Chapter 177

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Kwaaaaang!

The place where a roar rang out was none other than the back of Anaxia’s head.

“……!”

Anaxia unknowingly opened her eyes to the limit to understand what had happened. All she could see was Ellet clutching her forehead with one hand as if trying to smash her skull.

“Talk more.”

It was only when a frosty voice reached her ears that she realized the current situation.

In the blink of an eye, Ellet had pushed Anaxia up against a distant pillar and pinned her there.

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I was thinking about using Descent of Divinity.

All she had to do was use it and tear Anaxia down in one fell swoop.

It was an impulse she found difficult to control. But reasoning managed to kick in and she barely saved it.

Kwaddd.

The pillar caved in, centered around the place where the back of Anaxia’s head had smashed. That brutal effect was possible thanks to activating the skill ‘Queen’s Might’, obtained after defeating Lilith.

Anaxia’s small head was still held in my grasp.

This is a humiliating situation for Anaxia. However, this crazy demon was so happy about it that she drew a curve in the corners of her mouth.

“……You’re really fun, aren’t you?”

Shwii!

Chains poured out of the mirror, crashing down on me from all sides like a tidal wave.

The chains moved individually, like the aura blades of an Aura Master. As an Aura Expert, I was no match for them on my own.

But.

Kwadududu!

Aura attacks flew in from several directions at once to deal with the chains.

“I’ll give cover.”

“We got your back.”

“Fight, Sister.”

Ash, Ephael, Raywin, and Frintz had finished organizing their surroundings.

Four men held the chains in check for me while Thesilid stood ahead of me and spoke over his shoulder.

“Eli, I will never let her approach you. Pour as much as you want.”

“Yes, Terry.”

I can trust him.

At that moment, Anaxia, who was dealing with my companions with the chain of her mirrors, used tricks to provoke me.

“Putting the weaker man in front again, no fun.”

I wasn’t in the mood to join in on the conversation so I answered with a skill.

“Vanquish of Evil.”

“Did you call this an attack? It doesn’t even tickle!”

Anaxia with a long but shallow scar on her cheek shouted back, sharply shoving Thesilid while trying to break through the vanguard.

“There’s nothing much to see from that flimsy skill other than that it’s impossible to defend. You can’t penetrate my demonic energy by cowardly using skills like that while hiding behind that weak’s man back!”

“Vanquish of Evil.”

“You can drench me with drizzle, but you can’t drown me. Step forward, Vanquisher, or else……!”

One of the mirrors that was dealing with my companions flew next to Anaxia. Her white hand reached into the mirror.

“I will tear this pretty maid to pieces before your very eyes!”

“……!”

The moment Anaxia pulled her hand back from the mirror, my eyes widened to the limit. This is because a woman’s wrist was seen being held in her cruel grip.

However.

“……Huh? What is this?”

When Anaxia took it all out, I realized that it was the wrong person.

“Ugh, where am I this time……!?”

“Princess Marcellion?”

The person dragged out was Odellit Marcellion, a princess of the Magic Republic.

Odellit was a literal mess. She was covered from head to toe in tentacles, roots, and mud as if she had been fighting a plant-type monster to the death.

Everyone shared the same doubts as Agnes.

Anaxia lifted Odellit high enough that her toes were not touching the ground and said:

“I clearly summoned the disciplinary mirror that imprisoned the maid. Why on earth did this strange human girl come out?”

Was it an accidental mistake?

Fortunately, Bianca was not the one dragged out, but the sense of discomfort was too great to move on.

At that moment, a revelation from God came.

[‘The Eyes that Watch Over the Chaos of All Things’ violently shakes the carrot he had been saving!]

[‘The Spoiler Inspector’ snatches the carrot and throws it far away.]

A familiar feeling of premonition hits me.

I’d better check out …….

“Ha, forget it. You’re dirty, so get lost!”

“Ah!”

Anaxia threw Odellit like a sack of barley and the direction in which she flew in a parabolic curve was, of course, this way.

Although I was reluctant to do so, I caught her with both arms and landed on the ground.

“Yo-You are…! Aren’t you the Saint? What is happening right now……?!”

“Princess Marcellion.”

I interrupted Odellit who was trying to ask me about this and that.

“From now on, it would be best for you to answer my questions honestly.”

For your sake.

“……What is it?”

“Do you know about a mirror in which a black-haired noble lady is trapped?”

“……”

“You have it, right?”

“……”

I gave her enough time, but eventually, the answer that came back was.

“I don’t know.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yes.”

“……I see.”

Then, it’s done.

I straightened my expression and voice, trying to keep my cool, and planted her feet on the ground.

I glanced forward to see Thesilid getting Anaxia’s attention, and in a businesslike tone, I updated her on the current situation and gave instructions.

“We are currently in a boss battle. Princess, please stay in the rear.”

