Hope in Another World 118

Title: Terminus Est

“Dispassionate Queen of Steel, the sacred sword that destroys evil— Now form a sword of steel and be the power in my hand.”

The spell echoed in the air, accompanied by a wave of divine energy that swayed in all directions.

*ZHENG!*

Suddenly, the faint spirit mark on Shun’s left hand lit up.

Soon after, as if the door to Astral Zero opened, a path built from spirit traces connected to the new world, forming a circuit.

However, at this moment, the light blooming from the spirit mark stopped, and then bloomed with a very dazzling light.

As the entire ancient space was filled with endless light, Shun’s consciousness drifted along with it.

From Shun’s point of view, floating in the sky, a very terrifying roar of explosions and the sound of fighting that could not be expressed in words suddenly sounded.

The battlefield echoed with the roar of explosions and the sound of fighting that was very terrifying.

A battlefield with a fortress.

In such a battlefield, the loud sounds of fighting from people shouting the last glory of their lives echoed throughout the sky, filling the room with a solemn atmosphere and smoke.

In this battlefield, there were two camps.

One was the camp that wore Elemental Waffes transformed from spirits and continuously launched fierce attacks towards the city.

One was using the city fortress as a stronghold, attacking the camp using Elemental Waffes and mercilessly releasing spirits, allowing spirits with various forms, various attributes, various abilities, and even various levels.

Centered on the Elementalis wearing different Elemental Waffes and Elementalis using different forms of spirits, soldiers from the two camps fought fiercely on this battlefield.

Suddenly, the room was filled with the light of swords and shadows, the air was filled with the impact of bursts of divine power, and even the sound of clashing weapons vibrated.

However, the people fighting on the battlefield were just soldiers from the two camps.

The battle that would determine the outcome didn’t take place on the battlefield, but entered the final stage inside the magnificent fortress.

It was a corridor stained red by the blood of a large number of fallen soldiers.

In the corridor, a girl with beautiful waist-length golden hair and a sense of majesty and holiness advanced forward like a strong wind, and at the same time, she threw a handful of dazzling light like a storm, emitting the shining light of a sword in all directions.

Even in the blood-stained corridor, the girl’s body was still not stained with a single drop of blood. Like a lotus flower that emerges from the mud but is not stained, she was very holy.

And the figure of the girl who often danced with a shining silver sword seemed to dance gracefully, which was very beautiful.

It was a beautiful fighting technique called sword dance.

The girl who fought smoothly, closely related to the spirit, cut down the spirits that attacked her one by one. Then, in a flash of sword light and body shape, the spirits using those spirits were killed on the spot in a burst of blood.

Despite that, the girl didn’t stop her steps, didn’t even slow down, and continued to move forward.

Who knows how long this process lasted.

During this period, it was also unknown how many Elementalis and spirits died at the girl’s hands.

However, the historic battle that ended this war was bound to happen.

Holding the shining sword in her hand, the girl killed the last spirit, passed through the corridor, and reached the deepest part of the city.

In front of the girl. In the distance, there was a throne.

A throne surrounded by dark flames and burning.

On that throne, a man sat on it.

Because of the blazing dark flames, the entire view of the person on the throne seemed a little blurry and swaying.

But even so, it could still be judged from the other party’s body shape.

The other party was a man.

The man, whose face was not clearly visible, sat leisurely on the throne, his body burning with dark flames, and the space around him began to distort. Spirits with various forms appeared that only had terrifying coercion.

The male Elementalis who could control spirits.

The other party’s identity was revealed.

Solomon.

The Demon King who once brought great disaster to the entire continent.

According to legend, the Demon King was very powerful. It even allowed him to control spirits from seventy-two pillars.

Initially, if a contract was made with two spirits at the same time, it would cause the spirits to interfere with each other and have a negative impact on the Elementalis.

In such a situation, the Demon King named Solomon was able to make contracts with seventy-two spirits at the same time without any effort, and perfectly control these seventy-two spirits.

That was just god-level ability.

That’s why. Only Solomon had the ability to bring disaster to the entire continent, making the world fear him.

However, facing the Demon King who had the ability to control seventy-two spirit pillars, the girl holding the sacred sword didn’t feel a trace of fear in her heart.

The aura on her body was even stronger than the Demon King who led seventy-two spirit pillars.

Immediately afterwards, the girl holding the sacred sword jumped and shot out like an arrow from a string.

In her hand, the sacred sword, enveloped in dazzling light, had text written in ancient Fairy language.

Translated, the meaning of this spirit text is as follows:

Terminus Est.

In the final battle with the Demon King, the girl took the sacred sword with both hands, and the strongest sacred sword exploded with dazzling light.

