I Am a Heroic Spirit

Diarmuid lowered his body, gripped the gun tightly with both hands, and his whole body was tense to the extreme.

The Boarmon, however, looked leisurely, just walking slowly, leaving deep footprints on the ground. With extremely heavy footsteps, it approached Diarmuid, as if to put pressure on Diarmuid, and had no intention of attacking directly.

No! This can't go on any longer!

The pressure in Diarmuid's heart was growing. He had already realized that if he let the Boarmon continue like this, he would have little chance of winning when the opponent launched an attack.

As the sound of the ground cracking was heard, Diarmuid disappeared from the spot in an instant, and the whole person turned into a shadow, shooting towards the wild boar beast like an arrow.

At the same time as Diarmuid moved, the Boarmon opened its bloody mouth, and a red halo rushed towards Diarmuid in the direction of Diarmuid's advance.

"what!"

Facing the attack of the red wheel, Diarmuid did not dodge or evade. While trying his best to move forward, he used all his strength in the arm holding the magic-breaking red rose to stab the approaching red wheel.

"Snapped!"

A sound like a balloon exploding came from the red halo. The red halo hit by the Demon-Breaking Red Rose flashed red light, as if it was about to explode, but the Demon-Breaking Red Rose's magic-breaking power made the red halo disappear completely first.

However, Diarmuid's speed slowed down by one second due to the power of the red wheel. During this second, the boar beast had already rushed in front of Diarmuid, and its huge and ferocious fangs slammed into Diarmuid fiercely. Looking at its ferocious posture, if it wasn't careful, Diarmuid would be pierced through the body directly.

Diarmuid quickly planted his feet, squaring off with his two spears. He accurately blocked the Boarmon's tusks. However, the Boarmon wasn't done yet. From beneath its ferocious tusks, a black energy blast erupted, blasting towards Diarmuid. At such close range, an ordinary warrior would have had no chance of avoiding such a close attack. However, Diarmuid was no ordinary warrior. As a Heroic Spirit specializing in Agility Burst, Diarmuid exerted force in his hands and stomped his feet, exploding at A+ speed. Using the recoil from the Boarmon and the ground, he launched himself backwards. The Boarmon's energy blast not only missed Diarmuid, but the rubble and smoke it kicked up obstructed Diarmuid's vision.

However, despite this, the Boarmon did not have to capture Diarmuid. It just opened its mouth wide and sprayed out black energy bombs. Dozens of energy bombs bombarded the other side of the smoke like rain, and the sound of the bombing was accompanied by large areas of cracked ground and splashed gravel.

The large-scale, non-targeted, covering attack made it impossible for Diarmuid to stay in one place or attack the Grunt under the cover of smoke. He could only move quickly to avoid the Grunt's attack.

The black energy bombs of the Grunt soon stopped firing. Just as Diarmuid was about to bypass the front of the Grunt and attack it from the side, a blue halo shot out from the smoke and chased after Diarmuid.

Diarmuid did not care about the attack of the Light Wheel because the location of the Light Wheel was too far away from his position. However, just when Diarmuid had bypassed the front of the Wild Grunt and was about to attack the Wild Grunt with the cover of smoke, a sense of crisis surged in his heart, causing Diarmuid to roll to the right subconsciously to dodge.

When the sense of crisis disappeared, Diarmuid had quickly stood up and looked around. He saw that the blue light wheel that had deviated from his forward trajectory had appeared in front of his previous position. It can be imagined that if he had not dodged it just now, the blue light wheel would have penetrated his body.

Just as Diarmuid saw the blue light wheel, the blue light wheel turned in the air, turned in the direction of Diarmuid, and rushed towards Diarmuid at a high speed.

"A tracking spell?"

Seeing this scene, Diarmuid immediately had a guess. When he dodged again and was then caught up by the blue halo, Diarmuid confirmed his guess.

"In this case, we can't just let it go."

