Seiji had more surprise on his face than as. He didn’t expeerio show up. “What the hell do you think you’re doing?” He tried to stand up, but didn’t think about his missing arm and fell back down.

  Moving quickly, she caught Seiji with her gaus before he colpsed pletely. “I should be asking you that in your dition.” She po stabilize only him, but he insisted on standing. So she was forced to help him to his feet.

  Once he had his footing back, Seiji stood on his own. He pushed in front of Nerine. “You shouldn’t be here. This is my fight.”

  “I’m not letting you fight him alone,” corrected Nerine. She stepped out before Seiji fag him. If she had arms, they would likely have been crossed. “You’re falling apart and he just cut off your arm!”

  Seiji threw out his right arm in a sshing motion. “I don’t care, dammit! He wants to kill you! He’s already taken both of your arms! I ’t allow him to finish the rest!” The sight of Nerine brought back all of his memories of their fight before. Everythiruggled to keep down rose so fast to the surface he couldn’t trol it. His emotions ran hot. The desire to kill became overwhelming. ‘I’ve got to keep myself in trol!’

  “U time, I actually have the ability to protect myself. I don’t need you to protect me.” More than a dozen of her gau ons appeared floating around her. She then immediately moved her gau out in the dire of as, just in time to bloe of his dimension sshing attacks. Nerine looked back at Seiji. “I’m better suited to dealing with another MP.”

  It relieved him to see Nerine appearing strong enough to deal with as, but he still had his s. “You don’t have your arms! How are you going to fight when your style is depe on it?”

  Neriurned away to start walking towards as. She sent most of her gaus flying towards him, keeping him busy. “That’s one of the bes of our powers. I don’t need physical arms to use my power.” Her remaining gau moved in to float at her side where her forearms would have been. The gau raised with the fingers in the armor closing in a fist. “I’ve made adjustments to my powers to adapt to my current situation. It won’t be a problem.”

  As she left Seiji, she paused for a moment to tilt her head back at him. “I’d be more ed about yourself and resolving your problems.”

  “Huh? What are you talking about?”

  “I fought you before, remember. I know how you fight. This isn’t like you. Something’s weakening your punches. Resolve yourself before you worry about me.” She charged off after as.

  Seiji lowered his head. ‘Weaker? I guess she’s noticed.’ He tightened up his fist at the frustration built. All of the rage boiling inside him was difficult to tain. It took so much of his tration to keep himself in chebsp; ‘But I ’t allow myself to fight like I want, not against him. If I did…if I did, I wouldn’t be able to trol myself.’ He couldn’t allow that side of him out again. No matter the cost.

  Chapter 236 – Death’s Excitement

  The pleasure on as’ face exceeded what he held during Seiji’s fight. He seemed caught up in the ecstasy that he was merely holding a defense against Nerine. “So you’ve e to me! e seeking your death! Well I’ll be more than happy to grant it to you, Sed Lieutenant Nerine!”

  The sound of his voice was enough to annoy her. He took too mujoyment in killing. It was a disgusting feeling. She narrowed her expression and focused on fighting him.

  Once he got rid of his initial excitement, the mood of the battle turned back to the dark killing i. He tried the dimensional swain, but Nerine used one of her gauo crush the sword. Si became a battle between two MPs, he started to ge up his tactibsp; Multiple swords appeared around him. She let her ons deal with them while charged for as.

  He saved a few for defense as she tried some straightforuo test his reas. Once she failed to get through, she slid down, throwing her leg down into a sweep. He leapt back to dodge her, but her gaus sed out letting her push herself after him. Throwing her punches into the air, she bounced around to get around him striking him from behind. A hit nded on him knog him forward.

  Nerine didn’t let him have a ce to stand up as she punched off into the air. She redirected herself above him and threw herself down, ramming her fist into his babsp; There was a brief rea from him, but she grabbed him and threw him up into the air. Jumping, she followed him up dang around the air to ed blows to him before casting him back down in a cloud of smoke. ‘I haven’t beaten him yet, but I had to have hurt him with that.’

  Waiting to see what he did , Nerine held babsp; She didn’t want to go in blind into the cloud. Out of the smoke, a sword flew out at her, but she caught it. However, more swords appeared around her, more than her gaus. She groueeth at the sight. The gaus and swords exged quick blows around her defensive zone, but several broke through. She punched herself out of the area, but they followed. It gave her enough time to deal with them head-on.

  as emerged from the smoke g. “You’re doing great! I’ll admit I had dismissed you as someoo hold my i, but I’m pleased to see that you won’t disappoint me.” A wicked dark grin came across his face as though he had a new idea.

  The dimensional sword appeared in his hand along with a matg one for his off hand. He swung the swords through the air, throwing out several of the reality cutting waves. Nerine already dealt with the attack, she knew how to ma. Fog her power, she ed the effects of the sshes letting her gaus absorb the remaining physical damage.

  Blood sprayed out from her babsp; Shock painted across her fabsp; She fell down to one krying to uand what happened. The wound in her back pulsed in pain. ‘I didn’t miss one did I?’ While Neriried to uand her situation, as already had ataing. Events pyed out in the same fashion, she succeeded against all of them, but another wound showed up. This time her lower babsp; ‘I know I didn’t miss it. He’s doing some trick to attack while I’m focused on his primary attack.’

