The legend of the Crimson Demon clan started from Suqing

#264 - I am so strong now!

While Natsuki Subaru and the others went to deal with the situation, Zunzun and Otto ferreted out the Witch Cultists hiding in the caravan one by one. Then, Emilia rushed over with Rem.

"Emilia, long time no see. It's been a while since the royal selection, right?"

"Zunzun?"

The silver-haired half-elf was visibly surprised to see Zunzun. She didn't seem to understand why Zunzun was here.

"No time to explain, get in the carriage quickly!"

Zunzun urged Emilia.

Natsuki Subaru's task for him was to take Emilia and the villagers away from the village and embark on the road to the Sanctuary.

"But..."

"Lady Emilia, it's better to leave here now. Your safety is the most important thing."

"Rem?"

The one advising Emilia was a maid with pink hair. Her appearance was similar to Rem, but her eyes showed obvious vigilance towards Zunzun, which was completely different from Rem's gentle expression.

This was Zunzun's first meeting with her. He didn't encounter her even when he visited the mansion last time. It was normal for her to be so vigilant, not to mention that Rozwal, whom she liked, regarded him as a thorn in his side.

Emilia hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement. After all, if it was just herself, it would be fine, but now that the safety of so many villagers was in her hands, she had to consider them.

So, the group quickly set off.

"Oh, right." Zunzun clapped his hands and said to the gray-haired, timid knight beside him, who thought he could leave this dangerous place: "Otto, you stay here to support Subaru. He might need your help."

"Eh — — — — — —"

"No smooching."

"...I, I know that."

Otto, who was being told not to smooch his superior, agreed with a aggrieved look.

When Emilia heard Natsuki Subaru's name, she obviously wanted to ask something, but Rem pushed her into the carriage.

After carefully looking at the carriage, Zunzun said meaningfully: "The situation is starting to get out of control. The moon has turned red, and there's no time left."

"What?"

"Nothing."

Amidst Emilia's puzzled expression, Zunzun also sat in the same carriage as her, protecting the silver-haired half-elf at Natsuki Subaru's request.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the carriage was cheerful.

Not only the children, but even Puck came out. They were talking about lighthearted things, seemingly without any sense of crisis. This was Puck's doing.

Emilia had many questions to ask, but Zunzun refused to answer them all, saying it was inconvenient to tell her. After all, these were all Natsuki Subaru's achievements, and only he himself could explain them.

However, the conversation didn't end there.

"Kid, you've contracted a spirit, haven't you?"

"Huh?"

Puck said this out of the blue, and Emilia looked over in surprise.

There was no need to hide it.

Zunzun shrugged and said, "As expected, I can't hide it from you, Puck. That's right, I just successfully contracted a spirit, or rather, a quasi-spirit."

Then, six attribute spirits emerged from the red gem on his forehead, swirling around him and Emilia. The children in the carriage couldn't help but exclaim when they saw the colorful spirits.

"Mm-hmm, they're all good children."

Puck nodded seriously after carefully observing them.

This wasn't just lip service, but it could sense extraordinary magic power from these quasi-spirits—this was also Zunzun's standard for contracting. After all, bigger is better, and more is stronger!

"When they transform into spirits, they will definitely be very strong."

"To receive praise from Puck, one of the Great Spirits, I'm truly flattered."

"Hmph, you can be happy about it."

Puck proudly raised its nose.

It was naturally commenting on these little guys who weren't yet spirits in the tone of a senior, or rather, a superior.

Emilia was slightly surprised that Zunzun had become a spirit mage, and when she saw the spirits flying up and down in the carriage, she couldn't help but say, "Zunzun, you're just like Julius, he also contracted six spirits."

"Actually, it's all thanks to Julius's guidance that I was able to sign contracts with these excellent quasi-spirits. He is, to some extent, my teacher."

Zunzun generously admitted his gratitude to Julius. After all, he wasn't the petty and temperamental Natsuki Subaru, and there were no conflicts between them.

Emilia wanted to say something more, but Zunzun raised his hand to stop her. At the same time, his red eyes seemed to be able to see through the carriage and see the scene outside.

"Zunzun?"

"Troublesome guys are coming. Seriously, a bunch of filthy trash, how dare they chase after us so closely."

Zunzun pouted unhappily.

Before they could react, an unprecedented jolt struck the dragon carriage. Zunzun held onto the handrail to avoid falling, while Emilia and Rem hugged each other to barely hold on.

The dragon carriage weaved back and forth at a rapid pace, and the people inside were also swaying from side to side.

Puck's little face tensed up.

"Lia, a large group of people with malicious intent are rushing over."

The spirit urged its contractor to be vigilant.

Emilia raised her head and looked behind the dragon carriage. The hood fluttered in the wind, and a dark mass loomed behind the dragon carriage, forcing it to swerve.

