
In the forest near Drageass, there was a small river whose water was clear and could be used as a mirror. The water is still not polluted and is still pure from nature so it can be drunk directly. This is proof that nature in that place is still maintained its purity and almost untouched by human hands.
Some small fish swim nimble between the rocks and occasionally against the current.
On the riverbank, a black-haired young man was washing his face to refresh his slightly blurred vision.
Fresh, soothing and cold. That sensation was what Kuro felt. Unfortunately it all could not eliminate the anxious feelings that had haunted him since.
He sighed as he looked at the image of his face in the water mirror, precisely one of the colors of his pupils that was different from usual.
"....i had expected this to happen, but I didn't expect it to happen so soon. Could it be because I'm overreacting?"
Kuro complained as he glanced at the image of his white right eye like a mirror.
This is nothing new for Kuro. Every time he experienced this, he would get closer to the figure of 'it'. Unfortunately, there is no point in regretting.
If you say a side effect, then it is not wrong, but also not true. It was just that when his eyes turned white, the world he saw would change.
If he closed his left eye, he would see the whole world into a breathtaking scene like a moving little star. But Kuro knew it wasn't a star. The little star was just an infinite amount of natural energy.
If it closed its right eye, that amazing world instantly disappeared and became a normal world that remained beautiful, but ordinary.
"God.. "
Kuro's mouth spits blood once more. He spewed it into the river in front of him and made the water reddish before turning white again due to the current.
This was not a side effect of his discolored eyes, but the effect of a magic implanted in his body since childhood. A small, flickering magic circle will appear if Kuro's energy is unstable, at the same time it will force Kuro's energy back to stable.
Unfortunately, this method was like opening a locked door by force. There is a consequence if the energy in his body is forcibly stabilized in the form of internal injuries that are quite painful.
Usually to avoid this, Kuro is always reclusive and aloof to stabilize his energy, but that takes quite a long time.
It had been 5 days since he had used the Cursed Blade Art, usually the energy in Kuro's body started to stabilize and he could fight normally, but since he had no time to get imprisoned, it was because he did not have time to get imprisoned, here's what happened.
Kuro washed his mouth to wash away the remaining blood.
His white eyes were not something he kept a secret, even Electra actually knew about Kuro's eyes, but because of "Alice's Memories", Kuro's white eyes became a problem that could shock the world.
Alice's Memories, it is the memory of the girl named Alice and a mysterious young man named Shiroyasha.
Not much is known about Shiroyasha. There was even a suggestion that Shiroyasha's name was not the name of the young man.
In short, the young man was very mysterious.
But one thing was certain, Shiroyasha had the strength of a Paladin equivalent, unfortunately her strength was also arguably abnormal for being a paladin at such a young age.
But what was more abnormal was the appearance of the Demon King who had suddenly arrived from another world. His strength was even equivalent to 72 Paladins. If he was called a god or even a God, that was the exact description.
Unfortunately the Demon King used his power to destroy the world.
But the surprising thing about the Demon King was that he also used a white katana sword like Shiroyasha had. It was no wonder that there was a guess to the true identity of the Demon King was Shiroyasha.
But there was another conjecture that Shiroyasha and the Demon King were actually from the same world. White sword weapons were probably common weapons in their world, so it was only natural that they had white swords.
Unfortunately, no one knows for sure the truth.
is Shiroyasha the Demon King?
did the Demon King kill Alice and Shiroyasha and use Shiroyasha's sword to destroy the world?
or not both?
The only clue to the truth is the Grimoire of Truth.
While Kuro's problem is, his white eyes are proof that he is a descendant of Shiroyasha.
If the person who wanted to resurrect the Demon King knew this, what would they do?
Kuro's quiet life will probably be ruined in an instant and the person he cares about will most likely be targeted.
To prevent this, Electra asks Kuro to keep her identity a secret. At least until the truth about Shiroyasha is known.
Kuro picked up his white sword lying beside him.
