Demon Girl ~Tale of a Lax Demon~

been absorbing the power of his enemies through the power of his [Hero’s secret arts] and raising his physical [levels], plus he had the knowledge of ‘Ki’ from Onzada-kun and my own knowledge as well.

…… This cheating bastard.
Are you a protagonist somewhere?

 

“[Burn away.]”

“!”

As Yuuki-kun leapt out in response to my magic power, the trees around him burned to nothing in an instant.

“You, you’re a demon!”

I heard Onzada-kun protesting from where I’d tossed him earlier, but what had he expected from a Demon and a former hero who was driven mad by thoughts of revenge……

To offer love no matter how hostile your opponent was something only found in children’s fairy tales, you know?

Nonetheless, given that he dodged that blow, I don’t think I will be able to defeat him easily with magic.
Although I had the physical strength of a demon, it’s impossible for me to engage in hand-to-hand combat with him.

 

“…[Summon]…”

A small magic circle formed within my hand, and black things fell out of it with a pitter-patter.

…… Is that more seafood? But as the seaweed grew at a strange rate, it turned into a humanoid figure and stood up.
…… eeww, gross.

[Ubo~]

“Lightning Sword!”

Against the seaweed possessed by a lesser Demon, Yuuki-kun built up a small magic formation and tore through it with his extreme ‘Chuunibyou sword’, and absorbed its power.

Ah, it’s no good.
Still, I unleashed the [Spirit Magic] I’d prepared in the meantime.

“[Open Dimensional Gate]”

A door that by my reckoning was about twice as large as it was normally opened up at Yuuki-kun’s feet, and the dimensional rift tried to swallow Yuuki-kun together with the surrounding air and the tree leaves.

“Wouldn’t it be great if you returned to your home world?”

Although there was no air or water on the journey there.

“UoooooooOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”

As I spoke of it lightly, Yuuki-kun placed a similar summoning magic circle on his sword and hit the dimensional door.
Eh…… Did you just repair the dimensional rift?

’

You seriously practiced what I taught…… what a diligent pupil.

 

“Lightning!”

“Uwaa”

*BZZT*

I deflected the shot again with my bare hands as I set up a defensive barrier with magic power.
Thanks to that, my blouse sleeve got burnt.

“If that’s the case…”

I used my physical strength as a Demon and grabbed the slender trees in my vicinity, pulling them out and throwing them at him.

“Tei!”

“HAaaAAAAAAAAAA!”

Yuuki-kun slashed down at the trees that were flying at him with a thunderous roar and dragging clods of earth behind them, as he sliced down cleanly, splitting the trunk in two.

Naturally, I expected him to do as much.

“How about this?”

In the middle of the fight, a single ‘phrase’ came to mind.

 

“…[Let there be light]…”

 

As a dazzling light was emitted from my whole body, a bright light emerged from the whole forest surrounding the shrine, and something like an ‘angel of light’ appeared.

Ah? Why did it turn out like this?

“………!?”

Yuuki-kun tried to slash at me with his sword, but it bounced off the angel.

I didn’t feel any backlash.
Maybe, it was the same attribute as Yuuki-kun…… the power of a spirit of light?

However, even though it doesn’t let attacks through, it doesn’t attack.
Still, it should earn me enough time.

 

“… [Penetrating light…… form a Sparkling Sacred Spear]…!”

 

With the ‘words’ emerging in my mind in the [Spirit Language], I poured magic power into it.

“……uh…”

This, uses quite a bit of my magic power.
It’s not to the point that it exhausts my magic power, but ‘Yuzu’s’ body was screaming out under the strain of channeling the magic.

“Go!”

I threw the golden spear that looked to be about 5 meters long towards Yuuki-kun.

’

 

“OOOOO!?”

Yuuki-kun threw his thunder-coated sword at the Sparkling Sacred Spear, leaping away from the impact.
…… He’s got a good intuition.

The Sacred Spear instantly destroyed the sword, and deflected a little away, it hit the ground, exploding its surroundings in a burst of light.

Ah, it had the holy attribute…… It’s not very effective against Yuuki-kun, but that’s kind of meaningless if the ground itself is left glowing red.
If someone kept staying in the sun, they’d die eventually.

 

Yuuki-kun, who had been blown away by the blast and was rolling away, turned about sharply, and ran towards me with a new sword, even with his worn-out body.

“……Eh?”

I can’t move? My body has lost its strength and I can’t move.

Oh crap, I pushed my human body far too much.
I hurriedly channeled my magic power into my body and tried to move myself forcefully,

* cough*

I suddenly coughed, and my body stiffened, stuck.

 

“UOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”

 

His straight sword thrust out towards my heart.
But……

 

*Gashi*!

In front of my belly, the sword was kicked away, and grazing across a few centimeters of my face, it pierced the ground.

“That’s enough!”

I heard someone speak out, and then I was hauled away from Yuuki-kun by the waist.

“Sorry, now I can finally make my move.
Leave it to me.
I will protect you, Yuzu.”

“Onzada-kun…”

 

It was Onzada-kun, who both Yuuki and I had thought to be out of commission, who had saved me.

 

 

Author’s Notes:

Next time, the [Monk] vs the [Hero]…… and…… an awakening.