Chapter 258
Chapter 258 Overturns Numerical Superiority
"Thanks so much, Iris-san!!"
"No worries! It"s my duty after all!"
Iris keeps her guard against any demon who tries to get pa.s.s the door while saying that .
The demons may have the upper hands in numbers and magic powers, but the battle is completely in our favor now .
Every time I close the distance, I strike the demons with [Magic Spear], and then retreat flawlessly .
When the demons try to chase after me, Alma"s arrows obstructed the vanguard demons .
When the demons try to surround me, Alma"s arrows break their formation and I use that chance to get out of the encirclement .
And if they try to dodge the arrows, that just creates an opening for me to attack .
"H-how . . . how could it be this overwhelmingly!"
A demon attempted to dodge my [Magic Spear] even while sounding confused .
But Alma"s arrow struck that demon, stopping its attempt .
"Probably cause you guys are so bad at this fighting thing . "
I a.n.a.lyzed the flow of battle while provoking them .
--Should be about time to finish this .
The demons can"t move like they were in the beginning anymore .
Their bodies have been struck by [Magic Spears] and Alma"s arrows, and they have spent a huge amount of mana already .
That they could still avoid letting a single demon receiving a concentrated fire and maintain their numerical superiority is a testament of their high ranks as demons .
However . . . A plan like that is only good when you can effectively use your numerical superiority to gain the upper hand in a battle .
Dispersing damage in a situation where you"re getting one-sidedly attacked has no point above delaying their inevitable defeat .
And their numerical superiority that they"ve been maintaining so far will soon collapse .
"Wha . . . "
The demons sounded surprised when I changed my moves .
I had been maintaining my distance since my main method of attack had been [Magic Spears] .
That way I could move around the battlefield easily to maintain the one-sided battle flow .
However, that"s not needed any longer .
『Alma, you can stop shooting now . Save your mana . 』
『Gotcha!』
I swung my sword while informing Alma that this fight is over .
The mana reinforced sword easily cut off a demon"s head now that it had lost most of its mana and stamina .
However, my sword isn"t stopping yet .
Using the sword"s momentum, I jumped into the second demon"s bosom and thrust my sword in its heart .
The dying demon crumbled down without a sound .
It"s 3 against 1 now .
These demons who can"t even stand against us when it was 5 on 1 couldn"t possibly put up a fight now that it"s 3 on 1 .
The demons died off 30 seconds later .
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" . . . Here it is . "
After defeating the five demons, we reached a huge room at the inner part of the castle .
Grevil is standing alone inside .
"Well done, well done . . . I never would have thought that you would arrive here . "
" . . . Are you really still going to play that act of yours . . . "
Grevil"s words were directed toward one corner of the room instead of us--where the [Wide Area Comm Magic] was set .
The spots where [Wide Area Comm Magic] are set in this castle are all protected by powerful barriers .
Apparently, this theatrical play is quite important to Grevil .
"A fitting production value is necessary for the fight of the century . Don"t you think so?"
Grevil unsheathed a glittering sword decorated with ornaments of poor taste .
But his sword is not a mere ceremonial sword .
It"s actually a nice sword--or rather, it was a sword the past me made exclusively for Grevil"s personal use .
Those bad decorations must have been added afterward .
Its performance as a sword itself surpa.s.ses that of my current sword .
As it was made for Grevil, the sword has no flashy ability or gimmick, however it"s capable of drawing out Grevil"s skill to its fullest .
The sword"s center of gravity had been adjusted to a 0 . 001mm precision for that sake .
And this guy just went and put extraneous decorations on it . . .
"Nah, not in the least . . . Let"s just get this over with . "
I stepped forward as I said that .
At the same time, the girls retreated back .