Battle War; Magic, Sword and Dragon

Battle at Phoenix City II: Holy Maiden

"Ughs.. Guha.."

This was the umpteenth time Itsuki spewed out thick black red blood. This was proof of how heavy the wounds he had received were. Not only internal injuries, but also external injuries that still hurt even though he had recovered.

"aagh.. Oh..!!"

Once again he spewed out thick black blood. He still remembered how he could have suffered such a severe injury.

(Is this what we call the power of darkness?)

He had already recovered, but the sensation of every attack he received and the pain radiating throughout his body still remembered vividly in his body. He could not even stop trembling and get up.

Fear, hatred, anger, malice, all the dark emotions seemed to permeate through every cell of his body.

Not only that, the power seemed to make itself start to be swallowed by the same darkness.

(If I don't run away, I'll have worse things than death?)

No doubt, that's what he'll experience if he's not ready.

"!?"

It was at that moment that he felt a strong magic pressure from a corner. Then he only saw a big flash.

Pimply. That's what he thinks. Although he did not see clearly, he realized it was an attack. In his current condition, he would not be able to survive let alone dodge. But that's when the attack disappeared.

"..."

For some reason, he knew what was happening.

He then looked towards the light that was nearby. It was the light of an angel.

Looking at the figure nearby, in Itsuki's heart couldn't hold back his happiness. He finally managed to resurrect a figure who would be able to grant his dream.

But is he in Itsuki's control? While thinking that, he felt a connection between himself and the Holy Maiden.

(So apparently.).

Although the figure nearby was the Holy Maiden, now that figure was her puppet.

He wanted to laugh out loud for everyone to know he had managed to obtain a power that nothing could defeat. Although by the Demon King himself.

On the roof, he saw a lightning spark coming from a little girl. Beside him was a burly old man who was like a knight.

"Paladin Electra huh's.. He's starting to move.."

That's a natural thing. It was possible that the government would remain silent when their emperor mother was resurrected.

But whatever they do. Everything is in vain.

"Mary, kill that ja*ang woman!!"

Then came the figure of a beautiful angel with 8 wings behind Mary. It was a form of magic beast Maria named . Like Maria, Michael carried a sword that exuded a holy aura.

Then suddenly Michael disappeared and appeared behind Electra like teleportation. Without a doubt Michael slashed Electra and Irho.

The huge explosion into a signal the fight had begun.

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"One of the Archangels was indeed amazing, but he underestimated us too much, right Irho?"

"It's still not what it is."

Irho held off Michael's attack with his axe. The building he used to stand on will soon be destroyed because it cannot withstand the two forces that collide with each other.

"Yahoo!!"

Pushing in full force, Irho jumped off the building and landed on the window of a nearby building. But Michael was already waiting for him at that place with the same attack.

Flashes of light struck in various directions, before long the destroyed building was cut into thousands of pieces. The witch would die immediately if hit by the attack, but the figure of Irho was absent.

A shadowy figure appeared behind Michael. It was Irho's figure, but unlike before, he replaced his weapon with a war hammer.

That doesn't mean Irho has a lot of magic arm, it's just that he does have a lot of weapons that he keeps in other dimensions. He could easily change the weapon he wanted.

With a shout, Irho attacked.

"Haha.. That's nice!!"

Michael held back by using his wings. Then the other wing turned into a sword blade that flew towards Irho.

All the attacks hit Irho's body until he threw it into one of the buildings. Then Michael turned his head in the other direction to look for his next target.

Of course Electra knew what had happened to Irho, but Electra was still motionless as if ignoring him. He did not mean that he did not care about Michael, but his opponent was not the magic beast.

"Don't be too happy first, rotten pigeons!"

Irho's figure appears and looks still fresh fit. But not only that, this time the figure of Irho appeared using a full gold-colored protector. It was not a form of his magic gear, but a shield made of orichalcum. The strongest magic metal in the world.

Irho jumped into the air and once again fought with Michael. Irho without difficulty swung a hammer as big as his body, while Michael used a sword resembling a large cross. Then the two went back to fighting without caring about the surroundings.

Meanwhile, Electra simply fell silent on the spot with a focused gaze towards Maria. Right now he had no chance to notice anything else like Michael trying to attack him.

Holy Maiden Maria, the figure known as the strongest Paladin of all time. Her magic beast figure had already shown that power, but Electra knew very well that Maria was still playing.

In fighting against the users of the sacred element, ordinary magicians like Electra would be harmed. But that doesn't mean he can't do anything.

"..."

The glint snatched increasingly larger from his body. The flash struck the surrounding buildings like a thunderstorm. An ordinary person would instantly die if exposed to one of those flashes.

Not long after, a black cloud arrived coming into the sky of the Phoenix capital. The red light was covered with clouds, making the city even darker.

