Demon Lord’s Wings
“Sword Saint! Give Alicia back right away!”
“Aah!?”
We head into the Sword Saint battle as a party after stopping the carriage somewhere away from the Sword Saint, discuss our strategy, and come up with our coordination.
Since I secured Alicia’s safety, it’s a boss battle with a slight bit of leeway.
I don’t really want to get involved with him, but it feels like we won’t be able to have a peaceful journey if I leave a rampaging Sword Saint be.
That’s why……if he’s not going to regain his sanity, I’ll have no choice but to kill him.
I guess I’ll have him think of it as the result of reaping what he sowed for giving in to the cursed equipment.
……the problem is whether or not I can kill him though.
“You bastard, where did you take Alicia!?”
“Like I know!”
I’d think so!
But, the fact that I’ve already transported Alicia to Japan is something the Sword Saint has no way of knowing.
“Kyu! ShaAAA!!”
Lucy, who grabbed onto my shoulder, makes a threatening dook.
◇Bracelet of Provocation
1. Has the effect of focusing the attention・target on the Hero when battling someone with hostility towards the Hero and companions
2. It is possible to strengthen the effect further by selecting the enemy target
3. Rank B
By wearing this 【Bracelet of Provocation】 and bringing Lucy-chan along, I’ll make the opponent focus his attacks on me.
Even if he’s an opponent who renders the effect ineffective through the Demon Lord’s gene and the curse, Lucy-chan’s existence will probably serve as a provocation.
“You piece of shit! I ain’t gonna lose to someone like you!”
“……it would’ve been cute if you were just being a sore loser at what happened at the tournament!”
Demonification is out of the question, right! Rather, turning into the Demon Lord was also bloody in sight if the conversation with Alicia fell through, right!
“Tch! I wanted fucking to rape that woman and watch you in pain! I guess I’m gonna have to kill you first!”
“Gromond-sama……”
“Aah? Youmisiria’s daughter huh. Haha, going on a journey where you’re shaking your hips on top of the Hero after going around troubling your parent? Twight is gonna cry, ya know”
Hmm. His intention may have been to provoke her, but he sure came at us with a completely irrefutable factual criticism.
It is possible that the Sword Saint is, unexpectedly decent.
Nay, the party members on this side are just filled with problems.
“……well, I have pretty much nothing to say about that. However, the current you are not in your regular state. If you continue to take actions that will harm us, we will not show any mercy, you know?”
It’s the final warning. Even in that condition, it seems his sense of self isn’t dead after all.
I have a feeling that his tension has gone off the charts though.
“Haa……my answer is 『die right now』!”
The Sword Saint draws the aforementioned Demon Sword he was carrying on his back and swings it down at an extraordinary speed.
“Overdrive!”
I saw the ranged curse attack at the tournament.
Since I knew it was coming, I could deal with it somehow, as fast of an attack as it may be.
I catch it not with my sword, but with the shield this time around!
“Guh!”
Considering the flow of the conversation and our capabilities, the one the Sword Saint targets right at the very start should be Mayria, but he targeted me.
Not bad. I, who am equipped with defensive abilities and Self-Healing, ought to be the tank after all.
And then the me this time around can go on the defensive.
“Err, 『Mail・Slime』?”
Yuri said slightly sillily.
It’s the test run of the new equipment.
◇Mail・Slime Ring
1. Yuri-exclusive equipment.
2. By chanting 『Mail・Slime』, it creates a slime using Yuri’s Water Magic as the foundation with the following functions.
3. It becomes an armour that clads Yuri’s body with the elasticity to automatically block attacks.
4. Adheres to the enemy upon contact with the enemy’s body and significantly reduces the offensive ability of the adhered portion (e.g. in the case where one tries to punch her, the slime of the adhered portion becomes soft and reduces the power)
5. It also includes a camouflage function and can change the appearance into any preferred outfit.
6. It is possible for Yuri to cover any preferred part, protect her body, and erase it through her will.
7. Rank A
I’m using the slime overly conveniently, but it can’t be helped since it’s convenient.
It’s necessary to inspect the effect as usual.
At the same time as raising Yuri’s defensive ability, I also have her take on some debuff.
The vanguard and the tank are, without saying, me (and Lucy-chan)
Yuri is the support for that.
The rearguard and main attacker is Mayria.
I’m bothered by the fact that he recovered from Alicia’s Fire Magic right away.
【Holy Sword of Rebellion】 has a recovery delay effect as well, but it’s still un-strengthened. I can’t rely on it.
At any rate, though.
“……you went out of the way to chase after us on a horse, kidnap the Princess, and launch an attack at us with the intent to kill”
I suppose it means he’s prepared for war.
