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

===Part 3===

"&mdash;Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

Wielding the Demon King's Sword, shining with black light, Kamito dashed into the rain of flaming arrows.

Deflecting the downpour of arrows, he charged all at once.

"Stop him! How can he be allowed to invade the imperial palace!?"

The captain of the royal guard shouted sharply.

The flame arrows kept firing. Seeing his cloak shot by an arrow and catching fire, Kamito took it off with one hand.

In that instant, the knights on the tower all exclaimed in surprise.

"He is...!"

"No way, the victorious team of the Blade Dance&mdash;"

"I can't believe it's a male elementalist!?"

Kamito's feats during the Blade Dance tournament had already reached all the elementalists across the entire continent. This included defeating Dracunia's Leonora during the final round as well as that Strongest Blade Dancer, Ren Ashbell...

"S-Surround him and attack in unison!"

The captain gave orders and the knights attacked methodically with their elemental waffen.

(...Exactly what I wanted!)

Holding the Demon Slayer in a reverse grip, Kamito charged ahead.

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

Amidst flying sand and dust, an instant dance of countless slashes.

Accustomed to orthodox sword styles, the knights were completely helpless when confronted with the Absolute Blade Arts' myriad changing and flowing forms.

"Impossible, my steel spirit couldn't even take one blow!" "W-What, that elemental waffe is...!"

The knights were instantly plunged into panic and the encirclement fell into disarray.

Seizing this chance, Kamito rushed into the knights.

&mdash;Throb. Throb. Throb.

With every swing of the sword, power would pulsate intensely, surging from the depths of his body. Despite using the Demon King's Sword, notorious for its high consumption, his divine power showed no signs of depletion at all.

(...Gah, damn, it...!)

'&mdash;Kamito, watch out. At this rate, your body will not endure.'

Est's warning sounded in his mind but Kamito&mdash;

(&mdash;Don't worry. Keep going.)

While chopping down knights in front of him, Kamito mentally shook his head.

'No, Kamito, you are not the usual Kamito&mdash;'

(...Yeah, I know... But&mdash;)

If he were to stop here now, he would never reach Fianna's side in time.

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhh!"

'Kamito&mdash;'

Once he focused his entire attention on battle, even Est's voice could no longer be heard.

&mdash;Throb. Throb. Throb. Throb.

(...Is this the Darkness Elemental Lord's power?)

Faced with impulses of brutality, he felt as though his entire body was devoured&mdash;

(...In that case, I'll absorb it instead!)

The knights' encirclement net collapsed completely. Kamito could see the entrance leading to the north corridor.

Fianna should be in that direction.

Flame arrows were shot at Kamito nonstop while he released divine power to accelerate.

However, the downpour of arrows was all deflected and disappeared before they could strike Kamito.

"Why... Why, why can't we stop him!?"

The captain of the knights yelled in a fluster.

"Demon King..." "That's the Demon King...!"

Panic spread throughout the palace knights.

If someone with outstanding talent as a princess maiden were present, they would probably be able to see it.

They would see black miasma enveloping Kamito's entire body as though eating away at him&mdash;

"Focus everyone's fire to stop him!"

Realizing where Kamito was charging towards, the captain shouted.

The knights arranged themselves before the entrance, entering a defensive formation.

This was the Imperial Knights' famed "iron wall" formation.

"Although the old lady ordered me not to use this against third-rate opponents&mdash;"

Kamito poured divine power into the Demon King's Sword, forcing a Mode Shift into twin blades.

"&mdash;Sorry, I'm not holding back!"

Absolute Blade Arts, Destructive Form&mdash;Bursting Blossom Spiral Blade Dance - Sixteen Consecutive Strikes・Lightning Flare!

While silver-white slashes flew in all directions, jet-black lightning erupted at the same time.