Chapter 144 The King's Execution Song
Chapter 144 The King's Execution Song
The outcome of this battle is no longer in doubt.
After Decade, who was fighting with Kiva, was slapped away and was entangled by Garuru and the vampire followers, it was left to Xiaodu to fight against the Vampire King alone.
Then even in this state, Kiva, who had been beaten up before, was able to fight the Beetlefang Vampire on equal terms.
At this point, Kazuto Kazuya has basically seen all the problems.
He drew out the Knight's Card Box Sword to repel Garuru and the Vampire followers, then turned his head and looked around quickly, and finally found the figure walking towards Dranlong Castle.
"That rascal……"
Kazushi Kadoya then looked at the situation on the battlefield.
Yusuke Onodera was fighting against two other followers alone, while Xiaodu and the Vampire King had gradually moved to the other side.
After judging that the situation was still controllable, Kazushi Kamen Rider slowly withdrew from the battlefield, then turned around and ran towards the Dranlong Castle. Garuru and the Vampire followers wanted to rush over to fight, but were directly chopped away by his left and right swords.
"Get out of the way! Don't block the road!"
But his sudden action made Garuru and the Vampire followers, who were already fighting carelessly, alert.
"What did he want to do by going to the castle? Was he trying to stop the king's plan?"
"Stop him quickly!"
The three of them left the battlefield one after another and ran towards the castle.
Guang Xia Hai, who was watching the fight from the outside, was startled and looked anxiously at Kadoya Shi’s back. For a moment, he didn’t know whether he should abandon Onodera Yusuke who was being beaten by two followers...
But then I thought about it, Kawahara just went to the castle, so nothing should happen, right?
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After Kawahara saw the battle in which Yusuke Onodera seemed to have no inherited memory at all, he stopped watching.
While fighting with Xiaodu, Vampire Dynasty glanced at him.
Kawahara, probably realizing that he had no intention of resisting anymore, withdrew his gaze and turned to the renovated Dranlong Castle.
The five-story castle located in the dragon's belly is the king's palace. The interior tone is dark scarlet. When someone passes by in the dim corridor, the wall lamps will automatically light up with a more eerie blood-red light.
This is a place called "Prism Space". In the long corridor, the room behind each door may be a strange space.
When Kawahara was looking around, he suddenly heard footsteps behind him.
"Hey! What are you doing?"
Kawahara turned around after hearing the voice and saw Kamen Rider Decade appearing at the door, but when he looked, Kadoya Kadoya also canceled his transformation and returned to his human form.
"What a suspicious guy!" Kadoya Kadoya tilted his head and crossed his arms.
"You are here, so... you left Yusuke there alone?" Kawahara said instead.
"..."
Kadoya Shi paused and said, "Anyway, the Vampire King doesn't intend to fight seriously, so I don't need to help them."
Kawahara turned around and continued walking deeper into the corridor, saying casually, "So what are you doing here? This place doesn't need you, right?"
Kadoya sneered and walked over: "I just want to see what you are going to do. Anyway, I am a destroyer, a devil or something, maybe I can hinder you~"
As soon as he finished speaking, Garuru and the Vampire followers who were tracking him ran into the corridor.
The Swallowtail Butterfly Vampire immediately said angrily: "It seems that what Yalan said is right, you are indeed the destroyer of that world! You are the demon who came to destroy our world!"
Kadoya Kadoya who saw them: "..."
He originally wanted to choke that guy, but since the other party said so, Kazushi Kadoya didn't think of refutation, but just raised his hand and took out the Decade driver again.
"That's really troublesome, then..."
"Okay, now that you two are here, we can do the experiment, come over here."
Kawahara spoke up, interrupting their tense conversation.
Hearing this, Kadoya raised his eyebrows and turned to look at him thoughtfully.
Although he did not continue to move, the Swallowtail Butterfly Vampire on the opposite side was already shouting angrily and directly attacked with its claws.
Garuru subconsciously stopped him and said, "Wait! He's the one who talked to the king before!"
The Swallowtail Vampire, who did not stop attacking at all, was close at hand. Kadoya bent down to dodge and kicked the Vampire away. Then he let go and put on the Decade Driver around his waist.
He then pulled out the Knight card from the card box.
But before they could insert the card, a depressing dark aura suddenly erupted behind them!
