Isekai Maou to Shoukan Shoujo Dorei Majutsu Vol 1 Chapter 3.08

Part 8

Fort Bridge Ulg——

In front of Diablo, there were defeated Demonic Being tumbled about.

Making the other Demonic Being step back, the commander-looking Dragon Knight came forward.

It body was short when compared to the Races but that wasn’t enough to make Diablo become negligent and half-heartedly fight.

The Dragon Knight came down from the riding dragon.

「Why did you get down from the Demonic Beast?」

It was the voice of woman.

The commander took off her helmet.

The exposed face was that of a brown-skinned beautiful girl. Because her eyes were big, even a childish ambiance was felt.

Her violet lips opened.

「Hmph, doesn’t the Demonic Beast understand better than you who nonchalantly approached? The fact that you can’t win against me.」

The commander——Edelgart prepared her jousting lance.

——I had intended on holding back my MP consumption as much as possible, but there’s already a strange sleepiness.
As if he had just stayed up all night, there was a moment where his concentration was broken.

Against this opponent, things would not likely become fatal.

「Let us test you to see if you really aren’t weak!」

She kept the jousting spear at the ready.

——《Lance Charge》 huh.

After getting close, it would fire two thrusts. The need to cancel that was also the same.

They were on top of the stone bridge, but there was enough space for him to do that.

Seeing the attack being dodged ahead of time, Edelgart canceled the charge.

——To use 《Swing Spike》 next, she’s surprisingly devoted to the basics, isn’t she?

Since he knew the trajectory, dodging it wasn’t difficult.

「Still more. Then, use it!」

A black mist rose up from the jousting lance. Before long, it was clad in a black aura that made it look like it became bigger.

Consuming the user’s HP, it was a big technique that is unleashed.

Not only did it have power that was in a different league, the aura that the weapon was clad in also determined the attack. Having an inconsistent shape, evasion was difficult.

Running around and giving her a barrage of magic would bring him closer to victory. However, the opponent wouldn’t lose their fighting spirit with that.

——I need to endure this one!

「Interesting! That technique, I shall dare to take it! See if you can bestow damage upon me!」

With the spear clad in the jet-black aura, Edelgart thrust forward.

A massive pain ran through Diablo’s abdomen.

Before he could put up his guard, the side sweeping blow struck the side of his head.

And then, Edelgart jumped up. She swung the spear that she greatly held aloft down with all her might.

Diablo stopped his step, and dared to take the technique on his collar.

It felt as if a lead weight or something was placed on his back.

「So this is, damage……!」

It might be different from the cases of the normal striking and cutting, but from the damage due to the 《Martial Art》, the sensation that his physical strength was snatched away was stronger than the external wounds he received.

Preserving until his HP was barely hanging on like in the game was dangerous. It would probably be better to move with more composure.

Edelgart was breathing roughly.

《Sacrifice Charge》 was a Martial Art that used 15% of one’s HP to fire.

As for Diablo, he was in the mood of wanting her to accompany him in more experiments.
However——

「Diablo-sa~n!」

All of a sudden, there was someone running to him from Fort Bridge Ulg.

It was Boris.

Diablo shouted at him at a distance where his voice could be heard.

Boris stopped his feet, and replied with a loud voice.

「What was that?」

Edelgart narrowed her reptilian-like eyes, and smiled.

Diablo guessed the situation.

Even if the army of Demonic Beings were to invade all the way up to the town like this, it would only become a siege battle.

The enemy was naturally targeting Celes.

Did the Demonic Beings realize that the soul of the Demon King was within her? No, if they did know, they should have attacked when they went near the Man-Eating Forest.

Diablo looked at the enemy.

「Since, Gregor did well~……if you, brought down, it Demonic Beings’ win? You play bit longer?」

Diablo yelled with a low voice.

「Immediately have the people that are watching get their heads down! I’m going to use a maximum magic! You as well, if you don’t want to die, you should roll into a ball on the other side of the stone wall!」

While shouting with a loud voice, Boris went back.

Diablo raised 《The Staff of Tenma》.

「Sorry……but the time to experiment has disappeared.」

「I have no sympathy for Demonic Beings, but as praise for placing a wound on me in our fight, if you withdraw from here, I’ll overlook it, alright?」

Actually, he had started charging it ever since he heard Boris’ words, but it would still take some time.

「Save Demon King-sama is, Edelgart’s mission? That, why~, persist. Even if die.」

Diablo laughed.

「……Hate, that laughing.」

「True, Demon King……Diablo?」

——I made it in time.

「《White Nova》」

The instant the fireball touched the stone paving——

His sense of hearing was painted out from the thunderous roar.

It was the final Fire and Light attribute magic that Diablo learned when he became level 150.

The effect range was a semi-circle that went about twenty-something meters forward from the user’s feet, and although Fort Bridge Ulg was out of the range, since the magic’s power was too large, he didn’t know what could happen.

——Please let her be properly hidden!

Color came back to the world that was dyed white.

The game’s magic wouldn’t change the terrain, but in this world, it carved a definite scar.

The area ahead of where Diablo was standing had completely disappeared, enough to make one think that it was before the bridge was constructed.

Hurriedly, he pulled back all the way to the fortress.

The fortress was safe.

A majority of the Demonic Beings were annihilated.

Was she a Demonic Being that would appear in the back regions of Demon King territory?

She had lost her armor, lost her riding dragon, and lost her spear.

「Bring me down? Play around you say? Don’t push your luck too far, you lowly Demonic Being. I’m sure I said that I am a Demon King.」

It looked like she could move, but she probably didn’t have the strength to continue the battle anymore.

Just to be sure, he threatened her.

The town was the problem.

Shera rushed over.

「Worrying about me is pointless.」
「Then, let’s hurry! The town is in trouble!」

「Umu……I’ll attempt Return magic.」

He tightly gripped Shera’s hand, who got surprised and stiffened up.

There was no scientific basis.

Diablo precisely imagined the process of using Return magic inside his brain.

——I’m begging you, please let me be able to use it!

「《Return》!」

Chapter end