_Interlude 2 (1/2)
“Not enough… it’s not enough!” cried out a red-haired h… bring out your full power, this battle is still too cold!”
The roar reverberated in Cyrille’s eardruan to spread from his position
“Prometheus – Forbidden Formula!”
The blue-skinned demon pushed his arms towards the sky At the same tiround to cover a square kilo territory that had been wrapped in the darkness of night was now illulow
Forbidden Foric with an excessive consuic called Prometheus could only cover a hundred meter square with an ocean of fire The de the Forbidden Foric, but at this moment Zion of the Phosphorus Fire was the only demon in the area After the toas cleared by the heroes, he had no need to worry about the surroundings
“Eterna, put out the fire with yourwith the witch Eterna and the saintess Maria to cover the party with a wide area shi+eld His voice was tinged with irritation
“I know, I know,” Eterna said She had already been ave the order She calmed down, focused, and activated a major water spell
“Water iant sphere of water appeared over the deravity and fell, heading towards him with enormous force Eterna intended to accomplish attack and defense at the same time with this spell
But the demon wrapped himself in flame and threw himself towards the h to the top Once he was out, he kicked it like a ball, straight at Eterna
“That stupid-”
“Confusing”
“Unexpected”
Jean, Maria and Eterna were amazed at the counterattack that was outside of common sense All they could do was to hold on to the shi+eld that was already straining
The warrior Gadio rushed forward Every tiround sht of his black armor and two handed sas no joke Despite that, his overwhelth, Gadio would even use ic
“Earth Grave”
The quiet invocation accoical power at his feet that he pushed into the ground The earth before him rose up to create a stairway in ti sphere of water and the demon beyond
Gadio refined his prana as he moved His technique converted power that filled the body into an invisible force called “qi,” a power distinct froical power At the cost of heavy physical weakness it released a deadly blow The technique was originally used by a knight who served the kingdom, and was known as Cavalier Arts
“Ha!”
Gadio swung his sith both ar scenery seeh pitched sound rang out This was Cavalier Arts – Sword Curtain A shockwave raced out and cut the meteor of water in two Even after that, the shock wave carried forward towards Zion
“So, this time it’s you!”
Zion held out his hand, black s out The smoke did not behave like smoke from a fire Instead, it was a haze created by Zion’s “phosphorous fire” attribute, a rare attribute that allowed him to control both darkness and fire The shockas ht it with his bare hands
The palm of his hands were clasped around the shockwave They were protected by a thin membrane of fire that refused to allow it to touch his skin Zion clicked his tongue and threw the shockwave into the sky
“You still have nothing… it’s not hot, this heat of yours!”
However, Gadio hi He reached the end of the rock staircase and kicked off of the last step His black arh in the sky Zion prepared to receive his giant sith a fist wrapped in fla! The fist and blade collided with each other The after air
“It’s about tith, Zion surpasses Gadio With a crash, the knight was bloay and sent flying towards the ground At the same tiround, putting out the fla billowed up fro the party in ht me! You are the only one who can match one of the three De With the strength of the Hero, the party had never fallen into despair even when fighting one of the three generals in the past However, the hero Cyrille who still missed Flaical power successfully
As he taunted them, an arroas released fro could not have seen with the naked eye Linus had been waiting for the right moment and took the shot when Zion was distracted by Cyrille Despite the distance there was no probleht for Zion’s forehead Moreover, the arroas hidden by the water vapor, and Zion never noticed its existence until it reached him
In the instant between the arrow’s appearance and before it could stab through his brain, Zion reacted on instinct rather than by conscious thought The te the arrow to ash
“Hey, that’s not it, that’s not it at all!”
Zion, who embraced the heat of battle, despised that sort of sniper attack He exploded in anger, raised his hands and put out even ical power than he had used to that point Multiple fireballs were created in the air, quickly growing to the same size as the water meteor Eterna had released
“If you won’t heat up, I’ll heat you up! Flare Meteor – Forbidden Foreously powerful Zion was trying to kill Cyrille in one powerful blow The re steam burned away under the heat of the spell, and the people on the ground looked up at the huge fireballs that each rivaled the sun
“Aaaah! Such a thing… it can’t be stopped!”
“We did all we could”
“Eterna, how can you be so calic, we’d have a chance!”
“It’s ht now!” Maria interrupted She rarely raised her voice, so her shout momentarily silenced the others
“Please reinforce the shi+eld as much as possible,” Cyrille said “Gadio can add his shi+eld as well If we reduce the size we h!” Jean said “Cyrille, can’t you use the power of the Hero to protect us?”
“I can’t,” Cyrille said “That’s why I’e”
“Why, hy? You’re the Hero, why can’t you use the hero’s greatest weapon?” Jean asked “What’s wrong? Don’t cos If you’re the Hero, you have to save us!”
Cyrille could only lower her eyes and clench her teeth She couldn’t argue Right then, she was certainly showing her weakness as the Hero But, after all, she was still a young girl Her guilt and hurt feelings couldn’t disappear so quickly
“How can you be distracted by garbage like Flamm? You are the chosen hero, there’s no need to think about useless people,” Jean said “You should think about protecting your fellow heroes!”
“Well, I…”
“If you are the Hero, take action like a Hero! Throay useless sentiment!”
“Jean! This is not the time for that!” Eterna interrupted “Get ready!”
“daht!”
Jean was not sensitive to feelings and didn’t realize how , he joined together with Eterna and Maria to deploy a shi+eld Cyrille still was not able to use her ic at all Up above, the Flare Meteor continued to inflate with et hotter, but …”
Though Zion sounded rueful, he had still gathered enough power to eradicate the heroes He raised his hand, prepared to bring it down and drop a gigantic lump of fire
“Hotter, hotter, hotter, you battlewith the commentary, someone slapped the back of Zion’s head
Zion furrowed his brow and looked back A woman whose outfit exposed quite a lot of her blue skin was floating in the air behind him She brushed back her hair, a darker blue than her skin, and glared at her colleague
“Oh, Neigas, sorry to bother you”
“Bother me? The heroes would die if I weren’t here! Do you remember what the Demon Lord said?”
“What was it?”
“Do not kill hus! Do you not reot”
After being told off by Neigas of the Blood Wind, another of the three Deic he had developed with a casual wave of his hand The heroes looking up fro two of the three deht heroes, that’s it for today We should battle seriously next time!”
With that, Zion waved at them and left Cyrille did not understand at all why he abandoned a battlefield when he could have killed them all
“I would like to persuade you to quit this invasion,” Neigas said, “but I know that’s not going to happen”
Neigas spoke of peace, but after looking at Maria and seeing the hatred in her eyes she gave up quickly
“Well, see you again, invading Heroes”
With a wink, she followed after Zion The re heroes could look up at the sky with dis up with hatred