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The battle raged fiercely.
Despite Glacie's participation, who had annihilated a legion of the Human Empire's forces, the demons were too numerous.
Moreover.
'Who knew that merciless-looking bastard was a healer.'
A giant demon standing in the center of the demonic horde.
He seemed three times larger than the other demons.
His burly muscles and the towering horns on his head immediately identified him as a legion commander.
A thick, gray mist emanated from his body, spreading widely.
Demons within the mist were quickly healed of any wounds they sustained.
Unless they were killed instantly.
It was difficult to reduce the number of demons with ordinary critical hits.
The individual combat prowess of the demons was also on a different level compared to the previous demonic wave.
In the midst of all this, there were also figures in the 4th-grade formation who were displaying overwhelming power.
First, there were Bonita Fortis and Stella Cloud.
Slash!
Thud!
There were demons emitting tremendous magical energy, wielding uniquely shaped weapons, or attacking with even tougher claws.
But for Bonita and Stella, they were nothing more than sword practice dummies.
The two of them were cutting down demons as if in a competition.
Regardless of whether the demons' wounds were immediately healed by the mist emitted by Legion Commander Unos.
They inflicted even greater wounds before the injuries could heal.
Or they simply ended their lives with a single stroke.
Thump, Thump.
Another display of overwhelming power came from Latia Meridiem.
Realizing that ordinary wide-area attack magic would not work due to Legion Commander Unos's mist.
She threw the demons into confusion with all sorts of unconventional magic combinations.
She was currently burying dozens of demons in a sinkhole with earth elemental magic prepared over a long period.
In addition, she created a fire tornado in the area where the demons were gathered by loading wind elemental magic with fire elemental magic.
She also precisely controlled sharply honed wind elemental magic to instantly sever the demons' necks.
The other grade formations were also engaged in a fairly even battle with the faculty at the forefront.
But there were too many demons.
Even now, demons continued to pour out of the gate.
"These drab guys just keep coming," Glacie said indifferently, having slaughtered the most demons so far.
"Should I just finish them all at once?" Davian asked, wielding his mana sword.
"Glacie, can you finish them all at once?"
"If I bring all my power from the spirit realm at once? I think I can. But I'm not sure exactly."
Davian shook his head.
"No. If you use up that much power already..."
Neither the Demon King nor his direct subordinates, the Three Demon Lords, had appeared.
And this was only the first quest.
Davian looked up at the sky.
Instead of the sun that had already crossed the mountain ridge, a faint moon had risen.
He had to finish this quest before midnight.
"Glacie."
"Yeah?"
"Can you just clear a path? Up to that big guy in the center."
Glacie glanced around at the demonic horde for a moment before answering.
"I will escort you in an ice chariot, Contractor."
Thump.
Glacie stamped her foot once.
As if a red carpet was being laid, a long, blue ice sheet spread out.
The destination was the location of Legion Commander Unos.
"You've ridden in it before, right?"
Glacie waved her hand in the air, and an ice chariot appeared.
It was similar to the one she had shown when escaping the poisonous cave before.
The difference was that the front was longer and gradually tapered to a point.
The chariot was shaped like a snow sled with a large cone embedded in the front.
Whoosh.
In the meantime, one of the demons swung a massive weapon.
Crack.
Glacie turned her head and glared, and the demon froze in place, still holding its weapon.
"These drab things always have to interrupt when I'm talking."
Glacie flicked her hand.
The frozen demon's body shattered as it was.
"Let's go, Davian."
"Yeah."
Davian and Glacie climbed onto the chariot.
Just as Glacie was about to start the ice chariot.
Thud.
Bonita approached and grabbed the chariot.
"I'm going too."
"You too?"
Bonita Fortis nodded.
"Glacie, can I ride too?"
"Of course. You're Davian's friend."
Bonita lightly lifted herself and climbed onto the back of the chariot.
"Bonita, it could be dangerous."
"I know. But Eden really wants to go."
"Eden?"
Eden.
That was the name of the ego sword Bonita Fortis was holding.
"Yeah."
"Didn't you say you hate getting demon blood on you?"
Bonita, who seemed to be talking to Eden, was silent for a moment before answering.
"Alright. I won't try to do it alone. But."
"But?"
"If I think I can do it myself, you have to back off. Is that okay?"
"Yeah."
Bonita Fortis, who was growing stronger day by day after obtaining the ego sword Eden.
But the opponent was the #1 Legion Commander.
'There's no way she can handle him alone.'
But since she wasn't insisting on doing it alone, there was no reason to leave her behind.
"Then let's go. Glacie, start."
"Okay."
Whoosh.
The cone attached to the front of the chariot began to spin rapidly.
"Oh, Glacie. You're smart, aren't you?"
"Departing."
The ice chariot slid quickly across the ice sheet.
Crash! Bang!
Any demons blocking the path were hit by the rapidly spinning cone and bounced to the sides.
Since the front was so pointed, no demon dared to block it head-on.
Demons rushing at the sides of the chariot were simply cut down by Davian and Bonita's swords.
The ice chariot was quite fast.
But there were so many demons that it took a considerable amount of time to reach the center.
Finally.
