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125. The Bond Between Humans And Demons
Just as Meriel risked her life to protect us…
Now it’s our turn to defend her—
Lilith, filled with strong resolve, glared at the boy clad in black.
“Seems you’re all fired up. For a mere human to challenge a Demon General… Don’t make me laugh, you pathetic prey of the demons… fuhihihi.”
Zarea sneered as countless scythes shot forth.
“[Thunder Bullet]!”
Lilith unleashed lightning to counter the attack.
The lightning, which was easily sliced through before, now held back the scythes in an explosion of light.
“The power’s increased—!”
An enormous surge of magical energy coursing through her body had greatly amplified her magical attacks.
“If it’s like this, we can do it!”
Feeling confident, she began chanting the next spell.
“Sweep away—[Garuda Blade]!”
The unleashed attack took the shape of a bird with outstretched wings, a powerful bolt of lightning.
Among Lilith’s magic, it was one of her strongest attacks.
The lightning bird smashed through the scythes in front of it.
“It seems you’re different from earlier!”
Zarea’s expression stiffened slightly.
“In that case, I’ll get a bit serious now.”
The number of scythes multiplied fivefold in an instant.
“Trying to overwhelm me with sheer numbers—”
Lilith bit her lip.
The lightning bird continued to scatter the incoming scythes, but there were too many.
Eventually, it was shredded and disappeared.
The remaining scythes closed in on Lilith.
There’s no way to counter them all—
“[Heaven’s Shell]!”
Alice’s incantation rang out from behind.
A golden dome of light surrounded them simultaneously.
“What is this—?!”
Lilith exclaimed in surprise.
It was a high-rank defense spell used by Dokratio, the S-rank adventurer known for supreme protective magic—[Adamant Barrier].
“It’s useless.”
Zarea’s scythes easily tore through the golden barrier.
“But still—”
Yet, the sliced barrier instantly regenerated.
The same defensive method Meriel had used earlier.
“So humans dare to mimic a Demon General?”
Zarea spat disdainfully and sent more scythes.
Though the golden wall was repeatedly slashed, it regenerated instantly and managed to hold its ground despite being pressed.
“I’ll fight too,”
Alice said, running up to Lilith’s side.
Looking back, a blue light enveloped Meriel’s fallen body.
“It’s a sustained healing spell. It should provide ten minutes of continuous healing, like emergency care.”
Alice explained.
Even her defensive magic showed that her sister’s magical abilities had significantly improved.
“I’d rather have you focus solely on healing, Sister.”
Lilith clenched her teeth in frustration.
“But stopping Zarea alone seems impossible for me. I’m sorry.”
“Meriel will be fine. She has a high life force, as expected.”
Despite her words, Alice’s face was tense.
“She’ll definitely be fine,”
She reassured, as if convincing herself.
“It’s best if we face this together.”
“Yes, you’re right. To properly heal Meriel—we need to defeat him first.”
She looked straight at the Demon General known as the Grim Reaper.
“Pierce, spear of the thunder god—”
Lilith chanted, almost like a song, and shouted:
“[Lightning Strike]!”
Normally, this was a high-level lightning spell requiring magical assistance to cast.
Now, she wielded it alone.
No—not entirely alone.
“This is the power of Meriel and me—”
—She could feel it.
Meriel’s magical energy flowed into Lilith, accelerating her own power.
Her magic surged exponentially.
“It’s pointless, I told you. My scythes sever and kill everything they perceive—every attack, every defense, all of your magic is completely—eh?!”
Zarea’s triumphant words were suddenly cut off.
With a sharp sound, several of his scythes shattered simultaneously.
Alice’s defense wall grew brighter and repelled the remaining scythes.
Lilith’s attacks, Alice’s defenses—
Together, they were pushing back Zarea’s swarm of scythes.
“The power of the magic… has increased? No, this is—”
Lilith unleashed one spell after another.
Flames, torrents of water, swirling to engulf and destroy the scythes.
“The quality of the magic itself… has changed—gh!”
Zarea was struck directly by a series of magical attacks.
The boyish Demon General retreated in a panic.
“W-what is this!? For a mere human to wound me—impossible!”
Zarea screamed.
“Don’t mess with me! Scum like you—prey—can’t hope to harm me!”
He wiped the blood from his cheek with his fingers and roared again.
“You think you can kill me?!”
“I don’t wish to kill.”
Lilith declared, resolute.
“I wish to protect my friends.”
“Shut up!”
Zarea yelled.
The scythes around him converged, fusing into one massive scythe ten meters long.
“I’ll kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill—!”
Enraged, Zarea swung the colossal scythe at them.
It rotated toward them with immense speed and power, likely dozens, even hundreds of times greater than before—
“[Heaven’s Shell]!”
Alice’s defensive spell activated once more, halting the attack.
The scythe, supposed to slice through all magic, was stopped.
“Why can’t it cut?! Damn it, why?!”
“You said it yourself. Anything you can perceive, you can cut.”
“Can you perceive our power now? The strength forged from the bond of humans and demons.”
Lilith and Alice spoke in turn.
“The power born from understanding Meriel.”
Their current magic was different.
It was not purely human magic.
Nor was it entirely demonic.
It was a fusion of both, an unparalleled magic—
“Impossible… humans and demons could never understand one another!”
Zarea shouted.
“Impossible… for mere humans to harm me!”
He raged like a child denied.
“Impossible, impossible, impossible, impossible, impossibllllle!”
“Yet it is possible. We connected our hearts.”
“And we gained this strength.”
Staves above their heads flashed in unison.
Lilith and Alice’s attire shifted, shrouded in a dark purple aura.
Their dresses became black swimsuits with red leather belts.
Their exposed shoulders and thighs shone with dazzling radiance.
The countless staves became particles of light, gathering in their hands.
The focused light transformed into long staves.
They glimmered with a black metallic sheen, crowned with blood-red jewels at their tips.
—The Demon Rods, Thousand Form.
Wielding the essence of a thousand magical arts, Lilith and Alice pointed their staves at Zarea.
“[Mana Fusion]!”
Together, they chanted.
Channeling the magic inherited from their friend into one.
“[Synchro], [Boost].”
Alice’s words amplified Lilith’s magical power to its peak.
Their energy surged within, setting their bodies ablaze.
“Pierce, spear of the Thunder Demon—”
The chant reached its climax.
“[Lightning Ra Gur Dire]!”
A bolt of entwined black and gold lightning struck from the sky, piercing Zarea.