143 - - 144. Anti-Anti, Struggling with Friends

Julius, the reincarnated hero, has added new friends to his ranks, but at the same time...

In a corner of the castle in the sky.

Anti, the head of the Imperial Academy, has come to the room where the treasure is.

"Okay, let's go..."

Anti opens the door and sends a hand sign.

When he enters the room, the door slams!　The bars came down and sealed the door.

"I guess that means they won't let you go."

With his silver hair shaking in the air, Anti gracefully walks into the room.

There is no fear in his appearance.

With his chest out, he moves steadily toward the back of the room.

<<>.

There it was, the golden sphinx.

The antagonist does not lose his composure in the face of the giant.

"Are you the guardian of the treasure?"

<<< Yes. Thief, if you desire the treasure, answer my question.

"Fine. Say it."

The Sphinx clicks its tongue at this relaxed attitude.

This demon was brought in by the chancellor from a different place.

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"Why don't you just get on with it?"

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"Human."

<<2 .................. eh? >>

The Sphinx rolls its eyes.

"The answer to that quiz would be a human being, wouldn't it?　Four animals in the morning, two in the afternoon, three at night."

Phew," sighs Anti.

"Is that the extent of the problems you can come up with?"

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The Sphinx smiles.

The Sphinx smiles. The Anti-Sphinx looks down with a dark expression on his face.

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"No, I know. The answer is [breath]."

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Sigh," sighs Anti deeply.

"There are idiomatic expressions such as 'to cut off one's breath' or 'to kill one's breath'. What is this, a child's word game? Is that all there is to the legendary Sphinx?"

<<< This,this ......!　Not yet!　We haven't lost yet......! >>

"Very well, I will answer as many questions as you want."

After that, Anti answered all the questions posed by the Sphinx in a brilliant manner.

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Anti-Scott makes a small whimper, "...... that can't be true.

But I say it proudly and proudly.

"Is that all?　You're wasting your time. Now get on with handing over the treasure."

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With a gasp, the Sphinx rises to its feet.

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Anti-Phantom sniffs derisively.

"You're not going to complain because you can't win. I'm surprised to hear that from a magical beast of wisdom."

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The Sphinx raised its fat paw ...... just then.

Crap......!　A huge magic circle appears on the ground.

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From the magic circle, countless whips of light emerge and bind the huge body of the Sphinx.

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"Correction. I didn't make this up, but my men did. Am I right, gentlemen?"

Bam ...... and suddenly four girls with the same face appear.

They stand on all sides of the magic circle.

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"They were there from the beginning. But they had me wear a magic cloak of invisibility. While you were getting carried away and asking too many questions, I was getting the rituals in place."

Anti walks leisurely beside the Sphinx and comes to the treasure chest in the back.

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"The guardian of the treasure chest is a hexenbiest, and there are high level hexenbiests in this castle. So naturally there will be only a limited number of kinds of monsters in the castle. It is common sense to prepare countermeasures against them, isn't it?"

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Stasta and Anti retrieve the treasure and go out of the magic circle.

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"The most necessary thing for ritual magic is communication between the wielder and the wielder. They are quadruplets, and have been with each other in body and soul since they were young. Their communication is perfect, which means they are the best suited for ritual magic.

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Hmph," sniffs the antagonist, as if he were making fun of him.

"You lost because you underestimated humans as weak. Who decided that the weak are weak? Weak people fight in their own way.

<<< d*mn, oh, oh, oh!　You licked me!　This is not how it's supposed to be!　Hunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn! >>

The Sphinx forced its way through its captors.

Though damaged, the enemy is still a hexenbiest.

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The Sphinx tries to slash at the Anti with its claws.

But .......

Scutt......!

<<< Nah!　This is ...... illusion! >>

Looking around, the four girls who had been performing the ritual had vanished before I knew it.

Only Anti remains at the exit of the room.

"I knew that I would be released from captivity, and it was easy to imagine that they would attack me, agitated. I used illusion to create a false image of myself, and in the meantime, I was able to evade.

The Sphinx notices.

He could smell a strange odor coming from his body.

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Liquid fuel. Ignorant beast."

With a "shuffling" sound, Anti rubs the match.

A straight line of liquid fuel runs from the Sphinx to the bottom of Anti's feet.

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"Who would have thought there was only one kind of ritual magic?　While you were flailing around like an idiot, you didn't seem to notice that I had placed a vial of fuel under your feet as you passed by."

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Anti-Lynch laughs.

"Don't be silly, you. I'm fighting like a weak man, like a weak man, and I'm fighting fair."

With a snap, the antagonist lets go of the match.

BOOM!　And in an instant, flames burn the Sphinx's body at the stake.

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"Now, gentlemen!　Wind magic!"

"""" Yes!　Mr. Anti! """"

Anti's men, who had moved to the four corners of the room, launched wind magic all at once.

It was not a powerful one.

The wind, however, sparks up flames, which burn even more fiercely.

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"Of course I had it in my head that your weakness is fire."

Soon after, the Sphinx dies.

The bars that had been closed are raised, allowing escape.

""""You did it, Mr. Anti!

Wow ......!　His wives gathered at once to the antagonist.

"Thank you, we won thanks to your hard work.

The wives burst into tears at the words of the antagonist.

The scariest person was probably Anti, who was acting as a decoy on the front line.

Without him, the wives would not have been able to complete the ritual.

Anti was never frightened at all in the face of the enemy.

It is no exaggeration to say that this victory was due to him.

Even so, Anti praised the wives for their achievement.

That made them happy more than anything else.

That was the reason why they adored Anti.

"Come on, we don't have time for this. Now let's go and get the next treasure, gentlemen."

"""" Yes!　Dear Anti! """"