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Published at 7th of June 2024 05:29:41 AM


Chapter 101

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Chapter 101


[Translator – Kie]

[Proofreader – Kawaii]

Chapter 101: Thronwood (2)

***

Alexander snorted, shaking his head in disbelief.

“I don’t know how to describe how I feel right now.”

– Kehehehe, let me guess. Do you feel like shit because you got punked by a snot-nosed kid?

“That’s about right. I mean, I’m a high-class, and I got killed by a middle-class...trash...”

Alexander rubbed the back of his neck. His neck seemed to be throbbing with anger.

“I’m curious how you can use dark magic, but... I don’t think this is the time to ask. Yeah. There’s something else I need to do right now.”

Alexander raised his demonic sword and pointed the tip at Damien.

“I’ll make you, you insolent brat, realize what a high-class is.”

“High-class?”

A smirk appeared on Damien’s lips.

“You’re strutting around like some pompous peacock just because you’ve got your grubby mitts on the power of the demonic sword.”

Alexander’s strength was not his own.

“And here you are, fumbling about with that sword like a clueless child clutching a toy. You haven’t the faintest idea how to wield its power and even if you did, you’d likely just end up tripping over your own incompetence.”

Damien could see it all.

The fact that Alexander was just putting on a show as a high-class.

“And that’s precisely why Sir Liam kept wiping the floor with you. You’re nothing but a low-class imposter pretending to be something you’re not. You keep calling yourself a high-class but in reality, you just cluelessly flailing about with borrowed power you can’t even use properly.”

Alexander’s eyebrows twitched at the repeated provocation.

“You’re as good as blind with two eyes. Didn’t you see me defeat that Liam?”

“That’s because you caught him off guard with the demonic sword’s ability. Without that ability, you would have lost to Sir Liam in the end.”

Alexander’s expression twisted, but the demonic sword laughed out loud.

– Kehehehe, you’re a smart one. He would have been killed by Liam or whatever his name is if it wasn’t for me.

“Can’t you shut up?”

– Partner, getting angry like this makes you look really pathetic. You should at least keep your pride. Don’t you think?

“I told you to shut up.”

Alexander glared at Damien. His eyes turned bloodshot with anger.

“I felt it from the first time I saw you, but you’re really unlucky.”

“Oh, spare me your feeble attempts at insight. When I first laid eyes on you, I saw nothing but a pathetic combination of cluelessness and unwarranted arrogance.”

“You little punk! I’ll first cut off your tongue!”

Alexander erupted in anger and charged forward. He swung his demonic sword at Damien.

Damien also rushed forward and easily parried the attack.

As soon as he blocked the sword, Alexander immediately launched a series of attacks.

Damien blocked all of the attacks as well.

“Not bad! Then I’ll take you seriously!”

– Kehehehe, leave it to me, partner!

The demonic sword infused Alexander with even more dark magic.

Veins protruded prominently from his sword-wielding arm. At the same time, Alexander’s movements became even faster.

“Kukakahat!”

Alexander burst into laughter and pressed Damien even harder.

The demonic sword slashed through the air without rest. Damien’s hands moved busily.

Both of them were so fast that their hands were invisible. Only the sparks bursting out of the air told of the exchange of blows.

At that moment, their swords crossed.

The holy sword and the demonic sword tried to cut each other’s owner’s throats.

Just before the demonic sword hit him, Damien tilted his neck. The demonic sword only cut off his collar.

On the other hand, Damien’s holy sword cut Alexander’s neck, but it bounced off with a clang as if it had hit metal.

Both attacks failed. The two men stepped back simultaneously.

“This is the first time my clothes have been cut.”

Damien said, touching his collar. Since his regression, Alexander was the first person to touch Damien’s clothes.

“The demonic sword’s ability is much more powerful than I thought.”

Damien said, looking at the demonic sword. But Alexander had no time to respond.

“You bastard.......”

Thanks to the dark mana of the demonic sword, Alexander’s speed had become even faster.

In fact, Alexander’s slashes were much faster than Damien’s.

However, Damien calmly blocked all of those slashes. It was as if he could read Alexander’s mind.

That wasn’t all. He even counterattacked at the end, and not only that, he cut the most vital point, the neck.

If it wasn’t for the fact that his body’s hardness had been strengthened to the point of being able to withstand the aura thanks to the demonic sword, he would have surely lost his life.

In other words, Alexander was overwhelmed by Damien.

He was outmatched in both skill and experience.

“How can a middle-class... This is ridiculous... Who the hell are you... What the hell are you!”

