A hidden danger. The beginning of the tragedy.

As Azael spoke, despair started to spread among the hero group.

The tensions engulfed the group, all of them were goosebumps because of Azael's words. In front of them was a monster they couldn't defeat at that time. The one with the highest level there was Azael, who had just reached level 280.

" For a famous person like you still remember this lady, such an honor Azael kun."

" How could I forget ... what you did to my daughter!"

" Hm? Your daughter? Let's see… That thing looks like this, right?

The demoness's face transformed into another woman with white hair, and silver eyes, the same color as Azel.

" Father! Help me!"

Azael gritted his teeth, If it was not for the heroes he would have run straight into Lilith. Gripping his staff until blood flew down from his palm, Azael managed to remain calm at the demon's provocation.

" I won't let you touch the heroes!"

" H-How cruel? To ignore your own daughter… 'giggle' then once again I'm gonna take away everything you protect."

" Not until you pass my dead body!"

A tentacle whipped to Mitsu so fast that he couldn't even react, but Azael was able to pull him out with a spell. A series of magical circles activated at Haruki's group's feet, they were teleportation magic circles. Lilith smiled and snapped her fingers, a black veil covering the entire surrounding area. Teleportations were all dispelled, except for the magic circle at Tristina's feet. She was the one with the highest combat ability so Lilith deliberately allowed Tristina's teleportation to work, not only that, she blocked it, making Azael unable to cancel the spell.

" Please no running, I hate chasing rats ~"

" Damn it!"

Azael used countless spells to attack Lilith, but she didn't even care about them. Tristina, who was about to stop her, was pushed away by Azael's teleportation magic. Lilith rushed towards Haruki with tremendous speed, countless tentacles attacking Haruki at the same time.

" If magic doesn't work, there's only one way."

[Tempest]!

Haruki released one of the secret techniques of the sword saint. He was also a genius swordsman, in terms of power, it was no less than Shizu's. The tentacles were cut to pieces before the bladestorm. However, they immediately recovered with tremendous speed.

" Hehehe ~"

A chill ran down his spine. Haruki tried to stop but was unable to make it in time, this was the key difference between him and Shizu. Unlike her, he couldn't control [Tempest] yet. Some of the tentacles suddenly turned green, they became extremely spongy and when receiving slashes, they broke into green dust spread in the air. The hundreds of tentacles he had severed made a cloud of smoke and Haruki was standing in the middle of it.

' P-Poison… I must get out!'

He had his nose closed in order to not inhale them, but they seeped through his skin, Haruki then immediately felt a terrible pain enveloping his body, all his strength was escaping, and chloasma formed on his skin. The poison was so strong that [Divine Blessing], the ability to resist all toxins became useless.

" Kah!"

" Hero!"

Lilith's tentacles wrapped around Haruki's body. Azael couldn't attack her because of that. Mitsuru frowned, he started to withdraw his feet, thinking of taking advantage of Lilith's inattention to leave this place. His wounds had not healed yet. Even Haruki couldn't resist the demon's toxin, then he would probably die if got hit by that.

" Mitsuru kun ~ Don't tell me you're thinking about leaving me?"

Mitsuru shivered as a voice came from behind him. But when he turned around, no one was there, something holding him back made him unable to move. Mitsuru could only bite his teeth and watch.

" Haruki kun. I'll give you one last chance to become my toy~"

" N-Never!"

" It seems strange to me, this place is not even your world right? You are all dragged to this place by those people. What have they ever done for you? Follow me, If I'm in a good mood, I might take you home. So what do you think?"

Her finger caressed Haruki's chin, he felt like losing his mind because the demoness's voice became so sweet. A feminine figure appeared in his memory with a dazzling smile, in that moment he regained his consciousness, Haruki's entire body was emitting a fierce light that caused Lilith to step back. Even though her skin absorbs all kinds of magic, she was still damaged by that intense light.

" Hah! If that was your answer could you please die for me?"

" You're the one to die. No, you have to die!"

