KOHAKU KURO'S POV:
After that incident, the mountain is now safe, we come back to Orval after the next day of the incident. We left the children in the care of Rail as he doesn't have any intention to go back to his town yet. The children also don't have anywhere to go as they said the same thing, which is their village has been destroyed by the man. It was the right choice to get rid of him.
And now, we stopped at the hunter's guild tavern on the underground basement. Although I want to inform Lua and Susuki that I have back first.
They gave us a warm welcome, there are only old-man Cain and old-man Phillot along with their secretary. We told them everything about what happened on the mountain. All about the barrier and that guy.
"Thank you, Kuro! Thank you so much!" As old-man Phillot continuously thanking me since earlier. I could see he is now in tear of joy. After all if not because of what I did, they all will be trapped there forever.
"I might haven't told you yet, but they are all my relatives and Allie is my daughter."
What... daughter?! Well, they don't seem to be look-alike though?
"Hahaha, what's with that look on your face? She follows much of her mother though"
"Thank you, Kuro. You have saves us." As Aella pours the tea into my cup.
"Yeah, by the way... I'm still shocked too, how can you are only a B-rank adventurer?"
That words flinched both of the old-men.
"Hahaha, Kuro, you didn't hold back huh?"
"No, I didn't" I don't know what kind of expression I make at that time but it seems that I change the moods. It just makes me remember about 'that'. Did I hold back when I fought against him?
"Ehem... oh yeah. Kuro, we already prepare a huge gift for you." Old-man Phillot tries to change the subject as it becomes tense earlier. After all, it was a party that they made to celebrate these guys. Something not lively or happy can't we call a party, is it?
"Here comes the first one." Old-man Cain snaps his hand as his secretary started to walk towards me and gives me a small box. There was a small pillow under it that makes it looks more flashy.
The girl with a calm face, eyes-close slowly open the box. This elf girl is as beautiful as ever, it's even more beautiful than when they were in the manga.
Inside it is a dozen of platinum coins.
Allie, Aella and Tanny seem shocked after seeing those coins. It might be valuable though?
"Platinum coins... how is this different from the gold coins?" As I hold the coins put them between my finger. It seems a bit different from the others and it seems a bit hard.
"Hohoho, one platinum coins, is equal to ten-thousand gold coins."
"T...ten-thousand?!" as I mumbled in shock.
I got dozen doesn't it makes me having one-hundred and twenty thousand gold coins?
Woah... free income I guess. After all, I don't want to spend a lot of SP just to feed this loli dragon.
"Too early to be shocked, young man..." as old-man Phillot raise his left hand, gives a signal to his secretary as she slowly approaches me.
This time, it was a long thing that brought upon me. It was wrapped with a fabric that makes me curious about what rewards would this old-man gives to me.
I slowly open the rope that ties the fabric along with the item inside it as soon as I receive it.
"Whaa--" I let my voice out in shock.
It was a sword, sharp, not that big and not that small, it is also easy for me to use as it is light. But that was not the thing that suprise me. It was the status.
[System]
[Info: Sword of Dwargavin(Special)]
[Info: Sword that made by the Legendary-class blacksmith, Dwargavin]
[Info: A sword that was made by one-thousand high-ranking spirit]
[Special: ???]
"Master, I sense powerful spirit-magic inside this sword"
"Impressive. This is really a special item. It is the highest in my system though." For me to get a special item, it is either gacha or I can buy the cheapest special-item at eighty-thousand SP which is a lot for me. Is the so-called special item that easy to obtain?
"Hoho, I guess you do know how useful it is since you have been staring at it for quite a while now"
My face turns red as I was a bit embarrassed. This sword sure is something though.
"Well, thank you"
"Hahaha, this is our present, young man. It's nothing much. Also, the sword is rare. Up until now, no one could unleash the weapon's full potential. It was said that it could even cut the sky along with the sea in half and split the mountain into pieces. But yeah, who knows if such things exist--"
"Can I try it?" He gave me some attractive information. Could cut the sky, sea and mountain?!
I guess I know how to use it.
"Umm, I mean why not? But, yeah, I've always searched for people who can use it"
"Let's go to my < Dimension Magic > --"
"Wait, can I try something beforehand?" As I stopped old-man Cain who almost cast his magic.
