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「A Kouki's declaration, the <Dark King> let out a dubious voice

『A hero, you said?』

It was likely that he was deth uess that's too abstract huh', Kouki s back in return this ti>, won't you helpfor a here both sides can coexist?」

『What?』

Baffle that voice was as expected……ridicule

『In this end of the here I' desire, and you are asking me to discard it? Hah』

Out of the question, hat he conveyed But, Kouki continued his words without faltering

「You're only about to get your hand on your desire, but you won't be able to obtain it for real」

『……Hou Why do you think so?』

「Because I'm here」

This time it rath A terrific wrath was e hiainst the <hero>, that he was inferior than hi me?』

「No It's my determination」

The words that replied back concisely contained a clearness that couldn't be ignored

The <Dark King> looked up to the sky His ht It was the proof that the being confronting hith

There was a still silence The <Dark King>'s ansas──

「──!!」

A thunderous sound resounded

That was the sound of clash played by the sheathed holy sword that Kouki lifted up with both hands clashing against the large sword that ung down vertically The attack was a powerful one that caused a hallucination as though the ground was split

『Hou, that's really soiant jaw assaulted froht!

Kouki immediately tried to jump forward to escape from the unknown, but he saw black beasts assaulted him from all directions simultaneously

Kouki i <Heaven Severance> to block while continuing his question It was the saal

「Why? Why won't you take a path where everyone can survive!? If your race can survive by other way, then there should be no need for human to be livestock! It's fine even if it's onlythere is in a world where both sides areto kill each other!?」

『──』

The <Dark King> didn't reply But, it could be seen how the red eyes peeking out from behind his hel any worth froue vehe his teeth

「There will be spark of hatred re for sure if you turn human into livestock Discord will occur without fail if you rule through fear If s> ht die A lot of lives will be scattered if a war occur! You are their king aren't you!? Aren't you thinking to look for a path where no sacrifice will result for the sake of the future, for the sake of your co> seee even when he wasn't in the territory of miasma Surprise attacks careat sword And then, every single attack possessed terrific et cut doithout even noticing it, or even if they could defend there was no doubt they would still get cut down along with their defense

In fact, he was barely blocking the attacks by placing <Heaven Severance> at his blind spots, but sh those <Heaven Severance> were increasing continuously

In addition, the countless beasts that suddenly appeared from empty air became numerous murderous weapons They used miasma to explode or became blades that constantly attacked fro to perfor <Heaven Severance>

Kouki used <Heaven Severance> and <Light Halo> to hold back the beasts, and used <Light Blade> and < Light Explosion> to forcefully take some distance Only then he was barely able to evade or block everything

The <Dark King> was responding with ridiculing laugh as expected toward Kouki's desperate words

『Not at all』

Kouki's expression distorted in grief

「Why, how could……」

『War? The bigger the better Strife itself is so is there in a life where there isn't even one entertainhtly His desperation thinned down and his expression was turning vaguely calm

『Conflict, rule, the livestock's rebellion, they are side show All of those are indispensable "entertain don't you think?』

Kouki understood Co> He understood for sure this tiratory fish that would die if they didn't continue to swi They couldn't help but fight They couldn't help but conquer They would invade until the ends of earth if it was for the sake of that They would scatter the spark of hatred the for survival, and at the sa to fill their heart

Evil──it would be easy if <Dark Being> could just be labeled like that

But it was if froreat majority of hu>, perhaps it was Kouki's insistence for coexistence that was exactly an evil that was tra on their nature

Their viewpoint was decisively too different

『Are you finished with your questions? Then let's end this You have allowed ht won't th that I have continued to stock for this whole five years』

The air shook greatly Raging > with fiercerule everything I'll teach your body the ship』

Theinto a giant that was about fifty round Arreat sas formed, and then the whole body was covered with arure of the strongest king that wouldn't perish as long as miasma existed was there

『How about you create your barrier of light? You al that didn't you?』

In respond Kouki closed his eyes slightly He wrapped his body in silence and the tranquility of a clear spring resided in his eyes

Oncewith his resolve Once, he escaped from reality, and at the end of it he was bestoith that forth Since that time, no matter how many times he attempted it he was always unable to do it anymore──if it was noould be able to do it With such conviction he declared

「No, there is no need I'll defeat you and end this──<Heaven's Might - Light Dragon>」

A calht after it was soht converged behind Kouki It formed a shape in the blink of eye──what appeared was the foron with size that rivaled even theto──』

「……Because you are a king, I had to ask I wanted to hear, the words of the king of <Dark Beings> I thought that perhaps, there still ht be other different path I didn't want to discard that possibility However, I had heard your answer The ti anymore I won't let you」

『Tsu, don't look down on reat sword The air screa pressure

But,

「──

」

Instantly the world was dyed white

The light dragon's breath bleay anything and everything It wasn't at the level like the air was screaht that annihilated the air That was truly the ht of ruination itself

The giant's great sas instantly vaporized The body's upper half that was hit by the breath showed that it was enduring But, that too was only for a ed up

The breath that stabbed at the ground far away caused a localized earthquake Just its after wave bleay the warriors of <Dark Being> without theround

But even ah one of his tru> repressed his ture of Kouki's stiffening post using the technique

A sound like the clear ring of a bell rang out

『──tsu You bastard!』

「……」

Even though he should have taken the enemy by surprise fro the great sas cut away and sent flying

(When was it slashed? No, was it just a coincidence?)

