Capítulo 36: The Dusk Sword

Licht's hands were no more, but despite the pain, his voice still resounded in the damp air, echoing back in the dark room, back to him.

"What...what are you waiting for? Come here! Come and take me, wretch!"

"I know you are still alive,"

Licht's orifices kept oozing out crimson blood. He couldn't think straight, yet his mind kept telling him to stand back.

It kept pushing him one inch at a time as he crawled near the depraved warrior. The smoke slowly lifted as Licht got nearer the creature.

Licht left a bloody trail in his wake, but Licht couldn't care less.

He had no arms now. His left arm was severed from the shoulder, while his right was fingerless.

Quite funnily, his thumb was still there!

He didn't have a way to kill off the depraved warrior, but that wouldn't stop him. If it meant to kill the damned bastard then Licht could even chew him out to death.

The smoke lifted as Licht's eyes darted toward the now dismembered body of it. Small bits of its flesh were scattered everywhere as dark blood tainted the ground with the dead bodies of maggots.

One-half of the warrior wasn't anywhere to be seen. In the previous explosion, it had scarped out with close to no damage with the help of armor.

But this time, it wasn't so lucky. The bomb had blown right into its mouth. The blast was too much for its skin to handle.

Licht had paid quite the price, but it was nothing compared to what the corrupted bastard had lost.

The warrior with the spiked club had blown off, taking some of the parts of the one with the blade. The four-legged abomination was now just left with one leg.

The arms that dealt devastating blows to Licht were mangled in different directions as bones protruded out of them.

Licht's eyes widened just as he gazed upon the charred part of the corrupted monster. It was slowly turning more charred as its bits fell off its body.

"Cough...What the fuck.....?" Licht asked in doubt.

Why was the corrupted monster dying without him even doing anything? It didn't make sense.

Was it that it was some sort of condition to kill it? And Licht had fulfilled it?

Licht lay down in doubt, his mind trying when his mind felt heavy. It was like something was pressing down on him.

It was the same pressure as Arkein but relatively less. Licht slowly lifted his head as he gazed upon a line. The line emanated coruscating lights from its side, blinding Licht.

Only after some moments of squinting his eyes up and down could he make it out. It was just a sword. A beautiful sword.

Everything about it was clearly defined, from its handle to the tip of the blade. It was.....perfect.

Starting from the blade, it had a hamon on it. The pattern extended from the midway of the sword to the handle.

It was a wave pattern of different colors, it started from dark blueish color to an orange end, but the most intriguing thing was that there were different patterns on both sides.

It didn't make it weird but harmonized in a way. The more Licht looked at it, the more mesmerized he became by it.

The sword guard looked like an ornate piece by itself. Both of them extended outwards and held a small tanzanite that was shaped on it in a weird way as if it as well with the sword hilt.

The hilt of the sword was made with glowing dark obsidian. It felt the like the handle was calling Licht, telling him to touch and slay all his worries.

That all of his journey was worth it. He wouldn't be alone on this lonely journey anymore.

Just as the sword hovered toward his face and touched his forehead, a system screen presented itself.

--Ding!

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[Dusk Sword]

[This is the legendary legacy of the Emperor Sylvestia of Dusk and Dawn, the reckoned one under Heaven and Earth. The twin swords hold the same fame as the trusted weapons of the Emperor.

Each of them holds great power, capable of changing destiny and conquering fate.

Of them, the Dusk Sword holds the spirit of dusk, capable of balancing any and all power.

It was the sword that made Emperor Sylvestia invincible, being capable to negate most attacks.]

[Traits:]

[Dawn's hope(Half): Incorporates the power of the host to heal one of their physical injuries and strengthens the injured place.]

[Eclipse: Take and give. The one who points their weapon at you will be paid back tenfold. That is the will of Dusk.]

[Sealed]

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[The soul of the Dusk Sword seeks a worthy master! Show it your memories!]

[Warning! If the sword doesn't find you worthy it will automatically. Never to come back into your hands. On the other hand, if the sword chooses you then, it will show you the path to other legacy and even the Dawn Sword.]

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A sudden bout of pain overtook his mind as all that he had experienced till now passed through his mind, the death trap made by the controller of Hollow Sentinel.

The meeting with Arkein.

The coming of the calamity on earth. The horrid face of the guard as the gooey calamity with multiple eyes leaned towards him, devouring him...

The start of these trials...

The time he spent in prison.

The time his mother died in front of him...

It all passed through him as a river flowing downwards a mountain...and Licht, he was getting swept in all of this.

He couldn't stop it. Tears swept through his eyes as hundreds of painful memory passed through his mind. The good memories were far and few....did he experience happiness for so less time in his small life.

Why didn't he deserve happiness...Why was this depraved world so out to kill him...

An unfamiliar voice echoed in his ears. The voice felt so soothing as if it melted down all his worries. "Don't worry kid...You will find it. Wherever your will points toward, I will follow as well."

"Don't worry....just sleep for now,"

The voice which felt like the primal feeling of the sun's rays falling upon one's body. The feeling rushed through Licht as his eyes drooped down.

He slept to one of his best sleeps only for a new hell to be coming his way. Strolling right outside his door...

Author's Notes: Sorry for not uploading for two days. I was feeling under the weather a bit too much as well just finished moving into the new place. Thank you for the wait.

Oh right, no more to our lonely mc! Expect some things more as this new arc starts.