The Elemental Sword Demon King
Episode 188: Desperation & Hope
Amidst the blazing flames, the flash of Tim Salamander's sword began. With a furious roar, Nephesis Loran released dark tentacles in all directions.
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"The ice net that freezes, advances and penetrates, the Frozen Arrow!"
However, Aura's frozen arrows froze countless tentacles, turning them into shattered blocks of ice as they fell to the ground.
"Give me those tentacles!"
"Yes, I will count on you for support, Aura!"
Kaizo readied his sword in the stance of the horses and walked side by side with Eve to attack Nephesis Loran with the same rhythm of attack.
"I'll handle the front line defense while you attack, Kaizo."
"I understand."
Twintail fluttered carelessly in the wind. His firm brown eyes, adorned by his eyebrows, stared straight at the enemy in front of them.
Kaizo had fought many times with Eve on the missions of the Hybrid Knights. He was a teammate that he could trust to protect his back with great confidence.
With Eve and Kaizo as the vanguard, Aura provides long-range support attacks, Victoria leads the team while she engages in guerrilla tactics and distraction. This was the basic tactical formation of Team Salamander.
"This is what you mean by the power you gained?" Alicia's impatient voice echoed in Kaizo's mind, "How disappointing. Obviously no matter how many people you gather, none of them can hold a candle to you alone."
(Then, let's see, okay?) Kaizo declared to him in his heart.
Then he whispered to Eve beside him, "Don't touch that demonic sword thing. Most spirits cannot hold it. The only one who can smash a sword directly is my Nyx."
"Understood." Eve nodded.
"Also, beware of that black mud. As soon as you touch it, your divine power will be stolen."
"What?!" Eve's brown eyes stared wide.
The dark mud continued to spread. It has already invaded most of the land. As a result, they could not even get close to the surroundings around Nephesis Loran.
"Eve, can you open the way?"
"Yes, leave it to me." Eve agreed and prepared Ray Hawk in a horizontal position. Rumbles of tempestuous magical wind gathered at the tip of the spear, then he gently chanted words of release.
*ᚠ ᚢ ᚱ ᛟ ᛗ ᛚᛜ ᛞ ᛟᚲ ᚷ ᚠᚢ ᛚ ᛜ ᛞ *
"Wind of evil, go and rage!"
Instantly, countless blades of wind sliced through the ground, blowing away the mud of darkness. While the blades of wind were released, Kaizo ran like the wind across the torn open ground.
Nephesis Loran's disgusting gaze seemed to pierce Kaizo. An incredible killing intent, enough to make an ordinary person lose consciousness, yet Kaizo held him back. He could not back down from fear now. Even when his opponent was a terrifying monster.
(After all, young ladies are watching me!)
The raging wind blade attack approached, but Nephesis Loran easily repelled it with a flash of the darkness demon sword.
(Now is the time!)
Shortly before the mud of darkness invaded the ground again after being flown, Kaizo jumped.
Maintaining his forward-leaning posture, he instantly approached, riding on the roaring wind. These coordinated tactics are learned through training with Eve.
"Ohhhhhhhh!"
As the Demon Slayer shone with a silver-white brilliance, Kaizo cut straight down. An astounding shock wave shook the atmosphere.
Holding the dark demon sword, Nephesis Loran blocked this full-powered attack with ease. However, the Kaizo movement did not end there.
Using the sword hilt as a shaft, he changed his posture in the air, utilizing the deflection of Nephesis Loran's blade to land a hard slash on the shoulder.
With a splash of condensed dark matter, Nephesis Loran's massive body trembled slightly. Landing on the ground, Kaizo mercilessly continues his attack.
Slashing, piercing, sweeping, swords flashed in the darkness of the night. The spectacular flowing sword light scars that were worthy of the title of the Strongest Sword Style Holder, Rei Assar, at the peak appearance.
The ever-changing motion of the Kaizo movement overcame the reaction speed of Nephesis Loran. Widening his gaping jaw, Nephesis Loran let out a roar of pain.
The broken divine power spewed out in large numbers, staining the surrounding land instantly.
