Now that Wolbach and Aqua is out of the way, we can deal with Hans with peace. Thankfully, Wolbach managed to fool Hans until the end. So now, there shouldn't be much we have to worry about, except for, you know, killing this demon general.
Granted, we haven't completed the side quest yet, but I don't think Paradox is the nitpicky type.
"Fantastic Dreamers! ASSEMBLE!!!"
Four people came to my side. Megumin, Darkness, Yunyun, and Aqua. The latter of which has let go of her disguise. "Melee Fighters and priests! Help Aqua evacuate the civilians! Crusaders! Help Darkness distract this lump of poison! Magic Casters and Archers! Help Yunyun rain hell on this bad boy!!!"
All at once the adventurers went to positions. The Crusaders head striaght towards the Poison Slime with Darkness leading the charge. The Warriors helped the civilians out of the area with Aqua healing as many people as she can. Yunyun and Wiz already teleported some archers and magic casters on top of the cliff.
"Looks like we're on time," a familiar voice came behind us.
We turned around and saw a very unexpected help. Mitsurugi Kyoya has arrived, behind him are his female companions and a band of elites from the capitals. He brandished his sword and gave me a friendly smile.
"You missed Aqua's descent," I said with a wink.
Kyoya just chuckled in response. "Well then Satou san and Megumin san, was it? Is there anything we can do?"
"You can help Liz kill this thing," I told her.
I ignored the confused look on Kyoya's face and turned towards Megumin. Liz jumped off her shoulder and began to grow in size. From a house cat, to the size of a large dog, and she kept going.
Megumin has that proudest grin on her face as she jumped straight on to the twenty meters tall fully grown dragon. "Come on Kazuma!!! Don't keep Liz waiting, we got a slime to kill!!!"
"Just a moment Megumin!" I exclaimed before looking back at Kyoya.
"Meet Queen Elizabeth, a dragon blessed by Aqua sama and the Future Ruler of All Dragons. You can call her Emperor Liz if you want," I jumped on to the dragon and sat behind Megumin. "Well? Don't tell me you've never ride a dragon before!"
Mitsurugi Kyoya and his overkill sword climbed on to the dragon.
Now that Kyoya is here, Megumin started shouting in excitement.
"Yosh! Give them hell Liza! Show them how the crimson demon dragon rider fights!"
The Dragon roared and flapped its wings. She flew higher and higher into the sky, until the entire battlefield is visible from our view.
The giant slime is pursuing a team of crusaders with Darkness leading them. The crusaders was faster, so once in a while, they would stop and scatter. Once scattered, the slime's will try to capture them, at that point the magic caster and archers went to work.
All sorts of spells rained down from the cliffs surrounding the monsters. Most of them are water type spells and ice type spells. But there are some wind typed spells being used to push back a slime tentacle from getting to the crusaders.
"Casting explosions on a dragon's back! Hahaha!!!" My girlfriend cackled madly and raised her staff into the air. "Now feel the wrath of the Crimson Demons!!!" she yelled.
Megumin's eyes glows dangerously as numerous magical patterns appeared all around her. The spells started shooting at the slime monster a barrage of small sized explosion. Though, even if they were small, they were no less deadly than the real explosion.
The barrage of spells and Megumin's unrelenting explosion slowly shrunk the monster's size. It trashed around and begun going after the water source. "Oh, not on my watch big guy! Liza chan, get him!"
Liza landed right in front of the poison slime, facing it head on. We jumped off her back and moved in to protect the hot spring
"Destroy him Liz!"
The dragon opened its mouth and started building up magic. She glows a little in power as the build up magic power appeared in her maws. She then bit down on the magic and shot out a huge burst of purifying water straight at the slime.
Hans wailed and trashed in agony as the water hits him head on. He splattered poison slime everywhere, though none actually managed to get to the water source. And then…
"CRYSTAL ICE PRISON!!!" Wiz yelled.
The water and the slime turned rigid. I also helped a little with my control over water, freezing the water Liz shot at the slime to trap it inside the ice. It took an entire minute before Liz and Wiz finished their spell and Hans didn't move anymore.
"Finish it off Megumin! Kyoya!"
"EXPLOSION!!!"
"HEAVEN'S STRIKE!!!"
The two most destructive power in the world. The explosion spell and the cursed sword gram struck the slime head on. The ice shards, the slime, the poison, all of them were simply obliterated from existence.
All that's left was a fifty foot wide crater with a huge chunk of ice surrounding it. Megumin already dropped down beside me and Kyoya returned back to me, exhausted. The man knelt down and used his sword to support himself.
He then grinned at me.
"A bit of an overkill, don't you think?"
