Dark Aura.... ahhh that looked cool i said to myself, while i went outside together with otto. Once outside I looked around, it looks like this is a training area. While I was still looking around, I saw 2 soldiers talking to each other and looking at me.

Hey isn't that the guy everyone is talking about?

Yes, the hero who saved the princess and defeated an ogre.

Ha sure, tell me do you really believe this whole story?

Haha of course not idiot

Mhhh is something Roku? Otto asked me

,, ahh it's nothing I was just distracted ''

Well then, I'll just go and get the swords, you can look around a bit in the meantime. Said Otto after he turned around and went to a tent.

Sigh, what have I gotten myself into again? I said to myself and remembered Otto's words.

There are only a handful of people who could defeat me.

After remembering that I started to worry, after the whole show I had put on in there, it would be more than embarrassing to lose now.

Hey, Sara can you tell me anything about Otto?

....

Sara?

It's exactly like he said, there are only a handful of people who can beat him and considering what you did earlier I'd be even more worried said Sara.

Mhh what do you mean?

..... Dark Aura hahah look at me i try to look angry and let the big one out muhahah should i continue? Said sara

Oh come on that wasn't so bad I said to her before I saw Luica in the distance along with a man. I made my way to the two before I saw that this man was the captain of the Royal Assassins.

heyyy lucia. '' I shouted, waving in their direction.

Mhh, who? Ah roku it's you, what are you doing here? Lucia asked me

,, ahh that aside, hey say is this your boyfriend?'' I asked her with a grin

Hahaha he is not only strong but also funny, we haven't introduced ourselves properly, I am Yato the captain of the Royal Assassins and Luica her little brother I am happy to meet you.

That's right he is my annoying little brother, and you seem to be doing better I see, and now back to my question '' Lucia asked me annoyed

,, Well Otto challenged me to a duel and I accepted, and it looks like we'll be holding the fight out here. ''

Hahaha I was wondering how long it would take for that to happen, Otto is a complicated guy. But say are you sure you want to do this? Otto is strong as you have surely experienced, he is not called the demon of Aru without reason said Yato.

,, I know he is supposed to be strong, but I didn't know he had such a nickname. '' I said to Yato

No wonder Otto didn't choose that nickname, others did after it became known what he had done.

,, What do you mean by that? '' I asked Yato

... it was 20 years ago when Otto was still a normal soldier, one day he and a handful of soldiers went to the village of Aru because there were rumors of a demon on the loose. When the king heard about it, he had to make a decision: send a larger army and weaken the protection of the elven kingdom, or send only a small force and risk them all to be killed. The king's followers convince him that it would be wiser to send a small squad of his best fighters instead of a part of the army. And that's exactly what the king did, at that time Otto was already respected by the other soldiers and described as extremely capable with the sword so he was also assigned to this unit. So Otto and his unit of 10 soldiers went to the village of Aru, when they arrived there the mayor explained them the situation. A small demon is apparently in the forest, they say.

But after Otto and his unit searched the entire forest, they found no trace of the demon.

...

What is it? I asked Yato, who suddenly stopped talking and looked at the ground with a sad expression.

What I'm about to tell you is actually top secret, the story that is told is that Otto and his unit were suddenly attacked by dozens of small demons, and he and the unit defended the village from them, but in the end only Otto survived. But the truth was quite different this mission should have only lasted a few days. But days turned into weeks and so the king himself went to the village with a part of the army.

When they arrived there, they saw that the entire village was destroyed, the king was approaching the village when suddenly Otto stood in front. In one hand he held his sword, and in the other hand the head of one of the soldiers from his unit. He himself was covered with blood and his eyes were pitch black, while he held the head in one hand and his sword in the other, he started to whisper something. Suddenly the demon appeared, looking at the king with a big grin and laughing. As it turns out, this demon manipulated Otto and made him think that the elf's in the village and his comrades were all demons. So, he slaughtered them all-women, children, men-everyone until only he was left.

When the king realized this, he was furious he drew his sword and attacked the demon, but the demon used Otto as a puppet and made him fight the king. The two fought continuously, throughout the fight the king tried not to hurt Otto because he knew that it was not Otto who was responsible for this. But after minutes of fighting, the king saw no other way than to kill Otto, it was at that moment that he looked at Otto in his pitch-black eyes and saw him crying. When the king saw this, he knew that Otto was trying to fight the demon. Although the king knew it would be best to put Otto out of his misery, he couldn't kill Otto, so the king jumped back, put his sword back in its holster and just looked at Otto. Otto took the opportunity to run at the king, but the king did not dodge, but simply shouted Otto's name, which caused Otto to stop his sword in mid-air. The Demon, who was watching the whole thing, was surprised when he realized that Otto was no longer under his control and tried to escape. But just as he tried to escape through a portal, the king and Otto attacked him together and were able to defeat him.

