Arc of the Souls Chapter 106: Arc 3, Chapter 29 - Power to Pain

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.:. That... was a sign of an Evolution. .:. Satono thought, watching the cyan die out of the blue-haired girl’s Soul-Aura. .:. It was still incomplete, I know that much... but her Soul supplied her with large amounts of energy from its own reserve to avoid certain death... So, it slipped temporarily into its own evolution to give her a burst of energy... A last resort Spirit Evolution... .:. Satono looked away, watching a pillar from the city fall onto the ground, shaking the earth. .:. She may be on the same level as Magami. But as she stands now with her incomplete Evolution... .:. Satono licked her lips, walking forward like she was observing her prey. Nanasu didn't know. Satono manifested her Nhelv and walked towards Nanasu. Nanasu turned around to look at Satono, her eyes widening in fear. She was still weak from the fight with Heios, and she couldn't take on another opponent. “How in Numa... well, God... did you manage to beat him?” Satono chuckled, tipping her fedora down to cover her eyes. Her Nhelv hummed in her grip, a sleek silver length-changing katana. She twirled it, graceful, all in the arts of Raum Kunst. Nanasu, now fully turned around, stumbled to the side. “S-Stay... back... If you... don't want to be next...” “Please. With a broken rib and a dislocated jaw?” “Underestimating... is the mother of all... failures.” Nanasu said, her mind trying to find a way to outsmart Satono. But her mind was fried just enough to sound like bullshit to her at the moment. “...What? Hey Jasper, are they always like this?” Satono asked him, who appeared from the bushes. He was checking on Heios. “Why ask me that!? I don't fight!” Satono twirled her katana in disappointment. “Ugh... You see this idiot? He doesn't even fight!” She pointed her sword at him; her index finger was on the trigger. “I am a Support-Type! I heal; I don't catfight!” Nanasu sighed at the sight of the bickering duo. She disengaged from her Argo-Suit, a soft click in the tense silence as the metal plates retracted, revealing the shredded fabric of her uniform beneath. The plates condensed itself into a capsule, the nano-tech whirring as it folded in on itself. .:. Just... to breathe... .:. She thought, her lungs burning with every shallow breath. “Hey! No funny stuff!” Satono pointed her Nhelv at her again. “You think I'm stupid? I can kill you right here, right now.” Nanasu didn't say a word. She just looked at Satono. if she wanted to live, she needed to submit herself. “...How can I trust you?” Nanasu managed to get out a ragged whisper. “... I don't know... Lay down, I guess? I guess you can’t.” Satono laughed. “You Soul-Core soldiers are always so dramatic.” Jasper looked at Nanasu, disgust was all over his face. “Can you please just kill her? This is boring.” “... You know what, Jasper? You're right.” Satono's Nhelv extended, its tip now inches away from Nanasu's throat. “Any last words before your friend and captain comes crying at your corpse?” Satono taunted, her grip tightening on the hilt of her sword. Nanasu looked at Satono, her eyes filled with defiance. She wasn't going to beg for her life. She wasn't going to give her the satisfaction. Satono's expression changed. She was surprised by Nanasu's poker face. She hesitated for a moment, her finger hovering over the trigger. “Your friend asked... the same thing... and he's the one down...” Nanasu said, her mind still fuzzy from the fight. She was looking at the unconscious Heios. “So go ahead. Do it. See what happens.” “Right...” Satono’s expression flickered. Surprise, followed with hesitation, her finger hovering... And a spear punched through her back. “AGH!” “Get away from my squadmate!” Mikael clenched his fist, causing the spear to explode as he resummoned another. He ran into the clearing, standing before Nanasu. “You're not touching her!” “Another one...?” Satono grunted, pulling the spear out of her back. She could feel her own blood, warm and sticky, soaking her uniform. “I... almost died