Tensei Shitara Slime Datta

Chapter 90: Vs Holy Knight pt 1

Kufufufufu.

Satan gave off an evil laugh.

With dark red hair fluttering about, it gently descended in front of the Holy Knights.

Spreading its bat-like wings, it was something that could really be called the embodiment of evil.

「Happy to meet you all. Now, let's start the exam without delay.

Whether you deserve to be my opponent or not. . . 」

The Holy Knights, after witnessing its appearance, immediately dispersed and took a defensive position.

They did not have the time to build a barrier. They need to make split-second decisions.

Their prudence was due to the arrival of the Arch Demon. Unfortunately no other team had the ability to set up a barrier.

However, this situation can be considered lucky if you look at it from a different point of view.

The opponents who came before them were only one in number. And in this squad was Arnaud Baurman, the strongest Holy Knight who led the invincible party.

Arnaud grew a fearless smile and encouraged his friends. . .

「Do not be afraid! The enemy has only one. Even though it is the Arch Demon, it is not a threat to us! 」

Correct

They already had the experience of fighting against Arch Demons from the past.

When fighting against heretics, there were some who could summon Arch Demons using High Demon Summoning. Until now they had never lost a single time against these people.

For Arnaud, he was confident he could win, even in one-on-one combat.

「Everything, spread! Two sub leaders will support me; the other members will make a simple Holy Barrier. Get started!!"

The Holy Knights reacted immediately to Arnaud's instructions.

They were a movement of first-class trained warriors. Having lived through the scene of the massacre many times, they were confident in their abilities as a fortress fighting to protect mankind.

Without a doubt they broke up. They moved to the pentagram formation and set up a Sacred Barrier that restricted the commander and two sub-leaders with their opponents, the red-haired demons, inside the barrier.

But frightening like this, during that time there was no movement from the demons.

Cultivating an evil smile, the demon looked happily at the movements of the Holy Knights.

「Oi, What's up? You won't bother us? 」

Arnaud asked, trying to provoke.

「Why would I do such a thing? You all work hard. I'm not gonna bother you. 」

A response that clearly underestimates them.

Arnaud stood calmly facing his opponent, but inside he was completely boiling with rage.

As an expert-grade knight, he trained himself to have control over his emotions in this situation, in order not to lose his sight in anger. But the opponent's response was embarrassing.

How could the Arch Demon be so brash! Arnaud thought of this, and being very meticulous, he made sure to keep it only as a thought.

There was no doubt that this was a threat to his troops.

He was trained as a Holy Knight, so he had a clear understanding of that true power.

In their current condition, five people would be enough to take down the Arch Demon. Provided his opponent was a common Arch Demon.

Arnaud calmly observed the demon in front of him to gauge his opponent.

The opponent in front of him right now was not just an ordinary Arch Demon.

With a calm air, he stood there elegantly. The fabric he wore was complicated, as if signifying it was not just a lowly demon.

The purpose of these clothes is to show that the level is high.

Related to that, the possibility that this demon has been "named" is very likely.

A demon named itself was a great threat. However, his opponent was a high-ranked demon.

He can't be rash.

Even if he was angry at the opponent in front of him, he could not lose his composure and cloud his own judgment.

Arnaud drew his sword.

「Oh? Is your preparation done? 」

「Ya, sorry to keep you waiting. Can we get started? But before that there is something I want to ask you . 」

To the devil's question, Arnaud answered.

And he took the opportunity to ask for the demon's name.

Although he might not get an answer, if he answered, he could tell if his opponent was "named" or not.

Devil opponent,

「Oh! How rude of me. My name is Diablo.

Although this name was given to me by His Majesty [1] Rimuru, I forgot to introduce myself. . . . .

I'm still inexperienced. 」

Thank goodness it introduced itself.

Arnaud felt cold sweat dripping down his back.

Dangerous. His instinct alarm sounds maximal.

Introduce himself without hesitation. That meant that the opponent was an existence already gifted with a name.

If the master dies, his "Named" status will disappear as well. Also, if it introduces itself to that real name, then that name can be used to manipulate it. Therefore, not introducing yourself is common sense among demons.

So it was named by Demon Lord Rimuru. The devil is telling the truth.

Is it even feasible for a Demon Lord to give a name to people like the Arch Demon? But right now there was no point in harboring such doubts.

Despite this, though,

Arnaud prided himself on being the one called the Strongest Holy Knight.

He was Hinata's right-hand man, the Holy Knight Leader. And he believes in his place as No. 2.

Buoyed by such confidence, Arnaud smiled fearlessly.

「My name is Arnaud Baurman, the strongest Holy Knight.

