Chapter 241: Even When Encountering a Formidable Enemy

“This massive presence must be a herd of Demon Deer. There’s quite a number of them. They probably aren’t a mutant species, but there seems to be a large leader individual among them as well.”

“Well, getting our hands on a huge magic core will increase our fighting power, so isn’t it fine?”

In contrast to Flora‘s twin guards, Ria and Gil weren’t tense at all. Perhaps it’s because of the experiences they’ve had up until now.

“Since the enemy numbers are high, it’s a job for mages. Let’s go, Sophie-san.”

“Yes, Luna-san.”

Stepping outside the carriage, Sophie and Luna closed their eyes in concentration.

In front of the two, Ria and Gil stood ready to protect them in case the monsters charged.

In front of them, the Golems had also taken up formation.

Therefore, the two could safely chant their long spells without worry.

Before long, a light of magic power began to envelop Sophie and Luna‘s bodies.

“This is…”

Beside me, El‘s eyes widened.

“Yeah, El. It’s Excess Magic Light.”

“Ah, I had heard stories about it, but so this is what it looks like. I can feel an enormous amount of magic power from those two. I still have a long way to go.”

“No, Luna was praising you, saying you have a great aptitude and are growing fast, El.”

“I’m happy to hear that. I will do my best, too.”

Eventually, when Luna and Sophie opened their eyes, a storm of fire and a storm of ice burst forth like a flood from the unusually large and intricate magic circles floating above their heads.

It seems Sophie had chanted a composite magic of fire and wind, while Luna had chanted a composite magic of water and wind.

The grand magic, born from gathering an enormous amount of magic power, enveloped the monster herd.

The next instant, a thunderous roar echoed, and a massive explosion occurred, kicking up the ground itself.

Once the billowing cloud of dust settled, the herd of a dozen or so Demon Deer had suffered a devastating blow.

Many had been turned into black smoke in a single strike.

Others were collapsed on the ground, groaning with deep wounds.

Seeing Luna and Sophie‘s magic, the twin guards stood there, dumbfounded.

“What terrifyingly powerful magic. I feel like I’m losing my confidence.”

“No, Sister. There isn’t even a Royal Guard Knight who can fire such powerful magic. When it comes to Demon Deer, even just two or three of them is an opponent that would normally warrant deploying a whole platoon from the Kingdom’s Knight Order.”

“Fufu, they are reliable companions, you see.”

“I see. So that’s why Your Highness is so calm even when encountering formidable enemies.”

Although a heavy blow was dealt to the Demon Deer herd, the leader-class Demon Deer was still standing, despite being covered in wounds.

Then, with its anger laid bare, it kicked off the ground.

“I’ll go this time. Let’s go, Legato.”

Drawing her magic sword, Letty dashed forward, and when she cast a glance at Legato, he gave a silent nod.

Letty and Legato positioned themselves to pincer the giant Demon Deer, which was over two meters tall.

Whenever the Demon Deer tried to swing its claws at Letty, Legato would slash at it from behind; and when it turned to face Legato, Letty would attack in turn.

Letty and Legato cornered the giant Demon Deer with magnificent coordination.

Their movements made it seem as if the person and the Golem shared a single consciousness.

“What on earth. How can they pull off such coordination?”

“Col, actually, Letty can give instructions to Golems without even having to voice them.”

“Is that so, William? Could that be the Special Skill of the Apostle ‘General’?”

“Yeah, that’s exactly it. Letty can control Golems at will.”

Because the Elder had told the story last night, I could reveal the Apostles’ abilities to Col.

I’m thankful that I no longer have to keep secrets from my friends.

“So Letty-san truly is an Apostle. Seeing this, I can really feel it.”

“Letty can also summon Golems.”

“Seriously? What’s with that rule-breaking skill?”

“Ahaha, even though I’m called the Savior, Letty the Apostle is overwhelmingly stronger than I am.”

Just as the Demon Deer’s movements grew sluggish, Letty activated her magic sword.

With a single flash of her greatsword dyed in deep crimson, the Demon Deer leader collapsed with a heavy thud and turned into black smoke.

Crimson petals of magic power danced in the air along the trajectory of her sword slash.

With this, the Demon Deer herd was completely annihilated.

Letty and Legato walked back to where we were.

“As expected of you, Letty. You did great too, Legato.”

“Fufu, having Legato around makes it easy to fight. By the way, Will, we got a pretty big magic core.”

“Yeah, it’s huge. I’m sure it will become the core for a strong Golem.”

“You humbly say you’re weak, William, but creating allied Golems from the magic cores obtained by defeating monsters is an amazing ability.”

“You think so, Col?”

“He is right. You are by no means inferior to the past Saviors who were Heroes or Sages, Master.”

“Thank you, Theo.”

Everyone probably still has energy to spare.

But we had just defeated a powerful herd of monsters, and there’s no need to push ourselves.

I decided to end today’s exploration here.