CH 42

Chapter 42 - The Decisive Battle on the Chapel

Souya ran past the side of the Wind Spirit Sylph and rushed towards the Silver Demon.

The small demon Imp that is approaching on the way is cut with a single stroke with the saber, and the weak point detection, which is one of the functions of the glasses given by the goddess, is activated.

(…… Weaknesses. Three hearts. The type that must be crushed. This is tricky.)

Souya clicked his tongue and prepared to attack with magic. 

“Magic Power. Become a magic bullet and kill my enemy. [Magic Bullet]”

The magician’s staff, borrowed from Rebecca, fires a magic bullet in a straight line, which is a rudimentary form of unguided magic. It’s not very powerful, but the chanting time is short, so it’s suitable for checking fire.

On the other hand, the Silver Demon stretched out one arm and easily countered the magic bullet with his palm.

In order to make the most of this opportunity, Souya unleashes a thrust at the heart with his main weapon, the saber. But he also reacted to this quickly, and is stopped by one of the four arms. The Silver Demon broke the saber with his claws, and shook the claws of his free arm toward Souya.

“Are you sure? Focusing your awareness only on me.”

When the silver demon, whose consciousness was forcibly separated by the two-stage attack of magic and stabbing, and the counterattack against Souya, Thomas pierced one of its hearts with an arrow using his longbow. Souya distanced himself from Silver Demon who turned his head in response to the attack from his blind spot. 

“…… I hit him!”

(Thomas-kun, nice assist.)

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Souya praised Thomas in his heart and began to chant his next magic. In his other hand, he holds the dagger he once took from the bandit.

“Magic conquers universal gravitation. [Gravity Hold].”

Souya activated a force field of gravity in front of the two gate gates. The poisonous bugs that newly crawled out of the gate were crushed, and the small demon imp lost control of its flying ability and was slammed to the ground. Now the walls of the wind spirit sylph would be able to hold out a little longer.

In the meantime, the Silver Demon with an arrow through its heart has readied himself and begun to chant dark arts.

“Feed on the blood of the living and be my life. [Life Extraction – Blood Suction]”

The Silver Demon’s dark arts of Life Extraction, Blood Suction, were completed and unleashed on the three small demon imps who were supposed to be his allies.

Souya’s gravity control caused the three small demon imps to crawl on the ground, their bodies ripped apart and they died. The blood that flowed out completely healed the wounds on the heart of the Silver Demon.

(He used the Blood Suction towards the small demon imp. The reason why he didn’t use it on us is because if we resist, it will end up being a dud.)

The reason it didn’t fly at us was that the protective glow of Rebecca’s countermagic might have affected their judgment.

However, the small demon imp continues to appear from the gate at regular intervals. Although the gravity control is keeping them crawling, he could use it as feed to recover again, and the gravity control will lose its effect in a few more minutes.

I can’t even see the limits of the Silver Demon’s magic power. If this is the case, at least two skilled master class warriors are needed. If possible, he wanted to surround it with three people. It’s very difficult for Souya to crush all the hearts at the same time with his own hands.

(I’m sorry to Rebecca-kun, but I can’t give her back her cane. We’ll have to pay for it later, but we’ll figure it out then.)

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Souya’s idea of how to crush three hearts simultaneously. It’s by using magic called “Magic Bombardment Penetrate” and it’s a high-level magic that is a one-hit kill.

However, it takes time to build up before it can be activated, and it is not a magic that is easy to use in a one-on-one combat.

Normally, it takes one minute to load the magic power. If I want a direct hit, I’m going to need some means to do something about it. Souya picks up the magic stone from the magician’s staff and begins to chant. 

“–Shimmering Magic. Accumulate. Eventually, become a piercing light. [Magic Bombardment Penetrate]”

When Souya finished chanting, the magic stone began to shine and the magic power began to concentrate and shine.

“–Now then. Do you know what my aim is?”

