CH 519

“The mist has cleared ……! That means they defeated the demons.”

“Oh, so the three demons has been defeated by Makina-chan and the others!”

“Perhaps …… we should be able to relax for a while.”

The moonlight illuminated the entire town, revealing buildings that had been shrouded in mist for over a month. The buildings are not particularly decayed, but rather look as if time has stopped.

“Lars-kun, let’s defeat the black monsters for now!”

“Yeah. Sephiro, what’s wrong?”

“Huh!? It’s nothing, I’m just so glad! Let’s go!”

He was staring at the sky and had a stern look on his face. I called out to him, and was startled, took my hand and started running.

Hawk-san had told me to take the knights with me, but I refused, and the three of us are working together. I’ve been using magic a lot, so it’s easier for me to move around with fewer people in the town.

“I’m totally okay if it’s this much, yaaaaaah!!”

“! But I guess they’re able to defeat the demons properly …… I’d heard that we needed Sephiro’s help, but none of the others except Makina ate the fruit.”

“I don’t know them all that well, either.”

The mist demons can’t come out in the dark, and since the demons died, they stopped multiplying. The number of them dwindled and eventually disappeared completely.

“Whew, is this the end?”

“I think so! Let’s go get everyone, maybe they’ll be safe …… Ah, it’s Hawk-san and Anna-san and the others.”

As soon as Kudelica turned her eyes, she saw the knights, including Hawk-san, walking toward us. I’m glad to see that all of them are safe, of course.

“Lars-kun, the mist suddenly cleared and monsters decreased. Is this a sign that it’s over?”

“I’m not sure if I can confirm this, but if Hawk-san and the others have defeated all of the demons, then perhaps Makina, Tigre-sensei and the others have defeated the demons.”

“Well, I guess that settles it, huh? I wasn’t much help, though.”

When Anna-san lowered her shoulders and let out a joking sigh, the knights laughed. I’m stronger than her right now, but she’s also one of the top wizards in the country, so she’s definitely not useless.

“Then, let’s all go get everyone!”

“Yes! I can’t wait to get home and have everyone welcome me back! Aina-chan can go home too.”

“Hmm, I have a feeling she’s going to want to stay over there and throw a tantrum ……”

“Lars-kun can come back anytime you want with the transfer magic circle, so I think it’d be fine? I’d like to go visit the royal capital too, after all♪.”

I was just about to walk away when I felt a sharp gaze on me and turned my head.

“Who’s there!”

“It’s me, Lars-kun.”

“…… What, it’s Retzel. How’d it go over there?”

Retzel appeared from the back of the square with his hands in the pockets of his lab coat and a smile on his face, and I stopped and opened my mouth to ask him pointedly.

“We were able to gain something.”

“Gain ……?”

Just as I’m about to ask what he means, Retzel snaps his fingers. Then Reiss and Irumi appeared, and–

“…… Who are those guys?”

A man with a chiseled face and black hair cut short and a man with long, seaweed-like purple hair stood behind Retzel and the others. When I asked this question while looking at Lilith with narrowed eyes, she giggled and said.

“Fufu, I think Lars-sama would know them? They are the Ten Chief Priests.”

“Wha ……!? You guys, don’t tell me!”

“We’ve decided to help them out a bit, you know, as fellow people from the Gospel’s Descent.”

When I saw Retzel laughing with amusement, I was annoyed and at the same time felt as if I had been betrayed, an indescribable feeling. Then the two men who were introduced as the Ten Chief Priests–

“It is a pleasure to meet you. I am Vertical, one of the Ten Chief Priests.”

“I’m also one of the Ten Chief Priests, Eiiri. Nice to meet you, kid.”

“What!?”

When I heard their names, I was shocked. Aren’t they the first and the second among the Qliphoths!? The moment I broke out in a cold sweat, Vertical came running out!

“And ……, goodbye. Apparently, you’re getting in Apollos’ way.”

“Kuh ……!? Vertical, that means you are–“

“You don’t have to say anything else ‘yet’.”

“Daaaaaaaaaaahhh!”

Vertical took out his staff with the head of a beast on it, and as he leapt at me, I drew my dragonblade and fought back.

“I’ll cover you, Lars-kun!”

“You can’t do that because I’m here! .”

“Uwaahhh!?”

“What is this magic!?”

“It’s attacking us indiscriminately! !”

“Oh, you’re great.”

The knights tried to move under Hawk-san’s command, but they were stopped by an unseen magic of the man who called himself Eiiri.

Anna’s protection guarded against the magic, but when it came to protecting everyone, Anna couldn’t move.

“I’m sorry, Hawk, but I’m leaving it to you! A few knights and magic knights will cover Hawk. Get out of protection range and attack with hit-and-away.”

” ” “Yes!” ” “

Anna immediately switched her thoughts and organized the battle around Hawk. I, who don’t fight in group much, wouldn’t be able to switch like that so quickly if it’s me.

I’ll believe that Hawk-san and the others will be able to stop them and–

“Kudelica, Sephiro! If there’s an opening, hit him with it!”

“O-Okay! I don’t know what it is, but that Vertical guy gives me the shivers down my back ……”

“…… That’s the greatest demon of all, even in the stories of Lars-niichan’s previous life. Come after me later, Kuu-oneechan! I’ll go first.”

“Oh! Sephiro-chan!”

In the midst of these conversations, I engage in a fierce battle with Vertical. A cane may look weak, but it’s an easy weapon to use and if you have the strength, you can expect to be able to hit with it.

And there are many canes in this world that amplify magic power, and this one seems to be one of them.

“”

“……! !”

I’m using the same fireball to counteract Vertical’s terrifyingly concentrated fireball magic. 

“Hmmm, I see, so you can offset that ……”

“I didn’t expect a fireball, I was expecting it to be an unknown magic like the other one.”

“The basics should not be neglected. If the basics are strong, you can derive as much as you want. But you seem to have it in you …… so how about this? .”

“What the ……!?”

When he pointed his wand at me and uttered a magic I didn’t know, a black vortex was created between us, and my body began to move into the vortex as if I were being sucked into it.

“Kuh …….”

“It’s not a bad idea to stick your sword in the ground and hold on, but …… ”

“I can still fire magic at this position. !”

I unleash my greatest magic, intending to end it with a single blow. But the Dragonic Blaze is sucked into the black vortex and disappears, and I’m hit by the Hydro Stream. 

“Guah ……!?”

“Defeat an unpredictable opponent in one fell swoop. It’s not a bad strategy, but it falls short …… Mu!”

“Big Brother, are you okay? I’ll take care of that vortex!”

When Sephiro, who had rushed to the scene, produced a blade of light in her right hand to cut the vortex, it dissipated easily and I was able to move again.

“Thank you, Sephiro. .”

“Ehem!”

As I was healing my wounds with healing magic, Vertical looked at Sephiro and muttered.

“…… I see, a Sephiroth. So the god should also be somewhere ……? Well, let’s settle this, Lars-kun.”

“That’s my line. Let’s go!”