Battle War; Magic, Sword and Dragon

The Two King of Sword

The sound of swords clashing against each other sounded in the air. It sounded so deadly, but at the same time like a musical sound.

Kuro and Serge slashed at each other with their best attacks. No one wants to give up or back down. Both are focused on defeating the opponent.

"..."

"..."

Their eyes once again met. In that moment, they could understand what each wanted to say without having to say.

With almost the same technique, they created a foothold in the air and moved like on land. Not only fast, but also accurate. They knew that if they made a small mistake, they would be freed by the opponent's sword. With just one slash alone determines to lose and win in this fight.

Unlike Serge, Kuro has two swords that he can use freely. But in this Battle War he had not once drawn his white sword from its sheath. This was not because he did not want to use that sword. It's just, he has a compelling reason why he didn't use it.

One of those reasons was the power of darkness that the sword possessed.

The power of darkness is so fierce and at the same time so wild. Indeed, he had been seen to be able to use that power freely, but he could do that because he used one of the Authorities.

The darkness that was on the sword was a darkness that was different from the darkness that he had in one of the Authority. If he unleashed that power carelessly, he did not know if he could control it or not.

If that were to happen, the Battle War this time around would be catastrophic. Because of this as long as Kuro is not pressed, he will never use the white sword that has been his symbol all along. Luckily, his black sword was one of the best swords he ever had.

"I've guessed you're strong."

"You too."

Once again the two swords clashed. In this fight Kuro could already see the extent of Serge's strength. There's no reason to hold back anymore.

Kuro this time took the initiative to attack with greater and faster force, but just before the two swords clashed, the Serge sword veered and attacked Kuro from the blind spot.

Kuro directly used Brain Burst and Accell Art forced his body to move dodging only a paper-thin distance and counterattacked.

Of course, the attack was not very effective. Serge is also able to dodge with minimal movement as if he had predicted what Kuro did. Then Serge kept his distance and darted with a slash technique.

"..."

Kuro managed to hold back with the wide side of his sword. He then stopped his resistance until he was pushed back quickly.

Serge didn't just shut up and chased.

"!?"

But it was a mistake. By the time Kuro managed to land on one of the tree branches, in such a short time he was already in the horse stance position with the sword sheathed.

Undoubtedly Kuro was preparing to use the sword technique. Then.-.

"Sword Roar!!!"

Kuro drew the sword along with it the executed technique. A loud roar struck Serge's body along with an invisible sword blade.

"Yes!!!"

Luckily, even though it was an incredible technique, it was a technique that only aimed to knock out his opponent. Serge felt his body as if it had been hit by a large number of razor incisions, but nothing more.

Serge kept darting ignoring the impact he received and attacked Kuro. Their arena changed into a forest filled with trees. In an arena like this Kuro is easy to hide and counter-attack, which is why Serge won't let Kuro do that.

"!?"

Serge's efforts are in vain when Kuro disappears behind a tree. Serge feels in danger and at the same time he instantly uses all his best techniques to sense Kuro's whereabouts.

He reflexively moved his body upwards. His foothold was suddenly split apart by a 20-meter long slash technique.

"The technique of the Death Phantom sword stream, Silence. I've guessed you did master many techniques from various sword streams, Kuro. No, King of Sword."

Kuro emerged from behind a tree. In contrast to before, the atmosphere of Kuro was so calm.

Serge knows this doesn't mean Kuro has no intention of fighting at all. Quite the opposite, the atmosphere Kuro released was a sign that Kuro had started to get serious.

"You should've known that from the beginning, Serge. You are also a King of Sword."

"Hmmm!! Compared to you, the title I have is completely useless. After all, I am not a genius who controls every single stream of swords in the world. Well, that doesn't mean I'm gonna lose to you."

Kuro just fell silent. He then disappeared and appeared in front of Serge with a sword ready to slash. Surprisingly, there was no sign of Serge fighting back. Was he resigned, or because he knew he could not escape?

But the moment his sword touched Serge's body, it pierced through Serge as if it was made of smoke. After that Serge's body disappeared.

"!?"

This time it was Kuro's turn to be surprised. With the ability of his eyes, he could see almost 360 degrees. Then he can also see the existence or figure of a person from a different point of view like the aura released by that person. It is because of this that no one can escape Kuro's eyes even though he has not activated the full power of Eyes of Origin.

