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438 p3. Noble Faction and New School Year [11]

 

That mighty power that can blow the pieces on the board away.

「–Ria, I’ll borrow your power for a moment.」

I concentrated my spiritual power on the Black Sword and called out.

「Invade -〈Fafnir〉!」

In the next moment, black and white flames erupted, and the surrounding moisture evaporated in an instant.

Naturally, the huge ball of light did not explode because the water that served as the starting point had evaporated completely.

「W-Wha…the…!?」

Shin was in blank amazement by the unexpected development.

「T-That’s impossible… Why are you, who use darkness, able to use the ability of a fire-type…」

The ability of my soul dress -〈Zeon〉is not to control darkness, but the ability to devour anything and turn it into its own power.

Anything and Everything that exists in this world can be preyed upon.

It devours all kinds of things, including soul dress, spirit cores, living things, non-living things, and phenomenon.

(For the time being, it seems that it is necessary to go through several steps in order to copy the abilities of a soul dress…)

It is an ability that boasts a level of freedom, application, and versatility that is comparable to〈Emperor Rule〉.

「What the hell! What the hell exactly is that power…!?」

Shin pointed at me and shouted like he couldn’t comprehend it.

This is probably the most appropriate answer to that question.

「That’s rude. Isn’t a battle between soul dress users interesting exactly because you don’t know the opponent’s ability?」

「…」

I threw his remarks from a few minutes ago back to him like a boomerang.

「Now then… time for my counterattack.」

I closed the distance to zero in one step and swung down with all my strength the black sword which was wrapped in black and white flames.

「Guh!」

Shin held his sword horizontally and demonstrated perfect defense, but the flames on my black sword spread to his uniform and burned his flesh.

「Kuh– The Black and White flames will disappear!」

As his eyebrows distorted in pain, he applied the rule of disappearing to the flames while jumping back.

(〈Fafnir〉has been dealt with. Then next is―)

A number of abilities slept deep within my soul, from which I immediately switched to the next powerful ability.

「Fill -〈Neba Glome〉!」

As Idol’s soul dress was activated, a dazzling lightning dwelled in the black sword.

「This time it’s lightning…!?」

Not paying heed to Shin, whose eyes were trembling in shock, I recalled my battle with Idol.

「Um, if I recall correctly, that technique was… oh right, Flying Lightning – 50 Million Volt.」

It is her signature move that allows her to perform ultra-high-speed attacks by housing azure lightning in her body.

(Oh, this is amazing…!)

The cells in my body were rapidly activated.

I almost feel like I might be able to run faster than lightning.

(…I want to try it out…)

Just how fast am I now?

I powerfully kicked the stone stage and ran around on the stone stage in order to toy with Shin.

「Wha!?」

His eyes just moved from side to side.

It seems that I completely overwhelm him with my speed.

「Your jokes… end here!」

Shin’s well-aimed slash – cut my afterimage.

「Behind you.」

「No–」

A slash of lightning ran through the air, carving a large sword wound on his back.

「You…」

Shin frantically swung his sword at me, but all he cut was air. He was completely unable to respond to my speed and raw wounds accumulated on his body one by one.

(Shit, shit, shit! It’s going to get worse at this rate. I’ve lost too much blood… It’s a big burden on my body, but I have no choice but to do it.)

Completely on the defensive side, he was forced to show more of his abilities.

「-Shin Rex’s body exceeds the limit!」

At the same time as the declaration, Shin’s speed increased dramatically.

No, it was not just his speed. His physical strength, leg strength, and sword pressure had all improved greatly.

「As expected of one of the Seven Holy Swords, to think that you still have such a hidden card up your sleeve.(Strengthening of physical ability, huh… That soul dress sure can do everything…)」

「Who do you think you’re looking down on! (Shit, even after all this, I can only match him in speed?)」

Our physical strength was now evenly matched.

「「HAAAAAAAAAAA…!」」

Fierce roars echoed.

10 to 20 sword clashes occurred within the span of a second.

The battle seemed to be evenly matched, but…even now, the “invisible attack” was secretly progressing.

(…Is it about time?)

I decided that now was the right time and took a big step forward.

「Eighth Sword – Yatagarasu!」

「Ha, something like this–!? (What the… my body is awfully heavy…)」

Shin shot down seven slashes, but missed one and it cut deep into his shoulder.

「~~」

He was the first to notice something unusual and jumped backwards. Then his eyes widened in shock.

「This is…」

Ahead of his gaze were his pale purple hands.

It indicated a clear physical change, far from being healthy.

「Shin-san, do you know about hypothermia?」

Drifting faintly in the air around was cold air.

In the midst of the fierce battle, I secretly activated Sid-san’s soul dress〈Vanargand〉and scattered frigid cold air.

「Shit – Shin Rex’s body temperature rises!」

While he was concentrating on recovery, I didn’t miss the opportunity to land a deadly blow.

「–Wolf Thrust!」

The black sword, enveloped in ice, pierced his side.

「Kuo…」

Shin desperately jumped back while holding his side with his left arm.

(…That wound is quite deep.)

He had a face that had lost its composure and a large amount of blood poured on the stone stage. The Wolf Thrust seems to have been quite effective.

「Haa haa… you, monster… (super high-speed fighting style that can change freely… I don’t have the chance to apply rules…)」

The distance opened up just right, so I activated two soul dress, which are good at mid-range and long-range attacks.

「Breathe -〈Avio Troop〉. Copy -〈Aqua Queen〉.」

Claude-san’s soul dress〈Avio Troop〉that turns inorganic matter into bombs.

The president’s soul dress〈Aqua Queen〉that can freely manipulate water.

After deploying the two abilities, I immediately began preparations for an attack.

(First……)

By slashing the stone stage with the black sword, a crest with bluish-white light gradually emerged from it.

「「「Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi!」」」

「「「Gwaa, Gwaa!」」」

「Hoo!」

A large number of swallows and crows, and an oversized owl floated in the air.

After Claude-san’s strong offensive and defensive formation,

「–Aqua Trick.」

Sword, Axe, Spear, Shield, Scythe ― jet-black water of various shapes were generated in the air.

If he stays at a long distance, a continuous wave attack of bomb + water.

If he approaches from medium range, the owl will explode.

If he gets into close range, close combat using white darkness.

It’s a stance that can respond to all ranges.

「Here I come.」

「…Tsk(this guy, just how many kinds of abilities…! Anyway, I have to start applying rules… but what rule!?… It’s impossible, I can’t win against such a monster that lies beyond common sense…)

When I raised my left hand and was about to commence the continuous wave attack―.

「I-I give uppppppppp!」

Shin tossed away〈Emperor Rule〉and dropped to his knees.

「Ah, hahaha… ahahahahaha…」

The conviction that he was the “strongest” that served as his support. Now that it had collapsed, Shin continued to laugh as if he had broken.

「「「…」」」

As the venue fell silent at the end of the fierce battle,

「The one who wins the war between Thousand Blade Academy VS Imperial Academy General Battle is the Swordsman of Darkness, Allen Rodoreeeeeeeeeeeee!」

A lively announcement resounded throughout the venue.