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—Oops, can’t let our guard down just yet.

“It’s not over yet! ‘Divine Deracinator.’”

The high-ranking demon, split in half, prepared to fire a small Beam Cannon. Multiple beams surged toward the Divine Deracinator, exploding into flashes of light and fireworks. While not as powerful as the main cannon, their numbers combined to create quite a significant impact.

“‘Achilles Hunter,’ sir!”

Pochi, approaching rapidly from behind the high-ranking demon, sliced through its ankle along with the barrier, leaving several blue streaks in her wake. It seemed she’d used the ability “Vanquish Slicer.”

“‘Boulder Fling’?”

Tama, emerging from the shadows of the high-ranking demon, unleashed a finishing move on the opposite leg that Pochi had struck. A series of swift attacks with her twin swords was launched, but their power was a bit lacking. Though the barrier was shattered, each wound was shallow, allowing the demon to heal from the damage as quickly as it was dealt.

“Instant Movement—‘Helix Spear Attack’!”

Ms. Liza used her special attack on the high-ranking demon, launching the attack at the back of its head. True to its name, the dragon spear pierced through both the barrier and the tough armor without any resistance.

“Good wo—! Ms. Liza!”

“…Phalanx!”

The high-ranking demon’s head transformed to create a hollow space, firing a dispersive beam toward Liza. We managed to protect Liza immediately with Phalanx. However, she was forced to retreat after the high-ranking demon followed up with a backhand attack.

“No looking away, I declare.”

Nana caught up with us before hitting the demon with a “Shield Bash.”

Oh?

Something sparkly on the demon’s back spread everywhere. Upon instantly appraising it with my “Appraise” skill, I realized that it was part of the high-ranking demon’s barrier. It seems that Nana executed her signature barrier-breaking finishing move, “Blast Armor,” using her large shield instead of a sword.

“‘Vorpal Shadow Bite’?”

At the spot where Nana shattered the barrier, Tama unleashed her finishing move enhanced with ninjutsu. This time, it seemed to penetrate quite effectively.

“‘Vanquish Strike,’ sir!”

Before Pochi could charge in, the high-ranking demon regenerated its barrier, but Pochi relentlessly pierced through it with her finishing move, thrusting her enlarged sword toward its heart. The high-ranking demon, surprisingly nimble for its massive size, attempted to evade Pochi’s attack, but that wasn’t going to happen. My Deracinator and Tama’s Shadow Binding prevented the demon from dodging.

Ugh.

The high-ranking demon burst through its bark from the inside and unleashed a beam of light.

“‘Fallink’—”

Pochi quickly activated Phalanx, but a few of the beams had already gotten through ahead of time.

“…Sir!”

Pochi tilted her body to dodge, but it grazed her shoulder piece slightly, sending her spiraling backward.

“Pochi!”

Tama caught Pochi with an instantaneous movement, skillfully dodging the high-ranking demon’s follow-up beams with agile footwork. In frustration, it finally fired a dispersive beam, which was blocked by Nana’s large shield and floating shield. I used the Space Magic spell Object Pull to draw Pochi and Tama back to me.

“Are you injured?”

“Woowheewha, shir!”

“She seems fine, just dizzy.”

“That’s a relief.”

Upon hearing that Pochi was safe, Tama let out a sigh of relief and dashed over to Liza and the others.

“Funyukurikurari, sir.”

Pochi’s body swayed from side to side as the White Dragon Egg popped out of her golden armor. Using some kind of power, it floated gently, circling around Pochi.

“…Ah. Mr. Egg cheered me up!”

“Are you all right?”

“Yes, sir. Pochi doesn’t give up that easily!”

When Pochi said that with a determined look, the White Dragon Egg landed in her hands and stopped moving. Pochi returned the egg to the Storage in her golden armor, then instantly teleported back into the battlefield. There was no conversation between the two, but somehow, a sense of bonding could be felt.

“Arisa, here comes another!”

At some point, the high-ranking demon had distanced itself from Liza and the others, preparing to fire a beam. It was hard to see from a distance, but it looked like vine-like things temporarily impeded everyone’s movements.

“Behemoth—disaster.”

A rain of lightning struck the high-ranking demon, causing the ground to crack open and swallow it. The reflection of red light suggested that the chasm was filled with lava beneath the fractured earth. Mia fell to her knees, depleted of mana.

“Nice, Mia! Lulu, will it take you some time to recharge?”

I handed Mia a high-level Mana Replenishment potion before asking Lulu if she was finished reaching her mana for the accelerated shot.

“Sorry, Arisa. It’s only about one-third recharged.”

“Got it.”

I used a “Visual Short-Range Leap” to move to a position above the high-ranking demon, where I could see it swallowed by the lava.

“Free-falling, huh? Scary!”

I suppressed my fear with that one phrase and unleashed my most powerful advanced magic.

“…Inferno.”

