8 Intermission - Flame of life

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Everything was dyed in decadent red by the setting sun. In the end of the battle where sword and Magic mixed together-----the ground's surface was gouged, clouds of sand particles floated----Just like a ruin in a desolate wasteland.

This kind of conclusion....

Takashi's underfoot was wet with crimson liquid. The girl lay there, her uniform covered in blood.

The bleeding amount was outrageous, and it was not only because of the setting sun that made just about everything red.

Takashi kneeled beside the girl and held the limp upper body in his arms.

Nothing was reflected on the half-closed eyes of the girl. Even her breathing was going 'hyuu-hyuu-hyuu', becoming intermittent.

The [Red] color flowing out of her chest announced the end of the girl.

"Honestly....I'm so happy that you are the last person I will see....Live for me....and I'm sure you will definitely become the strongest Magician of all...." Her eyes closed, she inhaled her last breath softly, and then her pulse stopped.

"UWAAAAAAAAAA!"

I couldn't protect her....I don't have any strength to protect anyone.....

In the middle of crying, the shaking view blurred with tears reflecting the light of a fire shadow..and the verse entered his head----the symbol of destruction and rebirth, leaping over the world's logic....

{Oh Chosen one...in your condition now, the magic power is not enough}

The woman warned with a low voice. That magic will burn oneself completely till only ashes are left behind, and from the ashes, one will be reborn and resurrected once more, invoking a grand restoration magic.

If Takashi were to use such grand magic in his current condition, his mind will fall into grave intoxication due to excess magic consumption. His mind would be dragged into the Cosmos, the thinning self ego and mental world will be lost, making it nearly impossible for one to return from the Cosmos into the real world. Completely forfeiting his mind and life.

"My life....Idon't care about that kind of thing. I don't mind whatever happens to me."

"If that's so, then fine. Recite my poem.."

"Oh thy divine being, disintegrate my soul into a thousand words, remake that illusion of death and rebirth...oh beautiful artist shaking fate....everything of me...from thy ashes, transform into the flame of life,< Fukkatsu Tensei>"

As soon as the chant ended, magic power, mind and soul, the feeling of everything being absorbed into the Cosmos could be felt.

And then----The girl opened her eyes