Ryuu Kusari no Ori -Kokoro no Uchi no ‘Kokoro’ - [LN] Volume 3: Chapter 3.2

Volume 3 Chapter 3.2

The Outburst of Hatred Part 2

Translator : PolterGlast

Nozomu bit his lip as a strong sense of helplessness and burning hatred welled up within him.

(All the times I have been scorned and humiliated, it was all their fault!)

The pain running through his body and the taste of blood in his mouth further fueled his anger.

[Fufufu, what a joke. How ignorant and arrogant of them to say that they were chosen and worthy merely at that level. Don’t you think so?]

A five-colored, six-winged dragon. Tiamat spoke to Nozomu’s heart in a heavy, seductive voice.

[Let them know. Show them. How ignorant and narrow-minded they are. And how helpless and small they are. Remember. You have the right, no?]

A treacherous dragon. But the voice of the giant dragon gradually seeped into Nozomu’s heart.

(I have the right ……. Yes, that’s right. That guy, those bastards ……!)

[Now, remove the chains that bind you. You don’t have to endure anymore. Don’t you agree?]

(Yeah, that’s right. I don’t have to endure anymore!)

With hands trembling with hatred, he seized the chains that bound him and tore them apart.

Let’s destroy all those who have betrayed us!

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Ken and the others screamed as they were blown away by the sudden outburst of power.

“Kyaaa!”

“Kuh, Mefi, what just happened!?”

[I-I don’t know! What the hell is this!?]

In front of Ken and the others, who could not hide their agitation, Nozomu, who had been lying on the ground, stood up.

Nozomu’s appearance made them gasp.

An enormous amount of energy erupted from Nozomu’s entire body. A force that could never be contained by a human being swirled around him, rising into the sky like a tornado.

Nozomu’s brown eyes turned red and his pupils split vertically, transforming him into an almost inhuman figure.

What made Ken and the others shudder was the five-colored source elements mixed with the vast amount of Qi. The primordial power that no human body should be able to handle, that only the spirits could use, was mixed in with the erupting Qi.

[”I’ll fucking kill you.”]

Nozomu and someone’s voices. An unfamiliar, yet intensely frightening voice overlapped.

The next moment, the katana in Nozomu’s hand was enveloped in five-colored source elements and Qi.

[Mumei] greedily absorbed the force as if following the will of its wielder. It easily accepted Tiamat’s elemental power, which ordinary weapons would never be able to absorb, and dyed the katana’s blade in an extremely vivid color of jet-black color.

In the next instant, a gigantic blade emerged.

“~, Disperse!”

At the same time as Ken shouted so, the gigantic blade was swung down.

The five-colored blade split the ground, severing the forest behind it and leaving a huge scar on the ground.

[Impossible, it’s impossible! How could a human-……]

“Camilla, give me a hand! This guy is dangerous!”

“I know!”

As the flying wooden debris were burned by the five-colored source elements, Camilla readied her staff and quickly finished her chanting.

Her specialty is auxiliary magic. The name of the magic she invoked is [Chimera’s Demon Fang].

Camilla’s magic power through the magic was poured into Ken, and Ken’s physical ability and the strength of his magic sword increased at once. Furthermore, Ken’s [Serpentine Sword] acquired a paralyzing effect, along with a poisonous color.

This is a magic that strengthens the body, enhances magic power, and grants magic effects simultaneously, and it is one of the most difficult auxiliary magic that can produce three different effects in a single chant.

“Mefi, give me power!”

[U-un!]

On top of all this, Mefi transferred even more power to Ken.

The source element she poured into Ken’s body enveloped his entire body, not only raising the effectiveness of the auxiliary magic applied to him, but also transformed into a powerful and peerless armor that repelled all kinds of attacks.

With not only auxiliary magic but also the power of the spirit added, Ken stepped toward Nozomu, who released an enormous amount of source elements and Qi. His speed was undoubtedly fast enough to reach S rank.

“Fuuuuuuuu!”

The gigantic blade with enormous source elements and Qi poured into it was swung and approached Ken.

(It’s too big a swing! You can’t control it that well, huh!?)

Ken ducked and dodged the cleave as he slid in toward Nozomu’s feet.

Contrary to the enormous amount of power he has, Nozomu’s movements become sloppy.

Ken immediately saw that his opponent was not accustomed to wielding a huge weapon.

Once he could dodge Nozomu’s first attack, victory was assured. Ken was convinced of this and quickly raised his sword in a counterattack.

[Elemental Magic Sword ・ Dispersal Dew]

A deadly blade that combines the power of Mefi, the spirit, with his magic sword.

It responded instantly to Ken’s thoughts and transformed into all sorts of forms, and the powerful and peerless sword, which could cut through not only the opponent’s body but even his soul, attacked Nozomu like a gale.

“I got you-…… wha!?”