  Unfortunately, she set her focus to look for back attacks and missed the movement in his Field. Several more wounds came from it before she escaped. ‘He’s switg things up knowing that I already know something’s off. Damn, he’s a tough one.’ Nerine could only keep her awareness open to any sides, but it still slowed her down. It forced her into a defensive position.

  After the st attack, she decided to try to return to the offense. The gaus at her side ged again to a slimmer version. She caught sight of ining swords and puhe air to push herself forward. However, the swords crashed upon something before hitting her. Nerine closed the gap quickly, boung around as quickly from all sides. His swords blocked her hits, but it wasn’t her purpose.

  When she finished, she nded on top of something invisible above as. The gaus on her sed out for a rger pair. They glowed brightly as she raised them up into the air. Her fist smmed down on the surface she k upon. Onvisible, it shined faintly charged with energy. It pletely surrounded him. A momehe interior exploded in light pletely engulfing as.

  Neri off just as the whole tainer blew up from the tained pressure. Smoke rose off the area in the wake of the explosion. She ordered her floating gauo attack while he was still inside. However, she heard the g of metal from inside. Another swit ons, she directed her fist at the smoke blowing it all away.

  The devilish man still stood, though blood dripped down his fad along his arms. She injured him, even though he still looked even more maniac than before. He ughed loudly as though not in trol. “Splendid!” He drew his hand over his face, uo stop ughing. “Oh this is perfebsp; A real challenge!” Suddenly swords erupted from the ground all around him.

  Uneasy from the feeling in the air, Neriepped babsp; She didn’t know what he pnned for her. ‘What’s the matter with him?’

  He stretched out his hand towards her. “Oh don’t leave now!” All of the swords appeared around her with a t greater than a hundred. In a fsh, they all attacked. Her gaus rained down in ks of metal utterly destroyed. Blood sprayed up from the numerous wounds Nerine received.

  Colpsing to her knees, Nerine fell in shobsp; ‘His power increased! He must have used a Fold.’ Blood dripped over most of her body. Pain stung her from all sides. She could only bite through it all. ‘I ’t believe he was holding bauch…’

  “Nerine!” shouted Seiji from the side. The sight snapped him out of his self-pity. He couldn’t intervene in the fight Nerine began. He was too afraid of what he would do. But that man hurt her again. His blood boiled intensely. It was impossible for him to hold it back.

  Seiji started walking towards Nerine. A heavy shadow fell over his eyes. ‘I’m so sorry, Yuki. I have to walk in the darkness.’ Each step he made cracked the earth ever so slightly. ‘I tried to hold it back, but I ’t anymore. I won’t be able to walk by your side anymore, not as I am.’ Light began to glow stronger from his arm. ‘It’s wrong to kill regardless of the reason, but I must. I’m sorry, Yuki. We must walk different paths now.’

  Pulsing warmed up from his arm pushing into his fingers. Each tip glowed brightly. The talismans rippled into waves around his arm. Wind ripped around him tugging at his tunic.

  Darkness around Seiji’s eyes grew deeper. Within the ter, sadness and loneliness filled up his eyes. Surrounding his eyes, his face grew harsher with severe angles. He ground his teeth, bearing them ever so slightly. ‘I don’t care anymore! If I hold back, she’ll die! I won’t allow that to happen!’

  The talismans exploded off his arm revealing the bright light behind. Each paper straightened out h in front of him. Seiji tightened his fist up, exploding the light out creating a crater underh him from the release. All of the talismans moved behind him creating a wide wall, each glowing white. “I’M GOING TO KILL YOU!” roared Seiji. Wrinkles intensely dug into his face around his eyes.

  In an instant, Seiji disappeared. Earth exploded behind him at his st location. Ahead of him, swords exploded into a mass of metal rain. It happened so fast that it was another few seds before a stream of blood bsted out from as’ left shoulder as his entire arm was ripped from his body.

  Seiji appeared far behind as holding his arm in his hand, dripping blood. He tilted back towards as. “KILL!” Bpletely covered all of Seiji’s fabsp; Only the whites of his eyes popped free.

  as dropped to one knee as the pain finally reached his brain. “DAMN!” he yelped. His right hand clutched his left shoulder. Immediately, he used his power to tend to the injury. Metal closed up the wound, keeping it from bleeding out further. He looked back at Seiji. “Bastard…” as eyes went wide with insanity.

  Nerine pulled herself back up. Her eyes shook a little witnessing the darkness ing from Seiji. ‘What’s happening to him? This isn’t like him!’

  The killing i suddenly became very clear in as’ eyes. It was as though the whole time it was all just py for him. The notion of killing had merely been somethialked about. It was still very clear he was serious about it. However, the look in his eyes threw away all signs of making thiing or iing for him. He only wao kill Seiji. Seiji’s look matched him, equally steeped in darkness.

  The dimensional swords appeared again, but all of the swords were dimension swords. Dozens of sshes tore through reality at Seiji. Seiji dodged the first few while talisma up in front turning to ash immediately on impact with the attacks, ing any damage.

  Wheack fihe talismans already moved out in front of his arm. They built into a der in front of Seiji. The light glowing from him grew more intense as the papers shined. Suddenly energy built up in the der. “DIE!” A rge beam shot out of the front speeding towards as. Earth tore up from the path of the beam, destroying everything in its path.