The Impersonating Daimaou Wants to be Hated (WN): Chapter 50

 

Chapter 50: Black Dragon VS King of Light

"What is that?"

 The incredible presence that suddenly appeared made me forget the creature in front of my eyes. A huge black body floating in the sky. Its presence surpassed that of the most powerful creature called a ryu that we were facing.

"No way... the black dragon?"

 Three hundred years ago, the most powerful dragon was said to have been used by the Daimaou. Why this timing? What in the worldーー

"You idiot."

 Someone jumped at me from the side and pushed me to the ground...... and right after that, a huge sword passed over.

"A-Aquim."

 I looked up dumbfounded at the man who was covering me to protect me.

"Don't look away. You idiot."

"I-I'm sorry. Thanks. But don't protect me, I... mghh."

 Suddenly, my lips are sealed and my eyes widen. I am not the kind of person who would think anything about a kiss after all this time, but I'm still surprised at it.

"Don't let me say it over and over again. You're my woman. I won't let you die."

"Aquim, I..."

 I am only following you as your attendant, not your woman. I was not sure whether to say these words or not, as I was offering my body to him.

"Tch."

 At the same time as Aquim clicked his tongue, several huge swords pierced the place where we had just been, and the earth crumbled down like a landslide. The peak of the mountain was no longer in its original shape, and if we continue to fight, the elevation of this mountain would change.

"Aina-san! Mina!"

 The two unconscious figures lying on the ground. Mina had lost both arms and legs, and Aina-san had lost everything from the waist down. They are...... seriously injured. The butterflies created by Aquim's holy sword swarmed over the two, and it would not be surprising if they died at any time if their wounds did not heal immediately.

"Elana, you help them."

"...The two of them were prepared for it. Stop using your power and think only of slaying the dragon."

 Even if he called me heartless, I was speaking the right thing as an attendant, but Aquim gave me a cold gaze.

“Shut up. What can you do now? You're a liability. Do as you're told, attendant."

"……Understood."

 I don't have time to think about whining about my inability to say anything back....... Blood poured from my clenched fist.

"Don't make that face, you'll get stronger. When we get back, I'm going to train you."

"...I'll go help the two of them."

 I turned my back on Aquim and ran to Mina and Aina-san. At that moment, light exploded in the sky.

“That is… Floria-sama!?”

 Looking at it, the body of the black dragon shakes greatly, and the huge power of the curse that was changing the surroundings like we're at the bottom of the sea is purified by the shining mana.

"What's going on."

 Just the appearance of two natural disaster-level monsters at the same time alone would be the first major incident in the history of the Kingdom of Light, but to have the King of Light and the most powerful dragon clash head-on?

"...Shameful."

 I had been able to ignore the feeling of helplessness as an attendant, but this time I could not ignore it.

 I'm going to get stronger.

 In the midst of rescuing Mina and Aina-san, Aquim's words were ruminating over and over again in my head.

...

“Fufufu. You did it, Floria. I didn't expect you to rock this girl with one punch. I'm glad to see that you are growing up. But what are you doing, in comparison? Huh?"

 Right now I am sitting on top of Agido's head, with my figure hidden by my power. Not only Agido, but other long-lived creatures can change their bodies to some extent at will, and those with enormous mana can even manipulate their size and mass at will.

 The current Agido is roughly 80 meters long, and its head is more than large enough for a person to ride on. I sat down and tapped Agido's head.

"GAAA"

"Eh? You let your guard down because you thought she was just the brat that treated you before? What's with that pathetic excuse? That was about 400 years ago. What the hell were you doing while I was sealed up?"

"GAAA"

"I see. So you have been sleeping and eating, yes? Didn't you know that I was sealed up?"

"G? AA. HAHAHA"

"No, no. There is a reason for it that is deeper than the sea. But still, a child who laughs at its master like this. Like this."

 Eh? You were sealed up by those brats? Pfft, giggle*, giggle*. That's super funny! I shook Agido's head as I continued to slap its mouth.

“Yo, Black Dragon, it’s been about 400 years? What are you doing here all of a sudden?"

