Dark Mode

The Chapter starts as Izuki yells because he sees Katsu’s body on the back of the dark tree, pierce with its sharp branch.

“Huh? Izuki.” Kazuya said as he hears Izuki yells, then Kazuya look at Izuki.

“Kazuya, what happened here?!” Izuki asks, then the dark tree look at Kazuya who was looking at Izuki, then it takes the opportunity, and attack Kazuya.

Kazuya immediately notice the movement of the dark tree, that he dodge the attack of the dark tree, and attack the dark tree, then he jump away from the dark tree, and he land close to Izuki, and Eichi.

“Kazuya, what happened?!” Izuki asks.

“Who is that?” Kazuya asks, then he proceed to explain what happened.

Earlier right after Kazuya, and Katsu finish attacking the tree, down.

“Haa… Haa… Haa… Haa…” Katsu wipes his sweat after catching his breath, after that Katsu stand up, and look at Kazuya.

“See, what did I say—” While Katsu was talking, a black sharp thing pierce Katsu in his body, and then the tree lift Katsu up.

“Katsu!!!” Kazuya said as he gets up, and gets on his fighting stance.

“Do you really think, you can defeat me that easily?” After talking the tree stand up, while Katsu was on the sharp branch of the back of the tree.

“Tree Magic: Dark Mode.” After talking, the tree’s skin turns into dark. Then it removed the wind, and Iron spear that were pierce into its chest, then the wound heals up.

“No! Katsu!” Izuki yells as he sees Katsu.

Back to the present.

“Ohhh… Another human. This will be fun.” The Dark tree said.

“Tsk! Izuki, I need your help, we need to get Katsu from that thing right away.” Kazuya said as he sees Katsu trying to move with his all might.

“I will.” Izuki said, as he gets in his fighting stance. Then they see Katsu hold the sharp thing that were pierce in his stomach.

“Let’s hurry up! Katsu will be dead in no time; he was forcing his way out.”

“Okay.”

After talking Kazuya, and Izuki gets on their position, and then they kick their feet on the ground, and they run towards the Dark tree. While both of them were running, Kazuya attack the dark tree with his wind magic, then Kazuya run away from the dark tree, and since the dark tree has its attention to Kazuya, Izuki kicks its feet on the ground, and he dash forward, and then he cast a spell—

“Atomic Magic—”

Izuki jump, and he attack the branch where Katsu is.

“Atomic Slash!” When Izuki swings its claymore to the branch of the dark tree, his attack wasn’t slash or cut the branches of the dark tree, because the power wasn’t as strong as his attack did earlier.

But Izuki was able to cut the branch where Katsu is. After Izuki cutting the branch, katsu falls to the ground with the sharp branch in his stomach, somehow Katsu to land on his feet, was able to managed to get away from the dark tree on his own. Katsu run way from the dark tree, while looking at Izuki and Kazuya fight the dark tree.

“Tch.” Katsu said as he gets on his knees. When Eichi is about to help Katsu, she hears Kazuya yell.

“Katsu! Don’t try or even think to remove that branch out off your chest!” Kazuya said, as he was running around the dark tree. Izuki, and Kazuya fight the Dark tree.

Meanwhile Zakuya choose to fight back now.

“(For some reason. I’m able to see his attacks, But I’m going to take advantage to this.)”

What really happen is Zakuya has a passive skill that allows him to adapt to the enemy he was fighting. But him adapting to his enemy is not fast process the strong the enemy the long the time he need to adapt.

After that Zakuya attack Day 1.

“Flame Magic: Heat Slash!” Zakuya swing his sword coming from his left side using only his right hand.

The turn of events, Zakuya was the one now attacking Day 1, and Day 1 is running.

“(How is this happening?! Why I’m the one who running?!)” Day 1 said in his mind. After that Day 1 suddenly remember something. While it was running it stop, and face Zakuya, while smiling.

“You Idiot. You really thought you’ll be able to kill me? Monster Mode.”

After talking Day 1’s skin suddenly turns blue, and Day 1’s nails become longer, and its fangs become larger.

Seeing that Day 1 is about to do transform, Zakuya immediately clench his fist.

“Flame Fist!” Zakuya punch the face of Day 1. Making a sound.

*POW!*

After punching the face of Day 1, Day 1 we’re blown away, and hit a tree.

“(Did I stop him? From transforming?)” Zakuya said in his mind while he was still in punching motion. After talking to his mind, he looks at Day 1.

“Huh? Where is he?” Zakuya look where he knows he send Day 1, because Day 1 wasn’t there anymore.

“Did I send him far away?” While looking where he knows he send Day 1, he suddenly was hit by unknown force that get him blown away.

“(What? Did he attack me?)” Zakuya said in his mind while he was in the midair, because he couldn’t see Day 1 anywhere.

“(Did he really attack me? If he did, then why I don’t feel any pain in my body?)” Zakuya said as he now in a falling motion. Then Zakuya hear the voice of Day 1.

“Do you really, think you could kill me?”

“Huh?”

Zakuya said as he hears a different voice tone, and hit the ground, after that he stand up, as he sees a different Day 1. Zakuya immediately gets on his fighting stance, and while raising the sword pointing at Day 1. Now Zakuya was on Offense, and Defense.

