The Elemental Sword Demon King
Episode 152: Conflict & Strikes
From some time ago, the spirit of ball-like light often floated overhead. They were spirits with the aim of conveying the Sword Style Festival from the field back to the great temple.
It seems like they were trained not to intrude on their privacy, but there is currently no doubt that Kaizo and the others are being displayed on the screen.
"We haven't found any signs of water. How big is this place?"
Victoria, who was walking in front, answered Kaizo's question, "It should have been huge. Size «Wind Palace» comparable with small country."
"It seems we should make a map immediately." Aura said as she removed a twig from her hair.
Tiana, who was not used to climbing, said grimacingly, "My legs are starting to hurt a little."
Unlike Victoria and the others, he has moved on and not experienced the same open field training.
"Should I carry you?"
Hearing Kaizo's words, Tiana's face turned red and she shook her head, "Eh? N-no, it's okay."
"Don't force yourself. It's too late if you can't walk."
"But, I, I wear this short skirt..."
"I-that's right..."
(As expected, even the queen who always teases me will be ashamed of it.)
"Kaizo, you're thinking about such an indecent thing again!" Eve drew her sword.
"I-I don't think about them! Or rather, what else is this about!?"
"Hmph, my legs are sick, maybe." Eve bit her lips like she was pouting.
Looking at the condition from before, it didn't seem like that was the case, but Kaizo still replied, "Well? But, as expected, bringing two people is a bit difficult."
"My legs also started to hurt suddenly!"
"Yes, just lending me your shoulder would be a big help!"
"Yes, I can do that much."
"Be-so? W-Then, I'll be very grateful for that." Aura smiled and moved onto her shoulder.
The uniform that slightly smelled of sweat made his heart beat violently as it felt a gentle sensation of touching his arm.
"That's not fair, Aura! Kaizo, please lend me your shoulder too!" For some reason unbeknownst to him, Eve also clung onto his shoulder.
"Then, I also♪" Tiana also leaned her head on her shoulder from behind.
Cuddled by the three girls, she let out a sad voice, "I-this is hard..."
"Hey, you three! Formation's a mess!"
"Fufuu, you're not being honest. Although it's okay for Victoria to say her leg was also injured."
"I-I, aren't you stupid!? I'm fine, I can walk on my own!" Victoria bellowed furiously with a red face at the seductive Tiana.
Kaizo suddenly stopped walking.
"Kaizo, what's wrong?"
"Shut up, we're being ambushed!"
The three split from Kaizo and summoned their respective contracted spirits. The silence fell like a drawn bowstring.
(No, this is not silence, this is inaction.)
Kaizo sharpened his senses and looked for the whereabouts of someone nearby other than his partner.
(Two people. The two of them or someone else is with them.)
"Unexpected. That we'll find a trap this fast."
"Yes, even though it wasn't a good plan to act this fast," right after Kaizo nodded, he shouted, "they're coming!"
The flash of light exploded.
****
(Transfer, huh?!)
What exploded was a spirit stone of depth charge embedded in the ground that had been prepared beforehand.
It was a substitute that looked striking but lacked strength. But it had made a gap for a moment. Simultaneously, Kaizo felt a determined presence move in.
(From down!)
He felt that the flash was a little bothering him, so Kaizo trusted his instincts and jumped up. Right after, the place Kaizo was in was replaced with a giant sand arm.
As he thought, there were others as well. The mass of sand wriggled and stretched towards his arm.
* ᛟ ᛈ ᛋ ᛏᛒ ᛁ ᛃ ᛇ ᛈ ᛉ ᛜ ᛞ ᛟ ᛗ ᛚᛜ ᛞ ᛟ*
The ice arrow Aura pierced through the sand arm.
"Kaizo, on top!" Victoria warned.
After the warning, Kaizo kicked the ground and jumped.
*ᛖᚠ ᚢ ᚦ ᚨ ᚱᚲ ᚹ ᚺ ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᛇ*
"Destroy them to death, spirit stone beast «Gargoyle»!"
The shadow that instantly fell to the ground became a gigantic mass falling from above onto the ground.
The ground and sand danced in the air as the ground trembled. It was seen that a spirit in the form of a stone goblin appeared. There was an elementalist girl riding on her back wearing a beautiful pure white uniform.
"If I remember, it's Jarin Kingdom?!''
*ᚺ ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᛇ ᛚ ᛜ ᛞ ᛁᚠ ᚨᚲ ᚾ ᛁ ᛇ ᛏ ᛒ ᛗ ᛜ ᛟ ᛈ ᛋ ᛏᛒ *
"O sword knight master, be my shield!"
From a further path appeared the spirit of Tiana's knight. The knight sword formed a shining arch. The sound of crushed stone rang out and the stone arm of the beast shattered.
Two seconds after the dazzling light, his eyes finally recovered. The princesses formed a formation around Victoria.
"I can't really pull out a sword style without Nyx, but..."
He created a short sword using his basic spirit magic. He was trying to swirl in a disturbance. Back then, something sent the earth and sand flying, a sand giant appeared before him.
"Ck!" Kaizo widened his distance while clicking his tongue.
(Sand spirit users, where are they?) Kaizo quickly set his eyes on the surrounding area.
The first theory was that elementalists had used their spirit earth attribute to hide underground with spirit magic. But there was no trace of such a presence. Then a second trace of presence appeared behind him.
(The second one!)
From the shadow of the trees appeared a girl holding a sword. An invisible flash of light split the tree behind him. Kaizo covered himself and dodged.
"To dodge my wind blades, as expected of the male elementalist." The girl shouted that as she turned to face him.
"For the act of humiliating my master, sorry, but I will ask you to disappear here!"
"So this is really revenge for that stupid prince, huh..." Kaizo sighed, astonished.
There were people who foolishly dragged their trivial personal grudges into the Sword Style Festival.
"I sympathize with you. Spirit Contractor Jarin."
"I won't let you mock my master!"
The wind elementalist girl swung the sword. Kaizo dodged to the side by jumping. The wind blade lightly grazed his neck.
(Although if I have Nyx, such an attack is nothing.)
A storm of wind blades flying in all directions prevented Kaizo from approaching.
"Huh, it seems like you really can't fight without a contracted spirit!"
(Why does he know I lost Nyx?!)
The moment he raised suspicion, at that moment a bluish-white lightning came from behind him. He instantly turned his body and repelled it with his spirit magic sword. The sword exploded into grains.
Facing the direction it came from, a girl stood there with an Elemental Aero bow.
"No way, he reacted that quickly to the surprise attack just now!?" The wind elementalist widened his eyes in shock.
"That's because I knew someone else would hide." Kaizo shrugged his shoulders.
"As expected, you are dangerous. We have to destroy you while you can't use your contracted spirit."
"You overestimated me." He scanned the surroundings without lowering his vigilance as he joked.
Behind was a wind elementalist who wielded a sword. Up ahead was a lightning elementalist who used an arc. And a giant sand also appeared behind him.
(Three skilled elementalists. As expected, this is difficult.)
Cold sweat gathered at his temple. From some point in time, a thick fog had covered the forest. It was not a natural mist, it was clearly made with spirit magic.
Victoria and the others were supposed to fight against that stone beast spirit. But from before not too far away due to the fog, he could not hear the sounds of battle or their voices at all.
(From the beginning, this plan was to bring me down, yeah)
...
*Connected.....
*Note: This story is fictitious. If there is a similarity in the name of the character, the scene, or the story, it is a mere coincidence and there is no element of intentionality.