Shitara Slime Datta Ken (WN)
Smiling Demon
‘Not possible, how could there be such an impossible thing!’
In a place some distance away from the battlefield, Lieutenant General Gastar groaned these words as his face turned pale.
An impossible sight, disaster spread before his eyes.
The overbearing tank corps was toyed with by a wolf-type demon [1] who was like a demon [1] and no doubt there were already many tanks destroyed.
Their defeat was already decisive, but the speed of the war's progress was too fast that they lost time to retreat.
However, encouraged by his reasoned words if the situation continued as reorganization would be difficult, Lieutenant General Gastar finally decided to give the order to retreat.
However, the assessment was too late.
“Ah? Surely you wouldn't say something like stop, would you?
I already said that.
There will be no mercy if you enter.
I may look like this, but I'm the type to keep my word.
When I infiltrated this world before, I would fulfill the wishes of the one who called Me.
You may feel relieved.
For you, too, will receive retribution. 」
A full smile was seen on her beautiful face.
However, it only caused terror in Gastar's heart.
「Yo, you bastard!」
“Ah? Looks like you forgot about that.
Disrespectful gentlemen 」
With an unforgettable beauty, and her red hair that was allowed to flutter.
Testarossa had an expression like an affectionate mother who was looking at a child who was making trouble.
Suppressing his fear, Gastar would give attack orders to his subordinates.
However,
「I don't really know what you're going to do, but your subordinates are sleeping.
They look tired, and will not wake up again 」
So Testarossa whispered into his ear.
The speed of movement is too fast.
Although he was not careless and he never took his eyes off her.
Also, the scariest thing was that he did not even hear a sound at all.
Gastar's Unique Skills 『Musisi』, allowing him to feel the movement of enemies just from his voice.
No matter how expert one was, they were unable to prevent a vague sound. It was even possible for him to catch the sound of a heartbeat.
But, he did not hear any sound at all.
And, he noticed another frightening thing at that moment.
From his fallen subordinates as well, he did not hear a sound.
Because they're all dead.
「Yo, you ...... are you the one who killed my subordinates!?」
To the cry of Gastar, to,
“Ah? It's because I'm a little hungry, so I just ate a little, you know? 」
Testarossa answered without shame.
「You ate, you said? What are you eating?
「Yes, just a little soul」
Gastar was furious as he told her this simple.
To vent that anger,
「Dead, you fucking devil! Mind of Requiem (Song of Burial of Death of Spirits) !! 」
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He spread a killing sound to the surrounding space which had special effects to affect the spirit and cause it to die.
It was the trump card of Lieutenant General Gastar that could even kill spiritual life forms.
Despite this fact,
「Ah, fun song. It was too good to be made by ordinary humans.
It's a pity I have to kill a musician who amazes you 」
Testarossa muttered with an enchanted expression shrouded in sadness.
There seemed to be no effect at all, Gastar who realized it fell into despair.
She was misled by her beautiful appearance but the beautiful woman before her eyes was definitely not human.
He was also an existence of an extraordinary high rank.
Perhaps, he might be a creature of a higher rank than the rampaging demon wolf demon that was like a violent incarnation.
This monster would not be the only one, so Gastar foresaw the failure of the Royal army's current military operation.
Furthermore, a disaster-class monster like Veldora was still not out yet.
「Please wait, let's make a deal!」
“Ah? What kind of deal is that? 」
「I, I have a high ranking position in the empire.
I'm used to military operations and I also hold classified information.
I promise to be useful. Therefore, I just want you to set aside My life! 」
Gastar pleads for his life by throwing away his shame and reputation.
However, there was still light in his eyes, he looked at Testarossa's appearance carefully.
That's because the voices of some approaching people can be heard by “Telinga” Gastar.
Gastar thought intuitively about the identity of the person who approached him.
Perhaps, it was the people who snuck in to give the situation report and monitor the battlefield, subordinates of the Royal Intelligence Bureau.
Intelligence Bureau staff or so-called Intelligence agents are first-class combat capability holders.
Although they had superior combat abilities, they did not participate in the ranking battle.
They are part of the Royal Intelligence Bureau, and they will not be moved from there.
Kondou Tatsuya, a cunning “Life.
They were diverse people who were active under him.
If it was Kondou Tatsuya, it wouldn't be strange if he could assume a situation like this and he might have already taken some precautions for it.
