Wow!

　The black giant's arms reach out and a number of guards are captured.

　Joooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

　Their figures disappeared like flames in their hands.

　In the underground space of the royal capital, there was a chaos of people trying to escape and those trying to fight.

''Mar, Asbel, Garion!

　In the midst of all this, Illtimina's voice reaches our ears firmly.

You take your protected daughters and head to the ground!
Yes, sir.
Hey, I get it.

　They nodded at the order.

　But I couldn't nod honestly.

''What about you, Illtimina-san?''
I'm staying.

　Her voice was decisive.

''If that 'demonic creature' is an existence that is ineffective in physical attacks, then Sol's magic is our only recourse. Then we need someone to act as a shield until its activation.

　Crimson eyes turned to the wizard's sister.

　Solstice had a disgusted look on her face.

''Well I want to run away too.
You can't.

　Ms. Illtimina is very strict with her sister.

　I said.

"Then I'll shield you, too.
It's not necessary. I'm good enough on my own to get their attention.

　A white hand strokes my head.

"It's okay, sweetheart. I'll take care of this.
..........

　A gentle smile.

　Ms. Illtimina doesn't say it outright, but

(Maybe I'll be too slowed down to stay.)

　I thought so.

My athletic ability, which is unable to enter the "God Body Mode", was just like that of a child.

The attacks of the "Demon Creatures" were like instant death if they were caught.

　They can't use their swords to defend themselves, nor can they check or counterattack.

　I'm only fast and can't evade, so I'm just a hindrance to being here.

　Pong.

　Mr. Asbell's hand was placed on my shoulder.

'Marle, let's go. It's an important part of your job to get these kids back to earth.
..........

　It was a voice I could hear myself saying to myself.

'Tsk,'

　Garion-san's frustrated voice.

　If you look at them, the girls are looking at our exchange with anxious faces.　

(...........)

All right.

　I nodded, nodding.

　Illtimina-san smiled reassuringly and stroked my hair once more, as if she were caring for me.

　Then, she quickly changed her expression and turned to the 'Demon Creature'.

''Come on, Sol, I asked for you.
All right.

　The sisters slowly start walking towards the rampaging black giant.

　The guards of the Royal Capital surrounded the 'Demon Creatures' and were desperately trying to hold them back.

　Some brave people are challenging them, but it seems that they are still being killed without any way to do so.

''Everyone stay back!

　Illtimina shouted.

''From this point onwards, this Silver Seal Demon Hunter, Illtimina Wong, will take care of it!

　He is as powerful as Mr. Kilt, the 'Golden Mark Demon Hunter'.

　The guards were mesmerized by his appearance.

　Immediately, the person who looked like the captain came to himself.

"I'm sorry, sir, I'll leave you to it!　Everyone, get some distance!　Leave now!

　At their instructions, everyone panicked and moved away from the black giant.

　Tang.

　As if to replace it, Illtimina-san leaps.

''Shhhh.''　

　He aimed at the black giant's neck and flashed a white spear like a cleaver.

　Huo.

　The blade, after all, goes through without a hitch.

(It's like cutting through water or smoke.)

　The black giant's hand moves to catch Illtimina-san, but the silver seal demon hunter just kicks the wall and leaps in the other direction - evading its huge black fingers.

　Thump, thump, thump.

　Kicking the walls, ceiling and floor, she moves in a three-dimensional trajectory.

　Hush.

　Even though they knew it was invalid, they still launched their attacks.

　The silver seal demon hunter that had turned into a white flash of light continued to pierce the black giant with his spear in all directions.

　If the attack had been effective, surely it would have been settled by Illtimina-san's victory already.

''Ruohu!''

　Even if the attack is disabled, it seems to be depressing.

　The black giant irritably swings his hands around in an attempt to get rid of Illtimina-san.

　And in the meantime, Solstice's magic is completed.

''Burn that black giant to death!　--Fraim Ba Toffin!

　The red Thanatos script floats in the sky.

　Hundreds and thousands of flaming butterflies produced from the letters rushed to the giant demonic creatures.

　Dopaaaan.

　Countless explosions.

　Heaving flames flooded the dark cistern, momentarily lighting up the surroundings.

(Wapu)

　A heated blast hits us as we aim for the passage.

　The heat wave passes, and I look up.

"Luohhhhhhhhhhhh.

　There was a 'demonic creature' whose black body had been shaved off.

(It works!)

　It was only a short time before I was so happy.

　Shuo-oh.

　The damage would be repaired in no time as the physical part that should have been shaved off emitted a purple light.

　The damage was too weak.

　Garion-san clicks his tongue.

''d*mn it!　That little b*tc* can't use more powerful magic, can she?

　No, no.

　Looking at Solstice's itchy face, I replied instead.

'I can use it, but I can't.'
Huh?
If I use any more of my powerful magic, I'll destroy this sewer itself.

　It was the same in the previous Dior Ruins.

(Solstice magic is really limited in its use, isn't it?)

　If this place was above ground, or if it was wider and sturdier, she would have used more powerful magic.

'I'll continue, Sol,'
I know!

　Illtimina-san is once again in tow, and Solstice begins to prepare her magic.

　Those sisters are still going to fight.

(~~~~)

　I wanted to do something for them too.

　I wanted to do something for the sisters.

　But...

Merle, let's go.

　Mr. Asbell said in a strong voice.

''All we can do is get these kids to the ground as soon as possible and call for backup.
..........

　I bite my lip.

　Bashing.

　Garion slapped me on the back with all his might.

　As it was, he put his thick arms around my neck.

