Chapter 200 – Scouting

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Mistiltein’s light seems to grow bigger and bigger as it engulfs the surrounding darkness.

Later, the holy sword, which has the nickname of a sword that shines in the darkest place, exerts its power the greater the difference between the master and the opponent’s abilities.

The source of that power is ‘bridging the gap.’

It forms like a needle and fills the dimensional gap, filling the skill gap between the owner and those who oppose him.

Thanks to this, even Eustes, whose body has become weak and has become weak, can use the power of divine magic to destroy the ‘magic stone of black magic’ sealed inside the brainwashed soldiers’ bodies.

“Awesome Mr. Eustes! You look like a real warrior!”

When Lisa shouted that, Eustes looked around with a serious face.

Most of the brainwashed soldiers blocking their path fell to the ground.

“Okay, since this opened the way-“

Just as Eustes was about to say, let’s head to the basement, the two bodies were moved to the garden.

When the two of them turned their heads in surprise when they noticed the sudden change in the scenery around them.

Rosalia stood there with her hand outstretched.

“…Rosaria!? Why-“

Empty eyes, a pattern where you can see light emitting through the clothes. No matter where I looked at her, she didn’t look normal, but when Eustes spoke to her.

“Fufufu… I was surprised, Eustes. I never expected to use the power of the crystal to restore the holy sword.”

What came out of her mouth was not Rosaria’s, but Ishtal’s, which she had heard earlier.

It seemed that it was possible to control the body through imprinting without the power of ‘Magic Stone’.

“That voice- Ishtal! Even the Rosaria…! And the decision…? What are you talking about…!”

Feeling anger at her actions of her, but not knowing what a ‘decision’is, she aims Mistiltein and pays attention to her actions of her.

Just like before, it felt like there was no way to respond to the sudden body transfer technique.

“Whoops. It looks like you haven’t heard from Cleon. Well, even if you know, I can’t help but… It’s something I really need.”

Rosaria said that and reached out her hand again.

In the next moment, Eustes’s body her was engulfed in a floating sensation, and her body her was transferred to the top of Rosaria’s head her.

The problem is that it is several meters high.

“Ugh!?”

The body of Eustes, guided by gravity, began its free fall on a moonlit night.

“Since everything you need is inside your body, you don’t need much else.”

Ishtal’s voice was so cold that it gave me goosebumps.

`Danger-do…!`

No matter how much he regained the power of the Holy Sword, Eustes’ own skills his were still a bit insufficient to be said to be one person’s share his.

If it fell from such a height, there was a high possibility that it would not end at the level where the whole body’s bones would be shattered.

`Sir, I can’t use divine magic to defend myself yet… !`

In the first place, it was a meaningless training for Eustes, who did not have enough divine magic power to use for defense, so he was trying to improve his swordsmanship even a little.

After the situation came to this, I closed my eyes tightly with regret that I should have learned the theory even if it was unnecessary training.

“Nora!”

“Yes!”

The sudden voice from beside her made her body feel as light as a feather.

No, to be precise, the strange sensation of something grabbing my waist, holding me tight, floating in the sky for a while, and then falling back to the ground.

Instead, unlike before, it didn’t feel like my bones would break even if I fell to the ground.

When Eusthes quietly opens her tightly closed eyes-

There, she could see a woman a few heads taller than she was, landing lightly on the ground with her Eustes her body wrapped around her waist her.

And what she wore on her body was a pure white apron dress.

“Sah, did you survive…”

It was almost at the same time that Eustes let out her sigh of relief and the woman holding her back her screamed in a booming voice.

“Rubera! It seems all right!”

It was a loud and healthy cry that made Eustes’ ears hurt.

“Nice job, Nora.”

The one who appeared in front of Eustes with light steps was, as expected, the protagonist with a familiar voice.

A servant’s attire that flutters in the sky with a beautiful demonic sword draped around his waist.

Dark hair and dark eyes that glisten in the moonlight.

“Rubera…!”

“You showed up sooner than I thought. Tromeia’s bitches. Was it the girl-Ferdia who went to call you guys? She’s going to send a few people to that child as well, tying her feet to her.”

When Ishtal said so with her contempt her, Ruba answered with her expressionless face her, her hand on the hilt of her sword.

“I’m sorry, but it wasn’t just him who moved.”

Ishtal frowned at Rubera’s words.

One by one, when the maids who had subdued the soldiers in the monastery gathered in the garden, Remilia, who had been fighting Anansi in full swing, also returned to Rosaria’s side of her.

“…The brainwashing soldiers have been wiped out. If this happens, it seems that the tide will be reversed.”

The surrounding maids were aiming for Remilia and Rosaria, each holding a weapon.

However, contrary to Remilia’s worried voice, Rosaria smiled wickedly.

“No… It’s a good opportunity just because Cleon isn’t here. With so many people gathered, it wouldn’t be bad to kill them all here.”

“…”

At Rosaria’s words of her, Remilia twitched her eyebrows and nodded as if she understood her master’s intentions of her.

“You’re pretending to be ungainly strong. We already know that there is a delay when there are many transfer targets. If you want to summon something… I’ll cut you down right here.”

