Unknown Universe, Date A Live World...
On the Outskirts of Tenguu City
*Weeeoo, Weooou, Weeooou*
In this peaceful city, the siren suddenly began to sound everywhere. Cars and pedestrians stopped and looked at the alarms.
After the siren paused for a moment, an operator started speaking through the loudspeakers.
"A spatial earthquake is imminent in this area. Please proceed to the nearest shelter. This is not a drill. I repeat, this is not a drill. Please proceed to the nearest shelter."
"Repeat..."
The operator and the siren took turns urging everyone to head to the shelters. People in cars stopped in designated areas and quickly ran towards the nearest shelters. Since it was nighttime, people left their homes and searched for the closest shelter.
Street signs and billboards transformed into warning signs about the spatial earthquake.
The designated parking area suddenly descended into the ground as thick steel walls covered the surface. Pedestrians also headed into tunnels that seemed to lead underground. Once all nearby pedestrians had entered, steel walls covered the openings, and the tunnels also descended underground.
Those who hadn't reached the shelters began running in an organized manner, suggesting they were either trained or accustomed to this situation. They ignored the rapidly changing appearance of nearby buildings, reinforcing the idea that they were well-prepared for spatial earthquakes.
After some time, everyone had entered their respective shelters, and critical administrative areas were secured. The sirens and alarms stopped.
The city now lay eerily quiet until...
A tiny black light appeared on the outskirts of the city, expanding rapidly until it was larger than the city itself.
The gigantic orb of black light devoured buildings, streets, the ground, the forest—everything in its path. A large crater formed as a result of this anomaly. Fortunately, the spatial earthquake occurred a few kilometers outside the city. Although it swallowed part of the city, the destruction was enormous.
At the same time, high in the sky above the city, an invisible aircraft flew among the clouds. The people piloting the ship panicked...
"It's enormous! This is undoubtedly the largest spatial earthquake since they began appearing thirty years ago...."
A spatial earthquake occurs when space itself trembles without apparent reason, causing destruction to anything caught in its effect area.
A spatial earthquake first appeared thirty years ago, causing widespread devastation to structures and human lives. Since then, spatial earthquakes have been disasters humanity in this world dreads.
For the next twenty-five years, no spatial earthquakes occurred, until five years ago when they started happening frequently again.
However, apart from the massive spatial earthquake thirty years ago that devastated Eurasia and killed millions, recent spatial earthquakes have been less destructive and relatively small in radius.
But now, things were different. The area covered was larger than a city. Almost a third of Tenguu City was lost, and the surrounding forest was now history...
"What is happening?! Why is it so large? Do we have any information?"
The commander of the aircraft, a girl with red twin-tails tied with a black ribbon, wore a red coat over a white uniform, a black tie with a red border, a red skirt with white fabric sticking out, and long black boots reaching her mid-thighs. She also had a lollipop in her mouth.
Her name was Kotori Itsuka, the commander of this ship, Fraxinus.
Kotori was in shock at the size of the earthquake, causing her lollipop to fall from her mouth. There was no explanation for why this earthquake was so large. The data displayed on Fraxinus's screen was so absurd that Kotori had to blink, thinking she was dreaming...
"I'm sorry, Commander, there is no explanation for this anomaly.... But..."
The responder was a very tall man with long blonde hair and light brown eyes. He wore a white suit with black and blue outlines. This man was the Vice-Commander of the ship, Kyohei Kannazuki.
Kyohei, usually playful and a great masochist, was serious as he watched the black orb on the screen...
"Reine, what about you?"
Kotori didn't give up and asked the woman beside her, the chief analyst of the ship...
Reine Murasame, a beautiful woman with pale skin, long disheveled white-bluish hair, and dark circles under her blue eyes, looked like she hadn't slept for days...
"...."
Reine didn't respond to Kotori's question, staring intently at the screen where the gigantic black orb was slowly disappearing...
"Here it is.... The Emperor has arrived..."
Murmuring to herself, Reine's eyes shone with coldness. She sensed it—someone incredibly powerful had descended into the world, someone equal to her....
"Reine, what's happening? Do you know what's going on?"
"No..."
Of course, this was a lie, as the entity she had been waiting for had finally arrived...
"The spatial earthquake is over, Commander..."
"Hm?"
Kotori returned her attention to the screen, and in the middle of the enormous crater, two people became visible. It was a couple—a man and a woman...
The woman, very beautiful with black hair, appeared to be about 17 to 18 years old, dressed in a gothic outfit with red and black patterns, matching long black boots.
The man, also with black hair, appeared to be about 15 to 16 years old, quite handsome, dressed in red and black patterns. Behind him, black orbs floated, and a translucent, shining crown continuously rotated on his head. His aura was warm, as if the world itself loved him, but his power was far beyond this world.
This couple stood hand in hand amidst the destruction...
"A man... A male spirit..."
Kotori was again shocked, as this was the first time a male spirit had appeared.
For the past five years, spirits had always been female without exception. This was an unspoken rule, but now...
"Commander, we have identified one of the Spirits. It's Nightmare, the S-rank Evil Spirit..."
Kyohei's next words left Kotori gasping for air. Among all the identifiable spirits so far, only Nightmare had been recognized as an S-rank danger.
After all, her record of killings was too extensive—the only evil and most malevolent spirit of all.
The fact that this spirit was accompanied by an unidentified male spirit made their danger level escalate even further.
"Is it possible that the spatial earthquake is so large because there are two of them?"
This crazy theory crossed Kotori's mind. After all, spirits always appeared alone, except for Berserker. However, Reine denied this.
"No, it's because of the male spirit..."
"Huh?"
Of course, this wasn't due to Yuki, as spatial earthquakes result from the world's rejection. But Yuki is a Champion, so it's impossible for him to be rejected. The anomaly was because Kurumi was much stronger than she was in her world, thus increasing the spatial earthquake level...
But this was something Reine didn't know, and she believed the male spirit was responsible...
"Commander...."
Suddenly, one of the women monitoring the images broke out in a cold sweat and called Kotori...
"What is it?"
"The male spirit...."
"Hah?!"
The male spirit on the screen was looking directly at them, his two eyes—one blood-red and the other golden—staring into the camera as he smiled....
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TN: So we are finally in date a live!!
Hmm I've decided to upload 5 chapters a day
Yeah that'll be enough