Chapter 104
Chapter 104
After the demon shouted, a thick arm burst out of its chest .
“Haa!?” (Dodras)
The insect demon’s face was filled with astonishment, as this was beyond its expectation .
“No way . How!? Why did it attack my body!?” (Dodras)
The arm deftly moved about, tearing the insect demon apart .
“St-stop! Vallark!!” (Dodras)
The insect demon had lost both of its arms and legs, but it was somehow still alive .
Perhaps it was because of the demon’s immense vitality, but that also meant the pain would be prolonged .
A second arm burst out of the crack . The arms then began to attempt to widen the crack .
The sound of tearing as well as the insect demon’s scream echoed .
Finally, the insect demon’s body was torn in two .
What appeared from the tear, was a comically huge upper body if compared to the still intact lower body .
Its total height was about 8 meters tall . Since the insect demon was of a similar height to a human, then the upper body alone was as tall as 7 meters .
It had 2 pairs of arms just like the insect demon . Since its body was so big compared to the lower body, the arms could actually extend to the floor .
However, despite being the same length, the arms had different skin texture and number of joints, as if they were someone else’s arms that were stuck to the huge body .
The head resembled that of a dog or a lizard . It had a pronounced snout, and rows of jagged teeth jutting out at random spots .
Its eyes glowed, as if searching for prey .
“Uaaaa” (Dodras)
The upper part of the insect demon seemed to be still breathing, barely dangling around Vallark’s waist .
I suppose it was because its head survived from being torn apart .
Even so, it appeared that the lower body was currently under Vallark’s control .
It walked in a gorilla-like gait .
When I tried to read the status, what happened was the same as when I tried to see Leelan’s .
In other words…
“It’s a chimera?” (Hibiki)
I muttered inside my armor to no one in particular .
“Grrr, graa—” (Vallark)
Vallark bellowed . Its voice was loud enough to even shake the stadium .
The next moment, Vallark began moving towards the audience .
“Is it going to attack the audience!?” (Lux)
Lux rushed in and immediately stood before Vallark .
Vallark stopped its pace, looking down at the obstacle that was Lux .
Lux already brandished his sword .
At the same time, Vallark arm was bearing down on Lux without any prior sign .
“Haaaa!!” (Lux)
Lux shifted his sword into a reverse grip, and charged towards Vallark’s attack .
A dull sound could be heard, and Vallark’s arm had been lopped off around the wrist . (EN: I know that doesn’t make sense but that’s what it says . )
Meanwhile, Lux was also pushed backwards away from his original position .
“Kuh, that was quite heavy . ” (Lux)
Apparently he had used “Fierce Sword”, but despite that he was still pushed back .
And the arm that was severed had already begun regenerating .
“Hyaaaa!!” (Gina)
Gina cut the demon’s right arm with the Demon Slaying Sword (Replica) to halt its movement .
The wound let out white smoke for a short while, but it also quickly regenerated .
“Spread out a little!!” (Brigitte)
Gina and Lux backed out at Brigitte’s call .
At the next moment, a blade made of wind magic struck Vallark .
It was not a whirlwind cut created by the likes of a vacuum phenomenon, but instead it was a mix of air and pebbles launched at quite an overwhelming speed .
Brigitte’s【Sound Magic】was after all a derivative of【Wind Magic】, so she was naturally able to control wind to some extent .
Why she didn’t use it in her match was beyond me though .
But Vallark’s skin was also extremely thick, Brigitte’s attack didn’t even scratch it .
However, that blast of strong wind actually still affected it somewhat .
Kuesu took this chance to score some hits .
Vallark was immediately engulfed in firestorms .
However…
“Damn, it didn’t work . ” (Kuesu)
Kuesu regretfully said .
“Kuesu’s Flame Whirlwind didn’t work? That’s impossible . ” (Lux)
Lux was equally surprised .
Of course, it was undamaged .
It was supposedly a clean hit, but there wasn’t any marks on its skin at all .
“Fool!! Vallark feeds on your magic . That won’t work on it!!” (Dodras)
The insect demon swaying around Vallark’s waist laughed .
The term “Fire that would burn a fire mage” was actually quite spot on for that attack just now .
Because, it’s a flame that should’ve been very difficult to put out .
In other words, Vallark actually absorbed Kuesu’s flame .
Brigitte’s attack also carried some amount of magic in it .
