CH 76

Former Hero and Extermination

Translated by AmaLynne

AN: “Little”, I took it off.

「Yomi, are you okay? Did you forget something? Have you eaten? Did you bring a handkerchief? Did you take care of your sword? And then there’s…」

「I’m fine, Lean. I checked everything…」

「What are you to Yomi? Mother? Sister? Or her wife? Well, whatever it is, be careful on your way, Yomi.」

「G-Geez, Demon Lord! I-I-I-I-I’m not her wife…No, it’s not that…Yomi, be careful, okay?」

「I’ll be fine. Demon Lord and Lean are both worriers. Then, Sakura-kun, please.」

「Yes! ……《Teleportation》.」

……. How long has it been since I’ve been down on the battlefield?

I am in a position where my identity must not be known. I’ve never been on a normal battlefield, so I’ve only been in places where it’s perfectly possible to kill everyone.

As usual, the battlefield was surrounded by Sakura-kun Teleportation Sealing Ward. The difference was that while the other side had several thousand people, including several hundred demons at the front, I was alone.

Well, there is also Sakura-kun, but he will be moving to another place soon after this.

「Umm…Yomi-san…are you okay…is everything all right?」

「Yes, I’m fine. Thank you, Sakura-kun.」

Finally, I watched Sakura-kun teleport and looked at my opponent.

There are thousands of enemies. But deep inside, there was that woman.

I knew I couldn’t lose.

Well, I had no intention of losing at all.

There was no way I could lose against those fishes who were sitting on their backs using the demons they supposedly hated as shields, even if tens of thousands of them were coming at me.

「…Hmm? Hey, who’s that?」

「Human…Is that a human? No, it could be a demon tribe mimicking…」

As I got closer, I could hear such voices.

Well, I guess it’s about time.

「Stop right there! Who are you…?」

「《Physical Enhancement――Intimidation Wave》.」

The moment I activated the magic, all the demons in front of me fell on the spot.

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「Wha…wha-what the hell!?」

「What’s going on!?」

「Hey, what the hell is this!?」

《Intimidation Wave》is advanced physical enhancement magic and its effect is『restricting action against a specific opponent』.

With the current me…the opponent whose average status is 20% or less than mine will be almost completely unable to move.

My average status is about 35,000, which means I can block the actions of opponents with an average status of less than 7000.

This time, I used it only on demons.

「Damn, the demon wall stopped working!」

「Useless, those demons! …Wait, if we kill the kid, will it work again?」

「Maybe. Okay, let’s do it. Somebody go kill the kid.」

The《Intimidation Wave》don’t have enough influence to stop everyone here from moving.

So, I’m going to stop the demon tribe that’s fascinated. The only reason I used it was to prevent suicide.

In other words, all humans can move. I now have to kill all of these 3,000 or so humans by myself.

「Fuck you, you piece of shit…You’re a pain in the ass, you little demon! Die!」

The big guy was completely underestimating me.

He swung his axe at me with a big swing…

「……Gyaha?」

Before he could swing it down, his head was chopped off at super speed.

Weak. Too weak.

Compared to the Demon Lord, the Four Demon Generals, and all the executives, he’s like a baby.

「…What?」

「H-Hey. What did that kid just do…?」

「《Physical Enhancement――Flying Attack・Spatial Perception・Super Acceleration・Slash Enhancement》.」

「Huh.」

For starters, I’m going to try to pretend to do a horizontal cleave on the spot.

…I’m still a little nervous about this one, but I’m going to try it out.

I left the sword Arius behind. I’m still unfamiliar with wielding two swords.

Now…Yes, it’s a good cut.

「Ae…?」

「Ggggghh…!」

The torsos of about six people in front of me have been completely severed.

This is the power of Physical Enhancement Magic《Flying Attack》. It sends an attack to an enemy at a distance. With my slash, I can…I think I can slay everyone within a range of about five meters.

「…What the hell is this!?」

「Look out, all of you! The enemy is at…no enemy?」

「Here.」

「What the fuck…? You son of a bitch…Aagh!」

「Come on…Let’s rampage.」

I’m going to cut through everyone here and kill her once and for all.

With renewed determination, I took the time to slay everyone around me at random.

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「H-Hey, what the hell is that? …What the hell was that?」

I exclaimed involuntarily, doubting my own eyes at the tragedy taking place in front of me.

Currently, a one-sided massacre scene was spreading out in front of me.

The enemy was only one person. And no magic, just one sword.

…And yet, we couldn’t finish her. On the contrary, our numbers are decreasing rapidly.

I shot magic many times, but…I don’t know how it works, but all that magic was also cut down.

…What the heck was that?

My life was destined for success from the moment I was born.

I was born with too much beauty in my looks. It became more and more noticeable as I got older, and by the time I was over ten, I had an almost inhuman beauty.

My parents and the people of my village all worshipped me.

Children my age, adults, and old people were all my servants.

Everything was going well. I was the youngest person to be chosen as one of the Twelve Holy Apostles, and everyone bowed down to me.

…And yet.

「M-Mia sama! If this keep continues…」

「I know! …We’re retreating! Prepare to move out…」

「T-That’s…Teleportation Sealing Wards around the perimeter…It’s so strong that even Greater Teleportation can’t break it, and we can’t escape…!」

「What!? Oh my God, what should I do…!」

「Ghh…I’m sorry, I have no choice! I didn’t really want to use this technique, but…!」

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I must have killed close to a thousand people by now.

The people around me had become completely frightened and stopped attacking me.

I have a Sacred Artifact, the『Magic Sword Diaz』. It is a sword that can slice through even things that have no fixed shape or substance, such as fire and water. And that includes magical phenomena.

So I cut down all the magic that flew at me.

Now, next up…

…Hm?

「Ggh, gaaaah!」

「Gooooo…Hey, this is…!」

…What the hell?

I didn’t do anything, but the people around me started suffering.

And the next moment…

「「Guoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!」」

They suddenly started screaming and attacked me.

…Oh, right. So it’s the《Maddened Berserker》of mental magic.

Magic that forces you to forget fear and pain in exchange for sealing off most of your reason, and by removing your body’s limiters, forcing you to draw out powers that would normally be impossible.

Mia, I think, is a user of mental magic, the Demon Lord said. Did that woman use it?

「…And what about it?」

I beheaded everyone who attacked me, regardless of normality.

The『Madness』only removes the body’s limiter, but it doesn’t increase the defense.

No matter how much they increase their physical strength and speed to attack me, there is no way they can beat me, even if they are slightly enhanced fish with an average status in the triple digits.

Even if an ant becomes a cricket, it can’t beat a dinosaur.

The mad warriors attacked one after another, and I slashed and slashed and slashed and killed them all, no different from before.

Then, just 20 minutes later…There was no one left on the battlefield except for me.

「Now…Is Mia in the fort over there? No, let’s just go in and attack.」