Chapter 20 (2/2)

「…H to say?」 (Stalin)

Stalin distorted his eyebrows

Why did I beco about that

Even for soe, understands the importance of my family

But, what about you, Stalin?

「There’s nothing in particular Perhaps, regardless of what I have to say, we’ll never reach a is)

The memory of my sister’s face suddenly rushed unexpectedly into my mind

She was someone dear to me

I had wanted to become someone who appears more honourable in front of her

Nevertheless, before I could do that, my existence had already ceased to exist in that world

I don’t want to taste the saain

「—That’s why, I’ll defeat you and protect is)

「…That so? Then just embrace your own illusions, and I’ll send you to the afterlife as is」 (Stalin)

「Can you even hit is)

「…What?」 (Stalin)

He gazed at me suspiciously

The flames from the astral fire spell had disappeared, and I a killed any second

In truth, this guy should have killed me at his first opportunity

However, he ended up watching his brother’s fight against Edgar leisurely, instead of dealing the decisive blow

Just watch

Even though ere fighting in a place where the force of the fire eak, the flames from Cross Blast had spread close to us now

The heat wouldn’t pose any danger to his life, but this element alone was more than sufficient for me

The final stage of the s this way

In order to put an end to his life, I took a side step

Having noticed my movement, Stalin made a horizontal sith his odachi

At that instant, I bentto one side

The sound up passing by overhead, with just a sap in between

「…What the heck!?」 (Stalin)

「It’s the effect of heat haze Due to the teis)

After getting out of range of the sword attack, I took a fighting stance once again with my knife

One wrong step and he would end up on fire Did he think he could easily swing his sword around as usual ere surrounded by flames?

At the very least, it would not be possible for hiet in this kind of condition

Even my knife wouldn’t be useful in this state

By chance, even if I do raze

We were not in a place whereby we could easily hit the vital points

The da him

That was the reason why, I had not been fully using ht until now

I reduced the i to another position

And the time has some

Now is the tiic for this match

「Youyour vital spot, so it’s best if you were to defend yourself」 (Regis)

「…Quit, bullshi+tting!」 (Stalin)

Stalin tried to close in the distance

However, the fla me directly

On noticing his intention, I forced the ic power out from my whole body

I began chanting in one breath, pushi+ng all ic powers to the surface

「Break the Heaven and Earth strike Let the pole star fall all the way till it reaches the core —–『Meteor Breaker』!」 (Regis)

Due to the wind’s pressure, the flames became even more intense

At this very ic power just to invoke this ic

It is a ood at An 『enchantic』

Even aic, this spell, in particular, is an exceedingly hard to learn top level ic from the 『Expert Edition』

I had not only exhausted all , but also suffered severe pain as thoughcrushed

I wouldn’t have mastered it, if it weren’t for the fact that I had repeated that process over and over again

Indeed, truth to be told, there were numerous times when I had lost my consciousness

I wonder howwith Walkins

Even those who research enchantic tend to shy away from this spell

If I had not mastered that yesterday, I would’ve been tortured by an acute pain today in this match

I was glad that I was able to make it in the nick of time

This then one’s body

It would convert all h physical attacks

However, the aht not actually be worth the price

It was an extreic

But, even so, that hy…

It was a ic most suitable for me

「—With this, I’ll, defeat youch!」 (Regis)

My tongue got tangled up

My arms became numb

It felt as ifinto two, and there was an intense pain inknocked around like a sandbag

It seeic, there were people who ended up dying due to the aftereffect too

But, it wasn’t as bad as that ‘illness’ I had

This was nothing coh in my previous life

I successfully activated it and stared at Stalin after

Wasto him? His eyes were opened wide in shock

「…You, in that state—」 (Stalin)

「Here I go 」 (Regis)

「…Ku! 」 (Stalin)

Stalin tried to retreat

However, he was blocked off by a wall of fire behind which he would only find death

He was literally surrounded by a sea of flames

Well, I had spent an extraordinary aic power and invoked Cross Blast earlier

Although it wasn’t a high-levelwith a wall of fire

Back, then right and left

There was no place for him to escape

Did he finally give up? Stalin faced hiain

I gradually approached hi an enormous power in my body

Upon noticingclose to him, Stalin’s face twitched

A strong sense of death

I could understand it well since I was also hovering between life and death It was an instinct

He became frozen stiff by fear

「You can’t see tiis)

「…D-Don’t come close!」 (Stalin)

「This is a good opportunity I’ll have to pay you, and your is)

「……Stop iiittttttttt!!」 (Stalin)

Stalin started charging in at me

He was at a loss on what to do, but he had finally decided to attack

He raised the odachi over his head, hoping to take my life

In return, I thrust my knife out

As a result, my knife stabbed into Stalin’s abdorazed the area around my chest

This is it

It was the time for me to release the power that was reinforced by Meteor Breaker all at once

「—-Eat this! Meteor Breakeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!」 (Regis)

I transferred all the power charged into the knife that was pierced into hiht

Hereupon, his legs floated up into the air, and the raging fla his flesh

With just a single knife, I lifted Stalin up into the air

Even though his body was penetrated by the knife and he was being burnt by the flaht consciousness

As if he was trying to put up his last struggle, he relentlessly scraped my cheek with the sword in his hand

But, it was of nosince there wasn’t much force in the attack

That was, his last attack

I turned towards Durf and glared at him

A grievous look of pain that puts ht was portrayed on my face

But, how ht it look like in his eyes?