The cloud cloud was slowly filled with small flashes. Slowly but surely, the lightning got bigger and became like a thunderstorm.

Next, one of the tallest buildings was suddenly struck by lightning and shattered into chunks.

Electra then smiled.

""

One by one the lightning strikes destroyed the city buildings, then the biggest lightning appeared and targeted Maria as the target. Other flashes strike until repeated. One must think it was an incredible natural occurrence because lightning struck at the same place many times.

But it was not a natural occurrence, but a thing that Electra did with her magic.

"After all, I am the former Lighting Queen. I would be angry if I thought it was easy to beat me. ...But I've guessed such an attack is still not enough..."

Maria is still fine. The thin shield became the barrier wall of Electra's attack. Seeing that, Electra was not at all disappointed. Precisely with that action made Electra confident in her attack.

Once again Electra attacked with the same attack. Lightning strikes like a storm that destroys everything.

Electra has disappeared. He appeared near Maria with a body that was mostly turned into lightning. Then with the Orichalcum sword, he attacked Mary's blind spot.

Electra's attack was withheld by a shield wall, but cracks were heard and the attack pierced Maria's body.

"..."

Not a single blood dripped from his wound. Electra was not surprised by that, however, the figure in front of her was not human. Then he poured his magic into the sword and pushed Maria's body to the ground.

Maria's body shot out like a bullet. Penetrate walls and destroy mansions.

Then, Electra glanced at Itsuki's still helpless figure.

"You're so pathetic."

"..."

After saying that, Electra turned into lightning and went back to fighting against the Holy Maiden.

Lightning strikes, explosions are like bombs, buildings are destroyed, one by one high-level magic appears in the fight between Electra and Maria.

No one could see the course of the fight because their movements were faster than sound, no, even faster. When looking towards the battle, then all that was left was rubble.

Electra used a lightning strike to strike Maria, but Maria was able to move faster than Electra's attack. The same thing happened to Maria. Maria attacked with a sword slash, but Electra easily dodged.

Such a battle continued for several minutes. But for those who do it may feel like hours.

Then, both figures appeared at a distance of fifty meters above the rubble of the building.

Electra looks out of breath. His breathing was breathless and his body was full of abrasions. The sword he used was blunt and cracked in various places like it had run out against a stronger sword.

The opposite is true of Electra. Mary still looked expressionless. His body looked like it had run into a huge storm.

Looking at Maria, Electra could only smile wryly.

"I'm done, but you still look fresh. Resurrected or not, you are terrible."

Of course Electra still has a lot of cards to play, but to fight Maria most of her cards are useless. One of those cards is the Avatar. One of the reasons why a witch is called a Paladin.

Unfortunately, just like magic gear, the Avatar is the embodiment of magic. If he used it, it would be suicide.

So far Electra's choice can only use her magic to increase her speed, power and concentration power. Then, he could only rely on his fighting techniques alone.

(Really. I wish someone could help me fight this monster.)

Electra had been in a lot of fights, but for the first time she thought she wanted help.

But-the

"[Smagic analysis of lightning elements is complete. Start the process of merging with the sacred element.completed. No problem found. The Holy Thunder Mode.]"

Mary's body was now filled with white lightning like her. Not only that, the magic energy pressure increased sharply.

Once again Electra could only bitterly laugh when she saw her enemy evolve right in front of her.

The power of Mary is augmented by Izriva. This was the worst and strongest combination capable of defeating the Demon King.

Mary raised her sword with both hands. The white aura along with the lightning enlarged on the sword.

"Damn!"

Quickly, Electra turned her body into lightning. But the enemy is faster.

""

Maria unhesitatingly swung her sword at Electra. A white light with a bluish lightning of 3 meters shot out like a bullet through the darkness of a city.

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"It's not a fight I can handle."

Arthuria scratched the back of her head after seeing the light splitting the city.

After she parted ways with Laila and the others, she hoped to help anyone who would fight against Maria. But the moment he exited the hole, he was almost struck by lightning.

In order to survive, he entered a fairly sturdy building and saw the process of the fight. Then he waited for the right moment to join. But all of those plans failed after seeing a fight between Electra and Maria that was arguably beyond human common sense.

He did not expect former general Irho to join. He was lucky to have the chance to see a fighting legend.

Arthuria sighed deeply.

(This is not the time to be amazed by them. Of course this is a rare fight, so I have to use this opportunity as best I can.)

Arthuria wants to be the strongest, even stronger than her father. But at this time he was still unable to use the power of the Avatar that became the symbol of a Paladin.

Of course he's not desperate. He is young and that means he has a long way to go.

One of his efforts to achieve this is to travel the world. On his way he got new things that he did not know, but it was not enough to make himself able to use the Avatar.

