"Hahahahaha...! Aella... Aella... Aella! I never imagined I'd meet the princess of the Nefetari Kingdom in this remote forest."
Lilith laughed disgustingly in front of me.
She hadn't changed at all. Black eyes with red pupils, two small horns on her forehead, and her long, dark red hair like blood. A beautiful-faced mage from the Demon Race. A disgusting psychopath.
"So... what is the former princess of Nefetari doing here? We've been searching everywhere for you! We thought you had died of starvation after the death of your savior... what was her name... oh, yes, Estella!"
"Shut up! Don't you ever mention my friend's name with your filthy mouth!"
I shouted at her. I couldn't bear to have my friend, Estella's, name come out of that demon woman's disgusting mouth.
"Hahahahaha... look at yourself, Aella! Should I tell you what Estella's last face looked like?"
"No... I don't believe Estella died at the hands of you, the Demon Race army."
"Are you stupid, Aella? Stop dreaming and accept the reality of your beloved friend's death. Just like your father's death when he was pierced by Dragnel's sword."
Yes, that was the name of one of the demon army generals who killed my father. A half-blood from the Dragon Race. The Dragon of Destruction, Dragnel Ravager. I will never forget that event forever. When my father cried while chanting his teleportation magic. When Dragnel's sword pierced my father's body.
But now is not the time for me to remember my past grudges.
"What do you want from this little girl, Lilith?"
Lilith looked at me with a smirk and said,
"Aella... you should have realized it too. Her face... that girl's face. Doesn't she remind you of that damn woman? Yes... I've never forgotten it. The wound on my chest, which always feels sore at night. The wound left by Estella's sword. That girl... reminds me of Estella. I want to take her... cut her skin little by little, enjoy the sound of her painful moans... Hahahahahaha...!"
Lilith laughed loudly. She is indeed a psychopath. And Estella once almost killed her during our battle in the Southern Continent. Because of that, Lilith holds a grudge against Estella.
"So, Aella, can you give me that little girl?"
"Do you think I will?"
"Yes... that's right! It's impossible, because of course you also feel what I feel when you see that little girl's face."
After that, the two wyverns that had previously attacked Swordmaster-san were seen flying closer to Lilith. They stood on Lilith's right and left sides. Then Lilith stroked the face of the ferocious monster, who was bowing its head to her.
"Aella, do you really want to fight with me? Together with that stupid Swordmaster? Do you think you can face me? Aella... I'm not interested in you. I'll let you go. You just need to hand over the little girl behind you to me. Don't you want to live, Aella?"
I replied by chanting my magic and taking my magic wand from the spatial magic stored inside my bracelet. Now in my right hand, my magic wand, 'Indurtha', was gripped.
"So that's your answer? You really are a foolish Elf princess!"
Lilith laughed again.
But a moment later...
From who knows where, Swordmaster-san, who was the partner of the little girl behind me, suddenly jumped and attacked Lilith with his sword. However, the wyvern beside Lilith threw Swordmaster-san away with its wing. Hit by the attack, Swordmaster-san was thrown and rolled right in front of my body.
"Stop it! You won't be able to fight her alone. If you do that again, you might really die."
He looked at Lilith with anger that burned his face red.
"Elena... how is Elena now?"
He asked me while continuing to look forward.
So that girl's name is Elena. Could it be... could it be that she is indeed Estella's daughter?
"I have healed her wounds with my healing magic. But considering the amount of blood she lost, her body is currently too weak to stand up."
"Is that so? Then what should we do now, Elf-san?"
"You, Swordmaster-san, face those two wyverns alone. While I will fight Lilith, the red-haired woman in front of you."
"This is a bit difficult, because those two winged monsters always fly and breathe their fire breath in all directions."
"Vetus Pallium!"
(Wind Cloak!)
I gave him my wind magic. He looked confused when his body was enveloped by my wind magic.
"Listen to me! I have given you my magic. So now your body will be lighter than before. With your abilities, I'm quite sure you will be able to keep up with the two wyverns in front. And give me enough time to fight against Lilith."
He looked at me for quite a while. Then nodded his head.
"Let's protect Elena together, Swordmaster-san!"
