NOVEL NEXT Chapter 268
Meteor Summoning.
Outside the atmosphere, I bring down a wandering meteor from space.
It’s not impossible magic.
In fact, I used it myself 500 years ago, and Asydia can use this great magic as well.
If we go by circle magic standards, it’s obviously a 9th circle spell, a massive magic only usable by a sorcerer who has reached the pinnacle among great sorcerers.
“Master!”
Lucius dashed towards me with a kick against the ground.
“Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?”
“Nope. I just closed the dimensional door back at the congregation, and in a hurry, I used magic to set the coordinates and jump over.”
How is such large-scale magic possible, you ask?
Well, it’s obviously thanks to the power of the five holy swords and Asydia.
“But, Master.”
“Yeah?”
“Do you perhaps intend to kill all the humans down below…?”
“Ah.”
I pointed below.
“Do you really think I’d wipe out the humans too?”
This guy.
It’s time for revenge.
“I thought you wouldn’t lose to Liriez.”
“Th-that’s not it!”
“Are you starting to relax now?”
I placed my hand on Lucius’s shoulder and gave it a light pat.
“Good job. You worked hard.”
“…Master, this is the battlefield.”
“Even in a battlefield, praises should be given. Besides, I brought this, so it’s done.”
I lightly tapped the meteor with my foot.
“Transformation, start.”
Based on my magic core and the heart of Asydia.
The properties of the magic core are founded on Mammon’s power.
I attached the holy sword of the earth to the karkantine and gently infused power into the meteor.
“Landing.”
Kaboom!
Eight legs sprouted from the meteor and hit the ground.
“Since Mech Kraken can’t come, I brought the Meteor Kraken. How’s that?”
The ground shook violently, but at the same time, the legs of the meteor began thrashing underground.
Boom, boom, boom.
Though invisible to the eyes, the Meteor Kraken’s legs, possessing properties akin to the holy sword of the earth, began swiftly organizing the Kimaria down below.
“I never intended to drop this on the humans from the start. This will serve as a ‘guardian fortress’ to protect the humans.”
Phshhhhhh.
The round shape of the meteor slowly began to change.
Like a bug breaking open its shell and spreading its wings, the round meteor unfolded its covers like wings in all directions.
“Even if it’s called meteor magic, it’d be boring if it just fell from the sky, right? Since it carries other powers, I thought why not mix them up a bit.”
“…Is it possibly Satan’s?”
“Yep.”
Since we’re on the system.
I aim to recreate what I saw as clones.
“Do you know what makes humans feel most relieved? The moment they realize that the power that once tried to kill them has become the force that protects their lives.”
I will clearly show it to all the empire’s citizens.
“Divine Flame’s Spark.”
This power belongs neither to the holy sword nor to the demonic sword, but to humanity.
“Rapid Fire, start—!”
Tatattattattattat!
The underside of the meteor unfurled in all directions.
Rocks imbued with flames soared towards the celestial race, aiming precisely at the demons, piercing into their bodies.
“If it weren’t for the humans, I’d drop the whole space down, but protecting the humans led to this.”
Like a person spinning a handle of an umbrella to shake off raindrops, I flung meteor chunks towards numerous celestial and demonic races.
Naturally, the humans below the meteor are not affected.
‘Target. Beings outside the Intermediate Realm.’
Primarily, this magic targets celestial and demonic races first.
“Graaah—!”
As the blazing meteor came zooming down and crashed, it became obvious that both celestial and demonic beings died together.
“Lucius, wanna lend a hand?”
“Pardon?”
“Come over here and place your hand on my palm. Now.”
I pointed to the holy sword of the earth that was driven into the ground.
Lucius tossed a holy spear towards the enemy while placing his hand atop mine.
“Ah.”
“Starting to see it, huh?”
“…Yes. This requires tremendous mana manipulation…”
“The power of large-scale magic.”
It doesn’t harm humans at all, only attacking celestial and demon races.
Not just using magic, but extreme multitasking is needed to observe the entire battlefield.
No one else could do it but me.
“The meteor is like a magazine. Until this ball of mass fully diminishes, I can keep firing magical bullets.”
“…You’re mixing in wind too, huh?”
“With the wind. Exactly.”
Lucius gripped my hand tightly.
Golden mana flowed from Lucius’s hand, soon traveling through mine and the holy sword into the meteor.
And then.
Pababababam—!
Now, meteors engulfed in red flames began to hurl towards the enemy, leaving trails of golden light.
Just a moment ago, they were like the size of a person throwing a decent-sized rock, but now, the boulders flew toward the enemies at nearly the speed of sound.
“Should we change the shape too? Perhaps like yours?”
Through shape-shifting, I crafted the stones into projectiles.
“Pierce the enemy. Branch of Petrification, Mistilteinn.”
Previously, they were just fist-sized stones, but now, thick and sturdy stone spears as thick as Lucius’s forearm impaled the enemies.
Thunk!
The angels and demons struck by the stone spears began to slowly freeze in place.
