"Clang! Clang! Clang—!"
The explosive clash of metal constantly rang out through the mansion corridor, each sword strike erupting with dazzling sparks that illuminated the mottled stone walls.
Elsa's assault grew increasingly frenzied, like a storm. Her figure blurred into crimson afterimages in the dim light, her movements almost exceeding the limits of human vision.
"Even if it's just in my imagination..." Elsa looked at Natsuki Subaru with burning eyes, her voice carrying a hint of morbid pleasure, "I never thought there'd truly be a man in this world who could have a chance to kill me… I'm almost falling in love with you, young man~"
"What a pity." Natsuki Subaru's Kasaka's Poisoned Dagger precisely parried Elsa's incoming twin blades. He said calmly, "I already have someone in my heart, and as mortal enemies, no matter what you think, we're impossible."
"What a cold man…" Elsa's figure suddenly inverted itself on the ceiling, her black dress hanging like bat wings, a chilling smile curving her lips.
"Then at least let me cut off your head, in place of a farewell bouquet, to soothe my wounded heart!"
Before her words finished, she swooped down. At the same time, another curved blade slid along the ground, tracing two lines of sparks, forming a pincer attack from above and below.
Every strike carried a piercing, air-ripping sound. Where the blade passed, the air was torn with visibly distorted ripples.
Yet—
Natsuki Subaru simply moved the dagger in his hand with ease, neutralizing every single attack.
Whether in reaction speed, strength, or technique, Elsa was completely no match for him.
He hadn't even used a single skill, merely relying on physical capabilities dozens of times beyond a normal person to contend with her.
"Excellent, I must personally take out your warm intestines."
Elsa said, gasping, blood constantly spilling from the corners of her mouth, yet unable to hide the morbid and fervent smile on her face.
As a cursed puppet, death was merely a game to her.
Every near-death experience, every tearing pain, only made her more intoxicated by bloody slaughter.
Whoosh!
A fierce sword aura swept across, leaving cuts deep as an inch on the mansion corridor's walls.
Rubble rustled down, and Elsa's right arm, in the recent clash, had a large chunk of flesh carved away.
"So painful… it hurts to death…" Though she said this, Elsa's fervent gaze unreservedly fixed on Natsuki Subaru, an expression of intoxication appearing on her face,
"I'm growing more and more fond of the intestines in your belly; I truly wish I could cut them open and see them now…"
The next moment, Elsa's severed muscle tissue visibly regenerated, a recovery unique to cursed puppets.
"Stop holding back. Show me everything you've got." Natsuki Subaru didn't press his advantage. Instead, he calmly said to Elsa,
"Otherwise, you will die!"
"Will I die? Your words are truly exciting, young man…"
Elsa lightly traced the healing wound on her arm, her fingertips stained with blood.
She had never encountered such a powerful opponent. This overwhelming disparity in strength made her tremble all over.
Not from fear, but from ecstasy.
"Excellent!" Elsa licked her vividly red lips, her eyes flickering with excitement, "Is this your full strength?"
"Against an enemy of your caliber, I don't need to go all out."
Natsuki Subaru responded blandly.
While in the original story, Elsa was indeed powerful enough to cause Natsuki Subaru's early deaths multiple times, and even Emilia, Felt, and Old Man Rom had met their end at her hands,
at this moment, facing Natsuki Subaru, who had transformed into a Level 60 Shadow Monarch, Elsa's chances of victory had long since dropped to zero.
The next instant—
Whoosh!
Natsuki Subaru's figure suddenly vanished from his spot, leaving only a lingering afterimage that slowly dissipated.
Almost at the same moment.
A chilling sword gleam slashed out at a tricky angle, its air-tearing shriek piercing the eardrums.
"—Clang!"
The explosive clash of metal resounded through the corridor.
Surprisingly, Elsa managed to raise her blade to parry at the last second, her curved blade barely catching the deadly strike.
Amidst the spraying sparks, her blood-stained lips curved into a crazed arc.
Natsuki Subaru's body shifted slightly, his dagger changing moves in stride, and a cold gleam flashed—
"Slice!"
Elsa's left wrist snapped, and the curved blade she held clattered to the floor. The next moment, she rapidly retreated, the flesh at her severed wrist writhing and visibly beginning to regenerate.
