Regained Brilliance

Onward to Ayame, she was surrounded by many wolves including the Dire Wolf Leader. Usually, dire wolves have no traits or so but titled monsters were the only exclusion.

For example, right this one—running with faster speed, Dire Wolves charged in synchronicity toward Ayame.

Their movements including the teamwork, they were even faster, tougher and stronger than usual, like there was an magic working behind them… it was the aura of Dire Wolf Leader.

Although it still couldn't beat Ayame easily, she was having a hard time—due to commandment, one wolves were targeting every different parts of her from all sorts of angle.

As she dodges, another wolves were already attacking at the area where her movement area will be. She tries to swing her blade to blocks it but were only meet with another wolves' fang.

Before she fully emitted her power on her swing, wolves blocked off her swords' swing trajectory…

that doesn't mean that Ayame got weaker, though. Although the power behind her swing were not 100%, the power gap between the wolves between her were much different.

And the sharpness in her Mana Origin Sword weren't a joke as well—it cut off the wolves' jaw as the power only increased…slicing up to 5 wolves, her swords went past to the Leader's arm.

*slash*

Although much stronger than normal dire wolves, the dire wolf leader's constitution couldn't still endure Ayame's slash as it cleanly slit the dire wolf's leader.

'If it was Kuro…' she began to think of what action Kuro would have taken here…

and just to confirm it, Ayame brought her sword upward before swinging it down to the dire wolf leader once again… just to meet with empty air.

The dire wolves which supposedly lost one of its feet… were reconnected!

'…one more.' The buffs given to 'leader', not only the aura, but additional 2 traits—each leaders with different one.

This leader, got 'regeneration' and one more.

'I am sorry, Kuro… this might take a little bit more time…' apologizing to him inside her heart, she made a sound with her finger…

as multiples crimson blade flew out from ground as each origin mana blade pierced multiples wolves that was sneaking up from her behind…

waiting for the time that seems she dropped her guard the most—due to the dire wolf leaders commandment.

However, that sneak up failed as they were met with multiple blades that popped out from within the mud.

This was the mana manipulating she just thought and created based on her current situation.

Multiples crimson swords flew in the air as if they were a living tools. Although it wasn't as precise and accurate like Kuro's, if simple movement, that was possible.

[Sword Formation]

…about how that technique seems like the technique based on Kuro's preferences, that must be a coincidence.

Anyway, that annihilated every wolves as well depleted almost all of her mana—similarly accomplishing the dire wolf leader's objective.

'With one more slashes… this sword will also disappear…' Ayame lost her confidences at the thought of her sword disappearing—the wolf leader smiled slyly.

'Can I do it?' At this very moment, she remembered of her past. Her failure, how she let everyone down…

But everything disappeared like a mist upon he smiled to her. Her small supports.

Compared to the 1,250 years long pillars that has been accompanied with her (Asura & Rasetsu), the pillar she just made a years ago may seems small, weak and unreliable.

But he was like a magic. He made her worries disappear in a puff… and that is with a single smile.

'"I will be your shadow."' So what even if she failed here?

Rather than worrying about that, she decided to trash out all her worries as she jump high up in the air as she put all her thoughts in her sword.

'I am not relying to my swords anymore.' As the goddess of crimsons faced her sword toward the sky,

'I won't attempt to be one with my sword anymore.' The Oni infused all her intents in her sword—the dire wolf leader coated his body with another trait, 'thunder'.

Meanwhile, the Asura and Rasetsu inside the Void Lord's 4th Dimension, was out from it as they glowed in brilliant shine.

'I am Nakiri Ayame, and one.' Ayame has swung her crimson lights towards the earth.

{Potential Unseal}

[Asura's 1st Destruction Slash]

Asura's 1st Destruction Slash—Asura's most historical slashes throughout all his legends talked through the passages of ages.

This simple single slash…

Has split the Abyss Purgatory in half… forever.

While the technique Ayame showed wasn't as powerful as that one and would be inferior than that one, this destructive slash were directed to one enemy… Dire Wolf Leader.

It's body protected by thunder armor and metallic furs, while its skins stronger than most of minerals.

That sturdy body was faced against Ayame's simple slash that seems to even cut the space itself, at once Ayame's Asura Series seems to be on par temporarily…

until an unknown object came flowing in, shaped in hammer, it absorbed the thunder properties meanwhile dealing an immense shockwave to the wolves.

One of it defense broken by the hammer, Asura's 1st Slash broke past the rest of defense, as it cleanly split off the dire wolf leader in half.

It's eyes filled with surprises, Dire Wolf Leader's upper body struggled in air.

It can't regenerate it's body. No matter how much it tries, it's trait wasn't working as it wanted as if something was stopping it.

As it paw struggled for life, it's body slowly died… confirming it's death, Ayame's hair turned back to it's original color, showing a brilliant snow-white shines.

"K-Kuro… are you… okay…" With a ragging breath, she tiredly landed as she ran off toward Kuro's direction.

Her face were about to cry, but it delighted upon the confirmation in his safety.

It seems that… a girl is scared of him…?

'Why? Aren't Kuro adorable?' Ayame silently thought of an sentences that would make Kuro cry.