Let me take care of this one!　Mr. Alanziel and Lady Granbaza for the main body!
Dariel, but...?
Everyone, follow Mr. Alanziel's lead and cover me!　I'll take care of this one on my own!

　I wouldn't be able to keep this idiot son's abomination in the sight of Granberza-sama any longer.
　However, I don't feel comfortable leaving it to Mr. Alanziel, who has no connection to my son, to deal with.

　Therefore, I have no choice but to take care of it again.

''Our forces have been splendidly divided...?
You are.

　In the distance, from my vantage point, I can feel the red cloak's good looks.

'You've proven that even a piece of crap like that can be used. I knew there were some familiar faces among you, so I thought I'd be able to be a scratching post, but it's more than I expected. This means that the burden is lifted off of me until he is beaten like a bug.

　He was even more of a prick than I imagined.

　I have to take care of Bashbursa as soon as possible so that he doesn't do what that guy wanted.......!

Go!
''Geez!''

　I kick up Bashbarza, who is only on the upper half of his body, and pop him to another place.
　Anyway, we have to get this thing away as soon as possible, to a place where it can't be heard or seen by Granberza-sama.
　It's enough to defeat it in earnest then.

◆.

　And then the battlefield shifted....

　Me and Bashbarza were in a one-on-one battle.

　The point of being outside the village remains the same, but we are quite far from where we were engaged with Inferno.
　With a single mindedness that didn't want to cause Granbaza-sama pain, I opened the distance more than necessary.

''Dariel........!　I never thought I'd have to fight you again!　I guess it's a result of your own good behavior that you came back to this world and were promptly given an opportunity like this!
If you always did good things, you wouldn't be going to hell...

　Anyway, I'm heartily disgusted to see Bashbarza again.
　I thought I'd settled it with you a long time ago.
　So why should I bother with you again?

I heard you went to hell, didn't you?

　Not metaphorically, but actually.
　I was once in the military and served with him, but our positions have long since changed completely.
　I don't want to draw on the civility of those days.

You're the only one who can't help it! I was forcibly resurrected by the Dark Lord and condemned to Hell. ...Why did he do it?　What did I do to deserve this?　I was only trying to do my job for the Demon Lord's army!

　After all, you haven't changed your habit of trying to put all of the blame on anyone but yourself.
　Is there anything that death won't cure?

'If I'm going to hell!　All the previous four Heavenly Kings should also go to hell!　And it's just me!　This is inexcusable!　But even in the midst of hell, there is a savior. Thanks to him, I can start over again...!
...the inferno.

　No, to be more precise, Drismegian of Inferno's leader 'Sahi'.

''Drismegian-sama is the ultimate mage!　He completely changed my perception of what it means to be a man.　He's the one I have to go after!　Compared to that man, he and your father are nothing more than small fry!
..........

　Such is the manner of speaking to Lady Granberza.

'You shall see!

　Despite the distorted figure of only the upper body, Bashbarza stuck out his hands.

''Fire Stream!''

　The whirlwind of flames released from both hands is an amazingly high heat and momentum.
　The Hermes Sword sliced through the flames, but otherwise, he would have been scorched whole in an instant.

''You see!　This power, this heat!　My fire magic is getting much stronger!　Do you know why!

　It's true that the current magic, from the former Bashbarza, is unnatural in strength.

''It's because of the secret formula that Doris Megian has given me!　My magic is multiplied many times over with that power!　Dariel!　I'll never be behind you again!　I'm truly the perfect Bashbursa now!
Even though you don't have a lower body?

　Why don't you at least wait until your body is complete before you use your name?

Dariel!　I met you here and it's been a hundred years!　Let's settle our scores with you now, shall we?　Duel!

　Bashvaza gets excited by one person.

'Is that all you have to think about when you come back from hell?
'Oh, sure!　I've come back from hell for a rematch with you and that's all I wanted!　That's the only thing that sustains me now, aaaah!

　I'm tired.

