Ultraman: I am really just a human.

Chapter 491 The Smoke Swordsman

"call!"

Dark Sword, the Dark World.

Xia Chuan's figure appeared, surrounded by black ash from the fire. It seemed that there were no living beings except for him; nothingness existed beyond nothingness.

"The world of the Dark Sword?"

Xia Chuan waved his hand to push away the black mist, and scenes of the future flashed before his eyes.

After the swordsmen worked together to defeat the boss, all the holy swords automatically flew into the sky, activating a magic circle composed of the Fantasy Riding Book to generate a giant book.

The story ends, and Earth vanishes in an instant.

The scenes depicted on the light screen are largely the same; whether Megiddo becomes the boss or the Lord of Truth becomes the boss, the ending is always the same.

The ending was only changed when either Touma Kamiyama or the wielder of the Dark Sword sacrificed themselves.

"You should be able to see the future too, right?"

A sickly young man emerges from the darkness.

"This is the not-too-distant future. Saving the world will come at a price. Sudo Mei, Rintaro, and I must all die. This is the inevitable future, and there is only one way..."

Are you sure the future you see is really the future?

Xia Chuan turned around and looked at the sickly young man.

"Kento Fukamiya, why should anyone be sacrificed by you?"

"There's nothing I can do, I can't save everyone," the sickly young man said, turning his head away in anguish. "Aren't you the same? Just like you made the choice to kill Fei Yuzhen, I chose to let Fei Yuzhen live. As for the others, I can only apologize..."

"boring."

A surge of light rose from Xia Chuan's body, dispelling the black mist.

"The future I see is different from yours. The power of the Dark Sword is a script setting. No matter what you do, it is all within the script, but I can be independent of the script."

"Besides, my goal isn't to save the world."

"Clang—!"

"What?"

The sickly young man hastily protected himself, his arm blocking the sword light that pierced through the darkness.

"What does 'outside the script' mean?!"

……

External tunnel.

Mei Sudo, clutching the white sword, charged straight ahead, finally emerging from the tunnel and returning to reality. However, she felt no joy at the return to normal light; instead, she looked back at the abyss-like tunnel and wept uncontrollably.

"How could this happen? Is it because I'm a burden to them?"

Her prized white sword went unresponsive, and Sudo Mei felt a chill run through her body.

If it weren't for the faint light emanating from the white sword, she might not have been able to escape that darkness.

But the white sword also seemed to be swallowed by the darkness, and its last glimmer of light completely dissipated.

The power of the white sword was left in the darkness.

We can't escape like this...

"Mei!"

A sudden sound startled Sudo Mei awake.

Before she could make a choice, Rintaro and his two companions jumped out one after another, forming a triangle to block her way.

"It's no use, Miss Mei," Rintaro pleaded earnestly. "The organization is determined to contain the Demon Sword. If we continue, you'll be implicated too. Just hand it over to us."

"Swordsmen of the Sword of Truth!"

Under the streetlights, a monstrous shadow stretched eerily long, and several energy blades suddenly exploded around the group.

Amidst the fiery explosion, Raziel, the leader of Megiddo, emerged wielding a sword. His monstrous form exuded ferocity, with an energy intensity far exceeding that of his predecessors.

"Haha, hand this woman over to me!"

"Bang--!"

A fierce barrage of lightning enveloped Raziel's longsword, and any casual strike shattered the surrounding buildings and walls into dust.

It's on a completely different level than before.

"What happened?"

Rintaro and the others looked horrified and hurriedly drew their swords and transformed, barely managing to withstand a wave of explosive attacks.

"So strong!"

"This guy used a forbidden technique!"

Yuri leaped to the scene and immediately saw Raziel's condition. He was knocked back by the Blade Storm as soon as he got close and was almost forced into his transformed state.

A portion of the power of the Book of Creation was forcibly pushed to its peak.

Is Megiddo planning a final battle?

"Bang!"

The Wind Swordsman and the Sound Swordsman joined the battle against Raziel, leaving only Rintaro to face Mei.

"Complete the mission first, and contain the Demon Sword!"

