End of Dark Tree

“Wind Slash!!!”

Dark Tree look to his left side as he sees Kazuya in midair, and about to slash him with his wind blade.

As the Dark Tree look at Kazuya, the arm who was following Kazuya, that were tangle in the trees suddenly gets hard breaking the trees surrounding his arm, untangling its arm, and that arm goes to Kazuya so fast, and the one branch that hit Izuki’s claymore point back at Eichi. One is moving fast to get Kazuya, while other one was fired at Eichi. The sharp arm was faster that Kazuya who was in the midair.

*Smiles* “(Both of you are dead.)” Dark Tree said in his mind.

“(It’s going to hit them. I need to get up faster.)” Izuki said in his mind, while getting up. “(Damn it! It’s too late! I’m not going to make it neither I’ll be able to run!)”

When the two sharp branch, where about to hit Eichi, and Kazuya, a small piece of iron suddenly appears in the way of the two sharp branch, and that small piece of iron was able to stop the two sharp branch from piercing to Kazuya, and Eichi.

“(Huh?! What?!)” Dark tree said as he sees that his two sharp branch was stop by a piece of iron.

“!!! *Gasp*” Izuki reaction, and then he looks at Katsu.

“I-I used all of my strength…” Katsu said, while pointing his right hand in their direction, with his stomach, and mouth bleeding, with the dark sharp branch in his stomach. After that Katsu falls on his knees, and then to the ground.

“(That brat!)” Dark Tree said, while looking, at Katsu. Then he remembers Kazuya. “(Oh no!)” Dark tree said in his mind, as he turns his attention at Kazuya, who was on swinging pose. “(I need to block him.)” Dark Tree tries to use his branch to block Kazuya’s attack, but it was to late, Kazuya swings his wind blade at the neck of Dark tree, before he was able to do something to protect himself.

“!!!”

Kazuya reaction, after he swings his wind blade, and saw that his blade doesn’t get any deeper.

“(That’s impossible! I use my full strength in that swing.)” Kazuya said in his mind, after he saw that his attack wasn’t able to do much damage to the Dark tree. Meanwhile the Dark tree was scared that he might get decapitated, by Kazuya. Then he sees that Kazuya barely cut him with his attack, so he smirks, and he said—

“Do you really think, you can decapitate me?! Now Die—!”

Suddenly the Dark tree notice that Izuki appears on his right side, and he was on his swinging pose, and his claymore is glowing in color of light blue.

“(His weapon glows again, but it wasn’t like earlier.)” Eichi said in her mind, while seeing Izuki.

“Atomic Slash!!!”

When Dark Tree hear Izuki, he immediately looks at Izuki.

“Damn brat!”

*Slash!*

“(Huh?)” Dark tree said, as he sees his himself flying away from Izuki, Kazuya, Eichi, and from his body. “(My head got decapitated?)” Dark tree said in his mind, while seeing Kazuya, and Izuki in the air with his body, and with their motion of finishing to swing.

After that Izuki, Kazuya, and the body of Dark Tree falls to the ground, and his head falls to the ground.

“Isogai-kun!” Eichi said, as she stands up, and turns off his invisibility.

“Did I, do it?” Izuki said, as he opens his eyes, because when he swings his claymore, he closes his eyes.

“You did it Izuki.” Kazuya said, as he stands up, and smile at Izuki.

As Kazuya stand up, he hears a voice.

“Huh?” Kazuya said, as he hears the voice.

“Impossible! There’s no way! He was able to decapitate me! This isn’t real! This isn’t real!” Dark Tree said.

Izuki, Kazuya, and Eichi look where Dark Tree’s head is. Dark Tree continues to repeat the word, but its skin is start to melt down, and become a liquid. Dark Tree, repeat the earlier word that he said, over and over. Until the head, and its body disappear. Afte r The Dark Tree disappear, then Izuki remembers Katsu.

“!!! Takamiya-san! Can you please your magic to Katsu?” Izuki said.

“Huh? Yeah, I can.” Eichi responds.

“Kazuya, go to Katsu, and remove the branch in his stomach, as soon as possible.” Izuki said.

“Huh?! If I did that, he will bleed to death, and one thing, Koharu wasn’t here, and one thing you, and I can’t use healing magic.” Kazuya said.

“Just do it, Takamiya-san can heal him.” Izuki said.

Kazuya look at Eichi before going to Katsu. They see Katsu on the ground looking at them with blood on the ground, and on his mouth.

“Katsu.” Kazuya said.

Katsu was out of mana, and right now, all he can do is move a little.

“Great, he still fighting. Wind Blade.” Kazuya gets his weapon out, and he cut the branch behind Katsu, and then he pull out the branch out of Katsu’s stomach. Right after that Eichi, use her spell.

“Healing Magic: Recovery.” After casting her spell, Eichi drops on her knees, and she catch her breath.

