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Behind me, while the chariot is almost close to being destroyed, Eve landed on the ground without difficulty.
Eve and I parted ways here once.
On the other hand, the golems are still following me like before.
I spread my arms out while still on horseback.
[Listen, filthy servants of the Great Demon Emperor!]
Facing the demon with 8-shaped horns, I sonorously raised my voice.
[I once led the group of sorcerers, Ashinto, but I’ve now changed its name under my lead as the Fly King Squadron! Now… Cower in fear, you filthy purple beast whose only redeeming quality is your size! Or perhaps, are you thinking you even had an inkling of a chance to defeat me, he who defeated the “Humanity’s Strongest”!?]
Sonorously informing him, it seems that he heard my voice.
The demon with 8-shaped horns took a step back.
[Ngh…!? A- Albeit thee was but a lowly human… thee dare mock this Great Demon Emperor’s First Oath, Eingratz…]
…I can certainly hear him, but the volume of the Confidant’s voice is lower.
It seems that until now, his voice was amplified just like when I used my Gem of Voice Amplification.
Could it be that voice manipulation is one of this Confidant’s abilities?
Clad in arrogance, I placed my hand on my mask and pointed towards Eingrantz.
[I am part of the Lineage of Heroes, the heir to the Hero who defeated the Root of All Evil! Yes, in short, I’ve inherited the power to exterminate demons…! Therefore, even against the Confidants, they are powerless before my heroism! Even a bastard like you should have seen it too! The power of my sorcery, which has killed even the Human-Faced with a single blow!]
[Nuuuhhh…! All this mockeries… Unforgivable! By no means will this be unforgivable! Get out of the way, peasant! Ye all art free to kill on thee own accord! Now, get out of the way!]
The ground shook as Eingrantz moved forward.
The line of Ogre Soldiers split open to both sides.
The path became open.
At my direction, Slei increased her speed even more.
Eingrantz was about to run towards me.
At that moment…
[!]
Swooossshh!
A giant spear, clad in a pale lightning flew past me.
Eingrantz was about to charge towards me.
The demon with golden eyes suddenly became aware of the anomaly that occurred outside of his awareness.
[Mhmm!?]
That’s the magical spear made by Erika that Eve threw.
It came shooting towards Eingrantz with the speed of a railgun.
That’s right—- Eingrantz’ attention was on me all along.
Moreover, he turned indignant after I agitated him.
He shouldn’t be calm enough to pay attention to Eve’s movements in the distance.
It’s normally appropriate to see it that way but—–
[How crafty.]
Slap!
With his thick arm covered in purple fur, Eingrantz swatted away the spear.
As the spear shattered, it fell down on the ground while its glow disappeared.
…That magic spear held quite the speed.
However, Eingrantz quickly reacted and intercepted it.
The strike from the magic spear’s surprise attack—– was shattered into pieces.
Then, at that moment—-
Collapse!
My upper body falls down.
[———-!?]
[Fuuunnn…]
Eingrantz snorted.
[It finally happened huh.]
[!]
I slightly raised my face.
In front of me stands a calm and composed Eingrantz.
He should have been really furious from my ridicule just a moment ago…
He now suddenly had the atmosphere of an imposing warrior.
Eingrantz stared at me…
He’s about 200 meters away from me.
The purple Confidant looks like he’s lying in wait.
[Kuh! My body…!?]
[This is your loss, Ashinto’s king. Thou art already—-]
Turning the tables towards me, Eingrant spread out his arms.
[ Within the domain of my Tyrant’s Miasma ]
I somehow tried to get my body up.
However, my body won’t get up.
It was as if I had been seized by a terrifying force of gravity.
[From the beginning, you’re trying to get my whole awareness into thou by that sonorous declaration of thine… In addition, thy insolent words that wanted me to become agitated, losing my composure. And when an opening appears, thou wou’d attack with that spear… or so that’s what ye art planning. However, I’ve long seen through thy plan.]
Eingrants brandishes his right arm forward.
[Thou art not the only person who fights with intelligence. Making it seem like I lost my composure at thy agitation was all but my performance. I even drove away those rabid and crazed Ogres away from my surroundings in order to make my performance more believable… And I dared to make an opening to draw thou in—- Into the domain of my Tyrant’s Miasma.]
The intense pressure shook my mind, trying to muddle my consciousness.
I felt like my gastric juices would spurt out of my body.
[Keheeeuukk!]
Vomit violently burst out of my mouth.
Slei—- still haven’t stopped.
This is because monsters aren’t affected by the Tyrant’s Miasma.
His arm expanding, Eingrantz growled.
[Even if thou had held the lineage of the olden heroes… Even if thou hadst defeated the “Humanity’s Strongest”! As long as you’re born in this world, thou hast not a chance to defeat me! Ye all will be helpless before my Tyrant’s Miasma…! For this is the gift from the Tyrant himself! Henceforth, I will have thee relish upon true despair! I will also have thy dying flesh be fed to these Heroes that we will capture!]
