Magic world

"Your opponent is us." Xenovia blocked the path leading to where Ito Cheng was standing and looked at the mad priest Freed opposite and said.

"Rias Gremory's [Knight], if our common front still counts, let's destroy the King's Sword together." Then, Xenovia turned his head and said to Kiba Yuto on the other side. said the voice.

"Is this okay?" Kiba Yuto asked.

"No matter what, as long as we can bring back the [fragment] that forms the core of the King's Sword, it will be fine. Since the person who wields the sword is Freed, even if the sword is a holy sword, it cannot be regarded as a holy sword. The holy sword is also Just like any other weapon, the situation will be different depending on the person who uses the weapon - that is the Heretic Sword." Xenovia said with an unruly smile.

"Giggle..." Balpa let out a weird laugh after hearing Xenovia's words.

"Balpa Galileo, I am a survivor of the [Holy Sword Project]. No, to be precise, I am a person who died by your hands. I was reincarnated into a demon to survive today." Kiba Yuto's face was filled with murderous intent. He looked at Balpa who was still standing in the magic circle and said.

"Oh? A survivor of that plan. It's really a twist of fate. I didn't expect to meet in such a Far Eastern country. We are really destined. Hehehe." Balpa said as if he was a little surprised.

"I like the Holy Sword very much, so much that I even dream about the Holy Sword. Probably because the biography of the King's Sword that I read before made my heart so excited. Because of this, when I knew that I could not become the Holy Swordsman , I am really desperate." Then, without waiting for Kiba Yuto to speak. Then he continued speaking without thinking about himself.

"Because I couldn't use the Holy Sword, I longed for people who could. My yearning grew stronger, so I immersed myself in researching how to artificially create people who could use the Holy Sword. Thanks to your help, research It worked."

"What? Success? You clearly treat us as failure?" Kiba Yuto raised his eyebrows.

"I realized that a certain factor is required to use the Holy Sword, so I investigated the suitability with the numerical value of the factor. Almost all the young men and women who participated in the experiment had the factor, but each of them did not have the numerical value to be able to use the King's Sword. So I Come to a conclusion - in this case [I wonder if those factors can be extracted and collected]?" Balpa shook his head and said.

"I see, I understand. When the Holy Swordsman receives the blessing, what he puts into his body is..." Xenovia seemed to have thought of something, and said with a hint of surprise on his face.

"That's right. Girl Holy Swordsman. We extract it from the human body with the sacred factor and crystallize it. Just like this." As he spoke, Balpa took out a spherical crystal that emitted blue light from his arms.

The crystal is crystal clear, and with the blue light emitted spontaneously, it looks magnificent.

"After getting this, the research on the Holy Swordsman has made rapid progress. However, those in the church regarded me as a heretic. They excluded me and took away the research data. Since there is a swordsman like you, it means that there is someone to continue. My research. Damn Michael, he tried every possible means to make me a sinner. He is not the same. Well, with that angel's acting style, even if the factors of the experimental subjects are extracted, they will not be killed. At least it can be said that it is better than I'm humane. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr," Balpa snickered.

"You killed my companions and took away their Holy Sword Adaptability Factor?" Kiba asked, exuding an icy murderous aura.

"That's right. This sphere was what was completed at that time, right? But three of them were used on Freed and the others. This is the last one." Balpa admitted straightforwardly.

"Ah hahaha! Everyone except me died during the process because their bodies couldn't cooperate with the factor! Well~~ It seems that I am really special!" Freed said proudly and narcissistically.

"Balpa Galileo. How many lives did you sacrifice for your own research and your own life..." Kiba Yuto said with trembling hands. At the same time, violent magic burst out from his body, surrounding him, exuding astonishing aura.

"Hmph. Since you said so, why not crystallize this factor for you. My research has progressed to the stage where it can be mass-produced. As long as the production environment is prepared, it can be carried out at any time. Now I want to destroy this town with Kokabile first , and then went around to collect legendary holy swords that were kept all over the world. Then he mass-produced holy swordsmen, and used the unified sword of kings to launch a war against Michael and the Vatican, and let the stupid angels who beat me into sinners and Devotees are exposed to my research,” Balpa said.

After saying that, he threw the ball on the ground as if throwing away garbage, and let it roll in front of Kiba Yuuto.

Kiba Yuto squatted down, picked up the crystal with both hands, and held it against his chest.

"...Everyone..." Kiba Yuto said softly.

A trace of tears fell from the corner of his eyes.

However, at this moment, the blue ball that had not received any stimulation suddenly burst into bright light. The light gradually spread out, covering the entire playground, and then small blue light spots appeared one after another over the playground. Under the influence of unknown power, they condensed into humanoid shapes one after another.

