The Elemental Sword Demon King
Episode 272: The Sound of the Wind
Just before she was about to strike with a fist infused with combat energy, Luna Airis stopped her steps. From the crevices of the ruins, many shadow arms stretched out to hold him back.
(W-what?)
"Damn the ghosts of this abandoned city, it was unexpected that they dared to interfere at this moment!"
The flocks of shadows crept out onto the surface continuously. It seemed like they were reacting to the holy power that Luna Airis had unleashed.
(Wa-even though I don't quite understand what's going on, this is a very good opportunity!)
Releasing the blinding flames in all directions, Victoria took out the dark demon sword and began to blur.
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POV: Kirigaya Kaizo
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"These people keep coming no matter how much I fight!"
With blinding brilliance, «Demon Slayer» sweeps a bunch of «Forsaken Spirits».
Many shadows disappeared into nothingness, accompanied by hateful cries. However, their numbers showed no signs of abating.
"I don't have time to deal with you guys right now!"
Turning around to release a slash, Kaizo slashed at the approaching shadow from behind. Even the famous spirits of the past would lose most of their original strength once they became the remaining ghosts.
The troublesome thing was that contact with the shadow resulted in contamination, thus eating the divine power. If one recklessly charged through the herd, the divine power would probably be depleted in no time.
This characteristic is very similar to the dark monster brought by Alicia, «Nephesis Loran».
"Ohhhhhh!"
In the blink of an eye, Kaizo found himself besieged again as he wiped away the sweat on his eyebrows. The «Rune Nyx» bar in his hand also lost its radiance gradually.
Of course, contamination from «Forsaken Spirits» also affects elemental aero. Although Nyx was crowned with the title of «Devil Killer» for defeating the Demon King, in fact, she was not a spirit that had a holy attribute, but a sword spirit with the attribute of «Baja».
He did not have the power to purify the impurities. In other words, every time Nyx made contact with the ghosts in battle, her power continued to drain.
If this continued, Nyx would reach its limit even before going up against the Spirit Contractor of the opposing team.
(Tsk, this is bad.)
As Kaizo clicked his tongue mentally, the back of his left hand began to hurt deeply.
The excruciating pain made Kaizo scream in pain, "Guh, ah!"
Taking off his leather gloves to look, he found blood dripping on his wrist to the ground. Normally, «Spirit Seal» is almost invisible, but now it shines with a strong light.
(Alicia!?)
Since that day three years ago, the «Spirit Seal» in his left hand had never reacted this strongly before.
"Guh, what the fuck is this!?"
Kaizo stabbed «Demon Slayer» into the ground to hold himself back from falling. Along the way, «Forsaken Spirits» is clustered at once.
If Kaizo was caught and entangled, his divine power would be completely depleted and he could even lose his life.
(How can I let you succeed!)
Kaizo inserts maximum divine power into «Demon Slayer». He unleashed the anti-spirit technique of Absolute Blade Arts.
* ᚹ ᚺ ᛖ ᛗ ᛚ ᛜ ᛞ ᛁᚠ ᚨ ᚲ ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᛇ ᛉ ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛗ ᛜ ᛟ ᛈ ᛋ ᛏᛒ ᚾ ᛁ ᛖ ᛚ ᛜ ᛞ*
"Third Form Absolute Sword Arts, Phantom Shadowblade!"
Resembling the shadow of the moon reflected in the water, the sway of this slash was delivered like an extremely fast sword slash without leaving a shadow.
The slash is followed by a round, followed by a slash after a round. Even when dozens of enemies surrounded him, they could not even touch his sleeves.
Releasing a storm-like slash, Kaizo broke through the barricade. His incredible destructive power swept the area away from the ghosts.
"Huh, huh, huh..." Getting rid of his sword, Kaizo continued to pant. Using a movement that surpassed the limit that his body could bear, causing all of his muscles to scream in pain.
In addition, cutting «Forsaken Spirits» also causes contamination on the sword «Rune Nyx», causing the glow to get dimmer. Although the number of ghosts dropped dramatically, new ones continued to crawl out without end.
"Damn!" Kaizo's gaze rested on his left hand. The scorching pain had subsided and the radiance from «Spirit Seal» gradually disappeared.
"Allen..." Wearing his leather gloves again, Kaizo called out his name.
Suddenly the wind whispered. It was a faint sound, similar to the rustling of leaves rubbing against each other.
"Kaizo, Kaezo..."
Looking up suddenly, Kaizo found a tiny fairy like a butterfly floating in the wind.
(Isn't that Eve's wind spirit?)
There's no mistake about that. The one who calls Kaizo's name is Eve's voice. He might use a spirit to carry his voice and broadcast it to the surroundings.
(Maybe he's near me?)
Within this abandoned city, there should be no way to send wind spirits over such a great distance due to their relatively weaker strength.
After all, low-level spirits without a clear will would most likely be captured and devoured by ghosts before they could travel far.
At this moment, the faint sound of clashing weapons sounded from the distance. This time, it was not a sound carried by the wind. Someone nearby was doing sword style.
"Eve..."
Sweeping the ghost herd with his sword, Kaizo dashed towards the sound.
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POV: Eve Veilmist
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His consciousness in the fog seemed to be shrouded in a thin layer of fog.
"Kaizo, Kaezo..." Eve repeats the name Kaizo.
Perhaps because the poison released by the spirit thorns of the demon tree spread out, he could not even lift a single finger. No, even without paralysis, it was impossible to escape from the vines that were entangling his entire body.
Holding all four of his limbs, the vines tore his tights apart, digging sharp thorns into his chewy flesh.
"Ah, huh, oh!" Eve felt her body burning.
The debilitating sweetness made Eve let out a painful sigh, "Guh, I never thought, you used poison, well!"
"Assassins doesn't care about the way it's used. I have no reason to accommodate your sense of knights."
The orphan from «Instructional» school, Lina Flame, stared at Eve with merciless eyes, "The spirit of the demon tree «Titania» is sealed in the sacred tree in the village of Elfim. It was able to purify several hundred types of poisons, including fatal poisons, paralytic poisons, hallucinogenic poisons and aphrodisiacs. However, fatal poison cannot be used due to disqualification rules."
"Gee!"
The vines wriggled under Eve's uniform and began to rummage through her chest.
"Oh, yeah, ah!"
They try to find «Magic» hidden inside her uniform.
After «Magic» Stone is taken, the body of the owner will be forcibly moved to «Ragna Ys» and retreat from «Strade» Style Festival unless the stone is taken within thirty seconds.
When the buttons of his uniform came off, a large chest wrapped in black underwear was seen.
"Ooh!" Eve bit her lips hard in embarrassment. From his inner pocket, «Magicstone» launched.
"With this, one member was eliminated from «Team Salamander»." Bending down, Lina tried to take «Magic Stone».
"No, no!" Eve struggled and desperately reached out despite the vines snaring her arms.
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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.