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Chapter II: Esdeath

|Two years later|

Hell: Ancient Faction Territory.

Many low-ranking demons were seen fighting against each other.

Rising in victory from the dead bodies of many low-ranking demons.

In the fight of all the low-ranking demons, there was a little girl who attracted a lot of attention; She was a young girl who rose in victory after victory.

Killing after killing.

The little girl was unstoppable.

Pale skin, light blue hair and blue eyes, wearing rags destroyed from many battles surviving and winning.

The little girl only had a name, there was no trace of who her parents were or even what family she came from.

But he has incredible mastery of his ice magic and sharp weapons.

He has survived and won all his fights thanks to his skills and intuition.

Of all the low-ranking demons, she was the one that attracted a lot of attention from the leaders of the Ancient Faction, she is a raw gem that needs to be well polished.

She can become a great general of the Old Faction.

—Die damn girl!

Esdeath, as the little girl's name was.

He activated his ice magic and summoned an ice stake piercing the low-ranking male demon through the back, which attacked from behind.

In his right hand he had a steel dagger, which he ended up using to cut the neck of the demon that was approaching attacking from the front.

From her left came two armed demons to kill her, she attacked quickly, cutting their necks with the knife.

More and more demons approached from all sides, attacking with the aim of killing her.

All the low-ranking demons knew that the only way to rise in rank in the Ancient Faction is by eliminating the only person who had the most victories and achievements.

And that person is: Esdeath.

A little girl who ended up arriving by destiny in the territory of the Old Faction, after the place where she lived was destroyed by the current Maous.

What she didn't know is that the place where she lived supported the previous Satans.

Giving a strong reason to annihilate the demons living in that place.

She ended up saving her life thanks to a monster hunting excursion that ended up making her the only survivor in the territory.

When he finished hunting monsters, he looked from afar at what the territory that his father looked after was, a destroyed place.

Ashes, destruction, and dead bodies, it was the place he observed, he could no longer call it home.

He didn't know who was to blame for the attack on his city, but he was grateful for that.

If they all died it was for one simple reason.

Weak

Your parents, friends, and acquaintances; They were weak. That's why they died; the law dictated in their territory was force.

If they are weak, they only have to wait for their imminent death.

Continuing with the belief dictated by his father, of the strong and the weak.

She stood tall in victories and achievements in this dying place.

Killing and killing, winning, and winning; and again.

Esdeath 's life in this Old Faction pigsty.

Coming to the point of thinking if he should leave and find another place and get more strength.

(I'm already bored of this place; I'm leaving today and heading north.)

That's what Esdeath thought sitting on top of all the dead demon bodies.

Esdeath later grabbed the clothes that belonged to her and stole food from the demons of the Old Faction and began her journey to the north of the underworld.

|Meeting of the Demon and Maous Clans |

In a place in hell, several important clans of the remaining 72 Pillars; The 4 Maous had met together to talk about something of utmost importance.

Mephisto Pheles

He gave information that the Old Faction had begun to make moves to increase their power.

At some point or perhaps years they may begin an attack as was the case in the Civil War.

Something like this is extremely important to resolve.

A new war was not something they want now.

After the great losses of the pure demons and important clans, in the previous war.

They have not yet recovered the lost numbers.

Although thanks with the creation of the Evil System Maou 's Piece Ajuka Beelzebub little by little recover their numbers, but now with reincarnated demons.

Although war can bring something catastrophic

It also brings some benefits.

And was…

Can

More power, more influences, more influences more control.

The pure greed of demons.

Something that can be taken advantage of if you know how to use it to your advantage.

Important clans planned to benefit from this new war.

A new playground.

Who will win?

Nobody knows.

Esdeath 's Journey |

Along the way she ended up encountering several monsters that wanted to kill her, eat her flesh and blood.

I end up killing everyone.

But he took a strange bird animal the size of a wyvern on his right shoulder while grabbing it with his dominant arm. And his left hand caressed the bird's chin.

—Today you will be dinner.

Esdeath said smiling at today's dinner.

It had been a week since he left the Old Faction's territory.

The supplies he had stolen were already gone.

So, he had to hunt the monsters and eat them to kill his hunger.

—I'll have to find a place to sleep today, but I'll have to fly high to know if I'm approaching inhabited territory to get more edible meals. Eating raw monster meat is not the best food to eat, although it serves to kill hunger.

I ended up seeing a cave about 20 meters away.

It will be my place to sleep today.

I'll leave the bird first and start flying.

I would like to know if I am close to a territory where I can stay for a while.

I approached the cave and saw the depth; the bird can be easily stored.

