last post apocalypse

"How can the matter of the magician be considered cheating?"

With the victory and defeat already decided, Furutegawa put away his cross sword and smiled.

"Since I know that your cross can be unfolded, how could I still be fooled? On the contrary, you, knowing that I am manipulating water, why do you still use physical attacks? Can Honkai simulate effects such as flames?"

"I haven't learned it yet. I have to work hard just for plasticity...and you don't really think I've lost, do you?"

Kamijou pointed down.

Gu Techuan looked down and jumped back quickly - he saw a short golden spear shining between his feet.

"You are too vicious! When did you hide it?"

"How can the matter of the capable person be considered insidious! Don't you thank Uncle Kamijou for not killing me?" Kamijou Toma explained triumphantly: "You didn't notice it yourself. When I attacked for the first time, I You have already buried Judas' spear in the ground. After all, if you want to attack me, you will definitely stand in front of me. So..."

Kamijou snapped his fingers, and within half a meter of Kamijou's center, golden spears stabbed upward densely like thorns in a maze trap.

If someone really stood unsuspecting in the area, it would definitely become a skewer on the spot.

"This energy spear, as long as I have enough physical strength, can be made endlessly."

"I underestimated you..."

Furutegawa undoes the water prison that traps Kamijou.

Both of them tacitly did not mention the issue of winning or losing. After all, it is not a game of life and death, but just a discussion.If it was a real life-and-death battle, Kamijou might be able to overshadow Furutegawa, but Furutegawa's water prison can also instantly become an iron maiden and tie Kamijou into a sieve.

"I can do this in two days. I regret giving you Walter's manual. Without transforming, I can reach the level of a C-level ability user in two days. The combat instinct is also keen. It's like a monster. Damn it, I should have pulled you into the knight faction..."

Furutegawa regretted it a little now, no, not a little.

I am very sorry.

"Give up, Mr. Kamijou wants to become the freest man in the world." Kamijou spread his hands: "But thank you, I feel much more relaxed now."

"Don't overestimate yourself, and don't underestimate yourself."

Furutegawa sighed and abandoned the thought just now.

"Although my parents often tell me to be self-aware. But I don't know whether I have done it or not. There may still be a lot of blind self-confidence. Of course, if you fall into confusion again Come to me anytime. I can't tell you the answer directly, but I can help you recognize yourself."

"Are you pushing yourself to the limit again?"

"Who knows, maybe next time it will be who eats more ramen."

Indulge in venting and forcing yourself, and sometimes put yourself in an extreme position, so that you can think about the problem properly.

"Go back, I'm hungry after beating."

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Although the members of the British Knights are pure men who rely on their bodies to fight, the armor on their bodies is just a dispensable decoration.

But just like fat times in summer, you can't indulge yourself just because you don't need clothes.

Armor is the face of knights.

But for the style of armor, the knights had their own ideas.

"Although it's not appropriate to say that, Mr. George~ Is our armor style too monotonous?"

The knight walking in the front heard these words when he pushed aside the branches in front of him.

He turned his head to look behind him.

There are a total of four iron cans in the rear that are exactly the same as the one I dress up - the whole body is wrapped in silver armor in the middle of the 16th century, the streamlined iron covers the hands and feet, and the slightly bulging breastplate leaves a deformable space.

It is quite defensive, yet flexible!

Although this defense is useless to the knights, it is the difference between a layer of paper and paper folded in half.

"It looks pretty good."

George scratched his face, making a squeaky metal scrape.

"After all, this set of standard armor has been in use since 1975. It doesn't matter what we wear."

"So, our armor hasn't changed since 1975? Even older than me!"

The knight who complained earlier complained.

"Do I fight in the armor my grandfather wore..."

George turned back indifferently and continued on, saying, "What's wrong, respect tradition, James."

James, who just complained, continued: "But what if we respect the tradition so much that the next generation cannot recruit new people?"

"How can it be so serious?"

Under his helmet, George rolled his eyes. Do young people these days speak only with their brains: "We are the British Knights. Are there still few capable people who sign up for election every year?"

"It's really going down."

A sudden voice sounded, and George turned his head.He looked behind him but didn't know where to look at the tin can.

"Is that Charlie? I remember you were in statistics."

"Well, I'm telling the truth. Last year, the number of newcomers who were willing to apply for the knight order was only 80% of the previous year, and the number of the previous year was 75% of the previous year. It is true that the year-by-year decline is true."

I didn't know that there was a calm voice in that armor.

But the voice made George not calm at all.

James continued.

"I've said it all, haven't you noticed? Among the knights stationed in London, apart from Guategawa, I'm the only one under the age of 30. And, how many of you are under the age of 35?"

"This, this is normal. After all, we are knights. We are not only responsible for fighting, but also have various official duties to deal with. To take responsibility requires a certain amount of life experience."

"But the confidant of the Puritan archbishop, Kanzaki Kaori, and Stiyl Magnus are only 14 years old."

"...Okay, I'll go back and submit a recommendation report to the head of the group." George sighed helplessly: "And you guys are just jealous after seeing the transformation of the fantasy gospel."

"What's wrong!"

The voices of the four knights were in unison.

"Okay, the needs of the people."

George gave up and spread his hands, and continued to take the lead in exploring the depths of the dense forest.

