The Demon Queen's Disciple
Chapter 46 - Hope

In front of all the adventurers, an abnormal Hobgoblin figure was standing on the rest of Ursaloth's body.

He looked in all directions, watching the crowd around him.

"Seeing humans move like insects like this is disgusting. Someone has to stop it. I will stop him." said Hobgoblin with a face filled with hatred.

Without cue....

The entire adventurer who still had guts finally started to move.

The first one to make the movement was none other than Sera. He shot his arrow right into Hobgoblin's heart.

'Swuuuushh!!!'

His shot was much faster compared to the adventurers with the other archers.

But even so....

'Taappp! Kreta!'k!!'

"It's a nuisance." said Hobgoblin as he caught and crushed Sera's arrow.

Everything seems to be in his prediction. But he forgot one important thing.

That is the fact that the adventurers did not fight alone.

'Zraaaatt!!! Braakk!! Bra!!!'

With Sera's arrows as cue, all the adventurers under Selena's lead immediately ran towards the Goblin.

"YESYOOOOO!!!" Shouted Selena very loudly. Both of his hands were dragging his greatsword on the ground. His footsteps were so fast that no one could keep up.

Just one guy.

It was a young man running parallel next to him.

'This boy.... There's no way she's in class F, is she?' thought Selena while glancing towards Lucius next to her.

Using the Elemental Infusion, Lucius, or rather Carmilla coated his sword with a very strong but stable flame.

Carmilla's much more perfect Mana Control than Lucius made her able to control that Elemental Infusion even better.

The flames were much hotter, yet also used far less Mana.

'I have to save Mana, however, I don't know how strong the demon is. More than that, how could there be demons in this time? It should have been since then.' Carmilla thought in her heart.

In just a split second, Lucius and Selena had been right in front of that Hobgoblin. Each of them swung their swords from the opposite direction.

In that split second, the focus of the two so high that time seemed to slow down.

Little by little, the two of them saw their swords getting closer and closer towards Hobgoblin's neck.

Selena's great sword swung in a twisting from left to right, and Lucius's fiery sword swung in the opposite direction.

It's not wrong anymore.

The combined attacks from the two should be able to decapitate the Hobgoblin's head. Given his invisible body so large, especially when compared to Ursaloth before.

Their guess should be correct.

It's just that if there's something they don't take into account....

'LANGUAGE!!!'

'Wh-what?! What the fuck?!' selena shouted in her heart after seeing what was before her.

"The-the magic?!" shouted the other adventurers who saw what Hobgoblin had just done.

Using shield magic, the Hobgoblins were able to easily withstand attacks from those two different directions.

Moreover, his artificial shield was much stronger than his second attack.

"Humans, be aware of your position" said Hobgoblin with a thin smile.

'Blaaaaarrr!!'

Selena and Lucius were thrown backwards due to the reflection from the magic shield.

'Sreeett!!!'

After restraining their bodies, Lucius and Selena attacked again. Gives a barrage of slashes that are not only fast but also powerful.

Selena with her greatsword enveloped by wind magic was seen dancing so fast. On each of his slashes, leaving incisions on different sides of this forest.

Even so, his attack was still unable to break through Hobgoblin's magic shield.

Meanwhile Lucius's slash was slightly slower than Selena's sword slash. It was just that each of his slashes seemed to have a much greater weight.

How not?

'Swuuusshh! Alaaarrrr!!!'

Every time Lucius swung his sword, a portion of the ground and trees that were in the direction of his slash were instantly engulfed by the hot, red flames.

Scorching whatever is around him.

It was also what made the other adventurers still slightly keep their distance from Lucius and Selena.

A moment after they approached, it was possible that they would be hit by a peer attack of their own.

Archers and witches also had difficulty attacking. On the one hand, if their attacks were to miss it would actually hurt Guild Master as well as Lucius.

But on the other hand, even if it does not miss....

They were not at all sure that they could break through the shield that could even withstand the blow of the Guild Master's sword.

"A vain enterprise, a human being" said Hobgoblin, who continued to activate his magic shield.

Carmilla who has extensive knowledge of magic certainly recognizes the magic shield used by Hobgoblins.

"Hoooh, so anyone know this shield?"

Shortly before the two were torn to shreds by Hobgoblins attack, Lucius quickly pulled and leapt back along with Selena.