After looking to see if there is a territory nearby, I will come and remove the feathers and make myself a feather bed that is comfortable to sleep on.

I left the bird inside the cave and began my exploration at the top of the underworld.

I was just looking at several rocky mountains, there was nothing that let me know that there is a territory nearby.

I'll have to get closer to the rocky mountains to look further.

I flew fast to the rocky mountains and saw that there are more rocky mountains.

I'll have to use magical perception to search for a trace of magic that lives further away from the rocky mountains.

From my body I shoot magical energy around 100 km², this way I can find more people. Inside there is always a trace of magic, even the slightest of a person or monsters.

I quickly discarded the expulsion of magic from my body when I discovered the trace of magic of a person who was at the end of the 100 km².

The only bad thing about searching this way is that it also reveals my location.

If it's a person, that's fine.

I can calmly defend myself and beat him.

Now back to my hideout, it might take me a week or two to get there.

|Rocky Mountain: Mikoto's Training Site|

Looks like someone found me.

Someone expelled their magic like a tracker, even though it was the lightest thing they did. I end by revealing its location.

100 km.

It was the distance from the person who had made that movement.

Hmm…

What this person did is kind of interesting.

You can use that trick as a trap.

But it has its disadvantage if the enemy is smarter and more cunning.

But this can make your enemy accidentally discover where he is, if you know how to use it to your advantage; You can create traps on the paths that can destabilize your enemies and give them certain death.

If I were a battle mad man, I would go right now to fight that person.

It can give me a disadvantage result due to the environment that I don't know.

But it would be interesting.

For now, I will wait, it seems that this person was looking for a trace of life.

A week or maybe two.

That person will arrive at this place.

It will be the first real experience of using my fencing training from Okita Souji.

I will wait for your arrival.

—What's funny to you, Mikoto -sama?

-Hey? Fun?

I could not feel the presence of my teacher approaching this place.

—You're smiling, Mikoto -sama.

My teacher said: Okita Souji.

A young teenager with long white hair, tied on both sides with red tassels, wears a large black bow tied as a bow on the crown of her hair, has platinum eyes, her tanned skin, and wears a red and black dress similar to a kimono. short and a long European-style coat, with a high collar closed by a rope tassel.

At his waist he carried a sheathed sword.

Where you could see the golden handle with black and reddish circles.

—I will apologize for not controlling my emotions.

-There's no need.

—Understood, Sensei.

—Did you bring your weapon?

-Yeah.

I went where I left my sheathed katana that was behind a rock.

It is not necessary to have this katana at my side, I can defend myself with my magic and fist.

Although he has learned swordsmanship skills.

It's not that it attracts much attention to me, but I do this to learn from all types of struggles.

From magic, fists and now fencing.

All this is useful for whatever may happen in the future.

—We will begin training.

My teacher said with a serious face as she unsheathed the sword and carried it behind her.

—Prepare yourself mentally, this is going to hurt.

Even if you say that, I would like to prepare my mind to stop looking at the center of your chest… you seriously can't cover that part.

A simple cut on that button and the hidden mountain would be revealed.

Haah , it doesn't matter; This will be another mental training.

Thus continues another day of fencing with a teacher who cannot hide the center of her chest.

Maybe I'm the pervert... right?

|Esdeath 's Journey |

It had been a week since I last searched far from the mountains, where I found a person in that place.

That person never came towards me.

Maybe he's waiting for me to arrive.

If it were like that.

He is very confident.

—If he is very confident, it is because he is strong. Hahaha, a new confrontation I hope this person is funnier.

Groaaar

wyvern was heard in the sky.

Tch, it couldn't have been another monster. Its flesh is the most horrible to digest.

Haah, food is food.

I summoned ice spikes that were guided to the wyvern 's wings so that it could not escape.

Well, let's wait for it to hit the ground.

Stop trying to fly and fall fast damn wyvern.

Krack

I take your time.

Plaf, plaf

The wyvern had started to run, it is escaping.

I made a strong jump and reached its back.

I gripped the knife tightly and made a merciless cut on his neck.

—Now die.

I really hate how dinner wants to escape.

Even though you taste the most horrible, I need something to fill my stomach.

Now look for another cave to sleep.

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I ended up finally finding a cave, I had to charge the wyvern to 70 meters.

But it doesn't matter, I'm closer to getting there.

I began to gut the wyvern like my father taught me.

Although it is not the best food and worse to eat raw, this will serve to fill my stomach.

I really should have learned to use fire magic.

That would have saved me from eating raw meats.

But he had decided to perfect ice magic, it was the most useful for hunting monsters along with handling sharp weapons.

Haah, I can't continue thinking like this either, since this fact cannot be changed.

