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A chill runs down my spine at the words of the Demon. My gaze sharply observes the demon who has landed on the ground.
–If I had to use words to describe him, I would say that he is exactly like the demons spoken of in folklore. Black wings sprouting from his back, blue skin, pointed ears. His hair was black and long, and his face was not much different from that of a well-formed human man, but the atmosphere he wore and the magic he emitted negated that.
I looked at my friends and Ricardo and the others around me, and took a step forward toward the demons.
“You must be the master of these demons. Just for the record, are you willing to leave the army peacefully?”
“…… hmm? Human, are you talking to me?”
The demon who responded tilted his head with an expression of heartfelt incomprehension. Then he looks at us with a cruel smile.
“–I am a faithful servant of the Demon God Solomon-sama, the Six Divine Generals being one — Andras of [War]. This is a war I started, and I will not quit unless I want to.”
“…… I see. Then—”
The magic power around the body roars and roars. The white light on my body became stronger, and Andras raised his eyebrows slightly when he saw it.
I kicked the ground without any preliminary movement and approached Andras at a furious pace.
“–I’ll take you down!”
“If you can”
–My sword clashed with Andras’s claws, sending shockwaves through the area.
I grit my teeth and resist Andras’ attempt to push my sword back. Andras was wearing no weapons or armor, but at the moment of intersection, his claws extended from the tips of his hands and clashed with my sword as if they were blades.
Is he reinforced with magical power? Even though it is metal and claws that are in the crossfire, there is absolutely no sign of breaking.
And as is the case with weapons, it is an opponent that cannot be taken off guard when looking at their physical capabilities. It easily catches my attack, which approached in the blink of an eye with its full-throttle physical reinforcement, and is unable to push the sword, which should be loaded with rigid power, any further at all. The actual physical ability of a demon is probably different from that of a human being, since it is not clad in phosphorous.
–But if I cannot push through with my physical strength.
I’m desperately supporting my sword, which is not moving forward, with both hands, and instantly deploying a magic circle. The red color that appeared in front is a fire red, which is relatively easy to control and has a high power. I immediately poured in the magic power I had kneaded and activated the magic.
“–[Flaming Coral].”
Heading out from the magic circle are a number of short spears made of flame. All of them are aimed at Andras in front of me, and then they are ejected. Andras, unwilling to take a direct hit, twists his hands and slips my sword, and in that moment, he leaps backwards at an angle. The spear of fire cuts through the air. –But….
“Childish …….”
I poured additional magic power into the magic circle and released a spear in pursuit. The fire lance, which is going straight to Andras or taking a path that restricts its retreat, closes in behind me at a speed fast enough to catch up with the magic.
In response, Andras, holding up his hand in a troublesome manner, made a number of small magic circles appear in front of him and intercepted them by releasing a reddish-black magic ball. The spheres were small but powerful, breaking down the fire spears that collided with them. Some of them went straight through and came at me.
Forced to evade, I opened the distance between us and we glanced at each other again.
Andras put his hand on his chin with a thoughtful expression on his face and said to me
“Although you are a magician, you are capable of close combat with me, and you can manipulate magic power with precision even in battle. And precise manipulation of magic power that is undisturbed even during combat–this is a very troublesome person to be an enemy.”
I responded to this unintelligible statement with silence.
I glance at my surroundings and confirm that the battle between humans and demons is still being fought in various places on the battlefield. The members of the team supporting me in the battle against the demons are also fighting to keep the demons away from me and are ready to attack Andras when they see an opening.
When I returned my gaze to Andras, he gave me a thin smile.
─ –But…. You are not my enemy. I don’t know why, but it seems you are already under the influence of my magic.”
“What do you mean ……?”
“Oh. You are not aware of it? Your magical organs and the magic that flows through them are–“
Just as Andras was about to speak proudly
Behind him, a black wind whipped through the air. Ur, with her dagger at the ready, approached Andras with her black tail flapping behind and struck him in the neck from behind with a slash.