 While I was doing that, Floria started talking. I mean, don't you usually ask about such things before you hit someone?

"GAAA"

 As I was tilting my head, Agido said, "No, I was sleeping and suddenly I was called out. It's really annoying! How are you? You've grown up a lot. Can you feed me a leg or an arm?".

 Floria nodded at Agido's words,

"I don't understand what you're saying!!"

 Saying that, she punched Agido away again.

“I'm coming!!”

 This time it was not a single blow, but a series of blows. Floria became light and hit Agido all over. The power of these blows far exceeded my expectations. Fumu. Children grow up so fast!

"GAAA"

 Agido, unable to resist, mutated a part of its body and tried to push Floria away, but she was fast. Floria easily avoided Agido's attack, which sometimes turned into a volcano or a sword, and continued to apply her own attacks.

"Ora, ora, oraaa!! What's wrong, huh!!"

 Agido's countermeasures were not able to cope with Floria's fist rush. When I saw it, I held my stomach and laughed.

"Hahaha. You deserve it. That's what happens when you laugh at other people's mistakes. And you've been a little too lazy."

 The most powerful creature on earth is pathetic, except for the three apocalyptic beasts that are a collaboration of me and Arama. Have I spoiled it a little too much?

 When I was thinking about retraining my pet from now on, Agido roared, slightly pissed off.

"GAAA?"

"Don't. This time, the purpose is to see Floria's growth, so I won't allow such a serious battle. Please do it like this."

 I used our "affinity" to tell Agido the battle plan.

"TuUUU!?"

 Agido looked super displeased, but it didn't go against it.

"What!?"

 Floria's eyebrows raise as she notices the unusual change in Agido. Normally, it would be logical to take a step back and see how things are going, but the woman who was once called a "mad dog" would not do such a slow and complicated thing.

"I don't know what it is, but I'll kill you before you do anything."

 With that said, she increases the power and speed of her attacks. The result is explosions all over Agido's body. To the onlookers, it sure looks like an army is shooting tactical-grade magic into Agido one after another.

"GAAA!!"

 As expected, Agido, who couldn't go unharmed, felt a little irritated and shot the curse power at the sky.

"Oi, oi. Where are you shooting?"

 Floria looks up as she continues to hit Agido, the mass of curse power released from Agido's mouth becomes a huge black laser that shoots high up into the sky.

"Heh. Did you get too old? With this... ah!?"

 Floria, who was about to unleash her full power, moved away from Agido. Umu. She is still a girl with a keen intuition. But there is no time, you know? What should you do?

"……What?"

 Floria's eyes narrowed. Beyond her gaze, Agido's curse power that went into the sky was beginning to form a huge magic circle.

“Wha!? Youuu!!"

 Floria's complexion turned red with anger as she understood what was about to happen while watching the magic circle.

 I muttered on behalf of Agido, who did not speak human language.

"Meteor Shower.”

 Immediately after, a torrential rain of destruction poured down from the magic circle. It falls on every town and village in the Kingdom of Light. Where that huge glowing raindrop falls, all things will be destroyed, and later there will simply be a huge hole leading to an abyss.

 Fufufufu. Well, King-san, what are you going to do? If it continues like this, the country will be destroyed. (I mean, if that happens, Aquim-kun will be in trouble, so please do your best, seriously. I believe in you, my disciple).

 I am a maiden praying for a falling star. To answer my prayer (I hope), my disciple howled.

"Damn youuu!! All the brightness of this world! The King of Light commands. Bless those who pray. Glory to those who walk the path. The light that shines down shall shine upon all people, and its radiance shall protect them from all evil."

 Floria constructs her magic at high speed using the main language "The world's magic" which can only be used by those who have mastered its attributes. Both the speed and intensity with which she deploys her techniques are different from the Floria of the past.

"Blessings of light, here and now. [Brilliant Shine - Absolute Protection].”

 Immediately after, several huge magic circles of light appear and expand over all the towns and villages in the Kingdom of Light.

 Then, the rain of destruction and the magic circle of light collide.

"Guh, oooh!?"