They arrived in front of the largest demon, who could be seen from afar.
Legion Commander Unos, who was emitting a gray mist.
"A spirit, huh? Such influence in the human realm. A tricky fellow has appeared."
"What are you saying, drab thing? My friend told me to conserve my power, so I'm not even using half of it."
Legion Commander Unos smiled wryly.
"You will have to bring out all your influence here. Or you will perish here."
Glacie turned her head and looked at Davian.
"Davian. Can I just kill this drab guy right now?"
Drab guy?
The opponent was the strongest demon among the five Legion Commanders.
"No. You have to conserve your power."
"Until when?"
He didn't know.
'Quest #1, which goes on until midnight. There will probably be a #2 as well.'
The final boss would be the Demon King.
An entity that even seven dragons couldn't destroy when they combined their power long ago.
"Until the Demon King appears."
"Alright. For now, I'll only use as much power as I need to recover, as you say, Davian."
It wasn't that she hadn't been doing anything so far.
But Glacie was refraining from using excessive power according to Davian's instructions.
If it hadn't been for Davian's request, half of the demons that had crossed over here would have already been wiped out.
'I have to save my strength for now.'
It wasn't just Glacie.
Davian was also conserving his strength as he fought.
They didn't know the power and forces of the Three Demon Lords who would appear next.
As if commanded by Legion Commander Unos, the demons began to move away from Davian and his party.
A large circle formed in the center of the tens of thousands of demons.
"I will kill you, presumptuous spirit."
Unos had only been talking to Glacie since earlier.
It seemed he didn't even consider Davian and Bonita, who were humans, as targets to be wary of.
"Me? You, drab guy? That's ridiculous, really."
"It would be impossible here. You can just escape to the spirit realm."
"Escape? Me? Davian, can I just kill him now...?"
Glacie looked around in confusion.
Davian and Bonita did the same.
'We have to get out of here!'
The surroundings darkened rapidly.
The flow of air had changed.
It was a different feeling from when they were trapped in Oblivio's subspace.
This feeling was...
'A dungeon!'
The place they had entered and exited hundreds of times to destroy the dungeon core.
The sense of space that was only felt in those dungeons.
The surroundings were not yet completely dungeonized.
If they left now, they could escape.
At that moment.
Swoosh.
Bonita drew her sword.
'Wait.'
Even if they could escape.
What about then?
They had pushed this far just to catch the Legion Commander.
They would be running away again.
'If this goes on, the situation will only get worse after midnight.'
Clatter.
An ice sword appeared in Davian's right hand.
'What the heck. It's a bit disadvantageous, but I'll catch him here.'
Soon, the surroundings were completely engulfed in darkness.
The sounds of the noisy battlefield gradually faded and then disappeared completely.
As the surroundings brightened, the form of a huge underground cave was revealed.
It was shaped similarly to the room where the dungeon core was located.
And.
Thump.
Legion Commander Unos revealed himself.
"You cannot escape here, spirit."
Glacie tilted her head.
"Who said I was running away? Me?"
Then.
"Davian, I'll go in first."
Bonita dashed forward.
Davian was about to dash forward as well.
Whoosh.
Bonita's sword vibrated finely and emitted a bright red aura.
It looked like a flame at first glance, but its shape was sharp.
The bright red aura completely covered the ego sword Eden's body and instantly increased its size.
Whoosh.
Bonita Fortis, with her red hair, swung the even redder sword greatly.
It seemed that the length had increased fivefold due to the aura overflowing from the sword.
A dark black magic power gushed out from Legion Commander Unos's hand.
Slash!
Bonita's sword lightly cut through the magic power and pierced into Legion Commander Unos's neck.
Even though the sword's blade had increased to over 5 meters.
Bonita's swordsmanship was still sharp and clear.
"What is this aura...!"
Legion Commander Unos quickly disappeared and reappeared behind Bonita.
Unos emitted magic power towards Bonita's back.
Whoosh.
Bonita's sword, which had pierced the air, rotated greatly.
Slash!
This time as well, it lightly split the magic power as if cutting through smoke.
Thud.
Glacie placed her hand on Davian's shoulder, who was standing still as if he was about to dash forward.
"Your friend. I think I can watch for a bit?"
Davian nodded.
"I guess so."
Clang!
Legion Commander Unos gathered magic power and created a weapon.
Bonita's red sword and Unos's black sword clashed intensely.
"What is such a weapon doing in the hands of a human?"
Bonita, who had deflected Unos's sword, regained her stance.
"The friend standing over there gave it to me."
"A great weapon indeed. But nothing will change, human."
"Really?"
The red aura of the ego sword Eden grew even thicker and longer.
"Demon boss. What's your name?"
"Not a boss, but a Legion Commander. My name is Unos, the Legion Commander leading the Acheron Legion."
"My name is Bonita Fortis. This sword's name is Eden. But you know."
Whoosh, Whoosh.
Bonita spun the giant sword over her head.
"Do you know what it means that I rushed in and Davian is just watching?"
Legion Commander Unos tilted his head.
"It means you're going to die in my hands today, you demon bastard."
Having finished introducing themselves.
Bonita Fortis called Legion Commander Unos a demon bastard.
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