The next day, we were advancing to the "Heavenly Soul High King (Divine Gear)".

''It's about time, Demon King-sama.''

　Feria slips up to me.

".........!

　Whenever I'm facing this guy, I feel my whole body tingle.
　I can't help but feel a sweet tingle in my chest.

　She told me that the high-ranking dreamer seems to be half-unconsciously releasing a mesmerizing spell (charm), and that's probably why.
　She told me yesterday when I was pressed.

''What's the matter with you, Demon Lord?''

　Feria nods her head lightly.

''Well no, it's nothing.''

　I gave a small shake of my head.

'Oh, you remembered last night, didn't you?
....because you're pestering me like that.

　I glared lightly at him through my mask.

　Is she teasing me, or....
　Felia chuckled and moved her face closer to mine.

''Let me tell you something, I'm the only one who approaches you like this, Demon Lord.......''

　I whispered into his ear.

'Feria?'
'I don't want people to think I'm the kind of girl who approaches everyone.

　Feria smiled again.
　How far she was serious was elusive.
　It's a devilish smile.

''It's not just Stella, but you should care about me as well, Demon King-sama.
Why do you keep mentioning Stella's name in there?
Oh, are you kidding me?

　Feria chuckles.

''No need to play dumb or anything...''

　I really don't know.
　And.

Be prepared.

　Judas interrupted our conversation.

'Huh?'
There is a...

　I tightened my expression under my mask at the short reply.

　Next thing I knew.



　Roar!



　A pillar of burning red lilies rose up in front of us.

''Have you come to me, you wicked ones?

　A voice rang out from within the pillars.

"This presence... it's the Demon King.
You can talk.

　I look at the pillar of fire.

　Maybe the one in the pillar is...

"I was created by God to destroy all demons. I destroy thee, demon king, I destroy thee.

　The ball of fire, flashed through the air.

　It turned into a giant lion clad in crimson armor and stood in front of us.
　It was about thirty meters long.
　It was spewing red lotus flames from its mane.

"This is the 'Divine Gear'?

　I gulped.
　It's huge, indeed.

One of them, the King of Flames.

　Judah explains.

'Judah, if anything happens, I'll put everyone's defences first.
I'm sorry.

　Judah nodded in a casual tone.

'Feria, be prepared for any mental interference type attacks that come your way. Same goes for defense first.
I'm on it.

　Feria smiled lustily.

'But first, I need to ask you something.'

　I stepped forward.

'First of all, where did you guys come in from?　The demon world is supposed to be protected by wards.
There's nothing to talk about with demons.

　The Flame King's reply was curt.

''My God has given me one mission. To destroy the demon.

　Flames erupt from all over the crimson armor.
　It seems to be in full combat readiness.

　I keep my magic power up so that I can intercept them at any time.

''What if we say we won't mess with the human world?''

　I still continue to speak.

'Huh, to ask such a question of a divine weapon... it's different from Wölfer after all.

　Judah chuckled.

'But maybe we're similar in our roots.
Negotiation is not my duty. My mission is battle. Annihilation of demons.

　The Flame King's reply couldn't have been more curt.

'Therefore I destroy. All of you.

　I tell you, the king of the fire that kicks the ground.

　He's fast...
　From its huge body, it approaches with incredible speed.

''Voltic Blade!''

　I produced the Sword of Thunder.
　The King of Flame made no attempt to avoid or take a defensive stance.

　You're going to catch me...?
　I swing my sword down without a care in the world.

　Gulp!

　A metallic sound rang out, and the sword of thunder flashed.

''Is this...?
''Burn up, Demon King.''

　Flames swirled and shot out of the Flame King's mane.

''Lucifer's Shield!''

　I managed to bounce it back with my magic barrier.

　The aftermath of the explosion scattered around me.
　Some of them are also approaching the demons behind me.

Judas!
Yeah, yeah, "rune shield.

　Judas answered my call and created a magical barrier.
　Judas to protect himself and his demons from the raging flames.

　As expected of his high magic power.
　The aftermath of the attack doesn't seem to bother me too much.

''Then we can just focus on destroying this thing from now on.

　I concentrated my magic power.

　It's not just a matter of how much Judas prevents the aftermath, but also just in case.
　I don't want to use wide-area destruction magic as much as possible.

　I'm going to use the magic convergence-type attack that I developed during my training with Judas the other day.

"The surface armor of 'Divine Gear' is made of sacred silver (mithril), so be careful!

　Judah said from behind him.

'Mithril?'
It's a god-given material. It's part of the Miracle Armor, but it has a high resistance to magic.

　Judah explains.

'No amount of half-hearted magic will get through to you, no matter how much you are.
I see...

　So that's why the 'Voltic Blade' popped off earlier.

　But that doesn't mean you can't use magic with too much destructive power.
　I'm going to have to ask Judah and the others to keep their distance to avoid collateral damage.
　Just as I was thinking about this, the King of Flame rushed forward.

''Meteoblade,'' ''Voltic Blade,'' ''Aquablade,'' ''Windy Blade.''

　I created hundreds of magical swords of fire, lightning, water, and wind, each of which was hundreds of units.
　I launch them all like arrows.

　Cutting.
　With the magic swords of the four attributes, I slash the giant red body incessantly.

　Bajie, bashu!

　The countless magic swords that slash and scatter.
　As expected, this guy's armor seems to have a strong anti-magic performance──.

It's useless. I'm not going to be the only one. You have no chance.
"'Laguna Bomb'

　Regardless, I released a black energy bullet.
　With a roar, a part of the crimson armor that hadn't freaked out until now shattered.

''What is this!?''

　The King of Flame shouted in agitation for the first time.

　No matter how hard your defense was, if you focused your attack on a single point, the damage would accumulate.
　And eventually, he could shoot through it──.

　It's the same battle technique as the Four Heavenly Holy Swords (Sacred Edge) Ludmilla that I once fought against.

"Slash and flick!

　I concentrated my magic power and released it, imagining the shape of a sword.

　A magical slash, which I had learned in training with Judas.
　According to him, the convergence is still a bit lax, but even so, the black magic power that extended from my right hand pierced the armor of the King of Flame.

''My........''

　Black smoke erupted from the place where I received the wound and the retreating fire king.

　A stop - I stepped in.

　A moment later.

The 'Gate!'

　The King of Flame shouted a spell.
　At the same time, a black crack appeared in the sky.

　Is that a rift in space?

　The King of Flame jumps into it.

　The next moment, the crack begins to close.
　Are you trying to escape to another space...?

"Judas, send me flying! I'm going to get after him!
I'm sorry.

　Judah held his hand out to me.

"'Gravity Road,'

　Softly, my body floats up.

　Is it a gravity manipulation system spell?
　The momentum of the bullet ejected my body into the air.

　It's much faster than the flying system magic.
　Judas seems to be controlling gravity beautifully.
　If it's this kind of 'magic technology', this guy is still outstanding.

　In the sky above, the rift in space is rapidly closing.

"Just in time...

　I slipped inside.

You...!

　The King of Flames backed away as he flinched.