In addition to the white eyes, his white sword was also proof that he was a descendant of Shiroyasha. And if Shiroyasha was the Demon King, it meant that Kuro might as well be the Demon King that destroyed the world.
Honey, Kuro doesn't have time to do that.
After taking Lic, Kuro ran towards the middle of the forest. There's a special place for Kuro. You could say that place has a memory of being with people who were once close to Kuro.
Might as well. He doesn't really remember who he is. It's just, he's so missed.
He jumped, ran through the thickets. He has memorized the ins and outs of the forest which is actually not too different from the Rukia forest.
He saw the light in front of him. Kuro smiled slightly and jumped towards the light that was slowly swallowing him.
Kuro stop. Kuro finally arrived at a place that could be called a small paradise in the middle of the forest. In front of him a large and old tree flourished and did not look shaky in the slightest.
Kuro approached, then touched the tree with his right hand. He closed his eyes and told me everything that happened. But what Kuro wanted to tell me the most was about Laila. The most valuable person in the world right now.
At the same time, Kuro sensed an unusual energy coming from two different sources. One feels scary, but one feels soothing and comfortable.
That terrifying source of energy came from Skullia Cristal who was one of the strongest and most dangerous Cursed Arm, but the real source was a demon sealed within the Cursed Arm.
Surprisingly enough, no, Kuro had guessed that Deon had not completely lost control of him. Instead Deon seems to have made a certain deal with Skullia Cristal.
Yep. Only by making a deal was the only way to be able to use demonic-powers.
Kuro just smiled a little.
While the warm energy comes from someone who is unexpected. With his white eyes, Kuro could feel the great energy of a person wearing a black robe.
Shadowless. The mysterious person, no, the girl really has extraordinary powers, unfortunately it seems that the power is unstable like Kuro's.
Shadow who can use Ki and Magic, it means that the side effects that Shadow receives are also greater.
A huge shadow passed over Kuro. Not just one, there are more than hundreds. It was Necrodra who was flying towards Fafnir's palace.
" .........let's start..the fight to determine the fate of this world, King!"
Kuro heard Deon's scream clearly. Kuro only fell silent because he knew the scream was not from Deon, but the demon that started eating Deon's mind.
Although Kuro's nicknames were King of Sword and Witch Reaper, only a few people in this world called Kuro by the nickname King.
(........)
Kuro opened his eyes. His white eyes always shed tears of blood every time to that place because they remember memories that do not want to be remembered.
Kuro then turned his head towards the figure of a woman wearing a black robe that made her face invisible. If it resembled a death god, Shadow was indeed similar, but to Kuro she was only a girl.
"It looks like I'm getting an unexpected visitor, so why are you here?"
"........."
Shadow was silent.
"Aren't you supposed to go where that guy went?" ask Kuro again.
".........it's true."
Unexpectedly, Shadow replied with a male voice that sounded gallant, but Kuro already knew Shadow was a woman.
"...sadly I saw someone who might get in my way, so it's only natural that I'd want to stop by."
"Almost to kill me?..honestly, I'd rather we didn't fight each other. Why don't we sit down and have some hot tea?"
"......."
"But before that, isn't it rude to use someone else's voice, Miss Shadow-san?"
"........ahha ha ha .."
Shadow laughed, but slowly her voice turned into a pretty sexy female voice. But Kuro still doesn't know if the voice is Shadow's original or not.
The troublesome girl, that was Kuro's impression of Shadow.
"The descendants of Shiroyasha are amazing. I can't seem to hide from Eyes of Origin"
Kuro's white eyes are called Eyes of Origin or eyes of origin. Eyes that can see all the truth in the world.
Shiroyasha also had Eyes of Origin, which is why she was arguably one of the strongest Paladins of the era.
Not much is known about the Two of Origin because the power of the eye is also mysterious.
"Neee... Why don't you join me? With us, Liberia."
"Liberian?" Kuro narrowed his eyes. "Is that what your organization calls it?"
"Yes. As you know, we're a collection of organizations, hm? Rather than an organization, it may be more suitable to be called****..fu fu...."
