Return of the Calamity-Class Death Knight

[Translator - Kie]

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Chapter 292: Theta (1)

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At the moment their swords clashed, Damien felt his entire body vibrate.

It wasn't an ordinary vibration. His organs would be torn apart if these vibrations were left unchecked.

Damien pushed Theta's sword away and took a step back. But the vibration that had seeped into his body didn't subside. It lingered like poison and was trying to destroy Damien's body.

Damien stomped hard on the ground. The vibration within his body traveled through him and into the ground.

The soil piled up on the ground vibrated finely and crumbled into a fine powder.

If he had retreated even a moment later, his organs would have been damaged by the vibration.

"I didn't expect you to have already mastered the Dark Sword."

The Dark Sword referred to a swordsmanship technique that used sound and vibration.

This type of swordsmanship was not only was it fast, but it could also attack a wide area.

Although it had the disadvantage of lacking destructive power, it was not a swordsmanship technique to be taken lightly.

"You're really amazing. Most knights couldn't withstand the vibration and died a very ugly death. I didn't expect you to react so quickly."

Theta added with a faint smile on her lips.

"I've been looking forward to meeting with you. I wanted to cross swords with you as a fellow swordsman. Please show me your swordsmanship..."

"You are daydreaming."

Damien said bluntly.

"How long are you going to pretend to be a knight when you are filthy undead? Stop imitating swordsmanship with your Dark Sword or whatever and fight as an undead. Wouldn't that be much stronger?"

Theta's expression hardened. She glared at Damien with anger.

"My true form is not something that can be seen easily. Even by you."

"Then I'll have to force it out."

"That will be impossible."

Without a signal, the two of them jumped towards each other simultaneously.

The two swords clashed, creating sparks and quakes throughout the area.

Every time he blocked Theta's sword, Damien felt the vibration seep into his body.

Damien stepped and simultaneously transferred the vibration to the ground.

"Are you really going to keep using that method? I think you should find another way to deal with it."

Theta said mockingly.

As she said, Damien's current countermeasure couldn't be said to be very good.

This was because there was a limit to the amount of vibration that could be eliminated by stomping on the ground.

If he continued like this, the vibration would continue to build up and his body would collapse.

"Can't you hear me? Or is this the extent of your skill...?"

Damien struck Theta's sword with Dawn.

At the same time, he released all the vibrations that had built up in his body.

The released vibration concentrated on Theta's body. Theta was pushed back by the shock.

"Cough."

Theta spat out a mouthful of blood. She had suffered internal injuries from the vibrations concentrated in her body.

A swordsman wielding the Dark Sword had been injured by their own technique.

Theta looked at Damien with an unbelievable expression.

"Hahaha! What happened? Are you hurt for 1st time?" Damien said with a displeased expression.

The reason Damien had continued to block Theta's sword was to get used to the vibration. That way, he could use it against her.

When the time was right, Damien returned all the accumulated vibrations to Theta.

"...You're more surprising the more I see you."

Theta was no longer spitting blood. As an undead, she could recover from such an injury instantly.

"But don't think you've won just because of this. I still have more to show you."

Theta ran her palm along the blade. The blade howled and emitted a sword energy.

Each time Theta touched the blade with her finger, the sword energy grew larger.

And when the sword energy reached its peak, Theta swung her sword at Damien.

A tearing sound exploded like a bomb. Damien immediately got out of the way.

At the same time, countless sword marks were engraved on the ground where Damien had been standing.

Ground was slashed by sword slashes carried by the sound.

'So she's already perfected the Dark Sword to this extent.'

Theta had used the Dark Sword in her previous life as well. But in her current life, Theta's growth rate was much faster. Even Damien couldn't understand the reason.

"Don't be careless. There's more to come!"

Theta swung her sword again. Sword slashes poured out along the sword energy.

Just before that, Damien tapped Dawn with his finger.

Wooooong.

Dawn trembled and emitted a sword energy. A clear sound spread in all directions.

"Dawn, cry as much as you want."

Damien pressed down on Dawn's blade with his thumb.

Dawn's sword energy amplified in an instant. At the same time, all the sword slashes that Theta had sent out shattered.

Theta's eyes widened at the sight.

"The Dark Sword? That can't be. I've never heard that you use the Dark Sword..."

"You wouldn't know because I haven't used it often."

In his previous life, Damien had fought against a swordsman called a Sword Musician.

The Sword Musician wasn't a very powerful Master. But he was a man who understood the characteristics of the Dark Sword better than anyone else.

Damien had won the fight against the Sword Musician and had absorbed all of his skills and realm.

Damien tapped Dawn with his finger. Dawn vibrated and emitted a sword energy.

"I don't suppose you're thinking of fighting me with the Dark Sword?"

"It's not impossible."

Even without using the Dark Sword, Damien was confident he could kill Theta. In fact, it was easier without it.

The reason Damien had resorted to using the Dark Sword was because of Theta's provocation.

The Four Great Demon Kings were born by imitating Damien's soul.

All the talents they possessed originated from Damien. Of course, compared to Damien, they were nothing more than crumbs.

The problem was that such a crude imitation dared to provoke Damien. It was an insult that Damien couldn't bear.

"...No matter who you are, you can't beat me with the Dark Sword."

"You'll only know when we try."

