Kuro no Maou

Right in front of me, I could play an oversized thunder like an angry thunder hit me with all my might.

"- Uhhhhhhh!?

I honestly had no idea what happened at that moment.

Until a second ago, I must have been in a pinch of absolute desperation. Surrounded by poison gas, he died instantly when he unlocked The Demon King of Steel (Overgear). Dark purple gas completely blocks your vision, and you lose sight of your target where an attack reaches a weak organ with one more blow.

So I let go of the grenade (grenade burst) with a tick or a bee already, right after that, this dazzling thunderlight burst suddenly.

What the hell is this, Dawn, while I'm recalling my doubts again! and a mighty thunderclap. I was forced down by Gratney Octo's roar, but the fact that I heard it among them is quite loud.

If you notice, it feels like the giant trembling roar has completely subsided as well. No way, it's really a dead wack of hearing. My ears still receive a low wind sound, similar to the creepy tremor of the earth shaking and the roar of the beast.

"Damn, ah... Damn, what the hell..."

Start hearing, the five senses come right back.

I don't feel any particular abnormality in my body. It was a dazzling lightning bolt more than a flash grenade, but my eyes weren't crushed, and I've never been electrocuted again.

I slowly reopen my reflectively hard meditating eyes as I pat them. As my vision returns, now my sense of smell reacts.

It stinks of burning. It's like cooking meat, I guess you're right.

In my eyes, the dense fog of purple poison, which had been filled until just now, was beautifully and refreshed, and instead, as in Gratney Octo's body, the dome of meat was black burned with skunks, and it emitted smoke.

Well, if such a big thunder meant piercing through your body, then this damage would be natural.

In the meantime, just release the tight second protection of magic consumption, and resume the breathing that was stopping you. Even though you can hold your breath for a long time beyond human limits, it doesn't feel very good.

Take one or two deep breaths. While I calm down, I'll look around again.

Seeing, the majority of the eggs that were here have been burned and rolled into mere chunks of charcoal.

But the most damaging thing is the wall of meat that was exactly what I was aiming to punch a grenade (grenade burst) into.

How high was the fever? The meat visible from the gap in the rising black smoke is spookily bouncing with the skunks as the blood boiled in an instant. Apparently, the other side of this meat wall is the thunderous passing part.

Does that mean that that super oversized thunderstorm pierced the middle of Gratney Octo's body? It's incredibly powerful.

But I haven't heard of anyone on my side who can unleash this super-fire, proud attack magic. Maybe Baron Hellman was simply hiding a guy like a genius magician from a tiger child... either way, it's true I was helped by a literal one-shot reversal.

I wonder if this is a good place to take a breather. At that time, I perceive the signs from beyond the black smoke that I can stand in. Is Sole not willing to hide it, or make a noise that pushes the wall of collapsing meat forcefully through it, claiming to exist?

"No way... there's no such thing as a true boss..."

Huge bosses are mostly human sized bosses coming out of the inside or in their final form when you defeat them, what a game of lass boss theory in mind, I finally squeeze the rest of my uncomfortable magic and create Grenade Burst again.

At the same time as the black shells appeared around, someone broke the black smoke and appeared. By and large, its identity was not a true gratney oct manipulating a giant gratney oct...... etc.

"- Saliel!?

I was able to tell immediately that it was her, not least because she had a three month life like a long, short one. Saliel's hair, which appeared, was not the same flax color as Shirazaki's, but had returned to her original silver. Silver hair for me is so intensely reminiscent of Sariel's image that if you look at this, it's one shot.

Her changes, however, do not remain solely in her hair color. I mean, if the hair color just went back to normal, I can convince you that the 'Seven Color Change Hair Clasp' just broke... but what, if my eyes weren't crazy, Saliel would look like she was standing and walking on her own feet.

One black spear in my hand, poking me like a cane, walks up to me. Wait, if you look closely, you have your right hand, and besides, the spear is the same design that 'Holy Cross Spear (Grand Cross)' just went black.

