The legend of the Crimson Demon clan started from Suqing

#129 - Crossing

To defeat that thing, you either need to bombard it with overwhelming firepower until it doesn't have time to regenerate, or continuously damage it, forcing it to regenerate its head repeatedly until it runs out of magic, and then deliver a fatal blow. Those are the only two options.

But neither of those is very practical.

Firstly, Zun Zun doesn't have magic as violent as Explosion magic. Although he has a lot of magic power, upper-level magic is just upper-level magic, and its power won't be that strong.

Secondly, this Chimera has a terrifying amount of magic power, even more than the Demon King Army executives. Even if the three of them combined their magic power, it wouldn't be as much as the Chimera's. By the time it runs out of magic, they might have kicked the bucket already.

Damn it!

Is there any way…

Wait a minute, is the magic power that the Chimera possesses really its own?

Zun Zun suddenly remembered seeing the sentence in the diary, "Why not just stuff a magic stone into its body?"

Thinking about it carefully, could it be that the old geezer found a magic stone with powerful magic and stuffed it into the Chimera's body to serve as an energy source? And what I felt just now was actually the magic power of that magic stone?

If that's the case, as long as we take out the magic stone and make the Chimera lose its source of power, wouldn't we be able to defeat it?

Thinking of this, a flash of inspiration struck him.

"Chris, can you steal something from the monster's body?"

"…That's impossible! If there was such a powerful skill, thieves wouldn't be a lower-level class, but an upper-level class!"

I thought so!

It's not like everyone is like Gilgamesh, able to easily steal people's hearts. Sato Kazuma being able to steal a Dullahan's head is already a bug!

"Ah, how troublesome!"

While Zun Zun was scratching his head, he noticed that the newly grown fire-attribute dragon head of the Chimera had some scars, obviously they had already decided who was the big boss.

"No choice, cut off its head again!"

With the idea of stalling for more time, Zun Zun charged up again, but he didn't know if this newly grown fire-attribute dragon head had gained a bit of intelligence. The Chimera spat out flames, trying to force back Zun Zun who was charging up.

"Useless! Upper-level Water Creation!"

Zun Zun raised his left hand, releasing water magic to soak his whole body again, while at the same time creating a water curtain. In the gap where fire and water combined to form steam, the Sword of Light shot out straight towards the Chimera's neck—

However, before he could succeed, the corner of his eye caught sight of a venomous snake with its mouth wide open, ambushing him from an extremely insidious angle.

"What!?"

Only then did he suddenly realize that the venomous snake attacking him was the Chimera's tail. Forced to change his target, he twisted his waist and forcibly cut off the venomous snake's tail and pulled away.

"This is bad!"

"Ah…"

Under the gaze of the three, the venomous snake's tail also regenerated.

This monster has a lot of magic power, but because its intelligence is not high, it's not strong. What makes it troublesome is that it has a super strong self-healing ability. Even if you keep cutting it, it can regenerate in a very short time, unless you destroy or steal the magic stone!

"…Is it there!?"

Zun Zun stared intently at the Chimera, realizing that the magic power content in its heart was the highest, obviously the magic stone was there.

"Chris, if I forcibly break open its chest, can you steal its heart?"

"I don't know, but I can try."

"OK, I'm going!"

Having received a reply, Zun Zun held the Thunder Sword, stomping on the ground with a speed that seemed to tear space apart, and in the blink of an eye, he arrived in front of the Chimera.

"You give me…be quiet!"

He raised the Thunder Sword in his hand, making a gesture to insert it into the Chimera's chest, but the magic sword, which had always been invincible and even cut off the Chimera's head, had completely lost its effect at this moment.

"Magic Invalidation!?"

Chris widened her eyes.

The magic sword was blocked by something flashing with strange runes. A magical barrier also appeared on the Chimera's chest, not only completely dissolving the magic, but the Chimera's lion paw also slapped him away fiercely.

"Pu—!"

Zun Zun flew back at an even faster speed than when he came. Chris hurriedly ran over to help him up.

"Zun Zun, are you okay?"

"Cough cough…I'm actually fine. More than that, what's with the Magic Invalidation you just mentioned?"

"That, I once saw it in a certain dungeon. It seems to be some kind of special rune, and its effect is to invalidate magic."

Chris said this.

Rubbing his chest and panting, Zun Zun had already converted what she said in his mind.

—I am a goddess, so I know that is a celestial rune, the effect is to invalidate magic.

"Hey, isn't that completely hopeless then!?"

"…It seems so."

The two seemed to be completely helpless against it.

The Chimera seemed to have realized this as well, and its two dragon heads showed extremely human-like sinister smirks.

However, without a moment of sympathy for the helpless Zun Zun and Chris, Princess Iris immediately rushed to the battlefield.

"—Extelion!"

