Currently going through the whole base Sekke, Anna, and Mimosa were on a purge. Crushing any eye of the midnight sun mage that came into sight without any warning.
Mimosa was leading them making any enemy that doesn't possess magic that can camouflage their magic signature come the next target for the purge.
"Seriously, how many of these are there?" asked Anna in a slightly annoyed tone.
"Don't know, didn't bother counting these small fries," replied Sekke.
"Anna-san, Sekke-san, you have been fighting for hours now. Rest for a while," said Mimosa in a slightly worried tone.
"It's fine, I can do this all day. No need to wo-" said Sekke when his gaze fell on the two girls.
Though it was only slight Sekke could notice that the girls were physically exhausted, and as for their mana levels, they had depleted quite a lot because of the constant spell usage.
"Anna send Ignis back. You two must be tired. I apologize for not noticing sooner." said Sekke as he looked at the two girls with an apologetic expression on his face.
"No, it's fine. If you want I can continue," said Anna.
"Anna just rest for a bit. Don't tire yourself before fighting the big shots....well if they don't get defeated by me in the first place that is," said Sekke as he patted Anna's shoulder.
Anna stared at Sekke for a while wondering if she should rest or not but after seeing his soft gaze Anna smiled and nodded.
"Thanks, Ignis. See you soon [Summon Cancel]"
Ignis gave a happy chirp and then turned into flames before she disappeared from their sight.
All of them started falling as Sekke caught the two of them and landed safely.
Letting the two of them go Sekke's grimoire started flipping as multiple swords appeared around them and floated away.
"What are you doing Sekke-kun?" asked Anna.
"Preparing for an emergency," replied Sekke.
He then looked at the two girls and made two huge blocks of Bronze for them to sit on.
"Rest for about....10-15 minutes we will continue after that."
Anna and Mimosa nodded and sat down.
Sekke then looked at the bird, resting on his shoulder and asked, "Felt him yet?"
Secre shook her head in denial making Sekke sigh as he made a block for himself and sat down as well.
"What are you worried about Sekke-san? You have been in a hurry for quite a while now," asked Mimosa.
"...The magic stone that Rhya guy took from me, I kept it with me rather than handing it to the magic knights because I thought it would be safer with me. I don't want to know what the Eye of the Midnight Sun's great plan might be. If they are this big of a nuisance without the stones, I just don't want to see what they can do when they collect all and execute their plans. I am strong, and I can protect those who are close to me. But I cannot save everyone. My family, my town, this kingdom, I just don't want any harm to fall upon them when I am here." said Sekke with a slightly sad smile.
He knew that he was not omnipotent, he had limitations, and he cannot do everything. He cared about his family and his town and thus wanted to protect them from the invasion of the reincarnation elves but now knowing that they could activate their plan, made him slightly scared of the worst-case scenario.
Secre who was sitting on his shoulder jumped closer and patted his face with her wing, trying to comfort her partner.
Sekke smiled at her act of affection and patted her head.
"Don't worry Sekke-san, we will definitely find that stone before they could start whatever they are planning," said Mimosa with a determined look on her face.
"You just raised a flag Mimosa," said Sekke with a helpless smile on his face.
"... Let's get going. We should not-" said Anna as she stood up but stopped all of a sudden.
Sekke and Mimosa looked at Anna curiously, wanting to know why she stopped all of a sudden and found her looking emotionlessly into space.
"Anna? Are you alright-" asked Sekke when he suddenly felt his mana detection acting up and immediately stood up as well.
A bright golden aura surrounded Anna as Sekke's eyes widened in shock.
"Vritra"
Activating his sacred gear Sekke didn't wait even for a second to take action and fired absorption lines at Mimosa and Anna.
Both were lifted at the same time as Anna was moved away from them while Mimosa was pulled towards him as he hid the royal behind his back.
"This shit ain't funny. Mimosa, try to stick close and away from the line of attack," said Sekke.
"What is happening Sekke-san?" asked Mimosa in a panicked tone, she could feel the huge amount of mana that was coming out of Anna and she was scared of the maliciousness that was mixed in it.
"The flag that you raised, started waving," said Sekke as he focused on Anna.
'Pointed ears, red tattoo, huge boobs, already high mana going through the roofs, or saiyan elf.' thought Sekke as he got ready to fight.
