Editing Hagure Yuusha no Aesthetica:Volume 5 Chapter 5 (section)

===Part 13===
 
The sure-fire victory they held in their hands returned to a toss up, however Leon wasn't the least bit anxious.  
 
Leon listened meticulously to the all the fine noises from the metallic crashes in the background as he swung down his sword at high speed.    
 
The melody of metal hitting played without interruption from the two sides strikes.
 
The eye couldn't take it all in the level of speed as the intense offense and defense of Leon's changed.
 
...... Is this really the sword of a person who had no power to speak of five years ago?
 
The fight during the day he also felt the same surprise.
 
Once he thought calmly, the strength of the present Akatsuki certainly exceeded his own during his lifetime.
 
But that was not important. If Akatsuki's renkan keikikou can give its user power beyond the normal limits, then his new life himself had long since moved beyond human limits. Originally, he couldn't use all his power because his body wouldn't have been able to take the burden. But surpassing the limits of one's body didn't come without a price. The Leon of now was unable to use the elements of magic. The reason was simple, the dead cannot borrow the power of spirits. However Akatsuki was the same since he had no magical abilities. It seems that Akatsuki's transcending the limits of a human beings put him in a category a step across from humans comparatively to his own --
 
...... This is my win Akatsuki.
 
Once a person's condition gets too bad death was an absolute. When that occurs for the living there was no way to overcome their condition making them easy to kill. And now that he had already died once there was no such thing as getting tired.
 
Leon was unaffected by using power beyond human limits, however for Akatsuki he must contend with the burden and the fight fatigue. For him a living being that was an inescapable fate.
 
So Leon thought it was a certainly his win in the end.
 
But ......
 
...... Do you intend to defeat me before reaching your limit......?
 
While matching his sword with Akatsuki, Leon couldn't help thinking.
 
The fast and heavy sword strikes of Akatsuki continuously forced him to make instantaneous judgments.
 
Just like the principle behind Renkan Keikikou to make use of circular flow the sword strikes followed the same pattern.
 
However, when up against linear attacks, a group of circular movements had a weak point. To string everything together in a series of attacks required a lot of useless motion.
 
That created a chance Leon was going to exploit. By striking at the small pause between two attacks it will destroy Akatsuki's entire rhythm.
 
"-- You're a fool if you think this is all I have. Try it, you can't reach me even a little bit!"
 
In addition to the flurry of his sword, both Akatsuki's legs, knees, and elbows were incorporated into his attacks.
 
Moreover until then he stayed on the flat plane moving front, back, left, and right. But now he freely spun vertically increasing the variation all at once.
 
No gaps in his combos could be found.
 
As he spun for a roundhouse kick his black sword seamlessly came in to behead.
 
The slanted downward swing from the shoulder capitalized on the rotation from the kick.
 
The attacks came in towards Leon one after another. If the sword was stopped, his hands and feet would come in to cover.
 
Strong. Leon secretly applauded in his mind, but still he was able to block one by one Akatsuki's three-dimensional attacks. The only threat was the Demon sword if he could chop off his head. After all, renkan keikikou couldn't disrupt the Ki in his body since he was already dead. So the kicks and punches were only be a physical blow. However with his physical abilities far beyond human limits it wouldn't cause him any harm not even destroy his stance.
 
In short, most of the attacks against Leon would be in vain. And Leon believed Akatsuki realized that himself.
 
Yet......
 
...... That expression is really an eyesore......
 
Leon wasn't mistaken, that was a definite smile that emerged on Akatsuki's face.
 
Even while knowing his attacks were ineffective, he continued to release another set of invigorated strikes.
 
"The confusion and hesitation during the day seems to have completely disappeared."
 
"Ah yeah...... thanks to you."
 
Akatsuki's words had a harsh ring to them.
 
But what was said next -- made it look like Leon didn't understand.
 
"You said say it?...... that you would defeat me."
 
"...... What?"
 
Leon subconsciously asked a rhetorical question, he did not forget that Akatsuki once said something like that.
 
In the fight during the day, Akatsuki uttered those words before the final strike. Then he used renkan keikikou to exceed his limits. There was no hesitation when he played his final trump card.
 
Akatsuki made every effort to take down Leon -- So that should of been everything.
 
However, what Akatsuki just said went against what Leon's perception. The way Akatsuki sounded it was enough for him now in his present condition to beat Leon.
 
Then now, what did all this mean? -- The answer dawned on Leon, and he was furious.
 
"Akatsuki, you.....!"
 
And Leon roared,
 
 
 
"You deliberately let me run through your left chest -- just to recreate that scene from five years ago!"