The darkness of the tunnel, the sound of rushing water, and the smoke of gunpowder, the two of them, who could barely see each other's expressions at all, were now standing ten paces away and looking at each other, each holding the hilt of his sword in his right hand.

The surrounding night watchmen seemed to have been ordered to slowly retreat while remaining vigilant, with Loren Turin as the center, blocking all ways out of Edward's back, not daring to let up for a moment.

This stance... It seems that Rut Infinit has been prepared for a long time.

frowned slightly, and his dark pupils stared at the blurred figure in front of him.

You can't win... Loren knew Edward's strength very well, and without opening the valve and without Asriel's help, he would have no chance of winning.

After killing all twenty-two Night's Watchmen, narrowly missing out with Rout Infinit, and fighting nearly a hundred Night's Watch in the tunnels...... He couldn't be the match for Edward, who was still full of energy.

It may be possible to change to someone else, but Edward... He knew himself too well, and he was also a top assassin who was good at killing people with one hit, and he was so tired that he would never be able to beat him in terms of reflexes.

Fight with this kind of person, and there is no chance of survival if you miss once!

The black-haired wizard's eyes narrowed into slits, and Edward showed no signs of moving in his vision enhanced by "Beyond Perception".

But... That doesn't mean you're dead.

Although he said that he would believe in the other party's promise, Loren would never entrust his life to others; The premise of this plan is to take a little bit of risk yourself.

"Edward......" The black-haired wizard spoke first, staring at the other party, "Do you want to kill me?"

"I don't want to. ”

The night watchman's brows furrowed, and his eyes did not leave Loren's figure for a moment: "Although it is only a short period of time, we have also experienced a lot together... As a friend, I don't want to hurt you. ”

"Then ......" the dark-haired wizard raised an eyebrow.

"I'm here to kill you. Edward spoke resolutely, his calm tone did not even make a wave, and the bayonet sword in his hand was unsheathed: "Lord Ruth Infinit's orders cannot let you leave Golovin alive. ”

"Rut Infinit......" Loren laughed playfully, unabashedly sarcastic: "I don't see it, you can also be willing to be a knife in someone else's hand." ”

"It's the Night's Watch, and my loyalty belongs only to the Night's Watch. The indifferent Edward emphasized:

"And my duty... It's to eradicate the threat of the Empire!"

"Really?" the dark-haired wizard's tone became a little cold:

"In your eyes... I am a threat to the Empire?"

"Isn't it?!" Edward's tone revealed a hint of anger:

"Twenty-two night watchmen in the summer twilight courtyard... These people can't stop you at all, so why kill them all?"

"The trial of the Broken Mountain Fortress, you can obviously win... But in order to vent his anger, he didn't leave a single mouth!"

"The Elixir of Ebden's Holy Blood... You have a chance to end it all at the banquet that day, but you won't stand up until it's irreparable!"

"And the night watchman just now... By the way, I almost forgot that you're also a night watchman - he's begged for mercy and given up resistance, and you've cut off his left arm, is it really necessary to kill him?!"

Edward was no longer indifferent, his eyes trembled slightly after taking a deep breath, and he said lightly: "Because I am a friend, I have always turned a blind eye to all this, believing in you and trusting you." ”

"Now it seems that I have been deceiving myself for too long. ”

"Because of trust, everything you do is seen as a necessary act, but you never consider that behind these killings, you are deliberate!"

The Night's Watch voice echoed, and the dark-haired wizard with a subtle expression did not rush to fight, but waved the "bright silver" in his hand as if he was strolling in the court, and his grim smile seemed to disagree with what Edward said.

"Loren Turin, when did you become so cruel?" the night watchman looked at him coldly, staring at his "friend":

"Or... This is who you are?"

Edward's tone made Loren stop, but the other party didn't say much, and his indifferent eyes looked a little hideous.

"Cruel?"

Loren sneered and asked, "You call this cruel?"

