Ankoku Kishi Monogatari ~Yuusha wo Taosu Tameni Maou ni Shoukansaremashita~

Chapter 144.1: Riot Above The Death Capital

◆Dark Knight; Kuroki

I leaped up and parried the sword of the vampire knight that was being swung down at the angels.

「Dark Knight?!」

The female angel shouted in shock.

「I'll distract them for a while. Use that time to escape from this place.」

I unleashed my black flame at the specter knights as soon as I said so.

This should be enough to buy time for those angels.

「How can it be?! That cowardly and brute Dark Knight is coming to save us!」

The one who called me a brute was the female angel.

「I don't know why he saved us but, it's just as Alphos-sama had said. What does he want by doing this?」

「This must be one of his cowardly plans! But, we have to get away from this place, now!」

The angels proceeded to leave.

They seemed to have a hard time accepting the fact that I just saved their asses.

Damn you, Alphos!!

Though I cursed at Alphos for defaming me, I focused on the matter before me right now.

My opponent wasn't just the specter knights and the vampire knights.

I could beat those kinds of foes in a second.

The white vampire might pose more threat than the others, but he is still no match for me.

「All of you, step back. Dark Knight. I shall become your opponent.」

Coming up from below was a blonde-haired, blue-eyed handsome youth.

I had read about this youth beforehand.

the Ruby prince, Zasha.

Though he appeared like a handsome youth, his real appearance was that of a giant, leech-like vampire.

Though he wasn't that powerful, he had a lot of stamina, destroying him was a chore.

Alas, since his weakness was fire, I was the worst opponent for him.

Zasha's mantle fluttered along with the wind as he rose up in the air.

「Zasha-sama! He's too dangerous! That dark knight can use the black flame! He might be that infamous Dark Knight!」

Zasha couldn't hide his shock upon hearing that information from the white vampire.

「Eh?! Is that so, Jusio-dono? If that's the case…」

Zasha was about to leave as he spoke.

「Same as ever eh, Zasha! To think that you're volunteering yourself as vanguard!」

A woman clad in crimson attire came closer to this place.

Princess of Fresh Blood, Zaffrada.

Hailed as the strongest among the children of death.

Her true form was that of a giant vampire bat, and she was the God revered by the vampires.

「Eh? Uhm… Big sis.」

Zasha seemed to be quite bewildered by his sister's appearance.

「This lowly priest tips my hat for you, Zasha-kun. Now fight to your heart's content.」

A one-eyed giant clad in vestment came riding on a black cloud.

The cloud was made from the gathering of countless flies that spread a foul stench in the air.

That guy might be the high priest of flies and maggots, Zalbuth.

I heard that he was an adept user of talisman arts and necromancy.

He was more troublesome than Zasha.

The two newcomers looked at Zasha and I.

They seemed to be quite confident.

But that was only natural since we're above Modegal, the home ground of the kin of death.

I, on the other hand, was in a disadvantageous situation.

The kin of death around us were also growing in number. I'm slowly running out of time.

Let's escape from this place after those angels manage to get away from this place.

「Dammit, you must be kidding me, Big Brother! Since that's the case, Evil Red Mist!」

And then, Zasha vomited red mist from his mouth.

「You think that kind of thing will work on me!」

I erased the red mist with my black flame and closed in toward Zasha.

Then, I swung down my demon sword.

「UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」

Zasha tried to escape but I was faster than him.

「What the?」

And then, just when my sword was about to cut down Zasha.

Several talismans appeared between Zasha and I. My demon sword easily sliced both the talisman and Zasha alas, its power was greatly reduced due to the talisman.

And then, I turned around and dodged the shockwave fired by Zaffrada.

「GUWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」

Zasha, who got slashed, fell down.

Alas, now wasn't the time to worry about Zasha.

I had to do something about the two before me.

Zaffrada and Zalbuth.

Even though their names were rather similar, I wouldn't mistake them for sure.

「To be able to slice this humble priest’s talisman as if it's a piece of paper…  You're strong. Then, how about this! Fast Bind!」

The moment Zalbuth shouted, I was surrounded by shining talismans.

Those talismans unleashed electric sparks that bound my body.

These talismans were probably arranged around Zasha during our conversation.

Thus, he used Zasha as the bait to lure me into this formation.

He was quite a cunning fella despite being a priest.

「Good job, Zalbuth! Now go!」

Dozens of vampire knights rushed at once to stab me with their sword along with Zaffrada's order.

Alas, these talismans weren't enough to bind my movement.

In the first place, a talisman's nature was closer to that of enchantment magic in which one wrote sorcery letters on specially prepared paper beforehand and was easy to activate.

Since it bypassed the step of gathering magical power and chanting an aria, it was faster to activate than normal magic alas, it was less powerful.

Crushing flimsy binding spells like this was a piece of cake.

「HAAAAAAAAAAA!」

I broke the binding with brute force and cut down the incoming vampire knights.

And then used the residual force of my slash to hit back the magic fired by Zaffrada to her.

「KYAAAAAAAAAA!」

「PRINCESS!」

Unable to react in time, Zaffrada's left arm was blown off by her own magic.

Zaffrada was caught by the white vampire knight just before she fell on the ground.

Maybe because it was a powerful magic, Zaffrada's magic instantly eliminated a few specter knights behind her.

Nevertheless, the movement of that white vampire knight was really good.

He was the quickest one to catch his master before she fell after all.

「No way… Such power…」

Zalbuth groaned in frustration.

The sword held by the vampire knight was stuck on his body.

When I cut the vampire knight's arm, I made it fly toward the direction of Zalbuth.

He didn't seem to die even when the sword lodged in his stomach. What in the world is hiding inside that vestment?

「GUUUUU! HOW DARE YOU! DAMMIT! DAMMIIIIIIIIIIIIT!」

Zaffrada, who lost her left arm, sent a hateful gaze toward my direction.

All the vampire knights that got slashed by me had already turned into ashes.

She tried to kill me along with her vampire knights.

Too bad I was the one she fought of all people.

Thus she ended up losing most of her vampire knights along with her left arm.

That must be a huge emotional blow for her.

Thus, her face transformed, it was no longer a lady's face.

Long fangs grew from her split mouth. The eyes on her face grew in number until there were seven of them.

Giant bat wings grew from her back.

She finally revealed her true form.

Alas, the wounded Zaffrada didn't charge toward me. She could only glare at me from afar.

The same goes for Zalbuth.

Thus, the situation reached a stalemate in which both parties only glared at each other.

Now then, I guess I've bought enough time for the angels, this was the time to retreat.

And just when I was about to step back.

A strong hostile intent came from above.

Detecting an enemy was similar to detecting danger. Both abilities reacted in similar ways, telling me that a formidable enemy was locking on to me.

When I looked at the direction where the powerful hostile intent came from, I saw the shadow of someone heading toward this place.

Pale bluish-white skin as if there was no pigment, the lower-half of a spider and the upper half of a bat.

There was a huge mouth around his stomach.

Their twelve eyes were locking onto me.

「Never expected that you will come in person, Dark Knight.」

「Zarxis…」

Now I wouldn't be able to escape from this place anymore.

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