Chapter 534 – Support
-Gwam!
A golden thunderbolt falls on the head of Demon King Gregory, who was looking at me with suspicious eyes. However, Gregory escaped the lightning with ease.
“We will participate in the war too!”
It was Io.
Io was a priestess at the temple in Ramona.
When she saw the Demon King appear, she seemed to have come running with the other priests.
At the head of the priests was Io, holding what looked like a magic wand and pointing at the demon king Gregory. There is a brilliant bead at the end of the magic wand, giving off a soft golden light.
And behind her, her priests appear to be kneeling before her and praying.
Apparently, the thunderbolt that fell on Gregory was like divine magic, and her priests seemed to be conveying divine power to Io.
The lightning didn’t stop with just one strike.
-Gurgling!!
It falls non-stop, aiming for Gregory floating in the sky.
Gregory, who was dodging her lightning, threw something of hers at Io.
It was a red dagger that contained unusual power.
Nevertheless, Io throws her thunderbolt at Gregory without any intention of dodging.
-Boom!
I quickly moved in front of her and swung her great sword, knocking away the red dagger.
“Lord Bark. Thank you!”
Io was in a cold sweat.
It wasn’t because of the attack just now, but it seemed like it was quite a burden to have so many lightning strikes.
Are the constant lightning strikes annoying?
Eventually Gregory got down to her ground.
“Charge!”
As soon as the Demon King came down to the ground, the knights, including Hestia and Azaz, rushed in as if they had been waiting.
The swords of Hestia and Azaz had vivid Auror blades.
A battle took place between the Holy Knights and Gregory.
Gregory’s fighting style was unique.
He was dealing with the Paladins while holding a dagger that appeared to have been made using blood sword magic, held upside down in his right hand.
It appeared to be a fighting technique that cleverly mixed bare-handed fighting and dagger techniques.
When she first appeared, she seemed to be able to use magic as well, but for some reason she was only dealing with paladins in close combat.
Nevertheless, she doesn’t seem to be pushed back at all.
‘It’s not good.’
On the surface, the battle between the Holy Knights and Gregory appears tense.
However, compared to the desperate paladins, Gregory was relaxed.
The paladin who blocked Gregory’s attack had his arm broken and was lying around vomiting blood.
I was able to stand up soon, perhaps due to the healing power of divine power, but… That is not permanent either.
“Everyone, except Hestia, step back! Support the Holy Power from the rear!”
Azaz eventually defeated the Paladins, who seemed to lack capabilities.
The ordinary members only became an obstacle in the battle against the absolute power.
Hestia, Azaz. The two Holy Knights’ pincer attack was fierce, but it seemed to be no match for Gregory.
I slowly walked towards Gregory.
He didn’t seem to care at all when I approached him.
I don’t think I have any magic power, maybe I’m letting my guard down.
Then it was time to take advantage of that carelessness.
My current level is 97.
After dealing with the giant tentacle sphere, I was close to reaching level 100.
Of course, my physical abilities are much better than before.
When I thought I had reached a reasonable distance, I put a lot of pressure on my legs.
-Boom!
The leg power emanating from the powerful body with a stat of 170 instantly narrowed the distance to Gregory.
And using that propulsion, he thrust the large sword in with all his might.
Nevertheless, he didn’t even pay attention to me.
-Dismissal…
I felt a faint force field blocking the tip of the sword.
However, a sword filled with powerful intentions pierces the force field.
Gregory’s expression seemed to harden slightly.
At that moment, a powerful shock wave erupts from the guy’s body.
Hestia and Azaz are pushed back by the shock wave.
I braced my legs and back to withstand the shock wave and aimed for the guy’s head.
-Tub.
But my sword stopped right in front of my nose.
There was a greatsword in the guy’s hand.
Even though he held the blade with his bare hand, not a single drop of blood was shed from his hand.
“This… Is unexpected again.”
Gregory’s voice, who blocked my surprise attack, was calm.
“It seems a bit lacking to be a transcendent… Isn’t this guy? It’s not magical power… It’s a supernatural ability that uses mental power. He strengthened his sword with that… And also blocked the explosion earlier with this ability? He doesn’t have any magical power. It’s definitely deformed. But if you can’t use magical power, the limitations are clear.”
-Well…
The tip of the sword Gregory was holding breaks.
