"What, to?

Lucius looked at his left arm, which fell to the ground, and opened his eyes with dismay. and, at the same time, wave your sword reflexively towards Rio behind you with skilled combat experience.

But that slaughter won't come true capturing Rio's body, but it vaguely cuts open the sky. Rio took the backstep and took the distance, looking at Lucius with a cold eye.

(Stupid? Couldn't react?... this me)

Lucius stares at Rio with swordswallowing eyes as he pushes and kills few shocks. I was never alarmed. I was in a state of war to be able to respond at any time.

Yet, I was struck by surprise. If you don't have a sword in your front eye, it's no wonder you've been beheaded first.

I find myself in a notoriously frustrating sensation of death that I have tasted for a long time. and, at the same time, calmly spinning his head in an attempt to pinpoint the karaki of the earlier movement -,

"Huh!?

Rio came straight from the front and approached me suddenly again. But now the speed is slower than earlier. Fast as it is fast, but the reaction is at a rate that can be done.

If you go straight into the front, it's because you need to suppress the acceleration caused by wind spirituality in fear of collision, but I can't think of Lucius that much right now.

Lucius was forced to respond with his left arm lost. Take Rio's sword, held with both hands, with a sword held with only his right hand.

"Gu......"

Moments later, feeling an overwhelming difference in force, Lucius took backsteps aggressively in an attempt to receive power. Then Rio responded and pursued Lucius.

(Speed up! What an idiot! What, this damn thing. What about physical enhancement!?

I feel the aftermath of the magic overflowing from Rio with my eyes and skin, and Lucius gets agitated. Immediately after...,

"Damn, ha..."

A kick as sharp as a spear grew and struck out Lucius' dovetail accurately. Strengthens the strength of the flesh with physical strengthening, but an unusual impact is transmitted to the abdomen, which leaks out the air that was accumulating in the lungs. Lucius' body gently blew away with the shock of a kick.

"Heh, heh! Lucius, what a monster you are resenting!? Are you really a person, Soitz?!? Isn't that if you can afford it?

Duran, who was watching the current exchange from the side, laughs softly and asks Lucius.

"... Well, what do you think?"

Lucius answered small with a voice that seemed to disappear when he took his passive and quickly stood up as he rolled down the ground. The atmosphere like the one that ate the original person is completely lurking, just sharpening the nerves so that whatever happens can be dealt with. Then...

"Huh..."

Rio has set up a pursuit. An accurate, rapid and unparalleled series of attacks strikes Lucius. Rio's movements were only served with cold, pale intent to kill.

Lucius barely manages to slay Rio. Suddenly, I wondered, the ground around Lucius burst into spear shape and protruded to pierce its torso. Lucius reacts aggressively, turning the street back and jumping up towards the rear.

Immediately after, countless light spheres were born around Rio. As Rio gently wrestles his hand toward Lucius, the photosphere draws a complex orbit and strikes Lucius simultaneously.

"Shit!"

When Lucius smashed his tongue small, he swung away the black-filled sword in his hand. Then the darkness swells up from his fullness and spreads to his surroundings, swallowing all the looming light spheres.

Rio squeezes his hand toward Lucius, who still lingers in the air, as he slightly narrows his eyes to capture the sight. At the next moment, a shockwave shell broke from Rio's fingertips.

The invisible blow was trying to capture Lucius' torso precisely - but

"I can see it!

And Lucius screamed and waved his sword down vertically. Dark slaughter extends from Lucius' sword to intercept the shockwave. A little late, when Lucius tries to land...

"Next to next..."

The ground at the landing point protrudes spear-shaped and pops out to pierce Lucius' torso again. In addition, Rio had sprinkled countless light spheres toward the sky beforehand, and the rain of light bullets was about to fall toward Lucius. A corrugated attack without rest strikes Lucius.

Lucius was exposed to unilateral ranged attacks and was to be pursued to deal with them. Shake your sword off to the ground to deal with the attack at your feet first. The slaughter of darkness beautifully chooses the earth spear that has risen. And then I wave my sword off to deal with the light bullets above -

"Gu......"

