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Volume 7 Chapter 174

Miscalculation of the Daemon

「It’s a bit late to mention this, but Tina, I didn’t know you kept that sword」
「Yes. After Haruto-sama, the Guardian Hero, returned to his original world, I kept all his equipment. Um…… Should I return it to you?」
Tina showed a somewhat lonely expression.
It was a beloved sword that I had fought together with for a hundred years.
Although it was originally a sword I received from the gods, Tina had used it for a significantly longer time.
「You can continue to use it, Tina. I have this one, after all」
Saying that, I showed Tina the sword I was holding.
「Is that all right?」
「Yeah, thank you for taking care of it. And, thank you for protecting Tina, too」
I also thanked the sword for protecting Tina for over a hundred years.
「Thank you so much. I’ll continue to use it carefully, then」
Saying that, Tina hugged the sheathed sword to her chest.
「Ba-b-bastard……」
The demon had revived.
However, due to the severe injuries he had sustained and his repeated use of regeneration magic, his body was not stable.
「Kill. I’ll kill you」
Tentacles, which extend during regeneration, were protruding from every part of his body.
There is nothing more dangerous than a wounded beast with an unbroken fighting spirit.
If you let your guard down, there’s a possibility of an unexpected counterattack.
「Is everyone satified? Can I take it from here?」
「I’m satisfied」
I’m sure you are, after having dismembered the devil’s body so much.
「I want to hit him a bit more…… But watching Master’s fight is not a bad thing either」
「「We’re with Yoko-san!」」
Yoko, Mai, and Mei seemed to agree.
「With my magic, I can’t deal any more damage, so I leave the rest to Haruto-san」
Rifa’s wind magic was accurate, but it couldn’t deal much damage.
「I’m satisfied!」
「So am I!」
These two had been punching the demon with all their might. They seemed to enjoy it.
At any rate, everyone left it to me.
I’ll get rid of the demon.
「Any last words before I end you?」
「End……? D-don’t be ridiculous!」
The demon’s face turned red with anger at the thought that this was the end.
「I don’t care about the despair and fear of the residents here! I’ll erase you all, including the Holy City!!」
Saying that, the demon slammed his right hand, filled with tremendous magical power, into the floor of the Great Temple.
The Great Temple was at the center of the Holy City.
In other words, the center of the massive magic circle I had found yesterday was here.
The magic circle set up in this Holy City was an extremely powerful one that destroyed everything within its range by pouring a massive amount of magical power into its center.
But—-
It didn’t activate.
Of course not. I had rewritten part of the magic circle.
「 —-Why? Why isn’t anything happening? Why is it not working!?」
「You were trying to activate the magic circle set up in this Holy City, right? Well, it’s not going to work anymore」
「What do you mean?! How do you know about its existence?」
「I found it yesterday and made some changes to it. By the way, the reason I was able to find the magic circle is because…… I’m quite sensitive to the presence of evil gods」
「W-What?」
「More importantly, be careful. Here it comes」
「What? What are you—」
In the middle of his sentence, a massive pillar of light fell from above the demon’s head.
「Aaaaaahhhh!」
The demon instinctively tried to avoid the pillar of light, but he couldn’t completely dodge it. His right side was engulfed by the column of light and disappeared.
I had tampered with the magic circle the demon had set up.
When the magic circle was activated, it was supposed to convert the magical energy poured into it into holy magic and then strike it back at the caster.
It is quite difficult to convert the dark element magic power handled by the demon into the holy element.
Therefore, the pillar of light that fell on the demon was much weaker than the dark magic he had poured into the magic circle.
But its effect was still outstanding.
The demon had injured himself with his own magic.
With this, I thought I had defeated the demon.
A half-body being consumed by holy magic would be fatal or at least render him unable to act.
The demons I had defeated in the past were like that.
However, this demon had resistance to the holy element.
As he collapsed to the ground, he instantly teleported his body somewhere.
「Ah, it got away」
「Hm?　I thought you defeated it?」
「No…… we let it escape」
I had underestimated him.
I never thought he could teleport without any motion from that condition.
I resent myself for having warned the demon to 『Be careful』. If I had not said anything else, I would have been able to eliminate it completely.
「Wait, does that mean—」
Tina seemed to have realized it. But there was no anxiety on her face.
「Could it be—」
For some reason, Rifa looked excited. As if she were—- expecting something.
「Watching Haruto-sama fight properly will be interesting!」
「「That’s right!」」
「Haruto is going to fight the demon」
Why are you all smiling?
Didn’t they see the demon escape?
I don’t get what the excitement is all about—-
「I am hoping to see you in action, Haruto-sama, it’s no fun when the enemy destroys itself!」
「Haruto go get him」
It’s not a game……
「……」
It seems…… Everyone believes I won’t lose.
Well, I have no intention to do so.
「Haruto-sama, it seems the demon has escaped outside the Holy City. I sense the presence of several demons near him」
Tina had located the demon.
「Thank you. Will they attack soon?」
「No, it seems to be summoning many monsters. Probably—」
I see, they intend to attack with sheer numbers.
That means they won’t attack until they have a certain amount of demons.
In that case, I need to fix the holy barrier.
And so—-
「I’m going to call for reinforcements!」
I teleported to them.