As if a cockatrice made eye contact and petrified them, one by one, the angels and demons turned into stone and crashed to the ground.
Crack!
With a dull, unspeakable sound, the stone figures shattered into pieces.
“…Did we cut their numbers by half just now?”
It’s a story of the meteors, and also of the enemies.
“At least the celestial and demonic races present here seem to have been halved just by this attack.”
“…The problem is they can still increase in number.”
Lucius pointed at a distant black dragon, which was organizing its troops.
“Beel Zephar. Magic is inscribed on its wings to summon demonic races from the demon world.”
“Yep. It’s not just them. I closed the dimensional door at the Papal Office, but Lucifer opened dimensional doors in other places using humans.”
“…So do we have to go again?”
“Not exactly.”
I pointed to the sky.
“For now, let’s deal with those guys who are slowly coming back to their senses and thinking about how to attack us.”
On one side, there’s Luciel.
On the other side, Beel Zephar.
The meteor has now reduced to about half, and I must halt my magic momentarily to cool down my overheated magic core.
“Lucius. Take a break for a moment.”
“Yes.”
“Hoo, hoo.”
With each deep breath, I release the heat that has begun to swell within me.
I summon the meteor from a distance, stabilizing it just above the ground, and then crush it into small pieces to throw, ensuring none touch the humans—those that do should disappear as powder.
Sufficient results have been achieved, but if I continue, Asydia’s body will overheat too much.
“Lucius. Mind covering me?”
“Pardon?”
“I’ll handle the celestial races. You take care of the demonic ones.”
It feels a bit off fighting familiar faces directly, and I’m better at attacking angels.
“You’re the only one I can rely on this much.”
“…Like this?”
Lucius awkwardly stood behind me.
“There’s a gap here.”
I pressed my body closer to Lucius.
My heels almost fit a fist’s width between us, and only then did his body seem to stiffen in surprise.
‘So I guess he’s finally feeling the heat of the situation.’
It shows how dire the battlefield has become that he has to guard my back.
Clap, clap clap.
Just as I stopped the magic barrage, applause reverberated across the battlefield.
“You’re truly formidable. Sorceress of Crimson Lotus. Your magic skills are outstanding enough to be compared with the Demon Lord.”
Luciel approached, spreading her wings.
“Even managed to deal with me as a Demon Lord. Quite impressive, really.”
“Did you split yourself?”
“Yeah. I discarded the part of me that had weakened. To realize my complete self as the Archangel before the fall, I cut away the fragile Lucifer.”
Just as expected.
“…Casting a clone and severing your own consciousness to throw it out.”
“I had to do it that way. Otherwise, I would waver.”
Luciel extended both hands towards the sky.
“I fill this land with the Divine Power of the Moon Goddess, to meet with her once again. For that, I abandoned Lucifer. Sorceress of Crimson Lotus. No….”
“Khahaha!”
A gigantic black dragon approached, unfolding its wings.
The dragon bowed its head, and with a grotesque face hanging like a snowflake on its forehead, it let out a roar and reached its hand out forward.
“At last, we meet! You finally came! Ah, I knew it! If we kill and kill again, you would eventually appear!”
“…….”
I feel uneasy.
What that thing is going to say.
I need to shut its mouth—
“The witch is Bel Phegor!”
“…….”
“The person beside you, your master is ‘Demon King Bel Phegor’!”
With Beel Zephar’s shout, the entire battlefield froze.
‘That bastard?’
The humans beneath the meteor.
The angels aiming their spears at me.
And the demons that sprang forth from Beel Zephar’s wings.
“The witch is a liar! The soul residing in that witch’s body is the Demon King Bel Phegor! Hahaha! You’ve been fooled, Hero!!”
“…….”
He’s gone and done it now.
As anticipated, Beel Zephar seeks to end this battle by exposing my identity.
The problem is—
“…….”
Lucius simply stared straight ahead without saying a word.
I too, kept my weapon aimed straight ahead in silence.
Though we faced each other, it wouldn’t be strange if either of us turned against the other suddenly.
“Beel Zephar.”
Lucius said.
“Is the nonsense over?”
As he firmly pressed his back against mine, he extended the holy spear to the sides.
“Truly, your words are indeed correct. Beel Zephar. You attempted to deceive me with strange words.”
“…No, it’s real! That’s the Demon King! I summoned the Demon King! As soon as I summoned him, he squeezed out the remaining mana and fled using teleportation, that’s Bel Phegor!!!”
“Pathetic, Beel Zephar. Trying to incite me like that. Master.”
Lucius spoke with his back towards me.
“I will guard your back until this great magic ends.”
“…You really are my disciple.”
I pressed my back tighter against Lucius while extending my staff forward.
“I’ll leave the rear to you, Lucius.”
“Of course!”
For now.
“Large-scale teleportation magic, start. First, move all the humans elsewhere and fight.”
We will remove the greatest hindrance on the battlefield.
“Declaration.”
I don’t know if this will be the last battle or not.
“Thank you for your cooperation.”
The witch’s partner is.
“Hero.”
Always a hero.