"Don't know if you noticed it yet, but Anna is turning into an elf. Make sure to be safe Mimosa," said Sekke.
"W-What? She is! But why?" asked Mimosa.
"Probably the magic stones, not able to guess any other thing making it possible," replied Sekke.
"Ara~ Ara ~ looks like I have gotten younger," said Anna as she looked at her body and started to feel it as well.
'....Ok.....that's surely not Anna.....somehow it was hot.' thought Sekke.
"Mind out of the gutter my other half. Focus....on her, not her breasts," said Vritra.
'Yeah, I will....but seriously wasn't that hot?' asked Sekke.
Vritra just sighed at his host's question and decided to remain silent.
The elf Anna who was now an Ara Ara type had a slight smile on her face as she felt her chest but then her gaze fell on Sekke and Mimosa.
"...Anna?" asked Sekke.
"Yes? Wait, why does a human know my name? Who are you, kid? Such magnificent mana at such young age despite being a human....and that girl behind you, this mana...a royal!"
She looked at Sekke with a curious yet sultry look on her face but once her gaze fell on Mimosa, her eyes widened a bit and a menacing smirk appeared on her face.
"Wait, your name is Anna too?" asked Sekke.
"What do you mean by too? Does the original owner have the same name? Well, didn't she have a pretty name? Now, my insignificant lowly human sweetheart, won't you move aside and let Onee-san play with the girl that is hiding behind you?" asked the elf Anna with a small smile as her grimoire started flipping.
"First of all, stop talking like that. Seeing my Anna talking like that is giving me the willies. Secondly, no I won't move. Thirdly, return the body back to Anna... the human one." said Sekke.
"Not gonna happen. Next, my Anna, don't tell me a lowly human like you had some relations with me....the human one, and had your way with my body?"
"No, we don't. We are just friends. Now, is there a way for you to return my friend's body back?" asked Sekke knowing full well what the answer was going to be.
"Thank god, just imagine doing it with an insignificant human like you, actually can you remove your cloak and show me your body I would like to form a better picture...you know on second thought leave it. I am gonna burn you both to ashes anyway," said Anna as mana gathered around her.
[Flame Magic: Incinerate Wave]
Flames gathered around her and started circling her.
"Those flames are hotter and stronger than our Anna's. Well, time to take action," said Sekke as his grimoire started flipping.
"Burn down to cinders you humans!"
"Nah, not feeling like it."
[Ice Debuff Magic: Ice cloaked Chilling Smash]
A bluish layer of mana appeared around Sekke's fist as a chilling aura came out of it.
Flames blasted forward in all directions leaving no place for Sekke and Mimosa to dodge.
Not thinking much about it Sekke increased the mana in his spell and punched forward sending a cold mana shockwave blasted forward dispersing the flames.
Seeing her flames getting dispersed without any difficulty, elf Anna widened her eyes in surprise and soon got hit by the cold mana shockwave, that sent her flying.
"Agh!"
Groaning in pain because of the impact Anna soon landed and looked at Sekke with anger.
She looked at her body and noticed a thin layer of ice around her arms and torso.
"Ice magic? Looks like you got a bad matchup," said Anna with a smirk as flames appeared around her arms.
"Sure...bad matchup. By the way, is that ice melting?" asked Sekke with a smile.
Tilting her head in confusion Anna looked at her arms only to find the ice layer still there without any change in it.
Widening her eyes in surprise she stopped using her flames and focused on the ice.
'This is not some simple spell...need to prevent them from hitting me.' thought Anna as she stood up and got ready to fight again.
Sekke stood silently as his grimoire flipped and he got ready to attack.
"You sure know some nasty spells," said Anna as her grimoire flipped.
"Hey, that was a 'cool' spell. Pun intended" said Sekke with a smile as he looked at her arms.
[Flame Magic: Explosiove Flame Pillar]
A flaming circle appeared below Sekke and Mimosa and mana started gathering in it.
But Sekke who already felt the ki change simply grabbed Mimosa and jumped away doing the explosion that occurred at the spot where the two of them were standing.
[Flame Summoning Magic: Mystic Firebird]
Feeling the familiar presence of Ignis Sekke looked at the Phoenix that just appeared.
"Ignis, she ain't the real Anna, you know," said Sekke.
But the Phoenix ignored Sekke and happily caressed Anna's cheek.
