What is the thing we call enlightenment or inspiration?
Most of the time, those terms would be related to art.
However, that is not that true.
Inspiration or enlightenment of them might come in whatever disciple you are in, regardless of your position.
It may come as an engineer when you are designing something.
It may come as a painter when you are looking at a beautiful woman.
It may come as a student when you are solving a question.
You wouldn't know how it came into your mind, how the process went on, or how to recreate it.
But, in the end, it would come making you reach new heights in your life.
At least, this is how I would describe that state of mine when I was getting beaten at the end.
All those forms that I learned, those sword swings I learned from Father, the swordplay of Augustride.
The techniques I learned from Akira.
None of those above were suited for me in the first place.
I was not aiming to be a swordsman that would show off their speed as a noble of the Augustride family would do.
Neither was I aiming to become a swordsman from the Land of the Reeds that would put his honor first.
None of those above were my reason to swing this sword.
My reason for swinging my sword was pretty simple. It was to kill.
And the moment I realized that every type of sword move started appearing in my mind.
How could I change the swordplay of the Augustride family to my own? How could I combine it with Iai techniques?
The answer to those questions started appearing in my mind.
In the form of a new sword style, I had invented for myself.
Annihilation Sword.
A name befitting the purpose of a weapon.
In the end, no matter how beautiful or how graceful it is, a weapon is a tool made to kill people.
It was at this moment that my own sword style was born.
To annihilate.
******
"Darrel, did something happen? Huh?"
Seeing the black-colored lightning bolts flying around everywhere, two bandits were surprised.
'Annihilation Sword. Bladesurge.'
"What is hap-"
/CLICK/ /SWOOSH/
Before he could even finish his words, a person passed beside him.
/THUD/ /SPLURT/
"Huh?"
And a head fell to the ground, blood spurting from the neck that was supposed to hold it in.
"Darrel?"
The other one was staring blankly at the head of his friend, falling to the ground.
/CRACKLE/ /CRACKLE/
'Annihilation Sword. Bladesurge.'
With my sword raised, I dashed to the man again, attacking him from his neck.
/CLANK/
Raising his sword, he blocked my attack.
However, he was staggered after the attack.
"What the hell? What did you eat?"
Feeling surprised by my attack, he asked.
"….."
However, at that moment, my eyes were just focused on his hand.
/SWOOSH/
'This is my own sword to annihilate. All those other things they taught me, this was all for this moment.'
'I will combine everything and make it my own.'
With black lightning surrounding my body, I thought.
"I don't know what you did, but you will pay for what you did, bastard."
With his sword raised, he attacked me, aiming at my arm.
'Annihilation sword. Null Space.'
/CRACKLE/
With lighting strikes flowing through my sword, I focused my aura on my arm, receiving his sword.
However, of course, that was no longer a simple movement to receive his sword.
It was a movement that would attack the place where a person's grip strength would focus, making them lose their sword.
This was what I formulated when I combined the family's sword style with martial arts.
/CLANK/ /TING/
"Huh?"
And the result of the clash was obvious, with his sword flying.
/SLASH/ /SPURT/
And before he could even say anything more, after his sword was gone, I slashed his head, killing him.
/THUD/
With his head rolling on the ground, he died with his eyes wide open.
"Thanks for being my stepping stone."
Saying that, I slightly bowed my head towards the bandit whose body was headless and then headed towards to convoy without wasting any more seconds looking.
****
When I reached the place, the scene welcoming me was pure destruction.
'All Seeing Eye.'
With my eye activated, I started observing the mana fluctuations around me.
'I see. The magician is still spreading the poisonous mana around the air.'
Thinking that, I headed towards the source of the green mana that was shown in the air to me.
'There you are.'
"Huh? How are you ali-"
/CRACKLE/ /SWOOSH/
Without giving him any time to think, disappearing from my place, I bolted towards him, surrounding lightning mana all around my feet.
"Stay away."
"Mist of Greenery, stage 5."