"Now do you admit that you are******** right? You really know how to make me laugh."
Kuro smiled slightly.
"So how? Did you accept my offer? If you join us, I can guarantee the safety of your lover, or if you want, I can also guarantee the safety of the entire Blad clan. You're the kind of person who doesn't care what happens to the world, I don't think my offer is bad."
Kuro sharpened his eyes once more because he realized something bad from Shadow's words.
"so apparently. You know about me and all of us. Then, then this is easy.....if you want to make me join you. Tell your true purpose. That way I can decide if I'll join you guys or not."
Kuro leaned his body against the tree casually. Although he looked relaxed, he remained vigilant because he did not know what Shadow was doing.
This is a chance to find out about their enemies. Kuro did not want to waste this, but Shadow must have also realized Kuro's intentions.
"Don't you know? Liberia wants to resurrect the Demon King?"
"Then?"
"Hn?"
Shadow looked surprised.
"Then after awakening the Demon King, what did you do to the monster? You're not planning on controlling that monster, are you?"
Controlling the Demon King was impossible. His extraordinary strength and ability to destroy the world is proof that he is the only Demon King who is the bearer of disaster.
"Of course not. We can't possibly control the monster, but he'll definitely cooperate with us."
Kuro heard something unexpected and impossible.
But Shadow said that with confidence. Liberia must have had some sort of ace capable of that. And that makes Liberia more dangerous than it seems.
The situation is getting worse for Kuro.
"What do you mean?"
"I think this is all I can say right now. But I'll tell you everything if you want to join. For now, choose whether you stand in my way and become my enemy. It also means we fight each other here to kill. Or you join me and live."
"Hmmm.. "
Kuro thought.
If he fought Shadow, he would lose because of their considerable difference in strength.
But if he joins, it means he becomes the enemy of the person he cares about.
Kuro smiled slightly. He knew the answer from the beginning, so he didn't really have to think.
"For now I'll see what you're doing."
Kuro made the third choice. He was a person who did not want to be controlled, so he would definitely make his own choice.
"......"
"Don't worry, I won't stand in your way. But I won't help you either. I honestly hate a liar like you. But unfortunately I won't stay silent if you bother people who are valuable to me. This is my first and last warning."
"....fu fu... You say it's like you can beat me whenever you want, but we know who's stronger here."
Kuro just smiled a little. Even though what Shadow said was true, he must not lose his composure. But that doesn't mean he's not prepared for the worst.
"But that's okay, I can kill you anytime. So for now I won't touch your precious friend, ..but I don't know if 'She' would do that. fufu fu..."
"Him? You mean Deon? Don't worry, my friend is that weak. But thank you for worrying about them. "
"Fufu fu.. are you sure? Aren't you the one who doesn't want to regret anymore?"
"........"
Slowly, Shadow's body disappeared like fire.
"Don't forget, 'you are the one who is destined to always suffer. That is the destiny of the owners of Eyes of Origin. And I think you already know this more than anyone?"
Shadow completely disappeared from Kuro's sight.
While Kuro immediately gritted his teeth, but slowly he began to dampen his anger.
"Yes. I know that, but I don't want to hear that from a fake body. If you want to talk, I hope we can talk over tea when.."
Kuro sighed and sat down while leaning his body on the tree. He closed his eyes and once again remembered something he did not want to remember, namely that his regret could not save the most precious person in his life.
As he closed his eyes, he could hear the sounds of fighting happening in the city of Drageass.
The Drageass capital was now filled with burning flames in various places that came from Dragon Breath.
The battle between the Dragon Knight and Necrodra occurred throughout the city that was already level with the ground.
The Anti Dragon Cannon shot at the flying Necrodra, but only managed to take down a few Necrodra. This is natural because Necrodra moves agilely and is able to dodge well.
Meanwhile, Ruby and Shapira attack Necrodra who came to Fafnir's palace and intend to destroy the shield by using Laser Breath which is capable of killing 5-10 Necrodra at once. The two of them could destroy more if fighting outside, but Kuro ordered Ruby to fight inside because she did not know the strength of the enemy.
