The man slowly retreats his fist.
　He glares at me and stands in person.
　Once again, it's big.
　One - no, two - of my head is big.
　He was completely disrespecting me.

　The height of my height is directly related to my physical strength as well.
　If there's a complaint about my current fighting strength, it's my height.
　The secondary s*xual characteristics hadn't yet arrived for Lacel Singh Stark.
　If it was only his height, he would lose to Cecil.

　Frankly, I envied him.

　The cloth that was hanging from the man's neck fell to the ground with a light thud.
　A large, protruding obese body is exposed.
　The man received Cecil's blade in the flesh, though he put on unnecessary subcutaneous fat.
　I'm sure it's not just anyone.

　No, I had already noticed.

'You're a half-devil, aren't you?'

　As soon as I uttered the name, the man's eyes changed color.
　The white and black eyes flipped around and became strongly bloodshot.
　He swings widely.

'Hmph!

　I fired another fist strike.
　I ducked and carried Cecil, who was at my side, up.
　As it is, I meet up with Sarasa who was standing near the entrance of the hall.

''Huh........''

Lacelle, what's a half-devil?

Don't you know, Sarasa?

　When I asked the opposite, Sarasa shook her head.
　Maybe she's stopped asking now.

'Simply put, they're half demons.

Demon...!

　The half demon race is a cross between the demon race and other races - that is the half demon race.
　In general, they are physically strong, and the amount of magic power they can release is high.
　It is said that their basic abilities are three times higher than those of the human race.
　For this reason, during the war three hundred years ago, there were half-devils that were artificially bred with captured demons and humans.
　However, the experiment was quickly abandoned because any combination tended to be vicious and violent and was difficult to control.

　After that, it was said that they were no longer able to control it and the half-devil was secretly released into the wild.

　Perhaps this guy is a descendant of that.
　Its lifespan was also three times as long as his, so it could possibly even be a survivor from three hundred years ago.

　Either way, it's a troublesome opponent.

''Wait........''

　The voice came from right beside me.
　I look down and see Cecil settled in front of my chest.
　He was glaring at me with some kind of protesting look in his eyes.
　And yet, for some reason, his face was red again.

'What's wrong Cecil?　You're blushing again.

'Oh, you know what?　I'm a girl too!　You know what I mean?　Oh, oh, boy, oh, boy, that's it!　Ohhi, I would be surprised, or even embarrassed, if someone held me in a princess's arms!

Are you a princess?

　You mean this side hug.
　Is that what they do these days?

　Beside me, Sarasa blurted out, "I envy you......." and I hurriedly held my mouth.

''Put me down for now!''

Okay.

　I let go of his hand as I wished.
　Cecil falls with a thud.
　I fall on my ass.

"Hey!　You need to be a little nicer!

'Oh well, Cecil. It's not a perk.

What's the perk?　I don't understand!

　Sarasa taunts her, but Cecil rants some more.

　I don't know....
　This is a battlefield.
　How about a little more tension, these guys?

　Well, fine.........

　If you look at the battle from now on, you'll be able to talk less, whether you like it or not.

　I step forward.

'Hey!　Are you going to fight it alone?

Of course.

It's just...

It's a half-devil, Cecil.

'Yes!　Go!　You're half demon!　I don't care how much you....

No problem. And I told you.　It's a change of players.

　The sound of leather boots echoed as they faced the enemy straight on.
　At the same time, the half-devil approached.
　An encounter between two strong men.
　The air is tense, and as predicted, the two of them shush each other.

　They stopped one step before each other's kill zone.
　The half-devil shows his wild stake teeth and smiles vulgarly.

''Handsome........A-ranked blacksmith, I killed him.

　He pointed.
　There was a sword stuck in it, and a white-blooded body was left there.
　Other pieces of armor and luggage that seemed to have been taken from adventurers and travelers were lying around.

''Are you the head of the bandit gang?''

Yeah. I wonder if it's his hands. It's all very strong.

　That's because no ordinary adventurer could compete with them.
　The fact that he killed an A-ranked adventurer was not a lie.

''It seems you really want to show off your strength.

"Guhuhu. Gughehehehe!

But I'm stronger than you.

You can't do that to a kid with your hands.

You'll never know unless you try.

I know. Handsome!

