The Elemental Sword Demon King
Episode 192: Forbidden Book
"In exchange, I promise to win."
"Of course there won't be any problems if that happens. However, you seem to be hiding something from us, your collaborators, are secretly planning something."
"What do you want to talk about?"
"Hey, are you really the «The Strongest Sword Style Holders»?" Sefira Blum scoffed.
"If you doubt my power, do you want to feel it now, witch?"
Instantly, all the plants on his feet burned to ashes. Not through the chanting of spirit magic nor the contracting spirit summoning, but just from his will being released, flames were generated.
"Fufuu, kidding. I still value my own life, geez?"
Suddenly, the magician's eyebrows surged.
"What's wrong?"
"It seems that when I came out, the vile rats had gone inside." Sefira Blum licked her lips happily.
He was the one who built the fortress «Team Inferno». Moreover, instead of a defensive fortress, it was a nest prepared to hunt stupid prey.
"Fufuu, it looks like I can have some fun." The witch's lips showed a happy smile.
He likes to play around with prey that fall into traps. As his red eyes shone with a glittering brilliance, Sefira disappeared into the depths of the forest.
(So far as «Ular» The Alphen Territory knows «Plan»? Sefira Blum's actions are difficult to predict. Considering «Plan», maybe he should be obliterated immediately.
(No, there's still no point in using Alphen. Annihilating witches now is also unwise.) Secretly, the masked girl shook her head as she stared at the sky where sparks flew and scattered.
She whispered softly, "Then, the girl's daughter is suitable for the position of «Queen of Darkness», which one is it?"
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POV: Kirigaya Kaizo
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It was the fourth morning during the main fight of the Sword Style Festival, «Tempest». There are a lot of teams now eliminated.
"Right..."
Lying on the mattress inside the tent, Kaizo held back from yawning again, no matter how many times.
In the morning after a fierce battle against Nephesis Loran, the entire team had just ushered in the departure of Karmila Freya, the leader of «Rupture Division» who decided to cancel the event.
On the fourth day of the main battle, each team had built their «fort», and the sword style festival was heating up even more.
This was not supposed to be a time of rest, but after undergoing the battle against Nephesis Loran last night, the members of Team Salamander were completely exhausted.
Therefore, they all decided to stay and maintain «fort» for a day to get enough rest and energy to fight back.
(But this is unbearable!) Kaizo groaned as she stretched her body on the bed.
Despite her body's exhaustion and the drowsiness she felt, she couldn't fall asleep. The reason for that was because of the memories Kaizo had caught a glimpse of when Alicia disappeared. The memories of that day, were sealed somewhere deep in his mind.
As Rei Assar, the Strongest Sword Style Holder, Kaizo emerged as the winner of the «Switch Style Festival» three years ago. Against young Kaizo, Alicia has stated «His request».
'I wish you could kill them. The Five Elemental Lords.'
(Killing the Elemental Lord. What does that mean?)
Mastering all the elementals, arranging the elements that compose the world, they are «Five Elemental Lords Agung». They were not only extremely powerful elementals. If one had to describe it, this world could be considered as their creation.
(Do I have to kill them? Wh why? No, before considering why, this was completely beyond human capabilities.)
What happened at the end of «Wish» three years ago, Kaizo barely remembers. What he could still remember was just a moment when the hateful and black «Wish» devoured him.
(At that time, I failed to catch his hand.)
Kaizo tightly clenched his skin-gloved left hand. A few hours ago, before he disappeared, the sensation of hugging him was still left on his fingertips.
He has not been exterminated from this world. Simply running out of power, unable to materialize for now. The elemental seal stamped on the back of his left hand was proof of that. At this moment he could only wait for her to return.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Kaizo noticed a sense of dissonance near the bottom of his body. Something seemed to be crawling, agitated at his waist. The cold soft touch felt like reptilian scales.
(A wild snake?)
Shocked, Kaizo frowned and lifted the blanket off the bed and opened his mouth wide, "N-Nyx!?"
The girl sneaking under his blanket was the embodiment of the elemental sword. Her silver white hair shone sparkling in the sunlight. Soft white skin that resembles the color of fresh milk. Expressionless, he looked at Kaizo with his mysterious purple eyes.
Kaizo widened his eyes and shouted, "Ah! Wait a minute, you-you, why are you dressed like that!?"
This was not his usual knee-length sock look. Nyx is currently wearing an erotic leather-studded bondage suit in black. The garter belt is visible extending from under the leather mini skirt.
His bare feet were clad in black long boots. Twisted several times around his right hand was a leather whip. In his left hand was a red candle.
Wrapped in this outfit, the cute little girl showed a greater seductive charm than when she was naked.
Continuing the posture of riding on Kaizo's stomach, Nyx asked impassively, "Kaizo, is dressing like this really strange?"
"No, rather than weird, let's just say it doesn't mean, hot, it's hot!"
Who knows when it has been lit, but a melted candle drips into Kaizo's upper body.
"Are you happy, Kaizo?"
"No, who would be happy!? It's burning, that's all!" Kaizo frantically blew out the candle flame.
Nyx tilted her head in confusion, "Not happy?"
"I'm not interested in anything like this! By the way, who taught you this?"
"really regrettable. The book says that people feel happy when a candle is dripped on them." Nyx pulled a book out of somewhere.
Although Kaizo doesn't really know about novels, she knows they are love novels aimed at teenagers. Casually flipping through the pages, he found beautiful illustrations all over the page.
(In a glance, there is nothing extraordinary about this, no different from ordinary novels?!)
"What!?"
On one of the last pages, Kaizo could only voice his shock. Perhaps the most visited section by its owner, this page is marked by folds.
It was a scene where a graceful upper-class woman was punished by the butler working in the household. The illustration depicts the joyous expression of an upper-class woman as candles are dripped onto her bare skin.
"N-Nyx, a book like this doesn't suit you! It's too early for you, Nyx!"
Kaizo closed the book hard. Although Nyx is an elemental that has lived for centuries, that is not the case.
"Where did you find this book?"
"Victoria kept it under her pillow."
"That girl, I can't believe she read this kind of book when she was a noblewoman." Kaizo's face twitched as he grumbled softly.
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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.