“What ……!”
“Shallow”
Andras noticed the presence just in time and jumped up into the air. The wind caused by the flapping of his wings caused a bit of blood to dance in the air.
Looking up at Andrus who had fled into the air, Ur smiled fearlessly and opened her mouth.
“–Even demons have red blood, don’t they?”
“You ……!”
held the back of his neck with one hand and tried to deploy a magic circle the size of a person as a counterattack. However, we weren’t the type to allow that.
“Get away from Tale kun, use a magic saturation attack! Everyone!”
A few moments after Rietta’s voice echoed behind, colorful magic attacks were launched into the air. It seemed that each of them, led by Rietta, was using their powerful cards without hesitation.
Seeing this, Andras couldn’t resist interrupting the magic and creating a transparent red magic wall in front of his eyes. The wall was not broken by the magic that hit him one after another.
“—-No matter how many winged insects gather, they will not be able to pass through my defense with magic!”
The magic power is continuously applied to the defense, and it continues to prevent the magic from constantly hitting the target. The magic that Rietta and her team unleashed, which they seemed to have prepared while I was holding Andras back in close combat, has yet to cease, but there is no sign of the magic wall breaking down. Andras’s “magical demons,” as he calls them, probably have a superior amount of magical power and the skills to handle it.
However, now that Andras has fled to the sky and is concentrating only on magical attacks from the ground, if I can give him an attack from outside his consciousness–.
Squinting, I confirm that Andras in the sky is distracted from me.
Certainly, the fighting ability of that demon – its magical ability and pure physical performance – is one word that describes the threat it poses. In melee combat, he and I are almost on an equal footing, and when it comes to magic, he is clearly superior–he is capable of unleashing super disaster-level magic, and is capable of holding off simultaneous attacks by me, Rietta, and several others.
However, if that were the case, it would be impossible to win at all, but actually it did not seem so. Because Andras’s tactics and battle instincts did not seem to be that great compared to his pure specs. To put it bluntly, he was not that experienced in fighting itself.
–That’s why he was able to take his eyes off me at this point in the game, when he could have wounded me in a close encounter.
I move quickly out of Andras’s sight, keeping my presence as low as possible. Then, I kneaded my magic power and activated it. The effect was simple, the same magic I used when I fought the earth dragon.
For opponents that have trouble approaching, such as the huge dragon and Andras in the sky above, I can use magic to extend my foothold.
I hold my sword on a pillar of earth that extends from the ground, filled with magic power. The rising earth quickly carries me to Andras and enables me to deliver the killing blow.
Andras, who had noticed me just in time to see my presence or magical reaction, turned around, but there was no time to stop me.
Andras puts a feeling of impatience on his blue face.
“N-No, stop…that’s right, if it’s you–[In the name of war].”
“-I will take revenge for taking the lives of countless people-“
With my arm filled with anger and magical power, I swung the sword engulfed in flames across my robe.
The sword, which is filled with enormous heat, slices through the flesh of Andras.
“Gooooaaaah!”
My sword severed one of Andras’ wings, and then cut a large gash from his back to his side. The high heat of the sword’s blade burns the cut surface, so not much blood flows, but the damage and pain from burning the body from the inside must be considerable.
Andras lost his wings and lost his balance, and the momentum of the slash, combined with his movement to avoid the sword, sent him crashing downwards at an angle. Those wings may not have been used to physically fly through the air by flapping, but they were apparently an important organ in flight.
I look at Andras from the top of the dirt pillar that rises into the sky, slamming into the ground a short distance away.
–I hope this was enough, but the feeling of the cut was like compressed rubber. Probably due to strong muscles, but the wound is still shallow and most likely not dead.
And in that case, the location of the other adventurers where Andras had crashed would become the center of a new battlefield
I followed my companions, who were running ahead of me to Andras, as I brought the earthen pillar back to the ground.
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