"I have to do something... Ah shit!?"

Arthuria left at full speed from her hiding place. A light engulfed the place until it was destroyed with nothing left.

"He found me.."

Mary's eyes looked at him. Aware of the matter, Arthuria only smiled faintly.

"It's time to show my strength. If I keep hiding, I'll be fried chicken."

A golden and white yellow aura came out from Arthuria. Simultaneously, Arthuria's magic power increased tremendously.

""

The Phoenix bird appeared in the air. Unlike what appears in the labyrinth, this time Suzaku is tens of times larger and emits a light of charisma.

Suzaku then flew towards Arthuria as if trying to prey on her. But Suzaku's figure disappeared and formed a golden and white protector with the symbol of a Phoenix bird on his chest.

"Phoenix Gear "

Arthuria's sword Excaliburn also turned into a golden and white sword.

"Let's get started. I wonder just how far the Holy Maiden's power is."

Fire wings appeared on Arthuria's back. He then flew towards Maria. Of course, Maria did not stand by to see Arthuria approaching.

Once again Mary raised her sword up and prepared to use .

"Too slow!"

Seven fireballs appeared around Arthuria. The fireball turned into a fire spear and shot towards Maria. But the spear of fire did not target Mary, but the land around Mary.

""

Seven fire spears resonated, then exploded simultaneously. The explosion was arguably the largest explosion in the battle.

But that wasn't enough to stop Maria. Light shot toward Arthuria from behind the huge explosion. Arthuria had no choice but to dodge. And when he was near, he clashed with Mary.

Just like during the fight with Electra, Maria showed strength, speed and a beautiful and deadly sword technique. Arthuria couldn't even keep up with some of the moves and it left some of her protective parts shattered. Thank goodness he did not suffer any serious injuries.

"Tch!?"

Arthuria retreated to take some distance, then she activated the trap she set up.

A magic circle appears under Maria's feet, but Maria quickly sticks her sword so Arthuria's magic is off. This is one of the magic abilities of the sacred element.

Knowing that she failed, Arthuria attacked again with a sword. The two swords clashed together resulting in shock waves capable of destroying objects around them.

At that moment, a blue glint appeared and the clashing swords increased.

"I'll be angry if you forget me."

Electra is back. This time two against one.

Along with his coming, the lightning struck Mary like a punishment from God.

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The first time a sword pierced the heart. Both heads were cut off. Third was hit by a vehicle. The fourth collapse of the building. The fifth was killed by robbers. Sixth was hit by stray bullets. Seventh had heart disease. Eighth .. Ninth.. Tenth..

Eleventh..

Hundredth..

Millesimal...

Millionth..

...No one knows until what happens.

A girl died right before his eyes. The girl was not a foreign girl he did not know, but the only girl he loved the most.

But why, as much as he goes back in time to change the future, he can never change the death of the one he loves.

Is this what we call destiny?

No. gabe. He can't take it. Never will be.

Never, even if the world wanted the death of the girl he loved, would he continue to oppose her.

Every time he saw the sight of the person he loved dying, he felt a hell. He felt pain, torment, despair, even over time he began to break down.

When he failed to save her, she often thought 'ah.. Fail again. Next one can..'.

He thought so as to never give up, but it was a poison more deadly than death itself.

Unfortunately, he didn't realize that.

Slowly but surely, the deadly poison was eating his soul. He no longer cares about life. As long as he manages to save her, everything will return as it was. That was the future embedded in his brain.

It was then that he became the worst monster the world had ever seen. Even worse than the devil known as the embodiment of evil.

But at the end of his journey, he realized. What if the concept of the parallel world is true?

When he returned to the past, he only went to another world that had a different timeline. What if the one who was trying to save him was dead? Is the girl who appears later the same person as her lover?

He doesn't know. And don't want to know that.

The most important thing for him is to try and keep trying without knowing the word surrender.

His body was cut off, torn apart, pierced, broken, destroyed, and he could not even tell if he was a human or a demon.

"Stop!"

But he continues to defy destiny. He doesn't care anymore.

"Stop! Stopit! Stop that!"

Finally the darkness swallowed his entire soul.

"JUSTIN!!!"

Otome woke up from her nightmare. But it was not enough to make him sigh even for a moment.

Although his senses had returned, yet all the worst visions still remembered clearly in his mind.

Who was that young man and why did he keep fighting even though what he was going through was the path to hell?

How could that person survive after going through all that?

Is correct. That guy is just a monster. No human would be able to get through it other than turning into a monster.

"..."

But despite being a monster, Otome takes great pity on him. In order to gain happiness, he does all of that despite having to repeat infinite mistakes.

How could he be that strong?

One would definitely give up after trying three times, but he never gave up. Otome doesn't know the end of the nightmare that always brings her down, but she hopes the story ends in happiness.

