CH 123.2

“Duh! You! You have no sense of reason, but you keep attacking and aiming for where people are!”

“Giiiiiii!!!!”

“Shut up!”

With each blow, the earth cracked open, the mountains were shredded, and the trees were obliterated as we fought.

I was able to handle the attacks of Hinomoto… or rather, this damn Demon, but it just kept coming. This Demon is gradually moving toward La Veil Radd. I blocked that path, but it keeps trying to force its way through.

Moreover, since a while ago, dark magic has been pouring down on the earth every time the demon swings its sword, and the whole area is becoming [contaminated]. That soil contains poison that instantly kills trees and grass, and the air is becoming stale, making the environment less and less hospitable for living creatures.

(It’s a status-dependent magic, so its power is the sum of all those numbers. My Holy Attribute magic can’t completely dissipate it…)

I thought about trying Fairy Magic, but the [Demon]’s skill was not something that could be erased. The moment I imagined erasing it from the status, I felt a shock as if I had been hit on the head with a baseball bat. It’s impossible [to erase].

Now I’m being pushed to the mountain where La Veil Radd is located. All kinds of demons were along the way, but the aftermath of our attacks blew them all away, which also changed the terrain so much, so it was just the two of us now.

And in my head, my best buddy comes to the rescue.

[Aidle! I’m done over here! I’ll support your thoughts, connect to me via [sync] to [multiple thoughts]!

[Got it!]

I repelled a killing sword blow and kicked Demon’s face up into the air, and immediately used [Fairy Magic] to switch to [Multiple Thoughts] with Arena, who was in [Synchronization]. This increases the accuracy of my Fairy Magic.

“This will make it a little better, huh? Now let’s go, buddy!!! [[Fairy Magic]]!!!”

I imagine half of myself. Ten [Aidles] appeared around me, all of them having half my stats. They can use my skills for a short time.

My head feels heavy, like a rock was stuck on top of it, but my strength has improved.

The Aidles were equipped with copies of her Holy Sword made with [Fairy Magic], and all their stats were focused on AK and SPD, attacking the Demon from all directions.

“Gah, gii, guahh!!”

It repelled some of our attacks, but I managed to cut off its extremities, so it rolled on the ground. Before it could regenerate its limbs with [Super Recovery], I used [Fairy Magic] to grant [Retardation] to the holy sword and went on a strategy to purify it like I did with the Elder Armor.

“How about this…!!!”

From high in the air, a slash full of energy from the holy sword flies out and engulfs the Demon’s body.

The light caused the curse that had enveloped the entire area to vanish, and in the aftermath of the attack, another mountain was chipped away. Oh no, I almost destroyed La Veil Radd.

“Whew…”

[Did we beat it…?”]

“Well, how about ——-?”

“Oooooogaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!”

Demon’s all-out swing, coming out from behind the smoke, came at my face, which was momentarily unprotected.

“Ggh. Ughhhh!”

The holy sword took an impact that would have easily blown away even a mountain, and I was blown away, toward the mountain. I tried to mitigate the impact by using [Fairy Magic] at the landing point, but I was still struck with more than enough force.

[Aidle!!!]

[Kuu~~…it’s okay…it just hurts a little. But I see…]

Demon was alive and well. Her limbs regenerated, her HP did not decrease at all, and the [Demon] possession was impossible to purify. As if to say you can’t stop it without completely annihilating it. Oh, I feel a little pain in my shoulder. Well, I can heal it instantly.

The Aidles also reached their time limit and disappeared. All that remained was a dull ache in my head. Well, I’m in trouble!

[Looks like it can’t be purified, unlike that madness… what do we do?]

[I guess I was a little wrong… I could defeat it if I attacked going all-out, while preparing myself to bleed all over my face, and then be hugged and stroked by Arena without waking up for a few days, but that would not save Hinomoto-san…haha…]

In her current state, she is completely helpless.

The only way to save her…I didn’t want to do it, but I had no choice but to use that move.

[…Arena, can I ask you to take care of me for a few weeks because I’m really going to use [that]?]

[[That]… oh, you’re going to use it? I mean, is it really that great? I lost once.]

[Yeah, well…yeah, I can’t help but hesitate when I think about all the people seeing me in my most ridiculous state, but yeah, I’ll use it. I’ll use it… ugh.]

[I’ll give you a whole lot of love, okay?]

[…yeah. I think I’m going to run out of sync, but I’m sure it’ll end when it goes off, so I’d appreciate it if you’d head this way.]

[Okay!]

Okay, I’m ready. Let’s leave the rest to Arena. I put away my holy sword and face the Demon, who is laughing and staring at me in the distance with no hands.

All I have to do now is to create a new, unique skill. That alone is already enough to blow my ego out of the water, but this time it will go even further. And if I activate it the moment I create it… either way the [me] of now will be gone, albeit temporarily.

I let out just a few more Aidles one more time, and let them rush the Demon to stall it. I only need to hold them for a few dozen seconds, during which time I’ll finish.

“Whew…”