Chapter 130: Those Who Reveal Themselves
“ORAAAA!”
I counterattack the enemies attacking me one after another.
“Kuh, these guys are strong!? What should we do, Captain!?”
The discouraged enemies ask their boss for help. This is a chance! If I know who the boss is, I just have to defeat him. Big Bro said it during training too. If you defeat the boss, any large army will collapse!
However, the situation takes an unexpected turn not only for me but also for the enemy. Surprisingly, the enemy behind fired magic without caring about involving his allies.
“Wait, seriously!?”
Are these guys for real!?
“Damn it! Everyone, hide behind me! BURST BREAK!!”
I fire magic to offset the opponent’s attack to protect the Dragon Emperor faction bunch.
“S-Saved!”
“Yeah! Step back and protect yourselves!”
Though, panicking and in this melee, stepping back is difficult too.
“Uwaaaaa!”
Turning back at the voice, enemy warriors hit by their ally’s attack were screaming.
“Tsk! Disgusting! BURST BREAK!”
I instinctively jump out in front of the enemy and neutralize the incoming magic.
“W-Why save us!?”
The enemy I saved looks at me with a stunned face.
“I don’t know! But, I can’t forgive guys who attack their companions, that’s all!”
The bunch in the back are definitely scum. Best to defeat guys like that quickly!
“Uoooo!!”
I jump over the enemy with flight magic and aim for the rearguard at once. But perhaps sensing that, the guy at the very back fires magic at me. That wasn’t an indiscriminate attack used without caring about collateral damage to allies like earlier. That’s the magic that targeted me first!
“Don’t think the same trick works twice!”
I pour magic power into my sword and cut down the magic fired by the enemy.
“Ooh!? He cut magic with a sword!”
“As expected of a Dragon Knight!”
No, I’m telling you I’m not a Dragon Knight. Anyway, having weathered the opponent’s attack, I charge at the guy acting haughty in the back.
“Now it’s my turn! Eat this!”
First, one guy!
“I won’t let you!”
Just when I thought the attack landed, suddenly interference came from the side.
“Whoops!?”
Hurriedly dodging the surprise attack, I strengthen the output of flight magic on only one side to reverse sharply, further spout high-output flames from half of the weapon blade, and launch a counterattack using the momentum of evasion.
“Nuuh!?”
But the opponent also dodges my attack by a hair’s breadth. And we both jump back to open distance.
“Darjin, this kid is quite capable.”
“So it seems.”
Is the guy who fired magic over there called Darjin?
“Hey old men. If you surrender obediently, I won’t take your lives.”
…These two are trouble. A dangerous mage who doesn’t hesitate to involve allies, and a warrior who can dodge attacks using equipment Big Bro made. My intuition warns me not to prolong the fight.
“Kuh… Hahaha! Surrender, you say!? To us!?”
Darjin suddenly starts laughing. It’s laughter as if saying he never expected to be told such a thing.
“Fu, kukuku, we are underestimated too. To be urged to surrender by a mere human brat.”
“Human? What’s that, as if you guys aren’t humans.”
When I retort, Darjin opens his eyes slightly wide.
“Oops, my mistake.”
“Fumu, but either way, dealing with that brat in this form is difficult. We should fight in our true forms.”
“True. Our soldiers have decreased considerably due to that brat’s attacks… with this number, they are just in the way now.”
Saying so, Darjin raises his hand and starts releasing dark red magic power. An attack is coming—at the same time I thought that, my body trembled at the chill felt from his magic power.
“What is that!?”
No, I know. That dark red glowing evil magic power… I’ve seen it before! That resembles the magic power of that guy we unluckily encountered shortly after meeting Big Bro.
“Don’t tell me…”
Not just that. Darjin and the other’s appearances change visibly. Skin color discolors to dark red, bat-like wings tear through clothes from their backs, and ominous horns grow from their heads.
“W-What is happening!? What are their appearances!?”
“C-Captain… !?”
Both enemies and allies are confused, not understanding what is happening with their sudden transformation. No mistake, I know their true identity!
“Those are… Demons!”
“D-Demons!? The legendary!?”
Told Darjin and the other’s true identity are Demons, old man Bakin raises a voice of surprise. I get it, I had the same reaction when I first knew too.
“Everyone back off! Those guys are seriously dangerous!”