"..."

For no apparent reason. She smiles. A bad smile considering his current face was like an undead.

He looked around.

"..?!"

Then he realized, he had not woken up from the nightmare.

Around him there was only darkness without the slightest light. He also had no footing and seemed to be floating in the air. He didn't know if it was still a dream or a reality. But one question popped into his head.

  where is he at the moment?

Then something appeared. It was an eye as big as the mansion of a noble. But it was not the size that surprised Otome, but the golden eyes of the reptile made Otome instantly shudder and fear spread throughout her body. He can't think much less move. All he could do was be silent.

The eyes moved like they were looking for something.

Then the eyes focused on him. Otome broke out in a cold sweat and thought he was going to die.

[Geez, it seems like he's still doing his bad habits. He still likes things that smell secret.]

A voice sounded directly in his mind. It was a kind of telepathic communication.

[You're really lucky to survive this far. Ordinary people would choose suicide after seeing that nightmare.]

Otome was surprised because the voice knew what she was seeing.

[It's an easy thing for a god like me. Again I say you're really lucky young girl]

"God?!"

Otowe had no choice but to be surprised.

[Say I am a god, but some call me a devil. So it's up to you. Besides, I don't care at all what you think of us.]

"..."

[Alright, we'll just go straight to the main business. I'm talking to you because I want you to do something. Of course it's not free, if you want, I'll take away the curse that's on you.]

"...A curse? How and when did I receive the curse?"

Otome is a witch who is an expert in ancient magic and curses. Otome couldn't have missed something like that happening to her.

[I don't care about your curiosity. Either way you should realize curiosity can kill you. You humans always do this.]

"?!"

[Looks like you realize what I mean. Now choose, do you want to keep having nightmares for the rest of your life until you die, or are you willing to help one of my friends?]

Once again Otome was curious. Was the one talking to him a god or a demon? But something made him more curious. Who did he call friends?

"...Why should I?"

[You've heard of 'if you're a virgin for 30 years, you'll be a saint'. Think of it that way.]

"Don't joke! I was a virgin, but I was 27. I'm not that old!"

He did not care whether his interlocutor was a demon or a god, most importantly he was not humbled.

[For us age is just a concept. It doesn't change the reality.]

"What do you mean by the fact that I'm a virgin?"

[....]

"My fucking answer!"

He doesn't care anymore. Why is everyone talking about that topic?

[For us a saint is precious. You should be proud of that!]

"I've heard that followers who are still holy are important in a religion, but it has nothing to do with me. Can you stop talking about that?"

[You seem like a good Miko candidate, but you still have a lot of flaws. Too bad you should be removed from the list. Don't disappoint. Speaking of Miko, this makes me remember something. That damn Solaris, why does she always get the best Miko? Hey, isn't that unfair? Well, even though my current Miko won't lose to that girl he he.]

"..."

Why did he hear the god's complaint now?

But-the

"What do you mean by Miko?"

[Surely someone who represents us in your world. In addition, a Miko also plays a role in connecting us with humans. They are the chosen girls.]

That's when the other eye appeared. Slowly those eyes had a face, a pair of fangs and horns. Dark black scales enveloped his entire body, two wings stretching for several kilometers and a huge tail capable of splitting the ocean.

Without a doubt, it was a dragon figure. But its size makes people think 1000 times whether the creature really exists.

[The chosen girl now has another name. You call them by the name.].

"..."

[...Queen]

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"Knox, I found something. Behind these walls is some kind of secret room."

"I already know that. Back off, I'll destroy it."

Knox raised his hand. Then slowly the black spear formed from the iron powder he had gathered from the surroundings. After a while, a 3-meter-long black spear was ready in his hand.

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Knox threw a spear like a bullet at the wall. Then a reddish spark appeared like fireworks.

(At first glance it looks like a stone wall, but it is made of iron.)

Knox smile.

(But that's not enough to withstand my attack)

Slowly, the spearhead started to pierce through the wall. But was it because of the wall that was too strong, the wall in front of them collapsed like a door that was broken.

"Harder than I thought. But I really didn't think there was a place like this under the city."

Large and sophisticated equipment is seen in various angles. But more interesting is the large tube like a pillar.

"It's laboratory. Now we know how they made that homunculus army."

"I think the same of you, Jinn."

Amira also nodded.

Then suddenly a loud alarm sounded along with a red light.

Not long after, one by one human figures appeared to surround them.

"They welcome us."

"With very cheerful. Jinn, I want to warn you not to be careless."

"You seem to say I always do that. I know, they have anti-magic powers."

A sword appeared in Jinn's hand.

"Let's see how they deal with Knight Gear!"

"That's why I call you sloppy, Siscon ke*rat!"