"You remember the red-haired witch, right?"
Xia was confused and didn't understand why he was talking about women at this time.
The male demon seemed to be convinced that Shia didn't remember. He gritted his teeth and added in a resentful tone:
"That's the woman you killed in the Great Labyrinth of Orcus!"
“………………Ahh! It’s her!”
"Hey, this guy—"
Shia obviously hadn't remembered it until just now. The man was so angry that he couldn't even speak clearly. After a short chant, he released countless wind blades.
Xia didn't take it seriously and dodged it easily.
"Hey, what's wrong with that guy? I've been confused since we started talking."
"Cattleya... the woman you killed... was my fiancée!"
"! Ah, I see... That's why you're so angry."
Shia nodded in sudden realization.
It seems that the man in front of him is Mikhail, the last person called by the female demon who was slaughtered by Hajime in the Great Labyrinth of Orcus.
He doesn't know who told him this, but he knows that Hajime killed his fiancée and wants revenge. He wants Hajime to suffer the same pain he suffered, so he plans to kill Yue and Shia and bring their bodies to Hajime.
"How dare you kill Cattleya, the gentle, intelligent woman who always cared about her country!"
Mikhail's eyes were bloodshot, and his words were filled with resentment. Shia, in contrast to her usual cheerful demeanor, had a cold expression and answered bluntly.
"That's your family's business."
“Wha-what!?”
"If you don't want to die, why don't you just not fight? Besides, that person started the fight, and Hajime-san warned her that if she tried to escape, we wouldn't pursue her. It's natural to harbor resentment after a loved one's murder, but even if you were to tell me what the person I killed was like in his or her life, I wouldn't be interested. Would you want to hear about the lives of those you've killed so far? Would you?"
"Shut up! I want to avenge Cattleya! I want you to experience the most painful death!"
Mikhail roared in anger, flew the big black hawk at high speed, and once again created a tornado and rushed towards Xia.
It seemed the tornado was Mikhail's magic, not the Great Black Hawk's inherent ability. Mikhail, riding the Great Black Hawk, chanted again, and the tornado immediately launched countless wind blades, attempting to block Shia's escape.
Xia waved the Druken to disperse the wind blades, reduced her weight and jumped hard to avoid the big black eagle with a tornado wrapped around it.
However, where they landed after dodging, they found a gathering of demons and black hawks who had arrived while Mikhail and Shia were talking. Judging from the large black hawk that Mikhail was riding, they might be his subordinates.
The Black Hawks, positioned higher than Shia, unleashed a barrage of stone needles, which rained down like rain. Shia fired explosive shrapnel, using the shockwave to disperse the rain of needles.
She jumped into the empty gap in the rain of needles and approached a black hawk in the sky above.
Ignoring the shocked demon, Shia swung Druken mercilessly, hitting the demon directly, shattering his bones and internal organs before disappearing into the dark night.
Xia then extended the handle and smashed the black eagle and the demon in the distance.
"Hmm, no close combat! The sky is our territory! Launch a continuous attack with magic and stone needles from a distance!"
Seeing his companions being sent flying like marbles, Mikhail decided that close combat was impossible and ordered his men to attack from a distance. Shia once again used the recoil of the gun, using her "air power" as a foothold to leap continuously, gracefully dodging the magic and stone needles coming from all directions.
However, the opponent would never get within the middle distance. If Xia wanted to get close, they would try their best to increase the distance. This fighting method made Xia gradually impatient.
“Ahh, dammit! I’m so tired of you dodging all the time! If that’s the case, I’ll smash your entire body into pieces!”
Shia suddenly erected her rabbit ears, causing the "Treasure House" to glow.
A red metal ball appeared in the void.
The metal ball was about two meters in diameter, with a chain extending from it. Shia fastened the front end of the chain to the buckle installed on the top of the Drukken.
The metal ball fell due to gravity. Shia kicked it up and then swung Delucan horizontally with great force, hitting the metal ball.
With a clang, the sound of metal colliding with metal was heard, and the metal ball was hit out at an incredible speed.
The demon, targeted, scrambled to avoid the attack, but the metal ball suddenly ejected from its side, forcibly changing its trajectory. Unable to counter the change in direction, the demon and Black Hawk were struck by the ten-ton metal ball, their bones shattered and they vanished into the night sky.
Shia swung the Drukken and pulled the chain, and the metal ball that killed the enemy suddenly returned to her hand.
