Tyson charges at me like an unstoppable beast, and I am preparing to tame it-
[ Come at me, flaming bull! ]
The sound of our swords destroying each other tickles the grass-
He's attacking me with two flaming swords simultaneously
While I am constantly moving my eyes to predict the path of the sword, and with my speed-
I deflect each of them with just my light sword
We slowly move from one place to another while exchanging blows, but he just won't.. budge-
[ Where does all.. ]
As we continue-
[ of his stamina.. ]
Exchanging blows-
[ Came from? Not to mention.. ]
I am slowly-
[ The heat from his aura.. ]
Approaching my limit
[ Is slowly draining me.. ]
He shows no sign of fatigue despite us exchanging blows for almost what I could feel half an hour
But during those times, I couldn't find a single opening
It was a bad decision to try and defend directly against him, so-
[ I need to distance.. myself ]
But-
[ I can't find an opportunity.. ]
The slashes between his swords have little to no interval, and I need at least half a second to teleport and/or run, but he, even if it's already almost half an hour, there's no change at the speed of his slashes.
And that's when I realized-
[ His right hand is injured and yet- ]
As the sound of our swords clashing against each other-
[ No wait, it must've affected it at least in a little way.. ]
Conquer our ears-
[ I'll take advantage of that! ]
As soon as I deflect his left sword, I gather all strength in my hands to slash the sword on his right hand away from him but, he didn't move his right hand-
[ Ah crap, my attention got focused on one place- ]
I look to the left side and see his left sword already on its way to slash half of my face off-
With everything I got, I pull myself back, but his sword-
Even if it's just the tip
Even if it didn't hurt
It manages to touch my left eye
And.. makes it.. burn
I fall onto the grass and scream in pain while covering my left eye
Even if the tip of his sword only touched my eye, it burns like hell
I drop my sword and cover my burning left eye with two hands, screaming-
[ It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts ]
And yelling while my body shakes on its own
[ Letting go of your sword and your whole guard at this moment, you're quite reckless, aren't you? ]
[ Shut up.. please.. remove this fire.. I can't.. take it anymore! ]
[ Oh sure, I'll end your misery right here right now ]
I continue screaming, agonizing over the pain. My left eye can't see anything but flame even if it's closed it's still bright and constantly slowly tearing my eyeball off
[ I can't.. take it.. anymore.. ]
[ I'll give you an instant death, Chiaro, it's been an honor to fight against you ]
He raises both of his swords and wields them downward at the same tim-
But before that, in the pits of hell, my left eye is seeing, the symbol "X" with "—" slashing through it appears in my left eye
[ Dark Attribute: ]
[ Huh? Whose voice is that? ]
— Tyson Firelight POV —
Just when I am about to end the misery of Chiaro
[ Winged Abyss: EXI ]
A black tentacle-like object blocks my sword-
And when I look at Chiaro..
[ What's that..!? ]
There are six of them attached to his back like a pair of wings. They're moving as if they're alive, and when I try to attack him, one of those black objects will block my sword
And for some reason, I can't slash through it
[ He's still agonizing with his burning left eye and shaking uncontrollably.. and yet, what's this? ]
I try to deliver the last blow countless times, but
My sword just won't reach him
With those black objects
He feels unreachable..
— Chiaro Crepuscule POV —
[ Now now, Chiaro-kun, wanna know something? ]
My surroundings change into that world split between white and black again. I couldn't see where the entity is as I am lying down screaming and covering my left eye with both of my hands
[ Oh my, it hurts, isn't it? ]
[ What's the.. good of saying.. that!? ]
[ Now that you've experienced how painful it is, I'm pretty sure you'll do anything to stop it, right? ]
I stop screaming-
[ Kill Tyson, in that way, the fire caused by his attribute will vanish and your left eye will be healthy again! I think ]
[ How am I supposed to do- ]
[ You'll do whatever it takes, right? ]
My surroundings turn back, and as soon as I became aware of it, I distance myself from Tyson by teleporting-
[ Where did those black-objects go? ]
I slowly stand up and face him
[ Well, now that those black annoyances are gone, he's mine now ]
Even if the pain is unbearable, even if it feels like there's a needle pierced in my eyes
For just at least a few seconds, I begged my body to ignore it
[ Light Attribute: Sword ]
I can already hear Tyson's approaching footsteps. I open my right eye, and my four-pointed star pupil starts glowing while my left eye remain closed.
After seeing my right eye, he stops for a moment, and that's when-
[ Light Sword Attribute: ]
My position suddenly glows before I disappear from his vision, and-
— Tyson Firelight POV —
After his position glows a four-pointed star, he vanishes in front of me as if he's never there in the first place
But little did I know, when I look at my upper right side, he's there, about to wield his sword, staring at me with his right eye open and glowing while his left eye is closed and burning. His eyes give off a vibe that he wants me dead no matter what.
And when I'm about to attack him with my swords.. I notice my lower left side.. he's there as well-
[ Huh? ]
But when I look back to the right, he's still up there on the same position-
And behind me, I can feel his stare piercing me. I know for a fact that he's there even if I don't look, that's when I realized-
[ How can someone.. ]
That I am surrounded-
[ Be at three places.. ]
By him
[ At the same time ]
— Chiaro Crepuscule POV —
[ Luminescent ]
I don't know why and I don't know how I can do something like this. But I know that I am so fast that when I circled around him, it leaves two visible afterimages of me-
There's nothing in my mind right now but to kill him, and yet-
When am about to deliver the final blow to his defenseless body
My sword, my consciousness
Is slowly fading