It's unclear what happened to Sariel, but still, there's no doubt that the thunderstorm that pierced Gratney Octo was caused by her.

"Hey, you okay?

"... Sorry, I'm out of magic"

Saliel's body collapses while Sarah says something serious with her usual faceless expression.

Bacilli, and the red and black spark, yes, the one with a color very similar to my pseudo lightning attribute, can be played on Saliel's right hand and on both legs. The missing part is identical to the heavy knight armor I wear, and the coloring is the exact same shade as it was' blackened '.

Shortly after the spark burst slightly into the blackened armor, it was crushed and scattered. The contents of the caged hands and feet are empty. I was manipulating like a prosthetic arm and a prosthetic leg, is that it?

Whatever it is, Sariel, who lost both legs again, naturally, his body just falls as it is.

I rushed over to the ground of burnt meat and held her before Sariel's body fell, which seemed to have worn off a long time ago.

"What the hell is this... I feel black magic coming from you"

I did feel it, holding a sariel of lightness familiar to my arm. Black magic is something I deal with myself, so it can't be a mistake.

It is true that, as declared to be out of magic, it is a fairly weak sign, but nevertheless, it conveyed enough the remnants of the black magic, albeit marginally, to touch it in this way alone.

"I've been granted protection"

"Protect? Whose is it?!?

"I named him 'The Dark Knight Freesia'."

"Seriously..."

That guy is indisputable and a real god.

"The Dark Knight Freesia" is famous as the first and most powerful knight to serve the legendary Demon King Mia Ellord, and many who grant him his protection, is one of the fairly popular goddesses on the Pandora continent, originally a pillar. Naturally, I learned it in seminary, and even if not, anyone has heard about the name.

"I didn't expect to be granted protection in this earthen pit... but thanks for your help"

"With Gratney Octo starting to absorb, this was also a very dangerous state where every fortress would be drunk. I'm the same person who saved my predicament."

"I'm sorry, it's because I didn't reach out."

"It was a more impossible operation than the original one. But..."

Saliel with a dirty face, slightly coaled white cheeks. But her face, staring upright with crimson eyes, seemed stranger and more human than usual.

"- I want to help everyone, I hope too. Even if I couldn't, it was worth the challenge."

"Well, if that's what you thought, then I think I know why you gave me protection."

"How do you know?

"That's how I got protection, too."

I'm honestly glad that there's something in his life that I think is right.

I'm sure he's not God's doll anymore. I think about the person I've been dealing with, I'm regaining my sensibilities as a normal person.

So Sariel asked from herself this time. He wants the power to help everyone. And God answered.

As the Black Gods, there is a real God in this other world, so it really is a miracle of God. Most of all, that's just a little help, and in the end, you have to work hard on your own.

Escaping from this Gratney Octo is what we must do on our own.

"Hey, Sariel, is he falling?

"Yes, I can also sense that I'm slowly losing altitude to my senses"

After all, Gratney Octo suffered enough damage to crash after taking a blow from Sariel's protection. I don't really think I'll be able to fall and stay safe as I remain in my body.

"Get out of here in a hurry. Hold on tight."

I carry Saliel, as usual, and I rush out on the loose.

I felt a tremendous swing at one point as I ran through the original path, Ella, making a softly armored noise with Gasha. Unexpectedly, somehow hold back where you might stumble and fall.

"Whoa, it's dangerous... you're losing more and more buoyancy"

"Soon, it will be a complete free fall"

"It's okay, I'll get out before then!

I saw a goal. Even without illuminating the black-fired light (torch), the white, shining outdoor light is plugging the loose curve ahead of the bend.

From the exit, a loud and intense airflow was pouring in, as if it were just a strong opposite wind to miss us. Maybe this huge Ella is really starting to breathe in.

Still, it's not windy enough to stop me.