The Inferno, intensified by the heat of the lava, thoroughly roasted the high-ranking demon. I had seen something like this in a manga before, but the power was doubled. A hot wind blew up from below, but my golden armor’s mana barrier protected me, so I took no damage. Before charging into the ultra-high-temperature area, I reactivated my “Short-Range Teleportation” skill and moved next to Mia and the others.

Whoa.

There were multiple beams piercing through the ground where I had just been. That was close. If I had stayed there any longer, I would have ended up full of holes.

“Just how strong is it, if an attack like that doesn’t kill it?”

“Something’s off?” Tama muttered, overlapping my grumbling.

“Arisa, I think that attack came from a different place.”

Ms. Liza gave a more detailed explanation of the weird off feeling Tama had.

Did that mean…?

“Mia, could you dismiss Behemoth and summon Genomos, and have it check underground?”

“Yes.”

Mia shook her head in the direction of the behemoth—it began to shake the ground in response.

“Wait, can Behemoth do it, too?”

“Yes, possible.”

Mia closed her eyes and began to concentrate.

“It’s coming.”

““Phalanx!””

“Sir!”

“‘Fortress,’ I declare.”

As Tama declared it was coming, Liza and the others all joined in a chorus as they unleashed all their defensive skills. Around the same time, the bark demon blew away all the trees and unleashed a giant beam of light.

—Damn it, we’re too late.

“Is everyone all right?!”

“Yes, Arisa. Everyone is fine, I report.”

What a relief. Everyone was fine even without my Deracinator.

“Phalanx is done for after that.”

“Mee tooo?”

“Pochi is still fine, sir!”

“Fortress took a real beating, I declare.”

Man, we’re in a real situation.

“Arisa found it. Underground,” Mia told me—with an unusually long sentence.

Just as I thought, the main body of the high-level demon was underneath us.

“Can you pull it out?”

“Yes. Behemoth, do it.”

The behemoth shoved its nose into the ground—eventually at least half of its body was underground as it grabbed on to something and pulled it out.

Ew.

I guess it was like the part of a sweet potato that’s attached to the vine turning into the upper body of a high-ranking demon.

“…Inferno.”

I faced the high-ranking demon that was in the air and used one of the strongest offensive spells I had at my disposal.

“Acceleration—skip the procedures, emergency bombardment!”

Lulu pulled out a disposable Cannon of Acceleration, used the ground as a stabilizer, and launched the attack.

“…Here!”

The Cannon of Acceleration fired without even using any Space Magic for stabilization and had its center of gravity pulled wildly off-balance. Even so, Lulu pulled the trigger at the perfect moment, piercing the high-ranking demon’s core with the accelerated shot. The high-ranking demon took serious damage before falling from the sky—and Ms. Liza would never miss such a perfect opportunity.

“Nana!”

“Yes, Liza.”

Urged on by Liza, Nana soared through the air using “Skywalking.” The high-ranking demon fired beam shots like a pulse laser, but Nana effortlessly deflected them using her magic-cutting technique and moved into the preparatory stance for her special attack.

“‘Blade of Zero: Blast Fort,’ I declare.”

Nana’s special attack destroyed the high-ranking demon’s defenses.

“‘Blade of One: Shadow Binding’—”

The shadows stretching from the ground bound the high-ranking demon in a web, and Tama, emerging from the shadows, made the Holy Sword in her hands shine blue.

“…‘Vorpal Shadow Bite’?”

Tama’s finishing move tore the bark of the high-ranking demon to shreds, and the shadow blades that followed widened the wounds. It seemed that, having learned from the last time, the shadows had taken on a wedge-like form to interfere with the demon’s regeneration.

“‘Blade of Two: One-Stroke Kill—Vanquish Slice,’ sir!”

Pochi’s enlarged blade further widened the wounds left by Tama on the high-ranking demon.

“‘Blade of Three: Draco Buster’!”

Liza dove into the wound created by Pochi and advanced deep into the core with her finishing move, which transformed her spear into a dragon lance.

“‘Absolute Technique: Mana Blade Buster.’”

At the same time as Liza’s voice, a blue light leaked from within the high-ranking demon, and finally, it exploded from the inside. The fragments vanished into a black mist.

“It looks like we defeated it.”

My friends all waved their hands as they returned. At first, we had the Divine Beast Fenrir to help us, but it was quite a big achievement that we were able to defeat the high-ranking demon all by ourselves.

“Don’t let up! That demon’s stubborn!”

The Divine Beast trembled as he got back on his feet and warned us.

“Mia, is it still here?”

“No… Wait.”

Mia frantically looked around. The behemoth began to look around, too, before suddenly stopping, facing in one direction.

“There.”

A smaller version of the bark demon came charging toward us. It didn’t have a big cannon this time.

In that case, Nana can—

The behemoth looked the other way.

“Over there.”

I could see a light in the forest. The behemoth began charging in that direction, shielding Mia with its body against the extremely thick beam of light unleashed from the forest of trees.

“Thank you.”

Mia offered her thanks to the behemoth as it scattered into spirit power.

“Falanx, sir!”

