Blood Of Platinum
Chapter 22. Gems in the Night World bag. 7
The remaining time until sunrise is less than twenty minutes. But if you are in the position of Kaito who has to face a flock of ogres with large numbers and large weapons, twenty minutes will feel very long. Kaito himself had wounds from his previous and previous fights again. The number of ogres that came was twenty. Fighting against that many ogres will not be easy.
‘I was determined to protect the two brothers from the beginning. Retreating after successfully obtaining my goal was not the best option. Besides, if I die in this ‘world tonight’, then their lives will also be in danger. At least I have to do something to fight them. Besides, it's all my fault for killing the last satyr earlier’
What Kaito thinks is true. A recklessness from Kaito that has a huge impact on him now. Even if he was able to compensate for the ogres' attacks with his two swords, but serious injuries were definitely unavoidable. However, Kaito's eyes seemed to be ready with all those possibilities.
- GROOOAAARR
The ogres shouted in a loud voice. Their voices echoed to the point of shaking the ground and rocks around the place. They immediately ran towards Kaito with glowing red eyes.
“The only thing I have to do is prevent them from approaching this building. Attacking directly forward and not letting them advance was the only option I had. I won't let you guys get anywhere near this place in the slightest!”
**
Kaito sees the herd of ogres coming at once. With both of his swords, Kaito immediately ran over to greet them. His speed was indeed not comparable to before due to the fatigue factor and enduring the pain from his injuries. But, something like this is not the first time since he has often faced danger during ‘world night’ . Kaito advanced without hesitation with a sharp eye highlight.
“For the first step, it doesn't seem necessary to kill them. Just one prick to slow down his movement. The rest will be taken care of later”
Kaito unhesitatingly used the sword in his right hand to attack.
-KLAAANG
Kaito's attack on the first ogre in front was successfully arrested. The sound of the sword being held back by the creature was heard, signifying how loud the material of the large baton was. The ogre's big stick managed to resist Kaito's attack, but Kaito's sharp gaze did not change. He instantly slashed the part of the ogre's hand with the sword in his left hand.
-TRANS.SLAAASH.
Kaito managed to make an incision with the sword in his left hand in the ogre's hand. The incision was not so long but deep enough. Even so, it seemed that the ogre did not feel any pain from Kaito's attack at all. Not only that, the other ogres also attacked him simultaneously.
BAAAANG.
Punch after blow was carried out by them towards Kaito's smaller body but to no avail and resulted in the attack destroying the streets and the huge roots growing there. Kaito jumped to his left side to avoid the attack and again scratched his sword on their body when he found the opportunity. Feet, hands, calves as well as other parts of the creature. In his mind only in order to make scratches even if only a little.
“As long as they can scratch their skin, all will not be difficult. I will make you regret trying to snatch what is mine!!”
-TRANS.SLAAASH.
Kaito made his attack back. Two, three ogres had been successfully injured although not so deeply, it was already clearly part of his plan. Kaito did not give the slightest gap for them to break through. Four, five, six, seven ogres had been successfully hit by the sword incision in his left hand. But, that wasn't easy for Kaito. He had to try to avoid their attacks while looking for a gap.
“Who would have thought that these ogres had a decent attack speed. If I were to lower my speed, this body would definitely be instantly destroyed by their weapons. Before they realized what I was doing, I should be able to hold them back from getting close to”
Kaito actually went through about ten ogres just to leave an incision of various sizes. However, moments later he realized that the group of ogres he had attacked first and that he had passed by did not retaliate at all after Kaito turned his back on them. Kaito looked up and it turned out to be true. They no longer thought of Kaito who had passed them. They immediately ran towards the building where the bodies of the two brothers were lying.
“Cih! Where do you think you're going!!” Kaito quickly turned around
The total number of ogres that had been injured and passed by him was ten, the number that was behind him was also ten. Kaito was really in the middle of the line of those monstrous creatures.
‘My current speed can still bring this body in front of them. But, despite successfully being in front, the distance was still quite close to where Kino and Ryou were. Besides, they won't mind me because what they're after is the gem. Inevitably I should continue to be within their sight and make sure they are not behind me”
But, in reality everything Kaito thought in his heart was not as easy as his theory. The limits of ability and energy and the difference in numbers that are so striking is the biggest problem.
Kaito ran as fast as he could and directly jumped on top of the ogre's body in front of him. He jumped over their shoulders one by one and managed to be in front of them in a short amount of time that way. Now just think of a way to make them stop. Kaito's eyes turned sharply back and this time a smile was seen on his face.
“Enough to here. You guys who are in the front row, time to cheer me up on our last night “ Kaito is ready with his best horses
- GROOOOOAAAAR
The ogres ran and raised all their weapons and heard a very loud falling sound.
BRUUUUUK….BRUUUUK
The ten ogres that were at the very front one by one fell down and were unable to stand. They feel numb and have difficulty moving their bodies. Their batons slipped out of their hands and fell to the ground. The line of ogres behind them had to stop their steps and fell silent. They did not seem to understand the current situation.
