The legend of the Crimson Demon clan started from Suqing.

Chapter 158 It's Time to Go Home

Yidao Shura is very strong.

With a physique that is dozens of times stronger than humans, Zun Zun can barely rely on seamless blocking and the range is only seven steps.

Not to mention that Ikki Kurogane broke through himself and evolved at the last moment, developing a sword that could jump his physique hundreds of times in an instant.

However, the trick of comparing who has a tougher life is not about physical ability, but about the amount of destiny.

Although this move can ignore physical ability and realm, and even distance does not need to be considered at all, it is a double-edged sword. If you meet someone with a tougher fate than yourself, you will probably be the one to die.

But compared to Kurogane Ikki.

Obviously, Zun Zun is more resilient.

Of course, he didn't really kill Ikki Kurogane.

The biggest advantage of the inherent spiritual equipment is that once in an illusion state, it will not deal physical damage, but will directly reduce physical strength with magic power. Therefore, Ikki Kurogane fell down at that time only because of physical exhaustion.

Otherwise, Zun Zun would definitely say something like “I will probably never forget you in my entire life.”

The week after Ikki of Kuroki was a layoff was the revival match. Several strong players who had lost the game and could not qualify won the representative spots again through the revival match.

When all the competitions and rankings were arranged and everything was settled, students from the entire school gathered in the gymnasium that was rarely used. Six representatives who stood out after a long selection process will have a formal appointment ceremony today.

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The chairman of the board, Shinguji Kurono, stood on the podium and shouted loudly: "The appointment ceremony is now officially starting. Students whose names are called, please come to the stage."

Then, she read out the names of the representatives one by one.

"First grade, A level, Zun Zun."

"First year, Class F, Kurogane Ikki."

"Third year, B-class, Toudou Daohua."

"First-year A-level student, Stella Famillion."

"First-year D-class, Arisuin Nagi...I am absent today due to some urgent matters."

as well as……

"Third year, Class B, Kanata Nobuhiro."

Zun Zun thought that Kurogane Shushizuku would be among them, but unfortunately, she seemed to have lost to the second-ranked girl in the academy, Kitano Kitohara, by a single move, and lost the spot because she lost one more game.

She below was puffing her mouth angrily.

However, when Ikki Kurogane greeted her, she waved happily, looking proud.

It seems that Arisuin Nagi is hiding her true strength.

The five people stood side by side on the podium as representative contestants and turned to face the students in the whole school.

Shinguji Kurono then declared, "The five people listed above and the absent Arisuin Nagi, a total of six people. I hereby formally recognize you as the representatives of the Seven Stars Sword Festival of Pojun Academy!"

The students in the audience applauded loudly.

Then the leader of this year's representative team is still Toudou Daohua.

According to the convention of Pojun Academy, the candidate should be the undisputed number one, but he found it troublesome.

Communicate with the leaders of other colleges.

This thing is inherently annoying.

Shinguji Kurono was also worried that Zunzun would conflict with others and then kill someone else's life force, so after considering it, she decided that it would be better to let Toudou Touka, the student council president who served as the group leader last year, take the position.

After the ceremony, everyone left.

"Wait a moment."

Ikki Kurogane called out to Zunzun, not only him, but also Stella and Shushizu Kurogane.

"I want to talk about something. Is it convenient for you, my Lord?"

"of course."

The four of them came to the back of the gym.

There is no one passing by here, so it is a good place for privacy.

Kurogane Jushizuku has been staring at the chests of the three of them. Don't get me wrong, she is not a nympho. Instead, the three of them have badges representing the players on their chests, which look quite beautiful in golden color.

Several of them, including Arisuin Nagi who was absent today due to some urgent matters, became the representative players of the academy.

Except she wasn't.

It is impossible to say that there is no idea.

"So, what do you want from me, Ikki?"

"Regarding the demon..."

"Oh! You can't just say that."

Zun Zun made a pause gesture.

Kurogane Ikki also stopped talking. He said to Stella and Kurogane Jushizuku, "Can you two go to the cafeteria and wait for us? I hope to sit by the window."

"...Ms. Stella, let's go."

"Wait Ikki, I don't know what you want to do, but I'm not leaving this time."

Stella did not accept Kurogane Jushizuku's persuasion and she insisted on staying.

Zun Zun raised his eyebrows.

"Is it okay? There's hell ahead."

"Of course! I won't leave Ikki!"

"Foolish man, sink into hell."

The red eyes were extremely deep and mysterious, as if they were hiding some secret that could not be known to others. Stella's heart beat violently and she couldn't help but take a step back.

“…Just kidding.”

"You guy!"

Zun Zun raised the corner of his mouth in a nasty way, making the princess, who knew she was deceived, almost spit fire.

Kurogane Ikki quickly stopped her.

"Okay Stella, don't be angry. So, Zun Zun, can you tell me about the demon?"