The <Dark King> teleported again and took so about the attack just now It was aof battle where Kouki was obviously defending using his instinct or deploying barrier at his blind spots beforehand This time he was intercepted with pin point accuracy……

He made dark beasts attacked from Kouki's blind spot also with the intention of observation

──The head of the dark beasts were already lobbed off when he noticed

He regenerated his ar with line of spears from all directions

──Kouki deflected only a few spears and evaded everything byhis great sword horizontally

──shan Such clear sound rang At the sareat sas averted, and when he noticed his body was already slashed diagonally

Different from before, these sword attacks were calm He was unable to perceive the process for even once He could see how dreadful the skill behind these attacks And yet, he didn't feel anything frohting spirit, or hatred, nothing……

『You-, just what the hell are you doing!?』

The <Dark King> finally couldn't hide his turh to say that if he was slashed if he approached, then he would just pulverize everything altogether, he reforiant and ordered it to punch down

──It was bloay by the giant light dragon

Even when he attacked fro was slashed off While area attack was annihilated by the giant dragon standing by behind the enemy

『Then I'll use nu> created a hundred ht of three meter in one breath He fore If the opponent was the soldiers of the kingdom, they would be easily bloay even if they hardened their defense with twice the nuruesoth

Kouki swayed relaxedly, and two heads flew

The > perceived that, three more heads already danced in the air

No matter hoerful the miasma warrior he created──they were cut

So their coether

Soether with their arether with their large sword

Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut

There was no room for resistance, the miasma warriors eren't supposed to even feel pain were cut aithout even feeling it at all Everything ith one attack There wasn't even the sound of cutting hen the sung

And then, the s to where the <Dark King> was little by little The h an afterthought while strolling casually

『Tsu, what's this? You bastard, what's with your gaze!?』

No one would believe it Within that <Dark King>'s voice, there was a definite "flinch" filling it

What he was fearing wasn't how everything he was doing was getting cut down It also wasn't how his tru coht bullets that were like on

It was those eyes

There was no hostility in the spirit No es that could be called will couldn't be found there at all

Those eyes were tranquil like a spring sleeping deep inside an untrodden and unexplored region

It looked like he was looking so anywhere

Within those slightly opened eyelids there was only tranquility

At the end after stepping foot into his territory, there was only one result waiting after going through all the process

That was──being cut

The moment he drew out his katana couldn't be seen The trajectory of the sword couldn't be seen Everything was already over without anything that could be seen

It was the furthest land of sword skill that Moana and others witnessed at that day

──The last derivation of skill 【Sword Art】【Will Possessing Pure Mind】(TN: In the raw it's Munen Yuusou,will Please tellinside the heart, one swung the sword in the state of coness, the process of the sword being sas remarkably difficult to perceive

If one didn't have orass below even while crossing sword in a battlefield, this sword strike would be extremely difficult to be evaded with how very naturally it was done

It was one of the su a swordsman that Kouki obtained in the end of his continuous battle that was driven with only a single thought of "I have to protect" even while he wasn't conscious

Against this abnoriving hi> finally ordered the <Dark Beings> at the surrounding to attack

『All of you-, don't just stand there! Kill his> made an expression that was filled with faint suspicion of 'Is the king about to get defeated?' before they rushed Kouki

But, the soldiers of the kingdo to watch the battle of the <Dark King> and the <Hero> wouldn't allow that

「Don't let them interfere with Kouki-dono!」

「This is the critical rave!」

The one that gave such order while rushing at the forefront was Spike and Lilin

Spenser and Linden looked at each other for athe initiative They made an expression that seerown so old before heading out to reinforce Kouki while leading the surviving soldiers

「E, errr Death god-san! Please listen to Koone's wish! I hope you can attack violently at the crowd over there!」

「Eh? Koone? Death god-san?」

Even while Moana was looking surprised, the griffons seeed yeah, missy!)』 at Koone's request and they turned the eneun that came out fro into dot at the agonizing cries of the <Dark Beings>

Then, at that tih all the other battlefields with the exception of the battlefield at the capital's front where Kouki and others were at If Kouki didn't enter his trance state, then he would realize that it was the cheat healing that his one other childhood friend unleashed

Wind of agitation ran through the battlefields That was only natural After all the people's wounds were healed in the blink of eye without caring of how heavy the wounds were or even how miasma had eroded inside, in addition their comrade in arms who should be died already snapped their eyes open and stood up

The chaotic battlefield made it went unnoticed, but the revival was limited to those whose time of death ithin half a dayaround theht at the battlefield where the <Hero> was standing on

The confusion i spirit rose with a terrific moree that pushed back the <Dark Beings> at all battlefront was born

『Again-, a> raised a voice of rage Five years ago, he ate a painful retaliation just when it would only take a bit more to destroy his enemy Because of that he was attacked「Perhaps I can beco if it's now?」

Perhaps they could win

That was the greatest hu> that other could think so about hi that possessed the ultith Those who doubted that and also those who caused such doubt couldn't be allowed to live no matter what

That hy, he endured the humiliation, crushed the attack of his coth deter his ti with his army, and yet…

『Even if I have to retreat this ti!』

The iant dispersed Just when it looked like that, the > It was just like when Kouki was going to unleash <Heaven's Might>

「I accept the challenge I'll end you who are unable to choose living with various race」

The giant light dragon converged into the holy sword

『You hope of the livestock Perish!』

What was unleashed was a darkness colored boainst that was naturally,

「This is ht>!!」

A pure white bombardment That attack that was unleashed with Liht that was easily several times the one he unleashed in Arquette It was pure destruction

The dark and light bombard thoroughly with terrific impact A crater was created at the desert land

The two bombardments looked like they were equal, but that too was only for a few seconds

The holy sword shined even brighter

And then──

The light of destruction sed the darkness and went straight ahead