You're a hero!

　The infantry of Latosphilia are turning their pessimism and anger on us.
　Even though they are infantry, I hear that these guys are famous knights, and their strength is the best in the eighteenth grade.

　Zephyr and Khalifa-san didn't say anything, but this is for both of them.
　If they didn't kill them, there was going to be a war between Zephyr and Yagi next.
　But it was cold to leave without mentioning anything.
　I think Adolf was the only one who said something, though.

'I told you it was over, and yet your king wanted to put up another fight. For the sake of peace in Bannome, I couldn't let it go unnoticed.

...I have my doubts about you.

Don't distract me. You were the one who talked to me.

The idea that he is involved in the bloodline of a benevolent man...

　I decapitated the infantry.
　The soldiers around me became even quieter.
　I didn't know that the knight of the eighteenth grade was at this level.

　Grayberg had already begun to retreat and his back was far away.
　But killing the king was a mortal sin.
　It's possible that he was seen.

''-- 《M Chewing Smile 《Smiley Chewing》!

　A huge face descended from the sky towards the distant Greberg soldiers.
　It ate away at the humans as it collided with the ground, bouncing around and eating away more of the exhausted soldiers.
　As another insurance policy--.

''The Birth of Repentance (Parturé Pigma)! --

　He used his magic on the soldiers of Latosphilia, who were hanging down.
　Each one of them expanded with a birth cry that shot up from inside their bodies, and when their heads exploded, little children were born from within.

''-- They've been born!　I was born!　I was born!　I was born!　I was born!　I was born!　I was born!　I was born!　I was born!　I was born!　I was born!　I was born!　I was born!　I was born!　I was born!　I was born!　I was born!　I was born!　I was born!　I was born!　I was born!　I was born!　I was born!　I was born!　I was born!　I was born!　I was born!　I was born!　I was born!　I was born!　I was born!　I was born!　I was born!　I was born!　I was born!　

　They are newborn and they cry out their regrets.
　There were not many men left.........

...25 ...30 ...37 men....

　On a light count, there were about 37 children in the abyss.
　With this many, he could take care of every single one of them.

''It's up to you.

Okay, let's go kill them!

　The enthusiasm of the multitude spread around.
　With a gait that had no leadership or anything else, they rushed away.

　Now it's the Beastmen of the Underworld and Uranos.
　Once that's done, it's just as well, let's go kill the little birds and Kawachi who are inside the barrier.
　And the fight is over.

　I was just about to form a plan.
　I felt a strange presence behind me.

　In the middle of the vast battlefield, where each soldier has disappeared, I saw four people dressed in black monastic garb.
　They leaned back and stared at us.

　I wondered if they were from the Underworld or the Empire, and looked at their complexion, but Ulanos looked serious and didn't react.
　The beastmen around him could be waiting for instructions.

　The herd of Underworld Beastmen had a large number of dead at the end of the war.
　There aren't that many left.
　The scenery looks like a small number of them are scattered towards the main gate of the barrier, but there is something noisy around the main gate.

"Hey, are those four people related to you and this?

　There was no reply.
　But as those four slowly approached and closed the distance, Uranos reacted.

''What do you mean...?''

　He's clearly upset.
　I wonder if I know him.

'I found him, I found him, maybe.

　It's hard to tell them apart when they're wearing the same monastic clothes.
　The one who spoke was probably this guy who came forward.
　She's a thin-eyed woman who seems to have a thin smile on her face forever.
　The people behind her, unlike her, seem to be on some sort of alert.

''........hmm?''

　Emotional sensors are not functioning.
　What's going on?

Why are you out here? What the hell do you think you're doing out here?

Uranos Rickman. He doesn't particularly wish to punish you for your stupidity following your escape or any other snobbishness, but I, for one, would like to see you die here with him. However, I would personally like you to die here with him.

How do you know each other, Uranos?

Don't talk to me like that, you little brat.

....

　Unusual vigilance.
　It also seems to have fear.
　If it's working against Uranos, why isn't it working against the four of them?

