The Raven Dark Hero 49

Chapter 49 : Clash! Nature Stranger

TL:SummerPeanut

köszönöm for the support as usual Miguel, and the other patrons.

Author’s Note:

※Some descriptions have been revised. F◯za’s joke is a bit out of the line as expected.(^_^;)[1]

"Now...drown in the depth of your sins and die...”

Bright unleashed his malevolent aura as he delivered the decisive line that he had been secretly thinking about.

The Nature Stranger...or the NDF, for that matter, Kouki has decided to give them no mercy. In the eyes of those around him, he is the one who is evil, and he fully understood the depth of his wrongdoings he had done and will continue to do so.

That's why these words are not just a cool line in Kouki's mind, but a declaration of determination.

“You can't be too careful with this one, that's for…sure!”

Blue threw a kick at Bright. But he avoided the kick with much ease.

After that, Blue continued to rush in with sharp movements. As one of the Nature Stranger. Even though he didn't have the gift of acceleration, he moved fast.

"Tsk..., what an opponent! How dare he avoid all my elegant attacks!?”

“Then what about this! Thunderbolt!”

Yellow’s Thunderbolt. An attack at the speed of light is not something that can normally be avoided. However, Bright activated his Speed Star and avoided it just in time.

"What!? How fast can you go!?”

Following the surprised Yellow, Nature Green unleashed an attack.

"...Wind cutter!”

This is the attack that thwarted Koki just now. Bright calmly offsets this with Invisible Slash.

"What!? Just now, could it be… Lieutenant Saejima's Invisible Slash!?”

Red, as a gift enthusiast, saw through the invisible slash that Bright had obtained from Saejima at first glance.

"...so what if it’s so? Here.”

He fired an Invisible Slash at Red. Red narrowly avoided it, and became even more wary of Bright.

"Damn…this guy’s a serious trouble! Watch out, everyone!"

Tensions ran high in Nature Stranger….

So far, they had not been able to land any attacks on Bright. He was so fast that they could barely follow him with their eyes, and he could even use Invisible Slash as a ranged weapon.

Red changed his mind. He thought that Bright might be a bigger threat than Jiren, the number two of Kuroyume if he’s not careful.

“Hey, what's up? If you don't come to me, I'm coming to you.”

Bright is on the move. The first target is ......

“Why me!?”

It was yellow.

"Kuh... ‘Raijin’!!"

Yellow reacted to Bright's speed and avoided the attack. He was also able to respond to a series of continuous attacks that followed later.

(What? He’s as fast as my Speed Star!?)

Yellow is a gifted lightning manipulator, Rank A, ‘Electron Thunder’. Not only can he use electric shocks as an attack, but by stimulating the nerves in his body with electricity, he can manipulate his own body to achieve speeds beyond normal limits.

“What do you think? If it’s just speed, I won’t lose!”

"If it’s just speed…then”

A dazzling battle ensued, but surprisingly, Yellow is the quicker of the two. And Yellow was the one to come out on top.

“Take that! ‘Electron chop’!”

A blow tinged with 10000 amperes of electricity struck Bright. But... the chop was blocked by Bright's hardened arm, causing it to explode.

“…hmm, I'll give you credit for being fast enough to get through me. But I don't recommend touching my body at that speed, okay?”

He activated Lonsdaleite, which he had been saving because he had used it as Kouki earlier...or rather he was forced to use it against the terrorists.

Only the contact area was hardened, so they didn't seem to know it was the same gift Kouki was using.

"Gyaaaaahhhh!”

Yellow's arm was bent in an impossible direction. However, no matter how electric resistant Bright’s suit was, that attack just now managed to do some damage to him.

“That’s the first one…”

In fact, his body was numb, but he didn’t show it outwardly as he approached the suffering Yellow.

“Sto--p!”

At that moment, Green's wind attack interfered with Bright's attempt to pierce Yellow's body with the blade he created with Lonsdaleite.

...Bright's heart skipped a beat….

(That’s right... I was killed by that green guy. I have to kill him…)

An intense killing intent overflowed towards Green. Then, in the blink of an eye, he approached Green, grabbed him by the neck and lifted him up with one hand.

“Argh...Urgh, Argh…”

“Green! No, stop it, Bright!!”

Red shouted distraughtly at Green's crisis. ...The other members of the team, too, were unable to move, as if they were constrained by the horrible murderous energy emitted by Bright.

“Kill if you got killed…you understand, right?”[2]

“No... no... I don't want to die.......”

He put more strength into the hand that was gripping his neck. Green's thin neck creaked…

...But then, an unexpected person made a move.

“Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!”

Hiro jumped on Bright.

(You're coming in here!? As usual, this guy really likes third-wheeling too much!)

Despite the fact that he was fortunately out of Bright's attention, Hiro charged forward. His mentality was greatly affected by the feelings he had harbored for Kouki for many years.

(Are you going to... ignore me too? Bright!!)

But... Bright removed his hand from Green's neck and countered with a hand-to-hand strike to the back of the head against Hiro, who had lunged at him.

“What the…!?”

In the end, Hiro couldn't do anything but plop down hard.

