The Elemental Sword Demon King
Episode 6: Declaration of the Spirit Contract
On Salamander's fierce attack, the movement of the spirit sword stopped. At that moment, Victoria released a huge fireball from her palm.
*ᛒ ᛖ ᛚ ᛜ ᛞ ᛟ ᛗ ᛚᛜ ᛞ ᛟ*
"Eat this! The Fire Ball is burning!"
The fireball was a high-level fire spirit magic spell that used extremely hot flames and could burn the object of his anger, making it completely imprintless and unrecognizable.
The power of the spell was determined by the divine energy of the elementalist himself and the combination of contracted spirit power. The released fireball formed an arch in the air, then exploded in an explosion that even trapped the Salamander.
The shock wave of the explosion knocked down the surrounding trees and fallen tree trunks emanated from the center of the explosion by scattering around it.
"What a terrible power." Think Kaizo.
As he protects himself from a flying rock thrown into the air by a spell, Kaizo is amazed at the power displayed by Victoria. Such strength was not the strength that usually existed in the hands of such a young person.
Inside the swirling flames, the figure of the Hell Salamander appeared. Naturally, the Hell Salamander could not have been harmed by the blazing flames due to its basic nature.
The spirit sword floated motionlessly in the air. It also seemed that it did not receive any damage. Sure, Victoria didn't think that she would drop a high-ranking spirit with just spirit magic, but she should be able to get her attention.
"Flame!" Victoria Exclamation.
The fire spirit breath attacked the spirit sword again. His hot breath could melt ordinary steel. If his opponent was an average spirit, it would be instantly annihilated.
However, the spirit sword quickly moved to intercept the breath and the attack was stopped by the steel tip of the blade. In an instant, a strange sound from metal scratches to metal resounded in the trembling atmosphere.
"W-What?" Kaizo pressed both his ears with his hands.
Receiving the full impact of the voice, Victoria's face turned from the pain and she crouched down. The spirit sword had let out a strange sound and then changed. Its shape changed from an average long sword to an enormous sword in an instant.
"What!?"
Victoria's fire spirit attacked unexpectedly, unable to avoid the big swing of the white sword. The body of the Hell Salamander was cut in two and disappeared into the void along with its flame.
"With just one punch, Salamander has lost the power to manifest in this world."
"Damn! Isn't this in a completely different world? It seems that he's finally really woken up." Kaizo cursed and glanced at Victoria.
Victoria had collapsed on the ground, and her stunned empty eyes were fixed upwards at the void where the fire spirit had disappeared.
After finishing off the fire spirit in a single swing, the spirit sword aimed its next attack at Victoria. The white spirit sword flew towards the crouching girl.
"Victoria!" Kaizo shouted, and started running. For no reason, his own body had just moved before he realized it.
"Let'soooooooo!"
Diving in front of Victoria, he thrust his palm towards the white sword. Not his left hand was wrapped in leather gloves, but it was his right hand.
"There's no choice but to do this!"
*ᛒ ᛖᛚ ᛖᛟ ᛈ ᚢ ᚦ ᚨ ᚱᚲ ᚹ ᚺ ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᛇ ᛈ ᛉ ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛖ ᛚ ᛜ ᛞ ᛟ ᛗ ᛚᛜ ᛞ ᛟ*
"O Your Sealed Noble Spirit within Your Ancient Holy Sword!"
*ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛖᛒ ᛖᛚᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛖᛟ ᛈ ᛋ ᛏᛒ ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᛇ ᛈ ᛉ ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛖ ᛚ ᛜ ᛞ ᛟ ᛗ ᛚᛜ ᛒ ᛖᛚᛞ ᛟ*
"You Will Receive Me as Your Master and I Will Be Your Glove!"
Sweat poured from his forehead as he began reciting spells for the spirit contract, which he had sworn to never utter again. The tip of the sword that spun through the skin of his palm. Red blood gushed out from him.
"Well, Gah!"
Destroying the amount of divine energy swirling around him, the pebbles and the ground around them swirled from the force of the wind.
She almost lost consciousness from the sharp pain, but she knew that if she fainted, Victoria, who was behind her, would definitely be cut in half.
*ᛁᛃ ᛇ ᛈ ᛉ ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛖ ᛚ ᛜ ᛞ ᛟ ᛗ ᛚ*
"Three Times I've Commanded You!"
"No way, Spirit Contract!?" A surprised voice came from Victoria's throat.
*ᛈ ᚢ ᚦ ᚨ ᚱᚲ ᚹ ᚺ ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ*
"Exchange Your Oath with Me!"
Resisting the sharp pain, Kaizo completed the final words of the contract ritual. Instantly, the body of the spirit sword emanated with a pale blue light.
"What!?"
Flashes of light and intense rumbling sounds crashed into his brain.
****
Kaizo slowly opened his eyes and found Victoria Blade's face in his vision. Draped over her face was her ponytail hair.
It seemed like he was shouting something but he could not hear it clearly. Perhaps the explosive sound from the spirit had messed up his ears and it had an effect on his hearing.
"I think I'm alive." Tired of lying on the ground, Kaizo heaved a sigh of relief.
The chances of success against such a rank spirit were extremely low, but it seemed like the gamble paid off. Raising his eyebrows, he grimaced from the pain that was engulfing his entire body and raised his right hand slowly.
In his right hand that had been pierced by the spirit sword there was a mark, it was not a wound, but an emblem of two swords crossing each other and one sword in the middle had been engraved on it. It was the proof of the spirit contract, the spirit seal.
"Ah, I did it," Kaizo murmured as she stared at the seal engraved on the back of her hand.
A sharp guilt gnawed at his heart. He has broken a promise with his 'him'. However, to save Victoria, it was the only method with any level of success.
Victoria realized that Kaizo had woken up, her hands were on her nape and her face was closing in on her, so close that she could feel her breath.
With her clear red eyes, she looked at Kaizo. Her cherry-colored lips trembled weakly. "Why? You're a boy, how can you contract a spirit!?"
Kaizo did not answer and slowly stood up. Unaccustomed to being ignored, the resentful Victoria raised her eyebrows, "Where is my sword!?"
"Unfortunately. Just a moment ago, I signed him." Kaizo sighed and showed the back of his right hand where the spirit seal had been engraved.
"W-What!?" Victoria had a surprised expression with her mouth wide open.
(Well, a natural reaction to this situation, I guess it is.)
Kaizo felt a faint pain in his heart. Of course, he could clearly understand such a response from Victoria. Originally, a contract with a spirit was a privilege given to none other than a pure maiden.
The history of men who can contract spirits belongs to only one person historically. This man brought chaos and destruction to the world so he was referred to as a Demon King Elementalist.
It was natural for Victoria to be afraid of him, as he was a man who could utilize the same spirit contract power as the Demon King in legends.
Kaizo stood up and quietly turned around. He does not regret the contract. This was the only way he could think of so that he could save Victoria.
Kaizo was about to leave, but a voice called out to him from behind, "Wait, wait for me to say!"
Turning around, he saw that Victoria, with her hands on her hips, was staring intently at him.
"You stole my spirit, responsibility!"
"Huh?" Kaizo frowned. It doesn't make sense to him.
At such a reaction from Kaizo, Victoria impatiently rubbed her ponytail and said, "I should have gotten the spirit, so I said that you should be responsible for stealing my spirit."
"Responsible?"
Responsibility is a very heavy word. Because of that unexpected word, Kaizo became increasingly confused by what Victoria meant in the end.
(What did the girl say?)
"Because of that...." Victoria flicked her whip and then she pointed her index finger towards Kaizo, "You must be my contracted spirit!"
...
*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.