Almost at the same time as shaking off the sword, the rain of light poured down on Lucius. The slaughter of darkness partially swallows the light bullets, but it cannot erase them all, and on the contrary, whether Rio was ejecting the light bullets additionally, falls down one after the other, crushing the ground and the dust rolls up.

Almost at the same time, Rio unleashed a powerful storm as he tried to blow the earth smoke out of every Lucius. A barrier of wind, like covering the smoke with a surface, thrusts towards Lucius, who is in the smoke.

Then, instantly, the earthen smoke was blown away, and Lucius's figure had disappeared from where he had been.

"Huh!?

Will to the knights around him, and the village chief to the donner, staring sharply at the streets that Lucius would have blown away, whatever the difference in degrees. Only Duran, however, had a painful grin and watched Rio. Then...

……

Rio twists himself silently and waves his sword toward the back of no one. I think so, a tall metal sound sounds. There was darkness overflowing from the space behind Rio, from which a black sword of incarceration protruded. Rio detected the dark magic reaction beforehand and waved his sword to intercept it.

It was a totally first-time assault, but it didn't work for Rio. It is a craftsmanship that can be done because the feeling for magic is so sharpened. Soon Lucius' sword pulled in, and at the same time the darkness disappeared.

Rio had been releasing a breeze mixed with his own magical powers around him for a while now, grasping precisely where Lucius was. Look sharply away from the woods. There's...

"Ha, ha..."

Breathe out, there was Lucius on his knees. He puts a sword on the ground to support his fluttering body.

(Damn it... what the hell is going on? Zen's bastard was also a pretty spiritual user, but not as good as this one. There's no use in moving either. It's called magic all over your body. You don't have eyes for brave men. How strong is this guy?)

It was totally unexpected strength. Yes, Rio's strength clearly exceeds the limits that people can reach with their efforts. You can describe it as no longer in a person's realm. I've even outdone myself, which should have crossed people's realms already. and Lucius considered it blurry with a head lacking in blood.

(... oh, shit. If you transfer your whole body even at short distances, you'll eat magic even if you look at it. His guts are also annoying. There's not enough blood. Arms first......)

Lucius glanced back at Rio with his face, letting the darkness unfold from a sword poked subtly into the ground under the guise of fluttering...

"Huh!"

But the prospect is stopped by Rio. Rio moved in an instant as if he had anticipated Lucius' thoughts, picking up Lucius' left arm, which was rolling to the ground.

"Hih."

The village chief, who was stiff beside his rolling left arm, raises a frightened voice. When Rio turned back on his heels without a glance at the frightening village chief, he approached Lucius in an instant as he was. And -,

"You're going to die like this with a lot of bleeding even if you leave it alone. Still not blocking the wound means you don't want to do it because you have the means to heal your arm?

And, as I see Lucius' thoughts, I throw a pale question.

"Ha, you'll give it back to me when you answer."

"No."

When Rio denied without comment, he released Lucius' left arm gently upwards. Immediately afterwards, he creates a powerful fire, turning his left arm into dust.

"... damn, you evil hobby bastard"

Lucius looked abominably at Rio.

"You killed my mother right in front of me. Not as much as you. I told you. He said he'd kill you. I will spare no effort. I'll make you suffer and then I'll kill you without a trace... Time to end it."

When Rio says so, he pours magic into his sword. As the saying goes, Rio no longer cared about the eyes around him or anything. I usually use spiritual techniques that are thorough and not commonly used in public, one after the other without any hesitation.

"Let me..."

And, Lucius strengthens and voices, but does not attempt to move from word to action behind his back. Because if you try to move poorly, if you emit magic poorly, you will be instantly responded to and crushed off the go. It is no exaggeration to say that we have already exhausted all measures. If Lucius is the only one on this scene...

……

Rio sensed countless beings approaching from behind and took huge steps to the side aggressively. Then Duran and the knights, who had previously been static, break in between and form a formation to protect Lucius.

"Ha, I believed you could help me, Your Highness"

Under the guise of a floating attitude, Lucius speaks to Duran, who has intervened.

"Well, I was static because I thought it was the end of the cause you created, but unfortunately, it's only a little difficult to die like this. Besides..."

Duran responded so, looking to Rio with an invincible grin -,

"I'm a little interested in that guy about how much it is"

And I lied.

