Published: September 4, 2025
Satou here. Since arriving in this world, I’ve been unexpectedly entangled with beautiful women and gotten a bit carried away. But it seems it’s not just beauties I've been connected to.
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“Ku ku ku ku, what’s wrong? Too scared to even speak, reckon?”
Hearing that declaration from the girl standing there in a commanding pose made me think she sounded like a typical chuunibyou patient.
Moreover, she swung her arms in time with her words, causing her exposed chest to bounce—something that’s been distracting me since earlier. Yeah, for her age, it’s pretty big.
“You, the black-haired hero. I won’t ask why you disguise your appearance, but I reckon you’ll be as entertaining as Yamato, won’t you? I won’t allow you to disappoint me.”
Her eyes glowed red, as if she had a clairvoyance skill.
I hate to disrespect the possessed demon creating such an atmosphere, but at that moment, what I was thinking wasn’t “how to defeat the tough enemy,” but rather, “how to drive this thing out of the girl’s body.”
Could the title of saint and magic power healing help somehow?
Maybe I should learn an exorcism method. It’d be a disaster if someone close got possessed.
I was even thinking about using my persuasion skill for this—before I could even open my mouth, the girl’s moment was over.
“Thanks to sacrificing the courtiers, my power is full.”
With a ripping sound,
her back tore open,
and protruding from it was a boar-headed demon.
The hairless boar-headed demon appeared, and in an instant, the girl’s vitality dropped to zero.
No time to be stunned. Action over regret.
I kept the newly deceased girl’s body in storage. Of course, the spilled blood went with it. I can’t do it myself, but perhaps a priest or shrine maiden could resurrect a fresh corpse. In fantasy worlds, you have to allow some flexibility.
I created a Sera folder in storage to separate her from other items.
“Hmm? What are you reckoning? Instead of recovering the corpse, you should be chasing after me.”
I was getting some unfathomable criticism.
Well, at least my magic power fully recovered during the pointless chatter. So that’s good.
“I’ve just revived, so I’m weaker than at my prime. This is a once-in-a-thousand-years chance for you to win, reckon? Now, come at me with all your might.”
Purple ripples crawled over the boar-headed demon’s body, making its skin shine golden. It seems to be a kind of support magic, like what Laka uses. The AR display showed “Physical damage 99% cut” and “Magic damage 90% cut.”
If this is weakened, how strong was it originally? Better finish this quickly.
I followed up with the combo I used to defeat the bronze demon. I harassed it with magic, then chipped away using magic power-charged Holy Bolts.
But, a repeated attack without any variation didn’t work.
Short stun and guided arrows vanished right before touching the golden boar demon’s body. They worked before, but this golden skin seems to block them.
The following Holy Bolt struck an invisible something the demon spat from its mouth, leaving a blue afterimage before disappearing.
“This can’t be underestimated.”
The boar-headed demon muttered quietly as if an off-voice, with a roar of magic incantation. Does it have a dedicated mouth for chanting somewhere?
Oops, this is no time to hesitate or overthink.
I closed in, planning to attack physically.
From about a meter away from contact with my Holy Sword, multiple small magical shields like those Laka uses appeared, shattering against my sword.
Although easily broken shields—
Gradually,
just a little bit, they seemed to sap the sword’s momentum.
After breaking nearly a hundred small shields and advancing about 50 centimeters, my sword stopped. I want to learn this magic.
“Hmm, more powerful than the Claw Solace used by Yamato. No wonder my vassals fell so easily.”
I tried to force through, but the golden boar demon pulled out two willow leaf blades from its mouth and attacked from both sides.
I blocked one blade with the Holy Shield and the other with my Holy Sword. The overwhelming force pushed me back. On solid ground, I would have been forced back several meters, chipping the cobblestones, so I used skystride as footing and brute strength to overpower it. It drained my magic power, but it was necessary.