"...Hmph, mobs shouldn’t interfere.”

Bright's words remained firmly in Hiro's ears in his fading consciousness….

“Well done! Sanada!”

At least Hiro's attack was not in vain, as he was able to avert Green's danger. Red attacked Bright, who was still offended by the interruption.

A series of blows with his fiery fists. Bright kept ducking and swaying to aim for a counter, but as expected of the Nature Stranger’s leader. He never showed an opening.

“Don’t you forget about us!”

“Right! We'll finish you off in one fell swoop!”

Blue, who coated his body in icy air, and Yellow, who was having White heal his broken arm, attacked Bright with electric shocks with his arms and legs!

Bright hardened his arms to deal with all of this. There was already no room to sparingly use Lonsdaleite. And even though he was blocking, their attacks with their own attributes did accumulate damage to Bright little by little.

(Even though it's usually one against many with heroes, but it's really not fair when you're actually on the other side!)

Jiren and Vendetta, who had been watching this quietly…

“If this goes on, won’t this be quite tough on him? What do we do?”

"...I suppose so... It's true that Bright has a good balance of attack, defense, and speed, but I don't think he has enough experience to get out of this situation... If he looks like he would take a direct hit, we’ll join him.”

The situation did not even give him a chance to fight back, but Bright's morale was high.

(This feeling... It's the same as when I fought Saejima. This tension that doesn't allow for even the slightest slackness. I love it!)

"Ha-ha-ha-ha! Is that all you got, Nature Stranger? Even with three of you, you can't even land a hit against me!”

"You don’t have to tell me... Yellow, please!”

“Right! Get it done as fast as you can! Raijin!”

Leaving Bright to Yellow alone, Red and Blue stepped back.

Bright and Yellow facing each other.

"Come on! Let's see who's the number one in speed!”

"Hmph! Bring it!!”

Their speed was almost even. However, Yellow must have realized from the previous exchange that that alone would not be enough against Bright, but he still boldly went towards Bright.

While Yellow was stalling Bright, Red, Blue, and Green lined up side by side.

“Let's do this, Blue, Green!”

"Yeah, let's end it with a bang.”

"...... Got it.”

With Red in the center, Blue and Green turn their palms toward Bright.

“OK! Yellow!”

“You’re finally done!? Right!”

Yellow distanced himself from Bright. And...

"Nature's... triple!!”

Red flame, blue ice, and green wind. The three forces interweaved, and the ice and fire are augmented by the wind to unleash an attack on Bright!

Bright, who had been in close combat with Yellow until the very last second, was unable to react quickly enough to avoid it.

(This is… BAD!!)

A giant ice-fire engulfs Bright!

Vendetta shouted involuntarily. But Jiren…

"Oh! Isn’t this bad!?”

“No... take a closer look.”

The ice and fire attack stopped.... No phenom or filth had ever been able to stand up to this technique.

“Did we do it?”

Red muttered so as if in prayer. ...but there stood Bright, protected by a shield of Lonsdaleite….

The shield was just barely large enough to protect the upper body and head, so it managed to avoid fatal damage, but the legs and arms that could not be hidden by the shield were burned by the double attack of burns and frostbite.

(Kuh… That hurts…)

"What... Did he just block?”

“What is this guy…”

Red was looking at Bright's shield while Blue and Green let out their surprise.

(Isn’t that... the same ability as that boy just now? No, it couldn’t be... that boy is definitely dead…)

Bright made the shield disappear. And…

"...you’ve done it, .........you righteous bastards…. That attack just now. Hurts a ton... Ooooohhhhh!!”

He rushed forward and head-butts Red in the stomach with Lonsdaleite hardened head! But Red wasn't going to go down without a fight. On the moment of contact, Red launched a fire punch to Bright’s face, destroying his headgear covering his right eye.

“Goahhh!?”

Red's left ribs are blown out with a cracking sound.

“Red!?”

While the other members of the team were distracted by Red, who was blown away by the sudden surprise attack, Bright attacked Yellow with a middle kick via his hardened leg. Like Red, Yellow's ribs were snapped and he fell to the ground.

“What!? So fast!?”

And then he rushed furiously at the nearby Blue.

“ORAORAORAORAORAAA!!”

"Guh... So fa-... Guohh!?”

Blue responded to the first few attacks, but was overwhelmed by the number of hits he took, and was caught in the whirlpool of the rush and lost his consciousness.

In a flash, the three main Nature Stranger forces fell to the ground.

And all that was left was…

“With this… There are no more distractions.”

Green was too terrified to move, and could only stand there...

Slowly, Bright begins to walk toward Green.

“No… Don’t come near me…”

“…fine then.”

At Green's plea, Bright stopped walking instantly.

“…Eh? Why…”

“You’re the one who said not to come near, didn’t you?”

He didn't understand why. So he held a little bit of hope that he would be able to survive. But the next moment...

“Because I can kill you from here after all…“

Green's head was cut off by Invisible Slash that was released.

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TL’s note:

1. Freeza maybe
2. Bright is speaking in monotone (represented in katakana instead of normal mix of kanji+hiragana)