With Haru stuck in an intense battle against the left hand known as Nakasone Satoru, he was one left in charge to make sure Mai and the others of the kingdom survived today.
I don't know how much time I have with these new skills but I do know that I can end this with enough speed. We're both dealing with a lot of damage, yet he isn't backing down.
It's not surprising since he never backed down in the past but I didn't expect him to be alive. I remember killing him back then so how is he even back here in the first place?
"Seems like we're both hitting our limits here, though I doubt it means much to you. Heroes are always so annoying with their persistent mindsets of continuing on." Satoru says with an annoyed tone behind his voice.
A Class skill, Recovery. * (Allowing for light healing of wounds and stops blood loss.)
Some of Haru's wounds stop bleeding as badly as he notices the skill worked for the most part.
I didn't expect it to fully heal everything so this will have to do for now until I can finish this fight. It might be time to start utilizing perfect balance since it can prevent certain attacks from hitting me.
Swoosh!! Clash!!! Immediately their blades connected once again but this time Haru used perfect balance to keep him from backing up. He started to push the blade forward as it slowly broke through Satoru's defense.
"Another new skill? I didn't even know you placed anything behind me." Satoru speaks as he feels his blade cracking.
He knows I'm stronger but yet I haven't seen too many new tricks from him either. Not that I'd want to since I'm trying to win this fight after all.
"Let me tell you about something I borrowed." Satoru starts to say as he uses a skill of his own.
"???? Skill, Devour. (????)." A beam of orange with some red mixed in began to fire out from his free hand that wasn't holding the sword.
Thump. Thump. My heart was beating out my chest once again but this time I could feel the same fear from before. He was using the same thing his sister was about to use on me.
Without hesitation he quickly backed up and used perfect balance once again to try to counter the attack. Boom!!!!!! It connects with the invisible force field before them and starts to send flashes of light throughout the skies.
Black and white flashes from the field start to light the way as it continues to absorb the attack. But it slowly starts to push back almost reaching Haru, until all of a sudden it shatters with the beam disappear at the last second.
"It seems that it's a lot stronger than I expected. I really thought I had it there, or maybe I haven't perfected it yet." Satoru speaks with a bit of a surprised tone.
I can still feel my heart beating out of my chest, but somehow I managed to defend myself against that attack. That's the attack Sorakami saved me from back when I met the demon lords daughter.
Such a powerful attack being used against us could really end a fight real quick.
Haru took advantage of the shock it left on Satoru and started to use his teleport skill once again while hitting him with a barrage of attacks.
Slash!!! Splurt!!! This final attack went right across Satoru's chest and blood immediately began to spill from it as if a fountain was on.
Clatter. Thud. Satoru's weapon had fallen on the ground as he fell to his knees trying to stop the bleeding.
"Still going to talk some more?" Haru questions while standing before him.
"Cough. I didn't expect this. I was supposed to best you this time." Satoru responds after letting out a cough.
Blood slowly began to surround his feet before Haru raised his blade up to his throat.
"The curse you placed still lingers and I'll get rid of it in no time. Go back to wherever it is that you came from. I'm sure you're missed." Haru says while slicing across his neck.
He didn't just slice his neck but before he could fall over, Haru took his head completely off his body this time. Taking note of the weapon on the ground as well, he decided to pick it up.
This blade is made from something in the underworld but it's cracked and is probably useless now. I don't need another demon getting their hands on it though.
He sheathed the blade and put it in his extra holster, one that he had made for when he got another sword. Shortly after he fell onto the ground as well.
The effects from his skills wore off but all the damage from the new ones started to show. Leaving all different burn like effects on his arms and even some damage to his gauntlets.
"Haru!" Mai shouts as she begins to run towards him.
All that matters is that I kept us alive once again, it doesn't mean everything is over though. The demon lord is still out there waging war against the world and I'm on the ground.
It doesn't take long for her to reach Haru, but upon reaching him she's met with lots of blood coming off of his armor as well. His recovery skill did heal a lot but there was still plenty of damage.
"You didn't get hurt did you?" Haru asks softly while looking up at Mai.
"No I'm okay. I'm taking care of your wounds so stay still." Mai responds as she starts using healing magic.
I didn't expect him to use that skill against me but it nearly worked, I would've died if I didn't have the ability to use perfect balance. It could be a lot stronger than it was since it did end up breaking after a bit of time went on.