Swah——
The wall lamp in the corridor instantly turned into a pitch-black chain and swept through Kadoya Shi's side, binding the Swallowtail Butterfly Vampire opposite him and pulling it backwards at an extremely fast speed.
"boom!"
A huge noise echoed in the palace, and the Swallowtail Butterfly Vampire fell heavily to the ground, and was immediately dragged by chains to move deeper into the corridor.
The man and the monster not far away fell silent, watching the dark and hideous Sora disappear around the corner without saying a word.
Kadoya put down the Decade card in his hand, pointed at the back and said to Garuru: "Hey, that guy is more like a destroyer of the world, right?"
Garuru: “…”
Garuru had no idea what to say because there was a missing sconce on the castle wall and a hole in the floor.
After the figure disappeared, he came back to his senses from the dark aura that seemed even more violent than an "out-of-control vampire".
……
Kawahara opened the last door in the prism space. There was a haze of colorful light particles at the door, and he couldn't see what was inside the door at all.
"what is this?"
Kadoya Kadoya poked his head out from the corner and spoke curiously, then glanced at Kawahara who had returned to his human form.
——Every time this guy transforms, he looks like he's going to beat up everyone present indiscriminately, but after returning to human form, he's quite normal.
Kawahara stroked his chin and said, "From what I understand, this was originally something called a 'time gate', but now I'm not sure."
In order to allow Dranlong Castle to store life energy, the Vampire King has renovated the castle.
At this moment, the entire castle suddenly shook slightly again, as if Delanlong had done something that caused the shaking.
They both looked outside.
Kawahara pulled open the thick curtains in the corridor.
The corridor, which had been dark all year round, was penetrated by a ray of dazzling sunlight, but soon, the sky outside was shrouded in darkness with a hanging crescent moon, and the light and visual perception of the entire castle became even more gloomy.
The strong aura created by Kiva's knight kick can change the celestial phenomena in an area. This is the majesty that belongs only to the "king".
After all, they are the top demon clan in this world.
……
At this time, on the battlefield outside.
The dark night with the crescent moon hanging in the sky attracted the attention of almost all the people nearby. They looked up at the Dranlong Castle and saw the figure of the king of this world.
The Vampire King stood on the dragon head of the Dranlong Castle, his scarlet eyes staring at Xiaodu below without any fluctuations.
Under his control, the Delan Dragon slowly opened its huge dragon mouth, and the dark purple energy condensed into a devastating dragon breath.
On the ground, Xiaodu has already started the knight kick posture, and his fighting spirit has reached its peak at this moment!
He shouted loudly and leaped to a height higher than the castle. His kicking skills emitting scarlet power rushed towards the beetle-fang vampire on the dragon's head with an unstoppable momentum!
The Dran Dragon spewed out a destructive dragon breath, but Kiva's body passed directly through the light ball, and the Beetlefang Vampire standing there did not move at all.
He didn't have time to think about this abnormality, as the knight's kick had already landed on the Beetle-fang Vampire. The huge energy carried him forward to the Dranlong Castle behind him.
"boom--!"
A huge bat-shaped Kiva emblem bloomed on the city wall, with traces of burn marks.
The entire body of the embedded Vampire King also made a "cracking" sound at this moment, and the colors of the church's stained glass permeated the vampire's body, filling it with a gorgeous and strange visual feeling.
"you……"
Kiva's golden compound eyes rested on him.
The Vampire King said in a low voice with an ambiguous tone: "You will definitely... become the best king!"
The moment the words fell, the voice of the Vampire King seemed to shatter and turned into a dazzling ball of light floating in the air.
Kiva was stunned and landed on the castle wall.
The next moment, the Delan Dragon behind him let out a long dragon roar, turned its head, opened its mouth and swallowed the ball of light.
……
The ball of light transformed from life energy quickly passed through the dragon's mouth and esophagus, entered the castle's prismatic space, and then drilled directly through the wall.
In front of the Gate of Time, Kawahara's eyes moved, and he raised his hand and pressed the edge of the door.
Delanlong, who didn't know how to deal with this "life energy", felt a familiar shock. He immediately followed the guidance of that will and squeezed the "life energy" that would have been digested into waste gas into the Gate of Time.
Gudong~
There was a surge of colorful light particles at the door.
