Author: aji (あじ)
Translator: sleepingjay
39
At the village, evacuation was already underway following the village head’s instructions.
Thankfully, there was still no hint of beasts or demons in the village itself. In that case, it was likely the source had erupted from the lush, dense forest — the place where my house was.
The place where demons sprung up were places without people. Occurrences where they appeared suddenly inside cities were few and far between.
There weren’t that many villagers. With just one teleportation, it was possible for me to drop them all off at the town. It would be a bit rough-going, but should I try it?
At the moment I was deciding, I perceived a strong killing intent from my rear.
I erected a shield in all directions, just in time as only a few seconds later, a large ball of fire, hot enough to roast people alive, hit against the shield with a loud crackle.
The sea of fire all around us was no joke. I froze the colliding flames instantly, pulverising them. The ground that received the impact was gouged, as if meteorites had fallen there.
It had this much attack power. If I let it go to the town, it would be bad.
To kill it, I would have to do it here.
The demon circling in the skies had its whole body clad in black flames. Even at night, I could recognise that a number of eerie eyes were focused solely on me.
“Has it put me as its target?”
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When I separated from the village and ran off into the forest, the demon descended straight towards me.
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When it was flying in the air, it had a shape like a bird, but now it was standing there with fires blazing all over it, as if dancing on its own will.
It would be great if I could bring home a part of its body to do some experiments on, but did it even have a physical body? Underneath the flames it was clad in, was there any skin or flesh?
Unless you destroy their nucleus, demons would not die no matter how much you hurt them. Anyway, I think I should first catch the demon with a shield to figure out where its heart is. However, the magic that I called up with confidence was teared apart with alarming ease.
“Magic doesn’t work…?”
The deployed shield glittered like a crystal, but the demon didn’t seem obstructed at all, leisurely passing through. Originally, the shield should have repulsed the demon when it touched the barrier, and it shouldn’t have been able to pass at all.
“Then, how about this?”
There was plenty of soil in the forest.
I circulated my magic through the soil, then raised countless walls, wrapping around the demon in layers. When the walls bounded up right in front of its eyes, the demon was unable to dodge, and it let out a cry as it collided and was bounced backwards. The soil was reduced to ash, swept away by the wind to whirl upwards.
But thanks to that, I understood one thing. Anything created or generated with magic had no use. This demon might have the ability to nullify magic or something similar.
However, if I poured my magic into a pre-existing material—soil, rocks, tree vines and so on—and used those instead, the attack will hit true.
This was a bit…
“I’m at a disadvantage.”
If it was just magic, there was no way I would lose.
Unfortunately, I was a magician through and through. To get rid of this guy, you would have to cut through the flames directly with a sword and break its nucleus. I was neither a soldier nor a knight, what could I do even if I had a sword in hand?
“……Why is it so troublesome.”
Do I really have to do this?
I hated sweating and hard exercise. I had so much magic and for what? An opponent that was a demon who could nullify it all? This was such an unbelievable cheat.
Getting involved with people brought me no good. If Brad hadn’t found me, I could have just gone mad and died for good.
If this village wasn’t such a gathering of good people, I could have easily abandoned it as someone else’s affairs.
If Jill had left me be, if he hadn’t used the spirit drop on me—I would be free from having to think about everyone so much!
“……Tsk.”
The flames stretched into a spear.
While erecting earth walls to defend against it, I shot powerful bullets of soil.
If I were to give up here, this demon would indiscriminately attack people, just like it did three years ago.
Not even for eating, but just to kill, this demon would burn people to death……
That day, it ruined the village chief’s precious son, Brad. It killed another, just a little girl. It tore apart lovers that had promised to marry each other.
And this demon was going to attack the village again.
“—You know what, you’ll die here after all.”
At the same time as I unleashed my magic, the demon’s flames extended into countless blades, pointing towards me.
Translator:
Thank you for your patience! Next chapter will be out either Wednesday or Thursday, since I’m not sure how busy I’ll be over the next few days.
Thanks for the chapter!
Isn’t this the perfect chance for Jill to appear? 😁
Lilius is facing the demon alone. Let’s hope Jill will appear and this would be an opportunity for them to finally end those silent days. Thank you for the chapter!!!
He already told the soldiers to help, right? Hopefully help comes soon!
Thanks for the chapter <3
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Why has the Demon come back?! What is it searching there?
Thanks for the chapter!
Lilius is so cool here!! His narration to the point where he decided to kill that demon for good is just ugh!! Would love to see it animated!!
Thanks for the chapter € ^ *^)/// ~~ ♡♡♡♡♡
thanks for the chapter!