Soya provoked the Silver Demon by showing it the shining magic stone. This Silver Demon is very knowledgeable about magic. I’m sure he understands the aim of the Magic Bombardment Penetrate is to kill him with one blow. The silver demon took the magic stone from Souya and began to rush forward to destroy it.

“–Small earth spirits, hoist up the stone pebbles! [Stone Storm]!”

Merylou uses the fragments of the Rock Golem as a medium to unleash the spirit art of Stone Storm. However, even with the power of spirits that can defeat the small demon Imp with a single blow, the Silver Demon just flinched for a moment and does almost no effective damage.

“Damn it …… I can’t stop it. I’m so helpless! Thomas, slow him down from getting closer to Souya!”

“All right, Merylou-san!”

Merylou and Thomas repeatedly fired checking shots, but they were unable to strike effectively or stop the Silver Demon.

The heart was already out of the arrow’s line of fire, and it was poised to ignore any attacks other than the heart. And then he closed the distance to Souya and began chanting dark arts at close range. 

“The black blade that brings death, resist and defeat the fool. “Lethal Assassin’s Dagger – Deadly Blade”

A huge black blade materialized and was thrown at Souya’s body. He barely avoided a direct hit from the blade, which could have killed him instantly, but the blade grazed his neck.

(–I got hit, huh.)

The color of Souya’s skin instantly turned purple. The lethal poison, which would kill him in less than a minute if left untreated, had entered Souya’s body.

“Not yet! –Earth Mother Goddess Mikaela, grant these people the miracle of detoxification. [Antidote Cure Poison]!”

As Souya fell to his knees, Mia’s antidote sacret art enveloped him in a pale light. However, the depth of the poisoning may be too deep, it only reduced the effect and not completely detoxified his body.

“…… He hasn’t fully recovered yet …… I can’t afford to fall …… Souya-san. “

Mia, who had used healing magic many times to maintain the wall of the Wind Spirit Sylph, was already on the verge of exhaustion of magical power, and her consciousness is beginning to be hazy. She tried again to chant Cure Poison, but her magic power ran out and she slowly collapsed to the ground.

The Silver Demon rushed to Souya, whose movement became sluggish due to the poison, with a composed expression. It’s been more than forty seconds since I started loading the Magic Bombardment Penetrate. There are still 20 seconds left before the normal firing time of one minute.

“That was close. You won’t be able to finish the Magic Bombardment Penetrate”

The four arms approach with the silver demon’s triumphant voice.

(…… Haha. I’m sure you think it will take a minute …… but)

Soya’s specialty, fast cast, saves time. It was possible to reduce the normal loading time by thirty percent, and the loading time of the magic bombardment penetrate was no exception. Souya’s magic bombardment penetrate was completed in 42 seconds.

“Kuku …… Your knowledge of magic has come back to haunt you. “

Soya manages to make his body stand, which is eroded by poison, and throws the magic stone at the Silver Demon.

“Unleash.”

–The shattered magic stone released a huge, blinding flash of light that instantly blew away the body of the Silver Demon. The gate that was sending out poisonous bugs and small demon imps also stopped supplying magic, and the connection to the other world was cut off. The head of the Silver Demon, which had lost its body, fell to the ground.

The Silver Demon’s head was not able to comprehend what had happened, but it soon realized that it had been caught and began to chant the dark arts in a vengeful voice.

Death Agony Last Word. It is a terrifying higher level of dark arts that petrifies all who listen to it, with the condition that it can only be activated at death.

“Die and feed on my life to punish …… Guaahhhhh!”

(T/N: He’s chanting here.)

Just before the last word activates, Souya threw a dagger into the mouth of Silver Demon.

“You’re making a big deal out of this …… keep it down. That’s bad manners.”

Souya smiled thinly, used up all his strength and fell on his back. 

(The residual poison is circulating throughout the body. Mia-kun is …… she can’t stand up anymore …… I don’t know if I can survive …… but I still have things to do ……)

In a daze, Souya looked at Merylou and Thomas, who were rushing towards him, and closed his eyes.