Chapter 2045 – 2045. Savior Of The Academy
The power accumulated in the Hwaryeon Bido is insufficient. I can’t maintain the domain for long. At most, 30 seconds. But 30 seconds will be more than enough.
I swing the sword in a circle. Red lightning extends from the blade, sweeping the surroundings. Because it was imbued with the power of a Demon Hunter (S), the demons were helpless. Some seemed to withstand my attack, but they weren’t in good enough shape to immediately counterattack.
“Hah!”
The guy who called himself Beta took a bizarre step back, creating distance. Naturally, I swung my sword at him.
Crackling, crackling, crackling!
A huge red lightning blade tore through the ground, flying towards Beta. Beta raised a stake and deflected the lightning. The lightning changed direction, soaring into the sky and disappearing. He didn’t completely deflect it, as a long wound remained on his shoulder.
Beta looked at the wound, his eyes rolling.
“I can’t understand. What kind of power is this? Are you even allowed to use such power? It’s so unfair for you to use this kind of power.”
I was surprised in my own way.
‘He deflected that?’
The huge red lightning that comes from the Hwaryeon Bido’s blade when swung in the domain state was a kind of basic attack, but it was imbued with power beyond even a strong aura. Most guys can’t even block it and just die. The demons around me are proof of that.
‘Seriously, what the hell is this guy?’
I was genuinely curious about his identity. But the remaining time in the domain was only about 10 seconds. I had no intention of playing around with him.
I put strength in my lower body and power in my feet.
[Using Acceleration. Lasts for 10 minutes. Remaining stacks: 11]
It was the moment I finished preparing to dash.
An invisible stake falls towards me from above. Because I was using the domain, I could clearly feel its presence. I swing the Hwaryeon Bido. The red blade and lightning deflect the invisible stake.
“Wow. You deflected that again?”
I dashed towards the guy who was admiring me.
Lightning Heaven Style (雷天流) Flying Thunder God (飛雷神).
I move like lightning, closing the distance in an instant. In that short moment, a huge being appeared behind Beta.
Skin like withered wood, no eyeballs in the eye sockets, and the mouth was sewn shut with thread. The lower half of the guy was missing, and his hands each held a large axe and a Chinese chef’s knife.
[Using Moment (刹那). Remaining stacks: 10]
I kicked Beta in the abdomen. Beta flew sideways. The unidentified being behind Beta did the same. It seems that it can’t move far from Beta’s body.
‘It’s open.’
I can see the leader of the Magic Association praying in front of the makeshift shrine.
Killing Beta? That wasn’t my victory condition.
‘I just need to kill Sanada Kenshi, the leader of the Magic Association. If I kill the boss, this situation will end.’
A bud of red lightning forms in the air. The bud rotates and gradually opens.
Lightning Heaven Style (雷天流) Myriad Lightning Bloom (卍雷開花).
Dozens of buds bloom simultaneously, unleashing lightning. Red lightning spreads in all directions. Red lightning writhes on the ground and in the sky. When you breathe in and out, you inhale the tingling lightning.
I gathered the red lightning scattered everywhere with the power of the domain and channeled it into the Hwaryeon Bido.
Lightning Heaven Style (雷天流) Lightning Calamity (雷劫).
I swing the sword. In fact, it doesn’t even come out at half its original power. Originally, I should have gathered a little more power, but there wasn’t enough time to maintain the domain.
But even so, the Lightning Calamity became a huge blade reaching the sky and flew towards Sanada Kenshi.
The barrier protecting the shrine and Sanada Kenshi flickers.
‘A barrier can’t stop this attack.’
The barrier is torn apart by the huge red blade. The blade penetrated the barrier and wavered like a mirage.
‘Huh?’
The shape of the blade began to twist, distort, and break.
The cause was the barrier. The power of the barrier was eliminating the red lightning blade.
‘…What is that power? Something intervened.’
Some powerful force.
It wasn’t completely unfamiliar. I even felt a slight familiarity. After staring blankly for a moment, I realized it was similar to Susanoo’s power.
‘Did Amaterasu intervene?’
Why?
Has the ritual already ended? No, that can’t be it. If the ritual had ended, Sanada Kenshi would have moved.
‘Amaterasu wants the ritual to continue. She wants her descent.’
I gripped the Hwaryeon Bido. The domain had already turned off. I had to think of another way.
Something flies towards me.
The Spirit Eye barely manages to catch it.
[Using Moment (刹那). Remaining stacks: 9]
I barely managed to dodge the invisible thing by using Moment. I looked in the direction it came from.
Beta is walking towards me with a bizarre gait. The being behind him is still there.
“Pretty eyes. Can you see this thing behind me too?”
“That’s a disgusting-looking thing. Is it a ghost?”
“A ghost? Haha. Similar. It’s called a Guardian Spirit, do you know it?”
“You’re from the Ghostfall Valley.”
“To think you’d recognize it right away.”
Beta’s eyes widened in surprise.
Ghostfall Valley (鬼落谷). If the Magic Association is in Japan, then Ghostfall Valley is in China. In reality, Ghostfall Valley is worse. Those guys conduct human experiments without a second thought.
