The Reincarnated Onmyoji Who Returned From Another World ~ I Was Reincarnated Into An Onmyoji Family On The Verge Of Decline, But Thanks To My Experience As A Hero Who Fought In Another World And The Magical Power Training I've Been Doing Ever Since I Was Born, This Life Seems Like It Will Be Easy ~ - Chapter 24: Holy Sword

“Holy Sword Excalibur.”

The world responded to my words that had been imbued with magical power. The grace that had been bestowed upon the hero answered the hero’s words and showed that it could transcend even the walls of the world.

“…What was that?”

Dimensions split apart, and magical power from another world raged forth. A slowly glowing holy sword appeared, accompanied by tremendous magical power that shook the surroundings.

“Ha!”

I drew that holy sword and readied it. I wouldn’t hold back. True to that declaration, I had been at full throttle from the beginning. As I gripped the holy sword, I kicked off the ground and closed the distance to Haruma in one go.

“Stone Wall!!!”

In front of me, having closed the distance in an instant, Haruma created a stone wall with his technique. That wall, which had been packed full of cursed energy, seemed to have had considerable strength, but it was meaningless before the holy sword that was in my hands.

“What!?”

My holy sword easily cut through the stone wall and went on to sever one of Haruma’s arms.

“Ha!”

I swung the holy sword that had severed his arm further, this time aiming for Haruma’s neck.

“Wha…!?”

It was too late for Haruma to frantically try to activate a technique then. My holy sword had definitely severed the enemy’s neck.

“Phew.”

Before Haruma’s body, which had collapsed to the ground after having lost his head, I exhaled and returned the holy sword to the other world.

“Should I have taken him alive?”

No. I wouldn’t know because I had killed him so quickly, but there had been a possibility that he had had a trump card. If I had prioritized extracting information and had tried to capture him alive only to have had the tables turned on me, that would have been unbearable. In the end, no matter what schemes he might have been plotting behind the scenes, crushing them all with force was the quickest method.

Having satisfied myself, I tried to return to the second floor where I had left Margaret-chan and the others.

“Huh?”

At that moment, I was pierced from behind with a sword.

“Gah!”

Blood overflowed from my mouth, my body stiffened, and—

“Sealing technique!?”

“Correct answer.”

Just being stabbed wasn’t a problem. I immediately tried to turn around, but my body wouldn’t move at all. Noticing this, as if affirming my immediate assertion that it had been a sealing technique, Haruma, who was standing behind me with a sword in hand, spoke.

“It’s a world-class sealing tool. Escaping from this is impossible… Damn. It’s good that I received this treasure from that person.”

Why was Haruma…!? I had definitely killed him! Had he come back to life!? That was ridiculous! But even so, even so… even so, there should have been some preliminary actions when coming back to life!

To not even make me notice that he had come back to life… What kind of miracle was that!? Only demon lords from other worlds had ever pulled off such feats!

“This took care of him… now then—”

“Don’t underestimate me toooooo much!!!”

What did he mean “took care of me”? He shouldn’t have underestimated me, a man who had wielded power as a hero in another world!

Forcibly, I went to break the seal.

“That was reckless!… Damn!”

Having seen me in such a state, the flustered Haruma created a large number of stone spears and hit them against the ceiling to try to make Margaret-chan and the others fall from above.

I had quietly told them to escape from the second floor, but the stone spears had punched through not just the second floor, but the third floor, fourth floor. Everything.

“Kyaaah!”

Along with a large amount of water, Margaret-chan and the others came falling down to us.

“Se—”

But by that time, I had already finished breaking the seal. Having regained my freedom, I unhesitatingly targeted Haruma.

“Eat this!”

Before my attack could land, however, Haruma took out a jewel from his pocket and crushed it. At that moment, a large number of demons overflowed from that gem.

“What!?”

What was that!? For that many demons to suddenly appear…! Even for summoning magic, the scale had been much too large! To have pulled that off with just one tool was a complete cheat!

“Gyagyagya!”

“Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.”

“Gaaaaaaaaa!”

I was surrounded by demons. Moreover, because of the presence of those demons, I couldn’t fully grasp other presences. I hence lost track of Haruma’s position!!!

“As swift as the law commands!”

I immediately deployed flames and burned away the demons around me in one go. I then realized that the demons weren’t just the ones that surrounded me. There were also demons with flight capability, and they were heading toward Margaret-chan and the others who were still on their free fall.

“Oni!”

I called the name of Oni, who had been staying by Margaret-chan’s side as instructed.

[I understand!]

Receiving this signal, Oni used flames against the surrounding demons, turning them to charcoal.

“No! Haruma is over there!”

But that wasn’t it. What I had shouted as a warning was about the fact that Haruma, who still seemed to have some sort of scheme up his sleeve, had gone in that direction.

[…!?]

“Let this be the end! Also, I’m going home after this!”

“Kyah!”

Haruma, who had gotten close to Margaret-chan, placed his hand on her head.

“AAAAAH!”

At that moment, as magical power raged through Margaret-chan’s head, she let out a scream that reached to the heavens.