Chapter 20 - Monster

'What the hell is going on?'

That's what Dedelia wondered as she looked at the boy in front of her.

Things were going well, although the princess and the other rats were trying to resist; in the end, they could do nothing against her demonic beasts.

Enhancing them with my neter, they became so strong that the princess's golden flame-covered weapons could not cut them.

In the end, when all seemed lost, the princess gathered all her remaining mana and expelled all her power in one hit. This managed to eliminate all my beasts, but I suffered no major damage.

The princess, when expelling all the mana she had left, was in a defenseless state, and when I tried to eliminate her with a hit, this boy appeared!

"Try to not die too quickly."

He said so, and I immediately began to conjure several spells. 

'Shit, shit, shit!'

My instincts told me that this child in front of me was extremely dangerous, so I took no chances and summoned three golems reinforced with my demonic energy 

"Attack!"

At my command, the three golems rushed towards the boy and tried to crush him

"Weak."

*Crack!*

But they couldn't even graze him

With movements imperceptible to the common eye, "Kein" swung his sword and cut the golems into countless pieces.

*Boom!*

A fireball impacted against "Kein," raising a cloud of smoke, but with a swing of his arm, the smoke dissipated completely.

"Groooow!"

The next moment, several wolf-like demonic beasts rushed at him.

"Hmp."

But "Kein" just laughed, grabbing one of the wolves by the snout and crushing its head. Then, with a nimble movement, he dodged the wolf that wanted to bite his throat and decapitated it to the next moment, halving the other two with one hit

"Sigh~, that's all you got?"

He asked with a pitiful look and an extremely disappointed tone.

"Don't underestimate me!"

Dedelia, not being able to take the humiliation, slammed her staff on the ground and the next moment summoned an army of demonic beasts and golems.

"Fire that bastard!"

At his command, the seated demonic beasts charged forward, guided only by hunger and ferocity. Meanwhile, "Kein" the target of these savage and hungry beasts, only grinned from ear to ear as he bared his teeth

"Yes! This is what I was talking about!"

*Fush!*

With one swift movement, "Kein" disappeared from his original position and charged at the beasts.

*Slash!* *Slash!* *Slash!* *Slash!* *Slash!* *Slash!* *Slash!*

Without stopping, he began to tear the beasts apart without them being able to touch him, Blood and severed limbs began to fly endlessly in a grotesque scene. 

*Crash!*

A golem tried to crush him but it was too slow for "Kein," so he avoided it with ease. When the golem's fist embedded itself in the ground, he ran through it to the golem's head before decapitating it.

Landing on the ground as the golem collapsed, "Kein" looked at the beasts as if they were just pieces of meat to cut up.

"Hehehe~ Come on, don't think this is enough for-"

*crack* *crack*

When it tried to move, its body started to crackle

"Tch, this body is trash."

The muscles all over his body were torn and the joints were stiff, not used to such intense movement and from the battle he experienced earlier

"And to think I'd have to use the magic of those war-addicted drinkers."

On his index finger, suddenly, golden energy began to channel. He brought his finger to his forehead and drew a symbol

"Uruz."

The symbol on his forehead disappeared and his body became enveloped in a golden energy

"Fu~, that's better; sorry to keep you waiting."

Shaking his shoulder and stretching his arms, "Kein" finished checking that his body was okay. He firmly gripped his sword and with a big smile, he spoke. 

"Shall we continue?"

*Fush!*

With a speed even faster than before, he charged at the beasts, continuing his one-sided massacre.

*Slash!* *Slash!* *Slash!* *Slash!* *Slash!*

 

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!"

"But what the hell..."

Dedelia watched in bewilderment as "Kein" slaughtered her beasts while laughing maniacally.

None of the demonic beasts could do anything; before they could move to attack him, their bodies were turned to mincemeat, and even the golems were useless. 

*Crash!*

While thinking about that, "Kein" smashed one of his golems with a punch—a fucking punch.

"Who the fuck is that kid? They didn't say anything about this when they gave us the mission!" 

While Dedelia complained, "Kein" continued with his massacre, having torn apart the vast majority of the demonic beasts.

"Fuck it! I was planning to use this in case the sneak attack failed but I have no choice anymore!"

Channeling all of her demonic energy into her staff, Dedelia created a huge summoning circle that encompassed a large portion of the area where the barrier was placed 

"Kein," who had already finished slaughtering the demonic beasts, sat on a huge pile of corpses with his chin resting against his palm as he watched Dedelia's summoning with a grin.

*Boom!

From the summoning circle rose a huge pillar of purple flames.

*Woosh!*

The flames began to gather and take shape. 

Claws, tails, fearsome maws, and gigantic wings.

