Chapter 10

World of Blood

I drew my sword, it was a bloody katana, and I prepared for battle, as did he. A collision occurred between us with sparks of energy flying. With each strike between the steel, a cascade of blood spurted out. But upon closer inspection of his fighting style, he didn't appear to be from the Shadow Squad at all, as if he were disguised, just as I had done in the past.

I jumped upwards and distanced myself. Blood began to circle around him, then it turned into fire, followed by an explosion. But when the dust cleared, nothing had happened to him. He rushed towards me, drawing his sword, and the collisions between us continued. I noticed something strange: he wasn't relying on secondary magic, which is elemental magic. At that point, I confirmed the truth... he's neither human nor even a monster.

Basic magic is no different from secondary magic in terms of destructive power alone; if secondary magic represents elemental magic, then basic magic embodies one of life's concepts, such as blood, which flows through the body, or darkness, where there is no light, there is darkness, or shadows, for every body has a shadow. There are many types of magic, and each basic magic has a corresponding secondary magic that is unrelated to elements; for example, dark magic possesses gravity magic.

After confirming my opponent's true nature, I had to be serious about the fight. Darkness seeped out of the bloody katana, engulfing the area, covering everything, even the air, which became suffocating, as if the place had turned into a dark void where breathing was impossible.

But even this didn't affect him, and he continued fighting. In another clash between us, his katana was broken. Suddenly, blades of steel emerged and transformed into a strange magic, attempting to surround me, and it succeeded. But I absorbed it with the power of darkness. I laughed and said, "You're now in my world, do you think you can hurt me?" But he showed no reaction, as if he didn't care.

I unleashed half of my power, and a powerful aura began to radiate from me. I charged towards him, my sword slicing through the air and the darkness in my personal world.

He retreated, then suddenly charged at me with no weapon, just his body, and when he got close, he delivered a powerful punch to my abdomen. I spat out blood violently, but I laughed maliciously and said, "It seems you've fallen into my trap." Darkness began to surround him, and I saw the terror in his eyes from what he was witnessing. The darkness was trying to swallow him, unlike before.

Suddenly, an explosion rang out, causing the world to disappear, and I returned to the surface of the building where I had been fighting. As for him, most of his clothes were torn, and his body was injured.

Smoke appeared, and he jumped back, then smiled and said in a low, mocking voice, "I'll see you later."

In the heart of the capital, the attack was still ongoing, but the samurai were able to fend it off. One of them managed to kill a member of the Shadow Squad, but suddenly, that member transformed into a monster and lunged at him, trying to kill him. The samurai was terrified, and his body began to tremble, realizing his end had come. But in a single moment, the monster froze.

A person appeared, not wearing armor but ordinary clothes, with a ronin hat, white long hair, and a burned right eye, his body bearing the marks of burns. He appeared to be seventeen years old. He smiled and said, "Looks like you're having some fun."

The samurai bowed, and it became clear that he was the second-in-command, Rocco. Rocco was able to freeze all the raging monsters with ease, taking no more than a second.

In the destroyed command center, Takiro was panting, exhausted, after having drained most of his strength, but he had managed to kill all the monsters with difficulty. His clothes were torn, and his body was covered in blood.

In one location, two members of the Shadow Squad were hiding. The person who had fought Akayama returned, and one of the members said calmly: "It seems you were injured, but as far as I know, you were supposed to die; you're the weakest among us. I'll ask you one question..." He said in a serious and heavy tone: "Who are you?"

Suddenly, the person grabbed his face with force and lifted him off the ground. The other member shouted, "What are you doing?"

He smiled and said, "Really, his fight was fun." Then he destroyed his head.

The second member looked in horror and his body trembled, unable to move: "W-... who are you?"

Suddenly, his torn clothes disappeared, and clothes woven with lightning appeared, and his golden hair, which was covering his eyes, was now visible. The other froze in fear.

He approached him and said with a smile: "I am... the Lightning Ruler, Ryogen."