Chapter 86
Laos received a direct hit from the black lightning blowing him clean across the plaza and slamming him into a building before finally stopping .
Laos was now burnt black and slumped on the floor . Objectively, it seemed difficult for him to continue the fight but the next moment he was enveloped in the dazzling light of recovery magic .
“Fumu . I thought those four were maintaining <De Igeria> but it seems I was wrong . ” (Arnos)
<De Igeria> chips away at a mazoku’s power while enhancing a humans power . Recovery magic is also one of its effects . As long as they don’t outright die and stay inside the barrier their wounds will be healed instantly as many times as needed .
In order to maintain the barrier, magic power must be constantly supplied to it . If those 4 were maintaining it then <Jirasudo> would have finished them and broken the barrier .
“Other students maintaining the barrier?” (Misha)
“Looks like it . ” (Arnos)
“I’ll look . ” (Misha)
Misha completed the demon king castle in the city plaza .
Countless ice crystals were growing on the ground and spread throughout the entire city . Ice trees, flowers and buildings had sprung up throughout the entire castle town .
Misha puts a fingertip on the demon king castle and focuses on her demon eyes .
The castle, as well as the ice town she had made, were in a sense a barrier of their own . As such, Misha’s magic had permeated the entire area .
With this, she’ll be able to find the caster so we can neutralise them .
“Can’t find them . ” (Misha)
They must be very good to escape Misha’s demon eyes .
“But I understand . ” She says in her indifferent tone of voice . “Only one of the Jergakanon students can hide from me . ”
Fumu . As expected of Misha . She probably has the name and face of every Jergakanon student firmly stored away in her head . In other words, the one student she can’t find is the caster of the barrier .
“Who?” (Arnos)
“Eleonor . ” (Misha)
I see . Well, no surprise really after I looked at her origin .
“Leave it to me . ” (Misha)
“It will be a tough fight . ” (Arnos)
Her rank is below Ledoriano’s but her ability is not necessarily below his .
Look at me . I’m branded inept after all .
“Do my best . ” (Misha)
Misha raises her left hand with the ring on and injects magic in the ice town .
The barrier being projected by the demon king castle is now competing with <De Igeria> .
It’s quite a sight to see actually .
“… . . Tch…… . . what a monster . I might have died without <De Igeria> . ” (Laos)
The formerly blackened Laos stood up like nothing had happened .
“…… . . Don’t get angry . It’s a bit unfair that the barrier isn’t working despite them being mazoku though . ” (Heine)
Similarly, Heine stood up from the position he’d been blown away to .
“… . It doesn’t matter how strong he is or how many times we’re knocked down we just keep going until he runs out of steam . ” (Laos)
“I’m sorry for you……”
A girl descends from the sky and stands in front of Laos .
Now that Misha has completed the demon king castle the effects of <De Igiera> are almost completely offset .
“But Arnos doesn’t need to bother with small fry like you . ”
Sasha grabs the hem of her dress and curtsies elegantly .
“The eldest daughter of the Necron family, directly descended from the old seven demon emperor Aivis Necron, Sasha Necron the witch of ruin at your service . Remember it, for its the name of the one who’ll drive you to the edge of despair . ” (Sasha)
Laos enters his battle stance and holds a fist up .
“Haa! Bring it on! Oi Heine, one of the chaos generation has appeared . I’m going to play with her a bit so go and meet up with Ledoriano first . ” (Laos)
Laos talks to Heine via <Liikus>, however, their thoughts spill out .
“That’s fine but make it quick otherwise I’m going to beat that guy by myself . ” (Heine)
“Isn’t that impossible?”
Hein’s eyes sharpen because until just a moment ago there was no one in front of him .
There was no evidence of any magic being used but a white-haired mazoku was suddenly there as if by teleportation .
“You cannot beat him . Not by yourself and not with others . I’m not sure there is anyone who can beat him . ”
With his refreshing smile, Ray stands there with the unique sword Sigshesta .
“Ohh . It’s a black-suited onii-san with a seven-pointed star badge . ” (Heine)
Heine’s lips curl up cheerfully .
“I know you . One of the chaos generation, the demonic sword saint Ray Grandori right? It’s said your swordsmanship is your pride . ” (Heine)
“I’m okay but I’m better than you . ” (Ray)
Heines smile freezes in offence .
