Chapter 93: The Swinging Sword
ㅤ”Cre…tias! K*ll that…woman!”
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ㅤImusoda shouted.
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ㅤCretias didn’t even bother to reply, and attacked Sherry-san, who was still in a daze.
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ㅤI intervened.
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ㅤCrossing the Wand of Regret and the Ghost Sword, I barely managed to block Cretias’s serious attack.
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ㅤ”Guh…Heavy!”
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ㅤ”Get out of the way, rat! I must cut down that woman!”
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ㅤ”That’s not going to happen…! No matter what conclusion you come to, only Sherry-san has the right to decide!”
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ㅤ”Then d*e right here!”
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ㅤCretias’s sword of wrath ignited.
ㅤMiasma rose from the Ghost Sword and the Wand of Regret as if to compete with it.
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ㅤ”Tch! I can’t push through!”
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ㅤCretias withdrew his sword for a moment, quickly circled around to my side, and tried to thrust into a gap in my stance.
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ㅤThe magic barrier I created blocked the thrust.
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ㅤ”What!?”
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ㅤ”Ahaha. I tried imitating it since I’ve seen it so many times.”
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ㅤThe barrier that Lewis used looked convenient, so I had secretly been trying to learn it.
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ㅤ”This monster!”
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ㅤCretias roared and unleashed a storm of sword attacks.
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ㅤI blocked them all with the magic barrier.
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ㅤ”Kuh! But you can’t attack with that!”
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ㅤCretias tried to bypass me and jump at Sherry-san.
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ㅤThat Cretias was blown away.
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ㅤCretias tumbled spectacularly across the ground and got up at a distance.
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ㅤ”Don’t forget about me.”
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ㅤBearnov, the culprit who blew Cretias away, said so.
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ㅤ”You monster! You dare interfere with His ideals without understanding them!?”
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ㅤ”I certainly don’t know the ideals you speak of. But with this Hawkhead of mine, I don’t want to understand the ideals of someone who would toy with the bond between siblings.”
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ㅤSaying cool things as always, Bearnov confronted Cretias.
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ㅤI rushed to Sherry-san.
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ㅤ”Sherry-san!”
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ㅤ”Lewis is…kuh, but…”
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ㅤSherry-san was biting her lip hard.
ㅤHer lip was torn, and blood was flowing from it.
ㅤHer eyes were overflowing with tears, and her usually dignified face was crumpled up.
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ㅤ（Wh…What should I do…?）
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ㅤThings are proceeding as Lewis envisioned.
ㅤJust as he said, everything will end if I k*ll Lewis.
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ㅤBut,
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ㅤ（That’s not right!）
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ㅤLewis’s plan was perfect.
ㅤLewis, who was inferior to Sherry-san and Cretias in swordsmanship and to me in magic, succeeded in confining Imusoda within the cage of reason.
ㅤWhether he had talent or not, it didn’t matter.
ㅤLewis did everything he could and entrusted the rest to his beloved sister.
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ㅤ”I will…k*ll him. If I don’t k*ll him, what Lewis did will be in vain.”
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ㅤSherry-san squeezed out those words, took a stance with the Fire Dragon Sword, and stood in front of Lewis.
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ㅤ”S-Stop it…Don’t you care about your little brother!?
ㅤThat’s right, if you let me go now, I’ll return your brother! If you think I’m lying, let’s make a contract!”
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ㅤImusoda pleaded for his life.
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ㅤ――He’s lying…Lewis offered himself in a contract…Once he fuses with Imusoda, he can’t be returned to his original form…He’s just going to 『return』 his body after he’s dead and insist that he kept his promise…And that’s after the body becomes useless to Imusoda…That’s decades from now…
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ㅤThe Dream Weaver refuted Imusoda’s words.
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ㅤSherry-san raised her sword.
ㅤI couldn’t see her expression from my position.
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ㅤThe sword trembled as if hesitating for a moment before it was swung down.