Kuro no Maou

re attacked by the remaining five.

“Stakes.”

Similar to before, white bullets accurately shot down the 5 swords coming from above, left and right.
The 5 coming from the front were cleanly destroyed with one swing of the spear.

But, the distance between us is currently 3m.

If I take one step, I could cut her.
To take it on, she will have to bring back the spear used to destroy the swords.
But, in this close range, that will become a fatal mistake.

“haa!!!”

Dropping the baton, I held the hatchet with both hands and I stepped in to deliver a powerful slash.

Even though I have never learned swordfighting, but together with my enhanced body and the abilities of the hatchet itself, I can produce strength enough to cut through her aura along with her body.

The hatchet that was swung sideways, its blade certainly cut through her aura, but the moment it was about to reach her thin body,

*Gakin!!*

It was blocked with the spear that had somehow returned back to place.

“—-“

Our gazes crossed.

Even though expressionless, her eyes appealing to end this fight.

The fact that my attack, that was made while she had already swung her spear, was stopped means that she can make two swings with her weapon in the same time I swing once.
That’s how high her attack speed is.

If she is that fast, by the time I attack next, she could freely choose any part of body and pierce through it.

I can’t attack with the cursed hatchet anymore, bullets didn’t work in the first place, I used up all my swords with the last 10, and I have no way to counter-attack between the time her spear swings and attacks me.

Probably, Sariel is thinking the same thing.

And that will be my only chance at victory.

“—-now.”

From the shadow space I opened near my legs, I fire a single black needle from the darkness.

That needle is [Basilisk’s bone needle], a ‘cursed weapon’ I never got to use after buying it at Irz Village.

The moment it stabs, it starts corroding the body, a simple yet dreadfully effective poison needle.

If the wielder himself touches it he’ll also get poisoned so it is treated as ‘curse’.

But, this needle can pierce through Sariel’s aura, if I can hit her once more then I can deal a fatal blow.

And in actuality, the poison needle came into contact with the silver aura, started corroding it and flew directly towards the heart.

“Is this your trump card?”(Sariel)

And sure enough, the needle was unable to reach her heart.

“Kuh………”

The needle was fired at the same speed as that of a bullet but, Sariel moved faster than that, and that’s all it took.

The right hand that had not yet moved uptil now, before I realized it, had moved over her right chest to protect her and her palm had blocked the needle.

The needle that had pierced through her palm completely only reached her robe and stopped there.

Sariel who had taken it with her bare hands, the corrosion of the poison began to spread.

But still, Sariel without seeming even a little bit agitated, took a step back and used her spear to pierce through her whole palm along with the needle.

The needle was smashed, and the poisoned flesh was instantly shaved off, thus stopping the corrosion.

As blood gushed out, a painful looking hole could be seen on Sariel’s palm.

All I could do was be dumbfounded as I looked at this chain of events.

*Dotsu*

Suddenly, a shock ran through my left arm.

I realized that Sariel had attacked with her spear when I saw that the cursed hatchet had fallen to the ground.

“Guh……..”

Probably, my left wrist is broken.

It’ll heal by itself sooner or later but it won’t do so instantly, I don’t even have the time to pick up the cursed hatchet either.

All plans were broken through, and I don’t even have a weapon in my hands now.

I still have magical energy left, but I don’t have any magic that could be activated faster than Sariel attacking with her spear.

It was checkmate.
In this situation where I had nothing left to help me win, the regret and fear that I had subdued instantly spread within me.

I should have run away.
Should I beg for mercy? Someone save me.

——-I can’t think of anything better.

I’m pretty sure I’m currently sweating like crazy with a pathetically pale face.
Probably due to pity, Sariel’s spear had not yet pierced through me.

“…….wait a second.”

As my mind was in chaos, I remembered one thing.
A magic that could pierce through her aura and was also faster than her spear.

I didn’t hesitate even a second to use it.
My right fist had already become tight.

“Pile—–“

I raised my fist overhead and stepped in.

The activation process is simple.
Simply gather magic in my fist and release it.

Already, magical energy of density much stronger than the time I had first used it, gathered in my arm and swirled around.

The image is a drill, rotating at high-speed, I concentrate all the destructive power on the pointed end.

Eat this! My final useless struggle.

“BUNKEEEEEEERRRR!!!”

The swirling black fist was intercepted by white magical energy.

The first thing I felt was the sensation of that magical energy, next my brain recognised what I was seeing.
It was the sight of Sariel blocking my pile bunker with her bloody right hand alone.

From the hand that had blocked me, white magical energy was rotating in the reverse direction of my own.

Both the magical energies were nullifying each other out at the point where they touched.
And soon, my destructive black magical energy disappeared without any trace.

“…….so, it really was useless.”

As I finally felt a sense of complete defeat, a strong shock attacked my head.

The last thing I saw was the usual expressionless figure swinging the spear horizontally.

Sorry Lily, it seems I won’t be able to protect your village———

While thinking that, my consciousness was broken off.