Perhaps considering it a bluff, Ruba said that based on the information she had heard from Gray, if she was willing to do anything, even if it meant killing Rosalia, she would stop Ishtal.

She It seemed to say that she herself was responsible for rescuing her Rosaria her.

But when Ishtal heard Rubera’s story, she giggled and shook her head.

“Haha. It’s scary, but I don’t think I’m going to call out too much.”

“…What-“

“It’s the ‘number’, not the ‘quality’, that causes the delay in the ability.”

The next moment, what appeared in front of the maids was a purple crystal that was transferred onto Rosaria’s hand.

And, it was ‘a gigantic male demon with a goat’s head’.

“Everyone!! Close your eyes!”

The one who shouted was the abbot of the monastery who finally got up after finishing his body treatment.

The figures reacting reflexively to the sudden cry close their eyes. While the vision was blocked, when the director spread a barrier in preparation for an additional attack from Remilia, Rosaria, or the summoned demon, a ‘chi’ sound was heard.

“What… What… Was that, what was… ?”

When Rubera muttered that, the director replied slowly.

“It’s an incubus. Paired with a succubus, a ‘demon’ that rules men’s lust. Just as a succubus dominates a man’s mind and arouses desire, an ‘incubus’ can do the same for a woman.”

“…The one with the goat’s head? Didn’t look attractive.”

Saying that, Ruba recalled the appearance of a demon called `Incubus’ that she witnessed, albeit briefly.

It had a muscular body, but its lower body was covered in fur with reverse joints like a beast, and it didn’t even have a genital organ attached.

Instead, it had wings similar to those of a dove on its back, a goat’s head, and a viper’s tail.

He had burning hooves under his feet, and his hands his were webbed.

It was a combination of the characteristics of the animals of the sky, land, and sea.

There was no woman here who would be attracted to such a hideous appearance.

However, the director replied in a serious tone.

“It’s a `circular`.”

“…Circle?”

When Ruba responds to a term she has never heard, the director continues.

“It is the ‘original form’ of a demon summoned by offering a large amount of sacrifices. Both succubus and incubus are called ‘inma’ because their main purpose is to extract human spirit, so with the intention of mixing their bodies, they have a beautiful appearance. It’s what makes it.”

“…In other words, the original appearances of the demons are close to those hideous demons…”

“The archetype is a demon that brought the power of hell with unlimited power from this world. Its power is so powerful that it can affect even the summoner’s allies. Only the summoner himself escapes from it. The purple crystal ball is a magical tool for controlling and maintaining demons.”

“…If you open your eyes-“

The abbot was silent for a moment before replying.

“At that moment, the soul and spirit will be taken away by the incubus.”

When the abbot’s story was over, applause, presumably belonging to Ishtal, rang out.

“Thank you for the explanation. I was listening quietly without realizing it. It’s better not to open your eyes as she said. It’s annoying that even Remilia can’t open her eyes, so I can’t break through her barrier right away- “

The next moment, the abbot felt a sudden load on the barrier.

“Kuu…!”

“Don’t you think that the archetype is all about standing still and seducing women?”

From those words, it was clear what she was doing.

It is to use the power of the summoned incubus to gradually melt the barrier that protects everyone.

The divine magic power was lower than the original level because it had barely recovered from the destruction of the barrier by the demonic spear a while ago.

In that situation, will he be able to withstand the dark magic of the archetype devil, and will the wounds not open again in the process?

The abbot tried to maintain the barrier while biting her lip, but it was no longer possible to prevent the barrier’s walls from melting.

Ruba quietly put her hand on the demonic sword in that situation.

[Barisada…]

[Yeah… Even if I block my view, I can roughly know the location of objects around me.]

It is also true that Barisada, who is not originally human, can take on the form and senses of a human, although it is also true that she is a female form.

Its root is a ‘magical sword’, in other words, a non-human object.

If you scatter your magic power like a radar, you can find out its location by reflecting it back.

Since accurate coordinate designation is required for distortion, it was unreasonable to use it while blocking the owner, Lubera’s view.

At least, instead of her eyes her-

[I think it would be good to cut the crystal ball.]

At Ruberia’s words, Barisada responded positively with a soft light and vibration.

[However, there will definitely be demons on the path I can specify… I need help to at least clear the devil out of its path…!]

At Barisada’s words, Ruba is silent for a moment.

Suddenly, the sound of grinding teeth came from somewhere.

Probably all of the Battle Maids are feeling the heat in this stuffy situation.

If left as it is, one person—no, everyone might wake up and be brainwashed by the incubus.

The battle maids of the Tromeia family are all female, have a story, and also have a dirty personality.

“You guys! If any of you open your eyes, it will be reported directly to Aurelia!”

When Rubera raised her voice like that, the boiling blood of the battle maids subsided a little.

“Now, now. Almost no barriers remain. Disappearing? Thinner than a fingernail, barriers like walls made of paper…”

At that time, Ruba felt that she heard a rustling sound from beside her.

“… Did you just hear me?

