episode_0474

After defeating the two most dangerous monsters in the Demon Army, the battle situation began to tilt somewhat in our favor.

The remaining dozens of Minotaurs were gradually slowing down their advance as they climbed over the corpses of two giants, and only in small-scale skirmishes were we, each strong, able to gain the upper hand in battle.

‘If we just hold on for a few more minutes, this event will be over… .’

While I was steadily slaughtering the rushing Minotaurs one by one, conserving my magical power that had been consumed by half, a demon that looked humanoid to anyone appeared with large wings.

“I was wondering why the Cyclops couldn’t advance and were lying around… Is it because of you guys?”

“… … .”

“Master Ethan, be careful. This is estimated to be a very strong enemy.”

A woman appears with large wings spread, presumably modeled after those of a bat, and with blood-red hair fluttering in the wind.

It was the appearance of Noctis, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Demon Race, later known as the ‘Queen of Wrath’.

“Certainly, I feel an extraordinary energy.”

“Hmm, you guys don’t look that strong. How on earth did you defeat the Cyclops?”

“… … .”

“Well, you don’t have to answer. I wasn’t really curious in the first place. It’s obvious what kind of attack methods an inferior race like you use.”

Noctis looks down at us, his wings slowly moving in the air.

Although she appeared with a certain amount of tension in the sense that she was an ‘enemy that must be defeated’, to be honest, I didn’t really listen to her story.

Even if we put aside her appearance as a female demon, her clothes were embarrassing enough to draw attention to.

The only thing covering her body was a black shadow extending from her chest to her thighs. It was as if her private parts were covered with black stickers, and it felt more lewd than scary.

Even though the original character is from a game, no matter how you look at it, that outfit is just… .

“Succubus?”

“… … What?”

“You’re wearing a pervert outfit, aren’t you a succubus?”

“, dare… .”

“… … ?”

“How dare you compare me, Noctis, to those lowly races?!”

-Phewing!

“Silena, it’s dangerous!”

Noctis, enraged by Silena’s thoughtless provocation, fires a black beam of light from his fingertips.

It was Gyeomjoseogi who hugged Silena and dodged her just before the black ray engulfed her.

-Kwaaang!!

“What, what is it?!”

“What kind of power is this… .”

As the black beam extended from Noctis’ hand reached the ground, a large explosion occurred, and where Silena had just been standing, a circular crater large enough to fit one or two people appeared.

A spell that didn’t simply dig up the ground with an explosion, but actually completely annihilated everything inside. Despite the short startup time of barely a second, it was powerful enough to cause death with just one hit.

“How dare you compare me, the proud queen of the Kirot tribe, to those trashy whores!!”

-Peeing! Peeing! Peeing!!

“Silena! Jump!”

“Warrior… !”

“Master Ethan! Get out of here!”

“Release!!”

Noctis, losing his mind due to anger, started to show a pattern of shooting death beams here and there.

It was an attack that was life-threatening even if it hit her once, and it was obvious that even if it missed, it would cause permanent disability, so the four of us had no choice but to desperately avoid her flash pattern.

‘Up to this point, it’s the same as the original cutscene. And just a little more…’

Silena suddenly twisted her ankle and fell to the dirt floor while rolling around on the ground and getting covered in dirt several times while trying to avoid the randomly flying Death Beams.

“Ugh?!”

-Thud!

“Silena!”

“Haa… . You are a noble race that lives around the World Tree, and you dare to insult me, a member of the great Kirot race, by calling me a succubus… ?”

“Ugh, ahhh!”

“Pay for insulting the Queen of Kirot with death, you stupid bitch!!”

-Phewing!

“Silenaaa!!!”

Noctis’s attack from the front, aimed at Silena’s fallen body, and Gyeomjoshaegi running forward with his sword in hand to block the attack.

It was an attack that seemed impossible to avoid, but that was why I wasn’t worried.

This artificially created crisis situation wasn’t much different from what I saw in the cutscene.

