I Have been Reincarnated As a Lazy, Arrogant Noble, but When I Destroyed The Scenario Through Effort, I Became The Most Powerful With Extraordinary Magical Power - 124.1

124 True Power

I learned something in my history class.

—Demons don’t lie.

I don’t know if that’s reliable, but the man who called himself Beltony killed soldiers and severed my right wrist.

And he declared to kill Cecil.

At that moment, Cynthia murmured.

“I can heal Allen’s hand. But it’s difficult without concentration. We shouldn’t waste time.”

“Focus on him before me—”

“Allen, you’re more important. Besides, the fight is not just now. Don’t lose sight of our goal.”

Shari stopped me as I tried to argue.

…He’s right.

“If he’s targeting me, let’s use that to our advantage. Although he unexpectedly cut off Allen’s wrist, it’s not normal. Let’s show a fighting attitude and escape together.”

Cecil said calmly, not showing any signs of being disturbed by the revelation that her life was targeted.

That’s right…

He killed soldiers. Unforgivable.

But… I’ve also learned.

Defeating the enemy isn’t always the best solution.

There’s too little information. For now, it’s better to escape.

“What’s this? Planning strategy among yourselves? I’m alone, you know?”

“Hey, demon! Why are you targeting Cecil?”

Despite just discussing escape, Duke raised his voice.

Why—no, he’s buying time.

Duke understands. Right now, Cecil is working at full capacity in her mind.

In a battle, everyone has their role.

We know that through countless defeats.

“Service is over—”

“Hey, you! Answer me! You cut off Allen’s hand! How do you expect him to eat!”

…No, maybe he’s just angry.

“First, let’s cover each other and expose the demon’s strategy. To escape, we need to understand our opponent. Then, I’ll give instructions. Let’s do what we need to do. —As usual.”

Before Cecil could finish her words, Duke rushed.

I followed, but Cynthia told me not to overdo it.

But she’s right. It’s too dangerous to just run without knowing about the enemy.

“Hah, not running away? Fine by me.”

“Cut off your own arm too!”

Duke, rushing again, thrust his fist from below.

But it was repelled by a jet-black defense shield, and Duke was blown away.

It’s not a magic barrier, but a physical one. In that case—magic should pass through.

“Ice Lance of Ice.”

Knowing that, Cynthia cast a spell.

An almost invisible lance accelerated rapidly.

However, a familiar effect—was activated.

—The Invincible Territory Barrier.

At that moment, we trembled.

We knew because we fought against Weiss many times.

Breaking through automatic defense magic was an extremely difficult task.

“Now, it’s my turn! I declare—! I will stop your movements—!”

Beltony shouted on the spot.

Surprisingly, Duke didn’t try to escape.

Beltony slowly filled his right hand with magic, and a high-density black sphere appeared.

“Duke! Run!”

“My legs!”

But he didn’t move.

Gluttony threw it at Duke.

It was filled with tremendous magical power.

On impulse, I chanted “Unnatural Wall” on Duke’s ground with my remaining left arm.

Forced to move, he avoided it.

But it hit his left leg, and he screamed.

Why—how…

“Duke! Are you okay?”

“――Damn… be careful. My body… won’t move.”

“Painful, huh? It must hurt. My magic is often compared to needles.”

Duke seems to have taken damage in one blow, and blood is flowing.

It seems they’ve figured out both physical and magical resistance.

My right wrist looks like it’s been cut with a sharp knife.

The pain is gradually intensifying. Cynthia’s magic is holding it back, but it won’t last long.

Declaration――Stop.

“Everyone, be cautious of those words. It’s possible that it’s the power of the demon race.”

Demon races use special abilities.

As Cecil says, it’s highly likely that they stopped Duke’s movements.

They also use the same inviolable territory barrier as Weiss.

“A significant step. We need to gather information one by one. Can you do it, Duke?”

“Yeah… I can still go.”

But what dispelled the anxiety in my heart, or rather, everyone’s anxious expressions, was still Cecil.

We should be happy to have gained information; despair is misplaced.

――Everyone, let’s attack again. I’ll go all out. We can’t fight for long anyway. ――Let’s go!

And again, we ran.

Duke seems to have injured his right leg from earlier, so he’s slower than usual, but he’s still covering it with enhanced physical abilities.

This time, it’s close combat for everyone.

Lilith holds several knives, Cynthia approaches with the ice sword Glacier.

Of course, Cecil too.

She moves forward with the sword created by spell construction and the body enhancement granted by Shari.

The inviolable territory consumes a lot of magic.

Attack all together and deliberately trigger it. That’s what we can do now.

――One-shot kill.

First, I launched the attack. It should be difficult to defend with spell destruction incorporated.

As expected, he jumped, and we all attacked there.

And Shari further endowed magic.

The attribute swelled several times.

“Hah, interesting! You guys really understand!”

Attacking from all directions.

Beltony prepares both hands, generating two black swords.

Construction spell――and, he deflects our attacks.

“Interesting! Despite being brats! But I――declare!”

“won’t allow it!!”

But we’ve also trained.

Several attacks that couldn’t be avoided activated the “Inviolable Territory Barrier.”

Beltony’s magic leaked.

‘It’s undoubtedly a halt to actions through words. Keep attacking until he can’t speak.’

And Cecil speaks to him with her ability.

Attack is the best defense.

A slight shadow appears on Beltony’s expression.

But our attacks were apparently more intense than imagined.

――Getting tough, huh? ――I declare. Blow away, you guys!”

The next moment, surging magical waves, literally, blew us away in all directions.

But――I let flight magic surge to the maximum, staying in the air.

Turning my body, creating an unnatural wall “Unnatural,” creating a foothold, accelerating explosively with Cynthia’s ice magic.

――I’ll get you here!

Flash time lapse――Body enhancement scales up――.

And――.

“――Yuni!”

“Kyu!”

“――Huh? What’s that?”

I summoned a small unicorn from the air.

The only magical creature I could miraculously control.

It has a horn on its forehead and can manipulate light magic.

At first, it was quite large, but now it’s about the size of Weiss when he’s in his debut.

It looks cute, but that’s only appearance.