Kawahara picked up the swallowtail butterfly vampire that he had knocked unconscious, and stretched out a painted light fang from the door. He stabbed it into the vampire's neck in the same way that the vampires attacked humans.
The Swallowtail Butterfly Vampire was immediately awakened.
"I see~ I think I understand!"
Kadoya, who was standing nearby and watching, nodded and said, "Is this what you discussed with that guy? Let the vampires have a way to obtain life energy, so as to limit their uncontrolled attack on humans?"
Kawahara glanced at him and said, "Is that all you understand? What else?"
Kadashi: "..."
Kadoya Shi, who only understood the general idea, turned his head away without revealing any flaws, raised his hand to touch his chin, and said in a mysterious manner: "The other thing... is that it is related to Xiaodu's father."
"Well, what else?" Kawahara continued to ask.
"...and...punishment!"
Kadoya said with a look of having found the truth: "After all, Xiaodu is a young new king. He must be recognized by his subjects before he can ascend the throne. Punishing the previous vampire king who broke the rules will help him establish his prestige!" Hearing his firm words, Garuru and Swallowtail Vampire beside him were shocked and instantly moved: "I see! The king is really willing to do this for the little prince..."
However, Kawahara looked at him with a half-smile: "You really do know a lot, so what about the last part?"
Kadoya Shi: “…”
Why are you still asking!
Kazushi Kazuya, who was too lazy to worry about such problems, had to start thinking seriously.
However, after seeing the slightly familiar mischievous smile on Kawahara's face, Kadoya suddenly realized something and immediately grabbed his collar with gritted teeth.
"You did it on purpose, huh?"
"If you say so, then so be it~"
Kawahara casually spread his hands to get rid of Kadoya, then closed the door of time, turned to look at the two vampire followers and said, "I think you know what this place should be used for in the future."
The "life energy" of the previous vampire king certainly would not be used up all at once.
As for where the life energy will come from in the future, Kawahara had discussed this with the Vampire King before, but to implement this matter, Xiaodu needs to do it himself.
He should also become a good king.
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After the vampire who had recently disrupted social order was publicly executed by Kiva, the throne that had been vacant for more than a decade finally welcomed its new owner.
Xiaodu completed his ascension to the throne.
Yusuke Onodera, who was accidentally sent to this world and became friends with Kotobuki, was very relieved.
Guang Xiahai never thought that he would have the honor of seeing a new king ascend the throne. However, Kazuto Kadoya took the camera and took a commemorative photo of the little prince on the throne.
Not many people are lucky enough to witness the coronation of the Vampire King. Kadoya Kadoya, who was looking for various angles to shoot, suddenly moved the camera quietly.
But just as the camera was about to capture someone's figure.
The next moment the man's shadow disappeared.
Kazushi Kadoya, who was observing the camera, was startled and looked up quickly. A big hand suddenly appeared in front of him and grabbed his camera tightly.
"Don't play such tricks on me...Decade!" someone said grimly.
“…Hey! Give it back to me!”
Kawahara snatched Kadoya's camera without any hesitation and skillfully opened the photos to check them.
Although he believes that even ten years later, Kazuto Kamen Rider still has not been able to get his card, there are paradoxes in time and space, so one should still be on guard when necessary.
Anyway, no magenta guy will be allowed to get his peripherals!
Especially the guy who plays cards!
After Kazuto Kadoya regained his camera, Kodatsu had already stood up from the throne and walked in front of them.
"Mr. Yuan, Mr. Shi, thank you for helping me! I know... you are also going to leave this world, right?" Xiaodu said nervously.
Because Kawahara had told him before that they would help him, but they would not stay here forever.
Now that the world is no longer in danger of destruction, they should also leave, just like Yusuke Onodera suddenly appeared.
Kawahara nodded: "That's right."
After getting a definite answer, Xiao Du immediately lowered his head in frustration: "I know..."
"Hey, kid!"
Kadoya patted his head and said, "Since you are convinced that 'a world where humans and vampires coexist peacefully' can be achieved, then do it seriously - fighting for what you believe in, this should be the true king."
Xiaodu looked at him with wide eyes, even though the initial meeting with this person was not friendly, he did gain the courage to persevere from them.
"I see!"
This time, Xiaodu was much more determined: "I will work hard to become the 'king', thank you!"
