Update: 23/12/2023
Note: Translation By Microsoft.
Chapter 2: Esdeath
|Two Years Later|
Underworld: Ancient Faction Territory.
Many low-ranking demons were observed fighting all against all.
Rising in victory from the dead bodies of many demons under rank.
In the fight of all the low-ranking demons, there was a little girl who drew a lot of attention; She was a little girl who rose in victory after victory.
Slaughter after slaughter.
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 one name, there was no trace of who her parents were or even what family she came from.
But he has incredible mastery in his ice magic and stabbing weapons.
He has survived and won all his fights thanks to his skills and intuition.
Out of all the low-ranking demons, she was the one who caught the attention of the Old Faction leaders a lot, she is a rough 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 was called.
He activated his ice magic and summoned an ice stake by piercing the low-ranking male demon from behind, which attacked from behind.
In his right hand he held a steel dagger, which he ended up using to slash the neck of the approaching demon attacking from the front.
From her left came two demons armed to kill her, she attacked quickly by slitting their necks with the knife.
More and more demons were approaching from all sides, attacking with the aim of killing her.
All the low-ranking demons knew that the only way to rise through the ranks in the Old Faction is by eliminating the one person who carried the most victories and achievements.
And that person is: Esdeath.
A little girl who ended up arriving for 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 was that the place where she lived supported the previous Satans.
Giving a strong reason to annihilate the demons that live in that place.
She ended up saving her life thanks to a monster hunting excursion that ended up making her the sole survivor of the territory.
When he finished hunting monsters, he looked from afar at the location of the territory his father guarded, a destroyed place.
Ashes, destruction, and dead bodies, it was the place I observed, I 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 a simple reason.
Weak
Your parents, friends, and acquaintances; they were weak. That is why they died; the law dictated in their territory was force.
If they are weak, he has only to wait for his eminent death.
Following the belief dictated by his father, of the strong and the weak.
She was towering in victories and accomplishments in this dying place.
Killing and killing, winning, and winning; over and over again.
It was Esdeath's life in this Old Faction pigsty.
Coming to think if he should go and find another place and get more strength.
(I'm bored of this place now; I'm leaving today and heading north.)
That's what Esdeath thought, sitting on top of all the dead bodies of demons.
Later Esdeath 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.
|Gathering of the Demon Clans and Maous|
In a place of hell, several important clans of the remaining 72 Pillars; they had gathered together with the four Maous, to talk about something of the utmost importance.
Mephisto Pheles
He gave information that the Old Faction had begun to make moves to increase its power.
At some point or maybe years they may start an attack like it was in the Civil War.
Something like this is of utmost importance to resolve.
A new war, it wasn't something they want now.
After the heavy losses of the pure demons and important clans, in the previous war.
They have yet to recover from the lost numbers.
Although thanks to the creation of the Evil Piece System of the Maou Ajuka Beelzebub they gradually recover their numbers, but now with reincarnated demons.
But war can bring something catastrophic.
It also brings some benefits.
And it was...
Power
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 thought they would benefit from this new war.
A new playground.
Who will win?
No one knows.
|Esdeath's Journey|
Along the way she ended up encountering several monsters who wanted to kill her, eat her flesh and blood.
He ended up killing everyone.
But he took a strange wyvern-sized bird animal on his right shoulder as he grabbed with his dominant arm. And his left hand caressed the bird's chin.
— You'll be having dinner today.
Esdeath said, smiling at today's dinner.
It had been a week since he left the Old Faction's territory.
The provisions he had stolen had already run out.
So, he had to hunt the monsters and eat them to kill the hunger he had.
— I'll have to find a place to sleep today, but I'll have to fly high to know if I'm getting close to inhabited territory to get more edible meals. Eating raw monster meats is not the best food you can eat, although it does serve to kill hunger.
End 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'd like to know if I'm near a territory where I can stay for a while.