"Young man, you've hurt me again~" Elsa's voice trembled with excitement. Far from pain, she gazed pleasurably at the regenerating wound,
"Grant me more… of this wonderful pain…"
"What a complete pervert."
Natsuki Subaru muttered inwardly, feeling a chill run down his spine at Elsa's twisted sense of pleasure.
In that split second of distraction—
"Attack!"
Elsa suddenly burst forth, her remaining right hand fiercely throwing a curved blade.
The spinning blade whistled as it severed a corridor pillar, and stone dust instantly obscured the entire view.
Under the cover of flying debris and dust, Elsa's figure flickered like a specter.
Her movements were so fast they almost left afterimages. Her slender fingers drew another gleaming curved blade from the inside of her thigh.
The blade tore through the air, carrying a deadly arc directly towards Natsuki Subaru's abdomen.
This strike was as swift as lightning, its angle extremely tricky, an excellent opportunity to strike while the opponent was distracted.
"Got him!"
Just as the blade tip was about to pierce flesh, Elsa's pupils abruptly contracted to pinpricks.
Because the "Natsuki Subaru" before her had vanished, like a reflection disturbed in water.
"An afterimage?! When did he…"
"Here."
A voice as cold as the arctic wind came from behind.
Before Elsa could even turn, a tearing pain pierced from her back to her chest.
Rip!
The sharp edge of the Kasaka's Poisoned Dagger emerged through her body, its gleaming tip dripping crimson blood beads, blooming into shocking blood flowers on the floor.
"Cough… hahaha…" Elsa spat out a large mouthful of blood, but a satisfied smile curved her lips, as if this were not a threat of death, but the sweetest gift,
"This feeling of being pierced… it's so wonderful… is this the taste of death…"
A strange light flickered in her dark eyes. Elsa's body began to heal at a visible rate, the flesh at the wound writhing and intertwining like a living thing.
Natsuki Subaru coldly watched Elsa's body gradually recover, his expression completely unmoving.
As a cursed puppet modified by an assassination organization, Elsa possessed regeneration far beyond ordinary humans, capable of multiple revivals through her special constitution.
Compared to Reinhard, the Sword Saint's Divine Protection of the Phoenix, which only allowed one revival, Elsa's ability was indeed more enduring.
But this didn't mean invincibility.
By continuously killing Elsa, her cursed energy would eventually be depleted.
Humans die when they are killed—this is an eternal truth!
No matter how many times one can revive, as long as they are killed enough times, fiercely enough, true death will eventually arrive.
"Young man, you're truly merciless…" The fully recovered Elsa extended her tongue, slowly licking away the blood from her lips, her eyes a mix of pain and pleasure,
"You just outright killed me once… yet, there isn't even a trace of surprise on your face."
"Of course." Natsuki Subaru calmly met Elsa's gaze, "I already knew about your undying nature."
Though her ability was revealed, Elsa merely widened her eyes slightly, then tilted her head, revealing an even more dangerous smile:
"Oh? Since you know my ability, how do you plan to kill me, young man?"
"If I can't kill you once, I'll kill you ten times." Natsuki Subaru's voice was terrifyingly calm, yet carried an undeniable certainty, "If ten times isn't enough, then a hundred times. I don't believe you can revive infinitely."
"You're quite persistent with me, young man~"
Hearing this, Elsa's pupils constricted slightly, but quickly returned to their morbid smile.
"Indeed." Natsuki Subaru slowly raised his hand, the Kasaka's Poisoned Dagger pointing directly at Elsa, "I will keep killing you until you can no longer revive, until you are truly dead!"
Elsa's smile froze on her face for a moment, her black pupils contracting slightly.
Then, a low chuckle escaped from deep within her throat, gradually turning crazed:
"Interesting, this undisguised killing intent, it's truly so interesting."
"What are you laughing at?"
Natsuki Subaru frowned slightly.
"Because…" Elsa licked her red lips, revealing a seductive yet dangerous expression, "You're the first one, young man, who's been so determined to kill me~"
"That only means your previous opponents weren't resolute enough." Natsuki Subaru responded coldly, "Today, let me put an end to your sins."
