Volume 6, Chapter 31 – Battle!

Legendary…

Epic…

Tianyin only felt a chill in her chest.

“You… you…”

Her words were starting to come out in a jumble. Tianyin still could not quite believe it… but if Seles could say something like “one Legendary rank and one Epic rank”…

Then even if it was not a hundred percent certain, there was at least an eighty percent chance it was true.

“It was me, Xiaoyin.”

Seles met Tianyin’s gaze directly, a slightly enchanting smile on her face.

“Xiaoyin, are you wondering if those two are already dead? That’s right, those two have already been killed by me.”

Tianyin did not want to accept it, but Seles herself had admitted with her own mouth that Tianyin’s guess was correct.

“I was the one who killed them. Who told them to say things that made me so mad at the time?”

Tianyin did not really hear the rest of what Seles said.

Or rather, instead of saying she did not hear it, it was more accurate to say Tianyin had already instinctively tuned it out.

“Orgum and Julius…”

“They are already dead?”

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Seles was disgusting, but Tianyin also knew that Seles would not deliberately make up this kind of story to lie to her.

Of course, it was not that Seles was incapable of doing such things. It was precisely because Tianyin knew what Seles was like that she understood… when Seles spoke of Julius and Orgum’s deaths, there was no doubt it was the truth.

“Why… why did it turn out like this?”

Rage…

Guilt…

Frustration…

All sorts of emotions began to gather in her heart. Toward Seles, Tianyin felt anger. But it was not only anger toward Seles, Tianyin also blamed herself.

『Ah… back then, if I had not sent Julius to the front lines… if I had not given the order to hold the line properly… would all of this never have happened?』

Self-blame.

Regret.

Her heart was trembling.

『It is my fault… Samael, did all this happen because of me?』

Tianyin felt the mistake lay with her. But in Samael’s eyes, all Tianyin was doing like this was putting every bit of responsibility onto herself.

「Xiaoyin, now it is not about who is wrong or not. Right now, you should deal with Seles, who personally killed Orgum and the others, first, don’t you think?」

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To be honest, Samael actually did not know how to comfort people.

She could still offer some pointers when it came to fighting, but when it came to talking someone through something, Samael really did not have much experience.

Even though she was bad at comforting, Samael still understood how to shift Tianyin’s focus. Rather than let Tianyin stay trapped in sadness and guilt, it was better to redirect things and let her vent the sorrow in her heart.

『Right… Samael, it was Seles who killed Julius and Orgum… I will do it myself, I will personally avenge for them…!』

In the end, anger won out. In reality, Seles narrowed her eyes as she watched Tianyin’s expression change again and again until it settled into fury, and a stunning smile appeared on her own face.

“At last, you have the desire to kill me?”

“But if that’s all, Xiaoyin, you are still far from being my match~”

Just as her words fell…

Sword in hand, Tianyin launched an attack on Seles, the screech of her blade alone sounding as if it would tear the air apart.

In a single instant, Tianyin swung her sword at Seles countless times.

From the outside, in the eyes of others, the very moment Tianyin moved to attack, ten thousand sword shadows blossomed into existence. Under that forest of sword shadows, Seles’ slender figure looked so very small.

However… under the countless sword shadows Tianyin unleashed, Seles did not seem to make any movement to defend herself at all. Yet even though she clearly did not move to block, Tianyin’s attacks did not seem to be landing on Seles herself.

“What’s going on? Why can’t I feel Seles’ presence?”

Tianyin also sensed that something was wrong.

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Clearly Seles had not moved from the spot where she had been standing. She was just standing there in front of Tianyin without defending herself… Yet Tianyin’s attacks were not having any effect on her at all.

“Xiaoyin… is it very strange, why can’t you deal any damage to me?”

Just as Tianyin was quietly unnerved, Seles tilted her head where she stood, as if she had expected this.

“It is actually very easy to understand. Xiaoyin, what you are looking at is not the real me at all~”

“Mm?”

The moment she finished speaking, a warning bell rang in Tianyin’s heart.

At the same time, Samael’s voice sounded in her mind.

「Xiaoyin, behind you!」

On reflex, Tianyin moved her body to the side, and almost at that exact same moment, a blood-red sword appeared behind her.

Clang—!

Thanks to Samael’s warning and Tianyin’s own timely dodge, she narrowly avoided the sudden attack this time.

Not only that, reacting swiftly, Tianyin also used the sword in her hand to block the blood-red blade that had suddenly appeared.

“Eh? Xiaoyin’s strength is actually even greater than I thought? Looks like you did not go all out earlier~”

Having missed with her strike, Seles’ annoyed voice sounded behind Tianyin, while the figure that had been standing where Seles was a moment ago scattered like mist into the air.

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There was no question… the Seles who had been standing in front of Tianyin just now was only an illusion.

Realizing this, Tianyin could not help but feel annoyed at her own carelessness.

“Hah, Seles, you can copy other people’s moves. But speed is something you cannot copy.”

“Well… Xiaoyin, what you said is true. Speed is something you are just born with, and my ability really cannot copy your speed. However, when it comes to stamina, I can at least last a bit longer than you, Xiaoyin~ Well then, Xiaoyin, do you want to test it?”

Saying things that gave Tianyin such a headache, Seles caused countless magic circles to appear once more all around Tianyin.

This time, those magic circles were at a very close distance from where Tianyin was.

“Xiaoyin, next use that speed of yours to do your best to dodge my magic!”

“I really want to see how long you can keep dodging, Xiaoyin.”

As Seles’ words ended, in Tianyin’s view, those magic circles surrounding her began to brew countless spells, each of them so powerful that just their aura alone made her heart shudder.

“Even if I can’t use Gluttony, I still have other powers of the original sins.”

“So…”

Watching the countless spells begin to pour down toward her, Tianyin gripped her sword tightly, resolve shining in her eyes.

『Samael, let Wrath… lend me its strength!』