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—He struck the ground like a thunderbolt
If he hadn’t landed on the ground itself, then he would have pulverized whatever had been in its place instead
His hand resting upon the ground for support, the Mazoku slowly rose He was substantially larger than the other Mazoku had been, and stood over two meters tall
His ars, like an incarnation of violence itself Suimei, a visitor from another world, was instantly reend as well as the satyrs of Western y He positively radiated a dense aura of menace
The intense feeling of danger tee in the air filled the humans’ hearts with fear This was a devil
Even though he was still humanoid in form, and was even attired in a manner similar to humanity, but the specifics of his body couldn’t have been more different
“…Ho, looks like I’ve found e’ve been looking for”
They couldn’t understand what this Mazoku was saying His fragh inforuess
At the sudden appearance of this Mazoku, and the terrifying pressure they felt from him, the adventurers lost their minds out of fear
“W-what… That guy is so er than the others!”
“S, so powerful! The others can’t even compare…”
In an instant, they’d lost all calh the Mazoku that had previously appeared were frightening enough all their own, but an opponent of this level made them feel faint
However—
Tch This one’s on a whole different level from the other Mazoku…
Because of this new opponent, Suian to sweat Even if he hadn’t actually seen just how strong this new enemy actually was, but he was nevertheless shaken by the sudden appearance of such a powerful foe
Over and over he told himself to calm down, but unexpectedly, it was hard to still his nervousness
“Insects… You sure were full of yourselves just now”
The Mazoku snorted, ridiculing the humans before him
His intentions unclear, his gaze swept across the asse down its prey
“…Hmph This is different from what I heard Don’t tell o wrong?” The Mazoku’s voice was noticeably tinged with confusion
Nevertheless, casting his concerns aside, the Mazoku took a deep breath
And then—
“Whatever What I have to do hasn’t changed —Listen up, humans! My nalorious Maou Nakshatra, a general of the Mazoku! Having met me here, this is the end of the road for all of you! Obediently await your death at my hands!”
His voice shook both air and ground The guards, already trerow
“H, hii…”
A fearful whih it could well have been them The only word that could describe their current situation was despair
“…”
In contrast, Lefille, standing at the forefront of the hu before the Mazoku known as Rajas
This couldn’t be Even someone such as she was unable to withstand the menace of this Mazoku?
Their eyes turning to this young girl as serving as the vanguard, the gazes of the others started to show distinct unease
Just then
Lefille’s emotions flared
“YOU BASTAAAAAAARD!”
An earth-shaking yell that in no way lost out to Rajas A roar filled with deep fury, that cast off the fear holding the others in its grip Red light shi+ning once more, Lefille attacked
“Oh?”
In the face of that ind of red, Rajas revealed a fearless smile He thrust out his fist to meet the attack head-on
Lefille’s slash was, of course, accoht, but her strike was unable to reach Rajas’in a shower of sparks
Her colossal blade had been stopped by the dark energy surrounding Rajas’ fist, and in the end, it never made contact with his arm
It had been a full-powered, decisive strike The Mazoku responded with a sneer, though one that carried a hint of praise
“Not bad, little girl”
“Of course! Do you remember this sword?”
“Hmm? Your sword?”
“—Tsk Rajas Don’t tell otten me already!”
Unlike the radiance that had coer noed forth from her
Frouy has some sort of past with her—
The Mazoku swung his ar aside her sword
Lefille landed firround and reset her stance
The Mazoku squinted at her, and then as if suddenly recalling where he’d hed uproariously
“—Ahahahahahaha! I see now! I reirl! You’re that survivor of Noshi+as froht?!”
“Eh…?”
“Huh…?”
From the Mazoku’s mouth had come the name “Noshi+as” At this name, the others – the party of adventurers included – suddenly reacted
Noshi+as was that country that was destroyed by the Mazoku So she escaped frouess that’s where she met that Mazoku?
Her e control of her person, Lefille yelled back, “…That’s right! Now you remember!”
“Hahaha! Man, I’d totally figured you’d have died in the wilderness somewhere To think you were still alive! Everyone else died, after all!”
“You bastard!”
The Mazoku’s pleased smile caused Lefille to unleash another ferocious strike
She’d coe, and lost all sense of self Her blade was now infused with an intense energy of a degree completely beyond that which it had before possessed
Unfortunately, the Mazoku’s poas every bit its equal Corrupt power enveloped his fist, which blocked Lefille’s fierce attack Just then, having lost her cal
“—Your movements are too repetitive!”
“Oh—” she called out unconsciously as her vision filled with the sight of that massive fist
The situation was dire The Mazoku’s fist, briy, shot directly toward her
If she were to get hit by that, even a spirit such as herself would not ee unscathed
“Tch—”
The others were frozen in suspense That s around was Suimei
Clicking his tongue, Suiic and pulled the frozen Lefille away fro punch
“Wha—?!”
“Eh—?”
Both the one who had just narrowly avoided the attack and the one whose attack had just missed cried out in surprise
Right before the ic had been so hastily enacted, he hadn’t been able to create much distance between her and Rajas That e
Accordingly, he could only advance and use his own body to defend against the inco attack
“Suimei-kun! You can’t! Get back!”
“A nobody like you dares to challenge me?!”
