The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

Hannah Lomir, Commander of the Third Army of the Demon Lords.

She is a demon who has been manipulating the knights on her side to fight each other.

She was riding a flying dragon far overhead, looking down at us and never coming down. From the outside, she seemed to be a demon woman no different from Ferrum.

However, her strategy, though outrageous, was right in a sense.

A tactic that can minimize the damage without endangering our allies.

It was a nuisance and a terrible thing from our enemy's point of view, but it was still a great thing that she would use such a ruthless tactic without hesitation.

But, however.

"We don't want to consume our limited number of soldiers, so we just get them on the battlefield."

The moment she uttered those words, I was determined to make Hannah absolutely incapable of fighting.

"Consume soldiers."

"Procured on the battlefield."

Hannah is a woman who sees not only us, her enemies, but even her own soldiers as expendable.

"......"

At least, that's what I have taken from her words and actions so far. I suppress the anger that is about to overflow inside me and try to calmly grasp the situation above.

"...... is expensive."

The flying dragon driven by Hannah and her men was flying at a height that could not be reached by the "healing jump," a leap that utilizes the outburst of magic power.

If you look closely, you can see that Hanna herself is not controlling the flying dragon, but has her subordinates hold the reins of the dragon.

In addition, there were four soldiers in armor, each of them controlling a flying dragon and escorting Hanna.

You have to be smart to get that far.

"Ferrum. Cover my right arm with your magic too."

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"Jump, hit, knock him down."

Next, we turn our attention to the glow wolves and the demons who are waiting to attack us.

The glow wolves are likely to attack us if we are distracted. ....... The soldiers will rush to the scene accordingly.

But even if I keep fighting off the enemies on the ground, Hannah in the sky will keep calling for reinforcements to catch me. The quickest way to get rid of her is to drop her in the sky.

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"Sweet. It's not the first time he's done something weird. He'll go from being a pervert on the ground to a pervert in the sky.

What's a pervert?

I suppress my desire to argue with Nair, who says this with empty eyes, and call out to Ms. Frana.

"Frana, may I borrow one of your arrows?

"Uh, yeah, sure."

...... Okay, this looks good.

Trace your left finger from the arrowhead to the feather and adsorb a black band.

The band is connected to his left wrist, and he returns it to Mr. Frana while continuing to extend the band to the ground to make room.

"Can you put this on the flying dragon above?"

"It's not impossible, but ...... is this going to work?　It doesn't look like he can reach it even if he jumps. ......

"We'll figure it out. While I take care of the guys upstairs, can I take care of the guys down below?"

Flana looked as if she wanted to say something to my words, but then, wondering what I was thinking, she stretched her cheeks and turned her face to me, as if she had just blown it.

"Okay. I'm worried, but I believe in you as much as I do in Kazuki. Good luck."

"Oh ......!"

Everybody, get ready!

The knights behind her respond, and at the same time, Frana readies an arrow with a belt attached to it.

The glow wolves start to move with them, but I trust the knights to fight back, and without moving, I make changes to my legs, which are enveloped in black magic.

---I produce a pike with a barbed foot and thrust it into the ground with great force.

"Whew! ......"

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I have a really bad feeling about this. ......

Then I'll shoot an arrow!

Frana shoots an arrow at the flying dragon that Hannah is riding.

With the sound of the wind, the black band around my feet rises into the sky.

"Block it!"

"Ha!"

The arrow flew in a straight trajectory toward the flying dragon, but it was shot off by the tail of the flying dragon that Hannah was riding.

She looked at the arrow as it fell to the ground and gave us a mocking smile.

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"If you can't reach me, I'll just pull you in!"

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After confirming that the band was wrapped around the tail that had bounced the arrow, I grabbed the band extending from my left wrist and pulled it as hard as I could.

Not only Hannah, but everyone on the ground was taken aback by my actions.

"Usato!　You said you believed me, but what are you doing?

"As you can see!

I'm asking you because I don't know what I'm looking at!

My body is firmly fixed to the ground thanks to the stakes I've stuck through my soles.

If I can pull myself close enough with a leap, I'm all yours. ......!

If you can't reach me, pull me down to a distance you can reach. ......!　This is brain play. ......!"

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"I think you're mistaken about playing with your brains: ......?"

Whatever one may say, Hanna's flying dragon is being steadily pulled down to the ground.

Hanna, on the other hand, has lost her composure and is pointing her finger impatiently at her subordinates around her.

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>Yes!

It's too late!

My men come to their senses and try to draw their swords and cut the belt, but it is too late.