The Wind Swordsman yelled "Attack!" as he strained his neck.

"I'll hold this guy off!"

"But……"

"Don't get in my way!"

Raziel's energy erupted further, the blade spinning and blasting away the swordsmen who were nearby, before turning and unleashing a massive slashing wave at Sudo Mei.

"Hahaha! The Demon Sword naturally belongs to us, Megiddo!"

"Be careful!"

"Get out of the way, Rintaro!"

The Wind Swordsman grunted and rolled to the ground. Turning around, he saw Rintaro standing motionless and couldn't help but cry out in surprise.

However, Rintaro seemed to be stunned by the wave attack, not only failing to dodge but also taking the initiative to draw his sword to block the wave.

"Clang!"

"I'm getting more and more confused. What exactly is justice for a swordsman?"

Rintaro's armored body sank, and the water sword desperately tried to block the slashing wave, but it could not stop being repeatedly washed and cut by the energy storm.

"I believe in the organization, but shouldn't swordsmen exist to fight Megiddo? At least for now, the enemy isn't the Demon Sword!"

"What nonsense are you spouting?" the Wind Swordsman snapped, getting up. "Aren't you going to take care of Fei Yu Zhen?"

"That's not the same thing!"

Rintaro was under increasing pressure, and he could barely hold onto the Holy Sword of Water. At the critical moment, he could only deflect the direction of his wave attack with all his might.

"Hurry, Miss Mei!"

"Bang--!"

The slicing wave crashed down, engulfing Rintaro's Water Swordsman armor and tearing the ground apart. Dust and debris shrouded the entire street.

"Rintaro!"

Mei Sudo stared blankly at the spreading flames of the explosion in front of her, gripping the white sword helplessly.

No matter how much you train, no matter how many moves you master, if you're not a swordsman, you're not a swordsman.

She doesn't even have the ability to transform.

Bai Jian is also...

Pain glanced at Raziel's blurry figure roaring angrily in the dust and mist, then Sudo Mei picked up the white sword, turned around, and ran back towards the tunnel.

She needs power!

"Where do you want to go, little girl?"

Reika Kamishiro's slender figure emerged from the dark tunnel, scrutinizing Mei Sudo, whose eyes were red from crying.

Beneath her red robe and long boots, she approached step by step. Accompanied by the buzzing sound of a sword blade, Reika Kamishiro raised her arms and unfurled the holy sword formed from condensed smoke with her bare hands.

Smoke and wisp of smoke, sword and wolf smoke.

Swordsman of Smoke.

"messenger?!"

Rintaro crawled out of the ruins with a heavy heart, looking incredulously at Reika Kamishiro, who was holding the Holy Sword horizontally in the night wind.

"So you're the Swordsman of Smoke? You're the traitor to the organization?"

"Are you sure you're not mistaken about something?"

Reika Kamishiro's expression was calm. She gently blew a breath and opened the fantasy riding book "Encyclopedia of Insects." Her entire figure donned the Smoke Swordsman armor amidst the flowing wind of insect wings.

"Transform!"

"The signal for war has been given!"

Golden wings, crimson armor, and the magnificent figure of a female knight were fully revealed in the moonlight.

"I never expected you bunch of useless trash to come to me; I had to take matters into my own hands."

After a cold glance at the battle across the explosion crater, and a brief pause between the enhanced Raziel and the Sword of Light Yuri, the Smoke Swordsman tilted his head back and flashed in front of Sudo Mei.

The blade wasn't pointing at the white sword, but directly at Sudo Mei.

"stop!"

Rintaro's eyes narrowed sharply, and in shock and anger, he flung out his Water Sword, narrowly colliding with the Smoke Sword Wolf Smoke.

"What do you want? This isn't what we agreed on. We were just supposed to take the Demon Sword..."

"This girl has already become one with the Demon Sword, so of course we have to deal with her as well."

Reika Kamishiro's voice was indifferent; she didn't even glance at Rintaro, and the holy sword in her hand spun its blade once more.

"Not just her, all of you will be purged!"

(End of this chapter)