A Core Ship From The Start-Chapter 1531 - 1033: Truly Seeking One’s Own Death

Seeing Duanmu Huai appear, Kiba Hiroto and Tower City Kitten both breathed a sigh of relief, even dropping their original combat stances—they knew well of Duanmu Huai’s strength, and couldn’t be bothered to keep it up.

"Heiya-------!!"

The crazed priest swung his sword down at Duanmu Huai, but Duanmu Huai simply stood there, extending his right hand toward him. Shortly after, the sword of the crazed priest struck Duanmu Huai’s Power Armor with a crisp sound and bounced off. The crazed priest was stunned for a moment, and before he could react, Duanmu Huai’s big hand had already grabbed his head, pinning the madman to the ground like smashing a watermelon.

"Alright, now who can explain to me what this lunatic’s deal is?"

Duanmu Huai released the lunatic whose head was split open and glanced at Kiba Hiroto and Tower City Kitten, both of whom were covered in wounds, evidently having been seriously harmed by the crazed priest.

"He is a Holy Sword User."

Disgusted, Kiba Hiroto looked at the crazed priest lying on the ground and, hesitating for a moment, spoke up.

"EX curry stick? What’s that?"

Upon hearing this term, Duanmu Huai immediately thought of that black SABER from the Holy Grail War who had thrown the Turtle Wave Qi Technique at him and Mash.

This too?

Duanmu Huai squinted and looked at the longsword in the other person’s hand.

Trash-tier, not even as pretty as a Frost Mourne figurine.

"A Holy Sword is the ultimate weapon against Demons. As soon as we Demons come into contact with a Holy Sword, our bodies burn instantly, and being cut means immediate annihilation. For the Church, which sees Demons as enemies in their faith in Deity, it can be said to be the ultimate weapon."

"So that’s why the two of you couldn’t take him down?"

Upon hearing this, Duanmu Huai understood. He originally didn’t find this lunatic particularly powerful. Kiba Hiroto’s swordsmanship wasn’t bad, and Tower City Kitten had tremendous strength, so how could they not take him down—it turned out to be an attribute restraint. No wonder.

Of course, if it were a Demon adept at Magic, like Liliath or Naruse Mio, dealing with this lunatic might have been doable, but Kiba Hiroto and Tower City Kitten were close-combat types. Facing the Holy Sword, it would be normal to be restrained and unable to break through.

"Actually... I was one of those artificially nurtured to adapt to the Holy Sword."

This time, Kiba Hiroto straightforwardly opened up to Duanmu Huai, revealing his identity. It turns out he wasn’t originally a Demon but a human. When Kiba Hiroto was a child, he was part of the Church’s "The Holy Sword Project" to nurture Holy Sword Users, but the project failed. After learning that these people couldn’t adapt to the Holy Sword, the Church killed them all—Kiba Hiroto was the only one to escape under the cover of his comrades, later picked up by Liliath, who reincarnated him as a Demon to become her follower.

"I’ve never given up on revenge, so upon discovering the presence of Holy Sword Users in this city, I tracked him here..."

"Alright, I understand the situation."

Duanmu Huai nodded. He couldn’t say he didn’t understand Kiba Hiroto’s anger, but what Duanmu Huai found hard to comprehend was... Are the idiots in the Church out of their minds? Even if they couldn’t adapt to the Holy Sword, they could still be nurtured as combat power, so why kill them outright?

"But why is it just the two of you? Where are Liliath and Akeno Ushima? If they were here, you wouldn’t have ended up like this."

Liliath and Akeno Ushima both excelled in Magic, and no matter how powerful a Holy Sword was, it was still a close-combat weapon. By keeping their distance and kiting, couldn’t they just take him down easily?

"This..."

Upon hearing Duanmu Huai’s question, Kiba Hiroto and Tower City Kitten exchanged a troubled glance.

"... This was my own action, I didn’t inform Lady Rias or Senior Akeno."

"???"

"Actually... this person stole the Holy Sword from the Church and is from the Fallen Angel Organization."

At this moment, another voice chimed in, and Duanmu Huai turned his head to see a limping girl walking over—she was the one who had been unfortunately knocked away by the crazed priest earlier.

"Who are you?"

"I am Murasakifuji Ilina, a representative from the Church. Thank you for your assistance..."

"Church?"

Looking at the girl in front of him, Duanmu Huai frowned.

It wasn’t that the girl’s words were problematic, but her outfit. Indeed, the girl before him had a pretty face and a nice figure, with brown twin-tailed hair, looking quite lively. She wore a black bodysuit, and due to the earlier battle, it was all tattered, exposing a large area of pale skin.

To be honest, this outfit—it felt quite familiar to Duanmu Huai.

If he remembered correctly, wasn’t the female protagonist in "Against O Ninja" dressed like this? Just add a short sword at her waist and call it cosplay—it wouldn’t be a stretch!

And you claim to be from the Church? Does everyone from the Church dress like this for work?

Is this Church legitimate?

"The two of you actually teamed up??"

Duanmu Huai curiously looked at Kiba Hiroto, then at the Church girl called Murasakifuji Ilina. Just now, Kiba Hiroto said he was a victim of the Church’s "The Holy Sword Project," yet now that a Church member was in front of him, as a Demon, shouldn’t he do something, just a little?