I approached the cave and saw the depth; you can easily save the bird.
After looking to see if there is a territory nearby, I will come to remove the feathers and make myself a feather bed that is comfortable to sleep in.
I left the bird inside the cave and began my exploration high up in the underworld.
I was just looking at several Rocky Mountains, there was nothing to let me know that there is a territory nearby.
I'll have to take me closer to the Rocky Mountains to look farther afield.
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 trail of magic that lives farther away from the Rocky Mountains.
From my body I shoot magic energy around 100 km², this way I can find more people. Inside there is always a trace of magic, even if it is the slightest of a person or monsters.
I quickly ruled out the expulsion of magic from my body when I discovered the magic trail of a person who was at the end of the 100 km².
The only bad thing about searching this way is that I also reveal my location.
If it's a person, that's fine.
I can easily defend myself and beat him.
Now to go back to my hiding place, maybe it will take me a week or two to get there.
|Rocky Mountain: Mikoto Training Ground|
Looks like someone found me.
Someone expelled his magic like a tracker, even if it was the lightest thing he did. I end up revealing its location.
100 km.
It was the distance from the person who had made that move.
Mmm...
What this person did is an interesting thing.
That trick can be used as a trap.
But it has its disadvantage if the enemy is smarter and more cunning.
But this can cause your enemy to accidentally find out where he finds you, if you know how to use it to your advantage; You can create traps on the paths that can destabilize your enemies and give you certain death.
If I were a battle madman, I would go right now to fight that person.
It can give me a disadvantage result because of the environment I don't know.
But it would be interesting.
For now, I'll wait, it seems that this person was looking for a trace of life.
A week or maybe two.
That person will come to this place.
It will be Okita Souji's first true experience of using my fencing training.
I will await your arrival.
—What's funny about you, Mikoto-sama?
—Huh? Amusing?
I couldn't feel the presence of my teacher approaching this place.
—You're smiling, Mikoto-sama.
My teacher said: Okita Souji.
A young teenage girl with long white hair, tied on both sides with red tassels, wears a large black bow tied like a bun at the crown of her hair, has platinum eyes, her tanned skin wears a red and black dress resembling a short kimono 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'll apologize for not controlling my emotions.
—You don't have to.
—Got it, Sensei.
—Did you bring your gun?
—Yes.
I went where I left my katana holstered behind a rock.
I don't need to have this katana by my side, I can defend myself with my magic and fist.
Even if you've learned swordsmanship skills.
Not that it catches my attention, but I do this to learn from all kinds of struggles.
From magic, fists and now fencing.
All of this is good for whatever may happen in the future.
—We'll start training.
My teacher said with a serious face as she drew the sword and carried it behind her.
—Prepare yourself mentally, this is going to hurt.
Even if you say that, I'd like to prepare my mind to stop looking into the center of your chest... You really 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 workout.
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 to me.
Maybe he's waiting for me to arrive.
If so.
He's very confident.
—If he's very confident, it's because he's strong. Hahaha, a new showdown I hope this person is more fun.
Groaaar
The roar of a wyvern could be heard in the sky.
Tch, it couldn't have been another monster. Their flesh is the most horrible to digest.
...
Haah, food is food.
Summon ice stakes that were guided to the wyvern's wings so it can't escape.
Well, let's wait for it to hit the ground.
Stop trying to fly and fall fast wyvern.
Krack
It took its time.
Plaf, plaf
The wyvern had started to run, it's escaping.
I jumped hard and reached his back.
I gripped the knife tightly and made a merciless cut on his neck.
—He's dying now.
I seriously hate how dinner wants to escape.
Even if you taste the most horrible, I need something to fill my stomach.
Now look for another cave to sleep in.
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I ended up finally finding a cave, I had to load the wyvern 70 meters.
But it doesn't matter, I'm closer to getting there.
I started gutting the wyvern like my father taught me.
Although it's not the best food and worst to eat raw, this will serve to fill my stomach.