Engrave it into your soul, the name of the person who will destroy you. Enjoy your trip to hell! 」

At the same time he declared that, he did a Spiritual Strength Liberation and activated his Spirit Armament.

Instantly, the five colors of light dazzledly sparkled and wrapped around Arnaud's body. He was a Holy Knight who possessed the five attributes of Earth, Water, Fire, Wind and Space.

For a normal person, having two attributes is rare, but he is loved by five people.

His title as the Strongest Holy Knight was not just for show.

During this time, the other Holy Knights also performed Spiritual Strength Liberation. Each of them wore their own attribute armor.

In the middle of the colorful lights shining was a shining pentagram.

Simple type Holy Field thrown.

It was not fully powered due to the short time it took to perform the ceremony .. but with the five Holy Knights, it was quite effective.

Inside the barrier, beside the two skilled Holy Knights, was the strongest, Arnaud.

Against the Arch Demon, there should be nothing to fear.

Fortunately, Arnaud held a new type of weapon in his hand, the Demon Slayer: the supreme sword created by the Seven Heavenly Sages solely to fight demons.

Against the flesh, the sword was endowed with the ability to tear magic power in the magic power configuration of that monster, so it could not reconfigure it anymore.

In other words, it could suck the opponent's magic power.

This weapon was developed with the aim of inflicting damage against the "Dragon Type".

It was the only sword developed to have the same power as Hinata's sword. The decision to equip Arnaud with that was correct.

With this sword, all kinds of demons would definitely be destroyed.

At the time, Arnaud had absolute confidence in his weapons, but. . .

「Alright, let's start the test. 」

The demon casually said so.

And the meaning of those words was quickly understood.

「U, Uwaaaaaaaaaa !! Don't come, stop, don't come !! 」

「Hiiiiiiii! He-help !! 」

Etc. The members stumbled over where they stood while unanimously shouting.

As a Holy Knight, this member should have gotten used to this sort of thing.

What the hell's going on?

Arnad couldn't understand. This - this incredible fear is …

The coercion was released by the demon in front of him.

It was simply releasing a depressed Demura Aura. That's it .

"God? Only three people can pass the test?

All right, I'm offering you my compliments. To be able to bear 『Haki Mr. Devilku』. . .

I'll allow you to be my personal opponent! 」

Satan excitedly declared.

The Pentagram Barrier disappeared in an instant. The other Holy Knights, whose minds were broken, had no energy left to defend the Sacred Field.

Arnaud's sweating. Trying to remove it, he couldn't even follow it. He desperately tried to understand the current situation.

Justjust wonderful. He won't accept it.

The demon in front of him, just now .. what did he say? Of course it says 『Haki Satan Lord』. . .

He had never heard of such an ability. With the release of the aura itself, it reduced the Holy Knight to this helpless state. Even for the Demon King, that was impossible.

No . It was possible for one legendary class of Demon Lord …

He had previously not thought it was possible to "name" into that class.

"You . . . . . . , Fuck. . . . . Did you?"

Trying to get the words out, Arnaud asked in a hoarse voice.

Gathering all her will, she kept her fear from being seen.

He calmly banished his negative thoughts. Somehow, he managed to maintain his composure.

With Arnaud like that. . .

「Kufufufufu, I'm Diablo. The loyal servant of Rimuru-sama.

If I perform brilliantly this time, the one who got the first rank seat is me. 」

Answers like that come.

Besides, it made him dumbfounded.

「While I do, let me give you an answer to your next question.

I'm not the Demon Arch like you said before.

But the Devil Duke. Although the difference is a little, please do not make that mistake again. 」

It adds that, more words of despair …

「It's over, it's over. . . . . 」

Help the female Sofia bend over, and start crying like a child.

His mind was also jolted.

Demon Duke.

It was ranked higher than the self-proclaimed Demon Lord.

Their previous appearance in this world was not documented, so it could not be confirmed. But this legendary demon must now exist.

Just as an Ordinary Spirit could not compare to a Great Spirit Class. And the Great Spirit Class could not win the fight against the King Spirit Class, even if some of them were united.

「Oh? What the hell are you doing? You've passed my exam but you don't seem happy in the least! 」

Satan called out to a female aide whose mind had changed. This situation never crossed Arnaud's mind.

With tears in his eyes he tried to escape, desperately.

To the demon who called out to him, he did not want to make eye contact and shook his head in denial.

As a Holy Knight, he was a brave and reliable aide who had survived a very dangerous situation before. But for the first time, he showed signs of fear.

He had great knowledge in Demonology, as a countermeasure against heretics. Because it's best to know your enemy. Not only that, but he also studied Demon Summoning and Demon Summoning.

Therefore, he was very familiar with Demonology.

The fact that this woman was so frightened was sufficient proof that the existence before them was actually a Devil Duke.

