7th Demon Prince Jilbagias' Chronicle of Demon Kingdom Toppling-Chapter 175.1 - ’Heroes’

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As he slashed, the hero thrust his shield forward.

「【Lampus(Light)!】」

His shield flashes with a blinding light. Simple, but an effective flashbang against demons with good night vision.

――I used to use it often myself. Having anticipated it from the shield’s movement, I focused the magical power of darkness into both my eyes, neutralizing the blinding light.

「【Forbid pierce】」

At the same time, I murmur a chant. I cast a dense【Constraint】 spell, limiting its effect to only within my reach.

… One must be wondering why I would seal off thrusting attacks when I’m about to cross swords?

Swoosh.

Clang!— A jolt shook my head. An arrow fired from the fortress bounced off my helmet. That was the reason. That forest elf from earlier had been waiting for an opening this whole time. The arrow was infused with a considerable amount of magical power, but not enough to pierce through my high-density【Constraint】.

I withstood the flash, deflected the forest elf’s arrow, and parried the hero’s downward strike with my spear-sword.

「!」

My eyes met with the hero's at close range for a brief moment. He was the one shaken now, surprised that I deflected every surprise attack without even flinching. How young. Your eyes were twitching, young man. At this rate, your enemies wouldn’t take you seriously.

「Aha!」

――I let out a laugh.

Riding the momentum from deflecting the hero’s slash, I slammed the butt of my spear into him. I wouldn't give him a chance to chant anything like「【Fierce――】」. Since my attack was enhanced with magical power, it was really heavy.

「Guh!」

Clad in holy attribute across his entire body, the hero somehow manages to block it with his shield and holds his ground.

Even as that happens, the soldiers (the actors in this battle) move around us.

「HAAA!」

Kvirtal's【Concreta(Stone Manipulation Curse)】. With a heavy stomp, the ground rose up from that point—As if a mountain range were erupting, sharp stone spears jutted out from the earth, aiming for the groins of the soldiers trying to form ranks.

「「GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!」」

The soldiers, gouged from groin to gut, writhe in agony as they die. Man, I’d never want to take a hit like that—as a guy, especially. No armor was designed to guard against a spear thrust from directly below their groin, and the plating down there had always been the weakest.

Nevertheless,【Concreta】was truly a troublesome curse. A curse that conjured physical phenomena like that was powerful. With a protective blessing, a single caster could shield an entire group, but to defend against an attack like that, you need a much more intricate countermeasure.

「【O spirit of the earth, banish all wickedness from this land!】」

The elven spellcaster breathes a prayer into the earth. Perhaps due to the lingering effects of【Sacred Great Tree Revival】a wide area around them begins to softly glow with phosphorescence. With this, Kvirtal’s earth magic had become significantly harder to use, but――

「ORAORAORAORA!」

「I'M NOT DONE YEEEET!!」

The Night brothers hurl cursed fireballs as easily as tossing pebbles. The sticky black flames engulf the alliance's soldiers, turning them into human torches. Then come bolts of lightning, blades of wind, and cursed words that wither arms and sap courage――

「【Aigia Armatoras(Hero's Holy armor)】!!」

A priest of the Holy Religion lets out a chant that’s half a scream. A silver light cloaks the soldiers like armor, beginning to neutralize the malicious curses that affected them. The priest then drops to their knees, gasping for breath—Casting such a high-level defensive miracle over that many people must’ve been brutal for a human. Looking at their expression, they most probably burned through all their willpower.

Come to think of it――Ever since I was reborn, I’ve never gotten worn out from overusing magic――

「【O God of Light, Grant Us Protection】」

「【O Abomination Words, Take This Light of Purification】」

「【MAY WE BE PROTECTED FROM EVIL CURSE!】」 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Seizing the moment, the alliance soldiers begin chanting protective charms in unison and launch a coordinated counterattack. This was when humans are at their strongest. The beastfolk grunts and devil soldiers fall one after another, unable to even buy time. With their magic being deflected, Kvirtal and the others had no choice but to rely on brute strength with their spears. They’re still formidable, being mid-tier demons, but――

「――UWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!」

At the hero’s piercing battle cry, I refocus on my own fight again.

Summoning all his strength, the hero raises his sword ablaze with silver light and holy flames as he charges forward.

I thrusted out my spear-sword, deliberately leaving an opening around my left side. Pretending to be distracted by the forest elf’s arrows flying in from the fortress.

「――!」

Without missing a beat, the hero, spotting the opening, lunged forward to drive his flaming sword into it――

Textbook example. He was well-trained.

That’s why, in the heat of the moment, that move just comes out instinctively, doesn't it?

Unfortunately for him――The【Pierce】effect was weakened.

「!?」

The hero flinches in surprise as his blade suddenly loses momentum. Maybe he still didn’t fully understand what kind of magic I’m using. Given that the forest elf’s arrows had been consistently blocked, he should have realized there was a powerful defensive spell in play, and been a bit more cautious.

But seeing such an obvious opening, he probably couldn’t help but go for it. What he lacked was wits. More than anything else, he didn’t have the time to develop that kind of wits――

「Too young.」

I deflect the thrust that almost seems to come in slow motion, and swing my arm.

The spear-sword, Adamas' dull blade, drew an arc.

――With a light swish sound, the hero’s head was severed and sent flying—Still had dumbfounded look on his face――

――Rather.

His eyes were clearly glaring at me.

From behind the collapsing, headless body that was spraying blood as it fell――

A young swordsman, blade at the ready, stepped forward with a calm, deliberate motion.

――An acceleration that defies the law of the world.

… No way.

「A sword――Saint!?」

Instinctively, I focused all my magical power into the spear. Raised it. Blocked the incoming slash.

A single streak of silver light flashed across my vision.

With a sharp Shraaank sound, my right arm was sliced off along with the spear shaft.

「DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!」

Seeing the baby-faced swordsman. Still in his teens, or maybe just barely into his twenties. In any case, he was young. His bloodshot eyes were locked onto me. Unbelievable… Did he, master the essence of combat at such a young age――!?

『This ain't the time to feel impressed!!!』

Ante shouted in my head.

――The blade, raised once more, reflecting the moonlight.

『【Taboo to slash!】』

From deep within me, a tremendous surge of magical power burst forth, striking the young Sword Saint head-on. Even if he was protected by a silver-glowing anti-magic blessing, it couldn’t withstand it and staggered to a halt.

At that moment.

My severed arm floated through the air, and the skeletons in the gauntlet slithered out, stretching and connecting my severed arm back to my elbow.

Snap!――The wound sealed back together as if rewinding in reverse.

My own potent magical power of darkness ensnares the Sword Saint at point-blank range.

「【Transpose】」

――The sensation of my right arm returning.

At that exact moment, the young Sword Saint’s right arm dropped to the ground, along with his sword.

「Eh?」

Blood spurted a moment later from the cleanly severed stump. The Sword Saint wore a look of pure shock, as if he had forgotten all anger and hatred, just stunned, utterly taken aback.

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