I stand up and walks to the front of the table, facing everyone in the room.
< Dimension-Magic > Soon after Kuro said that the whole room slowly turns into a forest and half of it is a plain field.
"High-Stage < Dimension Magic >?!"
All of their faces was suprise to see such magic. I don't know if this is not a normal magic though. I just want to try to make my own < Dimension Magic > as it seems useful. You can either use it to trap or escape from the enemy. Although it is such OP magic, people can either come inside or out of others < Dimension Magic > as long as they have greater mana capacities than the caster.
"All right, I guess this is fine. Right?"
Both of the old-men just nodded.
This sword is kinda light as I swing it around using my right hand pretty easily. This is better than my sword [Ethlen which] which is a legendary-tier.
Well, now... "How do I use spirit sword Ascillia?"
"You just have to channel your spirit mana into the sword, the stronger the mana the better"
"All right, borrow me 10% of your mana"
As Ascillia slowly channel her mana to the sword, it was shining and the crystal in the middle of it turns blue.
Impressive, I could feel a strong aura coming from it.
I took my stance - ready to use the sword.
"Hyah!"
I swung the sword from my left to the right. For a second, nothing happens.
"I guess the sword really hard to use, hu---" that was when the both of the old-men was about to say when they heard the sound...
*Boom*
All of the trees in front of us got cut in half simultaneously. It was not in a small number but the whole forest that size is around 100 kilometres vast. It was not a normal cut, but it was a clean one. all of them were cut in half in an equal.
"He has grown" Though Airi.
"Really up to its status as a 'Special' item," I mumbled.
TP POV:
regardless of the people behind him, Kuro keeps looking at the sword while asking Ascillia how people cannot use it.
All of them were still shocked by what has happened in front of them.
"I have seen a lot of sword-fighting styles and yet this is really above their league" mumbled Mr. Cain. After all, Mr. Cain was once an adventurer. He has travelled to a lot of places in the hope to hone his skill and yet what Kuro just did makes all his experience that he got while travelling are nothing compares to Kuro's skill.
"A talented young man indeed"
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"Well, Ascillia... is a spirit that hard to get?"
"Hmm... it's easy to obtain, why?"
"I wonder why no one has ever activated this sword"
"I see now, the spirit inside this sword is all high-ranking spirit, and there are one-thousand inside it. To activate it one must have a spirit that has mana equal to that one-thousand."
"I guess there is no use asking how I can activate it."
After all, Ascillia is the strongest spirit, even when she was at the war, she was the commander and lead the whole spirit army by herself.
Later, she gains the title 'God Slayer' after kills a lot of the gods that betray the 'Otherworldly God'.
Her strength is far above god yet below the Demon God and the Otherworldly God.
"Kuro, is that the power of that sword?" Asked Tanny as they approach him.
"Hmm... Kinda. That's only a tiny bit of its full potential, but I guess that's enough for just a test."
"Seriously... that is only a tiny bit," thought them.
"Well, well, young man. Still stick with your goal?"
Old-man Phillot and Cain took a few steps ahead to face Kuro.
Kuro flinched. "But, of course!" Reply Kuro as he jumps a bit far away behind. It was his goal to defeat the Demon Lord Zephyr. They want to test whether Kuro could defeat him or not.
"Now, now. Which of us would start first?"
Kuro chuckled "Why don't both of you accompany me this time?"
Both of the old-men surprised by what was Kuro saying. After all, Kuro fights a lot of monsters that if not as strong as those old men then, stronger monster. it's not that surprising for him to challenge both of the guild masters at the same time. He has grown a lot stronger than before.
"Well, if you say so... that's mean, we don't have to hold back?"
"Of course, it doesn't matter. We are inside the < Dimension Magic >, No?"
"Okay," Old-man Phillot pulls out a sword from his storage magic. It was a pure silver sword.
"No way, that is the [Javelin Sword]," Said Tanny in suprise.
"The sword he used to slain a dragon when he was an adventurer? We got to see he use it again!"
"It's true, that sword is good to defeat a dragon, but for the weakest dragon only though" Though Airi.
