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Volume 7 Chapter 180

The Fury of the Strongest Sage

「It seems like something dangerous is happening」
The magical power spreading throughout the Holy City was shaking the air. From that magical power, one could discern a sense of anger.
「Yoko, could this possibly be—-」
「Yes. It’s Master’s power」
「Th-This magical power shaking the air, is it really just Haruto’s alone!?」
「Likely so. I do not know why the Master is so angry, but at least evacuating is no longer necessary」
Yoko, along with Luna, was trying to evacuate the residents of the Holy City as Seira’s guards. In the midst of that, the holy barrier was restored, causing them to hesitate whether to stop the evacuation.
They were trying to evacuate the residents from the eastern gate, opposite to the western city’s wall where a large army of demons was attacking—-
But if the holy barrier was restored, it was safer to stay in the Holy City than to flee outside.
After all, the reason they were trying to evacuate the residents was that the demons and monsters had started invading the Holy City before Haruto’s return.
If Haruto had returned, there was no need to escape from the Holy City. It was safest to be by his side.
「I can’t believe the holy barrier has been restored, but for him to possess such power alone…..」
「If it’s Master, it’s only natural」
「Indeed. Because it’s Haruto-san」
「Um, this might be a strange question to ask you two, but was Haruto-sama the Guardian Hero who once saved this world?」
「I do not know much about it, but it seems so」
「Haruto-san was transferred by the Creator God to this world in the past. Seira-san met the Haruto-san from back then, right?」
Haruto had told his entire family about his adventures as a hero when he was transferred and everything, including being reborn in the body of a five-year-old. However, Yoko was unfamiliar with the concepts of reincarnation and transmigration, and she fell asleep during Haruto’s story, so she couldn’t answer Seira when she asked. Luna explained it to Seira instead.
「In any case, now that the Master has returned, it is safe here」
「Yes, that’s true. Still—-」
「We don’t understand why the Master is so angry. It’s hard to believe that Tina and Meldie, who went to stop the advance of the demons, would lag behind such minor demons and their underlings」
Yoko gently touched the surrounding Haruto’s magical power. As a nine-tailed fox, she was not only capable of absorbing others’ magical powers but also adept at reading the emotions of those whose magical power she touched.
Haruto’s magical power—
Was filled with regret and anger.
「What on earth could have happened……」
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Over the western city’s wall, Mai and Mei continued to shoot down the flying monsters until the holy barrier was restored.
For them, flying through the air was easy, and the monsters that were coming were not formidable foes compared to the two of them, who had become Spirit Kings.
A few minutes after the holy barrier was restored—
「 —-!?」
「Mei, did you feel it too?」
「Yes. Haruto-sama is angry」
The magical power of Haruto reached the two of them outside the holy barrier.
「What about Tina-sensei?」
「Safe」
「And what about Meldie-san?」
「Safe」
On the ground, Tina and Meldie were rampaging against a thousand demons.
「Then why?」
「I don’t know. But…… it’s a little unpleasant」
「Yeah. I wonder what made Haruto-sama so angry?」
「Hmm」
「「Perhaps it’s the demons?」」
「Probably」
「Maybe if we defeat the demons, Haruto-sama will be in a better mood?」
「Defeat them?」
「Yes, let’s defeat them」
They had already hunted down all the flying monsters in the sky.
So the two of them moved towards the source of the magical power that seemed to belong to the demons behind the large army of monsters — which had already been reduced by half by Tina and Meldie.
「You lot, how dare you destroy my subordinates—」
A daemon appeared in front of Mai and Mei.
The daemon, who had flying monsters as subordinates, was furious that all of its subordinates had been defeated.
「「Annoying」」
「Guh!?」
Ice blades sliced through the demon’s right hand, while flames turned its left hand to ashes.
「Shall we do that thing we haven’t done in a while?」
「Yeah. Let’s do it」
The two spirits held hands.
「「Unison Ray!」」
The fusion of opposing elemental magic.
Magic that would normally not work was forcefully cast as one magic by the spirits themselves.
Burning ice formed a dragon that attacked the daemon.
The moment the dragon touched the demon—
A massive explosion occurred, engulfing the ground.
With the magic of the two intermediate spirits, they managed to defeat the Magic Gnome with high magic resistance, before Mai and Mei they were Spirit King class.
Furthermore, the limits of their power, which were usually in place, had been lifted due to the turmoil in Haruto’s heart, their contractor. The complete fusion of their powers caused destruction far beyond their imagination.
The demon that was hit by the magic disappeared in an instant. The holy barrier somehow endured.
And all the monsters on the ground also vanished.

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「W-What’s this!? Meldie-san, come here!」
Sensing an incredibly high magical power above her, Tina hurriedly called Meldie over.
「This is bad nyaaa!」
Meldie jumped into Tina’s arms. At the same time, Tina deployed several layers of magical barriers.
Immediately after that—-
A blast swept through the area. Monsters and the surrounding terrain were blown away. Those that were monsters became so fragmented that they were indistinguishable from sand and pebbles.
Tina and Meldie were watching this from within the translucent magical barrier.
It was a close call.
—No, Tina’s magical barrier alone couldn’t have completely prevented this explosion.
Flame Knights emerged from the bracelets that Tina and Meldie wore and covered the two of them on top of Tina’s magical barrier.
The bracelets were given to them by Haruto.
「This is… Mai-san and Mei-san, right?」
「Are they trying to kill us, nya!?」
「I felt Haruto-sama’s magical power just before. It was terribly cold, and it seemed to have affected the two of them, who have a summoning contract with Haruto-sama」
Dozens of seconds later, the blast subsided. All the thousand monsters had disappeared without a trace.