I really had to have learned how to use fire magic.
That would have saved me from eating the meats raw.
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 keep thinking like that either, so this fact can't be changed anymore.
It's time to learn fire magic when you reach the next territory.
Now that I think about it, 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 winged to me.
I just had to change the magical 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 flares.
A simple fireball the size of a tennis ball will do.
—Fire.
That's it, a small flame of fire.
It will be used to cook the meat of the wyvern.
Even if I don't have something like branches to leave the fire to cook the raw meat, I'll have to cook it with the fire close to my palm and bringing it closer to the raw meat.
This can take away a negligible level of magical energy, something that can be easily recovered by resting.
I grabbed the neatly cut pieces of meat and started grilling them.
I hope this way it improves the taste a bit.
|Three Days Later|
Haaah, finally.
I was under the great rocky mountain.
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 at the top.
—So, you've been waiting.
I ended up smiling.
An interesting person who doesn't run away from an encounter.
I'll have fun fighting with the person upstairs.
I took out my wings and started flying to the top of the mountain.
Whoever the person is upstairs, 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'm facing a person with light blue hair just like Elisa-chan's.
A coincidence?
Or did she make a ritual so I would never forget her?
For now, I'll think it's a coincidence, I was busier thinking about the rumors that some leaders of the remaining Pillars and the 4 Maous had gathered to talk about something important.
Even though I asked my father, he wouldn't answer.
It must have been about something so important that he doesn't say anything to me.
Mmm?
The blue-haired girl, 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 his attack and with my other hand I gave him a strong quick palm blow to his 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 my waist sheath and prepared a defense stance.
Now that I think about it, 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 is this girl.
She also came for a confrontation.
If so, I can't contain myself in this duel.
Several ice stakes were coming up from behind me. I reinforced my katana and cut all the ice stakes leaving it on small pieces of ice.
I elbowed my left that she ended up dodging.
His senses are very keen.
If she has a lot of battle experience, I'll end up losing.
But I won't back down from this fight.
I will fight to the end.
Even if you lose.
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We started a fight with our guns.
Although I may have the upper hand thanks to my katana that has a greater distance than the small steel dagger in the celestial girl's hands.
She can defend herself and attack me perfectly.
A serious master of arms is fearsome.
Swing
I used my katana as a shield to defend myself from the attack that was coming straight into my eyes.
He seriously has great strength in his arms.
If it wasn't for the wild physical training, I would have lost an eye.
—Oh, you were able to stop that attack; I must congratulate you.
—I'm grateful for your praise. But we'd better stop talking and just concentrate on fighting.
—That's fine with me.
Several quick attacks came.
From my neck, heart, head, and eyes.
Seriously, she's going to deadly places.
I magically strengthened my body and weapon to defend myself from their attacks.
It was necessary if I wanted to save my life.
Even if the blood in my blood vessels is going to circulate at a speed that shouldn't go in the veins and arteries that is counterproductive, sacrifices are necessary if you want to gain anything.
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 from magic steel.
It has greater strength and durability in destroying itself and losing its edge.
Now I can't attack with my dagger alone, I'll have to fight with fists and kicks.
The katana is aimed in five directions.
I can defend myself, but I also need to attack him fast before he can dodge the blow.
Neck, rib, stomach, leg, and heart.
—Gah...
I couldn't hit him harder on the neck, I had to go faster if I wanted to hurt him at all.
—So now it's going to be mixed?
The reddish boy asked.
—Now that you're going faster and fighting seriously, it's going to have to be mixed.
Gun fight and fists/kicks.
Something I'm used to; it will be easier for me.
A strong thrust was aimed at my heart.
Oh, so he wants to use my moves with me too.
Interesting.
With my right hand I used the blade of the dagger as a shield to stop the edge of the katana.
I quickly used my left leg to attack his head which I ended up giving.
To give it a punch I also have to go faster.
