The two demons looked down on us as if we were insects to them. I couldn't stand their looks, so I flew up to confront them.
They saw me fly up to confront them with a shocked look.
The buff demon, whose body was filled with muscles, smiled.
"I guess you are no ordinary human, little girl, if you can use flight magic."
I was a little shocked that he talked to me, but I responded nevertheless.
"Indeed I am. My name is Lilia, and I am an A-rank adventurer."
When I mentioned my adventurer's rank, I saw the tin demon flinch with fear, but he composed himself quickly. The buff demon, on the other hand, smiled when he heard my rank.
"I didn't think I would have the pleasure of meeting an A-rank here in this remote place. This is exciting. My name is Aldinach, and I will be your opponent."
He began to release his mana with his full might, which turned the sky dark, and the entire village with the lands around it began to shake. I released my own mana to match his, and the entire area began to shake. It felt like the atmosphere around the village was shaking due to both of our mana clashing together.
The tin demon beside the buff demon crashed to the ground due to how dense our mana was.
I looked down and saw that Dora was on her knees with a pained look on her face, and the villagers were lying down on the ground with cracks appearing on the ground in the entire vicinity.
If things continue like this, everyone will die.
With that consideration in mind, I immediately rushed to the demon with my heavy sword and smashed it at him. He brought up his axe and blocked my heavy sword, but he was sent flying to a far distance away from the village due to the strength I used during the clash.
That was my plan from the start since I knew that if we clashed here, the entire village would become a wasteland, and everyone would die. I immediately gave chase to the demon while leaving the tin one for Dora to handle.
Dora's POV
I can't believe the difference in level between a demon Duke and a B-rank like me. The difference is heaven and earth apart. I am but an ant compared to a demon Duke.
I heard before that when two A-rank clash, a kingdom is likely to be destroyed, and no one below that rank can approach them during the clash.
I am glad that Lilia decided to take him far away from here, but the shockwave of their fight is still reaching all the way here. It will be dangerous if this continues.
Just as I was thinking this, I sensed magic power being activated around me. I immediately jumped up in the air when I sensed it. That was a wise decision because multiple earth spikes came out from the ground where I was kneeling before.
I, who was in the air, looked down and saw the other demon who was still kneeling on the ground had his arms stretched in the direction of where I was before.
I immediately brought out my fans and began to chant my spell.
"Oh, breeze and gust, from near and far,
Infuse me with speed, like a shooting star."
Immediately, heavy was generated around my fans. The force of the wind pushed me to fall in the direction of where the demon was with great speed.
When I was close to the demon, I raised both of my fans and smashed them down at him, but the demon jumped out of the way before my fan made contact with him.
The demon kept his distance from me and glared at me, and I glared right back at him.
I rushed to the demon with both of my fans at the ready. On reaching him, I slashed at him with my right fan aiming for his neck.
The demon brought out two daggers and deflected my fan with them. The shockwave from the impact sent gusts of powerful winds everywhere.
Our clash of mana despite me being B-Rank and my opponent being a count demon was still not something the village and it's people can withstand. If this continues, the village and all its people will die.
With this in mind, I began to increase the speed of my fans as I clash with the tin demon. The demon was a count demon for a reason as he matched all my clash with an equal force of his own.
I, not wanting to give the tin demon any chance to catch his breath, used my left fan, which I covered in my mana, to slash at his stomach.
The demon said some words which I think is a chant, then his entire body turned into black smoke. My fan harmlessly passed through his stomach due to him literally becoming smoke. I immediately jumped back and kept my battle stance while keeping my eyes on the black smoke, which was the demon.
The black smoke changed back to the demon, and he looked at me with annoyance.
"I can assume that you are one of those B-rank humans and your realm must be equal to mine. What I don't understand is how a supposed nine-tailed female fox is only this strong."
"You want to know, huh? Beat me, and I might consider telling you."
Like I was going to tell him anything about myself. I only responded out of courtesy. That black smoke magic of his caught me off guard, but I can counter it with my ice magic. After all, the only spell I'm good at is wind and ice spells.
There are only two types of powers in this world, and a person can only specialize in one of them. The two types of powers are physical powers and magical powers. People can either focus on enhancing their physical powers or their magical abilities. A person who specialize in their magical powers are called mages or magicians, while those who specialize in their physical powers are known as warriors.
Only rarely does a person master both of these powers. Magical powers are the hardest to master because it requires learning the spells, visualization, and a lot of mana to cast spells. If a person's mana is small, then they are not qualified to be mages. If a person has a huge mana supply but doesn't know how to visualize spells, then he cannot be a mage.