Under Damien's provocation, Theta unleashed her dark mana.

An overwhelming amount of dark magic spread out in all directions and overwhelmed Damien.

"Alright, let's see how it goes!"

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The biggest advantage of the Dark Sword was its overwhelming quantity.

With just one swing of the sword, dozens of blades could be created.

Most enemies lost their lives overwhelmed by the quantity of the Dark Sword.

'But... it should be...!'

As Theta swung her long sword, sound blades spread out. It looked like a net had been scattered.

Damien also swung Dawn in the same way. And just as many sound blades poured out.

This led to the collision of sound blades, resulting in a cancelation of each other's effects.

'He is really strong but not to the extent that he could kill me.'

The power granted to Theta by Dorugo was 'sound'.

Thanks to this, Theta was able to master the Dark Sword faster than anyone else and reach the level of a Master Class.

Theta was confident. She said to herself that no one in this world could wield the Dark Sword better than she could.

...Until today.

"You're not very good at using the sound."

Damien mocked Theta.

Theta bit her lip involuntarily. She couldn't deny those words.

'I'll win! I'll definitely beat him with my sword!'

The day she first saw Damien Haxen.

Theta was overwhelmed by one emotion.

She didn't know exactly what that emotion was. However, a strong desire to fight Damien consumed her heart.

"I'll definitely win!"

Theta ran her palm along her long sword. The long sword vibrated like a tong.

It wasn't just her long sword that started to vibrate.

All the surrounding air began to vibrate. She could feel the air shaking on her skin.

This was the realm she had mastered. 'Resonance'.

It vibrates everything around it simultaneously, causing destruction, breakage, and collapse.

"Oh?"

Looking at the vibrating world, Damien said with interest.

"This is kind of fun."

Theta felt anger at Damien's attitude of considering her own realm as "kind of fun."

First, she would erase that smile.

Theta swung her Dark Sword. The whole world vibrated even more violently.

The ground cracked, and trees shattered. The vibration eventually reached Damien.

'I won!'

Even Damien couldn't withstand the resonance.

Just as Theta was certain of her victory.

Damien lightly tapped the ground with his sword. A wave spread out from that spot.

As the wave swallowed the world, all the vibrations created by Theta were erased.

"What?"

Damien's wave swallowed Theta in the moment she was startled.

At that moment, the world became silent.

'What kind of technique is this?'

Theta opened her mouth. But no sound came out.

'Huh? Huh?'

She spoke again, but the result was the same. Only then did Theta realize. This space was in complete silence.

'I'll just tear this thing apart!'

Theta ran her blade. But the blade only vibrated unable to produce any sound.

"You look surprised."

Theta looked around at Damien in shock.

In this silent space, Damien's voice was heard so clearly.

"It's called the White Realm. It's a realm used by a Master who used the Dark Sword just like you."

Theta gaped. As usual, no sound came out.

"This space can absorb all sound. Or something like this is also possible."

As Damien pointed at Theta, a noise sounded in the completely silent space as if by magic.

A noise so loud it hurt her head poured down on Theta.

'It's so noisy! I'm going crazy from the noise...!'

But Theta's voice was still inaudible.

Damien snapped his fingers. And the noise pouring down on Theta amplified.

And the moment it crossed the threshold, Theta's whole body was torn to shreds.

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Damien deactivated the White Realm and approached Theta.

"Gasp... Gasp... Gasp..."

Theta lay on the ground. Her body was covered in blood. She looked as if her entire body had been torn apart.

"Why are you just lying there?"

But Damien wasn't fooled by that appearance. The woman in front of him was not human but an undead.

"Bring out your true body. Use the true power you possess."

The Four Great Demon Kings could only exert their true power when they brought out their true bodies.

"I... today... as a swordsman... I stood before you..."

"So you're saying you're going to die like this?"

Theta nodded weakly. Damien looked at her with an incredulous expression.

"Are you trying to get my sympathy? It's useless. I have no intention of sparing you."

Damien raised Dawn high. Dawn reflected the sunlight and emitted a blinding light.

Theta looked at Damien with a dazed expression. Soon, Theta closed her eyes quietly.

Damien couldn't help but be surprised by the look on her face, as if she was accepting death.

At that moment, a fireball fell from the sky.

Damien stepped back. The fireball that fell from the sky completely melted the ground with an explosion.

"Theta!"

A man with bat wings descended from the sky.

It was Iota, one of the Four Great Demon Kings.

"hat, what on earth happened? Why, why are you so badly injured?"

"Iota? How did you get here...?"

Iota helped Theta up and spoke urgently.

"Don't, don't worry! I, I'm here! Let's kill Damien Haksen together! Mother also said so! He said not to capture Damien Haksen alive but to kill him immediately!"

"I didn't expect an ambush."

Damien said with a smile on his face. At those words, Theta raised her head.

"No, it's not... I..."

"Was the reason you didn't bring out your true body to make me careless? You've got quite a head for it."

At that moment, a violent emotion flared in Theta's eyes.

"Theta! There's no need to listen anymore! Let's kill that guy right away..."

Suddenly, blood spurted out.

Iota looked down at his abdomen with a surprised expression.

Theta's blade had pierced through Iota's back and protruded from his abdomen.

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[Translator - Kie]

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