"Aww, ain't you a cutie. So your name is Ignis. Alright, my adorable partner, wants to help me in exterminating these pests?"
*Kyui*
The bird chirped in response and glared at Sekke and Minosa.
"My other half, I would like to fight the Phoenix," said Vritra in an excited tone.
'Okay.'
Sekke's sacred gear appeared and soon black marks started spreading on his body.
"Oh, a transformation, and your mana... it's more primal... You know, I like it wild too." said Anna in a sultry tone.
"...Useless info but okay," replied Sekke.
"Ignis, [Phoenix Flare]"
[Flame Magic: Raging Flare]
The two of them gathered mana as flames started to form in front of them.
"Mimosa focus on defending yourself, it is going to be very hot here," said Sekke.
Mimosa nodded as some vines and flowers appeared around her.
Sekke focused back on the fight as mana gathered in his body as well.
The elf and the Phoenix fired their orange flames at Sekke while a sea of black flames blasted out of Sekke's mouth and clashed.
But soon the orange flames got pushed back as Sekke put a bit of effort into his attack.
Seeing their combined attack being pushed back Anna frowned and ordered Ignis to cover her.
Ignis and Anna stopped attacking as the firebird stood in front of Anna like a shield protecting her from the black flames.
Knowing that the bird was a Phoenix Anna didn't worry much about the flames since Phoenix's had great fire resistance.
But the moment the black flames hit Ignis the bird screeched in pain making Anna shocked by the scene in front of her.
Ignis's feathers started to burn and turn to ashes by Sekke's flames.
The flames stopped after a while since Sekke didn't want to destroy Anna's body and soon Ignis lowered her wings and an angry Anna came into their view
"Damn humans!!! Ignis [Phoenix Heal]"
Ignis's body glowed and a moment later a perfectly fine Ignis appeared in front of them.
"That's why I find these things annoying," said Vritra.
'Well, it can't be helped.' replied Sekke as he saw the Phoenix coming toward him at full speed.
Anna jumped on the Phoenix's back as various giant fireballs appeared around them.
Sekke looked at the scene with a calm look on his face making the elf angrier.
[Flame Magic: Phoenix Incinerating Burst]
Ignis flapped her wings as the fireballs got bigger and stronger and launched them toward Sekke and Mimosa.
Absorption limes shot forward from his sacred gear and formed a spiral in front of him catching all the incoming fireballs and absorbing them.
Seeing her attacks being nullified like that Anna ordered Ignis to crash into Sekke and deal with him physically.
[Flame Magic: Flare Accel]
Flames shot forward behind Ignis as the Phoenix sped up and crashed into the absorption line spiral and then pushed through, colliding into Sekke and dragging him away.
"How's that? Human!" said Anna with an excited look on her face.
"Not bad," replied Sekke as he retracted his absorption line and then grabbed Ignis's wings. He then started to push back slowing himself down and soon both the bird and Sekke came to a stop.
"This one's gonna hurt," said Sekke as he used his full strength and tore Ignis's wings off her body making the Phoenix screech out in pain as flames appeared around the injured area.
Black flames gathered around Sekke's mouth seeing which Anna frowned and attacked.
[Flame Magic: Incinerating Blaze Edge]
A semi-solid flame blade came out of the ground and tried to stab Sekke's torso.
Already predicting that the dragon scales around Sekke's arms hardened as he crossed his arms and blocked the attack but was still blown away by the flame blade's impact.
"[Phoenix Heal] Keep that pest busy, I will kill the royal first," said Anna as she glared at Mimosa. She was already pissed at her because she was a royal, but because of Sekke, she was even angrier.
"Shit"
Anna's grimoire flipped as she walked towards Mimosa.
[Plant Magic: Magic Cannon Flower]
"Really, plant magic against me?" asked Anna with a smirk on her face as she saw the giant flower and vines that appeared around Mimosa.
[Flame Magic: Explosive Flame Pillar]
A force circle appeared around Mimosa as flames and mana started gathering around her.
Distracted by the huge amount of mana around her she didn't notice that her plant was already burning because of the heat.
"Well then, bye bye miss Royal," said Anna with a smile as she waved her hand.
But just as she said that a figure went past her making her surprised and soon she saw Sekke propelling himself forward using his flames.