On one of the roofs of the building, a man wearing a black robe stood at the end of a pole with an incredible balance. This girl is the real Shadow.
With magic capable of manipulating shadows, Shadow makes an imitation of himself to replace himself meeting Kuro, but because of Kuro's Eyes of Origin, he is instantly caught.
Blue hair on her cheeks. At the same time tears flowed and dripped onto the ground.
"....... You never change, always attach importance to the interests and happiness of others. When you try to be happy, suffering is what you get.."
Shadow received a crushing attack. His body was engulfed in flames, but in an instant the flames disappeared like they were swallowed by something.
As the flames dissipated, Shadow's completely unharmed body was seen. Even his black robe was unscratched and looked new.
Shadow smile.
The Dragon and Dragon Knight who attacked Shadow could only widen its eyes because for the first time it saw an unharmed human after receiving an attack capable of turning a human into dust in an instant.
The Dragon Knight realized the person in front of him was not something worthy of being called a human anymore.
"....you always suffer, but do not worry, I will take away your suffering... "
8 black magic circles appeared around Shadow. From each magic circle comes a different light. Light blue, brown, ash ash, red, green, black, light blue, and yellowish.
Those eight lights represented every magic element. Shadow could use his magic to mimic the magic of others, it was no wonder that he could use all the elements, but that was not all that shadow could do.
"..... The Darkness Magic Art. 'Dark End"
The eight lights merged and distorted so that it turned into a dark black sphere. Even more than the darkness itself.
The black sphere was pointed towards the Dragon Knight who was already preparing to flee due to feeling an unusual mana pressure.
But it's too late. The black sphere attacked the Dragon Knight and swallowed the dragon and dragon tamer that rode him into eternal darkness.
After that the ball grew and exploded like a bomb that spread out in all directions and swallowed everything into the darkness. The building, the Dragon Knight, Necrodra were all engulfed in darkness and left nothing as if it had simply vanished.
This was the power that the Demon King once wielded, the element of darkness, the Darkness Art.
".........."
There is no word from Shadow. After he destroyed the Dragon Knight and what was in front of him was without rest, he disappeared.
But the evidence of strength he showed had left everyone dumbfounded and forgotten that they were fighting.
There was no other dark magician other than the Demon King. This is because the element of darkness is the opposite element to the sacred element.
The sacred element was able to eliminate magic in an instant, but the darkness element was a combination of 8 magic elements. This was the reason why no magician other than the Demon King could use the element of darkness.
This has long been known and of course every country on the Orladist continent has done research to create witches that are able to use 8 elements, but until now it is still a failure.
"Is that the power that was once used to destroy the world? ..interesting.."
Louis smiled because he found something interesting.
"Don't joke. We won't survive if the monster uses that kind of magic again."
In the basement, Draig and Louis observe and lead the fight from afar. At first glance this looks like a coward, but they are the best leaders and strategists in Dragonia.
Draig and Louis are not fighting types. They could be said to be someone who leads from afar and controls pawns. This is what they used in the last 10 days in the face of Necrodra's attack, but this time it was the biggest attack so far. Winning a fight is difficult for them.
"I don't think we're gonna see that dark magic for a while."
"What do you mean?"
"Did you forget what happened when you were trying to create the element of darkness?"
"Of course I didn't forget. It was a failure and took too many casualties."
Dragonia who also conducted the experiment finally understood why the existence of the Demon King was so special.
In order to try to imitate the strength of the Demon King, they still could not understand how to combine more than 3 elements in one body.
A Demon King capable of using 8 elements in one body was something that should have been impossible and never existed. If it is called a God, then it is appropriate.
"Yes. I'm sure Shadow is the same. Although he can use the power of a Demon King, I'm sure he can't use it too often. What I don't understand is why did he bother to use that power just to finish off our soldiers? If he used the power earlier, he should be able to destroy the shield easily and we'll be done right away."
"....."
