A scream echoed, and I noticed an Undead attacking someone. I immediately rushed towards it, slashing its neck from behind, nearly severing it completely.
“――――ッ”
The Adventurer’s Guild receptionist, her throat cut, shed tears of blood from her clouded eyes. She slashed away the outstretched hand with a knife, then plunged a dagger into the Magic Stone in its heart, finishing it off.
“Nooooo!”
Turning towards the source of the scream, I saw a blood-soaked corpse, seemingly a civilian, attacking a child.
Activating Body Enhancement to the fullest, I sprinted at three times the speed of a normal person, drawing my weapons and decapitating the corpses of Adventurers that attacked me. I then pierced the heart of the corpse attacking the child with a dagger from behind.
“Don’t… go…”
Leaving those words behind, the corpse collapsed. Beyond it, a girl of about ten stood, watching the scene in shock. …Probably the mother. Realizing that I was the one who killed her mother, she glared at me, her eyes reflecting my expressionless face.
“Go home.”
“…………”
The girl didn’t nod in response to my words, but perhaps understanding, she bit her lip and ran into a nearby house.
Hatred is fine… just live. Seeing those eyes, I remembered myself reflected in the water, just after losing my parents.
But… even so, what I have to do remains the same.
I swung the Slashing Style Pendulum, its string extended to the maximum, in a rotating motion. The Slashing Style is a weapon that “cuts” using centrifugal force, but when maximized, that slash transforms into an “axe.”
“Don’t… go…”
Zash!
The head of an Adventurer, who had been watching Jean and the others with cold eyes, was severed by that single blow.
The Ball-Shaped Pendulum, also with its string extended to maximize centrifugal force, was swung down, pulverizing the head of a middle-aged man who was about to attack someone.
I mowed down the surrounding Undead using the two Pendulums, and intercepted the Undead that approached with my knife and dagger. And then—
Hyun!
“You’re abandoning me…”
“…………”
Slay, the hunter who was Colette’s companion, fired an arrow. In his wavering, clouded eyes, was it regret or hatred…? Even so, he had sold his soul to the Devil out of “jealousy” towards Colette.
“—Gah!”
“You’re the ones who ran away from the truth.”
My silver arrow, fired in response, pierced Slay’s right eye, and with the Miasma dispelled, Slay collapsed into a silent corpse.
“…………Aria-san.”
Colette, who was slumped on the ground, cradling Cara’s blood-soaked head, called out to me as I finished off the surrounding Undead.
“Why…? Why can you kill so mercilessly!”
Colette turned her gaze, as if pointing something out, and there were many eyes mixed with fear and hatred, watching me from the windows of the surrounding houses. The girl from before was among them. Colette, looking at me with the same eyes, continued.
“Why are you okay! You don’t have to kill them, you can just run away!”
“…………”
I see, so this is the Devil’s trick.
Ordinary people can’t kill something that used to be human, even if it attacks them. They make you aware of the gazes of others, stir up guilt, and nip any resistance in the bud. They corrupt humans and win them over.
Because the Devil knows humans so well, they can use such methods.
But—
“That’s why I’m here.”
I’m here in place of those who can’t fight. When I quietly directed my gaze, not even using Intimidation, the people who had been looking at me averted their eyes.
“I won’t stop you if you want to die. I’m here to defeat the enemy. If you interfere with that, you’re my enemy, no matter who you are.”
They should know that the real enemy is someone else. The existence that turned their loved ones into monsters…
As I quietly declared that, the gazes directed at me disappeared as if they had never been there.
I can still hear people screaming in the distance. I can’t stop all of it, but I only know one way to stop it.
As I was about to leave the place to find it, passing by Colette, who was looking down, she muttered.
“…I only met someone from the Ostール family once… Now that I think about it, why did that person live in the Chapel near the cemetery, instead of the mansion…”
“I see…”
I replied briefly to her words, and headed towards the Chapel that she said she felt something was off about.
“This is…”
As I advanced along the path to the Chapel, the number of Undead overflowing onto the road gradually increased.
Was Colette’s hunch correct, or is this a trap to ensnare me…? But either way, it doesn’t matter. If the “Devil” is there, the result is the same.
A swarm of Undead, former residents, attacked.
Crying faces, angry faces, voices of suffering and seeking salvation.
“It’s useless.”
Without a moment’s hesitation, I cut off the heads of several people with the Slashing Style “Axe” that I swung horizontally.
If you’re going to appeal to human emotions, do it to decent people.
If it’s the “enemy,” I won’t hesitate, even if they’re living humans.
“You” underestimate humans too much.
Besides—I’m not alone.
『GaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!』
A black beast soared through the night sky, devouring the moon, and mowed down the ranks of Undead like withered ears of rice.
–Too slow–
“You’re not late, Nero.”
I gently stroked his slightly dirty fur, as if to comfort Nero, who was standing beside me.
He had probably taken down several times the number of Undead that I had, before coming here. Still, Nero, showing his fighting spirit against the Undead that didn’t decrease, I silently jumped onto his back.
“Let’s go.”
–Understood–
『GaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!』
More powerful lightning than before burst around Nero, who roared. Lightning is effective against living things, but if the origin is a living body, it will be affected in some way.
My Pendulum smashed the Undead, whose nerves were disturbed by Nero’s lightning and stopped moving for a moment, and Nero’s claws tore apart their bodies, regardless of Magic Stones or heads.
“Break through!”
At my voice, Nero jumped into the Undead without hesitation, and my and Nero’s attacks crushed only the enemies in a straight line.
It’s a forceful brute force attack, but that’s fine.
