99-Episode 23: Assassin Challenges the King of Beasts




 The demon race Riogel is blown away in the distance.
 All that was left was a female lion demon.
 Even though they are powerful demons, if they have their eyes, ears, and noses crushed, and haven't even recovered from the damage they caused when they were broken, they are as good as babies.
 We killed them all without a second thought.
 The strong stench that surrounds us was blown up to the heavens by the wind, and we were finally able to take off our masks.

The three weapons I used this time, the three types of weapons, flash bullets, acoustic bullets, and stink bullets.
 The advantage of these is that they are effective regardless of the durability of the opponent, no matter how substandard hard they are, light, sound and smell will slip through.
 Against a strong opponent, they are much more reliable than weapons with half-hearted firepower.
 It is a hand that was originally intended for use against brave men.

'Then I'll burn them all together.

In order to prevent regeneration, the corpses were clumped together because burning each one of them would take too long.
 A storm of flames contained the pile of corpses, burning them up and scattering their ashes.

''This should be fine. I made it myself, but [Stan Flare] was even more amazing than I expected.''
'I was surprised too. I didn't know there was such an efficient way to use light magic. Light magic is useful, but I wasn't satisfied with its firepower. But this is one way to use it. Above all, neutralizing them without killing them is wonderful! Lots of uses for it.

The characteristic of light, if it is a conceptual light, is the power to heal.
 And if we're talking about physics, it's the fastest of all attributes because of the speed of light. But as far as weaknesses go, she's right, it's firepower.
 To make light have the ability to kill and injure, it requires a tremendous amount of light and uses a lot of magical power.
 Also, it's not very good at attacking at a range. At any rate, the basic idea is to make up for the lack of efficiency by concentrating them to the limit.
 Stun Flare is a magic technique to compensate for both power and range.

''We don't have time for chit-chat. We only have about five minutes left until that guy falls.''

I could feel it when I sent it flying.
 His weight is more than four hundred kilos.
 My 【Gungnir】 is a technique that is based on the premise of raising a hundred kilograms of mass, or rather, that's the limit of my instantaneous magic power release.

The amount of magic power release has increased since the beginning of making 【Gungnir】, and although I put more magic power into it than the original 【Gungnir】, the distance to raise it is much shorter.
 Moreover, because it was calculated on the spur of the moment by calculating the weight backwards from the sensation of lifting, it is incomparably less accurate than usual.
 No matter how much it flails in the air, it doesn't change its trajectory due to the lack of air resistance from the wind shield, but it's still impossible to calculate the impact point with pinpoint accuracy.
 That's why, with an emphasis on safety, I aimed at the vast wilderness in the northeast, about 30 kilometers away, in the middle of it.

Even if it's a little shaky, there shouldn't be much damage to the surrounding towns.
 ........At any rate, even a single deviation from the target is a magic that can cause a tremendous margin of error, and that's why the first plan was [bombardment].

We have to hurry.
Yes, he might get away!
I don't think so. I just caught a glimpse of it, so I can't be sure, but that demon tribe isn't the type that thinks it's a bad idea to have their people killed, they hate their enemies and make them redeem themselves with their blood, that's the way they think.

In a momentary encounter, their eyes met.
 That was the King of the Hundred Beasts itself.

''Either way, let's hurry up. I want to take the initiative.''
Yeah.

We don't run........but that's not very much time, so we use wind magic.
 Because we sent it into the wilderness to minimize the damage as much as possible, the landing point is thirty kilometers away.

''Everyone hold on to me. ........more, okay, this will work.
This is pretty embarrassing.
Ha, you're sticking it to Master Rouges.
What's the next surprise for you?

Dia is on my right arm, Tart is on my left arm, and Nevan is hugging me on my back.
 It's a hell of a picture to look at from the side.
 The three beautiful girls are in close proximity to each other, and I concentrate on the chanting as I almost lose awareness of the different sensations of each one.
 I manage to complete the chanting.

''[Wind Rider]'

A gust of wind sent our bodies soaring, and we glided in the air, wrapped in a cowl of wind, and accelerated by manipulating the wind further.
 Our speed is lower than it should be because we're carrying three people's luggage, but we're doing about 420 meters per second, or 432 km/h. We can go thirty kilometers in four minutes and a bit more.
 With this, he could advance thirty kilometers in a little over four minutes.
 No matter how much he strengthened his physical abilities, he couldn't maintain this kind of pace in his running.

