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141 – Demon World (7)

Demon World (7)

Can not be done.

Esmeralda knew that the fight was unwinnable now.

In the first place, there is no way that one can win against an opponent stronger than oneself, especially one who stands in a higher position in the same field.

Eleven knows more than she knows about swords.

Because of the different level of understanding, Esmeralda couldn’t help but feel like her sword skills were being dismantled one by one.

“You are truly a warrior! Are you getting used to it?”

Esmeralda held on. There was nothing she could do but hold on.

She was using every means at her disposal to deal with Eleven.

A rapier strike from behind that tears the cloak.

A scythe that swings horizontally as if harvesting ankles.

A battle axe that strikes down on your shoulder and a dagger that flies silently from a square.

Every means at her disposal are exercised with the power of the Sword of Victory.

The ultimate strike using weapons, each with their own specialized abilities.

“Who is that that you’re getting used to!”

Eleven was dealing with it all naturally.

And as if he was becoming more and more accustomed to Esmeralda’s ways, his movements were also becoming less intense.

In that situation, Esmeralda felt a chill down her spine just from receiving Eleven’s sword.

‘They’re pushing me one after another. If I keep going like this, I’ll die.’

Esmeralda is doing something that Eleven is amazed by.

Just as she stole and learned her swordsmanship in her duel with Felheim Senova, she is now learning it from Eleven.

If time passes like this, she may solidify her victory.

But, there is no time for that.

“Okay! If you just back off like that, all that’s waiting for you is a cliff!”

Eleven intends to end it before Esmeralda becomes fully accustomed to it.

Moreover, it shows the process. Esmeralda was busy taking Eleven’s sword strike and backing away, and there was a cliff behind her.

Of course, she wouldn’t die just from falling off a cliff.

Because even if she falls, she has the physical ability to kick off the ground and jump back up.

However, what lies beneath the cliff is not solid ground, but a river of death filled with magic.

If Esmeralda were to immerse herself in it for even a moment, she, the human, would melt as if she had been immersed in deadly poison.

No, is it just Esmeralda?

Even the demons won’t be able to come near that river. It’s literally the river of death.

Because it was a place with such a river, it could also become a place where pacifists called Abaddon could gather and live.

That means they lived in places where others wouldn’t live.

“Okay! Okay! This too… … um?”

At that moment, Eleven’s movements stopped for a moment.

All of Esmeralda’s attacks are being tracked by Eleven. She calculates the trajectories of each of the twelve weapons she handles.

In that situation, there is nothing else that can hold him back.

Black magic

Implementation of the Six Paths – Aguido

[The Hands of Longing]

Jim began to protect Esmeralda with crude magic rather than divine power.

“Don’t come out and do whatever you want, just sit there quietly, Mr. Jim!”

It’s pointless.

Just now, Eleven was able to catch her ankle because she let her guard down, but the same method won’t work again.

Moreover, the variable called Jim began to appear in Eleven’s field of vision as she persistently pursued Esmeralda.

“That can’t be happening. If I could just buy a little bit of time, wouldn’t our chances of winning go up?”

“If you don’t want to get stabbed by someone for no reason, just stay still!”

Jim’s judgment was not wrong.

What Esmeralda needs now is time to get used to Eleven’s swordsmanship and grow further.

Right now I’m at the brink of collapse before I can even finish the process. If someone could just buy me a little more time, it would be a huge help.

But Esmeralda knows.

Jim is really useless. It was just a coincidence that he caught Eleven’s ankle for a moment, and now there’s only one ankle grab he can do.

“If you don’t dodge this, you’ll die. Legion Commander Eleven.”

Use the power of the gods.

They both know that it could make the situation worse. In that situation, taking that gamble means you have no real intention of using it.

In other words, it is a life-threatening trick.

match!

As Jim claps his hands, sparks fly between his palms, and blue flames begin to bloom and glow.

Fireworks that resemble the sky and make you fall in love just by looking at them.

The moment the flames bloomed, Eleven, who had been pushing Esmeralda, turned around and swung her sword.

Kiiiiiing!

Eleven’s attack that tears the space apart with a twisted sound.

Jim blocks the sword strike with the flames he holds in both hands.

“Huh… …!”

Abilities that should have been used for offense are turned to defense.

A foolish way of wielding and swinging the explosive magic around in your hand instead of shooting it.

The blue flames burn Eleven’s sword energy completely, but the impact is completely borne by Jim.

Just in case his attacks would not bring enlightenment to Eleven, he took on the burden in his body.

“Ugh.”

Jim, who had burned Eleven’s sword like that, groaned in pain and hesitated. The palm that had been holding the blue flame was now gushing red blood.

“I don’t understand.”

Eleven frowned at the sight of Jim like that.

It’s an incomprehensible behavior. And that means there’s some reason he can’t figure out.

It really bothers me.

“I’ll have to take care of that first.”

Eleven immediately turned around and ran towards Jim.

“Where!”

And Esmeralda follows behind Eleven.

As Eleven is about to cut off Jim’s head, Esmeralda’s sword flies in as if it will pierce Eleven’s heart.

“… … .”

A fleeting moment.

Eleven had no choice but to swerve to avoid Esmeralda’s attack instead of decapitating Jim.

In the first place, it would be putting the cart before the horse if he had died instead of killing Jim, but there was not a single trace of fear on Jim’s face as he faced death.

