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Chapter 25 - # The Dark Elf's Transference Magic

The battlefield was dominated by Hero Ares's overwhelming power, and the monster party was on the defensive. Lumina's quick water magic had split them apart.

The Hobgoblin, Mamoru, was isolated. His enemy was just one man, but that one man was the strongest. A one-on-one duel with Hero Ares had begun.

"Hah... hah... hah..." Mamoru clutched his side, trying to stop the bleeding from the previous attack. The fight was all but over.

"...Well this is boring. I thought you'd be a tougher opponent."

Ares wore a relaxed smile, his blood-hungry eyes looking down on Mamoru. He raised his sword high and began to run. At that moment.

"Stop! Don't kill him!"

A high-pitched, yet somehow mystical voice cut through the darkness.

A supple silhouette emerged from the shadows. Hair that shimmered like gold. Long ears hidden by a deep green mantle. The Dark Elf, Tiris.

Ares's eyes widened.

"A Dark Elf!? Seriously, what a rare character!"

His attitude changed in an instant. His gleaming eyes roamed over her entire body.

"You, join my party. I'll guarantee you good treatment, okay?"

Tiris rejected Ares's invitation flatly.

"...I have no intention of becoming an ally to a despicable human like you."

"Is that so... what a shame. Then you're just another monster. I'll have to kill you."

The moment Ares readied his sword again.

Tiris closed her eyes and began to chant a spell. A wind swirled around her, and the grass at her feet rustled.

"Tula Elva Nox... Beyond the stars, open the way... Heed my will, O gate of transference!"

With her chant, space itself began to creak. The air split open, and a swirling magic circle appeared at Ares's feet.

"Wh... what is this!? H-hey, you can't be serious!"

Tiris's eyes glowed gold as she shouted the name of the spell.

"Exodus Gate!!"

With a deafening roar, Ares's body was enveloped in light. The ground shattered, and a blinding flash consumed everything.

"What are you doing!? You damn bitch!!"

Ares's scream vanished as if sucked into the sky. His figure had disappeared without a trace.

The transference magic, Exodus Gate. It was one of the dark forbidden spells passed down among the Dark Elves. It was a magic that forcibly transported an enemy to a distant continent, to the far side of this world.

Tiris caught her breath and turned to Mamoru.

"It's alright now."

Mamoru, though stunned, managed a small word of thanks.

The tide of battle had turned completely. A single Dark Elf emerging from the darkness had changed Mamoru's fate.