[Annihilate All]
This chapter starts from Alma's POV
"[Power Down]! [Speed Down]! [Speed Up]! [Shield Down]!"
Olivie cast her Support Magic to debuff enemies and buff allies.
She'd lower speed of agile enemies and defense of sturdy ones.
Making enemies lose their edges while either compensating for allies' weak points or further reinforcing their strong points.
"[Grave Lance]!! Olivie, now!"
"[Black Bomb]!!"
Leviara waited for the right moment to crowd control the enemies with her Master Skill, giving Olivie the chance to cast Offensive Magic.
A single spell cast by Olivie killed multiple magic beasts at once.
These two are better at working as a team than by themselves.
They're moving much smoother than they were during the tournament. Easily dealing with higher leveled magic beasts.
It's astonishing how they work so well despite lacking Mana and Energy Control.
『Gigyaaaaaaa!!』
"O-oh craap! Those birds're shooting magic!"
"Dammit, a bombardment from above! They're gonna burn this city down to the ground!"
A swarm of monstrous birds shot out a barrage of offensive spells from the sky.
That's no good, we don't have a lot of means to strike down flying targets. Meanwhile, they're free to pick on us.
Offensive Magic is our only chance to hit them, but that might prove difficult from this distance.
...?
『Gyaaaaaaaaaaa!!?』
"Shut the hell up, damned birds. Trash should keep silent, die."
Alancyan ran in the sky and cut down the birds one after another.
...I had no idea he can use [Air Step].
『Kigigyaaaaaa!!』
"Ain't gonna work on me. That tiny flame ain't even enough to light a candle."
『Byuiuuuaaaaaa!! Gape!?』
"Think ya can handle melee combat against me? Think again, die."
The birds shot Alancyan with a barrage of magic to no effect.
Some resorted to melee combat to which Alancyan responded by swiftly cutting them down.
He's a bother as an enemy, quite reliable as an ally.
『Vaaaaaaaaaaaa!!』
"Alma-san, some big ones are coming right up!"
...No, I must keep moving my hands.
In the direction Reina pointed, I saw four, five magic beasts that look similar to the worm we encountered on that dungeon's final floor.
Judging from their mana pools, they're about as strong.
We struggled to the point of nearly dying just to kill one back then, but I'm much stronger than I was.
"[Grand Blade]."
I enlarged my blade with Magic Sword, point the tip at the worms and activated a Master Skill.
"【Needle-point Thrust】!"
『『『Pigyaaaaaaaaaaa.........!!!』』』
Master Skill [Needle-point Thrust] unleashes countless mana blades upon the usage of a thrusting attack, drilling my foes full of holes.
Grand Blade plus Needle-point Thrust. Each one has enough power to annihilate most magic beasts, combined even these worms are helpless.
This move consumes a hefty amount of mana, but a level up restores my mana full anyway.
『Vi, vaaaa....!!』
Not good, one survived.
It's trying to run away. I've got to kill it quickly...!
『Cluuck!!』
『Vagu!!?』
Hiyoko kicked the fleeing worm on the belly with [Mana Claw Gale].
Watching the worm getting flung by the kick despite their overwhelming size difference is a bit surreal.
"Charge complete! Teryaaaa!!"
『Gyavaaaaa!!?』
Reina's dagger can absorb lightning elemental attacks and adds its power to the next attack.
The power of each charge can't be higher than the dagger's base ATK, but there is no limit to how many times it can be charged.
Reina has converted her mana into electric energy, and then let her dagger absorb it.
She brandished her dagger like a [Lightning Flash], easily slicing the worm like a cook dicing up a fish on a cutting board.
"Level up!"
『Cluuck!』
Reina and Hiyoko high fived each other once the worm was dead.
These two people... Um, one girl and a chicken? are a great duo, not unlike Leviara and Olivie.
We've been killing magic beasts without any problem but this can't go on forever.
Our MP and HP may be restored with level ups but not our stamina. We're toast once it runs out.
We've got to exterminate all the magic beasts before it gets to that point. But, their number isn't decreasing at all.
Are these beasts getting reinforcement somewhere? Where?
I used Mana Search and found two spots with a weird mana flow.
Fresh magic beasts are emerging from those spots.
We can probably stop their reinforcement if we destroy whatever device there.
"Reina, there's no end to these magic beasts. Not unless we go and stop the two spots where magic beasts are coming out."
"Nn... You're right, I do feel two weird mana spots."
"Let's head there quickly with your Shadow Dive."