Draig also thought the same way as Louis.
"Hmmm...we think about this later, the most important thing is what the current battle status is?"
"Dragon Knight who is still fighting around 110, the wounded we have brought to the healing place. The number of enemies is still around 180, but from the hill Dragon Grave detected the second wave Necrodra will arrive within 1 hour." reported one of Louis' men.
"What's the status of the Anti Dragon cannon?"
"At the moment the Anti Dragon cannon is still functioning at around 60%" reported the other men.
"Hm. our condition is not too bad, but we will be destroyed if the second wave attack comes."
Louis realized he would lose if such conditions continued.
"There's no other option, we use the Knight Gear to finish off Necrodra as quickly as possible. I agree, right?"
"It's okay" replied Draig. "If we do not destroy them immediately, we will be harmed in this battle. Just do what needs to be done as long as you win."
Louis smiled a little.
"Alright, deploy all Knight Gear troops! Finish off all the enemies at full power!!"
"All right!!"
All the operators immediately seemed busy contacting someone and compartmentalizing the computer in front of them.
At the same time the floor in the city split into two once again. This time there appeared a metal figure of two meters in human form. But a human wearing thick and heavy dragon-shaped armor.
Yep. They were wearing artificial Dragon Gears.
They number in the tens, and reach hundreds in a matter of seconds. The Knight Gear troops unhesitatingly attacked Necrodra with punches, swords, kicks, even Dragon Breaths that were not too big, but because of the number of Knight Gear more, they were able to win quickly.
Knight Gear not only makes the Knight have powers such as using Dragon Gear, but also extraordinary defense.
Despite being hit by Dragon Breath, the claw, or the Necrodra's tail slash, none of them were injured.
The appearance of Khight Gear has changed the state of battle so that victory is on the side of Dragonia.
"Tch, they finally pulled out the toy. It seems that now the development of Knight Gear is only getting more advanced, but-"
Deon raised his sword high up. A blackish-purple light shone brightly filled the sky of the city.
At the same time, the 5 Necrodras who had previously fought by themselves gathered. But not just gathering. They collided then slowly merged into one.
Large, black, has 5 heads and 5 tails. That is the form of Necrodra which is now transformed into the Ultimate Necrodra. They possessed strength almost on par with Dragon King Class and were dozens of times stronger than ordinary Necrodra.
The Dragon Knight and Knight Gear Army were undaunted and fought the over 25 Ultimate Necrodra.
But Ultimate Necrodra did not stay silent and attacked first.5 their mouths prepared to take out the Dragon Breath. Not only that, they merged the 5 Dragon Breath into one.
The Dragon Breath was shot at high speed into a group of Dragon Knights and Knight Gear troops. Some managed to dodge, but for the unsuccessful ones, they vanished without a remnant.
This is quite surprising considering that Khight Gear is made of powerful Anti-Magic material and is not easily destroyed, but that is the power of Ultimate Necrodra.
"Fufu... Now what are you going to do, Draig?"
Deon smiled with satisfaction. Although victory was on the side of Dragonia, but once again the situation turned around.
In the forest, Kuro finished putting up the contact lenses he had prepared beforehand. The contact lenses that Kuro wears are just ordinary contact lenses, so they are just for hiding his white eyes.
After which, Kuro pressed behind his ears. He turned on a special radio that had been prepared beforehand.
If it is called one of the eye equipment, maybe it is suitable because the radio is indeed devoted to communicating quietly without using magic.
"Test.. test test... Did you all hear me?"
After a noise, sounds began to be heard.
"We can both hear you." (Aldest and Lairo)
"I'm in a position we've planned before. Have we started moving?" (Jinn)
"I'm lost just like we planned. Can you guys do something? The city is starting to get crowded." (Knox)
"We heard you Kuro. As you ordered, we were both still with Diana, but since we couldn't get out, we couldn't do anything." (Charlmilia)
After learning that things were still going according to plan, Kuro began to analyze the circumstances and the situation.
"You've just done the plan we've made, but Aldest, Lairo, how's your investigation going?"