Murmuring a chant, he started releasing a green gas from his hands.
'Sword of Annihilation. Null Space.'
With my aura circulating around my sword, I started swirling it, making the air around rotate.
"What?"
Making the poison in the air move upwards with the effect of the torque.
/STAB/
And then pierced the heart of the man in front of me, killing him with that strike.
"Kurghk---"
With blood pouring from his mouth, he staggered.
"Hurkhg—" /THUD/
And then fell to the ground.
'Annoying one is down.'
/BOOM/ /BOOM/
Turning my head towards the place where the sounds of explosions were coming, I started rushing towards the place.
*****
"Hehehe…. Come here, girl."
Seeing the disgusting man with a disgusting smile coming closer to her, Aliya was scared.
"D-Don't come closer."
Looking anxiously around, the things she saw were nothing that could make her fear go away.
Two beautiful elves were getting groped by a bunch of bandits.
They had already lost the strength in their body.
'No, sister Saphielle and Nushala. No!'
The rogue of their party, Euan Mcleod, was the man that didn't like to talk.
He was no longer able to breathe, let alone talk.
With blood pouring from his mouth, his eyes were lifeless, standing there.
Her father was lying on the ground with his consciousness away because of the hits he got while trying to protect her.
'Father….'
The muscular big sister she liked to talk and converse with was being pushed by the other two men.
However, if there was one thing that was making her anxious.
Then that would be the fact that she couldn't see or hear Callius anywhere.
This thing alone was making her heart grow anxious.
'If he was dead, then there is no point in my life. I would rather die than get assaulted by this pig and then live my life like a breeding spot.'
And her thoughts were getting more and more dangerous as the man kept getting closer.
"Finally, I can eat you. This will be my prize for finishing my job first."
"Noo- D-don't."
Seeing the man coming closer, her heart started beating more and faster. It was like her heart was going to get out of her body.
"Ehehehe, the more you resist, the better it gets."
"NO! HUMMF!"
Before she could scream anymore, the hand of the man approaching her blocked her mouth, making a muffled sound.
"Tututututut- Now, do you know what I like the most when you resist?"
Trying to bite the hand that was holding her mouth, she attempted to move her head. However, the man's grip was too strong.
"Mmmmf! Mmmmmf!"
"It is this expression. Ahahahahahahha….. I love it when you do that."
"When I push my hand towards your mouth like that, you start breathing from your nose. Your eyes would be wide open, getting bloody with the hatred."
With his disgusting eyes aligned with hers, the man was looking at his face.
'No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No!'
"Mmmmmmfffff! MMmmmmmf!"
"This muffled sounds of your screams coming. The feeling of your hatred being directed towards me."
"Mmff…"
"And when I talk like this, your screams would get smaller and smaller, showing you would slowly start accepting the harsh reality."
"…."
"But, do you know what is the most exciting thing?"
"..."
"It is the fact that in the end, you would all give in to the pleasure. The fact that all of you would lose yourself in the feeling of ecstasy I was givi-"
/CRACKLE/ /CRACKLE/
Hearing the sounds of something cracking, both of their attention turned towards the backside.
"Wha-?"
And there, she saw something for the first time after the attack that made her heart refreshed and comfortable.
'Callius. You are alive.'
However, something was different from the usual Callius she always saw when he was with her.
With black lightning strikes flowing through his body all around…
Blood dripping from some of his wounds….
His eyes slowly got bluer and bluer with his hair getting whiter….
'What is this?'
Feeling surprised, she just blankly stared at the person she admired for the first time in her life.
"Who are you, you fucker?"
The disgusting man said with salvia spurting from his mouth.
"Dead men don't ever ask questions."
/RUMBLE/ /SWOOSH/
With just that one phrase, he disappeared from the place he was staying.
"Huh?"
/THUD/
And then reappeared beside Aliya, putting his hands over her cheek.
"Are you okay, Aliya?"
'Ah… I love you…. I love you so much.'
And that was the moment that made Aliya truly fall for Callius…..