Of course, this dense forest has another name.

【Avalon】

And they are the knight squad in charge of exploration.

Five knights walked out of the dense forest and came to the area of ​​'abnormal spatial fluctuation' detected by the [Camero] fortress.

However, it should have been a place on the wall of the world.

The knights were surprised to find that the space barrier that was supposed to be like an air wall had disappeared.

Chapter 52. National alert

In just one night, the atmosphere of the Tower of London has completely changed.

The day before, Kamijou also saw the knights in small groups, training or doing their own things.

But when Kamijou woke up in the morning, he realized that something was wrong.

The knights put on their armor and did not take it off even when they went to the cafeteria to eat.The entire Tower of London suddenly seemed to have increased air pressure, filled with tension.

As for the reason, Kamijou did not know until he met Furategawa who was in a hurry in the cafeteria.

While I was sleeping, the United Kingdom had already raised its alert level to a 'Level [-] Combat Readiness' state.

To put it briefly, there are two states of alert in the UK.

The first is color alerts, which are severe (red), high (orange), high (yellow), alert (blue), and low (green).This kind of vigilance is for the society, but it will not change the military power.

The second is 'wartime alert'.There are four levels in total, with level [-] being the highest and level [-] being the lowest.This alert is completely oriented towards military forces, and once it is activated, it means that the situation has entered an extremely dangerous moment.

In other words, the Authority raised the civilian alert level to a military alert state overnight.

"An accident happened to [Avalon], and the five knights sent in disappeared. The original plan was five hours, but now it has exceeded thirteen hours."

Furutegawa briefly explained to Ujojo, took a bag of French fries between the bread and left in a hurry.

Kamijou had no choice.

Arturia felt strange, he could only explain it in this way.

"Because I'm from the Ability Personnel Administration, not from the UK."

This is not Tokyo, but London.

And now it is not the alert issued by the London Authority branch, but the alert issued by the United Kingdom.Kamijou was part of the Authority, not the UK, so he couldn't get involved unless it was absolutely necessary.

For example, the United Nations deals with international issues and has a lot of power, such as conflicts between countries.

But it cannot directly interfere in the internal affairs of other countries.

The same goes for the Authority.Although the Administration of Capable Persons has the most powerful power in this world, and the authority to mobilize all resources in the world at any time.

So even if [UK] entered a state of emergency, but [London branch] did not enter a state of emergency.

The Administration of Capable Persons will not interfere in Britain's 'private affairs'.

"And the most important thing is that although the 'inner world' is involved this time, and the members of the Knights disappeared, there is no evidence that there is really a major problem in the 'inner world'. Therefore, there is no reason for the London branch to let the branch A 'state of emergency' has been entered."

"Does the Administration of Capable Persons only deal with 'supernatural incidents'? The reason why the British will ignore them is more than that simple. They should take advantage of the convenience of 'the Administration will not interfere in the internal affairs of subordinate forces' and try to cover up this problem as much as possible." .”

Arturia's tone was not kind, because she thought of many things that happened when she was running the country.

"This kind of thing happened when I governed Britain. A corrupt tax official went to the countryside to collect taxes. He collected more taxes privately and caused a peasant rebellion. Not only did he leave his mistakes and escape privately, but even the peasants rebelled. Didn't say anything. Do you know what he was doing when my people found him? He was entertaining higher-ranking nobles in his territory. Live forever."

"Then what happened to him and that nobleman?"

"I asked Kai to suppress the rebellion, and Lancelot to appease the local people. Not only did I quell the rebellion in three days, but I also had enough evidence. Then I blocked the news that the rebellion had been suppressed, and only released the news of the rebellion. The news. As I expected, the tax collector and the nobles who escaped came to me the next day after hearing the news of the rebellion. Do you know what they said?"

Arturia sneered.

"The tax official said that he escaped after a lot of hardships and brought news of the rebellion of the local peasants. Moreover, the nobleman wanted me to reward the tax official."

"Bah, what a bastard!"

Reversing black and white to such an extent has exceeded the moral bottom line of human beings.

No, that kind of guy isn't really human at all.

"I thought so too, so I threw the evidence in their faces, and let Gawain grab their necks and bring them to the city gate. In front of the captured rebel leaders, I personally chopped off their heads. "

"...Really, relieve your anger."

Kamijou had a clear idea, but he sighed helplessly.

"But it's useless to say anything now. For Britain, I'm just an outsider."

"Just do your own thing, if they are in trouble they will come to you. The story I just told is just a metaphor, and to be honest... if I were the Queen of England, I would do the same Something like that."

Arturia comforted Kamijou.

After all, this is country.

Governing a country requires ruthless correctness, not mindless justice.

"Go to training."

"kindness."

Kamijou nodded and walked towards the training room.

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Another day passed.

Britain is still on alert during wartime, and the Tower of London, where the knights are stationed, is also in a state of high tension.

According to common sense, outsiders like Kamijou should leave this militarized area.

But maybe he felt that Kamijou, as an A-level high-end combat power comparable to Furutegawa and the head of the Knights, could come in handy when necessary.So he remained in the Tower of London.

During this time, the Knights were also busy.

For two consecutive days, Kamijou didn't even see the figure of Furutegawa.