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Defiled Hero Chapter 039
Defiled Hero
Return Of The Walking King
On her first adventure, Tear safely became friends with the monster that was to be subjugated. However, Darkness Spirit Tsukuyomi suddenly appeared, and Tear is determined to fight.
White light overflowed, and several monsters appeared as the light retreated. Two red dragons and an enormous black steel dragon.
Sand was billowing off of the ground with a large gust, as the dragons came down to land.
As they landed, the ground rumbled violently. Observing from the shadows, my body seemed to float for a second.
Even though Tear summoned her friends to fight, the water dragon didn't come as expected.
「Oh my, How amazing. You seem to have lots of strong friends. I'm envious.」 (Tsukuyomi)
Tsukuyomi confronted the a.s.sembled war potential of Tear with her lone dragon. There are four spirit G.o.ds. I wonder if Tear's combat strength is higher or not.
「That's it. How about I bring out more of my friends!?」 (Tsukuyomi)
Appearing from the whirling darkness was a gigantic knight clad in armor. The jet black dragon and the demon G.o.ds are approximately A-rank. They shouldn't have that hard of a time fighting.
But, that one is different. Phantom Dark Knight Gradius. It has a weapon, unlike the other demons. Its speed and strength cannot be compared.
If it's the steel dragon, things should be fine somehow.
「*Guraa—Gura? Gurara?*」 (Goblin King)
In the middle of all of the tension, the goblin king raised a stupid voice. Surprised, he looked around restlessly.
The instant he was summoned, he had a smile with an expression of accomplishment. But with a serious look and a grunt, his expression gradually became clouded.
「*...Ra.*」 (Goblin King)
King, lacking expression, walked forth unsteadily, and walked in a large circle around Gradius.
「Arara? What's wrong? Your friend is wallowing in despair! I wonder if he wants to die. Very well. Shall I help him?」 (Tsukuyomi)
「...No!」 (Tear)
Trudging forth step by step, King dragged his club along powerlessly. Tear cried out, and Rigolo and the dragons moved forth to help.
However, Gradius with the enormous sword would not wait. Before they could get close enough to help, Gradius' large sword—
The time has come.
An extraordinary roar shook the atmosphere, and a large cloud of sand was whipped up.
Gradius is strong enough to be S-rank. Even I had a hard time against it. The goblin king is B-rank in comparison. There's no hope of winning.
As Tear and the rest watched dumbfounded, they cast their eyes downward with sad expressions. As if to mock them, Tsukuyomi raised her voice in glee.
The cloud of sand disappeared, and two shadows could be seen. One shadow was standing, and the other had fallen to the earth. Receiving that attack and coming away from it safe is impossible.
As the sand cloud cleared—
「*—Gura.*」 (Goblin King)
King stood there quietly.
Gradius lay on the ground.
「...King?」 (Tear)
With a useless movement, Gradius tried to get up only to get poked with the club. With a deep, reverberating sound, Gradius was blown away.
Everyone was in doubt, dumbfounded.
King's movement wasn't at the level of B-rank.
Standing quietly in a dignified manner, King stared sharply at Gradius. King is not the same as when I fought him. Things are not like they were before, where reasoning had been thrown away, and the club was swung purely with anger.
Murderous intent could clearly be felt.
Focus was kept, with anger being tempered by reason, and murderous intent was sharpened.
But, why did King improve so much?
I see. King was enraged at Tsukuyomi for trying to do something to his friends, so he focused all of his anger at his enemies.
That has to be it. That's probably it. That has to be what happened.
Defeated by King's overwhelming attack, Gradius disappeared into black smoke.
「*Gurara?*」 (King)
As King scowled, the other spirits were frightened, but immediately rushed over to cheer him up. With a single swing, the demons were reduced to smoke.
King defeated the demons in an instant.
Even though King is unbelievably strong, there are still enemies that can't be defeated.
「Oh my, isn't the dirty goblin king is quite strong.」 (Tsukuyomi)
「*—Gura!*」 (King)
King swung his club at Tsukuyomi. It didn't hit.
Neither physical nor magic attacks work against the troublesome dark spirit. There's currently nothing in the world that can kill Tsukuyomi.
It's impossible even for me. Even if you can defeat the summoned demons, you can't defeat the summoner.
No matter how much King swings, he doesn't hit. Even with the help of Rigolo and the dragon, they cannot beat her.
In the fight between two similar battle styles, Tear's group won.
But, Tsukuyomi cannot be defeated.
As long as Tsukuyomi continues to summon enemies, Tear cannot win.
「*Ufufu,* I'm exhausted, so should I end this by breaking the number one plaything!?」 (Tsukuyomi)
「...Mm.」 (Tear)
Accepting the challenge, Tear brought forth her scythe. Thick smoke covered the arm of Tsukuyomi, forming into a blade.
「—I'm done playing around here too.」 (Izayoi)
Strengthening myself to the limit with magic power, I protected Tear, and sliced Tsukuyomi. In front of me was Tear with a dignified expression, determined to not give up until the end.
「You've pa.s.sed the exam. You tried hard... Leave the rest to me.」 (Izayoi)
「...Icha, yoi.」 (Tear)
Tear became stiff as her expression distorted, changing back to one fitting of a girl her age. Gently patting the head of the trembling, crying Tear, I stood up.
「Thanks for taking care of my companions. I am a courteous man. Allow me to express my grat.i.tude.」 (Izayoi)
「I thought someone was there, so you came to see me. Former her—」 (Tsukuyomi)
Kicking off of the ground in an instant, I approached and severed Tsukuyomi.
「Jeez, why are you in such a rush?」 (Tsukuyomi)
Of course there was no resistance felt from the blade. Looking between Tear and I, laughter slipped out from Tsukuyomi.
「I see. You and I. It's our secret isn't it. I'm happy. So you trust me that much!」 (Tsukuyomi)
「Sorry, that's not it. According to my teacher, women with large b.r.e.a.s.t.s cannot be trusted.」 (Izayoi)