Battle War; Magic, Sword and Dragon

Battle at Phoenix City IX; Surprise

The seal used to seal Lic back was an ancient magic that required special preparation. Although it was magic given by one of the supreme gods, but in order to execute it, Laila had no choice but to prepare it thoroughly.

Of course the story will be different if he makes a contract with Solaris. But there are a lot of things he has to do before making a contract. Moreover, becoming a True Queen was not something she wanted.

If she becomes Queen, she is enough to be the Queen chosen by Kuro alone. It was one of the proofs of his love for Kuro.

"The light that is with the darkness. The light that always gives life. The light that lights the way. Light the path and desire of this figure you give this light to grant sacred desires."

While reciting the spell, the magic circle began to be drawn under his feet. The figure that drew the magic circle formation was the light that always surrounded it.

That form of light is known as spirit, but it is not an ordinary spirit. They were spirits specially chosen by Solaris to help with Laila's fight.

Laila concentrated all on the almost completed ritual. Now all he did was wait for the signal from the two people he trusted.

  meanwhile Kuro and Arthuria finally meet Maria. With the dark aura growing bigger, it was a sign that Mary's power was growing.

The two nodded at each other to give a sign that they were ready.

To accomplish this was just a single slash from Dainsleif. The rest will be done by Laila.

For that, the first to attack was Arthuria. With Misteltein, he darted at godly speed. Even so, with such speed alone was not enough. As he was about to touch Maria, the wall of darkness restrained his attack.

"!?"

Arthuria added her attack power to forcibly destroy. The walls of darkness began to crack, more precisely shattered and burned. Misteltein was able to burn a god, this was a natural occurrence. But all of that didn't last long.

The walls of darkness began to regenerate at a speed that Arthuria did not expect. And even more terrifying was the darkness trying to swallow the Misteltein light.

He finally understood the power of that so-called darkness.

Darkness is not just a force that comes from hatred, anger, or other negative emotions. But it comes more than that. Only the one cursed by the world has it. Surprisingly, he was currently fighting with a person who possessed that power.

But all of that is not important at the moment. All he did was provide an opportunity for Kuro to slash at Maria.

To do that he had to use his full strength. Unfortunately, if he did that, the power that protected him from the darkness would be drastically reduced. With a weak defense, he would soon be swallowed up by the darkness.

But-the

"Who cares is swallowed or not. Laila trusts me now. As a big brother, how could I let the trust my sister gave me go to waste!"

He is a siscon. This is natural because there may be an older brother who is not dear to a younger sister as sweet as Laila.

That's why he burned all the affection and love of a brother into strength.

"Take >"

Arthuria's body burned violently. But the fire quickly disappeared and went to a point, Misteltein. The light of fire overflowed from Misteltein and burned the darkness into dust.

In exchange for that power, his sacred protection disappeared. Slowly his Dragon Phoenix Gear turned black.

(If it's only one second, that's enough!)

"Yahoooo!!!!!"

With a shout emanating from his soul, he smashed through the wall of trembling that was blocking him.

Arthuria's strength and determination were finally conveyed when she saw the figure of Mary carrying a black katana sword filled with darkness.

Her cold gaze made Arthuria freeze, but with the strength of determination and trust given, she melted the ice that bound her.

"Feel this, "

All of his strength he exerted on one final strike.

"?!"

But, despite everything, he had to admit it wasn't enough.

Misteltein was successfully restrained with a black katana sword. And even more surprisingly, when Misteltein touched the black katana sword, the katana sword instantly absorbed the light present in Misteltein. All of his strength was instantly engulfed by the clench.

"Kuh!? Don't joke with me!"

Along with the disappearance of the Misteltein light, Arthuria's power disappeared from her body. Darkness engulfed the Dragon Phoenix Gear in a split second and along with it darkness penetrated into his body.

Hatred, envy, anger, lust, laziness, arrogance, spite, selfishness and all kinds of negative emotions that come from suffering he feels like a hard blow directly on his soul.

His head wanted to break and he was thinking of giving in to the darkness.

(I have to hold on for a little while longer.)

He has no other choice. He can't but trust them.

(No. I'm going to entrust my life to you. Therefore, do not fail!)

It was Arthuria's last memory before being swallowed completely into darkness.

"Give me the rest!"

In response to Arthuria's request, Kuro emerges from Maria's blind spot with Dainsleif ready to stab Maria in the heart.

