Man is infinite, and his ambition is to slay the dragon

"Objectively speaking, in terms of the strength of the Bladebreaker, that guy is indeed much stronger than Black Iron. If I fight her, even if I win in the end, it will be a miserable victory."

"But Kurotsuchi said that he would make it to the finals no matter what."

Moon Shadow Mofang understood what Zig meant: "The outcome is still undecided, right?"

"At least, that's what I think."

Just as Sieg said this, a clear wave of magical power suddenly came from the stage.

.......

The thick smoke and dust brought by the direct hit of the cruise missile was blown away by the large number of air conditioners scattered throughout the venue. The stage itself was riddled with holes because it had been severely ravaged by the weapons of war, and there was no trace of its original appearance. Even most of the undead army drawn by Sarah had disappeared.

However, unlike everyone's expectations -

“Haaaah…haaaah…”

Leaning on his inherent spiritual outfit called [Yin Iron], Ikki Kurogane kept gasping for breath, and his figure looked extremely embarrassed.

But he is still alive!

He was shot at by hundreds of assault rifles and even hit by cruise missiles, but he is still alive? !

Not only that, his entire body was also burning with blue flames.

That was a magical flame, and everyone who had watched Ikki Kurogane's previous matches immediately understood why he survived the moment they saw the flame.

"Tsk...didn't you get it?"

Sarah curled her lips and said, "That's right. If you were killed like this, I would be distressed. But - if you use this trick, it means that you don't have much time left, right?"

"..."

Kurogane Ikki's expression was unusually solemn.

(Yes, since I have already used [this move], it means that I don’t have much time left, but Sarah has obviously not used her full strength yet. If I start to attack with full speed now, what should I do——)

"【Fantasy Caricature】——"

Just as Ikki Kurogane was thinking about countermeasures, Sarah had already swung the paintbrush again.

"——【Uncrowned Sword King】"

As everyone was stunned, a figure exactly like Kurogane Ikki appeared in front of Sarah! Not only their postures, but even the blue flames burning on their bodies were exactly the same!

Kurogane Ikki: “——!”

"I'm sorry, although I really want you to be my model, I would rather have him be my model than you. Please don't waste my time."

Sarah spoke in a low voice, and [Kurogatsu Ikki] who was standing in front of her disappeared in an instant!

next moment--

"Qiang————!"

Two identical [Yin Tie] crossed each other at a lightning speed!

After recovering from his momentary surprise, he stared at the other "self" who was facing him across the blade, and instantly turned sideways to make the blade that was swinging towards him miss, and at the same time chopped off the hypocritical self's head with a sword.

(Even if it is still me, it is still just a fake.)

(What kind of habits I have and how I will attack myself - I know this better than anyone else.)

All his strengths, weaknesses, habits, tendencies - he knows them all better than anyone else, so he also knows exactly how to kill himself!

(There is not much time left, less than 30 seconds left, we must defeat her before the time is up!)

The moment the thought came to mind, Kurogane Ikki had already stepped over his own body and turned into a dark gust of wind, rushing across the battlefield! Even though the battlefield had been shattered by the kiss of the cruise missile, the undulating and uneven ground could not affect his speed at all.

The distance of less than a hundred meters between him and Sarah was shrinking rapidly at a speed that was difficult to see with the naked eye!

(Sarah, you are indeed very strong, but no matter how strong you are, I will never fall here!)

(Because I still have a promise...that I must fulfill!)

During these days, Ikki Kurogane has not spoken a single word to Sieg, and the two have not met at all, but this is not because there is a rift between them, but because they both made a decision at the same time - everything will be resolved on the finals stage!

Before that, all the two teams have to do is to try their best to get on the final stage!

(Sieg has basically secured a spot in the finals. He has come here to fulfill his promise to me. If that’s the case, I absolutely cannot—)

Looking at Sarah's figure approaching, Ikki Kurogane tightly grasped the [Yin Tie] with both hands.

He has low magic power and his supernatural power is just a simple [physical strength doubled]. Unlike other swordsmen who can use a variety of sword-cutting skills, he spent several years researching and developing seven [secret sword] moves in order to catch up with those powerful opponents.

That was his only weapon.

And now he was about to swing the fastest sword among the seven secret swords.

——【Seventh Secret Sword】

——【Lightning】

Swing the sword with dynamic vision far exceeding that of humans, and slash at super-high speeds so that the opponent can't even see the sword!

(This strike decides the outcome!)

"【Broken Moon Sky Dragon Claw】"

However, just when the distance between Kurogane Ikki and Sarah was shortened enough for his sword to touch her, a cold voice seemed to shatter his dream and suddenly attacked him together with a raging storm!