"What is cruelty... Isn't it cruel to let you tear me apart?"

"It's strange - you were the first to do it, you were the one who wanted to kill me, and you were the one who tried to kill me. ”

"When you need me, you will coerce and lure me and blackmail, and when you don't need me, you will try your best to kill me, and use my life and death as a bargaining chip and a tool that can be used!"

"Ebden ... If it weren't for Rout Infinit's coercion, you think I would want to go?"

"Boundary Mountain Fortress, it is clear that they deliberately caused the deception to harm first!"

"Summer Twilight Garden... Lord Rute Infinit is so generous, he is worried that one or two night watchmen will not kill me, and he specially sent a full twenty-two elites!"

"Even now, right behind you and me... Nearly a hundred night watchmen, no one would think they have a chance to get out of here alive, would they?"

"According to your logic, should I let him live, let him survive for a while, and then let him take the opportunity to sneak attack and give me a backstab at the moment when I am entangled by you?"

The smile faded away, and the black-haired wizard with cold eyes pursed the corners of his mouth, the blood on his face making his expression look extremely hideous and terrifying:

"Aren't you the ones who want to snatch the Holy Blood Elixir?"

"Aren't you the ones who threatened me in Lothair?"

"People who have done all the bad things, who have blood on their hands... Now suddenly tell me that everything is my fault, I damn ......"

"Could it be... Ridiculous?"

The indifferent Night's Watch clenched his sword tightly, his face expressionless.

"If you want to kill me, you can... Just come. Pulling the corners of his mouth, Loren stared at Edward, the smoke slowly dissipating, and the figures on both sides became clearer and clearer.

The atmosphere was becoming more and more tense, and even the night watchmen who were lying in ambush around were aware of it.

...... The moment the smoke and dust cleared was the moment of fighting for the life.

"But... Please be prepared to be killed by me!"

Edward, whose expression was still indifferent, had an extremely complicated look in his eyes.

On the contrary, Loren was still light and light, and the thick killing intent was hidden in the dark pupils.

"So......" The black-haired wizard raised the "Bright Silver" in his hand and met Edward's eyes:

"May the void be with you. ”

In the next second, the figure of the black-haired wizard disappeared.

Edward didn't delay, he immediately slid and dodged, the slender bayonet barely visible in the darkness, retreating and thrusting forward with all his might.

"Bell ——!"

The tip of the stabbing sword withstood the gray-blue sword that suddenly appeared... Faced with the "Bright Silver" that cut gold and iron, Edward's stabbing sword unexpectedly did not break, but instead swung away the blade of the black-haired wizard.

But both men were holding their swords in one hand, and swinging the other's weapons meant giving up their defenses - almost simultaneously, the two left hands with the "caster" opened at the same time, aimed at each other.

High-level spell, "Force Impact".

"Bang ——!"

The air exploded with a screeching sound that almost pierced the eardrums, and the two of them fell to the ground as if they had been hit suddenly, and then got up at the same time and pounced on each other again!

Within five steps, the stabbing sword and the bright silver swung at each other again.

"Bell ——!"

This is the second collision between the two weapons... This time, the "Bright Silver" did not disappoint Loren again, the gray-blue sword light hit Edward's sword body, and the slender stabbing sword broke from the center!

Knocking the night watchman's left hand open, Edward was struck with a knee, spitting blood from his mouth, slamming into the rock wall behind him, and slumping to the ground.

It's over......

The night watchmen hiding in the dark clenched their blades tightly, and their eyes trembled with fear - the elite of the night watch couldn't hold out for a minute in front of this black-haired wizard!

But... The gray-blue sword that was raised never fell.

"It's over......"

An indifferent Edward slumped in front of the rock wall, staring at the equally expressionless black-haired wizard holding up the bright silver...... His hands clenched the hilt of his sword, and the broken sword pressed against Loren's chest:

"Goodbye, my friend!"