The heart was chosen because it was where Mary's soul was confined. In addition, this is because the body used as the container of the soul of Mary is a homunculus, then there is a kind of crystal that becomes a link. By destroying it, at least Mary's soul would be more easily separated.

Unfortunately, it's not easy. As Kuro was about to pierce Maria's heart, Maria's eyes turned towards him. That means he's aware of what Kuro is going to do.

Despite that, Kuro knew there was nothing Maria could do to stop him. He had already taken into account everything including the time it took for Maria to dodge.

With one strike, everything was finished.

"..."

At least, that's what should have happened.

Kuro's sword was successfully held back with a black katana sword. Kuro's sword shattered, more precisely cut into two as if Mary was splitting her hair into two pieces.

Even so, Kuro did not feel disappointed and instead smiled.

Then for the umpteenth time Maria showed a surprised expression. It was natural because what he was parting was a white sword made from dragon fangs.

Then where's Dainsleif?

"Unfortunately, the power of darkness belongs to me. Don't think you can use the power that should be mine."

From the air appeared the figure of a black sword. It was Dainsleif.

Without hesitation Kuro grasped it with a free hand and pierced Maria's heart.

Dainsleif power was indeed capable of manipulating souls, but in reality it was not an easy-to-use power. To use it, the user must be cursed and receive his soul-broken pay in exchange for power.

But this did not happen to Kuro. And this is not because he is a King. But from the beginning the Cursed Arm was a weapon that was indeed created by dark force users like himself.

And because of that, he could use the full power of Dainsleif. Even powers Itsuki can't use.

One of them is the power of Soul Transfer. One of the powers Itsuki uses to move his soul to another body, but because it cannot use its full power, it damages his personality as a result of an imperfect transfer. In addition, removal can only be done at the time of death and on a limited body. But Kuro can do that without any risk or limit.

Then with that power, he moved Mary's soul into her body.

"!?"

Unfortunately, at such a time he was so fragile because his concentration was divided into two things.

And that's something that Mary didn't waste.

In the blink of an eye, Maria smashed Dainsleif and pierced Kuro's heart like retaliating for his treatment on her.

Kuro immediately vomited fresh blood. Despite that, he had to be thankful that he was done before Dainsleif was destroyed.

(Now it's your turn, Laila.)

Kuro was still smiling. He unhesitatingly grasped the black katana sword with both hands until it was covered in blood.

Maria tries to pull the katana sword from Kuro's body, but it is not as easy as it seems. The sword did not want to escape from Kuro and continued to stick.

But worse things happen. The darkness emanating from Kuro's sword as if began to disappear was absorbed by Kuro.

"Kufukufu.."

Kuro's laughter is a sign of what Maria thinks is right.

Kuro's sword was the source of his darkness, what if the darkness was absorbed by Kuro. The owner and the user of the forces of darkness?

No. gabe. What if from the beginning the darkness of Kuro's sword was a power that came from Kuro?

"It's time you gave up. Sorry to have to seal you a second time, but this is what's best for everything, Lic."

Then at the same time, a bright light erased the darkness as if it had never existed before.

The light came from Laila and the sealing magic circle that looked so complicated and holy.

All the light gathered at one point of the cannon in Laila's hands.

(He modified the sealing magic with his own magic. I thought he was special.)

Kuro smiled happily when he saw what Laila was doing. All of this was beyond what he had expected.

Then without hesitation Laila shot a sealing light right at him. Directly to Lic.

Of course Kuro will also be exposed to sealing magic, but that magic will have no effect on him. More precisely if the magic will not be able to hurt him.

With this everything is done.

The sealing light engulfs the figures of Kuro and Lic and wipes out all the darkness that exists.

  - then, after the light disappears. All that was seen was Kuro with a white sword in his hand.

Arthuria's figure was also visible, but she lay helpless as a broken doll.

Laila quickly approached Kuro with a worried face.

"You okay?"

"certain."

A short answer, but that's the truth. Besides her sword had returned to its original state, but also the wound that Maria had given off had disappeared like nothing before.

The darkness that engulfed everything was also replaced by the light that began to brighten from the sun that began to rise from the west.

However, both of them knew this was not the end.

"I'm so sorry I failed."

"It wasn't your fault. We just have to find another way to seal Lic."

Both of them looked up at the sky. There they could see the figure of Mary flying in the sky.

"I can't believe he let go of my sword at the last moment. That was a big mistake."

"Yes. In the end we can only seal your sword. As usual you're a shifter."

"Sorry for that. So, what are we gonna do next?"

Not only did he release the sword, but he also broke away from Kuro's sword. Lic (Izriva) is no longer in Kuro's sword.

