It may sound hard to believe – but it's just the way it is. In the face of the siege of many people, Levi, who was able to deal with it calmly, actually had a trace of panic in the one-on-one duel with Joshua.

The panic didn't come from a weakness in martial arts - even now, Levi was sure that his martial arts were a few points better than Joshua's. What struck him was the feeling that was obviously different from the previous one—in the battle, it was not that he didn't deliberately sell a few flaws to lure his opponent into the bait, but Joshua seemed to have taken some kind of fixative and clearly saw these flaws, but he didn't attack them.

Did he know that he was deliberately selling the flaw? Maybe it's a possibility, but his feints have undoubtedly reached the pinnacle of mortal skills, and even if he is on guard, it is impossible not to take the bait once.

While Lévy parried and wondered about Joshua's strange change, Joshua's offensive was rising higher and higher. After several failed attempts, Joshua began to deliberately distance himself, making the most of the width of the outer platform and engaging in round after round of mini-encounters with Levi. Before he knew it, he had used his speed to the extreme—at the moment when the fast knife reached its peak, six remnants of Joshua appeared in the field, and they surrounded Levi and launched an attack at the same time as his real body.

"Hmm......" Finally, Levi used his first named combat skill, the Remnant Sword. These few arcane combat skills, second only to him, dyed the air around him gray-white, and the fighting spirit poured out, like a miserable white flower on the obsidian ground.

In the face of this overwhelming momentum, even if Joshua moved quickly, there was no way to dodge it—just in the blink of an eye, the gray sword light in the sky had already swept in. He didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly raised his double knife to parry, and after only a few clicks, he began to feel that his hands were weak and weak, and he could only stand up by gritting his teeth.

Where would Levy let go of such an opportunity? The sense of disobedience that Joshua brought him just now had been replaced by something more important at this moment, and Levy, who seized the opportunity to win, immediately pursued without hesitation, and the brilliant golden sword "Rock Eater" was like an experienced and incomparably cunning python at this moment, firmly entangled Joshua who was regarded as his prey. The Sword Emperor's offensive was higher and higher, and the corners of Joshua's mouth gradually became bloodstains.

"What's wrong? Joshua! If you don't take advantage of your speed, which is the only advantage, what are your chances of winning? Not to be outdone, Lévi shouted as he slammed his sword against Joshua's twin swords.

The "......" almost knocked Joshua unconscious—but at this moment, the words he wanted to convey and the awareness he had prepared for all of this were beyond his physical limits. He gritted his teeth desperately, desperately bracing up Levy's arm that was constantly pressing down, and the scattered words that popped out from between his teeth with difficulty: "I only have one problem...... Why...... You're going to help the professor...... Do this kind of thing...... The "trial" of the world you spoke of before is—"

"It's nothing, I just want to try the 'existential value' of human beings." Levi said indifferently, the power in his hand unconsciously lightened, "The times have passed, the country has changed, and the values of morality and ethics have evolved...... There are so many things in humanity that can be changed by other influences, and from time to time they lose themselves, fall into the abyss, and be swallowed up and shattered by the torrent of the times - just like our "village of Hamel"! With this last sentence, Levy's tone also became gritted teeth.

"Look at the city...... Once upon a time, it was also an incomparably prosperous civilization under the protection of the Supreme Treasure. However, with the rapid expansion of human greed and the advent of the "Great Collapse", people had to abandon this paradise and flee to the earth, fleeing from the sins they had committed with their own hands. This is the weakness of human beings, and the boundaries that can never be overcome - but the "Ring of Radiance" has overwhelming power to present everything to humanity, and yes, all the truths and lies that are blind to self-deception are nowhere to be hidden under the treasure! ”

“…… This is the real deception. Listening to Levi's words, Joshua's beautiful amber eyes burst out with a more fierce light, and that kind of look made Levi, who had already thought that he had made up his mind, ripple in his heart: "What did you say? ”

"What you say is the real deception...... I pretended not to care about my sister anymore, but in fact...... Testing humans or something, that's not something you're supposed to pursue. You and I have to live happily in this world - this is what my sister really wants to see. ”

“！！” Levi's eyes widened with anger, and when he heard this, the strength of his hand suddenly increased, and he exerted force on the spot, and actually directly bounced Joshua away a few meters.

"Karling is special! There are only a few people like that in the world! Levi's angry look at this moment was more like that of the so-called Shura, and Joshua had never seen him so excited, "When she closed her eyes forever, the man named Reinhardt left this world with all his love for her!" All that remains is Shura, who is in pursuit of the truth! Today, this Shura is going to question all the human beings and ask if they can pay for the sins they made back then! Ask if someone like Karling is worth sacrificing for them! ”

"Then I'll prove it to you! I, the weakling who survived to this day thanks to my sister's sacrifice, found my way again because of my encounter with Estelle and my companions! And with all the painstaking pains to stand in front of you again like this! Human beings are definitely not hopeless! ”

“……！！！”

In the moments of Lévy's momentary sluggishness—Joshua let out a crisp howl, and the twin knives in his hands were now like a pair of fiery phoenixes—at an angle that was unprecedentedly sharp, so fast that even the Sword Emperor didn't seem to have time to react—Lévy could only lift his sword with a surprised expression—and after a crisp metallic resonance, the Rock Eater spiraled out of Lévy's hand.

"Whew...... ...... exhale, "Joshua was already wet with sweat. He had already surpassed the limits of his physical fitness, and after winning with that belief, he finally couldn't hold it anymore at this time. He felt a dull ache in his internal organs, his limbs were weak, and even the rapid gasping for breath could elicit protests in his lungs.

"In the face of my flaws, will you attack with all your might...... Did I expect to hesitate at that moment? Hehe...... What an amazing guy. Levy's face had a complicated expression, but it didn't look like a sense of loss.

"Can't you?" Joshua struggled to look up and looked at Lévi, his eyes full of relief and anticipation.

Then he heard the response from Levy, whom he had been dreaming of for a long time.