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The Raven Dark Hero 29

Added 2021-04-20 00:41:32 +0000 UTC

Chapter 29 : The Raven Dark Hero

TL:SummerPeanut

"I don’t really like putting my hands on women, but you've already killed me once, so there's no room for sympathy, don’t you agree?"

Bright, who had gained a new ability by activating the Revived Hunter, quickly tried it out and it seemed to work.

"Y-you...were dead...how..."

As Bright pulled out his right-hand blade, Iori collapsed powerlessly. She turned into a still corpse with her eyes remained open.

Iori's death sent shockwaves through the NDF army, causing everyone to stop in their tracks.

"Bright-kun... you're alive..."

"Teaser, where are Yoger and Mist?"

"...the two of them are already..."

"I see...”

His comrades are dead. He had only interacted with both Yoger and Mist for about an hour or so, but it was still a complicated feeling for Bright who had just lost his comrades.

And more than anything, he couldn't suppress the urge that overflowing from his body...

"Bright-kun, as much as I'd like to take Yoger and Mist with us, let's retreat now!"

"...No, we'll send off Yoger and Mist..."

"What?"

"Extravagantly, let’s give Yoger and Mist the most extravagant requiem..."

"...requiem... Yeah, I got it! Alright! Let's do it!"

Sensing Bright's intentions, Teaser nodded.

Bright, strangely enough, did not feel any mercy for the soldiers in front of him. It was just like that day when Saejima killed him when he mercilessly killed the NDF corpse disposal team.

(Yoger and Mist. They were the one that killed them. They killed my comrades. So... I'm going to kill them back. For Yoger and Mist!)

Bright stood in front of the 100 members of NDF.

"I am the light within darkness, Bright. I am the one who will slaughter all of you..."

In front of him are the 100 soldiers of the NDF. They are specialists, each with their own gift.

In front of the army of specialists, there is no sign of being frightened found from Bright. Rather, his whole body was delighted at the situation where it was not necessary to suppress the bloodlust that was about to overflow.

"All hands! Don't let your guard down! He rendered even Lieutenant Iori incapacitated guh?!"

Bright suddenly appeared beside the second-lieutenant who was giving orders to the entire team! At the same time, his head was sent flying from his neck.

"Now then...I'll send you two off grandiosely..."

The soldiers rushed like an avalanche to Bright together. Each of them had a gift for close combat, but they were unable to keep up with Bright's speed. Let alone tracking him with their eyes, they were instead punched in the face, pierced through their stomach, and blown away with kicks.

"...you son of a bitch, why don’t you pick someone your own size!!"

The one who jumped out in front of Bright was the second-lieutenant, Kaburagi. He possessed, "High Speed", a gift that is the lower-ranked version of Bright's Speed Star.

They faced each other and exchanged blows.

Kaburagi is a fierce man who won the top four in a boxing tournament within the National Defense Force where gift usage is banned. He also uses his High Speed gift to unleash rapid punches.

"Hmm, you are quite fast."

Just the usual flicker jab’s trajectory would be hard to read but what he used was a barrage of rapid flicker jabs. However, Bright who boasts even higher speed than him easily saw through his punches.

"..he’s fast?!"

Although he came out with great enthusiasm, he could not hide his surprise at the movement of his opponent with a higher-ranked gift than his.

"Hmm, the same acceleration-type gift huh... I suppose it’s not unthinkable for same type gift holder to be able to barely follow me. Unfortunately though, yours and my weapon are in a different league!"

With Bright’s speed...or rather Kouki’s flicker jab, he met fist-to-fist with Kaburagi. Moreover, he had his fist hardened with Lonsdaleite.

"Gubo! Aah! ...Aga!"

A straight right finisher. On top of being overwhelmed in terms of speed, Kaburagi was struck in the jaw by the Lonsdaleite fist and went down without any further twists...

"My every strike is basically lethal hit. I’m different from those who only do hit-and-run attacks with weak numerous attacks by relying on his gift."

"Ah...a demon."

"Retreat! Withdraw now!!"

Kaburagi was a soldier with a promising future due to his excellent gift. When Kaburagi was killed without any difficulty, the NDF army fell into turmoil.

"What the hell...I have only used two of my gifts, you know? And yet, you guys are supposed to be the ones I've always admired to be?"

He leapt with his wings outstretched and kicked the heads of the fleeing soldiers like a hawk catching its prey from the sky. It was truly like that of a jet-black birdman.

Mid and long-range attacks by the NDF soldiers were unable to catch Bright. The moment they aimed at him, he was no longer there.

"Damn it... we're all going to die at this rate! I'll distract him, then you all take him down with me as well!"