"I appreciate it, but you're not going to die."

"Hmm. I know how to pull this off, I just want to say..."

Duran smiled unexpectedly. Rio has been asking with his gaze for a while. I thought I'd get in the way.

(It's painful to think of me as a war madman)

Duran makes a small, samurai tremor...

"That's why. We're gonna let this guy join us, kid."

And that's what I declared.

"If you want to disturb me, I'll let you go."

"Spread out and surround them from the front!

The voices of Rio and Duran overlap. At the same time, the knights moved in unison and surrounded Rio in fans. I'm guessing you're wary of a widespread attack by Rio manipulated spiritual art.

But Rio was not afraid of the siege and went straight for Lucius, who was behind Duran without hesitation.

"Well, why don't you go get this guy's neck? But!"

Duran grins bitterly and stands up to intercept Rio. Then a massive amount of magic erupts from its entire body and aggregates into a great sword that would have two meters to grip with both hands. So the physical strengthening was applied, waving the Great Sword lightly with both hands -,

"Gu......"

Rio and I hit each other with a sword directly from the front. Duran's gigantic body, however, lags far behind and is about to be blown away as it is.

(What a force. My demon sword is an ancient demon prop specializing in physical strengthening, but you mean it even outweighs it... But!)

Such a question blurs the back of my brain as to what the hell the trick is...

"We've succeeded in stopping for a moment!

Duran raised his roar, not to mention saying that he had achieved his own purpose. Shortly afterwards, half of the knights surrounding him hit Rio from left to right and behind. But...

"Gu."

Using Rio as its starting point, shockwave storms gushed to the left, right and rear. The knights attacked blow away instantly, involving some of the remaining half of the knights who had refrained from surrounding them. But the knights, who were still safe, immediately set up a chase to Rio. It's a bunk siege.

"Unfortunately, I'm used to hunting!

and Duran, standing in front of Rio, carves a grin with certainty of victory - but

"What!?

As the dirt wall burst out in a flash in front of the knights, he opened his eyes with dismay. The knights who were about to strike Rio suddenly didn't slow down on the dirt wall that appeared in front of them -

"Fuck."

He would have magically strengthened his physical abilities and would have momentum at a rate that would have struck the dirt wall well, causing him to remain unconscious.

(… were you simultaneously refining the magic that exerted such a powerful physical strengthening all over your body, the magic that you consumed with the magic that manipulated the wind ahead, and the magic that deployed so many more dirt walls there?... without any spells. How many magic artifacts do you possess?

Duran took his breath away. Then there you go -,

"Huh!"

Lucius, who had left arm hemostasis in the rear, manipulated the darkness with a black sword and, just like earlier, tried to poke Rio's sword from behind.

But when Rio jumps high on the spot, he strikes a bright and unexpected blow. When you land on the dirt wall that unfolded behind you as it was...

"You don't have any art."

It accelerated suddenly with the spiritual art of the wind, jumping over Duran's head and piercing Lucius' torso without bitterness.

"Gu..., ha ha..."

Lucius coughs painfully and exhales the air in his lungs. And -,

"Gu!?

When I stomped my right hand against Rio, which had my left leg knee and sword in my hand, I looked painfully. He smashes his knees and fist bones, and lets go of his sword without hesitation.

(Bullshit...... This, me...)

Rio looks down at Lucius rolling untouched to the ground with his sword poked at his abdomen with his right hand. Immediately after...,

"Damn!?

Lucius moaned at the severe pain he ran all over his body.

What is it?

And, even during the question-,

"Guh!"

Intermittent severe pain runs through the whole body. Rio is pouring electricity on the sword that stabbed Lucius in the abdomen. Paralysis your body so that you can't even move.

"Oh, my, uh... ha!

Lucius burned his hatred and stared at Rio over his head. But Rio doesn't move one eyebrow and continues to ravage Lucius mercilessly. Then...

"Don't move!

And Rio screams. But the word was never directed at Lucius -,

"Huh!"

It was against Duran, who refrained from behind it. Duran trembles and stops at the spot.

"Don't move. It's this guy I need you for. Not you. Is it also the point of saving this man until you offer yourself?

