The Shadow Monarch Izuku Midoriya

Ch 33: Class Advancement Part 3

"Talk"

'Thought'

[System]

The doors of the boss room opened. Inside of the room was dark. Even with his raised sense stat, it was hard for Izuku to see inside. All that he could see was the front of his feet. The floor was neatly lined with stone slabs. The grey stones gave off a cold feeling compared to the heat of his body.

The moment he took a step onto those slabs numerous torches that lined the interior of the room all lit up, illuminating the area.

Izuku could not lower his guard. He cautiously walked while observing his surroundings. The sides of the room contained giant pillars, and at the deep end of the room was a large throne.

It was reminiscent of a king's throne room that he saw in a movie. Well, the scale was quite different. After he had taken few steps into the room, the door behind him closed with a loud sound.

He took a glance back but did not panic. He had already predicted as much. He continued forward and thought, '...I sense a strong presence.'

He felt that to finish the class advancement quest, he would have to reach the throne ahead. That kind of thinking had mostly worked out so far, but he was wrong this time.

As he neared the throne, an armored form hidden behind a pillar revealed itself and slowly walked in front of him, blocking his path.

The thing stopped and turned to face Izuku. He knew this was the boss. Its name in red letters, floating above its head, told him as much.

[Knight Captain, Blood-red Igris]

It was a knight wearing a red armor. The armor part was same as the knights he had faced before, but compared to those lumbering enemies, this one looked a lot more agile. What stood out to Izuku was its helmet. The top of the helmet was adorned with a plumage. It was a streak of red hair that started from the top of the helmet and fell backwards, looking like a horse's tail. While looking over the helmet, Izuku noticed something else, 'He... he has eyes?'

Or rather, in the spot where a person's eyes should be, the opening of the helmet glowed with two silver lights. Its "eyes" were reminiscent of light coming from a machine and gave off a sense of coldness. Those eyes were looking at Izuku. It raised the hair on the back of his neck.

Perhaps defeating it was the goal of the class advancement quest. If that was the case, Izuku had to be careful. He kept an eye on Igris's movements and raised his fists and thought, 'Dagger won't work anyways.'

What was needed to defeat a knight was destructive power. He would need his strength. Igris was watching Izuku, then suddenly removed its red cape. The cape fell onto the ground. Its strange behavior did not stop there.

The knight took out the longsword and the two daggers at its sides and threw them on to the floor, one at a time. It was a slow, deliberate act, sending a message to Izuku.

The silence of the boss room was broken by the loud sounds of the metal falling onto the stone slabs. Having discarded his weapons, Igris raised his fists and took a fighting stance, imitating the Hero.

Was he going to fight him in a hand-to-hand combat because Izuku did not take out a weapon? The Hero bit his lips and thought, '...Looking down on me? Was your first and last mistake.'

The monster had succeeded in taunting Izuku without using a skill. However, Izuku maintained his focus. The angrier he got, the more he cooled himself. Compared to the increasing speed of his heartbeat, Izuku's eyes shone with sharpness. Izuku said, "One For All."