Published: September 9, 2025
This is Satou. Console RPGs feature a wide variety of boss enemies. When playing the game, it was fun and never boring, but in reality, where you need to clear everything perfectly without a strategy guide, it’s just troublesome.
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“Stop! Those guys are among the oldest high-rank demons, specialized in defense. Even forbidden spells only do minor damage to them. High-level magic cast silently is nothing but a distraction.”
Ten-chan, the silver-haired beauty, saw me activate the “Condense” spell and stood in front of me, delivering a long-winded lecture.
I had just gotten into a good position, so now I have to redo my aim.
...If she interferes again, I’ll have to remove her by force.
Through “Tactical Talk,” I issued orders to Arisa regarding the high-rank demons.
At the same time, I received a report of successful extermination from Liza and the others who had been dispatched earlier to deal with the tree-shaped monster that appeared shortly before the high-rank demons.
While resetting, I decided to test their magical defense capabilities.
I cast the “Implosion” spell, which doesn’t require a line of sight, against the sakura mochi-like high-rank demon.
Countless explosions erupted simultaneously, enveloping the target sakura mochi demon.
Flames and shockwaves surged inward, and the aftereffects tore through the surroundings.
“What—”
Startled by the explosion behind me, Ten-chan turned around.
Immediately after, she was caught in the blast wave generated by the “Implosion” and was blown away somewhere. That should keep things quiet for a while.
Houses and garden trees around the impact point were blown away by the blast.
Although “Implosion” is one of my intermediate magic spells with relatively little collateral damage, it’s still better not to use it in the city.
—Huh?
Three pink tentacle-like things shot out from beyond the flames.
It seems my previous spell didn’t finish off the sakura mochi demon.
Apparently, Ten-chan’s info about them being “defense-specialized” was accurate.
I dodged the attacking tentacles and slashed them off with the Holy Sword Durandal.
Despite their defensive nature, they were easily cut.
The severed tentacles were incinerated with the “Forge” spell.
Leaving parts of high-rank demons unattended is troublesome because they can transform into low-rank demons or serve as revival triggers, so cleanup is important.
Amid billowing smoke, the sakura mochi demon reappeared.
A transparent, multifaceted barrier of arcane magic surrounded it.
It looked almost broken, riddled with holes, with frost-like cracks peeling off and disappearing into the air.
My AR display indicated about ten percent damage had penetrated the body as well.
“—So it actually works.”
It’s not completely impervious to damage.
Its defense level is comparable to the Demon King I fought underground in the Duke’s Capital.
‘Attacking before announcing yourself? The current hero is a cowardly little thing, poyo.’
—Poyo?
Has the high-rank demon run out of catchphrases?
Silently insulting it in my mind, I heard Arisa report readiness through “Tactical Talk.”
I told them to hold position for a while and faced the sakura mochi demon.
“Causing chaos in the Royal Capital with a surprise attack—you’re disgracefully cowardly.”
‘What are you talking about, poyo? We demons are inherently evil, poyo. Evil means cowardly, vile, ruthless, and cruel, that’s what our master decided, poyo.’
...Poyo, poyo, enough already.
All the high-rank demons I’ve met before had heads for chanting spells, but this sakura mochi demon’s pink granules over its body seem to act as its heads.
While talking with me, roar-like chants came from the granules, and the defensive barrier around the demon began to regenerate.
“Hmph, giving up on subtlety—”
Right, I’ll try to get the truth of this incident from it.
If it’s a typical villain, it might talk freely.
“—What are you plotting in the Royal Capital? Trying to manifest the Demon King?”