The Elemental Sword Demon King
Episode 270: Enemies Become Partners
POV: The Victoria Blade
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Covered by a vast expanse of trees were the ruins of that great city.
"Huh, what a pity. Of all the places I ended up here, at the end of town." Victoria pouted with displeasure as she ran amidst the crumbling ruins.
He had been moved to the outer edge quite far from the abandoned city center.
From the looks of it, it seemed quite easy to get out even though the surrounding walls were high as there were parts collapsing all over the place. However, due to the strong barrier raised by «Elemental Lord» outside the city walls, neither humans nor spirits were able to get out.
"Gerrr!"
At this moment, Salamander walked forward with his head raised, staring into the middle of the abandoned city.
The next instant, accompanied by roaring rumbling, a huge pillar of fire emerged from the middle. Victoria felt a great tremor along her spine.
"What a powerful spirit."
It was not like the glorious fire of Salamander. It belongs to the same type as «Demon Flames» which spread violence and destruction.
(Whose contracted spirit is that?)
Neither «Knight Emperor Dragon» nor «Sacred Spirit Knights» should have a fire elementalist at such a level.
(Or could it be that it is the contracted spirit of that «Rei Assar»? No, that's not true.)
Victoria put the possibility aside mentally. During the battle in the forest, Rei Assar did use spirit magic classified in the fire system. However, the fiery pillar burning here did not give the same impression as him.
(Leaving control over the spirit, only unleashing great power carelessly. It's not like him. Speaking of Spirit Contractors who "move" the spirit in this way.).
Victoria had other thoughts. The gray-haired girl who called Kaizo as an older brother. Military spirit user «Inferno» Team, Mia Vialine of «Instructional» School.
Reportedly, using a tactical class military spirit, he annihilated several teams by himself. Apparently, he used a stronger military spirit in the finals.
(So the battle has already begun. Could it be, Kaizo is fighting?)
Victoria was a little worried. He could not deny such a possibility. After all, Victoria first needed to investigate the demonic fire spirit's power.
"Salamander, which way is it going there?"
"Grr?" The hellish Salamander spirit tilted its head as if it was extremely agitated.
"Oh right. After all, you're just a juvenile salamander." Victoria shrugged her shoulders slightly disappointed.
An abandoned big city might be the kind whose structure becomes more complicated the closer it gets to the center. Without using «Guide Spirit», it may not be easy to get close.
"The night may come before I reach that place."
As Victoria sighed, from somewhere the sound of guns clashing sounded vague.
(Someone is involved in the sword style?)
Victoria suddenly held her breath and quickly looked around. The voices sounded pretty close. However, there was no sign of anyone around.
"Grrr!"
"above?"
Reminded by Salamander's voice, Victoria looked towards the overcast sky. And at that very instant, he could see a girl fall from a nearby bell tower.
Accompanied by scattering black feathers, the fallen girl wore a dress. Even from a distance, Victoria was sure she recognized him correctly.
(He is.).
The dress was dark night and beautiful black wings.
(Kaizo dark spirit, why is he here!?) Victoria screamed in her mind.
"We must hurry there, Salamander!"
Quickly chanting words to release the elemental aero, he formed the spirit of the Hell Salamander into a fire whip.
(I had to catch him, to find out what exactly he was planning!)
Relying on her direction alone, Victoria rushed to the labyrinth-like ruins to head to the bell tower. Like her older sister, an amazing true princess, Victoria's intuition was rather sharp.
After traveling a certain distance, Victoria stopped and turned her gaze to the rubble scattered around her.
(I remember him falling somewhere near here.)
Normally, one would have to search for spirits by following in the footsteps of divine power, but due to the chaos of the abandoned city leylines, that method was no longer available for the time being.
The whip of fire in the hand was on alert, Victoria advanced cautiously. Even if injured, that dark spirit was still a powerful high-level spirit. He can't be careless.
Also, the person who defeated the dark spirit should still be nearby. Once they met each other, a battle was most likely inevitable.
Suddenly, carried by the wind, a groan slowly entered Victoria's ear.
"Oh, uh..."
Victoria immediately headed towards the direction of the voice. Just to find there, a faint glittering black feather fell to the ground.
"That's the fur of the dark spirit."
As soon as he picked it up, the feather disappeared into particles of light. On further inspection, similar feathers were scattered all over the floor in the area.
"Oh, uh..."
The voice sounded again. This time it sounded very close. Quickly suppressing the sound of her footsteps, Victoria circled the wall to the other side from where the sound was coming from.
There, the dark spirit girl was lying on top of the ruins while groaning, her beautiful face showing an expression of suffering.
The dark dress is ripped open. His black fur scattered miserably. His pale skin showed a bluish pallor while his twilight-colored eyes slowly dimmed. Moreover, his left chest was pierced by something like a huge spear.
"You-you, why?"
"Ara, it's a coincidence that we met here, Miss Salamander of Hell." Realizing Victoria, the girl, Alicia, turned her twilight-colored gaze towards him.
Her beautiful lips twisted as if mocking themselves, "Oh, I'm ashamed to let you watch me in this kind of situation, oh, ah..." In the middle of his sentence, he twisted his body painfully.
The holy light emitted by the spear caused her pain, making her suffer.
(That's the radiance of a holy attribute?)
Victoria suddenly remembered.
"You must have been defeated by «Sacred Spirit Knights»!"
Last night, Eve mentioned it during a strategy meeting. «Sacred Spirit Knights» Holy Kingdom Lugia seems to have brought «Divine Armament» from their home country.
«Divine Armaments» is the most effective magical equipment for capturing dark spirits. As soon as they reached the target, they continued to deal holy damage continuously.
(However, why does «Sacred Spirit Knights» want to get rid of this dark spirit?)
"Well, ah..."
"Tu-wait a minute, you're pushing yourself too far!"
"I can't die in a place like this!"
Victoria held her breath. This dark spirit girl always smiled calmly. But now, his face frowned from the pain as he gasped for breath. Even though his body was scorched by the holy light, he remained calm.
"Kaizo's..."
As soon as his lips said that name. Victoria's hands naturally in action.
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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.