Chapter 19: Mysterious Crystal Shard

The winds roared and a sharp katana with a cold shine slashed across the yokai leader's body.

Abruptly, the sword falling on his body stopped just an inch away from his body.

With his teeth clenched, he put more strength into the Kusanagi sword, but it simply didn't reach his body made of bones.

He can clearly see that near the point of contact there is a black gas boiling there. This gas is the same thickness as a strand of hair, but its tensile strength is super tough, blocking its attack.

With no time for surprise, a bony hand bigger than a fan slammed into him. He dodged by jumping and moving away. The bony hand hit the ground with a hard 'Peng', making a small crater in the ground.

Stopping his backward momentum, he moved forward with the blade dancing in his hands, and slashed at the yokai leader's chest while he did not recover his bony hand.

Just before the attack took place, black gas began to ripple from his body once again, quickly transforming into black threads and coiling around the sword.

He felt like he wasn't attacking any gas, but like he was cutting through some kind of spongy leather. All the strength exerted by his sword is lost in just a few moments. Stopping just an inch away, he can't move forward another inch.

{What the hell is this black gas?}

Dodging, he dodged a slap from the enemy, turning his sword, he stabbed right in the shoulder. Just like before, his stab was stopped by the black gas.

"Damn it!"

He cursed as he struck with all his strength, knocking the yokai leader away.

Caressing his sword, he looked at the enemy, or more precisely at the black gas swirling around his body.

In his simulation, he thought that under the circumstances of possessing a conventional weapon, having 'kendo master' to hone his attacks, 'impeccable memory' to locate weak points, and 'chaotic return to horizon waltz' as a method of safe death , he could beat it despite being a level higher. Either way, it should have been an even match.

Looking at the attacks that the yokai leader can't respond to in time, it would prove that his assumptions weren't too far off. What is not expected is that these black gases have protective properties!

Instead of a shield, it acts more like a defensive layer, completely resisting your attack force.

He's getting a little mad at the fruitless attacks. He is faster than his opponent, but his attacks could very well have been decorations, at this rate he will get tired in a battle of attrition.

As one would expect from one of the group of skeletons and corpses, even when he is alone, he still plans to play the attrition game. Miserable piece of vulgarity….

"kekeke…"

He laughed while shaking his neck. Quickly opening and closing his jaw letting out 'kakakaka', he floated and advanced towards him.

Moving his body to the side, Virgil avoided the attack. As he passed by his body, he rushed forward with his sword and slashed at his back, which was instantly blocked by the black gas.

Twisting his body quickly, he launched himself at him like a missile, he only managed to dodge with little margin before reversing his body again…

The yokai felt like a homing missile, incessantly slamming into him while he was on the defensive, turning and dodging. The situation changed and the one who previously occupied the attacking front became the one who focused on dodging and defending.

Dealing with the endless attack, his face became increasingly discolored.

Putting yourself in a position where you can't attack and not attacking is also not an option. What should you do in this case?

Examining his body, he tries to use his "impeccable memory" to note his attack pattern and look for his weakness. As the attack progressed, the holes in the floor began to widen with loud bangs occurring throughout the hall and dust flying all over the place.

"Hah… hah…"

Once again avoiding the missile-like attack, he began to stand up slightly. The hostile is not afraid of his attacks, he adds that with his unpredictable puppet movement, if he didn't remember his movement with 'impeccable memory', he would have already been hit.

And from the looks of the crater in the ground, if he had actually been hit, it would be no laughing matter.

Holding the sword tighter in his hand, the atmosphere around him began to shake. A light breeze began to stir, coiled around the sword, and as the wind condensed, it began to become more and more impressive, finally becoming a circle of light revolving around the sword.

Using his leg as a pivot, he shot towards the approaching enemy. Just before coming into contact with her, he raised his sword and slashed towards her.

"Chaotic return to the horizon waltz!!!"

"Bammm!!!"

The circular arc enveloped the yokai leader with sword qi and at the same time a dull explosion resounded. Carried by sword qi, he was struck against the wall buried by countless rock ebris…

Was it effective?

With a light sigh, he stabbed his sword into the ground as he looked at the slowly growing rocky mound.

Honestly, if that didn't work, he's out of ideas. Besides running, the only option left is to search the system for a solution.

Too bad he already tried to research, but either the items didn't serve the purpose or he didn't have enough points for it. So this attack carried a sense of play…

He's seeing a hopeful expression, but he knows that maybe this attack didn't have any effect. This resulted from the pressure that hadn't eased much since the start of the battle…

Suddenly narrowing his pupil, he laughed bitterly.

