1070: Bune and Ronowe

Fran, can you pretend you didnt see anything and just leave?

We dont want to fight you. Please.

Why do you have to kill the villagers?

Because

We have no time for chatter, Prince! Girl, what have you done with Rayus!? I know it was you who attacked him just a while ago!

If you mean the Wind Demon, I beat him.

What! He may have been a mere boy granted a demon, but he should be very formidable in aerial combat You must eliminated here, as a national enemy of Phyllius!

The demon knight shouted while raising his spear, as Bune and Ronowe also readied themselves for combat. Despite being surrounded by three demons, Fran showed no signs of backing down.

Fran, surrender already!

Please!

Will you stop killing the villagers?

We cant do that.

Then I refuse.

The moment Fran rejected Fluts proposal, the demon knight started chanting magic. Though Flut and Satia were still hesitating, their demons dived into action.

Die!

Fighting here will kill the villagers. We need to win before they can start!

Roger that! Urus.h.i.+, you handle the two demons!

Grr!

Brilliant Lightning Rush, Sword G.o.d Transformation, Black Lightning Divine Claw!

Fran charged ahead while activating her skills, accelerating so fast that she left afterimages and a burst of black lightning in her wake. Everyone else was frozen solid in her eyes.

Meanwhile, I also maxed my output to make full use of this chance.

Arch-Sorcerer, Divine Energy Manipulation, Evil Conquest!

Mana and evil energy overflowed from within. I dont feel the chills like I did previously, so I think Im getting pretty accustomed to using evil energy. All of it was thoroughly infused into my blade.

The mixture of divine energy, evil energy, and black lightning gave off a frightening aura, so powerful that it was chipping away at my blade.

Though my durability fell at a tremendous pace, my power was the real deal.

It only took a single swing to disperse the demon knights flame spell. Then Fran closed in on him through the dancing sparks left behind.

How!

Haah!

The demon knight widened his eyes, stunned at Frans ridiculous boost in strength. He managed to react and attempt a thrust with his spear, impressively, but such a spur-of-the-moment attack could not possibly hit us.

Because at that moment, we had already slashed diagonally across his chest.

Fran flew past the knight at a blinding speed, and a few moments later, his body split apart and fell to the ground in halves.

I was too careless

Tewaz!

Our perfect method of taking down demon knights: eliminate them before they can fully unleash the power of their demons. Well, actually pulling it off is incredibly difficult since the demon knights are still strong in their base state.

Talking was no longer an option. Flut froze after calling the name of the demon knight, while Fran dashed to her next target without pause.

Rather than attacking Flut and Satia directly, we went after the demons serving them.

This one first!

Roger that, Ronowe first!

Nn!

Fran went after Ronowe, the female demon who was closer to us.

Meanwhile, Urus.h.i.+ fired some weaker death poison spells at Flut and Satia to keep them busy. Bune protected them by using his body as a s.h.i.+eld, while Ronowe blocked the spell after morphing her arms into long tentacles.

Upon seeing this, Fran decided that Ronowe was more troublesome if left unattended.

She instantly dove into melee range and slammed me into Ronowes legs. The demon was too tall for us to reach her torso at ground level.

Our perfect slash sliced straight through Ronowes legs, but then

What?

Cough!

We never reached her! Our hit simply went right through Ronowe after she morphed her body into smoke! Moreover, purple dots started popping up on Frans face.

Poison! It seems Ronowe was capable of transforming her body into a poisonous mist. She must be the one responsible for poisoning the Raydoss soldiers we saw earlier.

Whats really terrifying was how she managed to inflict such potent poison through Frans high status resistance. Yet Fran barely even took a single breath of Ronowes mist.

To think her poison was that powerful Well, its not too hard to take countermeasures once we know were up against poison. I can always absorb it with my Poison Control skill, or simply heal it with restoration magic. However, such only applies to Fran when shes alone.

If Ronowe decided to slaughter all the villagers with her poison, I doubt I can heal them in time. This only raised her target priority.

But first things first, theres something I need to try. I charged a thunder spell as much as possible before activating it.

My target was the magic stone in the center of the square, since it was clearly placed there for a reason. I landed a direct hit with a spell capable of knocking a dragon out of the sky.

But nothing happened. The magic stone wasnt just super tough, but also protected by a magical barrier. I never expected it to survive completely unscathed.

Its useless. No one can break it.

Flut! Satia! Whats going on?

Fran, Im going to ask you one more time. Will you step aside?

I will not retreat.

Satia, use your poison! Ill hold Fran back in the meanwhile!

On it!

So Flut intended to take on Fran with Bune while Satia killed the villagers with Ronowes poison. I can sense their firm determination to annihilate the villagers.

Krgh! I wont let you!

FWOOOOOH!

Fran slashed at Ronowe multiple times, but she had already turned her whole body into a poisonous mist.

Then how about this!

FWAAAAAAHHH!

It seems her resistance to flame and thunder magic was reduced while in mist form. I blasted the mist with my spells, and Ronowe started screaming after she reappeared.

Bune! Do it!

Fran, behind you!

UWOOORGH!

Bune vanished before appearing behind Fran using the Shadow s.h.i.+ft skill. Fran managed to repel the giant demons scythe, but she was quickly blown backwards.

Hes using telekinesis too? Watch out! This ones pretty strong!

Roger!

It seems Bune was capable of manipulating very powerful telekinesis. I hit him with telekinesis of my own after noticing that, but it was only capable of weakening his slightly.

Ugah

Ahh

s.h.i.+t! Ronowes poison reached the villagers! I quickly spammed the antidote spell, and it seems I made it just in time.

Theyve already been cured?

Satia was astonished after noticing Frans instantaneous use of antidote spells. However, the villagers will die sooner or later unless we do something. Fine, you leave us with no choice!

Urus.h.i.+! Go after Satia, just dont kill her! Ill take Flut!

Woof!

The only way to settle things quickly is to silence the summoners directly.