578 Semi-Final is around the corner

The third round had ended, but Touka didn't have any intention to rest. She went to the train again, training as hard as she could since she wanted to win.

Nangou also accompanied her since he also wanted to help Touka win.

The two of them had prepared a surprise for Touka, but somehow they felt that it was far from enough. After his last battle with Ikki, they could tell how strong Tsukasa was. His simple swordsmanship was enough to destroy a lot of things. The way he drew his sword was enough to create a vacuum to trap Ikki, who had become hundreds of times stronger through his Noble Art and becoming a Desperado.

Ikki's technique was amazing, and they could see the concept of slash at that moment.

Yet it was utterly destroyed by Tsukasa.

If Ikki was a concept of slash, Tsukasa would be a concept of destruction.

As for who was stronger between the two, Tsukasa had the upper hand since his physical ability and magic were different.

"As for now, you don't need to worry about your magic, but it's your physical ability..." Nangou said with a sigh since it would be impossible for Touka to do anything to Tsukasa.

"Then, I don't need to maintain my body! I can become lightning!" Touka said boldly. Before, when she became lightning, she didn't really become lightning. Instead, she used the power of Desperado to make her body move so fast as if she had become lightning.

Turning one body into an element.

Honestly, this wasn't a new technique. Instead, it was fairly old, but most of them were turning into the water since 70% of the human body was water, and water was the gentlest element.

On the other hand, her element was lightning, which was the fiercest element in the world, and her control over her magic wasn't as smooth as Kiriko's. In other words, she was gambling. However, if she failed, her body would explode, turning into several pieces of meat.

Yet she wanted to defeat him. She wanted to win.

"Excuse me, can I bother you?"

Suddenly the two were startled and looked at the young woman with a doctor's gown, who suddenly appeared at the entrance of the training hall.

"Huh? Kiriko? How can you suddenly appear here?" Touka was surprised, but she wasn't that surprised since she didn't use her technique and her eyes were naturally bad, so even if Kiriko appeared and she didn't notice her, it was normal.

However, Nangou was even more surprised since his ability was to manipulate a sound. His hearing was better than anyone in this world, yet even so, he couldn't hear Kiriko's noise.

'Was it the sound of the air before?'

While he heard a unique sound in the air, he felt it was normal since the wind was like that. It was unpredictable. Along with the destruction caused by Amane, it was even harder to tell what kind of weather would happen in this event.

Still, one thing was for sure. He could tell that Kiriko had become so strong, and it surprised him. He let out a sigh, feeling slightly defeated since it seemed Tsukasa was a better teacher than him.

"What's wrong, Kiriko? Are you not going to train?" Touka stopped her training and asked curiously, wondering why Kiriko stayed here even though her opponent would be Stella tomorrow. While she hated to admit it, she had to say Stella was strong, so strong that she might need to get serious if she wanted to win. However, even so, she didn't think she would be able to have a 100% chance of victory against Stella.

As for her chance against Tsukasa, it was even lower, so she had been racking her mind.

"I am not going to train." Kiriko shook her head and said, "I have done all my preparation. It is useless to train more. Instead, I might stay in his room tonight."

"........" Touka and Nangou.

"Girl, are you here to brag or something?" Nangou sighed, feeling quite jealous of Tsukasa, but with this, he believed that Edelweiss would be handled by him soon.

Kiriko looked at Nangou for a moment and said, "Nangou-sensei, can you set up a barrier so no voice will be heard outside?"

"Why?"

"I am going to give you a secret weapon, so it will increase your chance of winning."

Kiriko took out a syringe from her doctor's gown and showed it to Nangou and Touka.

While the two didn't know what was inside that syringe, they could tell it was something ominous.

---

Tsukasa looked in the direction of where Touka was training from his room. He could tell that Kiriko was there, and he couldn't help but sigh. He knew that after this, the existence of Lukifer would be even more popular, and many people would seek it. However, similar to his existence, that would be sought after.

He wasn't afraid. Instead, he wanted to welcome all of them, and defeat them in one go, so by then, this whole planet would be his.

'Still, being powerful is sure to be great.'

When he thought about the Rebellion, the terrorist organization that fought the Union and the League with the might of its leader alone, he knew that power meant everything in this world. His eyes darted from right to left for a while until he heard a sweet voice from the bathroom.

"Um, Tsukasa, can you help me? This dress is a bit tight on my chest."

Kanata walked out of the bathroom shyly.

"What? I will go there. It isn't good if you suffocate. I am going to help you!"

While dominating this planet was good, helping his woman was first. After all, how could he let his woman suffocate by her dress, right?

"Eh? That's not the dress."

"It's okay. It's easier to take off this way."

"Huh? Why did you take off my dress?"

"We're in the bathroom. Your dress might get wet."

"Ah, why did it get hard?"

"Isn't it weird if I don't get hard?"

"Hm... that's true, but isn't it a bit bigger than before? I am a bit afraid..."

"It's okay. It'll be more enjoyable."

The semi-final of the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival was about to start tomorrow, yet he had never changed.