Editing Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance:Volume14 Chapter10 (section)

===Part 1===

"...Tsk, security is definitely tight inside the palace!"

As soon as Kamito stepped into the palace, spirits in the form of hounds instantly attacked.

These were guardian spirits that automatically eliminated intruders. Capable of sensing Kamito's divine power, they would pursue relentlessly to the very end. Confronted with such a pack of well-trained hound spirits, Kamito was not confident he could shake them off.

However, he had to overcome this trial if he were to rush to Fianna's side in the shortest time possible.

"I guess I have to fight&mdash;"

Kamito poured divine power into the Demon Slayer while he ran. In the next instant, he took care of a pouncing hound with a slash executed with a turn of his body.

"I won't show mercy. Don't blame me&mdash;"

The hounds surrounded him and bared their fangs.

(&mdash;Est, Mode Shift!)

'Yes, Kamito&mdash;'

Obeying Kamito's will, the Demon Slayer in his hand instantly changed in form.

What appeared in his left and right hands was a pair of daggers, one black and one white. In a situation against multiple enemies, with hounds unversed in martial arts to boot, it was easier to handle them this way.

"Assassination technique&mdash;Round Dance of the Twin Snakes!"

Holding one of the daggers in a reverse grip, Kamito lunged into the pack of hounds.

Fast as lightning. With every slash of black and white, a hound would turn back into spirit form, disappearing as particles of light. His figure was like a tornado. Dozens of hounds were beginning to thin in numbers within the blink of an eye.

Chopping down three hounds with one strike, Kamito then dashed forward.

(...Wait for me, Fianna!)

Breaking past the pack of hounds, he charged through a large garden.

"An intruder, take him down immediately!" "The guardian spirits have failed to hold him off, please send reinforcements to the south gate quickly!"

(...Tsk, they're mobilizing huh&mdash;)

Kamito clicked his tongue mentally.

The Imperial Knights guarding the palace seemed to have noticed Kamito.

"Est, I'm counting on you&mdash;"

'Yes, Kamito&mdash;'

Kamito kicked the ground and jumped, bringing his twin daggers together. Immediately, the daggers vanished and the Demon Slayer reappeared in his hand.

Knights in armor came flying from the air. Probably a wind elementalist, one of them extended her palm in midair and released wind spirit magic.

"How could that puny attack work&mdash;"

Kamito swept the Demon Slayer horizontally, deflecting the wind blade.

Then he accelerated in one breath.

"Damn it&mdash;Take this!"

The wind blades kept attacking, but Kamito dodged them all by the slimmest of margins.

"&mdash;Stop getting in my way!"

Kamito poured his entire body's divine power in the Demon Slayer. The silver-white blade instantly turned black. The erupting jet-black lightning then swept away the flying knights.

This was the Vorpal Blast, the prided technique of Ren Ashbell, the Strongest Blade Dancer in the past.

Without looking at the downed knights, Kamito charged on ahead.

&mdash;Throb.

His heart was pounding. Refined in his body, divine power was being released explosively.

"Bastard, how dare you&mdash;"

Three knights appeared in front of a door. They were all holding melee elemental waffen. They would be hard to take care of if they fought as a combination. The true strength of military knights lay in their group tactics.

(...I have to crush them quickly before they get a chance to work together!)

Kamito kicked the ground hard and accelerated again.

"Absolute Blade Arts, First Form&mdash;Purple Lightning!"

Kamito unleashed an explosive thrust with god-like speed.

From the knights' perspective, Kamito must have vanished for an instant. An attack as fast as lightning, destroying the knights' elemental waffen accurately, instantly robbing them of their combat ability.

&mdash;Throb, throb.

While taking down the palace knights in front of him, one by one&mdash;

Kamito noticed that his heart was beating abnormally fast.

(...What's going on?)

He was clearly swinging the Demon Slayer and even using Absolute Blade Arts&mdash;

Yet he could not feel any depletion in divine power.

It was almost like there was an inexhaustible supply of divine power, surging out nonstop from the depths of his body.

(Could this be...)

Kamito recalled what Rubia Elstein had said.

&mdash;Do not use divine power recklessly unless you want to be devoured by the power of darkness.

"...!?"

Instantly, Kamito sensed killing intent and jumped.

A flame arrow instantly flew past his shoulder.

Kamito looked at where the arrow had come from.

Six knights were on a palace wall with bow-shaped elemental waffen readied.

"Stop the intruder, dead or alive!"

In the next instant, a rain of flame arrows fell.