Therefore, steps must be taken against it.

「Can you still fight, Bacchus?」

He asked his other aide.

His reliable counterpart and trusted right hand.

Bacchus nodded with a pale face. To overcome this crisis with just the two of them, they had to make a breakthrough.

After connecting with Hinata, this demon will meet at last.

「Oi! Do you have to torture my aides and subordinates? Leave them alone!

Your opponent is me! 」

Arnaud shouted and carried out the attack with all his might.

From Arnaud's left palm, a beam of light was released.

It was the Holy Cannon.

Among the types of magic that Holy Knights are fluent in, is Magic Magic Magic〉. It was a simple type of magic and its effect depended on the ability of the user.

The attack had holy attributes and was capable of inflicting damage on all kinds of monsters.

And yet.

The devil caught the ball of light and smashed it in his palm as if it was nothing.

「Kufufufufufu. It's very painful. My palms are burning. Then, next is that guy's turn? 」

Satan said calmly, as if nothing had happened.

However, Arnaud's true purpose was not to damage it with the Sacred Cannon.

While the opponent took the attack from the Sacred Cannon, Bacchus took a detour to get it from behind and hit it in the back with his Great Axe.

The Great Axe was called the Demon Killer, a magic weapon used to slash Devils.

Even the Devil Duke could not avoid the damage from the attack.

The attack did not stop there.

At the same time Arnaud fired the Holy Cannon, he also prepared his own Demon Killer.

〈Spirit Beheading〉 is the ultimate technique by using the basic technique 〈Fighting Sprit〉. By wrapping the weapon in Fighting Spirit, it could cut down anything.

Fighting Spirits and Magical powers can be applied to a variety of techniques, but …

Arnaud was the strongest Holy Knight. He wore his sword in his Fighting Spirit, and the sword gleamed in five colors.

Thus, turning his five Spirit Power attributes into Fighting Spirits, he fused them together and with that, put on his sword.

Genius Arnaud's.

It was because of this special technique that Arnaud was referred to as the Strongest Holy Knight.

「Silence, monster! Eat this and die! Ether Break (Promise: Five Colors Spirit Virtuous Sword) !! 」

The glint of Arnaud's sword flowed along the ground in a single line.

By using 『Heavy Manipulation of Earth Earth Spirit, the user can decide the desired sword impact.

At a speed that surpassed the speed of sound, the tip of the sword reached Diablo.

The attack was clad in holy attributes, absolute killing power against monsters, along with attributes to destroy evil.

The death sword that was supposed to slash down the Demon Arch with a single strike.

It was impossible for even Devil Duke not to be injured.

Not to mention he dealt a punch at the same time being attacked from behind. The perfect surprise attack.

Arnaud had no doubt it was the exact death of the opponent.

However, by the time the Great Axe of Bacchus was about to clash with Diablo's head, Diablo lightly tapped his toes to the ground.

With just that, the ground became ferocious and Bacchus, who was approaching from behind, was thrown into the air.

Even so, Arnaud's sword, exceeding the speed of sound with its imagined trajectory would still cut through Diablo's nape. It can't be stopped.

He can do it! Arnaud was convinced of the victory he was playing in his mind and put all his strength into his sword-grasping hand.

At the same time, he lightened the weight of the sword and then flipped it over, directing it towards his target with double force.

Grasping the sword, he doubled its weight several times by shutting down the inertia of the generation from the force of gravity.

The nature of this technique also doubled the momentum of the sword right before it collided with the enemy.

For someone who saw this technique for the first time, it was impossible to avoid it. Arnaud was confident of his victory. You could say it was about facts.

But, unfortunately ... from the beginning Diablo had no intention of avoiding it.

Arnaud's sword cut through the barrier Diablo had erected, and cut off Diablo's body.

He felt the resistance. But…

Arnaud immediately ran to Bacchus' side.

He confirmed Bacchus' condition. It turned out that Bacchus was fine and was able to stand up.

Relieved, he shifted his focus back to Diablo.

「Kufufufufufu. I saw . What an amazing technique.

Especially the sudden acceleration the moment it made an impact. I even had trouble seeing it.

And above all .. the attack that combines various attributes. Few could resist the attack.

Beautiful, really beautiful! 」

He began to praise Arnaud's sword arts.

But Arnaud didn't feel a little happy to hear it.

That's vivid. Because it was obvious that the demon had not suffered any damage after taking his sword.

「Oi. . . . . . . . . You didn't suffer any damage at all? 」

Although he did not want to ask, those words involuntarily slipped out of his mouth.

「Oh? Does it look like that to you? That's just an exaggerated estimate.

I plan to compensate only the Sacred attribute with my magical barrier, but unfortunately I feel your attack.