She slashed at the spirits that came from all directions, raised her sword and rushed towards the Demon King’s heart. She said to her sacred sword:

“Est… This is the last time I use you as my sword, so…”

The outcome was decided in a flash.

The dazzling sacred sword pierced the Demon King’s heart, emitting a sad flash of light.

The Demon King let out a terrifying roar as he died, and then disappeared from the world.

“Hah… hah…”

The girl’s body was stained with the black blood splattered by the Demon King, and she sat on the ground weakly.

“Master, what’s wrong with you?”

“Est… don’t worry, I’m fine…”

The girl reached out and gently touched Est’s head, trying to reassure her.

“Hmm… Master… please don’t do this.”

“Haha… Est, you like it most when your head is touched like this, right?”

“Please don’t tease me…”

Est’s face remained expressionless, but a slight blush appeared on her face as she turned her head away.

Thinking back to the first time she met him, she wouldn’t react like this at all.

This alone was enough to make the girl happy.

To play the role of a savior in people’s minds, she slowly lost the emotions that humans should have; for Areshia Idriss, Est’s expression was her only comfort.

“Est, forgive me… Actually, I really want to touch your head like this a few more times…”

In the pool of black blood, the girl’s voice began to tremble.

“Master, why… why do you say such a thing?”

“I really… thought too much about it…”

“Master?”

In a flash, the girl’s finger snapped and collapsed with the sound of hard objects cracking.

The Sacred Queen who risked her life to kill. The Demon King for the sake of humans, died at the hands of the sacred sword.

Everyone who held the Sacred Sword would be corroded and turned into steel by the cursed power of the Demon King Killing Sacred Sword.

❀❀❀

The scene of the war in the past had faded. In the darkness, there was only a girl holding her knees and bowing her head alone.

Her silver hair still shone in the darkness.

The flawless and clean naked body looked like a cold and sharp sword drawn.

“Faced with that cursed sacred sword… Are you willing to hold it?”

Facing the girl’s question, Shun answered without hesitation:

“You heard my words… as I said: I’m immune to your curse… and won’t be hurt by you…”

Shun walked straight to her side and reached out to stroke her long silver hair.

Est opened her mysterious violet blue eyes in surprise.

“My name is Takema Shun, and I will be your Master from now on.”

“Est…”

The silver-haired girl gently grabbed Shun’s arm, a little embarrassed but unwilling to let go.

“From now on, I am your sword. You are my contractor and Master.”

Saying such words, Est moved towards Shun, and covered the small cold hand in Shun’s left hand with an indescribable expression of emotion in her eyes.

“I swear here, your life will be protected by me, and the enemies standing in front of you will be destroyed by me.”

“You are my Master… I am your sword, and I will fight with you. I swear here that your life will be protected by me, and I will get rid of the enemies standing in front of you… …So, please don’t die before me in the future.”

As she said this, Est revealed a plea of pity to Shun.

And from Est’s sad gaze in front of him, Shun also saw a pleading emotion.

Shun didn’t know why Est felt this way. But in his heart, there was a desire to protect her forever.

He gently hugged her tightly and swore every word firmly:

“I swear by my life: Est, please be my sword and be with me forever.”

Placing her small head in the most comfortable position in Shun’s embrace, listening to the rhythm of the connection of souls of both sides, Est’s silvery white hair bloomed with dazzling light.

“Yes, Master.”

❀❀❀

Est injected a large amount of divine energy to actively complete the contract ceremony, falling asleep soundly to restore her own energy.

Feeling Est’s slowly recovering condition, Shun slowly felt relieved.

After he adjusted his mood, he came out of the Kamui space. After using Kamui to tidy up his house, Shun lay on the sofa with a bag of potato chips and Coke, praying to all the gods in his heart. After the blessing, he took a last sip of Coca-Cola and made the most important draw of the day!

Light once again streaked across the blue sky, and as the white light that filled the world faded, a new ability appeared before him.

[Secret Technique: Turning Swallow Strike]

[One flash from the real world, then two overlapping flashes at the same time detached from the concept of space and time, resulting in slashes from three directions. This is a “multidimensional rotating phenomenon” that transcends elements like speed, sophistication, and fake attacks. An unknown martial artist who doesn’t know Magecraft, he has reached the high realm of Second Magic even though he has limitations]

This is the signature swordsmanship of Sasaki Kojiro from the Fate series.

In the original work’s plot, Artoria was seriously injured by Turning Swallow Strike.

Swordsmanship honed by humans can reach the level of True Magic in the Fatr World. This swordsmanship that has already surpassed humans can be said to have surpassed the martial arts of most Heroic Spirits.

“This draw is very valuable!”