ch 26 < Tempest vs Holy Knights >

The Holy Knights met their doom because they had the misfortune of confronting Testarossa.

As the battle commenced, Testarossa stood calmly amidst the chaos, her eyes glinting with a cold, calculating light.

With a flick of her wrist, she unleashed an awe-inspiring display of her Ice Magic.

Frosty tendrils snaked through the air, encircling the Holy Knights and binding them in place.

Before they could react, a wave of glacial power erupted from Testarossa, transforming the Holy Knights into intricate ice sculptures, their expressions frozen in a mix of shock and terror.

Nearby, Leonard and Garde along with some holy knights conjured holy field trapping shion in it.

Leonard and Garde charged at Shion, their weapons gleaming menacingly.

Shion smirked, her confidence unwavering. As they closed in, she activated her unique skill, Chef. With a graceful sweep of her hand, the ground beneath Leonard and Garde erupted, throwing them off balance.

Recovering quickly, they lunged at Shion again, but she was ready.

Effortlessly, she parried their attacks, her movements a blur of precision and power. With a single, fluid motion, she disarmed Leonard, his weapon clattering to the ground.

Garde hesitated, but only for a moment. Shion's eyes locked onto his, and with a swift, decisive strike, she sent him sprawling.

After Shion gave Garde a thorough beating, as instructed by Karna, Garde became quiet and refrained from spouting any nonsense.

Leonard and the other Holy Knights surrendered to Shion, their spirits broken when shion used her unique skill cook to destroy Holy field.

< >

Meanwhile, Lilith engaged in combat with Souei. Souei swiftly subdued her.

Souei then used shibari ( Japanese bondage)

Lilith's resolve crumbled as waves of pleasure coursed through her, her body betraying her with each shiver and moan.

He incapacitated her by tying her up and using torture to the erogenous zones to... take her out of the battle.

Lilith's cries of pleasure filled the air, her body arching towards him as she surrendered completely.

< Karna focused on souei while he talks with hinata >

"My goodness, where did Souei learn to do this? Maybe I should try this with Testarossa," Karna thought, a mischievous smile playing on his lips.

Souei unlocked Lilith's hidden desires, and now she was head over heels for him.

Hinata pov

His sword style are refined until only essential movements remain. His stance focus mainly on counterattack.

Feint are ineffective against him. His martial arts is also deadly. Leaving no opening whatsoever.

Hinata thought as he prepared to face karna.

But then she saw karna waving his hand towards her.

Karna gestured for Hinata to come towards us.

Karna pov

"So, care to explain why the Holy Knights suddenly decided to barge into our territory and attack us?" Karna asked.

"I didn't order them," Hinata explained.

During their conversation, Rimuru and Karna listened to the report.

< >

NEAR FALMUTH

"The Beast roaming above us disappeared." Knights muttered in falmuth.

The Magical beast they are locating suddenly formulated from the Shadows.

"I am Ranga, Great Demon Lord Rimuru's Fangs"

As Brief as the introduction was, Ranga was taking on an entire troop of holy knights and falmuth soldiers by himself.

Ranga alone took down Gregori and the Falmuth forces.

Diablo fought against the demon slayer forces brought by the King of Falmuth, only to knock them out with his haki.

< >

In tempest

"Do you have a camera zoom or something? Otherwise, how can a demon let you take close shots of him killing Rayheim?" Karna asked Hinata.

She had a complicated expression on her face.

Hinata then noticed a white hair beauty with red eyes standing beside Karna.

As Hinata faced Testarossa, she couldn't help but feel the immense pressure radiating from her.

Testarossa smiled, a chilling expression that sent shivers down Hinata's spine."She is strong," Hinata thought ."Her pressure rivals that of Luminas-sama."

Enough about that. Did Rayheim's message reach you? It was a two-minute recording," Rimuru asked.

Hinata sighed. "No, it was just a message about a one-on-one fight."

"So someone manipulated my message," Rimuru said.

The battle between the Holy Knights and Tempest was over.

