I've Left the Demon Army. Please Let Me in a Hero Party. Chapter 5

The closer Nasha and I got to the two Cerberus, the more roaring sounds I heard from behind me.

"Haaaa*!!"

Bang! Boom!!

"Calibrating. 12.9 to the right. -3.8 vertically……Got him in my sights, and shoot!"

Kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin*--!!

One of them was hitting with enough force to make craters in the ground, while the other was shooting blasts of light like a precision instrument.

Even though he was being tossed around by such forces, Garlock was still on par with them.

As expected of him. He continued to dodge the attacks of the two members of 『Deared』, who were way stronger than the so-called capture squads that invaded demon territory time and time again.

If they had invaded us when I was still commander, the casualties would've been in the tens.

Actually--they might be able to destroy a small squadron on their own.

Definitely don't want to face them in a battle.

I put on the hood of the robe I was wearing.

Okay--let's see.

Time to do our share.

I'm not ever going back (to the demon army). I've made up my mind.

I'm going to spend my days with my angel, Nasha!

I'm going to eat delicious meals!

I'm going to get taken care of by a real god!

It doesn't matter if it's someone that used to be my ally!

I'm going to destroy anyone that stands in my way!

"Come on, I'm not scary, come here…"

While I was lost in thought, Ceru-chan and Bero-chan, who had been running around in the fields, were sniffing the pastries in Nasha's hand.

That's strange…I've met them before, but they never got this attached to me.

Is this…the quality of Nasha's kindness!?

"You guys are good boys, aren't you?"

"Ruff…ruff…"

"Hey, that tickles! Don't worry, I'll pet all of you guys."

…They're attached a bit too much.

I've never seen a Cerberus, keeper of hell's gates, roll over onto its back for a belly rub.

Nasha, who was splitting the pastries and giving them to each head, had a smile on her face as usual.

The Cerberus, which were smiling as well, looked at me standing in the back and cocked their heads.

--it was at that moment.

"Damn it…! I was wondering why you two weren't coming to help me--!"

I suddenly heard Garlock's angry roar from behind me.

"You're such an embarrassment to be deceived by the enemy's sweet talk! I'll just get rid of you two along with the girls! ----『Sit』"

In an instant, the Cerberus laying on the ground beside us felt killing intent and sat up.

They were trained very well. If Garlock told them to chase an enemy down, they would chase them until the ends of the earth. And If he told them to die, they would kill themselves in an instant--that's how they were trained.

Garlock's eyes widened as he saw Nasha beside them.

He charged up a great amount of magic in his hand, enough to kill the Cerberus in an instant.

Ignoring Louis and Suzette's coming towards him from behind, he narrowed his eyes.

"Ceru-chan, Bero-chan…I never thought you two were so weak! Die and apologize to the Demon Lord in the afterlife. Darkness magic, Miasma's Embrace (Arla Doll)!"

--That's not good…!!

Garlock specializes in darkness magic.

If you get hit by the miasma, the curses in it will poison you and spread all over your body, and you will eventually die.

In a sense, it was like a more powerful version of a Cerberus' bite, and had killed more heroes than I could count.

The pitch black ball of miasma flew towards us at an incredible speed,

"Nasha! It's coming straight for us! We've got to run!"

I grabbed her hand and tried to run, but she wouldn't move a step.

"I can't! If I move now, the magic will hit these two!"

"This isn't the time to be saying such things you know!? If you don't run right now, you'll die!"

I pulled on her hand again, but her will didn't waver.

"--Even so…!"

Her kind gaze was directed at the Cerberus, which let out a small whine, behind her.

Even though I'm wearing a hood, I really didn't want to use this in front of him--

"Suzette, why aren't you shooting!?"

"I'm sorry, the gun is still cooling off. I can't fire anything at the moment!"

"Nasha! Eric! What are you guys doing! Hurry up and run!"

Garlock's eyebrows furrowed at Louis and Suzette's words.

"Did you just say…Eric…?"

He seemed to have noticed something suspicious, but there was no time for me to hide right now.

I folded my hands in front of my chest and focused my mana in them.

A cloud of dust started forming around me, and a small whirlwind of mana erupted with me in the center of it.

The ball of miasma was almost on us. I had one chance. If I miss it, Nasha, me, and the Cerberus will all die from the poison.

I steeled myself and stood between them and the spell.

I closed my eyes and imagined the mana that I had stored up until now shoot outward.

--Eric Adel.

Since when did that name become known throughout the demon army.

Before I joined the army, I lived in a small village in the countryside. I possessed an incredible amount of mana since I was young.

An executive from the demon army came to my village and scouted me.

From then, I realized that I could use this magic. No, for some reason this was all I could use.

A branch of magic amongst a few that legends say only the Demon Lord could use.

A type of magic fit for an absolute, overwhelming, suppressive Demon Lord--

"Destruction magic--"

At my words, Garlock urgently started running in the other direction.

But I didn't stop.

--It was impossible to stop this magic capable of slaughtering everything in its path.

"--Blow of Destruction (Black Hole)"

In the next instant, the space in front of me cracked and burned away.

At the same time, the ball of miasma that Garlock had released easily got consumed by my destruction magic--

Hey guys Kaoto here.

Sorry for the late upload.
I got this project I'm working on at my internship, and that's been keeping me busy.
I also haven't had a good chance to be on my computer as well.

*: Okay…Sounds and stuff…I suck at it. Also for the spell names, not good either.

Well, at least the gacha gods have blessed me with good pulls 🙂

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