Judah was confronting the King of Wind, one of the Tenso High King (Divine Gear).

　It was about twenty meters long.
　It was clad in jade-colored armor and looked like a monstrous bird with three pairs of six wings.

It is a sorcerer type (Maygas type) demon race. Overall lv620. 9,000 MP.

　The Wind King looked straight at Judas.
　His eyes flickered.
　Apparently it has a function to measure the opponent's strength.

''Dream Demon type (succubus type) demon race. Overall LV 220. He specializes in magic and skills that affect the mind.
Oh, you know what I can do?

　And Feria.

'But I won't tell you my three sizes. I can tell you if it's the Demon King, but ugh.
"My armoured armour is immune to magic. I am only a weapon, I have no mind, and mental magic does not work. Therefore, it is impossible for you to defeat me.
You have a lot of confidence.

　Judah smiled wryly.

''Then I'll let you test its performance. I've never fought one-on-one with the Heavenly Soul High King, you know. It will be interesting to see what the specs of the Heaven's Strongest Weapon are.......''

　It wasn't a fighting spirit that rose in his heart, but only an interest in the unknown weapon.

''Feria, I need you to provide support and defend the other demons. I'll take care of him.
Can we win?
I don't know.

　Judah shrugs at Feria who asks him.
　She lightly brushes back her silvery white hair and smiles.

''I fought in the era of mythology once, but at that time...''

　Before he could finish, the Wind King flapped his six wings and flew up into the sky.

''Blow away, demon race.''

　The flap of his wings created countless tornadoes.

''Megawind!''

　Judas counteracts its power with the highest level of wind magic.

　The power is evenly matched.
　The winds they unleashed collided with each other and both disappeared.

''Your magic amount is as high as ever, the Heavenly Soul High King...''

　Judah chuckled slightly.
　''I guess you could say that your fighting ability is still good enough to make even the Demon King Velfer a handful.

''However, if it's magic, I won't lose either.
It's true that our magic attack power is almost 50/50.

　And the King of the Wind.

"But my victory, therefore, is unassailable.
Well let's give it a try then.

　Judah cast a flying spell and jumped up into the air.

'Do you want to challenge me to aerial combat? You don't know what you're doing.''

　The Wind King flaps his wings.

'Blastie Feathers'

　Countless blades of wind were launched from the six wings.
　The moment it appeared that they were going to cut through Judas' body──the figure became faint.

''Mm?''
'Your attacks are big, you know. It won't hit me.

　Judas laughed as he appeared on the flank of the Wind King.
　He activated a high-level flying magic without any chanting and escaped from the attack zone in an instant.

''Hogwash!''

　The Wind King released magical bullets that glowed green.
　There were actually thousands of them.

'If you shoot a few of them, they'll hit you... what a crude strategy.
"I don't care how fast you are. I will beat you with an overwhelming amount of magic.

　The magic bullets split further in the air.
　Thousands - no, tens of thousands of magic bullets were approaching Judah from all directions.
　There was nowhere to avoid them.
　With the explosion, Judah's body was shot out and disappeared.

"That's not bad!　It's not as good as my mouth.

　The King of the Wind laughs loudly.

'I see that even you, as expected, could not avoid it.
'Avoid?　I don't need it in the first place.

　Judas laughs behind the Wind King.

"What are you...?
A phantom.

　Judah explains matter-of-factly.

'It's a classic move,'
This is ridiculous.　A phantom that is completely identical in appearance and magic to the real thing...
'I've still honed my magic skills for tens of thousands of years on this. It's easy enough to create an illusion that is as good as the real thing.

　Judas chuckled and held up his hand.
　The magic power concentrated and a blue glow dwelt in his hand.

''You - the Tensou High King is indeed formidable. But that's only when the three bodies are working together.

　Thus, if it's one-on-one, it's a different story.
　For Judas, who had a magical power equal to or greater than the Demon King class, it was not an enemy he couldn't win.

''Goodbye, God's Relic - 'Aqua Bind'.

