Chapter 129
The Usual
「Haaaahh!!」
There were no tricks involved .
I simply swung Eleanor sideways in a straight line .
The King defended with Kushifos .
Gakiiin!!!
The clash created a massive shockwave, gouging out the ground below us .
The King was blown upward .
（That was a pretty nice arc you drew）
「It was pretty skillful of , don’t you think?」
I was praised by Eleanor . I knew nothing about baseball, but looking at the blown-away figure of the King made feel good about that complint .
His red aura created a perfect arc through the air, just as Eleanor had noted .
It remained still in the air .
The King forcefully stopped himself from flying and turned around, his eyes bloodshot .
「BASTAAAARD!!」
「So slow!」
「Kuu!! It’s not over! Not yet……This isn’t Kushifos’ maximum power yet!」 [ED: This isn’t even my final form!]
「Hah!!」
「Guwaa!」
I overwheld the King’s Kushifos with Eleanor and Hikari .
Even though I overwheld him, surprisingly, it wasn’t the end .
Using Kushifos, he defended against many of my finisher-blows .
His reflexes were unexpectedly sharp .
I intended to crush the instrunt he was using to repel , but that didn’t go very well . Kushifos was hard beyond my expectations . Even though I wanted to slice it in half, all I could do was send the King flying .
Having blasted him away countless tis, I raised Eleanor over my head and tried to deal a blow from above . The King defended and was driven into the ground below .
The aftershock of the impact created a crater . The King dragged himself out of the hole .
His clothes and mantle were tattered, and his whole body was covered in blood .
「Just give up and hand over Kushifos . The situation won’t change no matter what you do」
「Stop spewing bullshit!!」
He mustered every last bit of his strength and ca straight at .
His speed had decreasedーーbut he wasn’t swinging Kushifos at with any less force than before . In fact, the red glow kept getting stronger and stronger .
The King’s body was approaching exhaustion, but the sword hadn’t weakened one bit .
I stopped the attack and kicked him away .
「Is the sword taking over his body?」
（It’s that sword’s fighting style）
「That’s just like you」
（Kukuku, that’s just the “flavour” of a Cursed Sword）
（Flavour? Is that how Hikari tastes, too?）
Hikari didn’t understand what we were referring to . It was cute .
「That’s a bad figure of speech, so don’t learn that word, Hikari」
（Umu . If you want to learn about Cursed Swords, then take as a role model）
（Un, I’ll beco like mommy）
「You’re the worst of the worst models to learn from, though」
The King ca at , thrusting his Kushifos again . I also dramatically thrust my sword at him .
I switched to a higher gear . I struck the King with a barrage of attacks using Eleanor and Hikari .
I wasn’t even trying to kill anymore, I just hit him . Because of that, small cracks began to appear on Kushifos’ blade .
It was definitely hard enough to be called a Cursed Sword, but, at last, it beca clear that it was second rate .
（Seems like we’re the superior ones）
Eleanor’s voice sounded satisfied .
「I’m gonna break it in one strike!」
（Umu）
（Do your best!）
I flew toward the staggering King .
He was covered in blood, I didn’t know if he was even conscious .
Despite that, he kept moving and swinging his sword, though slowly . Sotis, he let out weird groans .
It was as if he’d beco a zombie swinging Kushifos around .
「Gahaa……uuooh……oohhh……」
Suddenly, the King’s movent changed .
He was trying to approach , but then stopped midway and began groaning in anguish .
He grasped his right hand, which was holding Kushifos, and struggled .
The red glow exploded in strength .
（That’s……）
「Do you know what it’s trying to do?」
（You’ll understand soon enough; just watch）
Eleanor said, half surprised .
I was interested in the way she said that, so I stopped attacking and watched .
The King looked toward the sky and raised a scream .
He suddenly spat out blood and treated Kushifos as a hamr, smashing it on the ground .
After his sudden violent behaviors, sothing unusual occurred .
Kushifos’ red glow was transferred to the King’s body .
The glow’s thickness increased, and it materialized into a dense matter .
The glow beca a layer of skin, wrapping around the King’s body . Furthermore, a second layer of red skin was piled on top of that .
It was like watching him put on 2 cartoonish costus . His figure gradually lost the shape of human……and changed into that of a monster .
（He transford……）
「Rather than him winning over the sword, it’s probably the other way around」
（It’s likely that he requested great power from it）
「”I don’t care what happens to , just give power!”–that kinda thing, huh」
Quite the common developnt, isn’t it?
（To make it worse, he probably wished for “power enough to kill the man before ” . Aren’t you happy? You’re well adored）
（Papa’s popular!） [TN: The raw said “otou-san”, but I think I can get away with switching the English equivalent to add cuteness to our favorite sword loli)
「But that’s a dude…」
I couldn’t be happy about that; if anything, I was depressed .
anwhile, the King gradually grew bigger . Before long, he surpassed 3 ters in height and beca a bipedal monster .