When the blue light wheel approached Diarmuid, Diarmuid stabbed out with his spear, and the Demon-Breaking Red Rose shattered the blue light wheel with one strike.

At this time, the smoke had dispersed, and the Boarmon had also determined Diarmuid's location. Seeing Diarmuid shatter the blue light wheel, the Boarmon immediately spit out two more blue light wheels and chased after Diarmuid. The Boarmon itself did not stop, and with the two blue light wheels, it blocked Diarmuid's way.

After Diarmuid dispersed the two blue halos, he had to face the boar beast that was close at hand.

It has to be said that Diarmuid, who once fought with a demon boar and lost his life, put a lot of effort into learning how to fight a giant wild boar. Facing a wild boar beast that was almost one floor high, Diarmuid brandished a red and yellow magic spear and kept moving his feet. He not only firmly defended against the wild boar beast's fangs, narrowly avoiding the wild boar's halo and energy bomb attacks, but also used the magic spear in his hand to open many holes and scars on the wild boar beast's body.

However, despite a lot of results, Diarmuid was still at a disadvantage and his heart was never at ease.

Although Diarmuid defended against the fangs of the Boarmon, the huge strength of the Boarmon also made Diarmuid's hands numb. Although he avoided the Boarmon's light wheel and energy bomb attacks, these ordinary tricks could not consume much of the Boarmon's data and could not affect the Boarmon's long-term attack. Although a lot of damage was caused to the Boarmon, none of them were fatal. For the huge Boarmon, these injuries were not taken seriously at all.

Diarmuid's face looked worse and worse. He would rather fight against a heroic spirit that was stronger than himself than fight against a wild boar. The psychological trauma of dying at the hands of a demonic boar and the restriction against hunting wild boars made him less confident in defeating the wild boar beast. It was not impossible that he would die in this fight.

The power of stories is far greater than one might imagine. The anecdotes left behind by Heroic Spirits, such as Achilles' heel or Siegfried's back, invariably become weaknesses. The causes of death described in these stories are crucial, their power rivaling even conceptual armaments. For Diarmuid, whose death stemmed from a battle with a demonic boar, the boar, a beast unlike any other, was a mortal enemy. His refusal to immediately avoid the battle with the Grunt demonstrates the unwavering nature of his convictions.

Chapter 106: Battle Situation of All Parties (V)

Diarmuid, who kept waving his two guns, relied on his high agility and unparalleled gun skills to remain undefeated in the battle with Grunt. However, Grunt's strength was far superior to Diarmuid's after all, and his special moves were more powerful than Diarmuid's anti-human Noble Phantasm, which made Diarmuid feel more and more pressured and he was on the verge of collapse.

Diarmuid once again blocked the wild boar beast's brutal charge, but Diarmuid was exhausted and was knocked back several steps this time. The wild boar beast took advantage of the situation and spit out red treasure wheels at Diarmuid continuously. When Diarmuid broke the red treasure wheels, the wild boar beast's fangs were already in front of him. Diarmuid wanted to resist, but it was too late, and his chest was pierced by the wild boar beast's fangs.

Seeing this, Diarmuid immediately changed the trajectory of the two guns that were about to go to his chest, and stepped forward suddenly, allowing the wild boar beast's fangs to penetrate deeper into his body, while also getting closer to the wild boar beast.

When Diarmuid advanced instead of retreating, the Boarmon sensed the coming of the crisis and wanted to retreat, but Diarmuid's body was hanging on the Boarmon's fangs, making it impossible for the Boarmon to escape from Diarmuid. Forcing the Boarmon to change its mind, a red halo appeared in its mouth under the fangs and blasted towards Diarmuid, who was millimeters away.

"Go to hell!"

Just as Diarmuid's body was attacked by the boar beast's red halo and his body below the chest disappeared, Diarmuid's mouth curled up, revealing a bloody grin, his face full of ferocious madness. All of Diarmuid's strength was condensed on the red and yellow magic spear. In an instant, a violent sonic boom was emitted, and the skin on Diarmuid's hands also disappeared at the same time, leaving only bones with a few strands of flesh hanging on them.

