It was the same for Nagayama; responsible for protecting Kaori, he was besieged by two Chimeras. He finally found an opportunity to punch one in the abdomen, causing it to rupture, but it was instantly healed by the white raven's cry.
"It seems you're in for a tough battle, hm?"
"Do you want to join us now? There's still a chance."
The Demon Woman watched Kouki and the others struggle with her hands crossed over her chest, leisurely, and once again urged them to join her side.
However, she seemed to know what kind of answer she would get, her expression remained indifferent, as if she was simply trying to play a joke on them.
She didn't seem to notice a cold dagger, hidden in the void, gradually approaching her neck.
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"Gugaa...!"
The white raven on the Demon Woman's shoulder suddenly cried out and flapped its wings.
"Hmm, a little bug."
The Demon Woman's eyes instantly sharpened with alertness.
"Damn it!"
At the same time, a figure that had been hidden in the void for a long time suddenly appeared, its sharp dagger thrusting towards the Demon Woman.
Crack! To Endo's horror, another lean Goblin appeared between him and the Demon Woman, batting him away with a club.
"Ah!"
Endo was sent flying, letting out a painful cry, bouncing and rolling on the ground.
"Endo!"
"Ugh..., everyone, be careful, who knows how many more... monsters are lurking around her!"
Kouki exclaimed Endo's name in surprise. Endo, clutching his profusely bleeding side, still endured the pain to issue a warning.
"Damn it!"
Nagayama couldn't help but exclaim in anger at this sight.
Endo, their hidden trump card, had now failed. Their biggest trump card that could threaten the Demon Woman, not only failed to deliver a decisive blow after being revealed.
Instead, they discovered that the opponent had far more trump cards than they did.
"Don't joke around! I will absolutely not give in like this, watch my ultimate move—Limit Break!"
Kouki's expression turned to anger. He once again used his holy sword to block the lean Goblin's war club, seizing the opportunity to activate "Limit Break"!
"Limit Break" is a skill that temporarily triples basic ability values by expending magic power.
However, this skill also comes with significant side effects: abilities weaken proportionally to the activation time, and the user experiences intense fatigue, only able to exert half of their usual strength.
Therefore, this move is a trump card for critical moments and must be carefully considered for timing and situation before being used! "Kouki is too impatient!"
Shizuku watched, her heart anxious.
After losing Endo as a trump card, Shizuku had intended to save Kouki as her last offensive means, but Kouki, blinded by anger, no longer cared about such considerations.
As Kouki declared "Limit Break", pure white light enveloped his body.
At the same time, the pseudo-Goblin, whose war club had been blocked, paid no mind to the change and attacked Kouki again.
"Oh will of a blade, dwell within the light, and cleave my foes—Light Blade!"
Kouki bent down to dodge the pseudo-Goblin's swinging war club, imbued his holy sword with a blade of light, and swung upwards in one swift motion from below.
He had also used "Light Blade" for a diagonal slash earlier, which only caused severe injury but failed to deprive the enemy of its combat ability.
However, this time, Kouki's ability values were tripled by "Limit Break", and with the added effect of Light Blade, he successfully cleaved the pseudo-Goblin's body in half diagonally, as if cutting through butter.
The pseudo-Goblin's corpse fell to the ground with a thud.
Kouki, following his stride, suddenly accelerated and charged towards the Demon Woman.
Just as hope flickered in Kouki's eyes, "Roar ah ah ah ah!!!"
"What!"
Five spaces rippled, and monsters roared.
Seeing Chimeras surround him from all directions and simultaneously attack, Kouki couldn't help but widen his eyes and cry out in astonishment.
It was then that he remembered Endo's warning before he was knocked away; it wasn't baseless.
Kouki's shoulder was clawed by a Chimera attacking from the left, and the impact sent him flying.
At this moment, the last Chimera outside the encirclement plunged its claws into Kouki's shoulders, pinning him to the ground.
"Pfft!!"
Blood overflowed from between his clenched teeth. Although the Chimera wanted to bite Kouki's neck with its fangs to kill him.
He managed to barely block its mouth with his holy sword.
"Ahhh!"
Kouki screamed as another Chimera, with its claws embedded in both his shoulders, gradually robbed him of the strength to keep its fangs at bay.
At this rate, Kouki would probably die at the monster's mouth in less than half a minute.
"Kao...ri."
Kouki squeezed the name through his teeth.
Now, the only thing he could hope for was magical support from Kaori.
Unfortunately, despair struck again.
"Noooooo!!!"
It was Nagayama's voice! A scream came from behind, and Kouki barely managed to cast his gaze that way, horrified to discover a giant black cat, about sixty centimeters long with four tentacles growing on its back, emerging from the shadows.
Nagayama's abdomen had been pierced by the tentacles of this black cat monster! "Let me introduce you to one of my strongest pets."
"Laxus, kill that girl, hahahaha!"
The Demon Woman's hoarse laughter rang out like a night owl.
"Nagayama-kun!"
Kaori had originally intended to cast defensive light magic on Kouki, but Nagayama's situation was more critical. She hesitated between defensive and healing magic, causing her spellcasting speed to drop significantly.
