Ep.136 The Song of Darkness and Lightning

The city was having another bout of measles.

From the villain throwing bombs like he was feeding chickens in the air to the battle between the giant robot and the hero.

And the new villain, as if the course isn’t over yet.

A knight in black armor appeared with electricity just around his body.

It was Death Knight.

“…….”

Death Knight’s development was the same as Stardus encountered before.

A black armet on his head. Black armor covered his body with his torn cape flying behind.

And a sword as massive as the size of a human being, he held it in one hand and placed it on the ground.

So far, he looks the same as before, but the most significant difference is,

His whole body is surrounded by visible electricity.

[Muahahahahaha!!! My body is overflowing with energy!!!!]

And that made a pretty big difference compared to the last time.

Death Knight wielded his giant sword.

Like his body, the huge sword with electricity splashed on its surface as Death Knight lifted it toward the sky.

Rumble-

KABOOOOOMM.

“…Haa.”

Lightning began to strike down from the sky.

And Stardus dodged it by flying in the air.

[Muahahahaha!!!! How’s that?!!!!]

“Desik! Let’s start attacking now!!”

[Okay, I’m going to fight appropriately from now!]

Death Knight, who was wielding his sword, began to move in earnest at Electra’s words, who was sweating while supplying electricity to him from behind.

[Hah!]

Stardus thought melancholy as she watched Death Knight running toward her with the huge sword.

…I was only going to look at Egostic, but why does this keep going like this today?

With a sigh, Stardus clenched her fist.

All right. Let’s knock him down first and then think later.

***

[Who is winning right now??]

[It’s a tight one hahaha]

[Death Knight is so strong. He’s gotten stronger after getting all the electricity.]

[I feel excited when the electricity splashes every time he wields a sword hahahahaha]

[Wow, but Stardus has gotten stronger compared to last time.]

[It’s because it’s one versus two, Stardus versus Dark Knight + Electra hahaha.]

[Now that you mentioned it, Electra is really sending electricity from behind hahaha]

[I wonder if I’m watching the news or a movie. It’s so flashy hahahahaha.]

“Haa…”

[Muahahaha!!! Is that all you got?!!! Show us more!!!]

Watching Death Knight wielding a sword like he was dancing, Stardus admitted.

He’s stronger than last time.

In fact, compared to the last time she fought with Death Knight, Stardus also became stronger. In the meantime, she has evolved considerably by dealing with the Moonlight Shaman and the Moon Monster.

In other words, Death Knight is fighting her equally.

“……”

Watching Death Knight wielding his sword while emitting electricity, Stardus agonized.

…It’s also a problem to keep defending as he fired blitzes during the fight, but the bigger issue is his attack.

That Death Knight’s whole body. It’s not a body but a soul. Anyway, she’s also in a situation where it is quite difficult to attack because of them and the electrical current. It wasn’t easy to deal with, like hitting a hedgehog full of thorns. She’s also damaged to attack, too.

[Now, come here!!! Don’t run away like a coward!!!]

The lightning strikes at her every time he wields the swords.

Avoiding them, Stardus tried to come up with something.

…But her condition is weaker as she was trying to deal with that Starbreaker robot a moment ago.

On top of that, Death Knight appeared stronger than before, and it was pretty tricky for her.

Death Knight became stronger with electricity flowing from his attack, and he was quite strong from the beginning. A long-range attack by wielding a sword and dropping a lightning strike from a distance makes it difficult for her to regain physical strength.

On top of that, the electric current in his body became quite uneasy for her to attack.

In other words, this will inevitably prolong the battle. Even if she doesn’t lose, it’ll take long to knock him down.

And that was worse than anything for Stardus as she wanted to face Egostic as soon as possible and make sure he was the same person as the person on the beach earlier.

“…Haa.”

When she turned her head and looked, the current Egostic was floating far away on one side, filming this place with a camera. It’s hard to see because he’s too far away.

In conclusion, things are going very badly for her.

[Muahahaha! Stardus, you’re nothing in front of this evolved power!]

Death Knight continued to swing his sword and drop lightning.

Yeah, that lightning thing. Electricity is the problem. The biggest difference between the old Death Knight and the present Death Knight.

If it hadn’t been for that electrical power, she could have knocked it down like last time.

While thinking about that, something suddenly came to her mind.

…If the problem is that armor and sword overflowing with electricity, doesn’t she just need to get rid of that?

At that thought crossing her mind for a moment, she flew into the sky and carefully checked out Death Knight.

…Yeah. On his back, something like electricity was shot from a distance. That’s probably been supplying electricity to Death Knight for a while.

So if she deals with the one delivering the electrical current, isn’t this all over?

With that sense, Stardus soon turned her eyes away from Death Knight.

Something like a charger line was faintly connected to the dorsal side of Death Knight, towards the current being supplied.

“…There it is.”

She soon sprang up in the air with such a short murmur and fell vertically downward.