If this demoness Lilith was saying the truth that she could take them home, it meant she could also bring the demons to Earth. Haruki was like a blazing sun, which each of his steps. Lilith's skin was burned to crisp, even her rapid regeneration couldn't keep up with it.

" Hahaha. How wonderful! The hero's power in the last moment. They never fail to surprise me ~"

Tens of tentacles rushed to Haruki, even though it seem that power was emitting rapidly from him, the truth was he had to try his best to move. His instinct was screaming at him to dodge, but he didn't have the strength to do it anymore. At that moment, a figure appeared in front of him and the tentacles were sliced to pieces.

" Shizu…"

" Refrain from talking, you should focus on detoxifying, I will take care from here."

" No Shizu. Run! You can't win against it!"

" As a hero, you must have faith, Haruki."

Lilith stared at Shizu, in a moment her expression changed.

" Sword Maiden, what a surprise to see you here."

" You mean the henchman you sent to Bobert? I took care of him"

" Is that so? What a pity. If it was him, you could have a less painful death."

" The only one who dies is you. [Time Splitter]. "

" Huh?"

Before she could get a picture of what happened, Lilith was cut into hundreds of pieces. Shizu had been here for a while, but she didn't show up and secretly activated [Time Splitter] repeatedly.

' The thing was, why was this brat able to hide from my sight? Ahh… I see. So that's what it is. Such marvelous ~"

" To be able to dig a hole in the barrier I created, you have some talents young girl ~"

" I'm a bit happy to hear that, even from a disgusting thing like you." — Satsuki

The half-cut face of the demoness staring at Satsuki who was hovering in the sky. The demon's heap of flesh was about to join together, but a beam of light shot at them, causing them to burn. This time it was Midori, but there was something divinity coming from her figure.

" Your plan has failed, Lilith."

" Yes, Sarila, unfortunately, I couldn't kill the hero but the fun isn't over yet."

" What?"

The explosions rang out everywhere, the dark energy pervaded Agratha.

" Sword Maiden, you didn't think Bobert was the only place did you?"

" Damn it! You!"

" Oh don't give up Sarila chan ~ you can still stop them."

Just like what Lilith said, without a hint of hesitation, a huge source of Mana started pouring out from the Midori. The entire barrier from the evacuation areas glowed fiercely, blocking the flow of dark energy trying to penetrate. However, this amount of mana was too much for Midori's body, her face turned pale. Strength slowly left her body as she fell to the ground.

" I'm curious to see how long can you stop them ~"

" Satsuki! Azael! You guy quickly cancel the spells that were activated from the 'Cores'!"

Without wasting any time, Satsuki and Azael flew away, Azael used a spell to notify every magic and adventure guild fighting in the city.

" Hot-I-I'm burning …"

" Hold yourself Midori!"

" Oh, I still have one last gift for you Sword Maide—"

The rest of Lilith was cut into hundreds of pieces by Shizu before she could open her mouth. Shizu looked at the lifeless corpse of Lilith which turned to ash, a voice came to her mind.

" Enjoy it ~"

" ??"

A fierce sound of beast growling and all the monsters in the city began to gather in this place. Their purpose was the group of heroes. Currently, Haruki was unable to fight, and Mitsuru's mana was still in turmoil. There was an Elf girl who was seriously injured. The most important thing was Midori who was trying to protect the city and ...

" Shizu chan! The monsters are coming, hundreds of them! I don't want to die!!!"

Shizu kicked Okura with her feet, who was about to cling to her waist from the side. She put her teammate in a corner, she would stand in the front to block the wave, and Mitsuru would stay behind in case something sneaked on them.

" Come on [Tempest]!"

The crowd of monsters rushed in and were all cut into pieces by Shizu's blade. She used her sword ki to cut through their rangers. There were masses of monsters but nothing could surpass Shizu, The sound of level up made her head hurt.

' This's good. At this rate, I will—'

While she thought the dangerous situation was about to end, the sound of a whistle rang in her ear. Her thoughts became chaotic when she realized it was Torei's siren for help.