The Elemental Sword Demon King
Episode 172: Rupture Division Leader
A young man stood alone in this icy darkness, a room resembling a prison. This was a black haired young boy with nice facial features.
No light could be reflected from his sunken eyes. At the young man's feet, several burly men collapsed on the floor groaning.
"Done. What's the next training activity?" It was a crisp sound that matched the age of the child. However, the voice was extremely emotionless naturally.
Observing from outside the room, the elders of the Instructional School were made into a commotion.
"No doubt about it. He must be the promised son."
"It's not wrong, he's the one who inherited the power of the Demon King."
All those who fell to the ground were quite accomplished assassins with a great reputation in the underground circuit. But in just a matter of minutes, they were defeated single-handedly by a boy.
The boy's breathing did not even grow faster in the slightest due to exertion. There were even only a few scratches on his body, and it did not include any fatal injuries.
"What training is next?" The boy asked again.
"The next opponent is not a human being."
"So, a ferocious beast from the Astral Spirit? Or maybe, a spirit?"
The young man no longer had the emotion known as fear. In the past, there were human feelings that once resided in his heart, but everything had been destroyed long ago.
"Soul."
"understandable. All I need to do is destroy people like these people, right?"
"true." The elders nodded.
"In that case, where is his spirit?" The boy imagined a spirit that resembled a giant beast.
"Here."
Appearing in front of the boy was the most adorable girl. A little taller than the boy. Shiny black hair that reached the waist. Dusk-colored eyes that seemed to pull one's soul into it.
The boy widened his eyes in astonishment. It was quite a rare opportunity for him to reveal a shocked expression.
"A girl?"
"It's nice to meet you, Kaizo." Saying that, the girl raised the end of her dress that resembled the color of midnight, she bowed to Kaizo to do a formal tribute.
"The dark spirit, Alicia. The highest rank spirit that served the Demon King before."
"This man, is it a spirit?"
It was only natural that the boy would doubt. Until now, he had never met a spirit in human form.
"Among the highest ranked spirits, there are those who maintain the human form."
"He will instruct you to reach further heights."
The voices of the elders echoed within the room like a prison. However, their words barely reached the young man's ears.
It's really unbelievable. Kaizo was just watching mesmerized, because of this beautiful dark spirit girl.
"It's good to meet you, Kaizo." The dark spirit smiled timidly and extended his hand towards the boy.
Suddenly, the boy brushed off his hand and said, "Don't touch me. You will be destroyed, just like the people who fell there."
"Is that so? How I look forward to your appearance."
He did not miss the slightly injured expression that only flashed across the girl's face for a moment. The boy felt a mysterious turmoil stirring within him.
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"Guahhhhh!" Kaizo awoke with a burning pain.
"Huh, huh, huh, guh!"
Burying his nails deep into his skin, he could not stop the pain that exploded in his chest. Resisting the intense pain as she lay on the ground, she finally breathed back to normal.
"This place, where?"
This seemed to be the inside of that cave because the sound of water droplets could be heard. As drops of ice-cold water fell on his forehead, Kaizo was finally able to think calmly.
(Really. After being hit by Alicia's lightning strike, I fell off a cliff.)
If it was a direct attack, he would have died instantly on the spot without a doubt. Without protection from the powerful magical defenses of the Demon Slayer, his body would be destroyed even before he was exposed to water.
"Right, where's Nyx!?" While saying that, he frantically searched his surroundings, but the inside of the cave was too dark.
(Could he have fallen into the river!?) As soon as this possibility crossed his mind, Kaizo's face turned pale.
Since Nyx and Kaizo's contract is incomplete, Kaizo cannot summon him at will from a distance unlike the other elementalists.
As he was about to take out the spirit crystal from his uniform pocket for lighting there was a voice from beside him, "Are you awake? Kirigaya Kaizo's."
A cold indifferent voice sounded from the depths of the darkness. Instantly, a dazzling light filled the interior of the cave. There was a girl holding a piece of spirit crystal for illumination.
His knight uniform was made of white cloth adorned with a red linear design. His dark brown hair swayed in the wind. Most striking of all was her eyes that glittered like brilliant gemstones on her beautiful, white face.
The right eye is blue and the left eye is yellow, Herochromia. Staring into the mysterious Herochromia eyes of the beautiful girl, Kaizo looked at her charmedly, completely ignoring her lying posture.
The girl walked up to Kaizo, crouched down and repeated her question, "Are you awake, I'm asking a question, right?"
She could almost catch a glimpse of the bottom of her skirt. Kaizo frantically averted his gaze and replied, "Have you saved me?"
The girl nodded, "You lost consciousness by the river. You're lucky to have come into contact with my detection barrier."
"so. Thank you for saving me." Kaizo stood up unsteadily and lowered his head at the girl.
The girl looked up and frowned in astonishment, "You're not wary of me? On the stage of this Sword Style Festival, know that I am the elementalist of the opposing team."
"I can't do something so rude as to act wary of my savior."
"Maybe I have an ulterior motive to save you."
"Although that does not change the fact that you saved me, either..." Kaizo shrugged as she spoke, "you don't look like a villain. That's what my instincts say."
The Herochromia girl sighed as if in despair. Although his face was clearly like a child, his manner of speaking was very mature.
Wearing a white uniform with a red design, Kaizo had thought of which country she came from. At this moment, Kaizo noticed the sword lying on the wall behind the girl.
"Nyx!"
There's no mistake about that. That's Kaizo's partner.
"This is your sword. It fell to the bottom of the river, and I lured it out of the water..."
Before he finished his sentence, Kaizo suddenly cried out in pain cutting the girl's sentence.
"Gwaaaaa!"
An intense pain erupted throughout his body, forcing him to fall to the ground. It looks like bones are broken in many places.
"Don't move. Kirigaya Kaizo, your body has not recovered."
"Looks like. By the way, why do you know my name?"
"Isn't it natural to remember the names of all the participants of the Sword Style Festival? Besides, you are the only male elementalist."
"I understand."
In fact, memorizing all the participants' names is an achievement. At this moment, Kaizo suddenly recalled and exclaimed, "I remember now, this uniform, you are from Rossvale Kingdom!"
"True, I am the leader of Rupture Division, Karmila Freya." The girl with Herochromia eyes announced her name without any change in tone.
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*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.