"It's bad. Hobgoblins are strong."

"Huh?! Isn't it obvious?! But what the fuck is that?! How could Hobgoblins use such complex magic?!"

Monsters using magic are not strange. But the fact that a Hobgoblin can use complex magic like the Trias Shield has terrible endurance....

It is something beyond human reason.

'There was no way a mindless monster like Hobgoblin could learn the Triassic formation in a magic shield. In other words.' thought Carmilla in her heart.

Without hesitation, Carmilla immediately devised an emergency plan in case she failed to defeat the Hobgoblins in the usual way.

"Selena, after attacking him I understand. That hobgoblin has at least 8 times the Mana of me, or 20 times the Mana of yours. If it continues like this, we will be slaughtered" Carmilla said using Lucius' body.

'Blaaar! Blaarr! Albaarrr!!'

"You intend to break the spirit of everything?" selena asked irritatedly while avoiding the barrage of fireball shots from Hobgoblin.

"No. The contrary. You have an important role. Listen carefully...."

Carmilla seemed to whisper a lot of things in Selena's ear. With his left hand, he created a shield magic that protected both of them from fireball attacks.

With her right hand, Carmilla drew something on the ground.

An image of a magic formation with a very strange shape and never seen even by the Guild Master himself.

"Lucius, what is it?"

"Don't ask too many questions, just tell me what I told Lyra and the other witch squads. That's our last card to win."

"All right."

Quickly, Selena retreated from this battleground. Leaving Lucius along with the rest of the other frontline adventurers to face that monstrous monster.

'Swuusshh....'

Slowly, Carmilla released the magic shield she made while muttering.

"I admit, the present one will not be able to defeat you. But you know, O nameless devil. Your way of wasting your Mana like that would be your own destruction."

In the distance, there were several adventurers who attacked the Hobgoblins at close range but received a truly terrible fate.

Some of them seemed to be cut off just because of the swing of Hobgoblin's arm. Others were seen burning to ashes by the magic of the demon's left hand.

And the others?

Run away from this fight only to be killed with that Hobgoblin-throwing stone from a distance.

"Buck! Come forward with me!" shouts Ironclad from a distance.

Drakon himself looks to have faced the Hobgoblin directly. Utilizing the agility of his legs and the speed of his punches, Drakon was able to immerse....

'ZRAAAAASHHH!!!'

"COGUAAAARRGGGHHHH!!!"

The sound of Drakon's agonizing cry rang out to fill this dark forest.

Just a simple arm swing. The hobgoblin was able to cut off Drakon's hands with claws that were not even as big as Ursaloth's claws before.

"You think you can keep up with me in physical ability because I just kept using magic from now on?"

It was at that moment that the little hope that began to be seen in the eyes of the adventurers began to fade.

They thought, if that Hobgoblin could kill Ursaloth easily, resist the attacks of the Guild Master, and even hold back Lucius' fiery slash because that Hobgoblin was an extremely powerful magician.

It is common knowledge that most witches who dedicate their lives to magic will have weak physiques.

But these?

Looking at Hobgoblin's physical strength just now, everyone was convinced. That at least, Hobgoblin's physical abilities were several times greater than the Ursaloth they had previously fought.

'BABYDIRTY!!!'

In the midst of that despair, Lucius' figure was seen smashing his sword at the iron armor of the dead adventurer beside him.

"Don't panic! How powerful the Hobgoblins were, in the end he was just a monster that had to be hunted. If you follow me, I will behead the Hobgoblin for you." cried Carmilla using Lucius' body.

Hearing the zeal shouts from a boy made the adventurers rise again. It was not because they saw a chance of victory before him.

But because their self-esteem is not willing to take refuge behind the young man who is still 16 years old.

"Damn it! I'll fight to the death!" shouted an adventurer who rose up quite early.

"Well! Guild Master would do well to prepare a large reward for this!"

"That's right! After this, I will treat you all!"

The spirit that had almost died out, was now back on fire.

Meanwhile Carmilla was still standing still on the spot. Looking at Hobgoblin from a distance.

The preparation is ripe. The plan has also been well-conceived. And even if it fails, he has prepared a backup plan.

All that was left at this moment, was to face that Hobgoblin with all his strength.

It's just....

"I'm glad to see you all can't wait to die. Because that's...."

The hobgoblin seemed to start showing its true fangs.