His pulsing golden-eyes cruelly narrowed.
[For naively estimating my Tyrant’s Miasma, I will have thou repent this, for all thy lowly life.]
I lift my arms.
——I finally entered.
Within range, that is…
[
20 meters.
My bad—–
The one who’d be repenting will be you.
————Crickle, crackle—————
[———!? What… the…? My arm… It won’t… move…? Nay… All of… my body…!?]
It worked.
Towards the Great Demon Emperor’s army, even the Confidant.
[Now then…]
With my arm thrust forward, I ask.
[What did you say about the Tyrant’s Miasma again?]
When I got “within the range” of his Tyrant’s Miasma, I slumped forward.
Seeing that, Eingrantz was convinced.
That he won.
If the Tyrant’s Miasma works, I can’t possibly be a Hero from Another World.
After he saw that, the slightest bit of anxiety disappeared from his mind.
Eingrantz first wanted to draw me into the range of his Tyrant’s Miasma.
Fortunately, this human with a fly mask confidently rushed in while he spouted boasts.
He can continue to act like he’s agitated, while he lured me into his range…
And by the time I realized the power of his Tyrant’s Miasma—– it was already too late.
It was a complete victory.
I’m sure that’s what Eingrantz was thinking.
…Clippity clop…
I stop Slei from moving.
[…………]
I get up from my position.
[——-!? That’s impossible! Even… within my Tyrant’s Miasma… thou could not… possibly be able to… move like that! Nay… Don’t tell me… You are�
�� Don’t tell me…!?]
It seems he finally noticed.
Yeah.
[Too bad, but it’s exactly what you’re thinking.]
All those things—- was so that he could enter within my range.
Seeing that I’m stuck when I stepped into his range, he didn’t suspect anything.
“That his Tyrant’s Miasma worked.”
At that moment, the thought of me being a Hero from Another World completely disappeared within his mind.
In fact, shortly afterwards, Eingrantz’ guard was completely lifted.
Eingrantz has absolute confidence in his Tyrant’s Miasma.
That’s why, he just let me jump into the 20 meter range without any vigilance.
But, of course.
The only thing he had in mind now was how to deal with me.
My acting of being affected by his Tyrant’s Miasma was also brilliantly done.
I had been told ahead of time about the conditions of those that were affected by this.
After all, I had Seras Ashrain with me, someone who had broad knowledge pertaining to old literature.
And then, there’s also Erika Anarveil, someone who has lived far longer than a human’s lifespan.
[Th… This can’t be…! This me…]
[………]
I was lucky that the volume of my voice wasn’t amplified at the moment.
…Well, I had a plan to deceive them if such a situation were to happen.
Looking at the paralyzed Eingrantz, I snorted.
[You know, when I was introducing myself and touting my accomplishments, running straight towards you… You must have thought, “This guy must be an idiot.”, right?]
[Guh…]
The miserable appearance of the weak is also a powerful trap to lure others to let down their guards.
However…
[It seems that acting like a “brainless person filled with confidence”—– can surprisingly be an interesting trap. Especially… to a person who thinks he’s smart.]
[Im… perti… nent…]
[Also, you said something about acting out of range from instigation… but you weren’t that good at acting that you can’t even fool yourself.]
Even when I was within the sphere of his Tyrant’s Miasma, he showed me the boundary between inside and outside the sphere himself.
“How crafty.”
When it got to the point where he was worried about whether I was going to be within his range or not, he forgot to act and just said those few words.
Even those just before that…
“Mhmm!?”
He acted surprised from that spear.
What I mean is…
[Oddly enough, there was too much of a difference in context within your acting.]
He’s able to think reasonably well.
He also had a combat ability befitting to be called Confidant.
However, it appears that—–
[I guess I was better in terms of our acting ability.]
Chapter 189
The Blood Red Twilight
The spear thrown by Eve.
The real aim of that throw wasn’t to catch him off guard, but to see how fast the enemy could react.
And Eingrantz was able to catch that blow even with its speed.
Looking at it like that—- you can twist it in another way.
Yes, and that’s when I decided.
Attacks outside from their awareness.
Everyone has their own way of reacting when they notice “that moment”.
And you wouldn’t have any room to act in situations like that.
[Do not get carried away! You hast just merely sealed my movem—-]
[
[Guuoooooaaaahhhh!?]
Eingrantz’ eyes opened wide, as if his eyeballs were about to pop out.
Wobble
His huge body collapsing, blood began spattering out from wounds appearing all over his body.
“Kuku” I grinned.
My sorcery isn’t just something that could seal your movements.
Thud!
Eingrantz is barely able to keep himself from falling down.
[Kill…!]