A sturdy man stood in front of Bright. The man's name is Gouda. Similar to Kaburagi, he is also a second-lieutenant.

"Interesting. Try and stop me then!"

"UOOHHHH!!!!!"

Gouda tried to catch Bright but he was no longer at the spot before.

"What the hell!?"

And then he noticed that Bright was standing above his head.

"Hmm, what a difficult platform to stand on.”

Gouda went wild from anger, but Bright jumped and took a distance away from him.

"Now then, I have no use for that useless step ladder."

As Bright approached Gouda with his Speed Star, he struck him in the stomach with a front kick ...... but his stiffly built abdominal muscles bounced Bright off his feet.

"..hoh, aren’t you a sturdy one. Then, how about this!"

He slammed his hundred punches into Gouda’s stomach. But...

"Guhh...My gift is ‘Hyper Muscle’! Hah, it seems that your attacks are ineffective against muscles harder than steel!"

And then, both of Gouda’s arms tightly embraced Bright's torso.

"Now! Take him down!

Medium and long-range attacks were launched from all directions at once toward Bright and Gouda.

From explosive-type to slash-type gifts, even fire and ice gifts were activated to launch various attacks without any shred of mercy to both of them. The attacks continued until smoke and sands completely hid them away.

...gradually the vision cleared and when they finally could look at the two’s state. However, they saw only the charred figure of Gouda standing there. Both of his arms were neatly severed.

"That was close. A little too close for comfort even..."

Bright, who had escaped into the sky, broke out a slight cold sweat.

In fact, even for Bright, it was really by the skin of his teeth. It was fortunate that he was able to forcefully cut off Gouda’s arm with the blade from Lonsdaleite.

(The blade hardened by the Lonsdaleite...no matter how many times I look at it, it really has incredible cutting power and hardness.)

The soldiers looked up at the voice from above and saw Bright flapping his wings and his arms in the shape of sharp daggers in the air.

"...here’s a bonus for you guys. I'll show you my third gift!"

As he said this, Bright waved his arm, and the body of a soldier on the ground was slashed apart by the Invisible Slash.

As he landed, Bright charged into the crowd of soldiers while waving his arms around him!

"Oi, oi, oi! If you don't run, you all will be split half, you know?"

One by one, the soldiers were being cut down and killed. The ground was in an uproar.

"Weak... too weak, specialists! You're allies of justice, no? You're the heroes who protect the people, aren't you? If that's the case, why don't you trouble me a bit? Show me that the NDF is awesome after ALL!!!"

The one-sided slaughter by the jet-black birdman continued and before anyone knew it, all 100 soldiers of the NDF had fallen to the ground except for the last one....

"Hmm... how did you survive?"

"With my gift, your attack won't even be able to touch me!"

The man's name is "Arakata". His gift is the rank B+ “Invincible Body”. He overcame the previous attacks by turning his body transparent and letting the attacks go through him. However, it only has a duration of 10s and 3s time lag until he could activate it again.

"Let's go! Invisible...huh?"

...Arakata was unable to activate his ability. His head was slashed off by Bright instantly.

"I'm not the protagonist of a story, you know. I have no obligation to wait for you to activate your gift."

(Besides, I'm not interested in a lower-ranked version gift...)

Teaser watched all of these scenes dumbfoundedly.

"...I-it's as if he’s the devil... But this is a requiem for Yoger and Mist.... I'm sure they’ll be happy."

Standing over the countless corpses lying on the ground, Bright looked around. Most of the soldiers are already dead. But some of them were still moving.

"I'll stop here for today... Those of you who are lucky enough to still be alive, listen up! I'll say it one more time. I am the light within darkness, Bright! I will replace you, useless specialists, as the hero of this world..."

As he was about to say this, Bright reconsidered the fact that he was far from what could be called a hero.

"The new hero of this world....,no but....dark hero?

...Ahem. I am the light within darkness, Bright...“

"You're going to do a retake from the start?!"

After being retorted by Teaser, Bright’s face who was as red as tomato under his helmet clicked his tongue from embarrassment.

"...I am the light within darkness, Bright!"

”In the end, you’re going to repeat it no matter what?!”...is what she almost shout out but reading the atmosphere, she held herself back.

"Useless specialists, let me tell teach you. I am the ‘dark hero’ who will bring new justice to this world!"

Bright shouted as he spread his wings in satisfaction. Teaser thinks to herself, "Ah Bright, are you a middle school kid…”

On this day, the Nerima branch of the NDF suffered a total of 149 casualties, including two lieutenants and two second-lieutenants.

Bright, who had slaughtered two lieutenants and 100 others, would rapidly spread his name throughout the world after today...

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