55 The end of a legend

A man dressed in a grey robe could be seen standing in front of the demon king. Blood was all over his robe while he blocked the strike of the broadsword with his own scythe. When Jax saw this, he didn't even have to think about who this was. He had seen this figure many times in the past, and a certain warmth was attached to it. "Master" Jax muttered with a smile on his face. "why are you here, you are supposed to be gone" the demon king looked at the one that blocked his path.

A man who was a legend before in the world then disappeared but suddenly made his appearance once more 16 years ago. Slight blood dripped down from Luciv's mouth while his smile turned into a wicked one. "Demon king back then I warned you if you dare to hurt my disciple you would feel my wrath," the aged voice said with conviction. No one would dare to rebuke the words he spoke for they felt that what he said was the truth.

"But why now," the demon king asked still standing proudly in front of the seemingly weak old man.

At that moment Luciv turned to his body looking towards Jax smiling he said, "because of him."

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What Jax saw shocked him the previous figure that he remembered of Luciv was gone. When one looked closely, they could see his robe being ripped in several places. Wounds all over his body and slight blood dropped down from his mouth. "What happened master" is all that Jax said with a trembling voice. The one he regarded as one of the most important people in his life was in this state yet he came to help him. "This is not the time my dear disciple," Luciv said before turning back to his opponent.

"Well, shall we start now then?" Luciv said with a murderous look in his eyes. Without replying the demon king swung his broad sword towards the man in front of him. The sounds of weapons clashing could be heard, and the sight that greeted Jax's eyes shocked him. The two before him kept on clashing without anyone gaining any advantage. The sounds of the weapons clashing continued on and on. "vanishing step" Luciv muttered before disappearing from his previous position appearing behind the demon king with his scythe in hand he slashed his neck.

It was no deep wound, but the first wound was on the body of the demon king. Enraged the demon king used the fire element in his attack yet a strong storm suddenly came towards the fire. Instead of amplifying the fire as one would expect it started to disappear.

The sound of footsteps grazed the purgatory it was as if the earth shook. The image of the peaceful old man Jax thought to know was gone. In its place was an old man who seemed to dictate if one lived or died. The bloodshot eyes devoid of any sane emotion looked at the demon king. The murderous voice that echoed through purgatory "I warned you didn't i." Luciv said before appearing in front of the demon king. Slashing down with all the strength his body contained "kneel" was what the spectators heard before they saw wit, the demon king who was struck down.

The demon king who stood so proud was on one knee right now heavily breathing trying to regain his previous composure. But he couldn't when he looked towards the enemy he was facing all he saw was his death. But he stood once more fighting back using all his abilities. Yet it was useless Luciv kept the upper hand not losing for even a second.

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A woman who could make any man crazy with her beauty. Was witnessing this scene from the ball of fire around her. 'Just who is that man' she thought while looking at Luciv. She could feel that he had broken through to the ranks of immortal in the higher realms. Just why was he here? But when she heard the words out of Jax's mouth, she realized who this man was. She kept on watching and was surprised time after time. The battle strength of Luciv impressed her. But what shocked her the most was that she had determined that the old man had injuries. All over his body and internal, the strength he was showing now was just the tip of the iceberg.

'He doesn't have long anymore' is what she thought. It was something one may not notice, but with each strike, more blood dripped down from Luciv's mouth. The previous strength was slowly fading from his strikes. They became lighter and lighter.

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'I need to end this now' Luciv decided. With all his might and the wind as his helper he struck his scythe once more. A wound that stretched from the forehead of the demon king to the legs of the demon king appeared. Just an instant later the demon king disappeared. "so he still lives" Luciv said with a sigh. But just a second later massive amounts of blood flew from his mouth. He started to cough with each cough more blood came. He looked towards his old wrinkled hands while his vision was getting blurry, "so this was it?" Various images of his life played before his eyes. He was regretting each decision he made until he heard a voice scream.

"MASTER" slowly turning his body one last time a smile forming on his face. There he saw the boy who he had raised a satisfied look was on his face "i did not fail at all" he said while his vision started to blur. His knees were growing weak, and the sound of someone hitting the ground could be heard.

When Jax reached his master, he screamed and screamed. No response until Luciv's old hand touched his face. The feeling of the cold and wrinkled hand on his skin was something that reminded him of the past. A weak voice entered into his ears "thank you for not making my life a failure" Luciv said while opening his eyes slightly. Then he saw the boy that grew up into a fine young man with tears in his eyes.

His heart was touched he had impacted someone's life. Someone that would go on to do great things, he was sure about that. "the times I spent with you were the most fulfilling of my life. I wished to see you grow more, but it seems my body had enough."

"No don't say that," Jax said with a hoarse voice tears dripping onto his shirt.

"Calm down my dear disciple I have lived long enough. Seeing you grow up was the best thing that happened to me. The demon king is injured so he won't bother you for now. Keep living a life you can be proud of my dear disciple. You know its weird, I started to see you as my family. I don't mind laying down my life for you" while Luciv said that his voice kept growing weaker until it was as low as whispering. "please don't die" a slight pause was in Jax's words before he said that which he wanted to for years. "Grandfather" back then Jax had started to see his master as his grandfather. With a satisfied smile, Luciv said his last words,

"I'm glad you said that my grandson, live a good life" like that Luciv breathed his last breath. He was no longer on this world having given up his life for the one thing he felt that he did right in his life. Sounds of crying could be heard while a figure could be seen holding a lifeless body while he shook it "you are joking right" "right?" Jax was desperately shaking the body of his master.

Hoping it was all just a nightmare but no matter how many times he pinched himself he didn't wake up. Realizing it wasn't a nightmare he crumbled his head landing on the chest of his master while he cried.

A woman stood behind him not saying anything while she wrapped her arms around the crying figure.

Note: Well this was a chapter that was hard to write. Killing of Luciv was something hard for me.

I hope you enjoy the chapter.