I Became a Genius Swordsman in the Pretty Girl Game

Waaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!

A pitch-black, ominous cloud began to swirl in the sky.

Then, black rays rained down from the sky towards the Litel Kingdom’s castle.

“What, what is that······.”
“Ominous.”
“Is a demon king descending or something─.”

Everyone on the battlefield stopped fighting and looked up at the sky.

“Finally, finally······! My master comes! My lord Baal descends─!!!”

Dikrain, with a look of rapture, clasped his hands together.

Although nothing had gone according to plan, he had succeeded in summoning his master by making the bold move of sacrificing the entire Litel Kingdom.

The sky opened, and the black rays that poured down gradually lost their power.

In their place stood a demon—

A massive, black body, eight arms, imposing horns on both sides of its head, and six eyes shining a bright yellow.

“Ah······. My lord, Baal.”

Dikrain, filled with rapture and a thrill running through his body, looked at the summoned demon with a dazed expression.

Indeed, the title of ‘absolute’ befitted this mighty being, before whom all on this land would bow their heads.

However, Dikrain soon had to harden his face.

“How dare you summon me in such a filthy manner······.”

His intense anger was directed at none other than himself.

“I, I—”

Dikrain tried to bow and offer an explanation, but—

“Bam!!”

Suddenly, the giant’s fist struck, silencing Dikrain’s voice.

The giant’s fist, like a meteor, hit the demon’s face.

“Baal, Baal!!!”

Dikrain exclaimed in surprise, but Baal, with a slight turn of his face, showed no reaction to the punch.

He glanced at the giant and said nonchalantly, “You are… a creation of that arrogant woman. How dare a lifeless doll… challenge me.”

This time, the demon’s fist struck the giant’s face.

“Kwit!!!”

Unlike when the demon was hit earlier, the giant stumbled backward.

Udduduk! Ujikeun!

The trees under his butt broke one after another.

“As expected, it’s Lord Baal······! That giant is no match for him!!!”

Dikrain’s face lit up with joy as he watched the scene.

The giant seemed like no obstacle to his master.

“Hmph! Demon!! Is this all you’ve got!!!”

The giant, with a grin on his face, charged at Baal again, blood flowing from his nose.

Kwaaaaaah!

Kwaaaaaah!

Their fists collided, and each time—

A massive shockwave spread.

It was like a battle between two giant beasts.

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.

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Bam!!

The giant stumbled again from Baal’s punch.

‘Hmm, the giant is definitely losing now.’

I nodded as I watched from atop the Litel castle wall.

The giant vs. Baal route only came out when the giant was in top condition.

Demon Baal vs. Giant.

At this point, it might seem like the player could only cheer on, but—

They were influenced by the momentum of the battlefield.

In other words, the winning side gained strength, and the losing side lost it.

Currently, Baal had the upper hand.

Of course, the number of skeleton soldiers on their side was overwhelmingly greater than ours.

But—

“Area slow!!!”

Boom

Swish

Boom

Smash

That, too, wouldn’t last long.

Even now, the skeleton soldiers were being effortlessly wiped out by Ichika and Lim Ga-eul’s combined attack, and the Lilliput soldiers’ morale was rising from their success.

“Damn fakes!!!”

The giant’s attacks were visibly strengthening in real-time.

‘If Dikrain doesn’t step in here—’

My job was to take care of Dikrain.

Dikrain also seemed to sense the battle turning against him, his expression changing by the second.

Step

Step

I intentionally made my presence known to him, and his head slowly turned towards me.

“Hello, black hand.”

I greeted Dikrain with a slight raise of my hand, and he scowled.

“You are…?”
“We met before, didn’t we?”

Dikrain, staring at me, slowly raised one corner of his mouth, a sly smile on his face.

“Yeah, I really wondered if you and the Minister of Magic would side with the giant. Seems like my hunch was right.”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
“But! Whether or not you attacked the giant didn’t matter at all! From the start, my goal was to summon the demon lord! Because you and the Minister of Magic were away, I was able to summon him without any interference! My success is all thanks to you two being away!!”

Hmm. I had intended to listen to this scene as it was a decent cutscene, but it seemed like I couldn’t.

‘Hearing it in person, the gibberish is really annoying.’

I stuck my pinky in my ear with a bored expression.

“Ah, don’t say what I already know. I did it on purpose because this is the fastest way.”
“······What? What do you mean by that—”
“I won’t explain it to you, so don’t ask.”
“!”
“So, aren’t you going to fight? The skeleton soldiers are dying down there.”

I gestured towards the wall below, provoking him.

“Eek······.”

