Isekai Journey Of The Magic Archer

Chapter 426 Archmage Vs. Demon

The newborn demonic beasts weren't as strong as the pure demonic slime that I fought in the great forest.

That slime, which wasn't anything like a slime after turning into a demonic beast, was born directly from absorbing the thin demonic energy in nature. Accepting the pure demonic nature on his own, without anything forcing it.

That slime was different, but these creatures were born because of the dense demonic energy that must have exploded from the demon.

Compared to that one, these all were just kids. My enchanted arrows were enough to one-shot them.

There were also just a few of them, so I was done with my part in a few moments.

Rein was also finished as she mercilessly severed the heads of the three demonkins.

They had tried their best, using the power of their evolved bodies and the new demonic magic that they had gained after evolution.

They used some strange dark hands made of demonic energy.

They were strange magical hands, more like dark tentacles but, she used her movement skill and high evasion techniques. She was proficient in dealing with a semi-wild creatures like them so she was fine.

They tried their best. Destroyed the entire area. But she didn't have a scratch on her body after their brief confrontation that would definitely have felt like the longest eternity of their life.

They gained strength that few could ever achieve in their entire lifetime and we were talking about demonkins, beings that were a separate category from demons and humans.

They could gain strength and live in this nature as if demons having the ability to 'freely' live on earth.

They could also travel from hell and earth if they become as strong as higher nobles, the greatest and most absurd power they possessed.

That was the strength of a proper demonkin, but these newborn ones who didn't even know what they could do were just punching bags for her.

They died and their last words were naturally... 'how could a mortal have that much power?!'

"Fucking bastards." She cussed for the last time as she looked at her previously stunning dress.

Well, she was a witch who had more power than the three of them.

She also had her origin chains and short teleportation skill so their defeat was already decided. But still, those bastards succeeded in destroying her amazing dress.

She cussed at them last time and walked towards me with a frown.

"Good work anyway. I can take care of that, so don't worry." I patted her head, and she moved it to feel more of my hand.

She was confused about what I meant, but she didn't care about that.

The fight was exhausting even though she had only used her Aura and scythe techniques.

They took a lot of stamina, and three demonkins were no small thing.

She did great, and the dress was something mom and other ladies prepared for her, so the emotional value was more than the actual price.

It was important for her so I could use it this time.

(: Restore)

A special Solnova spell that could restore anything as long as it was entirely made of a certain energy.

And thankfully, her special dress was made of Mana thread, something that made the whole dress no less than a (tier-6) artifact.

It was a costly thing for a reason and the spell restored the damaged dress to the perfect shape, surprising her once again.

It was a difficult spell that usually takes me months to prepare. I only a had few of them so it was foolish to use them on a dress...

"Thanks, darling~! You're the best~!"

But seeing this smile while a demon was just trying to destroy the headmaster before us was worth it.

"Good work, you two. Looks like I can start the cleanup."

The headmaster was flying up, and he didn't shout those words. He just said it casually, and we heard them as if he was standing just before us.

That was strange but also cool at the same time.

But after he said those words...

-Ooooooooooooong.

A white shield covered the whole area we were in, as well as a transparent shield covered the two of us.

The headmaster was going to fight the demon... or kill him quickly so that we can go back, but he was going to show us something cool.

The demon was strong already. But he was also a lot more furious than he had been.

The surrounding area was devastated by the aftermath of their fight until now. The trees were already gone, and the ashen ground had deep cracks from the strong blows the demon used, but none actually even touched the headmaster.

His servants were also dead now, so he was even redder.

They could only produce a limited number of demonkins after all. It was a waste, using his power on those useless bastards, but he wasn't going to live to mourn over this loss.

He was angry. We were in an area that was already destroyed. There was a barrier covering this place and lastly, the headmaster was smiling.

"Eon, Elle. What do you think the specialty of this demon is?" he asked as he evaded another punch from the demon that again made a sound as if lightning struck just before us.

He was definitely strong, and the way he was using his innate physical strength was enough to answer his simple question.

"High physical strength, resistance, and demonic energy control?" Rein answered in an uncertain tone.

She couldn't see the stats of the demon, but she could easily read his basic strengths.

But her answer was only half correct.

"Blood magic and higher level strengthening techniques too. You already know those things though, headmaster." I added to her answer, and she looked back at the demon with a confused expression.

She didn't know how I came up with the blood magic but then she looked closely, very closely, used (Far see), a basic spell, and only then noticed a very thin skin-like red layer.

"Damn..."

It was unnoticeable, and she was surprised by how easily I noticed it.

The headmaster was also laughing at this, but he nodded at my question.

"You did see his status window. You're more interesting than I thought. Hahaha!"

He was laughing while standing before the demon and it angered the demon even more.

He was at his limit and couldn't go on as he had been anymore.

The demon took a step back as Rein looked at me with a surprised expression.

She was cute with that look, but the demon was boiling with anger. His pride as a noble was shattered when just a puny mortal was continuously laughing at his face, taking him for granted.

He was as red as lava now. The blood covering his body sprung out like a fountain and covered his whole body.

-Zuuuuuuuuu!

At the same time, black smoke started coming out of his body.

His huge body shrunk down and his big muscle became thinker but stronger.

His red eyes shined with new strength and the ground shattered as a huge wave of demonic energy covered the area.

-Booooooooooooom!

The ground was filled with a strange black liquid, and the area became something that would resemble a part of hell.

The atmosphere had already changed, and the dark clouds were ominous, but the demon was now smiling.

< "Die you, filthy bastard!" >

A strange murky brown light materialized on his hands and he aimed the hand towards the sky where the headmaster was still flying, looking down at the demon with a cool expression.

