091 Episode – Jealousy (4)
Even just a few days ago, Morita vowed to take revenge on Tigris and take everything that Tigris had.
But not right now.
It was to be put into practice after regaining both hands and thoroughly preparing to defeat Tigris.
Morita stuttered.
“Yeah… you. why······?”
Tigris thought it was very surprising.
He changed his body shape and appearance with Polymorph magic and even changed his unique Auror wave, but he recognized it at once.
The fear and fear of Tigris engraved in his brain seemed to sound the alarm.
“If this is the case, then hey… the promise…”
Morita’s plan was simple.
After winning the match, he grabs his opponent’s weapon and rushes to Viscount Griff to kill him.
And after breaking through the crowd and killing the promised 10 men, he and Smith escaped from the arena of Macedon.
However, I never imagined that the opponent would be Tigris.
Morita’s eyes lost their vitality.
“no······.”
Morita stood up holding on to her trembling legs.
“No. You can’t be here.”
Morita held out the tip of her trembling sword towards Tigris.
“You can’t be here!”
Morita recklessly rushed to Tigris.
“Die!”
Surprisingly, Morita’s prosthetic sword was covered with blue black energy.
This is the reason why Morita snorted when he said the three-star knight was his opponent.
Morita got the fourth ring, which she hadn’t been able to get for 7 years, after she had lost both hands.
This was because Morita trained herself whenever he had spare time to survive in the battlefield of life and death.
Tigris evaded Morita’s sword by a single sheet of paper, and then walked.
Like a cat, Morita twisted and landed on the ground before it touched the ground.
And he ran to Tigris again.
Hung! Hung!
Tigris never struck Morita’s sword or counterattacked.
It was just silently avoiding it.
Seeing that arrogant appearance, Morita became even more drugged.
“You motherf*cker! me again! Come again to make fun of me!”
To be honest, Morita’s swordsmanship was poor.
Even assuming that both wrists were completely absent, Morita just wielded it as she wanted to without thinking.
To be honest, Morita couldn’t afford to do what she thought.
It was because Tigris appeared out of nowhere, and the spark of hope that had been ignited in his heart was completely his son-in-law.
Tigris aimed at the gap and thrust his sword into Morita.
Morita evaded the sword of Tigris with her tremendous reflexes and swung her sword again.
“Ahhh!”
Seeing that she instinctively avoided and counterattacked while attacking, Morita’s physical condition was ridiculously good.
Morita’s reflexes were comparable to those of Irene and Charlotte, and her muscles were elastic, allowing for an instantaneous change of direction and explosive charge.
If they were ordinary three-star knights, they would have collapsed like a leaf without winning over Morita’s talent.
Tigris thought it was pointless to split the sword any longer.
Tigris thrust his fist towards Morita’s mite.
“Uh-huh!”
It must have been that the intestines were twisted because Gordon attacked it with ‘Gongpa’, a unique Auror operation technique of the Monohar family, which Gordon showed in the past tournament.
“Whoa!”
Morita vomited up everything she ate this morning.
Tigris looked down at Morita like that and said.
“Morita, please stop here.”
At Tigris’ words, Morita shrugged.
It doesn’t mean just stop.
Tigris also seemed to know the contract with the Smiths.
“If you stop here, I will give you a chance to start a new life.”
“…a funny sound.”
Morita looked at Tigris with red, bloodshot eyes.
“You took everything from me. Noble honor, face, and my swordsmanship. A new life on the subject that took away all of me?”
Morita staggered and stood up.
“It will not be a new life, but the life you have chosen. Don’t you mean that you’re going to take my life too!”
Morita’s hands began to wriggle, and the wrist she had lost returned to.
Then, the sprouted flesh engulfed the prosthetic sword and began to transform into a sword made of huge chunks of flesh.
“I will no longer live a life of running away to live. And I won’t let anyone else take mine away.”
Eventually, Morita’s hands joined together to form a great sword made of huge bones and flesh.
“I will live a life that takes away your life!”
– I’m living a life that takes your life!
Tigris was very familiar with Morita’s words.
Because it was something Morita had always said to Tigris before returning.
‘finally······.’
Morita eventually decided to become a jealous slayer.
