New chapter of Reincarnated Hero is out! (2/10 chapters)

 

 

I Want to Fight Too

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The giant Demon suddenly began to suffer. While the knights were bewildered, wondering what was happening, a clearly visible abnormality appeared on the Demon’s body.

“O-Oi… isn’t it getting bigger?” (Knight)

“Its body… is swelling?” (Knight)

The Demon, which had already been large, was now inflating and growing even larger. However, judging by its pained appearance, it did not seem like this phenomenon was self-inflicted.

“How much is it going to swell?” (Knight)

“I-It might explode…” (Knight)

As the Demon swelled more than a woman about to give birth, the knights held their breath. In the next moment, the feared event became reality.

*Baaaam!*

With a tremendous explosive sound, the Demon’s body burst apart. Massive chunks of flesh scattered across the area, turning the surroundings into a hellish scene. When the rain of blood and meat finally stopped, the knights opened their eyes fearfully, only to witness something unbelievable.

“It was close-no.” (Sura)

Where the Demon had been moments earlier, a giant slime stood.

“That slime from before!?” (Knight)

“I-It survived!?” (Knight)

Sura, who had been frozen, had actually only been frozen on the surface. Therefore, using the Queen Slime’s characteristic ability, it detached the frozen parts. Then, it miniaturized its main body as much as possible. The part shattered by the Demon’s charge had only been an empty shell, and Sura had escaped while mixed in with it. While the Demon was busy fully destroying the fragments, the ultra-miniaturized Sura secretly entered the Demon’s body. From there, it enlarged itself once again and destroyed the Demon from the inside.

“I need to clean this up-no.” (Sura)

Looking at the Demon’s scattered meat chunks, Sura’s cleaning spirit was awakened. Since cleaning its room had been a daily routine when living at Leon’s home, it could not tolerate leaving things dirty. Even more so, since it was the cause of the mess.

While it was at it, having grown large, Sura also used its tentacles to capture and absorb the panicking lower-ranked Demons one after another. Some managed to escape, but before long, the once vast horde of Demons had been annihilated.

“What kind of slime is that…?” (Knight)

“I-It really is on our side, right…?” (Knight)

 

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Meanwhile, at that time, Leon, who had parted ways with Sura, was heading toward the northern part of the barrier.

“…So, why are you following me?” (Leon)

“Eh? Come on, it’s fine, isn’t it? I want to fight too!” (Ghost)

For some reason, a Ghost had attached itself to Leon’s back. Even when he tried to speed up, he could not shake it off, as if it had possessed him.

“Fight? How?” (Leon)

“Fufufu! Just watch! Ice Rain!” (Ghost)

The Ghost cast a spell at a lower Demon. Rain made of ice fell, and the Demon’s entire body was frozen.

“You can use magic…?” (Leon)

“I tried, and I could! I’m not very good at offensive magic though!” (Ghost)

“Then, what are you good at?” (Leon)

“I wonder? But somehow, I feel like I can use healing magic.” (Ghost)

“A Ghost using healing magic? What kind of joke is that?” (Leon)

Ghosts that use offensive magic were known, but he had no memory of one using healing magic. Undead beings were already supposed to be dead. It was hard to imagine one using magic that saves the lives of others.

“It’s not a joke! I’m sure I can do it! Probably!” (Ghost)

“Probably, huh.” (Leon)

As they spoke, the battlefield came into view. A massive force of Demons was launching an all-out attack. The human side was resisting desperately, yet the situation was so dire that collapse could happen at any moment. The barrier was already near its limit.

“Kh… at this rate…!” (Knight)

“Marie-sama! We can’t hold this position any longer! Please, flee quickly!” (Knight)

“I can’t do that! As a Saintess, I have the responsibility to protect this country!” (Marie)

“That is exactly why! If we lose you here, who will lead this nation forward?” (Knight)

“But still…” (Marie)

The one arguing like that was one of the three Saintesses who commanded the battlefield, Marie. Perhaps due to repeatedly casting healing magic, her mana was depleted, and she could barely stand. Despite that, wounded soldiers kept being brought to her without pause.

“Leave the healing magic to me!” (Ghost)

The Ghost flew cheerfully toward the wounded.

“Huh? Did someone just say something?” (Marie)

“No, I didn’t say anything…” (Cleric)

“Light of healing, Area Heal!” (Ghost)

“I-I heard it again just now…! You didn’t hear it too?” (Marie)

“Marie-sama, perhaps due to exhaustion, you are hearing things…” (Cleric)

“Wha… Look! The knights’ wounds… they’re healing…?” (Marie)

Saintess Marie was confused. All of the healers, including herself, should already have reached their limits.

“Ah, thank you, Saintess-sama…” (Knight)

“With this, we can fight again!” (Knight)

The knights believed it was Marie who had healed them and expressed their gratitude.

“What is happening…?” (Marie)

“Fufufu! It was me, it was me!” (Ghost)

“Again!?” (Marie)

Of course, neither of them could see the Ghost casting healing magic. However, Marie could just barely hear its voice.

“It really can use it…” (Leon)

Leon was the only one who could clearly see the Ghost using healing magic to heal the wounded, and his eyes widened in astonishment.

“Anyway, it looks like I can leave that side to her.” (Leon)

Deciding to focus on defeating the Demons himself, Leon shifted his gaze back. Using wide-area attack magic would be the easiest option, but unfortunately, in this chaotic situation, it would also hit the knights.

“In that case, I’ll take advantage of the situation instead.” (Leon)

 

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