Date a Live: Another World Volume 2

Chapter 14 Against a Friend

"ELIMINATION?!" the four spirits said in shock.

"Did I stutter?" Odin said in an ominous tone.

Odin began to move towards the inverted Tohka with the spear in his hand. However, he was stopped by the four spirits halfway. They stood their ground between him and inverse Tohka with their weapons at the ready.

"What do you think you're doing?" Odin lashed out, "MOVE!"

"First explain to us," Haruto started, "Why are you so determined to kill Inverse Spirits?! I know it's your duty back where you belong but things are different here!"

"He's right, Odin!" Natsuro added, "Give Shido a chance, please!"

"A chance?" Odin said as he gritted his teeth, "You kids have no idea what you're talking about. I have first-hand experience against Inverse Spirits and they should be eliminated before they can wreak further havoc!"

"But Natsuro turned Shogun back to normal!" Haruto rebutted, "If he can do it, so can Shido!"

"The reversal of Shogun is purely by luck and chance," Odin said as he started moving again, "Her case is dissimilar to Tohka's. Now move!"

"Well..." Haruto said as he moved away, "Seems like we don't have a choice.... But to beat our word into your thick skull! ZAFKIEL!"

Haruto immediately summoned Zafkiel, his angel in the form of a Gigantic Handless clock with an uncountable number of gears spinning inside along with a deafening boom of a bell. He pointed his sword towards the first number of the clock as a crimson smoke went from the number and into his sword. He then made a cut on his arm and he charged towards Odin at a teleportation speed. He swung his sword horizontally towards Odin but he simply stepped back and dodged it.

Haruto then followed with a double diagonal slash shaped into an X shape but he too managed to evade the two attacks. Haruto then did another diagonal slash but this time, Odin parried the attack. In retaliation, Odin did a horizontal slash with his spear and grazed Haruto across his stomach despite him dodging with Aleph's accelerated speed. After he dodged that attack, Haruto immediately felt like his Reiryoku was being drained. Natsuro, having first hand experience against Odin's spear, knew what happened immediately.

"Haruto!" Natsuro said to his friend, "His spear can absorb your Reiryoku! Get away now!"

"Well a little too late to say that isn't it?" Haruto said as tried moving, "You should've warned me earlier..."

"So? Is this all you're going to stop me with?" Odin said in a semi-mocking tone, "I was expecting more of a fight."

"You want a fight?! You got it!" Nard said as he charged towards Odin with his boxing glove covered in dark purple Reiryoku.

"Fists, eh?" Odin said as he took a stance, "This might be interesting."

Nard then delivered a right punch towards Odin which he evaded easily. He then immediately followed it with a left hook and a right uppercut, both of which were dodged by Odin. Nard then activated his spirit power and took control of Odin's shadow, turned it dark purple and sent shadow hands to grab Odin's legs. Being unable to move, Odin was hit square in the face by both a shadow and a Reiryoku-enhanced uppercut from Nard and was sent flying upwards. Using the opportunity, Natsuro immediately took a shot with his bow toward Odin. He prepared to parry the attack with his spear but the arrow exploded and roots wrapped around him, making him not able to move.

In synchronization with her twin, Neri then leaped to the sky above Odin, spun in the air, and used its momentum to deliver a powerful axe kick, hitting Odin square in the face, and sending him plummeting into the rooftop. The force of Neri's kick was so powerful that Odin not only crashed through the rooftop but also two floors underneath the rooftop.