It seems like my magic power has been usurped, just a little.

Thank you for . . .your sword; it seems to have the ability to steal the opponent's magic power.

I disregarded it. But even so, it was also incredible! 」

Is that not enough?

It seemed like it did not receive any damage at all from the technique.

This is no joke. That ultimate move must have hit him.

An attack that had various attributes and could easily break through multiple layers of defensive barriers.

And regardless of that. . .

The attack should have been a decisive blow. Arnaud's chances of victory are nonexistent.

And acting as the final blow to Arnaud were the merciless words of this demon:

"Religion . With this level of damage, I would need to receive about 4,000 hits before I would be annihilated.

But . .suggestion, I can recover about 40% of that damage in 1 hour.

How's it? There's still hope for you.

Well, shall we continue again? 」

He said, stretching his hand.

Next to him, Bacchus gave up with a sigh.

「Hey, Arnaud, That's impossible. We can't survive like this.

Although this may be better than doing nothing at all …

I'll buy you some time, so please call Captain Hinata.

That Captain class with inhuman strength, it's not an opponent we can fight. 」

He whispered to Arnaud.

「No, I'll buy you time. Ye . . . . . 」

"You fool . Your feet are faster than mine!

Above all, there is hope if you and the Captain are together.

It's not good that it's me! 」

Bacchus shouted and pushed Arnaud away.

Arnaud, hearing those words, bit his lip and started running.

But, the truth is cruel.

「Kufufufufufu. Holy hooch! Where do you think you're going?

My mission is to hold you all here. I won't let any of you pass me. 」

Forced to stay? For a moment he did not understand what that meant, but there in front of Arnaud, his friends who were previously on the ground, were now blocking his way.

「You guys, step aside!」

Arnaud shouted, but the demon pointed him to the bitter reality in front of him.

"God! Your friends still want to play.

I just asked them if they would be so grateful for betraying their allies? 」

That's how it says. Arnaud looked right at his friends.

They each wore blank expressions, as if they were in some kind of trance.

「So-Sofia! Stopit! Come to your common sense! 」

Arnaud turned to face Bacchus who was vomiting blood while shouting to another aide Sofia, who sobbed in front of him.

He had the same trans expression on his face as the others, standing across from Bacchus who was extending his sword.

"You . . ! What have you done to my friend !! 」

Arnaud glared at Diablo and shouted.

The demon replied with a sneer.

「Kufufufufufu. What do you mean . . . .

But I just teased them.

Because they were afraid of me, they seemed to accept it easily. 『Gotjap』, that is. 」

Suddenly Arnaud realized.

There was a monster characteristic that Demon-kin called a Temptation skill.

To attract the target. An ability that can manipulate one's mind at will. But, he had never heard of a Devil who had the ability to lure a Holy Knight.

To save someone under this rhythm, you must defeat the demon who manipulated them.

In short, the only thing that could be done now was to dodge the attacks of his friends and defeat Diablo. Otherwise, the only option left was to kill his comrades.

He couldn't go easy on the Holy Knights. Even in the subconscious, these people are pragmatic. A person who is fascinated moves his body unconsciously.

This is too much .. their consciousness is cursed through temptation.

This opponent. . . This Demon. . . is obviously a Class of Disaster. The threat that stood on the same grounds as the Demon King.

Bacchus who was holding Sofia, was strangled from behind by two Holy Knights.

And he just lost consciousness. He fainted, but now that means Arnaud remains alone.

To go through this situation alone .. is not impossible.

Up next…

The red-haired devil-colored oval disciple gleamed slightly red as he lifted Sofia with one hand.

Suddenly, Sofia's beautiful blonde hair turned deep red, as if it was soaked with blood.

He showed a happy expression on his face.

Her hair turned blonde.

He looked at her suspiciously. Sofia lost consciousness and fainted.

No way! His worries suddenly turned frantic.

「Kufufufu. whoa, it's dangerous. I accidentally turned him into Fallen.

If I do such a thing, there is no way Rimuru-sama will give me a first rank seat. 」

Leaving Arnaud with these uncertain words, Diablo turned his head towards him.

What he had just seen was the demon that made Holy Knight Sofia his friend.

He didn't want to imagine what would happen if it worked. The demon was for some reason worried about his actions and stopped halfway. So Sofia was saved.

But it is too early to feel relieved.

Anyways…

「Alright, let's continue. Launch any attack you like.

Until I get tired, I will be your opponent! 」

Left alone without a single reinforcement and surrounded by five Holy Knights. It's impossible to avoid this.

However, Arnaud refused to surrender.

His last hope is held in Hinata defeating the enemy boss and coming to his aide.

Arnaud prepared himself.

The curtain on "Arnaud's hopeless fight" has risen.