Volume 5, 12 – Belle VS Elisa

Volume 5, Chapter 12 – Belle VS Elisa

Upon intruding the tower and declaring war on Belle, Elisa began casting her transfer magic to the 100th floor where we are located, creating a shockwave and dispersing the remaining golem units that surrounded her.

“I don’t know why she said that I deceived and seduced Gilles, but that still doesn’t change the fact that we are being attacked. I’ll intercept her”

I, still confused by the words of my little sister, was taken aback by Belle’s declaration, but soon afer, I was able to regain my calmness.

“Well, yeah. I too can’t let anyone do whatever they please in the tower, no matter who or what they are, even if it’s my own sister. I’ll follow you”

Also, there is still the option of reconciliation. I just need to talk to her in person.

“Evelyn, have you predicted where Elisa will be moving next?”

“There are extreme requirements for a person to transition to a place they have never seen before, no matter how fine they tune their magic, because of various kinds of interference. With that, the safest place I could bet is the entrance hall, as the interference there is the weakest”

“I see. Thank you. That said, Dahlia, please remain here. You too, Evelyn. I’m gonna head there personally with Belle.”

I turned around them and headed for the exit, but when I was about to get out, I was grabbed by Evelyn.

“Be careful. I’ve seen a lot of magic in my life, but I have never seen a mage who can cast that large-scale magic in an instant.”

“……Rest assured. I’m his brother you know?”

While saying that with a smile, Evelyn’s tensed expression became somewhat relieved.

We left the room and headed for the entrance hall.

As I walked towards our destination, Belle who was beside me spoke.

“If you got no choice and had to fight that girl, do you think you can win?”

It was a serious tone, far from the usually cheerful demon lord that we always see.

As expected, even Belle is also nervous about confronting the great granddaughter of the archmage who had once sealed herself.

“There is basically no way we’re going to lose. She’s alone, we are two”

Though I have a little less magic talent than her, I have complete trust in my technical skills that are on par with no one in this world.

“I know our opponent this time has a lot of combat experience, unlike me. So, there is still the possibility of our strategy to go down the drain. Instead, I’m worried that you will get cocky during the fight and we lose because of that”

“You…… to think I worried about you for a second…… and who’s the one getting cocky here?”

Contrary to me who has never left the country since I was born, Elisa has a lot of knowledge in confrontations like this as she was always being dispatched on various places on the request of the country.

I don’t know the exact details, but she seems to have experienced countless battles with humans and monsters during that time.

As for Belle, even though she has fought with Evelyn before, she had a lot of confidence back then. But now, there is uneasiness in her heart.

“Okay, okay, I’ll try to persuade her with talks first. If that’s ineffective, let’s persuade her by force. How is that?”

In any case, nothing will do us good by fighting.

But I do really hope she will listen to my story first……

After a while, we arrived at the hall.

“Belle, stay behind. I don’t want you to provoke her”

“Fine, but if something happens to you, I’m gonna blow her away, even if she’s your sister”

“Yeah, but please at least make us stay out alive”

I don’t want us to get hurt, but my utmost priority right now is the tower.

If Belle disappears, I will be taken back to the town. And my hell will begin once more.

I cannot permit that to happen.

“……She’s coming”

The center of the hall shone, then a figure of a woman appeared.

After the light subsided, I finally confirmed that it is my little sister.

“Elisa! It’s me, Gilles”

Victory on the first move……this maybe a different application of it, but before Elisa says something, I have to take the initiative.

“Onii-sama? Is that really you, onii-sama? I’m glad you are safe!”

Elisa who noticed me ran over.

“I’m really glad that you came for me. But as you may have heard, I’m living here now”

“Yes, I understand the pain that you had to live under one roof with that hateful Demon Lord”

“Huh? No, I don’t think she’s that hateful anymore. Rather we are getting along pretty well……”

I tried to correct the misunderstanding, but then I realized, it was too late.

Before I know it, Elisa was already facing Belle, trying to shield me behind her.

“Kuh, I knew it, you were charmed by her already. Please rest assured, I will kill the Demon Lord and free you from these mind shackles, onii-sama!”

Elisa then took out a long thing she had been carrying on her back, then unwrapped the cloth around it by her hand.

What revealed inside was a long staff.

It wasn’t just an ordinary staff. This one has so much magic power to the point that I consider it a threat at first sight – it was even higher than any artifact that I have ever made.

“That’s, it’s that woman’s-!“

It was Belle who raised a voice of surprise.

A staff that even Belle is familiar with……

“Don’t tell me, did you take out grandma’s staff?”