Durf could be seen treht

What a to do now?

That was probably what he was saying

He suddenly cried out at me with a shaky voice

「S-Stop! Stop it!!」 (Durf)

「Stop what?」 (Regis)

「I’ll admit that it’s my loss! J-Just don’t do it!」 (Durf)

「…Do you think I can accept that?」 (Regis)

I replied coldly

Upon hearing my response, he broke out in cold sweat and shouted in a shrill voice

「…Okay, I got it! I will give up on Walkins You can do whatever you want to that trash S-So, that’s why—-」 (Durf)

「Shut the fuck up It’s too late for you to say that

Father was seriously injured because of you

Walkins felt unpleasant because of you

Edgar’s shop was destroyed because of you

And, you seriously irritate is)

Thereupon, I cut off my words momentarily

I took in a deep breath to prepare for my next words

At that moment, I released all the resents out

「—-I’ll have you cois)

「H-Hiyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!」 (Durf)

Durf tumbled off the audience seat

He looked around in panic to seek help froetaway before him

No one had stayed by his side

This was the so-called trust acquired with reed

It was extreile and easily broken

No one cared to help him when he fell into a predicament

He should understand that much himself

Heit

「Uoooooooooooooooooooo!」

I took a strong step forward, with all the power in my body

Deep cracks spread out, like ripples, on the ground where th of the impact

After giving Stalin the finishi+ng blow by striking hi hial force

In a split second, the shadow of a flying hu off the rays from the sun

Stalin’s body soared at a momentum that made it look as if he ed up by the sun, and then flew faster towards a certain point

Yes Where the body was heading to, was towards Durf as screa as he was trapped by the wall behind him

Just before he received the direct hit, the employees let out a cry—-

「Hig-gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!」

A crushi+ng sound loud enough to shake the very earth could be heard after an ugly cry echoed through the arena

The ring creaked, and a cloud of smoke billowed up from the audience seats

The attendants in the surroundings got involved in it too, resulting in a loud blast

The nobles nearby, on the other hand, hadn’t raise a single cry

All they did was to ht before them, as if what had taken place at that moment shouldn’t have been possible

The instant the sic scene unfolded before my eyes

Stalin could be seen in alike a crushed insect at the audience seat

He seemed to be still alive

However, his lungs and ribs were probably all crushed now

He seee amount of blood as he lay there as is, couldn’t make any movement at all

The one in the most severe state was Durf

He had received a direct hit froetting caught in between the wall and Stalin

I wonder if all the bones in his body were broken He was ic state

But, by the looks of it, he seemed to have preserved just his life due to his thick lump of fat

But, that body fat of his was the one that had created this disaster

The moment his body came in contact with Stalin’s body that was still ablaze, Durf’s body burst into flames

Even as he was losing his consciousness, he was still being consumed by the hellfire

A group of personnel had iht water over to douse the fire, but he had suffered substantial burns

His already ugly face became even more badly distorted

Nevertheless, that condition of his didn’t arouse any sympathy from me

He reaped what he sowed

It was a retribution fit for soain

There was just one thing that I would like to say to that guy

I faced towards the audience seat and spat my words out calmly

「Carve that wound into your body for the rest of your life And let it re another criroup of people whois)

The observer who had evacuated the ring in the midst of the chaos came back

What greeted her sight was Stalin, as rendered incapable of fighting any on my oo feet

Having seen these, she made a loud declaration

「Horgos’ representative is incapable of fighting anymore, and the representative of the house of Din does not have the intention to pursue as well Based on the stipulation of Article 4 in the dueling rule pertaining to any additionalmethod, it is impossible to continue this match Therefore, due to the abandonoes to the house of Din!」 (observer)

At that moment, the arena erupted into tumultuous screams and cheers

The upper rank nobles who had been receiving favours from Durf were furious

In contrast, the surrounding nobles who had been harassed by Durf before were singing praises to me

A great sense of cos and praises pelted my cheeks one after another

My gaze suddenly landed on Edgar

When ave me a thumbs-up

She looked worn out, but the injuries on her body didn’t seem to be serious

I sa

On noticingat him, he just nodded in silence

He must had believed in me

Walkins as standing next to him looked so pleased and overwhelmed, she had tears in her eyes

The enchantht by her

I ic

Walkins had splendidly responded toto master that in just three days

I nodded in response when she looked at me bashfully

In the end, I turned aze upward towards the sky

The endless sky above reflected in my eyes

If you were to try reaching out for it, it rasp But, it is actually an existence that is too far to reach

I pulled out the knife and raised it to the sky

The rays froive off a strong glitter

An engraving of a silver sword and a gold shi+eld

This is our crest

I raised the knife higher with one conviction in mind

This was so other nobles could see it

Even if we are fallen nobles, we could still ee as the champion

The reflected light illuminated the whole arena

Needless to say, what had caused this to occur was only one thing

I slowly looked up

The crest of Din was shi+ning brilliantly there, as if it was pro us the prosperity of Din’s family from now on