After a while, I heard his voice for the first time since we meet.
....
The sin holder, known as max, said in a low and bored voice,"ahh,and here I thought I would see some interesting expression on your face when you thought I died , but tsk, it seems you are one of those with paranoid personality disorder (PPD)."
As he said that , Max's body blood moved from the ground returning to his body, then his wounds closed and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Whaa.....", although I know he must have something that back up his pervious recklessness, but I never thought it was this, "how?,why do you have that ability?", although regenerate ability are rare, but they were not impossible to find so from time to time you will see Individuals who possess this skill, but a nigh-high level sin holder possessing it, means only one thing," you are a candidate!"
A smirk emerged on max's face as he said,"correct, but there is no reward for you"
"But that is impossible, he..."I said with a shocked face.
"Murasaki, had died, not long ago",max said with an amused tone.
"The Monarch Of Gluttony had died! who killed him, no! Who could kill him"
"That is not something ,the soon to die you, should care about"
"If you are really, a candidate you could have clean the floor with my face even of it was on close combat, so why did you do that",knowing that max wouldn't answer, he asked another question.
"Of course to make you Despair when you know the truth,haha-hahaha, but tsk, you were not the type to break easily, how unfortunate, or maybe how fortunate I am after all the more you resist the happier I became when you broke, haha-hahaha"
{This sadistic son of a %%%, what should we do now is already clear and sound.}," men, listen to me run, run and don't care about anyone else toward the kingdom, anyone of you who survived, send a massage to the royalties, the promidial holder of the mortal sin Gluttony, Murasaki had died" I said in a loudly toward my soldiers, seeing they didn't react, I said loudly again,"hurry up idiots"
They seem to finally realised my massage,with a last look toward me ,they run in different directions, with Makarov staying beside me, But I didn't pay attention to him at the moment, as I was looking at the amused face of max,"you won't stop them?"
"No,I will. It's just that I like the game of the mouse and cat, so I will let them run for a while, afterall that is more interesting "
"Does that mean that you will let us go as well?"
"Do your best to entertain me"
Without further thoughts, I run as well, with Makarov followed me behind,"go in another direction as I ordered beforehand,Makarov. "
"But your highness.."
"these information are very important for the kingdom, and the safety of the human race, my death does not weight even closed to how many will die, if we don't notify the kingdom, so now is not time for you to show your loyalty toward me Makarov, although I wouldn't say I am not happy you are going this far for someone like me, but now you should follow my order"
After a silence, Makarov said in a low and respectful voice,"Then I wish you luck your highness " as he run toward my right.
"You to Makarov, you to"
....
I ran as if my life was on the line, which is actually true, as I did so, the landscape changed from the forest into a Westland.
"Here is very close to the border where [Bella] is, I should change my direction a little otherwise, I would be killed by the territory's guard before max could do so"
So I decided to Move toward the west, not long after that I found, max is waiting for me, but instead of running again, I stopped since I realized that by doing that I will only wasting stamina," have you came for me first?"
"Right, but before coming here I sent a huge number of kobolds toward each of them so don't be so happy quickly"
"Then, I can only wish them good luck",as I said that, I opened my magic circuit again, reinforced my body, and sword then I took a step forward, appearing directly in front of him, swing my sword, cutting a deep wound on his waist, but at the same time a fist came toward my abdomen sending me gliding back on the ground a little.
Boom~
"You won't even defend?"
"Why would I?, you are not a sword master, nor your sword is a demonic sword"
"You are right, no matter what I do, against the regenerate you have as a candidate, I will not be able to kill you, but you surely can kill me easier, just summoning some of your minions, while you fight me would be enough to kill me in seconds, but just because of your sadistic nature, you want to length my suffering."I said as I was trading blows with him.
Clang~
"That's right, I will make sure to break that poker face you are wearing, and make you fell what fear is , haha-hahaha. "max said as he move his hair back with his right hand as he laughed loudly and crazily, toward the sky.
"...",I looked at his crazy display, with an emotionless facial expressions, as I thought,{ I need to earn as much as time I can, for the others to survive, it's my duty as the prince of the lionheart kingdom and their commander. how can i even wish to become a king, if I didn't have this kind of determination, so Edward lionheart, brace yourself for the coming pain, and Don't break easily}, taking a fighting stance, I started another round against max.
———3rd Pov———
Anyone who saw this fight as a bystander, will all think that the fight odds are going toward Edward , but what happend, as the fight goes on was exactly the opposite.
Clash~
Clash after a Clash of metal resounded in the wasteland, Edward being the one with a higher level of skill,even though he was physically weaker, managed to wound his opponent several time,only for max's body to recover them in an instant, and as the time goes, Edward's stamina and mana is decreasing, opposite to max who is still looking unbothered.
{Ah, I am about to run out of mana, stamina as well},just when edward thought he was about to lose, a sound range in the surrounding, not very high, but not very low at the same time.
"That is some great determination you have there for a mere prince"(leo)
{Where did this sound came from?},Edward looked around but he couldn't see anyone in the surrounding beside max.
"W-who is there, where are you",max said as he also didn't find anyone on the surrounding ,so he felt slightly fear of the voice owner he couldn't detect even with his level of strength, and as they say one's biggest fear, is the unknown.
"Look Down and you will find me"
"Down?",Edward and max said at the same time as they look at the ground, beneath them,"are you k—", just as max wanted to swear at the voice owner,his eye couldn't help but shock, the same happened to edward, as the ground beneath them disappeared, as a huge pit was formed ,in an instant.
"Ahhhhhh" they both screamed subconsciously as they fall down on the pit.
"W-what is this?.."(max)
"Earth magic, no, this is a territory, but whose territory is this"(edward)
Their fall, didn't last long, and with thier physical enhanced bodies with mana, they felt almost nothing when they fell, and strangly, the floor they kicked when they fall was also unscathed.
"Where is this?"Edward said as he looked around at the surrounded dark space, then he suddenly heard max's screaming.
When he looked toward him,the black miasma around max was being absorbed by the floor"ah what is happening, why is my mana ,and evil being absorbed by this floor."
Seeing this phenomenon, Edward realized Quickly what is happening, "Ah,so that how is it, this is a Dangeon, haha-hahaha, you really had fallen in a trap by yourself, if you had killed me earlier this may not had happened, haha-hahaha",he laugh as he look toward the pitiful figure of max as he thought,{ only Dangeon walls and floors had the ability to absorb evil, but I have never heard a Dangeon existed here.} As he was thinking, edward moved with his twin swords again toward the extremely weak looking, max.
"No, don't come closer, don't, don't kill me",max scream and tried to move his legs, but because of his weak condition, he was not able to move for long before his waist was sliced in half,before he died all he said was," you bast—", with a look of hatred and resentment toward edward.
"You are still asking for forgiveness after all what you did, how shameless and disgusting person you are to the very end",after killing max, Edward swung his sword to spilled the blood that was covering it, on the black floor, then he felt the ground tremor a little, as a huge door appeared and opened on the wall, infront of him.
"Are you asking me to go through it?"Edward said to the air, and a moment later the voice he heard before came again,"Yes!"(leo)