“I’m sorry, Ruba. I’m not a servant, so there’s no reason to be called by your wife.”

Ruba thought it was one of her fellow battle maids and talked about it, but the answer she heard and the owner of the voice was a completely different person than she expected.

“Yu, Steth… What-“

The period was too short to improve her impression of him. However, Eustes speaks.

“If I get rid of that demon, can I do something?”

“Don’t be stupid. You are now a ‘woman’. You must have listened to what the abbot said.”

At Rubera’s cold words, Eustes shut her mouth for a moment.

Then, as he slowly opened her mouth again, he spoke as if organizing his thoughts her.

“Of course…Now I’m a woman. But that’s always the story of the body. My soul and mind, I’m still focused on one person. As long as that doesn’t change- I don’t care if I’m a man or a woman.”

“…”

When Lubera is a little overwhelmed by Eustes’s unhesitating words, she shuts her mouth.

Eustes slowly opened his eyes.

And the appearance of the incubus archetype that comes back to the eye.

Looking at it now, the size was also huge, on par with Nora or even larger.

“Ahahaha! No way, I thought I’d open my eyes with reccklessness!”

The moment after I thought that Ishtal’s ridicule rang loudly-

A wave of fascination like a curse emanating from the body of the incubus hits Eustes.

However, Eustes made a small noise and threw all the curses behind him.

“…What?”

It was Ishtal who gave the dumbfounded voice to it.

But then, her eyes narrowed and she glared at Eustes.

“Conditions for crystal creation… While recognizing that you are male, you also acknowledge that you are female… Because you are such an ambiguous existence, the power of the incubus doesn’t work!”

“Whatever it is…! Misteltein! Move the devil!”

When Mistiltein was pulled out, a brilliant silver light spread out.

Mistil Tane is an alter ego, with only a blade without her handle… Something like a giant needle appeared.

And the needle surges rapidly, clearing the archetype devil from Rubera’s path.

“Haha!”

In the next moment, maybe Ruba got her signal from Barisada, she kicked off the ground and sprinted to the place where Ishtal was.

“Kuh… Metastasis—”

“I won’t let you do that… !”

Before making things worse again, Rosalia destroys her crystal ball that she had in her possession her.

“Heavenly Pillar…!”

A swordsmanship wielded while turning against the moonlit night.

It was regretful to think that Eustes and Ishtal were the only ones who could look at that beautiful form.

And- squeak! Sound.

At the same time, the crystal orb that falls to the ground in half removes the control of the incubus and summons it in reverse.

“Chi-it…! It’s really annoying…! The power of decisions, and unexpected behavior…!”

When Ishtar, angry inside Rosaria, tousled her hair as if it was close to harming her, Eusthes once again wrapped her divine magic around Mistilthein and swung it at Rosaria this time.

Then, Ishtal’s possession was released from her body, and Rosaria collapsed on the spot, regaining her senses.

Remilia also saw that and thought that she no longer needed to be here.

It was to hide in the shadows of the moonlit night and try to get out of here.

“Everyone! Follow her! If you follow her, maybe you can find the starting point of her Ishtarote-“

After Lavita shouted that, the battle maids started moving.

Ruba also opened her eyes and looked at Eustes.

Eustheth let out a sigh and put Mistiltein back on her waist, while Rubera and her eyes met her.

“You… Have changed. A lot.”

“It’s thanks to you and Cleon… This time too.”

If she hadn’t understood her feelings for Leona-Cleon within herself, her original demon would have penetrated the barrier and endangered her party her.

“…The trigger for change can be someone else. However, what changes is yourself. At the very least, I have to admit that you are a different type of human from the ‘Marquis’.”

“… Thank you.”

How long had it been since she recognized that she was different from her own father her?

Eustes clenched his fists as he spoke.

I don’t know why, but Mistiltein’s power has returned. Now you will be able to help Cleon fight.

“…”

And Rubera’s eyes looking at Eustes were as sharp as a ‘hawk’s eye’.

001

Somehow, the case was sorted out, and the number of monasteries increased dramatically at once, including the fallen brainwashed soldiers.

However, the brainwashed soldiers couldn’t come to their senses no matter how much time passed.

According to the abbot, it was as if the soul had been sucked out and turned into an empty shell.

“Could it be, demons?”

The biggest hints for reaching conclusions were already all around.

The abbot and Liza, as well as the doctor Ferdia and the hero Eustes, clenched their fists and felt resentment.

In the meantime, a servant of the Tromeia family came to the monastery.

What she was looking for was ‘Eustes’.

“Master Eustes. There is something the Tromeia family would like to ask you directly.”

“To me…? The Tromeia family…? What the hell…”

It was Eustes, who belonged to an aristocratic family in the past, and still retains the position itself, but since then he has not met a nobleman, so this position seemed tense.

What is the purpose Surely, since he became the target of the other party, isn’t he trying to confine himself somewhere?

Or, extract only it from within your own body?

However, as if to dispel all of Eustes’ doubts, the attendant of the Tromeia family spoke.

“Eustes-sama, would you like to join ‘Battle Maid’?”

“…Yes?”

It was to be offered another hardship.