Translator: imperfectluck Editor: Kurisu

The samurais had all fought against the evil demon. However, every last samurai had been killed.

This just happened a few minutes ago.

Seiji remained silent.

“Tell me…” Kungo asked a question after looking at Seiji for a while. “Did any of them live?”

“No,” Seiji answered.

“Did any of them retreat?”

“Not even one.”

“Did any of them beg to be spared?”

“Not a single one.”

All of them had fought heroically and were willing to sacrifice themselves.

“Very good.” Kungo’s mouth arced slightly upward in praise and pride.

Seiji felt bad about Kungo’s smile. But from Seiji’s own standpoint, it was difficult for him to say anything.

This Kungo was evidently “the first samurai” that he referred to in his story.

Then who was this “woman” that he was talking about?

This village, the villagers, the demons, the mysterious power here, the “woman”, and Kungo… All of them were a mystery.

“Can I ask the name of the ‘woman’ in your story?” Seiji inquired.

“You don’t need to know.” Kungo stopped smiling.

“…I came here in order to save someone. He should be unconscious, and I believe that he’s probably inside this shrine… Do you know about him?” Seiji continued asking another question.

Kungo didn’t reply. Instead, he slowly unsheathed his sword.

This was an evident signal that he didn’t want to continue talking.

All that remained was another fight…

“I’d like to ask one final question.” Seiji looked directly at Kungo. “Why do you fight, Kungo-san?”

The previous samurais had fought for the sake of protecting their town. They probably had no idea that even if they killed the “evil demon”, their town was still destined for destruction.

However, this “first samurai” was evidently different. Seiji felt it was likely that Kungo knew the truth.

No, Kungo definitely knew the truth.

No matter if they fought here or not, this place would still end up being destroyed!

“Use the sword in your hands to learn the answer to your question, Harano-san.” Kungo got into a combat stance.

Seiji could only mentally sigh as he also prepared himself for a battle.

The snow which had previously stopped for a while now began to fall again.

A snowflake slowly fell down onto the ground in between the two warriors, melding into all the other snowflakes.

Kungo’s figure suddenly vanished!

Seiji managed to block Kungo’s sudden stab. He then had to block a series of continuous attacks!

The sound of swords clashing kept fiercely echoing in midair. They sounded almost melodical.

As expected, this Kungo was far stronger than all the previous samurai… Seiji continuously retreated under Kungo’s powerful attacks, barely managing to block while resisting his discomfort and urge to cough.

But then, he accidentally slipped on the snow, causing him to go slightly off balance. Kungo used his sword to aim for Seiji’s neck, suddenly stabbing incredibly swiftly!

However, Seiji had intentionally feigned weakness.

Body-strengthening technique, wind element!

Sword technique, Shadow Pierce!

Right as Kungo’s sword reached him, Seiji activated his spells as planned, and narrowly dodged the attack. He also countered with a powerful technique of his own!

Right when his sword was about to slice into Kungo’s body, a bright red light suddenly flashed and blocked Seiji’s attack!

Not only that, the bright red light enveloped Seiji’s sword as if it was fluid, which slowed Seiji’s movements.

“This is bad…” Seiji instantly had an ominous premonition.

*Smack!!!*

Kungo suddenly kicked while being buffed by the bright red light. This kick’s power was so strong that Seiji was sent flying backwards, and his defensive barrier instantly shattered!

Seiji adjusted his position in midair so that he could land feet-first on the ground. However, he was no longer able to withstand the urge to cough as he started coughing up blood.

“Damn it…” This permanent debuff on him was so uncomfortable to bear.

However, this was the price he had to pay for intruding and destroying someone else’s world.

Seiji looked over at Kungo. Kungo simply stood still and silently looked at him.

“Why didn’t you continue attacking me?” Seiji asked.

“I will next time,” Kungo answered.

This was a one-time-only holding back.

‘No more little tricks. Bring out your real skills!’ The incredibly handsome samurai had such an expression.

Seiji understood.

Originally, he had still been holding back because he figured that he might have to fight against that “woman” who was likely to be the final boss. But now, it seemed that he wouldn’t even be able to defeat this “first samurai” unless he gave it his all.

Seiji used his Mana to cast a spell…

Demon Suppression Bell!

