Episode 33. Breaking the limit (4)
Before the heroes came to this world.
Even though Peremus started attacking Praus, Thoreau and Ther were still watching from behind.
“Can we not fight?”
“Our goal is Prauss and his disciples. It would be much easier for us to deal with if Peremus took away Prauss’ power. Of course, it doesn’t matter if you kill it as it is.”
“Huh~ I want to kill the b*tch who stabbed me in the stomach and the b*tch Urca myself.”
“That has to be the situation.”
“For now, you’re over there for a year.”
Thoro’s fingertips point toward the flames.
There, a pink cat, a beastman, was breathing fire and burning the bodies of demons.
“…… Then go and come back.”
“Do you know that you became very cold towards your sister after becoming a demon?”
“I had a desire to kill Prause, but it was inevitable. As long as I was taken to the Demon Castle, I had no choice but to die if I made another choice.”
“Then you’re going to betray the Demon King?”
“I don’t mean that. Just…… This war means nothing to us.”
Ther knew.
The Demon King only uses them, and when he is judged useless, he will always kill him.
As he guessed, Blas thought so.
Unlike Stella, who had the genes to become a succubus, there was no reason to make humans on her side.
Vlas was only used to reduce the damage caused by the war.
“Why are you emotional?”
“It’s not emotional. I’m just saying what it is.”
“Huh. It didn’t make any sense from the beginning anyway. I just want to show the other guys the hell we’ve been through.”
Soro smiles and walks towards Urca. Ter, who was looking at her back, shook her head.
“Urca!”
It was the moment when Urca was vigorously defeating her demons. Her vast chill poured towards her.
“…… Ignis!”
Urca responds quickly and puts on Ignis’s armor.
The edges of her skin froze as she was hit head-on with the chill. It was a chill that even pierced Ignis’s armor.
“Awesome! What a chill…… !”
As the flames slowly die, Urca’s skin freezes. I opened my eyes to the intense cold and looked at her in front.
There, Soro, who had completely become a demon, was smiling grotesquely.
Urca glanced behind her, covering her face with her arm.
The soldiers on Glair’s side were fortunately protected, but the soldiers fighting in the other camp were frozen to death allowing the demons to attack them.
“One more go!”
‘Damn it! If you keep going like this, your defenses will get caught up in the cold…… !’
Urka dug in between her legions, quickly passing her judgment.
“Where!”
Chill persistently pursues Urca. The grass in the place where the cold period had passed froze and died, and the cross section of the ground became smooth.
Of course, the demon corps could not escape and froze.
‘I couldn’t get this cold without summoning a dragon!’
Urka sets up her flame barrier to protect herself while turning her back on her demons. However, as soon as it touches the cold, the fire of the barrier gradually dies and vibrates as if it will be pierced.
‘The flames can’t withstand the chill.’
“Glare!”
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“It’s the Grand Duke of Glare!”
Glare gathers his hands together to form a sphere formed of water and launches it at Thoreau.
“「Tsunami Blast」!”
Unlike the basic tsunami, it exploded when it reached a certain location, leaving a great shock to those within a certain range with strong water pressure.
The rushing sphere exploded in the air just before reaching Thoreau.
“Don’t interrupt the one-on-one. Grand Duke Todia.”
Ther sounded a warning with their palms touching. At that, Glair openly showed her anger.
“Ther…… ! Why did you get attached to the demons!”
“…… Well. Because you want the f*cking empire ruled by Praus to be ruined?”
“Are you saying that is an excuse now?!”
“Enough of the conversation! I’ll freeze all of you up! “Ice-“
“Wait.”
Just before Thoreau could cast her skill, Ther grabbed her by the shoulder.
“What? Ter! I’m having a lot of fun!”
Just as Thoreau was about to lower her power, Ter grabbed her by the shoulder.
“Save your strength.”
“…… Why?”
Thoreau tilts her head in a sullen voice. In the middle of the battle, I was trying to focus on the moment, but I felt bad because I was interrupted.
“Prause’s apprentice has arrived. The beast who punctured my sister’s stomach.”
“…… Ha, are you finally here?”
The corners of Thoreau’s mouth are torn apart.
“Be careful. That kid…… You are much stronger than then.”
Ther looked at Iris’ mana condensed in her body and cautioned her.
“It doesn’t matter. I’ll kill him anyway.”
He sighed as he looked at his sister, who was ignorantly trying to fight.
Terr lamented that his personality was not different whether he was a human or a demon.
* * *
“Iris…… ?”
“Master! I missed you. The actual time was less than a week, but I don’t think I’ve seen it in seven years.”
To exaggerate…….
“Are you already breaking through your limits?”
I asked while roughly removing the hologram floating in front of my eyes. Now, the hero’s current condition was more important than managing his expression.
At my question, Iris drools as if embarrassed.
