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Chapter 374 Act Two: The Legendary Sword ([-])

I don’t know which round of sunset it is, but it hangs on the edge of the horizon again.

On the undulating hills, the continuous bright blade forest is like the Milky Way, with the weak sunset as the source, reflecting the same stable but dim light.

But among them, there are two particularly strong lights, shining fiercely like stars burning their last lifespan.

The flashes of light are swimming, darting, and rushing, and they will suddenly disappear and flicker from another location.Chasing each other, sometimes intersecting, exchanging offense and defense, retreating and advancing again, they seem to be traveling around and attached to each other.

Occasionally, after a particularly violent collision, two or one of the lights would shatter into a cloud of dust that shimmered like a final firework.

But the next moment, a new flash of light will be born from not far away, and once again hit the opponent without hesitation.

I don’t know how long the entanglement between the two lights has been going on, and I don’t know how long it will last.

Amidst the sonorous golden sound coming from the place where the flash battle occurred, the intermittent conversation between the two people could be heard.

……

"Saya, you have killed me hundreds of times, right? It's time to calm down and stop, right?"

"Didn't you make an agreement? Senior, either promise to be with me forever or beat me."

……

"I want to remind you, senior, that flesh and blood will tire, but swords will not."

"Hmph, that's wrong. Metal will also tire, and it cannot be repaired or regenerated like flesh and blood."

……

"Really? When the knife splits flesh and blood, who will be hurt more?"

"If it's grown, it means it's not split!!"

……

"Anyway... Why don't you admit defeat, senior? Admit it, you need a knife." The girl said again.

At the same time, she continued to attack.The silver blade flashes like a poisonous snake spitting a message, and the blade shows no mercy.

From behind the flickering death, the steady and calm voice of the Sword Girl came: "Senior, if you want to defeat the Demon King, you will need a sword."

"Senior needs one..." She didn't know how many times, she discarded the silver blade that was chipped due to the impact without hesitation, picked up a new one again, and continued to chop away, "One can kill the devil in an instant. knife."

The brave man flatly refused: "No matter how many times you say it, Saya, I have to answer: I don't need it."

——Defense, so far he has never pointed the blade at the opponent. His purpose is only to block the silver light coming from the opposite side.

So far—were knocked off by brute force, thrown by the opponent’s sword, and dropped by a knife blade at a tricky angle—and then killed.

He died, then resurrected in a few breaths, and then took the next weapon from the ground without thinking and continued to resist.

Until the next time I can't resist it and die again.

Regarding this cycle, the brave man no longer thinks twice. He can't remember how many times he has died and how many weapons he has changed.

The blade flashed countless times, splitting flesh and blood.

But the last thing a brave man cares about is flesh and blood.

Silver light swirled around him.Large expanses of bloody flowers were painted around him.They bloom briefly in the air, wither, and bloom again, never stopping.

"I don't need to. I don't need to kill the Demon King. So I don't need a sword."

Although his own body is the soil that breeds this flower of blood.But the brave man's voice remained calm when he answered.

"So senior needs me. I am extremely sure that I can do this." The sword girl seemed to not be able to hear the hero's answer and continued to talk to herself, "——Kill the Demon King."

The silver blade suddenly accelerated, its style suddenly changed, and it exploded against the heavy sword.The heavy sword sank, and the silver blade shattered itself.

"...I can kill Oro Aoi!" At the same time, the sword girl continued, suddenly bursting out with murderous intent, "Only I can kill her!"

She changed her hands again, picked up a dagger, and smashed it down like a chisel.

"—Keng!"

The tip of the dagger also shattered on the body of the real epee, and the fragments flew everywhere.

The girl smoothly changed her hands, pulled out the kukri, and chopped it down.

"Zhelu Kui - the darling of fate? It's of no use to me!" Her voice seemed to start to tremble.

"--boom!!"

Break again.

Change hands, third one, single sickle——

"——Then I just need to rise, behead, and kill her together with her destiny!!!"

The Sword Girl's voice finally began to reveal uncontrollable hysteria.

"I'm going to... kill her!!"

The brave man was finally angered.

