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Chapter 45 - It's Really Hot, Super Hot, No, It's Way Too Hot

Thanks to Mummy Ichigo-kun's incredible, game-like performance, most of the surviving knights had been cut down. Seriously, he's amazing. I never imagined he possessed such power.

"W-what is this Ghoul?! Why is a mere Ghoul this strong?!"

The remaining survivors on their side were terrified.

"…But it's over for you now. For all of you!"

"Huh?"

Despite being at a clear disadvantage, a Holy Knight suddenly declared victory.

"Did you really think we charged in without a plan?!"

Yes, I did.

"Receive divine judgment! You wicked dead!"

"Divine judgment? …Oh."

It was only then that I finally noticed. The priests who had been standing motionlessly behind them were now gathering their magical energy.

""""O God! Dispel the darkness of night with the radiant light of the sun! Holy Breath!""""

In that instant, a dazzling light, like the sun itself, tore through the darkness of the night.

"Crap!"

I frantically unleashed my magic, causing the ground to erupt upwards, forming a wall to block the light.

"Yiiigh!"

But I couldn't block it completely, and some of the light washed over me. Even that small amount was hot, incredibly hot! Unbearably hot! A heat even more intense than when I fought Calmwell and his men seared my body.

"Agh! Hah, uwaaah!"

I felt like my entire body was covered in blisters, and I nearly writhed on the ground in agony.

"Tch, she blocked it! But she can't create a wall that massive over and over! Destroy it!"

The knights shouted and began to attack the earthen wall I had created. Oh no, if they break that, I'll be hit by that light again! But the pain was so intense I couldn't think straight.

"Ichigo-kun…"

Right, Ichigo-kun can take care of them…

"Ting."

"He's on the verge of death?!"

Ichigo-kun, who had also been hit by the Holy Magic's light, was twitching on the ground like a dying insect. Oh, right! No matter how strong he is, Ichigo-kun is still a Ghoul, so he's extremely weak to Holy Magic! He's like a character with super high attack but ridiculously low HP and defense.

"Damn, I have to do something myself!"

While I was panicking, the knights continued to destroy the wall.

"This is bad, this is bad, this is bad!"

If they break it, that light will hit me again! I hurriedly tried to attack the knights—no, I tried to make the wall thicker by raising more earth.

"Stop the Vampire's spellcasting!"

The knights split into two groups, one of which charged at me to interfere.

"Then—"

I tried to fly up and escape, but…

Sizzle.

"Hot hot hot hot hot!"

When I flew into the air, I was hit by the light leaking over the wall and almost got burned again.

"No good, up is not an option!"

With nothing to block it, the sky meant taking a direct hit of Holy Magic.

"Wind Blade!"

"Flame Slash!"

As I was trying to figure out what to do, slashing attacks imbued with the knights' magic came flying at me from the ground.

"Oh, you're all so annoying! Blizzard!"

I unleashed magic at the knights. A blizzard spell should freeze their metal armor and stop them in their tracks!

""""Heat Body!""""

But the knights countered the blizzard by erupting in flames from their entire bodies.

"What?! A spell like that exists?!"

"Fool! Do not underestimate us, who have fought in frozen lands!"

This is bad. Firing normal magic is useless since they can dodge it in the open, and my area-of-effect blizzard doesn't work either. I need to do something about these knights zipping around at that speed… As I was thinking, light started to leak through the wall.

"Crap! Something, something that can hit those fast-moving knights, something faster than them is…"

The leaking light grew brighter.

"A-ah, the light, the light… light?"

And then, I had an idea.

"That's it! Lightning! Thunder!"

I focused my magic, imagining a bolt of lightning! With a loud CRACK, lightning struck the body of a knight.

"Yes, it hits!"

"What?! Lightning?!"

Lightning moves at the speed of light! And it's drawn to metal! With this, I can definitely hit the knights!

"All right! Thunder, thunder, thunder!"

"Impossible! That's—guaaaah!"

I rained down lightning, striking the knights one after another.

"Hahahaha! They're all hitting!"

No matter how fast they are, as humans, they can't dodge lightning.

"And for the finale!"

"Guwaaaaaah!"

Finally, I finished off the knights who were destroying the wall, and in an instant, they were all wiped out.

"Phew, just in time. Now I just need to reinforce the wall…"

Crumble crumble crumble.

"Huh?"

Just as I thought I was safe, the wall began to crumble.

"Whyyyy?!"

Well, it's obvious, isn't it?! If you defeat enemies in front of a weakened wall, of course the wall is going to break with them! It's going to get caught in the crossfire!

"Dammiiiiit!"

An accidental self-destruct! Crap, that light is—!!

"……Huh?"

But despite bracing for it, the light never came. I cautiously opened my eyes to see not the light of Holy Magic, but the priests, staring at me with dumbfounded expressions. Hmm, what's wrong with these people?