You'll have to learn fire magic when you reach the next territory.

Now that I think back, my teacher said it was easy.

It was just thinking about it and giving the order for such magic.

I grabbed a piece of the wyvern meat and placed it on the earthenware stone that was next to me.

I just had to change the magic patterns from ice to fire and that would be it.

But I have to be careful, I don't want to cause an explosion of flames.

A simple fireball the size of a tennis ball will do.

-Fire.

Ready, a little flame of fire.

It will be used to cook the wyvern meat.

Even if I don't have something like branches to leave the fire to cook the raw meat, I will have to cook it with the fire close to my palm and bringing it closer to the raw meat.

This can remove a negligible level of magical energy, something that can be easily recovered by resting.

I grabbed the well-cut pieces of meat and started roasting them.

I hope this improves the flavor a little.

|Three days later|

Haaah, finally.

I was under the great rocky mountain.

It measures about 70 meters or so.

I'll have to fly to get to the top of the mountain quickly.

I can also feel the magical energy of a person on the top.

—So, you've been waiting.

I finished smiling.

An interesting person who does not escape an encounter.

I'll have fun fighting with the person on top.

I took out my wings and started flying to the top of the mountain.

Whoever is up there, I hope you don't disappoint me by running away from me.

|Rocky Mountain: Training Location|

It had been 2 years since he had stopped seeing Elisa-chan.

But now I find myself in front of a person with light blue hair just like Elisa-chan.

A coincidence?

Or did he make a ritual to never forget her?

For now, I will think that it is a coincidence, I was more busy thinking about the rumors that some leaders of the remaining Pillars and the 4 Maous had met to talk about something important.

Even though I asked my father, he didn't want to answer me.

It must have been about something so important for him not to tell me anything.

Hmm?

The girl with light blue hair, who must be the same age as mine, had started attacking me.

A steel dagger was approaching my neck, I used my forearm to deflect its attack and with my other hand I gave it a quick strong palm strike on its chest.

Leaving her for a few seconds without air.

He had recovered very quickly.

This will seriously take a while.

I unsheathed the katana from the sheath at my waist and prepared a defensive position.

Now that I remember, it had been more than a week since that strange magic-seeking situation.

Maybe this girl is the person who "found" me?

Interesting, seriously too interesting, this girl is.

She also came for a confrontation.

If so, I cannot contain myself in this duel.

Several ice stakes were approaching from behind me. I reinforced my katana and cut all the ice stakes leaving it in small pieces of ice.

I elbowed my left which she ended up dodging.

Your senses are very keen.

If she has a lot of battle experience, I will end up losing.

But I will not withdraw from this fight.

I will fight until the end.

Even if you lose.

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We start a fight with our weapons.

Although I may have an advantage thanks to my katana that has greater distance than the small steel dagger in the hands of the light blue girl.

She can defend herself and attack me perfectly.

A serious weapons master is fearsome.

swing

I used my katana as a shield to defend myself from the attack that came straight into my eyes.

He seriously has great strength in his arms.

If it weren't for the wild physical training, he would have lost an eye.

—Oh, you were able to stop that attack; I must congratulate you.

—I am grateful for your praise. But it would be better to stop talking and just focus on fighting.

—It's fine with me.

Several rapid attacks came.

From my neck, heart, head, and eyes.

Seriously she goes to deadly places.

I reinforced my body and weapon with magic to defend myself against their attacks.

It was necessary if I wanted to save my life.

Although the blood in my blood vessels is going to circulate at a speed that should not go in the veins and arteries that is counterproductive, sacrifices are necessary if you want to gain something.

Then my attack begins.

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The boy suddenly began to gain more strength and speed.

The attacks were already blurry, but thanks to my senses I can defend myself.

I'm lucky that the dagger is forged with magic steel.

It has greater resistance and durability in being destroyed and losing its edge.

Now I can't attack with just my dagger, I'll have to fight with punches and kicks.

The katana is directed in five directions.

I can defend myself, but I also have to attack him quickly before he can dodge the blow.

Neck, rib, stomach, leg, and heart.

Gah … _

I couldn't hit him harder in the neck, I had to go faster if I wanted to do any damage.

—So now it will be mixed?

The reddish boy asked.

—Now that you are going faster and fighting seriously, it will have to be mixed.

Weapon fight and punches/kicks.

Something I'm already used to; it will be easier for me.

A strong thrust was aimed at my heart.

Oh, so he wants to use my moves on me too.

Interesting.

With my right hand I used the blade of the dagger as a shield to stop the blade of the katana.

I quickly used my left leg to attack his head which ended up hitting.

To hit it I also have to go faster.

He ended up falling about ten meters.

