Act 3: Chapter 35: Red King
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「M-Monster, who once destroyed… another world? W-We’re doomed…」
Be muttered those words as he stared dumbfoundedly at the RedKing who was still in the air.
The Red King seems to bepletely looking down at us.
I used 《Status Check》 on the Red King.
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Race: Red King
Ｌｖ ：3227
ＨＰ ：19685/19685
ＭＰ ：16780/16789
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I heaved a sigh after confirming its status.
「It’s fairly strong…! It might be difficult to beat that guy if we fought in the airspace above Manarak.」
「Fairly… Strong?」
Be looked at me the moment he heard my remark, it was as if there was a huge question mark on top of his head.
「What are you doing, 《Ares Hand》! Tell the Red King to protect us! It should be able to protect us at this distance.」
Alice shouted at Kotone.
「Controlling it… Is impossible.」
「WHAT!?」
Right at that moment, numerous cracks appeared on the 《Red Authority Cane》, and then, it broke to pieces.
The Red King had beenpletely released from the domination of 《Red Authority Cane》.
The Red King’s body unleashed another brilliant red light.
Numerous magic circles appeared in front of its sculpted head.
Noise that akin to meshing gears emitted from the Red King’s mouth.
It might be somesort ofnguage that I couldn’t understand.
Something ising…
A massive, dozens bright red lump appeared in the sky above Manarak.
Those red lumps were aiming at the building where we fought.
「… Is it going to seal me? It doesn’t seem to be that smart… Or maybe, it simply isn’t interested in humans… 《Ares Hand》, protect me!」
Hearing Alice’s order, Kotone raised her hand to the sky.
「《Dimension Pocket》… 《Albion(Shield of White King》!」
A bulky, white shield which looked more like a rock appeared before Kotone’s hands.
「At this distance, there’s a limit of magic that can be used.」
I pointed 《Hero Sword; Gilgamesh》 to the sky to unleash my magic.
「me Magic, 20th Rank 《Apocalypse》」
Giant me dragon appeared from the tip of the sword, ascended to the sky while destroying everything around it.
Closing it at the Red King, and then brandished its burning ws.
But, 《Apocalypse》’s ws stopped right before the Red King.
The red dragon tried to push its ws to the Red King s, it was futile.
I saw the space around the surface of the Red King twisted.
It seems the attack was hindered by that space distortion.
「Fufufu, too bad. The original owner of the 《Red Authority Cane》 is said to be protected by some sort of barrier that negates all magic. Nevertheless, the output is also top ss.」
In short, the Red King was constantly being protected by the warped space which could resist all magic.
Though it wasn’t high rank magic, it was still troublesome magic.
Right after Alice said so, 《Apocalypse》’s ws tore through the distorted space and mmed on to the Red King’s face.
The shut eyelids of the old man’s face on the Red King’s surface opened wide like a saucer.
The ce that got hit by 《Apocalypse》’s ws got cracked and scorched ck.
「That eyes can open huh…」
The giant me dragon vanished into thin air as if it was satisfied afternding a blow.
「The Red King’s ability to resist all magic is…」
Alice kept mumbling something while looking at the sky with a dumbfounded look on her face.
But she was right, its magic resistance was truly abnormal.
If we’re using the devil of the same level as the standard, 《Apocalypse》 could blow it apart in one hit if the other party barely has low magic resistance.
And yet, the Red King was as lively as ever.
As if that wasn’t tough enough, it is also moving at high altitude, so I wouldn’t be able to fight it while keeping the damage to the city in check.
《Apocalypse》 ‘s attack could only scrape part of the Red King’s surface which fell in our direction.
「This guy is really bad news. Be-san, hide behind me.」
「Okay!」
This time, Be didn’t waste his time to retort and hide himself behind me.
I swung 《Hero Sword; Gilgamesh》 at fast speed, sting apart the red ball.
The sted red ball broke into countless fragments and scattered in various directions.
Well, it was a solid, huge red mass after all, it was only natural for it to keep falling even after I sliced it off in two.
「… Don’t you think that sand-like things falling from that thing look rather dangerous?」
Be peeked from behind my back as he asked that question.
That moment, one of the small fragments heading toward Alice and co.
Kotone’s bulky shield called《Albion》 broke to pieces when it collided with the fragment.
The shock of that collission broke the wall and the floor, which crumbled down on both of them.
Alice raised a piercing scream and then her figure lost from my field of vision as another red mass from Red King fell right on top of her.
Unfortunately, Kotone’s figure had also vanished within that cloud of dust.
「Kotone-san!」
I couldn’t let Alice die yet before she released 《Puppet Coffin》 of ghost magic’s influence from Kotone.
Should I save her…?
No, I couldn’t afford to do that with the Red King locked on me.
I could defeat him in the war of attrition by constantly dishing out small damages.
Since people’s lives were at stake, I had to defeat him as soon as possible.
The Red King’s power was slightly stronger than the devils in the 《Distorted World of Cursed Mirror》 but that is exactly the reason why I had to beat him as soon as possible.
If my opponent was the devil from the 《Distorted World of Cursed Mirror》 , I’m almost confident to defeat it since I’ve defeated a lot of their kinds by studying their attack patterns and behavior under Lunaire’s protection, but this Red King was the first of its kind.
Even I might be done if I got hit by one of its attacks.
But, fighting a prolonged battle by learning its attack patterns might be too dangerous to be done right on top of the city, and it might be toote to save Kotone by then.
That’s why I had no choice but to win the battle in the shortest possible time.
「L-Look! You did it, Kanata!」
Be spoke delightfully.
When I looked at the Red King again, I realized an even more terrifying fact.
I knew that color drained from my face the moment I came to that realization.
「That red lump trying to fly even higher to the air!」
Yes, it is just as Be had said, the Red King keeps ascending high in the air.
It seems he decided to escape after getting pped in the face by my 《Apocalypse》.
「L-Lies… Is he really going to escape… after making such grandiose entrance?」
I never expected this situation too.
Since the devil of the 《Distorted World of Cursed Mirror》 rushed in without care even if their opponent was Lunaire, undermining the Red King to be the same as them was my error.
I mean, I never expected for it to escape after our first sh.
But, I couldn’t let it go.
If what Alice said was right, it might be really an evil spirit who once destroyed a world before sealed in the cane.
That thing attacked us without question as soon as it got released from the seal.
There was no way I could leave it on its own device.
I mean, level 1000’s Demon King alone was enough to shake this world’s foundation.<blockquote>===
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