Free Web NovelChapter 329: 329 KonoSuba 54
After a good rest, the next day arrived. Our main force began preparations for battle under Kazuma’s command. Darkness stood at the very front, wearing the armor I had made for her and wielding the holy sword Arondight. Looking at the scene alone, it was quite majestic — but the problem was Darkness’s expression. She was excited again.
’Honestly... I don’t even know anymore.’
Just then, Kyouya, who was preparing beside me, said,
"Let’s go."
"Yeah."
I wasn’t nervous, but Megumin and the two women in Kyouya’s party — I think their names were Creamy and Fio — looked quite nervous, their expressions poor.
I patted Megumin’s shoulder to help her relax.
"If you get nervous over something like this, you can never become the strongest mage. There will be stronger and more numerous enemies at the Demon King’s castle, so steel yourself. You need to show everyone a magnificent side of yourself."
Hearing my words, Megumin took a deep breath and began to relax.
"Hoo... you’re right. I can’t stop here." fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm
We moved to our designated positions and waited, watching as the main force gradually engaged the Demon King’s army. With Darkness leading the way to draw aggro, and Yunyun and Nerimaki providing fire support, the Demon King’s army had no choice but to be pushed back helplessly. Their accumulated skill was a factor, but being able to maintain such powerful firepower was definitely thanks to the items I’d carefully made for them.
Bang!! Boom!! KABOOM!!!
Kyouya’s party, watching this, looked amazed at their performance.
"Wow, amazing! So these are the Crimson Magic User and Kurohime, rumored to be the strongest mages. Impressive. Should we get a mage too?"
As Kyouya pondered, Megumin said boastfully,
"Ahem! It’s a shame I’m not in that position. You would have seen an even more magnificent sight!"
"Oh~ so you’re also an outstanding mage?"
"Of course!"
"I see. I’ll look forward to your performance against the Demon King executives."
"Leave it to me."
I don’t know what kind of baseless confidence this girl — who only knows Explosion magic — has.
Anyway, as countless Demon King soldiers fell, the two female executives finally began to move, having been watching the situation from a hill in the back.
"They’re finally moving."
"We’d like to take the pink-haired executive. This one (Megumin) has business with her."
"Got it. Then we’ll take the Demon King’s daughter."
We agreed on that and waited. Then, as Wolbach and the Demon King’s daughter stepped forward to join the battlefield, we blocked their path.
"You are Mitsurugi and Silver Flash. As expected, you were waiting for us to come to the battlefield."
"You’re here too, young lady. It’s been a while. I saw you join the formation yesterday."
The Demon King’s daughter and Wolbach, not having seen us on the battlefield, had apparently expected something like this.
"Nice to meet you. I don’t know the reason, but I suppose there’s no helping it now."
"Yeah..."
Megumin and I moved toward Wolbach, while Kyouya’s party moved toward the Demon King’s daughter. The Demon King’s daughter chuckled and said confidently,
"You’ve already chosen who you’re going to fight, have you? Fine! We’ll play along."
I recall the Demon King’s daughter had a setting where she was quite a handful for the Demon King. I couldn’t judge from just a brief look, but I suspect she was a tremendous tomboy.
Megumin and I moved to an open area next to Wolbach. This was to avoid harming our allies, since Megumin and Wolbach were both powerful mages.
Taking our positions, I drew my sword.
"Let’s begin. This should be sufficient."
"Yeah."
With Megumin waiting behind, I approached Wolbach quickly and swung my sword.
"Hah!"
As I moved at tremendous speed, Wolbach urgently teleported nearby, narrowly evading my slashes.
"As expected, you’re not an easy opponent — you’ve captured many executives."
Wolbach, having sensed from that attack that I was not an easy opponent, began to sweat cold and grow tense.
I continued to pursue her quickly, trying to cut her down.
"Tch! Light of Saber! Cursed Lightning! Energy Ignition!"
She wasn’t staying still either, teleporting continuously and firing magic — almost double chanting. Despite using advanced magic, she cast quickly. This showed how powerful a mage Wolbach was.
