Chapter 465: The Fifth (1/2)

“…You seem to have a rather outstanding automata with you, huh? That’s good to know.”

“Andro? W-What are you…”

Beatrix was surprised by the sudden change in the presence of the young boy Andro.

“Young lady, I’m truly sorry, I’ve been just pretending to be your attendant all this time. I’ve had lots of fun thanks to… you!”

Andro kicked one of the automata guards that were lying on the ground towards Jin and his friends.

Surprisingly, the automata flew in the air, hitting Jin’s barrier -who was about 5 meters away from them- before falling to the ground.

“W-What on earth are you…?”

Albert made a surprised voice after seeing such a display of superhuman strength.

“My real name is Androgias. Androgias the Wild.”

Upon hearing that name, Jin reflexively blurted out a question.

“You… Are you a demon?”

“Huh? Do you know about demons?”

A slight hint of surprise appeared on Androgias’ face.

“A demon!? Andro, were you a demon all along?”

Beatrix’s voice came out loudly.

“How noisy. Be quiet, you selfish young lady. I’m talking with this guy right now.”

After interrupting Beatrix with his cold voice, Androgias once again turned towards Jin. It seemed that that was his true tone of voice.

“…So, do you know about demons?”

“…No, I’ve once met a guy named Marchosias… Well, I wouldn’t say I actually met him…”

However, as far as Hourai Island was concerned, there had been five demons. Lardus, Dogmaud, Bemiarouge, Marchosias, and now this Androgias.

“Hmm? I’m not sure I follow, but it does seem to me that you know about demons.”

At that moment, something about Androgias changed completely.

“…So I can’t let you live. Gravita.”

“Look out! Erleichtern!”

Jin activated the Magi Crystal with the weight-reduction spell that he happened to have on him. Laojun had given him that just in case of an airship crash.

And it had barely managed to offset Androgias’ gravity magic. Androgias had been the first to chant, but Jin’s spell seemed to have been the first to be completely activated.

“Wha-!? How come are you all still standing? Your bodies should feel 10 times heavier right now!”

Could Androgias really make their bodies 10 times heavier even if he hadn’t used Erleichtern, or was he simply inexperienced? Jin wasn’t sure, but the force attacking them was making their bodies only 20% heavier than usual. Even Hanna had a “What?” face as if she had been expecting something more than just the feel of carrying a heavy bag on her back.

“Stun.”

“Kuh!?”

Reiko cast a spell, taking advantage of Androgias’ momentary state of surprise. It was a spell not intended to kill, but to paralyze its target for later questioning.

“Ah!?”

“Kyah!?”

However, a mysterious barrier that surrounded Androgias blocked and repelled, and it was scattered. And in the aftermath, the Selfish Siblings, Beatrix and Albert, ended up being caught by the stray spell.

Reiko cast her next spell without paying attention to the two fools that had fallen to the ground.

“Wind Slash!”

Since her electric shock attack had been deflected, Reiko tried using her wind-based spell, which was a semi-physical attack.

“Hmph.”

However, Androgias laughed and warded off that attack as well.

“Looks like I’ll have to get rid of that automata first, huh? Gravita.”

Reiko’s body shook for a moment. It was proof that gravity had increased.

“…”

“Hmm, looks like my gravity magic is working after all.”

Androgias grinned, but Reiko started to walk while making a face as if she wasn’t feeling anything at all.

“Wha-! What’s the matter with you!? It didn’t work!?”

“No, I’m sure I’ve become about 300 kilograms heavier right now. But what about it?”

Reiko was acting as if weighing even a few tons was no big deal for her. Androgias went completely pale. Perhaps he had already reached his limit.

“You might have repelled my magic, but how about that?”

After saying that, Reiko leapt forward.

Reaching Androgias’ position in an instant, Reiko threw a right punch at his abdomen.

The barrier seemed to stop Reiko’s punch. However, this had been only for a moment, and Reiko’s fist, which had been thrown at 30% of her power, dug straight into Androgias’ abdomen without losing almost no momentum at all.

Furthermore, this wasn’t the punch of a 30-kilogram-weighing Reiko, but the punch of a Reiko that weighed over 300 kilograms.

Although it had only managed to blow Androgias a few meters away, Reiko’s absurdly heavy blow was enough to render him unconscious.

After Androgias fainted, the effects of his spells vanished, so Jin also canceled his own weight-reduction spell.

“Phew, I’m glad I had this with me…”

“J-Jin! You can operate gravity as well?”

Saki was completely astonished, but Jin assured her that he would explain everything later.