Kaizo clicked his lips in the air. Once he landed in the mud, his holy power would be robbed from him immediately. But just before he touched the ground, Aura looked at the situation and moved quickly.
*ᛇ ᛈ ᛉ ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛖ ᛗ ᛖᚠ ᚢ ᚦ ᚨ ᚱᚲ ᚹ ᚺᛚ ᛜ ᛞ ᛁᚠ ᚨ ᚲ ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᛇ ᛉ ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛗ ᛜ ᛟ ᛈ *
"May your pure white chant form an eternal frozen ice, Frozen Prison!"
The sole of Kaizo's boots landed on the magic ice. Then by the thinnest margin, he dodged the dark demon sword that swept out using a gliding motion.
"Thank you for your help. Good job, Aura!"
"Hmph, of course!" Aura proudly swept her hand over her hair.
Kaizo jumped off the ice and attacked Nephesis Loran with godlike speed in a triple combo.
"Still less!"
Double, then triple, the five-stroke combo given with the puncture combination. Utilizing the gap in the darkness demon sword, Kaizo attacked quickly as if performing a dance.
As many dark tentacles attacked from behind, they were all struck by Victoria's Fire Whip. Kaizo's skill with the sword completely dominated. Nevertheless, his face showed anxiety.
(It won't end if this continues!)
Like a shapeshifting mass of darkness, Nephesis Loran's body immediately regenerated as soon as it was damaged.
(In addition, my holy power reaches its limit.)
The power of the Nyx Rune weakened as it shone in the darkness. Even as an elemental aero of the strongest class, its true value could not produce an effect without the divine power infused by the contractor.
In an instant, Kaizo's sword was deflected by the demon sword of darkness. As Kaizo lost his balance, the tip of the demon sword unleashed the Void Blast.
"Kaizo!"
With a red slash, the Flame Whip wrapped around Nephesis Loran's arm. With the trajectory of the sword's fall slightly diverted, jet-black lightning flew past Kaizo. The resulting lightning strike vaporized the fan-shaped part of the forest.
"That's very close, Dad!"
Victoria found herself flying in the air. Nephesis Loran had grabbed the Fire Whip and threw it aside in a horizontal sweeping motion.
"Victoria!"
Kaizo was about to hurry, but suddenly his steps came to a halt. Without him noticing, a thick darkness was approaching before him. The loathsome darkness that stole the divine power immediately after the contact spread with incredible speed.
This enormous amount did not come only from the Nephesis Loran elementalists who stole the divine power. Instead, the monster had strengthened its strength after coming into contact with the ley lines flowing on the ground.
Kaizo's surroundings had turned into a swamp of darkness. As everything stood, Kaizo's footing would soon be swallowed up as well.
(Even the fort?!)
Kaizo gritted his teeth. A crushing despair loomed over him as if manifested in reality.
The brightness of the Nyx Rune had been greatly weakened. In his current state, Kaizo did not even have the strength to slash through the darkness and break through forcefully.
As the spirit seal on his left hand ached, Kaizo heard Alicia's transmission of sweet and beautiful voice, "This is the end, Kaizo. You can't beat this kind of power."
(I.).
The approaching darkness surrounds Kaizo.
"Kaizo!"
Eve and Aura shouted. Completely cut off from any escape route, Kaizo's feet were just about to make contact with the darkness.
"Damn!"
Just then suddenly, a dazzling brightness erupted from the ground below.
"What!?"
The ground covered by the thick darkness began to rumble and rise and fall as if boiling. Below, many shining magic circles appeared one after another. The darkness that cornered Kaizo from all sides receded like a tide.
"What's really going on?!"
"Flowing through the leyline of the fortress, holy power was flowing nonstop!" Victoria yells.
"Leylines, so that's Tiana?"
The fortress built by Tiana was specially designed to be able to adjust the flow of the leyline from the central relationship, thus allowing the effect of support to be conveyed from the blessings of the spirit. But the overwhelming power that carries this holy attribute, there are those who supply it.
"Could it?!"
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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.