In that instant, Kaori, deprived of Nagayama's protection, was like a lamb to the slaughter.
The black cat with tentacles showed a cruel smile and, like a black lightning bolt, attacked Kaori.
"Don't even think about hurting Kaori!"
Shizuku, through some secret art, instantly gained explosive power, broke free from the entanglement of the two Chimeras, and rushed towards Kaori.
"Gugaa...!"
The tentacled black cat monster made a strange sound, and the four tentacles on its back coiled together, striking Shizuku like powerful punches.
Shizuku was a swordsman class specifically enhanced for speed, with very low defense, so normally when facing attacks, she would basically... evade or parry.
But at this moment, Kaori was behind her, leaving her with no room to retreat.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Shizuku, using her sword and sheath, strenuously blocked the black cat's attacks, but the terrifying force still shattered her sword! The black cat monster used its tentacles to lift Shizuku's body, and as if it had played enough, it threw her horizontally to the ground.
Shizuku crashed heavily to the ground, sliding for a distance before collapsing limply like a rag doll.
Her arm bent at an odd angle, her bones seemingly completely shattered.
The impact of the attack seemed to have also pierced her body, and every time she coughed wretchedly, she would spit out blood.
9 "Shizuku!"
Kaori called Shizuku's name with a voice full of anxiety.
Shizuku, though still clutching the hilt of her broken sword, lay motionless on the ground.
Kaori impulsively ran over. Her body swayed, and her steps were very unsteady, as her magic power was almost completely depleted.
"Kao, Kaori... what are you doing... you can't be here."
"Anyway... we're going to die, so if that's the case, I want to be by Shizuku-chan's side."
"...I'm sorry..., I couldn't win."
"I should be the one apologizing. I can only help you reduce a little pain; I have almost no magic power left."
Kaori supported Shizuku, smiled, and cast a pain-reducing spell on Shizuku.
Shizuku also held Kaori's supporting hand tightly with her uninjured left hand, smiling as if she couldn't help but give in.
At this moment, a figure appeared in front of them. The strange black cat showed an eerie smile, its four thick tentacles raised high.
Before dying, the person's figure appeared in Kaori's mind.
"If only I had talked to him more at that time..."
Tears streamed down Kaori's cheeks.
Aiko, witnessing all of this from the city wall, was heartbroken, wishing she could instantly teleport to their side to protect them.
But at this moment, the flow of air seemed to change, and a strong wind began to blow.... "Roar!!!"
In the sky, a dragon's roar echoed.
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Chapter 67: Accidentally Stepped On and Killed?
"Roar!!!"
A clear dragon's roar resonated through the sky, and at the same time, a figure descended from above, landing directly on the black cat monster! Bang!!! At first glance, the black cat monster and the figure seemed vastly different in size, but the figure was as heavy as a thousand pounds, crushing the giant black cat monster with a single stomp! "Screech!!!"
The black cat monster let out a piercing scream before dying, and the next second it turned into a puddle of flesh and blood.
Needless to say, Kaori and Shizuku, who were close by, as well as Kouki and the monsters attacking them, the Demon Woman, and even the students and townspeople watching from the city wall, were all the same!
As if time had stopped, everyone froze in place.
The entire battlefield fell into an inexplicable silence for a moment; no one knew what had happened, they could only stare blankly at the figure.
The figure stood with its back to Kaori and the others, stepping on the remains of the giant black cat monster, and an disdainful voice rang out, "I accidentally stepped on something and got my boots dirty."
He turned his head and looked at Kaori and Shizuku, who were leaning on each other behind him.
When that person turned his head, the moment Kaori's eyes met his, an electric current instantly shot through her body.
The person, however, raised an eyebrow and said playfully, "I've long suspected you two were into yuri, and it really looks like it now."
"Cough, cough cough.... Hiyama-kun, be... be careful or I'll sue you for defamation."
Shizuku said, forcing herself to speak.
Although her words were not polite, her expression at this moment clearly showed deep joy.
"Hiyama-kun!"
Kaori's eyes welled up with tears as she covered her mouth.
Her once despairingly cold heart regained its warmth, as if it had been roasted by fire, suddenly releasing heat and beating violently.
Hiyama-kun didn't respond to her. He walked over to them, squatted down, and examined Shizuku's injuries.
Almost all of her bones were shattered, and not only that, the internal organ damage was probably even more severe. If she hadn't been holding on by a thread of spirit, she would have died long ago.
"What do I do, what do I do! What do I do, Hiyama-kun? "I've used up all my magic power and can't cast healing magic. If this continues, Shizuku will die!"
Kaori cried out, her eyes tearful, as she held Shizuku.
"Hiyama-kun, you.... H-heh..."
Shizuku opened her mouth and only spoke half a sentence, but the sudden gush of blood in her throat prevented her from making any sound, so she could only grasp Hiyama-kun's clothes with her hand.
"You owe me a favor, remember that."
Hiyama-kun suddenly took out a bottle of divine water from his ring and poured it down Shizuku's throat, who was severely injured and on the verge of death.