2nd Rank Has Returned

Darkness-2

can’t say anything

Until now, I thought Leo’s heart was frozen.

Trapped in the cold of pain, his heart was covered with ice.

It’s too cold to show any emotion.

So I thought it would be better if I wrapped it warmly.

If it were you, you could truly make Leo happy.

But only now did I realize.

It wasn’t just freezing.

It wasn’t as trivial as being covered in ice.

The opposite was true.

The magnetic force of pouring hot molten metal to the point of submerging it in the throat.

A coffin of emotions that I can’t forgive myself and keep forever.

His burning anger and self-loathing covered him and buried him.

There is no comparison with the feeling of melting with the passage of time.

Rather, as time passes and emotions cool, the coffin begins to act as a torture device.

As iron cools once it has been heated, it becomes harder as it cools.

The feelings of the knight he loved were buried in hard, cold metal.

It was too much of a story.

And at the same time, I felt disgusting.

Even now, deep in his heart, he was jealous of the woman who took Leo’s heart.

***

Kaang!

The battle situation was incomprehensible, complex, sophisticated, and meticulous.

Counter for deception, trap for counterattack, streak for counterattack.

It was too abrupt to say that it was a battle between the knights that were usually seen.

It wasn’t a head-to-head confrontation with a knight, it was a sight like seeing acrobatics between assassins.

“…awesome, but…”

Rios, who had been eavesdropping from afar, came to the arsenal where Chris and Leo were fighting fiercely.

“…okay. Yes, but…”

Marken was surprised, and at the same time made a ridiculous expression. It was surprising that such a high-level psychological battle had been waged, but there were no cases of more absurd shock.

“…I don’t really know, but… Do the warriors apply for a duel during dating counseling?…”

Silica had seen several articles, but had never seen a situation as incomprehensible as it is now.

Although it was acting, I couldn’t understand why the person receiving the dating counseling suddenly put the sword together to relieve the burden of his heart without saying a word about his relationship.

What was even more strange was that Leo agreed to the proposal.

“Ah… it’s not…”

As the head of the knights, Gladio led the knights, and as Chris (Tina)’s older brother, he was able to understand even a little of the actions of darkness that caused such incomprehensible eccentricities. I mean, really put a lot of effort into it.

“…I wonder if it’s to check Leo’s heart…?”

If you look at it that way, that kind of content often appeared in the novels Chris read. Scenes of direct confrontation with a colleague who is confused or deeply sinful were always underlined or written in her notebook called [Life Note].

The intention itself was good.

the problem is…

“…Is it your own dating counseling?”

In terms of formality, it was, and Leo, of course, knew that. But Chris was so immersed in Leo’s story that he seemed to mistake the situation for the opposite.

“…that’s the problem…”

“What do you mean?”

It felt like everyone was living there.

It was a familiar voice, but the emotion contained in the language remained below zero.

“…ah…Aria…?”

Behind him was Arya with a smile on it. It wasn’t Aria who ‘made’ a smile, but it wasn’t like a positive smile when it was ‘drawn’.

“Your aunt asks Leo for dating advice… Are you going to check Leo’s heart?”

A deep abyss was in the eyes of the warrior Arya. Chaos and madness, under the hero’s halo, the black waves fluttered in the pupil.

“Is this really interesting? Dad?”

Then Gladio Reinhardt realized.

If you say one word wrong here, your only daughter will slaughter her sister.

***

[…Is there such a magic tool? I understand the principle, but it’s the first time I’ve seen something like that, right?]

It deserves it. This demon sword was made about 50 years ago, and a blacksmith was trying to make a double sword, but while he was trying to make only a single sword and a double sword, he died suddenly, and the ghost placed a curse on the sword to multiply.

[Then it’s a magic sword. Isn’t that dangerous?]

＜If the person who writes it is normal.＞

A magic sword is a cursed sword before it is a magic sword.

Naturally, a weapon overflowing with fury was meant to be poison to the user.

But Chris was the culprit.

＜The magic sword would rather be terrified.＞

[but…]

People often misunderstood, and it was something that he had misunderstood in the past, but Chris didn’t get crazy after getting the magic sword, he had those symptoms from the beginning.

It wasn’t the madness of the magic sword that got the magic sword and the way he spoke strangely, it was just the same reason as the madness that it looked cooler.

“Even if it is an alter ego, it is not something that can be created indefinitely. There are no limits.”

You already know by return. The number of body clones is increased by dividing the user’s mana in half.

It also took mana to maintain it, so it wasn’t a very deceptive weapon.

If you make it, a maximum of 4 people would be the limit.

But when the weapon falls into Chris’s hands, the story is different.

[It’s an afterimage on the alter ego…]

For Chris, it was a weapon with optimal synergy. Because it does not require a large amount of mana to create an afterimage itself.

“However, the limits of afterimages are rather wide. Like this.”

A smoke like a smoke screen rose around him, and Chris hid himself through the shadows of the mist like a tinnitus.

[You fight quite intelligently compared to what you do?]

It sounded venomous, but considering the intelligence of the speaking sage himself, it was praised among praises.

This was also acknowledged by Leonardo himself. Because of his technique and strategy-oriented combat, he learned a lot from Chris.

＜Then in this situation…＞

It was enough to counterattack with his own weapon technique. The black sword gradually grew longer like a long whip and began to clear the surrounding fog.

