But this time, he no longer had a third sword!
Dark pressed his advantage without mercy and swung his fourth sword without hesitation. This strike no longer had the bonus of Fury Cutter, so it was not especially powerful. Yet it still broke through Croy's chest armor, sending blood spraying.
Croy abruptly retreated, choosing to flee at this very moment! Though retreating was also a kind of tactic.
But the moment he fled, the momentum he had steadily built up suddenly collapsed.
The exchange between the two in that brief span was dazzling. The entire battle was full of sudden twists and reversals.
No one had expected Dark Demon to force Croy back through his own combat ability. In particular, no one had expected him to command the power of the Holy Sword!
By now, the rumor that Dark's Magic Spirits could wield the Holy Sword had been accepted by some of those in the know.
However, judging from his previous displays, Dark himself had been unable to activate the power of the Holy Sword.
"A Magic Spirit capable of wielding the Holy Sword" could be a special creation refined using a Hero as its template.
But what about "a human capable of wielding the Holy Sword"? Did Dark Demon also possess the aptitude of a Hero? Was Dark Demon also a candidate Hero? No, he was merely the Son of the Valkyrie!
Although the Valkyrie rarely wielded the Holy Sword in public, rumors that she could use it had always persisted.
Many believed those rumors had been inferred from the notion that the Valkyrie could wield every weapon.
But now, it seemed that rumor was no mere rumor.
And as the Son of the Valkyrie, Dark Demon being able to wield the Holy Sword no longer seemed particularly strange.