"of course."

Zun Zun then told them about the demon.

A demon is someone who breaks free from the chains of fate and escapes his own destiny. If you become a demon, you are almost free from the limitations of the human body and can continue to increase the upper limit of your magic power.

"This is the demon..."

"What? That's it. I thought it was some big secret. Why create such a scary atmosphere? Really!" Stella rolled her eyes in annoyance.

"Yes. Actually, almost everyone in the upper echelons knows about the demons. They don't make it public because it seems to cause cognitive impairment, making it more difficult to break the shackles and become a demon."

"A little harder?"

"Well, it's hundreds of times harder than when we didn't know."

"Hey!!!"

Zun Zun's light words made the hot-tempered princess furious. She must be like some people, wishing for an ear that had not heard these words.

Just like a certain black basketball.

zone...the state of a territory. Once you know about this, the more you want to enter, the harder it will be to enter.

"Ikki, what do you think?"

"Don't think about it."

"Oh?"

"Rather than pinning my hopes on something so illusory, I trust the sword in my hand more."

"This is it!"

Zun Zun snapped his fingers.

Ikki Kurogane would never place his hopes on an area that he could not reach, because he had relied on himself to move forward step by step along the way. Whether it was swordsmanship or One-Sword Asura, it was all achieved because of his belief in his own efforts.

Being worse than others makes you more focused.

Work harder where you are lacking.

Ponder your own soul, squeeze out all that you have, until you become a recognized strong person.

This is what Zun Zun has felt from his swordsmanship over the past month.

"But that's not entirely accurate."

"what?"

"Although it can cause cognitive impairment, it's not entirely accurate. I'm a good example of this."

Zun Zun pointed at himself.

He knew more about the demons than anyone present, but he still found the shackles that bound his own fate. Although there was no way to break it, knowing was knowing. And the reason was——

“I found my switch.”

"Switch?" X3
"That's right. I wanted to fight with others, I wanted to protect others, I wanted to explore the truth of the world... When I realized my true heart, I naturally found my own shackles."

It was the Imperial Purification Foam that woke him up.

When testing the threshold of inherent spiritual equipment, he once said that the so-called inherent spiritual equipment is the embodiment of the soul of the swordsman himself, the embodiment of his inner desires.

"So what is your switch, Zun Zun?"

"I don't want to die."

"Well."

Stella was speechless.

She thought it would be a more ambitious goal, such as being the best in the world, the strongest and undefeated, the only one in the world... but she never thought that it was just that she didn't want to die.

"Death is terrible."

Kurogane Ikki's face was full of seriousness.

"That's right." Zun Zun also said with a little dissatisfaction: "People who don't know themselves can never become strong."

of course.

What he didn't say was that he wasn't afraid of dying, but of being killed by a meteorite. It was just too embarrassing, so he changed it a little.

It means the same thing anyway.

"Besides, it's actually not a bad thing to have an idea of what a demon is."

"What do you mean?"

"When ordinary people reach the end of the road and encounter a 'door', they can push it open and become demons. However, there is no road ahead, and they need to pave the way as they go. Even if they have cognitive impairment, if they are determined in their thoughts and push open the 'door', they will find a paved road. It's just the difference between going fast first and then slow, or going slow first and then fast."

"The prerequisite is to be able to push open the 'door'."

"Hahaha, what are you talking about? I believe you must have reached that level."

Zun Zun patted the back of the complaining Kurogane Ikki, and suddenly seemed to have thought of something.

"...Ah, Stella, that's not necessary."

"Why? Do you look down on me?"

No, that's because Stella was a demon in human skin from the beginning, that is, a congenital demon holy body. So it doesn't matter whether she knows about demons or not, and it won't cause any cognitive impairment.

That's great.

The gap between people is sometimes greater than the gap between people and dogs.

"...Wait, I'm getting more and more annoyed by the look in your eyes, as if I'm taking advantage of you."

"Isn't it?"

"No wow!"

But in Zun Zun's opinion, she had taken advantage of everything. Royal birth, innate demon body, magic level A... What, me too? That's fine.

"What are you guys doing here?"

"…Miyafu-senpai (Vice-President)?" X4
A question came from behind several people.

Turning around, he saw the vice president of the college, Yu Fu Pao Mao. He looked at them and said, "It just so happens that the student union is planning to hold a celebration party. Do you want to come too?"

"Is it okay? Will it disturb you?"

"How could that be? You are also the representative contestants of Pojun Academy. It will be more lively if you come together, right?"

"Then we will just obey your orders."

Following his wishes, Zun Zun and a few others followed him and held a celebration party with the Student Union.

And this time.

A text message came from the student handbook of Zun Zun. The sender was the chairman, Shinguji Kurono, and the content was——

[This place is ready, you can come anytime. 】

It's time to go home.

(End of this chapter)