Her trump card attack began with shocking speed.
But, suddenly its direction was no longer aimed at me, but rather...
Headed straight for Furina!
For a split second, I froze with a startled expression.
But, not long after that I regained my composure.
Of course that surprise was merely a pretense!
Next, I curved a satisfied sneer on my lips. I had anticipated this would happen!
That dense black attack was truly unleashed, emanating an ominous purplish aura.
But a few seconds later, the attack just vanished without a trace, as if swallowed by the darkness itself.
Not only that, all the black color enveloping the girl's body melted and fell scattered to the ground, leaving the figure of a girl... with a gaping hole in her head.
Chain Bind!
I restrained her ability for 5 seconds!
Her body swayed lifelessly like a living corpse. Even her scent was caught by my sense of smell as a pungent, rotten stench.
I immediately brought my hand to tightly cover my nose, feeling horrified at witnessing such a disgusting zombie-like sight.
Without letting the opportunity go to waste, I immediately charged her with what little strength I had left.
I tightened my grip on the sword's hilt. Unleashing a powerful sword thrust, I managed to reach her and...
...Severed her head with a single slash!
The girl's head was roughly severed from her gaping neck in one rough jerk!
Thick, red blood spurted from her wide open neck.
A sticky green fluid, like pus, also splattered around her.
Truly... this was such a brutal and horrifying scene to witness. To the point that I almost wanted to look away when I was done slashing her.
Unfortunately... I didn't do that. Because...
Because in the midst of that moment, I caught a fragment of expression on her now detached face.
Traces of tears seemed to glisten in the corner of her eye...
***
"Again and again!
"Again and again you kill her!
"You killed my daughter for the second time!"
The middle-aged man voice echoed around us again, this time filled with flaring anger, because of me, right?
I shrugged, not intimidated in the slightest. I even gave him a mocking sneer. "You're the one who killed her."
I deliberately paused for a moment before adding in a scornful tone, "I merely gave her peace."
Of course my comment immediately provoked him into a furious rage.
He cursed at me with all sorts of painful, vile insults.
"You disrespectful bastard! Do you think what you did was right, huh?! You're just a lowly piece of trash who knows nothing! Mark this, I'll make you regret being born into this world!"
At that moment, I heard someone's footsteps approaching from behind.
I immediately stepped back until I was at Furina's side - or rather, she moved closer to me with her face filled with mixed emotions.
I looked at her with a worried gaze, seeing my battered and nearly broken body.
"Why are you forcing yourself to protect me?" she asked in a tone mixed with confusion, fear, and worry.
Fool, who's protecting you?
I only did it because...
I turned towards her, curving a slightly playful smile on my wounded lips.
"Why not? Lady Furina is my Archon, sacrificing myself for my Goddess is a laudable act. I'll surely enter Your heaven."
Furina narrowed her eyes at my seemingly out-of-place joke.
She even looked like she wanted to kick me, but seeing my dying condition made her eventually just turn away with a slightly reddened face.
You can't kick me, can you?
Her lips slowly moved to give me a silent thank you.
I smiled sincerely seeing that. "Glad to hear it."
After doing all this, will the sins that keep haunting me gradually disappear, even if only a little?
But I quickly shook my head, driving that thought far away.
Right now my priority is... him, Mr. Gloomy-Face.
I heard his footsteps walking from the mist, slowly approaching us.
Soon after, his figure stood not far in front of me with his panda-like eyes staring at me full of burning hatred and vengeance.
His emotion-filled movements truly showed how great the vengeance he felt towards me was at this moment.
Even though I'm not to blame?
The middle-aged man stared at me intently, his gaze fixed on me without blinking as if wanting to skin me alive with that vengeful glare.
But suddenly, his hand moved to retrieve something from inside his robe's pocket. Reflexively, I immediately prepared my stance, suspecting he might launch another attack.
He will do something. No, he must do something!
My suspicion proved correct when he threw two objects towards his daughter's lifeless body lying there.
My eyes widened seeing those two objects... Two visions! An incredibly strong sense of déjà vu enveloped me instantly.
Damn it, could it be he wants to revive his daughter again?!
Without a second thought, I immediately pushed Furina away and forced my nearly broken body to move with lightning speed.
The Electro aura enveloped my entire body as I hurried towards Mr. Gloomy-Face!
Just as the two visions attached to her body, a blinding bright light began to shine from there.
I squeezed my eyes shut tightly to block out the glare while my feet kept striding firmly towards Mr. Gloomy-Face.
Suddenly, I could hear his voice echoing clearly in my ears.
"You were wrong about one thing." The middle-aged man sneered widely, then reached for a revolver from another pocket of his robe and aimed it straight at my head!
"Someone who has been brought back to life." He paused briefly. "Can't live a second time!"
Then he laughed maniacally.
Damn it, so he tricked me from the start!
I tried to evade, but... but it was too late!
The middle-aged man slowly squeezed the trigger.
BANG!!!
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