‘The name Beta and a Guardian Spirit. He’s one of Ghostfall Valley’s test subjects.’
A Guardian Spirit is a ghost forcibly transplanted into a person’s body to become a guardian spirit. It appears in the original work.
“Why is Ghostfall Valley getting involved in this?”
“Well, I’m just protecting what I’m told to protect.”
“You’re from Ghostfall Valley, but you speak Japanese well.”
“Because I’m Japanese.”
An invisible stake flies towards me.
[Using Moment (刹那). Remaining stacks: 8]
I dodged the stake again with Moment. That invisible stake must be using the power of a ghost. It’s best not to get hit by it.
‘I failed to kill him even after using the Sun Bow.’
I regret it a little. If I had tried to kill Beta instead of Sanada Kenshi, I think I would have succeeded.
Fortunately, I had a next plan.
I focused on myself, dodging the invisible stakes flying towards me. I feel for the connection with the spirits inside me.
There were three of them. Thunder Owl Mocha, Mechanical Spirit Machina, and the highest-grade Fire Spirit, Inferna.
I grabbed the old connection and called out to her, who was in the lava flowing under the sea.
“Come, Inferna.”
Kugugugugugugung!
An earthquake occurs on the ground. The black smoke coming from the Sakurajima volcano crater increased. Beta was startled and looked around. Even in the midst of this, Sanada Kenshi continued his prayer without stopping.
The ground cracks and a woman pops out with the rising lava.
She was a beauty with fiery red hair and snow-white skin. Unlike the heat emanating from her, her red eyes were chillingly cold. Her chest was more than worthy of being called voluptuous, her waist was slender, and her hips were large and suitable for childbirth. Red pubic hair fluttered in the wind between her thighs. It was like a flickering flame. That fiery pussy was tempting.
Originally in the form of a lava turtle, she was the highest-grade Fire Spirit who had transformed into a human female form under my influence.
Inferna wasn’t embarrassed at all, even though she was naked. That’s because she’s a spirit, not a human.
Inferna looked at me and smiled.
“That little kid from back then? You’ve grown quite a bit. But it’s still a bit ambiguous to make a contract.”
I was a little worried since it had been a long time since we met, but thankfully she wasn’t hostile towards me.
“Help me, Inferna.”
“Hmm. It seems like a desperate situation? Okay. It’s been a while, so I’ll help you. It’s a good place too.”
Fortunately, Inferna was cooperative. I didn’t stop there. If I was going to do it, I would do it properly.
I raise one hand. The bracelet shining in the rainbow light flashed in the sunlight.
『Arrest’s Bracelet
Rank: S
Increases spirit affinity.
Can summon Arrest once a week.』
“Come out, Arrest.”
Unlike when I summoned Inferna, there was no mana consumption. Instead, the bracelet lost its light.
Wind gathered in front of me.
The wind, which wasn’t even a handful, continued to rotate and increased in size. In the blink of an eye, it seemed to become a tornado, then took the shape of a killer whale.
The killer whale stared at me.
“Tell me what you want.”
It was a mid-low-pitched male voice with almost no emotion.
“A contract, I want your power.”
Inferna grabbed my shoulder and interrupted.
“You called me and now you’re going to make a contract with this thing?”
She frowned deeply and looked indignant. I looked at her voluptuous breasts and took out a spirit orb from my pocket and handed it to her. She immediately put the spirit orb in her mouth and munched on it. Her face was already happily relaxed.
Arrest was still staring at me.
“I can feel the power of the storm from you. I will make a contract.”
A new connection was added.
The contract was successfully made. I was glad that Arrest was more cooperative than I thought. Of course, just because we made a contract doesn’t mean he will unconditionally follow my orders.
“Give me what you gave that one.”
What Arrest was referring to was Inferna. I took out another spirit orb and gave it to Arrest. Arrest received the spirit orb and ate it. I couldn’t tell his expression, but the killer whale’s tail wagged with satisfaction.
‘Could it be that he made a contract because of the spirit orb… no?’
Looking at Inferna, who was grinning after eating the spirit orb, the possibility wasn’t completely zero.
Kiiiiiiiiing!
An invisible stake flew towards me, but disappeared without breaking through the wind barrier.
“Arrest, kill that ghost-possessed bastard. Inferna, kill Sanada Kenshi.”
The two highest-grade spirits moved.
It is often said that the highest-grade spirits are natural disasters that move with their own will. That statement is only half right and half wrong. For the highest-grade spirits to fully exert their power, certain conditions are required. First, it has to be their own domain. There are many restrictions on using power in other places. To release those restrictions even a little, the contractor’s mana is needed.
Inferna burned the ground with lava. Arrest swept the ground with a massive mass of wind.
Mocha hid in the dark clouds and dropped lightning non-stop. Cyber Dragon Machina was bombing the demons with missiles.
Sakurajima Island was turning into a mess due to the natural disasters.
In addition, the mana inside me was disappearing like a receding tide.
