Volume 1 Chapter 26 (2/2)

In the center of eneun a fierce battle with the eneeneral

No— You could say that Hiro was completely on the offensive

A tear in space rips open and a spirit weapon appears Hiro grabs the handle and cuts down Leihil

Heswiftness=””> The space before his hand splits open and a new spirit weapon appears

Using that, he slashes away, then casually thrusts at his opponent

As he moves to Leihil's rear, a new spirit weapon appears, and he pierces through Leihil's back

If so this battle, all of this would have appeared to have happened in the blink of an eye

All you could see was a network of silver lines drawn in all directions, almost like a spiderweb

With a great surge of force, spirit weapons pierce the large body over and over

Specks of blood scatter about on the earth, and Leihil lets out a screaony

『Ohh! Guuoohhh!』

His ars, his chest, every visible part of him is covered in fatal wounds

And yet, Leihil was alive

A black, sinister aura wraps around Leihil, and his wounds begin to to heal instantaneously

The spirit weapons which were piercing hiround and disappear

So, and Hiro re before

「… So you've become a <fallen one=””>」

TL note: Kanji is ”fall/degenerate” and ”sky/heaven”

This is the ”true name” used to refer to ”fools” who attempt to take in the powers of a spirit

Over a 1,000 years ago, the king of a certain country sround it into dust, simply out of curiosity

He then had ahappened when he did

The king was disappointed But then, in the ht when everyone was sound asleep, the an to suffer

The ed, lost his reason and was reduced to beco a monster

A patrol soldier who noticed the unusual pheno, and then went on to kill everyone in the castle, regardless of age or gender

Other countries took advantage of the mayhem to take them over, and Hiro had participated in that battle

「So foolish… You can never go back once you're affected by a spirit's

」

It's true that the divine protection of a spirit is alluring

But having said that, if you take that into your body, it doesn't mean that it will be all the more effective

It is not a power to be contained in the vessel of man They would soon lose their humanity

But Hiro remembers that the appearance of <fallen ones=””> didn't stop there

The kings of countries which were about to fall to ruin drank

in hopes of landing at least one blow to their attacker

It was a dark age in which there were those ould even s=””>

However, this does not mean that everyone lost their reason A very rare feere able to hold onto it

Those who maintained their reason obtained physical abilities far surpassing hus

Humans ithstand poison—

—Are known as 「warlocks」

『UGOOOHHH!!』

A roar loud enough to tear the eardrums can be heard

The body, which was already twice the size of Hiro's, had swollen right before his eyes to now stand at three times his size

He can no longer be called huas He was a <monster>

(But this is a failure)

As Hiro readies 「Excalibur」, the <ins to move at the same time

But instead of heading for Hiro, he begins to attack the Lichtein soldiers

『Eek— Gyah!』

With a swing of his ar wind, and those ere traround

『What is this thing?!』

『Attack! There's a monster here!』

『Gyah!』

『Where's his Excellency?』

While falling into a state of mayhem, the Lichtein soldiers commence their attack

『GURAAHHH!!』

As if throwing a tantru all the Lichtein soldiers to oblivion

Furthermore, they don't realize that the monster is <leihil>

And it's no wonder that they don't There isn't a single trace of Leihil's former self left in him

Those who grabbed their bows to shoot off arrows, those who stood bravely against him, those who had their backs to him with tears in their eyes, all of them were buried by the monster's hands

They were all dying so easily, as if they were ants beings effortlessly crushed underfoot

Then, another situation arose which disheartened Lichtein's soldiers

A blaze rose up from behind their headquarters

『N-No』

『Hey, are you serious…? Isn't that…』

『The supply train…』

『It's burning despite this rain?!』

Screams rise up from the enemy soldiers

As Hiro gazes at the blazing fla

The only thing capable of that in this heavy rain is 「Laevateinn」

You could say the outcome of this battle was decided at this point

With the loss of their co left for them is retreat or surrender

But they are in no position to surrender quietly They still have Leihil to deal with

If their coht have been able to recover from the situation, but he had turned into a monster

As such, their only choice was to drop their weapons and frantically try to escape

『Retreat! Run away! I can't do this anymore!』

『I-I' for it, too!』

『da, too!』

No one wants to die No one wants to fight a reckless battle

They iin to run

If one were to look down fro full force towards the Dukedom of Lichtein

Hiro did not chase after them

This was because there was another opponent he had to face

Hiro quietly settles his breathing He holds the handle of 「Excalibur」 with both hands and raises it up, invoking the ie of the Second Emperor's statue

『GURYUAAHHH!!!』

「Uohh!」

Hiro kicked the ground beneath him and leapt forward

—A battle surpassing the realun

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