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A few days ago.
"Excuse me? Marquis Espin?"
"That's what I heard."
"Ah..."
Marquis Espin Ellaina died.
She was more suited to the battlefield than anyone he had ever met.
He never thought she would die in battle.
"I heard she fought against the Emperor with someone named Solvere Linea and that's how it happened."
Espin Ellaina.
She even gave up her Margrave position for Davian and settled in the capital.
She said she would give up anything for Davian, and that she would give up her own life without hesitation if it was for Davian.
And.
She proved that her words were never taken lightly.
'I understand your heart... but this is a dog's death. Marquis Espin should have known how strong the Emperor was.'
Davian opened his mouth.
Sadness is sadness, but he needs to deliver this message quickly.
"Please send a letter to the royal family so that no one else attacks the Emperor. They'll die without even being able to inflict a scratch."
Chief of Staff Hugo Molton slowly nodded.
"I should. I feel bad for putting such a burden on you, Davian. But it's right to avoid meaningless deaths as much as possible."
"I have a duel scheduled with him anyway. Just leave the Emperor alone until then."
"But I heard she didn't die without inflicting a scratch."
"Yes?"
Clang!
He stepped back, parrying the Emperor's sword.
Thud.
One step forward.
Clang!
"Amazing, amazing. How can you block all of this?"
Thud.
Another step.
'Solvere Linea's blessing tied the Emperor's hands and feet. Marquis Espin Ellaina was prepared to give her life and pierced the Emperor's right instep.'
Clang!
'It's different. The vibration felt from the footing of the left and right feet is slightly different.'
The eyes allow you to see the movement of objects clearly.
But that makes you neglect the movements outside of your vision.
After losing his sight and focusing all his senses evenly on the nerves of his entire body, he could notice a subtle difference in the Emperor's footsteps.
'The wound on his right foot hasn't completely healed yet. Kaiser Lapaz.'
Espin Ellaina.
The Witch of the Battlefield.
A living legend of the battlefield.
'Did you see this far ahead, Marquis Espin?'
Clang!
Once he realized the difference, it became clearer and clearer.
It's like once you see an object you haven't seen before, it keeps coming into your field of vision.
'So that's why you pierced the Emperor's instep, even at the cost of your life.'
He couldn't see it directly.
But the situation at the time was vividly drawn in his head.
To pierce the Emperor's instep.
She probably poured everything she had built up in her entire life into that one blow.
Even though she knew that it wouldn't cause much damage to the Emperor.
Even though she knew that she would be killed by the Emperor's hand immediately after piercing his instep.
Still, she devoted her life and a lifetime of training to that one blow.
Probably.
'She must have noticed that the arrogant Emperor wouldn't pay much attention to the condition of his right foot once the treatment was done. And...'
She must have hoped that Davian would somehow find this subtle gap during the one-on-one duel.
"Your regenerative ability is truly amazing."
The sunken face was completely regenerated.
Even the burst eyeballs were regenerated.
And his vision returned.
Before he realized the Emperor's imbalance, his vision relied on what he could see, which made him miss the gaps, but.
After fully feeling the balance between his left and right feet and opening his eyes.
Now he could see more clearly.
The left and right balance is definitely not right.
It's so clear and noticeable that it's hard to pay attention to other movements.
'Don't get too caught up in the fact that you've found a gap.'
He could easily repeat the same mistake and miss something else.
See and feel the whole thing.
You must seize the opportunity that this small gap will create.
Whoosh.
He swung his spear wide.
Clang!
He pushed away the Emperor's sword and regained his posture.
"Oh, now that your eyeballs have regenerated, are you ready to try again properly? Amazing. It's an amazing ability."
A lot of time has already passed.
Davian had grown his stamina exponentially by eating 50 doses of the Hydra's regenerative elixir.
But the stamina of that crazy Emperor seemed endless.
'If this keeps up, the skill's duration will expire.'
He's barely managing to deal with him now.
But if the Festival of Fire and Shadow Assimilation skills run out.
'I'll die instantly.'
He has to finish it before then.
Using that subtle imbalance.
Swoosh!
A stream of water gushed from Davian's left hand, after he briefly put down his spear.
Even though magical attacks were pouring in towards him.
The Emperor didn't even flinch for a moment.
He was like that when he sent out a Lightning Bolt.
He desperately blocked the spear of authority, which could be a threat.
The same goes for Davian's flames.
It looks like he's casually scattering the flames with a wave of his hand, but he's still blocking them.
But he's like a ghost in that he knows which attacks won't threaten him and doesn't even move.
'He's a terrible monster. Does he instinctively know what attacks are a threat to him?'
Thanks to that.
The Emperor's body was soaked.
"What are you doing?"
"In case you're hot."
Emperor Kaiser Lapaz tilted his head.
"Has the brain, shocked by the impact of being hit in the face, not fully recovered yet?"
"I'm going again. I don't have time."
"No time? What does that mean? Amuse me even more. Then I shall reward you."
"Reward? What kind of reward."
Kaiser Lapaz thought for a moment before opening his mouth.
"I will allocate 10% of the land on this Pax continent to build your tomb."