“Let me explain a little as a parting gift. This sword in my left hand I have slathered the poison of my savior. The poison I applied was not much, but one of them had used this plan to fight goblins and it worked. So, I'd love to do it to you guys”
Before coming out, Kaito did take Ryou's sword and cloth bag. As previously known, Kaito bought three types of bottles of medicinal herbs with the number of each type being twenty. With this calculation, each person will have twenty bottles of various quantities for each drug category. One of them belonged to Ryou. Of all the medicines he had, he only used all the green-colored wound healing medicine. That meant that the poison and the antidote had not been used by him at all from the start.
“I have already smeared two bottles on the sword in my left hand for a start because I know it is impossible to kill you quickly. But, I think a slight scratch from the weapon that has been smeared with poison is enough to make you suffer and stop there”
Kaito took out two other bottles from his pocket and poured them all on his two swords. After which, he smiled sinisterly as he said, “time massacre” on that ogre herd.
Kaito immediately ran and jumped on their bodies, thrusting both swords into their necks and it was repeated by him to the ten helpless ogres. No movement was wasted by him, all done quickly by utilizing the ogre's body as a stepping stone.
The screams after screams of their pain marks sounded like the sound of a beautiful song to Kaito that night. He fought and attacked them like he was dancing on the bodies of ogres. Kaito quickly continued to pierce their bodies with both of his swords. Of course, the poison on his sword would enter the bodies of those ogres and leave them tormented for a few minutes before they finally died.
The ten other ogres who saw it ran towards Kaito and attacked him directly using the big bat in their hands. Kaito repeated the same attack pattern but using his two swords this time.
As a person who has experienced many fights in ‘world night’, the night he went through today was the best night of his trip there. The night he never thought would come, the night he always hoped for and the most beautiful night on his journey so far in ‘the two worlds’. The wounds and fatigue did not stop him. The more tired, the more forced himself to attack, the faster and stronger the attack he exerted on the enemy.
- GROOOOOAAARR
The remaining ogres continued to shout loudly and their red eyes lit up increasingly brighter. It shows they are getting crazier and more aggressive in attacking. The fight with the ogres was quick but also long. Kaito doesn't know how long this fight has been going on. His focus was only on how to scratch his two swords at the ogre before him.
But, he finally realized that he might have been doing that fight for longer than he thought. Searching for opportunities to attack, run and jump dodging continuous attacks had drained his strength. Kaito began to experience a slight decrease in speed in running to avoid attacks. A big bat from one of the ogres almost hit him.
“……!!”
-BAAA
And along with that loud voice, he suddenly heard a familiar scream.
**
Inside the building filled with dry roots and broken parts, the bodies of the two brothers lay unconscious.
“.....Mmm.....”.
Kino's eyes began to open little by little and she finally started to wake up. He tried to get up slowly but while trying to move his right arm, he immediately screamed in pain.
“Akh... My hand!!” Kino felt intense pain as she tried to move her right hand
“It looks like my right arm is broken. Could it be because I was attacked suddenly while running earlier?”
He held his right arm with his left hand and tried to remember what happened.
He could not move his right arm freely, but he tried to find his jewel in both pockets with his left hand. He felt the gem was in one of his pockets and took it out to make sure.
“There. Thank goodness it still exists. If this is lost, Kaito-san will be very sad”
Kino puts the jewel in again, but she realizes that her pocket watch is missing. When he looked to his left side, he turned pale to see Ryou's body lying unconscious there. Of course he immediately shouted while shedding tears.
“Ryou!! No.. Why else with you? Ryou, open your eyes!! Ryou!!”
Kino saw the sister's face was so pale, her lips were a little blue, bloodstains on her clothes that looked new. He did not stop calling her name while crying and used his left hand to touch her face. His face was cold, yet he could feel his breath, signaling Ryou was still alive. But it did not make the new brother aware of his stupor calm down. She sees Ryou's condition worse than when she found him last time.
“Ryou!! Please don't scare me!! Please open your eyes. Hiks...Ryou..”.
Kino continued to cry and held the right palm of her brother. At that moment, he felt something in his pants pocket. While trying to hold back the cries, he reached into his pants pocket and looked at the pocket watch he had been holding all along.
“Why is this watch...is in Ryou's pocket?”
Kino opens the clock and looks at the time indicated by the pocket watch. He immediately looked so bright when he saw it. Suddenly from the outside he heard a loud sound like a falling weapon and a scream.
- GROOOOOAAAAR
BRUUUUUK….BRUUUUK
Of course his first reaction, he was very shocked and turned pale. He doesn't know what's going on out there, but one thing he does know is that there's another terrible creature out there. Kino was very alert. Moreover, he did not see any weapons and only saw Ryou's cloth pouch beside his body. His own dagger binding belt looked like a decoration since all of his dagger blades had been used for the fight before. The bow he was carrying was no longer there either. Kino is completely unarmed now.
