“Looks like I can’t defeat you at this level……”
Meltera exhales deeply.
On the other hand, the Demon King appears to recognize her as a person who should be eliminated first.
“I’ll take care of you first!”
“!”
Spreading the wings on his back, the Demong King dashed at her at high speed. Meltera also quickly uses her flying magic to try to get some distance. In a fragile baby’s body, it is much faster to fly than to run. Even so, her speed is far inferior to the speed of the Demon King. In the blink of an eye, he caught up.
Of course, I, who was entrusted with the role of the vanguard, was not just sitting idly by. I crawled out of the ground and quickly return to the frontline.
“I won’t let you! Shrinkage!”
I dashed through the air with super acceleration that it was as if I had teleported and leapt at the Demon King from the side.
This is an advanced technique taught by the man who was called the Sword God. It was difficult to re-create with my body after reincarnation and it was only recently that I had been able to do it.
I then wrapped lightning around Lindwurm and aimed a slash at the Demon King’s head.
“It’s useless.”
“Tsk! You blocked it?”
“You better stay lying down there.”
In my blind spot, the Demon King’s tail stretched out and I got a hard hook to my right side. With such force, I was sent flying and then I slammed hard into the wall.
“Guah……”
Even though I had increased my defensive power to the maximum, that blow completely ignored such defense. I probably broke some of my bones too.
As expected, being a vanguard was too reckless with this body. Although I can use a sword, I am still a magic type at heart.
But more than that, it’s Meltera who is in a pinch right now.
While running away, she dexterously showers attack magic, but the Demon King does not care about such things and closes the distance at once.
“It’s over.”
The Demon King’s fist finally caught Meltera. She quickly created a shield of ice, but it was shattered in an instant.
“~~~~~~~~~~~~!?”
“Meltera!”
Her small body was blown away, bouncing off the ground multiple times before finally crashing into the wall.
She stopped moving.
“Kuu……”
I somehow managed to heal my injuries, but even with Lindwurm, I now had to face the Demon King one-on-one.
Should I summon Bahamut and fight with two staff?
No. That would be a little better, but I still wouldn’t have enough power to defeat the Demon King. Lindwurm and Bahamut are just there to support me. If I remain weak, I won’t be able to overturn this disparity.
“If I’m a little older then……”
As expected, it is impossible for me to challenge the Demon King when I am only less than six months old.
“Hn? Wait? Maybe after I grow a bit more, then…..”
I jolted.
“……Yes, that’s right. There’s a forbidden magic that I developed in my previous life. But I was approaching old age at the time, and I thought it would be impossible for me to use so I never tried it.”
That magic requires one’s own lifespan. In other words, if I use it, my lifespan will be shortened. For an old man with a short life left behind, it would be fatal. But now I’m a newborn baby, and I still have a lot of life expectancy.
“It will take some time to activate this magic, and there is no way that the Demon King will wait quietly…… Oh! That’s right, there’s a perfect one for that. Bahamut!”
『Masteeeer! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh you finally summoned meeeeeeeee! 』
I took out the dark dragon staff, Bahamut, from my subspace and throws it at the Demon King.
『Eh? Wait, I was suddenly thrown awaaaaaaaaay!?』
“Please, fight him and buy me some time. Only you can do that.”
『M-master is counting on meeee!? Kyahaha!!! I’m going to do my best!”
Bahamut becomes huge and turns into a jet-black dragon.
“A jet-black dragon?”
“Guruaaaaahh!”
The Demon King was also surprised by the dragon that suddenly appeared.
Okay, this should buy me some time.
“—Temporary Rapid Growth Magic!”
The moment I activated the spell, my field of vision went from low to high in an instant.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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