Chapter 27
On the back of the Supreme Leader, the Black Knight surveyed the situation from above.
Reina was doing her best to lure the Supreme Leader. Although there was a slight feeling of danger, she was managing to evade the Supreme Leader’s attacks without getting hit.
There was no need to worry about Reina. No, the one the Black Knight needed to focus on now was neither the Supreme Leader nor Reina.
[How do you feel?]
The Black Knight asked the Gremlin, who now had only its head left. The Gremlin was silently staring into space before finally speaking.
[…Just kill me quickly.]
[Well, I still need to use you to the end.]
Yes, the Gremlin was bait. With things having turned out this way, the chances of the Gremlin surviving were non-existent. Therefore, it was only natural for the Black Knight to think of using it until the very end as bait to lure the New Humanity Association.
And indeed, whether his thoughts were correct, a monster appeared before his eyes.
A human-sized monster with the appearance of a cat beastman. It could be considered small for a monster, but the magnitude of its magical power was not small at all.
As expected, the identity of the cat monster was Bastet, an executive of the New Humanity Association and an S-rank monster.
Bastet frowned at the sight of the Gremlin’s head and opened her mouth.
[Oh, Gremlin, why have you become like this? With just your head left, I can’t believe you were once so terrifying. …Did you do this?]
The Black Knight, seeing Bastet’s expression, calmly replied.
[Yes.]
Then Bastet let out a chuckle.
[Ha, haha! This is a masterpiece! Who would have thought that the Gremlin, known for its cruelty, would end up like this! You’re truly amazing. So you made the Gremlin like this and used it as bait?]
A gleam shone in her eyes. Faced with that sight, the Black Knight slowly drew his sword.
[Ah, wait a minute. Don’t try to fight. Why are you acting so scary? Is it because you turned the Gremlin into this? No, we’re not worried about that. Now that the Gremlin’s position is vacant, how about you filling that position?]
The Black Knight quietly observed Bastet. Indeed, the New Humanity Association was trying to recruit him. Even though they had already assembled a monster force capable of fighting the country.
If he were to join the New Humanity Association, it would practically guarantee that the world would belong to monsters. The Black Knight’s power was that strong, while Reina, who had yet to fully awaken, represented a severely weakened force of magical girls.
—Of course, that said, the option of “compromising with the New Humanity Association” never existed for the Black Knight.
[Stop the nonsense and come at me.]
[Ah, why do men love to fight so much? Can’t we just let it slide? If you fight me, I won’t last ten minutes.]
The Black Knight charged in without a second thought, as if it was not even worth considering. Bastet laughed. It was truly absurd. Since becoming an S-rank monster, when had she ever had to fight as prey trying to escape from a predator?
That was how ridiculous the Black Knight was. Since it seemed that the Gremlin had no way to recover, what was important now was for her to survive and inform the New Humanity Association about the current situation. That was the task Bastet faced.
Without hesitation, Bastet jumped down from the back of the Supreme Leader.
And the Black Knight chased after her.
[I won’t let you escape.]
[“Don’t you know that a man with strong obsession is unpopular?”]
Whoosh, the Black Knight’s sword sliced through the air. While he spoke leisurely, it felt as if the urgency within him was burning. In this case, would he be able to endure, let alone survive?
However, Bastet was skilled at evasion compared to the other executives. She smoothly utilized her body’s flexibility to evade the Black Knight’s sword strikes.
“Is avoiding attacks your only talent?”
“Haha, sorry. I have no intention of facing you head-on.”
While exchanging words, I hurriedly needed to find a way out. Yes, I needed something that would draw the Black Knight’s attention—
“Hey, you seem really interested in the magical girls of South Korea. Is it okay if I play with you like this? If you’re not careful, the ‘Supreme Leader’ might just deal with the magical girls.”
“More importantly, you’re the bigger problem.”
Failure. The Black Knight’s sword strikes were becoming faster and faster.
“Well, is that really the case? In fact, we set a trap for the ‘Supreme Leader.’ If that gets triggered… all the magical girls will die!”
At those words, the Black Knight hesitated for a moment, but then… began moving again.
“Did you think I wouldn’t know that?”
“W-What?!”
Bastet couldn’t help but react to that statement. The Black Knight already knew what they had done? How could that be?
“Your shallow tricks are obvious. Don’t worry—before you have the chance to address that, it will all be over.”
Chills ran down my spine as the Black Knight swung his sword again. What should I do? Should I retaliate? It was too late. Swoosh! The blade grazed Bastet’s skin, and just from that, a deep wound formed on her arm.
“Hah… Hah…”
Just a graze, and this much damage? It was absurd. Although Bastet’s durability wasn’t exceptional for an S-rank, she was still above average compared to ordinary monsters. Naturally, her physical strength was on another level compared to regular monsters.
And for such a body to suffer this much from a mere graze, Bastet felt her mind going blank.
“W-Wait! If you really like magical girls that much, I’ll make them yours. Just take our hand, and we can turn any magical girl you desire into slaves who only know you. So, please…”
The Black Knight swung his sword with no hint of wavering, as if he were even angrier.
And at that moment. Bang! A massive boulder fell. It was the result of Reina somehow countering the ‘Supreme Leader’s’ attack. This created a tiny opening in the Black Knight’s assault.
Now! I had to escape right now. Bastet immediately activated her return spell.
And in that split second, just before Bastet was about to return—swoosh.
“—Huh?”
She returned. Finally back. As soon as she realized that, she felt a surge of one sensation.
“Gahhhhhhhhhh!”
Bastet clutched her shoulder in unimaginable pain. One side of her shoulder had already been severed by the sword.
No, it wasn’t just that. If it had been only that, her S-rank regeneration would have kicked in quickly. However, nothing was regenerating now. In fact, the pain was gnawing away at the part of her severed arm.
Screaming in agony, Bastet gritted her teeth.
…
As I stared quietly at the empty space where Bastet had vanished, I clicked my tongue in disappointment. It was a pity I couldn’t finish her off.
But it wasn’t entirely fruitless. By severing her arm with my sword, I had cursed her with my magic, so the chances of her plotting anything for several months would be slim. So it wasn’t a bad situation, I suppose.
…Still, the regret was inescapable. It was a chance to eliminate not one but two executives of the New Humanity Association.
I had no choice but to start running toward the now considerably distant ‘Supreme Leader.’
As Bastet said, there was a certain spell inscribed on the ‘Supreme Leader’s’ body. It was a spell that channeled part of the naturally recovering magic into a concentrated form towards the mountain it was holding.
If that were to activate, even if the magical girls managed to defeat the Supreme Leader, they would be in no condition to celebrate. South Korea, having lost more than 30 percent of its magical girl strength, would also suffer immense losses.
After all, they were pooling the magic of a monster equivalent to S-rank. It would be strange if its power wasn’t enormous.
…However, there were things the New Humanity Association’s monsters had overlooked.
One was that the ‘device’ relied purely on brute force. They probably thought there weren’t many beings capable of taking on S-rank strength directly.
And the second thing they overlooked was that they didn’t know how much power I possessed.
I suppressed the surging magic within me and watched in the direction the ‘Supreme Leader’ was heading. Soon, the battle between the magical girls and the ‘Supreme Leader’ would likely begin. Thinking that, Reina’s face naturally came to mind.
…Yes, I wonder how much she has grown. In the past, I believed in Reina as a ‘fan’; now, I was eager to test her strength as a ‘monster.’
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