“After all, if I defeat ‘you,’ everything will disappear.”
In front of my gaze was the Chapel… In front of it, a middle-aged man who looked like a noble was standing with a gentle smile, as if waiting for me. Even to my eyes, he just looked like a human. But still, he underestimated humans too much. As if there was a human like “you.”
Without a moment’s hesitation, I fired a silver arrow. The old gentleman, who received it between his eyebrows, didn’t change his gentle smile, and from there, his true form, which had been nesting inside, appeared as if it were splitting open.
“So it was you after all.”
The “Bone Devil” that I saw in that forest, which appeared as if a pomegranate had been split open, sneered at me silently.
[Bone Devil] [Race: Greater Demon] [Difficulty Rank 6]
[Mana Capacity: 4380/4715]
[Overall Combat Strength: 4851/5186]
The strength of a Devil, which is a spiritual life form, is determined by the amount of Mana it has. But the Bone Devil’s Mana Capacity had decreased from the start.
“Tch!”
The next moment, humanoid bones appeared from the ground around me, as if scraping away the soil.
The bones of people sleeping in the cemetery… They should have been purified and cremated along with their Magic Stones, but is he forcibly moving them with the Devil’s Mana?
“Nero!”
『Guooooo!』
Veering and swerving as if braking suddenly, Nero’s claws and my kicks crushed the Skeletons that appeared one after another. But there are many of them. The combat strength of each one is only about 100, but there must be over a hundred of them.
“Haaaa!!”
I twisted my body greatly on Nero’s back, and smashed more than ten Skeletons with the Ball-Shaped Pendulum that I swung with all my strength. During that time, Nero maneuvered to avoid being surrounded by Skeletons, and used his massive body to crush the bones with brute force.
The Skeletons had bladed weapons made of bone, but such weapons were ineffective against Nero, who had [Slashing and Piercing Resistance], let alone me, a human. Still, if the Undead of the residents who had been left behind caught up, it would quickly become disadvantageous.
I have to defeat the Devil before that. But the Devil’s reduced Mana—the forces he had prepared weren’t just that.
*Giiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii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A twisted sound, as if hard objects were scraping against each other, echoed, and a dozen or so new Skeletons appeared from inside the Chapel, smashing through the walls and windows.
The nearly three-meter-tall giant, wielding a bone club and possessing a form unlike any human… it was a Skeleton made from a higher species of Orc or Ogre.
There were over a dozen of them. Had that demon consumed Mana to increase its forces for this purpose? The combat strength of a Skeleton made from a higher species Orc exceeded 1000.
“…Nero.”
Even with both Nero and me, it would be difficult to face such a number head-on. Moreover, there were also regular Skeletons, and time was running out. But… I lightly patted the back of my trusted partner.
“I’ll leave it to you.”
『Gaaaaaaahhhhh!!』
In place of a reply, Nero roared and charged into the ten higher species Orc Skeletons. I leaped off his back, crushed the bones of those blocking my path with the Ball-Shaped, swallowed a pill, and unleashed the power I had been conserving.
“——【Iron Rose】——”
My pinkish-gold hair turned into an ash-iron color like scorched steel, and particles of light scattered from my entire body like silver wings as I flapped them.
【Aria (Alicia)】【Race: Human Female】【Rank 5】
【Mana Capacity: 324/380】10 Up【HP: 256/290】
【Strength: 11 (24)】【Endurance: 10 (22)】【Agility: 18 (38)】【Dexterity: 9 (10)】
【Overall Combat Strength: 2325 (During Special Body Enhancement: 4294)】61 Up
【Combat Art: Iron Rose /Limit 324 Second】
“——【Real Breaker】——!”
No holding back. And it’s not an opponent we can win against by holding back.
Releasing particles of white light from my entire body, the heel with the hidden Blade that I unleashed just before passing by tore through the Miasma that the Bone Devil was clad in.
—Giiii—
The Bone Devil, raising a groan like bones scraping against each other, opened its jaw and fired a jet-black mass of Miasma from within.
“——っ!”
I evaded the Miasma Bullet using the afterimage of Real Breaker. Even so, the Mana I was clad in was削られ, and it腐らせた the earth behind me for dozens of meters. If I had taken it without Real Breaker, it wouldn’t have been strange if I had died instantly. But in that instant, I closed the distance, and my Black Dagger pierced the black body like tattered cloth.
In this state, it would offset my Mana, but it could also削り取れる the demon’s existence. But, perhaps the Bone Devil sensed that, as it began to distance itself from me while firing off small Miasma Bullets.
It would be bad if it bought time here. The only way for me to win against this demon is with a quick battle. But, the demon’s purpose in creating distance wasn’t to buy time, nor was it to escape.
—Giiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii—
At the Bone Devil’s cry, nearly a hundred Skeletons that were nearby gathered and began to cling to its body.
“——Hah!”
While fluttering my skirt, I threw a throwing Knife clad in the light of 【Real Breaker】. But, that Knife was blocked by the clinging bones and didn’t reach the demon.
In that slight moment, the black mist of the demon腐らせた and kneaded the clinging bones, creating a giant body made of bones in the blink of an eye.
“This is…”
【Bone Giant Devil】【Race: Greater Demon】【Difficulty Rank——】
【Mana Capacity: 3432/4715】
【Overall Combat Strength: 6403/5186】
The bone giant, exceeding ten meters in height, created a distorted smile with a face made of countless combined bones, and swung down its massive arm.
The Bone Devil shows its power.
Next time, the showdown. Can she defeat the demon?
Also, it became long and I couldn’t reach the planned place!
I think I can deliver various new information in August, so please look forward to it!