''What, this magic! When did this rogue make this stuff?
In-between. It's fun.
'I don't like to be funny! I wish I had studied this!
Wow, it's amazing. He's flying.
It feels so good.

In the past, I used to use my earth magic to create hang-gliders and manipulate the wind to accelerate them, but I thought I could ride the wind itself now without doing that.
 For long-distance flights, it would be better to physically build a fuselage, but for a five-minute flight, this would be easier and better.
 I thought it might frighten people, but they were enjoying the flight, which was quite impressive.

Or maybe it's their faith in me.

"Conquering the demons is going well. I should be able to defeat them easily. It's a good thing that they have the advantage of being in groups. If you can defeat your family members this easily, then the main body will also be in trouble.
Well I'm not so sure about that.

There was one thing that I couldn't help but notice.
 The snake demon race Meena said that the demon race Riogel was strong and that I couldn't win with me.
 That's why he has prepared a helper.
 So far, there are no signs of any helpers showing up.
 But I don't believe that was a lie.
 There's something about the demon tribe of Riogel that is hidden.
 I can't help but feel that this is the case.



We have arrived at a position about five kilometers away from the planned drop.
 We are in the northeast wilderness, southwest of it.
 I bumped it to drop in the center, but this one was less accurate, so I'm keeping my distance.
 For that reason, I'm preparing to run immediately, and I'm alerting the surroundings with magic power in Touahade's eyes.

It's tempting to look up, but the speed of 【Gungnir】 isn't something that even Touahade's eyes can capture, and there's no choice but to react after it lands.
 I continued counting, and when that time came, it didn't fall, and three seconds later, it landed at a point about four kilometers off to the south from the expected landing point. In other words, about a kilometer before us.
 It was a good thing we had a little more time to spare.

With the sound of the explosion, a huge crater was created and a tsunami of mud was created.
 Even though the altitude is lower than usual, the mass is almost as powerful as it is large.
 I finish the chanting I had prepared beforehand and prepare the steel wall in front of me.
 The 【Steel Wall】 that Dia used to stall us earlier.
 By the time it reached us, its power had weakened considerably, but it had a reasonable impact.

''Let's go, that one will regenerate immediately.

With that devastation, he'd be dead for sure, but it's the demon race that will continue to regenerate without [Demon Race Killer].

''This time it's before the rogues too.
I'm wondering something.

If the words "stronger than me," are correct, he would be killed without being able to halt him in the tart.
 The minute I stepped forward, I left the role of crushing the core of the demon race, the [Red Heart], to Nevan.
 I've given her the hand I need for that.

Then good luck with your work.

Nevan pulls away from us and drapes his cloak over us.
 It's my handiwork, painted in color to integrate with the wilderness beforehand and designed to eliminate the scent of people. It's also extremely defensive.
 It's my parting gift to her, to leave her in charge of sniping.
 She wanted to watch us fight, so let's give her a special seat to watch.



The three of them, excluding Nevan, arrived at the landing point of the 【Gungnir】 using the demon race. Inside the huge crater, there was a male lion........The Demon Race Riogel.
 He sat down on the spot and let out a howl.

''GYAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNN!

He sounded sad.
 Sadness over the loss of a female, I guess.
 However, I don't feel sorry for him. Since there are so many gaps, I'll take the first move without hesitation.

When I looked at Dia, she started chanting, 【Monkiller】 has a short range, if you get any closer, you'll be noticed before you can hit it.
 So what I'm going to use is the blindfold, 【Stun Flare】.
 With that one, I can fly up to fifty meters ahead at most.
 At the same time, I chanted [Demon Killer].
 The plan is to blind them, confuse them, and then hit them with [Demon Killer].

【Stun Flare】!

Dia's chanting is complete.
 The magic is more perfect than anything Nevan has ever unleashed.
 The light ball goes to him, drawing a parabola, and swells up.
 But..........

'GRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

Just before the explosion, the Demon Race Riogel roared.
 Incredibly, its roar twisted the layer of air, and the twisted layer of air refracted the light.
 I wouldn't be surprised if it was merely prevented.
 Completely, with an understanding of how the stun flare worked, it was a perfect response. Intelligence beyond expectations.
 He turns to me.