"I...!"

She had to step forward!

Emilia was about to take action immediately, but she was prevented from moving by a light weight on her body. Looking down, she saw the children grabbing her hands and clothes, refusing to let go.

"You can't!"

"You can't go out!"

"We promised him."

The children were holding onto Emilia tightly, refusing to let go. The 'him' they were talking about had no name, but she knew who that person was. The silver-haired half-elf didn't move, even though she could easily shake off their restraints.

But...!

Someone's voice came from inside the dragon carriage.

"I'll go."

"Zunzun?"

She looked at the red-eyed, black-haired boy who was rubbing his fists, eager to fight.

"I just became a spirit mage, and I can't quite suppress the restlessness in my heart. This rarely happens. I guess these little guys also want to show off, right?"

The spirits of various colors circled around Zunzun's body.

"Alright, then I'll leave it to you, kid."

"Puck! ?"

"Lia, this is a man's determination, and it must not be easily erased."

Under the little cat spirit's restraint, Emilia could only agree.

Rem wanted to help, but she was also refused. After all, this dragon carriage didn't only have Emilia and the children, but also the villagers in the other dragon carriages. It would be too unsettling to leave all these tasks to the internal strife god Puck.

"Little Green, let's go."

The greenish spirit attached itself to Zunzun's body, and then a gentle breeze gathered behind him, lightly carrying him down from the carriage.

The most basic usage of spirits.

Spirit mages are different from ordinary mages. They use the gate of contracted spirits to directly release magic using the magic power in the air. The resulting effects are similar, but the processes are very different.

The strength of a spirit mage depends on the strength of the contracted spirit, and has little to do with their own strength.

However, if both the spirit mage and their contracted spirit are strong, then the spirit mage's strength will be extremely terrifying.

"Oh, oh, there are quite a few of them."

Zunzun put one hand on his head and looked out at the scenery on the plain. They had already arrived at the place where they fought the White Whale, the street next to the Sage's Tree. But on this beautiful scenery line, there appeared a group of unsightly black-robed people.

They were Witch Cultists.

"Alright! Then..."

Zunzun stretched out his right hand, and six spirits floated in front of him, outlining a hexagram pattern. A massive amount of magic power was drawn from the atmosphere.

A spirit mage must be centered on the spirit and supported by the contractor, but now that they had just contracted, Zunzun hadn't developed extremely powerful moves. The only thing he could think of was to draw on the magic power in the air, then fuse it with his own magic power, outline a magic circle to amplify his own magic, and then release it.

"— Light of Saber!"

A thunder sword that was hundreds of meters long and ten meters wide, far taller than the one that cut down the White Whale, with Zunzun's location as the starting point, the entire sky was painted a bright yellow.

Then, the huge thunder sword was gently placed horizontally, and then swung out, as if mowing grass in Musou. All the unsightly black-cloaked people were corroded by the lightning, and before they could even let out a wail, they were completely annihilated.

"— Waaah!"

Puck in the carriage couldn't help but exclaim.

Inside the carriage with the hood, Emilia and the children were all huddled together. The explosions outside scared the children, making them tremble. Emilia was also constantly on guard, ready to take action immediately if anything happened.

But...

"Ah, it seems like we don't need to go out." Puck wiped the cold sweat from its forehead, and said with a hush as if it was frightened: "That kid is really scary, he annihilated most of the enemies with one move. Did he really just become a spirit mage?"

The exaggerated actions brought laughter and reassurance.

Many children poked their heads out to look outside. The carriage hood fluttered in the wind, and the occasional glimpses under the hood revealed Zunzun, who was wielding the thunder sword and mowing down enemies like a god of war.

"Oh, oh, his strength has increased so much!"

Even Zunzun himself was a little scared.

Being able to draw on the magic power in the atmosphere not only strengthened the power of the magic, but also drastically reduced his own magic power consumption.

That violent thunder sword just now only used one-tenth of his own magic power.

"Alright! Come at me!"

Zunzun raised the thunder sword in his hand, preparing to clear out the few remaining small fries, when he heard frightened screams and surprised shouts in the distance.

"D-Don't, don't do it, it's us!"

"So ↑ strong ↓!"

Looking closely, it was Otto and Natsuki Subaru.

"Sorry Zunzun, there's an emergency, I'll explain later!"

Zunzun waved his hand, just about to say hello, when the two of them drove the earth dragon, carrying a swift wind, and ran towards Emilia's dragon carriage in the distance. Then, he saw him catch up with the dragon carriage, take a bag with a violent magic reaction from the dragon carriage, and ride Patrasche alone towards the Sage's Tree.

Then—

With a loud bang, the tree fell in response.

He had clearly tried his best to preserve the Sage's Tree, but he never expected that it would be destroyed by Natsuki Subaru in the end. Could it be that fate is inevitable?