Vol 12 Chapter 3 (1/2)
Chapter 3 - Look Only Ahead of You
Kyouya, Sage and Yuzuho who re out of breath as the wave of demon incarnations pushed in
They knew there is no end to enemy and with the exhaustion from yesterday's battle, they approached their limit quicker than expected
The three stood back-to-back again and somehoere able to retain their postures
They all thought the sa
How long do I have to continue this?
They were unable to move and unable to escape Their pride wouldn't allow them to abandon people inside the shelter
With just a will not to die, the three continued to fight
”da!”
”Don't waste your breathand concentrate instead!”
While Yuzuho and Kyouya spat out curses, Sage, all covered in sweat squeezed out ic power from his body
”We can only believe in Kusanagi now!”
He suppressed theseveral operative procedures andefficiency, but he was at his limits
Cracks ran through his barrier and it seemed likely to collapse
Kyouya and Yuzuho forced their beat-up bodies to raise their weapons
The turns between attacking and defending kept growing shorter Two more repeats would be the limit
But there was no choice but to bite the bullet and endure
Until Kusanagi Takeru stops his little sister
”——?!”
That's when Sage, as concentrating on building the operative procedure had opened his eyes wide
His line of sight was directed to the other side, behind the demon incarnations that had surpassed the barrier
While Kyouya and Yuzuho wondered what's up with hiushed out from behind the demons
Moreat explosion behind the demons
A blast wave struck the three, who braced themselves as not to be bloay
”What is this?!!”
”I don't know! So!”
While the two panicked in confusion, Kyouya squinted
”No way”
Only he knew the shadow that walked their way in midst of flames
Simple black armor
Overwhele blasts of air
Fit to be called a guardian because of his features and iron will
”So he survivedthat bastard!”
At the sa incarnations were bloithout a trace
Momentarily the scenery Kyouya had seen returned back to norht from the start
A figure walked their way from the center of the crossroads that were in front of the shelter
Taking steps that let out an iure looked at Kyouya
”——Well done on your i Takeru”
Indifferently, like a uns one in each hand——had returned from hell
”OOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAA!!”
Leaving hi the sword at Haunted
Exerting himself, Takeru ordered his muscles to cut the enemy He didn't take the recoil into consideration, only slashed single-mindedly
He no longer cared about the dae he received so far, or the exhaustion
Takeru beca——one who existed only to kill this fucker
”I'll kill you! I'll slaughter you! DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!”
Haunted received raging Takeru's attacks while laughing
He wasn't especially skillful when parrying attacks, he just furiously parried Takeru's furious attacks
”This is shi+t! Your sword strikes are shi+t! This isn't even swordser, this is shi+t, nothing else! However——fro isn't too bad”
”Because of you I! How much frustration do you think I tasted, huh?! Howhave you made Kiseki to shoulder?!”
”HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Aren't you the one who ca that burden?!”
Haunted repelled Takeru's sword, the two took distance from one another
Takeru retracted his leg while scraping the ground, and ignoring the recoil kicked off the ground
Every of his er and power he had as he tried to overpower the enemy
”I don't need you to tell me that!”
He forgot what he learned during the fight with Orochi, and being at mercy of his own soul he widely cleaved Haunted
It was ih
There was no way such attacks would work on Haunted, who parried everything as if it was nothing
However,
”You being aware of it makes it even worse!”
Haunted also fought back against Takeru's anger with pure force
While having a lot of fun
Happy and delighted, he clashed with Takeru
”I think your awareness is just an excuse! To Kiseki-san, you're just forcing things on her!”
As their swords clashed, Haunted denied Takeru
Despite the fact things he had questioned himself over, Takeru pushed Haunted's sword away as he revealed his feelings
”That's why I fought to save her, I fought selfishly all this ti to her I in order to let her understand me I involved everyone in this and because of you, I——”
Haunted snorted at Takeru, and pushed with his sword even stronger
”——I, I, I, me, I, Iiii”! That's your true nature! In the end, your self-sacrifice is for your own sake! The fact you changed yourKiseki-san is the proof of that!”
”!!”
”But I can affirm this——you won't kill her! Even if she kills your comrades, there's no way you will hurt your little sister! That's the kind of guy you are! No matter what you spout, you won't act on your words and cast away the sword at the last !”
Dáinsleif was pressed against Takeru and bit into his shoulder
The black blade tinged with red light sliced through the armor as easily as if it was cloth and tore his left shoulder
Takeru released a growl deep froushed from his shoulder
”You're wrong! Right fro either my comrades or Kiseki!!”
He clenched his left hand and hit the back of Mistilteinn's blade with his fist
Kusanagi Double-Edged style's Monk with Iron Mallet By striking the back of the blade with their fist, the user could repel the enemy's blade
Bloay by the i the sword rando in particular
Takeru and Lapis have confirmed as Dáinsleif's intrinsic performance in their previous battle
Thoseasked to, Lapis applied an analysis filter on Takeru's retina allowing hiic power
There were countless slashes left behind, all facing in Takeru's direction
At the same time Haunted landed, he protruded his left hand forward and ic circle appeared beneath his feet
”Yeah, indeed! That is why you are irl, then once you fall into despair I will kill you, finally to indulge myself and have rief! If you say you will save everyone, then I will drive all the people you want to save to the depths of despair!”
Thea fist, his hair rose up as an after effect of
”——And the world will continue as it always had! My colorful garden of despair will continue to bloom forever!”
Haunted laughed like a madman
I won't let you
Takeru juh in order to avoid the slashes re in mid-air and sheathed his sword
”Ha-haaa! I got you, Kusanagi!”