"Crazy bastard."
He's completely out of his mind.
The Pax continent is smaller than the Manum continent, where the Marino Empire is located.
But the Pax continent is so vast that it's impossible to travel from one end to the other without using magic.
To make one-tenth of it Davian's tomb.
'It will become a tourist attraction.'
But.
He hasn't lived through four lives for this long just to become a tourist attraction after he dies.
Tatat.
Davian leaped.
Clang! Clang!
The spear of authority and the sword of destruction clashed violently again and again.
The blue hill in front of the Hydra's cave had disappeared without a trace.
Only a wasteland with craters and traces of swords and spears remained here and there.
The area gradually expanded, and half of the Alsace Forest had been overturned.
Clang!
The spear and sword collided.
Swoosh!
He tried spraying water too.
Zap, clang!
He also sent lightning bolts over it.
The flames that were spinning around Davian's body also continued to harass the Emperor.
"You're trying different things. Good attitude. The lightning bolt that was sent over the water is quite stinging."
"I didn't come here to be taught by you."
Hahaha.
"Yes. I have no intention of giving you any teachings. You are my nemesis, Davian."
Clang!
'The preparation is complete.'
In fact.
Trying magical attacks with various combinations.
It was all a trick.
If he kept spraying water, the Emperor would obviously be suspicious, so he pretended to combine various applied magic.
He even mixed water and wind element magic to create a meaningless water tornado and shot it at the Emperor.
...He was praised for it being a pretty cool-looking attack.
Thanks to indiscriminately mixing various magics with water element magic.
The entire floor was damp.
It took a little longer than expected because the ground was dug up and turned over every time the spear and sword collided.
Clang!
Colliding spear and sword.
After gathering mana appropriately.
He moved away from the Emperor, dismissed his spear, and activated the magic with both hands.
Crackle! Crack!
The water that was widely soaking the floor instantly froze.
Hahaha.
The Emperor who watched the scene laughed heartily.
It's a laugh that's so addictive to keep listening to.
"So that's why you kept spraying those strange magics to freeze the floor."
"I got caught."
"Do you think anything will change because of that? Slippery is the same for you and me."
That's right.
But.
'Your gap in balance will widen a little more.'
Swish swish.
Davian created the spear of authority again.
It was a little shorter than before.
After firmly grasping the spear of authority in his right hand.
Rustle.
He created Glacie's Gift, an ice sword, in his left hand.
'This is the last one.'
The skill duration is almost over.
Tatat.
Davian kicked off forcefully.
Clang!
The spear of authority and the sword of destruction collided.
His wrist throbbed as he held the spear in one hand.
'Was he barely holding on by holding the spear with both hands until now?'
Monster.
He's a real monster.
Swoosh!
He swung the ice sword in his left hand.
The Emperor hastily leaned back to avoid the ice sword.
Davian's eyes shone sharply.
'The gap has widened even more!'
A gap.
Now a gap that could really be called a gap has emerged.
It was the gap that Marquis Espin Ellaina created by exchanging her life for.
Clang! Clang!
Davian began to corner Emperor Kaiser Lapaz.
The power of the spear was weaker than when he was holding it with both hands.
But instead, the ice sword pierced through those gaps.
"You noticed something that even I didn't know."
Clang!
Swoosh!
There was no time to answer.
He must end it this time.
"You knew that my right foot wasn't completely healed."
Davian Naone's attacks relentlessly targeted the gaps.
Only then did the Emperor himself realize that his right foot was slightly injured.
Emperor Kaiser Lapaz.
Began to panic little by little.
It's a gap that was difficult to notice, and even if you know, it's hard to fill.
Clang! Clang!
Thud.
As the Emperor's right foot roughly took a step back.
Swoosh!
Davian's ice sword slashed the Emperor's side.
Bright red blood burst from the Emperor's body.
A deep wound that revealed the bones.
The duel between two people who had already far surpassed the realm of humans.
Was rushing towards its final chapter.
Whoosh!
Davian's flames finally covered the Emperor's shoulder.
He could use pure fire elemental magic all day long.
But the Festival of Fire skill was now over.
Still, he succeeded in inflicting a large burn on one shoulder.
'It's still not enough. This can't be it.'
He continues to inflict injuries.
But he can't defeat the Emperor like this.
Even if the Emperor's injuries are accumulating.
The scales of victory will lean towards the Emperor the moment he allows even a single counterattack.
He hates to admit it, but the Emperor's attack power and defense power are far superior.
He's only been able to hold out this much because he can combine various attacks and has accumulated a lot of combat experience.
'If such a person hadn't belatedly picked up a sword and had not been negligent in training since childhood.'
Davian would have been beheaded in one blow.
He's been desperately collecting points to improve his skills.
But some people are born with bodies like this.
There's no time to be dissatisfied that it's unfair.
The world is unfair in the first place.
Rather.
It is much more important to create a blow that will cut off the Emperor's breath as soon as possible.
Even one hit could turn the tide.
He must cut off his breath before...
'Wait.'
Davian's situation is that even one hit will completely turn the tide.
The Emperor must also be well aware of this fact.
'This is it.'
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