NOVEL WEB Chapter 170
170. Long Time No See
I’m going to be killed…!
Rank S adventurer—Ally, the Verdant Priestess, trembled as she stepped back.
The demons before her had already slain three of her comrades.
All of them were Rank S warriors.
The enemy was overwhelmingly powerful.
The Six Demon Generals—the trusted aides of the Demon King.
“Th-the Six Demon Generals…?”
“No way, the legendary…!?”
“I-I’ve heard of them… They recently appeared in the Adonis Kingdom…”
The other adventurers were also in a state of panic.
“Be cursed, humans.”
Every time the tattered-cloaked Demon General pointed with his finger, someone vomited blood, or their body melted, rotted, and died one after another.
“My scythes cut and kill everything they perceive, heehee.”
The boy-like Demon General summoned countless scythes from another dimension, slicing several people into pieces, turning them into chunks of flesh.
In an instant, over a dozen warriors were brutally slaughtered.
“Ugh… [Elga Gate]!”
Ally mustered her strength and launched an attack.
She summoned a tiger with a cannon on its back and sent it charging at the demon generals.
“Futile.”
The Demon General in the form of a black knight bisected the spirit in a single strike.
With a follow-up swing, he unleashed a red shockwave, crushing a nearby adventurer.
A storm of blood, flesh, and bone.
Before she knew it, Ally was the only one left; all her comrades had become lifeless corpses.
Annihilation—.
The word of despair flashed through her mind.
Yet, clinging to the pride of a Rank S adventurer, Ally mustered her last ounce of strength.
“I-I won’t lose! [Elga Gate Septet]!”
Seven summoning magic circles appeared in front of her.
From them emerged fire, ice, wind, thunder, earth, light, and darkness—.
Ally’s secret technique, summoning seven spirits simultaneously to unleash a coordinated attack.
The spirits soared through the air, heading straight for the black knight.
“I told you, it’s futile. My sword destroys everything.”
The Demon General casually swung his blade, obliterating all seven spirits in one strike.
“Wha…!?”
Ally was speechless.
The difference in destructive power was staggering.
“Perish, weakling.”
She looked up in despair at the knightly Demon General raising his greatsword.
It’s no use, I can’t move.
Fear had already given way to resignation, dominating her heart.
(No…)
Ally trembled as she wished.
(I don’t want to die…!)
As if to crush that wish, the greatsword came swinging down.
——Suddenly, the surroundings were filled with a golden radiance.
“Wha…!?”
The Demon General was taken aback.
The sword stopped mid-air before it could touch Ally.
As if blocked by an invisible wall.
“This sensation… I remember it. The accursed human who once sealed me…”
The black knight growled.
“I remember it too. It must be the power of the Guardian Goddess, Ilfaria…”
“That guy, huh? And the sisters who killed me are mixed in too, heeheehee.”
The other two demon generals wore expressions of pure hatred.
Following their gaze, Ally turned her head.
“You are——”
Approaching was a group of adventurers.
A dignified black-haired boy.
Twin sisters, one with golden hair, the other with silver.
A brown-skinned girl in dancer’s attire.
A silver-armored girl knight.
“You came…”
A profound sense of relief spread through her chest.
“Ally…!?”
The boy at the front—Haruto—ran up to her.
“Are you okay?”
“I’m fine. But my comrades… they’re all…”
Ally bit her lip as she reported the situation.
It had only been a moment.
Three comrades who had shared years of hardships with her were killed so easily.
The other warriors, too, were crushed like insects, their lives snuffed out one after another.
She was the only one left.
“Stay back.”
Haruto spoke firmly.
“We’ll handle the rest.”
※
I faced the demons once more.
The three demon generals at the front were familiar.
No, familiar is an understatement.
They were the strongest demons who had once tormented us.
The black knight Demon General—Gyrasvrim.
The curse sorcerer Demon General—Diarva.
The reaper Demon General—Zarea.
“You all… were supposed to be dead…”
“We were brought back. By the Coccytus Gate.”
Gyrasvrim answered in a voice like grinding metal.
“The glorious Demon General I am… I won’t forget the grudge of being killed by mere humans…”
“I was thinking of carving you into a thousand pieces the next time we met, heehee.”
Diarva and Zarea glared at us with pure hatred.
I gulped.
Even though I had mastered [Elysion Gate], the three demon generals were not opponents to be taken lightly.
But—despite the tension, strangely, no fear or anxiety welled up inside me.
No matter what attacks they threw at me, I would block them all.
Such absolute confidence filled my chest.
“Long time no see.”
Luca stepped forward.
Her eyes were fixed directly on Gyrasvrim.
When he attacked the royal capital before, she had fought him.
And lost.
“I remember you… Luca, was it? A strong one.”
“I’ll repay the debt from that time.”
Luca raised her longsword and declared firmly.
The wind rustled through her blue hair.