“U-Uwaaaaaa”
Not just allies, but enemy warriors also hurriedly distance themselves from the Demons. Honestly, that’s the correct answer. Those guys fired magic calmly even with you guys there.
But what do I do? I never thought Demons would appear in a place like this. If Big Bro were here, maybe, but for me alone to take on these two…
“Kukuku, you seem surprised.”
“No wonder. It’s been hundreds of years since humans saw our forms. Rather, I should praise you for realizing we are Demons seeing our forms.”
“O-Our Captain is a Demon?”
“Wh-What is going on? Someone tell me?”
“I don’t know either!”
Their Captain suddenly becoming a Demon, agitation runs through the enemy too. It seems they didn’t know their companion’s true identity was a Demon.
“Now then, once again… DIEEE!!”
One of the Demons attacks me as if exploding.
“Kuoh!!”
I strengthen my whole body with Body Enhancement Magic and catch the Demon‘s attack head-on.
“What!?”
Apparently not expecting the attack to be caught head-on, the Demon raises a voice of surprise. Heheh, surprised!? I haven’t been trained by Big Bro for show!
“Oryaaa!”
I flick away the caught opponent’s weapon and slam a continuous rush with the sword in one hand. Flames spouting at high output from the pommel increase the power and speed of the thrusts.
Furthermore, immediately after thrusting, flames spout from the tip to retract the arm instantly. By doing this continuously, I can unleash infinite high-speed thrusts without tiring my arm.
“I name it, FLAME RUSH!”
Well, Big Bro thought of it though.
“Gwaaaaa!?”
The Demon unable to keep up with my speed takes several thrusts and spouts blood from all over his body. Hmm, this attack has speed, but the aim becomes sweet by that amount. Big Bro kept thrusting at exactly the same spot with more than double my speed though…
“Nuun!”
“Whoops.”
I thought to finish off the Demon like this, but Darjin interfered and let him escape.
“Darjin, this brat is skilled.”
“Umu, to think they deployed such a user. As expected of the Dragon Emperor.”
Ah-, seems like they’re making some strange misunderstanding too. Wait, hey you! Don’t use a potion! The wounds I inflicted healed!
Damn, Demons use potions too? Come to think of it, they said the Demon they fought in the S-rank request Big Bro and the others took also used magic items or something.
“Kukuku, you seem confident in your skill, but how long will you last against the two of us?”
Darjin and the other split into two and attack me from left and right. I dodge enemy attacks with high-speed maneuvers using flight magic, and take attacks I couldn’t dodge by raising defense with Body Enhancement Magic.
Thanks to the armor Big Bro made, damage isn’t much so far, but the opponents are Demons. How long can I last? Kuh, if it were one person, I might have managed, but taking on two Demons is indeed a heavy burden…
“Oh my, in that case, adding one more makes it two against two.”
It was at that moment. Just when I thought a familiar voice echoed in the wasteland, suddenly a wall of fire blew up around me.
“Uooo!?”
Voices of surprise from the Demons rise from beyond the wall.
“That was close, Jairo.”
Turning to that voice, naturally, there was the figure of a familiar guy.
“Y-You!? Why!?”
What was there was my companion… Mina.
“Knowing you, I thought you sulked and ran away from home. Well, never thought it would turn out like this, though.”
“Not running away! I told you I just thought of going for a little training!”
“Yes, yes. By the way, I don’t really get it, but we just have to defeat them, right? Those are Demons, right?”
As if she didn’t hear my voice of protest, Mina stares at the Demons. Her tone is light, but Mina’s face is serious. She is seriously wary of them.
“Yeah, don’t really know but they attacked suddenly.”
“Then they’re enemies. No need to hold back.”
This girl, talk about switching gears quickly, or rather her situational judgment is fast.
“Everyone, we will handle those Demons, so everyone please handle the other enemies!”
“U-Understood!”
Receiving Mina’s instructions, old man Bakin and the others leave us and head to deal with the enemy warriors. Though, the other side also seems shocked that their companions were Demons, so their movements are dull.
“Alright then, let’s go, Jairo!”
“Don’t order me! I was the one fighting!”
“Then I leave instructions to you, Leader.”
“Yeah!”
Heh, I’m calculating even to myself! Just having an ally come makes me feel so much less like losing!
