They kicked out hundreds of troops.
　There was only one thing left.
　And yet, they were forced to fight a desperate battle.

'You are not a knight, my dear. You are vile, merciless and funny. How will you kill me this time?

With a joyful look on his face, the Orc General rushes in.
　He has killed ten times, changing the way he kills since a while ago.
　Slashing, bludgeoning, strangling, stabbing, stabbing, poisoning, bombing, crushing, burning and shooting.
　None of them are effective.
　They immediately regenerate and pounce on me as if nothing happened.
　I'm about to run out of cards.

''[Wind Cage]

The chanting of the original magic ended and the magic manifested.
　It is a magic that uses wind manipulation magic.
　A wind cage.
　Hearing that alone, it sounds like it's not a fragile power, but the nature of the wind is the problem.
　It only fills a designated space with carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
　If you are thrown into a space that is 100% carbon dioxide, the oxygen inside your body will be released in an instant and you will instantly suffocate.

........This is also a brave killer's technique.
　No matter how much a brave person has a substandard defense, they are still breathing.
　If that's the case, you might be able to kill them if you deprive them of oxygen.
　That's why I developed this magic, but it seemed to be effective against the demon race as well.
　The orc-general turned white and died out.

He kept his distance and caught his breath.
　Due to the drug, it was an all-out battle while removing the limiter.
　The consumption of physical and magical power is intense, but the damage to the body is also great.

Although [Super Recovery] has increased in proficiency and is now about one hundred and twenty times the amount of recovery, paradoxically speaking, that's the extent of it.
　In one second, it was only an ability that could recover for one hundred and twenty seconds, or about two minutes.
　If he continued to consume his strength and magic power at a rate that exceeded that, and continued to damage his body, he would eventually be unable to move.
　For a long time now, he had continued to be reckless, unable to keep up with his recovery.
　Otherwise, it would have been over long ago.

'This is the first time I've ever been killed in a way that I don't even know why I died. So, that's the end of it.

Naturally, he would come back to life.
　I watched him carefully.

''Well come on, if that's what you think, you can come at me.

He smiles thinly.
　I tried various ways to kill him.
　At the same time, he saw how to come back to life. With these, Touahade's eyes.

The movement of magic power, the different ways of killing and rebirth, he was trying to see through the mechanism of immortality.
　In the books, they write abstractly about being incarnated by the power of existence, but I'm not going to take that at face value.
　There has to be some kind of rule. Figure it out and you can kill it.
　I'm not a quitter.
　If Epona doesn't stand up for herself, she's not going to die.
　That's why I had an idea of how to win on my own, and what I would do if I couldn't even do that.

At this pace, fifty seconds is the limit of what I can fight, and I can't even slow down the pace because if I let loose even a little bit against this guy, I'll die.
　Finally, it looks like I'll have no choice but to make a last minute move.
　That move would be to retreat while I have some extra power and hide out of sight and wait for him to recover.
　Return to the academy, retrieve Dia and Tart, and run away.
　It's doable if you make a decision within twenty seconds.
　Ten seconds.

"I know you're up to something. Entertain me.

With the face of a hunter who hunts his prey one way or the other, he hits me with a gold rod like a fool.
　My time is up. If we duck this, we'll escape.
　I could read the trajectory of the club.
　But I don't even have to duck that blow anymore.

''Lug, you've proven how strong you are.

It's because Epona received the golden rod that was wielded by me.
　No matter how much force the Orc General put into it, it didn't move.

''You are strong. But you can't take my power but you can kill me. You have to promise me one thing, and when I turn into a monster, you have to kill me. If you promise me that, I can wield my power.

Kill me if I turn into a monster.
　I can't help but feel my cheeks hang up.
　That's what I've always wanted to do.
　...find a way to keep Epona from becoming an enemy of the world, and if that doesn't work, I'm going to kill her. That's what I intend to do.

There is no change in what we do.

"With me in front of you, you can't afford to talk!

