Battle War; Magic, Sword and Dragon

The Tragedy's

Mentioned in history, the Cursed Arm was first created in wartime between Paladins to seize the Orladist land that lost its lord.

Of the many Cursed Arm made, there were 13 Cursed Arm that were said to be the most dangerous and had the most destructive power.

One example of that Cursed Arm was the Skullia Crystal. This Cursed Arm user would have the power to manipulate dimensions and summon Hell Beasts from other worlds.

Another example of the strongest Cursed Arm was Dainsleif which allowed its user to have the power to manipulate one's soul. Whether or not it moved until it destroyed it could also be done.

But among all the Cursed Arm, there were three Cursed Arm that were referred to as the most special.

The True Ascalon Cursed Arm or also referred to as the Dragon God Slayer. It has the ability to kill the Dragon King and the dragons. Because it was considered too dangerous and was considered to be able to damage the balance of the world, True Ascalon had already been destroyed by the Holy Maiden.

The second Cursed Arm was Black Darkness. It has the ability to use the power of darkness just like the Demon King. The existence of Black Darkness until now no one knew. But many mentioned that Black Darkness was another name for the weapon used by the Demon King. The sword is also called the Sword of King.

The last is Eyes of Balor. Eyes of Balor users will be able to control others freely and freely. Even a Paladin would not be able to escape this Cursed Arm.

In Paladin War, the users of Eyes of Balor would easily win the fight. Unfortunately, the price to pay for using Eyes of Balor is not cheap like most other Cursed Arm.

But there are other things that are the reason why Eyes of Balor is a dangerous one.

"How far have you controlled the boy, Black?"

Airs smiled wide full of ecstasy.

"You're the only one who calls me by that name, King. I'm sorry, I'm not controlling this kid. It wouldn't be fun if I did."

"..."

That's a big lie. By answering Kuro's question, it was already strong evidence that Airs had lost both his body and mind.

Unlike the Dainsleif and Skullia Crystal, the side effects of Eyes of Balor were a combination between the two Cursed Arm's.

There was an evil spirit sealed within the Cursed Arm. The spirit takes over the mind and also eats the soul of the user slowly.

Using Eyes of Balor automatically turns users off (even if they are unaware of it). In other words, there's no way to save the airs.

"..."

Kuro sighed, and he suddenly disappeared.

Then there was a shock wave from the figure of Kuro and Pandora who were clashing swords right in front of the Airs.

(He's protecting her?)

Kuro intends to defeat the Airs before Black takes over the Airs completely, but Pandora doesn't seem to allow that.

Could Airs be controlling Pandora?

Kuro used his eyes to find out. He did find a controlling magic connected to Fila, but he didn't find it on Pandora.

"Iron Asura!"

Pandora's hand became six with the weapon. With that he retaliated Kuro's attack to make his body pushed hard backwards.

The iron sand behind Kuro turned into tentacles and tried to catch Kuro, but Kuro had already seen that. He slashed with a black sword and at the same time attacked with a white sword towards Pandora.

Pandora was startled and instantly in a defensive position, but facing the forces of darkness that engulfed anything in such a manner was a fatal mistake. Pandora's body that was hit by the attack disappeared as if it had never existed.

Pandora quickly regenerated her body. Kuro attacked again after landing.

Kuro's target is Airs. But as before, Pandora again got in the way.

This is what Kuro is after. He added the power of darkness to his sword and attacked Pandora to eliminate her.

No more obstacles. Kuro attacked the Airs.

"!?"

But reality again makes Kuro surprised when Pandora reappears and holds back Kuro's attack.

"Why are you protecting her?"

Kuro slashed Pandora. Once, twice, three times or even many times. Every slash obliterates Pandora's existence, but Pandora always returns.

"It's none of your business!!"

"Then be quiet!!!

Kuro's eyes for a moment glowed. That's a sign he's using Authority. In this situation, the one he chose was Dominator.

Pandora's body could not move. Even he could not use magic and could only put on an annoyed face.

Dominator's powers are controllers like Eyes of Balor's abilities. This authority became the basis that Kuro used when using other people's magic arm.

Unfortunately, despite his extraordinary abilities, Kuro was unable to use Dominator's powers completely. He can curb Pandora, but it only happens for a moment.

"Nobody's in the way anymore. It's time to end this, Black."

"Indeed in combat power I will lose. Moreover, this body is completely useless."

Airs smiled broadly as if he was not afraid at all.

"But I told you. I don't control this body at all. And you must remember, if a person uses Cursed Arm, they are someone who has a goal that they want to achieve despite sacrificing their life. King, do you know the purpose of this kid?"

"..."

Kuro doesn't care about Airs bullshit. He attacked and targeted the vital part with the intention of finishing him off.

Thanks to the Doll effect, all attacks were indeed diverted, but it would be useless on his dark power. Maybe he'll get into trouble after the Battle War is over, but he doesn't care about the danger that Eyes of Balor poses.