Therefore, Gastar intends to buy time by doing whatever it takes despite begging for his life.
However, his hopes were shattered.
Because all hope was exhausted by the time they met Testarossa.
「Damn you devil, you are revived!?」 (Unknown agent 1)
Screaming so, the men from the Intelligence Bureau approached Testarossa by sneaking under the protection of the general's soldiers and attacking him.
The men sealed the movement of Testarossa from three sides with chains made of woven monster feathers.
It was the strongest special movement formation that could suppress high rank monsters ―― even the Demon Arc.
Elites from the Intelligence Bureau hunt monsters in three teams.
‘I succeeded!’ Gastar cheered in his mind, at that moment,
「Ah, oh jeez. It's nostalgic. You guys were the ones who defeated me before, right?
I'm very happy.
I couldn't eat as much because I was bullied back then.
I haven't forgotten my grudges since then, you know.
Nonetheless…. You're gonna be fine
To use the same technique once again as back then now? 」
Testarossa's voice sounded with hatred in it.
「Hmph, you monster! This evil presence, you were the Arc Demon back then! 」(Unknown Agent 1)
「You've been revived yes. We will destroy your soul! 」(Unknown Agent 2)
「This is not the right place for you. As long as we're here, we won't let you do as you please! 」(Unknown Agent 3)
「Now, Gastar-dono. Leave this to us. Quickly give the order to retreat! 」(Unknown Agent 1)
Gastar started to move as he came to his senses after the three people spoke to him.
In a panic, he would notify the entire squad with his Unique Skills 『Musisi』 but,
“Hei. Do you think I would allow such a thing? 」
He felt the sensation of the delicate hand of the woman in his handeck that made his soul freeze.
It's Testarossa, no need to look.
The chain was reinforced with holy silver and with monster feathers woven into it, which had a high-performance class of legends ineffective as it was crushed and broken.
The three shaken men turned their eyes to Testarossa who had moved to Gastar's back.
Irritation and confusion appeared in their expressions.
They did not see how Testarossa destroyed the chain and when he moved.
And then, another difficulty attacked them.
「Testarossa, you still haven't killed them?
Even though Rimuru-sama ordered us to expel all of our power, you will be scolded, you know? 」(Unknown Girl)
A girl with long bluish purple hair styled like a ponytail fell from the sky while saying those words.
The girls seemed to be reinforcement for the demons in front of them, and the girl's way of speaking showed that both of them were of the same rank and in addition had abilities that were close to Testarossa's level.
In a situation where even just one enemy was already hard, this kind of reinforcement was fatal.
They were elites from the Intelligence Bureau who were experts in killing demons.
They were proud to be able to kill a Arc Demon class even if one of those three people fought one-on-one with him.
Nonetheless, the suppression barrier, which they were proud of, had broken before their eyes, and now another monster with a terrifying presence, seemingly on par with a female demon appeared.
It is worth noting that the situation is unfavorable.
「Gastar-dono, immediately retreat from this place」 (Unknown Agent 1)
One of them started uttering Transfer Magic after telling Gastar.
The other two men start moving to save Gastar.
Right after that, though,
「I hate people who don't know true power.
Because I met faces that I knew after a long time, unconsciously became a long conversation.
Ultima, I asked for memory extraction on this guy 」
「Ooke ~. What will Testa do? 」(Ultima)
「I'm still not full. So, I'm gonna eat a little.
Because it's a familiar face long ago, you know 」
Testarossa has a sweet smile.
But, that smile was like a bad sign in itself.
The three men felt an unpleasant feeling from Testarossa's smile, they gave up on Gastar's rescue and decided to retreat.
However ―― Transfer Magic is not called.
「I, no way! Whyyy!? 」(Unknown Agent)
Testarossa sneered at the trembling spellcaster.
“What's weird? This is the correct way to use Magic Canceller, right? 」
Testarossa answered the questions of the three men and calmly stepped forward.
“What did you say? Magic Canceller!? 」(Unknown Agent 1)
「No way, even reproduction with magic .....!?」 (Unknown Agent 2)
Through the Mind Link, the demons shared information.
So, using the skills reproduced from the information they acquire is like a children's game to them.
However, such a thing was talk of an unexpected dimension to human common sense, it was not something that the three Intelligence Bureau agents could understand.
