Divine Protection of Many Gods

Chapter 104

Chapter 104

After the demon shouted, a thick arm burst out of its chest .

“Haa!?” (Dodras)

The insect demon’s face was filled with astonishment, as this was beyond its expectation .

“No way . How!? Why did it attack my body!?” (Dodras)

The arm deftly moved about, tearing the insect demon apart .

“St-stop! Vallark!!” (Dodras)

The insect demon had lost both of its arms and legs, but it was somehow still alive .

Perhaps it was because of the demon’s immense vitality, but that also meant the pain would be prolonged .

A second arm burst out of the crack . The arms then began to attempt to widen the crack .

The sound of tearing as well as the insect demon’s scream echoed .

Finally, the insect demon’s body was torn in two .

What appeared from the tear, was a comically huge upper body if compared to the still intact lower body .

Its total height was about 8 meters tall . Since the insect demon was of a similar height to a human, then the upper body alone was as tall as 7 meters .

It had 2 pairs of arms just like the insect demon . Since its body was so big compared to the lower body, the arms could actually extend to the floor .

However, despite being the same length, the arms had different skin texture and number of joints, as if they were someone else’s arms that were stuck to the huge body .

The head resembled that of a dog or a lizard . It had a pronounced snout, and rows of jagged teeth jutting out at random spots .

Its eyes glowed, as if searching for prey .

“Uaaaa” (Dodras)

The upper part of the insect demon seemed to be still breathing, barely dangling around Vallark’s waist .

I suppose it was because its head survived from being torn apart .

Even so, it appeared that the lower body was currently under Vallark’s control .

It walked in a gorilla-like gait .

When I tried to read the status, what happened was the same as when I tried to see Leelan’s .

In other words…

“It’s a chimera?” (Hibiki)

I muttered inside my armor to no one in particular .

“Grrr, graa—” (Vallark)

Vallark bellowed . Its voice was loud enough to even shake the stadium .

The next moment, Vallark began moving towards the audience .

“Is it going to attack the audience!?” (Lux)

Lux rushed in and immediately stood before Vallark .

Vallark stopped its pace, looking down at the obstacle that was Lux .

Lux already brandished his sword .

At the same time, Vallark arm was bearing down on Lux without any prior sign .

“Haaaa!!” (Lux)

Lux shifted his sword into a reverse grip, and charged towards Vallark’s attack .

A dull sound could be heard, and Vallark’s arm had been lopped off around the wrist . (EN: I know that doesn’t make sense but that’s what it says . )

Meanwhile, Lux was also pushed backwards away from his original position .

“Kuh, that was quite heavy . ” (Lux)

Apparently he had used “Fierce Sword”, but despite that he was still pushed back .

And the arm that was severed had already begun regenerating .

“Hyaaaa!!” (Gina)

Gina cut the demon’s right arm with the Demon Slaying Sword (Replica) to halt its movement .

The wound let out white smoke for a short while, but it also quickly regenerated .

“Spread out a little!!” (Brigitte)

Gina and Lux backed out at Brigitte’s call .

At the next moment, a blade made of wind magic struck Vallark .

It was not a whirlwind cut created by the likes of a vacuum phenomenon, but instead it was a mix of air and pebbles launched at quite an overwhelming speed .

Brigitte’s【Sound Magic】was after all a derivative of【Wind Magic】, so she was naturally able to control wind to some extent .

Why she didn’t use it in her match was beyond me though .

But Vallark’s skin was also extremely thick, Brigitte’s attack didn’t even scratch it .

However, that blast of strong wind actually still affected it somewhat .

Kuesu took this chance to score some hits .

Vallark was immediately engulfed in firestorms .

However…

“Damn, it didn’t work . ” (Kuesu)

Kuesu regretfully said .

“Kuesu’s Flame Whirlwind didn’t work? That’s impossible . ” (Lux)

Lux was equally surprised .

Of course, it was undamaged .

It was supposedly a clean hit, but there wasn’t any marks on its skin at all .

“Fool!! Vallark feeds on your magic . That won’t work on it!!” (Dodras)

The insect demon swaying around Vallark’s waist laughed .

The term “Fire that would burn a fire mage” was actually quite spot on for that attack just now .

Because, it’s a flame that should’ve been very difficult to put out .

In other words, Vallark actually absorbed Kuesu’s flame .

Brigitte’s attack also carried some amount of magic in it .