The demon frowned as he saw the calm expression on his face and the ray shot from his hands.

-Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim!

The power of that ray was unparalleled.

It was close to a (tier-8) destruction magic spell.

He was laughing as he shot that ray at the small target in the air, but the headmaster also smiled at the cute expression of the demon.

"It's a meaningless, poor demon."

The headmaster aimed his index finger toward the ray of light coming toward him.

He was far away, but I could see the small particles of Mana gathering on the tip of his finger.

The Mana had the color that was a mix of red, yellow, green, blue, and brown, all the five Mana affinities that he had.

The purity of the colors was also amazing and though I couldn't feel it, I knew this Mana was of the highest purity I had ever seen.

And this was Mana. Not even the Aether that he was most compatible with.

And as soon as this ray of pure Mana gathered and shot from his fingertip, the small ray of light that looked like a needle in front of the waterfall, like a black ray, pierced through the black ray!

-Boooooooooooooom!

The pure ray of Mana canceled his skill that could have been enough to kill a few demonkins.

And it was just Mana!

The ray he used was a high-level skill that could corrupt any kind of protective barrier and pass through it, but this simple ray canceled that great skill.

It was unbelievable... and the demon was speechless at the unexpected things.

"Didn't I say? You came at the wrong time in the wrong place. Now... bye-bye~."

The demon was stunned, the headmaster was smiling while looking at the two of us as if telling us to pay attention, and the sky was changing…

-Oooooooooooooooooong.

Yellow lines appeared in the sky.

They first created a circle that covered the whole area under the barrier that was affected by the demonic energy, then the lines started making a magic circle.

"High magic?" Rein mumbled as she looked at the one-kilometer big magic circle in the sky.

The scale of this magic circle was too great, so thinking that it was high-grade magic was normal just that it wasn't high magic.

"(tier-4) spell, the sword of light..."

It was somewhat modified, perfected would be a better word, but this giant magic circle was definitely the (tier-4) common light magic spell that we knew.

She was shocked at my words, but she didn't doubt them.

When looking closer at the half-finished magic circle, she could tell that it actually was the simple magic that even she knew about.

"Though the input energy is Aether."

I could tell from the structure of the spell... it was made to be used with a denser energy than Mana.

The magic circle itself was enough to remind me of the magic circles' grandma used, but they were special ones for Solnova.

They were perfect ones for Solnova, a level I was still far away from but this magic circle special for Aether... it was the perfection* every mage dreams about.

The magic circle that covered the sky looked impeccable.

We were speechless as we looked up but the demon had an earthquake occurring in his eyes.

He didn't know what that thing was but he could clearly sense the great power that spells contained.

I knew he must have felt death at this moment. A powerless feeling one would feel even though one considers themselves strong.

It was natural though... he might be a noble of the second hell, but he was facing the worst opponent he could.

His death was decided as soon as he was summoned here. It was foolish to summon him near the city, to begin with.

'Which dumb person summons a demon some distance away from the capital city of the greatest nation?'

It would be different if it was inside the capital or in some faraway place, like some remote human habitat.

But, well, it was the end for him...

-Ooooooooooong.

Light started to gather around the center of the giant magic circle.

The gathered light condensed and took a shape of a giant sword, and the sword started descending towards the ground, towards the demon.

The demon was startled, but he gathered the demonic energy and created a dark shield, as well as many thin red shields.

-Shuuuuuuuuuuuuu.

The sword of light that seemed like a (Sword of judgment) a (tier-6) holy spell fell towards the ground.

-Crk. Crk. Crk. Crk...

The spell sword was big enough to cover the whole sky and as it fell towards the demon, as soon as the tip of the sword touched the barriers, the barriers popped off like some soap balloons.

< "Bastards...!" >

The demon screamed as he looked up at the headmaster and then at the two of us who were safely watching the demise of the demon.

The ones who created the spell were one thing, but we were different. 'Why were two kids who helped that bastard unharmed?' would have been the thought on his mind.

He couldn't look at the two unharmed children... so he gathered the black ray of light once again and the light was shot toward us.

"Tsk." Rein clicked her tongue. It was a useless last-ditch try.

This was an Aether barrier. Not even high magic would have been able to pierce through this one.

-Biiiiiiiiiim.

And it happened just like she thought.

The ray of light that was shot towards us faster than we could have been able to react to collided with the barrier and just vanished into thin air as if the barrier ate it.

We were fine, just as we had been, and still looking at the falling sword and the shocked demon.

-Creeeeeek.

The sword broke the last black barrier and fell on the head of the demon.

< "KHAAAAAAAAAAA!" >

A spell with a purity that was as good as my (White light) attribute from Don. And he was a demon, too.

The way his body was burned as the sword of light bisected him would be similar to the highest known pain unit.

The way he screamed was evidence of the unbearable pain from his whole being slowly sliced in half and at the same time burning from the inside out.

It must have been terrible... but she was happy.

"Good." she nodded as the sword finished its work and vanished.

He hadn't done anything yet, but he deserved it.

And he was dead now. The light from the spell affected his whole being.

And he was just a low-level demon noble, too. It would have been difficult if he were a great demon, but he wasn't, so it was finished.

The demon was dead and the body that was cut in half was filling the area with the demon's blood.

The area was being polluted even further.

'It would be good to collect some materials before he cleans things up.'

It might be useful, so that was it.

The headmaster came down from the air and I looked around the destroyed area.

There was a demon body, the bodies of three demonkins, and some of the demonic beasts. There would be corrupted energy cores from each one of them too.

It was a nice experience, but more than that, I was looking forward to how he cleaned this polluted area.

'As well as if we get our share from this hunt...'

We killed some of them, so it was only natural that some of them would belong to us, right?