That time I failed as an Author and got reincarnated in Tensura

Chapter 71: A brighter Moon

3rd Pov

Crossing the door of the first trial, Mirai looked around tensing up...she landed right into a large room with no opening beside an exit encrusted into the hole like a cave opening.

Mirai : This trial is called physical pain...what is this about ?

So far there was nothing, just a calm to almost creepy room...there were a few droplets of water cooling down the ceiling and no sign of life.
Until, Mirai dove herself deeper in...from the ground sprouted a humanoid form, mud started to take shape until it formed someone Mirai knew way too well.

Mirai : I see...so you gonna make me fight a copy of my friend ?

In front of her was a now carbone copy of Eleonor, the big difference is that this copy had no sign of life.

Mirai : Since it's in my memories, can I conclude that this copy has the same capabilities as the true Elenor ?

She was half right and half wrong, those copies aren't forged from her memories but directly through Fate...

The Eleonor in front of her has a power that far surpasses the one Mirai knows.

Mirai : Let's get this done then, huh ?

Reaching out for her sword, something instantly caught her attention as Eleonor did the same...in her hand was now a long sword typical of those wielded in the medieval era on earth.

Mirai : Wh-didn't Eleonor specialize in daggers ?

Realizing something was wrong, Mirai raised her guard up and waited...an invisible tension pulling her mind to its very edge...

Finally, in the split of an instant...Mirai felt her arm crackling, her eyes widened as she moved by instinct...

Eleonor had closed the distance instantly and dug her sword right into Mirai's ribcage, if she hadn't let her instinct take over.

She would be dead by now...

Mirai : So fast !

Eleonor Copy : ...

Mirai : But if it's just that !

Deflecting her sword, Mirai used her knee to break Elenor's wrist before landing a swift kick into her face.

Using the small opening she created for herself, Mirai drew several slabs, fully cutting down the copy of her friend.

Mirai : This is the first stage, huh...

Looking down at where Eleonor was lost before she was cut down, residue of her form melted into the ground.

Shaking her head, Mirai simply walked past the puddle and left for the next stage...

Within the wall of Ruberios, a bit before Yuu and Eleonor arrived at the north coast.

Shu, being a genius of engineering and machine...he was tasked with a near impossible task.

Dawn asked him to create a tool that Shu couldn't understand...a tool that couldn't be comprehended by the one making it.

Meaning, Shu was crafting something with a blindfold and minor instruction...the layout of the tool was rashly explained.

Still Shu didn't question his leader's words...he just nodded and worked day and night after the completion of the dimensional ring.

And finally, as the war started...when many soldiers already fell, the young genius succeeded.

Shu : I-i did it..

Sat behind the desk in his personal factory, he was bleeding from his nose, his brain was screaming as he overperformed everything he had to offer.