"Koegakkoenai, oreno onna, hengishinai, omaera ka, omaera ga, yatta no ka.

A voice full of murderous intent.

Our biological instincts sound the alarm and we subconsciously retreat.
 I am an assassin who is trained in reason and skilled in the art of controlling instinct, and you think that fear drives me?
"Ore no Chikara, kaettekuru, minna, mou, inai.

The body of the demon tribe's rioger swelled up more and more.
 The mane of his mane grew longer and longer as his muscles swelled and the miasma and magic flowed out.
 What the hell is going on?
 I'm not going to let this happen, I reflexively draw my gun and fire in rapid succession.
 I know it will play out. Still, I had a feeling that if I missed this metamorphosis, I'd never get it back.

But the bullets were not advancing with the rising muscles.
 Finally, Riogel stood up, his hind legs bulging with muscles like logs, his torso shrinking in the opposite direction, his front legs growing closer to human ones with his fingers elongated, his claws not only growing, but thicker and sharper, as if each one of them was a black sword.

Its appearance is like a beastly man.
 He jumped.
 How fast he is, he's surpassing me. This is Epona class.

My aim is a knee kick with the right, too fast to evade in time.
 I evade it at the same time, spitting out all the bullets left in the magazine with a quick draw.
 The bullets stop in their muscle, but the impact slows them down and they just barely duck.
 He landed in the distance with all the momentum he could muster.

"I won't forgive you. I won't let you die last. I'm going to tear you limb from limb and rape each and every one of your women in front of you.

He was speaking fluently even though he was speaking in one language a while ago.
 .........I see......So this is how it is.
 Although he himself wasn't that strong, it wasn't wrong to say that the herd was a threat, but it wasn't correct.
 That was just the female sharing her own power with the rest of the pack.
 When the female dies, it seems that the power she was sharing will be returned to her, and right now Riogel is the true form.
 Did the snake demon race Meena know and hide it?

''Whew, your plans are off.

Then let's fix it.
 I have the ability to deal with the problem.
 In addition, perhaps, but some irregularities will appear in our favor.
 Considering the character of the snake demon tribe Meena, the reason I didn't tell you the true power that Riogel has is because it was a stunt, and it's probably to send that guy in at the time when he can be most proud of his toy.

The demon race Riogel is blown away in the distance.
 All that was left was a female lion demon.
 Even though they are powerful demons, if they have their eyes, ears, and noses crushed, and haven't even recovered from the damage they caused when they were broken, they are as good as babies.
 We killed them all without a second thought.
 The strong stench that surrounds us was blown up to the heavens by the wind, and we were finally able to take off our masks.

The three weapons I used this time, the three types of weapons, flash bullets, acoustic bullets, and stink bullets.
 The advantage of these is that they are effective regardless of the durability of the opponent, no matter how substandard hard they are, light, sound and smell will slip through.
 Against a strong opponent, they are much more reliable than weapons with half-hearted firepower.
 It is a hand that was originally intended for use against brave men.

'Then I'll burn them all together.

In order to prevent regeneration, the corpses were clumped together because burning each one of them would take too long.
 A storm of flames contained the pile of corpses, burning them up and scattering their ashes.

''This should be fine. I made it myself, but [Stan Flare] was even more amazing than I expected.''
'I was surprised too. I didn't know there was such an efficient way to use light magic. Light magic is useful, but I wasn't satisfied with its firepower. But this is one way to use it. Above all, neutralizing them without killing them is wonderful! Lots of uses for it.

The characteristic of light, if it is a conceptual light, is the power to heal.
 And if we're talking about physics, it's the fastest of all attributes because of the speed of light. But as far as weaknesses go, she's right, it's firepower.
 To make light have the ability to kill and injure, it requires a tremendous amount of light and uses a lot of magical power.
 Also, it's not very good at attacking at a range. At any rate, the basic idea is to make up for the lack of efficiency by concentrating them to the limit.
 Stun Flare is a magic technique to compensate for both power and range.

''We don't have time for chit-chat. We only have about five minutes left until that guy falls.''

I could feel it when I sent it flying.
 His weight is more than four hundred kilos.
 My 【Gungnir】 is a technique that is based on the premise of raising a hundred kilograms of mass, or rather, that's the limit of my instantaneous magic power release.

