He tried to pass it off as a simple loss of focus,
“……”
But his pride wouldn’t let that happen.
He knew it himself.
That this wasn’t something he can pass off as just ‘letting his guard down’.
Even knowing that Ruin Ardell’s strength was unnaturally powerful,
‘……To aim for my sword.’
The fact that he didn’t aim at Doom, but rather the sword he was swinging and hit it head on was something that he had never expected.
No.
He furrowed his brows as he thought again to his fight against Ruin Ardell that he had meditated on for a few hundred times.
‘I could’ve dodged it.’
In that ‘second’ that decided the fate of the battle.
If he had noticed that Ruin was aiming for his sword and not himself, he could’ve even saved the sword.
But instead, he swung his sword without hesitation.
Because which would break when a fist met a blade was obvious.
Because he had never anticipated that he could lose.
However,
‘I lost.’
Doom Prime lost.
Twice on top of that.
He lost when his magic sword, which represented his status as a magic swordsman, broke.
“Has the Fire King… not called for me?”
“No. Not yet…”
“……”
And since he lost in front of the Fire King, it was the same as losing twice.
“D-don’t worry too much. I’m sure he’s being kind and letting you rest up while—”
“I want to be alone now.”
“Eh……? Ah! O-ok. Sorry. I’ll leave. C-call if you need anything.”
“……”
Doom Prime turned his gaze again to the streets of Altein.
Everyone in this damned night was still noisy, and they looked to be having fun.
* * *
Ruin, celebrating the moment of victory, turned to Jason, drink in hand.
“Did you ever hear the tragedy of Draka, the World Ender?”
“No?”
“I thought not. It’s not a story the Mages would tell you. It’s a Dragon legend. Draka was a unique force in the dragons so powerful and so mighty he could use the force circle to influence the mana to create… death. He had such a knowledge of destruction that he could even keep the ones he hated… from living.”
“He could actually… defeat all his enemies?”
“The strength side of the mana is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be… unnatural.”
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“What happened to him?”
“He became so powerful… the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he fought with everything he could, then killed himself in the aftermath. Ironic. He could bring others death… but not save himself from it.”