The dark guardian

C48

JAMES

The training against Oz continued its course, this time he had used a technique that reproduced exact replicas of him, so that he attacked me one and the other at the same time, there were many against me , I would not know how long he would last trying to stop his attacks , but I was sure of one thing, and it was that I wouldn't give up so easily.

—Having fought for so long and still standing is worthy of all admiration and courage—Oz flattered me standing in front of me with his sword at his side—but there is no longer any logic in continuing to fight, you have already mastered the technique, but Do you still want to keep fighting?

—I don't have time to listen to your nonsense—again I took my sword—come on, continue with this and attack me with everything you have—I was so determined to continue

—Very well, if you want we will continue.

JINSU

—Please don't kill me, Jinsu , have mercy on me , please, I beg you—a soldier was on his knees crying out for his life, after all his friends had already been killed.

In the same way , even if you beg me, I will kill you mercilessly as you would have done to me." I placed my sword at his throat.

"Don't do it, I've only followed orders like when you went to earth for Katsuro ." He closed his eyes, after all he was a little right.

—Get out of my sight—I put my sword away, I still had a little pity against weak subjects like him .

—first of all—he looked me straight in the eyes—why did he rebel against ourselves? You were one of us and now you raise your sword against yours, what happened for you to make that decision, young man, Jinsu ?

—It's something you'll never understand, but now get out of here—he ran for his life with great fear.

I headed towards the execution mount, having entered the place where James was, I felt stronger and more determined to try to save Katsuro , I wanted to remedy the damage I did when I went for him , after all we were good friends since childhood and if I had to die trying I would do so with great pleasure. Come on, I just need a little more time and I'll be there with you, partner.— The memories that I lived with my good friend, Katsuro , came to my mind . I won't let them kill you!

As time went by, I arrived at a room that was outdoors and an immense power began that was present throughout the place, it had immobilized me with that great presence that could be felt through the walls, if it had come this far it was because it tasted like what I would face, but the power was so immense that it made mine look like a simole ant.

—This power is undoubtedly Himura 's , there is no doubt about that, I know him perfectly—I stopped short—instantly it appeared in front of my nose just as I had suspected, it would be something very difficult that was coming to me.

" Where are you going, Jinsu ?" He looked at me with that cold look that always characterized him. "I see you're in a hurry." .

—Of course…—I debated whether to tell him or not, my body was full of nerves, I knew that he was much more powerful than me, but I decided—of course I'm heading towards the execution mount, I'll save, Katsuro , but I assume what you refuse to let me pass—I glared at him

—If you want it that way, that's fine—he just disappeared from my sight and in seconds I already had him on my back stabbing me with his sword—what a fool you are to imagine that you only have one chance of hurting me.

—Perfect, I've seen that technique before in your previous battles and I know you use your great speed with a half turn appearing behind the backs of your enemies, that's one of your favorite moves, Himura , using logic my mind already I knew you would do that, that's why your thrust wasn't as deep as we can say, if you had done it on someone who would barely fight with you, that thrust would have been serious enough to have killed him, but with me your tricks won't be as easy, and my body is quite nimble enough to counterattack as well—his face was shocked.

"It's kind of funny, Jinsu . you know why? Because you talk as if you've already won. What gives you so much security? Don't tell me you think that with your level of power you can hurt me enough to kill me—he got in position to do his secret technique, but I immediately stopped him with my sword.

"I've told you, Himura , " he flinched, "you won't be able to kill me with that sword anymore, I'll give you a very curious fact, when I was part of the avengers there was someone I always wanted to outdo and guess what?" That man is nothing more and nothing less than you , Himura , you are the man I swore he would surpass by far, your arrogance was something he always had in mind, always boasting of his power. Have you ever seen yourself in a mirror? You are someone pathetic. Now contemplate the absolute power of my sword. — I placed my feet shoulder-width apart and invoked seal number two on my sword, from which a spirit similar to a giant snake began to emerge—you will surely die, Himura .

"Wow, wow... When did you reach seal number two?" That if I did not expect it and less from someone like you, I did not know you had that ability, but in the end we know what will happen between the two.

"Apparently you never noticed how one was prospering, but I'll tell you one more time and I hope you don't get in my way." I'll go save Katsuro ! And even if you are present or anyone, that will not be an impediment for me , this time I am not afraid of anything—I felt followed by my mime and my abilities.

