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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: shyan
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Samuel, using her tracking ability to get her bearings, ran towards the location of the attackers.
As I moved behind her, I was able to hear how the overall situation was unfolding.
“Humans?”
“That’s right. Although the match is ongoing and there might be other members of their group, I fought against a human earlier.”
“Why on earth are humans still here… Moreover, what reason do they have for appearing in Jerusalem of all places?”
“I don’t know exactly. If I had interrogated him immediately, something might have come out, but at the time, I had to focus on my match for the time being.”
“Hmm…”
Samuel, with a slightly mechanical feel but accurately saying what she had to say.
Certainly, if she had revealed the fact that a human had infiltrated the arena there, the progress of the tournament would likely have been greatly disrupted due to safety concerns.
This was unavoidable, as the Demon King and many other high-ranking demons were present in the arena.
To prevent this, and because she had decided to prioritize her next match, Samuel had no choice but to postpone dealing with the human matter.
Had she been part of the royal guard directly responsible for the Demon King’s security, she might have taken immediate action. But her role was a general leading an army, not a bodyguard.
Since the nature of the basic tasks was different, she could not be blamed for this.
In fact, interrogating the captured individual was strictly the job of the security personnel, including the personal guard.
This was similar to a soldier catching a thief on the street and sending him to the police station, which was all he had to do.
“Well, anyway, I didn’t know that things would get this big. If I had known this would happen, I should have broken one or two of that human guy’s limbs in advance.”
Samuel regretted it, talking about the gruesome story as if it were nothing.
And the next moment, she suddenly increased her speed as if the targets were nearby, and I moved, keeping a slight distance, to follow her more smoothly.
‘Come to think of it… I think the Demon King was following me from behind, but where did she suddenly disappear to?’
I had been too focused on the situation to notice, but now that I thought about it, it felt strange.
In any case, since I couldn’t go back to find the Demon King now, I landed there, following Samuel, who had arrived at the open space that was visible in front of me.
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Demon Commander Samuel appeared before their eyes.
And, the Black Hero, a skilled person who had defeated one of the royal guards in the previous battle.
Even though two powerful figures were blocking their path, the Hero party members had not lost their will to fight.
‘4:2… The situation’s worse than before, but we still have a chance.’
‘The Black Hero’s power is great, but if Hector faces the commander and the three of us face that one person…’
It was already known that Hector and Samuel were on par, even though he had lost due to bad luck in the previous match.
With the thought that it was a fight worth trying, they began to take out their weapons.
The witch Dagon pulled out a staff, and Bless attached claws.
And, Pompey tightened the bowstring from the back, and Hector drew his sword again.
The four of them quickly formed a formation and prepared for the battle with the two powerful enemies in front of them, and in response, Samuel and the Black Hero also prepared to use their powers, drawing up their magic power.
“I’ll settle things with that man. The three of you face the Hero.”
“Understood. Then…”
After finishing the division of roles, they glared at the opponent in front of them.
In an instant, a cold wind and an ominous presence began to circulate in the open space where they were gathered.
And, that extremely taut tension was broken at the same time as an arrow was shot from the hand of Pompey, who was tightening the bowstring.
Swoosh!!!
An arrow flew towards the Black Hero, making a sharp sound.
That strike, which was not an ordinary steel arrow but contained a considerable amount of magic power inside, had the destructive power to pierce even steel armor if hit directly.
The Black Hero did not show any signs of avoiding it, even while receiving such an arrow attack.
Pompey smirked, convinced that his opponent was relying too much on his armor’s defense.
However…
Ting!
“Huh?”
“Kgh!”
The next moment, Pompey’s arrow was easily deflected just by the Black Hero slightly turning the direction of the greatsword.
Pompey and his party’s faces showed a slight sense of embarrassment at the strike, which had been greatly amplified by magic power, flying away so futilely.
“To deflect an arrow with that much magic power without a problem…”
“Tch! Then try receiving this!”
With those words, Dagon started to chant a spell, gathering magic power in the staff.
The magic power that emanated from her body began to be realized as a translucent liquid like water, and then it began to change into the shape of a giant whale.
A 4m diameter whale made of blue liquid, as if swimming in the air.
But the next moment,
That thing, which could be seen as beautiful and dreamlike in some ways.
It flew its massive body like a single cannonball and began to rush towards the place where the Black Hero was.
Even though it was smaller than a real whale, its sheer size alone would be enough to overwhelm most opponents.
In this situation, which would have made most people instinctively flinch in fear.
The Black Hero straightened his sword without blinking an eye.
And…
“Gasp!”
Boom!!!
The Black Hero simply poured magic power into the sword and swung it without any special magic.
The spell was obliterated. Not a single trace of it remained. And the leftover shockwave surged toward the Hero’s party like an unstoppable force.
“Sh-Shield!!!”
At the moment of the terrifying strike that flew in, Dagon generated a shield, pouring in as much magic power as she could.
However,
Despite the shield she had created with all her strength, it was not enough to block the wave of power emanating from the Black Hero’s sword.
Her shield, which was showing signs of cracking and breaking at any moment due to the overwhelming power, was being pushed back.
Despite the fact that she was repairing it with magic power that was being squeezed out every moment, the speed at which the shield was being repaired could not keep up with the speed at which it was being destroyed.
‘W-What is this… …’
‘This guy is a total monster!’
‘How can this be… Even those commanders wouldn’t be capable of this much power…’
A strike that erased her strongest attack and showed a power that exceeded the output she could handle even with the remaining aftermath.
In response, Dagon and her companions belatedly realized that they had chosen the wrong opponent…
It was already too late.
Crack!
“Ah!…”
In the end, the shield was broken despite all the magic power that Dagon poured into it.
As a result, the three people were helplessly swallowed by the wave of black power.
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“W-What is this… Unbelievable…”
An attack beyond imagination occurred right next to him.
In response, Hector’s face was momentarily covered with horror at this situation and worried about his companions who had been swept away by such an attack.
At that moment…
“There’s no time to worry about that side.”
“Kgh!”
Bang!
Samuel’s gauntlet narrowly grazed Hector, who had been distracted for a moment.
If that punch had landed cleanly, he would have at least been knocked out—at worst, his skull would have been crushed. Barely dodging in time, Hector had no choice but to refocus on his own battle.
‘Thankfully, I can still sense their presence… They’re alive. But damn it, I didn’t expect that the Black Hero would be this powerful…’
The Black Hero wielded unimaginable, outrageous power.
To be honest, when he only heard the name, Hector had been thinking that he was just a fake guy who was trying to imitate a Hero among the demons…
At this moment, he was clearly aware that his thoughts were completely wrong.
‘It wasn’t just the name. With that much power, he is literally worthy of being called a Hero. Maybe he’s even on par with the strongest ever, Elron.’
Feeling that the situation was getting worse and worse, the Hero Hector struggled to defeat Samuel somehow.
However, at this moment, despite his all-out struggle, he was unable to gain the upper hand against her.
This was not simply because her appearance, which was visible in his eyes, was too beautiful.
Worrying about the safety of his companions, and even thoughts about the danger that that hopeless monster would bring to the Allied Races in the future.
In many ways, this current situation was preventing Hector from concentrating on the battle, and as a result, he was unable to take advantage of the fact that he had a combat power one step above Samuel, to put it coldly.
And as a result…
“Ah!”
“Got you.”
Thwack!