“If the sound gets closer, it's only a matter of time until they find us. Those creatures really only targeted this gem, but I couldn't possibly give it since this is Kaito-san's precious object.”.
He only realized, Kaito was not there and began to wonder in his heart.
‘Where is Kaito-san?’
The loud noise there is still heard. But, this time it was a little further than the first sound he heard. Kino hesitated to stand up and looked towards Ryou who was lying helplessly. His eyes looked very sad when he saw the face of his sister. However, curiosity also could not be hidden. He clasped the pocket watch tightly in his hand and tried to stand up.
“I'll be back, Ryou. All will be well” Kino looks at Ryou's face with a smile
By wiping away her tears, Kino walked slowly and very carefully. He bent his body slightly and peered out from inside the building. A view of ‘pulling’ saw him on the ground.
“……!!!”
The unthinkable thing to do when peering out there is to shout as loud as seeing the scenery he saw. A large, brownish-colored creature that had already turned into a corpse in an amount that he did not want to count. Kino reflex instantly turned around and squatted in being too shocked by what she saw.
“What creature is it?! Why is it there? But... they've been..mati...kan?” Kino stood up a little more and looked back outside.
“What happened? The sound of that big falling thing must have come from that big wooden-like thing over there and the sound of that shout came from them. But what caused them to die?”
This time Kino ventured to stand up and look at everything outside. There were a few large creatures still fighting against someone with a sword fighting against them. Although he could only see the person's back, but he could immediately tell who the sword user was.
“Kaito...-san? It's Kaito-san!! Kaito-san fights with all those creatures?!”
Kino could not take his eyes off Kaito's movements that quickly carried out the attack. Indeed, what kind of attack he did is not so clear, but he knows that Kaito is dominating. Kino looked at the pocket watch on his left hand and his eyes were getting more and more happy.
“Just a little more. I beg you, just a little bit more”
Kino again sees Kaito's fight and this time he sees Kaito decelerating while dodging the creature's attack. Kaito continues to dodge but his attacks the longer the more inaccurate it becomes to hit the huge creature.
“Kaito-san!!” Kino panicked to see that
He wanted to step his foot out of the building to catch up with Kaito but he felt it was very hard to step outside.
“If I go out now, things will definitely get worse. Ever since seeing the insect monsters on that huge tree, I had already realized that they wanted this gem. What am I supposed to do now?. Kaito-san is being cornered right now. The remaining time is only left….That's it!!” Kino thought of something
Finally, without hesitation Kino came out by raising his left hand upwards. He murmured in his heart.
‘If this can be heard by Kaito-san, I'm sure things will change’
Kino began to take a deep breath and screamed as loud as she could.
“Kaito!!! Three minutes.only three more minutes until sunrise!!! Fight for the last three minutes!! Kaito-san, you heard right?. Just for three minutes!”
Kaito heard the voice from behind him and heard a loud voice along with the shout.
-BAAA
“Kaito-san!!” Kino shouted with a panicked and pale face
The big stick fell to smash the ground. But, who would have guessed that Kaito managed to avoid it. He jumped to his right side and immediately jumped backwards. Kaito landed on the corpse of the ogre he killed while glancing behind him.
“...Kino..stay there and do not move. I'll finish this in three minutes”
“I understand. I'll go in and keep Ryou” Kino putting his pocket watch back in his pocket and into the building
Kino who walked towards Ryou's still unconscious body sat down and tried to hold Ryou's head into his lap.
“If you return to ‘world noon’ at sunrise later, this place will likely become crowded and my sick hands will be able to carry Ryou. Please have a little more patience, Ryou”
Kaito who had seen Kino awake started to smile softly and saw three ogres attacking simultaneously after one of them failed to destroy his body.
“For the remaining three minutes, I have to finish them all”
The three ogres attacked Kaito simultaneously. The big stick started to lift and drop towards Kaito. At that moment, he was on top of an ogre corpse. The baton finally destroys the body of the ogre corpse where Kaito is standing, but does not hit Kaito's body. Kaito dodged it by jumping up and directly scraping his sword again into the creature's hand. It was repeated three times. Of course the ogres were not dead and could still move.
“It won't be long. Just a little more and they will..”.
-TENG..TENGS...TENG.
The sound of a large clock sounded again. All of a sudden everything changed completely with just one blink of his eye. ‘World night’ has ended and they are back to ‘world noon’. Kaito's body was injured entirely back again, the dirty clothes were also clean like nothing happened. Of course Kaito still held the two swords in his hands.
The city that was already like a forest that was destroyed back to its original state, there were no broken and hollow roads, the corpses of monsters, the huge roots that destroyed the shop buildings there, and there were no more, the tallest tree there is all gone. Kaito looked up at the sky that morning and smiled. Until he finally realized he had almost forgotten something.
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