While shouting this, Alice swung her sword while still very far away. That standard longsword, whose size was not very suitable for the petite Alice and seemed old and ordinary, was just the opposite of its long and large appearance, gliding lightly through the air—

Then, without any warning, it smoothly cut the Chimera, which was pouncing towards the two, in half, as if cutting butter.

"Eh…?" X2

Zun Zun and Chris couldn't help but cry out in surprise, and at the same time turned their heads to look at Alice, who was standing with her sword sheathed. She smiled and said to the two:

"Please rest assured, I will protect you!"

"Alice!"

"…By the way, where did you get your longsword?"

The two rolled and crawled behind Alice. Although it was a bit embarrassing to be protected by a little girl, in the case of Magic Invalidation, he and Chris really had no way.

"This? I just grabbed a weapon from the warehouse at random."

Does a casually grabbed weapon have such power? Also, what was that move just now?

Alice seemed to notice Chris's doubts and said: "This move can only be used by those who are recognized by the sacred sword passed down from generation to generation in our family. It's a special move that can unleash a strong slash. It's a pity that if it were the sacred sword, the power should be even stronger."

With such strength, why would they need a reincarnator to fight the Demon King? The royal family could take down the Demon King themselves, right? Seriously, maybe the idea of becoming the Demon King should be put on hold for now.

"That's right! Hurry, Chris, use Steal on the Chimera!"

"Ah!"

Unfortunately, the Chimera's recovery speed was too fast. Before Chris could react, it had returned to normal again. This time, the Chimera, which hadn't lost two heads, didn't have any infighting.

"Tch!"

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Chris clicked her tongue unwillingly and said to Alice, "Can you use that move just now again?"

"No problem! This move doesn't consume much! —Extelion!"

While speaking, Alice came again, and the Chimera was once again split in two like butter. Honestly, they might as well just consume the monster's magic power like this.

"Look, everyone, is that it!?"

Chris pointed to a blood-red jewel in mid-air, which seemed like a real heart as it inhaled and exhaled, and it was emitting a terrifyingly powerful magic power at this time.

"That's it! Chris!"

"Leave it to me! Steal—!"

That's right, it's over like this!

Chris is the incarnation of a goddess. Her luck is even higher than Sato Kazuma's. Stealing a magic stone is a piece of cake, right?

Just as Zun Zun thought this, the light dissipated, the Chimera returned to its original state, and Chris didn't have the jewel in her hand either.

"…Huh, what's going on?"

"This is bad, this guy's recovery speed is too fast, my skill isn't working well!"

"Damn it, is that so!?"

But if they just consume its magic power like this, they don't know who will fall first in the end. In order to prevent accidents from happening…there's no choice, he can only go himself.

"Iris, use that move again, I'll go snatch that jewel back!"

"Okay! —Extelion!"

When the Chimera was once again cut in half, Zun Zun quickly rushed out and snatched the jewel that was constantly responding like a beating heart.

"Okay, succeeded! Now's the time! Go, Iris!"

"Okay! —Extelion!"

It was this super-strong skill that was used as a normal attack again. Zun Zun was already used to it, but he still wanted to say one sentence.

"—The royal family is too BUG!"

The Chimera, which had lost its powerful self-healing ability, was killed by the princess who could easily slay dragons.

Just as Zun Zun was relieved, the jewel in his hand emitted a bright red light, and a black vortex began to appear with the jewel as the center.

"…Huh?"

"Zun, Zun Zun, quickly throw it away!"

"I want to, but I can't throw it away ah ah ah!"

The jewel seemed to have a powerful suction force, sticking tightly to Zun Zun's hand. Chris and Alice wanted to come over, but Zun Zun stopped them.

"Don't come over, you'll be affected…!"

Before he could finish speaking, he was sucked away by the vortex, and then the space returned to normal again, leaving the two looking at each other.

…

Bili Bili

A black hole appeared, accompanied by a strong electric light. Zun Zun landed on the ground in a backflip from the cloud top, still holding a red jewel in his hand. Although he made a cool Terminator entrance, it was a pity that there was no one around.

After everything was over, he slowly stood up, with a dazed look in his eyes: "Where did this take me? Is this still *Konosuba*?"

Looking around, he found that he was in an unfamiliar room. The decoration was not luxurious, and the room only had a bed and a table, simple and ordinary.

Seeing the door, he subconsciously pushed it open.

Opening the door, what came into view was a mature woman wearing a black suit. Her beautiful face seemed a little tired because of fatigue, and the sound of the door opening seemed to startle her.

After seeing Zun Zun, this woman slowly took out a cigarette from her arms, lit it, took a deep breath, and said: "Are you sending out assassins at this time? You should know that I am the third strongest in the original world. Are you looking down on me too much? Kid, who sent you here?"

Assassin? Me?

Only then did Zun Zun realize that he was still wearing a convenient ninja outfit.

But before he could explain, he saw two dark gun muzzles pointing at him.