He started to get up and began another attack.

The cut from his katana came to my left rib.

I defended myself from his katana but not from the fist he hit my stomach.

A good blow, I also move ten meters away.

We have equal speed and strength.

But the resistance remains to be seen.

In that I will win.

I used my dagger and stabbed him in the left eye, which he ended up dodging obviously.

He used his katana quickly to pierce my right chest, I used the bones of my palm and concentrated more force to hit his wrist to make him release his katana.

He gave a quick kick to the hand that held my dagger, which I ended up dropping.

-We're even.

The reddish boy said.

-You're right.

There was no other choice, fight with fists and kicks.

He came to the same thing.

Our fists collided strongly, letting out a small gust of wind.

I gave him a strong kick that he defended with his forearm and hand.

Quick attack in the center of his chest.

Thanks to that my leg was loose.

A hard elbow to the leg and it would be broken.

A right hand came to my rib, I stepped back as a kick also came from my other side.

At that quick attack on his nose.

He started bleeding.

Now he began attacking from right to left.

I used my forearms to defend myself against his blows.

While I used my legs like a dance doing small jumps.

I defended myself against attacks from the right and left and headbutted him hard on the forehead.

That disconcerted him a little, but he started kicking me quickly in my rib.

Ugh … that hurt.

But I have to endure the pain, I hit him with a quick right hand on the head with too much force that I ended up burying him in the ground.

It's my advantage.

I also began to attack him from the right and left with too much speed and force now that he was on the ground.

He is still conscious; he uses his forearms as shields to defend himself from my blows.

But I was still buried in the ground, I have the advantage.

¡Crash!

¡Crash!

¡Crash!

¡Crash!

¡Crash!

Several minutes passed and he continued to defend himself.

He could feel every blow he gave him as the bones in his forearms were broken.

Hard to beat him, huh.

—Ah!

I had let my guard down.

I received a strong punch in the jaw.

I put my hand to my jaw, and I could feel a little pain.

It broke a little.

The reddish boy had risen from the broken ground.

He had his arms raised as if he wanted to continue fighting.

Heh, seriously this guy doesn't like to lose.

But it's a shame it doesn't find you with enough stamina anymore.

Prepare my legs and fists to give him the last attack to take this guy down.

Seriously, you were a great opponent, but it's a shame that you have to lose.

This time I had to go with everything, I forced my legs to take a strong jump that ended up approaching him in a few seconds, while I raised my right fist that was approaching from top to bottom to give him a strong blow to his entire face.

¡Crash!

My fist landed all over his face, ending up burying his head and further destroying the ground.

The destroyed rocky ground was already a 10-meter hole.

Curse.

I also ran out of energy to move.

I ended up falling on top of the reddish boy.

Haah , I guess I'll rest for now.

Sorry kid, for resting crushing your body.

You must have broken bones and you walk unconscious.

We'll have to have a calmer talk when we wake up.

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Mikoto 's consciousness, she was thinking about their fight.

Hehe, I lost, it's a shame. Someone with as much experience as she has would find it very difficult to beat her.

But this will help me get stronger.

I need more strength and speed.

Oh, right. Also, resistance and, incidentally, not committing the same madness of forcing my body to want to explode.

If she hadn't stopped me at the pace I was going, my body would be about to explode.

Accelerate my blood vessel just to have more strength and speed, forgetting about the danger of a stroke or a heart attack.

It would have been certain death.

Haah, this will be the last time I'll do that.

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Okita Souji had approached where he always trains Mikoto.

He hadn't found it until he saw a large hole with cracks around it.

Also in the distance was Mikoto 's katana and a strange dagger near the katana.

He approached the hole first.

And found two bodies.

In it Mikoto and on top of that sleeping on his chest a strange girl with pale skin and long light blue hair.

On her head she had a black diadem with a cross in the center.

He was wearing a pale blue shirt with some blue decorations, as if he were from a tribe; He wore elastic black shorts, on his hip he wore a pale purple cloak; and wear mountain boots without zippers or laces, with fur on the upper part.

—I would like to ask how this happened.

But I'll have to wait until later when they recover.

I took the bodies out of the hole and went to the weapons that were far away.

For now, I must return to the Gremory house to be treated and their wounds healed.

Okita flew back, but now with some wounded and tired bodies.

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loved the waifu liked it Okita, as he never said which one; I put the Okita Alter.

For now, I don't want to do so much skip time, I'm anxious to see how to write the Esdeath x Muramasa ship.

If Parcasious doesn't give Esdeath with Shirou, I'll do mine with Muramasa

Thank you, Parcasious, you gave me a ship that I didn't even know I wanted.