As Lira and Isis fought in the central city with every place are ruined thanks to their battle, several people have to be the casualties.
The casualties themselves are no exception.
Adventurers nor civilians have suffered many casualties as they fought.
But the fight must be going on! The more the battle delayed, the more casualties would have occurred to Laira Village's side.
Every male guild member but Presbyter had worked hard to save everyone possible there. Some of them have killed as well as the battle goes.
The battle is no longer all about magic versus magic, but the resolution. The determination to prove who is the worthy user of the Darkness Dragon Mortal Magic.
But, to Lira, this is his battle of vengeance. The battle that determined that he can avenge for his friends, his teachers, and everyone he loved who died in her hands.
Lira started the attack by swinging his Katana towards Isis by running through the ruins nearby that he continued with a jump directly to her side.
Isis parried the attack and step back with her wings flapped to create more momentum to dodge.
But, Lira has violently pulled her wings as he is about to cut her wings before she could be able to fly or float again.
Isis wanted to run. But it's all too late,
"Lira, consider Pharaoh!" Kiana shouted to him.
But it's all late, he's brutally uproot her wings using his katana, making her part of the wings are scattering everywhere. He said,
"I did defeat you once, but you stole my magic uses moonlight serenade. Moonlight serenade could approve the wishes of anyone in exchange for the stamina. So this is why you didn't attack and messed up with my mind using the Destruction Metoria before you are running. Now, I'm destroying your dream of being free."
His fierce glare, wrath, and hatred have shown on his face.
As her wings have partially removed by brute force by him. She started to lose her balance.
Drops of blood have flown from her body out from the wings where she got cut. She screamed in agony, asked
"IS IT WRONG FOR I TO GET MY POWER BACK!"
Lira answered to her,
"If you want my power, you can get it free."
And he comes close to her, stabbed her left leg using his katana, leaving it there with her screaming in agony. He said,
"But, is this what do you want? Messing around with me, my servants, my family, and even my friends. DONT YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE I LOVED WHO YOU KILL!?"
She replied again to defend against his statement,
"IF YOU HAD SO MANY PEOPLE, WHY DONT YOU RELY UPON THEM? WHY YOU HAVE TO STOLE MY POWER?"
Lira sighed, removing his sword from her leg.
Then he strangled her, showing that he is completely lost control now.
"Lira never once steal anyone's power. Lira swearing in front of deities, gods, dragons, and everyone that Lira is never once stealing any power. Lira Richeolot's power of archery is inherited by Echidna Richeolot. The archer princess who is known for her ice metoria and her title being Ice Dragon Mortal, accusing Lira again and Lira will kill you now!"
His grip over the choke is getting harder as Isis who has her body bleed, tried to survive. As Kiana sees her who about to die, ran and jumped from the second floor to the first floor and she injured her own foot thanks to the glass derbies, shouted to him.
"Stop it, Lira. Stop it!"
Lira who heard the voice, Loosened the straggle. Dropped her down as she's cried.
"Thank you to save me, Elf Lady. I just want to get my power back."
Kiana tried to heal her to give aid to her to recover her fatal injures, She said to him,
"Why don't you arrest her instead. You will need much intel from her!"
Lira shoves her out from there. He said,
"None of your business, I know everything as Pharaoh has sent what she remembered about this eighteen hours of the incident!"
Isis continued to spoke with her being almost out of breath. She said
"You are indeed much more merciful."
As she said that, Lira pointed the sword to her. He said,
"If you return my power now. I can consider forgiving you for what you had done. But as a war criminal, you must get a death punishment, pick one. Either I killed you off, or you are returning my power then I could speak to the authorities to let you go and return you to the land of fairies."
Mari has run to Lira's side too. But she stood behind isis.
Upon sees his number advantage, he said
"I have recovered, so I can fight you all day even without my darkness dragon magic. Pharaoh with her being weakened for your several barrages of attack could still have time to recover my brother and me. Who you are? I think you are the one who is the thief instead."
As Kiana recovered her feet from the injure of the glass derbies, she wanted to heal her. But lira stopped her, and he said
"Choose it now, or let I.."
She decided the answer that has Lira stab her chin, slashed it to make her slashed into the half with her chains and axe has severed into pieces as well. Motionless for good, Lira said
"I have many ways and resources to help you, but you forced me to do this. Peace to the fallen."
As the deceased fairy has lost her lifeform completely, the dragon-shaped dense dark aura has come out from her body. For once again, his dragon power has returned to him.
He walked away with Mari who steps over the motionless body that cut into half. As the sword Lira held that returned to normal, is strong enough to cut that chain.
Lira could win this time, is because of the stamina advantage. What if he is weakened like her? Things would be completely different.
As Lira undid his bow into a usual shape, he's fallen down to the ground with a pale face, Kiana and Mari holding him still in the left and the right. He said,
"Imagine that I have to use this mode on my just recovered state, it gives me a huge toll of my power. Thank you guys to allow me to do what I think is the right thing to do."
Kiana who holding him still on left said replied
"No Lira, you did the right thing. She should have to return her power in exchange for granting her a grace. But, she decided to swing her axe for the last time to kill you. And you did the right thing by killing her."
And Mari who brings his bow on her back replied
"Yes Lira, you need to consider the villager's interest as well. Do you?"
Lira smiled at both of them. And a black-haired man who is badly injured with his sword is broken and both of his hands has the chain with the blade on his back, Called him.
"Lira?"
Lira has looked over the source of the voice. He said,
"Guess what bro? I've kinda messed up again. Like y know."
Lex replied when he's talking on the way. He said,
"We did it, both Titan Lord and Isis."
Both Kiana and Mari are chuckled with the brothers who are similarly badly injured in their own shape. Lira for his wounds on his chest reopened, and Lex with his broken armor, broken weapon, and many slashes on his body. As they both hugged in the joy that they did it.
Finally the twenty hours of the stopless battle. Has come to the end, and for once. Laira Village has restored it's peaceful days again.
Arc 2: The Dark Secret, Finished.
And the story continues.