Chapter 132 – How to Save the Race.

‘Slowly, without being nervous, with the feeling of shifting your center of gravity to your steps.’

Anis remembered the steps that Tiaran had taught her to keep as invisible as possible, and approached calmly until the succubus came within range.

‘… How do you know such a method?’

‘Because I’m an adventurer!’

‘Being an adventurer is not an all-purpose excuse?!’

Even though Lucia said something about how he knew a method that only assassins would use, Anise accepted it without paying much attention.

‘Yes, because it’s Tiaran.’

If Tiaran had known that the reason for this was her belief in him that bordered on fanaticism, she might have shuddered a little, but in any case, Anis performed the walking techniques he taught her without any doubt.

It is unknown whether it was a leap made by talent or a ridiculous miracle created by fanaticism for Tiaran, but Anise had already succeeded in putting the succubus within range without her noticing.

Finally, the blade of the holy sword Mogley was about to hit the succubus’ neck, emitting sharp light without a sound.

“Aaaaah!!”

The screams of a succubus echo through the mansion. It was a sign that she had been harmed, but it also proved that Anise could not have taken her life with one blow.

‘Did you avoid it?’

Anise frowned at the sight of the succubus glaring at her even though her wings and part of her shoulder were cut off and bleeding.

At least most of its wings and shoulders were cut off, so it was in a near-fatal state, but it ultimately failed to kill it in one go.

“Whoa! Whoa…!”

Ruby realized that the dizzying pain that was eroding through her wound was the power of the holy sword and that her opponent was a hero.

‘In this town before we know it?!’

Her superior, Laurencia, laughed at this generation’s hero, calling her a bitch, but that could only be said from her perspective as an executive of the Demon King, the highest-ranking demon called the Five Bad Stars.

As if to show that they are not called heroes for nothing. She had already proven that she had talent beyond the standard when she deceived Rubyra, a high-ranking demon, and almost succeeded in assassinating her by getting close to her.

‘I didn’t notice it at all!’

It was purely by chance that she avoided Anise’s attack. Ruby was so caught up in the sudden situation caused by Lucia’s Maka that she didn’t even realize that Anis was right around the corner from her.

However, Ruby was a succubus who liked to dress up, so if she hadn’t happened to see Anise’s reflection in her hand mirror, she would have been killed before she knew it.

“Ugh.”

‘Even that was a fatal wound, huh?’

However, the holy sword cut deeply into her shoulder, and as the power, which was opposite to that of her demons, dug into her wound, Rubyra was already in a terminal situation.

‘The only thing I can do is to waste time.’

“Ha!”

Sure enough, her hero was already swinging, eerily reflecting the light of her holy sword, without even pretending to catch her breath, in an attempt to take her life before she could get her bearings.

‘A hero is a hero.’

Anis was embarrassed when she realized she had failed in the assassination, but that was only for a moment. Tiaran nodded her head as she attempted to suffocate the succubus by continuing her attacks.

Usually, assassination assumes a one-hit kill in a situation where you can unilaterally target the opponent, so it is common to panic when the first attack fails.

‘Judgment is important there.’

Normally, she would be so embarrassed that she would miss the timing and give the opponent a chance to collect herself or run away, but Anise calmly continued her attack.

‘I don’t say I have enough qualifications, but I have too many.’

The problem is that time to grow is very short.

‘I have no choice but to deal with an enemy I cannot handle.’

To be honest, the original hero party, which only had Anise and Lucia, was in a precarious situation. Because the five evil stars had identified their location and were targeting them even before they had time to grow.

‘This may be the reason why Landesia Denki was such a type of eroge, full of bad endings all the time.’

It was not for nothing that Tiaran joined the party, calling Anis and Lucia newbies and newcomers.

‘So I make time.’

If you see sprouts, shouldn’t someone be there to support them, so they can grow safely? So he watched Anis corner the succubus.

-Whoosh!

