The legend of the Crimson Demon clan started from Suqing

#406 - Explosion Magic VS Explosion Magic

When Kazuma and the others arrived at the fortress's outer wall, led by Kyoya Mitsurugi, they found that one side of the outer wall looked like it had suffered a strong impact and was about to collapse.

The devastating traces left by this attack were very familiar to the three of them.

Because these were the marks left by Explosion Magic.

Kazuma Sato used Clairvoyance to survey the surroundings. He knew that the user would be weakened after using Explosion Magic, but he didn't find any suspicious figures.

At this time, Kyoya Mitsurugi explained, "Wobach teleports here every time, casts Explosion Magic, and then teleports away, so it's impossible to catch her."

"What!?"

Kazuma Sato's expression changed drastically upon hearing this, and he immediately gathered his companions for a meeting and conveyed the matter to them.

"--Explosion Magic!?"

Megumin kicked away her chair and stood up.

"...Huh?" Seeing her, Kazuma Sato suddenly thought of something, and he said quietly to Yunyun, "Hey, when you were at the relay station inn, you said that the protagonist this time was someone else. Could it be Megumin?"

"You're right."

Yunyun replied with a smile.

Kazuma Sato wanted to ask something more, but Yunyun didn't reveal anything. However, he was relieved instead. Since Yunyun said so, she must have some confidence.

At this moment, Megumin, who had been standing still, suddenly flicked her cloak.

"I am Megumin! As the foremost Arch-Wizard of Axel, I am the one who has mastered Explosion Magic! I never expected that the opponent would be a member of the Demon King's army, call herself an evil god, and also be proficient in Explosion Magic... That person is the destined rival I have been searching for...!"

"Eeh? Eeh!?"

The first to react wasn't anyone else, but Yuiyui.

This Crimson Magic Clan girl, who was originally both a rival and a love rival, immediately complained loudly after hearing Megumin promote the Demon King Army executive to a destined rival, and then, in Megumin's 'If you want to be my rival, learn Explosion Magic!' the two started fighting again.

"Don't worry, Kazuma."

"Darkness?"

"It's okay, leave it to me. I have a proven track record of successfully taking Explosion Magic! I volunteer to be the bait, you just need to take care of the opponent who is full of openings after casting the magic!"

"Can't do it."

"Eh? Eh?"

Darkness couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"Speaking of which, were you even listening to what I was saying just now?" Kazuma Sato rolled his eyes and said, "Wobach can use Teleportation. She retreats after casting Explosion Magic."

"How could this be..."

This meant that even if Darkness could withstand the Explosion Magic, it would be useless, and she might not even be able to withstand it—the power of Explosion Magic increases with the increase of magic power.

Kazuma Sato scratched his head irritably: "Besides, who invented this tactic? Hit and run, it's too disgusting!"

"The Crimson Magic Clan."

"...What?"

"This tactic was invented by the Crimson Magic Clan." Yunyun spread her hands and said, "The Crimson Magic Clan often goes out for picnics, and the picnic spot is on a small hill not far from the Demon King's Castle, and after the picnic is over, they cast magic towards the barrier of the Demon King's Castle."

"Hey..."

"By the way, they don't take the trash away after the picnic either."

"Take it away! Clean up the trash that you created that will damage the environment!"

The Crimson Magic Clan seemed to have no awareness of protecting the environment.

—Or not.

It's just simply because that place is the Demon King's territory, and they are deliberately annoying the Demon King's army. As a result, now it's their turn to be harassed by the other side.

"It's self-inflicted."

"That's not true! I didn't go to a picnic near the Demon King's Castle, nor did I cast magic on the barrier, nor did I throw garbage!"

Kazuma Sato didn't like Yunyun's statement.

"I, I want to say."

"Aqua, what's wrong?"

"I want to say, although we came all the way here, the other party is just arbitrarily saying that she is an evil god. I think we should let her go this time. It's not because I'm scared, you think about it, I've never even heard of Wobach, this niche evil god, it seems too pitiful to bully her like this."

"Don't joke around."

This self-proclaimed goddess, who was the first to retreat upon hearing that the other party could use Explosion Magic and Teleportation, clearly no one asked for her opinion, but she opened her mouth and said these words that sounded like excuses.

Moreover, it was already too late.

When they were at the relay station inn, Kazuma Sato asked if they wanted to leave, and Aqua was the first to say that she wanted to stay.

Darkness was still comforting her companions: "Although it's a bit tricky, fortunately, the command of this fortress has been handed over to me, so there should still be a way."

"Command?" Kazuma Sato's eyes widened, "How did you..."

"I went to see the commander of the fortress. I told him that we have experience in repelling the executives of the Demon King's army several times, and then he said that he wanted to hand over the command to us."

"You idiot——!"