I gather magic power in both feet and at the same time release the stakes in the soles of my feet, and with a burst of magic power, I leap as far as I can.

"Nnnn!"

I pull back the belt as hard as I can, and with a recoil, I jump up even higher, reaching the height where Hannah is and making eye contact with her.

"I'm going to knock her off!"

"Whaaaat?

Just as I was about to strike the soldier controlling the flying dragon with a healing flying fist from Hannah's pale face in fear, a flying dragon with a soldier guarding it came crashing down on me from the side.

"I won't let you hurt Hannah-sama!"

"You're a smart-ass ......!　But, but!　You're not the only ones who can move freely in the air!"

The legs burst with magic power for a moment, and the body turns into a flying dragon ready to strike.

I swing my right arm wide and fire a healing accelerated fist directly at Hiryuu's brow.

"Gugae!

First of all!

The flying dragon was hit directly on the upper part of its nose and held its face with its wings.

Aiming for that moment, I jump on the back of the flying dragon, and strike the soldier in the mandible as he tries to pull out his sword, knocking him out cold.

This flying dragon will probably fall to the ground soon, but a demon should be able to survive a fall from this height.

He will still get hurt, but I don't have time to worry about him.

"......"

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"Oh, yeah, okay!"

He replies to Ferrum and turns his attention toward Hannah.

She has her guards protect her as she deploys magic bullets into the air.

On the ground, it's not going to be easy to break through in the air. .......

"Stop moving!　If you stop, I'll control you!"

I'll control them!""""Ha!"""

"We'll just have to deal with the guards first!"

Luckily, the other flying dragons are at the same level as us now that we've dragged Hannah down here!

From the flying dragon we are now, we extend our black bands to another flying dragon flying nearby, and approach it as if we are being drawn toward it.

"I can't believe you came all the way here by yourself!　I'm going to make you a fireman!"

"Gah!"

Flames shoot out from the flying dragon's mouth and the soldier's palm at the same time.

At this rate, the soldier will be drawn to the belt and run into the flames with the same momentum, but it won't be a problem as long as he can avoid them with a burst of magic power.

As I was about to take immediate action, suddenly the hood of the uniform moved by itself and covered my head.

With this, the visible white part of my own uniform turns black, as if it is being eroded.

"Whoa!　Ferrum!

What?

I see that Nair is also wrapped in a band like a minnow. ......?

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I have a resistance to fire!

---I'm resistant to fire!　No time to think!

Now that the entire body is protected by black magic and resistance to flames is granted, I can attack without the need to avoid!

He switches his attention to the attack, and his right arm, which he tried to use for evasion, becomes twice as large as before.

"Oh, ......!"

Thanks to Ferrum and Nair, he feels neither heat nor suffocation.

I reach the flying dragon through the flames, and slam my right fist into its chest, as if scooping it up from below.

"OLLA!"

"Geez! ......!?"

The impact of the fist sends the flying dragon reeling backward, off balance, and the soldier who released the magic falls to the ground with a cry.

Instead, he lands on the back of the flying dragon, which continues to flap its wings in agony.

"Woah, that's the second one. ......, don't get out of control. ......!"

Leave it to me.

While I was thinking about whether I should clench my fists to make her quieter, Nair pulled away from my shoulder.

As soon as she locked eyes with the rampaging flying dragon in front of my face, its movements quieted down.

"It's grown up. ....... Nair, what did you do?"

"I just charmed her into quietness. I can't make it do what I want."

Well, the charm is powerful, but it doesn't control your will.

Still, it helps to have a breather.

He removes his hood and turns his attention to Hannah, making sure that he has returned from all black to white with black mixed in.

"Oops!"

He plays a magic bullet that is approaching us with his basket hand.

I had been aware of the magic bullets coming from Hannah's direction since a while ago, but now that she has stopped flying around, I guess they finally hit her.

"Is it simply that you can't keep up with my movements?"

If that is the case, Hannah herself may not be a good fighter.

Nero, Koga, Amira, and the other corps leaders were all considered to be martial artists, but Hanna seems to be different.

"The only thing left is ......"

Only Hannah and her two bodyguards.

It seems that the remaining two guards are working together to attack us, as if they have decided that they are outnumbered one-on-one.

Both of them seem to be riding similar flying dragons, but their weapons are different.

One has a sword and the other a spear.

We will finish them off with the rest of us!

Yes!

......!　That's nasty!

He sees flames and magic flying from the two flying dragons and leaps from them.

"Nair, save up some binding spells!"

"Yes!"

I evade the one that is about to bite me as I fall in the air, and grab the saddle attached to its back with my healing acceleration fist.