However, the magic sword never reached Nozomu’s body. In an instant, Nozomu’s gigantic blade dispersed, and at the same time, his body slid to the side. Ken’s blade, which was unleashed in a slashing motion, was completely missed and cut through empty air.

(A feint ……!?)

While Ken was shocked, Nozomu grabbed Ken’s upper arm with his right hand and dove into his opponent’s chest. Then, immediately after pressing his left shoulder against Ken’s chest, “thud!*, a powerful impact penetrated through Ken’s torso with a gut-wrenching sound.

“Gaaaahh―――――!?”

[Mikagura-style・Oscillation]

It is a pure Taijutsu which does not require any Qi, and it utilizes a full body twist to release a penetrating blow.

Although it is a technique designed to be used against people, not demonic beasts, the power of Nozomu’s [Oscillation], which has released his ability suppression, is tremendous, and the impact penetrated through Ken’s chest, which was supposed to be clad in spirit armor, carving countless wounds in his lungs and internal organs.

“Gu-fu ……”

[Ken!?]

Ken crouched down, nauseated by the rising blood. From above his head, a slash of incomparably more precise than the previous one was unleashed.

Mefi used her power in a panic to create countless water snakes from the ground to restrain Nozomu, but he changed the trajectory of the downward slash to a horizontal cleave and activated [Qi-jutsu・One Billion Severance]. After cleaving the approaching water snakes, he once again dropped his blade in an attempt to reap Ken’s life.

At that moment, a girl with fluttering red hair jumped out from the grass beside him.

“~, Nozomu!”

It was Lisa Hounds, someone who was not supposed to be there.

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“Is Ken going to be alright? Even Camilla is away on an errand right now, too ……”

Lisa’s voice was tinged with anxiety as she sat down at her favorite tea store. The tea was left completely cold on the table and her thin fingers were tapping busily on the tabletop.

The reason why she was so worried was the letter given to her by Nozomu.

There should be no need for her to accept an invitation from someone she hated. But deep in her chest, a pain kept throbbing, as if to condemn such an opinion.

As time passed, her throbbing heart did not subside, and she was getting impatient.

“You don’t have to go. I’ll go for you”, she remembered Ken said something like this to her.

At that time, she was relieved and handed over the letter, but eventually, the throbbing began to torment her again.

“Argh, Gosh!”

Eventually, unable to stand it any longer, she quickly paid her bill and started walking toward the place mentioned in the letter, the Spasim Forest. But along the way, she saw something she did not expect.

“Is that Camilla? Why is she here with Ken?……”

Camilla, who was supposed to be on another errand, had joined up with Ken.

The scene of the betrayal of two years ago came back to her mind.

Swallowing down the uneasiness that welled up inside her, she followed them through the Spasim Forest.

“~!? It can’t be. Ken and Camilla are not like that guy! They would never hide anything from me ……”

Just like Nozomu who suffered trauma due to being isolated, she also had a great wound in her heart.

She was betrayed by the man she trusted. This notion caused her, who was bright and cheerful, to experience a variety of negative emotions, such as distrust and suspicion toward other people.

As a result, she became fearful of negative feelings that came to her at any moment.

Social anxiety disorder. Nevertheless, it was her talent and appropriate training that allowed her to become as competent and highly regarded as Irisdina at the Solminati Academy. More than anything else, it was because of her single-minded devotion to her childhood dream of [becoming an adventurer and seeing the outside world].

Yes, she hated Nozomu, but at the same time, she forced herself to look forward, clinging to her broken dream.

However, this was nothing more than an act of turning away from the wounds carved deep in her heart.

That was why, out of the suspicion born in her heart, she began to secretly follow them.

As she was feeling guilty about her inability to trust Ken and Camilla, the sound of sword clashes was heard from the depths of the forest.

“This is ……”

The bad premonition that had been swirling deep within her chest accelerated, and Lisa rushed through the forest, relying on the metallic sounds that reached her ears. And then she reached the back of some bushes. About 30 meters ahead, she caught sight of the people she was looking for.

“Ken, Camilla? And is that …… a spirit?”

However, what greeted her eyes was a sight she had not expected.

Nozomu was lying on the ground, while Ken and Camilla were standing still. Floating beside them was a being she had never seen before.

A light blue figure with wings. It was clearly a lesser spirit with powers beyond that of a human being.

Moreover, the lesser spirit was standing by Ken’s side, showing signs of a deep connection with him.

Then Ken turned to Nozomu, who was being restrained, with a smile that could not have been more distorted.

“I have no idea, Ken had this kind of power ……. And I can’t believe he can make such an expression …….”

That is the Ken that Lisa does not know. Though, she could not hear what they were talking about with Nozomu. Lisa’s current location is quite a distance from where Nozomu and the others are.

“I can’t hear anything. What in the world are they talking about ……~!”

Just as Lisa was about to sneak up on them, Nozomu, who was being restrained, released an unbelievable amount of Qi, which blew away the water rope that restrained him.

[“I’ll fucking kill you!”]

