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Just a Child Passing By

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“…I-It’s no good anymore… I can’t hold out…!” (Knight)

“Don’t give up! Fight with your life to hold the line!” (Knight)

The knights had already reached their limit. They were barely maintaining formation, and even that might collapse at any moment. They were on the verge of being swallowed all at once by the demon horde.

“…!? W-What is this? Suddenly, my body feels lighter…?” (Knight)

“M-My strength is overflowing…?” (Knight)

Suddenly, an abnormality occurred within them. For some reason, a tremendous power surged up from inside their bodies, far beyond anything they had ever felt.

“Haah! M-My attacks are hitting harder!?” (Knight)

“M-Mine too! I don’t know why, but I’m doing way more damage than before!” (Knight)

The knights, now gaining momentum, shifted from a disadvantage to gradually pushing back the demon horde.

“Good, it’s working well.” (Leon)

Observing that from the sidelines, Leon nodded in satisfaction. In truth, he had quietly cast enhancement buff magic on the knights. For Leon, who had mastered the healing-type Class III job [Saint], casting buffs on this many people was not a difficult task. Moreover, this was the strongest kind of buff, one that raised not only specific stats but all of them greatly, strength, durability, dexterity, agility, magic power, and luck. Of course, compared to when it is cast on a single target, the effect per individual was reduced, yet even so, it was powerful enough to turn apprentice knights into ace-class fighters.

Furthermore, Leon cast weakening debuff magic on the demons. This, too, was an extremely powerful spell that drastically reduced all of their abilities.

“Look! The Demons are slowing down!” (Knight G)

“They look like they’re getting tired too!” (Knight H)

“Let’s go, all at once!” (Knight I)

Against knights who had been massively strengthened and demons who had been heavily weakened, the power balance had flipped so much that even one knight could now fight a Demon on equal or greater terms. Naturally, the knights, who had superior numbers, completely overwhelmed the Demon horde.

“This is nice.” (Leon)

Watching that unfold, Leon was quietly satisfied. With this method, he would not need to stand out himself. He nodded inwardly, deciding to use this strategy from now on.

“Hey! You there!” (Marie)

“Eh?” (Leon)

Suddenly realizing someone was calling out to him, Leon turned his gaze. Standing there was Saintess Marie.

“What was that outrageous support magic!? That was your doing, wasn’t it!?” (Marie)

(She saw through it!?) (Leon)

Marie had the healing-type Class II job [Recoverer]. Since she also wielded support magic, she immediately understood that Leon had used absurd-level buffs and debuffs to single-handedly turn the battle around.

(During the martial arts tournament, no one even noticed my support magic…) (Leon)

She truly was not called a Saintess for nothing.

“Who on earth are you?” (Marie)

“Um, just a child passing by, really.” (Leon)

“There’s no way you’re just a child!” (Marie)

Apparently, there was no dodging the question. In any case, he had already shown part of his power to Saintess Mona, so there was no point hiding it now.

“I’m just an ordinary B-rank adventurer you can find anywhere.” (Leon)

“Ordinary…? That’s incredibly hard to believe…” (Marie)

“No no, it’s true. Mona-oneechan asked me to come help.” (Leon)

“Mona did? Then, is she safe!?” (Marie)

“Yeah, she should be commanding the southern front right now.” (Leon)

As they spoke, the knights’ advance had reduced the Demons to only two or three remaining.
Meanwhile, thanks to the Ghost’s healing magic, the majority of the wounded had recovered.

“Okay, okay, I’ll heal the rest of you right away too!” (Ghost)

“W-Why are my wounds healed…?” (Knight)

“No one should’ve cast healing magic…” (Knight)

This moment would later be passed down as the origin of one of the battlefield’s seven mysteries, The Phantom Healer. But that would be a story for another time.

 

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““The end?”” (Arc/Iris)

While Leon was being exposed by Saintess Marie for using support magic, in the southern region where Arc and Iris, the twin siblings, were located, the demons had already been completely wiped out.

“What kind of children are they…?” (Knight)

“They turned the tide almost entirely on their own…” (Knight)

Even high-ranking Demons had appeared midway, yet the two of them cooperated and defeated them. While the knights celebrated their victory, they were also shaken by the overwhelming power of the twins.

Amidst that, Saintess Mona came to the two.

“Are you hurt?” (Mona)

““No.”” (Arc/Iris)

The twins were uninjured. They had taken some damage, but using crude healing magic of their own, they had already healed themselves.

“Thanks to you two, we were saved. Let me thank you. Truly, thank you. Even so, you really are strong. I underestimated you because you were toddlers.” (Mona)

““Nn!”” (Arc/Iris)

Perhaps pleased by the praise, the twins puffed out their chests. After smiling at that scene for a moment, Mona turned her eyes toward the barrier. It was in a state where it could break at any moment, yet somehow it was still holding on. However…

“Looks like they’re managing to hold on in the other areas too. Their support must be making a difference. I was surprised when they left these toddlers here, but in the end, it turned out to be the right decision.” (Mona)

Just as Mona murmured that…

*Crack crack crack crack!*

“…!?” (Mona)

Suddenly, a massive fissure ran through the barrier.

*Piiiin!*

With a high-pitched shattering sound, it crumbled to pieces like breaking glass.

 

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