This is why many people and adventurers are mostly warriors. Even I can only use two spells, which are ice and wind. These are the only two spells I am able to visualize without a problem. It is because I can't use other spells is why I started learning to be a warrior with my two fans which I got from Lilia. I guess you can consider me a warrior mage.
People like Lilia are freaks who can use any spells they want without chanting while also being going as a warrior.
That is why I will be in trouble if this demon decides to make this a magic battle because it is not my area.
The demon, hearing my answer from his earlier question, got angry.
"I guess I will finish you off then before my boss gets done with his fight. My name is Mictain, and I am an assassin demon."
After saying that, the demon disappeared from my sight. I was confused and tried to sense his whereabouts, but he was gone from my senses. I looked around, and I couldn't find the demon anywhere.
Just as I was beginning to suspect if the demon has escaped, a sense of crisis filled all my instincts. I followed my instincts and turned my body to the right, and I felt an overwhelming pain assault me.
I looked down and saw a dagger piercing my right breast, staining my kimono with my blood. The pain was too much, but I endured it and slashed my fan in front of me.
The dagger was roughly pulled out of my breast, and my fan slashed nothing but air. As I was still trying to endure the pain in my breast, I felt my back get slashed, and the slash was quite deep.
I jumped to my front in order to escape from whatever was attacking me, but I felt a dagger pierce my left leg, which caused me to fall. I immediately pulled the dagger out and threw it away and began to glare at my environment.
The blood loss I was suffering was causing my vision to become blurry, but I couldn't pass out now or I will be killed.
"You are quite the stubborn one, aren't you? Stop your useless struggle and accept your death obediently,"
The demon named Mictain's voice began to sound from everywhere around me. I knew it was some kind of magic to make me unable to pinpoint his location.
If things continue like this, I will die. Just thinking of it makes me question everything I've done up until now.
'Am I going to die in a place like this? No, I can't die. If I die, how will I ever avenge my mother and how will I proudly stand by her side?'
Thinking about how I will never be able to stand by Lilia's side if I died brings an unimaginable power from within me.
Lilia, the overpowered village girl that rescued me from the bandits. Lilia, the girl who didn't care about my circumstance and accepted me as a person. Lilia, the girl who promised to always be by my side was my everything. I don't want to leave her, and I don't want to separate from her. I want to stand by her side as her equal and not some burden that she needs to protect.
With that newfound determination, I raised my fans in the air.
"Breath of sky, defend and enthrall,
Create a barrier, protect thy child. Air wall."
Immediately, a massive tornado began to spin at the entire field of the village farms. It covered the entire farm with me inside it. The force of the tornado was so strong that it began to lift everything inside it.
I heard Mictain's voice sounding panicked in the air above me. I can't see him, but I believe that the force of the tornado must have lifted him up in the air without his consent.
Not wasting the opportunity, I jumped up and glided myself with the current of the tornado. Before I knew it, I was already above the tornado which covered the entire village field.
I raised my fans in the air and casted my final spell.
"The chilling air, I summon you to this mortal plane. Pierce thy enemies before me. Ice Rain."
Multiple ice spikes appeared in the air, and as I brought down my hands, all the ice spikes rained down inside the tornado I created.
I heard a miserable scream coming from inside the tornado wind, which was enough evidence that my spell was effective.
After all the ice spikes have fallen into the tornado, I began to fall down. The tornado disappeared, and I landed on my feet on the ground.
I fell on my knees due to the intense pain I was feeling from all my injuries. I looked at my front and saw Mictain lying on the ground in his own blood with multiple ice spikes sticking all over his body.
I forced myself to stand up and gently walked to where he was lying. Once I reached his location, I saw that he wasn't breathing and was probably dead. Not giving him any chance in case he was faking it, I raised my fan and severed his head with it. Only when I saw his head separate from his body did I relax.
"I won."
It was a tough fight, but I won against that powerful count demon. I am very happy that I won, but I couldn't relax yet. The reason is because the shockwaves coming from the fight between Lilia and that powerful demon Duke were getting more intense, and I could feel the overwhelming mana being released by those two affecting the area.
I wanted to go and help, but I knew I was not even strong enough to join that fight. I had no doubt that Lilia would win, but I was still worried about her.
I felt my body falling to the ground and my strength leaving me. My vision became extremely blurry due to the pain and blood loss. I heard the sound of the villagers rushing to my location, but I lost consciousness before they reached me.
A/N: We finally get a good fight in this story. This fight looks a bit like shounen battles, don't you think?