While she was retracting the metal ball, she continuously fired explosive shrapnel, either pinning down or killing the enemy. Then, Shia struck the metal ball again, sending it flying towards another target.
That was Drukken's new mechanism—a 'kendama' that could change weight and housed the scattershot bullets that changed their trajectory.
"Drink, drink, drink!"
Shia shouted, sending the red kendama dancing across the night sky of the capital. She struck, then pulled back, struck again, then pulled back. The kendama transformed into red meteors, streaking erratically across the night sky. Gradually, the kendama lost its original red color, becoming stained with the crimson of the enemy's flesh and blood.
"Damn it! They're using a strange technique! Up there! Attacking from the top, out of range!"
Seeing his subordinates being killed one after another, Mikhail gritted his teeth and gave orders; in order to trip up Shia, he circled and continuously cast restraining magic.
Shia dodged the attacks effortlessly with weightless leaps, as if she were flying through the air.
After dodging the final blow, area attack magic descended from above like a wall.
"Hmph, stop being so arrogant!"
She raised the Drukken high above her head, gripped the center of the handle, and began to spin it. Immediately, the kendama connected by the chain also spun rapidly due to the centrifugal force generated by the rotation.
Druken and the kendama spun violently at high speed, using the red-edged chains to form a makeshift round shield, blowing away the powerful compound magic descending from above.
"Accept your fate!"
Mikhail judged that Shia was too busy defending herself from the attack from above to do anything else, so he launched a surprise attack on Shia.
As he approached, he unleashed a surprising number of Great Black Hawk's stone needles, combined with the wind-attribute attack magic "Cannon King." A localized storm rapidly approached Shia.
Shia let her body fall freely, lowering her altitude in one breath and dodging the wind bombardment.
But this was exactly what Mikhail wanted. He raised the corner of his mouth, aimed at the moment when Xia dodged and fell, and sent out another wind blade.
However, when Mikhail looked into the target's eyes, he saw not Shia's expression of despair, but a fist-sized iron ball that appeared out of thin air and fell at Shia's feet.
"Shoot!"
Shia used her enhanced leg strength to kick the iron ball taken out from the "Treasure Vault" away.
The fast-flying iron ball hit Mikhail's big black eagle squarely and sank into the big black eagle's body with a bang.
“Gahhhhhhhhhh!!!”
"hateful!"
The severe pain and shock caused the big black eagle to scream, and its body spun and fell down.
Mikhail cursed as he reluctantly fired the wind cannonball containing the stone needle, and fell with the big black eagle.
Shia finally withstood the magical attack from above and managed to use Drukken to disperse the approaching wind cannonballs.
However, it was unable to completely block the stone needles contained within, and several needles pierced her shoulder and arm.
"It worked! Kotolis's stone needle hit her!"
“That’s it!”
The stone needles themselves obviously wouldn't cause much damage, but when the demons saw Xia being pierced by the stone needles, they all looked happy.
Xia couldn't help but feel surprised by this.
This question was soon answered.
The part pierced by the needle slowly petrified. Apparently, Black Hawk is a monster called Kotolis, whose inherent magic is the ability to shoot countless petrifying needles, a rather annoying and troublesome ability.
Generally speaking, to remove abnormal status, you must use specific medicines or use light-attribute recovery magic purification.
Now, Shia was alone on the battlefield, so the demons thought that this was the end. Even if Shia had medicine, if they continued to attack her and didn't give her time to take it, she would be petrified in no time.
However, their expressions of confidence in victory faded the next moment and eventually turned into despair.
because……
"Hmm, I was careless, but this is nothing!"
After saying this, Shia pulled out the needles from her body, narrowed her eyes, and concentrated a little. After a moment, the petrification that had been spreading suddenly stopped, and like the receding tide, her skin gradually returned to its original color. Finally, even the wounds from the needles healed, returning to their original, unharmed state, as if nothing had happened.
“Wha-what!?”
"What's going on now?!"
Shia didn't use any healing magic or take any medicine. She simply concentrated a little, and not only her wounds, but even her petrification healed. Fear began to show on the demons' faces, a fear of facing the incomprehensible unknown, and their voices trembled in panic.
The reason why Shia's injury was healed was actually nothing serious, it was just the use of regeneration magic.
As always, her aptitude for regeneration magic was woefully low, and she could only heal her own injuries and abnormalities. She couldn't rebuild missing parts like Yue's "Auto-Regeneration," nor could she instantly heal severe injuries. Furthermore, she couldn't activate it automatically, nor could she regenerate anything other than herself.
