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Anne lightly wielded her dual swords and launched a sword strike.
She quickly defeated the Tona brothers who charged at her and immediately focused on targeting Mary.
However, the Tona brothers evaded Anne’s sword strike and displayed their power by instantly collapsing one side of the outer wall where Myu and Anne were standing.
Due to the collapse of the wall, Myu and Anne had to find a landing spot and reconfirm Mary’s location.
Mary was already charging toward the inner castle but was momentarily obscured by dust and debris.
[These pests...!]
"Hahaha, did you miss us?"
"Did you think we'd let you go with just one attack?"
[Anne, take care of those bugs. I’ll handle Mary.]As she said this, Myu looked ahead in surprise.
Daytona was suddenly pointing his great sword at her.
"You're facing us, Myu. Are you underestimating us too much? Well, we've made countless efforts to capture you all... so it's possible."
"Huh, you still don't understand the situation, and you're here sitting worried about Elder Sister Mary. Hey, Anne, wake up. You almost lost your throat a moment ago. What? Well, even if it’s cut, can’t you reattach it?"
Chaos flowed from Anne's neck like a torrent of blood.
Haytona usually tried to lick the chaos stuck to his chain sword, but when he confirmed it wasn’t blood, he spat it out.
Myu lifted the wind with her sword, clearing the dirt and dust.
Mary’s figure couldn’t be seen.
She felt a surge of anger, but soon the sisters faced the Tona brothers, giving up on Mary.
After all, there was no need to chase Mary energetically, as Ilina was present.
However, the fact that this situation had been created by the Tona brothers, whom they always looked down on like bugs, made her unable to contain her anger.
[Mary would have been better off dying by our hands... You still lack common sense. I’ve changed my mind. I’ll take care of you.]
"Annoying little pests, eat this! The eleventh final movement of our family!"
[The eleventh?]
There were a total of ten final movements in Runcandel.
So the sisters momentarily thought there might be a final movement they didn’t know about and stopped talking.
In other words, they were caught off guard.
Meanwhile, the Tona brothers were already showcasing their own “combined technique.”
-I’ve experienced countless sword techniques up until now, but I’ve never seen such a chaotic, disordered, and low combination. Even the best swordsman in the world, Runcandel, never showed me something like a new ultimate final movement….
-Ah... you go that far? Sir Hedo.
-This is truly trash. I never imagined a sword of such poor quality.
-Can’t it be improved?
-None... However, it’s also not a sword to be discarded. Its chaotic nature can be effective at times. Unless you’re an exceptional swordmaster, encountering something like this would initially confuse you. It seems it would be very effective against those who lack depth. Well, have you given it a name?
-It’s called “Tona's Wild Dance.”
-Tona Dump or Tona-style eating, a name reflecting the disorder, might be more appropriate... But Tona's Wild Dance, fine. Since you mentioned it as a movement, the name should be something decent. It should be used to confuse the opponent and then decide the outcome.
The reason why the Tona brothers called their combined movement “Tona's Wild Dance” and claimed it was the eleventh final movement of their family was because, after completing the movement, they received such advice from Hedo.
What… The eleventh final movement of the family?
That couldn’t be true.
As soon as the chaos began, Myu and Anne’s faces twisted.
The Tona brothers were already wreaking havoc in all directions, with the great sword slashing the ground and the chain sword tearing through the chaos.
The brothers’ rampage didn’t cease.
The problem was that none of the countless attacks hit Myu and Anne.
Occasionally, Myu and Anne brushed aside the flying debris and laughed out loud.
"The next one is the Third Final Movement: Meteor Shower!"
"The Fifth Secret Technique: Light Speed Thrust!"
Meanwhile, as the Tona brothers continued their chaos, they added nonsense to their attacks, making Myu and Anne shudder a few times.
Finally, Myu and Anne gathered their strength and prepared to strike hard. There was nothing better than avoiding such an unfounded sword.
However, as if the Tona brothers had predicted all this, the moment Myu and Anne gathered their strength, they unleashed their true final movements.
Fourth Final Movement, falling petals and Sixth Final Movement, lightning.
Daytona leaped from a wild dance with falling petals and Haytona scattered lightning.
Clang! Crash!
The brothers' swords clashed, sending shockwaves rippling out.
Although the Tona brothers were pushed back further, they soon resumed their wild dance and turned the tables.
"Kekekeke."
"You fell for it again!"
Myu and Anne met all the conditions mentioned by Hedo.
It was their first time experiencing this absurd final movement, and although they had become stronger due to the chaos, they lacked depth as individuals.
[Wow, it really is a bug-like movement.]
Anne chuckled, but it was clear that the sisters weren’t effectively coping with Tona's Wild Dance.
The “single strike” that the Tona brothers mentioned to Mary was effectively pressuring the sisters.
However, the wild dance had a fatal flaw.
It consumed an enormous amount of energy.
The Tona brothers could only maintain the wild dance for about 10 minutes in their current state.
In that time, they had to decide the outcome or receive support from an ally.