These figures are both male and female, but they are not very old. Judging from their faces, the oldest one is not over 18 years old, while the youngest one is not yet ten years old. They are standing in front of Kiba Yuto wearing uniform clothes and mouthing. The silent opening and closing of the book.

"I have been... thinking about it. I am the only one who has survived. Is it really okay for me to be the only one alive... Some of you have bigger dreams than me, and some want to live more than me. Is it true that I am the only one who can live a peaceful life alone? Are you okay..." Kiba Yuto cried.

"[Leave us alone. Even if it's just you, you have to live] That's what they said." Akeno acted as a translator, transmitting the voices for those ghosts. There really is something like a witch medium.

Then, the ghosts' lips moved again, changing into a unified rhythm.

"It's a hymn," Xenovia said.

When Kiba heard this, he shed tears and sang a hymn along with it.

Then a new light spread with Kiba Yuto as the center and became more and more dazzling. And in this dazzling light, strange voices sounded in the silent playground.

It's the voices of the ghosts. They sang hymns in clear children's voices.

The singing was loud and clear until the end. The souls of young men and children flew into the sky, turned into blue light spots all over the sky, and poured into the body of Kiba Yuto who was kneeling on the ground.

After a moment of silence, Kiba Yuto opened his eyes, looked at Balpa with cold but not angry eyes and said, "Balpa Galileo. If you are not eliminated, there will only be a second and third batch like us. People who don’t take life seriously.”

"Hmph. Research must be accompanied by sacrifice. It has been like this since ancient times. Isn't that just the way it is?"

"Yuto! Do it! You can solve everything by yourself! Beyond the King's Sword! You are my Rias Gremory's dependent! My [Knight] will not lose to something like the King's Sword!" No! Is it because demons and fallen angels in this world are so polite, or something else, but after the change on Kiba Yuuto's side, the battle that was supposed to be going on in the sky also stopped, so Rias, who had no time to spare, spoke with pride. said.

"Yuto! I believe you!" Akeno said.

"Senior Yuto! Come on!" Kitty encouraged.

"Yuuto, come on, act like a man." Ito Cheng smiled.

"Hahaha! Why are you crying? You're singing so happily with those ghosts in the middle of the battlefield. It's so annoying. That's really unfortunate. I hate that song the most. Just hearing it makes me slip. A rash breaks out on your tender skin! I've had enough, my patience has reached its limit! I'm going to cut you into pieces with a thousand swords to calm myself down! Use this invincible holy sword that combines the four swords of kings!" Freed said wildly and wantonly said.

"I want to transform into a sword. I want to transform into the sword of the president and my partners! Respond to my thoughts! Create a magic sword!" Kiba Yuto ignored Freed's shouting, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice.

In an instant, sacred light and evil aura spread out from his hands, intertwined and collided with each other, and finally merged into a black and white long sword, which fell into Kiba Yuto's hands.

"Forbidden Hand - the Holy Demonic Sword of the Double Hegemons! With both a holy and a demonic sword, you can experience its power for yourself." After saying that, Kiba Yuto rushed towards Freed.

"Since my knight worked so hard, I can't lose. Kokobol, take over!" Rias looked at Kiba Yuto who was fighting with Freed below and smiled. Then he looked up at Kokbol opposite and said loudly.

After saying that, he created a blue ball-sized magic ball of destruction in his hand.

"Don't even think about it!" Kokobol, who already knew that Rias now has a power no less than or even more powerful than himself, would not foolishly fight with Rias to attack. He immediately sneered and appeared in front of Rias. Behind Si, his fingers spread out and he attacked Rias.

In an instant, a ball formed by a large amount of photon energy hit Rias.

"You seem to have forgotten me." At this moment, Akeno's figure suddenly appeared behind Rias, stretching his hands forward, creating a huge magic light array in front of him, blocking the front.

"Boom boom boom!"

A violent roar sounded immediately.

Rias dodged and flew out, raised her hand and shot the magic ball of destruction in her hand towards Kirkbolt.

Kokbol dodged and passed the attack path of the magic ball. With a wave of his hand, he created hundreds of light javelins around him, which flew toward Rias like a swarm.

Akeno put his hands together, creating streaks of lightning, and pushed out with his hands.

"Boom boom boom boom..."

The electric light immediately collided with the light gun, causing a series of shocking loud noises.

"As expected of the guy who survived the last battle, he is really difficult to deal with seriously." Looking at Kokbol dragging two in the sky, Ito Cheng couldn't help but sigh. (To be continued...)