Then the wound in Katsu’s stomach starts to heal.

Meanwhile, where Zakuya is.

“What’s wrong?! Aren’t you going to dodge my attacks?” Day 1 said as he punch Zakuya.

“(Tch. He’s not slowing down.)” Zakuya said in his mind, as he uses his sword to block the punches of Day 1, with the left side of his head bleeding. “(There!)” Zakuya said in his mind, as he sees the Day 1 throws punch him. Zakuya move his sword, backwards using only his right hand, then Zakuya twist his body, and turns around doing a 360. Zakuya swings his sword at Day 1’s neck.

“(Flame Magic: Heat Slash!)” When Zakuya was about to hit Day1, Day 1 smiles, and then deflect Zakuya’s sword, away by punching.

“Did you really think, that same spell will work at me?! A second time?!”

With Zakuya’s right arm on deflect motion, Day 1 smirks, and then he uses his right knee, to hit Zakuya in the chin.

Zakuya went in the midair, because of the hit he received in his chin. Then Day 1 Kick Zakuya in the stomach. The kick was so strong that Zakuya was blown away, and crash to a hill. Day 1 laugh, and then it’s right arm grow back.

“Would you look at that. My arm is back.”

After that the dust the cover Zakuya began to disappear, and it show Zakuya for a brief moment sticking on the wall, before he falls to the ground with pain in his chin, and stomach. Zakuya try to stand up, but when he did, he was punch on his right cheeks by Day 1, and were blown away in on the trees.

“Argh!!! (He’s so strong.)” Zakuya reacts as he hit the tree.

Zakuya drop to the ground, then Day 1 attack Zakuya again.

“!!!” Zakuya noticed that Day 1 is about to attack him, so he forces himself to rolls away from Day 1. When he was away from Day 1, he use his right hand to push himself out of the ground, and when he land he was back on his feet. As Day 1 miss Zakuya, his fist hit the ground causing the ground to crack, then he pulls his fist back, and gets on his fighting stance.

“Tch. Flame Magic—” Zakuya get his sword right of his left hips, and then he kicks his feet onto the ground, and he dashes towards Day 1. “Flame Flash!”

Zakuya move almost close to speed of sound. With that speed Zakuya move close to Day 1 so fast, and then he swings his sword towards Day 1 multiple times.

“Hey, what’s wrong?” Day 1 said, as he blocked Zakuya’s attacks.

While Zakuya was swinging his sword none stop, Day 1 throw a punch.

“(There!)” Zakuya turns around dodging Day 1’s punch, then— “Flame Magic.”

“(Tch. This guy.)” Day 1 throw punch at Zakuya again.

“Heat Slash!” Zakuya swings his sword, while he dodge the attack of Day 1, but he got slightly hit in the right side of his face. But it didn’t stop Zakuya, he still continues to swings his sword, and he hit Day 1’s arm, and he was able to cut it.

Day 1 back off, he look at his arm. “Tsk.” His click his mouth, then he notices that Zakuya follows him, and continue to attack him.

“(This thing that I’m doing wasn’t part of my skill, but I can’t stop myself from swinging.)” Zakuya said in his mind, while swinging faster, and faster.

With the arm of Day 1 not regenerating, Day 1 continue to back off. While Zakuya continue to swings his sword. Day 1 decide to use his left arm, and right knee to block Zakuya’s sword, while continue backing off.

Suddenly Day 1 smirks, and its right arm grows back, and it throw punch at Zakuya. Zakuya was surprise of what happened, that he can’t dodge or block the punch, because he was on swinging motion.

The punch connects, and land at Zakuya’s face. Day 1 smile as his punch connects. Then Zakuya look at him slowly, while his fist is in Zakuya’s face.

“(I-impossible. That punch should’ve broken his neck!!!)” Day 1 said in his mind as he backs away. “(Just who is this brat?!)”

Zakuya look at Day 1, and said— “I’ve already known your weakness.” Zakuya said, while slowly walking.

“You can’t keep regenerate that limps that were cut on you right?” Zakuya said.

Day 1 look at Zakuya, with pissed expression.

“Because it drains your mana so much that I’ll make you exhausted.” Zakuya said as he lifts his sword up, and walk towards Day 1 slowly.

“That’s your weakness, I’m right?” Zakuya said, as he prepares to cast a spell. “Flame magic.” Zakuya dash towards Day 1.

Day 1 gets scared, and attack Zakuya with all he can, but he can’t hit Zakuya.

“You’re done. Flame Slash!” Zakuya swings his sword targeting Day 1’s neck.

“(Is this the end of me?)” Day 1 said as he sees Zakuya’s sword on his neck.

Day 1 close its eyes, and then.

*Slash!*

Zakuya decapitated Day 1, and now the body falls to the ground, with the head of day 1.

*End of Chapter 24*