—Well, it seems that you didn't hear my answer to that, it will be impossible—he stood in front of me blocking the path—no one can pass through here.

"Very well, if you don't let me pass... I'll have to kill you and pass over your corpse ." I pointed at him with my index finger.

—I don't think so since with your poor skill you couldn't even make me fall to my knees, insect, understand that we are so different, it's like comparing a dove with a hawk. Understand that once and for all.

I released my snake spirit so that it devoured him, but he was very fast yet my snake was so gigantic that wherever he appeared I tried to intercept him. The room was being destroyed by the continuous shocks that my snake gave with the walls of the place.

—Well—he stopped short—I see that your seal number two is very powerful , but not as powerful as mine—I release some nets that tore the body of my snake to pieces, believing himself victorious.

—I wouldn't claim victory yet, Himura ,— my snake began to regenerate little by little—I'm very sorry, but I also knew that other technique, I was in charge of studying all your movements in detail—he was scared when I heard that, I attacked again shocking him surprisingly—I see that attack hurt you, so much so that I just brought you to your knees, I think this battle will come to an end, Himura .

"What do you want to end my life with right now?" He stood up "Very well, then right now the edge of my sword will cut you completely."

—your sword?— I frowned—the only sword that will cut completely will be mine—launch my giant snake

—psychic shield—he placed a huge shield defending himself from the attack of my snake, instantly there was a big explosion with the impact that he took advantage of to move between the shadows

—I can see you damned—I distinguished him, I attacked him again, but he was able to create another of his shields.— Damn , I've lost control.

-It seems that the fool here is you, Jinsu , in case you haven't noticed your snake has gradually weakened to a point where it will be useless, I don't know how the hell you learned to use seal number two, but no it is easy, so if you learned it recently it is difficult for you to maintain it since for that you must train for many years, it is not something that will be perfected overnight. Jinsu , simply put, you are not ready to use seal number two in battle.

—I don't need your advice, in the first place I already knew all that before coming here luckily I still have a lot of power to destroy you—I invoked the spirit of the snake again.

—prison spell —my body had remained static, I couldn't move a single hair—lower your sword and maybe he'll have mercy on you, but if you continue with that stupid idea of winning over me I'll have to finish you right now, but I'd better think I have to kill you now. Oh, by the way, we Dark also have a number two seal, now try it—he used it.

The atmosphere had suddenly changed, it became dark as night, thousands of particles similar to pins of many colors began to come out of the ground, all of them pointed towards me . This was definitely the end of me.

—try my precious pins of death—everyone headed for me in the blink of an eye destroying my body completely—thousands of blades rose from the ground with their dispersion thousands more blades came out it is impossible to count and even impossible tell their pattern much less avoid them, the only thing you can do is watch or wait for the coup de grâce. Perhaps I should remind you of the difference between you and me? it was inevitable that you could defeat me, but at least be glad that you fell under my sword—turn on his heels

tried to get up little by little, I felt like my body was pierced almost everywhere.

—wow—he stopped—you can still breathe, if you keep moving you will only hasten your death

—Of course not—I stood up leaning on my sword—this is not over

—Are you stubborn or what? I have told you that if you move a lot you will only make your wounds open and you will bleed to death little by little.

I tried to attack him, but my body no longer responded by falling to my knees on the ground.

—I must do something good for you, after all you have endured my seal number two and that is worthy of admiration—he approached and put his sword in my head—if you move I promise you that this sword will go through your body and this Once if I promise you, you must have already noticed that your seal number two also disappeared, this indicates that your leather will die shortly, but first I want to ask you something, are you still with that absurd idea of defeating me and saving Katsuro ?

—Although our powers are very different and the level of rank we have here is abysmal, I would never give up even when I am in this state, I swore that I would become stronger than you and I will prove it to you right now—I took his sword sharpened with my hand and in an attempt to kill him I threw myself towards him trying to hurt him, I could see how his face had become scared that he could still get up and not only that, but he could also make one last attack, but his sword pierced me.

—Congratulations for what you just did—he felt sorry for me—this time you almost hurt me, but as I told you, it would be crazy to try to beat me—he retired victorious

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The battle was over and this time there was a mourning, Jinsu 's body had been destroyed, he had given his last breath to save Katsuro . The execution was getting closer, James continued to train hard, hopes were getting less and less. Come on James, hurry up, the only hope is you ! — Unknown