“You will eventually slow down, just like earlier, so I’m going to endure all your fast attacks.” Zakuya said.

“Heh… Then.”

After Day 1 talk, it suddenly disappears from Zakuya’s view, and then Zakuya see a fist coming in his face. Then he notices that he was attack with uppercut by the Day 1.

Even though Day 1 transform Zakuya was still able to see, the movement of Day 1. But Zakuya wasn’t fast enough to dodge the uppercut of Day 1, hitting only slightly his left cheeks. Even though Day 1 only hit Zakuya’s left cheek was only hit slightly, his left cheek still bleeds. Seeing the Day1, Zakuya immediately, swings his sword towards Day 1.

“(Flame Magic: Heat Slash!).”

After moving his head, away from Day 1’s fist, Zakuya twist his body, and then he swings his sword at Day 1. Zakuya yells the “Slash.” In his mind.

Day 1 was able to pull his arm dodge Zakuya’s attack, but Zakuya we’re able to cut the arm of Day 1. When Zakuya landed, he immediately dashes away from Day 1.

“(I was able to cut him, he shouldn’t be able to heal his right arm for a while.)” Zakuya said in his mind.

Heat Slash a spell, that use extreme heat, that prevent a monster from healing back the cut body part of them.

Not healing his arm back, Day 1 look at his shoulder, and look at it, and he see a hot cut in his right arm.

“(??? I can’t regenerate?)” Day 1 said in his mind, while looking at his right arm.

“Well, I still can kill you with just my left arm.” Day 1 said.

Zakuya didn’t respond, and he just look at Day 1, while he was on his fighting stance.

*Where Katsu, Izuki, Kazuya, and Eichi.*

“Wind Arrow!!!” Kazuya release a bunch of arrows, and it pierce to the body, or the dark tree.

Dark tree look at Kazuya, and said while smiling— “Do you really thing that this, things will hurt me?” After talking Dark tree points it arm to Kazuya. Then the arm of Dark tree suddenly extends.

Kazuya sees what Dark tree were about to do, so before the arm of Dark tree extend, Kazuya turns around, and began to run.

“(If my prediction is correct, then I should be able to do this.)”

When the arm starts to extend it follow Kazuya. Kazuya to his left, and when he pass a tree, and turn to his right, then he look behind him, and he see that he was still being follow by the dark tree’s arm, Kazuya continue to run tangling the arm of the dark tree, meanwhile Izuki stand by, as he ready his spell, and wait for Kazuya’s plan to work.

“(Damn it! When it is going to end?!)” Kazuya said while running, tree to tree. After running for 10 mins Kazuya stop, and he look behind him, and then he try to get his wind blade out, but he can’t because he was exhausted, when the dark tree’s arm was going to hit Kazuya, it stop.

“It works.” Kazuya said as he sits down.

“Huh?!” The dark tree said, as his arm tangle on to the tree.

When Izuki notice what happened, Izuki immediately gets ready to attack, then Izuki kicks his feet to the ground, and run behind the Dark tree, stop, and he cast— “Atomic Magic—”

Izuki jump, and then continue casting— “Atomic Slas—” Izuki swings his claymore, towards the Dark tree, but when Izuki’s claymore was about to hit the dark tree, the dark tree’s head suddenly move head, with the sudden movement of the dark tree, Izuki was caught of ground, and the dark tree’s head hit Izuki face. Dark tree smile as he extends his head to hit Izuki in the head.

Izuki’s nose bleeds, and his fore head almost bleeding, as he landed to the ground. Izuki looks at the Dark Tree with his right eye close. Izuki immediately back off, while holding his nose, with his right hand.

Meanwhile Eichi we’re looking for an opening, while she was invisible.

“(There!)” Eichi said in her mind, as she runs around the Dark Tree.

Eichi didn’t know, that Dark tree know, where she is.

“(This brat, really thinks that I can’t see her.)” Dark Tree said in its mind.

Even though Dark Tree’s head move by an inch, it immediately come to Izuki’s mind that Dark Tree look he think where Eichi is.

“Do you really think—” When Dark tree talk, one of its branches on his back, points at Eichi, But Eichi didn’t notice it. She just running thinking that She got an opening, then Eichi jumps to attack Dark tree.

“I COULDN’T SEE YOU?!” Dark Tree said in high tone. Then one of the branches that pointing on Eichi burst out, and it extends towards Eichi.

“(Heh?)” Eichi said in confused tone.

Then.

“Ha!”

*Whooosh ! *

When Eichi was about to get impale in chest, by the branch a claymore come flying in, and block the branch. The branch went upwards, after hitting the claymore, and the claymore, went to Eichi, and it did hit her in the face.

Eichi falls down, with the claymore, and she look at her left side, and there she sees Izuki with bleeding nose.

Dark Tree look at Eichi, because of what happen, then Dark tree points other branch to Eichi.

“Die! Brat!” Dark Tree said.

Before the branch extended, Dark tree hear something.

“NO! You! Wind Slash!!!” Dark Tree sees Kazuya midair, and about to slash him with his wind blade.

*End Chapter 23*