 As expected, it seems that it is hard to deploy a defense of this scale over the entire Kingdom of Light, and blood flows from the edge of Floria's mouth as she grits her teeth.

 But I'm surprised. In the past, Floria was so preoccupied with physical combat based on light magic that she was completely useless at defensive magic. As a teacher, I am very happy to see that in just 300 years, she has become capable of such a high level of skill.

 I gently narrowed my eyes at Floria's growth and ordered Agido.

"Now! Floria is full of openings. Release your breath."

"GAAA"

 Ooohh. I've been waiting! Agido releases its breath with a mighty force. A black flash of light shoots through the sky.

 The flash, a mass of curse power, is not something that even the King of Light can defend against at a moment's notice, but as soon as she tries to avoid or seriously defend against it, her magic will lose control, and rain of destruction pouring from the magic circle will destroy several towns and villages (Well, I have a promise with Norona-san, so if that happens, I'll deal with it.)

"Now, what are you going to do?"

 Defend yourself or defend your country? I watched excitedly as my disciple was confronted with the ultimate choice for a king.

 Floria's choice wasーー

"Don't underestimate me!!"

 As if to wrap herself up in what little mana she had left, she turned all the rest of her power to protect the towns and villages. Naturally, the breath hit her directly. After the black flash in the sky had gone, there was Floria, her entire body billowing smoke.

"You endured with guts, didn't you? As usual, you are too reckless."

 Although Floria is in good condition, she is of course not unharmed. Her white dress, which is a magical tool, is heavily torn, and her right breast is completely exposed, exposing her beautiful pink nipple like that of a virgin. Her skirt is also heavily damaged, exposing her white thighs and underwear.

"You're boring, doing something like this."

 Floria's whole body emits powerful mana. The amount of mana is, well... It's good. There is no doubt about it. The extent of Floria's growth was beyond my imagination. But that's why I want to see Floria's current limits.

 I'm trying to be mindful but (ah. I really don't want to do this. No, I really, really, really don't want to do this, but this is all Floria's fault!) I order Agido.

"Agido. One more time."

"GAAA"

 Roger! Agido roared and was in a position to release the power again.

"I won't let you!!"

 Seeing this, Floria becomes an arrow of light and moves to block the second meteor shower. Even Agido, who is at its full power, cannot stand unguarded against Floria and creates a wall with its power, but Floria easily breaks through the wall.

"GUUUU!?"

 Floria's kick to the stomach and a further blow to the lower jaw caused Agido's body to bent widely.

"Ah. Agido. Even if you go all out, you would lose to Floria, wouldn't you? Show your determined spirit."

 I patted Agido's head again. Agido let out a bellowing roar, and with its willpower, it unleashed a second meteor shower.

"Bastaaardd!"

 Seeing the curse power going up in the sky, Floria rushes in anger. She punched and kicked without regard to Agido's attempts to counterattack. Fumu, this power. It might be interesting if she and Agido seriously kill each other.

 While I was thinking that, the curse power that went up to the sky developed a magic circle. It falls as a rain of destruction.

"Shit."

 Out of anger, Floria, who hit Agido with a particularly strong blow, quickly distanced herself and started chanting again.

"GAAA"

 Agido, too, was probably angry due to being hit so hard, and even before I could give any instructions, it positioned itself for releasing its breath.

 Agido-san, if you use that much force, Floria will die, you know? For a moment I wondered if I should stop it, but then I thought that if she died from this, she would never reach perfection and decided to watch in silence.

 Then the rain of destruction poured down, and Floria stopped it. Agido releases a breath on Floria that is far more powerful than the first one. In order to protect her own country, Floria once again takes it head-on, almost defenseless.

"I-It doesn't work at all"

 Floria persevered once again. However, at the cost of that, her dress was completely torn, and the only thing that barely managed to survive was her long white gloves and white stockings connected to a garter belt (It seems that she used a very good magic tool to prevent them from being torn every time she punched or kicked). The white skin without a single scratch was recovering, the whole thing is exposed, even the bush on her lower abdomen.

 Well, Floria had no sense of shame since she was a child, so being naked is probably nothing to worry about, but the problem isーー

"The damage is still significant."