A dragon

A huge dragon made of purple flames formed in front of "Kein".

Dedelia, who was on top of the dragon's back, looked at "Kein" with a sneer on her face.

"Let's see if you can handle this!"

"ROOAAAAAAAAAR!"

With a deafening roar, the dragon spread its wings, creating gusts of wind that ripped up all the trees that were there, clearing everything and leaving the area completely flat. The bodies of the unconscious students and the dead beasts could also be nowhere to be seen

"Tear it apart!"

"ROOAAAAAAAR!"

At Dedelia's command, the dragon lashed out at Kein, trying to edge him with a bite.

*Clank!

"Kein shielded himself with his sword and was dragged along the ground by the fire dragon's mammoth strength.

"Heh...hehehehe...Kajajajajajajajajajajajajaja! Yes! This is what I was looking for!"

"Kein," who had already finished slaughtering the demonic beasts, was sitting on a huge pile of corpses with his chin resting against his palm as he watched Dedelia's summoning with a grin.

*Crash!*

Planting his foot firmly on the ground, "Kein" abruptly stopped the dragon's advance. 

"What!?"

Dedelia could not believe the enormous physical strength that "Kein" had.

*Slash!*

Before she knew it, "Kein" was on the other end, and his dragon was split in half.

*Fush!*

But luckily, as his body was purely made of fire, the physical attacks didn't do anything to him and he quickly regenerated.

*Poom!*

When he finished regenerating, the dragon hit "Kein," who was behind him, with his tail, sending him flying.

Rolling on the ground "Kein" stuck his sword in the ground, and after crawling a few more meters, he stopped.

*Woo~*

But without giving him time to rest, the dragon that was flying above him began to accumulate energy in his mouth, and after a few seconds, he shot it out like lightning.

*BOOM!

A huge explosion followed after the impact, and a huge cloud of dust rose up, making it impossible to see the ground. 

*Fush!*

But as if to confirm that that wasn't enough to finish him off, "Kein" jumped up several meters with his uniform on top of him, completely destroyed.

"That's not nearly enough!"

"Damn lunatic!"

Several fire snakes came out of the dragon's body and attacked "Kein," who was in the air.

*Slash!* *Slash!*

But instead of despairing, he took it as an opportunity, running on top of them while dodging and cutting the ones that tried to bite him He got closer and closer to Dedelia

" Stay away!"

Summoning several magic circles, he aimed and attacked "Kein," trying to stop his advance, but he just cut everything he threw at him without stopping to run while he laughed

Dedelia began to panic as she saw Kein getting closer and closer and shouted to her dragon.

"Keep it away! Do anything but get it away!"

"ROOOAAAAAR!"

The dragon flapped its wings, creating a powerful gust of wind that knocked "Kein" back and smashed him to the ground 

"I can't take him!I have to call for backup-!"

Dedelia couldn't finish her words because she started to feel huge pressure; her chest tightened, preventing her from breathing and cold sweat filled her face

"Well, I think I've played enough." 

"Kein," who was on the ground, raised his sword to the sky as a golden energy surrounded him, but it wasn't like light magic or any other magic Dedelia had seen during her long life.

It was something much bigger and much more terrifying

"Goodbye, you were a good warm-up."

The golden energy that enveloped "Kein's" body concentrated on his sword and the next moment it shot into the sky, creating a massively larger blade.

Dedelia could only watch the huge energy blade approaching her with a horrified face as a single thought crossed her mind.

'Monster'

*BOOM!*

The huge energy blade impacted against her and her dragon, turning them completely into dust and, in the process, leaving a huge mark on the ground that stretched as far as the eye could see

"Fu~ that felt good, Well, now that I'm done warming up, I can take care of you."

He said "Kein" before turning his head and looking at a black-haired man dressed in a Hakama.

'He's a hell of a lot stronger than that demon, maybe even stronger than me in my current state.'

This man in the Hakama was the one who took all the students before the fight against the dragon began, The amazing thing is that he did it in less than 3 seconds, putting all the students at a safe distance so that they wouldn't be affected by the battle

'But what does it matter?'

Never in his life has he ever run from a battle and this will not be the day he starts.

"All right, let's start with..."

*Clank!*

He couldn't finish his words because suddenly golden chains came out of his body, enveloping him and embedding themselves in the ground 

"This is..."

Feeling his strength being drained quickly, his veins bulged with rage before he screamed at the top of his lungs 

"I'M GOING TO KILL THAT ONE-EYED BASTARD!!!"

In the next moment, the chains disappeared into firefly-like particles of light and Kein fell unconscious

"..."

The Hakama man just looked at him before letting out a deep sigh. 

"Why do I always have to take care of this kind of shit."