But before the sword touched the body of Airs, Airs suddenly disappeared into smoke and Kuro hit the empty air.

"..."

In an instant the scenery around Kuro instantly changed. From the iron sand forest filled with snow was replaced with a luxurious house with a spacious courtyard.

Trees are arranged so neatly along with well-kept flowers that are full of life.

For those without eye power, they must immediately think this is an illusion. But in reality, the scene that was happening right now was the result of the transforming power.

More precisely if called Airs turn the entire iron sand forest into a luxury home.

The question is, whose house is it?

"!?"

It was then that a little girl was running around in the courtyard. He was playing with a middle-aged male servant who looked so friendly.

Happiness comes from both. There is an affection that is clearly visible even though it is invisible to the eye.

Kuro subconsciously gave a small smile at this beautiful sight, but his smile was slowly changing with a wry smile.

The heartwarming sight changed when the girl accidentally fell. It was then that the iron sand sand appeared out of nowhere to protect the little girl.

The man looked worried and tried to get closer, but that was when the iron sand sand attacked the man and threw him hard.

The girl immediately tried to get closer to help, but she stopped because she realized it would only make the middle-aged man hurt again.

"Why did you show me all this?"

Kuro said that in a flat tone as if completely uninterested.

Indeed indeed.

"I never wanted to show you this, but this is the way this kid takes revenge. Well. Since this is already a contract, I have no choice but to show you this show."

Airs replied, but his figure was completely invisible. He was like someone behind the stage.

"What a boring way."

"Maybe, but for others it's not like that. You've already noticed, haven't you?"

"..."

The scenery changed again. The little girl began to grow and her beauty began to look pampering the people around her.

But all that is not an excuse for people to approach him. Precisely they were getting away because at the same time, the beautiful figure was increasingly becoming a monster hiding behind a beautiful face.

The iron sand that always protected him was getting out of control. Even the servants who were in the house one by one started to stop for fear of getting hurt.

Slowly, the girl began to close her heart to others. He does not believe in others or in himself.

A world full of color is now reduced to ashes.

Then one day, the little girl spoke to someone. But a person is neither a human nor an animal figure, but a black box that has no life.

It changes everything. From a monster, it now turned into a terrifying strange figure.

Even so, there were still those who sided with the girl. The elderly man and one of the servants were still loyal to their family.

They were all the light and hope that was still left of his life.

Even though the girl hurt them sometimes, they all just smiled and said everything would be fine.

"From here it will begin .."

"Like that..."

The scenery changed again.

One day, their home came upon several Knights who wanted to meet their parents. Due to the arrival of the Knights, this had become commonplace in the house.

Even so, it did not make the girl close to them. Precisely because he had once injured a Knight by accident, the girl closed her heart to them.

The girl played alone in the courtyard accompanied by a black cube that floated in the empty air. Even though he had no friends, he looked so happy.

But that happiness did not last long.

Suddenly a loud explosion occurred from the inside of the house. The girl trembled in fear, but she remembered that the explosion had come from where her mother was.

With a trembling body, he stepped his feet into the place of his mother. She was sure with her mother's strength, she would definitely be fine. He believed that.

But what he saw was the opposite of what he expected. She found her mother lying on the floor with a sword piercing her chest and blood splattered all over.

No need to think much, everyone knows what's going on there. His beloved mother, his light was killed by that Knight.

That's when something in the little girl's heart breaks.

The girl then shouted hysterically. Grief, anger, disappointment, despair mixed into one forming a darkness.

The Knights noticed the girl's presence and abnormality and attempted to kill her.

That's when a servant tried to protect her. But all of that was in vain. The Knights did not press and just went straight for the little girl.

Then everything turned dark swallowed by the darkness.

Slowly the light came back revealing everything that was happening.

Iron sand filled the entire place forming a sinister forest with full of dark aura. The Knights who attacked became iron sand dishes. Their bodies are shapeless again. Even the maid who protected the little girl was no different.

There's only that girl. Crying, alone because the person who is precious to him has not gone forever.

All of those sights then disappeared and returned to the iron sand forest where Pandora was still completely motionless. But for the first time a shadow appeared on his face.

"..."

Kuro just fell silent. He didn't seem to care or be surprised.

All could see that what Airs had just shown was what was described as one of the saddest tragedies in the empire.

As a former Shadow Knight, the truth about this tragedy is something Kuro has learned and known.

Then he remembered something quite important.

".... Could it be you..?"

"You already know this. The one who is willing to do everything for revenge is the one who lost everything."

They think because they have lost everything, it's okay to lose what's left. Even if it is their soul.

As a person who was on the same path, Kuro could understand what Airs was doing.

But-the

"If everything you do is your way of revenge, you're making one big mistake."

Kuro pulled his sword to the side. The aura of darkness that originally enveloped the sword turned even denser and fused until it turned the white sword Kuro into a dark black sword.

Dark swords.