Since it was an even bigger problem that time was running out since her appearance had already been discovered, Anis did not focus on swinging the moghlay, and the sound of the wind passed through the sword.

-Jjaeng!

“Ugh!”

Ruby managed to hit her holy sword with an iron staff, but since it was originally an object meant to handle energy like Maka, just receiving the holy sword’s power caused a crack in the center.

‘Now!’

Anise noticed that Ruby Ra blocked her holy sword, but her disheveled appearance and her staff was cracked due to the impact, and instead of slashing with the protruding blade to finish her off, she raised her sword from below and crossed it. I took a picture of Ruby Ra’s solar plexus with a guard

“Kahak?!”

Ruby didn’t expect that she would cut her chest with her cross guard instead of cutting her with her sword blade, so she flew away, spitting out all the air in her lungs along with the pain.

‘The power is enormous, but the attack is so irregular…! Is this really a person who has just started training?’

I realized the talent of the hero named Ruby. If she had been a year, or even half a year more skilled, Anise would have taken her life away with her first blow.

‘This is the hero…!’

Even if Ruby Laga’s specialty is not fighting, she is a high-ranking demon. Even if she was attacked by her, being pushed back like this means that Anise’s skills have already reached a certain level.

After realizing why so many demons were afraid just by the name of the warrior, she made a decision.

‘Then we have no choice but to use now as an opportunity!’

Ruby no longer resisted her flight.

– Taaat! Bang!

Instead, she kicks the ground and builds up her momentum to break through the wooden wall and get out.

“Ah…!”

Anis didn’t expect Rubira to break down her wall and run away, so she panicked and hurriedly chased after her.

“Rubira! Are you hurt?”

“Do you not use the door anymore?”

“Ugh, you guys. Why did we end up here?”

In her hallway were Lilim and the imp, who suddenly burst through her door and looked at Rubira with startled eyes.

“I came because I heard a strange noise.”

“Is it the enemy?”

“Huh, that’s it. It just worked out well.”

Anise was swinging her sword and aiming for herself, but her purpose was no longer her own survival. She stretched out her fingertips and drew out her magic using her demonic energy.

It is the magic of the demons. Human markers are engraved on the body, so although they are convenient, they are less flexible. On the other hand, the Demon’s Machia has the disadvantage of having to draw the spells yourself, but it is very flexible.

‘And this is the only technique I can use in time.’

It was already too late to save her life, so the best thing she could do now was to quickly get Lilim and the imp, who Laurencea had entrusted to her, out of here.

“Tell Laurencia. The mission was a failure, but her request was kept.”

For now, I had no choice but to leave the future to them.

“Ruvira?!”

Her imp saw her back and called out to her with a surprised expression, but her magic had already been activated and her imp and her Lilim were being sent to the designated location.

-Clap!

“Ah…”

In the end, just before her imp named Ruby was completely transmitted, she felt an uncomfortable feeling in her neck and her tilted vision made her realize that her throat had been cut, but she did not give up and continued to pour energy into her technique to the end. Br〉

Until the look of astonishment on her face disappeared.

“Did you miss Imp and Lillim?”

Tia Ran went behind Anis, who had finally cut off Ruby Ra’s life, and checked the magic she had used for the last time.

“I never thought I would use the stored magic to save not myself but a low-level demon.”

Since Machia does not have a standardized usage method like Maka, the way each demon handles Machia is different. At the same time as using the magic energy itself, it can also bring about other effects through techniques with its own unique system.

Among them, some techniques are stored so that they can be used immediately. Considering that such a valuable technique was used not on the person himself but on low-level demons, there must have been something more important than expected.

‘I need to remember this.’

It’s not that high-ranking demons don’t care about low-ranking demons at all, but even so, it’s quite rare for them to risk their own lives to save them.

“It’s a newbie.”

“… Ah! Yes, did you call me?”

Tiaran, who saw Anis reacting somewhat late, patted her head.

“… Yes.”

As Anise placed her head in his hands, she glanced at the decapitated body of the succubus with an inexplicable gaze.