33 Seven Sword Art Festival (2)

The second day of the Seven Sword Art Festival. Otto is now immediately advancing to the semi-finals after he had incinerated the first batch of the tournament, which caused the entire event to revise his matches, as most of the burnt contestants are unable to continue fighting from their injuries.

"My plan of speed-running the entire event is going well." Otto chuckled as he only had two fights left, and he viewed it as an easy fight.

"You have an immense glow up huh?"

Brynhildr commented on Otto's personality. While remembering the naïve him, constantly looking for stronger opponents just to prove he was strong.

"Well, I'm taller and stronger now?"

"Fufu- yes. And you stopped using your flames." She felt proud that her 'burning love' was hotter than his raw flames as he started to use it instead.

"Your Cursed Technique is unique that's why I use those. It's more diverse than my moon blades, as yours is a disaster manipulation." He sighed and wondered if she made a binding vow to make her Curse Technique stronger.

Not to mention her Curse Energy Capacity wasn't low either, as it was only 2/3 compared to his.

Brynhildr's curse technique was all about controlling disasters in a wide variety. The 'Burning Love' one refers to an erupting volcano and the sudden hot temperature it produces.

She could also, summon tornadoes, heavy typhoons, floods, an earthquake, and more disaster-related phenomena, and all of those are only limited to her Curse Energy Capacity. Which tend to be drained once Otto had used it twice a day.

Because unlike him who recovers the spent Curse Energy almost immediately, because of his unnatural affinity with it despite not having to fuel it with his negative emotions.

"My Curse Technique may be more diverse, but it's completely not broken like yours that continuously spews out crescent blades in all directions, not only that it's also unpredictable... I'm not even sure I can defend it against if I was in my prime."

"True... That's true, that's pretty true." Otto couldn't refute it as his technique was almost impossible to block.

"It's almost your turn in the semi-finals." Yuudai who unexpectedly made a swift recovery said to him.

"Yeah." Otto got up from his seat before stretching his arms.

"Good luck out there Prince Inferno, and win this year's festival!" Despite losing to Otto in one move, Yuudai doesn't seem to harbor any hate, instead, it was all motivating.

"What!?" Otto immediately shifted his head to Yuudai who was trying to hide conceal his laughter.

"Prince Inferno... Pfff—"

"Who gave me that nickname?" Otto asked as it was too cringe.

"Hu—, your fan girls." He replied with a straight face.

"Right..." Feeling annoyed at the cringe nickname that his 'fans' gave to him, he left without saying a word.

...

[On the left side, a single fiery flame that consumed had 4 strong fighters from other academies in just one move... We have my—I mean The Prince Inferno, Otto Apocalypse with his hot and gorgeous beauty!!!]

Hearing the female announcer, Otto felt embarrassed about it, as it was being broadcast live internationally.

'Omg, it's so embarrassing. They even forgot to mention which school I belong to... '

All the while he was giving off a stoic expression, not leaving any expression on his face.

Female audiences found it cool and attractive, and they cheered for him even more.

[And his opponent is a student from Hagun Academy. Her movements are so fast and sharp that you can't avoid her strikes. Will her golden flash of light, strike her opponent in just a Blink of an eye?]

[The second year, Touka Todo also known as Raikiri!]

Touka had long brown hair tied into two braids in the back with orange eyes, wearing the Hagun Academy Uniform.

The cheers were mostly from the male audiences for obvious reasons.

"Nice to finally meet you Otto-kun. I look forward to fighting with you." Touka greeted.

"Same?" As he looked at her appearance.

'I think should've worn my school uniform, instead of this... Then again. I do feel cool in these.'

Otto was wearing black hair, a light-colored yukata, with a tight-fitting black shirt underneath, and a geta to match his outfit.

Bokyoku Academy students didn't have to wear their uniforms in the tournament as it might hinder their movements in battle. So they encourage the students to wear clothes that don't slow them down...

[Before the fight starts... We have an important announcement for Otto Apocalypse. A restriction imposed by the League of Mage-knight Nations committee.]

[Participant, Otto Apocalypse is forbidden to use the noble art he used on his previous match, as it would or might endanger the audiences.]

Hearing the sudden announcement, Otto Glazers quickly complained about the outrageous rule that would lower Otto's fighting capabilities.

'Huh!? I find that as the event's problem to deal not mine...'

"The event nerfed me..."

"They did... But you don't seem to mind that at all when they enforced your noble art." Touka said as she now had the opportunity to face him on even ground.

"Yes... But I have more where that came from." He confidently said.

'I still have several disasters to throw at her, not to mention my domain expansion and Big Raga.'

Otto had already subdued Mahoraga, as his summonable shikigami. The process was more easier than he had first anticipated as he had made several preparations to 1 hit Mahoraga the moment he summoned him.