Before returning, Morita’s ability from Arpem was ‘doppelganger’.
As can be easily deduced from the name of the ability, Morita’s ability was the ability to change the shape of the opponent she wanted.
It was not only possible to change the appearance, but it was possible to imitate even the slightest habit, to the tone of voice, and even to duplicate the talent.
As Morita said, it was the ability to take someone’s entire life.
Morita terribly tormented Tigris with that ability.
Rather than torment Tigris with her swordsmanship skills, Morita damaged the reputation and honor of Tigris, inflicted a heavy blow to the already leaning Norberd family, and caused chaos on the battlefield.
I couldn’t let Morita gain that ability again.
Morita ran towards Tigris.
“Ahhh!”
The great sword made of Morita’s bones and flesh cut through the wind and attacked Tigris.
It was a fierce attack that was a bit difficult to avoid with a polymorphic body.
Tigris finally drew out his sword and raised Morita’s sword and struck it.
Sigh-!
Morita’s greatsword was cut in half.
“Aww!”
Morita cried out in pain.
Since it was a great sword made of Morita’s flesh and bones, it looked like it had a blow.
But the great sword grew quickly.
‘It must have been injected with a drug that Rota’s hand made.’
The drug created by Rota’s hand did not just regenerate the hand, but had the side effect of swallowing up weapons and armor as well.
Of course, if you are good at emotional control and aura control, flesh and bones will not attach to weapons or armor, but Morita was currently unable to control her emotions.
“Dear!!!”
Morita ran towards Tigris again.
But Tigris cut his weapon off again.
Blood spurted from the cut section, turning the area into a sea of blood.
“Turn it off!”
It was very simple to deal with the knights who were injected with these drugs of Rota’s hand.
Keep hitting the weapon.
Regenerating the weapon uses a huge amount of heat and aura, so if you keep cutting, Morita will run out of stamina and aura and collapse.
“Heh heh… Heh heh…”
Morita has now suffered a bone spur, despite only being played for the third time.
In addition, his eyes could not focus as he was anemic, and his body staggered from side to side.
Morita rushed to Tigris, enduring the crumbling stamina with her mental strength.
Morita’s attack was like a moth flying towards a bonfire.
As if drawn to the enchanting light even though she knew she would burn to death, Morita seemed to rush towards the flame of Tigris.
Hung-!
Morita’s greatsword slashed through the air.
Clearly, the place where Tigris had been until a while ago had been cut, but it was nowhere to be seen.
“where······!”
Tigris was behind Morita.
Tigris raised his sword.
It was as if the executioner was beheading the death row inmate.
Tigris was actually a little hesitant when he faced Morita and the sword.
It was because as soon as he saw Morita’s face as he had seen fortune-telling, he had a complex feeling he had never felt before returning home.
That complicated feeling remained as a small regret, and Tigris gave Morita a chance several times, ready to expose her identity.
However, the relationship between Tigris and Morita was already twisted and could not be rectified.
Tigris’ mouth moved.
“sorry.”
“··········!”
After receiving the fortune teller, Tigris pondered and pondered why he had regrets in his heart for the past few days.
And in the end, he was able to understand why he had regrets left in his heart.
It was because of his guilt towards Morita.
Although there is a cause to save the continent from Uno’s beast, Tigris personally did a terrible thing to Morita.
It’s not that it’s not wrong to cut off Morita’s hands, it’s not that Morita will fall for Levis’ temptation and betray humanity, but let it go.
Tigris was obviously responsible for that.
If it had been before the return, these feelings of guilt would have been blown away without any thought, but Tigris has been shaken by various emotions recently.
It is proof that Tigris is becoming more human, and it means that the emotions that can be expressed become more diverse, but at the same time, she had to experience unfamiliar pain in her heart, such as guilt, regret, and regret.
Morita froze upon hearing Tigris’ apology.
It was short and simple, but that’s why Tigris’ heart was completely melted.
Morita closed her eyes.
Tigris pointed his sword at Morita, who was waiting for death to remain silent.
This will end all our bad ties.
At that moment, a man’s voice was heard in Tigris’ ears.
“If you throw your sword at Morita, it will corrode.”
