"Boom!"
In the practice ground filled with the gleam of blades and swords, an incongruous thumping sound suddenly erupted.
A figure suddenly appeared behind Reiger, swinging a punch in anger, landing heavily on Reiger’s back and causing this muffled sound.
Reiger, who was wholeheartedly imrsed in the battle, focusing all his attention on Charity, failed to react in ti to this unexpected attack.
Thus, Reiger could only withdraw his sword belatedly, blocking the punch, yet he was still sent flying, his figure shooting backward a considerable distance. Only after distancing from Charity did he manage to adjust his posture mid-air and land smoothly.
"......"
Reiger, silent, lifted his gaze, his eyes that were originally filled with battle spirit and fighting intent now icy cold.
"Are you alright?"
The unexpected attacker, without even glancing at Reiger, anxiously approached the bruised and battered Charity, intending to help her up.
But Charity, who had her life saved, not only did not show gratitude but appeared even more furious than Reiger, slapping away the attacker’s hand.
"...Who allowed you to interfere?"
Charity’s voice was colder than ever, the underlying anger clearly evident.
"I-I saw you were in danger, so...!"
The newcor beca flustered and helpless at once.
Yet, Charity’s gaze and expression turned even colder and angrier.
"Do you know?" Charity said coldly, "Because of your interference, I will be indebted to that man for a lifeti."
These words stunned the newcor.
Charity no longer looked at the person and shakily stood up.
"Ice Maiden sister..."
The newcor tried to support Charity again, but was forced back by Charity’s cold gaze.
Only then did Charity turn toward Reiger, looking at the coldly staring youth, suddenly not knowing what to say.
She too felt imnsely satisfied with the sword duel they just had.
She was also pleased with Reiger’s actions.
Such a sword duel might never occur again in her lifeti.
For Charity, who always pursued strength, constantly challenging various powerful adversaries and striving to surpass others, it was undoubtedly an experience worth cherishing forever.
Surely, Reiger thought the sa, right?
That’s why he put his all into it till the end.
Not because she was his enemy, much less because she was the Holy Temple’s envoy.
In this sword duel, regardless of sides, both of them had abandoned their positions and enmity, purely enjoying the fight itself.
He swung the last strike out of satisfaction!
He swung it because he acknowledged her!
It had nothing to do with enmity, just for respecting the opponent, even if the strike was potentially fatal, Charity would only feel satisfaction and joy.
If it were her, she would also swing the final decisive strike to show respect to a worthy opponent and pay tribute to this fulfilling sword duel.
But "Chikyuu" stepping in made an unavoidable flaw appear at the very end of this perfect sword duel.
Her life was saved, but instead of feeling grateful, she was filled with regret and lant.
With her non-human intuition, Charity realized that this would be a blemish on her life from now on.
"You shouldn’t have co."
Charity threw these words at Chikyuu, disregarding their reaction, and looked toward Reiger.
By then, Reiger had already sheathed his sword.
He was expressionless as if he had already cald down.
He didn’t even want to swing his sword at the uninvited guest who intruded on the battleground.
Because they didn’t deserve it.
That night, he had swung countless swords, each giving him imnse satisfaction.
Why waste a strike on soone like that then?
From the mont the final strike was thwarted, Reiger lost the desire to swing his sword further, feeling everything had beco dull.
"Are you ’Chikyuu’?"
Reiger looked at the young man standing there dumbly and spoke without expression.
"I’ll rember that punch."
Hearing these words, a chill surged up within the young man’s heart.
He knew that he had truly provoked soone he shouldn’t, and now that person had him in mind.
Even though they had clashed before, at that ti, Reiger’s thoughts toward "Chikyuu" were undoubtedly indifferent.
Thus, even if "Chikyuu" escaped last ti, Reiger would not feel regret.
But this ti was different.
Just for that improper punch he threw tonight, Reiger now had a reason to put him to death.
With that, Reiger turned and walked out of the practice ground.
"Wait..."
Charity instinctively wanted to stop him, but as soon as she took a step, her battered body caused her to kneel in pain.
Reiger didn’t look back and walked out of the practice ground, leaving the scene.
"Ice Maiden sister..."
"Chikyuu" couldn’t help but step forward, a look of wanting to support but not daring to.
Yet, Charity still didn’t look at "Chikyuu," staring blankly at Reiger’s departing figure, with regret, lant, and anger growing more intense in her heart.
After a long while, Charity struggled to stand, sheathed the Inheritance Sword.