After that time, they wouldn’t have enough stamina left to escape.
As the battle between the Tona brothers and the sisters continued, new enemies appeared on the battlefield in the plains of Rikalton Castle behind them.
"Zhushen, are you okay?" Luton shouted.
As a former execution knight of Runcandel, he was currently leading the younger squad to rescue the prisoners.
Debris from the ground flew relentlessly toward Luton and the younger squad as the giant tree’s fists pounded the ground.
Thanks to Hedo, they were rarely attacked directly, but occasionally dangerous moments arose.
"I’m fine!"
"Stay close to Scott and take a moment to rest. You can’t continue the mission if you’re exhausted. Misa, you’ll temporarily take responsibility for Zhushen’s area."
"Yes, Sir Luton!"
The battlefield was full of huge cracks created by the giant trees.
Luton grabbed a falling fruit from a crack and discovered it led to an underground tunnel.
"This is what Sir Jin mentioned…!
Crack!
As Luton realized this, a sword emerged from the underground, barely grazing his cheek as it passed.
Luton stepped back and brandished his sword, drawing the attention of the younger squad.
Knights dressed in black robes emerged from the tunnel.
Luton recognized their attire as the old robes of the Black Sword Association that he wore when he was an execution knight.
[Luton… you’re really alive.]
"Vex, it’s you. And beside you, Lain, Rihanna, and Sinatra."
[We are honored that you remember our names, former execution knight Luton Ferman.]
-Black Sword Association, subdue Joshua Runcandel.
-Yes, madame!
-Lain, Vex, Rihanna… and Sinatra too. So all of you… were members of the Black Sword Association!
Vex, Lain, Rihanna, and Sinatra were the knights who subdued Joshua when he fell, belonging to the Black Sword Association.
Before joining the Black Sword Association, they had carried out missions together as execution knights, like Luton.
"I heard Sir Jin say you continued serving as Rosa’s lapdogs. But I never thought you’d still be there when the clan reached this point. If you had any pride left, you would have chosen to fight alongside the resistance and die when Rosa became corrupted by chaos. Yet, here you are."
[The hunting dog that was abandoned and fortunately picked up by the Twelfth Flagbearer barks uncontrollably. How about it? Will you pledge your loyalty to madame Rosa again? If you do, you could become Runcandel's execution knights once more.]
"Enough of this nonsense, come at me! Your fallen comrades await you in the afterlife... Younger Division! Retreat immediately and relocate if possible, preferably where Sir Hedo is!"
In front of Luton stood four Chaos Knights.
Although their number was smaller than Luton's, they were already beyond what the younger division could handle.
Luton was trying to buy enough time for the younger division to escape, but three black-robed figures were already emerging from a crack on the younger division’s side.
[It’s been a while, Jin Runcandel’s pups.]
[You haven’t forgotten our voices, have you?]
"Kajin Romello, the Hass brothers…!"
Kajin Romello, Mayl Hass, and Rima Hass, members of the Intermediate Class who belonged to Myu and Anne’s factions.
They had joined Jin on missions during the Intermediate Class but were abandoned by Myu and Anne and expelled from the family.
When the three were expelled, no one in the Intermediate Class felt sorry for them.
It was due to the atrocities they committed while carrying Myu and Anne on their backs during their time in the Intermediate Class.
-It may seem ridiculous to you now. But soon, you will be in the same position as me. Purebloods and we are different. No matter how hard you try, you’re just trained dogs, and this is where you’ll end up… Kukuku, goodbye.
Those were Kajin Romello’s words as he left the Intermediate Class.
"Well, I didn’t expect to run into those bastards here."
"So, after being abandoned by Myu and Anne’s factions, you reluctantly crawled back to the corrupted Garden of Swords? Well, the Garden of Swords is the perfect stage for trash like you."
The younger division stared intently at the group led by Kajin as they adjusted their formation.
However, Misa concluded that following Luton’s orders was the priority.
"Bellop, Scott, and I will stay here and deal with them. The rest of you retreat and report the situation to the rear. Otherwise, we won’t be able to save Sir Luton."
The struggle between those tainting Runcandel and those trying to reclaim it continued.
The former had an overwhelmingly advantageous position.
The younger division retreated under Misa’s command, and the remaining members engaged in combat, preventing the enemies from pursuing them.
Thus, new battles unfolded across the battlefield.
Most of them were fights between Runcandel and corrupted Runcandel members, like Jin and Dyfus, Mary and the Prophet, the Tona brothers and Anne and Myu sisters, and the younger division and the Chaos Knights.
However, on the opposite side of the younger division, the former Imperial Special Forces faced off against the current Special Forces.
"Kah!"
Alisa cried out as she was struck by something and was sent flying backward.
"Alisa Tejón, former member of the Second Division of the Imperial Special Forces and traitor to the imperial family. I will execute you in the name of the Great Vermont Imperial Family."
Codename Wratch, leader of the former Third Division of the Vermont Special Forces.
Suddenly, he aimed his sword at the fallen Alisa.
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