To become a king and a magician

29. Repeatedly jumping around and attacking directly.

The real world.

As the darkness in her eyes gradually faded, Ayaka Sajou looked at the world before her with a slightly bewildered expression, like a newborn baby just opening its eyes.

(Looks like it was a success, my other self.)

A voice exactly like my own echoed from the depths of my heart.

Sajō Ayaka touched her body: "It seems... it was a successful transfer of soul and consciousness."

(Well, first, I entered your area through the circuit connection between me and my master, and then I brought your soul back to me through the connection between us—it sounds simple, but in practice, it was still somewhat difficult for me right now. Fortunately, I succeeded.)

Successful.

At the cost of losing all her power, she escaped from the demonic eye that had imprisoned her for ten years—a fact that Ayaka Sajou deeply understood.

"Zero... no, isn't she Aika now?"

The voice of the nightmare rang in my ears.

Sajō Aika turned her head and saw Merry sitting on a sofa next to her, smiling at her: "Just now, Rei suddenly fainted. I was worried that something had happened. It seems that I went to pick you up. How are you feeling now? After ten years, you are free again."

"That's true. I would say it's excitement and joy. That's the feeling I'm having right now. Being able to move my body so freely makes me very happy."

(It's my body—no, it's the body we share, don't get that wrong, another me.)

Satori Rei reminded her.

(Also, regarding control of this body, I actually have the majority of it, so don't even think about messing around. If you try to do that, I'll do this—)

As the sound faded, Ayaka Sajou suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness, and then her perspective began to recede endlessly backward, and she lost control of her body in an instant.

Back inside her body, Sajou Rei smoothed her hair: "If my other self wanted to do something bad, I would just take back the body like this. The control ratio is probably seven to three, I'm seven."

(What's the difference between this and before?)

“The difference is huge. When you were inside your body, you had no control at all, right? Now you at least have some control.” Sajou Rei laughed. “But don’t worry, I won’t take the body back casually when you’re using it, unless you’re as impure as before.”

(Do I have any reason to do that now?)

"Of course I know you don't have it. It's just an insurance policy. After all, I'm the only one who can keep an eye on you. Besides... when my master and I replenish our magic power in the future, it wouldn't be impossible for us to secretly switch you out halfway through. My master probably won't notice."

(You said it yourself.)

"Okay, okay, I'll take care of it."

Seeing the two people in front of her discussing how to allocate their time, Melly clapped her hands and said, "Alright, alright, you two can tone it down a bit. The person in charge is still here. If you want to discuss something, at least don't do it in front of him."

"However, regarding what you were discussing earlier... how about someone impersonates you to replenish the King's mana, and then cast a sympathy spell between you and me? That way, the three of us can experience it together."

"What do you think of this idea?"

"..."

(…)

Sajou Rei and Sajou Aika both fell silent—this nightmare demon really knows how to play games, impersonating someone else to have fun, and even using empathy magic to make others feel like they're there.

What a vicious act!

After hesitating and considering the feasibility of the idea, Sajou Rei said, "Let's talk about that later. For now, let's wait for Master to wake up—how ​​long will it take for Master to wake up, my other self?"

(It will take at least half an hour; it will take some time for the consciousness realm to disintegrate.)

"Half an hour... Hmm, let's start preparing dinner now, so that Master and Liya can have dinner when they wake up."

"I'm afraid that won't work, it will take half an hour."

The words that Meryl suddenly spoke made Rei Sajou and Aika Sajou pause for a moment.

No? Does that mean Natsukawa Torato and Artoria can't wake up within half an hour? But why? The monsters have already been defeated—

"Bang! Boom!"

The sound from the television caught their attention, and after looking at the television, they understood why Mary had said that.

"They haven't all been wiped out yet, monsters."

Mary clenched her fists slightly.

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"Bang!"

Recoiling nearly a hundred meters with a loud bang, Natsukawa Tiger quickly steadied his Holy Sword Armor and looked up: "Lia, are you alright?!"

"I'm fine, Master—ahead!"

"Know!"

In response, the Holy Sword Armor gripped a lightsaber made entirely of light in both hands and swept it horizontally at the two ball lightning bolts flying towards them. The overflowing light immediately engulfed the two lightning balls!

But before Xia Chuanhu could give chase, the body of the Phoenix Giant flying in the air suddenly exploded, and the Holy Sword in the Holy Sword Armor's hand seemed to respond to it, exploding into pieces along with it!