“If that’s the case . ” (Heine)
Heine leaps into motion with his holy sword Zeele gathering magic in its dark green blade .
“Block everything from this Zeele!!” (Heine)
Heine swings his holy sword down and at that moment it seemed like Ray’s hand glittered and a flash of light appeared .
“…………Eh…… . . ?” (Heine)
While still holding Zeele, Heines right arm was severed and was now flying through the air .
Heine couldn’t even grasp the moment his arm was cut .
“With that skill level, your sword is crying . It’s such a good sword as well . ” (Ray)
“…… . Youuu……… You’re only a subordinate but you’re pissing me off……!! (Heine)
Heine’s arm immediately regenerated due to <De Igeria> and he drew a triple gated magic formation at his feet .
“I know your weak point demonic sword saint . You’re no good at magic . Your class would be demon swordsman <Cavalier> wouldn’t it? Your physical ability is improved so you can probably move faster than me but you can’t use any magic you aren’t familiar with . ” (Heine)
“That’s right . ” (Ray)
Ray flashes his refreshing smile .
“Why are you laughing? You really are pissing me off . Are you stupid? Don’t you understand? You have no way of preventing our magic barriers!!” (Heine)
Holy water springs out from Heine’s feet and he absorbs its power .
“Earthquake Barrier <Agoras>!!” (Heine)
The ground starts shaking unnaturally in a 30-meter radius around Heine .
It’s a barrier that resembles an earthquake but its not . It robs mazoku of movement by binding their feet and takes away their power .
“Hey, you can’t move can you onii-san? Now it doesn’t matter how good your sword arm is . ” (Heine)
In the midst of the seemingly bad earthquake, Heine leisurely walks over to Zeele and picks it up .
“I’ll show you another good thing . ” (Heine)
Heine raises his left hand and holy light gathers there before becoming another sword .
“Come my other holy sword . Holy earth greatsword Zereo . ”
Heine holds Zeele in his right hand and Zereo in his left .
“Let me teach you something . If any wound that’s made by Zereo is also cut by Zeele then that wound becomes a stigmata and recovery magic won’t work anymore . Everyone who’s wounded like that cries for help . Kyahahahaha” (Heine)
Heine’s face distorts in laughter .
“But no matter how much you beg I can’t help you because I can’t cure stigmata’s . ” (Heine)
Heine casually approaches Ray with his twin swords .
“Hey listen . I can use these holy swords the best which is good because otherwise onii-san might have a hard time right?” (Heine)
Heine stared at Ray while making fun of him .
“It was Heine-kun right?” (Ray)
“Yes, what of it?” (Heine)
“I was right after all . Your sword is crying . ” (Ray)
Sigshesta glitters and Heine’s left arm is cut off sending Zereo flying off and piercing the ground .
“… . . Aaah……… . . Ouch…… . You……… How……!?” (Heine)
Heine jumps back in surprise with his arm regrowing instantly .
“…… . . How’d you do that… . . !?” (Heine)
Ray takes a step forward with a nonchalant look on his face .
“What’s wrong?” (Ray)
“How are you moving in <Agoras>… . . !? You aren’t even wearing anti-magic… . . !” (Heine)
“I wondered how you could move freely in <Agoras> . I thought it was probably because of holy power so I decided to use holy power as well . ” (Ray)
Heine’s face distorts .
“This demon sword is unique in that is changes in response to its user’s wishes so I tried giving it holy power . I’m glad it went well . ” (Ray)
Holy light overflows from the unique sword .
Ray has become one with his sword and is receiving the benefits from it . Due to that even though he’s a mazoku he’s not affected by <Agoras> .
“Ah, I see . Hmph . But that just makes it a fake holy sword . Can you beat me with that?” (Heine)
“Let’s use the real thing then . ” (Ray)
Ray picks up the holy earth greatsword Zereo causing Heine to laugh .
“Ahahahahaa! What are you doing onii-san? It’s a big problem if a mazoku uses a holy sword you know? Your body will be eroded . Didn’t you see what happened to that 3rd year with the holy water? Time to finish t— . ” (Heine)
Using Zereo Ray cuts off Heines right arm .
“Ugyaaaaaaa……!!” (Heine)
Heine retreats again holding his wounded arm and screaming .
“………Why… . ? Why . Impossible!” (Heine)
Ray follows after the retreating Heine .
