I pour magic on the crystal that I am holding. The crystal emits a sinister dark glow. I instinctively throw it at the ground. After a while, a portal manifested above it giving off an eerie and dangerous feels to it.
Then, a figure comes out from it. A dignified woman with jet black hair, a sharp gaze that pierces anyone’s soul when her eyes land on you, and her iconic maid outfit that’s also presented with her refined and elegant movements.
She looks at me and observes the surrounding.
“It’s been a while, Priscilla.”
“Why did you call out to me? You must have found Asagao.”
“No.”
“Filth! You must have a good reason for doing this. I believe you are a man of reason.”
“Priscilla, I’ll get straight to the point.”
I turn around and directed my forefinger to the army of dwarves that are marching. She might have already guessed what I wanted but I need to fill her on about this.
One of her eyebrows shot up.
“Tsk. I don’t really care about your circumstances here. If you are telling me to clean those filths, I refuse. In the first place, aren’t you capable of doing it?!”
“No… I am not…”
“Oh? What’s this? Are you faltering?”
“No…”
“You are slacking too much filth.”
“What are you saying?”
“Hmph. I see you haven’t learned much of your power’s true nature yet. You are lacking in imagination too to conjure up more power with.”
“I did make some new discoveries but… unlike you who excel in physics and stuff. I specialize in human biology.”
“Reasoning like that huh… don’t you know in war, destroying the foundation of the troops destroys their whole formation? I believe you know that much.”
“I know…but this is war. No single man can handle a war himself. And I want to avoid killing anyone in there right now.”
“Have you gotten soft? Bastard, you are dragging the common sense of our previous world to this one. You are f*cking blind if you don’t see the potential of your own power. It’s merely a cowardice and timidity of yours, and for that reason, you can’t break your own limits.”
“I know what you are trying to say but…”
“I am one hundred percent certain that you can eliminate every single soul out there, but there is an external force that blocks your own idea of doing that.”
“…as expected of Priscilla…you know more things about me than my own self…”
There is something that’s stop me from excelling huh…
An external force…
“Filth, I am not here to give a life advice or anything. I was doing something else myself. I don’t care what happens here, I’ll have you know that.”
“I still don’t have any idea about what external force you are referring to but, Priscilla-san, you specialize in this kind of battle right? Even if I have the power and abilities, it will take long. But for you, this is like cleaning a whole field of dirt right?”
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“Hmm. I do get your point, and I want to try out some new skills that I thought up.”
“Then…will you do it?”
“Hmph, why are you more frantic than usual? I am guessing the target of that army is a city of someone you know… a woman?”
“…no…”
“Haa… assuming I take on your request. What shall I gain from it? You should have a right compensation for the effort I shall exert.”
“…”
Now, it has come to this… how to deal with this maid…
Honestly, she is the most difficult person to deal with after the dumb king.
That dumb king is crazy strong and doesn’t faze from my intimidation…
While I was contemplating… my clothes are tug by the twins.
Casablanca asks me…
“Susanoo…is she really a demon lord?”
“No…that was a joke…”
“H-Hibiscus… he said it was just a joke…”
“Susanoo…somehow… she is really scary… even though she is beautiful… are you sure it’s just a joke?”
“I am trying to get her help right now, she is powerful you know.”
“”Is that so.””
After a while of thinking, the twins came up with an idea and approaches Priscilla-san timidly. Priscilla’s eyes widened upon the approach of the two.
“”Um…great demon lord….””
“Great Demon Lord?”
She is definitely staring daggers at me.
“What is it, cute little kittens?”
“Um, My name is Casablanca and this is Hibiscus.”
“If you will, please save our city! Save our people! Save Mama!”
“Great Demon Lord! We…we are going to offer ourselves to you!”
“…”
Hey now… that’s dangerous…
Priscilla’s eye sparkles and she licks her lip as her eyes are definitely eating the two. I don’t have any ill will against Priscilla-san when it comes to this kind of thing.
She knows how to take care of people properly. Even though right now, her eyes are more or less, an eye of a demon lord.
If the twins come with Priscilla after this, I can travel more efficiently and the risk of them being exposed to danger is lower, as long as they are with the other heroes.
“Fufufufu…heheheh….HAHAHAHA!”
“Priscilla, you are getting out of character.”
“Oh, my. Pardon me for that.”
“…”
“Fufufuf~ Susanoo, why didn’t you tell me earlier that you have such cute tributes for me, the demon lord!~”
“…”
“I would have swept the whole battlefield in an instant if you have told me earlier!~”
That’s how you want to play it huh?
Her eyes are now set in the hundred thousands of army of the dwarves…
Why do I feel like I made a big mistake…
“Priscilla, please, do not kill a single soul there.”
“Hearing it coming from a hit man is weird. Why? It’s easier for me to kill them than to hold back and control my power for their sake.”
“Somehow… I just thought of…what if… one of those dwarfs is unwilling to go this war… what if he has a family back in their home… what if he has someone expecting his return… what if dozens of people will get sad if they perish in this battle.”
“Hmph, I couldn’t careless to the circumstances of others. But I must say… you really have change for better or for worse. Did you hit your head or something?”
“No.”
All of those what if’s that I thought about. I confuses myself too of why. Why did I think about them? Is it because I care for them?
No…
I remember the time when I saw Kaoru’s frightened eyes that night…
I made a quick glance at the twins…
…
I see… the answer is so simple…
A really selfish answer…
An answer that only feeds my ego…
The things Priscilla told me about earlier, about not breaking my own limits and my timidity.
The reason why I don’t want to shed a blood there now…
Back in the forest, while with this two. I will kill mercenaries or enemies close by that are unknown to them, but I will avoid enemies that two of them knows of.
An external force that stops me from going all out…
“Susanoo, let’s go! We don’t have any time to waste! Let’s clear the pile of trash!!~”
“You’re unexpectedly excited…”
That was a sarcasm…
“I want to try something in arcana resonance, let’s go!”
“Something you want to try huh…”
“Yes. Also, we should hold hands as a bare minimum of skinship for the resonance for better efficiency for power and energy circulation between us.”
“I understand. Casablanca, Hibiscus, please stay here.”
After they affirm to my order, I hold Priscilla-san’s hand and created a mini warp. We both pass the mini warp and appeared a kilometer away from the dwarven army.
Hmm… how should I say this… her hand is a bit rough but small…it is firmly grasping my hand…
“I’ll start now the experimentation! Susanoo, come.”
“Un.”
“”Arcana Resonance.””
The circulation is better than before. I feel like our thoughts are transmitted to one another. Yeah… her thoughts are brutal…
“Fufufufu…I’ll start with conjuring a new dimension.”
“Wha-?”
"[Imagine World!]"
The clouds that are covering the sky, no, even the sky itself. Everything turns dark when she invokes the name of the spell. After that…
The pitch black surrounding, which I can assume now that it is the dimension Priscilla-san created, lots of galaxies sun and stars started appearing in the sky. The sight is dazzling and beautiful. The dwarven army stops in their tracks because of the sudden transition of the surrounding.
“Oh. Priscilla, you distorted the space using my powers and created a new one using your own. After that, you conjured these many space figures using our connected powers.”
“It’s good that I don’t have to explain shits to you.”
“Anyway, that name…”
“Hmph. It’s something I heard from Kouta when he was talking about some games he played back in our world. I just thought it’s a nice name for this skill.”
“So, what are you planning to do with it?”
“This is an ideal skill for the skill that I will use.”
I feel really bad about what’s about to happen.
"[Big Bang!]"
“Wait!”
That’s dangerous!