From the rubble, the Yokai leader gradually emerged like a worm. Going with its head raised, it slowly crawled towards him.

Tensing up, he raised his sword and resolutely faced the enemy once more.

There is no one who is not afraid of death, he is also afraid, very afraid indeed. But, to survive, to one day set foot once again on that piece of land known as Silvaria and to return home to make dinner for Kaichou-sama...

He must fight!

Leaning slightly, he prepared to run. But focusing his gaze, a hint of surprise passed across his face before turning into excitement.

"kekeke"

Ignoring the law of gravity, his limbs turned and, like a machine, transformed his bone form into an upright position, black gas rustling intensely in his body.

There is no observable change in his body compared to before, but with "impeccable memory" he remembers….

Before and after the attack, the enemy's black gas decreased a little!

In other words, this black gas has limits!

Smiling, he raised his chest, grabbed his sword, and advanced with powerful steps…

In the blink of an eye, he caught up with the yokai leader, a cold gleam flashed across his eyes before his blade flashed and shot out an arc.

"Chaotic return to the horizon waltz!!!"

An intense collision occurred, the yokai leader was hit by the aftershock, before colliding with the wall, he appeared once again in front of the enemy still flying, his shining sword descended once more!

"Chaotic return to the horizon waltz!!!"

The arc caused him to hit the wall, emitting a strange groan, he was embedded in the wall, leaving only his skeletal head visible.

Appearing above his head with a shining katana, as soon as the yokai leader raised his head, the katana fell on his head...

"Chaotic return to the horizon waltz!!!"

The wall was broken into little pieces with large and small pieces dancing in the air, the pieces fell to the ground once again raising a dust storm and making craters all over the ground. The poor, hole-filled ground became even more desolate and demolished.

Gasping for air, he looked at the skeleton that was unharmed but had its black air reduced to nothing. He laughed tiredly at that.

In just 5 seconds, he consecutively used 'Chaotic Return to Horizon Waltz' 3 times. Although 'Chaotic Return to Horizon Waltz' is nothing more than a pure slashing skill, it does not need any dou qi or support skills, but it consumes a lot of stamina.

However, it's no wonder, the spongy and gaseous defense was eliminated, it was totally worth it.

[Ding! Congratulations on leveling up!]

[Your current level is 30!]

A level 30 yokai leader managed to increase his level to 29. At level 30, he is level 4 now!

Swinging his arms, he nodded while feeling a little tired. He leveled up twice in one day, this hadn't happened in a while because as the level increased, the experience required would also increase.

Grabbing his Kusanagi Sword he walked in front of the yokai leader, looking at his motionless body he remained silent.

It seems that the black gas is used to support its mobility, without it the thing cannot move. Seriously…

He clasped his hands helplessly as he laughed.

"Bro, it's unfortunate that I have to kill you, even though we don't have any grudges against each other. But our identities as humans and as Yokai are intertwined. For my mission, you must die once again, don't blame me for this, just remember to be a 'good' person in your next life..."

Eh? Why did he feel like he said something similar before? Ah, screw it, nobody cares.

Feeling helpless at this, he altered his expression, reversing his grip on the sword which he slashed with great force, completely decapitating the yokai leader!

[Ding! M2 completed!]

[Obtained 10,000 Ep, 10,000 Ip, 10,000 Ap, 10,000 Sp!]

[Ding! Obtained x1 Mysterious Crystal Fragment!]

[Ding! M3 started!]

He was shocked by the system notification.

Item drop when fighting monsters? It can't be, why hasn't anything fallen before?

Something solid appeared in his hand, he quickly checked his palm and found an alluring white crystal in his palms emitting a golden glow.

[Mysterious Crystal Fragment: (????)]

[World Transmigreted: Hayate, the Combat Butler!]

[M1: Break into Hakuo Academy and become a high school student (completed)]

[M2: Kill the youkai leader residing in the old dormitory (completed)]

[M3: Find the other half of the 'mysterious crystal fragment' and merge it into a complete 'mysterious crystal']

[Rewards: Randomly choose a reward from equipment, items, skills, summons]

{The other half of the crystal shard? Now how the hell would I know where that is!}

Whatever the case, he'd better go home and prepare dinner for Hinagiku, otherwise he'll have to suffer her wrath.

Sighing dejectedly, he stored the crystal in his spatial ring and hurriedly left…

(End of chapter)

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