The next moment, the Lightning Giant unleashed a powerful punch!

"Thump—!"

A terrifying impact, accompanied by lightning, struck Xia Chuanhu's arms! The hastily put-together defense was simply unable to completely withstand this attack; the Holy Sword Armor was blasted away by this punch, crushing a large number of houses!

In the air, the Phoenix Giant, which had self-destructed just seconds before, had somehow returned to normal.

(That trick again... Damn it, it's making me want to punch you!)

This has been the case from the very beginning of the battle. The phoenix giant seems to be able to seal away special abilities through his self-destruction, and once sealed, that ability becomes temporarily unusable. Furthermore, even after self-destructing, he can resurrect and regenerate!

Thanks to this, Natsukawa Torama's Imaginary Manifestation and Spirit Summoning are now banned, and he can only fight back with the Holy Sword Armor.

As for the other side, the Lightning Giant took advantage of Natsukawa Tiger's continuous weakening and kept looking for opportunities to launch fierce attacks on him. However, the Holy Sword Armor was slightly inferior in both speed and strength.

You cannot leave, Holy Sword Wielder.

You will be destroyed, Holy Sword Wielder.

In this world of consciousness

【Us and You】

We will fight forever.

[Until your consciousness is completely worn away and destroyed]

In the sky and on the ground, two giants pronounced this judgment.

Then, the eruption of massive lightning and the burning phoenix flames together filled the entire space in the eyes of Natsukawa Tora and Artoria.

"Boom—!"

30. Deceiving the opponent by feigning a win is a basic tactic for players going second.

The Holy Sword Master must be destroyed.

The Holy Sword Master must be eliminated.

This is an instinct etched into every fragment of power; even now that it is certain that they will disappear, they still want to take the Holy Sword Wielder with them on their journey.

This is what the two-bodied monster, born from the residual power fragments after the meteorite was shattered, wanted to do.

They don't necessarily need to kill Xia Chuanhu completely; they just need to keep his consciousness here forever, so that he can never wake up and continue fighting with them in this realm of consciousness.

Seal his fantasy materialization, seal his summoning magic—after sealing these two, his remaining power is enough to suppress the two monsters at full strength.

The next step is to defeat him countless times. After all, he is just a human being. Even if his body is not human, his mental state is still the same. He has not completed the transformation from human to non-human. And the human spirit cannot withstand countless defeats, countless serious injuries, and even countless deaths.

therefore--

"Bang--------!"

Unleashing a massive burst of flame, the Phoenix Giant blasted the Holy Sword Armor into the ground once more, silently counting the number of times it had defeated Natsukawa Tiger.

[Fifteen times]

A tenacious spirit

But it's nothing to worry about.

[Time Issues]

The Fuyuki City, formed by consciousness, has almost completely dissipated. Now, all that remains is the Miwa River and a piece of land nearby, which looks like a platform floating in the darkness.

Two giants stood on either side of the platform, looking down at the Holy Sword Armor lying in the crater.

Fifteen times—that's how many times the two of them knocked the Holy Sword Armor to the ground. Judging from the severity of the injuries, Xia Chuanhu must have been on the verge of death seven or eight times already. Logically speaking, he shouldn't be able to stand up again.

"Uh...ah..."

Slowly crawling out of the pit and staggering to his feet, Natsukawa Torato looked at the giants on either side of him: "Only fifteen times? To completely shatter my consciousness, you'd need at least a zero more..."

"Compared to what Aika has already done, your level of attack is nothing more than a tickle."

[Target confirmed to be alive]

[Continue executing the attack commands]

"boom----!"

"Bilibili————!"

The crimson flames and lightning roared and vibrated again, like a sandwich, the two giants sandwiching Natsukawa Torato in the middle, and the scene of destruction rushed in from both sides at the same time!

Natsukawa Torara spread his arms wide, and the Absolute Protection Avalon Barrier stood in front of the flames and lightning respectively—

【useless】

The Phoenix Giant's body immediately exploded and shattered, and Avalon's barrier vanished without a trace before it could fully take shape!

Fall once more, Holy Sword Wielder!

Destroy once more, Holy Sword Wielder!

This would be the sixteenth time. No matter how many times, as long as Xia Chuanhu could still stand up, the two giants would knock him to the ground countless times until he could no longer stand up.

Without the most powerful Avalon Barrier, Natsukawa Torama would have no chance of withstanding the attacks of the two.

"Boom! Boom!"