"Demon Hand (Bind Arts) -"

I stretch a black chain from the tip of my right hand as I lean forward in such a blowing wind that I'm about to fall to the front. The tip hooks up to the entrance, then grips the chain and winds it up as hard as possible.

In a receding wind pressure, I forcefully took a step towards escape...

"Hey, are you alive, Sariel?"

"... Yes"

On my chest, Sariel responded with patchy red eyes open.

Somehow, we made a successful return to the ground.

Momentum pops out of Ella well, then leaves itself to a free fall as it is, activating 'The Demon King of Steel (Overgear)' on the verge of landing - which was originally planned, but I doubt Saliel holding it will be safe. I wanted it to be a last resort, if possible.

So I hooked a demon hand (bind arts) to Ella's entrance as a lifeline, and then I was anxious to see how far it would stretch, but I went on an operation to stretch the chain to the limit critical.

Then, if I tried, I could figure out the way out, and the chain stretched until I reached the ground. But braking for landing, that force was difficult to apply or subtract. Sariel protected me, but I hit him hard in the back.

Let's have some smarter escape options next time.

Now, we should give priority to confirming the status quo rather than talking about the future.

"Did Gratney Octo... Did you do it?

"No, it looks like he's still alive"

One way or another, I wake up a body that feels a little heavy.

Looking forward...... oh shit, my helmet is shaken and my vision is blocked. This is the limit now, and I forcefully pulled my helmet out of my head, turning it into a crap that was just demonic, and threw it around.

Being barefaced, at once the full view of the open is - a green tower stretching high in heaven. It was one of the huge eight-legged, proud of Gratney Octo.

"Yay, you suck, here it is!?

I rush back to holding Sariel aside, and I run out with all my strength without a single thing or two.

The crashed Gratney Octo has turned into a real mountain by being on the ground, releasing an overwhelming presence. And you know it or not, I was about to shake up that great tentacle and slap it right into the earth right now.

No matter how much I and Sariel get caught up in this, I'll die of crushing like a frog caught in a car.

Shortly afterwards, the roar of literally rocking the earth echoes.

Turning around, the smoke, mixed with snow and sand, stood up, telling the story of the power of the beating of giant tentacles.

"If you get slapped with an array, that's the only way the castle will collapse."

"The castle is already half-destructed. Hit it straight and it'll collapse completely."

Fortunately, the fall point of Gratney Octo was slightly off the Alsace Fortress.

That said, where I stand is right in front of the bridge to get into the fortress. And the tip of the swung tentacle is so slightly that it reaches the river that serves as a moat.

I'd say there's very little room for distance. The tentacles are likely to reach the castle soon, even if Gratney Octo just wandered a little.

"But he should be close to the limit by now, too. I just have to stab Todome here."

That's what I thought, maybe it was the same over there. Gratney Octo moved before I could carry Sariel back and dare storm the mountain giant again.

Zuzu, and make a roar, twirling as the two tentacles in front glance through the ground as the snow smoke rises. I wondered if it was going to go away as it was, and the tip of the tentacles protruded deep into the ground to dig even in the dirt.

The tip, like any other guy, is still covered with a sharp crust that resembles the tip of the spear. If you poke it gently, it would just pierce the walls, and if you poke it on the ground, it would devour deep into the earth and secure it - oh, yeah, this movement, it's fixed.

Huh, what emerged in the back of my brain was the action of forming a sand iron pile on both legs to fix my projectile posture when Gleedgore fired the plasma brace.

The two figures are supposed to be completely different, but somehow they looked overlapping with the earth dragon of greed.

"No way... Acid braces can shoot!?

Shake the earth, Gratney Octo stands.

To be precise, he is lifting his body to turn using only two previous tentacles. At the bottom of the body, the mouth area, which should be in contact with the ground, is turned into a vicious, poisonous cannon opening and directed towards the Alsace Fortress.

No matter how thicker the tentacles than the defensive tower, it's hard for Russia to believe that just two of them lift and support a body the size of a real mountain. But the sight of me actually waking up in front of me and, above all, drifting purple smoke from that 'gateway to hell' that I saw again, appeals to me, helplessly, for a realistic sense of crisis.