"Don't worry, even though it's a little troublesome, but I just need a little longer. Thank goodness he faced the invading Necrodra..."
"Don't let him die, remember he's your girlfriend!"
"Don't worry, he won't die. fu fu.."
Though a little worried, there was nothing Kuro could do.
"I'm glad to hear that. Jinn.. Knox, you know what you're supposed to do, so don't die."
"Who do you think we are?"
"Don't underestimate me." replied Knox.
After that the connection is cut off.
Kuro held on tightly to Lic. He then moved towards the increasingly chaotic Drageass city by Ultimate Necrodra.
it didn't take long to reach the capital of Drageass.
Battles were fought all over the city and the corpses of dragons and humans lay on the ground. A terrifying sight like hell itself was clearly visible before Kuro's eyes.
He saw a gigantic black dragon spouting Dragon Breath into the Dragon Knight and the Knight Gear army. The one affected by the attack was charred into dust without leaving a trace.
"Is it time to move?"
Kuro glanced at Deon who was still silent above Necrodra like a king.
Although from afar, Kuro can feel an ominous and terrifying energy radiating from Deon.
"It's getting more and more troublesome..."
Kuro immediately jumped right at Deon and attacked him.
The clan!!
Kuro's attack was successfully arrested. Not only that, Kuro's body was pushed backwards due to the difference in strength.
Kuro salted in mid-air before finally landing on one of the Necrodra.
"Hoy hoy hoy...is that the right way to greet an older person? You're a really disrespectful boy."
"It's a pity I don't have time to be polite."
Kuro jumped again and attacked Deon once more. This time twice as fast.
Unfortunately Deon is faster. He fended off Kuro's attacks easily and without any difficulty at all.
Orange sparks and metal sounds rang out filling the fight. The Dragon Knight and the Knight Gear troops who saw their fight could only be dumbfounded by the speed and power displayed by Kuro and Deon.
They are on a different level.
A black aura suddenly appeared on Deon's sword and slowly enveloped him.
"?!"
Realizing Deon's power is increasing, Kuro raises his guard, but Deon is too quick.
Kuro received a hard kick and his body shot down at high speed. A powerful force pushed Kuro up and pierced through the rubble.
Even worse, one of the Ultimate Necrodra was already preparing to attack Kuro using Dragon Breath.
A light suddenly shot towards the Ultimate Necrodra. The light is a Ruby Breath Laser.
Not only did it thwart Ultimate Necrodra's attacks. Ruby also defeated him with a single strike.
After Ultimate Necrodra loses, Ruby lands near the buried Kuro rubble.
Explosions suddenly occurred flying debris in all directions. Kuro then appeared while holding his chest and with a mouth drenched in blood.
"Guh.this is painful."
Ruby just roared small.
"Thank you for helping me, but I can handle this alone. You just beat Ultimate Necrodra."
According to Kuro's orders, Ruby flew towards the Ultimate Necrodra which still left quite a lot.
Kuro then leaped towards Deon once more and landed nearby.
"Since I've been thinking, are you human? Fufu. Now I know that answer."
"Oh.. Is that true? But I'm sure your answer is wrong. You still don't know anything about the truth of this world."
"The truth of the world? Who needs that?I'm just gonna finish you off and destroy this rotten country."
Deon attacks Kuro by accelerating towards Kuro, but Kuro just smiles.
Klanng!!
Deon's attack was captured by Kuro perfectly.
"?!"
"Don't be surprised. You used the Skullia Crystal to enhance your magic, but your body is slowly starting to be unable to withstand that power, right?"
Kuro used Accell Art to slash Deon at a speed that could barely be seen by the eye.
Kuro's attack succeeds and scratches, even cutting off one of Deon's hands, but Kuro's unexpected results are visible.
Not a single blood dripped from Deon's body. The cut hands also slowly re-integrated. Deon is no longer human.
"Now who isn't human here?"
Kuro just smiled a little. That little smile was also a sign of a fight that was actually just beginning.