Puff-!
When Tigris’s sword touched Morita’s neck, it shattered like a rotten piece of wood, then turned into dust and disappeared.
The audience, including Morita, did not understand what was going on, but Tigris understood at once.
Levis came out.
A white-faced man suddenly appeared in front of Morita and Tigris.
A bizarre black smoke was coming out of the man’s mouth.
“I’m sorry, but I can’t give you that guy.”
It seems that an artifact with teleportation-type magic was used, as a magic wave was generated when the gnome appeared.
Because Levis doesn’t know how to use magic at all.
“He’s a must-have for us.”
Levis reached out towards Morita.
The bracelet-type artifact on Levis’ wrist lit up, and a red shield appeared on Morita and Levis’ bodies.
It was ‘Reflection Barrier’, one of the 7 circle barrier magic.
As a barrier that blocks physical and magical attacks coming from all directions, it was one of the most difficult magic.
“It looks like you were tracking me through Morita, but I was too vigilant. I was so obsessed with Morita.”
Tigris was tense.
From the moment Levis appeared, you should be careful of what he says.
Levis’ ability is ‘one-sided promise’.
If the promise that the gnome makes unilaterally to Tigris or the people around him is fulfilled, a curse is applied unconditionally.
“I can’t cast a curse that is too complicated because of the situation. I will cast a very simple curse. If you track me and Morita, I’ll break my ankle…
Levis fell to his knees in pain that pierced his heart.
When I looked at my chest, I saw that the tip of a stake gleaming in gold was sticking out.
Levis looked back reflexively.
Behind him was the night fox, Nemesis.
“Caught. bastard.”
Charlie!
Nemesis pulled the golden chain connected to the stake.
Then, without any strength, Levis fell to the floor.
Due to the power of the chain of the heavens, the strength of the whole body was completely lost.
“how······!”
Tigris entrusted Nemesis to follow Levis.
Since Levis reacts very sensitively to gaze, he entrusted it to Nemesis, who has the ability to distinguish opponents by smell.
And it was also great that there was a superlative mobile device that could move in the shadows in an instant, and that there was a holy relic called ‘Earrings of the Goddess God’ that could attack while ignoring all kinds of shields.
Tigris pulled out a scroll from her arms.
It was a multi-teleport scroll.
“Move.”
There were too many eyes to see Levis in this arena.
Tigris tore the teleport scroll.
Then Tigris, Morita, Levis, and Nemesis disappeared together with the halo.
* * *
The place the four of them teleported to was Heiden Forest to the east of Victoria, the Ecliptic.
As soon as Tigris moved, he dispelled the polymorph magic.
“Here you go.”
Tigris received the Salamander’s sword from Trisha, who was waiting in advance in the forest of Heiden.
Tigris went straight to Levis.
“Ahhh!”
Levis was distracted by the chains of heaven embedded in his heart.
He couldn’t even teleport because of the ability of the chain of the sky, and he couldn’t control his body properly because his body lost strength.
Morita, who came along by chance, fell on the floor as if she had lost consciousness from the shock of the long-distance teleport.
Levis was insane, but he looked around quickly.
“Cool…!”
All sides were enemies.
Golden knights and iron-blooded wizards were the basics, and there were also Bergang, the imperial black master, and Nadal, the leader of the Inquisitor.
‘Hurry up and run away…!’
Levis quickly separated the soul from the body and tried to escape.
But the soul was not separated from the body.
Cheolkong-!
Whenever Levis attempted to escape, the chains of perforations embedded in his heart stopped him.
“You’re trying to run away like a bug again.”
“······Tigris!”
Levis stood up, grabbing the chains of heaven embedded in his chest.
“How do you know how to target Morita…!”
“If you tell me that, Rota will know. Unlike other guys, your soul and Rota’s soul are connected.”
Levis was so startled that he couldn’t even speak properly.
“How do you know that…!”
No one knows the name of Rota, neither the Viscount Cale nor the Marquis Baros.
No, apart from that, how do you know that Rota and Levis’ souls are connected?
It was a fact that no one, including the rest of the family, knew.
“Is that all? I know you’re already ready for a counterattack.”
As soon as Tigris finished speaking, Levis’ eyes suddenly changed.