"I told you there's no need!!! Don't give it to me..." His eyes turned red all of a sudden, and at the same time as he yelled, he took the initiative to raise the heavy sword for the first time and slashed at the opponent: "—— So many things!!!!"

"Then - defeat me!!" The sword girl also roared, pulled out a scimitar, and slashed at the hero.

--"boom".

This time, it was replaced by a heavy heavy sword in the hands of a brave man, and it shattered with a bang.

Maybe it's because the brave man finally exerted his strength and the impact doubled; or maybe it's because the heavy sword has already been covered with hidden wounds after smashing the three weapons in front... At this moment, it is meaningless to trace the cause, but this situation seems to be the same. The sword girl didn't expect it.

So, when the resistance suddenly collapsed, she couldn't take back the power she exerted. Instead, she stumbled and rushed forward.

The sword girl lost her balance for the first time since the battle.

Her feet collided and she fell into the air.At that moment, half of the expression on her face was the hysterical excitement that had just remained; the other half was the new confusion that was not overwhelmed.

But the brave man on the other side was unfazed.

He had long been accustomed to the situation of weapons being destroyed, so without any hesitation and without any hesitation, he made a response that he had done thousands of times, as if it was engraved in his bones - spilling the fragments in his hand, and then went to grab the next one. Put" weapons.

...and there is a handle next to it.

The height is just right.

The angle is just right.

The timing is just right.

In the eyes of the brave man, the figure of the sword girl floating in mid-air, bewildered and helpless, was reflected.

It was as if fate had sent it to him on its own initiative.

So this time, what he stretched out his five fingers to grab is very likely to be the chance of victory that finally ends everything.

But the moment his fingers were about to touch it, the brave man suddenly stopped and his pupils suddenly dilated.

In the corner of his eye, the distinct inscription on the weapon was reflected.

His hand stopped instantly, a few centimeters away from the handle of the knife.

These few centimeters of air seemed to be blocking his hand.The brave man's hand was frozen there, never holding it.

……

The opportunity is fleeting.

The Sword Girl landed, took two steps back, and stood firm again.

But this time, she didn't attack again.

The expression that was rich a moment ago was taken away in an instant.

The sword girl stood there, just looking at the hero quietly.

The brave man continued to freeze there, pointing to the handle of the knife but not holding it, as if he was thinking about something.

It only took a moment, and the battlefield that had lasted for hours and days suddenly came to a standstill.

Finally, the sword girl sighed faintly: "Senior, why don't you take the sword. Obviously you only need to hold it and cut it down towards me... you will win."

The brave man also sighed and came back to his senses.

He completely retracted his hand, turned around, and looked at the sword girl.

"...Saya, you are too cunning. Your emotions and your mistakes just now were all staged, right? All just to force me to draw the sword?" He glanced back at the man who almost held the sword just now The handle of the knife was broken, and he smiled bitterly and said, "...Yes, if I really hold this knife and use this knife, how can I continue to insist that I'm not the owner of this knife?"

Then he shook his head and said: "But, do you think I will forget about you?... I have always remembered the appearance of your knife."

The sword girl didn't answer.

But in an instant, the weapons all over the mountains and plains disappeared into the air.The only thing left was the weapon that was almost held by the hero just now.

——Knife fight, Xue Che.

The Sword Girl walked over, stood in front of Xue Che with her back to the hero, pulled out Xue Che, and looked from behind as if she had put the knife into her chest.

Then she didn't look back, just said: "No, you are the cunning one, senior.

"Senior, actually since we were separated last time, I have been thinking...thinking about why senior rejected me.

“I deeply remember the reasons my senior told me at that time.

"Senior said, you don't want a knife. Senior will only fulfill people's wishes, so if I want to be Senior's sword, you will only refuse.

"Senior also told me that I wanted to be your sword just because I didn't think clearly about whether this was my true wish. So, Senior asked me to think about it again."

The brave man nodded and agreed: "Yes, Saya, that's what I said. So you should be awake now——"

The Sword Girl finally turned around.She looked at the brave man and finally smiled: "So, this is a lie. Senior is a liar, a cunning liar."