KABOOM!!! BAM!!! BOOM!!!
Naturally, I had no intention of taking such attacks. So I evaded all her magic in zigzags and kept chasing.
"Dammit, you’re persistent! Tornado! Bottomless Swamp! Cursed Crystal Prison!"
Shwoosh!
Maybe sensing she had no other option, she began casting wide-area magic to try to bind my feet. So I started firing ranged attacks consecutively.
"Gale Slash!!"
"Guh!"
Swish swish swish swoosh!!
Again, Wolbach quickly teleported and dodged. My attacks only tore up the empty ground.
"This is dangerous... should I retreat?"
As Wolbach said that, Megumin heard her and shouted,
"Are you going to run away again?"
"Little lady, I’m sorry, but I didn’t know Silver Flash was this strong. Besides, I’m alone and you’re two."
"I haven’t done anything yet."
"Doing nothing is still distracting!"
Wolbach frowned and said to Megumin. She had a point. In a tense battle situation, having a threatening presence nearby — even if they did nothing — would be distracting.
"Sorry to interrupt the conversation, but I think I’ve waited long enough. I’m going to attack now, so don’t call me unfair."
"I never thought you’d wait this long. Silver Flash, you’re quite a gentleman. Anyway, fine."
And so the battle continued, but the situation remained unchanged. I would chase and attack or fire ranged attacks; she would teleport away, create distance, and counter with magic. This continued. As a result, the surrounding area was becoming completely devastated.
BOOM! BAM! SWOOSH—!
Then suddenly, Megumin’s shout rang out.
"Get back, Taejin! Explosion!!!"
KABOOOM!!!
Megumin hadn’t aimed at us but in another direction — precisely at the moment Wolbach teleported, she timed her Explosion magic perfectly. Moreover, checking with my [Eyes], Wolbach had taken heavy damage from the Explosion, meaning Megumin had accurately predicted her teleport location and fired.
"How did you predict that?"
"Teleportation magic can only set a few fixed locations, so I could roughly guess. I’ve been watching carefully."
"Impressive?"
"I was top of my class at magic school, you know."
Megumin was quite smart, after all. The problem was that she used her intelligence in strange directions.
As the dust gradually settled, Wolbach’s figure was revealed. One of her arms was gone, and about half her body was severely burned and blackened. Seeing a beautiful woman in such a pitiful state was a bit hard to watch.
"Ugh..."
Wolbach tried to come to her senses and teleport away urgently, but this time I was faster.
"Skill Bind!"
"O-oh no..."
Wolbach, unable to teleport, looked extremely troubled. Skill Bind is a thief skill that seals the target’s skills.
"Give up. You can’t escape."
"Ha... I suppose so. I never expected it to end like this."
Then Megumin asked Wolbach with sad eyes,
"What did you think of my Explosion magic?"
At that moment, sensing this was the end, Wolbach closed her eyes, chuckled, and spoke.
"It was a splendid spell. Worthy of the honor of being taught by me." fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm
"Thank you."
I waited for their exchange to finish, then immediately cut Wolbach’s neck. Her body gradually turned to dust and disappeared.
Ding~!
[You have stolen the abilities (EX) Divine Position, (SSS) Explosion Magic, (SS) Advanced Magic (Konosuba), (S) Intermediate Magic (Konosuba), (A) Basic Magic (Konosuba), (S) Teleport, (A) Random Teleport.]
The stolen magics were all absorbed into the (EX) Omegas Magic ability. And I obtained (EX) Divine Position — this ability was quite special.
[(EX) Divine Position]
You have become a divine being.
You can gather followers to obtain divine power, and add that power to your existing abilities to further strengthen them.
You can grant your abilities to your followers as divine privileges.
Ding~!
[Event: First Divine Status Acquisition — 10000 points earned.]
Probably, because Wolbach’s true identity was a goddess, I was able to obtain this ability. Moreover, I earned points from an event, so I was lucky.
Anyway, given the current situation, I’d have to experiment with this ability later.
