Seirei Gensouki's
Chapter 197: Trampling pt2
CK........... I AM VERY GREAT ………………
Looking down at Lucius' writhing figure, Rio without hesitation thrust his sword into his stomach.
「GAH! ? 」
Lucius raised an unsightly scream, feeling a burning pain in his stomach.
ANYTHING YET?
Even while shouting, he still asked himself such a question—,
「GUAAAH! 」
However, he no longer had the time to think about it anymore, as the excruciating pain ran through his entire body. The pain was even more than what he felt before as electric currents flowed out from Rio's sword and reached Lucius' bleeding stomach. Completely paralyzed his body.
「BAS, TA- ……………. . ARD! 」
Lucius' eyes were filled with hatred when he saw Rio looking at him from above. However, even after receiving Lucius' killing intent, Rio still did not react, even his eyebrows did not move. He mercilessly trampled on Lucius who was already in tatters.
"FREEZE! 」
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However Rio shouted, that word was not aimed at Lucius.
「!!!!! 」
The command was directed to Duran who was watching from behind. Hearing the command, Duran's body moved slightly before stopping.
"Don't move . My business is with this guy. Not you . Or are you willing to give up your life to save this man? 」
Rio warned Duran without even glancing at him in the slightest.
「…………」
Duran did not speak as he pondered with a troubled face. Then, he loosened the grip on his sword.
F^^^ CK ………. AT LEAST BASTARD REIS ……………
Lucius frowned as he guessed that he could not expect any more help from Duran. Ultimately, their relationship is a business partner. Even though they get along well with each other, it doesn't mean they have a strong trusting relationship. Furthermore, their contract had provisions in it, allowing it to be cancelled if the situation required it.
（I'M GREAT, DON'T HAVE TO DIE IN THIS PLACE. ）
Even with his crippled body and blurred vision, Lucius still did not give up.
「……………. . Did you kill my father too? 」
Rio asked the question that always bothered him, watching Lucius, expression still calm.
「………. . If I did, what would you do? 」
「Kill only you. That's it . 」
When he heard Lucius make a bold provocation, Rio forcefully turned the sword embedded in Lucius' stomach in retaliation.
「GUH-HA …………. Thank you! 」
Rio turned his sword again.
REALLY, TRAVELING DOWN ON HIS CHANCES SHOULD BE SPECIAL! It hurts, I lost a lot of blood!
Lucius thought as he felt as if his body was boiled in searing hot oil. Even when he sensed that, he still desperately held her back. Until now, he still did not want to accept that their role had been reversed. She could not accept it; that her role as a person who trampled and robbed others, and Rio's own role being trampled and robbed by her in the past, had changed.
Treading others and robbing anything they find important is always the reason. For that reason, he would use any available means no matter how cowardly they were. That's why he keeps bluffing, pretending to be tough. That's how he lived, until now. That's why――, [E/D: Raison d'etre is the reason for the existence of one's life mission. Like, they dedicated their entire lives to just that one reason. ]
Before he knew it, Lucius started laughing. Contrary to what one would expect to do when hatred filled one's brain and heart, Lucius laughed.
「…………」
With a frown on his face, Rio pulled his sword from Lucius' stomach.
「GOHA, GOHA!」
It had been dirty with the blood of Lucius coming from his stomach and who was coughed up by it. However, he did not pay attention to his current condition. He continued to stare at Lucius, who was already at his death door, and more power into the hand that gripped his sword.
this …………. . It was the man who killed my mother. And maybe the one who killed Dad too.
That new speculation had just appeared in Rio a moment ago, making the blazing flame of hatred and revenge burn even brighter and scarier than before. But at the same time, he remembered the figure of Ayame, his mother whom he had longed for even now.
His long and forgotten memories with his mother. The days of happiness that will never return, and his endless love that is beyond his reach forever. That loss had broken part of him a long time ago, and made him decide to walk the path of revenge, the path he had left behind before. And the guy here, is the reason for all that.
That was why Rio did not even feel pity when he saw the figure of Lucius dying. He could not allow that feeling for this man. They can't turn back time, not now, never. From then on, Rio had long decided to hunt this person down even to the ends of the world, and he would definitely kill him if he was still alive.
That's why――.
Rio suddenly swung his sword. In order to never see the face of the man before her again, she decided to use all her strength to wipe out every last cell of the man in front of her.
「APA …………. 」
Seeing Rio's converging magic power shining with a brilliant light, Duran muttered in a dumbfounded voice.
This …………. . What is the end of that man? Contrary to my expectations, it turned out to be much easier than I had imagined. No, it was just how terrifying the will and strength of this brat was.
A few seconds later.
「…………」
Keeping his distance from Lucius, Rio swung his sword.
「ALONE IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT, YES, I KILLED YOUR FATHER! RIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! 」
Perhaps because he felt his own death, Lucius stirred up a desperate death throes. However, it is useless. The next moment, a gigantic pillar of light filled with a terrifying amount of heat rained down on him nonstop. His final shout vanished into nothingness as he was overwhelmed by a bright light.
The pillar of light that flowed out from Rio's sword bore a resemblance to the light attack from Alfred's holy sword, the king's sword, and it encompassed the entire area, so that no shadow was cornered untouched.
A while later, the bursts of light that struck the place where Lucius used to be finally reduced bit by bit. When the light had fully receded, it could be seen that everything within the attack area was literally annihilated from this world.
The ground was lost along with Lucius' body. Instead, a deep hole was created.
Without blinking her eyes, Rio looked at the hole where Lucius' body used to be. The existence of the hole seemed to reflect Rio's current mental state.
I did it .........
He murmured in his heart. It was unknown from whom those words were meant, but then again, perhaps only Rio himself knew that answer.
However, instead of feeling successful after taking revenge on his parents. He felt empty, as if a huge dark hole was opening in his heart, flowing darkness from within. [TL: The Dark Force!!]
But this was definitely the result that Rio wanted. The end of the road that Rio decided to cross. Therefore, he has no regrets.
「……………. . I think it's time for me to come back. 」
Standing solemnly, Rio muttered to anyone.
About returning ... Where or whether it was really good for him to return, even Rio himself did not know.
Nevertheless, because there are people waiting for his return—
Furthermore, Rio himself wanted to return.