Nozomu’s voice was filled with murderous intent. Facing Nozomu, who attacked him while unleashing his mighty power, Ken also tried to fight back by borrowing the power of the spirit by his side.

Ken, who had avoided Nozomu’s slash, launched an attack with astonishing speed. His speed was definitely comparable to that of an S rank.

“Gah―――――!?”

However, Ken quickly became overwhelmed by Nozomu and was instantly rendered incapable of fighting.

The blade that was swung downward in a returning strike was about to take Ken’s life.

“~, Nozomu!”

Lisa found herself leaping forward with all her might. She pulled out the twin blades from her waist and plunged forward as if to strike him with her entire body.

However, Nozomu easily blocked her lunge, intending to knock her out of the way.

Nozomu’s eyes, glazed with murderous intent, turned to Lisa, who had interfered.

[“You’ve been peeking at us, huh? ……”]

Two different voices overlapped unnaturally, and Lisa was struck with a strong sense of discomfort.

“~, Who are you? You’re not Nozomu, are you?”

[Even though you heard everything, you’re still protecting these guys?]

“Heard everything? I’m- …… Kyaa!”

Due to the overwhelming difference in physical strength, Lisa was thrown aside like a child and fell on her butt.

Nozomu’s eyes, stained with anger, looked down at her coldly.

[“What a worthless bastard, a shitty woman. Why have I been thinking of such a woman, this entire time? ……”]

With a clear intent to kill, the tip of the blade was aimed at the red-haired girl.

While Lisa was petrified by the absolute zero glare, drops of tears dripped down from Nozomu’s eye.

“Nozomu…… are you crying?”

Tears trickle down the edges of his furious eyes. This sight brought up a question in Lisa’s stunned mind.

Wasn’t it you who betrayed me ……?

A voiceless question. With no answer to this question, Nozomu looked down at her with eyes stained with rage and thrust out his blade full of murderous intent.

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Pushing away Lisa, who intervened in the fight, and pointing the tip of his blade at her.

A~a, ridiculous indeed. For me to have suffered all this time, I really am stupid.

I should’ve just erased them. The former childhood friend who framed me, the former friend who took part in it, and the former girlfriend who stood in my way.

(…… Are you sure?)

Lisa, who fell to the ground, looked up at him with a stunned expression on her face. The expression on her face broke his heart.

The sludge that had been stagnant and building up in his chest began to flow away.

Losing himself in a sensation akin to euphoria, he poured the power he had drawn into the katana his master had left him as a memento.

A vast amount of Qi and a five-colored radiance poured into the blade. It was undoubtedly the power of that dragon.

The feelings of escapism and resentment that had been building up over the past few years have somehow dissipated.

Instead, a dark sense of superiority rose up within him.

The condescending feeling of [Serves you right!] was burning his mind with unparalleled pleasure.

“Lisa!”

Out of the corner of his eye, Ken and Camilla come rushing toward him, their faces pale, but even if they could reach him in time, they could not stop the blow he was about to deliver.

Power of spirits or whatever it is, I’m going to turn them all into dust!

(Are you really okay with that?……)

A slight glimpse of reason peeked out at the edge of his mind, which had turned red with anger.

(Is that what you really want?)

The fragments of rationality repeatedly asked him the same question over and over again. It could be said that this was the result of extreme concentration to the extent that even the sense of time was left behind, but the surging desire for vengeance denied the call of rationality outright.

Of course. I’m going to erase everything, right here, right now.

My pain, my resentment, my past, everything!

(Lisa …… she didn’t even know she was tricked ……)

So what. She doesn’t need to know! To hell with it! My pain, my suffering, I’m going to take it out on them here!

Something hot streamed out from his eyelids.

It was a single tear, a drop of sadness hidden at the bottom of his anger.

But his vengeful spirit, running wild, was unaware of this, and he thrust out his blade.

[Mikagura-style・Core Piercing]

This is a highly lethal Qi-jutsu that pierces the opponent with an extremely compressed Qi-blade, causing it to explode and obliterate the opponent from the inside out.

The technique that could even gouge out Abyss Grief was about to be unleashed with the power of Tiamat added toward the girl he had once vowed to protect.

At that moment, he saw Lisa’s stunned eyes looking up at him, and then he saw his own face from the reflection in her eyes.

His mouth was distorted into a hideous smile, and his eyes were shining with joy. It was the exact same face that Ken had turned to him just a few moments before ……

No ……!

The next instant, he reflexively applied his Ability Suppression back on.

The power that had been gushing out was rapidly shrinking.

However, the technique that had been activated could not be stopped. A compressed blade of Qi was released and tried to pierce Lisa.

Stop!

He pleaded with a sense of reaching out into the void.

Then, just as the blade of his master’s treasured katana glowed, white chains began to coil around the Qi-blade.

Then, the chain wrapped around the expanded Qi-blade freed the enormous energy it held toward Nozomu.

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