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

72. I Have Grown

“My [Barrier Fang] art creates an inescapable barrier filled with poisonous mist. Death awaits the residents within. There is no antidote. The only way to escape is to destroy all five pillars.”

Dialva suddenly began to explain.

“The pillars are the spraying devices for the poison mist and the barrier generators. That one is the last one—destroy it, and the barrier around the royal capital will disappear.”

What the hell is this guy?

He’s going out of his way to tell us how to save the royal capital.

“How kind of you, for a loyal servant of the Demon King.”

I glared at the demon general, showing my suspicion.

I sent a hand signal to Team A behind me without him noticing.

Go—.

“Kind? What are you talking about?”

Dialva continued calmly.

“As long as I am here, you can’t destroy the pillars. I told you because I have absolute confidence in that.”

It wasn’t ridicule or provocation.

He just stated it as a matter of fact—like that.

“Knowing the solution but never reaching it. Dangling hope but never granting it. For you humans, that must be a great despair. And—”

For the first time, an emotion seemed to fill Dialva’s words.

—Joy.

“That despair is the nourishment of us demons. Suffer, fear, be crushed, despair—and give me more power.”

“You have a bad hobby. Giving a speech just to make us despair?”

As I said this, I glanced behind me.

Team A led by Ivy was already gone.

They must have understood my intention from the earlier hand signal.

I’ll hold this guy off—.

Meanwhile, the rest of Team A will circle around and destroy the pillar.

Our priority right now isn’t to defeat Dialva.

It’s to destroy the pillar and free the royal capital from the poisonous mist.

The magicians of the royal capital are already holding back the mist with a barrier, but that will only last an hour or two.

Time is running out.

“I said I have absolute confidence, didn’t I?”

A green projectile shot from Dialva’s right hand.

“Your defensive ability is extremely high. But your effective range is short. It’s already analyzed from your battle with Gairasvrim.”

The projectile grazed past me and flew toward a group of adventurers—Team C.

“It’s a bullet of corrupting jutsu. You can’t block it from your position—”

In the moment he was triumphant, the green projectile was deflected by the rainbow-colored light I had unleashed.

“What!?”

Dialva exclaimed in surprise.

Fifth Form [Wing Sphere].

I deployed my defensive skill in front of Team C, deflecting the demon general’s projectile.

“The you who fought Gyrasvrim is what you know, right? I’ve grown since then—”

I stared at the demon general.

“…Oh, you can move the skill itself. A skill with dramatically increased range.”

“I won’t let my comrades be hurt. I’ll protect them all.”

Retrieving the skill from in front of Team C, I now aimed it at Dialva.

The rainbow dome enveloped the Demon General.

“This is—”

“Second Form, [Barrier Phase]. I’ve sealed your magic. You can’t even cast it.”

“Sealed?”

With a sneer, Dialva kicked the ground.

“What…!?”

“Your ability is certainly beyond expectations. But don’t underestimate me, a demon general.”

Dialva appeared far behind me—close to Team A.

He had leaped dozens of meters to reach Team A.

A jumping power far beyond human capability—.

He seemed like a mage type, but his physical abilities were quite high too.

“He distracted me while you destroyed the pillar—did you think that would work?”

Dialva extended his withered right hand.

“Damn…!”

Lilith and the others tried to cast intercepting magic, but before they could…

“Now, rot.”

Dialva fired the same projectile again.

“Not so fast!”

I hurriedly started running.

The distance between us was about seventy meters.

More than the fifty-meter effective range of [Wing Sphere].

“Make it in time—”

I ran further to close the distance.

Desperately stretching out my right hand, I shot the rainbow orb.

The green projectile approached Lilith and the others—deflected just in front of them.

I barely managed to reach the effective range in time.

But before I could even feel relieved,

“You blocked it well. But—”

Dialva disappeared.

This is—teleportation!

It was the same technique used by the demon I fought before, D-Eater.

I had to cancel [Barrier Phase] to protect Team A, making magic activation possible again.

“Can you keep up with me, who can move freely through space?”

Soundlessly, without a trace.

Dialva jumped through space repeatedly, confusing me.

Then, at an unexpected moment, he shot projectiles at Team A or Team C.

I intercepted them with my skill, but just barely in time.

The mages of Team A and C cast attack spells, but they couldn’t hit Dialva, who moved through space.

I wanted to switch the skill to [Barrier Phase], but I was too busy protecting Team A and C.

I needed a moment’s gap to switch—.

Just then.

“Oooooooooooooooooh!”

With a roar, a dark blue shadow charged in.

A knight with a wolf’s face and a long tail.

“Fast…”

The demon general disappeared, leaving only a murmur.

A moment later, he appeared behind Team C.

“What!?”

The surprised voice wasn’t mine but Dialva’s.

The beast knight turned with unbelievable speed, closing the distance to Dialva in an instant.

Dialva avoided the ultra-fast charge with another space jump.

Thanks to that, a momentary gap appeared for the demon general.

“Now—”

I switched the skill to [Barrier Phase].

The rainbow dome, which sealed magic activation, expanded to a radius of about fifty meters.

Now Dialva couldn’t use space jumps.

“Damn, the power of Vim-Force. Such speed…”

The demon general groaned.

The beast knight glared at him, leaping back to my side while keeping him in check.