Leonard, seeing Hinata talking with Rimuru all this while, said

"So, Hinata, the Luminaries were right. You are allying with him against God Luminas's ideals, aren't you?"

"Oh, you were instigated by the Luminaries, right?" Karna said.

Suddenly, Hinata's sword activated on its own and went straight towards my body.

I could see it coming in slow motion, but what stopped me from interfering was Hinata trying to cover me with her body to defend against it.

Just as it touched her back, Testarossa froze the sword with her Ice Magic, preventing it from exploding.

Hinata stood by my side extremely embarassed. Because now I'm hugging her.

So I Tried to divert our focus

"Time out. And you Giard whatever it is? Why did you try to kill her?".

" Well we originally plotted her allying with you as a rumour but it looks like she were allying with you." Then changed to lumineries uniform.

Suddenly, the rest of the Luminaries—three of them—appeared.

"Karna-sama, as you suspected, three Luminaries have arrived and attempted to eliminate the reporters. Diablo reported.

"Dispose of them. They're merely obstacles on our path."

"Very well, my lord."Diablo then employed Despair of Time to eliminate the three Luminaries.

"Barging into a Demon Lord's territory uninvited. You've got quite the nerve. Rimuru shouted at them.

"Hellflare!"

Demonwire Slash.

Souei and benimaru use their attack.

Yet, amidst the chaos, only high-pitched laughter echoed.

"Ridiculous! You waste your time! This magic circle deflects all non-holy strikes.

"Wah-ha-ha! Such fools. Our knowledge, refined over centuries, will never yield to the brute force of some arrogant monster horde!

"The laughter resounded above us.

"Shut up!" I retorted, unleashing spirit magic < fire explosion > catching them off guard from their laughter.

( their white uniform and some part of body became scorching black )

Their laughter turned to curses instantly. "How can a monster wield Holy magic?

"The sudden change was so striking that even Hinata couldn't help but laugh.

Infuriated, they simultaneously began casting.

"Prepare to meet your doom! Trinity Break!!"

But all their efforts were in vain as Rimuru used Beelzebuth to absorb their attack.

The paladins stared wide-eyed, shocked as they witnessed the barrage of missiles disappearing before their eyes.

"No... it can't be," one of them muttered in disbelief.

They regrouped and attempted another spell, encasing Rimuru, Hinata, and me in a circle of magic.

Hinata closed her eyes, seemingly accepting her fate, while Testarossa simply observed without reacting.

"Face your ruinous end, Demon Lord! Trinity Disintegration!!

"A beam of light enveloped us in a large circle.

I countered with Multi-Dimensional Barrier, and I believe Rimuru cast Uriel's Ultimate Defense to nullify Trinity Disintegration.

"Well, that was quite a flashy display. What was that supposed to accomplish? Blind me for a while?"

Even Hinata looked dumbfounded.My subordinates laughed, and Testarossa chuckled.

They had become immune to shock at my theatrics.

"Karna-sama, that was splendid," Testarossa said proudly.

Realizing their impending defeat, they attempted to flee, but I fixed all three of them in place using telekinesis.

"Any last wishes?" Karna asked calmly.

"Think this through! We are the guardians of humankind!

" If you kill us, the followers of the god Luminus will not take it lying down!"

"Indeed! Luminus's wrath will reduce all of you to ashes!!"

We will retreat for now. Knowing you're not evil, negotiations will happen soon.

"Their mixture of intimidation and flattery grated on my nerves.

It was time to end this—"Now, perish. Death Streak.

"Karna then culminated the attack with a Nuclear Strike Magic spell, obliterating the remaining forces and leaving a massive crater where the three clergy once stood.

<Death Streak, Nuclear Magic—when abyss core is crushed.>

"The land within several kilometers turned into a wasteland.

Everyone's jaw almost dropped to the floor. Testarossa had stars in her eyes.

Rimuru's usually calm demeanor was tinged with concern as he surveyed the aftermath of Karna's nuclear attack.

Trees lay uprooted, and the once serene landscape bore scars of destruction.

Then Rimuru scolded me for destroying a large part of the forest.