"Gotcha!"
We went to one of the suspicious mana spots by moving through building shadows.
We'd be stuck dealing with magic beasts along the way if not for Reina's Shadow Dive.
Then we'd likely be too exhausted by the time we reached the spot. You really can count on Reina to save the day.
We found a stone pillar drive on the ground with a strange carved pattern at the said spot.
I think that's the thing responsible for teleporting magic beasts here. It's probably working in a similar fashion to the teleportation circle at the arena earlier.
Wonder if breaking that pillar is enough to stop these magic beasts?
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~~~~~~~~Aina's POV~~~~~~~~~~
"147, 148, 149, 150.... Ooh?"
I can tell there's less and less magic beasts as I'm working my way through their number.
Did someone destroy the sources? Pretty damn good job without Neora-kun.
Now that the sources are destroyed, the rest of magic beasts should be an easy picking.
Oh, the kingdom's army is finally joining the fray. They're soo slow.
Guess I can leave the clean-up to the army.
But geez, Neora-kun is still sleeping even now. Is this really alright, hero.
...!?
~~~~~~~~Scarymast's POV~~~~~~~~
"Your efforts warrant much appreciation! We shall take over from here on!"
"Exterminaaaaaaate!!!"
"Chaaaaaaaaaarge!!!!"
The kingdom's soldiers charged in toward magic beasts while raising a wary cry.
Finally here. Good grief, could have come sooner.
Fatigue was about to set in for us though. Their arrival is on point.
The sources may have been stopped, but there's still a lot of magic beasts left. Around a hundred or so.
"Alancyan-sama, please withdraw! If you were to get hurt--"
"Shut yer' trap, the hell y'all here for now, hyenas. These beasts woulda demolished the crap outta the city if nobody stopped 'em while ya lot were fumbling around. The crap ya been doin' huh?"
Aizawa grumbled harshly at the late army. Can't say I disagree.
They're mobilizing too slow during an emergency. Despite his foul mouth, Aizawa moved well in accordance to the shifting situation.
Wish the army bigwigs learned a thing or two from him.
"Ooh, the army is here at last. The rest should be easy-peasy now."
"Reina, don't let your guard down just yet. There is no telling what comes next after these beasts."
I saw Almatina and Reinamiure watching the soldiers.
These two must have destroyed the magic beast sources. They've done an astounding job as expected of Kajikawa's companions.
The number of magic beasts are gradually decreasing. They should all be dead in about ten minutes.
...Those demons sure adopted quite a roundabout tactic.
They must plan to eliminate the tournament participants and set humanity back, but they might have underestimated our strength.
Or perhaps, they have another hand at play--
Goosebumps.
I can't stop trembling.
What is this feeling...!?
A blue light shone on a nearby ground.
This pattern, it's a teleportation magic circle.
Plural humanoid figures emerged on the circle. There's around 100 of them in total.
Their exteriors resemble humans.
However, their colors are not that of human.
Almost the primary color of red and blue, with dark scleras instead of white.
And above all, their presences are more akin to magic beasts than humans, no, even more sinister.
Finally made an entrance huh, demons...!
"Hmph, they took care of those beasts faster than anticipated."
"Doesn't seem like we got many kills. Useless bunch."
"It changes nothing. Their purpose has always been to tire them out. Any expectation was misplaced."
I see so their strategy was to wear us down with magic beasts until their main forces, the demons arrived.
...This is bad. That strategy is working, we're all greatly exhausted now.
Both from the tournament and from fighting those beasts. All of us likely only have less than half of our maximum stamina left.
Just when I was wracking my brain trying to come up with a way to overcome this.
That thing emerged on the magic circle last.
A pure white skin with no color at all.
It's a blond young man with red irises on dark scleras.
My instinct is telling me he's clearly on a different level.
"Fumu. All went according to plan."
"Sir. However, they managed to destroy the summoning pillars quicker than anticipated. Their loss is at a minimum."
"It matters not. It's all the same once we destroy and kill everything there is."
My sweat won't stop. It's chilling. I'm shaking. I can't breathe well.
I feel an even greater pressure than Black Dragon emanating from the man before me.
There's no doubt about it. This man holds a leadership position among the demons. He's one of the demon chiefs...!
"Aa... aa...!"
"Hi, hi, hiii...!!"
Some people started screaming and groaning from the hopeless gap in strength.
Some fell on their rear, some tried to run, some froze up in fear.
"Annihilate all."
The white demon spoke thus as he pointed his finger at us.
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