Death's Daughter and the Ebony Blade: Volume 7 Finale [Parts 1 to 7] by Maito Ayamine

Author:Maito Ayamine
Language: eng
Format: epub

IV

The Black Sea at night was brought to glorious life by a multitude of noises. Felix waited until the moment was right, then stopped and let his Odh radiate outward.

Closer than I thought...and numbering...?! With a sigh, he turned around to see Silky. Instead of her usual outfit, she was wearing flashy light armor that appeared hand-made. Further examination revealed a sword strapped to her waist.

Fidgeting with embarrassment, she looked up at Felix through her lashes and said, “Does it suit me?”

“Yes, very mu—wait, no. What are you doing here?”

Silky puffed her chest out with pride. “I’m here to fight at your side, of course!”

“I don’t remember asking you,” Felix replied with deliberate coldness to try and make her go away. But Silky’s eyes slowly widened, then her cheeks puffed out. It seemed his words had had the opposite effect.

Oh, no... Felix did his best to soften his expression as he looked into Silky’s eyes. “You don’t think I’ll be safe on my own?”

“I didn’t say that! That’s not what I meant!”

“Then please, go on protecting the Azure Knights from the shadows, just like you have been. You’re the only one I can ask, Silky.”

“No fair, Felix.” They held each other’s gaze in silence for a long moment, then Silky kicked the air and tore dramatically at her hair. “If I sense the tiniest bit of danger, I don’t care if you get mad—I’m coming to rescue you!”

She zoomed off leaving a trail of stardust. Felix waited until she was out of sensory range, then pulled his blade Elhazard, also known as “the Godslayer,” from its scabbard at his belt.

Kah kah kah kah kah kah kah kah kah...

The uncanny sound came at sharp, regular intervals, gradually growing louder. Claws came gliding out from a gap between the trees until they reached a tree trunk in front of Felix, and the source of the sound emerged out of the shadows. Reddish-black fur, faces split from jowl to jowl by a mouth from which two tusks curved up to the top of the skull, and bodies almost impervious to blades and capable of walking on two legs like a human—these were none other than Norfess, the legendary beasts that were known for acting with their mates. Based on the length of the tusks on these ones, the one on the left was a female and the one on the right male.

“I cannot allow you to attack the Azure Knights.” Felix held Elhazard out in front of him. In response, the two Norfess growled low and bared their teeth, splitting off one to either side. Felix saw the caution in their gate and knew; they saw him not as prey, but as a rival that had to be eliminated.

The Norfess closed on him to a point, then as one, they struck. They moved with unbelievable speed for their bulk, but Felix did not move. He focused all his attention on watching.

Left. Felix saw that the female was a fraction of a second faster. He used Swift Step of Gales to slip around behind them.

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