Ready to battle the Demon King General, Shino is looking at the General Valdarnt with all seriousness and not showing any trace of fear
"Shino-san? Do you really intend to fight the General?" Murakami ask
With a smile in his face, Shino replied, "Of course, I need to get serious at some point right?"
"Eh?!" Everyone said with confusion
Opening his ˹Storage Box˼ and pulling out a Japanese Katana, Shino place it at his waist and said, "Yo! Are you ready?"
Kitsune, Shino's Clone, without uttering a single word put a stance and ready to attack in command
Shiro and Kuro suddenly step up and said, "Master, Focus on the General, we will take care of the wyverns"
Shino just nod his head as a response and said, "Okay~ on "GO" okay?"
Hiroko suddenly stop Shino and said, "Wait, if you are going to fight, I'll join in"
"This time just rest Hiroko-san, sorry to say this but you guys still need training" Shino said as he refuse Hiroko's request
Knowing he is weak in this situation, Hiroko gave up and said, "Shino-san, if you think I am weak, then will you teach me to approach the level where you are right now, a place where I can stand beside Kitsune-sama?"
Shino suddenly felt a joy, and said to himself, "Is this the feeling when someone ask you to be your disciple? Haha~ what a weird feeling"
With a smile Shino replied, "Sure, Here is your first lesson, watch closely and see the power you want to obtain"
Shino utter the signal "Go" and in the blink of an eye, Shiro, Kuro, Kitsune, and Shino rushed toward to the general, breaking the ground their standing by just moving forward, in supersonic speed Shiro and Kuro sent the two wyvern flying away upon impact simultaneously
The impact surprised the Demon King General, Valdarnt Roshfeld, and saw the two wyvern missing on his side
Kitsune are then seen near the head of the general with his double sided scythe, still confused at what is happening, and how this person appeared in his face, Valdarnt asked, "Eh? What is happening?!"
Still not uttering a word, Kitsune landed on his shoulder and with one spin of his entire body along with his double sided scythe, Kitsune cut the stone golems head cleanly and it started to slowly fall off the golems body
"Wha-What? What just happen? I can see the golem's body" Valdarnt mutter as his head fall from the ground
Shino still running at the golem saw the head falling off and chant, "˹Fire Barrage˼"
A magic circle aimed to the General's head was created and ready to fire but Shino added, "Grand Magic: ˹Multiplier˼"
20 magic circle appeared everywhere and all of it was ˹Fire Barrage˼ and by pointing at the head while running, all the ˹Fire Barrage˼ skill unleashed everything at the head of the General breaking it into many pieces
With the ˹Fire Barrage˼ done and basically just pulverize the golem's head, Shino stop not far away from the feet of the golem,
Shino put on a stance as the rocks and dust fall above him, grabbing his sword, ready to unsheathe his sword, and said, "Iaijutsu…"
With the stance Shino released the control on his aura and a surge of powerful aura burst around him
The Aura reach where Hiroko and the others are, and to the Medical tent where Sarah is
Felt the Aura that surge Sarah suddenly said, "Shino?! That power… It does not match his stats"
Surprised at having felt the aura, Hiroko, Murakami, Crocus, Richard, and Prince Aarone was left awed, and can't utter a single word as they watch at the distance
Valdarnt also felt the Aura and said, "What? Where is it coming from? Where!?"
Looking around with what is left on his head, Valdarnt saw where the aura coming from and said, "I must kill him first before my body get destroyed"
Valdarnt's body started to move even though the head is gone and it is aiming to crush Shino with his entire fist
Shino notice the golem's fist approaching him but Shino didn't break his stance, instead he just closed his eyes and stood still
As the hand approach Shino, in the split moment it came near above him, Shino open his eyes and everything momentarily stop moving
At this moment Shino draw his sword slowly and grazes Valdarant fist with the tip of his sword
As everything started to move again Shino uttered, "˹Horizon˼"
A force of wind that cause an explosion was suddenly heard and felt by everyone and at that instance Valdarnt's body and entire arm was cut in half, even the clouds above the golem was slice in half
Shino didn't move a single muscle as the fist he cut fall in front and behind him, Valdarnt extremely large body started to crumble down and Shino said, "Tsk… this thing is just a golem, the real body is somewhere else"
Shino move away the crumbling body and looked at the Katana he is holding and saw the sword began to crumble to tiny pieces
"Ugh! I really like this sword, with just one use it already broke" Shino said
With a sigh Shino added, "I guess that what happen when you try cutting some rock"
Shino looked at a golem and saw the large mana crystal that he split in half and said, "Yup! Just an ordinary Golem, I wonder where the real one is?"