The next moment, the two-colored magic spears pierced through the gap in space and deeply penetrated the wild boar beast's head, causing the wild boar beast to scream in pain and riot wildly. Diarmuid's body, which had not yet dissipated, was almost thrown out.

However, Diarmuid, who had already become furious, would not let the Boarmon escape from him like this. It seemed that he was worried that the Boarmon would not die. When the energy in his body was about to reach his shoulders, Diarmuid used his last bit of strength, clenched his hands into fists, and hammered hard on the tail ends of the handles of the red and yellow guns that were exposed outside the Boarmon's head, causing the two magic guns to rush deep into the Boarmon's head.

The grim smile on Diarmuid's face disappeared, replaced by a relieved and comfortable smile, and in the next second, Diarmuid's body hanging on the boar beast's tusks completely disappeared.

The wild boar beast that was not dead yet became violent because of the severe pain in its head. It ran wildly in the urban area while howling. Tall buildings collapsed one after another as the wild boar beast ran wildly.

After more than a minute, the Boarmon was freed from the pain and turned into a piece of data, just like when Diarmuid disappeared, it disappeared from reality.

However, just as Diarmuid's death transformed him into a spirit particle, returning to Zhang Luo's Hall of Heroes, and then re-condensing into Diarmuid, the death of Gruntmon is similar. The data stream that formed him returns to the Digital World, and a new Gruntmon is born. It must be said that the existence of Digimon and Heroic Spirits is quite similar.

The female reporter in the sky did not expect the outcome of the battle to be like this. She was stunned for a moment and forgot to continue her commentary.

However, although the female reporter was stunned, the onlookers were not stunned and began to discuss.

"perish together?"

"Seems to be."

"Diarmuid perished together with a wild boar. How unreliable! Even if the wild boar and the dragon killed by Saint George were both in their complete form, the difference between perishing together with the dragon and perishing together with the wild boar is obvious when you compare these two statements."

"I have a sense of déjà vu. In the legend, Saint George, the dragon-slayer, struck the dragon down from the sky with a spear and then slashed its heart with a sword. Previously, the same steps were used. Diarmuid, in the legend, died of his injuries after slaying the wild boar. Now, he and the wild boar are also killed together."

"Just like what I heard before, the weaknesses, Noble Phantasms, and abilities of Heroic Spirits are all affected by legends. Once you know the True Name of a Heroic Spirit, you can restrain it. Just like this time, Diarmuid was killed by a wild boar. After becoming a Heroic Spirit, he looked no weaker than St. George, and his legendary status was no less impressive than St. George, yet he died together with a fully-formed wild boar."

"It's not surprising that Diarmuid and the wild boar would die together. What surprised me is that Diarmuid would actually fight the wild boar."

"What do you mean?"

"Diarmuid has two Geis related to wild boars. The first is that he will be killed by a cursed demon pig, but the demon pig that kills him will not live longer than him. This was a restriction placed by Locke, the steward of Angus, his mother's lover, because his father, Don, killed Diarmuid's half-brother out of jealousy, and he was implicated. The second is that he cannot hunt wild boars. In contrast to the first, it is said that this was imposed on him by his adoptive father, Angus, the god of love and youth, to protect him from harm. Later, Diarmuid died because he did not obey the Geis imposed on him by Angus. He was killed by the wild boar that his half-brother turned into after his death."

"What the hell? That sounds so confusing. Diarmuid's mother cheated on her husband and gave birth to a son. Then Diarmuid's father killed that son. In the end, Diarmuid was killed by his mother's cheating son. Is that what you mean?"

"Aren't all mythologies this messed up? The Greeks are even more messed up, with three or even thirty generations of grandparents having affairs. What's the point of Irish mythology?"