The magic power inside Lux and I who were in the ring should’ve also been depleted as well .
It was probably thanks to the “Mark of a Hero” and the “Dragon’s Scale” that we weren’t drained to the point of collapsing .
I didn’t know how much damage the “Fierce Sword” dealt to Vallark, but it seemed to work better than Kuesu’s attack .
In other words, my attack should be able to damage it as well .
I produced a fire bullet using【Holy Fire Magic】 .
Vallark was still trapped inside Kuesu’s Flame Whirlwind .
“Go!!” (Hibiki)
The fire bullet directly hit Vallark, then mixed in with Kuesu’s Flame Whirlwind .
The【Holy Fire Magic】melded together with Kuesu’s 【Wind Magic】 .
“Gyuraaaaa!?” (Vallark)
A voice of pain rose from Vallark’s mouth .
Meanwhile, the insect demon was killed immediately by this attack .
“Amazing!!”
Gina and Brigitte let out surprised voices . However, I had exhibited this【Holy Fire Magic】back in the semifinals .
I had no need to hide anymore .
Vallark crouched down to try and escape the flames, even just slightly .
“Weird . It didn’t get burned at all . ” (Brigitte)
Brigitte commented as the flame whirlwind gradually died down .
What appeared when the fire was completely extinguished, was the figure of Vallark whose unbalanced upper body was finally balanced out with his lower half .
It was 10 meters tall now, and it walked toward us in a more relaxed manner .
Its body was devoid of any burn wounds .
“Impossible! That didn’t even hurt it?”
“Gururu, gruuuーーーー” (Vallark)
As it emerged from the fire, Vallark howled at the sky . Its power was obviously stronger than before .
Zir confirmed my suspicion .
“Not good, because of yond howl just now the monsters outside the city art stampeding to this very place as we speak . ” (Zir)
Zir’s ghost explained the situation that was happening outside of the city .
When the audience went comatose, I had a ghost sent to downtown Brett to investigate .
At that point, only the audience was in a coma, the city was peaceful otherwise .
At a later point, Zir’s ghost was supposed to bring in the city’s standing army .
But there should be some magicians among the standing army .
Vallark would just use those magician’s magic power as a snack .
Zir alone could not carry me away .
In other words, I could only let the army deal with the monsters that Vallark had summoned .
“Tell Echo this . Can you play around with the monsters outside a little?” (Hibiki)
Zir listened to my suggestion through mind reading .
The ghost headed out in haste . The choice was either helping Lux in here or the army outside .
Besides, both Zir and I can demonstrate our full power if there was no one watching .
“You seem to be struggling . Going to use that?” (Selva)
Selva pointed her finger up to the prize box that contained a ring .
I knew the contents since I could see through it, and no one else would know the meaning of that pointing finger otherwise .
It was probably here because it was supposedly awarded at the closing ceremony when the matches were over .
Zir drew near to look inside the box .
There were 2 swords and a small wooden box inside . Along with that were 4 bags full of money .
“This is, the Holy Sword Light of Hope . For now, it should be good enough as a dragon slayer sword . ” (Hibiki)
The sword was thrown towards Lux .
But since Lux was still confronting Vallark, Kuesu was the one who caught the sword .
“Give it to the Hero!!” (Zir)
Zir told Kuesu that, before we left the stadium .
As the ghost was exploring the vicinity, I asked Ruby to expose the armor around the face .
“Thanks for the help, Zir . ” (Hibiki)
“Yond wast only something I naturally shouldst doth . So, what wilt thee doth anon?” (Zir)
“It depends on the amount of monsters outside . ” (Hibiki)
Zir thought for a while then replied . (EN: author typo? It should be Hibiki)
It was not that big of a number, since the city had just been attacked only recently .
The ones attacking now were merely the remnants . It appeared that the danger wasn’t that great .
“Then what’s next?” (Hibiki)
“Shouldn’t milord move more freely?” (Zir)
Apparently, Zir was questioning my decision to let Echo fight .
“Moreover, if milord moves more freely, shouldn’t thee beest able to defeat the monsters outside and in hither at the same moment?” (Zir)
As Ayla said, this fellow sees me on a high pedestal . I guess it was just her personality .
“Let’s leave that Vallark to Lux then . ” (Hibiki)
“Then ye art going for the monster stampede outside?” (Zir)
“No, I’m going to unveil the black curtain . ” (Hibiki)