'Through our eyes, that man has seen you. We have not been told what to do with you on this expedition. Just that you are to destroy the body of the fool and hand it over to them. But if you're going to interfere with that, you understand?　I suggest you sit on the sidelines.

"I have no part in it, and I'm not a part of this man's gang.

No, thank you. Now....

　Suddenly, they closed the distance and the nun's figure appeared in front of them.

'Ugh.'

　I was taken aback.

'What a generous response!

　A kick comes in from the upper left diagonally.
　I quietly take a stance as it is...

"--Huh?

　What?
　I took the kick in stride.

　I was slammed to the ground and sent flying as I rolled.
　I regained my position and turned my gaze to the nun.

'What's going on?'

　It's impossible.
　My body had taken damage that it should not have suffered.
　I checked my hands, but there was nothing unusual about them.
　What is this.........

'Ignorance is a sin.

　I noticed a presence behind me.
　One of the monks, no taller than a child, was there.
　He was aiming at my head with a sword that held some kind of light.

　As soon as I dodged in front of him, his hand plunged into the ground and the ground split open.

"Nah!

　I didn't feel any magic power.
　So you mean this power with bare hands?
　No, there was no way this body could be damaged by bare hands or whatever.

　In addition, a second fist passed under his chin.
　I was able to avoid stopping the movement just before it happened, but the third person's flying kick came next from the right.

　I took a step backwards to dodge and grab that guy's leg firmly with my right hand.
　Instantly, he exercises magic--.

''-- The Humanism Blade, the Humanism Blade!

　The magic enters from the grabbed monk's legs - shins - and the metamorphosis begins.



　First, the human body began to harden.
　Wasted clothing and skin were instantly peeled off.
　The shape of the body changed, and the shank became the hilt of a sword.
　When he grasped it and pointed it at the remaining three, everything but the part that was his leg became a giant sharp blade.
　The unique aspect of this magic is that it also reflects the characteristics of the physical owner before he or she was alive.
　The surface of the blade was firmly decorated with the last decapitated expression that 'she' had shown.
　The remaining legs and two arms resemble calyxes in flowers.
　The three calyxes gently decorate the blade of the body, creating an impression of sharpness and opening up.

　This is a reversed version of the witchcraft "Swordsman's Protection (Protemista)".
　As I recall, this is the magic that was obtained by killing Greiberg's soldiers.

　The woman who seemed to be the leader of the group, who was speaking flippantly and often earlier, is still wearing the same thin smile.
　It's too creepy if you say it's a standard expression.

''Is it abyssal, silly. To use it without hesitation is far too easy.''

You sound like you know a lot of things. I'm curious to see how close you are to Uranos. ...Who are you guys?

　One in the back.
　One more to the left.
　And one in front.

"How did you know I could use the abyss?

Does that question continue?

What?

No, we've seen this situation before. And has anyone ever politely answered your question in the middle of a conflict?

....

　For someone who speaks so much on the phone, huh...

　It would be easy to detect, but she probably has another goal in mind.
　She's trying to slow me down emotionally...or it could be her personal character.

"Answer me or I'll kill you. I'm going to use you as a weapon, just like he did. You're disposable.

Miguel!

Yes!

　The presence of the child behind him intensified.
　When the surface of the sword was pointed behind him instead of a mirror, a thumping flame that looked like a dragon's head appeared above the child's head.

''Miguel!　I told you all along to use your skills!

　The nun in front of me shouted a scolding.
　What do you mean, Skill?

　The angry child's movements stopped for a moment.
　The dragon shaped flames also became weak and disappeared.

'What, a farce?　I'm not teaching in the middle of a killing spree.

　I use the Skill 《God Speed》 to drop backwards to him.

''--Don't do it!

　I stabbed him in the gut with the 《Humanism Blade, Humanism Blade》, the Human Body Revolutionary Sword.
　Immediately after, the sword absorbed Miguel as he looked at it.