After the fight was over and Otto returned to his old self, he had lost his memory of what had happened. But when he turned around and saw the village, he remembered everything that had happened, everything he had done. He remembered the children he slaughtered, shortly after that he started crying, screaming and started vomiting. The soldiers searched the village for survivors but found nothing but corpses, the king then ordered all of his soldiers not to tell anyone about this. Unfortunately, not everyone complied and a story about a young soldier slaughtering a village full of elves and his own comrades began to circulate.

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,, So that's why the nickname, I see''.

The whole thing had affected him strongly, he had daily nightmares and constantly wanted to take his own life, once he even wanted to be executed as punishment for his actions, and there were many who were in favor of it. But the king knew that Otto was not responsible, he even blamed himself for everything. He ordered that this subject was from now on taboo and that anyone who spoke about it should be executed. Said Lucia

But all that aside, Yato said and suddenly put his arm over my shoulders.

,, Y-yes? ''

What do you think of my sister Roku?

W-WHAT?!? did Lucia say with a red face

Sigh you've been talking about Roku all this time, how strong and cool he was when he saved you and.....

BANG

SHUT UP Lucia said puffing

AND YOU ROKU BETTER GO NOW I NEED TO HAVE A WORD WITH THIS IDIOT HERE. Said Lucia and grabbed Yato by his neck.

,, Ha-ha what a happy family. ‘’ I said when Otto suddenly called my name. I turned around and saw him holding 2 wooden swords in his hand, one of which he gave me.

,, So what are the rules? '' I asked Otto

Rules? Hahahah there are no rules we fight until one of us is immobilized. His Majesty has kindly agreed to be the referee said Otto as King Albert joined us.

Well then gentlemen don't forget as soon as one of you is immobilized the fight is over except for that there are no rules you can use anything, everything is allowed.

After the king said that, Otto and I got into position and got ready.

Sir otto are you ready?

YES

Sir Roku?

Yes

Then let the battle begin shouted King Albert and went back to his wife, Alifa and Maria.

GO ROKU KICK HIS ASS shouted Alifa

Please you're highness said maria

You know Roku, at first, I didn't actually believe this whole story, I thought you had planned the whole thing just to win Princess Alifa's heart. So, I wanted to test you by challenging you to a duel, if you had planned it all you probably would have refused.

,, Wait, does that mean? ‘’

Yeah, that whole whether you are strong enough was a lie hahaha, whether Princess Alifa's man is strong or not is irrelevant to me, I just wanted to see what type of man you are. I thought the whole thing would have been clear to you after I said you had to beat me, which of course would be ridiculously unfair hahaha Otto said laughing.

,, ha so that's how it was, I figured you had something like that in mind,''

....

Phew...

But that doesn't mean I WILL take this fight any less seriously said Otto and sprinted towards me with his sword. As I saw that, I also drew my sword and blocked his attack, but I quickly realized that he was superior to me in terms of sheer strength, so he pushed me back with his sword and launched his next attack. He swung his sword with full force from the left but realized that I ducked and dodged his sword. Otto had more power than me, but I was faster than him, after I dodged his sword, I took a step forward, while swinging my sword from bottom to top at the same time. Otto could only barely dodge backwards and started to stagger, but when I was about to use this chance I realized that he was only pretending to stagger.

Shortly after I wanted to strike, he made a quick blow from below right as I saw that I tried to block his sword in time.

BAMM

...

cough

But by the time I saw his blow it was already too late, he hit me with his sword and I flew backwards and hit a tree.

What's going on Roku is that all HAHAH?! Otto said laughing

,, uhh? Is that all there is to it, Sir Otto? I expected more from you. '' I said and stood up again

Ohhhh not bad I didn't think you could take that hit so easily hahaha

I'm playing the strong one right now but that hit was no joke, it wasn't as strong as the golem's but I should still avoid getting hit by him.

And can we continue Roku? Otto asked me with a grin

Tsh you should never underestimate your opponent Otto I said and used my skill instadt teleportation

,, You know, a lot of great fighters have paid with their lives because of THIS! ‘’

BAMM

...

..

