144 Premonition of barren land (1/2)

Dark Knight Kroki

The snake queens are retreating in front of me.

But I don't feel like I've won.

In fact, I don't know what would have happened if we had fought.

In particular, I felt something unpleasant from the cup that the snake queen had called up.

What was that?

He wondered, but he wouldn't be able to answer the question by thinking about it now.

Anyway, a fight with the Snake Queen was avoided.

I turn myself towards Raina and Totona.

An empty boat approaches from across the sky.

It's the same empty boat that Raina was on. It looks like they've reached it by now.

And I can see Rage is the only one walking towards us.

I've always felt his eyes on my back.

So I had a feeling that this was going to happen somehow.

'Game on! The Dark Knight!

Rage glares at himself with two swords at the ready.

'Wait! Brave man of light!

Hey! Mr. Rage!

We see Totona and Chiyuki in a hurry, trying to get to us.

However, they are immediately blocked by Reena.

'What do you mean, Raina?!'

Don't stop! He's an old friend of Ms. Shirone's! We can't let them kill each other!

Two shouts.

They look pretty angry.

'It's okay, just calm down. No one is going to get hurt. So just sit back and watch.

A quiet voice. But the voice is clearly audible.

Raina's gaze turns toward you, and Rage will not notice that gaze because he has his back to you.

Your eyes seem to see through everything.

I really don't like it.

I don't want you to get any strange expectations.

Sekmetra, the Lion Queen, and the rest of the Gypsies are also watching quietly, sensing the unusual presence of themselves and Rage.

'We have no reason to fight over here. ......

Saying that, he holds up his magic sword.

However, I have no intention of turning my back on it.

I'm going to face myself and Rage.

Above my head, Eclipse and Bennu are flying.

However, I still can't control them well.

It's difficult to use it for attacks.

However, it would be the same for Bennu.

Bennu is quite weak.

I don't think he's going to come towards us.

So, the fight with Rage will be conducted without each other's high level spirits.

''I'm sorry to hear that. But if we don't fight here, I'm in a bad spot.

Rage's fearless smile.

But that smile is a bit different from the last time I saw it.

What's wrong with it in the first place?

Maybe you're afraid of yourself?

No, there isn't, or ....... No way. Only in Rage.

Let's go!

Rage is coming towards us.

Its movement is like an arrow of light.

If I'm still, then Rage is a movement.

It's within the realm of expectation that Rage will move first.

Two swords are attacking.

When he plays one, he plays the second one with the blade that returns it.

After the swords are flicked, Rage spins around without losing his stance and unleashes more swords.

The slash seems to be sharper than before.

However, it's still slower than originally expected.

It's possible to deal with it.

I block all of Rage's furious attacks with my sword.

And that was when I played the right slash that Rage unleashed.

Rage spins around and gets behind himself.

He prevents Rage's sword from turning behind him by turning his sword back without turning around.

He then turns his hips and shoulders with his right foot on the axis and flips Rage off.

''What!''

Rage spins around and puts his feet on the sand without opposing his power.

He is as physically strong as ever.

Quickly, Rage uses his two swords skillfully to attack.

His movements seem to dance.

The Sphinx, which has followed Sekmetra to Rage's magnificent moves, is greeted with a cheer from Ishtia's cat person's maid of honor, the war maiden of Raina.

I don't envy you, you know! I tell myself.

And it was even worse when I fought Alfos before.

I'm sure the women of that time still hate me.

It's really hard to fight these guys (the handsome ones).

He joins swords with Rage again.

And that's when we met a few times with our swords. Suddenly, Rage jumps backwards.

A hint of magic.

Has he given up on defeating himself with his sword?

”Light Barred”!

Dozens of balls of light float around Rage and come towards us.

'Dark Bullets (Dark Barred)!

I could play it with my sword, but I'll use magic to intercept it.

I create an equal number of spheres of dark energy and hit the spheres of light.

The balls of light and dark energy collide in the air.

The energy of light and the energy of darkness collide, spreading a wave of magic power around them.

''Eh?''

I'm a little surprised.

Rage rushed into the middle of the light and dark bullets going back and forth.

He probably moved at the same time as he released the light bullets.

A daring thing to do.

If it's done poorly, you might get injured by the light bullets you created.

'Got it! Flash line breaker!

The lightning-fast sword of Rage's surprise attack.

But I won't be hit by this level of attack.

Even if he didn't know what he was going to do, he knew he was going to do something.

''Phantom Afterimage!''

He walks in magical shadows and shakes his body.

With each step forward, the illusion chases after him.

He slips through all of the swords at the speed of light and moves behind Rage.

He had no idea what had happened. Rage had a surprised look on his face as he passed by.

He waited for Rage to turn around and then swung his sword with all his strength.

Predictably, Rage takes it with two swords and is sent flying backwards.

After being sent flying, Rage doesn't fall down, but sticks to his feet, leaving footprints in the sand.

Didn't fall?

I may have been a little too tame.

He held up his sword.

But there was no sign of Rage coming.

''It's over?''

Yeah, that's it: ......

After a moment of silence, Rage shakes his head and puts away his sword.

Seeing that, he is finally relieved.

He feels better.

The bennu above his head has disappeared. Perhaps he has returned.

Now, we can bring Eclipse back too.

It's very quiet around us.

'Tona! I did what I promised! I'll let myself go home!

I look at Tona and shout out to her.

My role in the gypseal is over.

So I don't need to stay here any longer.

I have to go back to Coona's place.

Totoona looks disappointed.

But I'm sure the intelligent Tona will understand.

I'll use my own return magic.

The Gypsies' wards shouldn't have reached this far, they'll be able to return soon.

The space wavers and you are in the King's private quarters at the Castle of Sweets.

Coonah is sitting on the bed to greet me.

She looks very happy.

When Kuna is happy, it makes me happy too.