"Fila has become a precious person to me. And you tried to hurt him. That's enough of a reason to destroy you with that stupid thing you're wearing."

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[Daughter of Norn, could it be that what we saw was.].

{...}

Norn can't answer.

The scenery shown to Kuro can also be clearly seen by all the spectators who watched the Battle War. In other words, everyone knew the truth about the tragedy that befell the Irho family.

But that's not the main problem.

(He wanted to show that Fila was a monster. It's a really nasty way of revenge.)

The incident was not so different from what was reported to the public. Not surprisingly, many who sympathize with the Irho family until now.

But by showing it earlier, that sympathy might turn into fear.

Then the real evidence of the incident was also seen in the Battle War this time. So, even though Kuro could defeat the Airs, it would not change much the result Fila received.

(Another issue that is no less important is how can the child use Eyes of Balor?)

Norn glanced at the emperor.

(In the case of the former Skullia Crystal, the father let the Cursed Arm be taken by the enemy in order to gain influence and debt from Dragonia, but this cannot be compared to that matter)

The power of Eyes of Balor could not be compared to a Skullia Crystal. Even a country would be easily destroyed if the Cursed Arm was misused.

As someone who attaches importance to the interests of the people more than anyone, there is no way the emperor will let the Eyes of Balor just like that.

(In other words there was a third party who obtained Eyes of Balor and had the child use it. This is so outrageous)

Norn clicked his tongue because he felt annoyed and angry.

But he quickly calmed down. Now the more important thing is to address this problem.

{Sorry, I'm a little dreamy. I was also surprised by what actually happened}

[Then is that true?]

Norn nodded.

{I can't say anything more, but it's like that. Back then, there was a party who used magic herbs to transform into acquaintances of the family of General Irho. And utilizing insiders, they managed revenge}

The cases experienced by General Irho and his family are fairly rare in the empire. Even many think only fools want to make the effort.

But in addition to many enemies, many parties are trying to bring down General Irho, it is not strange if there is a gap that the enemy uses for revenge.

[Then why would Airs want to show us all this? Did he want to show the tragedy so that everyone would know?]

{No. From this incident I can guess that Airs was one of the family members who were victims in the incident}

[Could it be one of the Kni-?!]

{As you may think, he is a person with a family relationship with the servant at General Irho's house. Then the reason why he did all this, of course as you can see.}

[....]

No need to say anymore, everyone already knows what Norn wants to say.

{The one who killed the waiter was Fila}

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Even though they are good friends, there is no reason to give up on each other. That is the situation that is happening to Laila and Mitra at the moment.

After showing fighting intent, there was no reason for Laila to hold back.

He prepared to fight by unsheathing Scarflare towards Mitra, but that was when the iron sand forest turned into a mansion. And both of them saw all those pitiful sights.

"I've guessed it.."

"What do you mean?"

"You know I'm pretty good at sensory-type magic. Ever since the Battle War started, I've felt something ominous. At first I thought it was from your husband, but it changed everything."

"Then this becomes an additional reason not to do this now."

Laila darted towards Kuro and ignored Mitra.

Mitra saw it just sighing. She uses Ice Rope's restraining magic to stop Laila, but Laila easily dodges.

The partner then uses a slightly larger magic. The 50-meter-long ice wall is semi-circular with a height of 10 meters.

Mitra hopes it will stop Laila, but that hope is in vain when Laila easily jumps 20 meters high and flies off with sword wings.

"..."

Mitra sighed inwardly and was at once amazed, but she had to stop Laila immediately or it was too late.

Having no choice, Mitra uses magic that she doesn't want to use.

"Leviathan!!"

A 25 meter ice dragon appeared and stopped Laila from the front. Although large, Leviathan is quite agile to be able to catch up and block Laila.

"Can you calm down. It's just that if you go there, it'll trouble your husband."

"..what do you mean?"

Laila finally listened. Laila then went down and approached Mitra.

"If what the Airs used was Cursed Arm as I thought, there was a chance that he could control the people around him. You understand what I mean?"

" ..."

That was the most unexpected thing. No matter how strong Kuro is, he won't be able to fight Laila. The person who is most precious to Kuro right now.

Despite the weight, Laila has to admit that she owes Mitra a debt.

"Just relax, despite having extraordinary abilities, each Cursed Arm has the same characteristics. How much power comes depends on the potential of the user. So I don't think the Airs will have much influence. It's just, getting close might not be the right choice for now."

"...but given the events in Dragonia, there is a possibility that the Cursed Arm will rise completely even if only temporarily."

"!?"

"You don't mind that?"

The seriousness was evident from Laila's gaze behind her so calm words.

"If true, it would be an additional reason not to approach. If he rises, not only you, but all the disciples on this island will be enemies of your husband. Do you understand?"

"..."

Laila bit her lower lip. He knew it was a difficult situation.

It was then that she remembered who her husband was. It makes his heart better.

"Despite that, I believe Kuro will be able to solve all of this. After all, he was the one who had once been called the Demon King."

"..."