The Elemental Sword Demon King
Episode 91: Festival of Chaos
POV: Kirigaya Kaizo
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What Kaizo bought was a cat pendant that Victoria was looking at. After wrapping the box with a red ribbon, Kaizo stuffed it into her chest pocket as she shyly scratched her face.
"Today is his birthday."
"so. The reason you ask for a cash prize up front is for the sake of buying it."
"Yes, you could say so, but in the end I had a fight with him."
As Kaizo shrugged his shoulders, Eve coughed, "Uhuk, I don't think making peace will be that difficult. Isn't that chocolate Victoria Blade's handmade item?"
"Ah, it seems so. Looks like he trained yesterday too."
"For him to give that on the day of the Holy Valentine Festival means, err, he doesn't even hate you, I think. I mean, I think he wants to make peace, right?"
"If it were like that, it would be good."
"Me - even so, in cases where the recipient is the opposite sex, there is also a slight possibility of not just that, but...." Eve coughed again. He looked at Kaizo's face.
"Hn? What's up?"
"E-err, u-um, actually, I-I also got chocolate."
Eve was almost about to take something out of her uniform pocket, and at that moment a thunderous roar like an earthquake echoed from the direction of the square.
"Eve!?"
"Ah, let's go Kaizo!" Eve instantly turned back to her knight face, and began to run excitedly.
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Pushing their way through the chaotic crowd, they finally arrived at the square.
"What's that!?"
A gigantic beast had gone berserk in the middle of the square. It was a wild boar-like beast, with two sharp fangs.
Its entire body was covered by a shell that was like a thoroughly polished mirror. It's not an animal. It was a spirit. Furthermore, it was a raging high-level spirit.
The crowd in the square was already panicking. While trying to escape simultaneously in the same direction, they ended up falling one after another all over the place. It also seemed that there were many parents and children among the crowd.
"Does anyone make that spirit go wild?"
"Ah, there might be an elementalist somewhere, but that thing has completely lost control."
As expected due to getting used to this kind of situation, Eve was very calm. He had already armed himself with the elemental aero «Ray Hawk» in his hands.
"Investigating the cause will be done later. I have already concluded this situation as a fifth level spirit disaster. Let's destroy it, Kaizo."
"Understood!" Giving a nod, Kaizo pulled out the Rune Nyx from the sword belt on his hip.
Inserting divine power into the sword, he awakened the sleeping Demon King Killing Sacred Sword (Demon Slayer).
"Nyx, lend me your strength!"
In response to Kaizo's elemental aeronautical presence, the gushing spirit turned towards the two.
Releasing the giant roar that shook the atmosphere, it kicked the ground and charged forward. There's a scary vibe. The buildings around collapsed one by one.
"Hhhh!"
Eve swung Ray Hawk horizontally. Countless wind blades that could even tear steel were produced and released simultaneously towards the spirits.
Even if a high-level spirit took it directly, it would not disappear well. But at that moment, the mirror-like spirit shell shone with the color of the rainbow.
"What!?"
The beam of light exploded and at the same time, the blades of wind that were supposed to hit it directly were all reflected at once.
"My wind knife was rejected!?"
"No. It strengthens and reflects it." Kaizo said sharply glaring at the spirit in front of him.
(Spirit that reflects attribute attacks, right?)
What came to Kaizo's mind was yesterday's match.
(Don't tell me, that's a mirror demon spirit?)
"That's coming, Kaizo!" Eve shouted.
After blowing up the scattered debris, raging spirits began to storm over. Kaizo took a position with Rune Nyx and blocked the spirit's path.
It will be easy to avoid, but it cannot be done. There was a large crowd that was late leaving behind him. He had to protect them at that moment.
His big fangs are approaching. The powerful punch was stopped by Kaizo using the tip of his sword. The sound of metal clashing.
He could barely stop the huge beast, but the Nyx Rune that could only expend less than a tenth of its strength, could not even cut its skin.
(The sacred power of this thing is in a different league.)
Cold sweat appeared on Kaizo's forehead. As Kaizo held back the giant tusk with the sword, he was slowly fired upon.
(Damn, if we were in Astral Spirit, I would somehow be able to do it, but.).
It was a raging high-level spirit. It might be a threat to ordinary elementalists, but to Kaizo who was given the title of the Strongest Sword Style Holder, it was not an opponent that would give him a hard fight.
However, the problem was the fact that the crowd that was late to leave was all around him. What would happen if he released power towards these beasts and the impact to them would be very clear.
Realizing that the attribute attack was ineffective, Eve landed behind Kaizo and continued to guide people to take cover. It was a calm and reasonable decision like the Hybrid Knight Captain.
The mirror demon spirit started howling wildly. It smashed the ground with shock and sent Kaizo, who was holding his tusks flying. And like that, he fell into a mountain of rubble.
"Guah! What kind of crazy power is this?!" Groaning in pain, Kaizo tried to stand up as he hesitated.
"Kaizo!"
Hearing Eve's cry, Kaizo quickly turned his head. The mirror demon spirit stomped its feet violently onto the ground.
In his tracks, there was a frightened little girl. It was probably the first time he had seen a raging spirit, so it seemed like he was terrified and his legs were unwilling to move. The spirit let out a loud roar and attacked.
(Damn, I can't let it!)
While standing, Kaizo kicked the ground and jumped. With that time, grabbing the girl and dodging was impossible. Making a quick assessment, he pushed the girl aside.
Red blood danced. A powerful attack gouged out the side of Kaizo's stomach with a cry of agony, "Guah!"
That was so hot. His eyesight turned pure white at that burning pain. The mirror demon spirit swung its fangs and Kaizo's body slammed into the ground.
"Kaizo!" Eve shouted and ran straight towards him.
The white school uniform was slowly colored with the color of blood.
(What about the girl?) Resisting the pain, he looked around with his line of sight.
The girl he pushed to the side was unable to stand up and sit on the ground. As he heaved a sigh of relief, he coughed loudly. Red blood surged to the ground.
"Kaizo's! Are you all right? Kaizo!" Eve shouted loudly.
"Ah, somehow I can still talk." Like he had a concussion, his consciousness almost disappeared.
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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.