"What is Geis? I've never heard of it."

"Geis is an ancient Irish specialty, also known as chicken and duck death, the thing on the rebellious Lelouch. Whether sworn voluntarily or enacted by others through spells or oaths, it is basically unbreakable. It is a taboo or fatal weakness of mythical heroes, often unknown to the public. Rather than a fatal curse, it is more like a strict code of conduct such as "under X circumstances, you must not/should not/must not do this or that." The higher the status of the person who imposes the restriction, the stronger the constraint. Honestly, I'm surprised that Diarmuid dared to violate Geis after suffering the consequences of not following it once. I originally thought that Diarmuid would lure the wild boar away and retreat."

"That's why Diarmuid is a hero. He won't retreat even if he knows he will die in order to defeat the Digimon that threaten humanity."

"That's right. Only the great heroes in ancient mythology could do such a thing. In today's society, there aren't many people with such character."

As everyone online was discussing the situation, the female reporter came to her senses and continued her explanation. "What a shame! Diarmuid was killed right before our eyes. You may or may not know that Diarmuid was also killed by a wild boar in mythology. Interested viewers can learn more about this. Next, let's continue to follow the battles in other parts of the city."

The female reporter returned to the helicopter and closed the door. The helicopter then quickly moved away...

Ueno Street in Taito District, Tokyo, is different from other places. There are not many Digimon appearing here, because the Digimon that appear here are killed immediately. Now, there is no one else on this street except a woman and a beast.

The desolate streets were littered with garbage left behind by people fleeing, cars destroyed by Digimon, and more than a dozen human corpses. Raging flames burned on the street. Through the swaying flames, two figures were seen moving and crossing each other quickly on the street. The sound of weapons clashing never stopped. The sharp sword wind caused the flames to split from time to time, and the extremely sharp sword energy left traces on the ground.

"Qiang!!!"

After a loud sound of weapons clashing, the two figures that were crisscrossing each other suddenly separated. The beast, Roninmon, only took five steps back before he could stand firm, while the woman, Kosaka Shigure, leaned back, slid on the ground for more than ten meters, stepped on the wall behind her, and used the force to flip over and regain her footing.

"Your... swordsmanship... is quite good. It's a pleasure... to fight... with you."

Kosaka Shigure spoke expressionlessly in her unique three-part tone.

"Hahaha, you're not bad either. I didn't expect that there would be humans who could fight a mature Digimon like me with their own strength. It looks like I can have a good fight this time." Roninmon said with a laugh.

"Go on." Kosaka Shigure said.

"Okay! Catch the sword!" Roninmon shouted and rushed towards Kosaka Shigure. Kosaka Shigure also jumped up and threw several shurikens at Roninmon at an extremely fast speed in the sky. At the same time that Roninmon swung his sword to shoot down the shurikens, Kosaka Shigure, who was slashing down from the sky with a knife, was already in front of him. However, Roninmon is a Digimon that mainly uses swordsmanship after all. Although he does not have the powerful special moves of other Digimon, his attainments in kendo can allow him to fight against other mature Digimon without being at a disadvantage. Naturally, he would not be defeated so easily. Roninmon twisted his arm and swung his two swords crosswise in a strange trajectory. With two consecutive moves, he first blocked the oncoming sword, and then forced Kosaka Shigure to sheath his sword and retreat.

The two fought as they advanced, leaving deep sword marks along the way as a testimony to this competition. Sometimes, non-giant mature Digimon that strayed into this place would be turned into pieces in the tacit fighting between the two. Even if a giant mature Digimon entered the battlefield, it would be killed by the attacks of the two.

The battle between the two lasted for a long time without a clear winner, but it was obvious that Roninmon's strength and physique were stronger than Kosaka Shigure's, but his attainments in kendo were much weaker than Kosaka Shigure's, and it was doomed to fail, because as a dual-sword swordsman, it had one of its swords cut off by Kosaka Shigure's Heart Blade Combined Slash, leaving only a broken blade. Although it would not be at a disadvantage in the short term, it would be defeated sooner or later.