"Arara... can you guys stop flirting in front of me!"
Lilith's voice was heard, interrupting our conversation.
"I've been waiting long enough. Shouldn't you have realized it too? So how... will you hand over the little girl behind you to me, or choose to die at my hands?"
I and Swordmaster-san began to prepare to attack Lilith. And that demon woman should have realized the answer to her question to us.
"How foolish you are..."
Immediately after saying that, suddenly the two wyverns that had been standing beside Lilith began to fly towards the two of us.
"Let's carry out our plan, Swordmaster-san!"
The man in front of me looked at me and once again nodded his head.
Then Swordmaster-san ran and jumped towards one of the wyverns that was pouncing on us. With the help of my wind magic, his body was now lighter. He slashed the wyvern's neck with his sword. But his sword bounced off just like that. That's how hard the scales that covered the wyvern's body were.
Swordmaster-san rolled over the flying wyvern's body. Then he ran and jumped to the other wyvern's body.
But the wyvern was quite nimble in dealing with the man's attack. It threw the man's body away with its left wing. Swordmaster-san was thrown quite far by the wing's blow.
This time, the two wyverns began to chase the man's body. They pounced on the man again alternately. Yes... his task was completed. The man managed to lure the two wyverns towards him. This time it was my turn to concentrate on facing Lilith.
"Ignes terrae, custodes da mihi virtutem. Ut ardeam et exardescam ante me malum."
(Guardian fire fairies of the earth, give me strength. So that I can burn and scorch the evil before me.)
I began to chant my spell. This time I used the full chant of my magic spell.
"Ignis Vita!"
(Fire of Life!)
I created four large fireballs in the sky and threw them at Lilith.
"Firmamento tenebrarum!"
Lilith was heard chanting her spell. And a moment later, her entire body was enveloped by a dark mist. That was the 'Dome of Darkness' magic, one of the protective magics possessed by the darkness element.
The sight before me was enough to make my hands tremble. I had used the full chant of my magic spell, but Lilith easily blocked it with her short chant. Yes, all my fireballs were successfully blocked by Lilith's magic with ease.
I have to admit it. Currently, Lilith is an opponent too tough for me. After all, she is one of the six generals of the Demon army, Lilith, 'The Dark Witch'. While I am just an Elf mage who has avoided fighting for many years.
"Is that all your ability, Aella? You are so pathetic. Apparently the figure of Aella 'The Demon Slayer' has completely disappeared."
She said while grinning at me, mocking my abilities.
Yes... when I joined Estella's army, my name was very famous among the demons. And my nickname was 'The Demon Slayer'. I was a mage who slaughtered demons in front of me without mercy. They, the demon army, would run away when they heard me start chanting my spell.
But those are memories of the past.
It has been more than fifteen years since I fought with the demon race. In this era, I spent my peaceful life with my five adopted children. Of course, I am not the match for a demon general like Lilith now.
"Then, let's start our fight, Aella!"
After saying that, Lilith then raised her right hand to the sky and began to chant her spell.
"O deus tenebrarum, ostende crudelitatem tuam. Et da mihi lanceas tuas mortis."
(O god of darkness, show your cruelty. And give me your spears of death.)
Simultaneously with Lilith's incantation, black spears began to appear in the sky. These black spears were shrouded in a dark mist and were about three meters long. Three... five... eight... what is this? How many spears will Lilith's magic create?
"Hasta tenebrarum!"
(Spears of Darkness!)
Along with Lilith's shout, the black spears began to rain down on me, with the girl named Elena currently behind my back.
Dam! Dam! Dam! Dam!
The sound of the spears slamming into the ground was extremely loud.
What should I do? How can I protect this girl named Elena?
Think, Aella!
***
"Hi...
I am Aella Mead. Currently, I will fight hard to protect Elena. But... is Elena really Estella's daughter? I want to know. I must know!
Therefore, I must survive this battle. I must protect the girl named Elena from the psychopathic demon woman in front of me, Lilith.
And in the next chapter, readers will witness my fight against Lilith, the Dark Witch.
So, please continue to follow the next part of the story, okay... Bye!"
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