-1265- Take it yourself

Looking at the light sword aimed at himself, whose origin was still unclear, and even not knowing why she appeared in the Hagun Academy, the white girl stared at Ikki with an emotionless gaze. Ikki understood completely.

(She's serious...!)

That's right.

The girl in front of him was serious.

As long as she regarded him as an enemy, she would definitely kill him seriously, without any mercy.

If he didn't deal with this enemy in front of him properly, then his end would be death on the spot.

Understanding this, Ikki's hand holding the sword couldn't help but sweat.

In the past, Ikki had faced all kinds of malice.

When he was in the family, due to his low talent, Ikki was completely ignored by the clan members, treated as if he didn't exist, and thus isolated.

When he was in the academy, due to the relationship between the former chairman and the Kurogane family, they had always been making things difficult for Ikki, not only denying him the opportunity to participate in the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival, but even preventing him from attending practical courses, wasting a year of his time, and finally forcing him to study abroad.

Because of the title "Worst One," Ikki suffered from numerous contempt, disdain, and insults, enduring all kinds of malice from before until now.

However, facing pure and incomparable killing intent like this moment was the first time.

The girl in front of him neither looked down on nor overestimated Ikki. She simply regarded him as an enemy, intending to confront him with swords, and even kill him.

And her reason for doing so was simple.

"I am neither a mentor nor a guide, just a killer, a destroyer, an invader."

Altera spoke as if explaining her own nature, her voice unchanged throughout.

"So, I don't know how to teach others, nor do I know what is worth learning from me, but if you want to pursue the power of combat in me, the only thing I can show you is my strength."

That's how it is.

As a destroyer of civilization, a ravager of the land, an invader of the world, and a trampler of life, Altera had no idea how to teach others, nor did she know what was worth learning from herself.

Therefore, it was absurd to let Altera teach Ikki swordsmanship.

Not to mention, Altera didn't know any swordsmanship.

All her power was innate.

Her swordsmanship was all honed on the battlefield.

She only knew how to efficiently wield her sword and kill her enemies.

As for how to teach others to learn her swordsmanship, Altera would not know, nor would she understand.

Since that's the case, Altera simply gave up on things that didn't suit her and only did what she was good at.

That is, fighting.

From now on, Altera would show Ikki her fighting style, methods, and techniques one by one, letting Ikki bear her sword.

In such a situation...

"If there is power in my sword that you want, then come and take it yourself."

Altera declared so.

That is, Altera would only show Ikki her way of fighting, and Ikki could learn whatever he wanted from Attila in battle.

This is something both Altera and Ikki are good at.

Didn't Ikki say it himself?

"I've always been a nuisance since I was a child. No one wants to teach me any swordsmanship, so I have to watch others and learn by stealing."

As a result, unknowingly, Ikki mastered the ability of Blade Steal, being able to see through most swordsmanship in about a minute and create even higher-level swordsmanship in battle, compensating for all his shortcomings.

From this, it can be seen how good Ikki is at stealing.

So, now is the time for Ikki to fully demonstrate his own specialty.

Altera can only give Ikki one piece of advice.

"Try not to die."

Leaving these words behind, Altera suddenly stepped forward, her whole body bursting out like a cannonball, causing the Divine Sword in her hand to transform into countless rainbow lights, slashing towards the direction where Ikki was.

"...!"

Ikki could only grit his teeth, raising his Intetsu to meet Altera's merciless slashes.

Thus, a one-sided massacre unfolded here.

...

"Swish swish swish swish swish...!"

Amidst the sharp sound of breaking the air, countless rainbow-colored slashes were like lightning, cutting through the air on one side while covering the direction where Ikki was.

"Clang clang clang clang clang...!"

The clash of swords resounded continuously, with the sound of collisions echoing incessantly.

Facing Attila's merciless slashes, Ikki exerted all his strength, constantly retreating while swinging his Device with minimal amplitude, as if bathed in a storm of slashes, barely deflecting all the incoming attacks.

However, Altera's slashes were both swift and rapid, with no pattern, all aimed at angles most likely to kill the enemy, and they were both rigid and flexible, sometimes heavy as if a heavy hammer, sometimes soft and flexible like a whip shadow, causing the three-colored light sword to constantly slash through the air, turning into countless rainbow-colored threads, attacking from all directions.

Such an efficient, irregular sword, existing only to kill the enemy, Ikki had never encountered before.

Therefore...

"Splurt!"

At a certain moment, Ikki failed to block one attack, allowing his thigh to be slashed by the three-colored rainbow light, instantly opening up flesh wounds.

"Splurt!" "Splurt!" "Splurt!"

As if triggering a chain reaction, the subsequent attacks successively pierced through Ikki's defense, cutting across Ikki's arms, side abdomen, and even cheeks, leaving behind wounds and causing blood to splatter.

Ikki could only desperately defend himself, not only swinging his sword with minimal amplitude but also sometimes using the blade, sometimes the hilt, sometimes the jaw, sometimes the tip of the sword, using various special methods to block, pushing the technique of "Special Defense" to its limit, barely guarding his vital points from being killed by a single sword strike.

Even so, Ikki was already covered in wounds, covered in blood, looking extremely miserable.

"Onii-sama!"

Seeing this scene, Shizuku finally couldn't help but summon her Device and prepare to rush forward.

Unfortunately...

"Just watch here, no one is allowed to approach."

With such words, a figure appeared in front of Shizuku, blocking her way.

Who else could it be besides Rozen?