The amount of magic power release has increased since the beginning of making 【Gungnir】, and although I put more magic power into it than the original 【Gungnir】, the distance to raise it is much shorter.
 Moreover, because it was calculated on the spur of the moment by calculating the weight backwards from the sensation of lifting, it is incomparably less accurate than usual.
 No matter how much it flails in the air, it doesn't change its trajectory due to the lack of air resistance from the wind shield, but it's still impossible to calculate the impact point with pinpoint accuracy.
 That's why, with an emphasis on safety, I aimed at the vast wilderness in the northeast, about 30 kilometers away, in the middle of it.

Even if it's a little shaky, there shouldn't be much damage to the surrounding towns.
 ........At any rate, even a single deviation from the target is a magic that can cause a tremendous margin of error, and that's why the first plan was [bombardment].

We have to hurry.
Yes, he might get away!
I don't think so. I just caught a glimpse of it, so I can't be sure, but that demon tribe isn't the type that thinks it's a bad idea to have their people killed, they hate their enemies and make them redeem themselves with their blood, that's the way they think.

In a momentary encounter, their eyes met.
 That was the King of the Hundred Beasts itself.

''Either way, let's hurry up. I want to take the initiative.''
Yeah.

We don't run........but that's not very much time, so we use wind magic.
 Because we sent it into the wilderness to minimize the damage as much as possible, the landing point is thirty kilometers away.

''Everyone hold on to me. ........more, okay, this will work.
This is pretty embarrassing.
Ha, you're sticking it to Master Rouges.
What's the next surprise for you?

Dia is on my right arm, Tart is on my left arm, and Nevan is hugging me on my back.
 It's a hell of a picture to look at from the side.
 The three beautiful girls are in close proximity to each other, and I concentrate on the chanting as I almost lose awareness of the different sensations of each one.
 I manage to complete the chanting.

''[Wind Rider]'

A gust of wind sent our bodies soaring, and we glided in the air, wrapped in a cowl of wind, and accelerated by manipulating the wind further.
 Our speed is lower than it should be because we're carrying three people's luggage, but we're doing about 420 meters per second, or 432 km/h. We can go thirty kilometers in four minutes and a bit more.
 With this, he could advance thirty kilometers in a little over four minutes.
 No matter how much he strengthened his physical abilities, he couldn't maintain this kind of pace in his running.

''What, this magic! When did this rogue make this stuff?
In-between. It's fun.
'I don't like to be funny! I wish I had studied this!
Wow, it's amazing. He's flying.
It feels so good.

In the past, I used to use my earth magic to create hang-gliders and manipulate the wind to accelerate them, but I thought I could ride the wind itself now without doing that.
 For long-distance flights, it would be better to physically build a fuselage, but for a five-minute flight, this would be easier and better.
 I thought it might frighten people, but they were enjoying the flight, which was quite impressive.

Or maybe it's their faith in me.

"Conquering the demons is going well. I should be able to defeat them easily. It's a good thing that they have the advantage of being in groups. If you can defeat your family members this easily, then the main body will also be in trouble.
Well I'm not so sure about that.

There was one thing that I couldn't help but notice.
 The snake demon race Meena said that the demon race Riogel was strong and that I couldn't win with me.
 That's why he has prepared a helper.
 So far, there are no signs of any helpers showing up.
 But I don't believe that was a lie.
 There's something about the demon tribe of Riogel that is hidden.
 I can't help but feel that this is the case.



We have arrived at a position about five kilometers away from the planned drop.
 We are in the northeast wilderness, southwest of it.
 I bumped it to drop in the center, but this one was less accurate, so I'm keeping my distance.
 For that reason, I'm preparing to run immediately, and I'm alerting the surroundings with magic power in Touahade's eyes.

It's tempting to look up, but the speed of 【Gungnir】 isn't something that even Touahade's eyes can capture, and there's no choice but to react after it lands.
 I continued counting, and when that time came, it didn't fall, and three seconds later, it landed at a point about four kilometers off to the south from the expected landing point. In other words, about a kilometer before us.
 It was a good thing we had a little more time to spare.

With the sound of the explosion, a huge crater was created and a tsunami of mud was created.
 Even though the altitude is lower than usual, the mass is almost as powerful as it is large.
 I finish the chanting I had prepared beforehand and prepare the steel wall in front of me.
 The 【Steel Wall】 that Dia used to stall us earlier.
 By the time it reached us, its power had weakened considerably, but it had a reasonable impact.

