"Whoosh—!"
Amid a piercing rush of air, a figure streaked through the sky like a dull Meteor and crashed down heavily on the outskirts of Academy City.
"Boom—!"
The ground shook.
Dust billowed outward.
Amid the scattering rubble, Rearguard Water slowly emerged with Frontier Wind slung over his shoulder.
"Whew..."
Only after reaching the outskirts of Academy City did Rearguard Water let out a breath.
Although he had not used magic and thus had not suffered the Artificial Heavenly Realm's oppression and injuries like Frontier Wind, the circulation of magical power was still affected within the Artificial Heavenly Realm.
An ordinary magician might have found even breathing painful, but as a Saint, Rearguard Water's physique far surpassed that of an ordinary magician. He did not suffer from that, though he still felt stifled.
"To create something like that, Aureolus... your ambition is truly enormous..."
Rearguard Water murmured.
This Saint seemed to have realized just how great a threat Aureolus possessing the Artificial Heavenly Realm would pose to the world's magicians.
"If that kind of 'realm' covered the entire world, then the magic world would be finished."
Anyone who learned of the Artificial Heavenly Realm's existence and thought ahead even a little would reach that conclusion.
That was why Rearguard Water said Aureolus's ambition was enormous.
Rearguard Water looked at Frontier Wind, who was slung over his shoulder and had long since fallen unconscious.
As though speaking to her, Rearguard Water said one thing.
"It isn't only you who want to destroy the scientific world. Others want to destroy the magic world too."
That was precisely why Rearguard Water had said war between the Science Side and the Magic Side could no longer be avoided.
This incident had merely been the fuse.
Thinking that, he gazed up at the night sky.