Mucha suddenly unbuttoned his uniform.
　Of course, the stripping doesn't start.
　He opened the front of his uniform.
　Planted in the back fabric was a myriad of knives.

　I pull out two of them.
　They shot out at me at high speed.
　Fast, but not at a speed I couldn't see through.
　I could have caught it, but I drew my sword and popped it.

　If it was coated with poison, it wouldn't build up.

'What's the matter?　I suppose it's not the end of the world.

''Yes......... Of course.........

　Mucha activated his magic.

　[Vanishing body]
　[Silence]

　Double activation.
　Immediately, her figure disappeared from sight.
　There was not even a sound due to the effects of [Silence].
　It would be difficult to trace the scent.

　Phew!

　A knife flies out of space.
　I react and knock it off.
　But it doesn't stop there.
　Knives were coming at me one after another.
　Upwards, diagonally, left and right, back and forth....
　Knives flew from all sorts of places.

　The sensation was similar to Relivia's spatial attack.
　There was no sound, and it was difficult to follow the signs.
　It must be moving at quite high speed.
　No matter how much he is borrowing the power of magic, it is as expected that he doesn't even leave a trace of it.

　An ordinary searcher (seeker) would be able to tell by the movement of the pebbles on the ground he or she stepped on, and by the shaking of the leaves.
　However, Mucha was moving without leaving any traces of such things.
　It's a great guy.

　But..........

"You won't be able to beat me with this level of sleight of hand.

　I hold up my hand.
　I activate the magic.

　[Blast splitting formation]

　Intermediate scale magic of the wind attribute.
　With me at the center, a blast of air rises up.
　The entire knife that flew at me bounced back, gutting the trees and the ground around me.

''Guh!''

　He couldn't handle the sudden stiff wind.
　Mucha, who had disrupted his concentration, fell down.
　The control of his magic power is released and he appears.
　He immediately stands up.
　Something like a thin thread was stretched out from around that Mucha.

''As I thought........''

　The thread was connected to several knives.
　It was probably moving through these threads.

　The [Vanishing Body] would lose its effect when it was away from the activator.
　If you turn it around, it means that as long as it's connected, no matter how far away they were, it's possible to erase an object.
　Musha was throwing the knife with the string connected to it towards me, while at the same time stabbing it into other trees and the ground.
　The first time he released the knife from sight was also a performance designed to deprive me of the possibility of a string-tied knife.

'You understand very well,'

''Well, I used to do something similar when I was a [Seeker] back in the day, so...''

'Back in the day?　[A seeker]?

No, I'm just kidding. --I'm just watching you so far. You still have the gimmick?　Isn't it about time you showed me?

I always hated the way you acted so carefree.

Don't put it in the past tense. There's a chance our relationship could still go on.

Impossible. ....because you will die here.

　Mucha pulled all the threads.
　The threads that had been hanging on the ground pulled on pins and needles.
　Above my head, they shone a distorted geometric pattern.

'A magic circle...'

You are correct, sir.

　Mucha activated his magic.


　[Spirit Summoning]


　A moment later, flames rose up from the magic circle.

What!

　I was surprised for the first time when I confronted Musha.

　【Spirit Summoning】 is a compound magic.
　It uses not just my own magic power, but also the magic power of the summoning source.
　Hence, it has to be activated using a medium such as a magic circle or a magical gemstone.

　That's fine.

　But the problem lies elsewhere.
　Mucha is a 【Searcher(Seeker)】.
　In contrast, 【Spirit Summoning】 is 【Mage(Wizard)】 magic.

　Except for [Villager], there should be one job magic per person.

　So why is it...?

It's a simple matter, senior Lacelle.


　Having more than one vocational magic means that you are not alone in anything.


　The moment you look at Mucha, you notice a change.
　There was something like a bruise floating on her face.
　Just the left half of her body is covered with what looks like a black bruise.

　As I looked at Mucha's changed appearance, I raised the corner of my mouth.

''I see. So that's what you look like as a demon........

　Just like Volfot turned into a monster, Mucha also underwent a metamorphosis by awakening as a demon.

''That's right, senior. But I am not the only one who has done this.''

　The next change was the magic circle.
　A huge mass of fire appeared from within the flames.
　It would be the spirit of fire that I had summoned.

　Once summoned, the genie is subordinate to the activator.
　If ordered to do so, it would be impossible to refuse, even if it was a demon.

　Mucha moves closer to the spirit.
　Then, he began to inhale its flames.

''Na----!

　Second surprise.
　I winced.

　Mucha swallowed the flame spirit with a peroration.
　A moment later, flames erupted from her.
　At the same time as she wore it like armor, Mucha became bloated.
　Her white skin turns reddish-black and turns as hard as lava.

　What was born was the incarnation of a huge flame.

　I see.
　That's how only a demon can use it.

　It's not impossible to regain the power of a genie.
　However, to do so, the body must be able to handle the heat and enormous magical power.
　If you don't have those conditions, you'll just burn to death.

　A demon has a strong magical power to begin with.
　Their bodies are also very strong.
　It's probably the perfect way to attract spirits.

''Senpai, if you want to surrender, it's now or never.

　I heard Mucha's voice.
　A great guy.
　To be able to bathe in the flames of the spirit and still be able to keep your spirit intact.

　I raised the corner of my mouth.

'Surrender?　What are you talking about?　Do you think you've won just because you have a spirit on your person?

You'll get yourself killed if you keep trying.

You've got a real mouth on you, haven't you? Don't you talk a lot more when you have a spirit in you?

　Then Mucha brushed his hand away.
　It was a sword of fire.
　As it flashed to divide the forest, a wall of flames immediately rose up.

　Naturally, I'm avoiding it.

　[Heavy Armored Iron Horseman]

　It is a magic that crushes all magic.
　This magic, which vibrates magic power at high speed, is effective even if it is the power of a spirit.

　However, even if you can kill Mucha as it is now, it looks like it will be difficult to save (ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo ippo.

''It can't be helped. Let me show you.''


　A real [summoning] thing........