Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 20 Mission: 04-3 Large Group
Echidna remained silent for a moment, but Nero's question couldn't be answered with silence, so she took it as permission to speak.

"If you can give me a little magic power and let me directly touch those plants, it's possible."

Echidna answered humbly.

"Then do it."

Nero drew out Echidna, transformed it into a straight sword for easy throwing, injected a large amount of magic power into it, and threw it out.

The emerald green blade spun in mid-air, sinking precisely into the thick, crimson trunk. Then, from where Echidna stood, a branch quietly sprouted from the trunk, reaching towards Nero.

This abnormal, downward-growing branch stretched all the way to Nero, handing Echidna to Nero's hand.

"Well done."

As expected, he is the demon that controls the forest.

Nero praised, pulling out Echidna and taking it back into his body.

Nero stepped on the branches and jumped onto the raised bridge, then slid down like a slide. However, because the bridge had steps, it was a bit rough on the butt.

This is the main hall of the cult's headquarters. Further back is the place where the Golem Savior descends. According to Agnas, Jillie should be there too.

Nero pushed open the door in front of him, and instantly three sword wings swooped down. Caught off guard, Nero ducked to avoid the flying swords, swung out Echidna, and slashed two of them in mid-air.

The remaining one flew into the air and was caught by Agnus, who fell from behind Nero. He smiled sinisterly and landed on the top of the overpass. "Didn't expect it? I'm still here."

Nero stood at the door and said calmly, "I guess you won't wait for me at the finish line."

"Really?" Agnus chuckled. "I saw that idiot Credo heading to the Advent Site. Did he lose the fight?"

"You will lose too. Where's Jillie?"

"Are you afraid I'll take her hostage?"

Agnus said, pointing the sword in his hand behind Nero: "Why don't you check it yourself?"

Nero faced Agnas, slowly retreated, and walked into the hall. Looking back, he saw Jillie sleeping like a bird in a cage hanging in the center of the hall, surrounded by countless sword wings flying around her.

So from the beginning, Agnes had no intention of doing what he had offered. He also didn't believe that Credo could capture Nero and make her surrender.

Agnus jumped off the overpass and landed outside the door. "That really surprised me. You didn't just stand there and rush over to save them?"

Nero turned back and continued to stare at Agnes and said, "If you want to save people, there will be plenty of opportunities after defeating you."

"Do you think I will hold back like I did last time?"

He let out a deep, mocking roar in a demonic voice with its own reverberation, swung the sword wing in his hand directly at Nero, and shouted, "Come on, come at me together!"

The fluttering sword wings froze in an instant, forming a dense formation in the air, aimed directly at Nero. It was easy to imagine them streaking like a meteor shower. Meanwhile, beneath the iron cage holding Jillie, two more teams of metal knights gathered. Nero wasn't surprised. The so-called "full force" of the man before him must have been these things. What Nero faced next was pure sheer force of numbers.

The fastest to arrive was Jian Yi. Facing these incoming demons, Nero unreservedly drew her Yama Blade, wanting to reduce the number of enemies as quickly as possible to relieve the pressure later.

She raised her knife and sang, "All sins will be met with the wrath of heaven!"

The Yama Sword cut through the air, releasing two cross-shaped light blades that tore the cluster of sword wings into four parts. A large number of demons were cut in half by the light blades and fell to the ground, but they still surrounded Nero like a swarm of bees.

"The murderer will be drowned in a pool of blood!"

Facing the incoming swarm of flying swords, Nero calmly dodged the nearest few, spinning gracefully. His Yama Blade arced in his hand, striking down several blade wings before stabbing into the ground. Instantly, with Nero at the center, dozens of dark blue magic swords rose like a forest, soaring into the air and colliding with the blade wings.

After battling Credo and observing his attacks, Nero naturally understood how to use magic to create flying swords. This was her father Virgil's specialty, and this talent was naturally passed down from generation to generation.

Following closely behind was the charging Silver Knight. Magical swords were powerful enough to damage Sword Wings, but not enough to penetrate their armor. The charging demon, shield raised, smashed several flying swords and aimed its lance directly at Nero, who still had his knife stuck in the ground.

Nero drew his sword and stood up. A bright flash of the sword flashed across the air. "Those who abandon themselves will be imprisoned in a dead tree!"

The knight's legs were cut off instantly, and he fell to the ground, no longer a threat.

"I have to say, you are indeed more like the Son of God than that idle guy."

The voice came from behind Nero. Nero turned quickly and swung his sword behind him, blocking Agnes's sword attack.

Nero knew, of course, that Agnes was referring to Dante. Before Nero's demonic bloodline awakened, he was the only known living descendant of Sparta in the world, and the plan to create a "savior" was originally based on capturing him.

She chuckled, as if to say, "How dare you, a godless person, judge the Son of God?" Then, sensing the incoming charge from the knight demons, Nero abandoned the sword fight, leaped, and using Agnes's power, did a backflip, singing the fourth verse of the hymn.

"The blasphemer will perish in the rain of fire!"

Nero hung upside down in the air, stomping on the air as she plummeted to the ground like a meteor. Her blade landed accurately on a silver knight, severing it in two from above. The magical energy enveloping the Yama Blade crashed into the ground, and the blast of air repelled the surrounding demons.

At this time, Nero had left four magical shadows in the hall, and the hymn was about to end.

It so happened that a golden knight among the group of knights took action. Facing the oncoming blade, Nero took the stance of "Iai" and rushed towards it.

"City of Chaos, suffer eternal damnation!"

At the moment the two charging forces collided, Nero drew his sword and used an upward slash to deflect the Golden Knight's blade, instantly breaking it in two.

At this moment, the first shadow that moved along the light blade to the end of the hall, the second and third shadows that knelt on the spot, and the fourth shadow that was hanging in the air ready to strike, all turned into huge crescent-shaped blade lights that plowed across the hall, shattering the exquisite marble floor tiles into pieces.

"W-what is this?!"

(End of this chapter)