THE BATTLE OF 1000 SPIRITS

CHAPTER 23: I CANNOT LOSE

Currently Holuka was standing beside a tomb that was nothing but eating Lirisa, Holula's eyes that once shone brightly in hope now looked dark and empty.

A 70-year-old looking man accompanied by many bodyguards walked over to "Holuka, are you sure to actually leave the military? Although the capital has been destroyed and all the royal families in the capital are killed, the Kingdom of Alv is not over yet! As long as nobles and officials like us join forces, it is not impossible to build a capital again. Besides, with all the services you've had all this time, once the capital is rebuilt, then you'll get the post-which".

"Captain", Holuka immediately cut off the old man's words while her eyes continued to gaze towards Lirisa's grave "I thank you for your care all this time, I also know that you're trying to persuade me not to do anything stupid, so I'm very grateful for all your attention. But now that I can't go back, I live alone in this world, with no family left. Even I felt a little tired to live, if not for revenge for Lirisa's death, I might have ended this tiredness a long time ago".

The old man was surprised at what Holuka said, as Holuka's captain from the beginning, he knew what kind of person Holuka was. Even in the midst of a desperate situation when they fight the devil, Holuka remains a spirit and unyielding that helps make other colleagues become excited, therefore Holuka is nicknamed the Spirit of Fire. Not only because of the name of his strength, but he himself was like a fire that never lost its spirit in any situation.

"Holuka, I understand how you feel, everyone must have lost their families as well. But the person who did all this was General Milier Lux, we are not his opponents at all even if we work together. On the other hand, General Milier Lux has also disappeared since the destruction of the capital. A large number of search parties had searched for him everywhere, but there was not the slightest trace he had left behind", the captain tried to persuade Holuka once again because they had long been comrades on the battlefield. Moreover, he considers Holuka not just a subordinate soldier but he considers Holuka as a life and death partner.

Faced with the captain's persuasion, Holuka stared at Lirisa's grave one last time before walking away "Captain, I know what you're doing and why you're doing all this, you're doing it for me. Even if General Milier Lux disappears without a trace, I'll look for him. I may not be his opponent and fail to avenge Lirisa for killing him, but at least I can ask the general something which is why should Lirisa die?".

"When I am killed, I can take it, however my hands are filled with blood, be it bad or good, as long as there is an order from the Kingdom of Alv, I will kill him. But Lirisa was different, she was completely innocent. Not only that, he had never killed anyone else before. Both he and his father were good people who tried to teach poor children to be smart and change their fate. Therefore, even if it fails to kill Mili, I will ask her, why should Lirisa die? Why would he kill Lirisa while I'm still alive?".

After that, Holuka walked away leaving the captain standing still on the spot with a sad face. He was still planning to stop Holuka, the problem was that he did not know how to answer the question Holuka earlier so he remained silent until the figure of Holuka disappeared completely.

When he died, Holuka had never found Mili so the answer to his question had not been found until the end.

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Returning to Holuka whose face had been shattered and Mili's spear was falling towards her, as long as the spear had fallen then Holuka must have been completely dead.

In the midst of despair, Holuka suddenly saw the figure of Lirisa who was among the flower garden.

Although there were a lot of flowers there, Lirisa's eyes were focused on 1 flower that was none other than a rose.

Seeing Lirisa who was attentive to the daritadi roses, Holuka walked over "What's the matter, Lirisa? Looks like you're really interested in those roses".

Hearing Holuka's call, Lirisa regained her senses. He looked towards Holuka with a gentle smile "I feel that you are a bit like a rose, Holuka".

Lirisa holds the red rose in the garden with caution "I think the red color of the rose is the same as the red color in the power of your fire, besides it is like a rose, like a rose, your fire may be as dangerous as a rose with thorns. But there is no denying it, the rose is a very beautiful flower even though there are thorns. After all, the thorns on the rose have another meaning to my opinion of you, isn't it like you always protect me while the thorns on the stem of the rose are meant to protect the flowers? I'm sure you won't lose, whoever you fight because you're the Rose Knight who always protects me".

Holuka who was in despair opened her eyes again, there was a trace of fire in her eyes that had been filled with despair, she muttered "Right, I cannot lose because I am the Rose Knight Lirisa, I will always protect her! Even in this 1000 Spirit Battle, I must have brought back Lirisa to this world as well!".

Holuka held the sword that had not been thrown since the beginning of her hand strongly, she sighed in white smoke before saying "Introduction Flower Core, Protector of the Ring of Fire Roses!".

Mili who was planning on punching Holuka to death was shocked to find a fire sword was thrown rapidly towards him, the speed of the sword was extremely fast without knowing where it came from.

If Mili ignored the sword and focused on killing Holuka, the sword of fire would kill her first which showed how fast the sword moved.

Therefore, Mili pulled out her spear then pierced towards the fire sword that flew over.

"Booooom!".

A loud explosion occurred, Mili was thrown back 5 meters and there was a little trace of burning on his clothes, whereas since the beginning of the fight in the beginning, Holuka's fire never had any effect or hurt him.

Now that Mili was ignoring her slightly burning clothes, she focused on looking at Holuka who was covered in white smoke from the explosion.

Slowly the figure of Holuka emerged from behind the white smoke. Different from before, there were currently 4 fire swords flying around in circles around Holuka like living beings trying to protect its master.

The distance of Holuka and Mili was quite far, but Mili felt the heat coming from the 4 Holuka swords at such a distance that it made him sweat a little.

Holuka looked at Mili with red eyes like fire, she felt no more pain from her shattered face and said coldly "The real fight is just beginning, Mili! Prepare yourself, from now on I will use everything I have to kill you".

Mili took a breath and put on a fighting position, he held his spear using his 2 hands while smiling "It seems like the fight this time will be very troublesome! I'm sorry sir, I may take longer to fight this enemy".