"I won't let you!

Whoa!

I am intercepted by a sword wielded by a soldier riding another flying dragon that is approaching, and I am swept off my feet.

He just barely escaped falling by attaching the belt that extended from his wrist to the flying dragon, but against a flying dragon that can move freely in the air, the odds are not in his favor.

Moreover, it is troublesome that the flying dragons, seeing my fight earlier, have positioned themselves in such a way that they can help each other.

"First, we lure them in!"

I avoid a sword attack from the other one, and as we pass each other, I wrap the belt around the neck of the flying dragon and move toward it.

"It's attached to me!　Help me!"

The soldier whose eyes meet mine cries out in surprise and calls out to his comrades for help.

Hearing his voice, the other soldier rushes forward with his spear to save his comrades.

Of course, they are not planning an easy plan to make them fight each other by rushing forward.

"Fall down!　Healing wizard!

The key is distance ......!

Checking for the flying dragon approaching us, he casts magic power into his right arm, which is not holding the belt.

"Now!"

The soldier thrusts his spear out from the back of the approaching dragon, and at the same time, he jumps backward to get away from the dragon that is now attached to him.

The spear that was about to be thrust into me comes off, and the two flying dragons are positioned in the same place from my point of view--I aim for that moment and thrust my fist out while accelerating with a burst of magic power in mid-air.

"Heal blink fist!"

What?

The fist strikes the spearman's flying dragon, and an additional impact is made.

The spearman's dragon tilts sideways and collides with the other dragon.

"Neah!"

Yes, now!　

A restraining spell charged from his fist flows out, temporarily stopping the movement of the two flying dragons.

Even so, they cannot be stopped for long.

So..,

"Let's go for the final push!"

This time, he uses his healing jump to make a bigger leap than before.

While in this state, he stretches out belts from the wrists of both hands, wraps the belts around the flying dragon, which is unable to move, and accelerates it by pulling it as close as possible with his strength.

He then unleashes a burst of magical power from both arms, accelerating the flying dragon to the maximum,

"Healing Kick!"

--slams a kick with both feet.

The blow, which was delivered using the recoil of the belt and the full force of acceleration, succeeded in greatly disrupting the stances of the two flying dragons.

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I know!

After confirming that the two flying dragons are completely off-balance, he immediately extends his belt to the remaining enemy---the flying dragon on which Hannah is riding.

The flying dragon does not even show any signs of escaping, and she climbs up the belt wrapped around its legs.

"......It's so quiet."

No sign of escape.

You give up?　No, it's more natural to think he's still on the run.

You climb up on the back of the flying dragon, thinking eerily that it is just flapping its wings without any resistance.

On its back, I saw a helmeted soldier holding the reins with a frightened look on his face, and Hannah, the robed leader of the third corps.

I tried to restrain her, who was hooded and backing away from me, but the soldier, startled by this, opened his mouth with a tremor in his voice.

"Please let me go. ......"

"...... that."

"Hi!

I haven't even said anything yet.

No, I know I'm going to scare you, but I don't want you to get confused and crash .......

Speak as quietly and clearly as possible.

"Please get off the ground. Be safe."

"Yes, yes. ......"

With a tearful voice, he maneuvers the reins and the flying dragon descends to the ground.

......I'd rather be on the ground than in the air. I don't like being in the air because it reminds me of the time Rose threw me into the darkness of Lingle.

"Well, we've finally cornered it."

"......!"

As long as you're on the back of a flying dragon, there's no escape.

First, let's get Nair to cast a binding spell on us so that we can't do anything.

When I tried to reach out to her, her hair fell out of her hood as she trembled in fear.

"Blonde hair ......?"

What does that mean?　As I recall, I had seen Hannah's hair color from a distance to be a light purple.

When I let her take off her hood, I found that the face underneath was not Hannah's but an unknown face.

A blonde female demoness.

The demoness, who was greatly upset by the revelation of her true face and had tears in her eyes, grabbed the robe that she had been made to wear and tried to appeal for something in a desperate manner.

"This is because I was forced to ...... that's why!"

"Forcibly ......?"

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I'm sure this is not Hannah.

But there's no escape in the air.

Then where--

"--No way!"

I turned to the soldier behind me with frustration, and someone put his hand on my cheek.

The first thing I saw was a pair of eyes with purple light in them.

Hannah, a pale purple woman whose face was as close as my nose, was smiling with a sense of accomplishment as she threw away her helmet with her other hand.

You are mine now.

With those words, the purple magic power of the illusionary system poured into me.