Arc of the Souls Chapter 13: Arc 1, Chapter 13 - The Turning Point, Part One

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A bloodcurdling scream echoed through the entire barracks. It sounded guttural, as if something pierced a fatal area in their chest. Did someone get killed? Was it an ambush? It was Nanasu, killed in a game. “NOOO!!” “HOW!? HOW THE FUCK DOES THAT WORK!? TELL ME! TELL! ME! NOW! HOW IS FULL POWERED ACCELERATION STRONGER THAN... FUCKING ARK!?” The Star Gazers Squad recently returned back to the Soul-Core Space Station after successfully allying their body with Testharia. This was met with amazing results and reception, and the Star Gazers Squad was again the Squad of the Month, their fourth consecutive win. But that didn’t matter for Nanasu now. All that mattered was winning the match against that fucking brat. She threw her controller to the floor and curled up like a ball, still angry. It was obvious what game she was playing. It was the newest release of the new A Mystical Divergence fighting gacha game. A few seconds later, she picked up her controller. “Language.” Claude blurted out as he lay on his bed. “Fucking cheater! Why did I even buy this stupid shit game!? I lost the FUCKING CARD NOW! I LOST MY SSR 5-STAR ARU!” She collapsed on the sofa. Claude was sick and tired of Nanasu’s constant yelling and screaming, and controller smashing. There were so many things he could be doing out there. Like fighting, training, or more fighting. He wanted to be active; he didn’t want to be lazy and lay on his bed. He wanted action, real-life action. That’s wha- “NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!! THAT’S JUST PURE CHEATING NOW! HOW DID HE... WHAT!?” As for Nanasu, she was really into the game, no matter how angry she got. The controller she smashed to the ground was still intact, which meant that it was still working. “You’ve been a soldier longer than any of us and you’re playing a crappy card game?” Mikael said, sitting on the edge of his bunk. “First off...” She inhaled before letting herself go completely. “It’s not a bad card game! It’s a really cool game which you boring idiots would never try out. Always thinkin’ about fightin’, well I think about entertainin’ myself with this gam- HOW DID HIS FINAL DIVO HIT ME FROM POINT BLANK!?” “How much have you spent buying cards that you didn’t like again?” “...” Nanasu fell silent, not because she was concentrating, but because she couldn’t answer his question. She got red from embarrassment, but when she got bested by another player, she decided to quit the game. “I’m done.” She turned the console off and threw her controller onto the sofa. “...Let her have it, Mikael. It’s the only thing that can keep her entertained.” Mikael leaned back onto his bunk, looking up at the ceiling. He didn’t think that Claude was wrong in any way. “To be fair, it is the only thing to do here at this moment. We’re just sitting idly while she is doing something with her free time.” “I’d rather be fighting on the frontlines or fight a really strong Soul-Wielder. Now that is entertainment.” “Hmph!” Nanasu pouted, disappointed with his answer. Of course, being a soldier means fighting is mostly what you will do, but it shouldn’t something you’ll be happy about if dying is easy. “All you guys think about is war and fighting. How about being safe for a moment and entertaining yourself with games, books... eating?” “That’s why we’re soldiers, so that people can do the same thing you are doing, Nanasu.” Mikael addressed Nanasu, crossing his arms and looking directly at her. “You’ve spent most of your teenage and adult years as a soldier, you’ll be bored from it of course. What even happened that you started slacking this badly?” Nanasu fell silent. She really didn’t want to talk about it. Last time she led a squad of her own, it got wiped out. This was something she did not tell them yet, even though she was a part of this new squad for a year now. It was like opening up closed wounds, and the only things that would come out of her mouth is involuntary sobbing and screaming. Her depression just started getting fixed and the