Amilia and I landed right in front of the evil god. As usual, the evil god kept its gaze fixed on the castle instead of looking at us.
「For now, let’s make it face this way.」
「Yes! How do we do that?」
Amilia blinked at me in confusion, and I nearly stumbled.
「Just hit it hard. We only need to deal enough damage that it can’t ignore us.」
「Got it!」
「I’ll create a foothold, so I’m counting on you.」
「Leave it to me!!」
「Here we go! 『——Create Rock!!』」
I dropped large stone stakes to form a straight bridge matched to the giant’s size.
「Haaaaaaa!!」
Amilia accelerated all at once, leaped high, and raised her sword.
『Sky・Eater!!』
「Gugyaaaaaaa!?」
With a single magic-infused strike from Amilia, one-third of the evil god’s body was blown away. Suddenly missing part of itself, the evil god writhed madly.
「Here… easy does it…」
I caught the flying Amilia and gently set her down on the ground.
「Looks like one hit wasn’t enough after all…」
「Yeah. But at least now its attention is turned toward us instead of the castle.」
「Gyaaaaaaa!!!」
Perhaps overflowing with magic power, it fired arrows created at blinding speed.
「Not gonna work!」
――Gakin!! ――Bagin!! ――Gakin!! ――Bagin!!
I sliced them down with my blood-coated sword and knocked away the rest with my free hand.
――Gagagagagaga!!
――Babababababa!!
I smashed and cut down every arrow so none would reach Amilia.
「Phew…」
「Th-thank you, Yuuki…」
「Alright… let’s finish this thing off!」
「But my attack only took out half of what was left…」
「I’ll match your power, so just trust me!」
I met Amilia’s eyes as I spoke, and she gave a big nod.
「Here we go!」
Amilia dashed forward while I rose into the air, constantly firing magic (Stone Bullet) to keep its attention.
「Vugyaaaaaaa!!!」
「Amilia!!」
Suddenly, tentacles sprouted and tried to entangle both of us. I teleported in front of Amilia and shredded them to pieces with blood-rage magic blades.
「Gugyaaaaaaa!?」
「Keep running!」
「Understood!!」
We leaped across the footholds I created and closed in on the evil god.
「Haaaaaaa!!」
『——Teleport!』 『——Blood Battle Formation!!』
I teleported behind Amilia and activated an enhanced version of the previous 『Needle Blood Formation』. A spherical barrier enveloped both me and Amilia.
「Gugyaaaaaaa!?」
We burst out from the shredded tentacle fragments. Amilia readied her stance.
『『Sky・Eater!!』』
Amilia and I unleashed the same technique at the same time. Our magic powers merged into a massive roar.
「「Haaaaaaa!!」」
「Gugya!?」
The evil god’s death cry lasted only an instant. The torrent of magic power sliced the clouds remaining in the blue sky cleanly in two.
「No way…」
「Good work, Amilia…」
I caught Amilia in mid-air and rose higher with flight magic, then slowly descended to the ground.
「That takes care of one problem…」
「Yes… eh～?」
「Come on, let’s head back.」
「Hyau!?」
I lifted her up in a princess carry. Amilia, who had been stunned, quickly came back to her senses and panicked.
「That was… really something…」
「Ahaha, I didn’t think it would actually work, and I definitely didn’t expect that much power.」
I laughed lightly as Amilia and I looked up at the sky. The aftermath of the slash that had split the heavens still left the clouds parted, leaving the sky beautifully clear.
「Honestly… Yuuki, you…」
「Well then, we should get back. Let’s fly!」
「Fue!? Wait!?」
I rose into the air with magic and flew back while repairing the city walls and houses with restoration magic along the way. Thunderous applause and cheers showered down on us as we soared through the sky.
「Thank you, Demon King-sama!」
「The Saintess was amazing too!」
「You looked so cool, Demon King-sama!」
With a wry smile at those voices, we returned to the balcony, where Selene immediately leaped into my arms.
「Both of you! I’m so glad you’re safe!!」
「I’m fine. After all, Yuuki was there.」
「That may be true, but I was still worried～」
She rubbed her head against me vigorously. Ahhh, my hair is getting messed up…
「S-Selene! The jewel! The jewel is grinding against me!!」
Yeah, at Amilia’s height it must be hitting her right in the face.
「Muu… that’s not fair…」
Liliana, watching from a step back, puffed out her cheeks.
「Come on, Liliana, you too.」
I opened my free arm, and Liliana jumped in. I caught her and held her close.
「「「「「Uwaaaaaaaaahhh!!」」」」」
A huge cheer erupted from behind us. Surprised, we all turned around to see the gathered crowd raising their voices even louder.
「Thank you, Princess!」
「Thank you for protecting the other young lady too!!」
「Saintess～ look over here～!!」
「Demon King-sama, you’re so cool～!!」
「Make me your bride too～!!」
Words of gratitude poured toward Selene and Liliana, who had been protecting everyone in front of the royal castle, while Amilia received high-pitched squeals.
And from the high-pitched squeals, I also caught voices from the children.
「Hahaha, thank you…」
With a wry smile, I waved my hand. The cheers grew even louder.
「Heh…」
「Hmm…」
「Muu…」
――Crack……
「Wait!? Um… everyone!?」
「Heh…」
「Hmm…」
「Muu…」
――Crack crack crack……
「It’s breaking, it’s breaking! My bones are making cracking sounds!?」
My pathetic scream echoed, and gradually the whole crowd burst into laughter.
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