Chapter 94 – The Battlefield of the Six Saviors
94 – The Battlefield of the Six Saviors
「UOOOOOH! Protect Lady Sage!」「We will protect Lady Alchemy with our very lives!」「Without her, this battle is lost!」「Understood!」「Of course!」
Once again, I teleport into the air of the next battlefield.
Hearing hot-blooded yells that reach even me in the sky, I quickly look down.
I see. Even the enemy army realizes that Alchemy is a problem and concentrates their magic attacks, infantry, and cavalry here.
The soldiers are protecting her from that.
If it was just Alchemy, it would be best for the battle to place her in a fort and have her act as magic artillery.
However, she will absolutely not utilize such methods.
If she was in a safe zone, her Healing Magic wouldn’t be able to reach the soldiers who were deployed.
In order for them to be in her healing range, Alchemy is not averse to exposing herself to danger.
Although, her usual attitude makes it hard for such kindness to be conveyed.
Alchemy is unmistakably one of the Six Saviors of Humanity.
I’m sure that the soldiers on this battlefield are putting their lives on the line to protect her because they understand-…
「She looks young but she’s not young! That’s the best!」「It is unforgivable to lay hands on a child! But her small stature makes her adorable! Someone like Lady Alchemy is a messiah!」「A miracle created by God!」「A legal loli!」
「…I believe there are people here who should be killed before the Demons.」
Pushed away by the soldier’s zeal, I distance myself from them and use Ice Magic to turn the enemy magic squadron that was aiming at Alchemy into an ice sculpture.
Cold air flowed into the frozen battlefield.
If there’re any enemies remaining, I’m sure Alchemy or the soldiers here can take care of them.
「Rain? Thank you for the help. I was getting tired of fighting while protecting these societal outcasts. Incidentally, freeze them too.」
No matter how you look at them, they’re allies, so no.
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The next battlefield was the one where the Magic Archer Shoots was.
She released an arrow and that arrow pierced a Demon, then pierced through another Demon’s chest, then through a Demon’s head, then through a Demon’s eye, then in the right ear and out the left ear of another Demon… This went on and on. She took out ten or a hundred enemies with one arrow.
The fact that she rapid-fires arrows like that makes her fearsome.
But she seems to be so focused on protecting the other soldiers that she is unable to deal with archers who are aiming at her from afar.
「Woo! That’s a Savior for ya!」「A hundred shots, a hundred bullseyes, my ass! Ain’t that more like three hundred in one shot?!」「And she’s a hottie too!」「What? Ain’t that a dude?」 「No way. That’s a chick! I saw the bulge of her breasts.」「It was flat when I looked at’em last time!」「Hey! You got’em or not?! Which is it?!」「You morons! With a face like that, it could go either way!」
「…Maybe my next target should be those idiots.」
Shoots nocks an arrow.
「Calm down, Shoots! They’re allies!」
「Huh? They’re clearly the enemy of women.」
Unfazed by my appearance, she spoke calmly.
「That may be true, but please, restrain yourself for now!」
I fire a lightning attack, frying the surrounding enemies to a crisp.
「…Ah. With this, I can concentrate on an archery match. Thanks.」
「Your welcome.」
After the battle was over, I teleported away, praying that she wouldn’t shoot those soldiers.
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The next battlefield was extremely quiet.
All I could hear were the sounds of those gasping for air mixed in with the stench of blood.
I looked down and I saw countless Demon corpses lying everywhere.
All of them had wounds inflicted by a sword.
Piling up a mountain of corpses, standing in a sea of blood was a man with red hair who looked like a mercenary.
A man distinctive due to his eyes being wrapped by a cloth. The Swordmaster Swallow.
「I-it’s overwhelming…」「Do we even need to be here?」「I-idiot! Don’t stop marching! No matter how strong he is, he cannot handle all of the enemies alone…I think.」「Swordmaster…? He’s more like a blade demon.」
An expert with the blade that makes even his allies quake in their boots.
「…Blade demon, huh? Well, not like I care what you call me.」
Mutters Swallow as he slashes at a newly approaching enemy.
One swing of his sword means you will be cut.
There is no escaping it.
All enemies will lose their lives either by being split in two or having their heads lopped off.
That sword is the reason he’s blind. A swordsman to be feared.
「Oh, kid. I leave the skies to you.」
He said.
…I guess he sensed my presence?
And so did the enemies in the sky.
Flying type Demons came at me, covering the sky.
「Roger.」
In the next instant, a thunderous roar echoed through the skies one after another, like a bunch of fireworks were let loose.
The world was dyed red as all the enemies exploded.
The blasts almost reached the soldiers below, making some fall to their knees.
Only Swallow stood there, calmly smiling.
「Hah hah hah. The power of your magic sure got stronger.」
At that moment, the cloth covering his eyes got caught by the wind and flew away.
Deprived of sight by the curse of the cursed sword, his eyes were cloudy, but only his right eye emitted a pale light.
That’s because the sword-shaped Savior crest manifested in his right eye.
「Thank’s a lot. I’ll leave the rest to you.」
「Yeah.」
「Hey, wait a minute, kid.」
「Hm?」
「No one would tell me the details, but could I be a…freeloader, too? Having money just handed to you and having secret affairs with beautiful women sounds like a dream job and I am really interested in…kid? You still there?」
In the end, Swallow will be Swallow.
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