To be precise, towards which current is being supplied to Death Knight.

[Hey!!! Where are you going?!!]

Ignoring Death Knight running towards her with a sword, she headed down faster in the air.

“Wait, what the heck!”

Next to the building on one side over there, Electra was sweating while supplying electricity to Death Knight.

She looks bewildered as she looks at Stardus coming down rapidly toward her. After seeing the soaring Stardus, she hurriedly spread an electric current magnetic field around her body and told Stardus.

“Wait, why the hell are you coming at me?!”

Electra hastily cut off the current supply sent to Death Knight, then shot electricity everywhere and attacked Stardus as much as possible.

But that didn’t matter to Stardus, who had already managed to get within range of the attack.

“…Eek.”

Eventually, the careless Electra was defeated by Stardus.

[No!!! What a coward! Fight fair and square!!!]

Death Knight, who was late and wielded his sword, was not a big problem because he had already lost his electrical power.

[Arghhhhh!!!]

Stardus defeated Death Knight with all her strength.

So she knocked everyone down and stood alone.

“Whew…”

I feel like I’m going to pass out.

That was how she felt.

It was the first time she had dealt with villains three times in a row.

Moving her body is hard because her physical strength is drastically reduced.

In other words, if another villain pops out in the current situation, it will be quite difficult for her to deal with.

“……”

Stardus turned her head and looked around. Having already experienced several sudden attacks, she’s now naturally wary.

Fortunately, it didn’t seem like another villain was popping out again.

That means.

After judging that the whole situation had been sorted out, Stardus looked up.

There.

-Clap, clap, clap, clap!

From up in the sky, she could see Egostic clapping while looking down at her.

…At last, right?

Stardus, Shin Haru flew into the sky with a slightly stiff look on her face.

Yeah, now I can finally face him.

Shin Haru quickly cleared up the situation.

She was obviously on the beach with a man believed to be Egostic.

And then, in this city far from there, Egostic emerged. Right when she was with him.

One person cannot be in another place simultaneously, so one of them is not Egostic.

And she was personally suspecting that the one in front was a fake made in some way, not Egostic.

Because that Da-in she met on the beach. Her gut almost convinced her he was Egostic.

Eventually, if only the Egostic over there proves to be fake, it’s confirmed that Da-in is Egostic.

And she can tell if that person floating in the air is Egostic just by talking face to face.

Because she knows Egostic well, so of course.

Shin Haru went up to the sky with her determination about Egostic, and what she saw was,

“Long time no see, Stardus! You’re much stronger than last time. So amazing!”

It was Egostic, smiling naturally and clapping at her.

‘…What?’

And Shin Haru’s mind went blank momentarily when she saw Egostic.

……He seems to be the real Egostic.

***

That was a close one, but I’m safe.

Seeing the shocked Stardus looking at me, I sighed with relief inside.

…While Death Knight and Electra were buying time, I managed to come running and secretly switch Eun-wol’s fantasy.

Of course, I teleported in between, but it was fine, except for the pain in my body aches.

“… Wait, what the hell?’

Seeing Stardus grabbing her hair in confusion, I smiled as if I knew nothing.

“Hmm. I guess it wasn’t easy for you either, right? Haha! You must have a headache because you fought for such a long time!”

“….”

Looking at Stardus, who looked at me resentfully, holding her head, I kept smiling, although I was going to pee my pants a little.

And she kept staring at me.

She sighed.

“No, haa…”

“What’s wrong with you?”

“…Hey.”

“What?”

Suddenly she spoke up and soon asked me straight away.

“It was you, wasn’t it?”

“…What?”

“Wasn’t it you who was with me earlier?”

“Cough. What are you talking about? Were you dreaming?”

The Ego’s Secret-

Play innocent.

I tilted my head as if I didn’t know what she was talking about, as if I had just heard something nonsense. I don’t know anything… I don’t know anything…

Then I checked the broadcast first. Yeah, just in case, it’s been on mute for a long time, which means people might just leave.

“…No, on the beach earlier…”

I rather shouted brazenly as she kept pressuring me. I must keep the momentum.

“Stardus, what the hell are you talking about? I’m shocked seeing you not trying to fight the enemy that you haven’t seen in months, cough, but only saying nonsense. How can you call yourself a hero?!”

“Well…”

“Right? How can a hero be like that? Cough, tell me! Cough.”

I shouted, full of spirit.

I’m just shouting. I’m just shouting randomly. Out of my senses.

But why am I coughing so much? At a crucial moment, tsk.

At my sudden rant of ignorance, Stardus’s expression stiffened.

“Hey…”

“Cough. What?”

“You…”

The woman looked down at my face.

What’s wrong? Did I get something on my face?

So I put my hand on my face.

Something was on my face.

“…Blood?”

A bloodstream was running down my chin from the corner of my mouth.

…Oh, fuck. The timing sucks.

‘…I’m going crazy, seriously.’