The Storm Sword that fell from the sky directly cut off Kurogane Ikki's momentum of charging! The raging storm that followed blew him to the edge of the stage in one breath!

Then, everyone saw the figure standing beside Sarah, protecting her like a knight.

"【Fantasy Caricature】——"

"——【Flame Beast】Sieg Feil"

The person standing there was clearly [Sieg Fehr] who had already finished the game!

The promised moment suddenly arrived, much earlier than expected!

"If you want to fulfill your promise, then I will let you fulfill it to your heart's content."

Leaning on [Sieg], Sarah's cold voice reached everyone's ears.

Immediately afterwards——

"【Dragon Flash】"

It was like sentencing Kurogane Ikki to death.

The light of destruction instantly tore through the Bayside Dome!

109. Pierce your heart

In order to fulfill his promise with Sieg, Ikki Kurogane deliberately did not participate in last year's Seven Stars Sword Festival.

Because he wanted to repay Sieg's kindness to him by fighting with him with all his strength on the final stage.

However, now, on the road to the final stage, what he encountered was a scene that could be called [despair]!

"Crash..."

The stage was torn apart.

The ground was torn apart.

The auditorium was torn apart.

Even the road outside the venue was torn apart.

The crack in the ground extending from in front of [Siegfried] extended to three kilometers away!

【horrible! terrible! 】

As if surviving a disaster, the commentator's palpitating voice came from the commentary booth.

[The Sieg drawn by Sarah! He actually tore open more than three kilometers of land with one sword! If the world clock hadn't stopped time and allowed the audience and people outside to take shelter, this one strike would have been extremely bad! ]

[Although I've heard that player Zieger has a special move that he has never used in a public match, I didn't expect it to be so powerful——————! ]

Although Sieg has indeed used Dragon Flash quite a few times, the number of times he has been witnessed using it in public is surprisingly few.

So even though people knew that he had this powerful sword-cutting skill, few had ever seen it.

"How...how is this possible?"

In the audience, Stella, who had come to watch the game with Toudou Daohua and others because the game had already ended, looked at the figure on the stage with astonishment on her face.

"That guy actually managed to draw Sieg as well?!"

"If that's the case, then the situation is really bad for Kurogane-san!" Toudou Daohua also had a serious look on his face, "Originally, Sieg-san was an opponent that Kurogane-san might not be able to defeat even if he tried his best, and now... in order to survive the direct attack of the cruise missile, he has used up his only ultimate move."

"I'm afraid it's difficult for you to even stand?"

(How can you defeat an opponent like this, Kurogane-san?)

The question in Dongtang Daohua's mind is also the question in the minds of everyone watching this game.

On the stage, the flames on Kurogane Ikki's body had been completely extinguished. His face had become extremely pale, without even a trace of blood. At the same time, his breathing became abnormally rapid, and his steps were shaking so much that he could not even stand steadily.

(I never thought... that I would fulfill my promise in this place... in this way...)

Barely supporting his body with the sword, Ikki Kurogane looked at Siegfried not far away with a bitter mood.

(It’s really embarrassing. I wanted to compete with you on the finals stage…)

"【Dragon Flash】"

The extremely cold voice sounded again.

The flash of light that shatters everything strikes again!

Unlike the last slash which was slightly off, this slash was a fatal blow that came straight towards Kurogane Ikki!

Kurogane Ikki wants to escape.

His survival instinct tried desperately to make him escape at this moment, but the fire in his body had been extinguished. Now he was like a prisoner bound by hundreds of shackles, unable to muster any strength from his body!

(Move, my body, move...)

Staring at the destructive light that was slashing straight at him, Kurogane Ikki kept calling out to his body.

(Just a little more strength, just a little more strength, move... move quickly! My body!)

(If you have used up today's strength, then use tomorrow's strength as well!)

(It doesn’t matter what happens, I have to do it now──)

"call------!"

At this moment, an extremely strange scene happened.

The destructive light that was about to hit Kurogane Ikki suddenly disappeared completely in the air like melting ice and snow!

[——Huh? ]

The extremely unusual scene made the commentator express the thoughts of every audience member.

Then, a scene that made people even more confused unfold.

"Wait......"

Siegfried Fehr, who was supposed to be Sarah's painting and clear the way for her, actually put down the dull silver sword in his hand, and instead stabbed his own heart with a rather stiff movement!

"boom--!"

[Sieg Fehr] instantly turned into spots of light all over the sky and disappeared!

Sarah: “——!”

Kurogane Ikki: “——!”

Everyone: “————!!!”

An expression of astonishment appeared on every face.

[What happened? How come the drawn player Sieg suddenly pierced his own heart with a sword!? ]

No one can understand what is happening now.

Even Sarah, who drew the painting, was stunned and stunned.