"You think you can beat me with just this magic sword? Then let me put it to the test."
And so I placed the magic sword Naga Purple before my dying father.
"Foolish, so foolish!! To hand over a sword—the very soul of a swordsman—to your opponent! With this, I will…"
Despite this being an obvious trap, my father picked it up without hesitation.
People at the end of their rope really do lose their judgment.
"Ugh— AAAAAGH, this is—I'm being drained!! The sword—I can't let go of it!"
"The foolish one here is you. The magic sword Naga Purple drains the user's life force until it's satisfied. You should have at least looked into that. Now… waste away!"
His body withered before my very eyes.
His once-fat arms shriveled into something resembling dead branches in just a few moments, and his cheeks hollowed out like an old man's.
He really hadn't researched this sword at all.
"Kuh… why is this…"
"Oh, right. There was one more thing I wanted to mention."
"What… is it…"
"Because I have the skill [Sword God]. You never had a chance of winning from the start."
"That can't be—! You're nothing but a defective failure with a loser skill! You have no value to inherit our house… guh, gaha…"
Having received the killing blow with words, my father in this life—Ryan Vermilion—died of rage.
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"No, Father…! Alan, you patricide! You monster!"
Kane cursed at me.
Come to think of it, he was actually there.
"What right do you have to say that? You're the monster here. You abused me for years, and on top of banishing me, you even tried to have me killed. I'll let you follow Father."
I picked up the magic sword from my father's corpse and pointed it at Kane.
"KYAA!!"
Kane fell flat on his back.
"How can you hold that sword without any ill effects?!"
"I don't owe you any explanations. More importantly, this is goodbye."
Trying to stall for time with conversation was pointless.
"Y-you said it was [Sword God]! That can't be! Even Father never reached the pinnacle of the sword. Someone like you…"
"…………"
Might as well end this grudge once and for all.
Honestly, it was an anticlimactic ending.
After all, it was just Kane.
"W-wait, are you going to… cut down your own brother?! Your own blood brother?!"
Kane's mouth kept moving, but his body was frozen in fear. Just as I was about to cut him down—
"No! I won't let you kill Lord Kane! If you're going to kill someone, kill me first!"
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Skills: [Reverse], [Divine Eye], [Sword God], [Phantom Thief Gentleman], [Dark Magic], [Rock Iron Magic], [Holy Magic], [Space-Time Magic], [Scorching Magic], [Frozen Ice Magic], [Magic Hand], [Seduction], [Pain Dulling], [Complete Status Abnormality Resistance], [Fire Spirit's Protection], [Phantom Demon], [Swift Wind and Thunder], [Dark Spirit's Protection], [Monstrous Strength], [Thunder God Sword], [Strong Luck], [Clear Storm Magic], [Humility], [Heaven's Gate]
Rank: Gold (Alisa: Gold)