4-32: There is No Reason for Villains to Win (2/4)

4-32: There is No Reason for Villains to Win (2/4)

I actually feel bad for him now, Tomoe said.

Really? In that case, you should go ahead and give him his last rites. Ku ku, Im sure itll turn into a habit.The mask said.

Ill pass. I dont have a rotten personality like you.

Thats fine too.

Despite being told his personality was rotten, the mask just laughed.

He even seemed to be aware of it and was glad that Tomoe didnt share his peculiarities.

But because of that Yoshihisa became angry because he felt like he was being ignored.

What the hell are you people talking about!? Look, you dont seem to understand the predicament that youre in, so let me make it clear for you. Youve already lost! Even if you kill me, its too late for you! And this body is just a shiki. My real body is somewhere else, somewhere perfectly safe, so no matter what you do to my body here, I wont feel a single thing, no itch, no pain, no nothing.The source of this content nov(el)bi((n))

Yoshihisa said proudly, but the mask just laughed, while the girl looked at him pitifully.

Yoshihisa was greatly shaken by their reactions, but then he realized something.

Hmph, I see. You must think Im bluffing. Very well, take a look at this!

Yoshihisa raised up his hand, and a black shadow appeared from it.

Although it wasnt as dark as the black mist of the white mask, it was indeed a dense body of evil ki, more than sufficient enough to harm life and curse people to death.

Behold! The power of this curse will cover this whole land! Before its great might, all life will prostrate themselves, and turn into corpses that can only release malice!

Yoshihisa laughed as he explained with glee.

Curse, hex, hate, grudge, resentment All those words that could described such dense evil ki amalgamated to form into one human-made curse.

Something like that would indeed have the power to contaminate the land and those that live on it.

W-What is that, ou, ue!?

When Youko saw that, an unpleasant feeling accompanied by chills attacked her, and made her want to puke.

Youko!? Im sorry! I didnt know that thing was dense enough for normal people to see, Tomoe said as she rubbed her friends back.

That was something hard to realize for those who could always see.

Whats more was that it seemed that the evil ki could affect humans without resistance just by seeing it.

Thats why Tomoe apologized and recited a short chant to exorcise the evil ki and erect a simple barrier in the area.

If you were always that tactful, youd be able to make more progress. The mask said.

What was that!? Tomoe said.

She didnt hear the mask properly, but she felt as though she was being looked down on.

Nothing, the mask shook his head.

Tomoe looked suspiciously at him for a moment, but she quickly moved on and casted a defensive spell on Youko.

Meanwhile, the mask stepped forward and spoke to get Yoshihisas attention.

Unfortunately for you, nameless practitioner, we already knew that. The reason why I was laughing was because youre completely clueless that youre the only one left.

Ahaha, haha? The only one, left? What do you mean by that!?

Weve already destroyed everything your friends installed in the outskirts of the fields. That one you have with you is the only one left. I gotta say, though, your detection abilities sure suck. I cant believe you actually didnt notice that your allies shikis and those curses youve prepared have all been destroyed already. But then again, you are just a nameless practitioner(common man).The mask laughed.

The clash lasted for an instant, but the lightning that fell from the heavens was cut in a single stroke, and as it dispersed, the lightning blade struck the ground.

As though the lightning blade had fulfilled its duty, it too dispersed.

Y-You repelled my spell with your own lightning!?

Ahahaha. That guys a piece of work too for calling divine punishment on his opponent, but youre the real deal, alright. You even went out of your way to block his lightning with your own lightning, wow, Tomoe said.

Yoshihisa was shocked, but Tomoe was just fed up by the masks antics.

He could have just summoned an earth wall to block the lightning.

No matter how you looked at it, erecting a physical barrier was the surest way to block that attack, but the mask just had to use an attack of the same attribute instead. It mightve been flashy, but it was needlessly difficult.

In a sense, it was a stupid plan that used more power for no reason when there was a much simpler solution.

On the other hand, that also went to show how confident and skillful the mask was to be able to respond in that manner.

Hmm Perhaps, he can help me with an experiment.

What!? Damn it, what about this!?

When Yoshihisa recited a short mantra, the shadows near him shook, and then they shot out like waves as fast as lightning to entangle the lower part of the black mist.

Then with his hands in a hand seal, he swung down with them in the direction of the mask as though to strike the ground.

Cut!

Alright, Ill try saying the same thing too then, Cut.

Yoshihisa had spoken firmly along with the movements of his arms, but the mask just casually said the word.

And yet, as the spirit blade released by Yoshihisa traveled along the ground, a black magic blade shot out as well and clashed with it.

What!?

As one might expect, that shock belonged to none other than Yoshihisa.

Because the attack hed released with all his might was so easily canceled out by such a half-hearted attack.

What was that?

Damn it! Just strangle him to death then!!

Someone seemed to have asked a question, but there was no time to think, as the black shadows now sought to strangle the black mist.

At first, Yoshihisa mustve just intended for them to restrain the mask, so that he wouldnt miss.

But his efforts were in vain because there was no way that the mask would move in the first place. After all, a girl(his sister) was behind him.

You want to bind me, who is purported to be a black mist, with shadows? Thats a terrible joke.

As the mask laughed, he released black mana.

And in the next moment, a great pressure descended on the area as a torrent of black mana dyed everything in its jet-black hue.

With the shadow binds unable to endure, they broke off and dispersed with the black power.

C-Could it be? Is this really!?

Tomoe seemed to have realized something upon sensing the power up close, but Yoshihisa just stood there in shock upon seeing his spells broken one after another.

Y-You mean to say, that I, the heir of the proud Ootsu family, am merely equals with this incomprehensible specter!?

It was curious if it was because of his nobility(pride) or his pettiness(foolishness) that he couldnt even consider that he might be losing, but regardless, he didnt even try to understand what it meant to lose in a contest of spells that were almost the same despite casting first.