“Come out, demons!”
Even though it was noon, the whole area began to be enveloped in darkness, and strange evil spirits began to emerge from the ground.
There were two kinds of demons: one was a reaper with a sickle, and the other was a knight.
Tigris knew the names of those demons.
One is the Black Reaper, and the other is a lunar eclipse knight.
They were the evil spirit chimeras that Levis started researching and Rota completed.
The southern part of the empire was completely occupied by these evil spirit chimeras, and the capital Victory also fell in an instant.
These demon chimeras were the best chimeras, with no need to eat, drink, or sleep like other chimeras.
However, it was a little different from what Tigris knew.
Because the Black Reapers originally scatter the smoke of death, the plants around them had to rot black and die, and the lunar eclipse knights had to ride on a ghost horse, but not even a ghost horse, let alone a horse’s hoof sound.
‘It’s still unfinished.’
It is six years from now when Rota completes these chimeras.
Overall, it was clear that the specs had dropped.
Bergan said in a loud voice.
“Don’t panic! As long as you do what you are trained to do, you can handle it! Everyone’s feet!”
The golden knights all drew their swords.
However, unlike ordinary iron swords, they were all shining in the moonlight.
It was because it was made of a ‘moonlight’ alloy, a mysterious steel that could directly damage evil spirits.
Originally, moonlight was a mineral found occasionally in Fogwood and Mysterious Lands, so the amount was very small, but the treasures of the Imperial Palace had enough to arm all the golden knights.
The iron-blooded wizards sprinkled a lot of buff-type magic that boosted the spirits of the knights.
Evil spirits, at first glance, lose their spirits and fall, but they could survive if they used magic such as ‘steel will’ to increase mental power or ‘psychotherapy’ to heal the mind.
– Heh heh heh heh heh heh!
Bergang ran towards the demons.
“Take a single blow without leaving a single one!”
“Wow!”
The total number of lunar eclipse knights and black reapers was only about 100, but the total number of golden knights and iron-blooded wizards was 531.
The difference in power is a whopping 5 times, but it didn’t make sense to lose.
– Whoa!
– Kyaaaaaaah!
As the sword of the golden knights cut the lunar eclipse knight’s waist, the lunar eclipse knights screamed in pain.
When the moonlight sword they held was really effective, the golden knights began to move more actively.
Even if the black reapers wielded their scythes and the lunar eclipse knights tried to block the swords of the golden knights, they could not win in terms of numbers or characteristics.
Levis couldn’t do anything but stare blankly at the demon chimeras dying in real time.
At least he tried to kill the nearby Tigris, but there was nothing he could do as the demons died as soon as they touched the sword by the power of the Salamander’s flame.
“This is absurd…”
Levis stared at Tigris, who was wielding a sword in the midst of the demons.
Either way, I have to kill that guy.
Adversary or whatever, it doesn’t matter now.
I had to kill him first.
It is very difficult to cast a curse using a ‘one-sided promise’ because of the chain of the heavens embedded in the heart.
Casting a curse that can lead to immediate death belongs to a very high level of magic, so Levis could be reversed while trying to execute the magic in this state.
However, there was a shamanic relic that could cover all of this.
Levis pulled out a white bone needle from his void pocket.
It was Masarai’s bone needle that the beasts had been looking for so desperately.
Originally, it was a holy relic that should never come out of the world, but there was no chance to kill Tigris unless it was now.
‘Use it for a while and then put it back into the void pocket.’
Levis quickly set this Masarai’s Bone Needle as an executor and cast a curse using ‘one-sided promise’.
“If you use your sword, Tigris, the muscles all over your body will melt away!”
Black smoke from Levis’s mouth permeated Masarai’s bone needles, completing the curse.
“Okay…! uh?”
Clearly, the curse was completed and placed on Tigris, but the bracelet on Tigris’ left wrist devoured the curse and disappeared.
Levis lost his mind for a moment at the amazing sight he saw for the first time, and Tigris did not miss the gap.
Sigh-!
Levis’ right hand flew away.
Tigris pulled out Masarai’s bone needle from the severed right hand of Levis.
“After all, you have Masarai’s bone needles.”