And the red dagger he was holding in his opposite hand cut me.
I quickly stepped back and dodged.
“You have pretty good eyes.”
Gregory was accurately aware of the attack I had used.
‘This guy is real.’
This guy was definitely different from the screwed-up demons that had been attacking Ramona.
Looking at those guys, I was hoping that the Demon King would be sloppy too…
It was a big mistake.
Hestia and Azaz, who were pushed away by the shock wave, rush at Gregory again.
I also held a great sword with a broken tip and joined forces with them.
However, no harm could be done to Gregory.
Gregory doesn’t seem to use skills like the demons.
It felt natural, like I was using abilities that had been instilled in me for a long time.
He was a guy who was used to fighting.
It could also be said to be of a similar type to Bloa, who was summoned in the Slover Labyrinth.
In the fight of a truly strong man, tricks such as telekinesis using willpower did not work.
As Gregory said, there was a limit to the power that could be used solely through mental power without magical power.
He wasn’t someone you could deal with without using magic.
Gregory was taking his time even though he could have finished us off long ago.
No, it seemed like I was preoccupied somewhere else.
“Willas, is this guy lying? Or is he hiding… We’ll find out when we kill these guys.”
‘What? Who are you looking for?’
The dagger that Gregory was holding upside down glows red.
I could see that there was an unusual power inside.
Gregory spun his body around and slashed the dagger horizontally.
A red-hot line is drawn in the air.
-What a mess!
There was a sound as if the space was being torn apart.
I can feel the eerie destructive power of the heat rays it created.
The paladins and priest Io seemed to sense that something unusual was happening and were seen creating a large shield to prevent damage to the refugees.
Hestia instinctively judged that the protective shield of the Holy Knights and Priests could not stop it, so she struck the heat ray with all her might.
It was a struggle to reduce its destructive power even a little.
Both I and Azaz gritted our teeth and slashed our swords, filled with spiritual power and Auror blades, toward the spreading heat ray.
-Flash!!
There was a blinding flash and I felt a shock that felt like my arm would be broken. The great sword filled with intent was shattered and fell backwards.
I rolled on the floor frantically and quickly regained my stance.
An area of several hundred meters had turned into a flat area.
Fortunately, thanks to the Holy Knights and Priests, there seemed to be no major damage to the refugees.
At least I, Hestia, and Azaz did our best to reduce the destructive power, so this is the extent of it.
Without the three of us, humans within a certain radius, whether paladin or priest, would have been annihilated.
Hestia and Azaz were trying to stand up somehow… But their internal injuries looked serious.
And the rest of the Holy Knights and priests were lying down, not even budging, wondering if they were dead or alive.
Gregory looks around at us arrogantly.
‘… Fucked…’
The devil, being a devil, must wait until the hero is big enough.
It was a violation of the rules to appear so quickly and try to punish the students.
‘I can’t help it.’
It was clear that Gregory’s murderous intent would not stop at me and the Holy Knights, but would also turn to the refugees.
Also included were the sisters Karen, Hilda, Bianca, and Velvet.
It was foolish to hide my strength when my women were about to die.
And I couldn’t guarantee whether I would be able to deal with this guy just by breaking the seal.
It was a time when I was trying to release the sealed magical power.
A huge woman made of water flew towards the devil.
It was as if she was a water goddess.
The large hand of a giant beauty made of water reaches out towards Gregory.
“Hmm… Is it a top-class spirit?”
Gregory, who had shown a relaxed appearance until now, frowns. And then he floats his body and quickly escapes the spirit’s touch.
Then, the body of a huge beauty who appeared to be a water spirit seemed to disperse and poured down on Gregory like a wave.
There was absolutely no way to avoid it.
Gregory probably felt it too, crossing his arms to guard her and crouching down to prepare for her shock.
Just like that, the rough waves of water swallow Gregory up.
-Rumbling…
“Is that being a demon lord named Gregory?”
I shifted my gaze without realizing it to the beautiful voice coming from right next to me.
Before I knew it, a peerless beauty was standing next to me.
Blue hair and blue eyes.
She was a beauty with pure white skin that seemed to be covered in powder.
What’s unique about her is that, unlike humans, the tips of her ears are pointed.
She was an elf.
She looked familiar.
I recalled her name, which had been in my long memory.
“Priscilla?”
