There stood Haunted, his cold eyes glaring down at her.
“That one strike of yours was good, but other than that, you were nothing but dead weight.”
“……!”
Haunted’s words pierced deeply into Leia’s heart, leaving her unable to think clearly even with the enemy right in front of her.
“…………”
“Hah.”
Mocking Leia, Haunted slowly raised his sword and swung it down, aiming to sever her neck as she hung her head in despair.
“Who… said I was dead weight?”
Just before the crimson sword could reach Leia’s neck, it was blocked by Rourke’s raised blade.
“You can still move? Impressive.”
“More importantly, did you just call my junior dead weight?”
Rourke’s eyes, despite his battered body, still emitted a sharp glare. Haunted felt a chill run down his spine as Rourke stared him down.
“…………”
“It seems you have a serious lack of judgment.”
Rourke sneered at the speechless Haunted, pouring strength into his arm.
“I already thought you had no taste when you tried to recruit me, but…”
“………!”
Haunted was shocked as Rourke began to push back his sword, slowly but surely.
—-Where is this guy getting such strength…?
“Since you don’t seem to understand, let me tell you something. Leia is a hundred times more talented than I am!!”
—-She’s already above me just by having a contract with the Salamander spirit, dammit!
“What!?”
Rourke’s sword, fueled by rage, pushed Haunted back slightly.
“……Hah, hah.”
“……Senpai.”
“Don’t let that lunatic’s words get to you, Leia. And besides…”
Rourke gently patted Leia’s head as she looked up at him with wide eyes, and then he grinned.
“Thanks to you, we’ve won.”
“Huh?”
Leia was confused by Rourke’s words, but just then,
a silver spear descended from the sky, landing between Haunted and Rourke, piercing the ground.
“……What’s this?”
“……A spear?”
Leia and Haunted both looked at the sudden appearance of the silver spear with suspicion.
Though they didn’t understand what was happening, Haunted’s priority was capturing Rourke. Ignoring the spear, he rushed toward the two, but as if timed perfectly, the spear began to wobble like liquid.
In the next moment, countless blades sprouted from its surface, forming a wall of swords aimed at Haunted.
“What is this!?”
Haunted tried to dodge the incoming blades, but a few managed to pierce his right leg and left arm. He managed to retreat, but the pain forced him to crouch down momentarily.
“Senpai… what’s going on?”
“It’s obvious, isn’t it?”
Rourke answered Leia with a confident grin.
“Our demonic disciplinary committee chairman has arrived.”
“‘Demonic’ is unnecessary.”
Correcting Rourke’s words, two figures descended from the sky.
One was a knight-like spirit clad in silver armor, and the other was a tall boy with his brown hair tied back, wearing the uniform of Eutrea Academy with a disciplinary committee armband.
A second-year at Eutrea Academy, the leader of the disciplinary committee, and the fourth-ranked student in his year—Loxley Vowbalt.
“……Looks like a troublesome newcomer has arrived.”
“…………”
Haunted grimaced at the unwelcome arrival, while Loxley narrowed his eyes as if assessing the situation.
“Rourke.”
“Yes?”
“On our way back to the academy, we saw a massive pillar of fire and sensed an intense spiritual energy, so we came to investigate… What’s going on here? Who’s that guy? And why are you in such a sorry state?”
“That dangerous guy did it.”
“Explain in detail.”
Rourke, slightly intimidated by Loxley’s sharp glare, quickly added more details.
“He’s part of a group attacking the academy, and he’s contracted with an evil spirit trying to break the seals of the Four Fiends.”
“That’s a lot more information than I expected…”
After hearing Rourke’s explanation, Loxley frowned and turned his gaze back to Haunted.
Indeed, the crimson sword spirit Haunted wielded emitted a sinister dark energy. There was no doubt it was an evil spirit.
“Are you really contracted with an evil spirit?”
“Yes, without a doubt.”
“Well, well, I shouldn’t have taken this detour. This is getting complicated…”
Loxley muttered with a sigh, and at the same time, the spear that had transformed into a wall of swords returned to its original form and floated back into the hands of the knight spirit, his contracted spirit.
“……Would you mind not interfering?”
“Huh?”
Loxley gave Haunted a puzzled look at the sudden remark.
“I just want to take Rourke-kun here back with me.”
“Oh?”
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Loxley glanced back at Rourke, who was vigorously shaking his head, clearly not wanting to go. After confirming this, Loxley turned back to Haunted and urged him to continue.
“……So, what’s your point?”
