Chapter 112
"Dammit, what's with you brats . . . . Just die alreadyyyyyy!"
The demon who encamped itself in the sky above the schoolyard shot out magic at the yard while looking irritated .
Not even one of the demon's attacks reached the students .
There is no hole in the formation the students have taken up .
Likewise, the students' attacks couldn't reach the demon .
However, unlike the demons, the students keep up the attack while fully knowing that it won't hit it .
In order to avert the demon's attention from Alma and Ruli .
"I can't miss now can I . . . . "
Alma is aiming her bow at the demon slightly away from the students .
And then she unleashed the arrow after stopping breathing for an instant .
"Mu?"
The demon noticed the arrow Alma shot and seemingly realized that it could cause it harm unlike anything so far .
The demon moved slowly while still constructing a magic, to evade the arrow .
However, the arrow changed its direction as if it was pursuing the demon .
The demon seemed to judge that it had no choice, it canceled constructing a magic, unfolded its wings wide and accelerated .
Yet the arrow still attempted to pursue the demon, however, it eventually couldn't keep up and passed by the demon .
"The hell was that arrow--ha!? . . . . AGAAAAAAAA!"
The demon's question changed into a painful cry halfway through .
The arrow that it should have evaded changed direction midway and stabbed its back .
"【Guided Mana Enchant】 . . . . I didn't know you could curve it like that now . . . . "
Ruli commended Alma when she saw how the arrow moved .
However, Alma who shot the arrow looks perplexed too .
"I did guide it until halfway through . . . But, I have no idea about that last move too you know? I don't think an arrow could move like that . "
"That wasn't guided by Alma? Which means, it's this . . . Mathi-kun is amazing as always . . . "
Ruli muttered as she looked at a paper where a magic circle was drawn .
Ruli has learned how to compose magic circle herself, but she can't even begin to imagine the way to augment spells that could pursue high-speed flight of a demon and even penetrate its defense .
"Mathi-kun is Mathi-kun and all, but I think Ruli is the only one who can do an augment like that! Look at how it stuck on the demon!"
Alma pointed at the fallen demon .
The arrow is stuck on its back--or to be more correct, its two wings like it's sewn them .
Even demons would be forced to give up flying after that .
And in front of the fallen demon--
"It fell! Rearrange the lines!"
"""""YES!"""""
Are the students who could only block the demon's attacks until now .
The students encircled the demon while maintaining a distance away and shoot out their magic all at once .
This time it reaches .
A solo attack magic from a student won't be effective against a demon .
However, it's a different story if you concentrate dozens of the same magic .
The attack magic that rained down incessantly without pause produces synergistic effect, mercilessly shaving down the demon's endurance .
Alma also backs them up with arrows specialized in firepower .
Realizing that it can't fly anymore, the demon counterattacked with attack magic, but all of them were blocked by the barrier Disqualified Crest students set up .
And when the demon tried to close their distance to slash at the students, Alma shot it with arrows embedded with interference magic, stopping it on its track .
Thus the students' encirclement is maintained without ever collapsing .
And the magic attacks continued for a while--
"We did it!"
The demon finally died .
Nevertheless, they carefully confirmed its death using magic before breaking their formation .
"We beat it! We beat a demon!"
"I can't believe it, mere students defeating a demon . . . . "
"We've got to hurry and report to various places!"
Students and teachers are rejoicing together .
They used this chance to toss Alma and Ruli up in the air .
A lot of people ran out of the school in order to convey what happened to the capital .
Their expressions were mixed with fatigue and also glee .
"I'm going to tell Mathi-kun!"
"Me too!"
Ruli and Alma ran toward the dungeon to tell Mathias their victory .
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--A voice resounded amidst the celebratory air .
From the direction of the sky where the demon that was defeated earlier came, sky that should have been empty .
"Huh? Berlias went and got done in . "
"Yeah . And I told him . We were gonna have an all-you-can-kill anyway, so we should have prepared our formation first . "
"Now now, don't say that . Thanks to him, we got more prey to kill no? Look at that . Our prey are rejoicing with stupid looks on their faces . "
Appearing from thin air along with grating voices--were demons .
And it's not just one or two .
--14 .
That's the number of demons floating in the capital's sky .
There isn't anyone left in the capital who's calm enough to count their number though .
"You're kidding me . . . . "
"Just how many are them . . . . "
"There's no way we can win this . . . . "
Merely defeating a demon necessitated a total war .
And now it's 14 .
In addition, the students are running out of mana by the battle earlier .
Their situation is hopeless no matter how you look at it .
The students have lost their fighting spirit, none is even holding their weapon straight .
There wasn't even anyone who got the idea to run .
"Then, let's get to--aa?"
In that situation, the demon who was going to shoot a magic at the defenseless students--suddenly stopped .
No, to be more correct, he was stopped .
Because that demon was cut in two by a sword that projected out of thin air .
The cut demon died without even being able to scream and fell on the ground .
" . . . . Ha?"
Other demons had perplexed looks on their faces because of the unrealistic scene that played out in front of their eyes .
As if saying that it must be some kind of mistake .
However, a mistake it is not .
As if proving to them that it was real, a sword showed up again--and another demon's head fell down .
"U-UWAAAAAAAAA!"
Their thought finally caught up after the second demon died .
The demons who have been driven by fear begin swing their swords around haphazardly .
It was meaningless .
The screaming demon who stood out became fodder of a sword that came out of thin air within five seconds .
No one saw the figure of the one who wielded the sword .
However, the students who saw the current situation are vaguely aware of the identity of the one behind it .
--Because there is only one person in the capital who can possibly do such a feat .
" . . . Fourteen huh . That's more than I expected . "