Gratney Octo's big mouth is pretty worn out, thanks to a strong blow from Saliel. Around and inside his mouth, he was burned black by the aftermath of a severe thunderstorm, and whenever he inhaled his breath in a blast, he seemed to be there blowing green blood like a fountain from a burnt and torn body surface.

Perhaps the limit is just one shot. Conversely, if you only shoot once, you can shoot.

It would be too powerful to wipe out me, Saliel and the half-destructed Alsace fortress built behind it.

When Greedgore targeted Ischia Old Castle with a brace, I forcefully missed the ray with my demon hand (Bind Arts) around my neck, but this time very, very hard to use the same hand.

Evasion... there's nothing you won't be able to do. But where he escapes, the fortress behind him disappears. Lost Leki, there's still a lot of people out there who want to protect him, there's more left.

We just have to prevent it.

"-" Black Earth Wall (Shield Deer Earth) ""

Squeezing my last magic, I concentrate on exercising defensive magic on a much larger scale than I've ever done before.

Just in front of Gratney Octo. If you put a stupid big shield here, you should be able to block the braces with it. Regardless, if we can withstand the violent turbulence that can be beaten with more intense wind speed and wind pressure than a real tornado.

"Defense is impossible. The output of the braces released by Gratney Octo, even if we are in perfect condition -"

"Shut up! The concentration is disturbing!!

What Sariel is saying is probably right. Even I don't see a vision of success.

It is impossible to prevent it completely. At best, about cutting the power to a level where the walls of the castle can withstand. Anyway, create as thick, wide, and high a 'Black Earth Wall (Shield Deer Earth)' as possible, and I will shelter Saliel while enduring in 'The Demon King of Steel (Overgear)'.

But before the scarce magic that remains and, above all, the poisonous signs of a roaring Gratney Octo in front of me, I cannot believe in success.

No, no, calm down. If that's all you have now, you have to do everything you can.

I mix mud and snow and lay my hands on the drooling ground, from which I squeeze my magic and my temper to release. Black magic with pseudo-earthly attributes flowing from the palms penetrates the ground like water, expanding the dominant area where my will extends.

Essentially, the Black Earth Wall (Shield Deer Earth) is made a defensive magic by moving the black earth wall to protrude to the ground based on the ground that has thus become operable. But now that's just not enough.

Compress areas that continue to expand. Magically and materially, increasing density is a simple and absolute way to increase strength.

Regardless, if compressed, the volume will only decrease for that amount. To be just a giant shield to take Gratney Octo's braces...... how much, on earth, would it take?

I must have been distracted because, because of the continued release of magic, the limits are finally approaching.

Time, magic, nothing is enough. At the next moment, I feel like a fiercely poisonous vortex is about to fly.

What do you think, now, enough? Are you sure you can prevent this from happening?

"Damn it, still... we have to do it... come this far and die -"

Now. Push up the walls of black earth that have been compressed to the fullest in the ground. I looked up into the sky with such momentum that I finally realized.

It was over there that I was leading the way.

"Big octopus!?

From above, a large octopus was flying at such a rate that six tentacles were spread all over his eyes and descended in parachutes. That, too, is the biggest size guy in the 50-meter class, seen near the heavenly side of Mount Gratney Octo, not the 10-meter class. Beyond the great octopus, it is a giant octopus.

The mouth that spits out the Acid Brace completely captures us directly beneath.

If you look closely, there was still so much fog around here with the wind attributes for flight emitted by Gratney Octo that it was going to disappear now, but it still kept drifting only faintly.

At the same time as the crash, the guys I was putting on my head fell, and I thought the fog that was clumping together like a cloud was out of control and scattered... but whether it was coincidence or aim, I didn't know they were going to put their strongest men on this earthen field.

Oh, no. If this giant octopus shoots you in the braces from the head, it's over. I can't handle it.

