A swarm of blades that filled the field of view split the air and made a painful sound.
　You can't believe that the numerous blades arose from a single sword, but simply swinging them through requires extraordinary skill.

　Even Krana is a lazy horse that can't handle it perfectly, but the sheer size of his hands and destructive power doesn't even need to be told when you look at the arena that was crushed like a storm passing by.



　The uncomfortable feeling of the sword in my hand.
　It was a slash from which there should have been no escape.
　And yet, you can't feel your prey split open in your hand.

What's the matter, is it over?

　Such a voice touched her ears and Krana quickly raised her gaze. Nacht, who was leisurely standing in the sky where numerous blades were dancing, said with a provocative smile on his face.

''Huh?　When did you... no, how--

　Even faster than she could think, her body was after moving.
　Krana drew the sword he had regrasped and was going to give chase, but once again there was an uncomfortable feeling in the hand holding the sword.

(Heavy...!　And dull--)

　Krana's sword strike, which lost more speed than before, slashed through the sky, not supposed to hit Nacht, who moved as if he had transcended the concept of time.

　The true nature of the discomfort was the transparent ice that covered the split blade.
　When I noticed, the temperature in the area dropped and countless ice and snow falling.
　The transparent ice that seemed to suck in the light stopped some of the blades controlled by Krana, and Nacht must have ducked Krana's sword shot through the gap.

　The breaker blade is an unreasonable weapon that does not suffer any reduction in attack power, even if it turns itself into dozens or hundreds of blades, but the more it is split, the more difficult it becomes to control.
　So there was a time lag that could be fatal for Krana to notice the anomaly in her own weapon.

　Even so, it was unlikely that he would be able to calmly seize a blade that would increase hundreds of times on first sight, obstruct and duck the trajectory of the sword shot. But in reality, Nacht hadn't been wounded at all.

　But the truly astonishing thing was not that Nacht had ducked Krana's attack.



　The magic is so great that it interferes with Krana's attacks, and even the environment of the arena has been changed.
　The revelation should be obvious even to the average person.
　And yet, it was as if Krana had no idea when Nacht had used his magic.

''Ha!　The Four Blades of the Deadly Mirror--

　The difference in rank displayed in a glaring way.
　So, Krana easily cuts one of the back hands.

　The turbulent, raging blades, guided by Krana's will, gather into four and turn into long swords that reflect silver light.
　That moment when Nacht's figure is reflected in the four swords that reflect the divine light. With all his strength, Krana swung his sword down.

''--Dragonbreaker!

　The imaginary image of Nacht's reflection in the blade is cut through.
　The four swords manifested are capable of slashing the target reflected in the blade.
　Krana's sword strike that slaughters even the dragon to the power of the equipment that passes the attack without regard to distance or even reality.
　That blow, this time, cuts both sides of Nacht--

What's wrong with you?

　--the clods of earth crumbled down.

　Looking back, Krana should have taken the fact that she couldn't detect Nacht's magic more seriously. If he bypassed the opponent who was beyond his perception and unleashed a big move, it would turn into an opening.

　A desperate strike that was supposed to be a complete first kill for Clana.
　The sense of accomplishment that filled Krana's consciousness, just a tiny bit, and the overwhelming astonishment that shattered it.
　Krana's opponent is not so naive as to miss the faint gap they created.

''--The Ice Shooting Magic (Icicle Magic) -- The Calm Ice Prison (Cocytos).

　Along with feeling an overwhelming release of magical power that made her tremble, Krana's body was swallowed up into the ice.





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That's quite a first kill, isn't it?

　Nacht muttered to himself in the ice and snow covered arena.
　There was one reason why Nacht was able to deal with Krana's attack.
　He knew, and that was it.

　The breaker blade that had cut down a number of fierce fighters in a guild battle in the past was so well known that Nacht had thought of a way to deal with it.

　The safest way to deal with it would still be to attack and interfere with the split sword itself, not the person equipped with it.
　Nacht was able to evade the first blow that Krana fired, freezing part of its blade with the Ice Shooting Magic method concealed by the illusory dragon.

　The more maneuvers the attacker made, the greater the burden on those who managed it would naturally increase.
　Clana still couldn't handle the breaking mirror blade to the point where it could be considered perfect. The stormy blade was not difficult to intercept, as it was only an attack swung down from the large upper level.

　The unique and unique power that the Breaking Mirror Blade hid - dealing with the Four Blades of the Dead Mirror was a bit twisted, but literally, Krana had only sliced through the false image.

　A skill (skill) that easily left Krana's perception behind, simultaneous with the acceleration by the Dragon God of Mirror Crossing. It's not just a matter of time before you'll be able to get your hands on a new one.
　The refraction of light by the ice created by the Ice Shooting Magic was used to momentarily disguise Krana's perceptions - and he took advantage of the gap in time when Krana turned his attention to the control of the breaking mirror blade.
　So Krana was able to perceive the doll Nacht had prepared as the real thing.

　This time, he lavishly combined multiple skills (skills) in order to strike a surprise, but if he wanted to deal with it simply, the method of taking away the light itself and eliminating the reflection in the blade would be safe.
　Or if he could use an illusion like Annelie-san, it must have been much easier to disguise his reflection in the mirror.

　Either way, it's not something that can be dealt with at first sight.
　The reason why Nacht was able to overthrow Krana in such a one-sided manner was because she was overconfident in the equipment her trusted father had given her and relied on it to fight.

　Consumed by the serene ice prison (Cocytos), Krana is exposed to a deadly gap.
　If she used that time to activate one more magic, the duel would be over.

''But wouldn't it be boring if it ended there?''

　Nacht responded to a known power, that's all.
　With this, it was as if he had played the game while looking through a strategy site.

''Beast Spirit Awakening...''

　As if in response to Nacht's voice, a solemn tone resounds, and the serene ice prison (Cocytos) melts away.

"Hmm, so that's the best you can do--

　A flame of silver-tinted illusion that rose like a pillar.
　Krana's body, which had taken on the form of a girl, grew up one round, and seven tails wagged on her back. Flames danced from the tips of such fluffy hair.

　As the fighting instincts dictated, Krana jumped at Nacht.
　As the flame-clad, silver-tinted sword passed right by the half-retracted Nacht, an unusually heavy sound rang out.
　The gutted earth had been wonderfully burned to the ground, looking like a construction site that had been gutted by heavy machinery.

　The silver flame emitted by Krana, who inherited the blood of the illusory beast--the blood of the nine tails, was a flame that had mass.
　The flames, which writhed like mercury, transformed into a metal-like form and turned into numerous swords.

　The relative Nacht stopped his earlier little trickery and concocted a magic power to shatter everything.
　Space trembles under the pressure of the immense force Nacht and Krana are clashing against each other.
　A moment of silence, and then--

"The Silver Sword, the last blade of the tyranny.

"The Dragon Strike Witch - Nachtobresse.

　-- force and power collided.