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Chapter 285 – All-Heaven Festival Contest Final Stage “Demon King Castle Bloody Field” (7) / Inheriting his Persistence

285 – All-Heaven Festival Contest Final Stage “Demon King Castle Bloody Field” (7) / Inheriting his Persistence

Right after Fenix and the others were enveloped by Altreed’s magic…

「Aerial!」

The “Gale Hero” Ewan shouted, and immediately tried to unleash his own Wind Magic, but…

「He’ll ask for your help if he needs it.」

After hearing those words from the “Frost Hero” Bella, he refrained from activating his magic while groaning.

Ewan and Bella are still young, and although their ability to use magic is excellent beyond their age, they were a bit afraid to throw themselves out into an all-out battle.

That’s why they chose not to run alongside the three Four Great Spirit Contractors, and instead opted to stick together with their companions.

Though they would definitely be strong enough for a battle like these if only there weren’t so many key contenders in this match.

The two of them were using their magic from a support role.

「Yah~」

With a wave of her wand, the “Good Witch” Rogestilla causes a number of burning boulders to rain down on us.

It’s an offensive spell that combines the Fire and Earth attributes… “Meteor Shower”.

It’s similar to the meteorite that the “Rainbow Wizard” Leslie shot in the battle against the Jack Party, but this one traded that spell’s raw power for multiple falling boulders.

When it comes to the power of each individual boulder, they have only a fraction of the power of the “Crimson Wizard” Michel’s own spell.

Knowing this, Rogestilla compensated for that by increasing the number of boulders.

Considering their hit rate, it would be desirable for such huge rocks to be densely packed, but she dared to spread them out widely instead.

If they were crowded together, they would have been offset by Michel’s great firepower, but this won’t be the case since they were so apart from one another.

「Heh, hmm, it’s coming~」

Michel’s personality changes during battle, becoming a bit extreme.

She waved her wand, and a “Meteor Shower” of her own appeared as well, colliding entirely with Rogestilla’s huge boulders.

The attack was canceled right in the middle of the field, resulting in the area being scattered by harmless small fragments and sparks.

But that’s not all. Michel had created one more boulder than Rogestilla.

「There’s no way I’ll lose when it comes to either quantity or quality.」, said Michel with a scary-looking smile on her face.

「Oh no, I’m in trouble, what should I do? Ah yeah, “Rebapkenz”~」

Rogestilla activated her “spell of unknown effect”.

But nothing happened.

「I’m in trouble~」

With a worried look on her face, Rogestilla puts her hand on her cheek.

「Ms. Panacea, could you expand the range of your “Full Resist” for a moment?」

「How rude of you to use a White Sorcerer like that. But I can do it.」

「Thanks.」

The one who said that and jumped straight up was the “Great Warrior” Hector.

His movements were so nimble that it’s hard to believe that he’s wearing any armor at all.

The range of Panacea’s “Full Resist” was greatly expanded as well, blocking more of my Black Magic.

Then Hector swung his sword… I guess.

I couldn’t see it from here because he was hidden behind the huge boulder.

But it soon becomes clear that he is safe.

The two halves of the now split boulder fall to the rear and away from them.

The crowd started screaming, but the spectator seats were fairly away from the field itself, so they were perfectly safe.

Hector then lands magnificently as if nothing happened.

「That was great, Hector, you saved me~」

「Helping each other out like the friends they are, huh?」

Hector smiles back at Rogestilla’s words. I think he’s smiling, but his face still looks scary.

「…That was just like our Samurai would do it.」, said the “Blade Alchemist” Louie.

「He didn’t use any sort of magic, he simply cut the burning boulder with pure swordsmanship.」

The Samurai Masamune is smiling happily while holding the hilt of his sword. His face is brimming with excitement, like that of a child who’s just found someone to play with.

「What’s there to smile about? Your teammate’s attack was split in two by the enemy.」

In battle, Michel seemed to be quite forceful.

「Hmm…」

Masamune had a worried look on his face.

「That’s right! Don’t just throw your child at your wife and go have fun with your sword on your own! You should take care of your child and let your wife go on adventures once in a while!」

On the enemy’s side, Panacea was getting a bit carried away, and the look on Masamune’s face became even more troubled.

The atmosphere would be pretty light in comparison if I were to look only at this exchange, but the battle situation was very different in every section of the field.

「What’s wrong, princess? It’s strange for a Demon King to be unable to break through someone like me, don’t you think?」

The “True Vampire” Bifrons continues to block the Demon King’s path with his supernatural regenerative ability.

He’s manipulating an enormous amount of blood, which is being replenished by his regenerative ability from where his blood continues to gush out.

Earlier in this All-Heaven Festival Contest, the “Vampire Queen” Carmilla had used the Bottomless Canteen she obtained in the Original Dungeon to be able to manipulate huge amounts of blood.