The red glow around him was pulsing; it was as if he’d beco an Oni .
He grew horns and fangs, just like a red Oni; he’d completely beco a monster .
「GYASHAAAA！」
The beast suddenly charged at . He swung his armーーwhich was bigger than my bodyーーat .
I readied Eleanor to block the blowーー .
Gakiiiin!
My sword collided with an arm, yet the sound created by the impact was tallic .
That’s not all, the force of that attack made step back a bit .
I took no damage . Fixing up my posture, I landed .
It pushed back ten ters with a single hit .
My hands had gone numb . The numbness had even spread to my elbows and shoulders .
（Papa！？）
「No worries ……the bastard powered up beyond my expectation」
（That doesn’t seem to be all, though）
「Mu？」
The monster suddenly stopped and raised a war-cry toward the sky .
It was a roar that shook the earth . Then a small monster appeared .
From the big one’s body, a blob of sothing dropped to the ground and began to transform .
It slowly took shape .
It was a miniature version of the monster .
The original body was 3 ters tall, but the small one was only 1 ter tall .
Leaving aside the fact that the Mini was a bit more cute, they were mostly identical in appearance .
There were 5 Mini’s in total .
The monsterーーwho was being controlled by Kushifosーーcreated five clones .
One of the Mini’s charged at , while the Orignal swung its arm .
I stopped it using Eleanor .
「Muu」
I was a bit surprised .
The Mini possessed strength on the sa level as the King before transformation .
While admiring that strength, I drove the huge arm away and kicked the Mini .
Being kicked, the Mini Oni looked angry as it jumped at again .
「That’s aweso, he can create sothing like this」
（It’s that sword’s fighting style）
「Say that sooner…」
（I was being careless）
Eleanor nonchalantly declared . Her tone indicated that she wasn’t feeling even a little bit bad .
「Next ti we go to the Lottery place, you’re house-sitting」
（Wha! You bastard!）
It was a complete change of tone; she sounded like she was at her wits’ end .
That Lottery place is the only place Eleanor could take her human form and hang out with Hikari, her daughter .
It’s quite the punishnt for such a doting parent as her .
Well, I’ll deal with that later .
The thing I was going to do right now wouldn’t change .
I was going to crush Kushifos no matter what .
That’s all .
Now then, let’s put in so actual effortーー .
「Wh-What the hell is this thing……」
「Irisーー」
There was a voice behind . Imdiately when I turned aroundーー
Sothing slipped past from behind .
The five Mini Oni’s rushed madly ahead toward Iris, having taken advantage of the opening in my awareness .
「ーー！」
Iris reacted .
She readied her sword, accepting the challenge .
ーーhowever .
「Kakeru!」
I warped and forced myself between Iris and the Mini Oni’s .
I bisected one of them using Eleanor and blew the other four away with Hikari .
That was unforgivable . VERY unforgivable .
Trying to lay hands on my woman in front of is super unforgivable .
（You sent your won to the battlefield, though?）
There’s a difference between doing it myself and it just happening .
Eleanor was slightly surprised, and the feeling was transferred to .
I ignored her .
I glared at the four Mini’s and the Original, which was the King of rcury .
I’m DEFINITELY crushing these bastards .
「That red glow……is that my father?」
Iris spoke to from behind with a serious tone .
「Yeah . Step back, Iris」
「……」
「Iris?」
「I’ll fight with you . Please let fight」
「……」
I turned aroundーーthough my awareness didn’t leave the Mini Oni’s .
Our eyes t; there was a strong light in Iris’ eyes .
Those pupils expressed strong determination .
That isーーjust like her .
「Please, Kakeruーーhnngu!」
I hugged the pleading Iris and kissed her .
I love good won .
「Wh-What are you doing, Kakeru?!」
Iris blushed, but I ignored that and asked her .
「Back in the cave, you were able to raise the weight of a sword-swing . But now, can you raise the number of attacks instead?」
「Eh? Ah, un . I’ll try my best」
「Alright, I’ll leave the Mini Oni’s to you . Beat them with a barrage of attacks」
「Got it」
Iris readied her sword once again .
I also readied Eleanor and Hikari .
We approached the Oni’s .
The Mini’s imdiately reacted and rushed forward . I gave each of them a blow and slipped past them, aiming for the Original .
With a sidelong glance, I confird the situation behind . Iris was doing as I’d told her, intercepting the Mini’s with a number of attacks .
Every ti iris cut them, a black aura was released from their bodies .
It was the aura of the Cursed Sword, the technique my slave soldiers used to overwhelm Nana .
Having confird that, I rushed toward the big Oni .
I clad myself in the black aura and readied my two Cursed Swords .
From this point on, it would be the usual beat-up .
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