Darkness seemed to have caused a lot of trouble in places they didn't notice. After all, her doing so meant that the team had no way to escape in times of crisis, which was tantamount to cutting off their retreat.

Just then, a huge pressure descended from the sky.

Boom——

With a deafening roar, the fortress shook violently, and a lot of small debris fell from the ceiling. Everyone except Megumin hid behind Yunyun.

"Hey, you guys——"

"It's too dangerous, Yunyun, think of a way quickly!"

Everyone was extremely scared.

The members of the team who listened to Megumin casting Explosion Magic every day would certainly not mistake the sound just now. What shook this fortress must be Explosion Magic.

"Hmm... not bad."

"Megumin?"

"The vibration just now was quite good, plus the magic power fluctuation that came not long before the magic was cast, it must be quite a skilled Explosion Magic. It seems that the other party didn't learn this trick for no reason or on a whim."

"You're still commenting on it!?"

She was already a master of Explosion Magic, so after tasting the other party's Explosion Magic, she would naturally make an evaluation. It was no different from Yunyun and others knowing how much the other party had invested in swordsmanship when they fought.

Complaining aside.

However, everyone present had been influenced by Megumin's Explosion Magic, and they also knew that the accuracy of the shot just now was quite high. If they were to score it, it would be at least 95 points.

"Okay, let's go out and take a look."

"Wait a minute, is there any need? After all, didn't you just say that the guy can also teleport? It must be too late to go out now."

Seeing Yunyun planning to leave the room, Kazuma Sato immediately stopped her.

This was also the reason why he didn't know what to do.

Hit and run, no one can stop it, let alone it has exceeded the gun, reached the cannon... no, reached the missile level.

"Although I say that, we still have to go and take a look. Don't you think it's strange, Kazuma?"

"Where?"

"Wobach used two Explosion Magic spells."

"...Ah!"

Kazuma Sato suddenly woke up.

When they met Kyoya Mitsurugi just now, they had already been attacked by Explosion Magic, but less than a day had passed since then, and the other party had used Explosion Magic again.

You must know that even Wiz, who has strong magic power, can only cast one Explosion Magic spell a day, and then she will fall into a state of depression.

The ominous premonition made everyone rush to the outer wall.

This was where Kyoya Mitsurugi had taken Kazuma and the others before, a place that was attacked by Explosion Magic all day long, and what they saw when they arrived at the scene was only the part of the outer wall that had been turned into rubble, and the huge crater left on the ground.

Adventurers and knights seemed to have rushed over after hearing the explosion, just like them, and gathered at the scene. Seeing the destroyed city wall, everyone's faces were ugly.

"Hey, what's going on here?"

"Unbelievable, it's the second Explosion Magic!?"

"Didn't you say that you can only use it once a day? Could it be that a new Demon King's army executive has appeared!?"

"Mom, I want to go home!"

A sense of panic spread unconsciously in the scene. If the adventurers and knights stationed here could barely resist one shot a day, two consecutive shots were really unbearable for them.

This was no longer the last straw that broke the camel's back, but a towering tree pressing down.

"If this continues, the outer wall will soon be breached."

"But the problem is..."

"Ah, how did they do it?"

The elite troops of the Demon King's army are currently waiting in the forest near the fortress, and every time Wobach releases Explosion Magic, she will escape back there, and then come back after accumulating enough magic power.

But this time difference is about a day, and now it has become two shots a day...

It is also difficult to investigate.

The Demon King's army is not strong but numerous, and the forest is the territory of monsters. Without the protection of the outer wall of the fortress, and going to fight in the opponent's good terrain, they will lose.

That being said, even if they just stay in the fortress like this, after the outer wall is completely destroyed, the Demon King's army, which has been waiting for a long time, will attack at the moment when the opportunity is ripe.

This is already a dilemma, which belongs to chronic death, and now the word chronic can also be removed.

Many people looked haggard and dejected.

"Damn it."

Kyoya Mitsurugi gritted his teeth and looked at the forest.

On the other side.

The Demon King's army camp in the forest.

Because this battle is undoubtedly a protracted war, the Demon King's army has deliberately set up a camp and strengthened the defense around the camp to prevent anyone from carrying out a decapitation operation.

And in this camp, a demon who is not a member of the Demon King's army appeared.

"Thank you for your hard work, Lady Wobach."

"Don't call me Lady, I'm no longer your master."

"No, this is my respect for you."

"Eunice..."

Wobach looked at her old subordinate kneeling in front of her. The feeling of having her subordinate snatched away made her indescribable.

"Thank you for your magic power. But, is this really okay?"

"I'm just following the orders of the master... the current master."

"The current master?"

Wobach repeated with a complicated tone, and looked at the huge fortress a few kilometers away, and uttered a sentence.

"...What on earth is he thinking?"