Editing Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance:Volume20 Chapter1 (section)

===Part 6===

(...Was I careless?)

Kamito struggled in the mud-like darkness.

There was nothing around him. He could not even see the light of divine power released from his own body.

This was complete nothingness.

(...This is the darkness that drives Elemental Lords insane?)

Kamito gripped his two swords tightly. This was the only tangible sensation.

But&mdash;

How could he escape from this darkness that could even rob divine power?

&mdash;Just then, inside the darkness, a red light appeared.

(...What?)

It was a flame glowing like a red lotus.

This was also the most noble and beautiful flame in Kamito's memory.

The flame turned its surroundings into a sea of fire, swallowing the darkness like a ferocious lion.

"...What... W-Wait&mdash;!?"

Swallowing darkness, the fire kept expanding and approached Kamito.

But incredibly, Kamito did not feel fear. The flames engulfed Kamito&mdash;

In the next instant, Kamito was standing in the center of a howling vortext of fire.

In front of him was the Darkness Elemental Lord that had turned into a monster&mdash;

It reached out to grab Kamito with its terrifying arm, but the howling flames burned intensely as though protecting Kamito, forbidding it from touching Kamito.

"...Could this be the lost Fire of the Origin!?"

The Darkness Elemental Lord's avatar widened her golden eye and exclaimed in surprise.

&mdash;In other words, she wasn't the one providing this flame to cover me?

Roar!

The flames rose up violently.

The blazing flames raced across the ground, incinerating the Otherworldly Darkness completely.

The Darkness Elemental Lord faltered as though in fear.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh&mdash;

Filled with rage and lamentation, the roar echoed throughout this dark space.

'This is Miss Hell Cat's fire&mdash;'

"Claire's?"

Kamito was reassured.

(I see, this flame is&mdash;)

He had seen it a number of times before.

This was not the power of spirits. Instead, it was the Elstein Flame residing within Claire.

The End of Vermilion contrasting with Rubia's Absolute Zero.

(...Claire, could it be that you're by my side?)

Kamito could not help but look up and ask.

No answer. But at his feet, the flames burned with even greater intensity.

He could feel Claire's presence. This was the noble and brilliant flame he had felt the first time he saw her blade dance.

(So you're by my side, Claire&mdash;)

In the ring of fiercely burning fire&mdash;

Kamito poured divine power into his two swords and faced off against the Lord of Darkness.

"My master is waiting for me, so I can't lose here!"

The monster of darkness roared, its giant body approaching.

Kamito took a mighty leap with the release of divine power, jumping at the head of the monster of darkness in one g o.

The monster swung its arm, trying to grab Kamito as he moved through the air, but&mdash;

As though protecting Kamito, flames rose up and deflected the monster's gigantic arm like a whip.

"&mdash;We're doing this, Restia!"

'Yes!'

The jet-black lightning on the Vorpal Sword surged&mdash;!

"Absolute Blade Arts, Destructive Form&mdash;Bursting Blossom Spiral Blade Dance, Eighteen Consecutive Strikes!"

In the darkness, flashes of sword and lightning dashed through the air.

The monster's arms were chopped and sent flying. Layer by layer, dark miasma was peeled off.

Kamito stabbed the demon sword into the monster's gigantic golden eye&mdash;

"Will it work, Restia!?"

'Yes, because this Darkness is mine&mdash;'

Kamito poured all of his divine power into the Vorpal Sword.

Lightning of darkness went on a rampage inside the monster's body.

The true darkness corrupting the Darkness Elemental Lord turned the demon sword's blade jet black in color.

Next&mdash;

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

After roaring on the verge of death, the berserk Darkness Elemental Lord finally perished.

&mdash;As the Darkness Elemental Lord vanished, Kamito's world collapsed at the same time.

The ground crumbled and Kamito fell into space.

'&mdash;You will inherit the Darkness Elemental Lord's will and power.'

Kamito heard the avatar's voice in his mind.

'My mission ends here. My adorable child&mdash;Ren Ashbell.'

"Mission... What happens to you next...?"

'The objective is achieved. I shall vanish and presumably turn into part of your divine power.'

"I see&mdash;"

A falling black feather touched Kamito's cheek.

'I entrust the rest to you, my adorable child&mdash;'

The voice was interrupted and Kamito's view became dominated by blinding light.