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 .

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 .