“What do you mean, in the rear, me too……!”

“No. Don’t intervene, just stay in the rear. I am the commander here, and I will exclude you from this battle because you made a mistake in the last subjugation to subdue Hellkaion.”

“……!”

Odellite glared fiercely at me.

I stared back indifferently and pointed in the direction where Princess Celestide and Hestio were.

“Go. If your pride is hurt, you can think of it as being in charge of protecting Her Majesty the Princess.”

“……”

“I’m sure you understand, then.”

Odellit gritted her teeth and looked like she wanted to punch me right in the face.

Then, suddenly, her expression changed because something was discovered on the side where Hestio and Celestide were.

“Wha-Why are you here……?”

While she was distracted, I turned away from her.

A battle so fierce was spreading out in my field of vision that I felt sorry for wasting my time on the likes of Odellit.

Our dealers were divided into Ephael and Ash, Frintz and Raywin.

The two teams faced three mirrors on each side of Anaxia who moved like two wings.

The chains pulled out of the mirror freely change their paths into straight and curved lines.

Then, it soared into the sky all at once and rained down on my allies like a rain of harpoons.

The floor of the throne room cracked and shattered as if it had been hit by artillery fire due to the fierce destructive force.

Our team narrowly avoided and swatted away the attacks from those chains, while persistently approaching the mirror.

“Youngest!”

“Yes, brother!”

Finally, one of the mirrors on the right was broken through a joint attack between Ephael and Ash.

“We took care of this one too!”

Soon after, Frintz and Raywin also reported their results.

The teams stomped on the shattered mirror and with their backs to each other, prepared to attack the two remaining mirrors.

I healed the four people’s minor injuries and looked back at Thesilid.

He was engaged in a fierce hand-to-hand combat with Anaxia.

The two chain weapons held in her hands struck Thesilid alternately like whips.

Thesilid raised his Holy Sword and blocked the first chain. With the powerful recoil that came from that defense, he parried the second chain, stopping it in its tracks.

Unlike the first time, the chain was not deflected even after being hit by the sword’s blade. Instead, it quickly coiled around his sword.

Anaxia yanked on the end of the chain and Thesilid pretended to be dragged helplessly by her, then quickly re-summoned the Holy Sword to get free.

With the Holy Sword fixed he glided closer, aiming at Anaxia’s heart.

Kang!

The tip of the sword was blocked by a chain link and from a short distance away, Anaxia let out a sneer.

“Silver hair, your looks are a waste with your puny strength.”

“……”

“No matter how much I think about it, that skin is a luxury for you. Give it to me!”

One of Anaxia’s hands was seen trying to grab Thesilid’s face. Coincidentally, I had just finished stacking all my auxiliary spells.

“Terry, close your eyes.”

My hand flashed.

“Pure Light”

“……Khu!”

A powerful light that burned a demon’s soul was focused in Anaxia’s eyes. She immediately jumped back.

Just as I had waited.

“Divine Punishment.”

A whirlwind of lightning flashed across the night sky through a hole in the ceiling that had been drilled previously.

Lightning struck from the five pillars.

“Kwaaaaaak!!”

Anaxia, who took a direct hit, let out a scream and fell. Black smoke rose from her entire body.

It’s a success. As a result, much of the demonic energy that protected her was stripped away.

Anaxia’s face was distorted like a monster.

“Vanquisher of Evil!!”

“Yes, Anaxia. I’ll act worthy of that moniker.”

I cast the skill Anaxia had ordered.

“Vanquish of Evil.”

“Kgh!”

Anaxia’s body, which was lunged against Thesilid, collapsed. There was no hesitation because I knew that it was working properly unlike before.

“Vanquish of Evil.”

There was a reason why I stubbornly used this skill.

Although the casting time is relatively long and the power varies depending on the target’s weakness, it has the advantage of being the ultimate skill that deals damage to the very core of existence.

Now that Thesilid was blocking Anaxia with his entire body, it was the perfect way to attack Anaxia alone without going past him.

“Vanquish of Evil.”

“Kuhgo!”

As the number of casts increased, the number of scratches on Anaxia’s body increased by the minute. Of course, what poured out from the wound was not blood. It was an irrecoverable piece of her soul.

Anaxia’s bloodshot eyes turned to me, but Thesilid blocked her view.

“Get out of the way, silver hair!”

“……”

“Get out of the way!”

Thesilid didn’t bother to argue and just stood his ground.

Meanwhile, I was comfortably showering Anaxia with divine power from behind his back.

There is not much left now. At this rate, her subjugation was only a matter of time.

Anaxia seemed to feel an extreme sense of crisis and cast a skill to retaliate.

“It would be good to care about other people for a change!”

[ Warning. ‘Blood Reflection’ is activated.]

Anaxia’s eyes flashed with a strange glow.

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