"——" The hero's words were suddenly interrupted, and he was stunned for a moment.

"I thought about this for a long time, and I silently took note of the troubles of Yumiko Tamaki and Ayano Ijuin, and thought about it together, and finally came to the conclusion."

Yukinoshita Saya turned around.

She stared at him, and as she spoke, she came closer step by step: "The two reasons that senior told me were as if I was the one who was wrong - 'It's Saya's wish that's not good; it's Saya's wish that's wrong. So senior rejected Saya'...

"—but actually, it's not like that at all.

"It's not my fault.

"What determines all this...is not my wish or my thoughts at all." She finally walked up to the brave man, raised her head and looked into the brave man's eyes, "——It's your own wish, senior."

This sentence, like some kind of witchcraft, made the brave man suddenly show an expression of shock and was shocked.

"I thought about it over and over again, recalling everything from the time we met, and finally determined one thing...Senior, you have been pretending.

"Everything is an excuse, a cover, all used to cover up - 'Senior, your own wishes'."

"In the sports warehouse and on the street, seniors talk to me not because of my wishes - they just want to get to know me."

"In the tram car, senior was unwilling to help me, not because I didn't ask for help - but because senior himself was angry about my unwillingness to resist. Senior hated me for not resisting.

"Then, I just glanced at Senior, and he was willing to help me - because Senior was sincerely happy that I was finally willing to ask for help."

"Senior wants to prevent me from killing other people, not because of anyone's request - it's just because senior doesn't like that kind of thing, and I don't like that kind of thing happening to me." Looking at the brave man, he spoke softly.

But the brave man on the opposite side seemed to be controlled by fear and remained motionless.

"So the real reason why senior rejected me has nothing to do with my wish, whether I want to be a human or a sword, and these messy things." The sword girl finally took a step forward again, "It's just..."

She gently hugged the motionless hero, buried her face in his chest, and said softly, "It's just because, senior, there is someone he likes, but it's not me."

The hero continued to be like a wooden statue, just letting the sword girl hold him.

The sword girl stopped moving.

She just continued to bury her face in his arms, as if quietly enjoying the moment.

……

I don't know how long ago.

The brave man's eyes gradually recovered.

"So..." He let the sword girl hold her, but raised his head to look at the sky, showing a dazed and desperate expression, "Is this so..."

The sword girl also let go of him in time, took a few steps back and left the embrace of the hero.

"I have seen through the essence of senior. You are not a wishing machine, you also have weaknesses. You...also have your own wishes." She stood three steps away, looking at the brave man with a calm expression, and then said in a louder voice, "So—— Seniors, why don’t we each take a step back.”

"Senior, accept me. And I... just need to be by your side, senior, and be your sword."

She paused, giving the hero some time to digest, then slowed down her speech and continued speaking word by word with a more serious attitude: "But if senior doesn't agree with this, then I will kill him now." Oru Aoi...you will know that I can do it."

The brave man came back to his senses and smiled bitterly: "Don't be like this, Saya, I really don't like you to be like this."

"Senior, you can't deceive me now. Whether you like me like this or not has nothing to do with me." The Sword Girl replied with an indifferent face, "Anyway, it's all - 'You don't like me' .”

The brave man suddenly choked up and was completely unable to answer.

The Sword Girl waited quietly for a moment, and then said expressionlessly: "Actually, I have been expecting senior to refute this sentence."

"……Feel sorry."

"It doesn't matter, I forgive you, senior." Then the sword girl urged again, "Senior, make a decision quickly. I will really kill Oroku Aoi.

"I am a knife, and there is nothing wrong with a knife killing people.

"So, if you don't want Oroku Aoi to be killed, just hold on to me and control me.

"As a knife in your hand, it will naturally follow your will, and it will no longer hurt people you don't want to hurt."

Then, the sword girl lowered her head and waited.

The brave man continued to remain silent.

After a moment, the sword girl raised her head again and said: "Okay... then let me put it another way, let's just say it's for Zulu Kui.

"Senior needs a weapon. In the battle just now, senior should have known how weak he is in attack.

"You need me for Oroku Aoi."

Then, the sword girl lowered her head again and waited.