 Although she appeared to be unscathed, it seems that she used a lot of energy to regenerate her body, and one could see the extent of Floria's exhaustion without even looking closely.

“Normally, I would change my strategy here, but…”

"Here I come. Oraa!"

 Floria again became an arrow of light, charging head-on.

"Yare, yare. As usual."

 If the same exchange continues, the first to run out of power would be Floria...... considering the damage and the depletion of her mana, but Floria's perseverance has defied my expectations many times in the past, so it's hard to predict.

 She is the least talented of the disciples, a non-talented wild child who I thought would die easily when I picked her up. The biggest reason for her rise to the level of being called the "King of Light" is due to her mental strength, which is one of the best among the disciples.

The fortitude to twist reason with emotions. How that has changed in 300 years......

"... Interesting. I wonder if your usual way of doing things will work against Agido? Would you like to show me?"

 From what I see, it is quite unlikely that Floria will be able to prevent the next attack. If it is not good enough, either the Kingdom of Light or Floria would end. Frankly speaking, I think it would be better to stop. But I am more curious about the outcome.

"Curiosity is a sin, isn't it?"

 With a wry smile, I will give the order to Agido, but then I suddenly saw humans on the ground.

"Are those... Floria's subordinates?"

 An army of several hundred people preparing for tactical-grade magic on the ground. From the looks of it, it seems to be a unit composed of moderately competent people.

"But there aren't enough of them."

 The two guys who are so absorbed in the battle haven't noticed yet, but if they did, they wouldn't be able to take advantage of it. They are not good enough in quality or number to break into a fight between us. Only the female warrior with a scar over her left eye seems to be a moderately skilled fighter (probably stronger than Elana-san and Mina-san at this point), but even that is not enough.

 I was about to take them out of my mind whenーー

"Hmm? This is..."

 I noticed someone approaching us from afar at a tremendous speed. I couldn't help but break into a smile at the presence. There was a movement among the troops on the ground, and they all stopped preparing to attack and quickly retreated.

"GAAA"

 Agido, who was beginning to get enthusiastic about the match, released its curse power into the sky without waiting for my command. Floria continued to attack, this time without retreating immediately. Besides, this time she started chanting while attacking. It seems that she will continue to attack until she is at the very edge of her limit.

 It was a cowardly move where the country was taken hostage. She is taking a risky approach that could cost her life and the lives of her people if she makes a mistake. It is a very Floria-like way of fighting.

 And so the third torrential downpour of destruction fell. Floria continued to attack until the very last minute, then moved away from Agido at breakneck speed and deployed a defensive magic circle. Incidentally, the reason why she does not try to disappear from Agido's sight at this time is probably that she does not know where Agido will attack after she disappears.

 Floria, you have become a splendid king, using yourself as bait to protect your people.

"GAAA"

 As I was wiping my eyes with a handkerchief I had taken out of space, Agido went into a position to fire its breath. It will be somewhat less powerful than the second one because Floria had continued to attack until the very last minute, but still, the breath with more than enough power to kill the exhausted Floria will be unleashed...... just before that. A voice echoed in the sky, somewhat childish.

“Raw materiiiaalss!! Geeett!!!"

 A huge mallet was then swung down. Agido, who had been preoccupied with Floria, was hit by the attack (by the way, I had already evacuated by spatial movement).

“GUAAA!?”

 The curse power that was never released in Agido's mouth, who was hit in the head and moaning, fades away in a black blink of an eye.

 A girl with a horn on her forehead, who appeared to be in her mid-teens of human age, was leaning over with a mallet in one hand that was much larger than she was.

 Her short-cut silver hair shook and her blood-red eyes sparkled as she looked down at Agido, who had been knocked to the ground by her attack, and smiled wryly.

"You."

 Floria glares at the brown-skinned girl who suddenly appeared, then smiles. Then she utters a greeting.

"It's been a long time. Shudoji."

 One of my disciples, Shudoji, who is now called the King of Earth by many, turned her gaze to Floria and said,

"That one is my prey!"

 She exclaimed.