But what had just happened could not be explained by his eyes.

"..."

Kuro sensed the air of existence from various angles with the same aura.

From various directions a blade was thrown towards him at a speed exceeding that of a bullet. Kuro dodges by jumping up, but the knife turns direction and follows him.

Kuro decides to destroy some of the knives that are likely to hit him, unfortunately while slashing the blade, Kuro's sword pierces through the blade and eventually rains down on his body.

There were no injuries on Kuro's body, it was just that his Doll must have been damaged.

"Tch!!"

Once again Kuro was surrounded by knives from various directions. If he saw the incident earlier, there was no point in attacking, so he decided to run.

Kuro's plan is simple. He planned to make the knife miss with a lot of trees there.

"..."

Damn, just like the moment the blade hit the blade, the blade pierced through the tree and came back after Kuro.

That's not the only thing that's a problem. Knives keep growing until they reach hundreds more.

(The knife blade is not an illusion or an ordinary shadow)

Kuro swung on the tree branch and jumped up. He then used Accell Art to keep his distance.

(Which is the problem, is it all magic arm or is it the result of Serge's Soul power?)

Once again he recalled who the figure he was fighting this time was. He had already obtained the data about all of them and had already memorized it.

Serge Siale is a C rank User-type magician. His magic arm was a small dagger that was very similar to a kitchen knife.

With the form of magic arm that is less suitable for fighting and ordinary rank alone makes it a magician with ordinary abilities.

Amazingly, to overcome his weakness, Serge practiced sword techniques so hard that his strength could be equated with S rank magicians. It was with that power that he managed to become one of the participants of Battle War.

But there is something more interesting than that.

(If it's not wrong he's from that country.... No wonder he had talent in sword techniques)

Serge's background is quite unique. He was not a native of the empire.

Serge is from the kingdom of Baldia. A small kingdom directly adjacent to the Houou empire.

Although small, the kingdom of Baldia is quite prosperous because it has the largest magic stone mining in the world. But what made the kingdom of Baldia famous was their culture of witch type.

Unlike countries in general that treat User and Contractor type wizards equally, in the kingdom of Baldia User-type wizards are preferred or treated specifically.

In this kingdom Contractor-type magicians were considered cowards for relying on their magic beasts to fight. With the characteristics of Contractor-type magic, this assumption is quite common, but in the Balgia kingdom this assumption is extreme.

For Serge who has a magic arm in the form of a knife, the negative assumption of the contractor type magician does not mean making him special treatment. Not even a few people thought it was useless.

Luckily, every year in the kingdom of Baldia held a fighting tournament between User-type magicians. This tournament is so famous that many residents of other countries are willing to come a long way just to see the course of the tournament.

In this tournament, the winner will not only get a prize in the form of money, but also a great honor from all residents of the kingdom of Balgia.

And of all those gifts, there was one of the most special gifts of all, a title of King of Sword.

Serge's title is proof that he won the tournament and proves that his magic arm has nothing to do with the power he has. With all of that, it was no wonder that Serge was able to match Kuro in sword techniques.

"...just, I didn't expect someone like him to be a resident of this country."

Being a resident of the empire had such complicated conditions. Especially for someone like Serge who has a great title.

A person like Serge would be suspected of being an eye or a person with a particular purpose in the empire. And of course will not let Serge enter magic school let alone become a participant of Battle War.

But Serge not only attended school, but also became a Battle War participant representing the magic school of the imperial elite.

"..."

I don't know why the treatment that Serge got was quite suspicious. Maybe there is someone who has a high position doing something from behind the shadow.

(But I don't have time to think about it now)

Kuro to decide more seriously to face Serge.

Kuro injected Ki's energy into his sword. His black sword was filled with white aura and at the same time Kuro activated Eyes of Origin in a few seconds.

"Kuh.."

He bit his lower lip when he knew his strength was drained a lot just by activating his eyes.

(I know this body has reached its limit, but I didn't expect it to be at a time like this.).

This was faster than Kuro had expected.

From the beginning he had already known that his current body was so weak when compared to his body in the past. Even his current body could not hold the strength of 1 percent of his original strength.

With such a body, Kuro had no choice but to choose the Authority with the least return impact. But even so, his body still could not withstand the power of the Authority.