The magic power inside Lux and I who were in the ring should’ve also been depleted as well .

It was probably thanks to the “Mark of a Hero” and the “Dragon’s Scale” that we weren’t drained to the point of collapsing .

I didn’t know how much damage the “Fierce Sword” dealt to Vallark, but it seemed to work better than Kuesu’s attack .

In other words, my attack should be able to damage it as well .

I produced a fire bullet using【Holy Fire Magic】 .

Vallark was still trapped inside Kuesu’s Flame Whirlwind .

“Go!!” (Hibiki)

The fire bullet directly hit Vallark, then mixed in with Kuesu’s Flame Whirlwind .

The【Holy Fire Magic】melded together with Kuesu’s 【Wind Magic】 .

“Gyuraaaaa!?” (Vallark)

A voice of pain rose from Vallark’s mouth .

Meanwhile, the insect demon was killed immediately by this attack .

“Amazing!!”

Gina and Brigitte let out surprised voices . However, I had exhibited this【Holy Fire Magic】back in the semifinals .

I had no need to hide anymore .

Vallark crouched down to try and escape the flames, even just slightly .

“Weird . It didn’t get burned at all . ” (Brigitte)

Brigitte commented as the flame whirlwind gradually died down .

What appeared when the fire was completely extinguished, was the figure of Vallark whose unbalanced upper body was finally balanced out with his lower half .

It was 10 meters tall now, and it walked toward us in a more relaxed manner .

Its body was devoid of any burn wounds .

“Impossible! That didn’t even hurt it?”

“Gururu, gruuuーーーー” (Vallark)

As it emerged from the fire, Vallark howled at the sky . Its power was obviously stronger than before .

Zir confirmed my suspicion .

“Not good, because of yond howl just now the monsters outside the city art stampeding to this very place as we speak . ” (Zir)

Zir’s ghost explained the situation that was happening outside of the city .

When the audience went comatose, I had a ghost sent to downtown Brett to investigate .

At that point, only the audience was in a coma, the city was peaceful otherwise .

At a later point, Zir’s ghost was supposed to bring in the city’s standing army .

But there should be some magicians among the standing army .

Vallark would just use those magician’s magic power as a snack .

Zir alone could not carry me away .

In other words, I could only let the army deal with the monsters that Vallark had summoned .

“Tell Echo this . Can you play around with the monsters outside a little?” (Hibiki)

Zir listened to my suggestion through mind reading .

The ghost headed out in haste . The choice was either helping Lux in here or the army outside .

Besides, both Zir and I can demonstrate our full power if there was no one watching .

“You seem to be struggling . Going to use that?” (Selva)

Selva pointed her finger up to the prize box that contained a ring .

I knew the contents since I could see through it, and no one else would know the meaning of that pointing finger otherwise .

It was probably here because it was supposedly awarded at the closing ceremony when the matches were over .

Zir drew near to look inside the box .

There were 2 swords and a small wooden box inside . Along with that were 4 bags full of money .

“This is, the Holy Sword Light of Hope . For now, it should be good enough as a dragon slayer sword . ” (Hibiki)

The sword was thrown towards Lux .

But since Lux was still confronting Vallark, Kuesu was the one who caught the sword .

“Give it to the Hero!!” (Zir)

Zir told Kuesu that, before we left the stadium .

As the ghost was exploring the vicinity, I asked Ruby to expose the armor around the face .

“Thanks for the help, Zir . ” (Hibiki)

“Yond wast only something I naturally shouldst doth . So, what wilt thee doth anon?” (Zir)

“It depends on the amount of monsters outside . ” (Hibiki)

Zir thought for a while then replied . (EN: author typo? It should be Hibiki)

It was not that big of a number, since the city had just been attacked only recently .

The ones attacking now were merely the remnants . It appeared that the danger wasn’t that great .

“Then what’s next?” (Hibiki)

“Shouldn’t milord move more freely?” (Zir)

Apparently, Zir was questioning my decision to let Echo fight .

“Moreover, if milord moves more freely, shouldn’t thee beest able to defeat the monsters outside and in hither at the same moment?” (Zir)

As Ayla said, this fellow sees me on a high pedestal . I guess it was just her personality .

“Let’s leave that Vallark to Lux then . ” (Hibiki)

“Then ye art going for the monster stampede outside?” (Zir)

“No, I’m going to unveil the black curtain . ” (Hibiki)