Without giving Duran a glimpse, Rio just sent word of warning.

…………

Duran does not respond to anything and thinks with a small, difficult face. But somewhat, Duran weakened the sword in his hand.

(Damn...... At the very least, Rayce's bastard......)

Lucius perceives that Duran's help is not desired any more, and puts his face to shame. The relationship between the two is only a business partner. Sometimes I get stuck because I feel comfortable with something, but I'm not bound by strong trust. If the situation gets worse, it makes sense that the contractual relationship is broken.

(Like, by the way, I'm supposed to die. Eh?)

Lucius had not given up. My whole body is paralyzed. It blurs my head. Then...

"............... did you kill my father too?

Rio accidentally opened his mouth and asked Lucius.

"... is, yes, what if it is?

"I'll kill you. That's all."

As Lucius provoked invincibly, Rio twisted the sword thrust into his abdomen.

"Guuuuuuu... It's gonna hurt, huh!

Rio twists his sword even more.

(Son of a bitch, the ravages are my eighteenth! My stomach's hot, I don't have enough blood!

Lucius felt a pain that seemed to burn his whole body out, but he suffered desperately. Because you can't admit it, such as turning to the side where you are plundered and ravaged.

Looting and ravaging is what makes him present. Let them use whatever cowardly and outward means they have for it. Let me stretch even the vanity. That's how I've lived. So...

"Heh, heh"

Lucius was laughing when he realized. Behind the hateful caged anger that occupies the brain and the inside of his chest, he laughed.

……

Rio slightly frowned, pulling the sword out of Lucius' abdomen. Then...

"Oh, ho, ho"

Duplicate, blood overflowed from Lucius' belly and mouth.

Rio looks exactly at Lucius, the corpse, and puts his strength into that hand holding the sword.

(This guy...)

I killed my mother. Probably killed my father, too.

And, Rio recalls that fact here and now, again. Then, in my heart, a fierce revenge burst forth. At the same time, I remember nostalgic memories with my mother, Ayame.

Happiness I've lost. I can't take it back anymore. Daily. Love that has never been directed at me. I decided to walk the avenge path, and there's something I threw away. I have myself broken. All of this is attributed to this man.

So seeing Lucius on the verge of death, Rio didn't think he was pitiful at all. I can't forgive you. I can't even turn back. If he lived, he would kill him. That's what he decided.

Yeah, so...

Rio roughly waved up his sword. I decide to unleash a powerful attack that only leaves one dust so I don't have to see the face of the man in front of me again.

"Eh... what the hell"

Duran, who watched from the side, breathed unexpectedly in the dazzling light emitted by the accumulation of magic in Rio's sword.

(... is this the end of this guy? It's a light curtain, isn't it? No, does that mean this kid is awesome in strength and readiness)

And so, after a few moments of eternity...

…………

Rio distanced himself from Lucius before waving his sword down.

"Oh, shit. Oh, yeah, I'm the one who killed your dad! Rio whoa whoa!"

Lucius raised the roar of distress as to whether he felt his death. Immediately afterwards, a stream of light with tremendous heat descends on Lucius. Lucius was swallowed by the light and raised the cries of a spectacular disconnector.

The light emitted by Rio's sword is similar to the light shooting by the Holy Sword used by Alfred, the King's sword. A dazzling light envelops a constant strip.

The running of light gradually weakens and converges as Lucius continues to cover the point where he has been lying for a while. And made everything that was on the spot literally disappear from the world.

There is no longer any ground there. I don't even see Lucius. There is just a vain deep hole cut out by the running of light.

The hole was as if it represented Rio's current mood. Rio doesn't blink one and quietly looks down at the hole that Lucius should have existed until earlier. And -,

(Done..., Done)

And I shrugged in my heart. Only he knows who he groaned at.

There was no sense of achievement of vengeance. Rather, there is something resembling a sense of loss, from which deep darkness abounds.

But this is certainly what Rio wanted. It's the end of the road that Rio decided to take. So, no regrets...

"... let's go home"

Rio shrugged pompously.

I don't know if I have a place to go or if I can go home like this.

But there's still someone waiting for me to get home...

Because I also want to go home.