Roninmon's heart became anxious, and he swung his sword faster and faster. Kosaka Shigure's speed also became faster. For a moment, even the sword-swinging action became an afterimage.

With a final tacit blow, the two men crossed each other, and Roninmon's body slowly fell down, still holding the two swords tightly in his hands, even though the blades of both swords had been cut off.

Looking at the fallen Roninmon, Kosaka Shigure said nothing, turned around and walked to the other side of the street. The purpose of Liangshanpo's entire force this time was to eliminate the rebellious Digimon, and in order to learn the swordsmanship of the Digital World, she had wasted too much time on Roninmon, whose strength and weapons were inferior to hers, so she had to act as soon as possible.

Chapter 107: Battle Situation of All Parties (VI)

At this time, a helicopter flew in the distant sky.

"Dear viewers, it seems we missed a wonderful battle. A woman defeated a mature Digimon with her swordsmanship. I don't know if she was a Heroic Spirit or a martial artist. What do you think?"

The female reporter looked at Kosaka Tokigure walking away below with regret on her face, then she got into the helicopter and prepared to tell the pilot to get ready to leave.

Suddenly, a blue beam of light shot up into the sky, surrounded by thousands of data fragments, and inexplicably exciting music sounded from nowhere.

"Stop!"

When the female reporter saw this grand scene, she quickly stopped the pilot who was about to control the helicopter to leave, opened the door with the camera, and looked towards the beam of light.

"Hmm?" The heavy pressure coming from behind made Kosaka Shigure stop. His expression became serious. He slowly turned around and looked at the pillar of light that reached the sky.

"Diarmuid's death and the Orus Wheel have also been completed. Now there are five points of completion."

On the Vimana, Zhang Luo was paying attention to the battles and achievements of all parties.

At this time, a column of light rising into the sky appeared in Zhang Luo's field of vision.

"evolution?"

Zhang Luo shouted in surprise, and then he immediately observed the situation on the other side of the mountain through a mirror. He saw a group of children who had just appeared on the mountain of the summer camp and were getting to know people from various countries. There were also some familiar-looking adults next to them, who were the passengers who had been rescued by Zhang Luo before.

"No wonder I felt familiar with them before. They're the children's parents. But, if the children are all there, who is the one who evolved?"

Zhang Luo frowned and input magic power into the magic mirror provided by Youjier, wanting to see the situation on the other side of the evolutionary light column, but he could only see a vast expanse of white, as if it was interfered with by the ability of evolution.

Then, Zhang Luo closed his eyes and established contact with the Servant that had been sent out as his clone.

"That's Okada Izo over there, let him go and take a look."

After contacting around, Zhang Luo found that Okada Izo's position was closest to the evolution light column, so he issued an order to Okada Izo.

In Taito District, Okada Izo rushed over from other areas because he felt the clash of swords. He found that the place mentioned by the original body was the same as his destination, so he increased his speed and rushed to the place where the evolutionary light column rose.

By the time Okada Izo arrived at Ueno Street, the pillar of light gradually dissipated, and a winged warrior, resembling the legendary Tengu, emerged from it. He looked like Wutenmon, but the weapons he held were Roninmon's twin swords, only thicker and heavier than the originals, as if their evolution had been incomplete. Okada Izo was not surprised, however. It would have been surprising if Roninmon had truly evolved successfully in the real world without the children's help.

However, even if its evolution is incomplete, the current Wutenmon is still ranked as a medium-level Digimon among the perfect forms, and it is definitely not something that he, an iron card, can defeat.

"Save Kosaka Shigure."

A voice appeared in Okada Izo's mind, causing him to smile bitterly and say, "It's not a surprising decision, but using my immortal heroic spirit to save the life of a future great swordsman is not a bad choice."