And the ic power, Haunted swung his sword
Thatin the air, all fleards Takeru
It was the first time Takeru saw this move Apparently it was possible to move the residual slashes and have them fly to turn into attacks from a distance
Still——so what even if they could?
”——Let's blow through them!”
In response to Takeru's yell, Lapis fine-tuned the FM Booster as he swept down and dodged the flying slashes
Since there were too many to avoid them all, he received a multitude of them as he continued to accelerate in his fall
Dragging a bloody veil behind himself, Takeru rotated his body forhen he was at nearly twenty round
At the same time he pressed his thue to create a repulsive force
Moreover, he activated Demon's Heart
”Kusanagi Double Edged style——”
With a narrowit
”《Belladonna——”
He spoke the ic's name
Once the despair ic circle shattered and the ic was released
Takeru also finished gathering the repulsive force on the collar to the very li of his rotation
”——Mantis Slope Type-Two!”
”——Forest》!”
What Takeru had released was a technique that combined Mantis Slope and Heavenly Evil Spirit techniques and was perforht, free fall's speed and the rotation hethat it would be possible in Demon's Hearts state, Takeru improvised the technique
——On the other hand, 《Belladonna Forest》 was a large-scale suic
Because there was tiic clashed with Takeru's sword first
《Belladonna Forest》 was literally a forest of variant——a muddy stream of theirs
This ical world only ”Despair” property holding sorcerers could coanisms at random
Black rose variants, huge variant reular cries and waves, flocks of huge one-eyed bats, a giant with an octopus head
All of it created a big obstacle of fivethey had
Takeru's full-body attack burst the muddy streaed style this was an impossible amount of enemies to push back
The
His strike pushed against the streaic started to push him away
《”——It's iic”》
However, in the end, it were products of ic
《Twilight Enchantment》
——In front of Lapis' intrinsic ic, it all had an opposite effect
The blade shi+ning with azure brilliance continued to absorb everything that was emitted
As anisic
Therefore, they were powerless against Lapis' ic
Takeru absorbed all the released ic at once and slipped out of muddy stream and assaulted Haunted from above
《”——We already know that”》
Along with Dáinsleif's personality, Nacht's whisper, Haunted leaped and was in front of Takeru
A red-tinged ic poelled in his blade
《Berserk Enchantranted extre the at speed comparable to Takeru's Demon's Heart which had left behind the speed of sound, Haunted, his eyes glowing red, had thrust at Takeru from the side
Takeru's speed and power had decreased as Mantis Slope Type-Two had clashed with 《Belladonna Forest》 and 《Twilight Enchantment》 couldn't be used continously If he was to use the secret art in Witch-Hunter form, his body would explode with recoil the moment he used it
His quick draw slash and Haunted's high-speed thrust clashed
Their blades rubbed against each other, the two's line of sight met as the sparks scattered
And when all that remained was the clash——
《”Host!”》
The moment Lapis called him, Takeru released Demon's Heart
His thinking had returned His speed had returned
The ained his calm and twisted his body all at once
”——?!”
Haunted was astonished
Kusanagi Double-Edged style's Ghost Light Firefly The technique allowed parrying by using eneenerated by that as user's own strength
《”Flexible material——release”》
The thrust Haunted released rubbed against Mistilteinn's blade and avoided Takeru's body, Takeru used the power he gained from the parry and struck Haunted in the abdomen with his sword
It was an extrereater was the daic, this technique exerted great power
——zwshhan!
Haunted's torso was sliced off, his upper body blown far away
After feeling certain response froround
”?!!”
However, ahead of where Takeru landed——Haunted's ic circle still remained
A trap Haunted anticipated this and placed it ahead of time
Thea twisted porcupine appeared from within It raised a loud voice and covered itself with jet-black needles
”Ghh——!”
Unable to avoid as he landed, Takeru had his body pierced by the needles Although he was able to avoid having vitals pierced, needles pierced his right shoulder, left leg and thighs
He thrust at the porcupineafter him and killed it, and landed clumsily
Supporting hiorously
”Haa haa”
There was a response
He killed Haunted for certain
——But Takeru knew that such confidence had nothat man
A sound of footsteps sounded from about ten meters behind him
Without changing his battle-readiness, Takeru turned around and raised the sword
He was no longer surprised
The despair stood there as if nothing had happened
”Nfuh, you've improved You must have been really frustrated by the fact you lost to me”
””
”I adainst you with just swords! But it's fun! That's how it has to be, o' descendant of demon hunters!”
Spreading both areratedly displayed his joy like a theater's actor, causing Takeru great discomfort
His soul that retrieved co into that of a demon's
Dyed with anger
There was no time for him to think what to do to kill Haunted There was no choice but to continue killing him
I need to hurry I need to hurry and kill this shi+thead dead that's all the thinking I need now!
As he grit his teeth, the soul of a demon reflected in Takeru's eyes as he raised his sword
But, that's when
”?”
In the direction of the de light
Takeru grimaced and followed the object with his eyes
The object rose up to the sky and headed straight towards them
Itsobt was like that of a
”Now, let us continue! No iness from me!”
Haunted didn't notice it He created athe tip of his sword, shuddered in elation
The object tinged with light swooped down
It headed at the two——no, it headed straight at Haunted from above
”No, how about I show the true despair to——
——pyu”
The object hit Haunted when he was on the verge of finishi+ng a complacent declaration
At the same time he screamed alike a black fist
The ie crater on the hill
Even Takeru forgot his anger in shock