The Red Nightmare

The Edge Of The Clockwork Horizon: Chapter 3: The Red Nightmare

第二単

Amanoshima Army Base, Docks

There stood a man wearing an unzipped purple parka which was getting blown back by the strong breeze, showing the black generic black long sleeves shirt. He just stood there as if he was waiting for someone. While he was waiting, he fidgets with his NTT Docomo F-01C black flip phone. When the sun started to set, he smiled towards the beautiful scene. A few moments later, something appeared to be coming towards the docks. As it comes closer and closer, it started to take a shape.
「Finally....」He smiled towards the thing flying towards him. When it was close enough to know what it was, it was a girl with a pair of neon orange wings wearing a white scarf and a black sailor uniform with a red ribbon. Her long slightly wild light orange hair was getting blown by the wind as she flies towards him. When she was able to reach the docks, she stopped in front of the tetrapods which is made to prevent the waves from reaching the docks.

The girl hovered in front of the tetrapods as she stares at the man,
「How are you?」
「Good as a bunny!」
「What does that mean?」
「No need for details! How are you」
「I don't have much energy for now, another short wait」
「I, Yuugiri, will fight by your side!」
「Nice to hear that」

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「Kujou Kanami.....Dead....The God of The Ice Heaven.
~All Gods Must Die~」When I went towards the light I saw in the forest, I found a golden statue of a girl. It wasn't detailed enough for me to see everything but since I was able to read the text and I was immediately worried about myself. I realized that the statue was pointing to my right, I saw another twinkle of gold light so I went towards it. I saw another golden statue but this time it's a high school male student like me,
「Otonashi.....Dead......The God Sound.
~All Gods Must Die~」There it was again, on the gold plate below the statue ~All Gods Must Die~ The statue this time was sitting on a chair while fidgeting with his phone while looking at my right, of course I went to where the statue was looking and I found another. They all were pointing at the right where another statue is until I found a statue stand without it's statue. On it's golden plate,
「Utashiro Haru.....Unknown.....The God Of The Golden Moon
~All Gods Must Die~」 After knowing that there might be a God still alive. After realizing that fact, I immediately went to the next next, if there is one. Fortunately, there was a next one, just like the one before it, it is empty. The text engraved on the golden plate says,
「Shinomiya Mashiro.......Unknown......The God Of Elements.
~All Gods Must Die~」After I read the text, I immediately moved to the next one.

The next statue was the one that surprised me the most.
「Shishigatani Iroha, Kurogane Kuroha
The God Of Time: 1st and 2nd Generation
3rd Generation: Unknown
~All Gods Must Die~」Cold sweat started to flow down my forehead since I realized that someone out there is hunting The God of Clockworks and the other Gods. While I was slowly panicking, I heard the bushes behind me rustling so I stopped the time once again to escape and hide behind a tree quietly. When I managed to hide myself, I cancelled the time Spell I used.

「No one is here」I saw a short girl carrying an absurdly large battle hammer.
「(I don't want to get hit by that hammer, let's go back to that guest room for now)」I quietly walked back to the guest Miori and Minori lent me. I didn't get too see the girl's face but I managed to see the color of her hair and her hairstyle, she was also wearing the academy's blazer uniform so I hope I get to meet her again.
「I hope she isn't the one who killed all those Gods」When I climbed back to the guest room through the window, fortunately the guards didn't spot me going back to the guest room.

I was tired so I laid down on the really soft bed and covered myself with the warm blanket then I fell asleep almost immediately

To be continued in Chapter 4:

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