"I am Roninmon's complete form, Mutenmon. Thanks to you, I was able to evolve successfully. Killing you with my strongest move is my reward to you." Mutenmon said to Kosaka Shigure in a loud voice.

In response to Mutenmon's declaration, Kosaka Shigure silently drew his sword.

"Are you ready? Then prepare to die, human."

Wu Tian Beast attacked Kosaka Shigure like a hurricane. Its huge body and sharp sword energy turned everything that stood in its way into ashes.

As Wutian Beast moved forward, heavy pressure cast a shadow over Kosaka Shigure's heart, but Kosaka Shigure did not become depressed. Instead, she lowered her body. The precious sword Blade Kin no Shin accumulated all the strength of Kosaka Shigure's body, and she could launch the strongest attack at any time.

"One hit kill!"

"Kousaka Ryu Thousand Slashes!"

Wu Tianshu jumped up with a shout and slashed down heavily at Kosaka Shigure from the air. Kosaka Shigure drew his sword and slashed without hesitation.

"Crack!"

"Qiang!"

When Mutenmon used his strength far superior to Kosaka Shigure's to cut off the true blade of metal, and the sharp sword energy had left a blood mark on Kosaka Shigure's forehead, a long sword suddenly came out of its sheath and blocked Mutenmon's two swords.

"Man-killer... Okada Izo!"

Kosaka Shigure quickly recognized the identity of the person who came, and a look of vigilance flashed in her eyes. As a member of the Living Fist, she could not have any good feelings towards Okada Izo, who was a human killer and had killed a large number of innocent people before, even if she was rescued by him.

"Okada Izo? I've heard of you, the swordsman Izo." Wu Tianshu's double swords continued to slash at Okada Izo's sword, and the force continued to increase, but because some of the force had been blocked by Kosaka Shigure before, Wu Tianshu was unable to suppress Okada Izo.

"Swordsman Izo? What a nostalgic title, but now I'm more suited to the role of executioner." Okada Izo's face was a little dazed, as if he had heard a familiar name, but he quickly recovered and said coldly, "Even so, as a former swordsman, I will never allow a talented girl with the potential to become a great swordsman to die in a duel of swordsmen for such a ridiculous reason as being crushed by power."

"Thank you very much, Senior Okada Izo." Kosaka Shigure was stunned for a moment, put away the vigilance in his eyes, picked up the broken sword Blade Kin no Masahiro, and bowed to Okada Izo to express his gratitude.

"Stand back. I will be its opponent now. Watch carefully from the side. Although you are not much worse than me in swordsmanship, seeing my swordsmanship clearly may make your sword stronger."

Okada Izo turned his head slightly and said to Kosaka Shigure, since you are destined to die, then you should teach this genius who will be able to become a great swordsman in the future. Maybe in the future, when people mention the great swordsman Kosaka Shigure, they will also mention the master who taught the great swordsman Kosaka Shigure, the human killer Okada Izo.

"Thank you very much, Senior."

Kosaka Shigure bowed again to express his gratitude, showing his sincere respect, and then retreated to the back.

"Dear viewers, misfortune has struck again. First, a Digimon evolved, becoming a Perfect Digimon capable of battling the great heroes of myth. Just as the kendo girl was about to be killed, Okada Izo, the Human Slayer who had committed countless murders in Area 11, appeared. He not only saved the girl from being killed, but also expressed his optimism about her, believing that she had the potential to become a great swordsman. This also revealed that she was not a Heroic Spirit. Perhaps because of that rare talent, Okada Izo, the Human Slayer, intended to fight a Perfect Digimon. Was he prepared to die? You know, every Perfect Digimon has the strength to battle the great heroes of the mythical era, but Okada Izo clearly doesn't have that kind of power. How long do you think Okada Izo can hold out in this battle?"

In the helicopter in the sky, the female reporter began reporting again with passion. Her excited expression would undoubtedly arouse the enthusiasm of countless people.

"Ten minutes, no more."