The Sended's

Chapter 78: Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat

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I reopened my eyes to the body of this rune, only to see Yuuna who was crying over me while holding onto myself who had previously been lying helplessly. Seeing her crying doesn't feel good.

But I must not linger in this position, because as far as I know Gressila is launching her spear shadow towards Yuuna, towards me

"Once your cry is Yuuna,"

"Eh...?"

Without further ado, I used my acceleration ability to stand up, facing Gressila once again who was unsurprisingly surprised to see me reawakening from the death she had previously given herself

The barrier!

Gressila should be able to break my barrier again easily, but she pulled her shadow back due to her shock

Surprisingly my body became light again, like before the attack Gressila-no. I think my body was as light as I was in the previous world, the body of Tadashii Ryuu who was trained in swinging swords.

"Sister Ryuu?" Yuuna asked amazed to see me

"We shouldn't die so easily right, Yuuna? After all, our presence here is quite fraudulent, let me show you that, Demon General Gressila,"

"You rise from the dead only to feel it again!" He launched dozens of shadows of his spear towards me which was impossible to resist with the barrier

"Trust me, Gressila, this isn't even my second time,"

I took a deep breath

If that's what the god said then I should be able to summon my sword just by saying its name, but what name would I give it to my sword?

There was only one name that flashed through my mind at the moment, and probably due to being affected from Yuuna's katana as well. That was...

"Yinagi!"

Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi, or the heavenly cloud-gathering sword, is the name of the sword that the god Susanoo acquired when he killed the eight-headed dragon monster Yamata no Orochi

It is said that after Susanoo cut off the dragon's head one by one, he went to his tail to be cut off as well, but on the fourth tail he found a sword that was inside Yamata no Orochi's body

He named the sword Ame no Murakamo no Tsurugi.

Several generations later, during the reign of Emperor Keiko, the prince of Osu or Yamato Takeru for his bravery, he received the sword from his aunt, who was the guardian of the great temple of Amaterasu in Ise

There was a time when prince Osu was deceived by his enemy, he was led to a meadow and trapped there by a fire that was lit round from the burning grass burned by fire arrows, it seemed to lock him in the middle and just wait for Prince Osu to burn alive

At this tense time, prince Osu swung the sword Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi gave to him by his aunt, mowing the grass and stopping the flames around him

That was the initial goal of Prince Osu, but he learned that his sword could control the wind by bringing the wind in line with the swing of his sword

So he swung the fire carried away by the wind and gave the slash of fire to the enemies who deceived him.

From then on he changed the name of his sword to Kusanagi no Tsurugi or grass cutter...

I know it's not a beautiful name, but an excuse.

prince Osu named his sword as it was because he wanted to remember the incident on the edge of the death cliff.

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A katana appeared in front of me, just floating by emitting a bright golden light like looking directly at the sun. Without a second thought I grabbed it and grasped it tightly, when I did it the light dimmed a little

Oh well. time to chop up a Devil.

If that God really granted my request, then cut off this damn cursed shadow!

"W-Well..."

It's really cut off

Although I hesitated to swing this sword with all my might for fear of the sword being destroyed like before, but even with that it still remained cut off as well...

Nawat, I started to remember what it was like to slaughter a division. I just vent it on Gressila, maybe it doesn't matter because he's an enemy.

"What's that...?" Gressila did not expect that her shadow could be cut by me

"The weapon to kill you,"

I darted forward, straight towards Gressila quickly using the acceleration skill, this time no trick, I will slash it.

"Curtain! Let's see who's faster!" Exclaims

But what he meant was not an attack for me but rather he again pointed his spear shadow at Yuuna back there

I don't know why I hesitated with my acceleration skill and intended to retreat to save Yuuna again, but apparently Yuuna was able to dodge by herself, for a moment I forgot that she was the fastest...

But since I lost my focus, I guess my attack won't work so I'll keep retreating.

"Are you okay, Yuuna?"

"Yes, I can at least avoid it so don't worry about me Ryuu's sister," W-Wah?

It is not time to be amazed because of that, I will end this fight now. Action time!

Gressila who should have been fed up with using all her abilities on me, she launched her shadow, dozens, at me. But let's try to believe in my acceleration skill this time

Acceleration!

Super quickly I chopped up the shadows that Gressila sent into very thin parts like strands of hair, oh really I enjoy this

"Death!! Lowly creature!!"

