Territory inside its main Territory around the hull, using the push between them to drive the ship. This idea ca exactly from the enemy ship, the Goetia.

But the high-speed battleship Goetia is different from normal ships. The whole ship has only a nine cubic ter cockpit for Ellen to connect to the machine. The rest is all magic generators, controllers, and weapons. This simple and extre design ans the Goetia is just a useless piece of scrap tal without Ellen piloting it. But it also ans that even with the sa technology, no other airship can reach its level.

Unlike the Goetia, the Fraxinus is an all-around battleship with many functions. Although its technology and performance are top-class in the world, in a pure fight, it still falls short of the Goetia.

Furthermore, Ellen's amazing and high-level control of the Goetia cannot be made up for by technology alone.

Although Kannazuki is also very excellent, he can only manage to not fall behind. If this continues, Ellen will eventually find a weak spot on Kotori's side and attack fiercely, while Kotori doesn't have the power to break this tie.

To beat the Goetia, she now needs a trump card that Ellen won't expect.

"Maria, how is your task progressing? How long until Yutsuki-nee returns from the computer world?"

Kotori asked Maria.

[It is 72% complete. Yutsuki-nee will wake up in three minutes.]

"Three minutes..."

That ans her fight with Ellen had lasted less than seven minutes. Honestly, Kotori felt like it had been almost an hour.

Fighting the Goetia head-on was much more stressful than she thought.

"Commander, how about we just give up on attacking and switch to defending, setting the 'Leaves of Yggdrasil' to mine mode around the ship?"

Mikimoto suggested.

This was exactly the plan the Fraxinus used against the Goetia in the previous world.

But Kotori thought for a mont and shook her head.

"No, it's different from last ti. Ellen's target is not us. If we stop following her, she will ignore us and attack Shido and Mukuro."

In the previous world, Kotori only needed to make sure her airship wasn't shot down. But this ti is different; she must keep Ellen busy to make sure she doesn't bother Shido.

Besides, unless she has to, Kotori doesn't want to use that morale-lowering plan a second ti.

[Hey, Kotori-chan. Did you hear ?]

Just as Kotori was worrying, a familiar voice suddenly rang in her ear.

"Yutsuki-nee?!"

Seeing Yutsuki waving at her on the computer screen, Kotori looked surprised.

"Aren't you supposed to be in the computer world for another three minutes? Did you change the ti speed and push yourself again?"

[No, no.]

Seeing Kotori misunderstand, Yutsuki hurriedly waved her hands and explained.

[I didn't change the ti speed. It's just that I finished learning a few days earlier than expected. I even slept before coming back, so I'm full of energy now.]

[It's true, I can prove that, Itsuka Kotori.]

[Sister.]

Just then, Arusu Marina appeared next to Maria. She looked at Yutsuki and sighed speechlessly.

[Originally, it would have been hard enough for to learn the basics in half a month. But Yutsuki, in just ten days, has learned all the information about this battleship's Realizers. Honestly, if she were a Wizard instead of a Spirit, she could definitely beco a monster equal to Ellen Mira Mathers.]

[Well, I have no interest in becoming a Wizard at all.]

Regarding Marina's slightly sarcastic remark, Yutsuki shrugged it off.

"Ten days..."

The corner of Kotori's mouth twitched. Although she didn't doubt Yutsuki's learning ability, hearing this result would probably make many Wizards and engineers question their lives.

Boom—! Right then, the Goetia and Fraxinus EX clashed again. The Territories hitting each other made the ship shake a little.

[It seems I ca at the perfect ti. Need help, Kotori-chan?]

Seeing Yutsuki's usual reliable attitude, Kotori nodded without hesitation.

"Of course. I'm counting on you, Yutsuki-nee."

Saying that, Kotori took a deep breath and shouted.

"Everyone, prepare to counterattack!"

"Understood."