Kadoya smiled casually, but when he turned his head and saw Kawahara's teasing look, the smile on his face disappeared in an instant.
At this moment, he suddenly seemed to sense something, his expression paused, then he reached out and took out three knight cards with Kiva patterns from the knight card box.
Kadoya looked at it and tilted his head slightly.
Kawahara was startled when he saw this: "Wait! Yusuke...did you get the knight card of Kuuga from the previous world?"
"Ok?"
Kadoya looked at him in confusion, then flipped the Knight Card Box and revealed the Kuuga Card that was clipped inside: "Of course I have it!"
After saying this, Kadoya's eyes changed slightly, and his gaze slowly fell on Kawahara and looked him up and down.
Kawahara got his idea and immediately said expressionlessly: "It won't work on me."
Kuga's card can definitely only control Kuga.
What does it have to do with him, Yaguru!
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Light Photo Studio.
The things in this world have come to an end, and the people from the Guang Photo Studio are about to leave for their next journey. Yusuke Onodera immediately expressed his desire to join them.
Kazuto Kadoya didn't want to have another burden.
But the photo studio is not his.
So when it came time to vote, Mitsunami warmly welcomed him (joining the team to hinder Decade), and Koeijiro also expressed no objection.
The number of votes in favor had been raised to half, and Onodera Yusuke then looked nervously at Kawahara, who was sitting in the corner with a thoughtful look on his face.
"Kawahara...senpai?"
"Um... Kawahara-senpai?"
"Kawahara-senpai?!"
"Sichuan--"
"I heard you. Okay."
Kawahara suddenly came to his senses and nodded, then stood up and left the coffee table, walking towards the photo developing room behind the photo studio lobby.
Yusuke Onodera looked at his back in confusion, then tilted his head - could it be that he was... hated?
……
There was a red safety light in the washroom.
Kawahara turned on the headlights and saw Kadoya Kadoya squatting there developing his photos. Even though the photos had not yet formed complete images, they had already begun to take shape as a distorted picture.
"Why is it you? What for?"
Kadoya Kadoya frowned when he turned around and saw him.
Kawahara squatted down beside him, picked up a wet photo and looked at it, and said, "Do you know what those knight cards are for?"
"What else could it be?"
Kadoya took the photo back from his hand and snorted: "Of course it can give me more powerful power!"
Kawahara picked up another photo: "This is just one of them, Shi. Those knight cards are important to you and the world. You need to obtain them, and you also need to use them well."
However, after he finished saying this, there was no response from the person next to him for a long while.
He turned his head and saw Kazushi Kadoya pulling the corner of his mouth with disgust, and cautiously moved back twice.
"What are you thinking by suddenly yelling so disgustingly... and I know it without you telling me!"
"..."
Kawahara looked back at the photo in front of him.
The photo shows Xiaodu sitting on the throne. His small body cannot occupy the entire crimson throne, so the figure of another man is distorted next to him - like the Vampire King sitting there in a different era.
Using only one lens, you can capture the images of several shots. This is why Kawahara feels that Kadoya Kado's photography is actually a natural skill.
"Hey!"
Kazushi Kadoya took the photo from his hand again.
Kawahara then stood up and said, "Actually, I didn't say anything wrong about what happened that day, Kadoya-shi - you are the savior of these worlds."
"Tsk, then you also said that I'm the destroyer of the world. That doesn't sound like nonsense." Kazushi Kadoya sneered without even raising his head.
"Well, you've lost your memory anyway, so I can just tell you what your identity is." Kawahara shrugged.
"???"
Kazushi Kadoya immediately looked over with a question mark in his face.
——Are you going to openly reveal this fabricated thing?
Xia Mikan really should be shown what this guy looks like!
He didn't care about his amnesia before.
Now he cares!!
"It's up to you. I don't care about those identities. Don't bother me here!" Kadoya Shi started to drive people away unhappily.
"I probably won't act with you in the next world, so you better be careful." Kawahara suddenly said.
"Ok?"
Hearing this, Kadoya was stunned for a moment. Before he could react, when he turned around, Kawahara had already walked out of the washing room.
He frowned in confusion.
"He is indeed a strange guy..."
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Decade plays an important role in this story, and there will be an important bond between Kadoya and Kawahara, so I will continue writing...
(End of this chapter)