''No, no, no, no, no!　Help me, Sister!　Sisteraaaaaaaaaaaaa!

　The sword was even more fascinating.
　It was long and huge, like a flower stuck on top of a flower.

'Two more to go...'

d*mn it, Sister, don't do this!

''Shut up it's just that she didn't keep her word. Don't get upset over something as simple as this.

I'm sorry.
Does that mean you're going to use your skills?

　I interrupted the conversation to ask her a question she was good at.
　Her thin smile, called Sister, twitched awkwardly for a moment.

'I'm starting to get that look on your face. It looks like you're playing some kind of incomprehensible cheat, but I don't need to use 【Emotional Sensing】.

Huh.........You have a very relaxed expression on your face. I'd like to see the expression on your face when you were hit by a blow just now.

"Well I'm going to ask you one last time. Who are you?

....

'If you don't answer, that's fine too. I'm tired of seeing that thin smile. Let's get it together and let it feed this sword.

LOL!

　The Sister hid her anger behind a thin smile and came at him in a straight line, stripped of her fighting spirit.

'Bernice, get ready!'

Yes!

　Ready?

　Is it because they're not used to fighting or is it some kind of warfare technique that they're setting up after alerting their opponents every single time?
　Oh well, either way, it's better to be on guard.

　The hulking monk called Bernice also stepped forward.

''Skill [Camouflage Eating]!

　Bernice crosses her arms in front of her chest.
　Immediately after, his figure disappeared from view.

'Hmm?'

　He taunted the Sister's lean fists and kicks as she approached from the front and turned his gaze to his surroundings.
　But Bernice was nowhere to be seen.

''Gaha!''

　Suddenly I felt a sharp pain in my stomach.

'What, and? .....

　Bernice's figure was in front of him.
　It was his regular fist thrust.
　But I didn't notice it at all, and again I was damaged and sent flying backwards.

　As I tried to get up, I could see Sister's figure directly above me.
　Her maddening eyes and smirking mouth--

　--Okay, she grabs me by the neck.

　But I couldn't avoid it because of the paper weight, so I used the "divine speed" but my hand blade was lodged in my stomach.

"Gaha! .....

　My belly hurt like it was on fire.
　Sister's arm went through my stomach.

'What, what...'

　I don't know.
　Why would a mere blow create damage?
　It's been a long time since I've felt any pain at all, and it reminds me of the day I was slashed in the gut by Xaoan in Zephyr's dungeon one day.

''You are not invincible, there are plenty of ways to hunt--Bernice!

　I could see Bernice's figure in the sky above me, superimposed on the Sister's face as she looked down.
　His figure was black and shadowed as it appeared to overlap with the sun.
　Above her head, something large was visible.

'We do not want you to be born a king,'

　The sister laughed.

''-- Skill 《Gosunkuugi》!

　I felt the arm that had been lodged in my stomach pull out.
　The Sister disappears from view.
　And what I could see was Bernice's figure and a giant nail.

''Ggh......ghaha!

　It slowly sunk in and drove my body deep into the ground.
　Like a nail, it gradually buried itself deeper and deeper, in stages.

　My vision narrowed and the light on the ground began to fade away.
　I was dropped into the hole.

............Wave of Healing (Heal Aura).

　My stomach wound first.
　Maybe it's my imagination, but it's healing slower than usual.
　It's been a long time since I've been injured, but was healing magic ever this unreliable?

　Then I saw something in my vision.

　-- A shadow.

　Is this........my existence?
　It's a shadow as black as iron sand.
　It slowly approaches me from outside the hole and enters my body.

"What the hell do you mean...

　This is the half-body being I left behind in the demon country.
　I didn't even release the separation, so why is it coming back on its own?

　Is it because........because I'm dying?

　This is bad. We can't leave the demon kingdom now.

You can't leave the demon kingdom now.

Nah!

　A large amount of something red and black rained down.
　It flowed in all at once, burning the earthen walls with a roaring sound.