BOOM

WA-WHAT HAPPENED THERE HOW DID SIR ROKU DO THAT asked the King

That was one of Roku Skills your highness Maria explained to him

Ha-ha cough not bad Roku cough but this trick won't work again said Otto who was now also leaning against a tree and trying to get up again.

What's going on Otto, is that all? I asked Otto with a grin

Don't get cocky now, that was just a LUCKY HIT! Otto shouted and ran towards me again and we both blocked our attack again. He attacked from the right but I blocked his attack, I attacked from below but he also blocked mine. The whole thing went on like this before Otto kicked me away with his foot, after he did that he suddenly crouched slightly holding his sword sideways. I wanted to take this chance and attack him, but my body told me to be careful, so I got ready to block his attack instead. The air around us became thicker, it was quiet no one said a word before Otto opened his eyes and sprinted towards me faster than before. When he was right in front of me, he lunged with his sword and attacked me. What struck me was that his attack was not any faster than he was. I was able to see his attack clearly, but I didn't have time to do anything else, so I blocked his attack and...

...

BOOM

...

,, cough wa- cough? ‘’

What happened? I'm sure I blocked Otto's attack, how was he able to hit me? I asked myself after Otto hit me with his sword and I destroyed several trees along the way until I stopped at the 5th and fell to the ground.

I was about to get up when Alifa screamed loudly, I looked up and saw Otto running towards me. THIS TIME I WILL NOT LET YOU STAND UP he screamed and attacked me with his sword. Since I was still out of breath, I couldn't block his sword with my sword, so I used inhuman speed and was able to dodge his attack in time.

Puff, puff cough after I dodged Otto's attack I went down again and started coughing up blood. But again Otto didn't give me time to catch my breath and ran at me again. He stood right in front of me before swinging his sword again, but this time I not only blocked his attack but used Absolute Counter and....

....

BOOM

ROKU screamed Alifa and Maria when they saw Otto hit me again with his sword and I flew back again.

,, huhhh- now I understand cough cough quite an annoying skill you are using. '' I said to Otto

Huh can it be? asked the king

Ohhh so you figured it out, not bad, but you're wrong about 1 thing, this attack is not a skill, it's nothing more than a technique I have perfected.

What is Otto talking about darling? Asked the queen Albert

It is Otto's technique with which he is able to simply change the direction of his attack at the last second, so quickly that his opponent doesn't even realize what has happened.

While the king was still talking, I already stood up again.

,, Hey Otto, do you mind if I use your technique? ‘’ I asked Otto

HAHAHAHA YOU ARE FUNNY ROKU REALLY FUNNY said Otto laughing

While Otto was still laughing I crouched down like him holding my sword sideways.

HAHAHA YOU ARE INSANE AS IF YOU-

Huh?

OTTO the king screamed as he saw Otto being knocked backwards out of nowhere.

...

...

BOOM

,,Heee? Did you say something Otto? ‘’’ I said to him with a grin

You cough, cough, HOW did Otto who was coughing blood before he

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Gave a loud battle scream and ran at me like a wild animal, and much faster than before. At that moment I suddenly heard Sara's voice

User in danger Automatic takeover of the body-.

,, rejected. '' I said to sara panting

PAPA OTTO IS shouted Alifa

OTTO STOP said the king as he saw that Otto was now attacking me with the intention of killing me.

WA- WHAT ARE YOU DOING DODGE ROKU Maria shouted when she saw that I wasn't moving.

Otto who was now attacking me with the intention of killing me was about to hit me with his sword before I used one of my new skills, Total Concentration....

,, Ha I knew it'' I said before using Instadt teleportation and I teleported behind him.

I TOLD YOU THIS TRICK WOULDN'T WORK AGAIN Otto screamed as he turned his upper body around and swung his sword.

I know. '' I said before leaning backwards to avoid Otto's attack.

WA- before Otto could say anything I used inhuman speed together with inhuman strict and hit Otto with all my might. Otto flew back and hit the castle wall, which cracked and only a loud explosion could be heard.

BOOM

...

That-that can't be....Yato said in shock.

Otto.... said the king sadly

Shortly after the explosion, the smoke around Otto disappeared, and Otto could be seen standing on his feet with his sword in his hand.

i-i-i ca-ca....

...

Ah... so this is what it feels like to lose...a strange feeling ha-ha-ha

BOOM

Before Otto could finish his sentence he collapsed forward

STOP

THE FIGHT IS OVER AND THE WINNER IS

ROKU