Strange Grief Wants to Retire ~ The Weakest Hunter's Hero Dream - Chapter 258

Chapter 258 Demon King ②
Part 1
　So far, 《Strange Grief (Nageki no Borei)》 has overcome many hardships.
　Sometimes their opponent was a Monster, sometimes a Phantom, sometimes a Human, and sometimes the 『Situation』 itself.

　A violent tremor hit the place. When the dust cleared up, Sytry, who had confirmed the situation, quickly stood up and raised her voice.

“《Infinite Variety (Senpen Banka)》 is suppressing the destructiooon! Please help, if it continues, it will become catastrophiiic! It will be! Catastrophic!” (Sytry)

“! Hey, go stop it~! You guys, don’t you dare keep making Cry do all the work~!” (Liz)

“Nii-saaan!? Moooh!” (Lucia)

　Without a delay, my sister, Liz, follows suit. 《First Step’s (Hajimari no Ashiato)》 Magi began to use their Magic as if her voices had brought them back to their senses.

　The arena, which was supposed to be sturdy, was making a *mishimishi* creaking sound. The wave of destruction felt in the center of the arena pulsated like a heartbeat, as if a monster was waiting for the moment to awake.

“Cry-san is! Suppressing! The “Fox (Kitsune)”!” (Sytry)

　Her pink irises were looking down towards the arena. A fox mask man and their Leader were holding a single sword stuck on the ground.

　Just before the thick cloud of dust rose up, it was the fox mask man who was holding the sword. So, at first glance, it appears that it was the fox mask man who had activated the Relic.

　However――It is wrong. Sytry knows. It is too risky to activate such a powerful Relic in public. 『Nine-Tails Shadow Fox (Kyubi no Kage Kitsune)』 has no reason to activate this Relic in this situation.

　To begin with, although it is hard to tell because of the distance, the hand holding the sword the lowest is Cry Andrich’s.

　Sytry took out as many Magic Recovery Potions as she could from her bag and placed them on the chairs.

　Lucia’s hair floats slightly due to using a powerful amount of Magic. An enormous amount of power is released into the ground from the palms of her hands, which are placed against the ground, resisting the torrent of destruction.

　Every moment counts. There is almost no one, neither enemy nor ally, who can accurately grasp the situation.

　Then the one who wins――Is the one who created the flow.

　Sytry felt a strong, *zokuzoku* thrilling elation fills her body.

　We can’t just let, the 『Fox (Kitsune)』, do whatever they want!

“I’ll go notify everyoneee!!” (Sytry)

“Aaaa, aaaah, she is so excited.” (Liz)

“Woooooooooooooooooooh, I’m going too!” (Luke)

“Yeah, yeah, Luke-chan, let’s stop that destruction from here.” (Liz)

　Luke roared, but my sister quickly restrained him. It is a division of labor. Luke Psycol’s breakthrough power is exceptional, but he has no aptitude at all in this kind of field (Well, I doubt his sword could stop this energy in the first place).

　Lucia and Anthem are using their power to suppress the destruction going from the ground as much as possible.
　《First Step’s (Hajimari no Ashiato)》 Magi are limiting the power released from the center while having their face turn pale.

　If it is my sister, she would be able to get every single one of those screw-ups to drink a Potion to restore their Magic.

　In the midst of the violent tremors, Sytry accurately turned around and ran along the audience seats.

“Everyone, we are in troubleee! It’s the “Fox (Kitsune)”! 《Infinite Variety (Senpen Banka)》 is, suppressing the destructiooon! Please helpppp! if it continues, it will become catastrophiiic!” (Sytry)

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　It has become a dangerous situation. That was all I knew.

　The Key of the Earth that I was grasping was shining brightly. It felt more powerful than any weapon-type Relic I had once tried to use for fun.

　Even I, with my dull senses, can feel it, so I am sure all the people in the arena can feel the same thing.

　Am I…… In a checkmate?
　I have made a lot of mistakes so far, but basically, my powers are those of a small fry. I have never activated a Relic that can cause destruction this big.

　In front of me, a person wearing a fox mask reached out and grasped the hilt of the sword.

　I couldn’t see his eyes because he was wearing a mask, but I could see that he was gritting his teeth. Apparently, he was very angry.

　I quickly took a deep breath.

“Well, calm down. At times like this, you have to stay calm.” (Cry)

“Kuh…………” (Kitsune’s Boss)

　I looked up and saw the arena itself shaking violently. I didn’t feel the tremor, but it wasn’t just a normal tremor. In addition, the force emanating from the key showed no sign of dying down.

　What do I do? What should I do? At this rate, Cleat will end up in a terrible state.

　Seriously, this is why I told them not to let me keep the key……

“………… I wonder if this key will also turn into an Aburaage soon.” (Cry)

“Agah………… Tsu…… Nuuuuh…………” (Kitsune’s Boss)

“Hey? I am asking you this seriously, but…… How did you get that Relic to turn into an Aburaage?” (Cry)

“Kuh…… Guh…… Gah………… Ah…… Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah……” (Kitsune’s Boss)