Return of The Unrivaled Spear Knight

was too soon.

Has fate been twisted because I went back in time…?

“Is the Emperor really considering a continental war?”

“Ahhh, Joshua, Joshua.” Arie let out a long breath.
“Please don’t worry about that right now.
Just pay attention to me.” His perpetually slitted eyes slowly opened to regard Joshua.

Joshua noted his eyes were grey, just like his hair1.

Given how Arie usually acted, this was definitely strange.
He was practically drooling; after all, he’d been waiting for this feast for over five years.
He wanted to take his time savoring the flavor, enjoying the fruits of his patience—but he couldn’t stand it for much longer.
With this much power, it was obvious why he was in Reinhardt.

“A… little too dangerous.” A strange light passed through Arie’s now-open eyes, and a powerful energy swallowed the atmosphere.

Joshua shrugged aside his thoughts and hefted Lugia.

The fight was on.

Arie’s figure vanished like a wisp of smoke once again.
He was stronger and faster than any opponent Joshua had met before.
The small sword flickered as if to say, “This is how a rapier is used.” It lunged for his heart, forcing Joshua onto the defensive.

The sound of metal striking metal was replaced with booming explosions.
There was no “reach” advantage—Arie’s blazing rapier struck everywhere.

Joshua’s feet kicked up plumes of dust as he was pushed back—

No.

He lowered his body, protecting his vital points from Arie’s probing blade, although the Count may have avoided aiming for them to draw out the fight.

If Arie had become his rapier, then Joshua would become the spear.
He would kill anything in his way.

Count Sten’s eyes widened.

They became their weapons.
The landscape faded away, replaced by a white veil; there was only Joshua and his spear.

And then there was no longer Joshua or his spear because they had become one.

“Haha!” Arie felt the impending danger and scowled.
He slammed his feet against the ground, launching himself into the sky.

Jumping was not often used in one-on-one matches.
It was impossible to avoid an attack in midair.

But, impossibly, Arie rose higher and higher, as if he was jumping off the air.
When he finally stopped, he almost looked like he stood upon the sun as he stared down at Joshua.
Then he fell, fast as lightning.

Blood rushed through Joshua’s ears as a flicker of silver descended toward him.
One of the most beautiful sword skills on the continent originated from the Sten family.
That single combo could change everything.
The rapier danced like fluttering petals, drinking deeply of its opponent’s blood.

Joshua jammed Lugia into the ground, raising its point into the sky as he roused the power of destruction slumbering inside the spear’s haft.
The fight with Ulabis had taught him that nothing was impossible.
The Prince’s secret ability was crimson fire magic that flew so high it looked like it could rend the sky in two.
Joshua knew how to use a spear technique just like it, and with Magma’s power of annihilation added…

Mana imposed itself on the atmosphere.
A blaze arose with Joshua in the center.

If the petals form an inescapable net, then all you had to do was burn them away2.
Bring out a dragon that will eat the fire and the earth.

A dragon rose into the air, cast from the unquenchable flames of annihilation.

Arie watched the dragon rise toward him with wide eyes.

And at last, the world was consumed by an earth-shattering explosion.

EDN: His eyes are the same color as his hair, just like everyone else in this novel? You don’t say. ↩️

TLN: When in doubt, use fire… i think? ↩️