Chivalry of a Dark Knight [Batman x Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry]

CH4: Brought here to die (prt 4)

Ayato was paralyzed on the spot as he felt the stony digits begin to constrict around his head. His eyes watered and his heart hammered wildly knowing what was going happen to him but then suddenly the hand was retracted and his face tasted cool air as the armored Blazer screamed from the sudden slash behind his back, a blow that scattered small chunks of rock accompanied by a burst of sparks and blood.

The boy didn't waste time scurrying back and was about make a run for it when he froze with widened eyes seeing who attacked.

Iwadare grunted with grit teeth. He was outraged and his mind demanded to know what or who was able to penetrate his armor and dared to do so. For a brief moment he wondered with dread if it was Shinguuji but it didn't feel like that was the kind of attack she would've made. He turned towards the offender and nearly jumped at the sight.

In front of him was the Caped Crusader but he was bathe in a soft glow that radiated black smoke like a sooty flame. An aura that seemed to choke the light out of the area around him. In his hand was a certain sword with a golden cross guard.

His face was obscured by shadows with only glowing white angular eyes visible. It wasn't just his appearance that unnerved Iwadare but also the amount of magic he felt emanating from him.

"You!?" Iwadare balked "Y-you're a Blazer!?"

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Of course, the atmosphere in the room had completely changed when they witnessed what had transpired on screen. The professor was already up from his seat, mouth open in astonishment and adjusting his glasses more than once.

"Professor, look!" called out Maya.

She pointed towards the screen, in particular the sword. Although the sword could mistaken as being unremarkable, she and the professor knew all too well about its origins and true nature.

"That's Branwen! He has Branwen!" she confirmed.

He didn't respond and simply looked on in awe. Since they had first discovered Branwen he had theorized about its potential and even the possibility of the blade's magic being restored again. But in everyone else's hands, it was just a hunk of metal. He realized that it would require a state of "synchronicity" between the blade and the wielder but such a thing was so unlikely that it was akin to finding two men with the same fingerprint.

And yet it happened; even after the sword was lost to them twice. He had nearly given up hope but it actually happened. To think it would happen to a man from another world who dresses like a bat. Truly fate was strange.

The personnels were in a state of frantic confusion as they read the sudden change in data on their monitors.

"What in the world!? His mana readings are going through the roof!"

"These numbers...they can't be right!"

"Is it some kind of glitch?"

"What is going on!?"

Hearing them snapped the professor out of his reverie and he hummed with a know-it-all smile while pushing his glasses up.

"Isn't it obvious?" his sudden statement drew everyone's attention towards him.

"He has awakened and become one of them." he stated.

Seeing that they still looked confused, he clarified.

"He has achieved 'Brute Soul'."

Maya reeled in shock, knowing fully well what that term meant.

"Sir, y-you don't mean..."