The shockwave created by Rajas’ savage attack pounded into Suimei’s body Suimei endured the pressure as he raced toward the Mazoku at the greatest speed he was capable of
At the same time, his eyes never left his opponent’s fist The Mazoku’s shoulder moved The Mazoku had unleashed another punch, one that could surely smash him to bits
Can I do what I did last time and seize the opportunity to throw hiy ehtest contact would have disastrous consequences Yes, that was a very bad idea indeed
Sui blow, and raced up the length of the Mazoku’s ar By the time the arm had fully extended, he’d already reached the top of its body
“Fu—”
Sui kick on the Mazoku’s shoulder with the entirety of what ather in these few instants
Froood hit Nevertheless, Rajas was completely unharmed
All Suis deeper into the ground
—shi+t Even a solid hit like that is useless, huh
The adventurers’ swords had been decidedly effective against the Mazoku, but this was all he had been able to do How annoying Was there so? Usually an attack like that would have split his victie here
Such rude thoughts ran through Suih the air
“You little punk!”
A roar accompanied Rajas’ massive fist Even if it wasn’t coh power, or rather, h, to kill him five times over
Lefille faced off directly against this kind of power? That’s a spirit for you I’m in awe
“—Via gravitas” (—Gravity road, take shape)
Via gravitas Faced with an incole phrase, forcing his body to the ground with ut kicking straight toward him
“—?!”
In the blink of an eye, Suimei was behind him
Watching his foe dodge what he had been sure was a certain-kill attack, Rajas’ face was filled with shock His kick landed a moment later, acco the trees in the area impacted by his attack
I wish this guy would control his strength a little, Suihed as he retreated before Rajas could turn around
Placing some distance between them, Suimei’s pace slowed as he continued to observe his opponent, brutal to the extreme
Appearing before his squinting eyes was the rear view of the Mazoku Its gigantic frame was accompanied by physique that was a step above that of huth Its mana levels were an entirely different level froy coursed around its body
That dark power flowed forth fro creature should naturally possess
Finally, Rajas turned around and their gazes ing to the side
“Sh—” Rajasbeen toyed with by Suimei
Again, thattoward him In that case—
“—Omissa vicissim” (Reverse heaven and earth)
“What?!”
His et thus dropped headfirst into the ground
He, of course, wasn’t expecting this to inflict any daain himself a precious few seconds
To earn himself the time to chant this next incantation, that is
Leaping backward, he shouted, “—Abreq aaaaa!”
His incantation was nevertheless interrupted
That was because an avalanche of dirt and stone ca toward him
“A clod of earth, is it…” he htly
He waved an ar mass
In the blink of an eye, this massive clump of earth parted like the Red Sea before the arms of Moses
Immediately thereafter, he came into contact with the remnants of that dark power
…It’s hard to breathe
Indeed, “evil” was an extremely accurate description for this power This was a power antithetical to huh to cause instinctive revulsion
It looked like calling upon power froic he had just tried was definitely the key
…Once again, the two enemies faced off
One side stuck his ar been toyed with as he had been, was surprisingly calm
I guess that’s a general for you He kno to keep his cool
Brushi+ng off the dirt from his body, Rajas spoke
“Not bad for a punk Even though you’re a e, you seem quite capable”
“Thanks”
“But these glancing blows aren’t any use—”
“Glancing blows? Fro at the ehts on that?”
“Shut youras you can’t hurt ant if I were you”
He’d laughed off his provocations This wasn’t an opponent that would let down his guard
Lefille, having returned to a battle-ready state, reached his side—
“Suiuy’s power isn’t anything like this!”
“…Are you kiddingserious and it’s already like this? Heavens, havethat his comments were ill-suited to the situation
Rather, he really was beginning to feel depressed
Rajas looked like he hadn’t even worked up a sweat Given what Lefille had said, it was quite possible that he hadn’t even brought out 50 of his true power
“If he wants to, then this whole area… —!”
“Oi oi, this guy is that dangerous?”
“Yes, evenhim in the least You can’t afford to be careless”
Judging by the white-knuckled grip she had on her sword, she see particularly unpleasant Actually, that had to be the case There’s no way she didn’t have a memory like that
“Hahaha, exactly You’re just a huet too full of yourself…”
“Ku—”
Lefille groaned at the sudden swell of power In her eyes, a trace of apprehensiveness appeared
…If his eneree, then he couldn’t afford to just let things continue like this He would act before things passed the point of no return
And so…
“Archatius over—” (Mana furnace, charge—)
—Just as Suied
Rajas, who he was sure was about to attack, instead looked over at Lefille and laughed
“Kukukuku…”
“What’s so funny?!”
“Oh, it’s nothing I just thought of so fun”
” ‘So fun?’ ”
Rajas didn’t bother to answer as he took to the sky
“I’ll take my leave from the battlefield for now”
“Wh—?!”
“Don’t forget, though, girl fro before us Once I gather all my subordinates in the area, I’ll be back!”
“Subordinates…? That’s…”
“This was just one part of my forces Just a tiny fraction, really Do remember that,” Rajas added, as Lefille could barely speak “Don’t bother hoping for salvation though I’ve brought an enormous army with me, and my orders were to ‘Crush all human opposition without mercy’”
With that, Rajas turned and left with the other surviving Mazoku
Lefille started to give chase, but as she began to rush off—
“W-wait!”
“Lefille!”
“—!”
Suiless
She flipped hi her He shook his head Seeain control of herself
“Are you okay?” Suimei asked with concern
“Yeah, sorry… I lost retfully
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As things calmed down in the wake of the Mazoku’s departure, Sui him
Healing While there were other e of these was only on par with Suiht from his oorld, his abilities far surpassed theirs
“Whew With this, we’re done,” he sighed, having finished up with the last person who had needed to be healed
Because healing wasn’t his specialty, there were still some places where he could stand to i ability was still rather high
The guard he had just healed swung his arm a few tie onii-san”
“Not at all, this is what I’m here for, after all”
At this answer, the guard laughed happily