Chapter 83

After Act, the guild master, had retrieved Frederica, it was a few days later.

Act had brought the demon's sister, Kanao, to the northern border town of the Demon Kingdom, North Wall.

At the training ground for the hero party in North Wall,

A tall, blonde man over 180 cm, Lawrence, stood with his eyes blindfolded.

On the other side, a petite girl with green hair faced him.

"Hero Lawrence! You came! I am the Demon King!"

The girl opened her eyes wide and declared.

She, who called herself the Demon King, was [Kanao].

"Aye! I am Lawrence! Let's have a fair fight!"

However, Lawrence was bare-handed.

On the other hand, Kanao was equipped with a real sword.

"Here I go!"

Despite her young voice, she launched a sharp dash.

It was a strike so fast it couldn't be seen.

The speed was so great that a shockwave was generated around her.

Lawrence caught the sharp strike aimed at his neck with his bare hands.

It was a heavy blow.

Lawrence's massive body sank to his knees.

"Strong! Like iron!"

"Indeed!"

Lawrence, still holding the blade, threw Kanao into the air.

Kanao flew away easily, like a ball.

"What!"

But she adjusted her posture in mid-air and stood in the sky.

"Wow! To be able to fly in the sky at such a young age! You're amazing, Kanao!"

"Hey! Lawrence! I'm the Demon King now! Be more serious!"

"Ah! That's right! You are indeed the Demon King!"

"Haha! The hero is also impressive! How about this!"

An unusual surge of magic power emanated from Kanao.

Normally, magic power is invisible.

But, the ultra-compressed magic power glowed black.

Kanao unleashed a high-speed thrust with her sword.

"[Destructive Sword]!"

A black torrent of light was released.

"Ah! This is bad!"

Lawrence took a defensive stance with both hands.

The black light struck his body.

Suddenly, everything around him began to disappear.

The ground, walls, and buildings were swallowed by darkness.

"Ho! Hero, have you withstood my ultimate spell?"

Lawrence, unharmed, stood with no injuries on his body.

"Great, Kanao!"

"Hey! I'm the Demon King!"

"That's right! You are indeed the Demon King!"

"Same to you! Alright, I won't lose!"

Kanao reinforced her entire body with magic and flew at an incredible speed.

Lawrence deflected her strikes with his fists and sometimes caught and threw her.

Such a super-dimensional battle was watched from a distance by the mage Eli, the spear user Urgar, and the Far Eastern hero, Kogami.

"What... is that...?"

Of course, they were talking about the young demon girl wreaking havoc against Lawrence.

"Can't you see? It's just a child's play."

"No, no, no! In what world does a child fly in the sky and release a strike that can obliterate everything around her?"

Eli was maintaining a barrier to prevent damage to the surroundings.

Without him, the entire area, including North Wall, would have been reduced to ashes.

"That child is special."

"Special?"

"It seems she has the blood of the Demon King."

"The blood of the Demon King!? Oh, that's dangerous!"

Kogami's face drained of color.

"Shouldn't we kill her?"

"Don't be ridiculous. She is just related to the Demon King. The Demon King is the one who causes trouble, not the child."

"But... if she's that strong, what if she turns against humans?"

"Don't worry about that."

"Why not?"

"Because the guild master is educating her to prevent that from happening."

After the mock battle, Kanao hugged Lawrence.

"Lawrence is so strong! Amazing!"

"Aye! Kanao is strong! Amazing!"

Lawrence was piggybacking Kanao.

His smile was different from that of a demon who harbors hostility towards humans.

Seeing the pure smile of a child, Kogami was impressed.

"Even though she's that strong, it's amazing that she doesn't harbor resentment towards humans... The guild master's training is impressive."

"I agree, but there's no such thing as training for a lady. She's human."

"Right. Sorry."

Lawrence, with Kanao on his back, approached them.

"Kanao and I are going for a walk in town!"

"Ah, sure, go ahead."

Kanao patted Lawrence's head.

"I'm hungry!"

"Aye! Let's go to our favorite restaurant!"

With a puff, Lawrence disappeared from the spot.

"What!? What!? What happened!?"

"Instant teleportation, I suppose. Why are you surprised?"

By applying a technique to cut through space, Lawrence could instantly move to any place he knew.

Kogami, who was explained this, looked at Urgar with a stunned expression.

"What?"

"I thought you were a normal person, but you seem to be on their side."

"I don't like that at all...!"

"Come on, Urgar. Don't be angry."

Eli smiled and tried to smooth things over.

But Kogami thought Eli was also scary.

After all, he had minimized the damage from the super-dimensional battle.

Eli, and Urgar as well, made Kogami think that the Lawrence hero party was not entirely human.

"By the way, what was that with Kanao and Lawrence just now?"

"It's a child's play plus a mock battle against the Demon King."

"Mock battle?"

Eli explained.

"The Demon King has a special eye that can sense the flow of magic power and copy the opponent's techniques. Kanao has the same eye."

"Wow... that's troublesome."

The Destructive Sword Kanao used was one Lawrence had used before.

She had perfectly replicated it just by seeing it.

Kogami finally realized the terrifying nature of Kanao and, by extension, the Demon King.

"By fighting the child, the experience of fighting the Demon King accumulates. The child can also release stress, achieving two goals at once. That seems to be the guild master's intention."

"I see... but is it okay? Kanao is of the Demon King's bloodline. What if the demons come to kidnap her...?"

"Well, it should be fine."

"Why?"

At that moment,

A tremendous sound, *thud*, echoed through the town.

"What was that just now!?"

Eli closed his eyes and said,

"It seems Lawrence has kicked the demons away."

"Wait, what!? How do you know!?"

Eli tilted her head in confusion.

"Isn't it the千里眼 (千里眼) spell?"

"Isn't that an ancient magic...? That's strange."

"Is something strange? Is something strange?"

Kogami sighed, exasperated by the serious faces of Urgar and the others.

"Never mind, okay. But as long as Lawrence is with her, she's safe."

"Even when he's not here, the guild master is. He can see through any kidnapping attempts with his eyes."

"Indeed, the guild master is amazing!"

Kogami thought that not only were Lawrence and the others abnormal, but Act Age, the guild master, was also extraordinary.

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