-Dismissal.

“… What is it?”

“… warrior?”

“Haa, haaa… .”

Geumjoshaegi ran towards Silena, who was lying on the ground, and barely managed to block the black light.

Noctis couldn’t hide his bewilderment at the sight of an attack that should never have bounced off his sword and bounced off somewhere else.

“What, what?! How can a human be able to… .”

“… Phew, well. I guess your attack hit a spot that could be deflected. ”

“Ma, stop talking nonsense…!! You’re just a sword expert, and you’re using a technique that even a sword master would have a hard time doing?!”

“I was surprised too. Maybe I was ‘lucky’ and blocked it this time.”

A Geumjo-segi-geum who speaks lines from the original cutscene with an expression that seems to indicate that he is certain of something.

Since then, Noctis’s attacks have been aimed at the warrior and Silena several times, but they have always been deflected by the sword of the Gypsy King. Or perhaps they never even reached the two of them from the beginning.

“What the heck! Why doesn’t it fit!”

Noctis, who sensed something strange, panicked and continued to attack, but before I knew it, the blue-haired princess came up next to me and slowly walked towards Noctis.

“… No more.”

“… … Huh?”

“Don’t touch my colleagues anymore.”

“… … .”

“… … .”

“… … .”

Princess Raini walks confidently, speaking without the constraints of language, alone and without Lydia.

Even though they had been together for several days, Silena and Ethan were speechless at the sound of her voice, which they heard for the first time, and stared blankly at Princess Raini.

“Blue-haired princess… Yes, you are that girl.”

“… … .”

“You seem confident as you walk out so confidently. But even so, it’s only a little bit of luck!!”

-Phewing!!

“Blood, damage… !”

“Princess Rainy!”

As soon as his original target, Princess Raini, appears, Noctis changes his target and shoots the Death Beam at her.

However, Noctis’s murderous blow ‘accidentally’ bounced off the brooch hanging from Princess Raini’s neck.

-Ting, ting, tiing!!

“Huh, huh?! What the hell!!”

The dagger in my hand and the twin swords in Ethan’s hand each hit each other once, then bent and shot straight back towards Noctis.

Noctis belatedly realized the situation and moved his body, but her body was already in a distance where she could not avoid the rays of destruction, and the black rays that struck the tip of her right wing exploded and engulfed her.

“Gyaaah!!”

-Kwaaang!!

“… Did you say that your ‘luck’ just improved a little?”

“Keep, keuhup… .”

“If you think that’s all you can do, why don’t you try attacking again? Maybe this time you’ll be ‘unlucky’ and won’t be able to block the attack?”

“This, this b*tch… .”

Princess Raini walks with such confidence that it’s hard to believe she’s been timid until now.

Perhaps this was also the moment Noctis realized how much meaning her overwhelming luck had.

“This, this damn thing… . If only I had come a little sooner, I could have gotten rid of it… .”

“That’s right. You’re just unlucky, Demon Succubus.”

“I can’t forgive you for treating me like such a lowly race…!”

“If you can’t forgive, what are you going to do now? Are you going to attack again?”

“… Damn it! You fucking bitch! Next time I’ll kill you for sure!!”

Noctis, overwhelmed by Princess Raini’s confident spirit, runs away with his tail between his legs.

Even though she had the nickname of ‘Queen of Wrath’, she was not a stupid woman who would attack someone who really shouldn’t be attacked.

In order to express anger freely, it was also important to control oneself in situations where one should not express it.

“Damn it, retreat! Get back quickly you idiots!”

‘Ugh?’

‘Gaaak…!’

“Stop complaining and run away! If you stay here, you’ll just die!”

‘Ugh…’

‘Goooo… .’

With those words, Noctis gathers his men and decides to quickly retreat.

As I watched the Minotaur and the group of demons hesitating and eventually returning after hearing her words, a small desire arose in my heart upon seeing the group retreating.

‘… If I put a Mana Blast in there once, it’ll probably kill my experience points.’