“Sillyyyy.”

Pochi defended against the dispersive beam, Tama dodged the high-ranking demon’s attack as Nana deflected regular attacks with her large shield, and Liza whittled down its stamina with her dragon lance.

It was no good. We were losing time focusing on one of them. The other was charging up to attack us. It was impossible for us to one-shot it with our abilities…unless!

“Move away on my signal.”

I used “Short-Range Teleportation” to move closer to Liza and the others.

“Now! …Disintegrate!”

“‘Shadow Binding’?”

Tama’s ninjutsu constricted the high-ranking demon, rendering it immobile, while I unleashed Space Magic toward its core. With a sound like a deep suction, the high-ranking demon was gouged out, exposing its crimson-black core.

“Hi-ya, sir!”

“‘Draco Buster’!”

Pochi’s attack was blocked by the high-ranking demon’s arm, but in the moment it was distracted by Pochi, Liza’s finishing move was unleashed, piercing through the magic core and shattering it. The high-ranking demon’s body dissipated into a black mist. I figured it was a lot weaker, as we had destroyed the main body.

“It’s here.”

Tama warned us around the same time as I teleported beside everyone. The Divine Beast was weaving through the forest, closing in on the high-ranking demon, but I didn’t think it would make it in time for the other attack.

Teleport.

Huh, it failed? Damn, I’m out of mana.

“Phalanx!”

“Faranx, sir!”

Lulu cast Phalanx, but Pochi was also out of mana, and her Phalanx didn’t go off—one Phalanx would do nothing, though.

“Leave it to me, I declare.”

Nana stood in front of everyone.

“Don’t push yourself—”

“I’m not pushing myself, I emphasize.”

Nana looked at me and smiled.

No, Nana. Don’t sacrifice yourself—

“…Castle, I declare.”

With Nana’s command word, her golden armor began to change shape. Crimson and red lights flashed like a burst.

Huh?

A series of flapping sounds created a barrier, forming a dome-shaped layered shield that was distinct from a fortress but even more resilient. There was a burst of beams of light. Phalanx disappeared in an instant, but the Castle defensive layers withheld the blast, without so much as a small shiver.

“…Amazing. You should have used something like that earlier.”

“Master had yet to try it in battle, so he ordered me not to use it yet, I confess.”

I see. That’s why she didn’t use it until now.

The high-ranking demon that had fired the shot was taken down by the Divine Beast in a surprise attack. As I thought, it was weak without the main host.

“But I feel like I’ve seen that somewhere before.”

“Isn’t it similar to Lalakie’s Heavenslight Protection?”

“Ah, you’re right, it is similar.”

The crimson and red lights from before looked similar to the Holy Lights of the gods, but I wondered if there was any connection?

“Mew! Mew, mew!”

“Oh wowowow, Mr. Egg is flying around again, sir.”

Tama panicked as Pochi watched the egg flying around her frantically.

“Looks like it’s not over just yet.”

“One, two, three—looks like there’s thirteen all together.”

Liza spoke in a serious tone, as Lulu counted the number of remaining high-level demons that had appeared in the forest. Well, it made sense. Final bosses were known for being tough to beat—so I guessed that was what was happening here.

“Really? Thirteen of them…”

…Keeping the best till last, I guess. Mia and I didn’t have enough mana to fight. Lulu had also used Phalanx, so she didn’t have enough mana to cast Acceleration. Nana, who had just used a new spell, naturally had no mana, nor did Ms. Liza. The Divine Beast who defeated the main host was also completely out of strength.

“Light.”

Ugh.

Following Mia’s pointed finger, an eerie light illuminated the upper body of the high-ranking demon from below, visible through the trees. It was surely the preparatory glow for the demon’s next bombardment.

“If all of them launch an attack, there is no guarantee we can defend against it, I declare.”

“I know!”

We were in so much of a pinch, I kind of responded in a mean tone. Just using Teleportation to retreat took a full sixty seconds to recover my magic power. I wanted to send a help call to my master, but the distance was too great, and I was too shaken to get the signal through properly. Everyone looked at me with serious expressions. Wait—Tama? Only Tama was staring at nothing, like a house cat following something invisible in the air.

“What should we do, sir?”

“No need to worry?”

“I want Tama to take this seriously, sir! Pochi is in a very prickly, prickly situation, sir!”

“Don’t worry, be happy?”

With a relaxed expression, Tama plopped down and sat.

I wonder if she’s given up? No, that can’t be it.

“Look?”

Tama pointed to the sky.

“Ah! Sir!”

Pochi looked up at the sky, too, and smiled. I eventually looked up, too.

It’s a meteor shower.

No, it wasn’t. It was Master’s magic. Countless lights, like a sky full of stars, rained down, obliterating the thirteen high-ranking demons in an instant—along with the vast area of the forest. There was only one person capable of something like that.

“Hello. Looks like I made it just in time.”

“Master!”

“Master, sir!”

We all welcomed and embraced our Master as he descended from the heavens.





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