2-127. Akasha (4)
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Akasha burst out through the crack.
A fist wrapped in chains struck the back of the sword.
“Ugh!”
My body was pushed back with a tingling shock to my wrist. The punch was quite sharp for someone who was only a bone.
Dozens of chains forged with Akasha’s mana rippled down his sleeves and beneath his cloak.
『■!』
Suddenly the guy stretched out his finger.
Two thick chains flew out and wrapped around my waist. With a pulling sensation, Akasha rushed towards me.
“On the subject of ordering things···!”
I gritted my teeth as I fell into the sky.
I admired his courage to dare to engage in a close combat. In fact, it wasn’t courage but rather an inevitable choice. Judging from the way he was struggling, it seemed like he didn’t have much mana left. He probably didn’t expect me to come in and defeat him with such a great technique.
“Okay, I’ll take it!”
I took a stance and swung my sword. The chain wrapped around my waist was cut off in an instant. The consecutive stabs clashed with Akasha’s fist. Our bodies bounced off each other with opposing forces.
“Ugh···!”
『■■···!』
Akasha and I took a similar breath.
And without saying who would go first, they rushed at each other.
A fierce brawl began. Every time a sword strike hit Akasha, a flash of light would appear. Sometimes, the feeling of cutting flesh was felt, but most of the attacks were blocked by the chains that moved like snakes.
Of course, Akasha’s attacks were not reaching me either.
“Akasha! What the hell are you doing!”
He swung his sword and shouted. The wind was so loud that he had to strain his voice to shout. Akasha’s voluminous hair was fluttering madly.
The guy grinned.
『■?』
“Why are you destroying the future?! What are you dissatisfied with that you’re doing such a thing!”
I couldn’t help but be curious. Not only was his behavior strange, but I couldn’t believe that a villain could visualize such a beautiful sky.
“What is your purpose, little brat! What is the grand purpose you are trying to achieve by absorbing so much life force and destroying the world!”
I couldn’t understand it. Akasha’s actions were full of contradictions.
As far as the results go, the bastard didn’t have much of a negative impact on the three parallel worlds.
No, rather, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was praised as a savior of darkness.
In the first parallel world, he restored life to those who had disappeared, and in the second parallel world, he opened the sky, allowing the giants to be wiped out.
In the third parallel world, I was able to uncover the secret of Acalusia and reunite with Cain thanks to the clues he provided.
In the process, there were some murders committed, but like the worms of Nebula Clazie, they were all sinners who deserved to die.
‘why.’
But the evil deeds committed in the future were absolutely unacceptable.
Akasha destroyed almost all the relationships I knew and loved. Marja, Schlieffen, Erzsebet, Nabirose, Jaifa, Lorhon and other close friends were annihilated. This cripple destroyed a treasure that could not even be compared to a city or civilization.
The relics they left behind were clinking and jostling in his coat pockets.
I thought about the faces of my friends who had passed by in passing and gripped the handle of the knife tightly.
“You little brat! I will definitely tear you to pieces!”
『■■■■ ■■■■!』
“Speak so I can understand you idiot!!”
The roar echoed through the sky.
A fierce flurry of sword strikes poured down on Akasha. The shape of my world, which had been rippling like foam, became clear like a photograph.
Kwaaang!
We stopped falling and landed on a field where the sun was setting. Before we could even get our bearings straight, the battle resumed.
『■■■■···!!』
The balance of power began to break down. Akasha, swallowed by the sunset, was no longer my opponent. Before the chains could regenerate, the flying slash tore through the creature’s body. The stab pierced through the cloak, creating a sunset-colored hole. Blood splashed like paint, soaking the field.
『■■! ■■!』
“Get out!”
The conclusion was approaching. Akasha’s body, having lost her balance, lurched forward.
I didn’t miss that gap and raised my sword diagonally. Originally, a fight was over when you cut off the opponent’s head. The moment the blood-stained blade was about to cut off Akasha’s neck, the guy’s waist bent back with a thud. It was an angle that a human could never make. The slash that missed brushed the surface of the mask as if caressing it.