Don’t you complain even if it’s group vs individual, 【Demon Sword Saint】!
“──【Karmic Curse】!”
“Aah!?”
Alright, he’s a murderer! I don’t know what’s alright, but even if the details of his misdeed are unknown, an evildoer is an evildoer!
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“Die, you piece of shit Hero!!”
“Kyuー!!”
“Mirror Wall!”
I manifest an obstacle and hinder the Sword Saint’s straight charge.
“Out of my fuckin’ way!”
But, the wall shield I constructed was easily shattered.
“Mirror Shield!”
I fix multiple shields in the sky around me. The duration of Overdrive, which is able to respond to the enemy’s speed, is short.
I acquired the movements to dodge fatal injuries through 【Leveling】, but with this, I’ll further hinder the Sword Saint’s attacks and make them easier to catch.
“Die!”
“Nah!”
I catch the attack with the shield firmly and immediately use Counter Burst! I’m not going to hold anything back!
“Humph!”
But, the Sword Saint, as expected, dodged it easily. I knew it though!
◇Moonlight Sword Accessory
1. An accessory to put on the 【Holy Sword of Rebellion】
2. Able to expend the Hero’s SP and instantaneously create a blade of light that extends the Holy Sword’s range by swinging the Holy Sword while chanting 『Moonlight Sword』
3. Rank A
……it’s a sword-use accessory that contains a technique.
‘When I use the weapon, I can use that technique’, kind of effect endowment on an item.
“──Moonlight Sword!”
“Nuu!?”
I’m gonna do things I didn’t do in the tournament. Being able to easily give birth to first-timer killers and new techniques is the Hero’s party’s advantage!
“Yuri!”
“Yaa!”
Yuri uses her 【Black Boots】, closes in on the Sword Saint, and follows up on the attack, substituting with me, who caught his attack and did a counter-attack.
“Damn womann!”
“Fuu……!”
Yuri, is dodging the Sword Saint’s counter-attack one way or another.
It’s a configuration where the 【Black Straitjacket】 covers for the movements that are somewhat pushing it for her.
The Sword Saint may be competent on his own, but let’s get the idea that he’ll be able to trample over us one-sidedly out of his head!
“Kyuー!”
I also join in on the follow-up attack!
“Raaa!”
“Haaa!”
The sword broke previously. Because I haven’t strengthened it yet either, there will be a durability issue against a Sword Saint-class opponent.
That’s why even if I close in on him, I still catch the attack with my shield.
◇Lightning Bolt Shield Accessory
1. Accessory to put on the 『Mirror Shield』
2. When 『Lightning Bolt』 is chanted, it expends the Hero’s SP and activates a taser-like effect on the enemy who is making contact with the shield
3. It also simultaneously manifests a light towards the eyes of the enemy in front
4. Rank A
『──Lightning Bolt!』
“Nugua!?”
‘Crackle Crackle‘, the Sword Saint, who probably didn’t expect an electric shock to manifest from the shield, flinches.
It’s a function that also includes blinding him with a light while we’re at it! Where’s the battery from? No idea! This, how is it different from magic!
“──Invinsibility”
At the same time as I vanish, Yuri, who judged that it’d be difficult to coordinate, takes her distance for the time being.
Invisibility after making him flinch with a blinding light・electric shock.
“Haaaa!!”
I vanished, but I deliberately slashed at the Sword Saint from the very front as is without going to his back.
“Gah!?”
It managed to land this time around! Did his movements become dull from the electric shock? But he’ll probably recover right away.
“Oh Golem!”
Mayria’s golem appeared behind the Sword Saint and punched at him, piling on him and not giving him any leeway.
“Mirror Wall!”
I create a wall in front and back her up so that the Sword Saint can’t dodge.
“GuuU!?”
The Sword Saint was welted by the gigantic golem from behind.
“Oh Flame!”
Aiming at the Sword Saint, who was surrounded by the golem and the Mirror Wall, Mayria casts a magic that unleashes fire into the sky, draws a circle, and plunges!
“GAAAA!!”
“Moonlight Sword!”
To make sure the Sword Saint, who stopped moving, doesn’t escape, I follow up on the attacks from mid-range while hiding myself! And then!
‘Doーn!‘, Mayria’s Fire Magic made a direct hit.
However, he might have strong fire resistance after all. Our attacks may hit since it’s a group vs individual battle, but I suppose it won’t be a boss battle if he goes down that easily.
Gamer-brained? Like I care. I’m gonna pile on him and not give him any leeway until he stops breathing! I dispel Invisibility,
“Not just yet! Where did you bring Alicia, Sword Saint!”
“Like I knowwww!!”
In any case, I’ll confuse the Sword Saint’s thought process! In the first place, he’s in berserker mode, so it might not have much point though.