"Chikyuu" saw this and almost wanted to grin and brush it off as usual, but Charity turned and left directly.
"Wait!"
"Gigaton" panicked and hurriedly chased after.
"Boom!"
As Charity turned to leave, a horrifying cold burst out from her body, sweeping out like a storm, blowing in all directions.
In an instant, the ground froze into ice, and the temperature plumted by tens of degrees, causing snowflakes to appear.
"What?"
"Gigaton" had just rushed up and was imdiately t with the exploding cold wind. Caught off guard, he was struck by countless ice shards and flew backward.
"Ice Maiden Sister...!"
"Gigaton" looked at Charity in disbelief.
Charity did not look back, just like Reiger before, she walked straight out of the training ground, leaving this place.
The training ground then returned to calm.
"......."
Watching Charity leave without looking back, "Gigaton" also fell silent.
He clenched his fists, his heart becoming chaotic.
"Gigaton" knew that this ti, Charity was truly angry.
In the past, although Charity was very indifferent to him, never showing any expression, she neither rejected "Gigaton" nor ignored him, only finding his persistence annoying.
But, this ti was different.
"Gigaton" vaguely felt that he seed to have done sothing irrevocably wrong.
He also knew why Charity was so angry, after all, he was secretly watching that sword duel earlier and was shaken to his very core.
He knew Charity well, knew that this young woman was indifferent and not particularly attached to anything or anyone, except she had a special fondness for the "sword."
She must have really enjoyed that sword duel, right?
She must have been satisfied with such an opponent, right?
But... he couldn’t just stand by and watch her die!
"Reiger Brillhaut..."
"Gigaton" murmured this na, his fist clenched even tighter.
How nice it would be if you hadn’t appeared?
If you hadn’t appeared, my "Ice Maiden" sister would still be that Martial God who didn’t care about anything.
Because you defeated the "Ice Maiden" sister, she started to pay attention to you.
Because of your sword duel with the "Ice Maiden" sister, she’s probably etched you deeply into her mory.
.......Why is it you?
Things wouldn’t have turned out this way if it weren’t for you.
"Gigaton" couldn’t stop the dark feelings from surfacing in his heart.
It was imaginable how chaotic his mind was now.
"I knew you’d ss it up."
Suddenly, a voice appeared in "Gigaton’s" mind, the words full of helplessness.
"Fire Princess..."
"Gigaton" wasn’t surprised, his expression remained gloomy.
"I told you long ago that your pursuits are completely different from hers, and you see completely different things. Continuing to pester her in your own way would eventually clash with her approach."
"But you just wouldn’t believe it, thinking you could show her your sincerity, and even more arrogantly believing she didn’t care about anything, that she’d continue to be indifferent to you no matter how far you went, and things couldn’t possibly be worse."
"And now? Do you still think so?"
"Even she has things she cares about and can get angry over so matters."
The charming and seductive voice was filled with bla at this mont, as if scolding a disobedient child, the words were full of helplessness.
"Gigaton" had nothing to say, he could only remain silent.
Yet unexpectedly, "Fire Princess" continued without stopping at a point, continuing to speak.
"After this, you’re likely to reap what you’ve sown."
"Originally, that child didn’t care about anyone in this world besides . If not for , she wouldn’t have joined the Temple."
"But now, with that child’s personality, there’s likely one more person she’ll care about in the future."
There was no need for "Fire Princess" to say who this person was.
"...You can’t let just watch her die, right?"
"Gigaton" gritted his teeth, saying angrily.
"That’s why it’s so troubling."
"Fire Princess" sighed softly, seemingly very troubled.
After a while, whether intentionally or unintentionally, she changed the subject.
"The leader has already received news that Reiger Brillhaut’s group has entered the borders of the Tistis Kingdom."
The words of "Fire Princess" temporarily shifted "Gigaton’s" attention.
"What did he say?"
"Gigaton" forced himself to concentrate on sothing else.
"Follow them."
"Fire Princess" faithfully conveyed the leader’s commands.
"We’ve waited a long ti for people from the Hidden Land to show themselves, this opportunity is rare. We need to follow them and enter the Hidden Land together."
"Besides the leader and the old man, including and you, the remaining five holy envoys are all going to enter the Hidden Land."
"Our mission has two objectives."
"One is to find that entity."
"Another is to destroy the teleportation array, so the Hidden Land can no longer send people to the mainland."
User Comments
0 comments from readers