I Was Reincarnated with OP Invincibility, so I’ll Beat ’em Up My Way as an Action-Adventurer

67. To The Next Pillar

Afterwards, I perfectly blocked the beast’s attacks, while Ivy and Lilith launched wave after wave of attacks, six times──.

Thud…… The ground trembled as the beast’s massive body collapsed.

“……Haruto Riva”

Ivy stared intently at me as I muttered.

“Just what is with your defensive magic? I couldn’t quite grasp it in the last battle, but now── your chanting is too fast, and the effect is abnormally strong. And also……”

“Right now, destroying the pillar takes precedence, doesn’t it?”

I smiled.

“However, your power seems to go beyond the realm of magic── well, yes, let’s proceed.”

Though she seemed somewhat unconvinced, Ivy nodded.

We headed towards the pillar.

Since the town was already filled with poisonous mist, we moved while being shielded by Alice’s protective barrier.

Eventually, we reached the edge of town, where a spire about thirty meters high stood.

With a hissing sound, poisonous mist continuously spewed from the pillar’s base.

“It seems best to destroy it with our attack magic.”

Lilith said, and the other mages proficient in attack magic, including her, unleashed spells of fire and lightning.

After about a dozen strikes, the pillar snapped at the base, and the emission of poisonous mist ceased.

“It feels like the enemy barrier enveloping the capital has weakened~”

said Alice.

Apparently, this pillar also served as a barrier device, so destroying it weakened the barrier.

So far, things were going smoothly.

“Alright, let’s go. To the next pillar.”

I suggested.

There were four pillars left in the capital.

We wanted to destroy them all in this manner.

“…I’m the leader of Team A, though,”

Ivy pouted in displeasure.

“But you’re right. The other pillars are likely giving our allies trouble. We should go help them.”

There, too, a beast similar to the one before awaited us.

As expected, Team B seemed to be struggling.

“I’ll block its attacks. Everyone, attack like before.”

I directed and sent out a rainbow-colored light sphere.

Its breath, fangs, claws, and tail.

I switched defensive skills as needed to block its attacks completely.

No matter how powerful the beast, if we could attack it unilaterally, the outcome was clear.

Repeated attacks of fire and lightning magic.

A barrage of physical attacks like arrows and spears.

The beast, subjected to this concentrated fire, fell in no time.

──And then, we moved further.

To the pillar where Team C was.

“What…!?”

What we saw upon arrival was a beast lying on the ground.

Its head was crushed, beaten to death.

The one responsible stood boldly before us.

A sturdy figure clad in blue-black armor.

A wolf’s head and a long tail.

It turned to face us── a knight in the form of a beast.

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(Dialva’s plan── will it succeed?)

Meriel glanced at the returning demon general and murmured to herself.

Dialva’s sorcery was simple.

Place five pillars around the capital, each guarded by a Dragon Fang Beast.

Fill the inside of the pillars with deadly poison mist to kill all inhabitants.

The pillars not only generated poison but also functioned as barrier devices, trapping the capital’s people inside.

To break the barrier, all the pillars had to be destroyed, but each pillar was guarded by a Dragon Fang Beast, making it impossible to defeat them quickly.

With no means of escape, they could only await death.

──or so the plan was.

“My minions are being destroyed one after another…!?”

Dialva groaned, and Meriel coldly stared at him.

“It seems we underestimated those with the power of the gods, didn’t we?”

She spoke with a slight smile.

If Dialva’s sorcery failed, Lilith and Alice might survive.

(What am I── there’s no need to concern myself with the lives of mere humans)

The fluctuations in her emotions were unsettling.

It was not a feeling appropriate for a Demon General.

To have one’s ‘heart’ swayed and manipulated── it was too human.

“…It seems they aren’t opponents that can be defeated by mere minions. But they should have been more than enough to buy us time.”

Dialva retorted.

“They’re being defeated too quickly──”

“It appears not only Ilfaria but also someone with the power of Vym Force is fighting. I can feel the resonance of the two godly powers growing stronger.”

The Demon King murmured bitterly.

“We may have inadvertently drawn them together by summoning those with the power of gods. No, perhaps they were destined to meet and attract each other…”

“With two individuals wielding godly power, mere minions can’t handle them,”

Dialva turned to the demon king.

“In that case, I will go myself, my lord.”

“The more harm you intend for the humans, the less time you can spend in their world. In the worst case, you won’t have time to return to the demon realm and will disappear── are you aware of that?”

“I promised to eliminate those with godly power, even at the cost of my life, as one of your generals.”

With those words, Dialva’s figure vanished.