“If you just hand him over, I’ll let you go. So, why don’t you step aside?”
“……Personally, I don’t mind.”
“Wait a second!”
Rourke, who thought he was saved, was about to be abandoned by his classmate and instinctively shouted. Ignoring him, Loxley continued.
“As the leader of the disciplinary committee, I can’t just sell out one of my academy comrades.”
“I see, then—”
“And one more thing. It seems you’ve misunderstood something, so let me make it clear.”
Interrupting Haunted, Loxley released his spiritual energy as he spoke.
“Right now, the one in a critical situation is you.”
As Loxley spoke, the knight spirit moved, thrusting its spear and piercing Haunted’s body.
“Haha, I see! You’re not just all talk.”
Haunted laughed as if he didn’t feel the pain of being pierced and charged at Loxley.
“Meet him head-on.”
Following Loxley’s command, the knight spirit swiftly thrust its silver spear repeatedly at the approaching enemy.
“Such monotonous attacks!”
“……Silver Knight.”
The speed of the spirit’s attacks was indeed fast, but they were straightforward thrusts with no feints, making them easy to dodge. Haunted sneered as he spoke, but Loxley didn’t respond. Instead, he calmly gave new instructions to his contracted spirit.
“Ugh!”
In an instant, the silver spear held by Loxley’s spirit, [Silver Knight], lost its rigidity and drooped limply to the ground.
“What’s this…?”
[……!]
As Haunted was shocked, the Silver Knight swung its weapon, which had transformed from a spear into a whip, with all its might. The once monotonous thrusts were replaced by erratic, unpredictable movements. Haunted deflected the incoming silver whip with his sword.
“That spirit of yours seems to have more tricks up its sleeve.”
“Don’t get your hopes up.”
As Loxley responded to Haunted’s quip, the Silver Knight continued to swing its whip, shattering the ground with its power. Haunted dodged or deflected the whip, gradually closing the distance.
In response, the Silver Knight retracted the whip back into its hilt and transformed it into a sword.
“Haha! It’s shape-shifting now!”
Laughing with amusement, Haunted charged at the Silver Knight with a powerful slash. The Silver Knight blocked the crimson sword with its shield and countered with a thrust aimed at Haunted’s neck.
Haunted tilted his head to dodge the incoming sword, then spun his body to build momentum and launched a kick aimed at the Silver Knight’s torso. The Silver Knight blocked the kick with its shield, but the unexpected force of the impact caused it to stagger.
“Not bad, but still a failing grade.”
Haunted judged the Silver Knight with those words and poured spiritual energy into his sword. The evil spirit, glowing with a sinister light, charged at the defenseless Silver Knight and unleashed a spiritual energy blast at its target.
[!?]
“Well, it took a while, but this is the end.”
Haunted, without even glancing at the Silver Knight, whose body had been pierced and was now immobilized, closed the distance to strike down Loxley, the spirit contractor.
“Chairman!”
Seeing this, Leia tried to stand up in a panic, but she had used up most of her spiritual energy healing Rourke and couldn’t move properly. All she could do was shout.
“Don’t worry.”
Rourke calmly admonished Leia.
“In fact, this is where it really begins.”
“Huh?”
Before Leia could ask what Rourke meant, the answer appeared in her field of vision.
“Gah!”
A silver spear pierced Haunted’s abdomen with a shock. Haunted, who had been about to attack Loxley, turned around in surprise at the unexpected attack from behind and looked for the source of the blade.
“What!?”
What Haunted saw was the Silver Knight, which should have been immobilized by the hole in its body, transforming part of itself into a spear and stabbing it into him.
“Impossible…!”
“Everyone makes that mistake.”
Loxley grinned at Haunted, who was now off guard due to his shock, and charged forward. He grabbed the tip of the silver spear that had pierced through Haunted and began to transform it again.
The spearhead expanded until it turned into a hammer-like blunt weapon. Loxley gripped the handle with both hands and swung it with all his might at Haunted’s side.
A dull thud echoed as Haunted’s body was sent spinning and flying into the distance.
“Silver Sword Dance: Fifty-Five Style”
Under Loxley’s command, the Silver Knight’s body generates fifty-five silver swords, which it extends like the tentacles of an octopus, swinging them upward and directing them toward Haunted.
“Tch!”
Haunted, having regained his footing and landed on the ground, realizes that dodging the incoming swarm of silver swords raining down from the sky is impossible. He quickly raises his sword as a shield to brace for defense.
In the next moment, Haunted’s body is engulfed by the silver rain pouring down from above.
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