Demon King, Retry! Volume 2 Chapter 8

Holy Maiden ★1

“I came to defeat the demon lord, but it looks like there are some filthy bandits here as well.”

The holy maiden — Luna showed smiled.
She had an extraordinarily cute face, but her actions were downright repulsive.
The golden light she released had torn apart the bodies of five bandits in an instant.

“Dam-… all of you, we're retreating!”

“Are you stupid? There's no way you can get away from me.”

Luna raised up a staff with small wings on it and began to chant.
As she did so, a golden light began to gather around her.

That was one of this world's elements -
And the one she used was an exceedingly rare one.

“Bloom in gold — >”

In that moment, a countless number of golden blades were fired from Luna's staff, and another 6 bodies were torn to pieces.

(This girl, you've got to be kidding me…)

Being unnerved by this magic Kunai saw for the first time was part of this shock.
The fear he felt from its power was another part.
But what had surprised him the most was—that such a young girl was able to kill people so mercilessly.

(Should I run…?)

For a moment, that thought crossed his mind, but he immediately tossed it aside.
The girl hadn't come alone and was accompanied by many soldiers.
Once he saw that, his hesitation disappeared. He immediately pulled out the base from his inventory and threw Aku inside.

“Wh, Wai…!?”

“Lay low in the furthest corner. Understand?”

As expected, the girl who had used magic was staring in their direction.
Since he had pulled a building out of nowhere, that was perfectly natural.

“What is this… Are you a mage? Or is this some sort of magical tool?”

Without answering, he pulled a cigarette from his pocket and lit it.
Honestly, he wasn't able to calm down without doing so.
Would he be okay after being hit with that? At any rate, he definitely couldn't show any weakness to that girl—she would take advantage of it.
She didn't look to be anything more than just a kid, but she killed people without any hesitation.

The girl seemed attracted to the base as she patted it and looked inside it, interested.
Her appearance as she overflowed with curiosity, seemed cute and appropriate for her age, but…
Now that “innocent” look of hers was frightening.

“I've never seen this material before… You, present this to me. If you do, I wouldn't mind letting you go.”

“Is that a trade, little girl? What guarantee do I have that you'll keep your promise?”

“Haaaaah? You, who do you think you're talking to?”

“Unfortunately, I still haven't heard your name.”

He answered while leisurely blowing smoke.
Contrary to his outward appearance, his heart was pounding like crazy. If he concentrated on escaping, he was confident that he'd be able to survive, but his opponents abilities were too much of an unknown quant.i.ty.
If things could be settled without a fuss through negotiation, should he do so in this case—?

“What an unthinkable b.u.mpkin… No, I guess it can't be helped if you're just a dirty bandit.”

He was slightly irritated at being a.s.sociated as one of the bandits.
Why did he have to be thought of as one of Own Goal's henchmen?
With a name like that, it wouldn't be a surprise if he was stabbed in the back at any time.

“Miss holy maiden… this guy isn't one of our group.”
Own Goal smirked, while saying.

That's right, tell her. Rather, why don't you guys just fight to the death on your own!
Why do I have to get dragged into it even though I'm completely unrelated?