Editing Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance:Volume2 Chapter8 (section)

===Part 3===

"—Tch, oucchh..."

His stifled groan reverberated in the tunnel walls.

Jio was loitering in the thick darkness which was twined around him as though it was his own skin.

As he placed his hand on his injured face, he walked in a ghost-like manner.

"Isn't the long-awaited handsome man ruined, huh?"

A stiff smile surfaced, as he talked into the darkness before him, and the one who replied was—

"You're over conceited, Jio Inzagi. You were negligent."

—There.

Suddenly, an even darker darkness was produced in the darkness, and took the form of a beautiful girl.

"Shut up, it's because your spirit was of no avail."

"I never thought that there would be a holy spirit user. Although {{Furigana|Death Spirit|Thanatos|margin=13}} is at the top-rank for the darkness attribute, its compatibility is overly bad for a spirit of the holy attribute."

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"—Where are they heading?"

"Probably to the ''true shrine'' that governs the control of {{Furigana|strategic-class militarized spirit|Jormungandr|margin=13}}. As I am still tied with the bond of the contract to him, I somehow know roughly where he is."

The jet black girl preciously stroked the spirit seal that was engraved on her own left hand.

"Guide me, darkness spirit. I'll make them regret placing an injury on the Demon King's face."

"Let it go. He is the real Demon King— After all, you, who's no more than a fake, could absolutely not win. Besides, {{Furigana|Strongest Blade Dancer|Ren Ashbell|margin=13}} has never lost to an opponent he fought once."

"Watch your mouth, darkness spirit. ''I can even make you mine right here and now''."

Jio's red eyes glared at her.

—He showed a red shiny comma-shaped jewel grasped in his hand.

"...Really, what a foolish boy."

The darkness spirit muttered disdainfully, waved her dark-colored dress, and disappeared into empty space.