"There's no kill like an overkill."
Suddenly, from within the crater, a blob of purple seeped out of it. "To think you would defeat me…" the slime yelled, not noticing the adventurers coming after him. "Just you wait, once I gain my powers, I will destroy you!!!"
I turned to all the adventurers that has assembled around us. "Guys, you mind if I get his exp?"
"You can have it,"
"Yeah, you deserve it,"
"Go ahead Kazuma sama,"
I was about to take out my sword when another thought came to me. "Oi, Emperor Liz, why don't you finish it off? You're like the MVP today, aren't you?"
The Dragon walked towards the crater and raised its claws. The tip of it began to glow with holy flames, the same one with Aqua's God Blow. It then struck the struggling slime head on, purifying and killing it in one hit.
With Hans finally defeated, all adventurers exhaled a breath of relief. They didn't seem to have enough strength cheer at all. They just sighed and laughed among themselves for finally defeating the Demon King General and bringing great stories back home.
However, it was no time for us to rest yet…
"Cursed Lightning!"
"Dispel!"
Two voices came from the skies and two figures shot into the crater. When the dust settled Aqua and Wolbach faced each other, both seemingly after having a large scale battle. Aqua turned towards us and a smirk formed on her face.
"What did I tell you Wolbach? They won!"
Wolbach gritted her teeth and glared to all of us.
"You haven't won!" she raised her hand as a powerful magic build up in her hand.
"INFERNO!"
"Sacred Create Water!"
A huge column of fire faced off against a large tidal wave. A massive explosion of steam came from the clash, knocking away the nearby adventurers away from the crater. Only the silhouette of the two goddess charging against one another is visible through the steam.
'Clang'
A shock wave cleared away the steam. In the middle of the crater is Aqua and Wolbach caught inside a melee battle. Wolbach uses a large sword and Aqua uses her staff. With every swing of their weapon, a shock wave follows.
It kept on for around five minutes until…
'Clash'
Wolbach's sword flew out of her grip and Aqua held her staff straight at her. "End of the line Wolbach! Surrender now and I might forgive you!"
The evil god clicked her tongue before raising her hands. "Alright, I surrender…"
"Do you promise? Even if you surrender, I still have to take you to the authority. You're long banished in this world."
"Yes… I surrender…"
The staff disappeared out of Aqua's hand and she took out a pair of cuffs. "Do not resist," she said while walking closer to the evil goddess.
"Aqua sama!"
"Look out!"
But the crowds were too late. Faster than most mortals could see, Wolbach took out a hidden knife from her sleeve and lunged at the goddess. Aqua managed to jumped back, but the knife that was aiming for her heart struck deep in her stomach.
"Khh… That hurts! You…" Aqua tried to kick Wolbach away, but the evil goddess already summoned back her sword. Wolbach kicked Aqua right in the knife and the goddess cried in pain. She crumpled down to the ground and the evil god began walking towards her.
Wolbach grinned deviously. "End of the line, Aqua sama…"
Then, when all hope seems lost, a flash of light shone from the distance. Three beams of lights shot Wolbach and the evil goddess wailed in agony. Three golden arrows struck deep within her shoulder, back, and legs.
Aqua summoned her staff and smacked Wolbach right in the face. She then wrenched out the knife from her stomach before healing herself. "You know you didn't have to wait until she stabbed me," she said as another holy figure descends from the heavens.
"Is-is that?"
"Eris sama! That's Eris sama!!!"
A beautiful figure wearing an elegant nun-like attire holding a holy bow in her hands. Her beautiful white wings flapped gently behind her back as she aimed her bow at Wolbach. The target at which has slowly recovered.
"What are you talking about Senpai?" Eris let loose another arrow that struck true to Wolbach's thighs. "I came here as fast as I can, don't want people getting the wrong idea now do we?" she let loose another arrow, only this time.
'thunk'
Wolbach blocked the arrow and smirked. "Not so easy Eris…"
"Tch, she figured out the trick, Aqua sama!"
"Yeah, cover me!"
With that, Aqua charged in straight at Wolbach, her staff blazing with power. Behind her, Eris provided support, shooting Wolbach whenever she found an opening.
Of course, faced against two goddess, Wolbach started to become very overwhelmed. She tried knocking Eris out using Cursed Lightning, but Aqua kept distracting her by aiming for her face. Whenever she tried to fight Aqua, Eris would shoot at her arms and legs.
This kept on for around five minutes before…
"Enough of this!" Wolbach took a step back and gasped a little in exhaustion. "You may have defeated me today… But mark my words Aqua! I will be back and there will be no saving your cult next time!"
"Teleport!"