　Countless streams of water stretch out like a snake, binding the Wind King up.

"Ugh, I can't move...

"'Mega Thunder'!

　After wetting the surface armor with plenty of wetting and increasing the conduction rate, it was fed a top-grade lightning strike magic.
　If it was the Heavenly Soul High King created with a mixture of magic and mechanical technology, this attack should be effective.

It's not worth it.

　But when the Wind King shook his whole body, he flicked off both the lightning strike and the water current.

"My armor is made of mithril. "My armor is made of mithril, and no half-hearted magic will ever penetrate it.
I see, so you even play superlative magic?
"Hmmm, that was a close call for me too, but I'm sure it won't happen again. But it won't happen again. I know what you're capable of.

　The Wind King growls.

"I'm far more skilled than I ever was in the past," he growls. And with that knowledge, I shall ensure that you are gone.



　The battle, resumed.

　Judah deftly mixed the attacks of check and main attack, confusing the Wind King with feints mixed with illusions.
　Since most of her opponent's attacks are wind-attribute, she intercepts them with magic of compatible attributes and takes almost no damage.

''Ore........''

　The Wind King is left at the mercy of Judas.

''I told you, your attacks are too big,''
You've been using all this cunning and wizardry.
You're too simple. It's the fate of autonomous weapons, isn't it?

　The fight was being pushed by Judas.

　It's difficult to push it through in one fell swoop, but it's possible to push hard and win.
　Just when I thought that, it was at that moment.

"Huh...?

　Green light bullets grazed the edge of my vision.

　The stray bullets were heading towards the demons.
　I was so focused on shooting magic at each other while moving at high speed in the air that my attention was momentarily distracted from my allies.

(What I did with me...)

　I should have been calculating and fighting to position.

　It was a bit of a toothache to make such a mistake in the stuffing part.

　Huge magic bullets that glowed green were heading towards Feria and the other demon clans.
　It's a level of attack that the other demons, let alone Judas, can't very well prevent.

　Even for the Demon Army Chief Felia, her forte is in mental interference-type magic.
　It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for.

"Just in time...

　Judas accelerated in the air.
　He increased the speed of his flying magic to its highest speed.

(──How could I do this?)

　Suddenly the question arises.

　Why am I getting so desperate?

　The demon race is a "powerful" race.
　The strong live and the weak die - that is the rule of the demon world and the value of Judas.

　That should be the case.

(And yet, I--)



Watch out, Judas!
"Why, Wölfer why did you defend me?
"To protect my friends is the right thing to do...



　The voice of my former friend came back to my mind.

　Or maybe I was smitten by him.
　He has an atmosphere that resembles Velfer's in some way.

　A strange kind of person reborn into a demon - and the most powerful demon king.

''Runeshield!''

　In the nick of time, he stood in front of the demons and put up a magic barrier.

''I see. Is that your weakness?

　The Wind King flapped his six wings.

'In this position, you can't bewitch me with illusions.
This guy....

　Judas, whose movement was stopped to protect his allies, would be an easy target for his opponent.

''It's over, demon tribe.

　And then tens of thousands of magic bullets rained down.

''d*mn........!

　Judas pours all the magical power he can get his hands on and creates a defensive wall.
　It catches all of the Tenso High King's enormous magical power, bounces it off and catches it away.

''Guuuuuuut.........!

　As you would expect, it's heavy.
　Catching it from the front and preventing it all from happening is tough, no matter how much magic Judas has.

　With a huge explosion, the entire area around it was blown away.

"Hmph, I finally have a shot.

　The Wind King announced.

''Ha, ha, ha...''

　Judah's breath is ragged.
　Her beautiful silver hair is disheveled, her purple costume is torn, and blood is dripping from everywhere on her brown skin.

''Judah...!

　Behind me, I could see Feria gasp.

''Covering for us...?

　The other demons must have a worried look on their faces.
　You are injured in order to protect your friends, and then you jump into a disadvantageous situation on your own.



　A bloody Judas smiled thinly.