Betrayed by His Party, a Failed Healing Mage Revived Past Demon Lords Out of Spite and They Were All Overpowered Beautiful Girls - 18

Chapter 18: The Healing Mage, Forced to Get Slightly Serious

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I lunged at Elizabeth. I swung a massive sword, nearly as tall as I was, down toward her, but she avoided it with ease.

“Oh, you are fast.”

“GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!”

“Your movements are just a bit too linear, however.”

Simultaneously with her evasion, Elizabeth drove a heavy blow into my abdomen. My internal organs must have been crushed. I vomited a large amount of blood from my mouth and was knocked down right then and there–or rather, I wasn’t. Now that all my physical abilities were explosively enhanced by the Magic Sword of Wrath, my regenerative powers as a vampire had also improved.

Even if I took an attack head-on that would have been a fatal wound back when I was human, it was no problem.

“GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!”

『Whoa!! Valsh has stood up once again and is lunging at Elizabeth!!』

“…It is just a repetition of the same thing, you know?”

Elizabeth evaded my attack again and moved in for a counter. I didn’t have the technique to parry it. I lacked the strength in both swordsmanship and magic necessary to defeat an opponent of a higher rank. All I had was the power amplified by the magic sword. Simple, raw power. That was exactly why…

“Oh?”

I abandoned myself to instinct and swung the sword. It was an attack made with the resolve to take a hit, based on the premise of receiving damage from a counter. The blade closed in on Elizabeth via the fastest, shortest route.

“I see, this is certainly a threat.”

Elizabeth leaped back a great distance. Without a moment’s delay, I kicked off the ground hard to close the gap and drove the sword toward the top of her head. However, the magic sword passed right through Elizabeth. I should have definitely cut her, yet Elizabeth took no damage at all.

“Blood Mist. It is one of the vampire abilities that temporarily turns the body into mist.”

“GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!”

“Hehe, did you get angry because you thought you had finished me, only to miss?”

No, I wasn’t angry. Elizabeth had used the same method to evade attacks when she was fighting the Hero’s party. That was why I knew how to deal with it. I swung the Magic Sword of Wrath in a great arc, triggering a gale. If she used Mist Form while a strong wind was blowing, Elizabeth would also take damage. The important thing was to fight while generating as much wind as possible.

“An appropriate counter to Mist Form… It seems you have only lost your mind, not discarded your intellect. Troublesome.”

『Onslaught after onslaught from Valsh!! Elizabeth handles it all with one trick after another!! This is hot!! This is a heated battle!!』

『…Pestia, lower the volume of Elshadow’s amplification magic a bit-』

『Eh? Ah, u-um, okay, I got it.』

Elshadow’s voice became slightly quieter, and Elizabeth whispered at the same time.

“As one who calls herself the God Demon Lord, I am hesitant to do this… but let us get a little serious. Thousand Blood Swords.”

“!?”

Elizabeth scratched her own wrist with her claws, and blood poured profusely from the wound. In an instant, it turned into a muddy torrent and spread at Elizabeth’s feet. That blood floated into the air and took the shape of swords. Not one or two; the number easily exceeded a hundred and reached a thousand. This was Elizabeth’s finishing move.

It was impossible to evade the blades of blood approaching from all directions, 360 degrees. If even one so much as grazed me, my blood would be drained from that spot and I would die. If Alicia, who could immediately seal wounds to prevent bleeding, hadn’t been with the Hero’s party, they surely would have been wiped out. I had made Elizabeth use that ultimate technique. I had managed to make a Demon Lord get reasonably serious. That made me unbeatably happy.

“Valsh.”

“Gah-?!”

“If you can keep your original shape after taking this hit, I will give you some ‘good boy’ headpats.”

In an instant, the swords came at me all at once. Their speed easily surpassed even sound, making evasion impossible.

“GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!”

Therefore, I kept my movements to a minimum. Blood overflowed from the parts where I was grazed, and that blood formed swords again to attack me. I immediately sealed the wounds with healing magic. I could only use low-level healing magic, but my mana had increased due to the Magic Sword of Wrath, and my healing ability had also significantly improved.

Now, I could mimic Alicia’s method of dealing with this skill.

“Splendid. At the very least, the current Valsh is a powerful warrior for whom the possibility of killing me is not zero. My respect and praise for that strength.”

Closing the distance in a flash, Elizabeth’s arm pierced my torso and took a firm grip on my heart. 

Ah, it’s over.

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“Hah!!”

“Oh, you are awake.”

I woke up on top of a bed. Elizabeth was lying next to me, and as expected, she wasn’t wearing any clothes. It seemed she had been sleeping beside me.

“Did I… lose?”

“Yes. I won.”

Elizabeth made a peace sign.

“To give my honest impression, I was surprised. I did not expect Valsh to become that strong.”

“Well, the Magic Sword of Wrath is a masterpiece I’m proud of…”

“However, you understand that there are risks to that method, right?”

“…Yes.”

The major drawback of the Magic Sword of Wrath. It was that once it was used, one would abandon themselves to passion and continue fighting. Unless someone was always by my side to stop me, I would turn into nothing but a weapon that spread destruction and slaughter.

“So, Valsh, I shall teach you a way to surely corner the Hero’s party.”

“C-Corner them?”

“Yes. Since it is you, Valsh, who created such a magic sword, I am sure you can do it. Lend me your ear for a moment.”

“Whoa.”

I jumped slightly as Elizabeth’s breath hit my ear.

“―And that is how it is done.”

“Can I really say that I’ve cornered the Hero’s party… cornered Albert, with my own power after doing that?”

“Yes, I think that is perfectly fine.”

The method to corner the Hero’s party that Elizabeth taught me. It was something very simple…

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