Dariel!　You are a mortal, isn't that what they say?　And you are the son of Arantzill, the brave one!　This is just the way it's meant to be!　We were meant to fight each other!
What do you mean?
'Me, son of Granbasa, and you, son of Alanziel!　What was once the end of our relationship has been passed on to the next generation, to us!　Winning this fateful battle was the mission I was tasked with!
..........

　You, who never wanted to inherit anything Granbaza-sama owes you.
　Now you want to take advantage of the fate of Lady Gram-Burza?

I will defeat you!　Arantzill, the great hero, I will make history this time by defeating you, my successor!　With the power of the secret technique given to me by Drismegian-sama, yeah!

　Bashbarza holds up his hands again and prepares his stance to release the great flame.
　And then it releases.

　The power was even more than twice as great as before.
　As I thought, the magic output that the former Bashbarza couldn't produce even if he had to dust himself off.

　How did Inferno bestow such an ability on Bashbarza?
　He said that he was taught a secret technique.........

　No way.........?

............

　I slashed through the great flames with my Hermes Sword again.
　It's still not enough to use the Super Emperor's Splintering Sky.

　I'm not going to be able to get the same level of detail as you.
　It's not hard to offset the scum inside.

It's a good idea.　You fought off my offensive magic without batting an eyelash.　But I wonder how long it will last?
Enough...
'Oh, you're going to turn up the sound already?　Surrender?　I can still use my offensive magic and still do it!
Do you really want to stop that, or do you not even want to go to hell?
"Huh?

　Bashbursa stiffened, his hand held out intact.
　A dumbfounded expression.
　The fire magic that was about to be unleashed now loses its momentum and smolders out.

'What do you mean, Dariel?　I can't even go to hell!　I don't want to go to that place even if they ask me to!
'Ida told me before. The inferno.... or rather, the forbidden magic that led to Dorismegian's descent into hell. He said it was the art of converting a person's soul into magical fire.

　The power of the soul is incomparably stronger than magic power or aura.
　It's the fundamental power that makes life a life. So if you use it in battle, I see, you must be able to draw super power to overwhelm the others.

But the cost of that will be great.
Guhi...?
The soul is the final definition of life. A person can lose their body but still have a soul, if they have one.

　Only if there is a soul left in the world, will one be able to go to hell.
　I don't know if there is or not, but they could go to heaven, and maybe even the next life.

But where can one go after losing one's soul?　Losing a soul is complete annihilation. The worst spell the Drismegians have devised is to wear out that soul and turn it into power!

　What happens if you keep turning your soul into power and reducing it?
　If you think straight, one day it will go down to zero and disappear.
　What will happen to the master of the soul then?

It will cease to exist.
"Ah.........?　Aaaaah...?
"Bashbursa, isn't the secret formula that Drismegian said he gave you exactly the formula to convert your soul into magic?

　Bashbarza would have gained power beyond himself in exchange for his own existence.

　Drismegian himself would not invade such a risk.
　When he turns his soul into power, he uses someone else's soul, not his own.
　It's all very sneaky and calculating.　

Bashvaza. You're the reason why you were taught the secret of soul transformation without any explanation of the risks. Even you, no matter how stupid you are, should understand that.
Ahhhhhh?
'You're an abandoned pawn. You're nothing more than a discarded pawn who aims to rampage and rampage and drag me down until you no longer exist.

　I don't rely on this guy to beat me from the edge.
　No matter how strong the soul is transformed into power, the red one knows that there is no way to reach me with the original Bashbursa.

　Knowing this, he pointed the self-destructive Bashbursa at me.

'Enough. You don't have to disappear here to do what she wants. You don't have to disappear in this moment to get rid of your soul, let alone your body. This is the last thing you need...!
'Aaaaahhhh!　It's a lie!

　Bashbarza has been a bundle of arrogance since he was alive.
　I'm not going to be able to get the best out of him.
　I'm going to be able to show you the way.