Sekke didn't even bother looking at the attacks that were coming from behind and simply focused on Mimosa who was about to go boom.
Grabbing the royal in his hands Sekke higher her tightly as he felt that flaming circle was about to explode.
Snake-like appendages appeared around him and covered his and Mimosa's body. His dragon scales hardened while he continued to move away from the explosion that was about to occur.
*BOOM*
A loud explosion accompanied by Phoenix flames attacked Sekke blowing the dark lord and the royal away.
Sekke frowned a bit as he felt the flames scorch his skin for a bit but he gritted his teeth and endure it.
'Yup, these flames are hotter than the time Anna used them.' thought Sekke.
"This place is confined, my other half. Change location. Fighting while protecting is not going to last long if you don't plan on killing her." said Vritra.
'Got it.' replied Sekke as he soon changed his position to protect Mimosa from the fall.
"You alright Mimosa?" asked Sekke with a small smirk on his face.
"Sekke-san!!" said Mimosa in a panic she couldn't see the attack because Sekke shielded her from it and covered her up but she felt the mana from the attack and that was too much for anyone to get out of without injuries.
Sekke stood up and moved her aside as he got ready to fight again.
Mimosa looked at Sekke's back and saw the burnt skin and blood.
Widening her eyes in horror Mimosa covered her mouth, she was glad that Sekke saved her, but she didn't want to see him getting this injured because of her.
'No, this is not the time to get scared. I have to heal him.' thought Mimosa as she walked behind Sekke.
"Sekke-san, I will heal you but I don't think she will allow me to do that. So please make sure that I can heal you," said Mimosa.
"...You want me to make sure that you heal me...Not gonna lie, never thought I will hear such a weird request from you of all people," said Sekke.
But Mimosa didn't answer and focused on healing Sekke.
[Plant Healing Magic: Princess-Healing Flower Robe]
A dress with wings made of flowers and leaves appeared around Mimosa as a glow appeared around her hands.
She focused the light on Sekke, and immediately the dark lord felt relief.
"Your healing magic is really great," said Sekke with a smile.
Mimosa smiled at the compliment but soon her smile disappeared when she felt a large amount of mana gathering near Anna.
"Stop getting in my way!!" yelled an enraged Anna as she and Ignis began glowing.
"That spell is not gonna be a good one...Mimosa, focus on healing," said Sekke as the snake-like appendages came out of him and wrapped around Mimosa.
Soon Mimosa was stuck with Sekke as Sekke stood up and got ready to attack.
"S-S-Sekke-san! I-I-Its are kind of embarrassing," said Mimosa with a blush as she found herself stuck with Sekke.
"I know Mimosa...I am trying my hardest to not think about it. So bear with it for a moment." said Sekke as he felt two big and soft mounds press against his back.
'She is short "stack".' thought Sekke.
'I am only ignoring this because this is necessary...' thought Secre as she looked at the Royal and her partner with a glare on her face.
"You!! Do you even know what all we went through because of these royals!! I am gonna kill you two! Then I will kill both of your families!! Then all of the elves will destroy all the humans!! We will be your doom!!!" said Anna.
"Has anyone ever told you that you have a wild imagination," said Sekke as he with Mimosa on his back appeared in front of her in an instant.
Ignis reacted faster than Anna and tried to protect her master, but that didn't matter as Sekke's black flame-covered fist smashed her face and dragged it along.
The fire fist and fire chicken then hit Anna's face as he smashed both of them on the floor breaking it in an instant and continued breaking through several floors.
Finally spotting a wide enough room to fight Sekke stopped and looked around.
Anna and Ignis crashed into the ground as a just cloud arose while Sekke along with Mimosa landed away from them.
Mimosa had her mouth open wide in shock as she just saw how brutally Sekke punched the girl's face.
She could swear that she heard Anna's jaw breaking. She looked at Sekke who was looking at his fist and didn't know what to think.
'I am glad that I didn't turn into an elf.' thought Mimosa in relief.
'...I probably broke her jaw...well she will heal.' thought Sekke as he looked at his fist but soon shrugged his shoulders deciding not to think much about it.
He then looked to his side and asked, "Captain Mereoleona, hello there." and waved his hand.
His gaze then fell on the other elves that were in the room and soon he spotted Rhya.
"Well, time for maximum effort....nah, that's too much for these small fries." said Sekke as he got ready to fight.