Chapter 241 (1/2)
Why was the Sword Demon, who was said to be dead, in a place like this?
It might be an impostor. In that case, it was the same as the original in how it even went as far as doing his foolish habit of putting on airs and trying to show he was smart, but even so, that was not proof that it was the actual person himself.
However, whether it was real or fake, that didn’t matter to Margaret.
It had appeared in front of Margaret, with the Sword Demon’s appearance.
That was more than enough of a reason for her to viciously beat it.
「Make me cry? You, will make me?」
「That’s right, Sword Demon. Or rather, what’s up with that attitude that puts up airs. It doesn’t suit you, stuuupid, stuuupid. Even though you’re a serious idiot that can’t do anything without the support of others, what’re you acting cool for?」
While provoking him, Margaret waited for an opening on the Sword Demon.
Normally, making provocations was a poor plan, but it was different when up against the Sword Demon.
The Four Demon Generals, subordinates that were under Demon King Shuklous’s direct supervision.
Among the four that were called the Sword Demon, the Staff Demon, the Bow Demon, and the Spear Demon according to the Hero Legend, the stupidest one was the Sword Demon. He would immediately act rashly, and if not for the support of the other three, it was said that he wouldn’t even be able to take proper actions.
The Sword Demon and the Staff Demon abandoned Shuklous in the fight against the Hero’s group, and curried favor with Gramfia, but with its intelligence and high thinking ability, the Staff Demon was said to have acquired the position of Gramfia’s adviser by the time the Hero’s group attacked the Dark Continent.
Then again, it was only just recently that the Mazoku of the Dark Continent learned of the movements of the Sword Demon and the Staff Demon though.
In any case, the Sword Demon was the only one that Margaret had actually met.
He would immediately react when provoked and lose his focus. That is how it was in the past.
「……Ah?」
The darkness within the Sword Demon’s armor shook in agitation, and darkness started to overflow outside of the armor.
「A mere shitty shrimp of mankind is……Just what do you know about me! For someone like you, I can turn you into minced meat with a quick atta!」
Margaret’s large hammer made a violent explosion at the shouting Sword Demon’s face.
Margaret followed after the Sword Demon that unsightly collapsed into the highly piled materials, and made a battering on him with her large hammer.
Not even a single bit of mercy or restraint existed within that.
Without paying attention to where, she just struck her hammer on every place that her eyes laid on.
「Guh, gah! Jerk, you coward……!」
「A sneaky thief shouldn’t speak of cowardice, dumbass!」
After the Sword Demon rolled from the battering of Margaret’s large hammer and escaped, he raised the swords he held in both of his hands.
Margaret took a stance to defend against that with her large hammer……The Sword Demon saw that and ridiculed her.
「Ha, as if my sword would be defended against with something like that!」
The Sword Demon swung his sword to as to cut through Margaret along with the large hammer.
The fact that he thought of taking Margaret along earlier had completely vanished from his mind.
The Sword Demon slammed down his sword with the best angle to send Margaret’s head flying along with her large hammer──however, together with a high pitched *giin* sound, the Sword Demon’s attack was repelled.
Although he felt doubt, the Sword Demon continued with the sword he held in his other hand and swung it down.
Befitting of his name of Sword Demon, it was a series of attacks that had almost no time difference between them.
However, that was also repelled by the large hammer in vain.
Striking at an opening created as he tried to drive his sword in for another attack, Margaret’s large hammer attacked in a scooping motion.
「……Tsk!」
After the Sword Demon jumped backwards to evade that, he cooled down his head that was mad with anger.
「……Oi. What is up with that hammer. To be able to defend against my sword, it ain’t normal.」
「It’s not normal? Of course it isn’t.」
Margaret once again took her stance with the large hammer, and took some distance from the Sword Demon.
That’s right, this large hammer wasn’t a normal metal hammer. It was a special hammer meant for the sake of forging Vermudol’s sword, as well as Sancreed’s sword.
This was a weapons for Margaret’s exclusive use, as well as a blacksmithing tool.
It was a hammer meant to turn any and all things into raw materials, would not give in a single bit, and forge them into single works of art.
「This is my hammer for the sake of forging the strongest sword……Strong Hammer Eltoerat. It isn’t so fragile that it would break from a dull opponent like you.」
The Sword Demon quietly gazed at Margaret who was confronting him with definite confidence. He felt like he was going to fly into a rage again from being called 「dull」, but something within the Sword Demon suppressed that emotion.
──That’s exactly it. It’s because you were dull, that you lost to that Human.
Something, shouted that.
But, the Sword Demon didn’t understand.
Lost?
Who was it saying that he lost to? He, had never lost before.
While thinking that, a welling up feeling of irritation tormented the Sword Demon.
At this rate, he would lose again.
He would die……again.
「……This ain’t possible.」
The Sword Demon muttered that.
The swords that he gripped in both of his hands, had been dropped before he knew it.
Simply absent-mindedly gazing at the large hammer that was drawing near right in front of him, *sui*, he evaded the large hammer with the minimum amount of movements needed, and slipped in to be right before Margaret’s eyes.
「Wha!?」
Margaret was astonished by the Sword Demon’s refined movements that were different from how they were up until now. After the Sword Demon grabbed her head, he threw Margaret just like that to the wall.
Before Margaret, who groaned from the impact of being thrown at the wall, fell to the ground, the Sword Demon filled the distance, and struck his fist into her body.