Chapter 25 (2/2)

Hiro stopped in his tracks and turned around to question the eneeneral

『Who are you… you bastard?』

A sudden intruder It's understandable that the eneeneral looks at him with a puzzled expression

Hiro ignores him and looks at his neck He confirms that his head is reattached

「… Maybe I'll figure it out if I cut you one more time」

Hiro points the tip of 「Excalibur」 towards the eneeneral

『So you don't plan to give h I'm sure you'd at least like to know the name of the person who killed you once you're dead』

The eneeneral snarled like a ferocious carnivore

『I am Leihil Lumeire Lichtein, the next duke of Lichtein!』

After stating his na his spirit weapon upward

Hiro stops it with 「Excalibur」 and repels it

A flash of fireworks spark between the two for just a moment

After being outth, Leihil drew back He cocked his head to the side puzzled, took a look at his hand, then looked at Hiro

『… What is that sword? Is it a spirit weapon?』

「I have no obligation to answer that」

Inside, Hiro was surprised

His opponent's strength was beyond his expectations

Although he was able to repel hiinally stood

『Hehe, hahaha, that's fine You don't have to tell ! I'll exam it carefully after I kill you』

Leihil swung his spear around above his head as he approached Hiro

Hiro kicks the ground beneath hihty horizontal sith 「Excalibur」

It feels like his hand is going numb The sas stopped

There is joy on Leihil's face

『You are indeed formidable But all you have is speed』

The corners of Leihil's lips curl up sht

Hiro tried to force hihtly fell off balance

(He's stronger than before?!)

If anyone atching this deathoff no doubt

But Hiro turns his blade to the side, averts the force, and juap between them

He was trying to take control of the situation, but when he looked forward, Leihil had chased him down

『Grahh!』

「Ugh!」

A few moments after he stoops down, a storht to left

After dodging the attack, Hiro thrusts 「Excalibur」 forward, but Leihil kicks the sword up to point to the sky

Hiro ide open with his arm lifted up

『This is the end, boy!』

Ripping through the air like thunder, the spear was locked onto Hiro's head

However, it is stopped by tords which appear from a rift in space

『Wh-What the hell?!』

The tords were spirit weapons which were stored away in the 「spirit world」 1,000 years ago by means of 「Excalibur」

After finishi+ng their roles, the spirit weapons disappeared fro stood between the two

『What was that?!』

Not understanding what had happened, Leihil looked perplexed

「Now!」

Hiro thrust 「Excalibur」 forward, but all it did was lightly cut Leihil's side

(His reaction time is faster, too)

If it was the Leihil froe it… He gets the feeling so is off

(And what's with this abnor ability…?)

His hand which was cut off, is now restored, and the wound he just received on his side is already closed up

(There shouldn't be such divine protection from a spirit weapon)

It is possible that the spirit weapons of this age have evolved, but at least in Hiro's memories, no such divine protection exists

(Maybe…)

Hiro recalled sohts

『Do you think it strange? Did you think you killed me for certain? You fool!』

Leihil placed his spear on his shoulder and pointed at 「Excalibur」

『I don't knohat that sword is, but I'm certain it's either a 「spirit weapon」 or one of the 「Five Great Treasured Swords」 Either way, their divine protection increases one's physical abilities to a fearsoth of the individual So—』

After a pause, Leihil continues

『Don't get bigheaded after killing so like inal powers are weak, then ”that” is just ”pearls before swine”!』

After he finishes talking, Leihil's body begins to transforet thicker

Hiro finally figures out the ”source” of the eneth and quietly mutters

「So that's what it is…」

『Ah?』

Hiro strikes the eneeneral's shoulder with 「Excalibur」 and cuts his arm off

『Ahaha, that won't work!』

Perhaps because he didn't feel pain, Leihil's face arped in ecstasy as he swung his spear down

Hiro stops it with his silver blade, and glares at Leihil as they struggle

「What you said earlier is correct But you know, the powers you have right now—」

『Urahh!』

「Gah!」

Leihil's kick sinks into Hiro's solar plexus, and his body goes flying

Hiro is assailed by a pain so intense it leaves hiround

After crashi+ng into a ra enemy soldier in theto a stop, Hiro slowly got back on his feet

He no longer had the cold expression which was on his face until a o He noore an expression of hue

「… I don't want to know the reason you took in 」

TL note: Kanji is ”demon/evil”

A number of the enemy soldiers were pointed their spearheads towards Hiro in away as they approached him

After looking around, he spoke as if this didn't concern him

「But you know, if you understood how to you use your powers, there would have been no reason for you to rely on that」

As Hiro waves his left hand to the side, swords pierce the chest of every soldier that was surrounding him

Every single soldier looked duhed up clots of blood as they took their last breathe and flopped to the ground