The Elemental Sword Demon King
Episode 62: The Temple of True Light
"That man, it's as if he's like the real Demon King."
"Uh, he was chased away by Tiana's surprise attack just now, but I don't think it can beat him."
Eve nodded with a gentle expression at Aura's mutterings.
At that moment a voice came from the sword leaning against the wall.
"Kaizo, I know the actual location of the light temple."
"The nyx?"
Kaizo touches the Nyx handle, and cancels the elemental status of the aero. The Demon Killing Sword became a particle of light, disappeared into empty space, and turned into a beautiful girl in an instant.
"What do you mean that you know the actual location of the light temple?"
"Yes, Kaizo, in the distant past than when this place became a mine, several hundred years ago, this mountain was a high-level temple used to deify spirits. I visited this place several times before I was sealed inside a sword."
That's right, Nyx was originally a top rank spirit, which was sealed several hundred years ago. It was not strange even if he was deified by everyone on the sacred mountain.
"Can you guide us to the actual location of the temple of light?"
"Of course."
"It's amazing, Nyx."
"Yes, Kaizo. Then, please wipe Nyx's head."
"Ah, okay."
"Hn, it tastes good, Kaizo." Nyx muttered and closed her eyes in part like a cat caressed on her chin.
"They're both...."
The girls stared at them with a freezing look.
"W-What?"
"I've been thinking since before, but Kaizo, don't you think you're being too gentle on Nyx?"
"I-I don't think so,"
He instinctively stepped back at the glaring gazes of the girls.
Suddenly the vibration was felt again.
"It vibrates again. This time, even bigger than a while ago."
"We'd better hurry."
Kaizo nodded, but he suddenly turned around and stopped. She turned her head towards Eve, but Eve shook her head as she realized what Kaizo was thinking.
"We're doing fine. While, you were unconscious, I have let go and sent Aimorphy to the academy. The Knights should have rushed here to help us at dawn."
"Eve...."
"Go, Kirigaya Kaizo. We failed in our search. I'll entrust the rest to you."
"It looks like I can't fight, I'll stay for their treatment."
Kaizo tightly clenched his fists and replied to Eve's words, "I understand. I'll be back as soon as possible."
"Let's go Kaizo, Tiana."
Victoria lifted her Fire Whip over her head, and flew a mountain of debris that blocked the path.
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POV: Noah Alnest
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"Curtain, ouch!"
His bated moans echoed in the tunnel wall. Noah wandered in the thick darkness wrapped around him as if it was his own skin.
As he placed his hand on his injured face, he walked like a ghost.
"Isn't the long-awaited handsome guy ruined, huh?"
A stiff smile appeared, as he spoke in the darkness in front of him, and the one who answered was the spirit of darkness.
"You're too arrogant, Noah Alnest. You're negligent."
Suddenly, a darker darkness was produced in the darkness, and took the form of a beautiful girl.
"I never thought that there would be a sacred spirit user. Although the Spirit of Death (Thanatos) was at the top of the ranking for the darkness attribute, its compatibility was too bad for spirits of the holy attribute."
"Where are they going now?"
"Maybe to «Temple of True Light» governing the control of strategic-class military spirits (Phoenix). Since I'm still tied to a contract with him, I somehow know roughly where he is."
The jet-black haired girl treasuredly caressed the spirit seal engraved on her own left hand.
"Guide me, spirit of darkness. I'll make them regret that I hurt the Demon King's face."
"let go. He is the real Demon King. After all, you, who are nothing more than a fake, simply cannot win. Moreover, the Strongest Sword Style Holder (Rei Assar) had never lost to an opponent he fought once."
"So your mouth, spirit of darkness. I can even make you mine here and now." Noah's red eyes glared at him. He showed a coma-shaped red gem clasped in his hand.
"Really, stupid boy." The dark spirit muttered disdainfully, waved its dark-colored dress, and disappeared into the empty space.
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POV: Kirigaya Kaizo
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Dense footsteps sounded in the long tunnel that went on endlessly. The three of them went deep underground with Nyx, who was walking silently, in front.
It was as if the mine, which once flourished as a place to mine spirit crystals, was a gigantic labyrinth. It was too big a part for people to use. Large-sized spirits may have been used to excavate the bedrock.
There were many doors that were once sealed, but they had all been opened. It was probably the work of fellow Noah Alnest, who had performed the ritual in the temple above ground.
Suddenly, Kaizo's skin-coated left hand hurt.
"What's up, Kaizo? Is your wound sick?"
"No, it's okay." Kaizo shook her head at Victoria, who was looking at her anxiously.
Victoria pouted her lips, dissatisfied with such a response from Kaizo. "It seems like you always struggle alone," he muttered with a sigh.
"It's also like when we put together a team for a tournament."
"No, not only during the game, I also felt it when you were taking lessons, and also when you were in the dorm. How should I say it, don't you trust me, your partner, don't you, your master?"
"Is that so? Or rather, I don't want to be told that way by you, who have no friends."
"Secretly, I have friends!"
"Isn't it just Aura?"
"In-He was just a childhood acquaintance, not like he was a friend!"
"Ah, what a coincidence. I was also always alone when eating my food when I was at «Divine Ritual Obsession»."
"Tiana, you too? What's with this pathetic party?"
As they carried on endless conversations, they descended a long staircase.
"Hey, aren't we there yet, Nyx? In fact, we've been walking for over an hour since then."
"Some roads seem different from a few hundred years ago. And Victoria, you're noisy."
"What!?"
"You know how else, it was even a few hundred years before Nyx was sealed."
"Unh, Kaizo, you're on Nyx's side again."
As they made their downward progress like the stairs were endless, they finally appeared into the vast space. Nyx continued walking straight, and stopped in front of the giant wall.
"Here, Kaizo."
"here? Isn't this a dead end?" Victoria frowned suspiciously. There was a stone wall looming around him in front of the four of them.
Nyx raised the light, and the fine carvings engraved on the surface of the walls reflected off. It was not something that was engraved during these several hundred years, it seemed like it was a historical ruin from the mythical era.
"This is a carving of «Five Great» Elemental Kings, or looks like it."
The carving motif is quite special. Fire, water, wind, earth, holy. The king of the five attributes controlling Astral Spirit.
Suddenly, Kaizo felt something out of place in the design of the pattern, and frowned, "Hn, something is strange,"
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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.