Chapter 605

Zelyse smiled happily as he continued his fierce battle with Sierra.

Under normal circumstances, his smile would look like a fresh, handsome smile, but I couldn’t help but feel a sinister feeling coming from it.

「Ahaha! Amazing! What an amazing sword!」

「…」

「Uwaah, I can’t believe how much that little kid from that time has grown up like this!」

「Tsk! Bastard! There’s no way the current you know the current me now!」

Sierra frowned at Zelyse’s words. They seemed to know each other, didn’t they? But Sierra denied it with strange words.

The current you? What did he mean by that? Was he saying that he should have forgotten about him by now?

I couldn’t figure out the relationship between Sierra and Zelyse. Was it something like Zelyse experimenting on him and abandoning him a long time ago?

「Fufu~n. Do you really think so?」

「…Nonsense! Are you trying to confuse me?」

「No no no, I really know who you’re, right, Romio-kun?」

「…My name, is Sierra!」

「Is that what you call yourselves now? But I know you guys pretty well, you know? Romio-kun and… Zelos Reed-san?」

「H-how did you…」

What did he mean? Romio? And moreover, Zelos Reed…? The boy’s real name was Romio, and Zelos Reed was hiding somewhere? What the hell did that mean?

「Have you been… watching us!? That shouldn’t be possible, but still…」

「Well, I wonder…?」

「…It does not matter. If I kill you, the culprit here, it will be all over!」

「You think you can kill me?」

「Sure I can!」

I guess it was time for us to join the fray. Although they were immersed inside their own world, our hatred towards Zelyse was the same.

We could ask him about their name and what happened with Zelyse later.

『Fran!』

(Nn!)

For some reason, Zelyse had not been using his permeability, and now was our chance. Was he wary of it being canceled out again by Sierra, or was it something that he couldn’t use often?

Anyway, he was definitely tangible right now.

「Let’s get serious!」

『Ou! We’ll bring him down here!』

I didn’t want to involve Sierra in this if possible. But I had some questions I wanted to ask him, and he was on our side, for now.

Therefore, we could not use a ranged attack or a large-scale attack that would involve him in it. If that was the case, then the only thing we could do was to put all our strength into this and strike Zelyse with all our might.

「Awakening――Brilliant Lightning Rush. Sword God Transformation!」

『Here we go!』

The characteristic devastating magic that covered my blade and the strange feeling of one’s thoughts being strengthened enveloped Fran and me.

「Black Thunder Roll―――!」

The strengthening of the Sword God Transformation was not limited to our swordsmanship alone. It also brought out the best of what we were capable of at that moment.

The power of the Black Heavenly Tiger that resided in Fran’s body and the swordsmanship associated with the Gods. In addition, the skills I possessed.

When they were fused, it became a killing blow that no one could dodge. The speed of the Black Lightning, the best slash, and its refined stealth was packed into this one strike.

I was confident that this attack would work against the strong opponents we had struggled with in the past. Even against the Lich and Amanda, I was confident that we could defeat them as long as we could activate it.

After all, there was a good chance that we would be taken down before we could even use it.

Sierra was completely unable to react to the sudden appearance of Fran in her Black Lightning Roll. Neither his eyes nor consciousness was directed at Fran, who had appeared right next to him.

But on the other hand, Zelyse was able to react to this somehow.

He then sacrificed his left hand to catch Sierra’s sword, while moving to block me with his drawn crystal sword. If his reflexes and swordsmanship weren’t on par with ours, this move would have been impossible.

I had thought that he had acquired skills at the level of the Sword Saint Skills, but apparently, it was even higher. In addition, there was no doubt that he had acquired a skill similar to super-reactivity through his magic stone weapon.

He had used his extra skill, the Thief’s Favor before. With that in mind, it was no surprise that he could use any skill he wanted.

However, Zelyse would not be able to prevent the slash we unleashed.

「Eh?」

Zelyse blinked in surprise at the strange phenomenon that had occurred before his eyes.

The moment I made contact, the sword in Zelyse’s hand disappeared completely without a trace.

Immediately after that, with the feeling of my stomach being filled, magic power flowed into me.

『Thanks for the meal!』

Zelyse’s sword, which looked like a crystal, was actually made of a magic stone. I recognized it as we approached, so we slashed at it.

A magic stone weapon that enabled the use of Magic Stone Skills for a certain period of time. A golem made of magic stone, a magic stone soldier. In addition, his research on implanting magic stones into humans, we could even say that Zelyse was an expert in magic stones.

The sword that Zelyse was using was made of a magic stone. It was probably a powerful magic sword that had some special abilities.

But in front of me, it was just a treat.

「W-wait…!」

It made me happy to see the look of genuine surprise on this Zelyse bastard’s face!

「Haaa!」

「Ghiighaaah!」

Immediately after, my blade slammed into the defenseless Zelyse. I could definitely feel it slicing through his flesh. No doubt, this was his real body.

Moreover, the attack with the Divine Attribute seemed to have been unexpectedly effective. Zelyse, who hadn’t changed his complexion when Sierra slashed him, screamed in disgust.

Perhaps the Divine Attribute, which was superior to all possible attributes, had an effect that nullified pain-dulling skills and the like.

「Even the Divine Attribute… That’s not… fair…」