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Tournament – Finals Part 7

The twelfth match Hakurou vs Shion

It’s the last match of the third day

At the center of the Colosseum, Hakurou stands opposite to Shion

Inside the tense atin!」(Miliives the announcement fluently

By the way, Souka doesn’t take the referee role, she just does the victory proclamation

Because there is the risk that Souka will interrupt the ives live reports

Mili that would disturb the ,wildly hasn’t come true, I’m really thankful it hasn’t

Let’s pay more attention to the ainst each other with a quiet atht between Benihtforwardly test each others’ offence and defense

It’s like a cal river

However, a sudden downpourspirit as he slashed in Shion’s direction

But, Shion isn’t ih power to not injure the opponent, she wards off Hakurou’s slash

Hakurou is still in contrast to Shion who is always in ive such ie around

Just like in the yesterday’s battle, Shion obviously had grown Her fighting method was not the one where she just attacks with all of her strength like she had done until recently, but she has changed into a skilled battling method that stresses the ith with techniqueThisby skill level alone, it didn’t th and skill level suppleht on par with Hakurou

No, they’re not equal

Shion who has a flowing sword art, incorporated her irrational herculean strength Her technique is still immature if compared to Hakurou’s

In reality, the one who is seriously fighting and was pushed out in this battle was Hakurou

It seems that Hakurou’s swordsmanship was unable to ward off Shion’s sword attack

「You have grown, Shion Never did I expect that with your sword’s skill you could get this far」(Hakurou)

「Fufufu I won’t act violently for forever you know

My wish is to reach that high place for sure

With my previous self, I could never be useful for Rimuru-sama」(Shion)

The swords intersect and repel each other Oncea distance

It’s an to display the aspect of an advanced swords Shion’s growth

Souei was the first disciple he took under his wing

He knows his own ability and duties, while abstaining himself from overconfidence An ideal disciple

Compared to Souei, Benimaru and Shion were very different

No matter how he teaches, they are more about coth rather than skill! That was the personality that they carried into their battles

However, Benires[1] was a boy who had a strong sense of responsibility froood that he are that self-conceit could make the people he holds dear hurt

Like that, Benieneral, he has grown more remarkably than what Hakurou had previously expected

For Hakurou too, it was truly a joyous thing

But,for the probleh very surprised, was also delighted

For a period of ti resurrected fro

Is her one dark[2]?

It was as if her heart had been completely dyed by the violent hatred towards people except her friends

He had also inspected the situation of “Yoive out the feeling of special training but of venting their anger

Had Shion’s one mad because she died? So he worried

If by soreat har his sword

However, Shion showed growth

Shion changed again after being adhts

In the end, Shionkilled

It wasn’t because death is scary, but because she was afraid she would disappear without being any use

It seeotten by Ri else, by Hakurou’s analysis

For that reason, even for a little, she tries to stand out more than others

The cause was also because she was obsessed with foolish things like ranking order

She envied the others, she was afraid that if she was not hogging Rimuru-saotten and left behind

The jealousy in her heart is the cause of her recklessness

However, Riet about us, once she realizes that, the jealousy in her heart will surely disappear

In the end, the sense of being securely watched over by a parent was so that protected Shion’s mind

Now, there is no doubt in Shion’s swords toldat the same rate as now, the day when her ability surpasses Hakurou doesn’t seeive my undivided attention to the troublesome youths, such as Gobuta and Gabil)

So he thinks, while a delightful sins to shape

「Now, If you’re able to stop this sword, I will confer to you the full mastery ofsword once more enters it sheath

The roas a godsend

After this, it is only to enjoy this battle

Hakurou intended to use Battoujutsu [3]

Shion also noticed it

However, Shion doesn’t become unnerved Of course, she won’t use battoujutsu, since her Ōdachi won’t get additional speed when it was drawn

It’s not like she wasn’t able to do it, but now is not the right time to use it

For Shion and the others, Hakurou was the closest person to a parent for them

He was the only person who had raised the

That’s why, one of Shion’s objectives was to be acknowledged by hirow That’s what Shion thought

Until recently, the heavy insecurity that had occupied her heart had been completely vanished

She wasn’t afraid of death

But, what she feared ht now

Conviction that Riet about her had swept away Shion’s insecurity

At the same time as the insecurity ept away, she realized that it was less to envy others

So, instead of envy, she had surpassed it

Shion had reached the part where she noticed theherself, that “She’s not another person” In that case, she will always keep on growing

At the end of that progress, thanks to their longer lifespan she could arrive at a perspective that couldn’t be attained by short-lived people

When thinking about this, Shion didn’t feel any need to be iroas accelerated when her insecurity and doubt disappeared However, it could be called ironic

That is, so than even Shion wasn’t unable to notice

The “Envy’s Sprout” that budded inside Shion’s heart once again showed soe

At the same time as her insecurity and doubt disappeared, the envious feeling towards others was also dispelled

The outcoe, turned back into a seed and fell asleep in her inners of envy ceased

The seed did not vanish when it assith of her soul, and engraved the beat

Did the envy not bud because her anxiety and doubt disappeared? Or did her anxiety and doubt disappear because she no longer goes ed and arrived at the present state

Next, what Hakurou had released ithout doubt a Sword Saint’s Sword Draw Arts

If soood chance of winning, it was the weak point of Sword Draw

The winner and loser would be decided by this one strike

Shion devoted her entire body and soul and ainst Hakurou’s attack

「Diure become indistinct, thin like air, despite the fact that Shion’s perception was not inferior in speed, it was obstructed for a moment and before she realized it, he had already appeared before her eyes like an optical illusion

The shining blade was flowing as if it would cut through the neck,Hakurou’s victory seems to be confirmed

「Not yet! “War Goddess Release[5]”!!」(Shion)

Shion transfor the Unique Skill『War Goddess Transformation [6]』

When the doubt inside Shion disappeared, the skill『Deed into『War Goddess Transformation』

It’s not a skill where soe like a berserker It’s an ability that purely raised physical power

Just like Benimaru’s『Demon Flame Transformation[7]』, it was an ability where they’re able to use the properties of their soul body

Shion is in a state where her body’s strength was transferred into her soul body without any change However, it consuy, so it can’t be used for a long ti this offence and defense is made

With her current self, she can’t match Hakurou That’s why, she use all of her ability

Under the effect of Unique Skill『War Goddess Transformation』 a fierce and powerful Touki overflows from Shion’s entire body

All her senses are sharpened at the sa from Shion can be felt

The current Shion is able to clearly see Hakurou’s “Dim Current Slash” that could even confuse one’s speed perception

Evasion is unnecessary

She will not receive dae from that katana Shion understood that in an instant

However, Shion chose to respond to it with her greatest technique without hesitation

「ChaoticThe Apocalypse and Genesis of FateLife and Death of the Universe[8]!!」(Shion)

Putting her whole will in it, it could even alter the outco her Ōdachi from below and intercept Hakurou’s blade

Hakurou’s blade that was aimed to slash at Shion’s neck was intercepted by Shion’s Ōdachi

Despite that there wasn’t even a chance for it tosword speed broke coht flickers, and a broken edge flew in the air