He ended up falling about ten meters.
He started to get up and another attack began.
The cut of his katana was coming to my left rib.
I fended off his katana, but not the first he hit in my stomach.
A good shot, I also move ten meters away.
We have equal speed and strength.
But the resistance remains to be seen.
That's what I'll win for.
I used my dagger and thrust him in the left eye, which he ended up dodging obviously.
He used his katana quickly to pierce my right chest, used my palm bones and concentrated more force to hit him on his wrist to get him to release his katana.
He gave a quick kick to the hand that was holding my dagger which I ended up dropping.
—We're the same.
The reddish boy said.
—You're right.
There was no other choice, a fist and kick fight.
He came to the same thing.
Our fists clashed hard letting out a small gust of wind.
I gave him a hard kick that he defended with his forearm and hand.
Fast attack in the center of your chest.
Thanks to that, my leg was loose.
A hard elbow in the leg and it would have broken.
A right hand was coming to my rib, I backed off as a kick was coming from my other side as well.
On that quick attack on your nose.
He started bleeding.
Now he began to attack from right to left.
I used my forearms to defend myself from their blows.
While I used my legs like a dance by making little jumps.
I fended off attacks from the right and left and headbutted him the forehead.
That took him a little off and, but he started kicking me in the rib fast.
Ugh... That hurt.
But I have to endure the pain, I gave him a quick right hand on the head with so much force that I ended up burying him in the ground.
It's my advantage.
I began to attack him from the right and left as well, with too much speed and force now that he was on the ground.
He's still conscious, I use his forearms as shields to defend himself from my blows.
But I was still buried in the ground, I have the upper hand.
Crash!
Crash!
Crash!
Crash!
Crash!
Several minutes passed and he was still defending himself.
He could feel every blow he gave him as he had broken bones in his forearms.
Hard to beat, huh.
—Ah!
I had let my guard down.
I was punched hard in the jaw.
I brought my hand to my jaw and could feel a small pain.
It broke a little bit.
The reddish boy had risen from the broken ground.
His arms were 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.
I readied my legs and fists to give him the last attack to take this guy down.
You were really a great opponent, but it's a shame you have to lose.
This time I had to go all out, I forced my legs to make a strong jump that I ended up approaching in a few seconds near him, while raising my right fist that approached from top to bottom to give him a strong blow all over his face.
Crash!
My first connected all over his face which ended up burying his head and destroying the ground further.
The destroyed rocky soil 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.
I'm sorry boy, for resting crushing your body.
You must have broken bones, and you are unconscious.
We should have a calmer talk when we wake up.
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In Mikoto's consciousness, he was thinking about his fight.
Hehe, I lost, it's a shame. Someone with a lot of experience like she has would be very difficult for me to beat.
But this will help me to strengthen myself more.
I need more strength and speed.
Oh, right. Also, resistance and by the way not committing the same madness of forcing my body to want to explode.
If she hadn't stopped me at the rate I was going, my body would be about to explode.
Speeding up 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 he found two bodies.
In it, Mikoto and on top of that, sleeping on her chest, a strange girl with pale skin and long light blue hair.
On his head he had a black diadem with a cross in the center.
He wore a pale light blue T-shirt with some blue trimmings, as if he were from a tribe; She wore stretchy black shorts, a pale purple cloak on her hips; and wear a pair of hiking boots without zipper or laces, with fur on top.
—I'd 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 guns that were far away.
For now, I must return to the Gremory house to be tended to and their wounds healed.
Okita flew back, but now with wounded and tired bodies.
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I hope the one who loved the Okita waifu liked it, as he never said which; I got into the...
For now, I don't want to do so much skip time, I'm sick to see how to write the Esdeath x Muramasa ship.
If Parcasious doesn't give the Esdeath with Shirou, I'll do mine with Muramasa
Thank you Parcasious, you gave me a ship I didn't even know I wanted.