"Light of Saber!"
"Explosion!"
Bang—!
With a world-shaking blast, smoke billowed up. The Demon King's goons didn't even have ti to scream before they were blown to smithereens.
"Shichen… quick, hold …" gumin cried, flustered.
"You were so cocky just now—one cast and you're wiped out?" Shichen chuckled, walked over, and scooped her up.
"Mm…" Nestled in his arms, gumin looped her hands around his neck, let out a breath, and relaxed.
Watching from the side, Yunyun was a little envious. She almost wanted to learn Explosion herself—then she could enjoy the sa treatnt. She even suspected gumin had learned only Explosion on purpose just to earn Shichen's pampering. So scheming!
"Shichen, I feel like I'm kind of useless lately," Darkness blurted, looking lost.
"How so?"
"I feel like they never need anymore. I've got nowhere to show my stuff."
With gumin's Explosion and Yunyun's high-level magic, Darkness didn't need to take the field; even the back line didn't need guarding—because Shichen was there. She suddenly felt a bit redundant… though, weirdly, that useless feeling wasn't entirely unpleasant.
"That's not true," Shichen said, comforting her. "There are too many grunts—you've gotta use magic. If a Demon King General shows up, you'll be up."
"Really?"
"You're a Crusader. How could you be useless?"
"Yeah… I guess."
"And you're plenty useful day-to-day—plus I can feed you till you're full."
"Shichen…" Darkness swallowed, lips pressing together.
"What do you an 'feed till full'?" gumin asked, puzzled.
"I an keeping this noble lady as a pampered freeloader," Shichen said.
"Freeloader… mm~" Darkness shivered with excitent.
"Darkness looks like she's enjoying that…" gumin said, speechless.
"You know what she's like."
"Fine, let's just ignore her."
"Shichen." Yunyun suddenly pouted at him, unhappy.
Unlike gumin, she understood exactly what "feed till full" implied. She knew about Shichen and Darkness—and that Darkness had… bitten him. She'd even tried it once herself out of curiosity.
"Ahem, Yunyun—what is it?"
"I want you to feed till I'm full, too," Yunyun said earnestly.
"…"
"Yunyun, you want to be a freeloader too?" gumin asked.
"Hmph~ gumin, you're still too young."
"Excuse ? You're not much older than !"
"Really?" Hands on hips, Yunyun proudly thrust out her chest—bounce, bounce.
"Ugh, that cursed extra at!" gumin ground her teeth.
"That 'extra at'—'Shichen-kun' happens to love it," Yunyun said smugly.
"Shichen-kun? How dare you call Shichen that?" gumin didn't get the innuendo.
"See? Still too young," Yunyun said with a smile, turning back toward gumin's house.
"Shichen! She's so smug! So what if they're big!"
"It's fine, it's fine—I'll help you grow, slowly."
"You didn't help last night! Tonight you've gotta help extra!"
"Can't wait to change your panties, huh?"
"Mm…"
With the Demon King's troops interrupting them like that, Shichen shelved the idea of eting gumin and Yunyun's old classmates. Odds were those guys would be back anyway.
Sure enough, a while later the village alarm sounded.
"Demon King's army incoming! Demon King's army incoming! Anyone idle, assemble at the griffin statue!"
For an alarm, it sounded totally relaxed. The Demon King's army was here and they were only calling for "anyone idle."
With nothing better to do, Shichen and the others headed to the statue too. Frieren and Aqua didn't co—no interest, and with Shichen around they weren't worried. gumin ca along; Shichen topped off her stamina and mana using the lich skill Drain Touch, passing his own to her.
Plenty of idle villagers had gathered; Shichen saw lots of Crimson Demons when they arrived.
"Well, everyone's here. You hateful Crimson Demons—listen up! I'm a Demon King General—Sylvia! Prepare to die!" Outside the gate, a dark-skinned woman declared loudly.
Her eyes were bestial, the lines in them twisted. At first glance she was a dark-skinned beauty. She looked a bit like a vampire, except vampires here can't walk in daylight; she also had pointed ears like a demon. Like a hodge-podge of features.
Shichen rembered her—Sylvia, a chira who could synthesize anything, including her own body. Because she was a chira, she'd built herself into a busty, flashy, tall yet well-proportioned beauty.
But in truth, she was male.
