Chapter 61

Chapter 61: Resurrection

Chapter 61

“Let’s go Arnos . ”

Ray aims the tip of Initeio at me and kicks the ground .

Like an arrow, Ray shoots straight towards me and stabs at my throat .

“Slow . ”

I push my sword against the tip of the ining Initeio .

Against a sword that can cut magic Hiding Magic and Arms Strengthening so I’m not disqualified but the bracelet keeps absorbing my power .

Ray can’t use his left arm and can’t take my sword on directly either .

Our handicaps are probably about even .

I can’t say either of our hearts are content with this but at least we don’t have to worry about the disadvantages .

“I can’t believe it…… . . that sword . It can fight evenly with Initeio… . . !”

“Initeio slashes magical techniques and it should sever any magic applied to swords as well……! In fact the other demon swords he fought against all broke . What’s going on……… . ?!” ”

“……Perhaps because its a sword without magic Initeio is ineffective………?”

“Idiot! If it’s just a plain metal sword it would break on the first strike……… . !”

“…… . Perhaps it’s true then…… . ”

“… . . A sword of the heart fcomed by a true master craftsman…… . ”

“…… . How’s it different to magic power…… . . ?”

Irrelevant words flew about from the seating area .

The battle between me and Ray is intense . I doubt more than a few people can accurately grasp whats going on .

“Are they going for an endurance match?”

Ray parries my blade again . Because he’s watching out for me trying to grab Initeio he’s on the defensive .

“I won’t take advantage of your handicap . If I stall for time it’s going along with the expectations of the royal faction . ”

“I don’t care . No matter how much power is absorbed there’s no problem . Think more about winning than me . ”

I forcibly cut down the distance between us as Ray is trying for a quick time out .

At that moment Initeio flashes .

“Of course that’s my intention……!”

Ray’s blade turned into a fierce attack and went straight for my left hand .

“Naive . ”

I try to catch Initeio again but its path changes to my left arm so I stiffen my muscles and ready my sword .

Fresh blood scatters .

Ray cuts my left arm and I pierced Ray’s shoulder .

“Haa…… . . !”

Ray spins around and adding rotational power to his thrust Initeio reaches right down to the bone .

“I failed . I thought I’d found a chink in your defence . ”

I flicked my sword but due to his posture, Ray couldn’t fully avoid it . My blade grazed his neck causing fresh blood to scatter .

No, I’m wrong . With his usual cool face, he had dodged all he wanted to . He could have fully avoided it but chose not to .

Initeio draws more blood from my left arm and I swung again drawing blood this time from Ray’s waist .

“You can’t beat me in a contest of endurance . ”

“I won’t know unless I try . ”

We slash at each other’s bodies again . pared to our previous matches our wounds increase with each blow .

Meat and bones are cut . That is what Ray is trying on me .

We keep slashing at each other while avoiding any fatal wounds .

Every moment our wounds increase and more of our blood flows but we were laughing .

“As expected Ray . From our last fight I knew this was something we’d have to do again . ”

“You too Arnos . I thought you might have exceeded your power from that fight but you hadn’t actually shown your full power . ”

There’s no grudge between us and neither of us want honour .

It’s just fun .

Swinging our blades, crossing swords and shedding blood . It was all pleasure for us .

Ray seems to feel respect for my bottomless power that he has never seen the end of no matter how much he pushes me and I am pleased with the frightening talent of Ray who surpasses his old self every moment he fights .

I don’t care about the royal faction, the sword tournament or even Avos Dillheavia . I’m only concerned with dancing brilliantly in this majestic sword fight .

Longer and longer the battle carries on . The audience can no longer speak and watch our battle breathlessly .

Half an hour passes and then an hour we still fight on .

Probably one thing that me and Ray are both hoping for is that this fight goes on forever .

With that said, the end is ing and we both know it .

“……Ku………”

My blow slashes Ray’s right leg causing him to fall to his knees and in exchange, I received a severe wound to my left arm .

“Fumu . I can barely move my arm . ”

Ray slowly rises up using his sword as a cane .

“It’s over Ray . I had fun . ”

“That’s true . This is the end for me as well . ”

Holding our swords we step forward at the same time .

Ray aims at my left arm .

Is he still after that bracelet?

My aim is one thing only .

The moment our swords enter each other’s spaces

“………Ray……… . !”

A voice rang out .

Her figure appears at the edge of our vision .

Alongside Misa at the entrance to the centre seats is Ray’s mother Sheila .

“……Arnos…… . . !!”

In Ray’s hand, Initeio glitters .

I forcibly raise my numb arm to avoid it but the demon sword suddenly changes its direction and cuts my left arm off .

The timing was perfect . Perfect swordsmanship aimed at the gap when my breathing and muscles relaxed after an attack .

My arm flew through the air and Ray stares at it . Was that his aim from the beginning?

“Taking my arm is a huge achievement Ray . ”

Ray slashes at the bracelet attached to my severed arm faster than when he was attacking me but I thrust out my sword and Ray immediately blocks it with his sword .

“But this is my win . ”

The moment the tip of my sword touches Initeio I strengthen and push with all my strength .

Just then a huge magic circle emerges from the arena and quickly deploys some type of magic .

This is—?

“……Kaa…… . a………”

Initeio breaks in half and my sword pierces Ray’s chest .

“………As expected from Arnos……… . . This time I thought I’d won…… . . ”

Smiling with satisfaction Ray pulls himself off my sword and falls onto his back .

There’s no cheers .

That magic circle that appeared was Dimensional Prison . The place we were standing had been isolated from the rest of Deruzogedo and sent to another dimension .

“I’ve been waiting for this moment for many years . ”

A hoarse voice rings out .

“At last I can finally get rid of you . ”

An old man with a white beard appeared .

One of the old seven demon emperors Melheys Boran .

(1) I changed the name from imbibing to absorption .