Chapter 196 (1/2)

Chapter 196

Chapter 196 Strongest Sage, Breaks Through Siege

『Everyone, are you ready?』

『Yes!』

『Ready when you are!』

After confirhtly loosen up the mana control spell I put on Iris

『Got itI've loosened up Iris'shere soonOur coet separated, when that happens,sure to stay hidden froe is wider than ever before, I'm still a Disqualified Crest after allIt cannot reach that far

If Ruli were in the charge of coic, she could likely cover the entire area, but then the deht find out

『Yes!』

『Gotcha!』

And while ere discussing with coic--the de here to check things up

The sub-de, they've only dispatched two

Of course, I've adjusted the released mana tohere』

『YeahThough it see the situation, they'll rush here if anything happens』

Ihere is easy thanks to Iris's flashy mana

And thenThe instant Iris ca my sword

"Wha?"

One of the de with a confused voice

The one saying that was the still living derasp the situation they're in

Even while the demon was taken aback, it immediately understood what it needed to do and deployed defensive ic around itself

But--too late

My sas already inching closer to the de the barrier

The sword that slipped through the deployed barrier decapitated the demon like a butter

『Now thenHow much did they find out I wonder』

Besides visions, these demons share various other senses

With the speed just now, they shouldn't be able to specify ic sword's

Though they probably think the ic sword's mana reaction to be that of Iris

The sub-de

They suretheir joint-senses

『WhaAren't we getting surrounded?』

『YeahIt's the basic tactic of sub-demons』

Fundamentally, sub-de for theood at attacking froroup, yet it'll be hard to ai attacked

Their extermination encirclement should be complete in 20 seconds if this keeps up

However, I' to let it happen

I continue to observe the uessed, one sub-de to take the path visible from Alma's location

--Just as planned

『Al deic stone Al Enchant

A ic stone--as it exploded

Of course, sub-deh to be defeated by an explosion froood

Thatto ht in a trap』

While looking at the demon's reaction, I enter its blind spot and cut it in half

Now the deht in an unusual trap』

As a proof--

『The de away!』

Ian to take a distance away froht that we knew about their encircle Alma the order

Were Alma and Ruli's position off by a meter, or it was late by three seconds, they would have seen through our tricks

The de that

They're running away fro up with other demons

--This is how you do it

Nointo blind spots, there's no way to go around theether

And there's still 17 of theed to kill three at the outset, but us four would have a hard tiainst 14 sub-demons

They'd easily kill us three, and Iris who survived thanks to her sturdiness would be gradually shaved down until they took her down

We have no chance of winning if these deether

--That's why I'll stop the up with each others

『You three, stay where you are!』

After saying that, I accelerated up while squeezingout, and went for the farthest demon from us

And then, I ic stone like earlier myself and severed the deuise was far sloppier than when it used ic stoneThey would instantly knew that this was a trap if they just think it through calht now

Since I'm away from Iris, her mana has been completely released to her normal levelin other words, a level of e hu such a turuise earlier was a trap

Or so I thought--but it appears that the de outside of my expectations

『They found out huh』

I irls' location

Looks like they noticed that it was an assailant that had been killing their comrades, not the explosion

The sub-deic to cover each other's blind spots

And now they're completely on alert for the assailant

However, they don't see frouised attacks were probably effective, but a comparatively clever sub-deuised themselves behind the trap』

--It'd be bad if they coetherLet's settle this quick

"Ga"

I'ic sword

I' to a certain junction

I've already raphy

There are key points in the deet through those points, the routes these de to camp there

By the way, Iris is currently standing at one of those points

I thought this could happen, so I had Iris to stay there to slon the demons as much as possible

"Gaa!"

"W-where's the enemyGuaaaaa!"

"Invisible enemy, that's just i controls of the key points, the elithe limit

Even with these key points, there are other routes for demons to take

I've cut down the de the gaps in their forit into a frontal assault

Fighting against a group of 10 sub-demons is a dead wish

I could win if Ruli and Alma showed themselves and used that instant to kill several of those de the deainst 10 demons is a bit too much

If Iris and I immediately join the fray, there's a 80 chance Ruli and Al myself to execute that plan with that 20 possibility up in the air

We should ether already, there's no point in blocking the key points

『Are you three all right?』

『I'm fine!』

『We're unhurt too! I mean, they don't even knoe're here!』

I had Iris acting as a decoy but as expected, one or two sub-de her defense, she's unscathed

Ruli and Alma have successfully kept their presence hidden as well

The problem is our move from here on

Since we've cut down their nuood idea to retreat here for the ti theh on alert for several days, so I'd like to finish it here

While I was thinking that--the demons suddenly made a weird move

They suddenly turned their alertness to a different direction,away from us

It's as if a new enemy of these demons has appeared

It would have been about how they would move were I used a decoy here

I' on

However, this is exactly the situation I wanted

『Here's our chance! Let's attack now!』

I overlook not this chance and close our distance to the demons

Of course, there's a chance these demons purposely created this situation to entrap me

However, ed in my past life tellstheir detection to a completely different direction so they won't miss the enemy they finally found

Probably as a counteric

Thanks to it, it's really easy to attack their back

Concealing ood at stealth』 on these deht up with the demons just when they had started their assault on this 『Someone』

"Guh!"

"Gaa!"

"A counterattack!?"

I cut down the wide open demons in an instant

It's very easy since they're crowding together for the sake of doing union attacks

The demons immediately attempted to fix their formation, but they had no chance for that

"Sooi!"

Iris threw a huge spear at the center of the crowd of deht at round at an astounding speed bleay the area around its impact point

Of course, the sub-deed into it had their formation broken in pieces

I would have died if I didn't dodge that

『Oy, Iris, watch it』

『I thought Mathias-san would dodge even if one ca! I'm sorry!』

YeahI knew that was the case judging froin with, Iris is not delicate enough to precisely hit so with her spear

I continue to beat the disordered de that

The lower their numbers the easier it is to beat sub-demons, and once it's been lowered thisbut a routine work

I annihilated all but one demon, and imprison it in a barrier

There's a reason why I didn't exterminate them all

Then, I head toward 『Soet

Well, I've had a rough idea of who that 『Soh

"Oy, you okay"

I kicked the ground and got to where the de there is, as expected--Giruas

Even thoughhits from 10 demons, he's been seriously wounded

Yet is the fact that he didn't get hit on his vitals or hard-to-heal parts because of his genius sense of battle, I wonder

He should get patched up quick with healingif he purposely took only hits that would ic later

"You sure kno to get hit"

I healed Giruas with ic as I said that

There's only one sub-demon left

This demon has been confined inside a barrier I ht Giruas would be disappointed if I left no deht anyway, I'll let him have the last one if he wishes for it

It's thanks to him that ere able to easily beat these de thatGiruas stood up

"OH?"

"Nope, you're not dead yetEven healing ic can't revive the dead"

"Mathias ehLooks like you saved my assI owe you one"

Afterward, Giruas looks around

And then--

"No more demons here?"

Giruas asked me with a disappointed look on his face

It's just as expected and all, but he's already looking for uy is a honest-to-goodness battle junkie

"I've left one for you since I knew you'd say that"

I point at the barrier where the sub-demon is confined

The sub-de at it because Al it

"Man you're real preparedSince it's you Mathias, you must have purposely left one for esture?"

"NawTrue that I don't like fighting pre-arranged ene a powerful one that's right in front of ave his reply and headed for the demon

And then he slashed at the barrier with his swordwhich bounced off

"That's a tough one"