“That…… It consumed a little causality.”
“Huh?”
“The world leader said that originally, the point at which we broke through was a month later. However, after seeing the war situation, the World Tree judged that the empire would not last for a month, and consumed causal forces to help us break through our limits.”
“…… Then, what is the cost of consuming causality?”
If Yggdrasil consumes causality, an unexpected causal event will occur. Something that would not have happened originally happened, so the other side gains probability.
“The Demon King said that he would become stronger than he is now. It is said that it recovers a little of the memories that have returned to the amount of causality consumed.”
Recovering the memories that came back?
How how? How far
If you become strong, how strong will you become?
Iris was questioned by several questions, but she shook her head with her trembling face.
“Sorry. The World Tree didn’t say anything other than that the demon king would become stronger.”
“Yes…… ?”
I wondered if there was anything worse than the final boss getting stronger, but I felt like I should be thankful that I didn’t die.
“These bastards…… ! How dare you have a calm conversation in front of me?!”
Pheremus curled up his hand that was not touching the sword and clenched his fist. I immediately swing it at Iris.
Quang!
With a tremendous roar, dust rose vigorously. However, contrary to the sound, his fist was blocked by the small iris’ hand and did not do much damage.
“Clamp my fist…… ?”
“That’s annoying.”
After muttering that, she kicked Peremus in the stomach, sending her flying deep into the forest.
“Wait until the conversation is over. Before I give it away.”
Seeing his corps leader fly away, his corpsmen flinched. Of course, the knights and adventurers who couldn’t miss the opportunity rushed in and started killing the demons.
As soon as the possibility of winning emerged, the morale of this side increased even more.
“Are you feeling well? Apparently, the weapon is broken.”
“Ah…… !”
I finally checked the sword I was holding.
In case you didn’t know, I put the sword in and then took it out again. However, no hologram appeared in front of me.
“Pasma. Answer me Phasma!”
Damn it! I expected it from the time the hologram didn’t appear, but…….
The sword didn’t respond, and his voice was no longer audible.
“…… Iris.”
“Yes.”
“Can I leave this place?”
We need to repair the weapon.
That was the only thought in my head right now.
I was able to come to this point because of Phasma. It was because of Phasma that he was able to escape from the crisis that had come to him many times over the past five years.
I couldn’t sit still and watch the person I depended on for nearly five years leave in vain.
“Rather, I would like to ask you a favor. Master wants you to rest now. Because we are here.”
Saying that, Iris pulled out another sword from her waist.
It was the unbreakable glory of the past. Put a red jewel on the sword.
“You…… That.”
“This is a jewel that the World Tree has received from Phoenix. I heard that this is what Master asked for.”
“Do you know the effect?”
I asked Phoenix to make several.
It was a consumable item to make up for Iris’ lack of offensive power.
“Of course. If you place this gem on your weapon…… What? Why is there no response?”
“Can you give me a minute?”
Iris gave me a red diamond-shaped jewel.
[You have acquired 「Handmade Jewel of Phoenix’s Passion」.]
[When touching a weapon, 「Weapon Conversion」 Is temporarily available.]
[Duration is 10 minutes.]
“Can you give me the rest of the jewels?”
Because I am a player, I can grant the effect of an item. This was the cause and effect given to me in this world.
Because they are things that shouldn’t exist at this time.
Receive the rest of the gems and apply the effect. The total number of jewels Iris received from Phoenix was three.
Even if you use one here, you could use it twice more when fighting the demon lord.
I was worried that the time limit was short, but the battle between the hero and the demon king will end in an instant, so I don’t have to worry about that part.
The real problem is that the demon lord is getting stronger than he is now.
“Okay, that’s enough—”
Kang!
The big fist stopped right in front of my eyes. A thin sword stood between me and my fist.
“You really don’t listen, you dirty bastard, don’t you? Well, all demons are like that.”
“These bastards! How dare you ignore me?!”
Pheremus clenched his fists for the next attack, but his arms were already separated from his body. Before I knew it, Iris’ pupils were torn vertically.
“If you ask me to kill you like that, I will.”
f*ck!
Cut off Peremus’ side with his knee.
“Heuk!”
Pheremus, who was pushed away while grabbing his dented side, recovers his arm again. The severed forearm was still rolling on the floor.
“Looks like you did some training somewhere! But the four years will never win!!”
“Master, I will take it.”
Iris ignores Peremus’ roar and picks up a jewel in my hand. As soon as he placed the jewel on his sword, it emitted a red glow and resonated.
The double-edged sword gradually deformed, and soon it became a familiar shape.
A red Japanese sword.
The two ends of everything were created.
“You know the duration is 10 minutes, right?”
“I know. Let’s get it all sorted out in 5 minutes and go back. Oh, don’t forget to praise me too.”
Iris smiled at me once and took a step.
“「Absolute Realm」.”