Chapter 30 'Brightness' and 'Original Sin' Five - 'Hold Cards'
In the sky of "Magnolia", the magic circle has dispersed, but the clouds are still dense.
At the location of the completely destroyed "Cartier Cathedral", the giant demon was enjoying the pleasure brought by people's fear and began to crush the nearby buildings step by step.
"Then, what is that?!"
"A monster has appeared!!"
"Run!!"
After witnessing the demon's appearance, screams of terror spread on the ground. The originally menacing townspeople did not bother to seek explanations from the magicians of these dark guilds, and fled towards the outskirts of the city.
This kind of monster has obviously exceeded the range that they can handle. The cruel and evil atmosphere continues to oppress people's nerves, bringing deep despair.
But among the people who were running away in panic, there were two figures running in the opposite direction to them, which were particularly conspicuous.
For the two Mavis, neither their companions nor the city have reached the time to give up!
"...Danger is dangerous, it really scares me to death!"
"What a critical moment."
"..."
(……Good weight……)
At this time, behind the giant demon, in mid-air at the blind spot of sight, there were three shaky figures swinging.
The brown-haired girl is sitting on a magic broom transformed from a wheelchair, with a silver chain hooked to the handle, and two young people hanging in the form of human centipedes lamenting the aftermath of the disaster.
"It's great to have a flying companion at this time, thank you! Zella!"
He said hello with a relaxed and happy face. The blond young man didn't take into account how hard it was for the "overweight driving" girl.
"...Precht, can you throw this guy down first?"
"Well, if you so wish..."
"Hello!"
After making a 'joke' to lighten the atmosphere, Zella flew to the nearest roof and put them down.
Although they were disgraced when they escaped from the church, fortunately, everyone was still alive and their injuries were not serious.
"What should we do next?"
Staring at the back of the dead wood demon, Yuri sighed in distress.
Of course, leaving it alone and waiting for others to clean it up is also an option, but in a sense, they also caused this monster, so leaving this mess behind will make your conscience uneasy.
But he was not in the business of how to destroy demons, so he really didn't know what to do.
"...Leave that monster to me for the time being. You go and join Mavis and the others first."
"——!"
His eyes remained fixed on the giant monster, and Zera, flying in the air, kept pondering the information about the demon in front of him.
"Larabai", if she remembers correctly, plus the literature records she has read, should be one of the demons created by Zeref. He uses the magic "Curse Kill" to curse the opponent and grant "death".
.
However, the "Larabai" in her impression was probably a superficial parallel import, and it was unlikely that he would possess such a strong evil spirit.
(...In other words, this guy from a hundred years ago was in the 'complete state'...)
It's really bad news that makes people lament bad luck.
"Stop messing around! How are you going to deal with that terrible monster!"
"If you're ready to go behind the scenes, we'll go together!"
The fierce rebuttal interrupted Zella's train of thought, and Precht, who was standing next to someone, also spoke out in disapproval.
"Like Yuri said, we have no reason to leave you here alone."
Although they didn't get along for a long time, there were some frictions and unpleasantness, but now, several young people have completely regarded Zella and Mavis as their important companions.
They couldn't do it while watching their companions die.
"...Everyone does what they can do. This is what makes a team, isn't it?"
Yuri's firm belief seemed to have touched some of Zeira's memories, and his expression softened with relief.
"do not forget."
"A true magician cannot use 'common sense' to judge."
Her back floated into the sky, and the brown-haired girl who had finished her 'teaching' didn't give them a chance to speak, and flew towards her own battlefield.
Two people were left who clearly felt the gap and were speechless because of their own weakness.
"..."
"Let's go, Precht!"
"ah."
They jumped off the roof with complicated and unspeakable emotions. Although there was not much change on their faces, one thing was that they must be the same at this moment.
That is the fighting spirit inspired by this sense of powerlessness that cannot be intervened.
"Hey, hey, we've had enough fun, then whose soul should we start eating next?"
Stopping his destructive actions, the demon standing in the center of the city let out a vicious roar, looking for his first target.
--boom!
"Uh-huh!"
The flames exploded behind it, and the violent impact made the monster under attack groan, and its lower body shook unsteadily for two steps.
"Who is it?! The nameless thief who dared to sneak attack Mr. Lalabhai! Tell me your name!"
Yelling in pain, the deadwood demon kicked the building around his feet away like he was venting his anger.
It seems that for it with two attributes, demon and wood, fire attacks are indeed one of its weaknesses.
"Where are you looking? I'm right over here."
"ah?!"
Reflexively, he looked towards the rear right where the sound came from. The little thief didn't see it. Instead, what he caught in front of him were several huge fireballs with incomparable power.
"hateful!!"
He waved his arms and knocked down the surrounding houses, and the wounds he had just caused had begun to heal.
Although the flame attack was quite effective, the situation was not very optimistic given the demon's resilience.
Looking at the extremely angry demon stimulated by his own attack, Zera flew around it and threw out two small skills from time to time, waiting for opportunities to find more loopholes.
(...Almost, the flames of "lust" can restrain it, but judging from the previous results, it is not enough to eliminate it, so we have to use... hmm——?!)
"Got you!"
He suddenly turned his head and opened his mouth wide, and the huge energy released after contraction quickly flooded towards Zera who was preparing something.
The moment he reacted, he used his magic power to evade the attack, but the forest affected by the monster's energy was not so lucky.
With just a casual blow, a crescent-shaped gap was created in the forest outside the city.
And what's worse is that Zella's position has also been locked by this demon's magic.
"Huh? Ha, it turns out it's you, an ant. I didn't expect that you could escape from Lord Lalabhai twice. Your soul must be extremely delicious!"
Finally sealing off the little fly that had been surrounding him, the Deadwood Demon laughed maniacally.
"You have no way to escape! Die! Wizard!"
The mouth opened wide again, and the terrifying power representing destruction gathered again in the blink of an eye and shot towards Zella's position.
As 'death' got closer and closer to her, and her body was locked by the other party's magic power, the brown-haired girl acted particularly calmly and did not show any signs of defense.
The countdown began in my heart.
(three.)
The heat wave brought by the wave of energy is imminent.
(two.)
Invisible magic lines circle in the air, forming special patterns.
(one.)
Finally, there is a confident smile raised at the corner of the mouth.