“It’s nothing much, but you’re really surprised.”

Damien said nonchalantly.

“I told you, you’re just borrowing someone else’s power.”

What is a high-class?

Is it just someone with superhuman physical abilities? Someone with a huge amount of mana?

***

Throughout the battle, Damien was wary of the demonic sword’s special ability.

The demonic sword ‘Thorns’, as its name suggests, attacked enemies by causing thorns to sprout over a wide area.

It was not only fast but also destructive. It was capable of destroying weapons imbued with the aura of a high-class.

It was too dangerous to face it head-on.

That’s why Damien had already prepared a countermeasure.

Just before Alexander thrust the demonic sword down, Damien activated the Art of Sacrificial Raging Demon Manifestation.

The mana stored in his muscles instantly activated his body. His senses became extremely sharp.

As his senses became sharper, the amount of information entering his brain also increased rapidly.

All of Alexander’s movements came into view. The movement of his facial muscles, the processing of his gaze, the swaying of his hair.

Alexander’s movements began to slow down. He could see in detail the demonic sword touching the ground and the dark magic spreading towards the ground.

Damien stepped forward. Thorns pierced through the ground and poked their heads out.

Damien stepped only on the empty spaces. Thanks to this, he was able to avoid the thorns and reach Alexander’s nose.

Even though Damien had reached his nose, Alexander did not recognize him. It was because the whole world had stopped.

Damien stopped using the Art of Sacrificial Raging Demon Manifestation. The world that had stopped started moving again. Thorns sprouted out long and covered the whole world.

“......Huh?”

Only then did Alexander find Damien. Even after finding him, he had a blank expression for a while.

– Partner! Dodge!

The moment the demonic sword cried out, Damien swung the holy sword.

Alexander’s head flew into the air.

***

In that same instant, Alexander’s hand whipped out and grabbed his head. Then, as if nothing was wrong, he reattached it to his neck.

Simultaneously, he swung the demonic sword with a powerful arc. Damien dodged the demonic sword and retreated.

Dark smoke erupted from the severed area. The wound regenerated in a blink of an eye.

“Kuh, keh! Keuheuk!”

Alexander coughed up a spray of blood.

“Thanks to you, I’m alive! I would’ve been done for otherwise!”

Upon hearing these words, Damien realized that it wasn’t Alexander who had just moved his body. It was the demonic sword itself, manipulating the body to snatch the head and put it back on.

– Kehehehe, I just ensured your survival.”

The demonic sword boomed with a laugh.

– After all, your dying wouldn’t exactly benefit me either.”

– Partner

the demonic sword continued, its tone suddenly serious.

– I just realized something. That guy is far too dangerous. We can’t possibly win this way.

“Don’t tell me you’re suggesting to run.”

– Kehehehe, of course not! We’ve been thoroughly humiliated. We need payback.

“So you have a plan to win?”

– Kehehehe, absolutely. Absolutely.

Alexander’s face lit up at the demonic sword’s words.

“If that’s the case, why the wait? Use it now!”

– The time wasn’t right yet.

the demonic sword explained.

– I had intended to use it later.

“Just get on with it already! Kill that guy right now....”

Alexander’s body abruptly stiffened. He looked down with a face contorted in disbelief.

The demonic sword was embedded in his body, piercing straight through his chest and protruding from his back.

“W-what... What the... Cough.”

Blood bubbled from his mouth, rendering him barely able to speak.

– Partner, forgive me.

The demonic sword rasped.

– No matter how many options I considered, this was the only way.

The demonic sword liquefied and oozed into Alexander’s body, merging with him.

Immediately following this gruesome transformation, Alexander’s body began to morph. A metallic substance, eerily similar to the demonic sword’s material, engulfed his entire form.

“Y-you bastard... What are you doing to my body...!”

The metal completely encased his face, obliterating all his features.

A moment later, a vertical split appeared down the center, followed by a horizontal one intersecting it.

The vertical split widened, revealing crimson pupils that resembled coagulated blood.

The horizontal split stretched open, exposing rows of sharp, shark-like teeth.

The entity that was once Alexander wiped its metallic face with a pseudo-hand. Then, it slowly spread its arms outwards.

– Haa...

It sighed, a sound laced with a strange sense of euphoria.

– Having a body truly is a magnificent thing.

Sword’s voice is a chilling combination of the demonic sword and Alexander.

– Wouldn’t you agree?

***

[Translator – Kie]

[Proofreader – Kawaii]



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