"Then let's see, young man…"
Elsa lightly licked her blood-stained red lips, a crazed light flickering in her eyes,
"Let's see if you run out of my power first, or if I cut open your stomach and admire your warm intestines first?"
"A disgusting fetish." Natsuki Subaru's gaze grew even colder, "However, you won't get that chance."
"Who knows~ After all… death, to me, is the sweetest pleasure…"
Before her words finished—
Boom!!!
The ground beneath their feet instantly exploded, the bursting shockwave shattering the glass in the corridor.
Amidst the swirling dust, both figures vanished from their spots simultaneously!
"Come on!" Elsa's crazed shout echoed through the corridor, "Fight to your heart's content, my dearest enemy! Take my life with all your might!"
From her engagement with Natsuki Subaru until now, in two and a half minutes, Elsa had used every trick she had as an assassin.
Snake-like thrusts, whirlwind slashes, tricky projectile throws—yet she hadn't even managed to wound Natsuki Subaru once.
"An impenetrable defense, no discernible weakness, a flawless stance—it's truly excellent!"
Elsa screamed with excitement in her heart.
Although, as an assassin, Elsa's frontal combat capability wasn't top-tier, she excelled at leveraging her revival ability and surprise attack tactics.
In the original story, it was precisely this advantage that allowed her to successfully kill the Great Spirit Beatrice.
In fact, many opponents, due to a lack of information, underestimated Elsa's revival ability, which ironically became her most lethal tactical advantage.
But the Natsuki Subaru before her was different; he already knew everything about Elsa.
Whoosh!
Elsa's speed broke the sound barrier, her curved blades tearing through the air with an ear-splitting shriek.
Yet—
"Too slow."
Natsuki Subaru's eyes narrowed slightly, his aura suddenly surging. He effortlessly dodged the attack, and with a backhanded strike, slashed through Elsa's shoulder.
"What a wonderful feeling."
Although the blade tip pierced through her clothes into her shoulder, this pain was insignificant to Elsa.
She not only didn't dislike pain but reveled in it.
"I'm curious, young man, how did your strength keep getting stronger? It's truly thrilling."
Even seeing the disparity in their strengths, Elsa still gave it her all.
This was her nature.
"This brutal combat, it's truly captivating…"
Elsa reset her stance with a backflip, her scarlet tongue lightly licking the bead of blood trailing from her shoulder.
Then, the next second.
Elsa lowered her arms, rapidly closing in with bizarre, almost stealthy footsteps.
Her twin blades carved deadly arcs in the dim light, aiming directly for Natsuki Subaru's vital points.
Yet—
The black-clad youth before her dissipated into the air like a phantom.
"Gone?!"
Elsa's pupils suddenly constricted, and her superhuman combat intuition instantly took over her body.
Without even needing to think, her legs instinctively pushed off—
Crack!
The stone slabs beneath her feet instantly shattered, and her figure turned into a crimson afterimage, rapidly retreating.
Amidst the howling wind, Elsa keenly sensed the killing intent coming from her left, but she was still half a beat too slow.
"Failed again…"
Elsa, whose first strike missed, pouted in disappointment, but the fighting spirit in her dark eyes burned even brighter.
Although her speed was so fast that it left afterimages in the air, and ordinary human eyes couldn't possibly track her movements, before Natsuki Subaru's overwhelming strength, all of it seemed so futile.
"This speed… this reaction…"
Elsa's fingertips trembled slightly; she could clearly feel that her opponent hadn't even gotten serious yet.
Truly… a terrifying opponent!
Clang—!
The explosive clash of metal resounded through the corridor, the dazzling sparks illuminating both their faces.
Two figures crossed paths, cold gleams flashing like lightning, then stood facing each other again ten meters apart.
"This is truly astonishing…" Elsa's breathing quickened, her black dress already soaked with blood, but the smile on her face grew even brighter, even carrying a hint of madness,
"It's been so long… since I've experienced such a wonderful deathmatch."
"Knowing it's a certain defeat yet still fighting to the death…" Natsuki Subaru coldly stared at Elsa, blood beads slowly dripping from his Kasaka's Poisoned Dagger, "Should I call it commendable courage, or utter foolishness?"
"Young man, you're truly… amaz…"
Elsa's words abruptly cut off, her body strangely frozen in place.
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