''Let's go, that one will regenerate immediately.

With that devastation, he'd be dead for sure, but it's the demon race that will continue to regenerate without [Demon Race Killer].

''This time it's before the rogues too.
I'm wondering something.

If the words "stronger than me," are correct, he would be killed without being able to halt him in the tart.
 The minute I stepped forward, I left the role of crushing the core of the demon race, the [Red Heart], to Nevan.
 I've given her the hand I need for that.

Then good luck with your work.

Nevan pulls away from us and drapes his cloak over us.
 It's my handiwork, painted in color to integrate with the wilderness beforehand and designed to eliminate the scent of people. It's also extremely defensive.
 It's my parting gift to her, to leave her in charge of sniping.
 She wanted to watch us fight, so let's give her a special seat to watch.



The three of them, excluding Nevan, arrived at the landing point of the 【Gungnir】 using the demon race. Inside the huge crater, there was a male lion................The Demon Race Riogel.
 He sat down on the spot and let out a howl.

''GYAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNN!

He sounded sad.
 Sadness over the loss of a female, I guess.
 However, I don't feel sorry for him. Since there are so many gaps, I'll take the first move without hesitation.

When I looked at Dia, she started chanting, 【Monkiller】 has a short range, if you get any closer, you'll be noticed before you can hit it.
 So what I'm going to use is the blindfold, 【Stun Flare】.
 With that one, I can fly up to fifty meters ahead at most.
 At the same time, I chanted [Demon Killer].
 The plan is to blind them, confuse them, and then hit them with [Demon Killer].

【Stun Flare】!

Dia's chanting is complete.
 The magic is more perfect than anything Nevan has ever unleashed.
 The light ball goes to him, drawing a parabola, and swells up.
 But..........

'GRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

Just before the explosion, the Demon Race Riogel roared.
 Incredibly, its roar twisted the layer of air, and the twisted layer of air refracted the light.
 I wouldn't be surprised if it was merely prevented.
 Completely, with an understanding of how the stun flare worked, it was a perfect response. Intelligence beyond expectations.
 He turns to me.

"Koegakkoenai, oreno onna, hengishinai, omaera ka, omaera ga, yatta no ka.

A voice full of murderous intent.

Our biological instincts sound the alarm and we subconsciously retreat.
 I am an assassin who is trained in reason and skilled in the art of controlling instinct, and you think that fear drives me?
"Ore no Chikara, kaettekuru, minna, mou, inai.

The body of the demon tribe's rioger swelled up more and more.
 The mane of his mane grew longer and longer as his muscles swelled and the miasma and magic flowed out.
 What the hell is going on?
 I'm not going to let this happen, I reflexively draw my gun and fire in rapid succession.
 I know it will play out. Still, I had a feeling that if I missed this metamorphosis, I'd never get it back.

But the bullets were not advancing with the rising muscles.
 Finally, Riogel stood up, his hind legs bulging with muscles like logs, his torso shrinking in the opposite direction, his front legs growing closer to human ones with his fingers elongated, his claws not only growing, but thicker and sharper, as if each one of them was a black sword.

Its appearance is like a beastly man.
 He jumped.
 How fast he is, he's surpassing me. This is Epona class.

My aim is a knee kick with the right, too fast to evade in time.
 I evade it at the same time, spitting out all the bullets left in the magazine with a quick draw.
 The bullets stop in their muscle, but the impact slows them down and they just barely duck.
 He landed in the distance with all the momentum he could muster.

"I won't forgive you. I won't let you die last. I'm going to tear you limb from limb and rape each and every one of your women in front of you.

He was speaking fluently even though he was speaking in one language a while ago.
 .........I see......So this is how it is.
 Although he himself wasn't that strong, it wasn't wrong to say that the herd was a threat, but it wasn't correct.
 That was just the female sharing her own power with the rest of the pack.
 When the female dies, it seems that the power she was sharing will be returned to her, and right now Riogel is the true form.
 Did the snake demon race Meena know and hide it?

''Whew, your plans are off.

Then let's fix it.
 I have the ability to deal with the problem.
 In addition, perhaps, but some irregularities will appear in our favor.
 Considering the character of the snake demon tribe Meena, the reason I didn't tell you the true power that Riogel has is because it was a stunt, and it's probably to send that guy in at the time when he can be most proud of his toy.