The brave man continued to remain silent.

Finally, he asked a question: "But, can Saya really be...really willing?"

The Sword Girl did not raise her head, but replied quickly as if she was not shaken at all: "Yes. After all, 'I' who don't think so will be killed by me. Making a knife has such benefits. Those who don't want to make a knife Just kill yourself.

"Kill those selves who have unrealistic wishes, kill those selves who are jealous, kill those selves who get in the way...

“Like pruning branches and leaves, killing the excess…will only bring pain to yourself.

"I only have a pure core left - I want to stay with my seniors."

But while she was talking, between words that were as clear in articulation as logic, she suddenly mumbled something in a low voice and quickly, as if full of delusional resentment.

"Senior, you murderer."

"..."

The brave man can only remain silent.

I don't know how long ago.

The girl continued to lower her head deeply and wait.Her face was in shadow, her expression could not be seen, and her mouth could not be seen moving.

From the wind, there seemed to be a slight whimper, like an illusion.

"...Senior, please."

The brave man finally sighed and called out feebly and in vain: "Saya..."

"Senior, don't worry. This way... I am much happier than before. Much, much." The girl raised her face, with a smile and tears on her face at the same time, "Look, I have learned to cry, I have learned to laugh ah?"

She took the brave man's hand: "Then, I will take it as your consent."

The hero's hand twitched instinctively, but in the end he did not resist. He was held by the sword girl obediently and placed on her chest.

"From this moment on, I am your knife." She raised her head and stared into his eyes, "Please... hold me well."

"Okay." The brave man sighed softly, and then said seriously.

The curtain fell slowly.

……

When the curtain fell, Hui Yuanchu and Yukinoshita Saya still maintained that posture, like two statues.

The expression on Hui Yuanchu's face was somewhat unspeakable, and he seemed extremely embarrassed.

After the curtain finally fell completely, he planned to withdraw his hand quickly.

But Yukinoshita Saya clamped his hand firmly and continued to press his hand on her chest.

At the same time, she said again with a serious expression: "From now on, Yukinoshita Saya is Haihara's sword. Please hold me well."

"I know, I know, I have no intention of going back on my word, so Saya let it go!"

Only then did Yukinoshita Saya let go.

"Okay, I deceived senior." Then she said simply.

For a moment, the smile and tears were put back, as if the actor had finished his work.

"...Ah?????" Hui Yuanchu was also dumbfounded.

"But, senior, what I mean when I say 'cheated' is not in the aspect of 'the contract is fake.'" Yukinoshita Saya glanced at Haiyuan Chu, seeming to see through his thoughts, "I'm really sorry. It makes you happy in vain.”

She paused and explained earnestly: "What I mean is——unfortunately, although the agreement has been reached, senior cannot get me right now and use me... because, the me in front of you is limited to this stage 'Shadow' used."

"..." Hui Yuanchu was obviously surprised.

Yukinoshita Saya continued: "——'Yuki Tetsu Shinta' is still trapped somewhere."

"So, when things here are over, please ask senior to save the real me."

"You will save me, right?" She asked and answered herself, without giving the other party a chance, "Yes. It has been agreed, of course you will get your knife back."

Judging from the rich expressions on his face, Hui Yuanchu thought a lot.

At first, he was shocked, then he began to think hard, as if he understood something, then he felt resentful, and finally he gave up on himself.

Finally, with a look of self-defeat, he nodded in agreement.

"Okay. Of course, there is no need to rush. I understand that senior also has many other things to deal with, so I am not in a hurry." She added, "-I am not in a hurry. Because I am senior's sword, so I will wait. …No matter how long it takes.”

"I will do it as soon as possible." Hui Yuanchu promised.

At this point, Yukinoshita Saya finally showed a smile: "Then that's it, we made an appointment. Next time we meet, please tell me directly - say you need me to be by your side. As long as you say this, I will never Hesitantly abandon everything and become the sharp blade of the seniors.”

No longer sharp, so soft, not like a knife at all.

At this time, a line of words was belatedly typed on the LED subtitle strip above the theater.

[Act [-], end]

(End of this chapter)