The only thing they can understand is,
「You, what are you!? There is no way the Demon Arc has that much power !! 」(Unknown Agent 1)
One of them was a scream painted by fear.
Testarossa deepened his smile as he happily heard the shout.
「Yes, that's it. I am an existence higher than just the Demon Arc.
Or rather, I think my status is different from the Demon Arc … ..
Do you want to see it for yourself?
It's sad when you don't understand something without me telling you. 」
The answer to their question was as firm as he said.
And,
「Alright, although regrettable, goodbye」
So he announced.
The situation was already too late when the three people understood the meaning of his words.
They would reach death without understanding the true identity of the creatures they were facing.
Or, it might be luck.
From the deep darkness, black flames were called.
Testarossa condensed the black flames into a fist-sized one and crushed them as they were.
Testarossa (Demon) smiled, and,
「” Death Streak (Thanks to Death) “」
So, she whispered like she was singing.
At the moment when the black flames were crushed in his hand, a black light spread to the surroundings.
That light has properties of penetrating almost all kinds of substances. This is not natural light.
It has the characteristic of not causing physical damage.
When light penetrates a living thing, it affects its genetic makeup.
Almost all living things were forcibly killed due to forced genetic rewriting.
It was a very evil miracle of death.
However, this light had another purpose, or so the legend passed down from the past.
Only a person who has the ability to store his soul or spiritual life form can withstand this magic.
It is also possible for someone to rise from the total destruction of the physical body.
Even the smallest amount of light was difficult to maintain with magic and there was no way to physically maintain it.
The only precaution against him was the Holy Light Barrier.
The probability of death when bathed by this light is 99.9999%.
One in a million people will turn their body into a monster and live a long life.
In other words, this was actually a blessing magic that sorted out people matching the demon attribute talent.
However, this successful example of magic monsterification did not exist.
Maybe it is a story that has morality “Devil will lie about hope”.
Therefore this magic is the worst forbidden spell.
It was the ultimate forbidden magic with the sole purpose of killing a living being that was a kind of nuclear attack magic but without any physical damage at all.
Within a 500m radius almost all of them were hit by deadly violent storms.
Testarossa has finished understanding that no allies are in range with 『Magic Power Perception』.
For a demon like himself, they would not be freed from this magic.
Because magic was created with the purpose of killing ―― demons and ―― Humans all living things are the same.
The regrettable part is that it kills living beings within reach regardless of friends or enemies.
It could be expanded to a radius of 10 km if used without any restrictions, but it would involve allies as well.
So, it is necessary to determine the distance up to 500m.
「It looks like you have wiped out everything in this area.
For information about the toys called tanks, we can bring home the real undamaged objects you see! 」(Ul)
「Yes, for that reason, I'm just cleaning up humans.
If you annihilate them from the beginning with this magic, the surviving enemies will be wiped out 」(Testa)
「It can't help you know! Rimuru-sama said we should fight.
Even so, it's good that there's a turn for me.
However, should I not damage the toys that float in the sky as well? 」(Ul)
「That's right, Ul's magic is too conspicuous.
Sample collection may be difficult therefore you see 」(Testa)
「I know ..... I think I failed too.
That thing is too fragile.
I only intend to destroy only one, but many are broken 」(Ul)
「Cannot help. You got the information, right?
In that case, just assume there is no problem 」(Testa)
As soon as they had a discussion, Testarossa and Ultima ended the conversation.
Meanwhile, the work of collecting souls was done thoroughly.
At the same time they were killed by “Death Streak”, their souls were accurately harvested.
In fact, the chances of them turning into monsters only existed when souls were left behind.
When the soul retrieval was done at the same time as it was now, the survival rate completely became zero.
Of course, Lieutenant General Gastar and the three people from the Intelligence Bureau also failed to fight him and were already dead.
Testarossa did not have deep emotions even as he looked at the final moments of those who defeated him in the past.
Since they had never been in the mind of Testarossa from the very beginning, it could be said to be natural.
Thus, the victory of the Monster’s Country Tempest became a rock like this because the strategic headquarters of the Imperial forces had completely become silent.
However, that did not mean the war was over, the possibility of the surrender of the Royal troops disappeared completely when the strategic headquarters also disappeared.
The battlefield was shifted into a war of annihilation.