That was because Mahoraga was only at his 4/10 of his original power due to the situation the Dharmachakra was in.

[Without further ado, the fight between Otto Apocalypse and Touka Todo shall now officially... BEGIN!]

"Narukami." Thunder crackled around Touka manifesting her device as she waited for Otto's turn.

'Hmmm... Imagine if I pulled out Big Raga on her.' He showed a smirk as Touka interpreted it as him looking down on her.

"Haaah— a minor inconvenience... I can't use my lover's abilities else I'm disqualified... So, in this kind of situation... I have no choice but to summon IT." He made a serious monologue making everyone curious.

"Here's we gonna do this... Roses are red. Weapon against me won't prosper..."

"WITH THIS TREASURE, I Summon! Eight-Handled Sword Divergent Sila Divine General Mahoraga." Otto simply extended both of his arms forward at a slight upward angle with his fists closed.

[What is happening!?]

The audience was confused as to what Otto had been secretly cooking.

Otto's Dharmachakra appeared, as a shadowy humanoid figure below it.

Not long after, it had transformed into a muscular humanoid with four wings protruding from Its eye sockets and a tall appendage that extended from the back of its head the figure wore a black hakama with a white sash around the waist.

Mahoraga posed like a bodybuilder to the crowd.

"Raga, I choose you. Go. Attack her with extreme speed!" 

Otto commanded as Touka raised her guard after feeling the danger that is Mahoraga who is fast approaching her.

"Raikiri—" Touka tried to cut Mahoraga down but was slightly slow as he had already sent her flying from his tackle.

"Then use Defense Curl."

Mahoraga took a defensive stance as Otto surrounded him with a defensive barrier.

"Raiou!" Touka who just recovered from the tackle, immediately sent a Cresent-shaped blast of lightning toward Otto.

Mahoraga defended his summoner, as the Dharmachakra above its head turned once.

'Is this exactly what I've been planning... All according to Kaikaku.' Otto hid his smirk as he planned to make Mahoraga or the Dharmachakra adapt to the lightning element.

Touka started to spam Raikiri to try and break Mahoraga's defense as she still hadn't figured out that it was adapting to her attacks.

...

"Nene-chan, what is that wheel above the humanoid?" Torajirou curiously asked, after noticing that Mahoraga was starting to resist Touka's lightning.

"Not sure... I think it nullifies magical forces that are set on the user. Making magical attacks useless."

"Is that so? It doesn't seem like it..."

Torajirou knew his other disciple, Touka wasn't going to win the fight when Otto could just unleash a Disaster Flame at her. But now that he's banned from using it, it should have given her a shot at winning.

"Touka-chan's attacks are getting weaker... No. The humanoid summon is slowly adapting to her attacks while defending."

"If that's the case... Then her constant strikes are useless later?"

"Yeah, it would lead to her defeat..."

"I see..." Nene just shrugged as she already knew Otto would win against these children.

She knew how strong he was, she had experienced fighting toe to toe with him back then, just from his moon blades alone were enough to slightly overwhelm her as they couldn't be fully stopped by her gravity.

...

"Now use, thunderbolt." Mahoraga started to spark lightning around, before sending a lightning arc from his appendage.

Otto had already become a cursed spirit trainer, as he commanded Mahoraga in a fight.

"It's my—" Touka dodged it with surprise and thought that Mahoraga was absorbing her lightning, before sending it all back toward her.

*Bzzrrttt*

Touka who took the lightning head-on, was in a state of paralysis.

"Do you surrender?" Otto said. Mahoraga had already adapted to her lightning and had already integrated the lightning into his attacks.

"No... I'm not done yet." Touka couldn't yield in the fight this early on...

"I haven't even gotten close to you yet." Touka sheathed her katana, as she prepared for a quick draw at Otto.

"Your trackless step is useless against me, Touka-san." He replied, seeing that she was about to use the movement technique that Nene used a long time ago.

"You knew?... Can't be surprised, I guess Nene-senpai might've told you about it." Touka said.

"No. She didn't tell me."

'I already knew from the anime, duh.'

"Just from your action... It's somewhat similar to hers. Not to mention you're Torajirou's disciple too."

"Yes, that is right..."

"So as his disciple... Can you judge my noble art?" He said as Mahoraga returned into his shadow.

'I just felt like flexing...'

"What art?" Raising her brows, she could feel the intensity of his magical prowess around the arena.

"!!!"

"The noble art which I created. Inspired by my cursed technique." Otto summoned his Bokken.

'And mainly Kokushibo's breathing style.'

"Your what?" She didn't get the term he used.

"Its name is the Moon Breathing."

...

-Chapter End-