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Chapter 293 – All-Heaven Festival Contest Final Stage “Demon King Castle Bloody Field” (15) / Each of Them (Part 2)

293 – All-Heaven Festival Contest Final Stage “Demon King Castle Bloody Field” (15)  / Each of Them

Current World Ranked 1st Samurai Masamune VS Former World Ranked 1st “Great Warrior” Hector.

This all happened while Panacea was still alive.

The fight between the two was settled in an instant.

Having lost an arm, Masamune didn’t have much time left.

「I feel as if you wanted both of us to fight using only our swords」

「It’s fine. These things happen when adventurers fight one another.」

The “continuous recovery” that Panacea had used on Hector was still active.

I had offset the rest of the White Magic she had cast with my own Black Magic, but I didn’t touch her “continuous recovery”.

Because I knew I shouldn’t.

The two of them took their distance and then faced each other, sharing a tense atmosphere that felt even quieter amongst this grand battle, and then… they each dashed toward the other one.

They intersect instantly.

They pass through each other and stop once their standing position is reversed from the beginning.

Masamune’s clothes are cut in a horizontal line, and magic particles erupt from there.

「As expected of the “Great Warrior”…」

And…

「I see, so this is the power of a Samurai’s sword…」
A deep sword cut is also present on Hector’s chest.

Besides, it’s not regenerating.

Masamune is a swordsman who can cut even magic.

His own wife is the best White Mage, the “Great Saint” Panacea.

The White Sorcery – which surpasses White Magic – she had shown to possess for the first time today…

It was cut to pieces at first sight.

And both swordsmen fell at the same time.

Their bodies dissolved into magic particles before touching the ground.

Thus both “Samurai” Masamune and “Great Warrior” Hector exit the stage.

◇

「I’m sorry I didn’t have a finish as dramatic as the others, Aerial.」

Aerial’s Holy Sword is piercing Maximillian’s chest.

The matter was settled around the same time that Panacea left the stage.

「What are you talking about? Your other allies have been able to fully demonstrate their power precisely because I stopped you.」

The role of Paladin, a “tank”, comes with a simple way of fighting.

They work tirelessly to protect their comrades so that they in turn can show their true strength while occasionally requiring to have the offensive power of a knight as well.

There’s no flashiness to their job, yet they need to be reliable, and whenever one of their allies is hurt, the audience will accuse them of being incompetent.

Although their role is an important one, it is difficult to say that their value is being accurately appreciated.

However, without Maximillian, this battle would’ve been more advantageous for us.

Those who oppose him are well aware of his stature and strength as a wall.

「Is that so?」

「In a city protected by knights trained by you, anyone can live in peace.」

Maximillian is currently not an adventurer, but a deputy leader of the order of Knights.

Criminals would be terrified, knowing that his impregnable defense would be inherited by many knights like him. He is a shield that cannot be easily broken through and who protects the people every day.

Aerial pulls out the Holy Sword.

Maximillian gives him a small laugh and vanishes.

Thus “Sacred Knight” Maximillian exits the stage.

◇

「Oh no~ Everyone’s gone~」, says a worried “Good Witch” Rogestilla.

The flames of two Wizards filled the sky above the field.

Their momentum was waning.

Or should I say, it was moving to its final stage?

The World Ranked 1st Michel’s attacks had an overwhelming heating power, but Rogestilla skillfully dodged them.

Hector had been able to disrupt such attacks before, but Rogestilla has managed to deal with them herself since.

In addition, there were several moments where the unpredictable spell “Rebapkenz” worked effectively.

I was a little surprised to see that it even managed to return one of the meteorite-like magical attacks that Michel had unleashed back to her.

「…Roge, I think you’re a great magician. But even so, you can’t beat me.」

「Michel?」

「I can’t lose to both you and Merlin.」

The World Ranked 2nd “Wizard of Foresight” Merlin is a genius who can use all four major elemental attributes on par with Spirit Contractors.

And is the only one in the world who has reached the level of “Spirit Sorcery” with all four of them.

A Wizard who not only masters the four types of Heavenly-Base Magic, but can also fuse them together.

Michel’s party had won the battle between both parties, but Merlin was the one who won the duel between both Wizards.

With the power of a single one of her Fire attacks, she was able to show that her power was on par with Merlin’s for a while, but then ended up running out of Magical Power and was defeated.

「I’m… I’m World Ranked 1st. I’m the most powerful ally a Hero could have. I have to be the best as a Wizard. And yet-…」

Merlin’s skill as a Wizard was superior.

Such thoughts must be tormenting Michel.

「That’s why, at the very least, I cannot afford to lose at using the Fire Attribute, which I am the best at. I shouldn’t have lost…! And above all, I can’t lose to you here!」

「I… I see…」

Suddenly, I feel both of their Magic Energies start to swell up.

They flow into their wands and are transformed into spells.

What Michel unleashed was the last spell she showed in the fight with Merlin… the Heavenly-Base Magic.

A mass of flames that resembled the sun.

Why hasn’t she used it until now…?

No, she’s able to use it now precisely because they’re at that point in the battle.

Michel did not learn this power through training.

During her fight with Merlin, this spell came out once she broke through her own limits due to her extreme concentration and elevated emotional state.

In other words, it’s still not a technique that can be reproduced after having acquired it through training.

Right now, it’s probably in a state where it’s being controlled mainly by her emotions and sensations.

Even so, it was definitely a Heavenly-Base Magic spell.

Rogestilla responded to Michel’s Fire attack with several burning boulders of her own, but they were all swallowed and melted away by the “sun” she had created.

「…What a fantastic spell, Michel.」

Rogestilla waved her wand one last time.

「”Rebapkenz”~」

“A spell of an unknown effect”.

The spell that had managed to teleport Altreed to the sky above us, and redirected Michel’s spell back at her, now…

「…Hahaha, nothing happened~ Oh well, it is what it is.」

No miracle occurred this time around, and the matter was settled.

Rogestilla must have accepted her fate.

She stood still, letting herself be swallowed by Michel’s “sun”, and the field around her was burned to a crisp.

Thus “Good Witch” Rogestilla exits the stage.

◇

「Oh~ Geez, it’s getting noisy already」

Muttering that in disgust, Dantalion prepared another spell as she continued to fight with Sitri.

The aftermath of Michel’s “sun” crashing down on the field was dealt by Dantalion on the enemy side and Aerial on our allies’ side.

Each of them made it so that the hot wind escaped to the sky while preventing the resulting debris from hitting their allies.

「Hey, Auntie Michel, are you trying to kill us all?」, said Wraith jokingly.

「I guess she thought that she’d need a spell that powerful in order to defeat Rogestilla.」, explained Aerial.

「Well, it’s certainly helpful not to have to worry about that woman’s magic anymore」

All the legendary adventurers have been taken out, so only the former Demon King’s army remains.

With the section of the field that the Altreed Party held falling into our hands, it’s now possible to attack not only from the front but also from the sides.

In fact, the ones closer to Master are Wraith and Fenix, and Aerial, who had just joined them.

I turn my gaze toward the Demon King.

「Leader.」

I’ve already decided what I should do, but I’m her subordinate.

She has summoned me.

Respecting her input is the polite thing to do.

「Yes. I’ll allow it.」

「Hah.」

「But Lemegeton, on one condition.」

「What will it be?」

「–We’ll defeat him together.」

I think I got the true meaning of her words right.

「Understood」

I turn my gaze back to Master.

And then, the Demon King Lucifa and I made our move at the same time.