"Hahaha, all right, me too then." This time old-man
Cain didn't use his woody cane. He also pulls out his treasure item from his storage magic. It is a wand with a crystal-like handle with a scarlet blood gem on-top.
"Both of them are special item... does a special item that easy to obtain?!" For Kuro, a special item is the highest status of an item he can get, it's not that surprising that he shocked to see it.
"Well, well. Shall we begin?" Mr Phillot rushes towards Kuro, his speed was faster than when he fought Kuro before.
"Is he always this fast? No, it's the item" The special item on Mr Phillot hand is not a normal sword. It boosts most of his stats by a lot.
Kuro just standing without moving an inch, not even flinch as if he wants to receive the attack directly.
*Slash*
When Mr Phillot thought that he hits him, it was after all an afterimage. The real Kuro was already teleporting behind Mr Phillot ready to exchange blow with him.
"Kufufu, don't ignore me, young man. < Arch Vine >!" A big vine with full thorn wrap around it suddenly came out from the ground that almost caught Kuro inside it. Fortunately, he avoided it, and he also loses his chance to attack Mr Phillot. If he ever got caught inside it, his body would already fill with holes right now.
"Impressive, They sure have chemistry. But I won't lose either"
"What are you spacing out for? did you look down on us?" Mr Phillot suddenly appears behind Kuro. Both of them now are in mid-air as Kuro jumps when he avoids Mr Cain's attack earlier.
shock is written all over Kuro's face. But it was fake, actually, he already predicted this. His side lips curled upwards as a soft chuckle escaped his lips. Kuro never looks down on them. He knows their strategy or perhaps...
"Didn't you the one who looks down on me?" As suddenly there is around one hundred Kuro's clone appear.
"Clone? No... this is different, a clone normally wouldn't be this strong, but each of them is as strong as his original body."
This is the power of < Perfect-Clone > A magic that could make a lot of clones that has the same strength as the owner of the clone. It still has a weakness though, which is if the enemy hit the main's body, the whole clone will disappear which is why they have to finish the fight as soon as possible. And of course, it consumes tons of mana for each clone.
Mr Phillot reacts to the dangerous aura he felt from Kuro and flickered towards Mr Cain.
Both of them shows such worry expression, while sweat flowing from their faces.
All Kuro's clone now gathers in the mid-air raising each of their hand, which above it, they made a big magic circle.
< Light Ray > A magic that's powerful enough to penetrate everything it touches. Not only that, this magic is a skill that will ignore any defense despite how high the defense is. This magic is one of the strongest High-tier magic. It can either be good or bad depends on the situation. This magic consumea a lot of mana for it to be effective hence, Kuro made a lot of clone to gives a lot of mana to the magic. Slowly, layer by layer a magic circle appears that releases out such terrifying mana.
"Now, what will you old-man do?" Thought Kuro.
After all, he didn't intend to release it. It could not only kills both of them but the whole < Dimension Magic > Will be destroyed although it might not affect Airi though.
They already felt such an ominous aura coming from Kuro and yet they didn't intend to give up.
"Cain, I will give you all of my mana. Can you do 'that'?"
"Hohoho, I can't believe he forces us to this extend. What a frightening yet talented young man. All right"
"Wha? Did they saw right through me? They could be killed though. This is bad. Why did they put up such a barrier... Wait, the barrier. It has over ten-million defense?!" What Kuro sees right now is the stats of a barrier that old-man Cain made. Kuro's never seen such high-defense stats before, even his defense far lower than that.
Unfortunately, this magic is an ignore defense magic, if Kuro release it now, they will all die. But, if he didn't do that he will lose. Kuro now has to think of another strategy. He didn't predicted this to happen.
"All right now it has comes to this.."
Kuro's main body, which is he-himself, jump down to the ground.
"God Enhancement, x30" He rushed as fast as he could to those old-men.
They both now shocked, "Did he wants to attack the barrier using those clone along with his sword at the same time?" That's what they thought at that time. Although that was not Kuro intention.
"Ascillia, borrow me 20% of your power,"
The swords that Kuro use is now activated. Earlier, he only uses 10% yet it could destroy the whole forest and now, he makes it to 20%.
Kuro rushes at a high speed towards those old-men making a lot of opening.
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