Chapter 30: Demon King of Sixth Heaven (2)

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God knows how long we've been fighting. I figured out who this is, Oda Nobunaga, the demon king of sixth heaven.

After wearing the armor, the demon king fights like a samurai. With proper feints and strategy. Even with all the knowledge [Throne of Quirinus] gave me, I only managed to somewhat outmaneuver him. With 6 swords, unimaginable moves were shown to me today, landscapes are terraformed, mountain flattened, forest burnt.

His weakness is still the holy attributed spell. So the strategy was still the same as before, dodge roll, cast, repeat. I never thought dark souls out of all things will help me in a life and death situation.

"This is getting boring"

A voice not my own rings inside my head. Suddenly out of nowhere, it moved, even with all roman heroes experience I cannot comprehend how he shortened such a distance. Then he sliced towards me. Romulus of course took the hit for me. That attack alone took away Aquila, my armor, and sent me back meters.

"Proof to me your worth."

I sensed my connection with romulus broken. How did he ---.

Before I had time to think, a sword slices down in front of me, backstepping it seems to be a bad move as it leaves a graze in my torso. Before I can inspect the wound a sound of a gun being readied with a click was heard to my left. So I threw my body forward rolling. I found a rusty katana in front of me. Without hesitation, I picked it up and parried a strike to my side.

"Oooh, But that's not enough! Stand."

That's a command more than anything, as I stood up and locked the blade with Nobunaga, he seemed to have shrunk down in size, but keeping both his power and agility. Shit.

As he was overpowering me with athletics differences alone, a sound of a gun being loaded was heard behind me, as I instinctively stabbed behind me to decapitate the person loading, but my blade felt no resistance.

"Great instincts, but who says I'm fighting fairly?"

I looked back, to find a single matchlock rifle aiming at my head.

*bang*

I managed to tilt my head sideways to avoid getting my head blown off, the bullet still grazed my cheek. It burns. But no time to cry about it. I immediately slice the gun apart. But to my horror;

It multiplies, now 2 guns are flying around, fully loaded, and ready to fire.

Wasting no time I grabbed onto a gun, as nobunaga did the same, now we're locked into melee combat again.

Parry hit roll hit. That's the pattern we've been fighting in. Learning a trick or two from nobunaga, I leaned in as if I wanted to slice him vertically, with a scoff he raised his sword to intercept mine. Instead of following through with the motion, I sliced off my shirt, and with the same motion, threw it towards him.

"Child's play, but at least you're learning!"

He said as he slices off the shirt, whilst shooting in my general direction, though for him sadly, I'm not there. I successfully ducked and circled around his flank, as I prepared to stab his back, with a quick motion from his cloak, his sword was already there prepared for my attack.

It stabbed into my gut, as did mine to his.

"You did well, ...huh?"

As we're in a deadlock, I raised the gun that I grabbed from earlier and pointed it towards his head.

*Bang*

I shot him point blank, as his head armor is destroyed by the shot earlier, I can finally see his, or rather her face. Wait nobunaga's a girl in this reality?

"You got a problem with that, you bastard? But with that said, well done other me in other life. With this you're officially a [Demon King]. One who challenges gods, buddhas, and transcendents. I, Oda Nobunaga, Declare thee The worthy of being one of us, [Demon King of Sixth Heaven]"

As she said that. My back burns, as if someone's drawing on my back with a flaming, jagged, blade. The space shatters into a thousand pieces, and in front of me, Oda Nobunaga, Is smiling while fading away.

Cheeky bastard.

I got hit by something hard on my head as I said that. She gave me a final middle finger, before finally disappearing.

Romulus you there.

[Here, and always. No time to think! Young Akira, I can feel a life force fading in the earlier direction.]

Shit. we gotta hurry.

My injuries are nothing to scoff at, but it won't impede my movement.

Romulus give me Aquila now.

[Not at full power. I need more Mana]

Doesn't matter, I need to heal as I go.

Aquila, in tatters, covered my bare chested torso. I can feel my mana and stamina regaining albeit very slowly.

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Sakamoto POV:

*Clang*

Shit he's better than me. This is frustrating. His technique, his movement, his finesse, it's all mine, but why does he wield it better than me!?