(Well, I had no other choice.).

The result of using the power of Eyes of Origin was worth what he got. He understood how the knife kept chasing him.

"..."

Kuro stopped and slashed at one of the knives. It was then that the knives that originally numbered in the hundreds arrived reduced.

He did the same to the other knife group. And finally the knife disappeared completely.

"I didn't expect you to know the secret of my strength so soon.."

Serge emerged from behind the shadow of the tree. He looked so relaxed as if not so surprised by what Kuro did.

"You're actually an SS-ranked witch, aren't you?"

Serge just smiled slightly in response.

"Your ability is to create imitations of the things you touch. But what surprised me was your power to control things chasing me. Really, I didn't expect to find a person who possessed a power similar to Laila."

"..."

"But I don't think this is your mainstay technique. You're a swordsman, not a witch. Relying on magic abilities like this will only harm you."

Serge smiled. At the same time he mounted a horse with the right leg to the back.

"You're right, but it's quite effective against an opponent like yourself."

Does Serge know that the impact behind his power is big enough? There's no evidence, but Kuro has to be careful about this.

Serge suddenly disappears and appears in front of Kuro. The clash of swords once again occurred with a force that made shock waves at the surroundings.

Unlike before, Serge's attacks became faster and heavier. But it's not enough to beat Kuro.

Kuro retaliated with a sharp strike and aimed for a vital point, but once the sword touched Serge, it pierced through Serge.

(No. No. gabe. The same trick won't work.)

Shortly after penetrating Serge's body, Kuro used the Accell Art to deflect the sword to penetrate Serge's body many times.

Unlike the ability to create the illusion of inanimate objects, there is a time lag to create the illusion of living things. Kuro only prevented it before it happened.

"Tch!!"

The sound of metal clashing again sounded along with Serge's annoyed voice. Serge's body that was originally like smoke is now back into an ordinary human body that can be attacked. With this there is no other option for Serge to survive.

(Your true power is more appropriate if it creates illusions and turns them into reality in a given time)

Serge is likely only able to create the illusion of an existing object. If he could have done more, he would have done it from the beginning.

(A very interesting power)

Kuro was happy with what his opponent could do.

(But there is something strange)

How could Serge have made the knife chase him? If it was the ability of telekinesis, surely Serge would not only use a knife.

Kuro doesn't understand. In his life he had indeed faced off against the owner of a power that was greater than Serge's, but for the first time Kuro felt interested in the strength of the opponent.

"Live!!"

For the first time Serge mentioned the name of his magic arm clearly. A small knife appeared in Serge's left hand and used it to attack.

Kuro managed to hold on by prioritizing to avoid the sword slash that had a greater range, but this was what Serge had been aiming for.

While defending, Serge quickly threw a knife and suddenly the knife back into a lot.

Kuro had no choice but to dodge by moving his body to a minimum, but it was not enough that he felt pain in two places of his body.

"You chose to receive a small wound rather than a defeat huh.. "

"Don't expect you to beat me so easily."

If Kuro chose to dodge completely, it was likely that Serge would use the opportunity to attack Kuro.

"I know it won't be easy."

While attacking, Serge moved his left hand as agile as the controller, along with that the knife back to target Kuro.

(So apparently.).

Now Kuro understands how Serge made the knife go after him.

Serge must have used controlling magic.

(But.).

There is no time to think of anything else that is not necessarily true. Kuro must focus on stopping Serge's combination of attacks.

The wound from the knife was light, but in a fight that used Doll as a substitute, the minor damage would be bad because Doll could not return to full as before.

"Yeah!!"

With a loud shout, Kuro pushed Serge.

"Free!!"

Serge's knife blade will still hit Kuro's body despite trying to dodge while keeping its distance. But Serge is surprised by Kuro's actions which attack him.

In his heart Serge smiled happily. He knew Kuro had given up on dodging his attack and chose to defeat him before Kuro's Doll was destroyed.

"What!!"

Unfortunately, all of Serge's guesses are disproved when the knife is reflected off an invisible wall just before it touches Kuro's body.

Serge quickly regained focus from his confusion, but being confused in the slightest time was a fatal mistake.

Kuro managed to slash Serge's body from below transversely. It was undoubtedly an attack with killing intent. Serge's Doll received the impact of the attack until it was almost cut in half, but still not destroyed.

