Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 112 Mission: 04-7 Moonlight Sonata (First Update)
"But all things in that divine kingdom, all that my spirit can contain—"

Under the blood moon, Nero held the knife in his backhand, brandished the scythe, and flew away. The enormous scythe, which was difficult for an ordinary person to control with both hands, was transformed into a dark moon by Nero's single hand, heading straight for the Blood Moon Princess's neck.

"Please turn it into words and let me sing it!"

The emerald green phantom of the Great Sinner emerged from Xiangzi's memory, wielding his sword to block Nero's sudden attack. Then Xiangzi's calm and elegant voice came from behind the phantom:

"You're really good at singing. Was it improvisation?"

Nero retreated, swung the knife with his backhand, and used his forearm to support the blade and thrust it towards the Phantom's chest.

"The lamp of the world rises from the mountain passes everywhere to illuminate all living beings—"

The strike was deflected by the withdrawn blade, but it didn't matter. Nero took advantage of the momentum and turned, swinging his scythe again, "hooking" the Phantom's slender waist in the scythe's curve.

"It rises from the three points where four circles intersect, revolving on the eternal celestial wheel, spreading the warmest light of samsara to the world!"

It was harvest time. Nero yanked back the sickle in his hand, and the bright blue blade was about to split the slender waist of wheat in two.

But the phantom still blocked Nero with its long sword in time. Then it turned gracefully, and its feet turned into bird claws and kicked Nero's jaw fiercely, and at the same time jumped out of the embrace of the sickle.

Nero had no choice but to flap his wings and retreat, and the tide-like attack came to an end.

"Thanks for the compliment," she said, stabilizing her unrhythmic breathing and whispering, "But I can tell it's improvisation, so you don't seem to be bad at it."

Xiangzi stretched out her lace-gloved fingers and gently waved them in the air, like a conductor finding his own rhythm. As her fingers moved, invisible spirits transformed into points of light and danced gracefully in the crimson moonlight.

"As for music theory, I know a thing or two. I just didn't expect you hadn't given it your all." Xiangzi smiled faintly, reaching out to pinch the light on her fingertips, bringing a pause to her own blank beat. Then she slowly spread her fingers and waved again, unexpectedly materializing a massive pipe organ behind the savior.

“Such a beautiful singing voice cannot be performed without accompaniment.

Xiangzi gently stroked the mirror-like brass pipes of the organ, which reflected the moonlight, and looked at Nero with a smile.

"Since it's an aria, then this is the most suitable accompaniment instrument, right?"

The corners of her lips and eyes were slightly raised with a hint of seduction, and the captivating red light in her pupils grew brighter. Before Nero could answer, Xiangzi sank into the savior's body again and played the piano keys.

Without a trace of a buffer, a magnificent roar suddenly resounded beneath the blood moon. Countless musical notes emerged from behind the Savior, swirling upwards in a rising melody.

Sonata, "Moonlight".

At this moment, the truce ended. The demonic phantom reappeared, blending in with the long stream of massive magic bullets released by the Demon Pillar, and charged towards Nero.

You want to play accompaniment? That's perfect!

A sneer appeared on Nero's lips. He raised the Yama Blade and the tip of the blade moved quickly, tearing through the space and drawing a perfect circle in the air.

"O eternally revolving wheel of heaven!" she sang, echoing Xiangzi's rhythm. "It regulates the world's harmonics and spreads the sun's fire across the universe!" The magic bullets released by the Demon Pillar crashed into the hole created by Nero, then turned and flew higher into the sky. Only the demon phantom braked in time and stopped in front of her.

This is the ninth hymn. Nine is the number of the tenth degree, representing the location of the ninth heaven, the Primeval Heaven, and thus also the limit of Nero. The tenth heaven, the Supreme Heaven, is the abode of the gods and the end of the world, so Nero's tenth hymn must bring it all to a close.

"Its vastness surpasses the Lake of Stars, and its depth surpasses the Sea of ​​the Moon!"

And it was at this moment that the music played by Xiangzi reached its first climax.

A tiny black dot appeared in the very center of the crimson moon. It then rapidly expanded, swallowing up the crimson moon and the stars, unfolding into a pitch-black maw in the night sky, within which lay a bottomless abyss.

The magical phantoms that Nero left behind in various places while he was singing also lit up one after another. They madly absorbed Nero's magic power and turned into layers of sky-like barriers, trapping the phantoms of the savior, the demon pillar, and the demon.

Xiangzi didn't stop playing. The organ music echoed repeatedly in the barrier, constantly adding up. The overlapping echoes eroded the beauty and rhythm of the phrases, leaving only grandeur and shock, like the wrath of heaven and the wailing of thousands of ghosts.

The demon pillars and demon phantoms struggled frantically amidst the enraged melody. They broke through barrier after barrier, shattering the layers of the sky. White cracks covered the vast celestial sphere, like a crystal orb slammed to the ground.

But the orb didn't fall to the ground. On the contrary, it soared into the sky. Confined within the barrier, three monsters born from memory flew towards the night sky, towards the mouth of the pitch-black abyss.

The penultimate barrier was also shattered, leaving only the last thin layer standing in their way. Nero gritted his teeth and sped up, burning the magic power in his body and sending it into the giant mouth at the fastest speed.

Then, the sharp teeth of space clenched together.

The sound disappeared. Nero felt the aura disappear into the turbulent flow of space and breathed a sigh of relief.

It could be considered a surprise attack, or a first kill without Nero's knowledge of his methods. In short, Nero completed a complete attack without Xiangzi noticing, sending her into the spatial rift disturbed by the Yama Blade, and she disappeared without a trace.

I just don't know how much of an impact the loss of Xiangzi, the "center", will have on the demon "Nanna"...

Just as Nero was thinking this, the magnificent sound of the organ rang out again beside her.

She looked in the direction of the sound in astonishment, only to see Toyokawa Shoko reappear beneath the moonlight. She sat at the piano, her back to Nero, her fingertips moving across the black and white keyboard, countless notes bursting forth from the sound of wind flowing through the brass instruments.

"No harm at all?" Nero said in disbelief, gritting his teeth.

"Moonlight Sonata, organ improvisation."

After the song was over, Xiangzi stood up from his seat, turned around and faced Nero.

She lifted the hem of her skirt, bent her knees slightly, and bowed.

“Thank you for your appreciation.”

　This chapter was a little hard to write, so I'm sorry it's a little late!
　　There should be two more
　　
　
(End of this chapter)