"-!?

That's when the light flashed.

At the end of the gaze I looked up, a glimmer of flash pierces the giant octopus that was still about to emit a poisonous airflow. Its brilliance was white, and then, faintly, emerald green mixed, it seemed a gentle light that boasted tremendous destructive power but made me feel somewhere relieved.

I'm sure that's because you're used to seeing that pale green light.

And I do remember. That the light was always shining to protect me.

"... Lily"

A huge explosion sounds as if to undo a squeaky name.

The giant octopus, knocked into the extreme rays, blasts its half away, and the remaining areas fall scattered as it burns. Fifty meters of giant body, but shot down by a bunch of light shooting up and down without skin.

To this brilliance, this power, is definitely Lily's beam attack. That, too, is pretty serious.

I look for my beloved fairy on the sky scattered with giant octopuses waiting to be reunited... but before I could find her, I noticed.

In the sky I looked up, to the fact that the sun was shining two times.

"Get down, Sariel!

Shortly afterwards, the standing Black Earth Wall (Shield Deer Earth) collapses.

It's a burning storm shining in gold. Running through the perimeter with tremendous heat and impact.

The activated "Black Earth Wall (Shield Deer Earth)" appears, as I imagined, to be a wall as huge as it has never been used before, a square wall roughly ten meters across and across. But with this blowing heat wave, the pitch-black wall instantly turns red and melts.

The squares with corners changed shape with drools, and I wondered if they had a rounded shape, I couldn't stand my weight right away, and even collapsed brittle like melted ice cream.

"Ugh, but ah..."

The scorching fluctuations that instantly melt defensive magic all over me finally hit my own body. Normally, even this modified flesh has a high level of bodily burn, which on the contrary leaves no bones and becomes ash, but the only thing I can still live with in this way is thanks to the critical 'Demon King of Steel (Overgear)'...

The faint blunt aura that rises so weak that the wind is likely to fly, is still bearable in this scorching storm because it has a magic fixture (magic item), Protecting the Pale Flame (Nanablast Amulet), which has the effect of greatly reducing the damage of the Flame attribute.

The amulet, which I still hold steadfast and cherished, protects me in this earthquake.

I can't stop thanking the person who gave me the gift...... if you think it was herself who made fun of this, too spectacular friendly fire, it would be offset.

"... All right, you're alive, Sariel"

"I thought I was going to die."

"What? It's common at my party."

You bet, Fiona.

Save this brilliance, this firepower, 'The Golden Sun (All Soleil)' and nothing else. And its ultimate fire attribute magic is the original magic (original). I mean, no other user exists besides her.

It was only for a moment that a ruinous heat wave passed. Feeling the early spring wind blowing in as if to cool down the unusual heating that is unlikely to be natural, I stand up with a snuggly hold of Saliel, who was laying under my belly and sheltering me.

What you see in this eye is a burning mountain. Gratney Octo had thrown out eight tentacles and was in a position where he lay low on the ground, surrounded by hellfire.

It is the moment when the monster of bulimia, which will be the fifth trial, is defeated.

"... the attack now"

"Oh, he's one of mine. Apparently, you picked me up."

Again, look up at the sky, and now it's time I found her.

Against the backdrop of a thrusting blue sky, one girl descends with a dazzling green glow. Once again, it is thought that it is divine to sprinkle two clear pairs of wings with glitter.

If Ursula and the others had witnessed this one scene, they might seriously believe that the fairies had not appeared, but that the angels had descended.

"Lily."

"Chrono-"

Oh, I finally got to see you. Does an inspiring reunion mean this?

In fact, you rushed to my absolute desperate predicament, so I can't be more grateful.

But honestly, I can't smile.

Yeah, me too, Lily.

- Why is she here?

One hunch passes behind his brain the moment he hears the cold, said first voice with a faceless look like he's lost all emotions.

The fifth trial is over.

But for me, the real test, the real battle, I thought it was going to start now.