Eleven had to frown again at the sight of the two people risking their lives and sacrificing their bodies for each other.

He is a strong opponent. He is not only physically strong, but also mentally strong.

I can’t leave that kind of opponent behind.

fault!

That’s why Eleven dodged Esmeralda’s attack with an exaggerated feeling and flew behind Jim.

Eleven’s vision, which had been spinning in the air like that, finally shows the two people at the same time.

Kagagagagak!

Eleven, who had fallen from the air like that and corrected her posture, drew her sword from a distance.

“what……?”

Esmeralda hesitates as if she cannot understand the sight.

The stance Eleven took was that of a swordsman. Is this where he pulls out a technique that is all show and has no practical use?

That alone should have sent a shiver down Esmeralda’s spine.

“Tch!”

Esmeralda chose to defend herself instead of counterattacking, seeing Eleven preparing to use her sword while lowering her body.

She blocks Eleven’s sword swing with her holy sword, which she has lined up with all of her weapons and is emitting strong energy.

It is most likely impossible to see it with your eyes and respond to it.

If that’s the case, I’ll do my best to stop it.

Kiiiiiiiiing!

Eleven’s sword is pulled out again, scattering ghostly sounds.

At that moment, blue mixed in with the eerie red river.

“uh……?”

The moment Esmeralda saw that color, her mind went blank.

Because that blue color resembled the power I had seen many times before.

And the moment she thought that, scenes from the past flashed through Esmeralda’s mind.

-Watch carefully, it’ll be over in no time.

Garnet and Varuna start fighting.

An insignificant being who came between two people who caused a natural disaster.

The moment a small spark bloomed on Jim’s palm, the two figures fell apart.

-How did you see it?

-If you ask me what I saw… …It was just two people getting hit by sparks and then falling down with a “Ugh!”

A situation that was incomprehensible.

-Well, it’s natural for it to look that way. The power we use is different from our perception of it.

The reason why it had to be that way.

An unrecognizable, one-sided attack by those one level above.

The moment he thought about it, Esmeralda could see it.

“ah…….”

A blue-tinged red attack that flies in at incredible speed.

The attack passes through the weapons Esmeralda has lined up for defense, rather than destroying them.

A world-transcending blow that depicts the lives of those who stand one step above the world, those who are beyond recognition, and those who are halfway to transcendence.

widely!

Someone pushes Esmeralda’s body away, leaving her speechless at the sight.

“Mr. Jim… … ?”

Jim, who was holding Esmeralda, once again emits blue flames and takes Eleven’s blow to the back.

“Ugh!”

There is no way to stop it.

It is impossible to completely withstand an attack with such strong physical force as a mere spark.

“like this…….”

Jim didn’t resist and just went along with the impact.

He is thrown off the cliff while holding Esmeralda in his arms.

“Now let’s wait for the next time.”

So the two fell to the edge of a cliff, out of Eleven’s sight.

***

“Ugh… … . Keuk… … .”

Esmeralda crawled out of the river, tainted with magic, struggling.

And in her hands she was dragging the burden she had thrown herself upon to protect her.

It was dangerous. The river polluted by magic still gave off a tingling sensation, but Esmeralda was able to breathe a sigh of relief.

‘Because Eleven turned around.’

It was far from the edge of the cliff.

‘Mr. Jim took the attack and jumped over the edge of the cliff.’

Eleven’s pursuit was delayed.

‘I survived thanks to that.’

Eleven belatedly ran to the edge of the cliff, but it was impossible to find Jim and Esmeralda, who had already dived into the river.

I found a way out of danger.

If he had been pushed back a little by Eleven’s sword like before, he would have lost his life to an additional attack the moment he fell.

“… … .”

Esmeralda looked at Jim, who was unconscious.

His back was already tattered and he was on the verge of death after throwing himself into a river polluted by magic.

“You didn’t know it would turn out like this?”

Jim could die.

And even knowing that situation, he tried to save Esmeralda.

Esmeralda was afraid of such an incomprehensible tendency of Jim.

Sometimes he acts like he’s going to kill you, and other times he risks his life to save you.

Esmeralda could not understand Jim at all, as he had even sacrificed his own life in the process.

And every time he showed that kind of appearance, Esmeralda felt afraid.

“What on earth do you do?”

Why? Why on earth?

She was so scared of this moment, of feeling gratitude and affection for the person she hated, the person she had so many reasons to hate.

Because I saw her colleagues.

Because I was seeing how crazy the blind people were.

The idea that it could be you is so scary.

“Mr. Jim… … .”

It’s still the same now.

Esmeralda smiled bashfully, poking Jim’s cheek as he lay there.

And then he flinches when he realizes that he did it.

This longing is a sin.

It’s fear and chains.

However, we cannot say for sure that such feelings are bad.

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“ha…….”

Complicated emotions.

It is clear that she too has become weak-hearted due to her severe injuries.

It’s hard to make excuses like that anymore.

“What should I do?”

Esmeralda stared at the fallen luggage and thought.

There was nothing wrong with the gazes her colleagues sent her.

There is no room for excuses anymore.

“you are…….”

Yes, Jim, he was the porter of the warrior party and a spy for the Demon King’s army.

It’s too ugly to say that I love you.

However, it is too early to conclude that they are just colleagues.

Neither this nor that, just his existence makes Esmeralda worry.

‘A burden on my heart.’

It had become something that took root in a corner of my heart.