“Return my holy sword . Return to your true owner!!” (Heine)
Holding his hand out Heine called his sword but nothing happened .
His expression is dyed in despair .
“……Why… . . !?” (Heine)
“It seems that this holy sword likes me . ” (Ray)
“Why don’t you return!? Zereo! Oi, are you listening?” (Heine)
The holy sword doesn’t respond to Heine at all .
Holy swords chose suitable owners and this holy sword has chosen .
“No way…… . . its a lie lie lie…… . It has to be a lie! It’s… . . It’s a holy sword right… . . ? It’s not any old holy sword either . It’s the holy earth greatsword belonging to Jergakanon . No other heroes apart from me can use it…… . !! Mazoku definitely cannot use it!!” (Heine)
Heine swings Zeele down .
Using Zereo Ray blocks Zeele .
“…… . Wh……!?” (Heine)
“You seem to be lacking in understanding here . Should I teach you how to use holy swords?” (Ray)
Ray sticks the holy earth greatsword Zereo in the ground .
“……Fuu!” (Ray)
A flash appears from Zereo that’s stuck in the ground and in an instant, a huge area of earth appears as if gouged out and dumped .
Heine’s body is blown away due to the rapidly rising earth .
“……Uwaaaa… . . !!” (Heine)
The ground, stones and even trees attacked Heine as if they had a will of their own . All of them were given power by the holy earth greatsword .
Heine was barely able to prevent it with anti-magic and barriers .
“C’mon…… I didn’t know Zereo had this much power—” (Heine)
Heine’s eyes show amazement .
Ray sheathed Shigshesta and picked up Zeele that had fallen to the ground .
“If you get injured by Zereo and then that same wound gets cut by Zeele it forms a stigmata that magic can’t heal . That’s right isn’t it?” (Ray)
“This is impossible…… . This is completely impossible . How many years do you think I had to train to use two holy swords at the same time!! Why can this mazoku u—!” (Heine)
Two swords glittered at the same time .
“Ugyaaaaaaaaa!!!” (Heine)
Stigmata’s formed on both of Heines arms that had been cut off .
“…… . . Fu… . Fuuuuck……… Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck… . . !!” (Heine)
Heine forms magic circles over his stigmata’s and attempts to cut them off from the stumps, however, the stigmata don’t remain stationary and rapidly expand .
“………Why!? This is strange . Zereo and Zeele didn’t have such power… . !! What did you do to my holy swords!?” (Heine)
“These swords have always had this power you just weren’t able to master them . ” (Ray)
“Shut up! Shit…… It shouldn’t be like this…… Why have I lost… . . ? I can’t lose to a mazokuuuuuuuu!!!” (Heine)
Heine puts all his magic power into <Agoras> judging that since Ray had sheathed Shigsheta he would be affected by it again, however, Ray simply stabs both swords into the ground and <Agoras> immediately stops .
“This is the correct way to use them . ” (Ray)
Heine’s body is skewered by 44 blades .
“Uu……… . . Gyaaaaaaaaaaa… . . !!!!” (Heine)
A high pitched scream rings out .
The twin swords of Zeele and Zereo had multiplied underground and sprouted 44 blades from the ground .
Every wound changed into a stigmata rendering the healing from <De Igeria> useless .
“… . . Aaaah…… . . Help…… . It hurts… . . Aaaaaah…… . Healing…… . Why do I look like this……? Aaaaaaah… . It hurts… . !!!” (Heine)
Unable to withstand the pain Heine just screams .
“Oi . You! I surrender! Heal me quickly! This is just a school test . Don’t you think this is too much?” (Heine)
Ray gave his refreshing smile to Heines haughty objection .
“Unfortunately I’m not very good at magic but since you’ve surrendered I won’t interfere while you heal yourself . ” (Ray)
“… . . Idiot…… . I can’t……!! Ah……aaaaaah . It hurts…… It hurts…… . help…… . . Help me… . . !!” (Heine)
“Is it really that painful? They’re not very big wounds you know? I think there’s far more hellish suffering to be had in this world . ” (Ray)
“……Where………!?”
Ray laughs and then smiles .
“Who knows . It was a thought that just popped into my head . ” (Ray)
Turning his back on Heine Ray walks off .
“Oi, wait…… . where are you going!? Help me! Help, help meeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!” (Heine)
Heine’s screams echo throughout the city .