“Useless fussing···.”
I gritted my teeth. He was a very persistent guy, but it didn’t matter.
I swung my sword again, aiming for the guy’s neck. Akasha’s left arm suddenly shot up. Her bloody palm covered her eyes.
“what.”
And then my breath stopped.
On Akasha’s emaciated ring finger hung a silver necklace.
The necklace, simple but with delicate craftsmanship, was something I knew. It was an unforgettable item. It was a necklace I had given to Adeshan before she had children, when she was in the midst of the fun of dating.
“···Adeshan.”
Each second felt like a year.
It was definitely that necklace, even though it had traces of the passage of time added to it.
I could clearly see her face, shedding tears of joy as she said that it was the first time she had received a gift of jewelry since she was born. All thoughts stopped. Even the future Adeshan had died.
The trajectory of the sword that was striking down shook.
『■.』
And Akasha didn’t miss a single moment.
The guy raised his upper body as if he was bouncing. An arm had grown from his right shoulder, which should have been cut off and had nothing there. It was an arm made up of hundreds of chains, large and small, tangled together. Above his clenched fist, the darkness of the abyss burned like a flame.
『■■■!!!』
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Akasha shouted something. The fist, which had been loaded with recoil, accelerated rapidly. It was obvious that it shouldn’t have hit. If I had been hit directly by something like that, it would have been the end of everything.
But Adeshan died.
I also knew that I had to avoid or block it.
But Adeshan died.
The sunset that Simsang had spread out was burning beautifully.
Akasha’s fist flew in, drawing a black trajectory, and sank deep into my abdomen.
“······Ugh.”
My brain shook. The sunset faded. My world, which had been shaking precariously, disappeared as if it was falling apart. No moans came out. In the darkening world, a sweet voice lingered in my ears.
– You have to take responsibility until you die.
Adeshan was smiling as he spoke. His bright red ears were visible through the gaps in his slightly dry hair.
The morning after our first night together, we were standing side by side in the schoolyard of Phileon Academy, holding hands, feeling the warmth of the sunlight streaming through the leaves, sharing stories we couldn’t finish at dawn, and suddenly remembering each other’s naked bodies, we blushed, and when she told me that it would be natural, she hugged me.
Draw a happy future,
Laugh,
With a smile.
****
The darkness exploded and the blue sky appeared. Light came into view in the dark valley of Da Konya.
A black shadow fell from a great height and crashed to the ground.
『■···■■···!』
As the dust settled, Akasha appeared.
He was panting as if he was about to die at any moment. His right arm made of iron chains was doing its job and disintegrating into mana.
『Ugh···■uh■···.』
A strange sound was coming out from under his mask, which was either a laugh or a cry.
A red puddle was pooling under the cloak. The lush hair was sucking up blood like a brush. I had won by using my wits, but I had suffered too much damage.
Akasha paused, realizing that something was wrong.
『■Run···.』
He reached out with his trembling left hand and fiddled with the inside of the mask. For a moment, the voice that had sounded like human speech changed into a strange distortion again.
Suddenly, a dull crashing sound was heard from behind.
『■■···!』
Akasha turned her head urgently. Ronan was lying face down about ten paces away. He looked much better than her. The only place where blood was flowing out was his mouth.
But Ronan couldn’t open his eyes.
『■■■■■■···.』
Akasha let out a long sigh. Ronan didn’t move even after waiting for five minutes. He seemed to have died lying face down. After catching her breath for a while longer, Akasha staggered and got up.
『■■■.』
It looked precarious, like a sand castle being hit by waves.
Her legs were limping and her thin body was swaying in the wind.
But he didn’t give up.
Akasha, who had moved forward, stood before Seniel. The sacred rock had stopped spewing out life force and was repairing itself. The smooth cut surface was covered with a rough stone surface like a scab forming on a wound.