"Tch!!"

Once again thanks to Doll, Serge only felt pain in the affected part. He quickly re-positioned his body to attack.

It was at that moment that he saw the reflection of his own shadow on a black sword spinning in front of him. Right, it was the sword Kuro had thrown.

"Guha!!!"

He felt pain in his stomach. The pain came from Kuro's hard punch. Serge's body bounced backwards for tens of meters and finally stopped after hitting the tree.

Kuro recaptured his sword and approached Serge's body which had stopped moving. Even so, Kuro did not let his guard down because Serge had not lost.

"impressed. This is the second time anyone has been able to accept my combination of attacks in order."

What Kuro did was just two combination attacks slashing and then hitting. Kuro rarely used this combination as most of his opponents would split into two first after receiving the first strike. Only under certain conditions like this does Kuro use it.

Then to overcome Serge's knife attack, Kuro also activated an ability that he rarely used.

Just as witches could use mana to protect their bodies from magic attacks, Kuro used ki to create a protective layer with the same function. For a master to use ki like Kuro, this technique not only becomes protective, but it can also serve to speed up movement and strengthen attacks.

Kuro's punch is reinforced by ki coupled with martial arts with the aim of destroying the enemy's internal organs. If there were no Dolls, Serge's body might have been destroyed and lost.

(He's more stubborn than I thought)

The resilience Serge has is truly impressive. With this Kuro could tell that Serge was not only strong because he was talented to be a swordsman, but also a hard worker.

The question is, why did he go so far?

"Ha... Ha... That's a good blow."

Serge is back up. Although his body was in all pain, it was not enough to make him fall.

"But I'm really disappointed in you."

"Is it because I love you? No, you're wrong. If in a real battle, you're long dead."

"..."

Serge doesn't argue because he knows it. But this also happened to Kuro who received his attack.

"Well, that's okay. I'm honestly very impressed with you. Then the eyes you have are really beautiful."

Serge's eyes were filled with light. Full of hope and full of dreams. Kuro could feel there was an incredible determination within those eyes.

"In my hometown, many call my eyes dirty eyes."

"Is that? I don't care about other people's opinions. The most important thing right now is, ... Can you still go on?"

Serge put up a horse. His body trembled, but he still showed that he could still fight.

(Truly, people like him.. )

How many times did Kuro see a type of person like Serge, he felt happy. It wasn't that Kuro liked them, it was just that he would remember his past that once had such eyes.

And of course the despair that would occur if they were on the wrong path.

"....why have you come this far? From the beginning you must have known that you couldn't possibly beat me. Even if you use an unusual way you use it just to fight me."

To Kuro, what Serge did was so strange. It wouldn't be so surprising if Kuro had known Serge before, but the truth isn't.

As a Knight Academy student, Serge or Gustav must have been taught to work together. Emphasizing victory over individual interests was the thing that was most emphasized in the Knight Academy. Especially in the Battle War that determines the authority and honor of the school, then working with school colleagues is the most powerful way to win.

But neither Serge nor Gustav ignored this as if it had another purpose. Yes, it can be seen that the goal is none other than Kuro and Laila.

The thing is, why are they after Kuro and Laila? Why are they so obsessed with both?

When it comes to Gustav, Laila and Gustav have met several times at parties. As a person who recognizes the beauty of Laila, Kuro is not surprised if Gustav will be interested in Laila.

I don't know what Gustav was thinking, but maybe he was just showing his determination.

All that remains is Serge.

"...I admit, the way I use it is not cool. Even I used the technique I had been hiding all along just to fight you. And like you said, it's not enough."

No. gabe. The way Serge does it is pretty cool. He was even able to force Kuro to bring out the abilities he wanted to hide in this fight.

"But if you want to know, then I will answer it with my sword."

"...I understand."

Serge was already determined to fight using everything he had.

If it's like this, then there's no reason for Kuro not to answer that challenge with what he has.

"..."

Kuro activated Eyes of Origin in full.

Kuro's aura changed drastically along with the white aura that came out from his body.

"..all right..."

Seeing that, Serge smiled and activated the power he had saved to fight Kuro.

"This is what I've been waiting for!!! Limit Breakk!!!"

Second round, it starts.