Teleportation!

I headed to the back of Gressila exactly and let the rest of her shadow stick to my previous position near Yuuna

"The dead are you, damned creature,"

He drew his entire shadow and made a ball-like barrier to cover his entire body.

Let's do a test run

I want to cut the shadow that protects Gressila.

Kuayunkan Kusanagi me and it tore Gressila's shadow barrier like tearing a plastic bubble with a knife. It was so much fun until I grinned by myself

Hm? Oho! Gressila was already visible after I ripped off this bubble of her shadow, and she seemed to be very shocked and frightened

Making a Demon General scared.... Is that a great achievement? I don't know

"Haha.... Ahahaha! Hello Gressila! Then I'll see you in hell, where you demons should be,"

"D-Dam..."

I cut off his head as soon as I said that. No tricks, Gressila is completely finished this time, her entire shadow is fading and her body has fallen lying on the same ground since we started the fight

With him, Kusanagi's sword in my hand disappeared slowly without leaving anything behind. I also feel the side effects now, the mana left in my body is only half less, according to what God said

Then I must again increase my capacity, even though I do not intend to continue to use Kusanagi's sword against each of my enemies... It seems like cheating.

"Sir Ryuu... Are you okay?"

"Hmm? Well it feels like rising from the dead," I replied to Yuuna's question

"But you did rise from the dead" I know...

"Well what are we gonna do with Gressila's body?" Continue asking him

First of all I wanted to convey my admiration because the blood of the Devil was apparently surprisingly red, yet that meant they were no different from middle-class beings like us

Elves and Dwarves also have similar blood colors, they are in class with us humans and Devils

I don't know what color the Seraphim blood is but I hope it's gold or white...

"Looks like we should bury him here,"

I used earth magic to drown Gressila's body which..... had already split into two pieces into the ground and buried her back into the coffin down there, this time I think she really died?

The color of the soil in this area is also slowly becoming the same as the soil in other forest areas, a bird has also been perched on a tree near here for the first time

"That's really practical huh. I mean your magic," Yuuna said.

"Why didn't you learn it for yourself? It's very useful, you can do things more easily,"

"I'll do it later, now I think I'll learn the art of swordsmanship further,"

Learning the sword again...? Maybe it became his obsession

"I've decided, I'll join you guys" he continued

"Really?"

"Well, why don't you believe it?" W-Well, aren't there a lot of things that make me not believe?

I didn't expect him to join just like this...

"You saved my life, Brother Ryuu... M-Maybe with this I can return the favor," he said again

"Is that so? You called me brother, didn't you?"

"E-Eh? J-Don't be clarified!"

"No, that's not what I mean, but if that's the case then you should call two other people by that name, too,"

"If you can tell what the names of these two people are?" Ask Yuuna

"Well, you know yourself,"

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This is the first time the appointment of a new minister speech which was also the first time the broadcasting of magic was carried out throughout the Ruby region, well.

The minister I was referring to was Yuuna, she was appointed economy minister by Kyouka on my recommendation

This is not nepotism or anything, because Yuuna said he was a prospective student in economics so I believe he has enough knowledge. He also did not refuse, nor did Kyouka and Maou who were happy with Yuuna's presence

Although it didn't go well at first...

"R-R-R-R-R! Is he your son?!" Kyouka spilled her tea in her office when I brought Yuuna in

"Hey!"

"Ryuu, didn't you say you weren't interested in men because you used to be a man?" Ask Maou who was there too

"Listen to me first, damn it!"

Yuuna is indeed very similar to me, maybe we are destined to be twin brothers I don't know.

My eyes are red like blood, while Yuuna is golden like?

My current outfit is a tight-fitting white military uniform with many glittering badges exposed to the sun on my chest, this is Kyouka's choice entirely.

I'm telling you right now because I usually just use my old red warm coat.

That was because today was a special day where we Kyouka, Maou, me, and Yuuna would be airing live throughout the entire Kingdom where Yuuna would make a short speech about her appointment

"...We are now at the stage of the greatest expansion in human history, where we are taking action here in the Eastern Continent, and must begin preparations in the Western Continent. Where the war against the Ming is still not over, and domestic interests must not be forgotten, in this case it is the economy, a task that I must undertake and manage.

I can vouch for my words to you Ruby people, as I have said to those in the seat of government: I can offer nothing but blood, hard work, he said, tears, and sweat."