Futafied

*CRAAASH!*

*SLAAAAAM!*

*SLAAASH!*

Michael confidently trades blows with Sylvia, dodging her powerful magical attacks while taking physical ones on the chin, much to the chimaera's annoyance.

All the while, he stabs, cuts, and slashes the hermaphrodite's large snake-like body. Much of it was made of machinery of course from her absorption of the artifact, but even then the damage was quickly piling up.

Bits and pieces of metal and wiring hung from the large scuff marks of her body, like a mechanical disembowelling. Her organic parts weren't doing much better either, with one eye missing from a large cut that extended from her hairline to her jaw, half of her nose missing, to her arm that'd been entirely degloved of its flesh, leaving it looking skeletal, sinewy, and incredibly vulnerable. (FYI don't look up 'degloved arm'...)

"What's wrong!? You're not looking so good!" Michael asks while flicking blood from Derflinger.

"You've tired her out already, partner! I thought she would have lasted longer for someone who bragged about her prowess!"

"Maybe she was only confident against Kazuma? Even then, I'm not impressed."

Sylvia doesn't reply and instead begins backing away, like a tiger caught in a cage. All of her attempts to kill her opponent had failed spectacularly, and any magical attacks that had connected were either brushed off or absorbed by that annoying sentient sword. Her only real option as of now was the retreat to the Demon King's castle and help him prepare for when this man decided to invade... He was certainly capable enough with how he'd toyed with her.

Michael wasn't going to let that happen however, raising Derflinger up high as the sword shouts "WULD NAH KEST!"

His form blurs as he suddenly appears at the base of Sylvia's massive body and Derflinger begins glowing as the sword prepares to unleash the magic he'd stored from Sylvia's spells.

"Take this!"

"Derflinger Special Suuurrppppriiiisssseeee!!!" the sentient sword screams as Michael makes the attack, causing a bright light to blind everyone watching. Sylvia would have been blinded too... Had she not just been bisected in two.

The two pieces fall to the ground, dead.

"Deflinger Special Surprise?" Michael asks with a dull look.

"Eh, a work in progress... I've been inspired by these Crimson Demons, you've gotta admit, they've got the flair down... Eh, parter that's this?"

Behind them, Sylvia's bisected body had begun bubbling, and soon enough it'd dissolved into one large pile that'd seemingly started reconstructing her body... This time however she was much, much larger, with a higher density of magic.

"III WIIIILLLLL NOOOOOTTTT FALLLLLLLL HEEEREEEEEE!!!!!" she roars with three other voices overlapping her own. She doesn't notice the large magical circles gathering over her head, her previous death having released everyone else from her magical suppression.

Derflinger uses the Whirlwind Sprint shout again to get Michael out of the way just as the spells launch.

"SAAACRED EXORCIIIISM!!!!"

"EXPLOOOSSSSIOOOON!!!!"

"EXPLOOOOSSSSIIOOOON!!!!"

"EXPLOSION!"

Aqua, Megumin, Yunyun, and a couple other Crimson Demons who'd had the balls to return to the battlefield all exclaim. Aqua's godly spell covers the Demon General in a blinding golden light, destroying any barrier she had now that Sylvia had absorbed demonic aspects from whatever powerup she'd received.

Then, the explosions landed.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!!*

*WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSHHHH!*

If people thought Megumin's explosions were big before, they'd be horrified to see what her improved magical abilities combined with the rest of her clan could achieve. Yunyun was no slouch in this field either, so all of these spells combined made it seem as if a Nuclear bomb had just gone off.

A huge wave of dust washes over everyone from the subsequent shockwave, luckily this was mostly harmless due to the magic lacking any radioactive element... Otherwise, people's skin might just start melting off, or they gain superpowers.

*Cough! Cough! Cough!*

"W-why don't we just do this to the Demon King!? If he can survive this then I'll jump off of a cliff right now!" Kazuma mutters in the fog of dust.

"He's got a barrier around his castle, remember Dumbzuma?" Aqua retorts.

"And we're friends with the person who helps maintain the barrier you idiot! Let's just tell her to switch it off for a bit while we bomb him!"

...

"That... Might work..."

"Eh? No, you can't do that!" a nameless Crimson Demon clan member argues.

...

"Why?"

"Uh... Because..."

"Tell us, or are you a traitor that serves the Demon King!?" Kazuma exclaims, still blind due to the dust

"Ah, well... If you'd also kill the Demon King's daughter!... We have a device that allows us to... Spy on her."

...

"Device?"

"Oh, you mean that telescope that lets you see into her room?" Yunyun innocently asks.

...

"Perverts." Megumin mutters, never having heard of this before despite previously living here.

"Definitely perverts. I bet these guys are Lolicons too, how old is the Princess?" Saya asks.

...

"Er, Eighteen?"

"You sound very unsure of that." Saya dryly remarks.

"Oh, look at the time!" the clan member says as the sound of him quickly shuffling away under the dust cloud becomes audible.

Soon enough, the cloud of dust fades, allowing everyone to see the massive crater that'd formed where Sylvia had been. There wasn't any trace of her left either, not even a drop of blood... Though, unbeknownst to everyone, Michael had scooped up any debris in the fog, he was pretty sure the remnants could be used to do something interested. Plus potentially healing Darth from his foot form which was an eternal embarrassment to him.

Michael sheaths Derflinger and cracks his back while walking towards the group, "So, anyone hungry? I've worked up a bit of a sweat." he says, wiping a stray droplet from his forehead... Not because of any exertion, but simply because he'd been warmed up from being in the vicinity of the explosion.