The orc-general called another gold rod from the void and the orc-general swung it down.
　It struck Epona's brain the gold rod broke off.

''Shut up,''

He waves a hand with a gold bar.
　An orc-general is blown up and slammed into the stone wall.
　A red mayfly covers Epona's surroundings.
　I know this skill.
　An S-ranked skill, [Berserk].
　A skill used by Setanta in Suoigel.
　If you are a male, your physical features will change, such as horns and bulging muscles, but if you are a female, you will be covered in red shimmer.

'Lug, can you promise to kill me?'

Under the influence of [Berserk], Epona asks, holding back the fact that she's about to burst out at any moment.

''I promise. If Epona turns into a monster, I will kill her I'm the assassin.

Epona smiles.
　A smile as innocent as a child's.
　I revealed my identity to her because she believed me.

'Yes, I'm relieved.'

Epona turns her gaze to the orc-general slammed against the wall.
　She walks slowly, step by step.
　With increasing strength.
　The red shimmer burns stronger and stronger.
　With no end in sight.
　The power increases infinitely.
　With that, Epona's expression becomes full of madness.
　She clenched her fists.

''Nah, what's that power? Even if you are a brave man, such power is impossible, no way, you're not an imitation, you're the real thing, the "original

Here, for the first time, the Orc General is getting impatient.

'Don't come.

A large mouth opens, and one after another, orcs and goblins appear, rushing to Epona, and the person himself tries to escape.
　However, orcs and goblins are not even stranded.

This is because they will disappear without leaving a single speck of dust just by touching the red shimmer erupted by 【Berserk】.
　........Probably, even if it's my [bombardment], the shells will disappear the moment they touch the red shimmer.
　Ah, if that happens, it's all over.
　I can't even touch it.

''I won't hold myself back anymore. .........kihihihihihihihi, I'll just put it all in and smash it.

Epona swung at him.
　The red shimmer focused on her fist.

''Don't do it, whoa, whoa, whoa!''
'Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!'

The Orc General's screams coincide with Epona's cries.
　Epona's full-bodied blow annihilated everything in the Orc General before it could touch, gutting it to the ends of the earth in a red shockwave.

She watched the scene with her eyes straining to the limit.
　The Orc General's physical body disappeared first, then the red jewel-like object shattered and its existence disappeared.
　........The way the demon race killed, seeing the difference between the way it killed the demon race and the way I had killed it before, I finally understood how it worked.
　I see, depending on how you do it, that thing can be killed.
　Of course, that red treasure ball is the main body, and it's not a trivial thing to die if you break it.
　The key is the uniqueness of the brave man's power.

'Thank goodness Epona stuck her fist straight out.

If that thing had slammed into the earth, it would have created more havoc than my [Gungnir].
　Now, the last job.

''I promised you that I would kill you, but it looks like I didn't have to kill you this time.

It's a dangerous place.
　My eyes were completely blinded and my rational mind was blown.
　If you are violent with that kind of force, the whole area around here will be cleared.
　That's why you can't be serious.

It's precisely because it was right after Epona unleashed all of her strength that the [bombardment] came through. If it wasn't for that moment, it wouldn't have made any sense at all.
　It's laughable that a bombardment comparable to that of a tank gun is enough to shake my jaw.
　Even though I was prepared to kill him in the worst case.

'In this situation, I can kill you.

I look down at the stunned Epona.
With a direct hit from 【Gungnir】, if you aim at an unprotected spot, you will indeed die.
　But it's still too early to do that.
　With the demon race as one, like this, Epona still has to work.

''Even so, you've proven that you can kill it.

It's good to know that if I knock him out when he uses up all his power, and then release his trump card, I can kill him.

Now, let's go back to the school.
　I carry Epona and walk away.
　Let's pretend that she's the one who blew up the orc herd before Epona woke up, and that's all she did.
　If she finds out I can do that, I'll be in a lot of trouble again.