Akasha, who had been watching the scene, placed her hand on Seniel.
『■■ ■■■■■■.』
And then he started chanting a strange spell.
It was a list of words similar to those recited in the previous parallel world.
The life force that had been dormant in the rock was being absorbed by him.
Unlike then, there was no one to stop her. Akasha took away the power of Seniel, who was floating around the area, and the life force radiating from the rock until it was noticeably reduced before she let go.
『···■■.』
Akasha dropped his arms. A life force that could restore even the ecosystems destroyed over centuries throbbed within his chest.
However, the serious wounds on his body had not healed at all.
It was impossible unless one suppressed the use of one’s own life force.
『■. ■ ■■■■■■ ■■■■.』
Akasha muttered to herself and then looked up at the sky blankly.
The appearance of being filled with both relief and regret reminded me of an old man who had achieved his lifelong goal.
He was admiring the empty sky of Da Konya.
“Ah···Kasha.”
A familiar voice rang out from behind.
『■■.』
Akasha froze. He turned his head, creaking like a rusty hinge. Ronan was standing there. He was staring at her, wiping the blood from his mouth with the back of his hand.
Silence fell.
Akasha opened her mouth.
『■■■···?』
“I stopped it…by a hair’s breadth.”
Ronan rummaged through his coat pockets.
In the hand that came out again, there were three broken chunks of mineral. They were fragments of Seniel. The cross-sections revealed by the splitting were sparkling like jewels. Those chunks had blocked Akasha’s final blow.
Ronan stuffed the fragments back into his pocket.
“I am indebted to you in many ways.”
『■■!』
Akasha stretched out her arms urgently, all five fingers spread out.
The energy he had left for the last time transformed into magic. A violent force like a tidal wave poured down on Ronan. Ronan calmly drew his sword and swung it vertically.
Kwaaaaah!
A stream of power split in half passed through him on either side.
『■···!』
Akasha stepped back. Her magic was not working. Ronan’s sword was dyed with a color she had never seen before. It was neither the crimson of the sword nor the vermilion of the world. A beautiful color, half gold and half dawn, flowed over the blade.
Ronan said.
“It was almost over, but it was too bad… To show something like that at the end… It was a really good plan.”
『■■■···.』
“I guess I’m just a helpless person. I know that maintaining my composure is the way to save everyone, but I can’t… It’s all because I love so much.”
Ronan said as he shook the necklace.
It was a relic of the future Adeshan that Akasha dropped as she fell.
“But now I’ve come to my senses… thanks to getting hit hard. I want to be the first to say thank you.”
『■■■■?』
“Yes… If you think about it, it was thanks to you that we were able to save the three parallel worlds. It was a problem that was already concerning, but in the end, everyone met a happy ending… I’m sure the General is watching with pleasure.”
Akasha said nothing.
Ronan’s face looked calm, almost relaxed. It was a completely different expression from when he was fighting fiercely with himself and the world.
“So… I can forgive you… Hehe, the future tragedy will not happen anyway… Now that we’ve come this far, I won’t let anyone meet an unfortunate death.”
『■ ■■■■ ■■■?』
“That’s right… I’m dying. But it’s the same for you too, right…?”
Akasha flinched after hearing Ronan’s answer.
He was speaking as if he could hear his own voice.
Before he could even check the condition of the mask, the light that was rippling across Ronan’s sword became even stronger.
“So, let’s finish this in one go···.”
It was a warm light like sunlight. It was vague yet full of life, reminding me of the dawn breaking over the ridge. However, apart from the beauty, the energy was ominous.
『■■···!』
“It’s okay if you don’t give up.”
Akasha, sensing danger, was about to take action. Ronan swung his sword. The bursting light of sunrise covered the valley.
“Because it’s my gift filled with gratitude.”
The voice was distant.
Akasha’s consciousness was cut off with the sensation of something huge pushing against her.
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