Chapter 2 Part 12

Somia's POV

I, Somiliana, can only be frustrated, important people are hurt in front of my sight.

Tima-san and Mars-san are full of wounds trying to help me who couldn't do anything.

Ane-sama is still fighting, but her beautiful body has a number of scars running on it.

An incarnation of death that descends in front of me, ignoring my older sister and trying to reap my soul.

My body trembled and my voice became hoarse due to the impending death.

"Fear"

Fear clings to me with the Grim Reapers chains that binds me, and the coldness as ice and snow deprives my body of freedom.

The scythe was swung to tear my body apart.

"Tsu!"

I close my eyes tightly as to escape from the pain that causes me to die. I could only close my eyes and escape from reality.

But no matter how long it takes, the pain does not come. When I wondered and opened my eyes, there is a man's back, not a grim reaper.

The back is not big at all.

But above anything else, for me, it looks big and reliable.

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Nozomu was laid Ena down in a vacant room, brought out the weapons, and returned to where Somia and the others were.

He saw Rugato's familiar, who was about to swing his scythe down.

Nozomu immediately sends his Qi to the katana, cuts off both arms of the familiar with "Phantom", and cuts the familiar with the returning slash.

"Nozomu ... san?"

Somia called out to Nozomu to make sure, but he couldn't afford to answer that question. He is not allowed to be negligent towards the opponent in front of him now

Rugato looked at Nozomu, who had cut off the contract familiar, with a surprised expression.

"... How come, the contract familiar can be defeated with one slash..."

Both Irisdina and Tima have their eyes wide open. Only one person, Mars, was looking at him with a stunned expression.

Nozomu lowers Mars's greatsword on his back and kicks it towards Mars.

The greatsword slides on the floor and reaches Mars's side.

"Good grief ......... You're late ..."

Mars picks up the greatsword while complaining. However, his hands were bloody and his legs quivered, making it impossible to continue the battle.

"Sorry"

"Hmm"

"But I defeated the contract familiar. Now the contract is ..."

When Nozomu muttered, the fragments of the arm decoration, which was the core of the familiar he crushed, floated and began to gather in the air.

"Na!"

The fragments gathered in the air were dyed jet black and became a mass of black light and began to pulsate.

From that state, Nozomu and the others could see that the grim reaper was about to revive.

"Wh, Why ........."

"The familiar will be revived as many times as I have the contract."

"... Are you going to take Somia-chan no matter what?"

"Yes, that is the decree of my Lord."

Rugato answers immediately without hesitation. He has no doubts about what he is trying to do. Nozomu's voice naturally becomes rough due to that attitude.

"Why! The people in question didn't know anything about the contract 300 years ago! Do you think that such a contract will be accepted !? The content of the contract is only to return the Furnace of Spiritual Flame! There is no mention of bringing Somia-chan's soul! "

Nozomu does not understand the obligations of the noble family or the circumstances of the Francilt Family 300 years ago.

But Nozomu finds it unacceptable to sacrifice Somia unilaterally, who doesn't know anything and leave everything to the child.

"To be honest, I wasn't informed until I confirmed it right now that the Furnace of Spiritual Flame was fused with Somia-sama's soul. My lord also doesn't attach much importance to this contract. Rather, I should say He's not interested ... "

"If it's the case!"

"But the contract has already been signed. Once it has been signed, it is absolute."

Rugato made a clear statement without waiting for Nozomu's words.

"It's true that the Furnace of Spiritual Flame has merged with Somia-sama's soul and probably can't be peeled off anymore. But that doesn't mean we didn't have a contract. Once a contract is broken, it can be blamed on the credibility, dignity, and in some cases, hostility of both parties. Even if He's not interested, my Lord wouldn't be silent if the contract was unilaterally violated. The Francilt Family also wants to avoid making this secret agreement public ... "

"I don't care about that! Let go of Somia!"

Rugato puts a threat in polite words, but Irisdina dismisses it.

For her, her little sister in front of her is the most irreplaceable treasure, more than the people in the household who were drowning in money and power.

Rugato's atmosphere who was watching the situation changed.

.. In our country, strength is the most important thing.

It was for that reason that the Dizart Empire was founded, the stronger it is, the more revered and respected it is. Even if you suffer damage, it is forgiven if the other party is strong. It's their national custom.

"If you can't accept this contract then..."

Magical power overflows from Rugato's body. That attitude was clearly stated, "this is the final warning".

He will definitely come to kill if Nozomu and the others resist any further.

"Prove yourself stronger than me!"

"Just break this contract with your strength", Rugato declared.

In front of Rugato who became serious, Nozomu also holds his katana. Irisdina also came to Nozomu and talked to him.

"... Nozomu-kun. How many more times can you use the previous technique?"

"... There aren't many. The limit is a few more shots."

Nozomu's Qi is low under the Ability Suppression. No matter how much he wants to use it, he can't really use the technique that works for that opponent.

"... I'm sorry, but I can't beat Rugato. I'm counting on you. Rugato's black ball is probably manipulating the contract familiar ... Please. Destroy his blackball."

"... I understand. I will go."

Nozomu responded to Irisdina's sincere wish, but his voice was trembling somehow.

His opponent is a fierce man of the same S rank as his master. He hesitated to fight such an outrageous opponent

(I will fight now. I have no choice but to fight !!)

Forcibly suppressing his own hesitation using the current situation as an excuse, Nozomu sprinted toward Rugato, while applying physical strengthening to himself.

Rugato's ten fingers move as if playing an instrument in the air and draw a formation again. Ten magic bullets are fired at Nozomu from the formation drawn in the air.

The ten magic bullets approached trying to wear Nozomu out, but they were prevented by the five magic bullets that flew from behind Nozomu.

Irisdina, who was behind Nozomu, immediately deployed five magic bullets to offset Rugato's magic bullets.

However, she was able to offset only 5 magic bullets, and the remaining 5 were approaching Nozomu.

Nozomu thrusts into Rugato, focusing his attention on his legs, and explodes.

Qi technique "Instant Move -Curve Dance-"

Nozomu runs through between the five magic bullets and approaches Rugato. He slashes as it is, but Rugato quickly draws a magic formation and forms a blood sword. Hold the sword in his right hand to prevent Nozomu from slashing. Nozomu took it for granted that he could be prevented, so he fired a series of attacks.

Diagonal slash, left round up, right slash, left slash.

He uses his whole body muscles without waste and connects his movements without stopping.

On the other hand, Rugato uses a blood sword in one hand to quickly prevent it. The movement is certainly fast, but unlike Nozomu's movement, it is straight and uneven. Perhaps Rugato isn't very good at close combat. Nozomu is better than him for pure swordsmanship.

However, Rugato, who has extraordinary physical ability, does not make such a difference in skill. By correcting his useless movements, calculating and moving even the time spent on the useless movements, Nozomu's continuous attacks can be prevented.

That work can be done because of his overwhelming experience.

"Ku!"

Despite the distance that the opponent is not good at, Nozomu's face is distorted because he can't attack.

Rugato draws a formation with his left hand, that does not have a sword. Nozomu sees the magic formation drawn at his feet and breaks away with a quick move.

At the same time as Nozomu left, a dark flame erupted from the magic formation. If he had stayed there, his bones would have been burned.

Due to the wide distance, Rugato