Shooting death glares at me with his golden eyes, tears of blood began flowing out of Eingrantz’ eyes.
His entire body swelled up and his ominous horn began to deform.
However…
[Guuaaahhh!?]
Whatever he’s doing, it would only be suicidal, forcing himself to move while he’s paralyzed.
If you had been strong enough, you would have been able to move—– just like Civit.
Therefore, you only end up seeing yourself in hell.
The Ogre Soldiers around look puzzled.
They don’t seem to be able to catch up on what’s happening.
Moreover, these Ogre Soldiers are under constant assault by the golems.
On the other hand, Eingrantz looks quite deranged now.
It may be that this Confidant himself is the person that hasn’t caught up with the situation the most.
[This is impossible…! What the… heck is that… idiotic power…!? That’s unthinkable…! Guh… That annoying Goddess… Hiding… such a power from us… Guffuuuaahh!]
Eingrantz kept on struggling, approaching death on his own.
Aside from his reaction speed, it seems that he also got a ridiculous amount of physical strength.
However, aside from
There’s no way that I would run out of MP, especially with my level.
I still have lots of skills I can shoot.
An unending hell.
Once you’re caught by me once, there’s no escaping from this chain anymore.
——It’s checkmate, Eingrantz.
Before long…
[Guuuuooooooooooohhhh——! Ogguuueeehhh… ——]
Eingrantz finally died, sinking into a pool of blood.
It appears that he really died and he’s not just trying to act like one.
Even with the numbers behind his back, he didn’t even ask for help from his companions.
He didn’t even trust his subordinates with the information of his self-analysis against my mysterious sorcery even until the end.
He was swallowed in the large maelstrom of confusion and lack of comprehension, until he drew his final breath.
The system conveniently told me that he was definitely dead.
The absorption of experience—- that means that he certainly “died”.
For someone who expects to level up against strong opponents, this would be a great material to determine if someone’s dead or alive.
Conversely, if I haven’t leveled up with this, I’m suspecting that he’s just pretending to be dead.
This, of course, is under the assumption that I could level up from killing demons.
[Take care of that, Slei.]
Slei let out a slightly distinctive growl twice.
This growl was for Eve to hear.
“The Confidant has been killed.”
A signal we’ve decided before.
After giving this signal, I take out the Gem of Voice Amplification from my pouch.
It’s to send the next “signal”.
Ker-chak
Inserting the gem on the mask, I haughtily spoke.
[——-It’s the end, Eingrantz——–]
From the time he stopped moving, Eingrantz is already dead.
However, when I said it like this Confidant is on the verge of dying…
I wonder how the others will take it?
Are they going to immediately withdraw?
Are they going to be upset?
Are they going to ignore his death?
Or perhaps…
[That’s impossible!
Eingrantz-sama hath been defeated!? That is not possible! Guh… Most of all, Eingrantz-sama is a Strategian capable of producing Ogre Soldiers! I will not let you kill him!]
Soon, the other Confidant came rushing in.
It seems that the other Confidant chose—- to rescue him.
There’s some unlucky soldiers in between me and the Confidant…
[Guuaahh!?]
—some commotion happened as they began collapsing on the ground.
The moment that they came into his range, they weren’t able to withstand his Tyrant’s Miasma and fainted.
…When the Confidant moves, I could easily see the range of his Tyrant’s Miasma.
The range of his Tyrant’s Miasma is a little shorter than that of Eingrantz.
If the defeat of Eingrantz really weren’t under their assumptions…
If he doesn’t know whether I’m saying the truth or not and he’s concerned about it, he would go confirm it himself.
I take off the Gem of Voice Amplification.
Making Slei turn, I faced the other Confidant.
Knocking down the golems attacking him, the other Confidant closed in.
He’s about to get closer.
Now then, let’s see—–
Should I steal this one from Sogou?
She was able to hold out against him.
However, she wasn’t able to land the decisive blow to the other Confidant.
She can’t break down his defenses—– or so that’s how it looks like from a distance.
[Ngghh! The highest S-Rank is no longer able to participate in the battlefield! By our emperor’s estimation, if this Zweikzeed can just hold off this S-Rank, we should have been able to easily bring down this place! This harvest… was supposed to be perfect!]
Yeah, that might be so.
If they’re just taking account the S-Rank, that is.
[…………]
For the time being, let’s go use the same familiar attacks.
In that moment—–
The Confidant’s torso got bisected, separating his upper body to his lower half.
[Ah, sh——,……!]
As if he floated along the suspended time, the upper body of the Confidant danced in the air.
The sinister purple-furred giant’s body was bisected by a sideways cleave…
A humongous double-edged sword that shines with silver light.
From behind the Confidant…
Sogou Ayaka leapt and swung her double-edged sword.
With godlike speed, she swung her humongous double-edged sword even further with a downward slash.