“Fufufu, yes, you are correct. With the techniques of the Bain House that has been polished for over 100 years, along with this staff used for the previous sealing of that Demon Lord, this time for sure, I will destroy her with nothing left in her traces!”

Elisa proudly exclaimed, then she immediately activated her magic.

“First, let’s start with a test run”

She unleased a magic spell that emits a fireball as large as a football.

However, this time, instead of one, Elisa produced ten of them at once, each more powerful than the ordinary, that even I could feel with my senses on how tremendous they are.

“That extent won’t leave me even a scratch!”

Belle, who was facing numerous balls of flame, stretched out one hand, then she used magic to create a shockwave, extinguishing the fireballs right away.

“Indeed, you are a mighty foe. Let’s see about this next!”

This time, Elisa concentrated her self on the staff, and then she created cannonballs made of lava and shot them towards Belle.

Judging that the shockwave won’t be enough for those large shells, she took out her greatsword and intercepted them with a slash each.

“Haaaaaaa!”

The large sword, in which she swung with a shout, brilliantly cut the lava shells. However.

“Belle, it’s not over yet!”

I warned her as I watched Elisa preparing another spell.

Those shells were a setup!

“Uwaaaaa, kuuuhhhh!”

From the cannonball that was sliced in half, the molten lava came out and fell on Belle.

She managed to avoid it to the last minute thanks to my warning, but everything else was inevitably bathed by the lava spray.

Thanks to her inner toughness, she only ended up with minor burns.

“Onii-sama, please be silent for a moment!”

Irritated by my action, Elisa conjured a glowing chain of magic.

Then, as if they had a life of its own, the chain came close to me so fast, restricting me of my movements.

I blew off the chain of magic with a magic shockwave as what Belle had done earlier, but one of the chains came out of my blind spot and entangled from my feet upwards, and I was immobilized from there.

“Don’t you think you can easily bi……Kuh”

I attempted to release myself from it immediately, but at that moment, an electric current was discharged from the chain and my flow of magic power was disrupted immediately.

“Onii-sama, I wasn’t playing around when I was gone outside. I too know a number of ways to incapacitate a mage without killing them”

Damn it, to think that the difference of our actual fighting experience will appear here.

I can still move my body, but whenever I exercise magic power, even a little flow of it triggers an electric shock……how troublesome.

“Gilles! I’ll save you!”

“Your opponent is me”

“Kuh……”

Elisa launched her magic to Belle who was trying to approach me.

After that, a fierce battle continued between the two.

Elisa’s magic was boosted by the staff, and it was much stronger than I have seen before.

Moreover, there is no hesitation in her movements because she’s determined to kill. This is not good at all.

I can’t just stay silent to this.

“I may have lost to Elisa in combat experience, but I still have my knowledge of my previous life. I shall teach her not to get conceited over her elder brother”

I took out a special artifact that I have been hiding in my pocket.

And as soon as I pressed the switch of the artifact in a way that is not noticed by Elisa, the chains which were unpleasantly restricting my body collapsed sloppily.

What I used is an artifact that destroys any kinds of art formations and magic circuits within five(5) meter radius.

There is a side effect though, as it stirs up the magic inside of humans within the range, making them unable to use magic for a while, but it was a trump card in emergencies like this.

Of course, the artifacts I was wearing too were all destroyed, so I’m now as good as naked in my defenses.

“It’s about time we end this. I’ll put you down with my best magic spell”

As soon as I got myself free, Elisa casted a magic spell, creating a giant spear of flames in her hand.

“With this, I’ll finish you off once and for all!”

“Elisaaa!!”

“O-Onii-sama!?”

Elisa’s actual combat experience is great, as a mage.

But when it comes to close quarters, I am still better with my physique.

“Kyaa!”

When I pushed Elisa down, the spear of flame which had lost its spellcaster’s support broke down.

“Uu, not yet, it’s not over yet!”

Elisa who fell down, began to cast a new flame spear from that position.

I tried to stop it, but I couldn’t move a finger due to the stress of forcibly moving my body while the side effects of the artifact destroyer are still kicking in.

“Someone, anyone, stop that speaaaar!”

Then, my groaning wish came true.

For the floor where Elisa and I were located suddenly came off by itself.

“WHa-hyaaaaaaa!?”

“Uwaaaaaa!”

Of course, I couldn’t use magic to float in the air right now, so along Elisa whom I tackled, we fell in the activated pitfall trap with her in tow.

“Gilles!? Gilles!”

Belle’s screams could be heard from above the hole, but the lid of the pit was closed immediately.

I fell into the darkness while firmly holding Elisa, without any intentions of letting her go.