Volume 17 Chapter 2 Two Situation
"Come out, Demon King Grandilis."
Goldred raised his right hand.
From the stone plate he held, the Demon King Grandilis appeared once again.
"As expected, using the 3rd spell 3 times is really painful on my points..."
Goldred's face twitched slightly.
"But if I can break through this situation, I'll get closer to [The Heart of the Stars]. Now's not the time to hold back. Grandilis, prepare to escape from here. Phoenix Blaze King, focus on intercepting."
Hummm!
The eyes of the Demon King and Phoenix Blaze King gleamed eerily.
Meanwhile, I gripped the Refaid Sword, keeping an eye on Goldred, and the black monster――[Invader].
[Invader] wasn't doing anything in particular, just swaying back and forth.
But it didn't seem to have lost its will to attack.
There's a high chance it'll suddenly attack like before.
However,
"I can't read when it'll attack――."
I gritted my teeth.
It's hard to read its emotions and actions from its appearance, so I'm always on high alert.
Goldred, on the other hand, was calm.
As he also had to prepare for [Invader]'s attack, he was under the same tension.
However, with Phoenix Blaze King and the Demon King, he could divide the tasks of responding to [Invader] and attacking me.
I had to do everything alone.
That difference will show up in the degree of exhaustion we experience from competing with each other.
5 minutes... 10 minutes... 20 minutes passed, and [Invader] still didn't move.
But my concentration was starting to waver.
"Distortion."
Goldred muttered suddenly.
The next instant, the ground beneath my feet shook violently.
Not an earthquake――
Goldred had used [Change] to alter the ground beneath my feet.
"Ah, shi――."
I lost my balance.
"The foothold――."
Everywhere was swelling up, or maybe sinking, and I couldn't stand still...!
At that moment, the [Invader] moved again.
"Ugh...!"
It seemed to think it had a good opportunity, seeing my stance crumble.
Or maybe its attack timing just happened to coincide.
Either way, the black giant body was swaying as the [Invader] approached me....
I wondered if the protective equipment I was wearing could withstand its 'Invader Attack'.
Creak, burst...!
As soon as it touched me, the protective gear started breaking one after another.
This is bad... its attack power is higher than I thought!
"If this keeps up, everything will be destroyed...!"
If that happens, I'll be swallowed up by the [Invader] and die.
I have to do something...!
I thought of a way to turn the situation around while feeling anxious.
And then, at that moment...
'I won't let you!'
A voice echoed.
It was a familiar voice.
It was the same voice I heard when I used my skill, and the same voice that invited me to 'The Heart of the Stars'.
The will of the stars...
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