Mythical Slayer: Mythical Girls Contract

"Argh!" Kai grunted in pain as the spike retracted, going back to the dirt.

[Let me control my Spirit Power to focus on regeneration, Kai!] Amber requested, and he accepted. There was no reason to reject it as he knew he also couldn't concentrate on regenerating his wound.

He staggered as he held his stomach, which had a big hole now. The black flame disappeared and was quickly replaced with Phoenix fire to tend to his wound, assisted by Amber's Spirit Power.

Even the flame that burned the ground was now gone as he stepped back, raising his head slowly with his eyes filled with hate. Only the black flame that burned the ground around the crater still remained. They couldn't be extinguished by normal means, not even by Kai.

Massive pain attacked him, but he couldn't care less and left the healing to Amber, who now took control of her own Spirit Power and concentrated on it.

"My~ You've been in quite a predicament, no? As expected, the Ruler is really strong!"

A playful voice rang around them, not really concentrated in one place. It spread around, echoing loudly as the figure couldn't be seen.

Even so, he didn't need to see that figure to know who that was.

Still angry, Kai growled, "Alchemist!"

"Indeed, that's me! Nice to meet you again, Mr. Kai~" The Alchemist dragged his sentence playfully and let out a little chuckle at the end.

"It's such a shame that our second meeting is like this, but currently, the Boogeymen has more value than you in our organization, so… will you spare him?"

"Never." A groan escaped his mouth. He spat out the blood that was in his mouth and used all his capability to chant. "Life is just the beginning. Death is not the end."

Phoenix fire was now still in Amber's control to close the hole in his stomach. It was almost closing completely, thanks to Amber pouring most of her Spirit Power to heal him.

So he used the only spell he knew, but this time he used the strongest one. While it was designed to exorcize a ghost, it was designed to exorcize the strongest one, the one with a body. So it should have some effects on the Boogeymen.

The Boogeymen was still staggering, frowning, unable to heal the wound his body sustained. Even standing up was difficult for the vile creature, but then a liquid metal appeared from the ground, engulfing his body.

"That's a shame." A disappointed voice came from the liquid metal that slowly covered the Boogeymen's body.

It seemed like the creature also didn't know what happened as it tried to peel off the metal, but it was useless. It expanded at a fast speed and got to the Boogeymen's neck in no time.

"What are you doing?!" The Boogeymen shouted, and Kai looked at them with surprise.

He realized something. The Alchemist had no intention of fighting him since the start. His only reason for showing up late after the Boogeymen asked for help was to help him retreat.

"No!" He quickly canceled his chant and kicked the ground. The pain around his stomach was unbearable, but he also didn't want to let the creature escape his grasp after he realized what had happened, remembering the tragedy 10 years ago.

But he couldn't. His feet got caught in something hard, and he stumbled on the ground. Looking back, he noticed a silvery metal holding onto his legs, which he tore off immediately.

He was late, though.

As he looked back, the figure of Boogeymen had fully engulfed in the liquid and slowly melted to the ground.

"Don't run, you fucker! Get your ass over here! Leave that fucker here!" Kai quickly picked himself up and leaped toward the remaining liquid.

"Ah, what a shame that I can't do that. We've spent a lot of resources to awaken this guy and destroy the cornerstones in New York. We can't soil our plan, no?"

The Alchemist replied as a small man figure appeared on the ground near the remaining silver liquid. It was the only thing left from something that engulfed the Boogeymen and took him away somewhere. "Let's meet again later, Mr. Kai."

Bowing his body, the small figure then disappeared into the ground. Kai's hand missed, and he stumbled on the ground, rolling from the force he used to leap. His face was bruised, but it wasn't as hurt as the fact he let the Boogeymen run away.

"Fuck!" He slammed his hands against the ground, cracking it. His voice shook from the disappointment, mixed with anger, before it eventually died down. "…fuck."

His body felt heavy. Amber's voice had stopped earlier. His wound was already closed, so he didn't know why she stayed silent. He could still feel her inside him, so he tried to call her with his remaining strength. "Amber? Hey, say something."

No reply came. Usually, she would reply as soon as he called for her. It was his fault for losing himself in anger and hate, and he became worried as time passed, but no reply came from Amber.

"Hey, say something, Amber!" He raised his voice even though he was tired and hurt from the previous fight. "Hey!"

But still, no reply came. Her Spirit Power felt like it was about to deplete completely. He knew what would happen to someone if their Spirit Power got depleted. They lost consciousness.

The question was, would Amber also go unconscious if her Spirit Power got depleted when he fused with her? He didn't know. So he canceled the fusion right after that because he was too worried about the Phoenix girl.

Fire spiraled out of his body and turned into a humanoid form of Amber. She looked fine, with her body intact and the others. But her breath was heavy and erratic, uncontrolled.

Kai's expression turned into horror. It was all his fault.

If only he didn't use that black flame when he wasn't ready yet. If only he had just followed her suggestion. If only he worked hard enough to control Spirit Power better. His bad control of Spirit Power wasted many of his and Amber's Spirit Power in the fight, leading to this.

If only…

There would be no end to that. He gritted his teeth as he held onto her body. He tried to feel her pulse, and it was there. Meaning she was just unconscious and tired.

"Fuck… Now we returned to 0 again. Those bastards! I swear I will kill those bastards if we meet again."

The Alchemist. He thought he was just someone who had his own ambition and wouldn't mess with him. But based on what he said earlier, it seemed like the Alchemist, and his organization was responsible for the concurrent events that happened to him.

"Memento Mori…" He muttered the name of the organization that was responsible for all these shits. "I will fucking destroy those fuckers. Especially that fucking Alchemist."

Losing his cool was a mistake. But at least…

"Robert. I am counting on you, man. Find those bastards for me." He muttered.

At that moment, he felt a familiar presence. It was a bit cold, but he remembered it pretty well. In fact, he remembered this presence from the memory he had just gained or returned to him when he lost control earlier.

He remembered everything that happened 10 years ago. The truth was that he had forgotten for some reason. And he knew the Boogeymen's goal, too, thanks to that.

A relief washed over him as the presence made herself known from the sky. A woman with blue hair tied in twintails with a fierce gaze wearing golden clothes with intricate details appeared with splendid blue wings on her back.

He recognized her 10 years ago. The memories of her were something that couldn't be forgotten. She was the girl who cried with him when he lost his parents. The one who was missing from his dream because he had forgotten his memories until now.

"I'll leave myself and Amber to you… Dragon King."

He let his body fall to the ground, fainting, as his Spirit Power was also depleted almost completely in the previous fight.

The woman smiled warmly as she descended in front of him.

"Leave it to me, my future husband." She responded with a soft voice as she saw two people cuddling with each other, unconscious, in front of her. "You've worked hard."