Unfortunately, he now possessed something else, the body that was used as the vessel of Mary's soul.

And although it was separated from the source of darkness, but the darkness that was on Lic did not decrease at all.

"Certainly saved him."

It's not easy. Sealing seals can only be used once. With no sealing magic, what could they do?

At the thought of what they could do, magic pressure emanated from Lic. The magic pressure grew larger and formed a giant black sphere with Lic as its center.

"Yes. If we don't do it soon, Lic will blow himself up. I could cut the darkness with my sword, but I couldn't save it. Sorry Laila, maybe I'll destroy Lic."

Which pressure felt was enough to destroy the capital. Since it was darkness, then there were undoubtedly only a few people who could resist or at least endure.

With the holy protection exhausted, Laila is currently unable to stop Lic. Even with the magic of the sacred element it was impossible to stop Lic completely.

The only way is to destroy it.

"...Kuro, is there no other way?"

What Kuro said was tantamount to having to give up on saving Lic.

Unfortunately, that was not the path Laila wanted.

That's when Laila recalled the training she had with Solaris. From there he knew a shocking fact about himself.

[Do you know that most of your power is sealed?]

Laila did not answer. It was because he did not know, but also because he felt that he was indeed strange. One of the proofs is the number of Scarflare.

[The number of your magic arm reaches hundreds not because Scarflare amounts to it. Scarflare is just a piece of your real magic arm. You could say every Scarflare is a piece of the real Scarflare.]

This was the reason why he could use Scarflare as a source of energy when his own was about to run out. Unfortunately, because his body had not been able to withstand that great strength, his body was severely injured.

[The seal used on you is the seal that the Dragon King has. Oh I remember, your grandmother was Queen of Ruby. At that time he suddenly decided to break the contract in exchange for ancient magic. I didn't think it was sealing magic.]

The sealing magic that was on Laila made her unable to use her true strength. But that sealing magic also protected him from his own too great power.

[I don't really understand what you're thinking, but I feel like you already know what kind of power you have. If you want, you can use it now. It's just that you're scared right now. I wrong?]

You can't lie to a god. Laila understood that word.

[One thing I can say, sooner or later you will use that power. That's when you have to decide, whether you want to use that power out of fear, or because only with that power can you save someone you care about.]

At that moment, Laila could not answer.

[Alright, how about we train Scarflare instead. With the special amount and ability to transform it into another magic arm, you can have enough power to protect without relying on your true strength.]

Then, what Laila went through was an exercise worthy of being called hell.

While remembering what she went through, Laila remembered why she wanted to become stronger. But after training hard, the strength he had was not enough to save Lic at this moment.

Solaris's right. He really has to choose. And now is the time.

"In that case, I'll make it never happen."

"Huh?"

Kuro is shocked to find out what Laila means.

But as Laila formed a sword-grasping position, Kuro finally understood.

"..Clocflare."

Two swords appeared in Laila's hands. One of them is shorter. At first glance the sword was not too far from the usual Scarflare sword, but to Kuro, the two swords had other meanings.

Laila finally accepted her true self.

"Kuro, will you help me?"

"Of course."

Without a lot of words, they move forward.

Kuro with a white sword split the darkness until it formed a path. Unfortunately, the darkness was closing fast.

Even so, that was no reason for Kuro to give up. There was only one way to destroy the rapidly regenerating darkness.

"Cursed Blade Art "

In a blink of an eye the road opened. Laila didn't let out that chance and sped forward. Unfortunately, the darkness began to close.

Laila then jumped a little, that's when a thunderbolt light shot right into Laila's legs. Using protective magic, he used that lightning as a foothold.

And that's how he finally got right in front of Lic.

Then with two swords in her hands, Laila stabbed Lic and activated her magic.

""

In a blink the eyes of darkness disappeared changing with light completely. Lic's form also transformed into a small figure with white hair with ruby red eyes.

That's when Laila arrived in a white room.

"Where is this?"

He didn't feel his feet rubbing something. He seems to be floating.

Then at that moment he saw a figure of light approaching him.

"the lic? Is that you?"

The light did not reply, but the calm and nostalgic feeling he felt undoubtedly came from Lic.

Then the light slowly entered Laila's body. While trying to resist, the light penetrated her skin, so Laila could not stop what was happening.

Then he saw various scenes like a movie.

"This is you?"

That's when he understood who Lic really was.