However, Mayria sure straight-up has higher attack power than me huh, as I thought! What makes a Hero!?
“Here I go”
Yuri, who went around to his back at the opening of the attack just now, closes in again. Mayria’s magic, in exchange for having high power, requests a bit of charging?
We have enough moves to go around for now. Nevertheless,
◇Magic Restraining Slime Ball
1. An adhesive・flameable slime that hinders movements manifests from the thrown ball
2. Rank A
It’s a battle item I made Yuri hold. Yuri threw it up close so that she doesn’t miss it.
“Huuhh!? The fuck is this!”
The ball that struck the delinquent Sword Saint popped, and a slime wrapped around his body!
If we just seal his quick movements, we’ll have countless ways to go about things.
Rather, I’m having an easier time following the current rampaging Sword Saint’s movements than during the tournament.
Is it the effect of 【Leveling】? As I thought, giant-killing gives good experience points.
“──Lightning Bolt!”
“Gah!”
“Lucy-chan, Yuri, get away! Mayria, do it with me inside! Mirror Wall!”
“Kyuー!”
Lucy-chan leaps behind from my back, gets caught by Yuri, and moves away.
I get right up to the Sword Saint, whose movements we completely stopped, surround the vicinity with a wall with me included, and open just a hole at the top.
Thanks to the adhesive slime, he can’t escape from that hole. The Sword Saint would’ve been able to destroy the wall, but I’m getting in the way of that.
I continuously caught the rampaging Sword Saint’s attacks up close, making sure to just avoid amputations and instant death.
Additionally, the golem is also using its gigantic body and obstructing the Sword Saint’s movements, making sure he doesn’t run away.
“Oh Flame, burn everything to ashes!”
After taking a gulp of air, I hold my breath.
A huge flame assaults the Sword Saint with me included!
“GyaAAA!!”
“GUuuUu!!!”
It’s hot!! I’m gonna die! I’d have died as well if I didn’t hold my shield up! My very body is currently being burnt as well, in present continuous tense! It-, it hurts…….
……but, this agony is necessary to me, the Hero.
I’m gonna go at it at a point-blank distance. Overdrive! And then,
“──【Absolute Counter】”
The damage from the Demon Sword Saint and the damage from Mayria, and then the agony I felt. I convert all of that into attack power, and I slam it into the Sword Saint!!
A whirling flame gushes from the sword, and then a pure energy shrouds it.
“GAaAAA!!”
I aimed for the Sword Saint’s heart. The Sword Saint, holds onto his Demon Sword and tries to parry it. However, I win through pure power here.
I have the Sword Saint’s own attack power incorporated over here!
‘Crack!‘, the cursed Demon Sword the Sword Saint was holding shattered, and I released the clump of energy-ish thing at the Sword Saint’s heart.
“Gya──”
At the end, perhaps because he lost the vital organ he needs to speak, Sword Saint Gromond’s voice cuts off halfway through with a hole in his chest……and collapses on the spot.
“Don’t you lay your hands on my woman”
Fuu, fuu……I don’t feel like I’ve completely recovered from the attacks I received yet, but……it’s a complete victory with this.
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“Kyuー!”
Lucy-chan rushes over, to the no longer moving Demon Sword Saint.
Is she absorbing the Demon Lord’s gene? I wonder if it’s better for me to let the Holy Sword absorb it as well.
It’s a bit late to be saying this, but Lucy-chan, she’s doing that instinctively huh. It’s kinda scary.
Is Lucy-chan alright with it as well? It’s straight-up a human corpse though.
I breathe a sigh of relief after pummeling the rampaging Sword Saint. It was at that moment.
“──aーah. What a waーste. Even though it’s a rare case for someone competent to Demonify in the first place”
I felt a chill down my spine. Who!?
“Kyuー!? ShaAAA!”
“Ahaha, sorry for interrupting your meal, cutie”
What came into sight was……directly above the Sword Saint.
A 『human figure』 that floated in the sky.
“Nice to meet you, Hero-sama. I am, ……──【Demon Lord’s Wings】. You have it tough as well huh, having tons of enemies because of the previous generation Hero”
What was floating in the sky was, a woman with emerald short-cut hair.
Looking at how both her eyes and hair are green and natural, it seems she’s an Otherworlder.
But, what caught my eyes above all else was, on her back, those 【wings】. That which is literally shaped like a Devil’s wings, is hovering her in the air.
And then, the surprise didn’t end at that.
“……Aira?”
Yuri, sees her, and mutters.
“You know her?”
“U-, un”
“Ahaha! Yuri, you’re alive huh! I thought you were killed by the Hero!”
What? What in the world, is going on?
