LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 72
[Let us take our revenge!]
[Why must we suffer like this!]
[Do not forget our grudge!]
[You are our sword.]
[■■■, you are our revenge and our resentment.]
[Your blood, your bones, your flesh. Everything is made of our grudge.]
[Let it be known to them.]
[No matter the cost!]
[Our secret wish…!]
‘Our grudge…’
The [Sword] Magical Girl, Lee, had come to Beijing for the first time since her birth. The city taught to her by the masters who whispered about grudge in a dark cave while chewing on branches with their decayed teeth.
“This is where we must take revenge.”
Lee’s essence shattered under the waves of resentment and determination whispered by a hundred masters every day.
When her parents, who occasionally called her by name, stopped doing so, she forgot everything except for her last name, Lee (李). From the day her parents were buried in revenge, her name became ‘Heir.’
“Revenge.”
The vast city spread before her, grand and massive, appeared to contain the spirit of a new era rising in China. Those who lived here believed without a doubt that tomorrow would shine brilliantly for China.
“I will let it be known.”
The malice of the Black Sword Sect, quietly growing in the cave from 40 years ago, where your hopes could not reach.
What you had tried to forget behind the curtain of history.
The world of the Black Sword created by the warriors who had their sinews severed, leading miserable lives in the cave.
What remained for the girl was only martial (武).
“Born for no reason. Forgotten for no reason. Die for no reason.”
Die entangled in unreasonable grudges.
The malice of the Black Sword Sect would overshadow the concept of nation.
That was all that remained of Lee’s existence.
“……”
[Sword] Magical Girl Unique Skill
Ten Thousand Swords World (萬劍世界)
‘That’s the place.’
‘That’s the place!’
‘It’s where we suffered unjustly!’
‘It’s where our lives were trampled upon!’
‘Destroy that place!’
The screams of ten thousand black swords pierced Lee’s ears, aimed at the orange palace erected in the center of Beijing. In front of that massive palace, a hundred warriors were mocked before thousands of people, their limbs severed.
‘They called us relics of the past!’
‘They threw us away, calling us worthless bugs!’
The Forbidden City.
Lee ascended upon the black sword, slowly flying toward that place.
The groups that had obstructed her could not withstand the ten thousand swords and vanished somewhere in the massive city. The soldiers who attempted to stop her like in Shanghai retreated, unable to conquer their fear.
Stomp
As she took in the gigantic figure of the Forbidden City, Lee moved forward step by step.
The black swords that had gathered, hunting down the obstructors in Beijing, followed the Heir.
Ten thousand swords called out the forgotten world of warriors behind the Heir, just like that glorious time.
‘Why must we be the victims?’
‘Couldn’t we choose our end?’
‘We deny the history built upon our blood!’
“……”
Since awakening the Ten Thousand Swords World, the voices of a hundred masters or parents had echoed endlessly in her head, filled with lamentation, despair, and resentment. They were a guidepost and her sword path.
Hoist
“……”
“Hey, if you cut off an arm like that and leave without any remorse, it’s not gonna work out!”
A girl draped in bright green robes, covering her severed arm, blocked Lee’s path.
“This is a duel request! You punk! Let’s fight again!”
Ichika said with a confident grin, waving her right hand.
‘Is this bravado?’
Lee couldn’t understand her confident expression. She should have known that they weren’t on equal footing. Everything she said felt like a waste of time.
“You can’t stop me.”
“That’s something you’ll only know after trying!”
Amidst the smoke billowing from collapsed buildings, the girl in dark robe faced off against the girl in green robe. Following the dark robe was the screaming ten thousand black swords, and behind the green robe, a faint sky emerged through rising smoke.
Six Harmonies Fist (六合拳)
The foundational martial arts learned from a monk at an old temple in Osaka, responding to the four corners of heaven and earth.
Black Dog Fang (黑犬牙)
The beginning of revenge taught by a mother whose teeth had all fallen out in a dark cave.
Ichika’s stance was heavy and stable, as if set with a heavy load, while Lee’s posture was calm yet emanated a deadly aura, like a dog ready to maul. The two girls remained silent, preparing their stances for what they anticipated would be a life-and-death decision.