Lic or Izriva is a spirit that existed since the beginning of the land Orladist created. It made him one of the strongest and most dangerous spirits. In his life, he had once made a contract just like the Dragon King.

Every time he made a contract, he changed lives in the land of the Orladist. You could say he was always there when new history was created.

And this also happened when he made a contract with Maria.

The contract with Mary made her understand how much influence her existence had on the world. I don't know why it made him a god. But the thing that made him realize was how many lives had already been lost in his hands?

Humans are greedy creatures. They will always ask for more of what they have. The same thing with power.

In order to prevent that from happening, he finally decided to ask to be sealed. It happened 400 years ago until the very event he did not want to repeat.

But now he meets Laila and Kuro. It reminded her of Maria. Although his memories and strength were sealed, yet he felt a warmth and love that he had long forgotten.

'Thank you mom'. That was the only sentence that lingered in Laila's head before she finally returned to the normal world.

"Laila, are you okay?"

Kuro approaching.

"Yes that's how."

Laila glanced at the figure of the little girl who was in her arms. At this moment the little girl was fast asleep with a happy face.

"I'm glad it's all over. Haa.. I'm not strong anymore."

Kuro's body fell on the ground quite hard. He already did not care whether it would get dirty or not, all he needed right now was a break.

Seeing that Laila just smiled because she understood what she was feeling. He suffered the same thing anyway.

Not long after a few figures approached. They are Charlmilia with Dragon Gear, Electra and Arthuria who are wedged by a silver-haired woman.

For some reason, Arthuria looked embarrassed by the woman.

"It's good because it all ended well."

"Electra..."

"You better get some rest. After that we just talked."

"Yes. You're right."

The long and exhausting battle was over. This was undoubtedly one of the longest nights in the Houou empire

"Before that, Charlmilia. Thank you because if it wasn't for you, we wouldn't have made it."

"same. This should have been. Anyway I want to see this end soon."

Charlmilia and Laila smiled at the same time. But it did not hide the spark between the two.

Electra who saw that just sighed. While the culprit fell asleep with a wide smile.

It was at that moment that great pressure came from the sky. They all turned their heads towards the source of pressure where it was and saw the figure of the fire dragon flying at high speed towards them.

The fire dragon came down and so did the rider.

"Why is it done?"

The strongest paladins were late in the fight. Not because he could not defeat the monsters in the labyrinth, but because he was lost.

This is the weakness of Leon Allein Fortisillein who is already known by his closest people.

  10 Hours have passed since the fight was over. The impact of the fight was clearly visible with total destruction with a radius of 10 more kilometers and with heavy damage with a diameter of 20 kilometers.

From the sky it could be seen that the Phoenix capital was as if it had been hit by a meteor attack.

Laila and Kuro are currently in their home. Kuro House can be said to be completely unaffected because it has a special shield.

There are no servants in his house. Boris and the others are still carrying out Kuro's orders to help with the investigation.

In other words, there were currently only the three of them in the house.

Unlike the two who were about to recover from using healing magic, Lic was still fast asleep with a happy face.

"He was really very happy. Everything that happens is like a dream."

"Yes you're right. But is it okay with your body?"

After the fight was over, it was confirmed that Lic had made a contract with Laila. More precisely a one-sided contract because Laila could not refuse. But because Laila does not plan to use the power of Lic, then you could say this is not a big problem. It is the best right now.

"I'm fine. Don'worry. "

"I'm happy then."

Kuro hugs Laila and gives a warm kiss on the cheek.

Laila's face flushed red and gave a reply kiss right on the lips.

"Hehehe.. Kuro's.. There's actually something I want to tell you."

"Then how about we go to the next room? I want to tell you something too."

"Dad..."

Without giving a sign, Kuro just carried Laila ala princess to the next room.

After arriving, Kuro unhesitatingly threw Laila onto the bed.

"Wait Kuro. I know you're passionate, but listen to me first."

"alright. That's not gonna change what I'm gonna do."

Laila smiled happily.

"Solaris, can I get Riku back?"

The dimensional door opened and Solaris' figure appeared carrying something in her hand.

Kuro is surprised when Solaris follows Laila's call like a submissive dog, but this time she is surprised by something else.

So surprised. He even broke out in cold sweat.

"Ers.. L-lila.. Could ..."

Laila receives from Solaris and shows it to Kuro.

[King, I congratulate you. This is the surprise I mean.]

"My husband, say hello to Dad."

"..."

What Solaris brought was a one-year-old boy who had white hair with ruby-red eyes just like Lic.

The Kuro family members increased without Kuro noticing.