-631- Erupt

"Here he comes!"

"The 101st is here!"

As Rozen slowly approached, the students in the vicinity exclaimed, their attention now fully on him. However, their voices were immediately drowned out by a faint command.

"Hotaru."

Magnus spoke emotionlessly, instructing a girl named Hotaru who wore a headscarf bearing the character for 'fire(火).'

"Yes!"

With pink straight hair and the headscarf with the 'fire' character, Hotaru raised her head in response.

"Boom!"

In the next moment, a wave of heat began to emanate from Hotaru. With astonishing force, she stomped on the ground, turning into a fiery meteor. Swiftly, she flashed and arrived in front of Rozen.

Then, facing Rozen, Hotaru struck with her palm.

It was a strike that blew away the surrounding heat waves, evaporating the atmosphere with scorching intensity. The strike seemed capable of setting a person's body ablaze as it released tremendous heat, thundering towards Rozen.

However, there was no way this sudden and deadly strike would be effective.

After all, even if everyone couldn't react in time, Rozen, who possessed the 'Mind's Eye,' wouldn't be caught off guard. At the very least, even if Rozen couldn't react in time, Kinu wouldn't fail to react.

So, when that scorching palm rushed towards Rozen, the black coat on Rozen's body suddenly billowed.

"Thud!"

Accompanied by a muffled sound, the hem of the black coat flipped like a cloak, blocking this incredibly scorching strike.

The heat instantly surged and swept over the coat, roaring as it attempted to reach Rozen's body, but it was completely repelled, unable to touch Rozen.

"...!?"

The expression under Hotaru's headscarf suddenly changed. Not only Hotaru, but even Magnus' eyes narrowed slightly.

In this situation...

"Yaya."

Rozen's lazy voice echoed.

"Yes!"

The voice of the moon doll rang out.

"Boom!"

A flash-like kick suddenly appeared around Rozen, ruthlessly kicking Hotaru without mercy. It not only created a muffled sound but also turned the impact into a powerful force that spread in all directions.

The automaton named Hotaru was kicked mercilessly, causing a gust of wind to send her flying towards Magnus.

"...!"

"...!"

The girls standing around Magnus immediately reacted to this. Two of them jumped towards Magnus and caught Hotaru as she flew back.

"Cough...!"

Hotaru, caught by the girls, immediately coughed up blood from under her headscarf, clutching her chest, clearly injured.

Only at this moment did Yaya recover from her flying kick stance, landing in front of Rozen and staring intently ahead.

"————"

The whole place fell silent.

Rozen stopped his steps, adjusted his coat that had flipped, and then casually spoke.

"Was there a need to be in such a hurry?"

His tone was as if he had just been pranked by a mischievous imp, showing a complete lack of concern.

"..."

Magnus' eyes flickered slightly, then he fell silent.

The scene was silent.

After a while, people around started speaking.

"What... what just happened?"

"I... I didn't see..."

"What... what's going on?"

"I... I don't know?"

The students looked bewildered, not knowing what had happened.

To put it complicatedly, from Hotaru's attack on Rozen to Rozen's defense, to Yaya kicking Hotaru, the whole process might not have even taken a second.

The students couldn't see Hotaru's attack, let alone Rozen's defense. They didn't even see how Yaya retaliated. By the time they reacted, Hotaru was already lying injured in her sisters' arms.

In this way, who could know what happened?

Only a small number of people noticed the process.

But because they noticed, they were even more astonished.

"No way..."

Charl was full of astonishment.

"Strong..."

Sigmund looked serious.

"This is quite a surprise."

Even Kimberly widened her eyes slightly.

At the same time, in various directions around, some significant figures hidden in corners, standing on tree branches, and even on the windowsills, rooftops, and balconies of some relatively distant buildings were all stunned as they watched the situation here.

However, Rozen ignored the reactions of these people and spoke to the people behind him with an unchanged tone.

"Hinowa, Subaru, Mutsura, you guys step back."

Rozen said this to the three who had come with him.

"O... okay."

Hinowa nodded subconsciously, and Subaru and Mutsura also responded somewhat sluggishly.

Clearly, even these three had not fully recovered from the sudden attack and defense, appearing somewhat absent-minded.

However, Hinowa, Subaru, and Mutsura obediently retreated and merged into the surrounding crowd.

Only Yaya remained, standing in front of Rozen, facing Magnus from a distance.

Rozen suddenly smiled.

"How should I address you?"

Rozen spoke in this manner.

"Should I call you 'Marshal'? Or should I call you Magnus? Anyway, you have no intention of letting others call you by your old name, right?"

Rozen's tone was somewhat mocking.

Facing this mockery, Magnus remained impassive.

"Right back at you, Rorelai Arneet."

Magnus responded without expression.

In this world, after two years, the former 'Divine Child' and 'Heaven's Child' had both abandoned their old names and reappeared under their current names, standing in opposition once again.

However, even with different names and changed roles, the fate between the two has not disappeared.

"It's been two years... right?" Rozen put away all expressions and said indifferently, "Since it's been two years, you should have become stronger, haven't you?"

"I should be the one saying this." Magnus said coldly, "Two years have passed, if you're still at the same level as back then, I'll be very disappointed."

"Is that so?" Rozen glanced at Magnus mockingly and said, "So, how many automatons are you planning to use against me this time?"

Back then, the man who was still called Akabane Tenzen had used three automatons and eventually defeated Rozen.

This time...

"Let's see if you qualify for me to use the fourth."

Magnus released his magic.

"Very well."

Rozen also released his magic, and even laughed.

The magic of both surged like a storm, sweeping across the entire area.

After two years, the destined battle was reignited here.

The battle erupted.