“……”
“……”
After a moment of silence, the standoff between the two girls was shattered by a great noise.
BOOM!
Ichika’s green fist surged like a bright pillar of light, flying toward the stone floor of the Forbidden City. The two legs beneath her sailor uniform moved robustly, quickly closing the distance with minimal steps.
CRACK! BAM! BOOM!
With every step Ichika took, the path toward the Forbidden City shattered, creating dense clouds of dust. It was as if an archer made of dust was shooting green arrows.
Lee stood calmly, raising her black sword slightly, and thrust it toward the empty space where Ichika approached, as dense gray starlight surged upward over the black sword.
The green fist and the black sword clashed, producing a deafening roar that shook heaven and earth. The two girls, close enough to see each other’s pupils, unleashed their most threatening attacks capable of claiming each other’s lives.
Red Mist Divine Palm (赤霞神掌)
The technique used by the temple maidens of Amifa to subdue foes wielding foul powers, imbued with the art of dispelling demons.
Ichika held her remaining right hand straight, emitting a faint and warm green energy like a softly setting red sunset, driving away the dense gray starlight. The foul starlight, fed on the blood of others, was shaken by the technique resembling the sunset, filled with the enlightenment of maidens from long ago.
Like the sunset hanging on the horizon, it was both faint and intense.
Due to the art of dispelling demons, the energy shuddered as Ichika’s strike sliced through it, both faint yet warm and resolute.
Black Demon Kill (黑鬼殺)
Lee’s black sword danced chaotically in the air, scattering the blurry starlight peppered around by the Red Mist Divine Palm. The dense gray starlight swirled chaotically, scattering Ichika’s green energy, as it danced wildly.
Like a shaman’s dance driving out malevolent spirits.
Like the entranced dance of a woman possessed by a spirit.
What is evil and what is good?
In a world filled with chaos, to simply dance wildly is enough.
The dance of the sword demon, who had abandoned her very spirit to fight against the concept of nation.
The deep malice contained in the sword dance faintly dissipated, sending away the subtle energy of dispelling demons. The black sword, dancing wildly like a madman, naturally veered toward Ichika’s neck.
“Charge!”
As she evaded the lethal strike, Ichika thrust herself backward with a shout.
Black Bear Eye (黑熊目)
Have you ever seen the eyes of a mother bear that lost her cub?
That deep malice.
The resentful eyes.
In order to awaken the strongest resentment, the most merciless of beings deliberately killed the bear’s cubs to lure out the mother bear, learning the most intense malice. Inside Lee’s sword was the spirit of a hundred warriors whose lives had been taken.
“Lina!! Now!!”
At Ichika’s cry, the hidden [Memory] Magical Girl appeared from the darkness.
“Take this!!”
Lee’s posture, paradoxically more vulnerable than ever, unleashed the richest malice yet, and from all sides, perilous memories descended.
Poison.
Lee sensed the faint scent of poison from Ichika’s memories and withdrew the malice aimed at Ichika, raising her hand to summon the black swords. The ten thousand black swords deployed toward the direction Lina attacked.
WHOOSH!
“… What?”
Lee suddenly felt a loud ringing in her head and looked up.
Mortars came raining down.
“It’s because your head is empty!!”
Lina’s memories relentlessly pounded on the ten thousand swords.
At that moment, Ichika launched her Broken Jade Fist Method toward the once-vacant side.
The moment Lee focused on the duel, she realized the plot that aimed to encircle her as she stood fixed in one place.
BOOM!
Dozens of mortars exploded, creating a thick cloud of dust and revealing a horrific scene amidst the ear-splitting noise.
The stone path of the Forbidden City was engulfed in black powder smoke, and every piece of stone shattered, forming a massive crater.
“……”
As the smoke cleared, what emerged was Lina, a mangled heap flung far away, unable to move.
With her battle uniform torn to shreds for protection, Ichika knelt, blood-soaked yet entirely downed, along with the [Sword] Magical Girl quietly raising her hand toward the sky.
Heart Sword (心劍)
For the [Sword], who could freely expand her sword path wherever her heart desired, ambushes from all directions were ineffective.
“Damn it.”
Ichika truly felt disheartened, realizing her last scheme had been thwarted.