The Last's First

The ruined land was illuminated by the dusk-colored evening sky. My sword was still covered in blood, so I climbed up and stood seeing the un-sightfull result of the Demon Grail War. In the corpse filled surrounding, only the Demon King and I stood in this dim light, with our eyes wet in tears.

Ultimately, the Demon Army was defeated by Our Army. So, I teleported our troops and my comrades back to the continent leaving me and the Demon King to have our final battle as well as to hide the truth about this battle.

This fight determines everything for the future and determines whether the new disastrous road will start or the present disastrous road will end.

Although I knew I would have to face this situation at some point during my training, I never imagined the Demon King would be the one I had been searching for all these years. Yes, Ivana Saphivern, my beloved Iva, the only girl I loved and married.

This is my punishment for not understanding her during all of our days together. I deeply regret my decision today, but it is the only way to truly establish peace.

"So you are finally here...my dear husband. Ray Aquila...no Ray Flameheart!" Iva said as she saw me standing with my blade.

"Why?" I murmured.

"Why didn't you tell me?" I asked out with my tears wailing up my bloody face.

"Its complicated, I just did what I thought was right for my people!" she replied without seeing my face.

"What people? they killed all the other races one by one! this is what you call right?" I yelled.

"Killed? what will you say about you all trying to kill us? is that your so called justice then?"

She has a valid point as well. Everything began when the adventurers discovered the demon continent, in retrospect. What have we done...tried to kill innocent people so that we could exact vengeance on them all. Why has this had to happen? If only this hadn't happened, Iva and I might have...

"This is where it all ends..." She yelled at me as she was standing with her demon sword.

Well, at least I should be punishment for all that we have done. Its my punishment as the fallen prince of Aquila Kingdom and the world's greatest warrior mage, who led the union races' troops from our Continent of Apus.

I will gladly put my life in line for the fight I should be get killed.

"I won't go easy then, lets get started!" I replied back as I raised my sword.

As we took our stances, the ground beneath us was being shoved away by the enormous impact force of mana from each other.

"DEMONIC FEILD" As Iva shouted high, the demonic lightning started rumbling as Iva rushed towards me.

This is your real power huh? I have my own set of skills too you know!

"TYRENT STRIKE" as I murmured, I willed my lightning mana to my sword as well as willing my fire mana to shoes to use it like a booster for the flash speed.

As we met face to face in a split second, our swords clashed in insane movements, and our duel nearly destroyed the entire environment.

Everything went as planned because we both fought hard and were not going easy on each other. However, it was already time to accept our mistakes. I decided to be killed by my wife Iva's next strike, but I had no idea she was planning the same thing.

My sword went through her body, and her sword went through mine, with a single last strike.

"Kwa-gah-gahk!!"

"Kwa-ghak!!"

"Its over Ray!" Ivana fell down with vomiting blood and her body full of bleeding in a sad yet bright smile in her radiant face.

"You idio..Ghak!" seeing her I forgot I was at my end to.

As we both fell down our bodies was at the ground with my sword standing from her body and her sword from mine. At that second,

"I'm sorry Ray!" she said as her eyes was filled in tears and blood.

"No, I can't accept that you idiot! why did you..."

"Its alright, at the least we will be together in the after life...right?"

"But..."

"There are no buts. I did wrong things too, because I had a responsibility just like you.."

I know how she feels, but everything was did from our side, and this is not the way I wanted to leave this world.

"After that, I considered countless ways too. I was constantly struggling and hovering in agony, but I still couldn't figure out how. I still couldn't do anything. At last, I lost hope."

At this point, she closed her eyes in pain.

"Idiot Iva, you know that you can't die here. How could you be so cruel? I should be the one to die?"

Slowly as our magical essences were drawn out from the swords. as a crystal-clear ray of light descended from the sky consisting both black and blue radiances.

She was approaching the end of her life, yet she was still smiling sweetly as if she was not bothered by the slightest pain and regret.

"Say you love me," Iva said softly.

Why you idiot...

"I love you." I roared in rage with almost all my might.

"My dear Husband, I love you too." that was her last words. At this very moment, her entire body lost its mana and life. It was irreversible.

Her long and slim palm that was already drained of blood caressed his face gently. Her eyes displayed all her love and unwillingness to part, but her purple pupils that was glowing in red had lost their glow.

All of a sudden, I saw Iva's life went away with her motionless body with no amount mana could be sensed. Which means she is dead.

Now, its my turn. "I will join you soon...Ivana!" as I said to myself, I willed all my remaining mana to my heart, causing it to explode and...the next moment, *BOOM* my heart exploded resulting my death.

At that precise moment, I was able to see myself from the sky. It was my soul that was extracted from my body. At the same time, I held on to see my and my beloved wife's corpses lying in the ground, holding each other's hands, with the demon sword and my sword gleaming as they stood straight, like some kind of treasure.

As I was holding on, my soul was then sucked into a vast void that appeared above where my soul was and closed indefinitely.