Volume 1 Chapter 12 (1/2)

Battle with the Demon

We hurried in the direction of the scream.

We came upon a break in the trees, nearly all of the trees and gra.s.s had been cleared out in a wide circle.

It almost looked like a plaza, there was no trees or gra.s.s at all.

The ground in the clearing was dyed black. This is……….

At the same time I was looking at the black ground, I could hear a bloodcurdling scream…..

”PLEASE, SAVE ME!”

”Gurururu!”

Then I could see students from the academy cornered by a demon.

A demon with a long black tail stood in the center of eight students lying on the ground.

The demon had matted black and white spotted fur with dangerous looking eyes.

”This demon took out all of them…..”

”Gurururu!”

The demon recognized that we were a new enemy and got low to the ground while letting out another growl.

It let out a wave of magical power as saliva dripped down the demon's tusks.

Looking at it, I feel a s.h.i.+ver run down my spine.

……Hey, doesn't this thing seem to have too much magical power!?

That much high-density magical power, I've never seen anyone other than Grandma and Grandpa have this much overwhelming magical power.

”Everyone, group up.”

We gathered around Luluna after she said this.

At the same time the demon began to form water magic at the end of its tusks and then fired it towards us.

Due to Luluna's nullification magic, the demon's water magic disappeared.

”As expected of Luluna-dono. If things stay like this —”

”This is bad…..This demon's power is overwhelming! My magical power won't last long against it!”

As I expected.

To completely nullify that powerful of an attack would require a ma.s.sive amount of magical power.

Besides, it seems like this demon's melee attacks would be even stronger than it's magic.

This could actually be very dangerous….

The demon seems to be done waiting for us to make a move and takes aim at us. The demon bends it's front legs, lowering itself to the ground.

It's coming!

”Everyone step back!”

I create【Anti-wall】right in front of the charging demon.

As the demon slammed into【Anti-wall】it's momentum caused it to be knocked backwards.

Alright, now I've got a little time to talk.

”I will distract the demon. While I'm doing that, Patricia create something that can carry the injured students away from here. Tsurugi and Luluna need to go get help as quickly as possible. With Luluna's nullification magic and Tsurugi's ability to deal with physical attacks, you should be able to get to the teachers quickly.”

”Th-then, Lute —”

”There's no time, get help from the teachers as soon as possible! There is most likely another one around!”

The three people in front of me turn pale.

But I am sure of it.

The magic this demon just used was water, but there are scorch marks all over this area.

It's obvious if you look at the blackened ground. There's almost certainly another enemy nearby, a demon that uses either fire or lightning magic.

At our level, we're not capable of dealing with two of these demons. We need the teachers here now.

After I finished speaking, Tsurugi took out one of the swords she had attached to her waist.

I was confused as to what she was planning, when she threw the sword up into the sky.

”I'll leave one sword here so we can find our way back.”

”I'm counting on you, Tsurugi.”

Patricia had begun to gather the injured people. She transformed the earth into something like a rickshaw.

It seems considerably heavy, but Patricia seems able to move it by using her magic to alter her arms and increase their strength.

”Lute-kun, we'll see each other later kero.”

”We'll absolutely meet up later, Lute!”

These three people pushed the cart together, heading towards the finish and the teachers.

”Now…..then”

”Gururururu…..!”

”I would like to kill you as quickly as possible, how to kill you…”

I face the demon.