"What? A Demon King General?"
"Perfect—ti to make a na for myself! Eat my Light of Saber!"
" too! Light of Saber!"
"Saber!"
Without a word, the Crimson Demons started blasting.
"You despicable Crimson Demons!"
"Gaaah—"
Sylvia herself was fine, but the grunts she'd brought were miserable. They couldn't withstand the Crimson Demons' advanced magic. Under the barrage, many died or were maid—over half the small fry were wiped out.
"What? Why isn't our magic working?"
"As expected of a Demon King General—she's resistant to magic!"
"What do we do?"
"Resistance isn't immunity. Blast her down!"
Not a bad plan, but their mana couldn't keep up. One after another, Crimson Demons ran dry.
"Hahaha! That's all you've got? Listen up! I am Sylvia! Director of the Monster Enhancent Developnt Bureau! I have repeatedly synthesized and modified my own body! That's right—I am a growth-type chira, Sylvia!"
"…" Shichen's mouth twitched. It looked like long exposure to Crimson Demons had infected this General with chūnibyō antics.
"She's a chira? Shichen, what do we do?" Yunyun asked.
"Simple. She's resistant, not immune. You and gumin bombard her together."
"Got it! Light of Saber!" Yunyun obediently loosed her spell.
gumin began charging Explosion.
Shichen didn't plan to solo Sylvia; he wanted Yunyun and gumin to make a na for themselves in the village. The two of them were a bit ostracized—not bullied, just… not understood. One was too "normal" and hadn't learned high-level magic first; the other had Explosion on the brain. He wanted the villagers to see how good they'd beco.
"Hey, Demon King General—do you know ?" Shichen called to Sylvia.
"Hm?" While dealing with Yunyun's harassnt, Sylvia glanced his way.
"Oh my, a handso one. And you are?"
"Don't know ? Do you know Beldia and Hans? I took care of both," Shichen said with a faint smile.
"What? What did you say?!"
Sylvia's face changed. "I know about Beldia—but when did Hans get taken out? And by you both? Impossible! …Though, we haven't had our regular reports from Arcanletia lately. Maybe you're telling the truth…"
Crimson Village wasn't far from Arcanletia—two or three days—so it was normal for Generals to keep in touch. Hans had been dead since winter; it was hard for Sylvia not to believe him.
Sylvia stared at Shichen, face shifting. "Seems you're the bigger threat. Mind telling your na?"
"Doesn't matter if I do—you won't be getting out to spread it. I'm Shichen."
"Shichen, huh. Noted. But you think I'm not getting out? What have you got—those despicable, useless Crimson Demons?" Sylvia sneered.
"You calling us useless?"
"And despicable?"
"Damn it—if only I still had mana…"
Shichen couldn't be bothered with these posturing edgelords. "I don't need them. Those two are enough."
"Those two?" Sylvia looked at Yunyun and gumin. "Just these two little girls who haven't even grown all their hair?"
They clearly had grown just fine. Shichen didn't say it aloud—he only smiled and nodded. "They're more than enough."
"Heh. I'd like to see—hmm?"
Just then gumin finished charging. Surging mana rippled the air.
"That—Is that gumin's spell? It's that strong?!"
"And what's with Yunyun? How does she have so much mana?"
"When did those two get so strong?"
"Heh. Ready?" Shichen asked Sylvia.
"You think I'm an idiot?"
Sylvia wasn't about to stand still. But as soon as she tried to move, she found she couldn't; a barrier had ford around her, pinning her in place.
"What—what is this?!"
"Yunyun, gumin—now!"
"Light of Saber!"
"Explosion!"
Fire and lightning intertwined and slamd into Sylvia. To be safe, Shichen tossed in a Holy Fla as well.
Bang—!
The blast rolled out like a nuclear detonation. The ground shook; a gale tore through; Crimson Demons couldn't even stay on their feet and were blown sprawling.
Shichen stood unmoving, holding gumin and the others.
After a long mont, the smoke and dust cleared. Where Sylvia had been was a gigantic crater.
As for her—not a trace remained.
Their adventurer cards also showed Sylvia had been subjugated.
The Crimson Demons slowly got up. One by one they stared at the enormous crater, speechless—then looked at Yunyun and gumin in Shichen's arms with eyes full of reverence.
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