Chapter 69

Chapter 69 Strongest Sage, Bisects

"Hey . Iris, you know that, unlike 【Pa.s.sive Detection】, it"s hard to delude 【Active Detection】 right?"

" . . . Yes . "

I ask a question to Iris while controlling its wings" mana en course toward the demons .

"Then, do you know how to deal with 【Active Detection】?"

"I-If it"s Mathias-san, you should be able to easily elude 【Active Detection】 . . . . "

"Well, it"s not impossible . But even if I did that, they"d easily find Iris with your size right . . . . There"s a simpler method for this . "

"We beat them don"t we . I understand . "

Iris speaks as it"s given up .

Having acquainted with my past life, it knows me well .

"That"s right . . . . Judging from the mana, it looks like the only one outside is a demon that"s using 【Active Detection】 . "

"Demon is still demon even if it"s alone, you know? I"d prefer not to partic.i.p.ate in the battle with how these wings right now . . . "

"Don"t worry . That wasn"t the plan . "

I set the course high up .

Straight towards the sky right above the demon that"s using 【Active Detection】 .

Right now being able to fly at all is Iris"s utmost .

Even if it"s against a weak demon, I don"t want to let it get exposed to attacks . Cause going back home would be a pain then .

" . . . Huh? We"re pa.s.sing by?"

Alma muttered when she saw the situation .

However, unfortunately she"s mistaken .

"There"s no way Mathias-san would do that . . . . "

And Iris gave the correct answer .

"Alright, I"ll leave the rest to you! I"m going down to pulverize the demon!"

I jump off Iris"s back while saying that .

I went the trouble of controlling Iris"s flight circuit in order to fall down above the demon .

"I was right!"

"Mathi-kun!"

While hearing Alma"s and Ruli"s voices, I casted resistance reduction magic and drew my sword .

The demon far below on the ground that was paying attention to Iris shifted its attention to me .

Looks like it"s confused .

While looking at that, I took out a magic stone out of Storage magic and crushed it .

The sword augmented with 【Special Mana Enchant】 began to emit light .

"Wha . . . . "

The demon casted defensive magic and held up its shield while taking an evasive action .

Judging from its desperate look and the fact that it pumped all of its mana into defensive magic, the demon seemed to realize the menace of 【Special Mana Enchant】 .

But it"s too late .

"No matter how weird your sword . . . is?"

The defensive magic that touched the sword vanished without a moment of resistance .

And without losing my momentum, I bisected the demon along with its shield .

I didn"t use any magic to break that defensive magic .

To begin with, 【Special Mana Enchant】 isn"t something that can be blocked by that level of defense .

"Oy, it"s safe now!"

I wave my hand at Iris in front of the demon"s body .

Iris began to descend when it saw me .

--10 minutes later .

We"ve gathered in front of a rectangular building where Elhart is hiding .

It was probably built using earth magic . The building has no windows, but instead it"s been carved with defensive and concealment magic circles .

The concealment seems to be a countermeasure against magical detection . . . . But the spell art is sloppily constructed .

For people who are used to mana detection, it would make them focus on the building instead .

"This is the demon"s den?"

"No mistake about it . It"s the same mana reaction that came out in the royal palace . There"s . . . two in total inside . "

"Two demons . . . "

"Since Elhart"s reaction has become small, it"s virtually one demon though . "

Elhart"s mana reaction is slightly smaller than Desiril .

Its reaction was bigger when I was tracing it, this was probably due to the aftereffect from that time .

The other one is bigger than Ashril . . . . But, unlike at that time, my mana is full now .

We should be able to win without relying on Iris .

"Alright . Hinder Elhart with arrows like before . This time . . . . use this spell art . "

I gave a paper drawn with a new magic circle to Ruli .

It"s a bit different than the one they used before .

"I-I got it!"

"I just need to hit "em with my arrows like before right!"

"You got that right . Iris, break the wall and evacuate above afterward . "

"Yes!"

I could also ask Iris to mow them down with 『Dragon Breath』, but the burden would be too big if Iris shot it at its current condition .

Dark Dragon Iris is ultimately a transport .

I declare loudly after making sure that the two people and one dragon are ready .

"Alright, commence the attack!"