Dikrain, transparent with his emotions, gritted his teeth.

Flap─

He raised his robe and reached out towards me.

“Death Knight, answer my call! Knight of proud darkness standing by death’s side!”

Swish

Dikrain chanted a spell, and a black hole-like space opened in front of him.

Swish. Swish. Swish.

A Death Knight, clad in black armor and riding a black horse, appeared.

“Ku Ku KU, despair before the knight of death, you pathetic worm─”

Swish

“······Huh?”

The Death Knight’s neck was sliced off as soon as it appeared.

Even worse, both of its hands were cut off at once.

Boom

Boom

“······W, what the hell! De, Death Knight!?”

Dikrain raised his voice, but the fallen Death Knight remained silent, unresponsive to his call.

I pointed the sword I had taken from the Lilliput Kingdom at him.

“Sorry, but this won’t do.”

At that, his face turned red in an instant.

“Don’t joke around─! You disgusting soul magician! Lich!”

Dikrain frantically waved his hands again, summoning a new undead.

A Lich, a skeleton in a robe, its forehead gem shattered.

Step

Swish

Boom
“Kyaaaaaaaa-”

A Lich, with a shattered gem on its forehead, shrieked and dissipated into a spirit body.

“Assassin, Phantom, who dwells in the underworld!!”

This time, a Phantom, a giant centipede with hundreds of legs and a wide wingspan.

Swish

Boom

“Kkieek!”

Its wings were torn apart in an instant, and its innards spilled out as it fell to the ground.

“······C, Cerberus, the guardian of the gates of hell!!!”

Swish─

Swish─

Swish─

One by one, its three heads were sliced off.

Dikrain stared at the dead Cerberus, seemingly unable to trust it.

By now, his face was unrecognizable, twisted in frustration.

“······W, what are you.”
“Me? You can’t beat me.”

‘I had my reasons for choosing this route.’

If Dikrain caused trouble before the group fight, he would be annoyingly troublesome, but—

If I approached and took him out before he caused trouble, it was really not that big of a deal.

The undead he summoned were at the 3-star level, and to me, who had reached SS-rank in swordsmanship, they were just snacks.

“It, it can’t be······.”

Slam.

The man sat down, feeling the difference in strength.

In fact, if I had wanted to deal with him from the start, I could have done so at any time, but—

I turned my gaze slightly to the giant beast battle.

Bam!

Bam!

Bam!

Bam!

Now, the giant was unilaterally beating the demon.

‘If I kill Dikrain now, it’ll be too quick, and—’

I would lose the timing to aim for the finishing blow.

Finishing blow.

Yeah, I was planning to take down the demon the giant was facing.

“Damn it! A lifeless creation like you!!! This, this is unacceptable!!!”

Baal, too, seemed surprised at how he was being beaten so one-sidedly.

“Kha ha ha ha ha!! Demon, is this really the best you can do!!!”

Now, the giant was relentlessly pounding Baal’s body.

And—

Kwaaaaaahhhhhhhh!

The giant’s fist struck Baal’s chest.

Bam! Crash!

At that moment, the skin covering his chest shattered.

“Kaaaaaaaah!!!!”

At that moment, the man screamed horribly.

I lowered my eyes.

‘Now.’

“······W, why is Lord Baal like that…?”

Swish─

“!?!”

I cut off the neck of Dikrain, who was kneeling in front of me with a hopeless expression.

As I dealt with Dikrain, black energy drained from Baal’s body.

“Ichika.”

I called Ichika’s name in a calm voice.

As expected, a platform appeared in front of me.

Tat─

I stepped on the platform Ichika had created and flew towards Baal, who was kneeling with his bright red heart exposed.

“It, it can’t be, it can’t be! My power!!!!!!”

The Demon denied reality, unaware of my approach.

Whooo

A dark blue aura gathered at the tip of my sword.

I swung my sword towards Baal’s disgusting, throbbing heart.

A blue trajectory flew towards the heart.

Pierce─!

As I pierced the heart with my sword, I exploded with the magic power I had gathered.

Unlike the last time I used it to knock out the giant, this time, I concentrated all my magic power into the explosion.

Then, as if he finally realized my presence, Baal looked down.

“Damn it······! I, I, not even to Lina, but to a piece of trash······!!!”

Kya.

‘The daydream route is a success.’

Immediately after bursting the demon’s heart—

Hwaaaaahhh─

The surroundings brightened.

“······H, junior?”
“Yuha?”

The two of them were startled by the sudden change in scenery and looked around.

Yeah, this was the library we first entered when we went into the book.

“Yes, it’s over.”

I smiled and spoke to them.