Cutting type 4 rotary cutting

The fog cleared the blade of the rotating kite sword and slashed everything in the vicinity.

Kang! Kaang! Kaan!!

“…Ugh!!”

But it was pointless. Chris, who jumped from the front and rear at the same time, started throwing proliferation swords.

The original ability of the multiplication sword is that it duplicates the sword itself.

The front is a black stone transformed into a spear, and the rear is protected with magic. But after about two seconds, I realized one thing.

‘The other two…’

Meanwhile, the other two Chriss, who were hiding, charged with their daggers. It is impossible to prevent this.

Chris’s siege strategy often used, once caught, even Arya had a hard time. The traditional counterattack method is to blow away all directions with an attack that contains mana with high firepower.

However, that requires at least the premise that the amount of mana must be higher than that of geniuses with Reinhardt’s blood.

It is, of course, impossible from the very beginning.

Actually, because of the triple casting before, mana has already been reduced enough.

“…then…”

Quang!

Leonardo hit the ground with his spear and jumped into the air with elasticity as if over a pole. There was a distance from both the Chriss who threw daggers like rain and the Chriss who wielded daggers.

“…but it would be more difficult to dodge in the air.”

Chris, who was still on the ground, threw his multiplication swords at Leo. There was nowhere to set foot in the air, and it was unreasonable to precisely change direction with wind or similar magic or to deflect a dagger.

No matter how much his mana was reduced by a quarter of his clone, he couldn’t overwhelm Chris’ mana.

so.

Chaeeng!

I had no choice but to use this ‘Arrea of Martial Arts and Magic’ and spear.

According to the deepening of the basics, the spear was blown vertically to the ground and embedded.

“Blink.”

According to the trajectory of the window, the body moves at high speed without calculating coordinate values. Leo rushed back to Chris while holding the spear stuck in the ground.

“this…!”

Chris, one of the four, was barely catching Leo’s attack, but his mana was depleted and disappeared like a shadow. If I had expected half of it, this was also a bummer.

“…it’s more than awesome, it’s scary. If I was my age, I would have been overwhelmed already.”

Competing with several lilies over dozens, Chris paid more respect to the knight named Leonardo than recognition.

It was because Chris was sure that if Leo had grown up to his age, he would have definitely lost.

“I do not know. I don’t know.”

It was only when he was 95 that he became like that, and that his first teacher had gone in vain.

Because I didn’t know everything.

“Now I am afraid. I saw that.”

Chris didn’t use his alter ego as a shield without thinking. It just took time to prepare ‘that skill’.

The clones who were already assisting the technology had disappeared in order to preserve mana.

hey hey!

A sharp tone as if sharpening teeth at high speed, a black sword that fits the name of darkness, light began to radiate from the sword.

[…it’s a fun technique.]

At the light emitted from the elongated sword blade, the sage smiled as if it was worth seeing.

It was because he knew that the identity of the light was ‘reflection’, not just ‘luminescence’, so Leo was convinced in his heart.

“Shining Dark Orbis, named after the light created by the rotating blade of the Auror on the Black Blade.”

[I would rather use the Magic Hot Super Knife.]

Both were bizarre in one thing, but the true nature of that technique was nothing to be ridiculed of. Auror’s small blade is formed at the tip of the sword’s blade and rotates.

If the blade is so extreme and thin that the unit is considered to be a single molecule, it would theoretically be possible to cut any object.

And since the length of the sword itself can be changed according to one’s judgment, it would not be easy to avoid it, and in some cases it was possible to throw it.

It was certain that it was a sophisticated technology compared to the rustic name.

“…is the reason you explain chivalry?”

“There is, but…”

Chris held up a dagger with a rotating blade with a smile on his face.

“It’s an expression of our desire to face each other’s telegraph messengers fairly.”

Now I understand the meaning. Maybe that was the reason why I felt that there were a lot of useless words.

“Then we must do our best from this side as well.”

Leonardo picked up a black stone and shortened the length like a dagger, then thrust the black dagger above the collarbone of his shoulder.

“Of course, according to chivalry, fair and fair.”

Whether Chris would respond to that, or not, he waited for the completion, holding up a rotating bladed dagger in anticipation of that skill.

“The black stone has a red line, an armor technique that connects to the body.”

The black stone gradually became like a liquid, and it began to wrap around Leonardo’s body like a living creature.

“At the time, 10% of the body was the limit, but now, in just 10 seconds, the whole body is possible.”

Instead of just wrapping, each time the area was wrapped, the black stone made up the armor in the best form according to the amount of mana and the battle situation.

“If there was one flaw with this technique that would complement my body, it was that it didn’t have a proper name.”

As he climbed all over his body and covered his face, red lines continued from each part, and then red light came from his eyes.

《Black Stone – Red Line [100%]》

“…but now I have a decision on what to do.”

Respect for his master who made it possible to achieve this skill, hence the name.

“How about darkness…?”

“…you cheeky. No matter how great you are, how dare you covet my nickname?”

While saying that, Chris also took an attack stance, whether he was expecting an attack from the black-armored warrior.

“Rather than coveting… it’s a kind of respect.”

Respect for the first teacher who took him away.

It was a homage.

“…Yeah, let’s compete to see who’s really going to have the darkness…!”

Leo’s Darkness and Darkness’ Chris collided.