A gigantic golden bell materialized with a loud clang. This bell covered the samurai and evaporated all the snow in the nearby area!

The next instant, a bright red light broke out from the bell. Kungo came out right afterwards, completely uninjured.

He waved his longsword, gathering the red light as if it was water. All the red light focused on the direction that his sword was pointing at!

Divine blade, “Wave Slash”!

Seiji did his best to dodge the attack. However, this attack had an incredibly wide area of effect, so he was forced to absorb a portion of the attack with his barrier.

Seiji then suddenly noticed that Kungo had vanished.

He felt a sense of extreme danger coming from behind.

Defense spell, Turtle Armor! Seiji realized that he would be unable to dodge the attack, so he could only defend the best he could.

*Boom!!!*

An even more powerful attack than earlier came for him. Bright red light came from below, and sent Seiji flying high up into the air as if he was a small flower being battered by a torrential wave. His defensive barrier almost completely collapsed!

Kungo stepped on his flowing red light, and elegantly soared past Seiji, higher into the sky, as if he was surfing. Kungo then lifted his sword, and gathered even more swirling light, preparing an even more powerful attack…

Divine blade, “Thunder Slash”!

Kungo slashed, summoning a red thunderbolt that descended from the sky. This thunderbolt seemed like a soaring red eagle that was about to tear apart the tiny prey before it!!!

This attack would be impossible to block! Seiji instantly came to such a conclusion.

It would also be impossible to dodge.

He could only activate some of the limited-use-per-day abilities that he had been saving up until now…

*BOOM!* The red thunderbolt struck Seiji directly!

Luckily, Seiji activated a certain ability, which managed to block off most of the thunderbolt’s power in time. He could only grit his teeth and bear the rest of the thunderbolt’s power himself.

The next instant, Kungo noticed that his opponent was evidently still alive despite being in wretched condition. So, he swiftly assaulted Seiji from midair, gathering more light on his sword for another attack!!

‘Good!’ A powerful glint appeared in Seiji’s eyes.

This certain ability that he had activated would last for less than one minute.

That was why he was more than happy to see Kungo voluntarily getting closer!

Seiji combined that certain ability with some more limited-use-per-day abilities that he had yet to use. Seiji used some of the first abilities that he had gained…

Bullet Time, activate!

Light Which Dissipates Darkness from the Brink of Despair, activate!!

After using this ultimate recovery ability from Hoshi’s character reward card, Seiji then would show Kungo the ability he had used to dispel the thunderbolt—Ultimate Performance from Chiaki’s character reward card, which could use any ability that he could think of from his imagination—”Imagine Breaker”, the right hand that could dispel anything magical in this world!

Seiji also combined “Imagine Breaker” with his Lightning Strikes swift punching technique!!!

Kungo suddenly saw numerous powerful lights viciously pouring at him before he could pierce through his opponent.

These lights were actually super-fast fists, too fast for the eye to see!

*Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam!*

A quick succession of collisions could be heard. Kungo found to his astonishment that his personal power was actually being broken through by this light! All of these fists of light hit his physical body directly and caused him damage!

“OHHHHHHHHHHH!!!” Seiji shouted loudly as he furiously punched as fast as he could. He ignored Kungo’s sword completely, and punched until Kungo’s movements became distorted! Kungo’s body also became distorted! Finally, Seiji stopped punching, and used his longsword again for a vicious stab!!!

The sword pierced right through Kungo’s chest and his entire body, drawing much blood.

Kungo was sent flying down towards the ground. Seiji descended after him.

While Seiji landed steadily on the ground, Kungo arced through the air and crashed into the roof of the shrine, breaking the roof and dropping right down into the shrine.

Inside the shrine, Kungo tried to force himself to stand up, but he was unable to do so. He spat out a large amount of blood, and kneeled on the ground.

He’d never expected that he would lose just like this…

The light in his eyes gradually faded as he looked at the sword piercing through his chest.

Various memories flashed through his mind. In the end, all he could think about was how a certain extravagantly clothed beautiful woman smiled towards him.

“I’m sorry, Master…” While kneeling, Kungo bowed in order to apologize. “Thank you… for everything so far… Your useless servant… will be… saying goodbye now…”