　Half Devil swings with all his might.
　That's a sloppy move.
　A choppiness appears.
　But the fist that was ejected was as fast as a gale.

　Jang!

　A fist slipped over my head.
　A strong wind pressure gouged the ground.
　I see. Your physical strength is impressive.

"I'm over here!

　He sneaks into the pocket.
　The half-devil quickly fired a second strike.
　It's like a tornado.
　I duck under it too, and once I do, I retreat.
　Then the half-devil takes a deep breath.

　No way--

"Sarasa!　Cecil!　Bend over!

　The two of them obediently followed the instructions.
　A moment later, a red lotus breath was fired.
　Light from the flames enveloped the hall.

''Gu hehehe!　What do you think!　Ooh, that's good!

　This guy..........
　Did it cross paths with a demonic dragon species that is one of the most ferocious among the demon race?
　Their physical strength and firepower are on par with dragons.

I see. I'm sure that this hard skin is also a blessing of being crossed with a demonic dragon.

You can't scratch your forehead. My forehead is very, very hard.

'Well, I'm not sure about that...'

　I quickly cast a spell.

　[Warrior (Warrior)] -- [Strengthen muscle mass].
　Warrior -- [Increases leg strength].
　Warrior] -- [Agility Increases].
　Blacksmith: Right Hand Sharpening.
　Blacksmithing: Right hand hardening.
　Blacksmith--Right hand: Ironization

　s*xtuple chanting.
　Starts up in just 0.8 seconds.
　The magic power was also stable.
　No runaway.

　I can--!

　My right hand is far harder than steel now!

　I dug into my pocket again.
　Remember!
　Days in Stark territory.........

　There's a big tree in front of us.
　Build a lower body, flex your muscles.
　Imagine with all your might that you will become a blade at the moment of impact.

　Let's go--!


　Shannnnnnn!


Ah...... And....?

　The half-devil floated in the air.
　However, it was only the upper half of his body that floated up.

　The body of the half-devil that did not pass through Cecil's blade.
　My right hand, which had turned into my blade, had sliced it in half.

　The eyes of the half-devil floating in the air turned white as it turned around.
　With the timing of its death, the creature born between the demon race and a human went into a long sleep.

''Amazing........to activate six different types of magic at the same time.

I took him down with one swing.

　He receives the praise of Sarasa and Cecil on his back.

　Mishiri.....

　A moment later, the entire cave shifts.
　I thought it was an illusion, but it's not.
　Apparently, I've not only cut off the half-devil, but the hiding place itself.

''Gyaaahhhhhhhh!

　The admiration turned to a scream.
　The two girls are surprised as they open their mouths wide and their eyeballs just about to pop out.
　As for me.........

"Ah.......... Not good.........

　I muttered to myself.

　Sheesh.
　It seems I got a little carried away and released too much magic power.
　Hmm......... I'm still blue too.

''This is not the time to be talking about that!

Let's get out of here!　Lacelle-kun.

　Thanks to the slashing of the entire cave, the bedrock had loosened and the ceiling had begun to collapse.
　Large debris, falling down.
　Cecil and Sarasa were looking right and left, avoiding the rocks and stones that were attacking them.

'Wait!'

　I activate my magic.
　I used [Storage] to contain the still-breathing bandits in space.

''You're helping the bandits?''

That's very kind of you, Lacelle.

　What are you saying, these guys.
　We have to get the information about the ruins out of the bandits.

　Then, a large piece of debris fell again.
　Unthinkably, it blocked the entrance to the floor.

'Hey!　Not bad!

'What am I going to do?　The road...

Don't worry.

　I activate the magic.
　A glow of magic envelops us.

　At that moment, our figures disappeared from the cave.


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　The next thing I knew, I found myself in the middle of a wild mountain range.
　In the distance, the ground was sinking and the example hiding place was about to collapse.
　Sarasa and Cecil were staring at the scene, stunned.

''The [Spatial Transition] magic........ It's an advanced magic, that one.

　That Sarasa gasped.
　She seemed more surprised by my magic than by the fact that she had died nine deaths.

　Hmm?　That's strange.
　As I recall, wasn't [Space Transition] an intermediate magic?
　Well, okay.

　Then, Cecil flattens his buttocks beside me.

''Already........ Nothing surprises me.

　He looked a little dumbfounded, and this time he lay down in a large figure.