"Hey, we'll do what we have to do!
"........... Yeah.

　Crushing my heart, I nodded loudly.

　With the fleeing guards, we tried to move down the aisle, taking the five girls with us.

　That's when.

''..........''

　Poe, who was next to me, suddenly looked back at the 'Demon Creatures'.

(?)

　I look back, too.

The huge mouth in the abdomen of the Demon World Creature has been released.

　A red light is born at the back of my throat.

(.........no way!

　Illtimina-san's impatient expression, seen in the distance.

　In a hurry, Solstice switched her magic.

　I was convinced.

''Everybody get down!

　I fell to the floor, screaming and holding Poe in my arms.

　Reacting to my voice, Asbel-san and Garion-san also got down on the floor, bumping into the girls who were nearby.

　The guards also get down, though they are surprised.

　But some of them remained standing, scowling.

　Bobo-On.

　Such an intense flame burned their upper body.

(Heat.........)

　Flame-thrower-like flames passed right over our heads.

It was the Demon Creature spitting flames.

　I had seen black flying dragons spitting flames in the dream world and in the battles in the Cocudo area, so I was able to notice it right away.

　The flame-breathing guard was charred to black, leaving only the lower half of his body to crumble into tatters.

'Don't look,'

　Asbell and the others hid their eyes from the girls.

　The surviving guards were also looking in horror at the devastation of their dead comrades.

(What a guy........)

　Physical attacks are disabled.

　A telescoping hand attack that will kill you instantly if you are caught.

　A ranged attack of fire, like a dragon breath.

　The creature that was said to inhabit the demon world was an extraordinary monster.

(Could it be that there are such beings rumbling around in the demon world?

　The imagining of it frightens me.

　Iltimina seemed to be able to use her speed to avoid the current flame attack.

　Solstice is in the midst of a mawkishly wrapped water serpent. Apparently, he used the water magic as a shield to withstand it.

　But most of the serpent's body was melted.

"...uhh...

　The girl had been burned, not less.

(So, Solstice!)

　She couldn't move or cast magic anymore.

　Ms. Illtimina tried to hurry up and head down to her sister, but a black hand prevented her from doing so.

　Then the mouth on the black giant's abdomen opened again.

(!)

　At the back of its throat, a red light is lit.

　On the path is the figure of a girl who cannot move.

　Blocked by the black hand, Illtimina-san's help will not be able to get there in time.

(----)

　tat

　My feet were running when I came to my senses.

　I heard Asbell and the others shout something from behind me, but I didn't have time to be aware of it.

　It doesn't matter if my body breaks.

(Releasing the divine energy--)

　We have to save Solstice!

　That's when I was about to do something so reckless.

''Well it can't be helped,''

　I hear a girl's voice from right beside me.

　There's a girl with habitual blonde hair and light blue eyes running alongside me who's running.

(.........what?)

　I was surprised to see him standing beside me.

Poe will release Poe.

　The child chanted a word or phrase that unleashed a great power while looking at the front.


　◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇


　A moment later, the girl who was running alongside me transformed.

　Two horns that looked like hard tree branches sprouted out of her habitually soft blonde hair, and a scaled tail grew out of her skirt.

　Crunch, crunch, crunch.

　The white sparks of the dissipating 'divine power' flashed around them.

　Poe, who had scales growing on his limbs and parts of his face, kicked the floor with his 'divine power'.

　Boom!

　The floor stone shattered like an explosion, and her little figure leapt forward like a rocket.

(Huh...?)

　Me being left behind.

　In that view, Poe stands to protect the injured Solstice.

''Looooohhh!''

　Aiming at the two of them, the 'Demon Creatures' spat out a tremendous amount of fire.

　''Don't!

　I pale at the thought of a future where we'd both be burned.

　In front of the approaching flames, Poe took a deep breath.

　And then.

'Pooh-oh-oh!'

　A tremendous yell arose from that little mouth.

　Like a shockwave.

　The floor was destroyed in concentric circles around her feet.

　And the flames that hit that invisible shockwave were rebounded from its momentum and flowed backwards in the direction of the 'demonic creature'.

　Bobo-ooh-ooh!

!

　The black giant was engulfed by his own spitting flames.

　Physical attack, nullified.

　However, the flames, which seemed to contain magical power, were burning the water and smoky flesh of the 'Demon Creatures'.

''Guo!　Gioiaaaa!''

　A rampaging giant.

　The black behemoth smashes into the wall of the cistern and debris falls down.

　Dogon Gagaan.

(Wah, wah!?!)

　He struggled to dodge the falling debris, bigger than himself.

　Eventually, the 'Demon Creature', engulfed in flames, collapsed from its knees and fell on its back, pointing its black hands as if to reach for the heavens.

　It ceased to move as it was.

　Then, its body was burned by the flames, gradually becoming smaller and smaller, and eventually disappeared.

''..........''

　Everyone was stunned.

　That Illtimina-san was also staring at the 'Demon Creature' that had disappeared, as if she was stunned.

　Eventually, that gaze slowly turned to the 'Transformed Po-chan' who had woken it up.

　And Po-chan let out a tired breath.

'Poe finishes Poe.'

　Shhhhhh.

　The horns of the head, the tail, and the scales of the body disappear.

　All that was left was the figure of the slightly laid back girl we knew so well, with habitual blonde hair and light blue eyes.

　Petan.

　She sat down on the floor.

　Her light blue eyes went back to being strange, not knowing where she was looking again.

'....Poe....

　The silence was restored to the dimly lit underground space of the royal capital.

　My voice, calling her name, quietly reverberated through its interior.