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　Thus began the battle with De Caravia in front of the hermitage of Confucius.

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　This was the second battle, and we had the advantage from start to finish.

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　First of all, we had become accustomed to the deformity of our opponent in the second battle.

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　The body of a star was indeed unusual and difficult to fight with, but his attacks were monotonous.

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　He only shot rays of light from the center of his pentagram.

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　He used his iron-clad magic circle to neutralize our attacks, but not all of his attacks were blocked.

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　If we attack repeatedly, an opening will be created, and at least one strike will be made.

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　While Hijikata Toshizo and I were working together to hunt down Dekarabia, Oltros was slaughtering goblins and orcs one after another.

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　When he slashed the belly of the tenth goblin with his claws, their loyalty to or fear of Decarabia was gone.

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We can't win against these monsters!

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　They abandoned the front line.

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　Seeing this, Oltros starts to attack DeCarabia, but I ask him, "Why don't you just go back to the front?

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"Thank you for your support, but should we not help your master?

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　Ortlos replies in a low voice.

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"...... is useless. My master has calculated everything."

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"What calculations?"

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　At the moment he asked, the hermitage of Confucius, which had been enveloped in flames, collapsed.

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　Just as I was thinking that this was a bad idea, Komei came from an unexpected direction.

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　He held up a crossbow in his hand.

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　With a fearless smile, he said, "This is what we call a crossbow in the West.

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"This is not a crossbow as we call it in the West. It is a crossbow of my own invention.

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　And he fires a series of crossbows that can fire in rapid succession.

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　DeCarabia was helpless against the continuous attacks from unexpected places and was hit by all the arrows fired at him.

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"Gaaaahhh!

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　But more than DeCarabia's screams, she was more concerned about where Komei had come from.

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I am in constant fear for my life. How could such a man not create a hidden passageway?

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"I see, that makes sense. But why didn't he just run away?

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That's not a bad idea. It is an unwise thing for a military leader not to have that option. However, although this Kongming is a recluse, he has not stopped being human. You cannot abandon a person who has come to your aid."

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"Does that mean you will become my subordinate?"

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"I heard that after my death, the term 'sangrei-no-rei' was born. I have been thanked for my three and a half visits this time, but it will be interesting to see how it goes.

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　He loaded an arrow into his crossbow and attacked.

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　As expected, the second surprise attack was not successful, and Dekarabia blocked it, but I did not miss the moment when Dekarabia's consciousness turned to Komei.

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　I put magic power into my right hand, and it was covered in flames.

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　I chant a forbidden spell.

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"My right hand growls and howls!

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　It roars and cries out, "Kill the Demon Lord!

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　Special kill, Demon King Style Red Lotus Palm!

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　He thrusts his red-hot right hand into DeCarabia's gut.

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　He reaches for the heart, which seems to be inside of him.

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　I kill him by squeezing his heart.

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　That was my intention, but my intention was only half accomplished.

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　Yes, my palm succeeded in capturing and destroying his heart, but he was a monster.

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　I could not kill him just by destroying one of his hearts.

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　That's why the Demon Lord is so bad," he spat.

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　He emits a mist from his body.

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　It seems that he has invoked the magic of the Dense Fog.

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　He seems to be trying to escape in the fog, but he has already calculated his escape.

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"Once a man runs away, he always runs away. They have a habit of running away.

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　I said to him, and Hijikata asked me.

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"It's fine to run away, but he's persistent. He'll challenge you to another fight.

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"Maybe. He seems to have a talent for guerrilla tactics, so I don't want to let him get away. I'm going to decide the match here."

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　I declare this and cast a telepathic spell.　

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　The person I speak with is another warrior who is not here.

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"DeCarabia is on his way to you now. He's wounded. He should be able to cut them down in two. Jeanne, I'll finish him off.

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I'm on it. But I can't see anything in the fog.

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Don't worry. When I was going through his guts I put a bug in his belly. A luminous bug. It glows when you get close to it.

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"That's the Demon King, all ready for action!"

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　Jeanne says, and then falls silent.

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　It seems that Dekarabia is approaching Jeanne.

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　I can't see him, but Jeanne must have a serious expression on her face.

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　I trust Jeanne's skill with the sword.

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　Without further ado, I devoted myself to showing them the location of the decalavia.

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　The bugs that he released into the belly of the decarabia emit light.

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　Then parts of DeCarabia's body begin to glow.

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　DeCarabia, who had planned to escape in the thick fog, must have been surprised, but it must have only lasted for a few moments.

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　Jeanne, who was waiting to catch him, was as greedy as a hungry wolf.

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　The moment he saw the light of the decarabia, he would draw the holy sword from his back and cut the decarabia in two with it.

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　--He should have done it.

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　I don't know what's going on right now, since I'm not using my farsightedness magic, and I only know what's going on through telepathic conversations, but I'm sure that someone as skilled as Jeanne would have finished off Decarabia.

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　I had no doubt in my mind, but my faith was confirmed a few seconds later.

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　From the telepath,

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"G-Gyaaaah!

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　I hear a scream.

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　It's a loud voice. Of course, it is not Jeanne.

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　Then Jeanne said in a triumphant voice

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"Apostle of God, Jeanne d'Arc, the Maiden of Orleans. I have defeated the demon king De Carabia!

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　I praised her the moment I heard her voice. I praised her.

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　Toshizo and Kongmyou, who were watching the exchange, seemed to be relieved.

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　Toshizo said,

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"It's a relief to know that I don't have to fight with that starfish anymore.

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　Toshizo said honestly.

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　Kongming also seemed to be happy to be free from the stalker.

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"He may not have been a king, but he was an S-rank demon king in terms of persistence," he expressed in his own way.

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　In his own way, he seems to be pleased with our defeat of DeCarabia.

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　After that we meet up with Jeanne.

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　I wanted to make sure that DeCarabia was dead, and I also wanted to recover his body.

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　The material of the demon king could be a powerful material.

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　When I told this to Toshizo, he said

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"That Demon King was a starfish, so we can eat it dried. The Chinese eat dried starfish, don't they?

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　It's sea cucumbers," Kongming replied calmly, and followed me to Decarabia.

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　Finally, I felt that he had become my subordinate.

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