Bifrons, however, can do the same thing using only his bare hands.

Using his vitality and Magical Energy as firewood, it was dangerous to use something like the “Ebony Flames” against him.

Since he’s immortal, not only does he continue to burn without dying, but instead simply becomes wrapped in black flames, which may cause damage to foe and friend alike.

Being a Demon King, I’m sure Agares learned how to use the power to unleash the horns inside his body into a Horn Armor, but I haven’t seen any signs of such a thing being used yet.

Do you want to reach your master without using it?

A surge of blood that had taken the form of a multi-headed snake attacks the Demon King.

「Amduscias！」

「Yes！」

The bloody fangs crunch the area where the Demon King was.

But there is no Demon King there anymore.

Because he got on the back of Amduscias, who had turned into a centaur, and avoided the bloody snake.

The “Time Demon” Agares was facing the “Formless All-Faced” Dantalion, while the “Transparent-like Demon” Balam was fighting the first-generation duo.

Both the first-generation Furcus and first-generation Valac are leaping around and swinging their weapons as if they could see Balam clearly. In fact, they aren\t leaping, but running in mid-air? No, they’re running up Balam’s transparent body.

We, who have just started, aren’t just standing around doing nothing.

Josh, Melania, and Fran, with the help from the Paladin Lark from the Fenix Party among others, are blocking the arrows that the “Silver Bow” Orion occasionally fires.

It may be a little excessive, but it only means how dangerous our side considers the loss of our “Black Sorcerer” would be.

Particularly, Fran seems really eager to rush to Wraith’s side as soon as possible, but he’s been patiently sticking around near me instead.

Lily also shoots arrows whenever she sees a chance, but the Paladin Maximillian’s defenses are also very thick.

And then the fog cleared.

Wraith had been sent flying, Fenix and Aerial were approaching Altreed, the second “Rebapkenz” was activated, and Altreed had leapt into the sky.

Both the “Flame Hero” and “Storm Hero” seem to be coming back here.

And Altreed has just defeated the “Air-like Demon” Ipos with his “Storm Ocean”.

It appears that Balam lost his balance in the aftermath of the storm, and the earth shook greatly.

Two things happened here.

Not missing the opportunity when Balam’s posture collapsed, and with a single flash from his spear, the first-generation Furcus caused Balam’s magic particles to be scattered all over the field just like what happened to Ipos earlier.

And the second thing was that the “Great Warrior” Hector left the range of the “Full Resist” and started running at a tremendous speed.

His feet were moving at an unusually high speed. He had probably been buffed by Panacea’s “Speed Up”.

Certainly, it won’t be easy to hit an opponent approaching at that speed with Black Magic, but it’s not impossible either.

The key is timing.

Altreed, who appeared above Ipos, is, in other words, right above us.

Naturally, we will be paying attention to him.

Both the Hero and the Warrior from the best adventurer party ever were approaching from the sky and the ground.

In such a situation, it’s okay for both sides to get a bit arrogant when trying to deal with their opponents.

In the first place… I’m not fighting alone.

「…Masamune.」

「Right on it.」

Before I had finished calling his name, the world’s number one Samurai had headed towards Hector.

Believing in my teammates, I look up at the sky.

Towards the “Unyielding Hero”, who’s just defeated a giant in one blow.

Giants are known for being beings that couldn’t be defeated that easily.

However, although Ipos had been defeated in a matter of seconds, it had by no means been easy. I knew that much.

Altreed and his companions are just that strong.

Or rather, a spell that powerful…

Could it be that you’re stronger now than back when you were active?

Even after having retired, did you continue to hone your skills in order to become stronger?

『Is that your admiration I’m sensing? You have your eyes set onto a nice person. He looks a lot like you.』

Dark suddenly began to speak.

『A person who never fails to make an effort, even though he knows he was not chosen. And his efforts are never off the mark. He’d find the thing that’s worth making that effort for in order to get the result he wants, and he’d do it without hesitation, no matter how difficult it may be.』

— I know.

There is no way you can become number one in the world just by being stubborn about not giving up.

His persistence is all devoted to winning.

And that thing is really, really cool about him.

I’ve known this since I was little.

『You didn’t become a “Hero”, but you inherited the most important part of the hero you admired. If that person has had a good influence on you, then you should be grateful too.』

Dark seemed to be very cheerful.

Certainly, I can’t match Altreed’s ability with magic or his strength as a warrior.

Just like Dark said, I tried my best to have his persistence, to match the way he feels to others.

I was a little annoyed that Dark recognized this.

But it also made me a bit happy.

「I’ll defeat you, Lem.」, says the greatest Hero.

And I, the “Black Sorcerer” answered this:

「That was just what I was about to say to you.」