Kitsune landed beside him smoothly and bowed right at him
"Oh! There you are, you can turn back now, Thanks for the work" Shino said
Kitsune turned back into string and came back to Shino's hand, leaving the mask and the double sided scythe behind
"I guess clones can't speak huh? Or mine just don't have a face?" Shino wondered
Kuro and Shiro suddenly came crushing in front of Shino and simultaneously said, "Congrats on your win against a Demon General Master"
Spooked by their entrance Shino replied, "God! I thought the real one came rushing, it's just a golem, the real one is somewhere else, and how is it on your end?"
Kuro reported back, "I buried mine back in the ground in pieces"
Shiro then pulled the large mana crystal that the wyvern use as heart out of nowhere and reported back, "I rip the mana Crystal right out the wyvern, it is the easiest way to kill it after all, and beside master might need the mana crystal"
Surprised that Shiro think about the mana crystal Kuro said, "AAH! I destroyed mine into piece, do you need it master?"
Shino was surprised by the way they deal with the elder wyvern and said, "ahaha~ Thank you Kuro but I think what Shiro brought is more than enough, how did you even manage to rip it right out Shiro?"
Shiro start flexing and said, "I am bigger than that Elder Wyvern master"
"Ahh~ so~ ahaha…" Shino replied with a worried laughter
Meanwhile at the distance Hiroko and the others was awed that in moment after the four disappear the massive Golem started to crumble to the ground
Still awed by what happen Hiroko said to himself, "The power I want to achieve is that, Shino-san… no… sensei, can I really achieve it?"
"Count me on that Hiroko, Shino-san will be both our teacher and comrade" Crocus said
"Shino just used one of the hardest skill in the Grand Magic, ˹Multiplier˼, I wonder if Shino will teach me that" Murakami said with awed
On the other hand, In the Ikegai village, where countless Oni are being tortured and forced to work by other demons, In the General's room, Valdarnt are suffering from massive pain in his arm and body
"AAAHH!!! That damn human!! Even though I am just controlling the golem, how can I still felt the pain of getting sliced?" Valdarnt said as he scream in pain
As the General scream in pain and every servant under him are only focus on him not knowing what to do or how did it happen to him
The news about the entire army of undead being eliminated along with the generals Stone Golem are being spread and the Oni's started to form a group
"Did you hear that? Someone from the Lafoes City are capable of defeating the Generals golem maybe that person can help us"
"Yeah, it is also a perfect timing right Chief"
"Yes it is, we proceed the plan, but instead of the Anglus City, we should aim for the Lafoes" the Chief said
The group of Oni are planning to escape the village, and started their plan as the guards are still distracted
The village Chief, Ikegai Komura, and his brothers who are planning the escape, grab their Katana and stop at a house with stone walls and knock, saying, "Ayame, come out, It is papa"
The wall suddenly open and a beautiful girl, Light pink coloured hair, Ruby like eyes, snow like horns, that is wearing a kimono came out
With a worried looking face Ayame hug his father and said, "Papa, you are coming right?"
"Sorry Ayame, but if papa leave everyone in the village will die, so please go with your uncle and head to Lafoes city" Komura said to his daughter
"Lafoes? I thought we are going into Anglus to ask for help?" Ayame asked worriedly
Fixing her daughter hair, Komura added, "Ayame, go to the Lafoes City and find the people who defeated the General's Undead army and ask them to help us okay? We don't have much time so go now"
Before Ayame can utter a word his uncle, Ikegai Tsubame, grab her and said "Ayame shall escape Komura, you can trust us"
Komura pull his precious Wakizashi, Wisteria, and said, "Here, this sword is a perfect partner for your Katana, Asura. On your journey towards Lafoes City, this will keep you safe, now go and don't stop running until you are safe"
Worried about his father, Ayame can't do anything but follow her father command and without hesitation nor saying goodbye Ayame along with two of his uncle started to run away towards the Lafoes City, armed with a Katana, they run as if there are no tomorrow, because this escape will determine the fate of the Ikegai Clan
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˹Multiplier˼: multiplies the skill that is used previously by 20; Immense Mana Consumption
˹Horizon˼: An attack that can cut anything in its way in an extreme distance in just 1 second, but the skill can diminish the weapon in use durability drastically or most of the time destroy the weapon