However, if it's just a minor injury, a simple fracture, or an abnormal condition with a slow effect, she can heal it in seconds with just a little concentration. If she has enough time, even a serious injury can be fully recovered.
So it's only natural that the demons would feel despair.
In addition to her overwhelming destructive power, Shia even possessed a healing ability, leaving them with no idea how to defeat her. She was like a highly maneuverable heavy tank with self-repairing abilities, capable of soaring freely through the air. If Earth's soldiers knew of such a thing, it would surely be a nightmare.
The way the demons looked at Shia gradually became the same as the way those who had fought against Hajime in the past looked at him.
In other words—a look as if seeing a monster.
"Alright, I'm going to attack, okay?"
The demons were so embarrassed that their bodies were stiff. Shia, with her flowing rabbit ears, raised Druken and jumped in front of them.
A single strike was enough to kill! Shia struck again, and another demon was slain.
At that moment, the remaining demons fell into panic, making meaningless cries. Without any tacit understanding, they just launched suicide attacks blindly.
Shia calmly swung her kendama, firing explosive shrapnel, surely killing the enemies and reducing their numbers.
Finally, when the last member of Mikhail's army became a dead soul under Druken's hammer, the moonlight was suddenly obscured and the surrounding area fell into darkness.
Shia looked up. Mikhail, his back to the dark clouds, was about to descend from above. The Black Hawk seemed to have reached its limit, leaving Mikhail's only remaining attack method to be a rapid descent from above.
"Countless lightning bolts are falling from the sky. Try to dodge them if you can!"
As Mikhail shouted, countless thunder and lightning made loud noises and fell continuously in a chaotic manner.
Thunder fell like rain.
This was originally a high-level wind-attribute attack spell called "Thunder Hammer," which would have sent down a massive thunderbolt from the dark clouds. However, Mikhail had deliberately subdivided it, allowing it to strike randomly over a wide area, using timing differences. This demonstrated the excellence of his magical skills.
The lightning passed the rapidly descending Mikhail and fell towards Xia.
Mikhail likely intended to kill Shia with precision, intending to strike with mortal resolve the moment she was struck. While the power of lightning was reduced by its fragmentation, and Shia was incredibly resilient, even she would likely become paralyzed if struck by lightning.
Moreover, the speed of lightning is 150 kilometers per second. It will be too late to dodge it after seeing it.
As his men were killed, Mikhail simply endured and chanted, finally unleashing his full power. His eyes revealed a resolute determination: "This time, I will absolutely kill you."
However, he immediately saw an incredible sight.
Xia unexpectedly dodged the rain of lightning. No, to be more precise, she seemed to have known from the outset which position would not be hit and moved before the lightning fell.
Mikhail miscalculated.
The reason for his defeat was that Shia had the ability to dodge without visual contact.
This is Shia's innate magic, "Future Vision," which has been newly derived from it, "Apocalypse Vision," allowing her to see up to two seconds into the future at will. While this ability is a degraded version of "Assumed Future," it consumes minimal mana and can be used continuously to a certain degree, making it a very useful ability. Shia has acquired this ability through her daily hard work and continuous training.
"What?! Who are you?!"
"I'm just an ordinary girl with bunny ears."
Shia gave a response she didn't quite believe, dodging all the lightning strikes. Of course, she also easily dodged Mikhail's attack, swinging her kendama in the moment of contact.
The kendama drew a large circle, swirling around Mikhail, and the chain wrapped around him, binding him in an instant.
"Ouch! Let me go!"
"I'll let you go, just as you wish!"
Shia swung Druken, swinging Mikhail, who was bound by chains, and when the centrifugal force reached its maximum, she released him to the ground.
The centrifugal force generated by the swing of the heavy iron block was so amazing that Mikhail hit the ground heavily like a falling meteorite.
Although he deployed the wind barrier in time and avoided death, perhaps because all the bones in his body were broken, he lay on the ground motionless, spitting blood from his mouth.
Shia landed next to him.
She hoisted Druken over her shoulders and walked towards Mikhail.
Mikhail barely maintained his hazy consciousness and looked at Xia with empty eyes.
A self-deprecating expression appeared on the corner of his mouth, which he himself did not understand. He didn't know whether he was laughing at his own inability to take revenge, or at the absurd situation where nearly a hundred of his subordinates were wiped out.
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