Editing Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance:Volume18 Chapter10 (section)

===Part 3===

"Absolute Blade Arts, Third Form&mdash;Shadowmoon Waltz!

The flash of the sword traced out countless arcs, instantly tearing through the gathered demon spirits.

Holding the Demon Slayer glowing with silver-white light, Kamito charged the whole way through.

No one could block him. Never would the Imperial Knights imagine in their wildest dreams that they were meeting the renowned Strongest Blade Dancer in battle.

(&mdash;Say, the coordination between teams is really bad, considering they're military knights.)

While sweeping away the Imperial Knights hurrying to the scene, Kamito thought to himself.

(...What the heck is their commander doing?)

Breaking past the garden that was crowded with spirits, he approached the ruins that were producing the pillar of light.

"He is here. Surround him!"

In the darkness, a knight called out.

But it was too late. Kamito extinguished his sacred sword's glow then slipped through silently, using the back of his single-edged blade to knock out the Imperial Knights one after another.

Using a spectacular blade dance to draw attention first then using the Instructional School's assassination techniques to silently eliminate his enemies the next instant. His ever changing combat style made the knights dance on the palm of his hand.

The pile of super ancient ruins glowed with pale white light.

It looked like it could not be destroyed with ordinary power.

However&mdash;

"Est, let's go&mdash;"

"Yes, Kamito."

Kamito gripped the Demon Slayer tightly in both hands.

Next&mdash;

"&mdash;I shall not yield the ruins to you."

"...!?"

A girl dressed in holy vestments of pure white appeared out of darkness.

Hovering in the air, the girl looked down at Kamito with a smile.

"Millennia Sanctus...!"

Kamito readied his sacred sword.

"What is your goal in summoning demon spirits?"

"The demon spirits are merely a side effect."

Millennia shook her head.

"''Her'' goal is to cause an Astral Shift."

"What did you say?"

...Astral Shift. An unfamiliar term.

"&mdash;To make the human realm and Astral Zero overlap."

"What...?"

"This is an experiment and a preview. To return this world to its original state. And start over&mdash;"

&mdash;To rebuild the world from zero.

Those were Lurie Lizaldia's words.

To make the human realm and Astral Zero overlap in order to fulfill that goal?

"Do not get in the way, Kazehaya Kamito&mdash;"

Millennia chuckled and lifted the eye patch over her left eye.