"Is that all you got?"

The other me asked. He has the same face as me, the same height, even voice.

"DAMN IT! WHO ARE YOU!"

"I told you, I am you, and you are me. Simple really. Or is that girl the only thing inside that brain of yours?"

"Shut up!"

"Maybe I should kill you, take over your life, and finally get laid, you know she's sending you signs, what's her name again? EMMA?"

"SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP! I'll FUCKING KILL YOU!"

"Try harder! With your meager strength even the new kid kicks your ass, what can you do against me your better?"

I feel blood rushing towards my head, as I held my blade even harder, now with the intent to kill, I slashed horizontally, only to be met with his blade.

"Predict---"

"SHUT UP"

As I did a kick towards his abdomen, only to be blocked by his feet.

I sent out a punch from my free hand, blocked by his. Kick, blocked again, stab, sidestepped.

"Stupidity. Why would they ever choose me to inherit the Family Business. I Don't want anything to do with the Yakuza."

"W..what? "

"The old man, Fuck him, teching me the sword, business, management, Cant he get a hint I don't want that life."

"What did ---"

"Especially Emma, she's so easy to please, just say I'll study and work hard and I'll get a smile, the easiest girl of my life. If I had asked for her body, she'd gladly spread her legs for me."

"Shu ----"

"HAHAHAHA! But that's what you're thinking right? ESPECIALLY THE LYING OLD MAN, WHO FOUND ME IN A LAB! IN A LAB HE SAYS!"

No, impossible, that's ---

"Something I read Just NOW! ADMIT IT YOU'RE ME AND I'M YOU!"

"NO! YOU DEMON YOU'RE NOT ME!"

"Don't need to shout, It's clear as day, I'm you but better."

"DIDN'T YOU HEAR ME YOU COCKSUCKER! YOU'RE NOT ME!"

As I say that. The demon laughed.

"YES YES! I AM THE SHADOW! THE TRUE SELF"

It transforms itself into a horrid knight, wearing a black armor, broken, in pieces.

"Now, die for me!"

It said as it brought down his blade wrapped in darkness. This is the end huh. All I can think about is her, I'm sorry Emma, I can't hold up the end of my deal. I prepared myself for the final strike. My father always told me, never look away from death. Stare it in the eyes. So I did. But what greets me as I open my eyes is not death but a certain [Demon King] punching the monster while shouting "ROMA!".

"You expected a hero? Too bad, The best I could do is a Demon King"

A demon king huh? I'll take the DISCOUNT then.

"Be careful Akira, He's me but better in every way."

"Watch and learn."

That's all he said. With similarly broken armor, the demon king, with a golden cuirass, rushed towards the abomination.

I see why he called himself a demon king, while a hero gives a sense of safety, the demon king on the other hand gives people the feeling of dread. As I can see now, the difference between him and me. The demon who almost kills me, is being beaten with the demon king's bare hand. He was pummeling the living shit out of it. While having a creepy smile on his face. He utterly destroyed the demon. Ripping apart the iron looking armor like paper, and stripping it naked, he uses the demon's own armor as a makeshift punching glove as he pummels it down like no tomorrow.

Is that a tear I see in your eye demon? Yeah I get you, don't need to look sad I'll do something. Please don't cry, it makes me look weak you know.

"Demon King - sama"

"Yes?"

"I think that's enough."

"Is it?"

As he released the demon, it came rushing towards me, but I sensed no danger from it, odd. And as it reached me, I readied my sword, but to my surprise, it hid behind me. Instead of attacking me.

"Help me, other me, a scary demon is trying to kill me"

Wait aren't we like fighting to death before?

"No more, I give up, I submit. I am you and you're me If I die so do you dummy."

The voice suddenly sounds femine. As I looked behind me, Instead of the scary demon or myself, what greeted me was a little girl, no older than 13 with bunny ears.

"I art thou, Thou art I… my true name is TSUKUYOMI. I am the moon bla bla bla! Now hide me"

She said, and jumped towards me, she entered me, wait what.

{Ah finally safe.}

What the hell just happened?

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