Chen Shi Yuan prided himself on the impenetrability of his defense, forged through countless training and combat. When it came to being someone’s shield, he fully believed that there would be no equal to break him. Due to Sanshiro’s history of shunning familiar summoning, Chen felt like even Electi were obsolete compared to his ways.
It never occurred to me until now just how lonely Eryn felt. Constantly weighed down by her past and fearing how temporary her connections seemed to be, her outward expressions hid it all from the public eye. But after spending so much time with her, cracks in her facade were there if one knew where
Seeing that other world unfold before me revealed a lot of things, about me and about Eryn. It made me wonder… just what exactly did I want from all this? I went with the flow and did things as expected of me. I fought and struggled to maintain certain identities, but those had always been
Koujiro couldn’t help but push on. He knew that he could do so much more, only if he tried. Seeing how others had struggled through so much doubt and uncertainty, these thoughts riled him up to be the best that he could ever be. The stories of his friends made him realize that he wasn’t
Meanwhile, the strangest battle of all unfolded at the very center of the turmoil. If a giant suit of armor that towered over his opponent wasn’t enough to turn heads, then the Demon holding its own against it certainly did. At first, the overwhelming size difference messed with Eryn, but it didn’t take long before
Ludmila didn’t expect to see him again, the mountain that was somehow classified as a man. The last time, she broke his defenses with the full extent of her speed in a single attack. But now, missing his core was her regret. That was understandable. Normal people didn’t survive after having a large chunk of
As Claude searched for answers to his own powers, the battle between the demons and mankind continued to rage on. With the main force of Yakuman deployed, the battlefront finally stopped advancing toward the city, stopping just outside its boundaries. But even a stalemate could be considered a win for the demon side. After all,
I awoke from what seemed like a very long dream, but seeing the ‘other me’ and Katalina nearby, I realized what had happened. We were back in that fake, empty house from before. “That… what was that?” ‘Claude’ smiled at me, like I was asking something ridiculous. “A tale, your tale, if things had happened
Claude did a double take as he realized who he had been talking to all this time. He had heard that the princess didn’t have much in the way of combat abilities, so he hadn’t expected someone like her to directly confront him. His guard had been down because of her low level of mana.
‘When did the feeling of loneliness become an excuse for love?’ Eryn thought as she stared at the unfamiliar ceiling. After Claude killed the King of Sistina in the heat of the moment, the two of them escaped from the castle and left the capital. With his unstoppable strikes that could sever flesh and magic,