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Chapter 202 - Remember

Having received new power, the guardian walked towards Adam.

"Let us cross swords, hybrid." [Left Horned Guardian]

Pushing with his right leg, the guardian zoomed to Adam's location.

"Block!" [Krino]

Quickly realizing the danger, Adam raised his sword against the guardian's. As the two blades clashed, the guardian's short sword set itself aflame with black fire.

"Ow?! Wait, why does it hurt?!" [Krino]

("Krino?!") [Adam]

Feeling a sense of worry, Adam kicked the guardian in the stomach.

"Guh!" [Left Horned Guardian]

Pushing a bit further, Adam rechambered his leg and kicked the guardian away.

"Urgh!" [Guardian]

As the guardian reeled back, the black flames vanished.

"...Well, that was a first. I knew the concept of pain from your memories, but never had I thought I'd experience it firsthand." [Krino]

("How was it?") [Adam]

"It sucked." [Krino]

("Figured.") [Adam]

Wrapping up the conversation, Adam charged at the guardian.

"Oh this is gonna hurt." [Krino]

Adam slashed vertically, in which the guardian blocked. It then caused black flames to rise again.

"Ow!" [Krino]

Feeling the searing pain, Krino fought back.

"Have some of this!" [Krino]

Krino wrapped itself with lightning, focusing on sending it through the other blade.

"Argh!" [Left Horned Guardian]

Adam pushed downwards enough to make the guardian fall to one knee. Seeing such a thing, Adam raised his sword again for a second slash.

"Impossible!" [Left Horned Guardian]

Reacting quickly, the guardian grabbed sand from the ground and threw it into Adam's eyes.

"Ack! You little shit!" [Adam]

The guardian saw an opening. He pulled himself to his feet, then proceeded to slash at Adam's side.

"Block to your left!" [Krino]

Heeding Krino's warning, Adam managed to defend against the guardian's blade.

"Your tenacity is unwelcome!" [Left Horned Guardian]

The black flames erupted, flowing past Krino and searing Adam's ribs.

"Urgh!" [Adam]

He leapt back while attempting to rube the sand out of his eyes. Unfortunately, the guardian gave chase.

"You're not getting away!" [Left Horned Guardian]

"I've got you!" [Krino]

Black and white swords appeared above Adam, each launching towards the guardian the moment of its summoning.

"It's useless!" [Left Horned Guardian]

Fully sprinting, the guardian successfully deflected all the blades flying at him.

"Adam! He's coming!" [Krino]

("I know!") [Adam]

Eyes wet with tears, the sand finally washed out. Adam prepared himself to fight, but was shocked to see the guardian face to face with him.

"You-!" [Adam]

He raised his arm to slash, but was stopped when the guardian grabbed him. The guardian strengthened his grip on Adam's arm, causing the flaming symbols on his body to illuminate.

"I'm going to let you do that." [Left Horned Guardian]

A searing pain then came along with the guardian's grip.

"Agh!" [Adam]

The pain felt unbearable. So much so that Adam tried to desperately break free with his arm tensing up from pain.

"It's not over yet." [Guardian]

Flipping his short sword backwards, the guardian struck Adam in the stomach and conjured black fire into an explosion.

"Argh!" [Adam]

The explosion flung Adam back a few meters. He hit the sand rolling, somehow knocking the air out of him.

"Adam! Are you okay?!" [Krino]

Adam struggled to pick himself up. Punching the sand and pushing to lift himself, his chest heaved in exhaustion.

("What does it look like?!") [Adam]

There were burns all over him. He couldn't feel his left side, his right arm, and his stomach. In fact, it was getting increasingly difficult to hold his sword.

"Do you feel it? My lord's power?" [Left Horned Guardian]

The guardian advanced slowly. Adam's body felt heavy, and his vision blurry. The world felt like it was almost spinning, causing Adam to almost stumble over nothing.

"Adam! You can't fall here!" [Krino]

As Adam struggled to stand, he heard a snap and saw something fall from his neck.

("Huh?") [Adam]

Looking at the sand, he saw a necklace of a silver sword.

("This is… The necklace Vivian gave me?") [Adam]

Staring at the necklace, Adam entered a trance.

"So, it finally broke. That damn seal your sister made was quite the annoyance." [???]

A voice echoed in Adam's head.

("Who… Are you…?") [Adam]

"Oh, you know me. You just don't remember. Try recalling it. Here's a hint… Think of your parents." [???]

Images flashed in his head. First it was the two corpses of his parents being consumed by voidlings. Then it seemed to change into something else.

("What? What is happening?!") [Adam]

The images flashed to a different version of the memory. It was the exact same as before, just without the voidlings.

"You're close. Try looking harder." [???]

The memory slowly formed. Bloodied hands and a destroyed city. In the end, Adam realized what happened.

"You… You…!" [Adam]

"Ah, it seems you remember. That's right… What is my name?" [???]

The memory of bloodied hands and a decimated city flashed back and forth. Rage built up within Adam's chest, and he cried out.

"ASTOS!!!" [Adam]