CH 85

[Darkness Soul Online]

“—Good grief. Another senseless combat style? You never cease to amaze me.”

“Hehe, cool, wasn’t it?”

After the battle was over, Zansword and I landed in the cherry blossom forest.

Man~, I had seriously doubted our chance to win in the middle of the battle. Really glad that we won.

“Yo, Asura lady, you okay?” I said as I looked down at Kirika lying on the ground.

There were nine large holes in her body, and she was slowly turning into particles of light and about to disappear.

“Damn it… I’m not okay, obviously…! What in the world was that move, anyway? But I suppose it’s not strange coming from an oddball like you…!”

“Hey, anything goes as long you win.”

“Ngh?! W-what a high Dead Rate reply…!”

Kirika looked at me with a mixture of surprise and vexation.

Ahh, so that Dead Rate stuff was about how deep your desire to win was by any means necessary. I guessed you could say I had high Dead Rate.

“Your techniques were pretty interesting. Let’s fight to the death again next time.”

“…Haa. Our fight to the death has just concluded, and you are already talking about fighting to the death again; you truly love fighting, don’t you?

“Fine, I admit it. You are a splendid Dead, Yuri-han…!”

Kirika stared at me with a faint smile on her face until she disappeared completely into particles of light.

At the same time, a message popped up in front of me.

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· World News! Assassin from another world, ‘Kirika of the Asura Realm’, has been defeated!

Yuri obtained the special event limited item, ‘Asura Red Cloth’!

※Within a certain period of time, assassins from other worlds will continue to attack high-level players.

Please do not let your guard down.

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“Nice, got a new item! Never seen it before, though!”

“Mh, is that true?! But I didn’t get one?!”

“Because I dealt the last blow, maybe? Or rather, a woman you knew died right in front of you, and that was the first thing you said?”

Well, this is a game, so it doesn’t matter, but can’t you have some tact?

I mean, it seems Kirika came to this game just to see you.

“We had killed each other so many times until I got sick of seeing her mug, why would I care for her?! More importantly, Yuri, let’s fight with the limited item on the line!”

“Uwaa~ your Dead Rate is high!”

The real Dead is on a whole different level… I muttered, half-amazed… at that moment.

“—Ohh, poor Kirika-san. It seems she has to reevaluate her taste in men.”

Giggle, a girl’s voice suddenly echoed in the cherry blossoms forest.

When Zansword and I looked to the side where the voice came from, we found a petite silver-haired girl in a Gothic dress.

“W-who the hell are you…?”

The way she dressed was kind of similar to Grimm, but unlike her, she was more feminine. Moreover, she had demonic wings growing out from her waist…!

“Demonic wings… I didn’t know you can add wings to your avatar—wait, don’t tell me?!”

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・World news!

Yuri and Zansword encountered ‘Alice, the Queen of Wrath’!

The live broadcast of their battle against the assassin player is starting!

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“Tch, I knew it! You’re an assassin from another game!”

“Yes, you’re correct. My name is Alice. I’m a top player in ‘Darkness Soul Online’, a world in which knights and demons fight each other. And…”

Alice manifested a red book in her hand.

After that, she turned her free hand towards me, and…

“And I am the one who is going to obliterate you.

“Now, be gone, Dark Spell ‘Darkness Breaker’ 666 Rapid Fire Mode—!”

“Huh—?”

By the time I raised my voice, it was already too late.

Zansword and I watched in shock as dark destructive rays of light filled the sky and shot toward us–!