As I was briefly examining my skills, Megumin asked me, quite surprised,
"Taejin, are you okay? Your body was glowing for a moment..."
"Was it?"
"Yes, it was a warm, somehow sacred-seeming light."
It seemed something like that had happened without me realizing. I couldn’t tell the truth, so I vaguely brushed it off.
"Probably a side effect of using skills. Don’t worry."
"I-is that so? Well, since we’re done here, let’s go help the others."
"You go help Yunyun and the others. I’ll go to the Demon King’s daughter alone."
"Got it."
To let Megumin get experience too, I sent her to where our party members were fighting, and I quickly moved to where the Demon King’s daughter and Kyouya’s party were fighting.
They were fighting fiercely — Kyouya looked quite exhausted, while the Demon King’s daughter still had plenty of composure. If left like this, Kyouya’s party would likely be in danger. So I decided to separate them by firing a Gale Slash between Kyouya and the Demon King’s daughter.
Shwoosh—!
Both of them sensed the incoming Gale Slash and threw themselves in opposite directions to dodge.
"No way, for Wolbach to be taken down so quickly... I didn’t know Silver Flash was this strong?"
The Demon King’s daughter, seeing us arrive, immediately realized Wolbach had been defeated and was greatly shocked. Kyouya’s party, on the other hand, brightened with relief.
"That’s a relief. It was getting dangerous. I didn’t know the Demon King’s daughter was this strong."
"Good thing we weren’t too late."
As we took our positions and prepared to fight again, the Demon King’s daughter also seemed tense — her relaxed demeanor was gone.
"I am Asaka Reika. Silver Flash, what is your name?"
Out of nowhere, she introduced herself and asked my name. I saw no reason to hide it, so I told her.
"Not Miyamizu Mitsuha. It’s Taejin. Park Taejin."
"I... see. That’s an unusual name."
Then Kyouya, somewhat surprised, said to me,
"You were Korean?"
"Yeah. To make it short, I’m Korean-American. I came to Japan for work and died. That’s how I ended up here."
"I see. That’s unfortunate."
As we chatted briefly, the Demon King’s daughter proposed to us,
"You two — have you ever thought of joining the Demon King’s army? I promise you the best treatment."
So that’s why she suddenly asked for my name — her aim was recruitment.
"I appreciate the offer, but it’s obviously a no."
"Really? That’s a shame. Magical Sword User, what about you?"
"Of course I refuse. More importantly, you look human too — why are you attacking humans?"
When Kyouya asked, the Demon King’s daughter chuckled and said,
"I have plenty of human blood mixed in, but I’m not 100% human. I’m a hybrid. And since I was born as the Demon King’s daughter, isn’t it natural for me to eliminate the enemies of the Demon King’s army?"
"I suppose so."
Instead, I made a suggestion to the Demon King’s daughter.
"How about you join our side? The price is a peaceful life. The Demon King’s army has no future, so I’d say that’s sufficient compensation."
"How can you even say that!? You want me to abandon my father and the subordinates I grew up with?! I’d rather die."
"Then there’s no need to talk further."
She sighed and said,
"Your appearance and personality seem to be just my taste — it’s a bit of a shame."
Listening to her, it seemed she too had some issues, as expected of the Konosuba world.
"You’re speaking as if you’re going to win, aren’t you?"
"It might be a bit tough, but wouldn’t you say I’m more likely to win?"
"Really?"
I moved quickly and swung my sword at Reika (the Demon King’s daughter).
CLANG!
"Ugh!"
Reika hurriedly blocked my attack with the armor on both her arms. I was a bit surprised she blocked it even though I put some force into it to end it quickly. As expected of one of the strongest in the Konosuba world.
"I misspoke. If this continues, I might actually lose."
Like Wolbach, the Demon King’s daughter seemed to have realized only after receiving my attack firsthand that I was by no means an easy opponent. This situation probably arose because my energy was hidden by my [Stealth] ability. Well, from my perspective, since it encourages the enemy to let their guard down, it’s not a bad thing.
